Reported on c:Commons:Village_pump#Something_wrong_with_the_UploadWizard.3F, phabricator:T87062 triggers a login prompt.
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It is not down, see e.g. the still unsolved https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T78159
But I see the login prompt at T87062 as well. I also remember seeing this problem with other issues as well. Is that a configuration problem with Phabricator?
I am logged in and get an "Access Denied: Restricted Task" message at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T87062.
It seems, that this task is restricted (e.g. the security property set to "private" or "sensitive/security bug". In this case, only the owner of this task and the members of the security group (iirc) can view this bug.
Makes sense, but a login prompt to indicate this state isn't optimal. For user profiles I got the idea immediately, no account, no access; but security issues are hopefully rare and could be reported as is (= "no access, unclear security state requires triage, try again later.")
Hmm, how exactly do you get a login screen? When I am logged into Phabricator and try to access https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T87062 , I get "Access Denied: Restricted Task - You do not have permission to view this object." but not a login screen.
Plus Phabricator/Help is a better place to discuss Phabricator, I'd say. :)
Unfortunately it's not possible to move a LQT-thread to flow :(
You're questioning why you don't see a login screen when you're logged in? Obviously the login screen is shown when you're not logged in.
Without account (incl. "anonymous" users) it is a login prompt, quite annoying from a {{tracked|T87062}} posted on a village pump. I guess it's the same feature not allowing me to visit Phabricator user profiles (for privacy instead of security reasons.)
It's hardly "down" if it still shows a login screen. :P
Florian is pretty much right; see mw:Phabricator/Security for the full documentation and info.
{{=P}}
is understood ;-)