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title: "Change Log Experiment"
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permalink: 2020-05-06-change-log-experiment.html
summary: "Announcing an experiment with the Change Log view"
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## Change Log Experiment

On all googlesource.com Gerrit instances we are currently running a UX
experiment in the Change Log. Some users will see a new version of that view,
and we would like to collect feedback and validate these changes before rolling
out to all users.

## What is changing?

- The "Only Comments" toggle is renamed to “Show all entries” and is set to off
by default.

- The rules for when log entries are shown have changed: All human messages are
shown, but for autogenerated messages they are only shown on one patchset. If
for example a CI system posts on patchsets 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and a Linter posts on
patchsets 3, 5, 6, then the CI messages are only shown on ps 7, and the Linter
messages are only shown on ps 6.

- Full comment threads are shown in expanded entries instead of just the latest
reply.

- The additional filters/expanders "show all x messages" and "show x more" are
removed, because the default filtered view is assumed to be short enough, such
that additional filtering does not help. Users likely prefer a bit more
scrolling than having to expand some hidden messages.


## How to give feedback or report bugs?

Please use this link:
<https://bugs.chromium.org/p/gerrit/issues/entry?template=Experiment+Change+Log>

Add a news item about the ongoing Change Log experiment
Add a news item about the ongoing Change Log experiment

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