Background

We want to roll out the reading list beta feature to a group of pilot wikis on web (mobile and desktop): ar, fr, zh, id, vi in the week of April 6 2026.

• Thursday, April 9: enable ReadingLists BetaFeature on these wikis for existing users
• Monday, April 13: opt-in new accounts to the ReadingLists BetaFeature

Question: When do we enable QuickSurveys? We did some bug fixes this week, so all the bug fixes need to either be backported or wait for the train.

User story

As a wikipedia account holder on these wikis (ar, fr, zh, id, vi), I am able to navigate to my beta features settings and find "Reading List". There, I can read about this feature, access the links to the talk page and project page, and choose to enable this feature.

After enabling this feature, I can navigate to any article and see the "bookmark" button that will save an article to my reading list.

I can use the Saved List icon at the top navigation bar or the link in a "save article success" toast to navigate to my reading list, where I can see the list of my saved articles.

As a brand new user who creates a new account on these five wikis (ar, fr, zh, id, vi), I will be automatically opted into the reading list beta feature. Navigating to an article will show the bookmark icon, and I will be able to navigate to the reading list.

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Requirements

Acceptance criteria

• An existing user on these wikis (ar, fr, zh, id, vi) can navigate to the beta feature preferences page and see the reading list beta feature
• That user can opt into the beta feature and begin to save articles and see their "saved pages" list
• When a brand new account is created on these wikis (ar, fr, zh, id, vi), they will automatically have the reading list beta feature enabled. They can create their account and immediately begin saving articles.
• Ensure that a user in another wiki outside of this target pilot group does not have the reading list beta feature.

BDD

• For QA engineer to fill out.

Test Steps

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Communication criteria

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Rollback plan

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