z-index issue causes random page/home to be unusable as a temp account on MinervaNeue
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	Soda
	Jan 16 2026, 1:50 PM

Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

(Be a non-logged-in user of Wikipedia)
Make any edit (to create a temporary account)
Try to click on the hamburger menu

What happens?:

Screenshot_20260116-163845.png (2×1 px, 109 KB)

What should have happened instead?:

I should be able to click on Random and Home
I should have a link to access to a talk page and my contributions
[Ideally] the big TA banner should not be that large, since it really does not give that much info

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
MinervaNeue: Fix temp user banner overlaying navigation drawer	mediawiki/skins/MinervaNeue	master	+3 -1
MinervaNeue: Fix Donate link positioning in AMC mode	mediawiki/skins/MinervaNeue	master	+40 -15
MinervaNeue: Pass user context and fix donate link positioning	mediawiki/skins/MinervaNeue	master	+38 -8

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Mentioned Here: T407549: [Regression] Temp accounts banner overlay blocks content on mobile

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Soda created this task.Jan 16 2026, 1:50 PM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptJan 16 2026, 1:50 PM

Soda updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 16 2026, 1:51 PM

Soda updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 16 2026, 1:54 PM

Soda updated the task description. (Show Details)

Soda added a subscriber: Samwalton9.

For context, the normal contributor see this

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Escargot_rouge added a project: Temporary accounts.Jan 16 2026, 3:15 PM

Restricted Application added a project: Product Safety and Integrity. · View Herald TranscriptJan 16 2026, 3:15 PM

Seems like a Regression – the same issue occurred a couple of months ago T407549: [Regression] Temp accounts banner overlay blocks content on mobile and was fixed per QA in T407549#11287143 / F66758361

Change #1227840 had a related patch set uploaded (by Aarohisharma3; author: Aarohisharma3):

[mediawiki/skins/MinervaNeue@master] MinervaNeue: Pass user context to discovery tools for temp account support

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1227840

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 16 2026, 4:25 PM

Jdlrobson-WMF added a project: Reader Experience Team.Jan 16 2026, 5:09 PM

Change #1228198 had a related patch set uploaded (by Aarohisharma3; author: Aarohisharma3):

[mediawiki/skins/MinervaNeue@master] MinervaNeue: Pass user context and fix donate link positioning

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1228198

Change #1228198 abandoned by Aarohisharma3:

[mediawiki/skins/MinervaNeue@master] MinervaNeue: Pass user context and fix donate link positioning

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1228198

Change #1229131 had a related patch set uploaded (by Aarohisharma3; author: Aarohisharma3):

[mediawiki/skins/MinervaNeue@master] MinervaNeue: Fix Donate link positioning in AMC mode

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1229131

Change #1229131 abandoned by Aarohisharma3:

[mediawiki/skins/MinervaNeue@master] MinervaNeue: Fix Donate link positioning in AMC mode

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1229131

Niharika moved this task from Inbox to Needs Other Teams on the Temporary accounts board.Jan 28 2026, 1:29 PM

Jdlrobson-WMF renamed this task from Unable to use random page/go to main page as a temp account on MinervaNeue to z-index issue causes random page/home to be unusable as a temp account on MinervaNeue.Feb 2 2026, 4:57 PM

HFan-WMF triaged this task as Medium priority.Fri, Feb 13, 12:16 AM

HFan-WMF moved this task from Incoming to Needs refinement on the Reader Experience Team board.

Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from Inbox to Triaged (backlog) on the Product Safety and Integrity board.Tue, Feb 24, 4:57 PM

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	Jan 16 2026, 4:17 PM
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	Jan 16 2026, 2:06 PM

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	Jan 16 2026, 1:51 PM

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z-index issue causes random page/home to be unusable as a temp account on MinervaNeue
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