Drop ext.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget module and associated code
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	May 13 2026, 4:59 PM

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T422913: Rework mw.libs.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget to not always require an input field replaced the mw.libs.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget class with mw.libs.confirmEdit.CaptchaWidget. Now that it is no longer used as of T426227: Remove all remaining uses of mw.libs.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget we can drop the module and it's JS file

Background

Per the stable interface policy "client-side JavaScript" is not considered stable
- Additionally, the JS module appears to have only used in DiscussionTools and Convenient-Discussions per Wikimedia Codesearch and a GitHub code search
- Furthermore, the JS class was never explicitly marked as stable to use (so even if the stable interface policy applied to JS files it would have been excluded based on it being extension code)
Therefore, given all uses are replaced and it was not used by many places, it should be safe to drop the widget without first hard-deprecating it

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Drop the ext.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget module and the code in that module

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Drop the ext.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget module and it's code	mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit	master	+1 -136

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Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
Open	Feature	Dreamy_Jazz	T356599 hCaptcha: Implement compatibility with DiscussionTools
Resolved		Dreamy_Jazz	T426229 Drop ext.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget module and associated code
Resolved		Dreamy_Jazz	T426227 Remove all remaining uses of mw.libs.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget
Resolved		Jack_who_built_the_house	T424598 Update ConvenientDiscussions to use mw.libs.confirmEdit.CaptchaWidget instead of mw.libs.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget
Open		Dreamy_Jazz	T424597 Make use of the mw.libs.confirmEdit.CaptchaWidget in DiscussionTools instead of CaptchaInputWidget
Resolved		Dreamy_Jazz	T422913 Rework mw.libs.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget to not always require an input field

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Dreamy_Jazz created this task.May 13 2026, 4:59 PM

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Dreamy_Jazz added a subtask: T426227: Remove all remaining uses of mw.libs.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget.May 13 2026, 4:59 PM

Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from Backlog to Ready on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint lily-of-the-valley (May 4 - May 22)) board.May 13 2026, 5:20 PM

Change #1287033 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):

[mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit@master] Drop the ext.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget module and it's code

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1287033

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.May 13 2026, 10:33 PM

Dreamy_Jazz removed a project: DiscussionTools.May 13 2026, 10:46 PM

Dreamy_Jazz added a subtask: T424598: Update ConvenientDiscussions to use mw.libs.confirmEdit.CaptchaWidget instead of mw.libs.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget.May 13 2026, 10:53 PM

Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from Ready to Needs review on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint lily-of-the-valley (May 4 - May 22)) board.

Dreamy_Jazz closed this task as Resolved.Fri, May 15, 9:32 AM

Dreamy_Jazz closed subtask T426227: Remove all remaining uses of mw.libs.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget as Resolved.

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Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from Needs review to Done on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint lily-of-the-valley (May 4 - May 22)) board.

Change #1287033 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit@master] Drop the ext.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget module and it's code

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1287033

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Given that it might break one of those few on-wiki scripts that refer to ext.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget, here's an example of migration to CaptchaWidget. Tested for FancyCaptcha (as this is the one that's active on plwiki): https://pl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-wikibugs-core.js&diff=prev&oldid=79821499

In T426229#11947744, @mszwarc wrote:

Given that it might break one of those few on-wiki scripts that refer to ext.confirmEdit.CaptchaInputWidget, here's an example of migration to CaptchaWidget. Tested for FancyCaptcha (as this is the one that's active on plwiki): https://pl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-wikibugs-core.js&diff=prev&oldid=79821499

Thanks for noting this, I should have checked on-wiki to see if it was used :D

Perhaps we should mark the ext.confirmEdit.CaptchaWidget code as stable to use once QA has completed and we are fairly confident that no additional work on it is needed for hCaptcha?

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