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Wed, Apr 8
Wed, Apr 8
Addshore added a comment to T422462: Elasticsearch credential request for techactivity.
Hopefully the outcome will be worth it :)
Some of the data I have is also already in other people's public indexes there, (the real question will be can I reasonably reuse that in its current form)
And generally speaking, I'd like to think once I document the data, others might find it useful (for example git commits of all Wikimedia related repos through time will be one of the data sets)
Addshore added a comment to T422462: Elasticsearch credential request for techactivity.
is a relatively big amount of data
Tue, Apr 7
Tue, Apr 7
Thu, Mar 26
Thu, Mar 26
Addshore added a comment to T419994: Add a `wb` SPARQL prefix-prefix automatically to refer to the current wikibase.
Addshore updated the task description for T421292: Request increased quota for techactivity Toolforge tool.
Addshore added a comment to T421292: Request increased quota for techactivity Toolforge tool.
+14/15 pods/jobs will mean +15 jobs, is that ok? (we don't have a separated pod limit)
Addshore updated the task description for T421292: Request increased quota for techactivity Toolforge tool.
Wed, Mar 25
Wed, Mar 25
Addshore updated the task description for T421292: Request increased quota for techactivity Toolforge tool.
Fri, Mar 20
Fri, Mar 20
Addshore added a comment to T420025: Wikidata mobile editing rank editing icons show multiple icons at once.
Tested this morning in incognito on the same phone on a fresh user account where the only setting change is to turn on the beta feature, and I still have the issue.
Is there any advanced setup extension wise? I can have a go reproducing locally if someone gives me a pointer or two.
Wed, Mar 18
Wed, Mar 18
Addshore added a comment to T420025: Wikidata mobile editing rank editing icons show multiple icons at once.
Addshore added a comment to T420025: Wikidata mobile editing rank editing icons show multiple icons at once.
So, I reproduced this right away (with phone screen recording) yesterday.
I click the link to the item in this ticket, I scroll down to the edit links for statements, click edit and the issue can be seen.
Apparently the recording is too big for phab, and my commons upload attempt failed (will try again later)
Tue, Mar 17
Tue, Mar 17
Mar 16 2026
Mar 16 2026
Addshore added a comment to T420096: Universal proxy authentication for any tool to edit any Wikibase.
So I did some further thinking about this on the way home from the hackathon (part of my write up at https://addshore.com/2026/03/wikimedia-hackathon-northwestern-europe-2026/)
Mar 14 2026
Mar 14 2026
Mar 13 2026
Mar 13 2026
Addshore added a comment to T419979: Enable discovery of structured data endpoints via cloud even when hitting anubis?.
Doing a HEAD request does also give you the links in the response
Addshore updated the task description for T419953: Discuss and Document how to handle SPARQL Prefixes across Wikibases.
Mar 9 2026
Mar 9 2026
Addshore moved T414004: Error when updating to v0.29.2: open /usr/local/bin/mw: text file busy from Inbox to Done on the a Wikimedia CLI board.
Restricted Application added a project to T414004: Error when updating to v0.29.2: open /usr/local/bin/mw: text file busy: User-ItamarWMDE.
Feb 24 2026
Feb 24 2026
Addshore added a comment to T253764: Undeploy the InterwikiSorting extension from Wikipedia production.
From my vague memories it was split out of wikibase at the point in time, the cognate extension was created to manage interlanguage links on wiktionary.
As the same interwoki storing code that was part of wikibase would not run on wiktionary for the sirelinks that cognate provided.
Hence the split.
Feb 22 2026
Feb 22 2026
Addshore added a project to T417953: mwcli: consider including python3 in images: Release-Engineering-Team.
Feb 20 2026
Feb 20 2026
Addshore added a comment to T417953: mwcli: consider including python3 in images.
Generally speaking id say yes the container should just have python in it.
However currently mwcli doesn't control the images, they are releng / mw developer images.
It's something I have always sat on the fence about, in terms of if mwcli should just build it's own images too tbh!
Feb 10 2026
Feb 10 2026
Addshore added a comment to T416969: DBConnectionErrors on editing wikibase.world.
And a separate one while just making an API call {"error":{"code":"internal_api_error_DBConnectionError","info":"[cb61a3d938a16e2eb840f474] Caught exception of type Wikimedia\\Rdbms\\DBConnectionError","errorclass":"Wikimedia\\Rdbms\\DBConnectionError"}}<!DOCTYPE html>
Feb 7 2026
Feb 7 2026
Addshore added a comment to T411587: [Release] Expose if the wikibase suite image is being used, and if wikibase deploy is being used, and at which version.
Currently if we followed Adam's lead and didn't create a proper extension but just hooks that insert those Installed software rows, we wouldn't get anything back from ActionAPI for this.
Jan 8 2026
Jan 8 2026
Addshore updated subscribers of T414004: Error when updating to v0.29.2: open /usr/local/bin/mw: text file busy.
Yep, this one is very easy to reproduce.
Dec 21 2025
Dec 21 2025
Addshore added a comment to T203557: Create a Edit group extension.
I wrote some more thoughts here today while sat on a train https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Addshore/EditGroups as edit groups came up on https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata_talk:Requests_for_comment/Mass-editing_policy again and the mention of making it "first party".
Dec 20 2025
Dec 20 2025
Addshore added a comment to T413248: mwcli: internal dns resolution is slow if many services do not exist.
Thanks for the report,
I definitely need to change something here soon (if not just revert the change depending on the dashboard for service resolution).
Dec 19 2025
Dec 19 2025
Addshore added a comment to T413117: Draft proposal (dibb bet format) for TP/DevEx investment in mwcli for common local dev, patchdemo, and CI/quibble environment provisioning.
The proposal should be on wiki at mediawiki.org so as to include @Addshore (the creator of mwcli) and other volunteers.
Dec 17 2025
Dec 17 2025
Addshore added a comment to T412937: First Reply link in list of comments leads to replying in unexpected place.
Basically, with how discussiontools parses comments, the part between the heading and the first signature is interpreted as the "first post".
Addshore renamed T412937: First Reply link in list of comments leads to replying in unexpected place from First Reply link in list of connects leads to replying in unexpected place to First Reply link in list of comments leads to replying in unexpected place.
Dec 13 2025
Dec 13 2025
Addshore added a comment to T403627: wikidata blazegraph journal file.
Is this constrained by the host or client download speed?
What speed can https://files.scatter.red/orb/2025/12/ allow?
And what's your connection speed?
Dec 8 2025
Dec 8 2025
Addshore moved T412006: Make new cli dev dashboard service also show custom services from Inbox to Backlog on the a Wikimedia CLI board.
Addshore added a comment to T364294: Slow requests when no interternet connection (DNS?).
Addshore added a comment to T364294: Slow requests when no interternet connection (DNS?).
It will not currently work for custom services, though that should be easy enough to also add, and would also be very neat
Dec 7 2025
Dec 7 2025
Addshore moved T388411: libcurl 7.85+ breaks DNS in mwcli from Pending Release to Done on the a Wikimedia CLI board.
Addshore moved T364294: Slow requests when no interternet connection (DNS?) from Pending Release to Done on the a Wikimedia CLI board.
Addshore moved T387703: Add more verbose information when update fails from Pending Release to Done on the a Wikimedia CLI board.
Addshore moved T406317: Update eventlogging image for MWCLI from Pending Release to Done on the a Wikimedia CLI board.
Addshore added a comment to T393087: mwcli update text, missing line between versions.
Can confirm today this still happens
Addshore added a comment to T411587: [Release] Expose if the wikibase suite image is being used, and if wikibase deploy is being used, and at which version.
$wgHooks['SoftwareInfo'][] = function( &$software ) {
$software['[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/Suite Wikibase Suite]'] = '0.0.0';
$software['[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikibase/Suite/Deploy Wikibase Suite Deploy]'] = '0.0.0';
return true;
};Addshore moved T401836: Add an MCP into mwcli from Inbox to Discuss & Decide on the a Wikimedia CLI board.
Addshore added a comment to T388411: libcurl 7.85+ breaks DNS in mwcli.
This is ultimately fixed in https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/releng/cli/-/merge_requests/635 pending release.
Which switches to local.wmftest.net instead of *.localhost
Addshore added a comment to T393765: Create a UI for the developer environment as part of mwcli.
Some part of this will actually come in https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/releng/cli/-/merge_requests/638 to play around with
In the form of a status page that tell you 1) what sites you have 2) what services are running.
Addshore added a comment to T364294: Slow requests when no interternet connection (DNS?).
We will trial an alternative approch to things in https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/repos/releng/cli/-/merge_requests/638
There is a "dashboard" with API that "knows" the status of the services.
mediawiki just checks this APi for the state, and also caches for 5s.
Addshore moved T364294: Slow requests when no interternet connection (DNS?) from Backlog to Pending Release on the a Wikimedia CLI board.
Addshore moved T388411: libcurl 7.85+ breaks DNS in mwcli from Priority Backlog to Pending Release on the a Wikimedia CLI board.
Addshore moved T406317: Update eventlogging image for MWCLI from In Progress to Pending Release on the a Wikimedia CLI board.
Addshore moved T387703: Add more verbose information when update fails from Review to Pending Release on the a Wikimedia CLI board.
Dec 6 2025
Dec 6 2025
Addshore edited Description on a Wikimedia CLI.
Dec 4 2025
Dec 4 2025
Addshore added a comment to T411634: ⬆️ Update Addshore's status wiki.
This is missing the addition of the updatelog https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Wikibase/blob/c23338f0b71ea18c4defc24c5f7b606d04ccca67/repo/includes/Store/Sql/DatabaseSchemaUpdater.php#L249-L252
Needs fixing in Wikibase :)
Addshore added a comment to T411634: ⬆️ Update Addshore's status wiki.
So I think rebuildPropertyTerms is there from an earlier version
Addshore added a comment to T411634: ⬆️ Update Addshore's status wiki.
It looks like the update row log line rebuildItemTerms is only added via update.php, and not when the maintenance script itself that does this job is run.
Addshore added a comment to T411634: ⬆️ Update Addshore's status wiki.
So rebuilding the terms storage in SQL
Addshore added a project to T411765: wikibase.world on wikibase.cloud uses deprecated tinyurl endpoint in WDQSUI: Wikibase Suite Team.
Right cc @Lydia_Pintscher
It sounds like the "right" way is indeed to have the expectation that wikibases should install the https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ShortUrl and then they themselves can generate short URLs for their own query services, for a consistent feature set across the ecosystem
Addshore added a comment to T411765: wikibase.world on wikibase.cloud uses deprecated tinyurl endpoint in WDQSUI.
I believe the only way to use the new API is with a plan, which has limits
Addshore updated the task description for T411765: wikibase.world on wikibase.cloud uses deprecated tinyurl endpoint in WDQSUI.
Addshore created Wikidata MCP.
Dec 3 2025
Dec 3 2025
Addshore added a comment to T411634: ⬆️ Update Addshore's status wiki.
Done in 1 h 23 min 29 s.
logs: https://cloudlogging.app.goo.gl/RnsF4JhzTRxJybRWA
I wonder if we could run out of memory here.
Addshore added a comment to T411634: ⬆️ Update Addshore's status wiki.
Screenshot from the status page side of things showing the period of time it couldn't edit for
Addshore closed T411638: docker-registry.wikimedia.org/dev/bookworm-php83:1.0.0 php-fpm8.3: command not found in php_entrypoint.sh as Invalid.
Addshore added a comment to T388411: libcurl 7.85+ breaks DNS in mwcli.
So yes, CI for mwcli currently fails due to this issue with PHP version highlighted by @hoo
Addshore updated subscribers of T388411: libcurl 7.85+ breaks DNS in mwcli.
So, chatting on this with @karapayneWMDE briefly yesterday.
A short term "fix" so that this doesn't actually immediately break, might be to make a mwcli image that is based on the newer mediaiwki image, however curl will be reverted to a previous version / pinned back so that the expectations around how mwcli works remain the same in the short term.
However I'm not sure if the "libcurl" vs "curl" issue described in the description of this task means this wouldn't actually work.
This would need a brief investigation / attempt.
Addshore added a comment to T406317: Update eventlogging image for MWCLI.
Great, I'll look at merging this and including it in the next release too :)
Addshore updated the task description for T411587: [Release] Expose if the wikibase suite image is being used, and if wikibase deploy is being used, and at which version.
Dec 1 2025
Dec 1 2025
Addshore added a comment to T351820: Move Wikidata term store to separate database cluster.
Is x3 accessible via either 1) quarry 2) stat / analytic clusters?
I can see that analytics-mysql on the stat hosts has a --use-x1 option, but nothing for x3
Addshore added a comment to T388411: libcurl 7.85+ breaks DNS in mwcli.
Urgff
Addshore moved T406317: Update eventlogging image for MWCLI from Inbox to In Progress on the a Wikimedia CLI board.
Addshore added a comment to T406317: Update eventlogging image for MWCLI.
Looking encouraging