Mastodon v2.8.3 Release Notes
Release Date: 2019-05-19 // almost 5 years ago-
๐ Changelog
โ Added
- โ Add
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OpenGraph tag (BenLubar) - โ Add clickable area below avatar in statuses in web UI (Dar13)
- โ Add crossed-out eye icon on account gallery in web UI (Kjwon15)
- โ Add media description tooltip to thumbnails in web UI (ThibG)
๐ Changed
- ๐ Change "mark as sensitive" button into a checkbox for clarity (ThibG)
๐ Fixed
- ๐ Fix bug allowing users to publicly boost their private statuses (ThibG, ThibG)
- ๐ Fix performance in formatter by a little (ThibG)
- ๐ Fix some colors in the light theme (yuzulabo)
- ๐ Fix some colors of the high contrast theme (yuzulabo)
- ๐ Fix ambivalent active state of poll refresh button in web UI (MaciekBaron)
- ๐ Fix duplicate posting being possible from web UI (hinaloe)
- ๐ Fix "invited by" not showing up in admin UI (ThibG)
โฌ๏ธ Upgrade notes
Because this is a backport, it is not available with
git pull
. Usegit fetch && git checkout v2.8.3
โฌ๏ธ > 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
๐ณ Both Docker and non-Docker:
- Run database migrations:
- Non-Docker:
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails db:migrate
- Docker:
docker-compose run --rm web rails db:migrate
๐ฑ 2. Precompile the assets: - Non-Docker:
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails assets:precompile
- Docker: The assets are already precompiled during the build step
- Non-Docker:
- Restart all Mastodon processes
- โ Add