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Its been like this for a while now.

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It is a database error, usually caused by PHP version misalignment with the database query. However, mw is notorious for package handling, so it can be a single package causing the issue. It can apparently also be a back-end (SQL, Postgres, …) error, according to below docs:

– MediaWiki: Wikimedia\Rdbms\ILoadBalancer Interface Reference
– MediaWiki: Wikimedia\Rdbms\LoadBalancer Class Reference
– SQL on rebuilding tables, though I have no idea what is actually being used

One recommendation found was:

Modifying LocalSettings.php to update the DB credentials;

$wgDBserver = 'localhost';
$wgDBname = 'my_wiki';
$wgDBuser = 'my_user';
$wgDBpassword = 'my_password';

Then to run the php maintenance/update.php script.

While the other recommends commenting out the following as it is an obsolete package;

wgDBts2schema = "public";

…

As mentioned, the packaging of mw is tedious to maintain.

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@wiki-sysops think this might help?

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