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MediaWiki:GrowthMentors.json allows to save over-limit intro message
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Based on T399086: Mentorship interface throwing errors

Steps to replicate the issue:

  • an admin testwiki wmf.9 changes any message on MediaWiki:GrowthMentors.json to be over 240 allowed character count

What happens?:

  • no user can enroll (via Special:EnrollAsMentor" - the error message: "Introduction message is too long..." for any number of characters typed in the intro text field
  • no mentor can quit - the message "Introduction message is too long..." seems confusing since there is not field with such name at all

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  • and admin cannot edit mentors on Special:ManageMentors - the message "Introduction message is too long..." appears upon saving edits to "Number of newcomers assigned" or to the "Away" status.

What should have happened instead?:

  • MediaWiki:GrowthMentors.json should not allow to save invalid edits

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Etonkovidova created this task.Jul 12 2025, 12:48 AM
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Etonkovidova mentioned this in T399086: Mentorship interface throwing errors.Jul 12 2025, 12:50 AM
Michael edited projects, added Growth-Team (Current Sprint); removed Growth-Team.Jul 14 2025, 9:03 AM

This should already be fixed with fix(Mentorship): Prevent too long mentor message (testable on beta). It is rolling out with the train this week.

See also T384445: Manual edits to MediaWiki:GrowthMentors.json allow mentors to set too long messages (longer than 240 characters).

Michael moved this task from Incoming to QA on the Growth-Team (Current Sprint) board.Jul 14 2025, 9:03 AM
Etonkovidova closed this task as a duplicate of T384445: Manual edits to MediaWiki:GrowthMentors.json allow mentors to set too long messages (longer than 240 characters).Jul 14 2025, 11:13 PM
In T399352#10999226, @Michael wrote:

This should already be fixed with fix(Mentorship): Prevent too long mentor message (testable on beta). It is rolling out with the train this week.

See also T384445: Manual edits to MediaWiki:GrowthMentors.json allow mentors to set too long messages (longer than 240 characters).

Thank you, @Michael! Merged this task inton T384445.

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