Maniphest T96858

Use "new" continuation by default
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	Anomie
	Apr 22 2015, 2:58 PM

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The "new" format (documented at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Query#Continuing_queries) is easier to get right than the "raw" format (documented at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Raw_Query_Continue) and should be the default.

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	API: Change default continuation format for action=query	mediawiki/core	master	+24 -18

Customize query in gerrit

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Resolved		Anomie	T96858 Use "new" continuation by default
		Resolved		phuedx	T96866 Update API query continuation usage in MobileFrontend for future change of default
		Resolved		• Niharika	T96864 Update API query continuation usage in Gather for future change of default
		Resolved		• Niharika	T103496 Special:Gather/all/recent pagination is broken
		Resolved		Jdlrobson	T103570 Create tests for pagination
		Resolved		Nikerabbit	T96860 Update API query continuation in Translate usage for future change of default
		Resolved		Anomie	T99545 Set a date for breaking API continuation
		Declined		None	T102866 Update mediawiki-tools-release to use new API continuation
		Resolved		• Whatamidoing-WMF	T102885 Tell users that their bots or scripts may break due to the change in continuation

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Anomie created this task.Apr 22 2015, 2:58 PM

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Anomie added subtasks: T96866: Update API query continuation usage in MobileFrontend for future change of default, T96864: Update API query continuation usage in Gather for future change of default, T96860: Update API query continuation in Translate usage for future change of default.Apr 22 2015, 3:11 PM

Not marking these as blocking, since they're not deployed on the WMF cluster:

T96862: Update API query continuation usage for future change of default in MassEditRegex extension
T96863: Update API query continuation usage for future change of default in LiveTranslate extension
T96865: Update API query continuation usage for future change of default in MediaWikiAuth extension
Haven't even filed bugs against extensions in Gerrit that are obviously not being maintained, such as ArticleFeedbackv5

Not marking this as blocking since it's not really blocking:

T96868: Update continuation to match action=query

Change 160223 had a related patch set uploaded (by Anomie):
API: Change default continuation format for action=query

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/160223

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Apr 22 2015, 3:48 PM

Anomie added a project: Reading-Infrastructure-Team-Old (Don't use).Apr 27 2015, 2:28 PM

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Nikerabbit changed the status of subtask T96860: Update API query continuation in Translate usage for future change of default from Open to Stalled.May 18 2015, 12:47 PM

Anomie mentioned this in T99545: Set a date for breaking API continuation.May 18 2015, 5:44 PM

phuedx closed subtask T96866: Update API query continuation usage in MobileFrontend for future change of default as Resolved.May 21 2015, 6:38 PM

Nikerabbit changed the status of subtask T96860: Update API query continuation in Translate usage for future change of default from Stalled to Open.May 24 2015, 12:07 PM

Nikerabbit closed subtask T96860: Update API query continuation in Translate usage for future change of default as Resolved.May 24 2015, 11:06 PM

Anomie closed subtask T99545: Set a date for breaking API continuation as Resolved.Jun 2 2015, 8:42 PM

• Whatamidoing-WMF closed subtask T102885: Tell users that their bots or scripts may break due to the change in continuation as Resolved.Jun 17 2015, 9:56 PM

Change 160223 merged by jenkins-bot:
API: Change default continuation format for action=query

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/160223

Anomie mentioned this in rMW9c7385b8ad68: API: Change default continuation format for action=query.Jun 23 2015, 6:40 PM

Are the blocking tasks now fixed, or do they need urgent work?

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/160223 (branch master): MW-1.26-release, WMF-deploy-2015-06-30_(1.26wmf12)

Are the blocked tasks now fixed?

If not, they'd better do it fast because they knew this was coming in
plenty of time.

phuedx closed subtask T96864: Update API query continuation usage in Gather for future change of default as Resolved.Jun 26 2015, 7:09 PM

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bd808 triaged this task as Medium priority.Jul 6 2015, 5:46 PM

bd808 moved this task from Backlog to In Dev/Progress on the Reading-Infrastructure-Team-Old (Don't use) board.

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Legoktm closed this task as Resolved.Jul 6 2015, 6:19 PM

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Anomie mentioned this in T146103: Allow prop modules to decrease generator limits.Sep 20 2016, 6:29 PM

Anomie mentioned this in T146472: Investigate stopping logging api-feature-usage channel in Logstash.Sep 23 2016, 2:32 PM

• demon closed subtask T102866: Update mediawiki-tools-release to use new API continuation as Declined.May 15 2018, 9:17 AM

Anomie mentioned this in T200089: Edits with API by users with "flood" user right are always set with rc_bot=0 in table recent changes if bot field not set .Aug 29 2018, 9:40 PM

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