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Work on client-side Bot Detection
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The first rule of bot detection seems to be that we don't talk too much about bot detection. If anyone is interested, there's a design doc that I can share and lots of details. If anyone who doesn't have access to this is interested, ping me here and we'll see what we can share.

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Related Changes in Gerrit:
SubjectRepoBranchLines +/-
Fix action_context for simple bot detection instrumentmediawiki/extensions/WikimediaEventswmf/1.45.0-wmf.23+2 -2
Fix action_context for simple bot detection instrumentmediawiki/extensions/WikimediaEventsmaster+2 -2
Port Java Pageview definition to bot detectionmediawiki/extensions/WikimediaEventswmf/1.45.0-wmf.22+144 -5
Port Java Pageview definition to bot detectionmediawiki/extensions/WikimediaEventsmaster+144 -5
Configure a web_base_with_ip streamoperations/mediawiki-configmaster+42 -4
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Milimetric created this task.Oct 3 2025, 3:54 PM
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Milimetric triaged this task as High priority.
Milimetric added projects: Data-Engineering, OKR-Work.
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CodeReviewBot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Oct 3 2025, 3:57 PM

milimetric opened https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/data-engineering/schemas-event-secondary/-/merge_requests/84

Add a version of web_base with client ip

mpopov subscribed.Oct 3 2025, 4:13 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Oct 7 2025, 11:23 AM

Change #1194175 had a related patch set uploaded (by Milimetric; author: Milimetric):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Configure a web_base_with_ip stream

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1194175

gerritbot added a comment.Oct 7 2025, 11:31 AM

Change #1192260 had a related patch set uploaded (by Milimetric; author: Milimetric):

[mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaEvents@master] [Draft] Port Java Pageview definition to bot detection

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1192260

gerritbot added a comment.Oct 8 2025, 12:34 PM

Change #1194175 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Configure a web_base_with_ip stream

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1194175

gerritbot added a comment.Oct 10 2025, 11:45 AM

Change #1192260 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaEvents@master] Port Java Pageview definition to bot detection

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1192260

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.23; 2025-10-14).Oct 10 2025, 12:00 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Oct 13 2025, 9:34 AM

Change #1195636 had a related patch set uploaded (by Phuedx; author: Milimetric):

[mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaEvents@wmf/1.45.0-wmf.22] Port Java Pageview definition to bot detection

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1195636

gerritbot added a comment.Oct 13 2025, 1:19 PM

Change #1195636 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaEvents@wmf/1.45.0-wmf.22] Port Java Pageview definition to bot detection

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1195636

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 13 2025, 1:20 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-13T13:20:19Z] <phuedx@deploy2002> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1195636|Port Java Pageview definition to bot detection (T406359)]]

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 13 2025, 1:24 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-13T13:24:25Z] <phuedx@deploy2002> phuedx: Backport for [[gerrit:1195636|Port Java Pageview definition to bot detection (T406359)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 13 2025, 1:37 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-13T13:37:57Z] <phuedx@deploy2002> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1195636|Port Java Pageview definition to bot detection (T406359)]] (duration: 17m 39s)

ReleaseTaggerBot edited projects, added MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.22; 2025-10-07); removed MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.23; 2025-10-14).Oct 13 2025, 2:00 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Oct 15 2025, 3:56 PM

Change #1196483 had a related patch set uploaded (by Clare Ming; author: Clare Ming):

[mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaEvents@master] Fix action_context for simple bot detection instrument

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1196483

gerritbot added a comment.Oct 15 2025, 4:25 PM

Change #1196490 had a related patch set uploaded (by Clare Ming; author: Clare Ming):

[mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaEvents@wmf/1.45.0-wmf.23] Fix action_context for simple bot detection instrument

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1196490

gerritbot added a comment.Oct 15 2025, 6:18 PM

Change #1196483 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaEvents@master] Fix action_context for simple bot detection instrument

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1196483

ReleaseTaggerBot edited projects, added MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.24; 2025-10-21); removed MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.22; 2025-10-07).Oct 15 2025, 7:00 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Oct 15 2025, 8:16 PM

Change #1196490 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/WikimediaEvents@wmf/1.45.0-wmf.23] Fix action_context for simple bot detection instrument

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1196490

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 15 2025, 8:17 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-15T20:17:04Z] <cjming@deploy2002> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1196490|Fix action_context for simple bot detection instrument (T406359)]]

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 15 2025, 8:19 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-15T20:19:20Z] <cjming@deploy2002> cjming: Backport for [[gerrit:1196490|Fix action_context for simple bot detection instrument (T406359)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 15 2025, 8:24 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-10-15T20:24:16Z] <cjming@deploy2002> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1196490|Fix action_context for simple bot detection instrument (T406359)]] (duration: 07m 12s)

ReleaseTaggerBot edited projects, added MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.23; 2025-10-14); removed MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.24; 2025-10-21).Oct 15 2025, 9:00 PM
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