**Steps to replicate the issue**
Visit the Special:GlobalContributions page for a bot account.Special:GlobalContributions does not currently display edits that have been made by an account with the `bot` right. This is due to an intentional decision to exclude bot actions from the #CheckUser central index tables, which was made due to database concerns (T387923#10603518; https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1067425).
However, the current behaviour may be confusing for end-users, who would currently have no reason to expect that Special:GlobalContributions would behave differently to individual wikis' Special:Contributions pages with regards to bot accounts. Although it is intentional; with no explanation, this behaviour may validly be perceived by end-users as a bug in Special:GlobalContributions.
Special:GlobalContributions should therefore be updated to indicate that it does not currently support displaying edits made by accounts with the `bot` right; in order to ensure that end-users are aware of this limitation, and in order to hopefully alleviate end-user confusion that may be caused by bot edits not being displayed.
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//Original title:// Special:GlobalContributions does not appear to display edits made by bots
**What happens?**//Original description://
Edits made by bot accounts on local wikis do not appear to be shown. Examples:>**Steps to replicate the issue**
* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalContributions/Cewbot shows "No results matching the query", but the account has recent contributions on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Cewbot|enwiki]], [[https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:%E7%94%A8%E6%88%B7%E8%B4%A1%E7%8C%AE/Cewbot|zhwiki]] & [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Cewbot|commonswiki]], among others>Visit the Special:GlobalContributions page for a bot account.
* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalContributions/'zinbot shows "No results matching the query", but the account has recent contributions on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/'zinbot|enwiki]].>
* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalContributions/SodiumBot shows "No results matching the query", but the account has recent contributions on [[https://bn.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B7:%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8/SodiumBot|bnwikisource]], [[https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Sp%C3%A9cial:Contributions/SodiumBot|frwikisource]] & [[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/SodiumBot|enwikisource]], among others.
For a reason I'm not sure about, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalContributions/Leaderbot also doesn't display any recent edits made from that account, **except** for edits made on [[https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Leaderbot|testwiki]] in December 2024.
**What should have happened instead>**What happens?**
>Edits made by bot accounts on local wikis do not appear to be shown. Examples:
> * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalContributions/Cewbot shows "No results matching the query", but the account has recent contributions on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Cewbot|enwiki]], [[https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:%E7%94%A8%E6%88%B7%E8%B4%A1%E7%8C%AE/Cewbot|zhwiki]] & [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Cewbot|commonswiki]], among others.
> * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalContributions/'zinbot shows "No results matching the query", but the account has recent contributions on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/'zinbot|enwiki]].
> * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalContributions/SodiumBot shows "No results matching the query", but the account has recent contributions on [[https://bn.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B7:%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8/SodiumBot|bnwikisource]], [[https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Sp%C3%A9cial:Contributions/SodiumBot|frwikisource]] & [[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/SodiumBot|enwikisource]], among others.
>
>
>For a reason I'm not sure about, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalContributions/Leaderbot also doesn't display any recent edits made from that account, **except** for edits made on [[https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Leaderbot|testwiki]] in December 2024.
>
>**What should have happened instead?**
>The accounts' recent contributions from all wikis should be displayed.
>
>**Software version**
>1.44.0-wmf.18