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hCaptcha account creation trial deployment tracker
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This task tracks the rollout of hCaptcha on Special:CreateAccount

Test Wikipedias

  • test2wiki - August 20

Phase 1 - September 17

Phase 2 - September 24

Phase 3 - September 29

Phase 4 - October 15

  • enwiki

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Related Changes in Gerrit:
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hCaptcha: Enable on enwikioperations/mediawiki-configmaster+1 -0
hCaptcha: Enable on testwikioperations/mediawiki-configmaster+1 -0
hCaptcha: Enable account creation trial on phase 2 wikisoperations/mediawiki-configmaster+3 -0
proxoid: Monitor hcaptcha proxy error rateoperations/alertsmaster+49 -0
hCaptcha: Enable on phase 1 wikisoperations/mediawiki-configmaster+3 -0
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kostajh created this task.Aug 20 2025, 6:37 AM
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kostajh added a project: Trust and Safety Product Team.Aug 20 2025, 6:42 AM
• Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from Inbox to Epics on the Trust and Safety Product Team board.Aug 20 2025, 10:27 AM
kostajh moved this task from Backlog to WE4.2 hCaptcha account creation trial on the WE4.2 Bot detection board.Sep 1 2025, 1:50 PM
kostajh edited projects, added WE4.2 Bot detection (WE4.2 hCaptcha account creation trial); removed WE4.2 Bot detection.
kostajh moved this task from Backlog to In progress on the WE4.2 Bot detection (WE4.2 hCaptcha account creation trial) board.Sep 16 2025, 7:46 AM
kostajh renamed this task from Epic: hCaptcha account creation trial deployment tracker to hCaptcha account creation trial deployment tracker.Sep 16 2025, 3:59 PM
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gerritbot added a comment.Sep 17 2025, 7:02 AM

Change #1189038 had a related patch set uploaded (by Kosta Harlan; author: Kosta Harlan):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] hCaptcha: Enable on phase 1 wikis

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1189038

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Sep 17 2025, 7:02 AM
kostajh updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 17 2025, 7:03 AM
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gerritbot added a comment.Sep 17 2025, 7:09 AM

Change #1189038 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] hCaptcha: Enable on phase 1 wikis

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1189038

Stashbot added a comment.Sep 17 2025, 7:09 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-17T07:09:27Z] <kharlan@deploy1003> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:rOPUP1189038a51ef|hCaptcha: Enable on phase 1 wikis (T402366)]]

Stashbot added a comment.Sep 17 2025, 7:15 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-17T07:15:24Z] <kharlan@deploy1003> kharlan: Backport for [[gerrit:rOPUP1189038a51ef|hCaptcha: Enable on phase 1 wikis (T402366)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Stashbot added a comment.Sep 17 2025, 7:30 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-17T07:30:35Z] <kharlan@deploy1003> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:rOPUP1189038a51ef|hCaptcha: Enable on phase 1 wikis (T402366)]] (duration: 21m 08s)

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Sep 17 2025, 7:30 AM
kostajh updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 17 2025, 7:51 AM
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kostajh edited projects, added Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Dadar Gulung (September 8 - September 26)); removed Epic.
kostajh moved this task from Priority Backlog to In Progress on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Dadar Gulung (September 8 - September 26)) board.
kostajh updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 19 2025, 10:37 AM
gerritbot added a comment.Sep 22 2025, 7:59 AM

Change #1190184 had a related patch set uploaded (by Kosta Harlan; author: Kosta Harlan):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] hCaptcha: Enable account creation trial on phase 2 wikis

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1190184

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Sep 22 2025, 7:59 AM
kostajh updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 22 2025, 8:00 AM
kostajh triaged this task as High priority.Sep 22 2025, 1:14 PM
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kostajh updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 23 2025, 9:45 AM
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jijiki added a subtask: Restricted Task.Sep 23 2025, 10:20 AM
gerritbot added a comment.Sep 23 2025, 10:44 AM

Change #1190627 had a related patch set uploaded (by Effie Mouzeli; author: Effie Mouzeli):

[operations/alerts@master] proxoid: Monitor hcaptcha proxy error rate

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1190627

jijiki added a comment.Sep 23 2025, 11:09 AM

Please keep in mind that tomorrow we will be performing the T399891 Southward Datacenter Switchover @ 15:00 UTC. As Phase 2 has been scheduled during the UTC morning backport window, it should not affect this work.

gerritbot added a comment.Sep 23 2025, 2:28 PM

Change #1190627 merged by Effie Mouzeli:

[operations/alerts@master] proxoid: Monitor hcaptcha proxy error rate

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1190627

gerritbot added a comment.Sep 24 2025, 6:51 AM

Change #1190184 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] hCaptcha: Enable account creation trial on phase 2 wikis

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1190184

Stashbot added a comment.Sep 24 2025, 6:52 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-24T06:52:00Z] <kharlan@deploy1003> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1190184|hCaptcha: Enable account creation trial on phase 2 wikis (T402366)]]

Stashbot added a comment.Sep 24 2025, 6:58 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-24T06:58:41Z] <kharlan@deploy1003> kharlan: Backport for [[gerrit:1190184|hCaptcha: Enable account creation trial on phase 2 wikis (T402366)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Stashbot added a comment.Sep 24 2025, 7:11 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-24T07:11:26Z] <kharlan@deploy1003> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1190184|hCaptcha: Enable account creation trial on phase 2 wikis (T402366)]] (duration: 19m 26s)

kostajh updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 24 2025, 7:12 AM
Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Sep 24 2025, 7:32 AM
kostajh moved this task from In Progress to Epics in progress on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Dadar Gulung (September 8 - September 26)) board.Sep 24 2025, 11:49 AM
kostajh changed the status of subtask T405239: hCaptcha: Enable A/B test for frwiki from Open to In Progress.
OKryva-WMF edited projects, added Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Apfel Strudel (Sep 29 - Oct 17)); removed Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Dadar Gulung (September 8 - September 26)).Sep 26 2025, 12:35 PM
OKryva-WMF moved this task from Priority backlog to Epics in progress on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Apfel Strudel (Sep 29 - Oct 17)) board.Sep 26 2025, 12:38 PM
jijiki added a subtask: T404184: Investigate options for per-wiki, percentage-based rollout of hCaptcha.Sep 29 2025, 7:41 AM
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jijiki closed subtask Restricted Task as Resolved.Sep 29 2025, 7:43 AM
OKryva-WMF removed a project: Trust and Safety Product Team.Oct 3 2025, 12:47 PM
kostajh closed subtask T405239: hCaptcha: Enable A/B test for frwiki as Resolved.Oct 9 2025, 11:47 AM
kostajh updated the task description. (Show Details)Oct 9 2025, 1:13 PM
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gerritbot added a comment.Oct 12 2025, 2:44 PM

Change #1195408 had a related patch set uploaded (by Kosta Harlan; author: Kosta Harlan):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] hCaptcha: Enable on testwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1195408

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Oct 12 2025, 2:44 PM
kostajh updated the task description. (Show Details)Oct 12 2025, 2:44 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Oct 12 2025, 2:45 PM

Change #1195409 had a related patch set uploaded (by Kosta Harlan; author: Kosta Harlan):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] hCaptcha: Enable on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1195409

kostajh closed subtask T404184: Investigate options for per-wiki, percentage-based rollout of hCaptcha as Resolved.Oct 12 2025, 2:48 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Oct 13 2025, 7:48 AM

Change #1195408 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] hCaptcha: Enable on testwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1195408

Stashbot mentioned this in T406849: Restrict kowiki move ratelimit for non-extendedconfirmed users.Oct 13 2025, 7:49 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-13T07:49:07Z] <kharlan@deploy2002> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1193521|kowikisource: Add "해석" namespace (T406405)]], [[gerrit:1194916|kowiki: Restrict move ratelimit for non-extendedconfirmed users (T406849)]], [[gerrit:1195212|wmgMonologChannels: Set CheckUser to info level]], [[gerrit:1195408|hCaptcha: Enable on testwiki (T402366)]], [[gerrit:1193988|NetworkSession: enable only for private wikis]]

Stashbot mentioned this in T406405: Create "해석" namespace @ kowikisource.Oct 13 2025, 7:49 AM
Stashbot added a comment.Oct 13 2025, 7:55 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-13T07:55:03Z] <kharlan@deploy2002> revi, kharlan, dcausse: Backport for [[gerrit:1193521|kowikisource: Add "해석" namespace (T406405)]], [[gerrit:1194916|kowiki: Restrict move ratelimit for non-extendedconfirmed users (T406849)]], [[gerrit:1195212|wmgMonologChannels: Set CheckUser to info level]], [[gerrit:1195408|hCaptcha: Enable on testwiki (T402366)]], [[gerrit:1193988|NetworkSession: enable only for private wikis]] synced to t

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 13 2025, 8:04 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-13T08:04:01Z] <kharlan@deploy2002> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1193521|kowikisource: Add "해석" namespace (T406405)]], [[gerrit:1194916|kowiki: Restrict move ratelimit for non-extendedconfirmed users (T406849)]], [[gerrit:1195212|wmgMonologChannels: Set CheckUser to info level]], [[gerrit:1195408|hCaptcha: Enable on testwiki (T402366)]], [[gerrit:1193988|NetworkSession: enable only for private wikis]] (duration

gerritbot added a comment.Oct 15 2025, 7:18 AM

Change #1195409 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] hCaptcha: Enable on enwiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1195409

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 15 2025, 7:18 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-15T07:18:50Z] <kharlan@deploy2002> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1195409|hCaptcha: Enable on enwiki (T402366)]]

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 15 2025, 7:21 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-15T07:21:23Z] <kharlan@deploy2002> kharlan: Backport for [[gerrit:1195409|hCaptcha: Enable on enwiki (T402366)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 15 2025, 7:27 AM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-15T07:27:52Z] <kharlan@deploy2002> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1195409|hCaptcha: Enable on enwiki (T402366)]] (duration: 09m 02s)

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Oct 15 2025, 7:30 AM
kostajh updated the task description. (Show Details)Oct 15 2025, 7:49 AM
kostajh closed this task as Resolved.Oct 15 2025, 7:54 AM
Stang unsubscribed.Sat, Oct 18, 8:33 PM
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