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The `GlobalBlocking` utility class provides several methods that are used by various special pages and the APIs to manage and lookup global blocks. This utility class will need several updates to allow supporting global blocks on accounts. While this is being done this utlity class could be modified to become a collection of services for ease of testability.

The #GlobalBlocking extension provides several services which were refactored in {T357385} that are used by various special pages and the APIs to manage and lookup global blocks. These services will need several updates to allow supporting global blocks on accounts. This task is meant as a parent task for individual tasks which will focus on one service at a time to make the overall patch sizes for each patch smaller.

The `#GlobalBlocking` utility class extension provides several methodsservices which were refactored in {T357385} that are used by various special pages and the APIs to manage and lookup global blocks. This utility classThese services will need several updates to allow supporting global blocks on accounts. While this is being done this utlity class could be modified to become a collection of services for ease of testabilityThis task is meant as a parent task for individual tasks which will focus on one service at a time to make the overall patch sizes for each patch smaller.