Three newly created user accounts for Wikimedia Vote Wiki are unable to log in since 25 February 2026.
The accounts were created manually and assigned the required rights. Temporary passwords were sent via email. However, repeated login attempts fail with a fatal error.
This issue affects the following users:
- ZI Jony
- J ansari
- Dev Jadiya
All three users report the same behavior.
Error Messages Observed (only two mentioned here)
Internal error [14762ff5-b1c9-4ce6-845d-307799bfc7ad] 2026-02-25 18:03:07: Fatal exception of type "Error"
Internal error [e724d466-046e-4a5b-8108-00fc961192d3] 2026-02-26 15:33:01: Fatal exception of type "Error"
Steps Already Attempted:
- Login using the initially provided password
- Password resent by administrator
- Manual password scrambling/reset
- Multiple login attempts from different sessions
- Attempted password reset via email (no reset email received)
All attempts resulted in the same fatal exception.
Additional Context:
- Accounts were newly created for election-related access on Wikimedia Vote Wiki.
- Issue started on 25 February 2026 and is ongoing.
- It may be related to broader authentication or infrastructure instability (possible DDoS activity reported around the same time), but this is unconfirmed.
- None of the three users have successfully logged in even once.
The affected users are unable to access Vote Wiki for election-related tasks.