Mastodon Release Notes

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Upgrade overview

This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm:

ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation

For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section.

Changelog

Security

• Update dependencies

Added

• Add logging of account data removal (#40572 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Add link to homepage to 404 error page (#40369 by @diondiondion)

Changed

• Change account self-deletion page to always ask to confirm username (#40576 and #40733 by @ClearlyClaire)

Fixed

• Fix error handling for malformed webfinger subjects (#40731 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix threads leak by updating dependency aws-sdk-s3
• Fix occasional installation-time error by updating dependency yarn to v4.18.1 (#40722 by @renovate[bot])
• Fix inconsistent horizontal page padding between profile and profile editor (#40700 by @diondiondion)
• Fix server error on registration for wrong DOB (#40607 by @sudeeptarlekar)
• Fix quotes disclaimer disappearing on posts with no quote (#40587 by @crafkaz) …

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Upgrade overview

This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm:

ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation

For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section.

Changelog

Security

• Update dependencies

Added

• Add logging of account data removal (#40572 by @ClearlyClaire)

Changed

• Change account self-deletion page to always ask to confirm username (#40576 and #40733 by @ClearlyClaire)

Fixed

• Fix threads leak by updating dependency aws-sdk-s3
• Fix inconsistent horizontal page padding between profile and profile editor (#40700 by @diondiondion)
• Fix server error on registration for wrong DOB (#40607 by @sudeeptarlekar)
• Fix quotes disclaimer disappearing on posts with no quote (#40587 by @crafkaz)
• Fix POST /api/v1/accounts still being accessible when SSO_ACCOUNT_SIGN_UP is set (#40681 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix reported statuses not being deleted after account deletion (#40650 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix mobile navigation covering up "Next step" button during onboarding (#40634 by @diondiondion) …

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Upgrade overview

This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm:

ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation

For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section.

Changelog

Security

• Update dependencies

Added

• Add logging of account data removal (#40572 by @ClearlyClaire)

Changed

• Change account self-deletion page to always ask to confirm username (#40576 and #40733 by @ClearlyClaire)

Fixed

• Fix stuck sidekiq jobs by updating dependency sidekiq
• Fix server error on registration for wrong DOB (#40607 by @sudeeptarlekar)
• Fix quotes disclaimer disappearing on posts with no quote (#40587 by @crafkaz)
• Fix POST /api/v1/accounts still being accessible when SSO_ACCOUNT_SIGN_UP is set (#40681 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix reported statuses not being deleted after account deletion (#40650 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix rate limits not normalizing submitted e-mail addresses (#40658 by @Gargron)
• Fix moderators being able to issue a warning on moderators of higher position (#40646 by @ClearlyClaire) …

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[!NOTE] While we continue to support Mastodon 4.4 and release patches for it, please note that Mastodon 4.7 is available with new features, changes and fixes. We encourage administrators to update to the latest 4.7 version when they can.

Upgrade overview

This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm:

ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation

For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section.

Changelog

Security

• Update dependencies

Added

• Add logging of account data removal (#40572 by @ClearlyClaire)

Changed

• Change account self-deletion page to always ask to confirm username (#40576 and #40733 by @ClearlyClaire)

Fixed

• Fix POST /api/v1/accounts still being accessible when SSO_ACCOUNT_SIGN_UP is set (#40681 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix reported statuses not being deleted after account deletion (#40650 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix rate limits not normalizing submitted e-mail addresses (#40658 by @Gargron)
• Fix moderators being able to issue a warning on moderators of higher position (#40646 by @ClearlyClaire) …

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Changelog

Security

• Temporarily disable HEIF support

Fixes

• Fix relative privacy policy links in subscription emails (#40486 by @crafkaz)
• Fix canonical email blocks interfering with freezing or approving users (#40463 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix 500 error when trying to upload a non-custom-filter JSON import (#40449 and #40451 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix 500 error when submitting a status twice (#40439 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix self-deleted accounts not being un-deleted when using tootctl accounts create --reattach (#40430 by @mjankowski)
• Fix account deletion not deleting generated annual reports (#40394 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix notifications not being cleaned up when notification requests are deleted in bulk (#40393 by @ClearlyClaire)

Upgrade notes

To get the code for v4.7.2, use git fetch && git checkout v4.7.2.

[!NOTE] As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump

Dependencies …

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Changelog

Security

• Temporarily disable HEIF support

Fixes

• Fix relative privacy policy links in subscription emails (#40486 by @crafkaz)
• Fix canonical email blocks interfering with freezing or approving users (#40463 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix 500 error when submitting a status twice (#40439 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix account deletion not deleting generated annual reports (#40394 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix notifications not being cleaned up when notification requests are deleted in bulk (#40393 by @ClearlyClaire)

Upgrade notes

To get the code for v4.6.8, use git fetch && git checkout v4.6.8.

[!NOTE] As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump

Dependencies

External dependencies have not changed since v4.6.0.

• Ruby: 3.3 or newer
• PostgreSQL: 14 or newer
• Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
• LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer …

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Changelog

Security

• Temporarily disable HEIF support

Fixes

• Fix canonical email blocks interfering with freezing or approving users (#40463 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix account deletion not deleting generated annual reports (#40394 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix notifications not being cleaned up when notification requests are deleted in bulk (#40393 by @ClearlyClaire)

Upgrade notes

To get the code for v4.5.18, use git fetch && git checkout v4.5.18.

[!NOTE] As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump

Dependencies

External dependencies have not changed since v4.5.0.

• Ruby: 3.2 or newer
• PostgreSQL: 14 or newer
• Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
• LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
• Redis: 7.0 or newer
• Node: 20.19 or newer
• libvips (optional, instead of ImageMagick): 8.13 or newer …

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[!NOTE] While we continue to support Mastodon 4.4 and release patches for it, please note that Mastodon 4.6 is available with new features, changes and fixes. We encourage administrators to update to the latest 4.6 version when they can.

Changelog

Security

• Temporarily disable HEIF support

Fixes

• Fix canonical email blocks interfering with freezing or approving users (#40463 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix account deletion not deleting generated annual reports (#40394 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix notifications not being cleaned up when notification requests are deleted in bulk (#40393 by @ClearlyClaire)

Upgrade notes

To get the code for v4.4.25, use git fetch && git checkout v4.4.25.

[!NOTE] As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump

Dependencies

External dependencies have not changed since v4.4.1:

• Ruby: 3.2 or newer
• PostgreSQL: 13 or newer …

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Changelog

Security

• Fix password authentication bypass in 2FA auth for LDAP/PAM/SSO accounts (GHSA-vx32-x96w-qq65)
• Fix Denial of Service when processing pathological JSON-LD activities (GHSA-vgm8-frgh-rh2v)
• Fix disabled staff accounts still having access to admin API (GHSA-62j4-hvj7-px3f)

Fixes

• Fix invited-without-approval-bypass not being asked for a textual reason (#40332 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix email blocks domain filter not being kept through pagination (#40254 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix config/ directory missing from Bootsnap precompilation options in Dockerfile (#40255 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix some of 4.7 migrations not re-running cleanly when interrupted (#40264 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix account creation failing on ActiveRecord::Encryption configuration in mastodon:setup rake task (#40275 by @ClearlyClaire)

Upgrade notes …

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Upgrade overview

This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm:

ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation

For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section.

Changelog

Security

• Update dependencies
• Fix password authentication bypass in 2FA auth for LDAP/PAM/SSO accounts (GHSA-vx32-x96w-qq65)
• Fix Denial of Service when processing pathological JSON-LD activities (GHSA-vgm8-frgh-rh2v)
• Fix disabled staff accounts still having access to admin API (GHSA-62j4-hvj7-px3f)

Fixes

• Fix config/ directory missing from Bootsnap precompilation options in Dockerfile (#40255 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix autosuggestions overstaying their welcome in languages that don't use spaces (#40217 by @Gargron)
• Fix error when processing remote actors with null public keys (#40194 by @ClearlyClaire) …

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Changelog

Security

• Update dependencies
• Fix password authentication bypass in 2FA auth for LDAP/PAM/SSO accounts (GHSA-vx32-x96w-qq65)
• Fix Denial of Service when processing pathological JSON-LD activities (GHSA-vgm8-frgh-rh2v)
• Fix disabled staff accounts still having access to admin API (GHSA-62j4-hvj7-px3f)

Fixes

• Fix config/ directory missing from Bootsnap precompilation options in Dockerfile (#40255 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix various off-by-one errors in statistics time ranges (#40193 by @ClearlyClaire)

Upgrade notes

To get the code for v4.5.17, use git fetch && git checkout v4.5.17.

[!NOTE] As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump

Dependencies …

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[!NOTE] While we continue to support Mastodon 4.4 and release patches for it, please note that Mastodon 4.6 is available with new features, changes and fixes. We encourage administrators to update to the latest 4.6 version when they can.

Changelog

Security

• Update dependencies
• Fix password authentication bypass in 2FA auth for LDAP/PAM/SSO accounts (GHSA-vx32-x96w-qq65)
• Fix Denial of Service when processing pathological JSON-LD activities (GHSA-vgm8-frgh-rh2v)
• Fix disabled staff accounts still having access to admin API (GHSA-62j4-hvj7-px3f)

Fixes

• Fix config/ directory missing from Bootsnap precompilation options in Dockerfile (#40255 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix various off-by-one errors in statistics time ranges (#40193 by @ClearlyClaire)

Upgrade notes

To get the code for v4.4.24, use git fetch && git checkout v4.4.24.

[!NOTE] …

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This version introduces very few user-facing changes but substantially reworks Mastodon's internals to increase security, support new protocols, and pave the way for new features. Updating to this version will be required for zero-downtime migration to the upcoming Mastodon 5.0.

Upgrade overview

This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm:

ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation
ℹ️ Requires streaming server restart
ℹ️ Requires unusually long database migrations

For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section.

Changelog

Added

• Add audit logs for Hashtags (#39473, #39337 and #39670 by @arte7)
• Add search field to admin ip blocks (#39404 by @arte7)
• Add notifications for out-of-support versions of Mastodon (#39732 and #39734 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Add Elasticsearch request timeout of 10s (can be overridden through ES_QUERY_TIMEOUT) (#40064 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Add ActivityPub attributes to current span when processing Activities (#40041 by @jhbabon)
• Add OTel span attribute to deprecated endpoints (#40030 by @jhbabon) …

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[!WARNING] This is a pre-release! This has not been as widely tested as regular releases, although it is still tested on mastodon.social and some other servers. If you update to this release, you will not be able to safely downgrade to the existing stable releases. You will, however, be able to upgrade to later nightly releases or pre-releases, as well as the upcoming 4.7.0 stable release.

This version introduces very few user-facing changes but substantially reworks Mastodon's internals to increase security, support new protocols, and pave the way for new features. Updating to this version will be required for zero-downtime migration to the upcoming Mastodon 5.0.

Upgrade overview

This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm:

ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation
ℹ️ Requires streaming server restart
ℹ️ Requires database migrations

For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section.

Changelog (v4.7.0-rc.1)

Changed

• Change mastodon:setup task warning about trademark to match masto but ignore subdomains (#40143 by @ClearlyClaire)

Fixed …

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Upgrade overview

This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm:

ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation

For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section.

Changelog

Changed

• Change mastodon:setup task warning about trademark to match masto but ignore subdomains (#40143 by @ClearlyClaire)

Fixed

• Fix connection errors when processing fediverse:creator preventing creation of preview cards (#40135 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix Web UI being inaccessible with URLs ending with .zip (#40134 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix semitransparent background of picture-in-picture video player (#40132 by @diondiondion)
• Fix title tooltip appearing for fullscreen videos (#40127 by @diondiondion)
• Fix image preview too dark in alt text editor dialog (#40126 by @diondiondion)
• Fix domain block impact queries being rejected (#40122 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix mobile navigation scrolling to top while opening (#40042 by @sharlayan)
• Fix selected account being lost when creating a collection (#39897 and #40133 by @diondiondion and @sharlayan)

Upgrade notes …

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Changelog

Changed

• Change mastodon:setup task warning about trademark to match masto but ignore subdomains (#40143 by @ClearlyClaire)

Fixed

• Fix connection errors when processing fediverse:creator preventing creation of preview cards (#40135 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix Web UI being inaccessible with URLs ending with .zip (#40134 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix domain block impact queries being rejected (#40122 by @ClearlyClaire)

Upgrade notes

To get the code for v4.5.16, use git fetch && git checkout v4.5.16.

[!NOTE] As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump

Dependencies

External dependencies have not changed since v4.5.0.

• Ruby: 3.2 or newer
• PostgreSQL: 14 or newer
• Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
• LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
• Redis: 7.0 or newer
• Node: 20.19 or newer …

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[!NOTE] While we continue to support Mastodon 4.4 and release patches for it, please note that Mastodon 4.6 is available with new features, changes and fixes. We encourage administrators to update to the latest 4.6 version when they can.

Changelog

Changed

• Change mastodon:setup task warning about trademark to match masto but ignore subdomains (#40143 by @ClearlyClaire)

Fixed

• Fix connection errors when processing fediverse:creator preventing creation of preview cards (#40135 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix Web UI being inaccessible with URLs ending with .zip (#40134 by @ClearlyClaire)
• Fix domain block impact queries being rejected (#40122 by @ClearlyClaire)

Upgrade notes

To get the code for v4.4.23, use git fetch && git checkout v4.4.23.

[!NOTE] As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump

Dependencies

External dependencies have not changed since v4.4.1:

• Ruby: 3.2 or newer …

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[!WARNING] This is a pre-release! This has not been as widely tested as regular releases, although it is still tested on mastodon.social and some other servers. If you update to this release, you will not be able to safely downgrade to the existing stable releases. You will, however, be able to upgrade to later nightly releases or pre-releases, as well as the upcoming 4.7.0 stable release.

This version introduces very few user-facing changes but substantially reworks Mastodon's internals to increase security, support new protocols, and pave the way for new features. Updating to this version will be required for zero-downtime migration to the upcoming Mastodon 5.0.

Upgrade overview

This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm:

ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation
ℹ️ Requires streaming server restart
ℹ️ Requires database migrations

For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section.

Changelog

Added

• Add audit logs for Hashtags (#39473, #39337 and #39670 by @arte7)
• Add search field to admin ip blocks (#39404 by @arte7) …

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Upgrade overview

This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm:

ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation

For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section.

Changelog

Fixed

• Fix Collection items being rejected because of incorrect attribute being read (#40052 by @shleeable)
• Fix typo in embedded quote handling code (#40049 by @shleeable)
• Fix account merging worker incorrectly merging Appeal and AccountWarning records (#39982 by @shleeable)
• Fix off-by-one in handling of updated remote posts allowing up to 5 attachments (#39978 by @shleeable)
• Fix collection items limit not being consistently applied (#39969 by @oneiros)
• Fix oversized profile image crop uploads (#39958 by @sharlayan)
• Fix emoji autocomplete sometimes suggesting emojis for earlier keystrokes (#39947 by @ChaosExAnima)

Upgrade notes

To get the code for v4.6.5, use git fetch && git checkout v4.6.5.

[!NOTE] …

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Changelog

Fixed

• Fix typo in embedded quote handling code (#40049 by @shleeable)
• Fix account merging worker incorrectly merging Appeal and AccountWarning records (#39982 by @shleeable)
• Fix off-by-one in handling of updated remote posts allowing up to 5 attachments (#39978 by @shleeable)

Upgrade notes

To get the code for v4.5.15, use git fetch && git checkout v4.5.15.

[!NOTE] As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump

Dependencies

External dependencies have not changed since v4.5.0.

• Ruby: 3.2 or newer
• PostgreSQL: 14 or newer
• Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
• LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
• Redis: 7.0 or newer
• Node: 20.19 or newer
• libvips (optional, instead of ImageMagick): 8.13 or newer
• ImageMagick (optional if using libvips): 6.9.7-7 or newer

Update steps …