[wmf.5 - regression] desktop Help panel cannot be open on Link recommendations articles
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	Etonkovidova
	Mar 25 2026, 9:28 PM

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	F78733138: Screenshot 2026-04-29 at 1.20.36 PM.png
	Apr 29 2026, 5:34 PM

	F73668092: help panel uncollapsing.gif
	Mar 25 2026, 9:28 PM

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Description

Notes:

The issue is present on wmf.5
mobile Help panel can be open for any type of SE tasks
Help panel for other tasks works as expected
If you click to close the add link dialog, the Help panel works as expected.

Steps:

from Homepage go to any Link recommendation article
an article in Suggested Edit mode displays the Help panel as collapsed
click to uncollapse Help panel

What happened

(1) the panel cannot be open. When the Help button is clicked, the background of a link recommendation card changes to grey (click on the gif below).

help panel uncollapsing.gif (1,196×856 px, 465 KB)

(2) when a user switches to Read mode on an Add link article, the Help button and SE button persist, see the steps below:

a user in SE mode on an Add a link article - the Help button is not clickable, but Add link functionality and UI works as expected.
click to collapse the SE dialog - it collapses and is displayed alongside with the Help button
switch to the Read mode - the non-clickable buttons are still displayed:

Screenshot 2026-04-29 at 1.20.36 PM.png (2,456×1,740 px, 751 KB)

What should happen

if a button is displayed, it should be clickable
Read mode should not display the SE and Help buttons

Related Objects

Mentioned In: T422187: [QA] Suggested tasks issues
Mentioned Here: T417942: Help panel and Edit Check pagination conflict

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Etonkovidova created this task.Mar 25 2026, 9:28 PM

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My suspicion is that this was broken by fix for T417942: Help panel and Edit Check pagination conflict.

The button is technically still clickable, but somehow the button that would be added when clicking the "X" on the Add-Link card is sitting mostly on top of it, preventing the click from reaching the button.

Etonkovidova updated the task description. (Show Details)Apr 2 2026, 3:27 PM

Etonkovidova mentioned this in T422187: [QA] Suggested tasks issues.Apr 2 2026, 4:31 PM

KStoller-WMF moved this task from Product Backlog to Needs Refinement on the Growth-Team board.Apr 26 2026, 6:35 PM

Michael triaged this task as Medium priority.Apr 28 2026, 3:50 PM

Etonkovidova updated the task description. (Show Details)Apr 29 2026, 5:34 PM

KStoller-WMF moved this task from Needs Refinement to Needs Estimation on the Growth-Team board.Jun 10 2026, 4:41 PM

Etonkovidova renamed this task from [wmf.20 - regression] desktop Help panel cannot be open on Link recommendations articles to [wmf.5 - regression] desktop Help panel cannot be open on Link recommendations articles.Jun 10 2026, 6:28 PM

Etonkovidova updated the task description. (Show Details)

Re-checked on wmf.5 - cswiki and itwiki - the issue is confirmed. Added the comments to the ticket description.

KStoller-WMF set the point value for this task to 3.Jun 15 2026, 3:49 PM

KStoller-WMF moved this task from Needs Estimation to Up next Sprint on the Growth-Team board.

KStoller-WMF moved this task from Up next Sprint to Estimated tasks backlog on the Growth-Team board.Thu, Aug 6, 5:30 PM

[wmf.5 - regression] desktop Help panel cannot be open on Link recommendations articlesOpen, MediumPublic3 Estimated Story PointsBUG REPORTActions