Viewing an unassigned task while logged out shows an "Automatically subscribed" disabled button
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	Nnemo
	Mar 12 2015, 4:11 PM

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I was viewing a task on Phabricator.
I wanted to subscribe to it.
On the right, I saw "Automatically Subscribed" with the tick symbol.
So I thought: "OK, I am subscribed to this task." But this is wrong. In fact, I was guest — which is not very clear — and Phabricator tells guests that they are "automatically subscribed" — God knows why.

This is misleading.

It would be nice to correct that.

Thank you.

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Resolved		Krenair	T92508 Viewing an unassigned task while logged out shows an "Automatically subscribed" disabled button
		Resolved		• mmodell	T98451 Next Phabricator upgrade on 2015-05-27 (to 2787ed1343a3d8d94d1d4b729793870f5b0c31b4)

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Nnemo created this task.Mar 12 2015, 4:11 PM

Nnemo raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.

Nnemo updated the task description. (Show Details)

Nnemo added a project: Phabricator.

Nnemo subscribed.

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptMar 12 2015, 4:11 PM

Can you share the URL of the task?

Qgil edited projects, added Phabricator (Upstream); removed Phabricator.Mar 12 2015, 4:52 PM

Qgil set Security to None.

In T92508#1113502, @Qgil wrote:

Can you share the URL of the task?

Yes.

It was https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T91909

But the bug occurs with any task.

I see. "Automatically subscribed" appears as a greyed option for anonymous users, which doesn't make any sense indeed.

Qgil triaged this task as Lowest priority.Mar 13 2015, 11:46 AM

Qgil moved this task from Backlog to Ready To Go on the Phabricator (Upstream) board.

This is because the owner PHID for unassigned tasks is null, and the PHID for logged out users is null. ("Automatically subscribed" = you are the owner of this object)

I'll submit a patch upstream

https://secure.phabricator.com/D12788

Krenair moved this task from Ready To Go to Upstreamed on the Phabricator (Upstream) board.May 10 2015, 3:52 PM

Krenair added a project: Patch-For-Review.