TypeError: strlen(): Argument #1 ($string) must be of type string, array given
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	Aug 26 2025, 12:38 PM

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mwversion: 1.45.0-wmf.15
timestamp: 2025-08-25T20:34:11.401Z
phpversion: 8.1.33
reqId: 3b6d1b2c-78e5-45b7-aae6-02d831c1a5cc
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[{reqId}] {exception_url}   TypeError: strlen(): Argument #1 ($string) must be of type string, array given

Frame	Location	Call
from	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.15/extensions/Flow/includes/Block/TopicListBlock.php(374)
#0	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.15/extensions/Flow/includes/Block/TopicListBlock.php(374)	strlen(array)
#1	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.15/extensions/Flow/includes/Block/TopicListBlock.php(263)	Flow\Block\TopicListBlock->getFindOptions(array)
#2	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.15/extensions/Flow/includes/View.php(233)	Flow\Block\TopicListBlock->renderApi(array)
#3	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.15/extensions/Flow/includes/View.php(72)	Flow\View->buildApiResponse(Flow\WorkflowLoader, array, string, array)
#4	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.15/extensions/Flow/includes/Actions/FlowAction.php(100)	Flow\View->show(Flow\WorkflowLoader, string)
#5	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.15/extensions/Flow/includes/Actions/ViewAction.php(27)	Flow\Actions\FlowAction->showForAction(string, MediaWiki\Output\OutputPage)
#6	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.15/extensions/Flow/includes/Actions/FlowAction.php(48)	Flow\Actions\ViewAction->showForAction(string)
#7	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.15/includes/actions/ActionEntryPoint.php(728)	Flow\Actions\FlowAction->show()
#8	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.15/includes/actions/ActionEntryPoint.php(505)	MediaWiki\Actions\ActionEntryPoint->performAction(MediaWiki\Page\Article, MediaWiki\Title\Title)
#9	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.15/includes/actions/ActionEntryPoint.php(143)	MediaWiki\Actions\ActionEntryPoint->performRequest()
#10	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.15/includes/MediaWikiEntryPoint.php(198)	MediaWiki\Actions\ActionEntryPoint->execute()
#11	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.45.0-wmf.15/index.php(58)	MediaWiki\MediaWikiEntryPoint->run()
#12	/srv/mediawiki/w/index.php(3)	require(string)
#13	{main}

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Request URL: https://or.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=*&topiclist_limit=*&topiclist_offset=*&topiclist_offset-dir=*&topiclist_sortby%5B%24eq%5D=*

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Reedy created this task.Aug 26 2025, 12:38 PM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptAug 26 2025, 12:38 PM

This looks like a GIGO. Bad user input shouldn't cause production errors, but that sort of thing is not worth fixing given Flow's current sorry state.

thcipriani moved this task from Untriaged to Oct-Dec 2025 on the Wikimedia-production-error board.Nov 13 2025, 4:28 PM

thcipriani moved this task from Oct-Dec 2025 to Jul–Sep 2025 on the Wikimedia-production-error board.Nov 13 2025, 4:38 PM

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