This may have already been fixed in trunk quite a while back

					if ( !isset( $data[$name]['rights'] ) ) {
						$data[$name]['rights'] = User::getGroupPermissions( User::getImplicitGroups() );
					}

On my dev wiki... User::getImplicitGroups() returns

array

0 => string '*' (length=1)
1 => string 'user' (length=4)
2 => string 'autoconfirmed' (length=13)

And the same on enwiki

reedy@fenari:/home/wikipedia/common/php-1.17/maintenance$ php eval.php --wiki=enwiki

var_dump( User::getImplicitGroups() );

array(3) {

[0]=>
string(1) "*"
[1]=>
string(4) "user"
[2]=>
string(13) "autoconfirmed"

}

Hell, it's hardcoded in DefaultSettings

/**

• Implicit groups, aren't shown on Special:Listusers or somewhere else */

$wgImplicitGroups = array( '*', 'user', 'autoconfirmed' );

$user = User::newFromName( 'Reedy' );

var_dump( $user->getEffectiveGroups() );

array(5) {

[0]=>
string(11) "abusefilter"
[1]=>
string(5) "sysop"
[2]=>
string(1) "*"
[3]=>
string(4) "user"
[4]=>
string(13) "autoconfirmed"

}

$user = User::newFromName( 'Futbol_vic' );

var_dump( $user->getEffectiveGroups() );

array(2) {

[0]=>
string(1) "*"
[1]=>
string(4) "user"

}

(In reply to comment #2)

Hell, it's hardcoded in DefaultSettings

So, "INVALID"?

(In reply to comment #3)

(In reply to comment #2)

Hell, it's hardcoded in DefaultSettings

So, "INVALID"?

No, it's still a bug, technically the API is calling the "wrong" function

r92477