Add Show IP button to Special:GlobalContributions
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Description

Background

When doing xwiki patrolling, one needs to go through the IP to see what other Temporary accounts are active on the same IP(s). Special:GlobalContributions doesn't currently include the Show IP button, which means a xwiki patroller needs to go through all the wikis and do Show IP there.

Acceptance criteria

Show IP buttons are added next to temporary user links in Special:GlobalContributions
Clicking on the buttons looks up the IP at the correct wiki
Multi-reveal and auto-reveal work correctly on Special:GlobalContributions

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Add IP reveal buttons to Special:GlobalContributions	mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser	master	+343 -44

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Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
Open		None	T414962 [Epic] Improve patrolling tools for connected temporary accounts
Open		Tchanders	T412149 Add Show IP button to Special:GlobalContributions
Resolved		Tchanders	T404718 Investigate: Adding Reveal IP button to Special:GlobalContributions
Resolved	BUG REPORT	matmarex	T412530 Unable to perform POST request to REST API using mw.ForeignApi on Wikimedia sites

Event Timeline

Tchanders created this task.Dec 9 2025, 7:11 PM

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Tchanders moved this task from Backlog to In progress on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Mince Pie Dec 1 - Dec 12) board.Dec 9 2025, 7:11 PM

Tchanders added a subtask: T404718: Investigate: Adding Reveal IP button to Special:GlobalContributions.

Tchanders mentioned this in T404718: Investigate: Adding Reveal IP button to Special:GlobalContributions.

Change #1216842 had a related patch set uploaded (by Tchanders; author: Tchanders):

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] WIP Add IP reveal buttons to Special:GlobalContributions

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1216842

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Dec 9 2025, 7:30 PM

Testing the patch

Setup:

2 wikis
A temp account ~1234 (for example) that has edited both wikis, from ::1 and ::2 (for example)
More usage notes, if needed: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:CheckUser#Special:GlobalContributions_usage

IP reveal - Test that clicking on "Show IP" buttons reveals correct IPs for the local and external wiki on:

Special:GlobalContributions/~1234
Special:GlobalContributions/::1/32
Equivalent local contributions pages

Multi-reveal - Test that clicking on one "Show IP" button reveals all the IPs for that temp user (local and external).

Pre-reveal - Test that already-revealed local and global IPs stay revealed for that user when browsing around, e.g. history pages, etc.

Auto-reveal - Clear localStorage first, so no IPs are revealed, then:

Enable auto-reveal
For the same pages (or similar), test that all the IPs are revealed
Disable auto-reveal
Test that all the IPs are now hidden

mszwarc added a subtask: T412530: Unable to perform POST request to REST API using mw.ForeignApi on Wikimedia sites.Dec 12 2025, 4:07 PM

Tchanders moved this task from In progress to Needs review on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Mince Pie Dec 1 - Dec 12) board.Dec 18 2025, 10:13 AM

OKryva-WMF edited projects, added Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Daffodil (Jan 19 - Feb 6)); removed Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Mince Pie Dec 1 - Dec 12).Dec 19 2025, 10:37 AM

OKryva-WMF moved this task from Backlog to Needs review on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Daffodil (Jan 19 - Feb 6)) board.

OKryva-WMF moved this task from Global wiki rollout to 4.8 TA Patrolling on the Temporary accounts board.Jan 28 2026, 1:18 PM

OKryva-WMF edited projects, added Temporary accounts (4.8 TA Patrolling); removed Temporary accounts (Global wiki rollout).

OKryva-WMF closed subtask T404718: Investigate: Adding Reveal IP button to Special:GlobalContributions as Resolved.

matmarex closed subtask T412530: Unable to perform POST request to REST API using mw.ForeignApi on Wikimedia sites as Resolved.Feb 5 2026, 6:54 PM

Madalina moved this task from Backlog to In current sprint on the Temporary accounts (4.8 TA Patrolling) board.Feb 9 2026, 10:13 AM

OKryva-WMF edited projects, added Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Flower (Feb 9 - Feb 27)); removed Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Daffodil (Jan 19 - Feb 6)).Feb 10 2026, 8:58 AM

OKryva-WMF moved this task from Backlog to Needs review on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Flower (Feb 9 - Feb 27)) board.Feb 10 2026, 8:59 AM

Madalina added a parent task: T414962: [Epic] Improve patrolling tools for connected temporary accounts.Feb 26 2026, 10:42 AM

OKryva-WMF edited projects, added Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Crocus (Mar 2 - Mar 20)); removed Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Flower (Feb 9 - Feb 27)).Mar 2 2026, 4:23 PM

OKryva-WMF moved this task from Backlog to Needs review on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Crocus (Mar 2 - Mar 20)) board.Mar 2 2026, 4:23 PM

OKryva-WMF edited projects, added Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Forsythia (Mar 23 - Apr 10))); removed Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Crocus (Mar 2 - Mar 20)).Mon, Mar 23, 4:03 PM

OKryva-WMF moved this task from Backlog to In progress on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Forsythia (Mar 23 - Apr 10))) board.Mon, Mar 23, 4:06 PM

OKryva-WMF moved this task from In progress to Needs review on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Forsythia (Mar 23 - Apr 10))) board.

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