Maniphest T405079

Stop using mwbot in Selenium tests
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	• zeljkofilipin
	Sep 19 2025, 11:10 AM

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mwbot is no longer maintained. Last release (2.1.3) was 3 years ago. This is an Epic collecting tasks to move to an alternative.

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Resolved		Peter	T405079 Stop using mwbot in Selenium tests
		Resolved		Peter	T404361 Make wdio-mediawiki independent of mwbot to remove security vulnerabilities and make us move faster in the future
		Invalid		None	T404539 Document how to interact the Mediawiki API using core webdriver.io
		Resolved		Peter	T404596 Do not expose mwbot in wedbdriver.io in core to make make API/core more flexible
		Resolved		Peter	T406489 Update documentation and changelog for the mwbot update
		Resolved	Spike	Peter	T403748 Investigate what's needed to make core webdriver.io tests independent of mwbot to make sure core uses maintained code
		Declined		None	T401673 Consider following redirects in mwbot
		Declined	BUG REPORT	None	T401653 Tune how mwbot handles JSON errors
		Declined	Spike	None	T399962 Investigate how to simplify importing mwbot
		Open	BUG REPORT	None	T403156 Core webdriver.io tests fails when running against Patch Demo
		Declined		None	T330443 Replace request library in mw bot with axios
		Resolved		AMarkossyan-WMF	T408087 Make it clear that the mwbot replacement do not follow redirects

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• zeljkofilipin created this task.Sep 19 2025, 11:10 AM

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• zeljkofilipin added a subtask: T404361: Make wdio-mediawiki independent of mwbot to remove security vulnerabilities and make us move faster in the future.Sep 19 2025, 11:11 AM

• zeljkofilipin added a subtask: T403748: Investigate what's needed to make core webdriver.io tests independent of mwbot to make sure core uses maintained code.

• zeljkofilipin added a subtask: T401673: Consider following redirects in mwbot.

• zeljkofilipin added a subtask: T401653: Tune how mwbot handles JSON errors.

• zeljkofilipin added a subtask: T399962: Investigate how to simplify importing mwbot.

• zeljkofilipin mentioned this in T395839: [SPIKE] Investigate alternatives for mwbot's use of the request library.Sep 19 2025, 11:14 AM

• zeljkofilipin added a subtask: T403156: Core webdriver.io tests fails when running against Patch Demo.

• zeljkofilipin added a subtask: T330443: Replace request library in mw bot with axios.

Peter moved this task from Backlog to Epics on the Test Platform board.Sep 19 2025, 11:56 AM

Peter edited projects, added: Test Platform (Epics); removed: Test Platform.

Peter closed subtask T403748: Investigate what's needed to make core webdriver.io tests independent of mwbot to make sure core uses maintained code as Resolved.Sep 23 2025, 7:44 AM

Peter closed subtask T404361: Make wdio-mediawiki independent of mwbot to remove security vulnerabilities and make us move faster in the future as Resolved.Oct 21 2025, 9:54 AM

Update wdio-mediawiki to 6.0.0 will stop using mwbot.

Peter closed subtask T401653: Tune how mwbot handles JSON errors as Declined.Oct 21 2025, 3:52 PM

Peter closed subtask T399962: Investigate how to simplify importing mwbot as Declined.Oct 21 2025, 3:54 PM

Peter closed subtask T330443: Replace request library in mw bot with axios as Declined.

Peter added a subtask: T408087: Make it clear that the mwbot replacement do not follow redirects.Oct 23 2025, 10:06 AM

Peter closed subtask T401673: Consider following redirects in mwbot as Declined.Oct 23 2025, 12:41 PM

• zeljkofilipin awarded a token.Oct 24 2025, 10:03 AM

AMarkossyan-WMF closed subtask T408087: Make it clear that the mwbot replacement do not follow redirects as Resolved.Nov 24 2025, 4:38 PM

vaughnwalters mentioned this in T410953: Remove mwbot dependency in wikilambda.Nov 24 2025, 9:16 PM