Tech News 2026 - Issue 27

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Latest *tech news
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News>* from the
Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes.
Not all changes will affect you. Translations
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/27> are
available.

*Updates for editors*

   - As part of the Account Creation Experiments
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Contributors/Account_=
Creation_Experiments>,
   the Growth team tested adding a user account icon in the mobile web head=
er
   for logged-out users, providing direct access to "Create account" and "L=
og
   in" actions. The experiment increased account creation by about 20% with=
out
   negatively affecting edit quality or constructive edit rates. The featur=
e
   will now be rolled out to all Wikimedia Foundation wikis on mobile web i=
n
   the first week of July. [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428220>
   -
   - After a successful experiment
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T426248>, logged-in users who
did not confirm
   their email address
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Email_confirmati=
on>
when
   their account was created see a new banner asking them to complete that
   process. This helps reduce the risk that users get locked out of their
   account, and makes account email addresses overall more reliable. This i=
s
   part of the Account Security
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Product_Safety_and_In=
tegrity/Account_Security>
    project. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428292>
   -
   - An update to Search <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search> i=
s
   refining how the -prefix: behaves when used to exclude results.
   Previously, using -prefix: with negation could unintentionally broaden
   search results by adding the namespaces included in the search scope,
   leading to confusing behavior for users expecting a straightforward
   exclusion filter. With the update, -prefix: will now strictly exclude
   matching page titles as intended and may display a warning if the releva=
nt
   namespace has not been explicitly selected. The behavior of prefix: with=
out
   negation however remains unchanged. [3]
   <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T427443>
   -
   - View all 33 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently_r=
esolved_community_tasks>.
   For example, an issue where reviewers using the Page Curation toolbar we=
re
   not automatically subscribed to talk page discussions they started has n=
ow
   been fixed. Reviewers will now receive notifications when someone replie=
s
   to those discussions. [4] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T329346>

*Updates for technical contributors*

   - Starting June 29th, automated downloads from the dumps.wikimedia.org
   website will be subject to the user-agent policy
   <https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Wikimed=
ia_Foundation_User-Agent_Policy>.
   Automated requests that provide a generic or empty user-agent will be
   blocked. Access to dumps through Wikimedia Cloud Services remains
   unaffected. This is a follow up to the announcement made in the 2026/25
   issue of Tech News
   <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/25>.
   - Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
   <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.47/wmf.9>

*Tech news
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by Tech News writers
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posted by bot
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=E2=80=A2 Translate
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or:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">Latest=C2=A0<b><a h=
ref=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News" title=
=3D"m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb=
(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px" target=3D"_blank">tech news=
</a></b>=C2=A0from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other use=
rs about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.=C2=A0<a href=3D"ht=
tps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/27" title=
=3D"m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/27" style=3D"text-decoration:none;c=
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ranslations</a>=C2=A0are available.</p><p style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 1em;col=
or:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><b>Updates for edit=
ors</b></p><ul style=3D"padding:0px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-se=
rif;font-size:14px"><li style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em">As part of the=C2=A0<=
a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Contributors/Ac=
count_Creation_Experiments" title=3D"mw:Special:MyLanguage/Contributors/Acc=
ount Creation Experiments" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,2=
04);background:none;border-radius:2px" target=3D"_blank">Account Creation E=
xperiments</a>, the Growth team tested adding a user account icon in the mo=
bile web header for logged-out users, providing direct access to &quot;Crea=
te account&quot; and &quot;Log in&quot; actions. The experiment increased a=
ccount creation by about 20% without negatively affecting edit quality or c=
onstructive edit rates. The feature will now be rolled out to all Wikimedia=
 Foundation wikis on mobile web in the first week of July.=C2=A0<a href=3D"=
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T428220" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" styl=
e=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);border-radius:2px;backgroun=
d:none;padding:0px" target=3D"_blank">[1]</a></li><li style=3D"margin-botto=
m:0.1em"><br></li><li style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em">After a=C2=A0<a href=3D=
"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T426248" title=3D"phab:T426248" style=3D=
"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2=
px" target=3D"_blank">successful experiment</a>, logged-in users who did no=
t=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Em=
ail_confirmation" title=3D"mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Email confirmation" s=
tyle=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-r=
adius:2px" target=3D"_blank">confirm their email address</a>=C2=A0when thei=
r account was created see a new banner asking them to complete that process=
. This helps reduce the risk that users get locked out of their account, an=
d makes account email addresses overall more reliable. This is part of the=
=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Product_=
Safety_and_Integrity/Account_Security" title=3D"mw:Special:MyLanguage/Produ=
ct Safety and Integrity/Account Security" style=3D"text-decoration:none;col=
or:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px" target=3D"_blank">Acc=
ount Security</a>=C2=A0project.=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://phabricator.wikimed=
ia.org/T428292" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" style=3D"text-decoration:none;c=
olor:rgb(51,102,204);border-radius:2px;background:none;padding:0px" target=
=3D"_blank">[2]</a></li><li style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em"><br></li><li styl=
e=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em">An update to=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimed=
ia.org/wiki/Special:Search" title=3D"Special:Search" style=3D"text-decorati=
on:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px" target=3D"=
_blank">Search</a>=C2=A0is refining how the=C2=A0<code style=3D"font-family=
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rder-radius:2px;padding:1px 4px">-prefix:</code>=C2=A0behaves when used to =
exclude results. Previously, using=C2=A0<code style=3D"font-family:monospac=
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us:2px;padding:1px 4px">-prefix:</code>=C2=A0with negation could unintentio=
nally broaden search results by adding the namespaces included in the searc=
h scope, leading to confusing behavior for users expecting a straightforwar=
d exclusion filter. With the update,=C2=A0<code style=3D"font-family:monosp=
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dius:2px;padding:1px 4px">-prefix:</code>=C2=A0will now strictly exclude ma=
tching page titles as intended and may display a warning if the relevant na=
mespace has not been explicitly selected. The behavior of=C2=A0<code style=
=3D"font-family:monospace,monospace;background-color:rgb(248,249,250);color=
:rgb(16,20,24);border-color:rgb(218,221,227);border-style:solid;border-widt=
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kimedia.org/T427443" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" style=3D"text-decoration:n=
one;color:rgb(51,102,204);border-radius:2px;background:none;padding:0px" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">[3]</a></li><li style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em"><br></li><li =
style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em">View all 33 community-submitted tasks that we=
re=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/=
News/Recently_resolved_community_tasks" title=3D"m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/=
News/Recently resolved community tasks" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color=
:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px" target=3D"_blank">resol=
ved last week</a>. For example, an issue where reviewers using the Page Cur=
ation toolbar were not automatically subscribed to talk page discussions th=
ey started has now been fixed. Reviewers will now receive notifications whe=
n someone replies to those discussions.=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://phabricator=
.wikimedia.org/T329346" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" style=3D"text-decoratio=
n:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);border-radius:2px;background:none;padding:0px"=
 target=3D"_blank">[4]</a></li></ul><p style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 1em;color:=
rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><b>Updates for technic=
al contributors</b></p><ul style=3D"padding:0px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-fa=
mily:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style=3D"margin-bottom:0.1em">Starting =
June 29th, automated downloads from the <a href=3D"http://dumps.wikimedia.o=
rg" target=3D"_blank">dumps.wikimedia.org</a> website will be subject to th=
e=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/=
Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_User-Agent_Policy" title=3D"foundation:Special:=
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oration:none;color:rgb(51,102,204);background:none;border-radius:2px" targe=
t=3D"_blank">user-agent policy</a>. Automated requests that provide a gener=
ic or empty user-agent will be blocked. Access to dumps through Wikimedia C=
loud Services remains unaffected. This is a follow up to the announcement m=
ade in the=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLangua=
ge/Tech/News/2026/25" title=3D"m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2026/25" styl=
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