A temporary block should be fine if people can still create discussions. On
which committers can help create issues if it's reasonable.

Avi

On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM Jarek Potiuk <ja...@potiuk.com> wrote:

>  - Iceberg dev to not flood them :) (in bcc:)
>
> It looks like the flood had been somehow flood-gated - no similar report
> for the last 4 hours or so.
>
> I also started to receive confirmation from Github that they are looking at
> the reports, so likely we do not have to do any action now, but I think we
> can turn it into deciding about "future" reactions when something like this
> happens, so that we can potentially react quickly
>
> What do others think ? Should we react and block new users from interacting
> with Airflow repo if we see it happening again? Maybe temporarily - for a
> day or two initially - after reporting some initial reports? Does it sound
> reasonable?
>
> J.
>
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM Pavankumar Gopidesu <
> gopidesupa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > +1 from me.
> >
> > It looks started yesterday, I feel we may get many of these tickets when
> > new users starts testing those AI agents.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Pavan Kumar
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 22, 2025, 10:27 Jarek Potiuk <ja...@potiuk.com> wrote:
> >
> > > We continue getting new issues - and more of them are by "new users" -
> > > created just an hour or so ago.
> > >
> > > Apparently Github has a way to temporarily limit interactions with the
> > repo
> > > for new users - see this screenshot:
> > >
> > > https://ibb.co/WWsr7RB
> > >
> > > And I think I'd be for enabling it - we will need an INFRA ticket for
> > that,
> > > because that's not currently configurable via .asf.yaml  - and maybe if
> > > Iceberg would like to do it as well, we can create a single ticket for
> > > that.
> > >
> > > There is a new framework coming to enable faster implementation and
> > testing
> > > of .asf.yaml features (this was discussed at the latest roundtable) -
> and
> > > we can contribute a feature to add it in .asf.yaml soon, but
> temporarily
> > we
> > > might want to ask INFRA to help.
> > >
> > > WDYT? If I hear a few voices for +1 and no strong opposition I will
> open
> > a
> > > JIRA ticket (and would love to hear what Iceberg friends of ours think
> as
> > > well :)
> > >
> > >
> > > J.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM Jarek Potiuk <ja...@potiuk.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yeah. just closed this one. The pattern where those are coming at the
> > > same
> > > > time as two unrelated issues to both iceberg and airflow are very.
> ....
> > > > strange
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM Elad Kalif <elad...@apache.org>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Another one who also opened issues in Airflow and Iceberg
> > > >> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/12034
> > > >> https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/45920
> > > >>
> > > >> Same "mistake" with the # Title.
> > > >> All of these seem to come with accounts opened months ago, with some
> > > minor
> > > >> traffic to their own forks so they would appear legit to Github
> > > >>
> > > >> On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM Jarek Potiuk <ja...@potiuk.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> > Yeah. Again - my guess is that those are "Agentic AI" trials,
> where
> > > >> someone
> > > >> > is deploying fake "agent" accounts acting as "people in the repo
> > > would".
> > > >> > That's a bit terrifying if this is not contained.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM Fokko Driesprong <
> fo...@apache.org>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > > That's quite a few! I also noticed that they sometimes
> self-close
> > > the
> > > >> > issue
> > > >> > > (eg here <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/12032>).
> > Closed
> > > >> > after 1
> > > >> > > minute, but still flooding my mailbox :D
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > So you might have more such issues now than you think.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Yes, that's probably the case, still going through my mailbox.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Op wo 22 jan 2025 om 09:49 schreef Jarek Potiuk <
> ja...@potiuk.com
> > >:
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > > Example case:
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > * https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/45904  - airflow
> > > >> > > > * https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/12034 - iceberg
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > Both issues are generic and useless and bring 0 value except
> > > noise.
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > Interesting thing is that many of those users, if you look at
> > > their
> > > >> > > > history - created. similar number of issues in iceberg and
> > airflow
> > > >> > about
> > > >> > > > the same time. So you might have more such issues now than you
> > > >> think.
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > J.
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM Jarek Potiuk <
> ja...@potiuk.com>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > >> I have not counted all of them. there are quite a bit too
> many
> > -
> > > >> and
> > > >> > > >> other people closed some of them as well. I got a very
> > > rudimentary
> > > >> > check
> > > >> > > >> and applied "AI Spam" label to some of the issues
> > > >> > > >>
> > > >> > >
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aclosed%20AI%20label%3A%22AI%20Spam%22
> > > >> > > .
> > > >> > > >> -> so we have had at least 25 such issues in the last 12
> hours.
> > > >> > > >>
> > > >> > > >> > we also want to make sure that we don't accidentally close
> > > issues
> > > >> > that
> > > >> > > >> don't come from a bot, but just a newcomer to the project.
> > > >> > > >>
> > > >> > > >> Those reports and patterns look very. very human-like - they
> > are
> > > >> > > reported
> > > >> > > >> infrequently (per user) the description and text seem
> > legitimate,
> > > >> but
> > > >> > > they
> > > >> > > >> are wordy and just reading and understanding that those are
> > > >> completely
> > > >> > > >> useless takes a lot of time. This is part of the problem,
> that
> > it
> > > >> > takes
> > > >> > > a
> > > >> > > >> lot of energy and time to determine if those are valid or
> not -
> > > and
> > > >> > with
> > > >> > > >> such a rate, it's not sustainable just to analyze whether
> they
> > > are
> > > >> > good
> > > >> > > or
> > > >> > > >> bad.
> > > >> > > >>
> > > >> > > >> J.
> > > >> > > >>
> > > >> > > >>
> > > >> > > >>
> > > >> > > >> On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM Fokko Driesprong <
> > > fo...@apache.org
> > > >> >
> > > >> > > >> wrote:
> > > >> > > >>
> > > >> > > >>> Hey Jarek,
> > > >> > > >>>
> > > >> > > >>> Thanks for bringing this to our attention. When you talk
> about
> > > >> > > flooding,
> > > >> > > >>> how many are we talking about? I see some suspicious issues
> > (eg,
> > > >> here
> > > >> > > >>> <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/12039>), but not
> > > many.
> > > >> I
> > > >> > > >>> hope this will come to a halt soon because it all additional
> > > work,
> > > >> > and
> > > >> > > we
> > > >> > > >>> also want to make sure that we don't accidentally close
> issues
> > > >> that
> > > >> > > don't
> > > >> > > >>> come from a bot, but just a newcomer to the project.
> > > >> > > >>>
> > > >> > > >>> Kind regards,
> > > >> > > >>> Fokko
> > > >> > > >>>
> > > >> > > >>> Op wo 22 jan 2025 om 09:00 schreef Jarek Potiuk <
> > > ja...@potiuk.com
> > > >> >:
> > > >> > > >>>
> > > >> > > >>> > Hey Iceberg community, And Airflow community too.
> > > >> > > >>> >
> > > >> > > >>> > As of yesterday Airflow repo is literally flooded with a
> > > number
> > > >> of
> > > >> > > >>> issues
> > > >> > > >>> > that look almost good, except they are clearly AI
> generated
> > > and
> > > >> > make
> > > >> > > no
> > > >> > > >>> > sense or repeat content from other issues. We noticed that
> > the
> > > >> > users
> > > >> > > >>> who
> > > >> > > >>> > create a lot of the "spam AI" issues that are created in
> > > Airflow
> > > >> > are
> > > >> > > >>> also
> > > >> > > >>> > creating similar issues for Iceberg.
> > > >> > > >>> >
> > > >> > > >>> > We got to the point that we are closing and reporting such
> > > >> issues
> > > >> > to
> > > >> > > >>> > GitHub and we are blocking all such users without spending
> > too
> > > >> much
> > > >> > > >>> time on
> > > >> > > >>> > it with messages similar to this:
> > > >> > > >>> >
> > > >> > > >>> > ```
> > > >> > > >>> > This looks totally AI-generated. useless issue report that
> > > >> brings
> > > >> > no
> > > >> > > >>> value
> > > >> > > >>> > and makes no sense. We are generally blocking users that
> > > sends a
> > > >> > lot
> > > >> > > of
> > > >> > > >>> > spam AI reports generated by bots.. as of yesterday so we
> > will
> > > >> > report
> > > >> > > >>> your
> > > >> > > >>> > account and block it unless:
> > > >> > > >>> >
> > > >> > > >>> > a) you explain how you generated reports
> > > >> > > >>> > b) prove you are human
> > > >> > > >>> > c) explain why you created the issue
> > > >> > > >>> > ```
> > > >> > > >>> >
> > > >> > > >>> > My guess is that some company released and is testing an
> > > >> "agentic
> > > >> > AI"
> > > >> > > >>> that
> > > >> > > >>> > is "github-targeted" - where people can run the AI agents
> on
> > > >> their
> > > >> > > >>> behalf.
> > > >> > > >>> > It does not look like regular bot-spam.
> > > >> > > >>> > I think we should all generally crowd-source reporting it
> to
> > > >> > Github -
> > > >> > > >>> and
> > > >> > > >>> > hopefully they will find a way to battle those without
> > > involving
> > > >> > > >>> > maintainers.
> > > >> > > >>> >
> > > >> > > >>> > I hope it will not last too long.
> > > >> > > >>> >
> > > >> > > >>> > J.
> > > >> > > >>> >
> > > >> > > >>> >
> > > >> > > >>> >
> > > >> > > >>> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > > >> > > >>> > From: Jarek Potiuk <ja...@potiuk.com>
> > > >> > > >>> > Date: Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
> > > >> > > >>> > Subject: Re: Very strange (AI generated) issues
> > > >> > > >>> > To: <dev@airflow.apache.org>
> > > >> > > >>> >
> > > >> > > >>> >
> > > >> > > >>> > You can also report it directly from the issue (... at the
> > top
> > > >> and
> > > >> > > >>> "report
> > > >> > > >>> > content")
> > > >> > > >>> >
> > > >> > > >>> > On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM Amogh Desai <
> > > >> > > amoghdesai....@gmail.com>
> > > >> > > >>> > wrote:
> > > >> > > >>> >
> > > >> > > >>> >> Elad, I just managed to report this user.
> > > >> > > >>> >>
> > > >> > > >>> >> This is how its done:
> > > >> > > >>> >>
> > > >> > > >>> >>
> > > >> > > >>>
> > > >> > >
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> https://docs.github.com/en/communities/maintaining-your-safety-on-github/reporting-abuse-or-spam#reporting-a-user
> > > >> > > >>> >>
> > > >> > > >>> >> Thanks & Regards,
> > > >> > > >>> >> Amogh Desai
> > > >> > > >>> >>
> > > >> > > >>> >>
> > > >> > > >>> >> On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM Elad Kalif <
> > > >> elad...@apache.org>
> > > >> > > >>> wrote:
> > > >> > > >>> >>
> > > >> > > >>> >> > There are several reports from this user
> > > >> > > >>> >> >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > https://github.com/atharv9017
> > > >> > > >>> >> >
> > > >> > > >>> >> >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > I didnt find a way to report the user account to
> github.
> > > >> > > >>> >> >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > בתאריך יום ד׳, 22 בינו׳ 2025, 06:41, מאת Pavankumar
> > > Gopidesu
> > > >> ‏<
> > > >> > > >>> >> > gopidesupa...@gmail.com>:
> > > >> > > >>> >> >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > Yes, still issues are coming.
> > > >> > > >>> >> > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > Regards,
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > Pavan
> > > >> > > >>> >> > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 4:35 AM Amogh Desai <
> > > >> > > >>> amoghdesai....@gmail.com
> > > >> > > >>> >> >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > wrote:
> > > >> > > >>> >> > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > I saw a couple of such SPAM issues too.
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > I also recall some SPAM comments on pull requests
> as
> > > >> well,
> > > >> > so
> > > >> > > >>> if any
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > contributor sees any such SPAM message,
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > please report it on Slack so that we can delete it
> > and
> > > >> > report
> > > >> > > >>> it.
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > Thanks & Regards,
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > Amogh Desai
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM Zhe You Liu <
> > > >> > > >>> zhu424....@gmail.com>
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > wrote:
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > I came across another strange issue:
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/45837.
> It
> > > >> > appears
> > > >> > > >>> to be
> > > >> > > >>> >> a
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > copy-paste of
> > > >> > > https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/45661
> > > >> > > >>> with
> > > >> > > >>> >> > just
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > the
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > issue title changed.
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM Jarek Potiuk <
> > > >> > > >>> ja...@potiuk.com>
> > > >> > > >>> >> > wrote:
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > I even got to this stage:
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > > We've received a few new tickets from your
> > > account
> > > >> > > >>> recently.
> > > >> > > >>> >> If
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > you'd
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > like to add additional information you can add
> a
> > > >> comment
> > > >> > > to
> > > >> > > >>> an
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > existing
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > ticket, or wait a few minutes before opening a
> > new
> > > >> > ticket.
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM Jarek Potiuk <
> > > >> > > >>> ja...@potiuk.com
> > > >> > > >>> >> >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > wrote:
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > > There are few more that I still saw after
> > sending
> > > >> it.
> > > >> > > >>> There is
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > something
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > > going on bypassing GitHub filters.  I hope
> they
> > > >> will
> > > >> > > >>> manage
> > > >> > > >>> >> to do
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > something
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > > about it
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > > Last one is
> > > >> > > >>> https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/45867
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM Vikram Koka
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > <vik...@astronomer.io.invalid>
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> Agreed.
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >>
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> Thanks for flagging these Jarek!
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >>
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >>
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM Jarek
> Potiuk <
> > > >> > > >>> >> ja...@potiuk.com>
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > wrote:
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >>
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> > Seems that we have a flood of AI generated
> > > >> feature
> > > >> > > >>> requests
> > > >> > > >>> >> > for
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > Airflow,
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> > The issues look somewhat legitimate, with
> > > >> somewhat
> > > >> > > >>> related
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > content,
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > but
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> > they are wordy and make no sense when you
> > read
> > > >> > them.
> > > >> > > >>> Some
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > examples:
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> > *
> > > >> https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/45858
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> > *
> > > >> https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/45856
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> > *
> > > >> https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/45854
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> > All of them done by accounts with short
> > > history
> > > >> in
> > > >> > GH
> > > >> > > >>> and
> > > >> > > >>> >> not
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > much
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> activity
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> > before
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> > There were quite a few more.
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> > I suggest we close such issues AND report
> > > >> authors
> > > >> > to
> > > >> > > >>> >> GitHub -
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > hopefully
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> we
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> > can help to battle the AI-generated
> traffic
> > > >> flood.
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> > J.
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >> >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >>
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> > >
> > > >> > > >>> >> >
> > > >> > > >>> >>
> > > >> > > >>> >
> > > >> > > >>>
> > > >> > > >>
> > > >> > >
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >
> > >
> >
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