Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
UA: use URL to user page in user agent	pywikibot/core	master	+33 -11
UA: Cleanup UA format string	pywikibot/core	master	+86 -29
IMPR: Use environment variables is usernames aren't within config.py	pywikibot/core	master	+10 -4

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Resolved	BUG REPORT	Xqt	T414170 All Github actions tests fails due to 429 status code
Resolved		Fabfur	T414173 All github action tests of Pywikibot fails due to 429 status code (TOO MANY REQUESTS)
Resolved	Feature	Xqt	T414201 Update config.user_agent_format to be compliant with WM Foundation UA Policy

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Xqt created this task.Jan 9 2026, 1:46 PM

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Xqt added a parent task: T414173: All github action tests of Pywikibot fails due to 429 status code (TOO MANY REQUESTS).

JAnD subscribed.Jan 9 2026, 1:56 PM

Joe awarded a token.Jan 10 2026, 7:30 AM

Xqt changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Jan 10 2026, 9:25 AM

I asked AI and changed pywikipot/comms/http.py :

replace

if site:
    script_comments.append(str(site))

with

if site:
    script_comments.append(
        f'{site.protocol()}://{site.hostname()}'
    )

and no more problem with 429 status

In T414201#11512363, @JAnD wrote:

I asked AI and changed pywikipot/comms/http.py :

Hi @JAnD, thank you for this proposal. I think it will be implemented in such a way, but I still get this 429 issue even with a fixed UA, fixed URL, and email, and even after adding a mindelay. The old Pywikibot UA should match for the most wikis after this string. Obviously there is a newly introduced limit for API access except bots running on Toolforge even the bot is registered and has a bot flag.

It’s extremely frustrating and time-consuming to constantly chase all those upstream changes at the moment and at a time I was going to publish Pywikibot 11.

The user name is always required in UA as User:<username> but sometimes it is missing. This can happen if there is no username given within user-config.py, maybe also for wildcard usage. For Pywikibot tests the environment variable can be used.

Xqt mentioned this in T414173: All github action tests of Pywikibot fails due to 429 status code (TOO MANY REQUESTS).Jan 13 2026, 3:46 PM

Change #1226297 had a related patch set uploaded (by Xqt; author: Xqt):

[pywikibot/core@master] IMPR: Use environment variables is usernames aren't within config.py

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1226297

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 13 2026, 4:48 PM

Change #1226297 merged by jenkins-bot:

[pywikibot/core@master] IMPR: Use environment variables is usernames aren't within config.py

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1226297

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 14 2026, 12:31 PM

Novem_Linguae subscribed.Jan 21 2026, 5:56 AM

Change #1235310 had a related patch set uploaded (by Xqt; author: Xqt):

[pywikibot/core@master] UA: Replace "family", "code", and "lang" in user_agent format string