Temporary accounts - MVP
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	Niharika
	Dec 5 2022, 5:30 PM

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This is an Epic task is to capture sub-tasks that are considered essential for delivering (from Trust and Safety Product Team and other teams) on an MVP for temporary accounts. Details are captured in the subtasks.

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Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
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Declined		None	T284948 Raw IPs of logged-out users disclosed in wiki-replicas
In Progress		Niharika	T324492 Temporary accounts - MVP
Resolved	Goal	Niharika	T300294 [Epic] Temporary account block workflow
Resolved		Niharika	T325238 [Epic] IP Address Reveal for Privileged Users
In Progress		Niharika	T325451 [Epic] Users with right privileges are able to view IP addresses
Resolved		None	T325592 Start a technical documentation page for IP Masking
Open		None	T326816 [Epic] Update features for temporary accounts
Resolved		jwang	T327365 Estimate the number of temporary accounts that would be created once IP Masking goes into effect
Declined		None	T325643 Add SecurityApi/security-api as an info source
Duplicate		None	T335709 Investigate: Rolling out IP Masking on one wiki but not others
Open		Niharika	T340001 [Epic] Deployment plan for Temporary Accounts
Resolved		tstarling	T342475 Define temporary account behavior on Wikimedia wikis which have IP masking disabled
Resolved		Niharika	T345760 [Epic] Temporary username format
Resolved		Dreamy_Jazz	T337090 Disallow certain numbers from being generated in the temporary account creation process
Resolved		kostajh	T340895 [Epic] IP Info accommodations for temporary accounts
Declined		None	T349152 Temporary accounts testing plan
Resolved		kostajh	T349129 [Epic] Workflows that create an IP (anon) actor should create a temporary user actor instead
Resolved		kostajh	T342880 Decide what the rate limit should be for temporary account creations
Open		None	T357776 [Epic] Mitigate abilities to abuse temporary accounts
Resolved		kostajh	T358847 [Epic] Ensure safety of release train and CI infrastructure during temporary accounts rollout
Resolved		Tchanders	T355882 Temp accounts deployment and the release train
Resolved		kostajh	T356524 Ensure temp accounts can be safely disabled after being enabled
Resolved		Dreamy_Jazz	T363345 Ensure that temporary account creations appear on loginwiki CheckUser
Resolved		• AGueyte	T335971 Prevent extensions from setting preferences for temporary accounts
Resolved		STran	T337089 [Epic] Implement global contributions feature
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Niharika created this task.Dec 5 2022, 5:30 PM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptDec 5 2022, 5:30 PM

Niharika updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 5 2022, 6:23 PM

Tchanders edited subtasks, added: T300294: [Epic] Temporary account block workflow; removed: T324570: WIP Allow temporary accounts to be blocked.Dec 6 2022, 3:40 PM

Izno subscribed.Dec 6 2022, 9:02 PM

Niharika added a subtask: T325238: [Epic] IP Address Reveal for Privileged Users.Dec 17 2022, 9:50 PM

@Niharika @KStoller-WMF is there a task for tracking the deployment of this work? I'm specifically interested to know what the plan is for how it would be rolled out: enable for everyone on a wiki, or would we have an A/B test? (I am not sure if the code as written is set up for that.)

@kostajh we haven't officially decided on that yet but I was thinking it would be enabled on testwiki and then on 1-2 small wikis before a more gradual, wider rollout. I imagine it to be a quite slow and careful rollout with sufficient time for gathering feedback along the way.

We have not considered an A/B test. Is there anything that seems like a good candidate for A/B testing?

Niharika added a subtask: T325592: Start a technical documentation page for IP Masking .Dec 20 2022, 10:27 PM

Tchanders added a subtask: T326816: [Epic] Update features for temporary accounts.Jan 16 2023, 3:38 PM

kostajh mentioned this in T58828: Provide access to Notifications for anonymous users.Jan 18 2023, 9:55 AM

kostajh mentioned this in T283177: Anonymous Contributors IP Masking.

ppelberg mentioned this in T330338: [SPIKE] Determine what – if any – changes need to be made to editing-related schemas to handle temporary accounts.Feb 22 2023, 9:28 PM

Niharika added a subtask: T330815: Disallow preference setting by temporary users.Mar 1 2023, 1:55 AM

Tchanders changed the status of subtask T325456: [Epic] Display IP addresses for temp users in IP Info from Open to Stalled.Mar 3 2023, 5:36 PM

Tchanders changed the status of subtask T325451: [Epic] Users with right privileges are able to view IP addresses from Open to Stalled.Mar 3 2023, 5:42 PM

• Prtksxna subscribed.Mar 8 2023, 5:16 AM

Tchanders removed a subtask: T330815: Disallow preference setting by temporary users.Mar 9 2023, 3:34 PM

Tchanders removed a subtask: T325459: Expire temporary username after a year.Mar 9 2023, 5:17 PM

Tchanders removed a subtask: T330816: [Epic] Temporary users should not be assigned to user groups.Mar 14 2023, 5:30 PM

kzimmerman mentioned this in T332205: Clarify analytics and metrics definitions around anonymous and temporary editors.Mar 15 2023, 5:49 PM

STran added a subtask: T325643: Add SecurityApi/security-api as an info source.Apr 14 2023, 6:40 PM

Krinkle mentioned this in T257893: [EPIC] Support User-Agent Client Hints header in CheckUser.Apr 30 2023, 10:04 PM

Tchanders added a subtask: T335709: Investigate: Rolling out IP Masking on one wiki but not others.May 2 2023, 1:32 PM

Tchanders added a subtask: T342475: Define temporary account behavior on Wikimedia wikis which have IP masking disabled.Jul 26 2023, 1:27 PM

Tchanders mentioned this in T345578: Ensure that an IP address cannot be saved permanently if IP Masking is enabled.Sep 4 2023, 3:40 PM

Tchanders added a subtask: T345578: Ensure that an IP address cannot be saved permanently if IP Masking is enabled.Sep 5 2023, 6:02 PM

Niharika added a subtask: T340895: [Epic] IP Info accommodations for temporary accounts.Sep 19 2023, 4:49 PM

Niharika closed subtask T300294: [Epic] Temporary account block workflow as Resolved.Sep 19 2023, 5:57 PM

• mpopov closed subtask T327365: Estimate the number of temporary accounts that would be created once IP Masking goes into effect as Resolved.Oct 26 2023, 3:57 PM

Niharika closed subtask T325592: Start a technical documentation page for IP Masking as Resolved.Nov 29 2023, 4:45 PM

Tchanders removed a subtask: T345578: Ensure that an IP address cannot be saved permanently if IP Masking is enabled.Jan 2 2024, 5:34 PM

Tchanders closed subtask T325643: Add SecurityApi/security-api as an info source as Declined.Jan 11 2024, 2:14 PM

kostajh added a subtask: T355882: Temp accounts deployment and the release train.Jan 25 2024, 12:53 PM

Tgr closed subtask T342475: Define temporary account behavior on Wikimedia wikis which have IP masking disabled as Resolved.Feb 1 2024, 7:06 PM

Tchanders removed a subtask: T324577: Allow IP addresses for temporary accounts to be seen by some trusted users for essential work.Feb 5 2024, 1:11 PM

Tchanders removed a subtask: T325456: [Epic] Display IP addresses for temp users in IP Info .

Tchanders added a subtask: T349129: [Epic] Workflows that create an IP (anon) actor should create a temporary user actor instead.Feb 5 2024, 1:55 PM

kostajh renamed this task from IP Masking - MVP to Temporary accounts - MVP.Feb 16 2024, 1:15 PM

kostajh changed the task status from Open to In Progress.

kostajh added a subtask: T342880: Decide what the rate limit should be for temporary account creations.

kostajh updated Other Assignee, added: Madalina.

kostajh updated the task description. (Show Details)

Dreamy_Jazz added a subtask: T357762: Grant checkuser-temporary-account-no-preference to the steward group.Feb 16 2024, 1:35 PM

Tchanders removed a subtask: T357762: Grant checkuser-temporary-account-no-preference to the steward group.Feb 16 2024, 2:11 PM

kostajh mentioned this in T262321: IP Masking.Feb 28 2024, 1:03 PM

Titore subscribed.Feb 29 2024, 10:54 AM

kostajh changed the status of subtask T342880: Decide what the rate limit should be for temporary account creations from Open to Stalled.Mar 3 2024, 7:46 PM

Dreamy_Jazz closed subtask T337090: Disallow certain numbers from being generated in the temporary account creation process as Resolved.Apr 23 2024, 10:54 AM

Tchanders closed subtask T355882: Temp accounts deployment and the release train as Resolved.Jun 11 2024, 4:59 PM

kostajh closed subtask T342880: Decide what the rate limit should be for temporary account creations as Resolved.Jun 28 2024, 2:15 PM

kostajh closed subtask T349129: [Epic] Workflows that create an IP (anon) actor should create a temporary user actor instead as Resolved.Jul 1 2024, 11:09 AM

fnegri added a parent task: T284948: Raw IPs of logged-out users disclosed in wiki-replicas.Jul 15 2024, 9:30 AM

fnegri mentioned this in T284948: Raw IPs of logged-out users disclosed in wiki-replicas.

Tchanders closed subtask T356524: Ensure temp accounts can be safely disabled after being enabled as Resolved.Jul 19 2024, 9:23 AM

kostajh closed subtask T358847: [Epic] Ensure safety of release train and CI infrastructure during temporary accounts rollout as Resolved.Jul 22 2024, 4:10 AM

Dreamy_Jazz closed subtask T363345: Ensure that temporary account creations appear on loginwiki CheckUser as Resolved.Jul 22 2024, 3:42 PM

kostajh closed subtask T345760: [Epic] Temporary username format as Resolved.Sep 10 2024, 12:16 PM

kostajh added a subtask: T335971: Prevent extensions from setting preferences for temporary accounts.Sep 10 2024, 12:52 PM

Dreamy_Jazz changed the status of subtask T325451: [Epic] Users with right privileges are able to view IP addresses from Stalled to Open.Sep 18 2024, 5:24 PM

kostajh closed subtask T340895: [Epic] IP Info accommodations for temporary accounts as Resolved.Oct 28 2024, 11:08 AM

Resetting task status from "In Progress" to "Open" as this task has been "in progress" for more than one year (see T380300). Feel free to set that status again, or rather break down into smaller subtasks.

Restricted Application added a project: Trust and Safety Product Team. · View Herald TranscriptApr 11 2025, 10:20 PM

kostajh changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Apr 14 2025, 2:00 PM

kostajh changed the status of subtask T325451: [Epic] Users with right privileges are able to view IP addresses from Open to In Progress.May 5 2025, 9:24 AM

sgrabarczuk removed a subtask: T337012: Tracking task for community-owned and maintained tools that will be impacted by Temporary Accounts.May 5 2025, 3:55 PM

sgrabarczuk added a subtask: T337089: [Epic] Implement global contributions feature.

Niharika closed subtask T325238: [Epic] IP Address Reveal for Privileged Users as Resolved.Jun 6 2025, 2:15 PM

Niharika closed subtask T349152: Temporary accounts testing plan as Declined.Jun 9 2025, 7:39 AM