What happens with running bots and tools during rerouting time? Doc Taxon
Halley Coplin <[email protected]> schrieb am Mo., 6. Okt. 2025, 18:54: > Howdy API artists, tool tinkerers, and bot builders, > > We are starting to reroute all web API traffic through a common API > Gateway. We will begin transitioning traffic for endpoints under the > rest.php path the week of Monday, October 6. This change will be performed > through a phased rollout, starting with Group 0 and Group 1 wikis, then > proceeding across all remaining wiki groups and projects. We expect all > traffic to be rerouted on or before Oct 17. > > This is purely introducing another layer of infrastructure, and we expect > the change to be non-breaking and non-disruptive. We are also keeping a > close eye out for any anomalies as we dial up proportional traffic. If any > issues are observed, please file a phabricator ticket to the Service Ops > team board <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/serviceops/>. > > Why is this change happening? > > As mentioned in the API as a Product Tech Blog > <https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2025/06/12/apis-as-a-product-investing-in-the-current-and-next-generation-of-technical-contributors/> > published earlier this year and as part of the WE5 objective > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2025-2026#Responsible_Use_of_Infrastructure_(WE5)> > (KR5.2), we are working to consolidate and centralize our API > infrastructure. Centralizing API routing will make observability across > APIs easier, allowing us to make better data-driven decisions. Having a > single, centralized API gateway also simplifies API management, enabling us > to continue streamlining and standardizing our API offerings. > > What’s next? > > In Q2, we will tackle rerouting the Action API through the same API > Gateway, with additional APIs in future quarters. Keep an eye out for more > updates here and on Tech News <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News>! > > > > Feel free to respond here or reach out directly if you have any questions, > comments, or concerns! > > Thanks, > > Halley > > *Halley Coplin* (she/her) > Sr. Product Manager, MediaWiki Interfaces > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
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