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Implement gray bar changes for Minerva
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Background

Based on user feedback that the gray banner shown to temporary account users is distracting, we have decided to remove it.

This task covers implementation of the updated UI in Minerva.

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Requirements

  • Remove grey bar
  • Temp account icon is placed in header
  • Temp account username is moved to user avatar menu
  • ‘Login’ and ‘Create account’ actions are moved to user avatar menu

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:
SubjectRepoBranchLines +/-
User page should support html-after-portalmediawiki/skins/Vectormaster+9 -1
POC: Add temp user info button to user page menu portalmediawiki/coremaster+14 -0
Remove temporary account user bannermediawiki/coremaster+69 -90
Remove temporary accounts bannermediawiki/skins/MinervaNeuemaster+6 -87
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Madalina created this task.Feb 26 2026, 1:55 PM
Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptFeb 26 2026, 1:55 PM
Madalina added a parent task: T417371: Replace/remove the gray bar temporary account holders.Feb 26 2026, 1:57 PM
Madalina added subscribers: HFan-WMF, Sneha, Jdlrobson.Feb 26 2026, 1:59 PM

cc'ing @Jdlrobson, @HFan-WMF, @Sneha for visibility.

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, 2:04 PM
Madalina moved this task from In refinement to Ready on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Flower (Feb 9 - Feb 27)) board.Feb 26 2026, 6:40 PM
STran claimed this task.Mar 2 2026, 12:43 PM
STran moved this task from Ready to In progress on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Flower (Feb 9 - Feb 27)) board.
Johannnes89 subscribed.Mar 2 2026, 12:47 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Mar 2 2026, 1:51 PM

Change #1247067 had a related patch set uploaded (by STran; author: STran):

[mediawiki/skins/MinervaNeue@master] Remove temporary accounts banner

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1247067

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Mar 2 2026, 1:51 PM
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, 4:24 PM
OKryva-WMF moved this task from Backlog to In progress on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Crocus (Mar 2 - Mar 20)) board.Mar 2 2026, 4:25 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Mar 3 2026, 12:07 PM

Change #1247573 had a related patch set uploaded (by STran; author: STran):

[mediawiki/core@master] Remove temporary account user banner

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1247573

Madalina moved this task from Backlog to In current sprint on the Temporary accounts (4.8 TA Patrolling) board.Mar 3 2026, 12:15 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 3 2026, 1:30 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Mar 10 2026, 4:27 PM

Change #1247067 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/skins/MinervaNeue@master] Remove temporary accounts banner

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1247067

gerritbot added a comment.Mar 10 2026, 4:33 PM

Change #1247573 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] Remove temporary account user banner

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1247573

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.20; 2026-03-17).Mar 10 2026, 5:00 PM
Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Mar 10 2026, 5:34 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Mar 10 2026, 5:52 PM

Change #1250017 had a related patch set uploaded (by Kosta Harlan; author: Kosta Harlan):

[mediawiki/core@master] skin: Remove body-prepend approach for temp user tooltip

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1250017

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Mar 10 2026, 5:52 PM

Change #1250018 had a related patch set uploaded (by Kosta Harlan; author: Kosta Harlan):

[mediawiki/skins/Vector@master] skin: Render temp user tooltip in Vector via html-after-portal

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1250018

gerritbot added a comment.Mar 12 2026, 1:13 AM

Change #1250759 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jdlrobson; author: Jdlrobson):

[mediawiki/skins/Vector@master] User page should support html-after-portal

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1250759

gerritbot added a comment.Mar 12 2026, 1:15 AM

Change #1250761 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jdlrobson; author: Jdlrobson):

[mediawiki/core@master] POC: Add temp user info button to user page menu portal

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1250761

Jdlrobson-WMF added a subtask: T419783: Temporary account icon not displayed on Minerva.Mar 12 2026, 4:43 PM
STran moved this task from Needs review to Needs QA on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Crocus (Mar 2 - Mar 20)) board.Mar 13 2026, 8:13 AM
gerritbot added a comment.Mar 13 2026, 10:23 PM

Change #1250761 abandoned by Jdlrobson:

[mediawiki/core@master] POC: Add temp user info button to user page menu portal

Reason:

Done in https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/core/+/1250017

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1250761

gerritbot added a comment.Mar 13 2026, 10:24 PM

Change #1250759 abandoned by Jdlrobson:

[mediawiki/skins/Vector@master] User page should support html-after-portal

Reason:

Done in https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/skins/Vector/+/1250018?usp=search

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1250759

Michael subscribed.Mar 18 2026, 11:18 AM
EMcFarland-WMF subscribed.Thu, Mar 19, 1:47 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, 4:02 PM
OKryva-WMF moved this task from Backlog to Needs QA on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Forsythia (Mar 23 - Apr 10))) board.Mon, Mar 23, 4:03 PM
Jdlrobson-WMF subscribed.Tue, Mar 31, 9:10 PM
STran moved this task from Needs QA to Done on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Forsythia (Mar 23 - Apr 10))) board.Thu, Apr 2, 11:50 AM
Jdlrobson-WMF closed subtask T419783: Temporary account icon not displayed on Minerva as Resolved.Tue, Apr 7, 11:29 PM
OKryva-WMF mentioned this in T409713: hCaptcha: challenge can be obscured by header menu.Wed, Apr 15, 8:38 AM
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