Talk:Catalyst

Protected Testing Area For Security Patches

I know such a feature would likely complicate this effort substantially, but it'd be really nice if Catalyst could support a protected area (TBD) for testing security patches and features. Currently, we have to test security patches locally, which can be very tedious if the patch requires a more advanced setup closer to Wikimedia production. Or we have to pull a security patch down to an mwdebug host, which can also be problematic if a tester does not have the appropriate on-wiki rights which may potentially be required by the security patch. Anyhow, the Security Team would love to discuss such a feature for Catalyst, so let us know if this seems feasible for now. Thanks. SBassett (talk) 16:30, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

While a Protected Testing Area would likely fall outside of scope for the prototype. I would be interested in hearing more and incorporating it into the next iteration (hopefully an ongoing product): either here or in a phabricator task. More specifically, what do you mean by a protected testing area? --Stef Dunlap (talk) 17:31, 19 September 2023 (UTC)