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  • service.version: 1.45.0-wmf.14
  • timestamp: 2025-08-14T18:30:25.782Z
  • labels.phpversion: 8.1.33
  • trace.id: fe18d78f-d17c-4497-bff0-db5586e16717
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[{reqId}] {exception_url}   Error: Call to a member function getText() on null
FrameLocationCall
from/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.14/extensions/GoogleNewsSitemap/includes/Specials/GoogleNewsSitemap.php(637)
#0/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.14/extensions/GoogleNewsSitemap/includes/Specials/GoogleNewsSitemap.php(231)MediaWiki\Extension\GoogleNewsSitemap\Specials\GoogleNewsSitemap->getKeywords(MediaWiki\Title\Title)
#1/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.14/extensions/GoogleNewsSitemap/includes/Specials/GoogleNewsSitemap.php(152)MediaWiki\Extension\GoogleNewsSitemap\Specials\GoogleNewsSitemap->makeFeed(MediaWiki\Extension\GoogleNewsSitemap\SitemapFeed, Wikimedia\Rdbms\MysqliResultWrapper)
#2/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.14/includes/specialpage/SpecialPage.php(725)MediaWiki\Extension\GoogleNewsSitemap\Specials\GoogleNewsSitemap->execute(null)
#3/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.14/includes/specialpage/SpecialPageFactory.php(1729)MediaWiki\SpecialPage\SpecialPage->run(null)
#4/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.14/includes/actions/ActionEntryPoint.php(499)MediaWiki\SpecialPage\SpecialPageFactory->executePath(string, MediaWiki\Context\RequestContext)
#5/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.14/includes/actions/ActionEntryPoint.php(143)MediaWiki\Actions\ActionEntryPoint->performRequest()
#6/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.14/includes/MediaWikiEntryPoint.php(198)MediaWiki\Actions\ActionEntryPoint->execute()
#7/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.14/index.php(58)MediaWiki\MediaWikiEntryPoint->run()
#8/srv/mediawiki/w/index.php(3)require(string)
#9{main}
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thcipriani added subscribers: Zabe, Bawolff, thcipriani.

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Error is exclusively happening on zh and pt wikinews sites. Started today at 17:05 UTC. Which doesn't seem line-up with any deploys per: https://sal.toolforge.org/production?p=0&q=&d=2025-08-14

Although shortly after @Zabe's deploy of https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1178914 (may be entirely unrelated).

Change #1178944 had a related patch set uploaded (by Zabe; author: Zabe):

[mediawiki/extensions/GoogleNewsSitemap@master] Migrate overseen query to categorylinks read new

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1178944

Zabe triaged this task as Unbreak Now! priority.Aug 14 2025, 8:04 PM

Change #1179108 had a related patch set uploaded (by Zabe; author: Zabe):

[mediawiki/extensions/GoogleNewsSitemap@wmf/1.45.0-wmf.14] Migrate overlooked query to categorylinks read new

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1179108

Change #1179108 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/GoogleNewsSitemap@wmf/1.45.0-wmf.14] Migrate overlooked query to categorylinks read new

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1179108

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-08-15T09:57:54Z] <zabe@deploy1003> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1179108|Migrate overlooked query to categorylinks read new (T401951)]]

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-08-15T09:59:49Z] <zabe@deploy1003> zabe: Backport for [[gerrit:1179108|Migrate overlooked query to categorylinks read new (T401951)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-08-15T10:06:12Z] <zabe@deploy1003> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1179108|Migrate overlooked query to categorylinks read new (T401951)]] (duration: 08m 17s)

Change #1178944 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/GoogleNewsSitemap@master] Migrate overlooked query to categorylinks read new

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1178944

Zabe moved this task from Triage to Done on the DBA board.