T69054: API mobileview "protection" sometimes returns object, sometimes returns empty array in JSON output

Phabricator Link	T69054
Status	resolved
Priority	Medium (orange)
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Phabricator Task Created	2014/06/24 04:42 PM
Wiki Page Created	2019/06/09 01:31 PM
Phabricator Task Last Modified	2016/05/16 02:00 PM
Wiki Page Last Updated	2020/10/16 03:11 PM
Phabricator Task Closed	2016/05/12 05:03 AM
Authored By	brion (Brion Vibber)
Assigned To	phuedx (Sam Smith)
Projects	MW-1.28-release (WMF-deploy-2016-05-17_(1.28.0-wmf.2)) MediaWiki-API (Non-core-API stuff) MobileFrontend (Backlog) Reading-Web-Sprint-72-Ninety-nine-problems-but-Nirzar-aint-one (Ready for Signoff) Unplanned-Sprint-Work
Platform Engineering Initiative Column
Platform Team Workboards Column
Subtasks	T76728: Clean up ApiResult and ApiFormatXml, create new formatversion (resolved) T12887: API JSON formatter returns [] as an empty return value - inconsistent with {} for non-empty values (resolved)
Parent Tasks	T109461: [EPIC]: Improvements to mobileview API

Column Transitions: (Added project: ⇑, Removed project: ⇓,Entered column: ⇒, Exited column: ⇐)

Project	Column	Date
Readers-Web-Backlog	⇐ Incoming	9 December 2014
Readers-Web-Backlog	⇒ Upcoming	9 December 2014
Readers-Web-Backlog	⇐ Upcoming	9 December 2014
Readers-Web-Backlog	⇒ Epics/Goals	9 December 2014
Readers-Web-Backlog	⇐ Epics/Goals	22 December 2014
Readers-Web-Backlog	⇒ 2016-17 Q4	22 December 2014
MediaWiki-API	⇐ Unsorted	19 February 2015
MediaWiki-API	⇒ Non-core-API stuff	19 February 2015
Readers-Web-Backlog	⇐ 2016-17 Q4	10 April 2015
Readers-Web-Backlog	⇒ 2015-16 Q4	10 April 2015
Readers-Web-Backlog	⇐ 2015-16 Q4	10 April 2015
Readers-Web-Backlog	⇒ Triaged but Future	10 April 2015
Readers-Web-Backlog	⇐ Triaged but Future	15 April 2015
Readers-Web-Backlog	⇒ 2017-18 Q2	15 April 2015
Reading-Web-Sprint-72-Ninety-nine-problems-but-Nirzar-aint-one	⇐ Needs Analysis	11 May 2016
Reading-Web-Sprint-72-Ninety-nine-problems-but-Nirzar-aint-one	⇒ Ready for Signoff	11 May 2016
Reading-Web-Sprint-72-Ninety-nine-problems-but-Nirzar-aint-one	⇐ Ready for Signoff	12 May 2016
Reading-Web-Sprint-72-Ninety-nine-problems-but-Nirzar-aint-one	⇒ Done	12 May 2016
Reading-Web-Sprint-72-Ninety-nine-problems-but-Nirzar-aint-one	⇐ Done	16 May 2016
Reading-Web-Sprint-72-Ninety-nine-problems-but-Nirzar-aint-one	⇒ Ready for Signoff	16 May 2016