Currently, we immediately execute hCaptcha as soon as the user interacts with the account creation form. This reduces submission delay but may interrupt the signup flow by potentially showing an intrusive challenge. We would instead like to defer executing hCaptcha until the user submits the form.
Change #1181115 had a related patch set uploaded (by Kosta Harlan; author: Máté Szabó):
[mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit@master] hcaptcha: Delay challenge execution until submit
Change #1181115 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit@master] hcaptcha: Delay challenge execution until submit
Change #1181130 had a related patch set uploaded (by Kosta Harlan; author: Máté Szabó):
[mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit@wmf/1.45.0-wmf.15] hcaptcha: Delay challenge execution until submit
Change #1181130 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit@wmf/1.45.0-wmf.15] hcaptcha: Delay challenge execution until submit
Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-08-25T06:43:23Z] <kharlan@deploy1003> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1181130|hcaptcha: Delay challenge execution until submit (T402641)]]
Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-08-25T07:08:29Z] <kharlan@deploy1003> kharlan: Backport for [[gerrit:1181130|hcaptcha: Delay challenge execution until submit (T402641)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.
Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-08-25T07:24:46Z] <kharlan@deploy1003> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1181130|hcaptcha: Delay challenge execution until submit (T402641)]] (duration: 41m 22s)