Wikimedia\NormalizedException\NormalizedException: Authentication failed because of inconsistent provider array
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	jnuche
	Feb 12 2026, 4:26 PM

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Error

service.version: 1.46.0-wmf.15
timestamp: 2026-02-12T09:12:07.172Z
labels.phpversion: 8.3.30
trace.id: aa8c19a1-f083-426e-aa05-e86a5893bb5e
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[{reqId}] {exception_url}   Wikimedia\NormalizedException\NormalizedException: Authentication failed because of inconsistent provider array

Frame	Location	Call
from	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.46.0-wmf.15/includes/Auth/AuthManager.php(453)
#0	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.46.0-wmf.15/includes/SpecialPage/AuthManagerSpecialPage.php(415)	MediaWiki\Auth\AuthManager->continueAuthentication(array)
#1	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.46.0-wmf.15/includes/SpecialPage/AuthManagerSpecialPage.php(548)	MediaWiki\SpecialPage\AuthManagerSpecialPage->performAuthenticationStep(string, array)
#2	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.46.0-wmf.15/includes/HTMLForm/HTMLForm.php(820)	MediaWiki\SpecialPage\AuthManagerSpecialPage->handleFormSubmit(array, MediaWiki\HTMLForm\CodexHTMLForm)
#3	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.46.0-wmf.15/includes/SpecialPage/AuthManagerSpecialPage.php(479)	MediaWiki\HTMLForm\HTMLForm->trySubmit()
#4	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.46.0-wmf.15/includes/SpecialPage/LoginSignupSpecialPage.php(395)	MediaWiki\SpecialPage\AuthManagerSpecialPage->trySubmit()
#5	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.46.0-wmf.15/includes/SpecialPage/SpecialPage.php(711)	MediaWiki\SpecialPage\LoginSignupSpecialPage->execute(null)
#6	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.46.0-wmf.15/includes/SpecialPage/SpecialPageFactory.php(1745)	MediaWiki\SpecialPage\SpecialPage->run(null)
#7	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.46.0-wmf.15/includes/Actions/ActionEntryPoint.php(504)	MediaWiki\SpecialPage\SpecialPageFactory->executePath(string, MediaWiki\Context\RequestContext)
#8	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.46.0-wmf.15/includes/Actions/ActionEntryPoint.php(144)	MediaWiki\Actions\ActionEntryPoint->performRequest()
#9	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.46.0-wmf.15/includes/MediaWikiEntryPoint.php(180)	MediaWiki\Actions\ActionEntryPoint->execute()
#10	/srv/mediawiki/php-1.46.0-wmf.15/index.php(44)	MediaWiki\MediaWikiEntryPoint->run()
#11	/srv/mediawiki/w/index.php(3)	require(string)
#12	{main}

Notes

Started with 1.46.0-wmf.15. Very low volume

Details

Request URL: https://auth.wikimedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?centralauthLoginToken=*&returnto=*&returntoquery=*&title=*&useformat=*&usesul3=*

Related Objects

Mentioned Here: T404334: EmailAuth verification on Wikimedia wikis can sometimes be bypassed by logging in via a wiki in the `closed` dblist

Event Timeline

jnuche created this task.Feb 12 2026, 4:26 PM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptFeb 12 2026, 4:26 PM

This is fine as long as it's a single spike - configuration changed (because of T404334 probably) while some authentication session was in progress.

jnuche moved this task from Untriaged to Jan–Mar 2026 on the Wikimedia-production-error board.Feb 12 2026, 4:42 PM

Two small spikes, matching train deployment times, no further errors since then.

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	Feb 15 2026, 11:40 PM

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