Bugzilla

All your bug are belong to me!

All bugs in the MediaWiki software should be reported at bugzilla.wikimedia.org. This is also the place to request new features or enhancements to the software.

What is Bugzilla?

For more information, see the Wikipedia article on Bugzilla.

Bugzilla is an on-line bug-tracking tool, developed by the Mozilla Foundation, and is the system we use to track all open issues with MediaWiki.

The reason we use Bugzilla is that it allows the developers to easily find, track and discuss issues, to spot duplicates and ultimately to resolve them.

The Wikimedia Bugzilla site is sometimes referred as Mediazilla.

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Requesting a feature

Before making a feature/enhancement request:

• Consider whether a custom extension would be more appropriate.
• If the request is specific to a Wikimedia wiki, please discuss the issue on that wiki first. Devs will usually ask you for a link showing a community consensus.

Then follow the same directions as above, except you probably need to select 'Wikimedia' instead of 'MediaWiki' as the product.

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Why must I register?

We need you to register in order to use Bugzilla. This is primarily so that we can contact you if there are further questions regarding your bug submission. For example, if a developer is unable to replicate your problem they will ask for more information.

Registering is free and easy. Simply click the 'create account' link at the top right of the page, enter your e-mail address (and optionally your real name) and click 'create account'. Then simply log in using the password you receive in the confirmation e-mail (which can be changed in your preferences once you have logged in).

Once logged in, you can change your preferences to specify what kinds of e-mail Bugzilla sends you (with the option of turning off all e-mail). To do this click 'my preferences' in the top right and select the 'email settings' tab.

Please note that (unlike on Wikimedia projects) your email address will be visible to everyone. Some people prefer to set up a separate e-mail account (using a free webmail service) for working with Bugzilla.

Why can't I report bugs here?

You can. You can also report by writing them in chalk on the pavement. However, if you want a developer to act on it then you need to put it somewhere they are likely to see it, namely Bugzilla.

How do I link to a bug?

If you want to create a link from a page on MediaWiki.org to a Bugzilla bug, use [[bugzilla:XXX]], where XXX is the bug number you want to link to. For example [[bugzilla:4198]] will result in the following output: bugzilla:4198.

See also

• Bugzilla products and components - finding the right product/component when filing a bug report.
• Bugzilla fields - how to fill out different fields in a bug report
• A bug's life cycle - how the Status and Resolution fields should work.

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