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Add support for temporary accounts
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Temporary accounts were introduced in June 2025, but Pywikibot currently handles them as regular user accounts. This may lead to incorrect behavior because temporary accounts have different characteristics and limitations.

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IMPR: Add support for temporary accountsXqtpywikibot/coremaster+194 -36
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Xqt created this task.Mar 4 2026, 9:36 AM
Restricted Application added subscribers: pywikibot-bugs-list, • Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptMar 4 2026, 9:36 AM
Xqt triaged this task as Medium priority.Mar 4 2026, 9:38 AM
Xqt changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".
Xqt added a project: Hackathon-Northwestern-Europe-2026.
Xqt added a parent task: T416357: Wikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026 (PWB).Jun 13 2026, 1:09 PM
Xqt changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Jun 13 2026, 5:12 PM
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gerritbot added a comment.Jun 13 2026, 7:37 PM

Change #1301480 had a related patch set uploaded (by Xqt; author: Xqt):

[pywikibot/core@master] IMPR: Add support for temporary accounts

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1301480

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jun 13 2026, 7:37 PM
Xqt moved this task from Backlog to Needs Review on the Pywikibot board.Jun 15 2026, 11:04 AM
Xqt closed this task as Resolved.Jun 21 2026, 4:03 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Jun 21 2026, 4:18 PM

Change #1301480 merged by jenkins-bot:

[pywikibot/core@master] IMPR: Add support for temporary accounts

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1301480

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Jun 21 2026, 4:30 PM
Xqt mentioned this in T429874: TestSiteGeneratorsUsers.test_allusers test of site_generators_tests fails on wowwiki.Tue, Jun 23, 8:24 AM
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