Disable ability to globally lock temporary accounts
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	Dreamy_Jazz
	Aug 26 2024, 4:58 PM

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A steward can currently globally lock a temporary account. This will log the user out of their current session, but will not prevent them from editing. Instead, stewards can prevent temporary accounts editing by globally blocking the temporary account.

Because locking a temporary account does not do the same things as a normal registered account, we should consider whether locking should be disabled for temporary accounts.

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Prevent locking of temporary accounts	mediawiki/extensions/CentralAuth	master	+21 -2

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Resolved		Dreamy_Jazz	T373370 Disable ability to globally lock temporary accounts
		Open	BUG REPORT	Dreamy_Jazz	T380421 Special:CentralAuth fails to create log entry for global account change if one requested change fails but other

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Dreamy_Jazz created this task.Aug 26 2024, 4:58 PM

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Johannnes89 subscribed.Aug 26 2024, 5:21 PM

JJMC89 awarded a token.Aug 26 2024, 5:47 PM

Yep, stewards have internally discussed, no issues with this.

Dreamy_Jazz added projects: Trust and Safety Product Team, Trust and Safety Product Sprint.Aug 26 2024, 7:15 PM

Melos awarded a token.Aug 26 2024, 7:57 PM

Also, locks of temporary accounts canbot be undone while blocks can. Not that it matters much, but an accidental incorrect lock will disconnect the user from their messages and notifications.

Dreamy_Jazz edited projects, added Temporary accounts (Blockers to minor pilot wiki deployment); removed Temporary accounts.Aug 27 2024, 12:36 PM

I'm not sure that this blocks pilot wiki deployment.

kostajh renamed this task from Should stewards be allowed to globally lock a temporary account to Disable global locking of temporary accounts.Sep 2 2024, 11:52 AM

kostajh renamed this task from Disable global locking of temporary accounts to Disable ability to globally lock temporary accounts.

Dreamy_Jazz edited projects, added Temporary accounts; removed Temporary accounts (Blockers to minor pilot wiki deployment).Sep 2 2024, 12:09 PM

kostajh moved this task from Inbox to Ready on the Temporary accounts board.Sep 2 2024, 12:36 PM

larissagaulia moved this task from Inbox, needs triage to Radar on the MediaWiki-Platform-Team board.Sep 2 2024, 2:57 PM

larissagaulia edited projects, added MediaWiki-Platform-Team (Radar); removed MediaWiki-Platform-Team.

Dreamy_Jazz edited projects, added Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Gong (November 18 - December 6)); removed Trust and Safety Product Sprint.Nov 20 2024, 8:37 PM

Dreamy_Jazz mentioned this in T380421: Special:CentralAuth fails to create log entry for global account change if one requested change fails but other.Nov 20 2024, 9:08 PM

Change #1093458 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):

[mediawiki/extensions/CentralAuth@master] Prevent locking of temporary accounts

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1093458

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Nov 20 2024, 11:40 PM

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