Maniphest T421942

Improve onboarding dialog timing
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	Sneha
	Mar 31 2026, 5:23 PM

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Description

Background

Currently, after a user creates an account, we show a “Get started” popover designed primarily for editors. With the introduction of Reading List (RL), we will also show a Reading List onboarding popover to new accounts during the RL beta phase.

At the moment, both onboarding dialogs can appear at the same time (as shown below), leading to a confusing experience.

Screenshot 2026-03-30 at 3.07.51 PM.png (1,882×1,514 px, 299 KB)

We want to ensure these onboarding experiences are properly sequenced and timed. The editor-focused “Get started” popover should take priority, followed by the Reading List onboarding.

User Story

As a new account holder, I want onboarding dialogs to appear in a clear and non-overlapping sequence,
so that I can understand each feature without confusion.

Requirements

The following requirements are for both Desktop and Mobile.

Sequencing of pop overs

Do not show the Reading List onboarding popover at the same time as the “Get started” editor popover.
Trigger the Reading List onboarding on a subsequent page the user navigates to after dismissing the “Get started” dialog.

Exclusions

Do not show the Reading List onboarding on the homepage.

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Make onboarding dialog a little less eager beaver 🦫	mediawiki/extensions/ReadingLists	master	+51 -2
	Make onboarding dialog a little less eager beaver 🦫	mediawiki/extensions/ReadingLists	wmf/1.46.0-wmf.23	+51 -2

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Event Timeline

Sneha created this task.Mar 31 2026, 5:23 PM

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Sneha updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 31 2026, 5:25 PM

Michael subscribed.Mar 31 2026, 5:35 PM

aude triaged this task as High priority.Apr 1 2026, 5:54 PM

aude moved this task from Ready for sprint to Needs refinement on the Reader Experience Team board.

aude set the point value for this task to 2.Apr 6 2026, 1:15 PM

aude moved this task from Needs refinement to Ready for sprint on the Reader Experience Team board.

aude added a project: FY25-26 Reading Lists (Phase 2 - Beta feature).Apr 6 2026, 4:36 PM

aude moved this task from Backlog to Save/Unsave page action on the FY25-26 Reading Lists (Phase 2 - Beta feature) board.

For completion, in OOUI there was a "WindowManager" were different windows could be queued up.

LMora-WMF moved this task from Ready for sprint to REx Sprint 18 [Q4 Apr 7 - Apr 20] on the Reader Experience Team board.Apr 7 2026, 5:37 PM

LMora-WMF edited projects, added: Reader Experience Team (REx Sprint 18 [Q4 Apr 7 - Apr 20]); removed: Reader Experience Team.

SToyofuku-WMF claimed this task.Apr 8 2026, 2:28 PM

SToyofuku-WMF moved this task from Ready to In progress on the Reader Experience Team (REx Sprint 18 [Q4 Apr 7 - Apr 20]) board.

Change #1269498 had a related patch set uploaded (by Stoyofuku-wmf; author: Stoyofuku-wmf):

[mediawiki/extensions/ReadingLists@master] Make onboarding dialog a little less eager beaver 🦫

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1269498

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Apr 9 2026, 3:15 PM

SToyofuku-WMF removed SToyofuku-WMF as the assignee of this task.Apr 9 2026, 3:25 PM

SToyofuku-WMF moved this task from In progress to Needs code review on the Reader Experience Team (REx Sprint 18 [Q4 Apr 7 - Apr 20]) board.

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Change #1269498 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/ReadingLists@master] Make onboarding dialog a little less eager beaver 🦫

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1269498

Jdlrobson-WMF moved this task from Needs code review to Needs QA on the Reader Experience Team (REx Sprint 18 [Q4 Apr 7 - Apr 20]) board.Apr 9 2026, 5:14 PM

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Apr 9 2026, 5:31 PM

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.24; 2026-04-14).Apr 9 2026, 6:00 PM

Change #1269552 had a related patch set uploaded (by Aude; author: Stoyofuku-wmf):

[mediawiki/extensions/ReadingLists@wmf/1.46.0-wmf.23] Make onboarding dialog a little less eager beaver 🦫

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1269552

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Apr 9 2026, 6:16 PM

Change #1269552 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/ReadingLists@wmf/1.46.0-wmf.23] Make onboarding dialog a little less eager beaver 🦫

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1269552

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-04-09T20:18:51Z] <aude@deploy1003> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1269552|Make onboarding dialog a little less eager beaver 🦫 (T421942)]]

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-04-09T20:20:32Z] <aude@deploy1003> aude: Backport for [[gerrit:1269552|Make onboarding dialog a little less eager beaver 🦫 (T421942)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-04-09T20:28:56Z] <aude@deploy1003> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1269552|Make onboarding dialog a little less eager beaver 🦫 (T421942)]] (duration: 10m 05s)

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Apr 9 2026, 8:30 PM

ReleaseTaggerBot edited projects, added: MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.23; 2026-04-07); removed: MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.24; 2026-04-14).Apr 9 2026, 9:00 PM