bsitu wrote:

It must be the global setting overwriting the local setting

I like to add the "browser-test-bug" keyword to issues that browser tests uncover.

This is really great. Thanks Jon.

Steven says this is on enwp, bumping up priority.

gerritadmin wrote:

Change 156961 had a related patch set uploaded by Bsitu:
There is no welcome notification

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/156961

(In reply to Kunal Mehta (Legoktm) from comment #3)

Steven says this is on enwp, bumping up priority.

StevenW and I now find new enwiki accounts *do* get "Welcome to Wikipedia, USERNAME! We're glad you're here." notification. The gerrit patch fixes an Echo bug only in 1.24wmf19, so we'll backport to that.

gerritadmin wrote:

Change 156970 had a related patch set uploaded by Spage:
New users don't get welcome notification.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/156970

gerritadmin wrote:

Change 156970 merged by jenkins-bot:
New users don't get welcome notification.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/156970

gerritadmin wrote:

Change 157008 had a related patch set uploaded by Spage:
Update Echo bug 70139 backport

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/157008

gerritadmin wrote:

Change 157008 merged by MaxSem:
Update Echo bug 70139 backport

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/157008

Fixed, backported to 1.24wmf19, and deployed.

gerritadmin wrote:

Change 156961 merged by jenkins-bot:
There is no welcome notification

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/156961