VisualEditor: Consider changing behaviour on launch when the database is locked
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	Swainr
	Jul 22 2014, 3:04 PM

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Environment- Betalabs

Steps to Reproduce-

For Chrome-
1> Logged in and trying to switch to VE interface by clicking on "Edit beta" tab shows the spinner for a while and remains in the read mode.
2> Now click on "Edit Source" tab opens the Wikieditor interface.
3> Click on "Edit beta" tab again, takes you to the Read only mode instead.

For FF-
1>Logged in and trying to switch to VE interface by clicking on "Edit beta" tab shows the pop-up with message "Error loading data from server: readonly: The wiki is currently in read-only mode. Would you like to retry?", with the spinner in the background forever.

For Safari-
1>Logged in and trying to switch to VE interface by clicking on "Edit beta" tab shows the pop-up with message "Error loading data from server: readonly: The wiki is currently in read-only mode. Would you like to retry?"

This issue is related to Bug 59010 and Bug 60765.

Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement

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Reference: bz68383

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Mentioned In: T97043: When wiki is read-only locked on load, offer the user the possibility of loading the editor anyway
Mentioned Here: T53547: VisualEditor: Provide a "view VE" mode / disable editing for protected pages
T111217: Disable editing in VisualEditor when the user is blocked

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 22 2014, 3:39 AM

• bzimport added a project: VisualEditor-MediaWiki.

• bzimport set Reference to bz68383.

Swainr created this task.Jul 22 2014, 3:04 PM

Where exactly is "in betalabs"? All instances there or which one(s)?

I think they mean that they can't open VE on any *.beta.wmflabs.org wiki. Those are part of the deployment-prep project in labs. The database there are read-only at the moment: no edits can be made.

By the way, bug 68349 is tracking the issue which has turned on read-only mode. This bug can be used to look into how VE is handling it poorly and/or inconsistently.

When trying to save wikitext during a DB lock, you can just copy-paste your wikitext, save it to a text file, and paste it back when the wiki comes up again later on. I guess with VE you can still do that by using "switch to wikitext", but it's not nearly as obvious.

Jdforrester-WMF added a project: VisualEditor.Nov 24 2014, 4:04 PM

Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from To Triage to Freezer on the VisualEditor board.Nov 24 2014, 4:27 PM

Krenair mentioned this in T97043: When wiki is read-only locked on load, offer the user the possibility of loading the editor anyway.Jul 14 2015, 12:29 AM

• Deskana merged a task: T97043: When wiki is read-only locked on load, offer the user the possibility of loading the editor anyway.Oct 25 2017, 10:42 AM

• Deskana added a subscriber: Aklapper.

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