User:TheresNoTime/SpiderPig

I ran the UTC afternoon backport window (2025-04-23) and deployed three config patches using SpiderPig (jobs 13 and 14)

Workflow

Logging in to SpiderPig was easy (once my access was approved)
- I did have to do a manual log out/log in from IDM for it to recognise that my groups had changed
I first deployed 1138096 and 1135851 together.
- Seeing enter one or more Gerrit change numbers separated by spaces, I pasted 1138096 into the "Enter change numbers" input, pressed space, and then pasted 1135851
- I expected the "Start backport" button to be clickable, but it remained disabled
- I then realised you need to enter the change numbers one at a time, and select their result from the lookup/dropdown, before you can then add another.
  MR!731 is working towards a fix for the select-one-at-a-time workflow, but not quite ready yet. --BryanDavis (talk) 15:37, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
Running the deployment using the SpiderPig UI was intuitive and worked very well

Although easy to figure out once you make the 'mistake', rewording enter one or more Gerrit change numbers separated by spaces might be worth considering (to make it clear you cannot just paste space-separated change numbers into the input)
A browser notification to attract attention when the deployment is waiting for user interaction would maybe be useful
API to get deployment information (e.g. given a gerrit ID, tell me who deployed it/when it was deployed/the deployment outcome, etc.)