Maniphest T437348

Description

Background

A structured bug bash across all variants on real devices before the experiment reaches traffic.

Goal

All critical bugs found and fixed before full traffic ramp-up. All others documented.

Requirements

Bug bash covers all variants (A/B) on at minimum: Chrome Android (mid-range device), Safari iOS (current and one previous major version).
Accessibility requirements clarified. Dependently tested.
Edge cases to test: donor who taps badge repeatedly in rapid succession (animation queuing), slow network conditions.

Identified issues

tbd

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Acceptance criteria for done

Bug bash completed across all 2, variant and control on defined device/browsers above.
All critical and high bugs resolved and verified fixed.
Edge cases tested and outcomes documented.
Remaining known issues logged with severity and owner before closing.

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Author	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Enable Reading Recommendations experiment featured category setting	VolkerE	operations/mediawiki-config	master	+7 -0
	docs: Extend testing instructions for ReadingRecommendations module	VolkerE	mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments	master	+26 -8

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Status	Assigned	Task
Open	None	T435396 [EPIC] DE3.2.2 Give article recommendations based on selected topics of interest to new account holders
Resolved	Volker_E	T436332 Recommended reading exp: Final design review and adjustments for recommended articles
Resolved	Volker_E	T437348 Recommended reading exp: Bug bash

Event Timeline

Volker_E created this task.Sep 8 2026, 7:16 PM

Volker_E added a parent task: T436332: Recommended reading exp: Final design review and adjustments for recommended articles.

Volker_E triaged this task as Medium priority.Sep 9 2026, 7:13 PM

Volker_E moved this task from Backlog / Post-Experiment to Priority II / REx Sprint 6 on the FY26-27 DE 3.2.2 Article recommendations board.

Jdlrobson-WMF moved this task from Incoming to Backlog on the Reader Experience Team board.Sep 11 2026, 1:45 AM

Volker_E claimed this task.Sep 12 2026, 12:55 AM

HFan-WMF edited projects, added: Reader Experience Team (REx Sprint 6 (Q1 FY26-27 Sep 8-21)); removed: Reader Experience Team.Sep 14 2026, 5:24 PM

Jdlrobson added a project: OKR-Work.Fri, Sep 18, 2:11 AM

As I understand it, this is specifically for the upcoming experiment on Special:Homepage, not for the new Special:Home that is still being created and planned to be launched to pliots in November. Adjusting tags accordingly.

Note, that the experiment is now live for testing on testwiki. (No override needed.)

Jdlrobson-WMF moved this task from REx Sprint 6 (Q1 FY26-27 Sep 8-21) to REx Sprint 7 (Q1 FY26-27 Sep 22-Oct 5 on the Reader Experience Team board.Tue, Sep 22, 5:54 PM

Jdlrobson-WMF edited projects, added: Reader Experience Team (REx Sprint 7 (Q1 FY26-27 Sep 22-Oct 5); removed: Reader Experience Team (REx Sprint 6 (Q1 FY26-27 Sep 8-21)).

Change #1344285 had a related patch set uploaded (by VolkerE; author: VolkerE):

[mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments@master] docs: Extend testing instructions for ReadingRecommendations module

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1344285

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Wed, Sep 23, 1:50 PM

Change #1344285 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments@master] docs: Extend testing instructions for ReadingRecommendations module

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1344285

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Wed, Sep 23, 9:31 PM

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.47-notes (1.47.0-wmf.22; 2026-09-29).Wed, Sep 23, 10:00 PM

Volker_E moved this task from Priority II / REx Sprint 6 to Priority I / REx Sprint 7 on the FY26-27 DE 3.2.2 Article recommendations board.Wed, Sep 23, 10:05 PM

Urbanecm_WMF added a project: Growth-Team.Thu, Sep 24, 3:48 PM

Volker_E moved this task from Ready to In progress on the Reader Experience Team (REx Sprint 7 (Q1 FY26-27 Sep 22-Oct 5) board.Thu, Sep 24, 4:50 PM

Change #1345619 had a related patch set uploaded (by VolkerE; author: VolkerE):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Enable Reading Recommendations experiment featured category setting

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1345619

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Mon, Sep 28, 6:39 PM

Change #1345619 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Enable Reading Recommendations experiment featured category setting

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1345619

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-09-28T20:03:01Z] <aude@deploy1003> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1345588|Enable ReadingLists on all Wikipedia wikis (T434924)]], [[gerrit:1345619|Enable Reading Recommendations experiment featured category setting (T437348)]]

Stashbot mentioned this in T434924: Enable Reading Lists for all logged-in users [Sept 28] on all remaining Wikipedia wikis.Mon, Sep 28, 8:03 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-09-28T20:07:08Z] <aude@deploy1003> aude, volker-e: Backport for [[gerrit:1345588|Enable ReadingLists on all Wikipedia wikis (T434924)]], [[gerrit:1345619|Enable Reading Recommendations experiment featured category setting (T437348)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-09-28T20:16:07Z] <aude@deploy1003> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1345588|Enable ReadingLists on all Wikipedia wikis (T434924)]], [[gerrit:1345619|Enable Reading Recommendations experiment featured category setting (T437348)]] (duration: 13m 05s)