VisualEditor hCaptcha: Remove on load checkbox if CAPTCHA error is returned
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Description

If an AbuseFilter consequence is fired to force show a captcha, the user is editing via VisualEditor, Bot detection and mitigation (WE4.2 hCaptcha editing trial) is in use, and the checkbox is not invisible then the user can see two checkboxes appear

An AbuseFilter can force a captcha to show, which may be using a different sitekey (such as one to force a visual challenge)
- When this happens with invisible mode off, the hCaptcha checkbox is shown twice on the page and it is not clear which one needs to be checked to continue with the edit

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	VisualEditor hCaptcha: Remove onload widget on captcha error	mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit	master	+59 -0

Change #1275871 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):

[mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit@master] VisualEditor hCaptcha: Remove onload widget on captcha error

Change #1275871 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit@master] VisualEditor hCaptcha: Remove onload widget on captcha error

Suggest regression testing using prod config. Only visible changes are when a wiki does not use invisible mode for the checkbox

I have only tested on testwiki or local wiki with a relatively production like config.

If someone wants to test this locally with the checkboxes, that's great, otherwise you can move this to done.

kostajh closed this task as Resolved.Apr 30 2026, 10:26 AM

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