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internal error when saving an edit: [864d81fc-f74e-4f6d-a70f-1dad0bec6ad5] 2026-10-21 16:14:34: Erreur fatale de type « Shellbox\ShellboxError
Appeared once; normal behaviour occurs after retrying Save. -- 🚨 Christian 🇫🇷 FR (talk) 16:17, 21 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
如上。 Pawsdt (talk) 04:53, 25 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
I am trying to update our wiki from 1.39 to 1.43
I've updated various entries in composer.local.json to more recent versions, and made some changes to LocalSettings.php and the server seems to start up fine, so then the next stage is to update the database.
It's starts off ok, but then hits a problem
...ipblocks doesn't exist.
Table pagelinks contains pl_title field. Dropping...Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError from line 1198 of /var/www/mediawiki/w/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php: Error 42704: ERROR: index "pl_namespace" does not exist
Function: Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database::sourceFile( /var/www/mediawiki/w/maintenance/postgres/archives/patch-pagelinks-drop-pl_title.sql )
Query: DROP INDEX pl_namespace
#0 /var/www/mediawiki/w/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(1182): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->getQueryException('ERROR: index "...', '42704', 'DROP INDEX pl_n...', 'Wikimedia\\Rdbms...')
#1 /var/www/mediawiki/w/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(1156): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->getQueryExceptionAndLog('ERROR: index "...', '42704', 'DROP INDEX pl_n...', 'Wikimedia\\Rdbms...')
#2 /var/www/mediawiki/w/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(647): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->reportQueryError('ERROR: index "...', '42704', 'DROP INDEX pl_n...', 'Wikimedia\\Rdbms...', false)
#3 /var/www/mediawiki/w/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(2791): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->query(Object(Wikimedia\Rdbms\Query), 'Wikimedia\\Rdbms...')
#4 /var/www/mediawiki/w/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php(2729): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->sourceStream(Resource id #1027, NULL, NULL, 'Wikimedia\\Rdbms...', NULL)
#5 /var/www/mediawiki/w/includes/libs/rdbms/database/DBConnRef.php(127): Wikimedia\Rdbms\Database->sourceFile('/var/www/mediaw...')
#6 /var/www/mediawiki/w/includes/libs/rdbms/database/DBConnRef.php(799): Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnRef->__call('sourceFile', Array)
#7 /var/www/mediawiki/w/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php(797): Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBConnRef->sourceFile('/var/www/mediaw...')
#8 /var/www/mediawiki/w/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php(927): MediaWiki\Installer\DatabaseUpdater->applyPatch('/var/www/mediaw...', false, 'Table pagelinks...')
#9 /var/www/mediawiki/w/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php(595): MediaWiki\Installer\DatabaseUpdater->dropField('pagelinks', 'pl_title', 'patch-pagelinks...')
#10 /var/www/mediawiki/w/includes/installer/DatabaseUpdater.php(548): MediaWiki\Installer\DatabaseUpdater->runUpdates(Array, false)
#11 /var/www/mediawiki/w/maintenance/update.php(195): MediaWiki\Installer\DatabaseUpdater->doUpdates(Array)
#12 /var/www/mediawiki/w/maintenance/includes/MaintenanceRunner.php(703): UpdateMediaWiki->execute()
#13 /var/www/mediawiki/w/maintenance/run.php(51): MediaWiki\Maintenance\MaintenanceRunner->run()
The wiki has been functioning fine on 1.39, and the upgrade instructions indicate that upgrading from 1.39 directly to 1.43 should be ok. JRHodgson (talk) 01:08, 26 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
Im not logged into the nullscape wiki, and when i use my wikimedia login details it fails, theres no button to create an account so i have to manually go to the create account special page. When i go to create an account for that wiki it says i need to be logged in to create an account… meaning i have to make an account if i want to create an account.
also yes im logged in to wikimedia, but im not logged in when im on the NS wiki’s login/createaccount page GrandGrimoireOSC (talk) 13:46, 26 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
I am maintaining 3 mediawiki instances. Two are on version 1.34 and one on 1.33 and I know the upgrade must be done in a series of steps.
My question is, do I have to go one version number at a time, or are there upgrades that can be skipped? I see that a jump straight from 1.39 to 1.43 should be OK. Are there any other instances where intervening upgrades can be skipped? Roygrubb (talk) 10:44, 30 October 2026 (UTC)Reply
Encountering a couple of issues with pending changes (i.e. FlaggedRevs with the $wgFlaggedRevsProtection turned on):
Also, a question: how do I hide the "stable version" icon in the upper right hand corner of pages? As in, completely suppress the display for everyone regardless of the stable version status or lack thereof? Asking because it appears to clash with Extension:WikidataPageBanner. I assume some sort of CSS change somewhere? I'm on 1.43 if it makes a difference. The Boston Railfan (talk) 18:33, 1 November 2026 (UTC)Reply
I recently created the item Q141855947 for ICAM S.p.A. a few weeks ago, an Italian manufacturer of automated vertical storage systems based in Putignano (Apulia), founded in 1957. In the interest of transparency, I’m the company’s Marketing & Communication Manager, so I have a conflict of interest. I’m happy to follow any guidance on how to handle this.
When I search for “ICAM” on Wikidata, the results show other organizations (for example ICAM, the chocolate manufacturer) but not our item. Could someone help me understand:
Thank you very much for your time and help.
Marica Laera Marica Laera (talk) 07:08, 4 November 2026 (UTC)Reply
Since this is a core MediaWiki extension, should the license information for PageImages be more "serious" (for lack of a better term)? There are other less controversial wordings available such as "Unlicense" or "0BSD". It sticks out in a list of bundled extensions.
MLRodrigue (talk) 13:23, 6 November 2026 (UTC)Reply
Just found that is was used (for example) in page Reader_Growth/Minimal_Minerva to reference chrome we must prepare to have some potential impact on archived solutions.
--🚨 Christian 🇫🇷 FR (talk) 14:53, 6 November 2026