xLab's actionLogger.js utilizes the mwbot library, which in turn utilizes the request library, which is no longer maintained and which has its own stale dependencies. This is a task to identify an alternative and plan this out. Possible obvious alternatives include:
⚫️ Remove mwbot
⚪️ Migrating to a different library without stale dependencies
⚪️ Making our own replacement
⚪️ (not needed?) Updating mwbot upstream
We identified that removal of mwbot was easiest.
| Title | Reference | Author | Source Branch | Dest Branch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remove mwbot | repos/data-engineering/test-kitchen!279 | dr0ptp4kt | T395839-remove-mwbot-and-requests-lib | main |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | dr0ptp4kt | T400194 Adam's Hypothesis drafting for FY 2025-2026 | |||
| Resolved | dr0ptp4kt | T398229 FY25-26 SDS2.1.3 Reliability - Production Monitoring | |||
| Open | None | T395891 June-July 2025 Test Kitchen UI (FKA MPIC) NPM updates | |||
| Resolved | dr0ptp4kt | T395839 [SPIKE] Investigate alternatives for mwbot's use of the request library |
Test Platform is working on replacing mwbot in end-to-end (selenium) tests with an alternative: T405079: Stop using mwbot in Selenium tests.
In T404260#11362889 we're talking about just getting rid of mwbot. Related: T397462: xLab: Gracefully handle IdP config missing
FYI I removed mwbot from core in https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/core/+/1193892 and a couple of follow ups. We didn't use so much of the functionality so we rewrote what we needed using NodeJS Fetch.
Thanks! We realized we can delete the dependency now. That is a solid point about just keeping it simple with NodeJS Fetch.
dr0ptp4kt opened https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/data-engineering/mpic/-/merge_requests/279
Remove mwbot
sfaci merged https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/data-engineering/mpic/-/merge_requests/279
Remove mwbot
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Change #1217244 merged by jenkins-bot:
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Change #1217246 merged by jenkins-bot:
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