dashboard: https://logstash.wikimedia.org/app/dashboards#/view/d51552d0-e309-11ef-87d0-9371e01d3c68?_a=(filters:!((query:(match_phrase:(kubernetes.labels.cronjob.keyword:update-special-pages-s5)))))&_g=(time:(from:now-24h,to:now))
description: Use kube-env mw-cron eqiad; kubectl get jobs -l team=mediawiki-special-pages,cronjob=update-special-pages-s5 --field-selector status.successful=0; kubectl logs -l cronjob=update-special-pages-s5 --timestamps=true --prefix=true -c mediawiki-main-app to see failures and logs
runbook: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Periodic_jobs#Troubleshooting
summary: MediaWiki periodic job update-special-pages-s5 failed
alertname: MediaWikiCronJobFailed
label_cronjob: update-special-pages-s5
label_team: mediawiki-special-pages
prometheus: k8s
severity: task
site: eqiad
source: prometheus
team: mediawiki-special-pages
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Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
Open		None	T422489 rdbms errors in eqiad
In Progress		None	T422486 MediaWiki periodic job failures due to timeouts
Resolved	PRODUCTION ERROR	jijiki	T422580 MediaWiki periodic job update-special-pages-s5 failed

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phaultfinder created this task.Apr 8 2026, 6:58 AM

Restricted Application changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Production Error". · View Herald TranscriptApr 8 2026, 6:58 AM

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A_smart_kitten moved this task from To triage to Maintenance reports on the MediaWiki-Special-pages board.Apr 8 2026, 9:27 AM

That runs every 3 days, we'll see if it runs correctly next time or not. Logs show a DB issue dewiki Error: 2006 MySQL server has gone away

Clement_Goubert moved this task from Inbox to Radar (Pending) on the ServiceOps new board.Apr 8 2026, 11:07 AM

@Clement_Goubert that's the same error as T422313: MediaWiki periodic job update-special-pages-s5 failed a few days ago -- might this be duplicate auto-filed task for the same error? (and if so, might T422413 have been as well?)

jijiki added a parent task: T422489: rdbms errors in eqiad.Apr 8 2026, 11:13 AM

It's the same error as in the same cause, but it's a different run of the job (started yesterday, failed this morning). Phaultfinder will refile a task for a failure if the previous one was closed, which is the case here. If we leave this task open, Phaultfinder will *update it* with the next alert.

fair enough. thank you for checking! :)

I am closing this, since we are tracking that in T422486

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