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Formally EOL MW 1.44
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As per https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle, MW 1.44 is EOL at the end of July 2026.

Previous: T389313: Formally EOL MW 1.42 | Next: T433376: Formally EOL MW 1.45

  • E-mail wikitech-l etc.
  • Drop from ExtensionDistributor's prod config
  • Drop from TWN's auto-backport system
  • Drop from LibUp's targets
  • Drop from gerrit CI

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Related Changes in Gerrit:
SubjectAuthorRepoBranchLines +/-
ExtensionDistributor: Drop REL1_44, EOLJforresteroperations/mediawiki-configmaster+0 -1
autobackport: Remove REL1_44Reedytranslatewikimaster+0 -7
autobackport: Mark REL1_44 as inactiveReedytranslatewikimaster+1 -0
autobackport: Drop REL1_44, now EOLJforrestertranslatewikimaster+0 -6
Zuul: Drop REL1_44 testing, EOLJforresterintegration/configmaster+3 -165
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Event Timeline

Reedy created this task.Jun 11 2026, 2:09 PM
Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptJun 11 2026, 2:09 PM
Reedy added a parent task: Restricted Task.Jun 15 2026, 2:15 PM
Reedy removed a parent task: Restricted Task.Jun 15 2026, 2:26 PM
Reedy added a subtask: Restricted Task.
Reedy mentioned this in T428949: Backport ContentHolder serialization to MW 1.44.Jun 26 2026, 2:40 PM
Reedy closed subtask Restricted Task as Resolved.Jun 29 2026, 9:12 PM
Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from Blocker to Process on the MW-1.44-release board.Tue, Jul 28, 1:13 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Tue, Jul 28, 1:14 PM

Change #1318676 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jforrester; author: Jforrester):

[integration/config@master] Zuul: Drop REL1_44 testing, EOL

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1318676

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Tue, Jul 28, 1:14 PM
Jdforrester-WMF subscribed.Tue, Jul 28, 1:42 PM
Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Tue, Jul 28, 1:46 PM
Jdforrester-WMF mentioned this in T389313: Formally EOL MW 1.42.Tue, Jul 28, 1:48 PM
Jdforrester-WMF mentioned this in T433376: Formally EOL MW 1.45.
Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Tue, Jul 28, 1:50 PM
SomeRandomDeveloper subscribed.Tue, Jul 28, 4:12 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Mon, Aug 3, 4:32 PM

Change #1320193 had a related patch set uploaded (by Reedy; author: Reedy):

[translatewiki@master] autobackport: Mark REL1_44 as inactive

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1320193

gerritbot added a comment.Mon, Aug 3, 4:32 PM

Change #1320194 had a related patch set uploaded (by Reedy; author: Reedy):

[translatewiki@master] autobackport: Remove REL1_44

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1320194

Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Mon, Aug 3, 4:33 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Mon, Aug 3, 4:36 PM

Change #1320195 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jforrester; author: Jforrester):

[translatewiki@master] autobackport: Drop REL1_44, now EOL

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1320195

gerritbot added a comment.Mon, Aug 3, 4:36 PM

Change #1318676 merged by jenkins-bot:

[integration/config@master] Zuul: Drop REL1_44 testing, EOL

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1318676

Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Mon, Aug 3, 4:36 PM
Stashbot added a comment.Mon, Aug 3, 4:37 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-releng) [2026-08-03T16:37:02Z] <James_F> Zuul: Drop REL1_44 testing, EOL, for T428911

gerritbot added a comment.Mon, Aug 3, 4:38 PM

Change #1320196 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jforrester; author: Jforrester):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] ExtensionDistributor: Drop REL1_44, EOL

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1320196

gerritbot added a comment.Mon, Aug 3, 4:38 PM

Change #1320195 abandoned by Jforrester:

[translatewiki@master] autobackport: Drop REL1_44, now EOL

Reason:

Reedy's already got patches for this.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1320195

gerritbot added a comment.Wed, Aug 5, 2:34 PM

Change #1320193 merged by jenkins-bot:

[translatewiki@master] autobackport: Mark REL1_44 as inactive

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1320193

gerritbot added a comment.Wed, Aug 5, 2:39 PM

Change #1320194 merged by jenkins-bot:

[translatewiki@master] autobackport: Remove REL1_44

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1320194

Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Wed, Aug 5, 2:56 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Wed, Aug 5, 8:03 PM

Change #1320196 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] ExtensionDistributor: Drop REL1_44, EOL

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1320196

Stashbot added a comment.Wed, Aug 5, 8:03 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-08-05T20:03:28Z] <jforrester@deploy1003> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1320196|ExtensionDistributor: Drop REL1_44, EOL (T428911)]], [[gerrit:1311106|wikifunctions: Configure wgWikiLambdaClientRepoSiteId so RC entries point correctly]], [[gerrit:1321585|abstractwiki: Add dag/ml/ig/ha languages to generation script]]

Stashbot added a comment.Wed, Aug 5, 8:07 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-08-05T20:07:23Z] <jforrester@deploy1003> jforrester: Backport for [[gerrit:1320196|ExtensionDistributor: Drop REL1_44, EOL (T428911)]], [[gerrit:1311106|wikifunctions: Configure wgWikiLambdaClientRepoSiteId so RC entries point correctly]], [[gerrit:1321585|abstractwiki: Add dag/ml/ig/ha languages to generation script]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Jdforrester-WMF closed this task as Resolved.Wed, Aug 5, 8:08 PM
Jdforrester-WMF assigned this task to Reedy.
Jdforrester-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)
Stashbot added a comment.Wed, Aug 5, 8:12 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-08-05T20:12:10Z] <jforrester@deploy1003> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1320196|ExtensionDistributor: Drop REL1_44, EOL (T428911)]], [[gerrit:1311106|wikifunctions: Configure wgWikiLambdaClientRepoSiteId so RC entries point correctly]], [[gerrit:1321585|abstractwiki: Add dag/ml/ig/ha languages to generation script]] (duration: 08m 41s)

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Wed, Aug 5, 8:31 PM
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