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Special:AccountRecovery as a logged in user doesn't give a great error message
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Simplest solution is probably to override displayRestrictionError and give a custom error message

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Related Changes in Gerrit:
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AccountRecovery: Improve error message when logged-in users access the pagemediawiki/extensions/EmailAuthmaster+15 -0
Customize query in gerrit

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Reedy created this task.Nov 20 2025, 4:07 PM
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Reedy triaged this task as Low priority.Nov 20 2025, 4:12 PM
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neriah subscribed.Nov 20 2025, 4:49 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Nov 20 2025, 5:12 PM

Change #1207916 had a related patch set uploaded (by Neriah; author: Neriah):

[mediawiki/extensions/EmailAuth@master] AccountRecovery: Improve error message when logged-in users access the page

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1207916

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Nov 20 2025, 5:12 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Nov 20 2025, 9:47 PM

Change #1208008 had a related patch set uploaded (by Neriah; author: Neriah):

[mediawiki/extensions/EmailAuth@master] Special:AccountRecovery should be visibile to temporary accounts

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1208008

neriah added a comment.Nov 20 2025, 9:56 PM

Oops, I linked by mistake another gerrit change to this task. Is there a way to remove this link? In the gerrit itself I already fixed the problem. Sorry!

Reedy added a comment.Nov 20 2025, 10:02 PM
In T410656#11394269, @neriah wrote:

Oops, I linked by mistake another gerrit change to this task. Is there a way to remove this link? In the gerrit itself I already fixed the problem. Sorry!

Don't worry about it usually :)

gerritbot added a comment.Nov 20 2025, 10:06 PM

Change #1207916 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/EmailAuth@master] AccountRecovery: Improve error message when logged-in users access the page

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1207916

neriah mentioned this in rEEMA21e303831315: AccountRecovery: Improve error message when logged-in users access the page.Nov 20 2025, 10:07 PM
Reedy closed this task as Resolved.Nov 20 2025, 10:45 PM
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