⚓ T420903 hCaptcha: Edits on mobile which trigger addurl or AbuseFilter are failing to publish

Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
hcaptcha: Fix MF reload captcha and API param warnings	mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit	master	+82 -7
hCaptcha: Handle forceShowCaptcha consequences	mediawiki/extensions/MobileFrontend	master	+365 -16
hcaptcha: Add hook handlers for events caused by a captcha consequence	mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit	master	+586 -146

Status	Assigned	Task
In Progress	• hector.arroyo	T407339 hCaptcha: Implement hCaptcha on edits made through the MobileFrontend
Resolved	• hector.arroyo	T407344 hCaptcha: Add support for hCaptcha in the MobileFrontend editor
Resolved	MPostoronca-WMF	T420903 hCaptcha: Edits on mobile which trigger addurl or AbuseFilter are failing to publish

• hector.arroyo created this task.Mar 23 2026, 10:33 AM

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• hector.arroyo renamed this task from hCaptcha: Edits on mobile which trigger addurl or AbuseFilter are failing to publish. to hCaptcha: Edits on mobile which trigger addurl or AbuseFilter are failing to publish.Mar 23 2026, 10:34 AM

• hector.arroyo changed the task status from Open to In Progress.

• hector.arroyo set the point value for this task to 2.

• hector.arroyo added a parent task: T407344: hCaptcha: Add support for hCaptcha in the MobileFrontend editor.

OKryva-WMF edited projects, added: Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Forsythia (Mar 23 - Apr 10))); removed: Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Crocus (Mar 2 - Mar 20)).Mar 23 2026, 3:56 PM

OKryva-WMF moved this task from Backlog to In progress on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Forsythia (Mar 23 - Apr 10))) board.

• hector.arroyo changed the point value for this task from 2 to 5.Mar 25 2026, 3:36 PM

Change #1261499 had a related patch set uploaded (by Harroyo-wmf; author: Harroyo-wmf):

[mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit@master] WiP

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1261499

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Mar 26 2026, 4:49 PM

Change #1261502 had a related patch set uploaded (by Harroyo-wmf; author: Harroyo-wmf):

[mediawiki/extensions/MobileFrontend@master] WiP

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1261502

OKryva-WMF reassigned this task from • hector.arroyo to MPostoronca-WMF.Apr 1 2026, 11:49 AM

Reassigning to myself as Maxim is prioritizing work on MobileFrontend

HakanIST subscribed.Apr 7 2026, 8:19 PM

I think we misunderstood the progress on this when we assigned it to me and thought Maxim hadn't started yet but I see diffs on his patches so I'm going to pass this back to him.

MPostoronca-WMF moved this task from In progress to Needs review on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Forsythia (Mar 23 - Apr 10))) board.Apr 10 2026, 2:41 PM

OKryva-WMF edited projects, added: Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Tulip (Apr 13 - May 1)); removed: Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Forsythia (Mar 23 - Apr 10))).Apr 14 2026, 7:29 AM

OKryva-WMF moved this task from Backlog to Needs review on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Tulip (Apr 13 - May 1)) board.Apr 14 2026, 7:42 AM

OKryva-WMF moved this task from Backlog to In progress on the Bot detection and mitigation (WE4.2 hCaptcha editing trial) board.Apr 14 2026, 8:39 AM

Change #1261502 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/MobileFrontend@master] hCaptcha: Handle forceShowCaptcha consequences

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1261502

Change #1261499 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit@master] hcaptcha: Add hook handlers for events caused by a captcha consequence

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1261499

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.26; 2026-04-28).Apr 17 2026, 7:00 PM

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Apr 17 2026, 7:31 PM

@MPostoronca-WMF I see both patches associated to this task have now been merged, can we move this to QA now?

There are some follow ups we probably need to address before moving this to QA

Change #1275378 had a related patch set uploaded (by Mpostoronca; author: Mpostoronca):

[mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit@master] hcaptcha: Fix MF reload captcha and API param warnings

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1275378

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Apr 20 2026, 11:40 AM

MPostoronca-WMF moved this task from Needs review to QA in Prod on the Product Safety and Integrity (Sprint Tulip (Apr 13 - May 1)) board.Apr 20 2026, 2:30 PM

Change #1275378 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/ConfirmEdit@master] hcaptcha: Fix MF reload captcha and API param warnings

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1275378

Thanks, moved to QA.

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Apr 20 2026, 3:33 PM

MPostoronca-WMF mentioned this in T421401: When trying to publish some articles on mobile I am asked for confirmation code.Apr 27 2026, 1:57 PM

I have seen the addurl and AbuseFilter consequences on mobile source editor.

• hector.arroyo moved this task from In progress to Done on the Bot detection and mitigation (WE4.2 hCaptcha editing trial) board.Apr 30 2026, 3:18 PM

• hector.arroyo closed this task as Resolved.May 4 2026, 12:44 PM

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