Temp accounts Grafana Dashboard: Rate of blocks (local blocks)
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What: Plot number of blocks that target named accounts, temp accounts and IP addresses, segmented by wiki
Why:
- Improved visibility into anti-abuse measures being taken against temporary accounts
- Make it easy to see if there is a spike/drop in blocks of temp accounts
- Make it easy to see if there is a spike/drop in blocks of temp accounts editing relative to regular accounts
- Identify if usage of IP blocking declines

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Relevant code added via StatsLib to MediaWiki
Visualization on temporary accounts initiative Grafana dashboard

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	TemporaryAccountsInstrumentation: Track rate of local blocks	mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaEvents	master	+75 -4

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Resolved		kostajh	T357763 [Epic] Create a temporary accounts initiative Grafana dashboard
		Resolved		kostajh	T375499 Temp accounts Grafana Dashboard: Rate of blocks (local blocks)

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kostajh created this task.Sep 24 2024, 12:36 PM

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kostajh mentioned this in T357763: [Epic] Create a temporary accounts initiative Grafana dashboard.Sep 24 2024, 12:37 PM

Should this also include GlobalBlocking blocks, or will we consider this in another task?

In T375499#10173756, @Dreamy_Jazz wrote:

Should this also include GlobalBlocking blocks, or will we consider this in another task?

What do you prefer? Probably a separate task would make sense, as the code implementation would be different, and we'd want a separate visualization on the dashboard?

I'd say a new task would be my preferred option. Global blocks have more effect and are the locking equivalent for temporary accounts.

We may also want to track the number of central auth locks performed too?

kostajh renamed this task from Temp accounts Grafana Dashboard: Rate of blocks to Temp accounts Grafana Dashboard: Rate of blocks (local blocks).Sep 27 2024, 12:00 PM

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kostajh mentioned this in T375869: Temp accounts Grafana Dashboard: Rate of global blocks.

kostajh updated the task description. (Show Details)

In T375499#10182703, @Dreamy_Jazz wrote:

I'd say a new task would be my preferred option. Global blocks have more effect and are the locking equivalent for temporary accounts.

Filed as T375869: Temp accounts Grafana Dashboard: Rate of global blocks