Disable submit on no-JS or when JS is not yet loaded if HCaptcha is required for editing
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	Apr 3 2026, 6:23 AM

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Dreamy_Jazz

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See T422222: Unable to submit edit in Basic mode for background

If user do not have JS enabled "Publish" button should be disabled and a message shown saying JavaScript is required for publishing (T405589 partly did it, but I here propose "Publish" button should be disabled)
If user have JS enabled "Publish" button should be disabled until JS is loaded (to prevent user from submitting forms without Captcha)

This is a different version of T405487: hCaptcha has no indication that JavaScript is required/T405589: hCaptcha: Implement message for no JS users, just about editing instead of account creation.

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Mentioned Here: T405487: hCaptcha has no indication that JavaScript is required
T405589: hCaptcha: Implement message for no JS users
T422222: Unable to submit edit in Basic mode

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Bugreporter created this task.Apr 3 2026, 6:23 AM

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Bugreporter updated the task description. (Show Details)Apr 3 2026, 6:27 AM

Dreamy_Jazz added projects: Bot detection and mitigation (WE4.2 hCaptcha editing trial), Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Forsythia (Mar 23 - Apr 10))).Apr 8 2026, 1:27 PM

Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from Backlog to Ready on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Forsythia (Mar 23 - Apr 10))) board.

I'm not a big fan of the content flash that appears, as the button is disabled for me for only a very short time but long enough to appear as a flash on the page.

So I'd propose we decline this task, as if the user submits their edit with JS enabled but before JS was loaded they will see a error message as shown below:

Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from Ready to In refinement on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Forsythia (Mar 23 - Apr 10))) board.Apr 9 2026, 4:21 PM

if the user submits their edit with JS enabled but before JS was loaded they will see a error message as shown below

Note many users have slow internet connection or that with high latency.

OKryva-WMF edited projects, added: Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Tulip (Apr 13 - May 1)); removed: Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Forsythia (Mar 23 - Apr 10))).Apr 14 2026, 7:51 AM

OKryva-WMF moved this task from Backlog to In refinement on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Tulip (Apr 13 - May 1)) board.

OKryva-WMF moved this task from Backlog to Ready on the Bot detection and mitigation (WE4.2 hCaptcha editing trial) board.Apr 14 2026, 8:39 AM

MPostoronca-WMF moved this task from In refinement to Ready on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Tulip (Apr 13 - May 1)) board.Apr 27 2026, 8:05 AM

MPostoronca-WMF moved this task from Ready to In refinement on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Tulip (Apr 13 - May 1)) board.

OKryva-WMF edited projects, added: Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint lily-of-the-valley (May 4 - May 22)); removed: Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Tulip (Apr 13 - May 1)).May 1 2026, 7:47 AM

OKryva-WMF moved this task from Backlog to In refinement on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint lily-of-the-valley (May 4 - May 22)) board.May 1 2026, 7:48 AM

MPostoronca-WMF claimed this task.May 7 2026, 10:49 AM

MPostoronca-WMF moved this task from In refinement to In progress on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint lily-of-the-valley (May 4 - May 22)) board.

Change #1284685 had a related patch set uploaded (by Mpostoronca; author: Mpostoronca):

[mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit@master] hCaptcha: Disable Publish button until JS loads in secure enclave mode

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1284685

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.May 7 2026, 3:22 PM

After discussion on slack we've decided that this would not be good from a UX point of view.

Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from In progress to Done on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint lily-of-the-valley (May 4 - May 22)) board.May 14 2026, 10:44 PM

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Disable submit on no-JS or when JS is not yet loaded if HCaptcha is required for editing
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