(tagging VisualEditor as this is related to VE, and Product Safety and Integrity as the config code was added in T423252: Enable VisualEditor hCaptcha on testwiki)

The same will have to be done for ApiDiscussionToolsEdit, which calls action=visualeditoredit internally.

Change #1292362 had a related patch set uploaded (by SomeRandomDeveloper; author: SomeRandomDeveloper):

[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] Set "isvisualeditoredit" parameter when saving an edit

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1292362

Change #1292363 had a related patch set uploaded (by SomeRandomDeveloper; author: SomeRandomDeveloper):

[mediawiki/extensions/DiscussionTools@master] Set "isdiscussiontoolsedit" parameter when saving an edit

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1292363

Change #1292364 had a related patch set uploaded (by SomeRandomDeveloper; author: SomeRandomDeveloper):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Update hCaptcha checks to support isvisualeditoredit/isdiscussiontoolsedit

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1292364

A very hackish solution (but the whole code is hackish, so it wouldn’t make it that much worse): what if the config code directly accessed $_REQUEST['action']? That would mean no need for changes in VE or DT.

Adding Product Safety and Integrity spring to track code review

In T427105#11950592, @Tacsipacsi wrote:

A very hackish solution (but the whole code is hackish, so it wouldn’t make it that much worse): what if the config code directly accessed $_REQUEST['action']? That would mean no need for changes in VE or DT.

Yeah, we should probably consider doing this. It is done for other ConfirmEdit (CAPTCHA extension) related config on WMF wikis

I'm fine with that as well, I'll update my patch.

Change #1292363 abandoned by SomeRandomDeveloper:

[mediawiki/extensions/DiscussionTools@master] Set "isdiscussiontoolsedit" parameter when saving an edit

Reason:

Using $_REQUEST instead in the config code

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1292363

Change #1292362 abandoned by SomeRandomDeveloper:

[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] Set "isvisualeditoredit" parameter when saving an edit

Reason:

Using $_REQUEST instead in the config code

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1292362

Change #1292364 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Update hCaptcha checks to retrieve API parameters from $_REQUEST

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1292364

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-03T12:27:01Z] <dreamyjazz@deploy1003> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1292364|Update hCaptcha checks to retrieve API parameters from $_REQUEST (T427105)]]

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-03T12:28:59Z] <dreamyjazz@deploy1003> somerandomdeveloper, dreamyjazz: Backport for [[gerrit:1292364|Update hCaptcha checks to retrieve API parameters from $_REQUEST (T427105)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-03T12:38:17Z] <dreamyjazz@deploy1003> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1292364|Update hCaptcha checks to retrieve API parameters from $_REQUEST (T427105)]] (duration: 11m 15s)