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"Title::newFromTitle: $text must be a string" from Linker::formatLinksInComment
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Warning: Title::newFromTitle: $text must be a string
from
../Linker::formatComment/Linker::formatLinksInComment/Closure$Linker::formatLinksInComment/Title::newFromText

Several different stacks hit this:

  • Linker::commentBlock/Linker::formatComment/Linker::formatLinksInComment/Closure$Linker::formatLinksInComment/Title::newFromText
  • MobileSpecialPageFeed::formatComment/Linker::formatComment/Linker::formatLinksInComment/Closure$Linker::formatLinksInComment/Title::newFromText
  • ImageListPager::formatValue/Linker::formatComment/Linker::formatLinksInComment/Closure$Linker::formatLinksInComment/Title::newFromText
  • ImageHistoryList::imageHistoryLine/Linker::formatComment/Linker::formatLinksInComment/Closure$Linker::formatLinksInComment/Title::newFromText

About 200 hits collectively from these per day in Logstash for channel T76305. Method Linker::formatComment supports null, but further down its assumed to exist.

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demon triaged this task as Medium priority.Aug 24 2015, 3:19 AM

Change 246860 had a related patch set uploaded (by Umherirrender):
Avoid "$text must be a string" in Linker::formatLinksInComment

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/246860

Change 246860 merged by jenkins-bot:
Avoid "$text must be a string" in Linker::formatLinksInComment

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/246860

Umherirrender claimed this task.