Last modified: 2011-09-01 07:32:01 UTC
The secure server currently sends out email confirmation links starting with http://en.wikipedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Special:ConfirmEmail This looks like a hodgepodge of a normal and secure link, and it gives a 404 error. It should be either http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ConfirmEmail or https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Special:ConfirmEmail Example of error: "To confirm that this account really does belong to you and reactivate e-mail features on Wikipedia, open this link in your browser: http://en.wikipedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Special:ConfirmEmail/264d4561c7ee43c80291dcb054d92c94" The problem is only in mails from the secure server. The confirmation code works when it is added to a valid url. I found the bug while examining http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk#Generated_confirm_email_link_appears_to_be_broken_.28404_-_File_Not_Found.29
This is probably a regression related to introduction of $wgCanonicalServer... r95505 on 1.17wmf1, looks like r95002 on trunk. The new code concats $wgCanonicalServer with $wgArticlePath, which fails on the secure.wikimedia.org setup where $wgArticlePath has been modified to work with the modified $wgServer.
Likely fixed by Roan in r95894.
Deployed fix to production, confirmed fix.
