The new 4.2.8 release is out today. It's a small update that introduces a mechanic that will automatically switch sign-ups to manual review if no moderators have been active for a while. This should reduce vectors for spam and abuse in the future.
@MastodonEngineering I'm very confused right now. 2 days ago I updated from 4.2.5 to 4.2.6. Today I've received a new mail about software updates. I went here to see if there's a new toot about the update but there's nothing new. But I see a 4.2.7 release tagged. Can you confirm?
We are planning to release critical security patches for versions 3.5, 4.1, 4.2 and nightly this Thursday, Feb 01, at 15:00 UTC. We encourage server administrators to plan for a timely upgrade to ensure their Mastodon server is protected.
@nico Because we need to create the patches, test them and ensure they wont cause any issues.
Also it is good practice to give admins some time to schedule the update to ensure most of them can update as soon as we release the patch. @MastodonEngineering
We've released the patches 4.2.3, 4.1.11, and 3.5.16 with some regular bug fixes. Please consider upgrading to the latest version, as support for 3.5 and 4.0 will end soon.
We've released the patches 4.2.1, 4.1.10, 4.0.12 and 3.5.15 today with some regular bug fixes. This is probably the last release on the 4.0 line as it's nearing its EOL.
#Mastodon 4.2 is out! This massive update features new search functionality and many usability improvements. See the extensive changelog and upgrade instructions here:
@MastodonEngineering FYI, in the upgrade notes there's no mention of changing the old default nginx site file to support the new maximum attachment size.
"client_max_body_size 80m;" if unchanged causes a response of "413Request Entity Too Large" when trying to attach a file greater than 80mb of course.
There's a mention of editing the nginx.conf for the streaming server changes but nothing about the limit above shipped with previous versions that needs to be changed when upgrading.
We just released security patches for versions 3.5, 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2. If you are using nightly, you can upgrade to 4.2.0-rc2 safely. We strongly suggest you upgrade to one of those versions in the coming days.
Please note that Mastodon 3.5 will reach end-of-life at the end of the year, and 4.0 at the end of October. We strongly suggest you upgrade to 4.1 or 4.2 by that point! Mastodon 4.2 will be released this Thursday.
We are planning to release security patches for versions 3.5, 4.0, 4.1 and nightly next Tuesday, Sep 19, at 15:00 UTC. We encourage server administrators to plan for a timely upgrade to ensure their Mastodon server is protected.
Bueno. La se viene la versión 4.2 esta semana que viene o la otra. Vamos a saltear las actualizaciones de las versiones chiquitas y nos vamos derecha a esta.
Va a tener algunas cosas interesantes. La más interesante en mí opinión es la búsqueda, que aparentemente está correctamente implementada.
La búsqueda actual requiere una cantidad de recursos impresionante y simplemente no es buena. No escala. No sirve.
Se supone que está búsqueda usará la base de datos de la instancia, como debe ser, en lugar de crear una duplicación de los datos en otro sistema.