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NewUserMessage extension user's edits erroneously tagged
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Description

What happens?:

Welcome edits are erroneously tagged. (ქართული ვიკიპედია's contributions on kawiki)

  • Edits are not from mobile.
  • Edits are not from a mobile app
  • Edits are not made using the visual editor
  • User is not shown any edit checks
  • Edits are not newcomer tasks

What should have happened instead?:

Edits should not be tagged.

Event Timeline

Oh, that's cute. Because the edit happens in the same web request as account creation/the user's first wiki action, the tags from that action are also applied to the extension's edit. I assume what we need to do is run the action as a separate job.

Change #1350764 had a related patch set uploaded (by Neriah; author: Neriah):

[mediawiki/extensions/NewUserMessage@master] NewUserMessage: Create messages via job queue instead of DeferredUpdates

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1350764

Change #1350764 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/NewUserMessage@master] NewUserMessage: Create messages via job queue instead of DeferredUpdates

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1350764

Krinkle closed this task as Resolved.