Re: 🌱 Fresh 26.03 released

There's a bug filed for this issue:

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T421726

I posted a workaround there that seemed to work for me, if one is
comfortable editing a couple lines of python within the Fresh installer.

On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 8:46 AM AntiCompositeNumber via Wikitech-l <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Lately, a number of people have reported 429s accessing Gerrit in normal
> ways while logged out. I got it in Firefox on the first request. I'm not
> sure what the best solution is here.
>
> AntiCompositeNumber
> (they/them)
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2026, at 08:50, Lucas Werkmeister via Wikitech-l wrote:
> > The install command from the README doesn’t work for me:
> >
> > $ curl -fsS
> > '
> https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/fresh/+/26.03.1/bin/fresh-install?format=TEXT'
>
> > | base64 --decode | python3
> > installing fresh-node16 to /home/lucas/.local/bin/fresh-node16
> > fresh-install: HTTP 429 at
> >
> https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/fresh/+/26.03.1/bin/fresh-node16?format=TEXT
> > ❌
> >
> > Notably, apparently downloading the install script itself works, but
> > then the install script fails to download the fresh scripts… even
> > though the first download presumably uses the default curl User-Agent
> > header, while the install script has a custom User-Agent header
> > <https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/fresh/+/26.03.1/bin/fresh-install#131>.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Lucas
> >
> >
> > Am Mo., 30. März 2026 um 01:37 Uhr schrieb Krinkle via Wikitech-l
> > <[email protected]>:
> >> __
> >> TLDR: fresh-node24 added and routine updates to node18-node22 images.
> >>
> >> Get started: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/fresh#fresh-environment
> >> Detailed changelog:
> https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/fresh/+/HEAD/CHANGELOG.md
> >> Commits: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/project:fresh+is:merged
> >>
> >> *What's new?*
> >>
> >> We added the fresh-node24 command. This uses the "node24-test-browser"
> Docker image that is also available to Jenkins jobs in WMF CI. Standalone
> libraries and tools are welcome opt-in and switch their CI jobs in Zuul
> config if they pass under node24. The default unversioned fresh-node
> command remains pinned to Node.js 20.
> >>
> >> The fresh-node18, fresh-node20, and fresh-node22 commands were updated
> to reflect their latest WMF CI counterparts including: minor Node.js
> updates, switch Debian Linux from 11 Bullseye to 12 Bookworm, upgrade
> Firefox from 115 to 128, and upgrade Chromium from 120 to 140.
> >>
> >> To report issues or browse tasks, find us on Phabricator at
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/fresh/
> >>
> >> *What is Fresh?*
> >>
> >> Fresh is a fast way to launch isolated environments from your terminal.
> These can be used to work more securely and responsibly <
> https://timotijhof.net/posts/2019/protect-yourself-from-npm/> with
> Node.js-based developer tools, especially those installed from npm such as
> ESLint, QUnit, Grunt, Webdriver, and more. Example guide:
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:JavaScript_unit_testing. Get
> started https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/fresh#fresh-environment
> >>
> >> --
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> >>
> >>
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