Include a tooltip on IPs where the IP is not connected to the revision/log entry
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	Niharika
	Nov 27 2025, 1:18 PM

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Motivation

The "Show IP" feature can reveal IPs that are either:

Directly linked to the log or revision where the IP is being revealed (like history or log pages).
The Latest IP the temporary account used. This is the case where we cannot link the temp account to a specific revision. For example links to temp accounts in content pages (T410636).

This task is to make the distinction clear to the patroller so that they can determine whether the IP is related to the revision or is the latest IP.
It is worth noting that majority of temp accounts only operate from one IP.

Acceptance criteria

Include a tooltip to indicate the IP source:
- For most recently used IP: Most recently used IP
- For IP belonging to specified revision: IP used for this revision
- For log and AbuseFilter trips: IP used for this action

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Add tooltip to revealed IPs to explain the source	mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser	master	+101 -28

Customize query in gerrit

Related Objects

Mentioned In: T411768: Include a notice in the IP Info card indicating that this is the temporary account's most recently used IP address
Mentioned Here: T411768: Include a notice in the IP Info card indicating that this is the temporary account's most recently used IP address
T410636: Enable Show IP for temporary account links in content and discussion pages

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Niharika created this task.Nov 27 2025, 1:18 PM

Niharika triaged this task as Medium priority.

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Follow up from the discussion in T410636.
@mszwarc @Tchanders @KieranMcCann-WMF @Dreamy_Jazz I welcome your thoughts on the proposed specs.

It might be confusing to see "Most recently used IP" in some scenarios but then not see it in others when the IP is also the most recently revealed IP.

We could add a tool tip to each type of revealed IP, e.g.:

Most recently used IP
IP used for this revision
IP used for this action (for log IPs and AbuseFilter log IPs)

The API response from the batch endpoint contains this information already, so this shouldn't be too complicated to implement. It also means the information would be there for all IPs if a user wants to see it.

Johannnes89 subscribed.Nov 27 2025, 6:53 PM

Niharika renamed this task from [WIP] Include a tooltip on IPs where the IP is not connected to the revision/log entry to Include a tooltip on IPs where the IP is not connected to the revision/log entry.Nov 28 2025, 10:35 AM

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Niharika edited projects, added Product Safety and Integrity (Crepes au Chocolat (Sprint Nov 10 - Nov 28)); removed Product Safety and Integrity.

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Niharika moved this task from Backlog to Ready on the Product Safety and Integrity (Crepes au Chocolat (Sprint Nov 10 - Nov 28)) board.Nov 28 2025, 11:10 AM

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Tchanders moved this task from Ready to In progress on the Product Safety and Integrity (Crepes au Chocolat (Sprint Nov 10 - Nov 28)) board.

Change #1212671 had a related patch set uploaded (by Tchanders; author: Tchanders):

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Add tooltip to revealed IPs to explain the source

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1212671

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Nov 28 2025, 9:08 PM

OKryva-WMF edited projects, added Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Mince Pie Dec 1 - Dec 12); removed Product Safety and Integrity (Crepes au Chocolat (Sprint Nov 10 - Nov 28)).Dec 1 2025, 9:16 AM

OKryva-WMF moved this task from Backlog to Needs review on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Mince Pie Dec 1 - Dec 12) board.Dec 1 2025, 9:16 AM