Add ability to copy the list of connected temporary accounts
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Background

As part of making it easier to investigate connected temporary accounts who are sharing the same IP address, we would like to be able to easily copy a list of multiple temporary accounts in order to paste on a wiki page or in a block tool (e.g. LTA documentation pages).

Designs

T417223 Add ability to copy the list of connected temporary accounts.png (2×5 px, 529 KB)

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Acceptance criteria

on Special:Contributions for a temporary account there is an action to copy the list of temporary accounts that have shared IP addresses with the target account
clicking on this button copies the information to the users clipboard (format TBC)
a ‘toast’ message appears to provide the user feedback that the information has been copied
Format is newline separated list

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Remove unused documentRoot parameter in listToClipboard function	mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser	master	+2 -9
	Add ability to copy a list of related temporary accounts to clipboard	mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser	master	+116 -144

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Resolved		Dreamy_Jazz	T414962 [Epic] Improve patrolling tools for connected temporary accounts
		Resolved		STran	T417223 Add ability to copy the list of connected temporary accounts

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Madalina created this task.Feb 11 2026, 8:53 PM

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KieranMcCann-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 23 2026, 11:20 AM

Madalina moved this task from Backlog to In refinement on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Flower (Feb 9 - Feb 27)) board.Feb 26 2026, 9:00 AM

Madalina added a parent task: T414962: [Epic] Improve patrolling tools for connected temporary accounts.Feb 26 2026, 10:44 AM

Added an image of the designs and updated the acceptance criteria with some more detail.

I believe we still need to confirm the details of the exact format of the text that is saved to the users clipboard? @Madalina

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, 4:29 PM

OKryva-WMF moved this task from Backlog to In refinement on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Crocus (Mar 2 - Mar 20)) board.

Madalina moved this task from Backlog to Needs refinement on the Temporary accounts (4.8 TA Patrolling) board.Mar 3 2026, 12:15 PM

Madalina updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 10 2026, 9:01 AM

Madalina moved this task from In refinement to Ready on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Crocus (Mar 2 - Mar 20)) board.Mar 10 2026, 10:16 AM

STran claimed this task.Mar 10 2026, 1:51 PM

STran moved this task from Ready to In progress on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Crocus (Mar 2 - Mar 20)) board.

Change #1251065 had a related patch set uploaded (by STran; author: STran):

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Add ability to copy a list of related temporary accounts to clipbard

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1251065

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Mar 12 2026, 12:25 PM

STran moved this task from In progress to Needs review on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Crocus (Mar 2 - Mar 20)) board.Mar 12 2026, 12:57 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)).Mar 23 2026, 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.Mar 23 2026, 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.

Change #1251065 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Add ability to copy a list of related temporary accounts to clipboard

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1251065

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.21; 2026-03-24).Mar 23 2026, 6:00 PM

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Mar 23 2026, 6:31 PM

STran moved this task from Needs review to Done on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Forsythia (Mar 23 - Apr 10))) board.Mar 25 2026, 12:57 PM

OKryva-WMF moved this task from Needs refinement to Done on the Temporary accounts (4.8 TA Patrolling) board.Mar 27 2026, 10:05 AM

Madalina closed this task as Resolved.Mar 27 2026, 1:28 PM

Change #1264627 had a related patch set uploaded (by STran; author: STran):

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Use documentRoot parameter in connected accounts list copy feature

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1264627

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Mar 30 2026, 12:45 PM

Change #1264627 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Remove unused documentRoot parameter in listToClipboard function

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1264627

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Mar 31 2026, 6:31 AM

ReleaseTaggerBot edited projects, added MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.23; 2026-04-07); removed MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.21; 2026-03-24).Mar 31 2026, 7:00 AM

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