Bug #122928 for MediaWiki-API: repeated edits fail with "Invalid CSRF token"

Wed Aug 30 10:42:35 2017 richlv [...] nakts.net - Ticket created

Subject:	repeated edits fail with "Invalid CSRF token"
Date:	Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:32:40 +0300
To:	bug-MediaWiki-API [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Rihards <richlv [...] nakts.net>

logging in with the module, making edits to many pages sequentially. sometimes it works for a hundred of pages in a row, sometimes it fails after a few, few dozen or any other number of pages with : 3: badtoken: Invalid CSRF token. not sure whether the wrong token is sent, or what happens there. -- Rihards

Wed Nov 22 19:56:30 2017 https://anarc.at/openid/ - Correspondence added

On Wed Aug 30 10:42:35 2017, richlv@nakts.net wrote: Show quoted text

> logging in with the module, making edits to many pages sequentially. > sometimes it works for a hundred of pages in a row, sometimes it fails > after a few, few dozen or any other number of pages with : > > 3: badtoken: Invalid CSRF token. > > not sure whether the wrong token is sent, or what happens there.

i'm surprised this works at all - Mediawiki::API can't login at all in newer (1.22+) versions of Mediawiki, see https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=106214

Wed Nov 22 19:56:30 2017 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Fri Jul 26 00:45:27 2019 MAHEX [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Wed Nov 22 19:56:30 2017, https://anarc.at/openid/ wrote: Show quoted text

> On Wed Aug 30 10:42:35 2017, richlv@nakts.net wrote:

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> > 3: badtoken: Invalid CSRF token.

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> i'm surprised this works at all - Mediawiki::API can't login at all in > newer (1.22+) versions of Mediawiki,

I have a test that performs 500 edits against a dockerized MediaWiki and I experienced one failure. I'm not sure who's fault it was.

Sun Nov 22 17:34:21 2020 buzz [...] exotica.org.uk - Correspondence added

On Wed Aug 30 10:42:35 2017, richlv@nakts.net wrote: Show quoted text

> logging in with the module, making edits to many pages sequentially. > sometimes it works for a hundred of pages in a row, sometimes it fails > after a few, few dozen or any other number of pages with : > > 3: badtoken: Invalid CSRF token. > > not sure whether the wrong token is sent, or what happens there.

Not sure the cause of this, but I have been using it for updating many pages, so it could be an issue with the install. As this is an old ticket, I will close but if you can reproduce, please open a new ticket providing more details of set-up and versions.

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Sun Nov 22 17:34:21 2020 buzz [...] exotica.org.uk - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'