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Special:AccountRecovery never allows itself to be used
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

  • Go to the login form on an SUL wiki
  • Set the cookie that forces EmailAuth ( by running document.cookie = 'forceEmailAuth=1;path=/'; in the browser console)
  • Try to log into an account without 2FA but with an email address
  • On the EmailAuth challenge page, click the link that points to Special:AccountRecovery

What happens?:
An error message appears (Please try to log in or reset your password before attempting account recovery.)

What should have happened instead?:
The form should appear.

Event Timeline

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Change #1295507 had a related patch set uploaded (by Catrope; author: Catrope):

[mediawiki/extensions/CentralAuth@master] Redirect Special:AccountRecovery to the shared domain

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1295507

Bugreporter triaged this task as Unbreak Now! priority.Sat, May 30, 3:14 AM

Change #1295507 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/CentralAuth@master] Redirect Special:AccountRecovery to the shared domain

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1295507

Change #1296009 had a related patch set uploaded (by Catrope; author: Catrope):

[mediawiki/extensions/CentralAuth@wmf/1.47.0-wmf.4] Redirect Special:AccountRecovery to the shared domain

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1296009

Change #1296009 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/CentralAuth@wmf/1.47.0-wmf.4] Redirect Special:AccountRecovery to the shared domain

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1296009

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-01T21:04:21Z] <catrope@deploy1003> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1296002|Bump wikimedia/parsoid to 0.24.0-a7 (T353697 T415591 T427565)]], [[gerrit:1296003|Bump wikimedia/parsoid to 0.24.0-a7 (T427565)]], [[gerrit:1296009|Redirect Special:AccountRecovery to the shared domain (T427692)]]

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-01T21:06:07Z] <catrope@deploy1003> catrope, arlolra: Backport for [[gerrit:1296002|Bump wikimedia/parsoid to 0.24.0-a7 (T353697 T415591 T427565)]], [[gerrit:1296003|Bump wikimedia/parsoid to 0.24.0-a7 (T427565)]], [[gerrit:1296009|Redirect Special:AccountRecovery to the shared domain (T427692)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-06-01T21:13:41Z] <catrope@deploy1003> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1296002|Bump wikimedia/parsoid to 0.24.0-a7 (T353697 T415591 T427565)]], [[gerrit:1296003|Bump wikimedia/parsoid to 0.24.0-a7 (T427565)]], [[gerrit:1296009|Redirect Special:AccountRecovery to the shared domain (T427692)]] (duration: 09m 20s)