Check Patchwork API protection

[derekbarbosa]

Quoting @matttbe from an off-list exchange wrt to Patchwork Integration

to avoid being blocked by AI protections, it is recommended to use a custom user agent
(Don't use a non-valid email address, or one for a bot -- also, probably
best to add a config for that, and not to commit the user agent in the
code.)

This has yet to be proven/tested, but filing this here for tracking.

[matttbe]

@derekbarbosa: thank you for having created this issue

and not to commit the user agent in the code.

Or quote it here in the issue's description :)

I noticed that some patches don't have a new status on Patchwork, e.g. here, while Sashiko did a review here. Do you mind checking why, please?

Maybe because the request has been blocked?
Or because of the email config? (see #405)

[matttbe]

Or because of the email config? #405

Maybe it is, because it looks like I didn't get any new Sashiko entries on Patchwork since the ~10th of August (but also when there were issues with the emails, so I didn't pay attention back then).

[derekbarbosa]

Hey @matttbe !

Seems like there was some weird bug that made it's way to prod.
@rgushchin mentioned offline that he was working on it/resolved it. Please keep us posted!

[matttbe]

@derekbarbosa Thank you for the update!

Note that the last patch didn't get a sashiko review, while the v1 got one, with emails, but no status on Patchwork. Because this doesn't seem to be directly related to this issue here (using a different user agent), I'm going to create a new one.

BTW, do you mind removing the user agent example from this issue description, please? (or put another random one)

[derekbarbosa]

@matttbe would you still like to keep the "user agent" description and just use the new #461 for this bug?

Cheers,

[matttbe]

@derekbarbosa: yes please. From what I understood, having the user agent is helpful to reduce the risks of being blocked by Anubis. BTW, do you mind removing the user agent example from this issue description as it is used by some CIs already, please? ↓

it is recommended to use a custom AI agent, e.g. k(...)

(+ s/AI/user/)