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Mastodon v3.5.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2022-03-30 // about 2 years ago

  • ➕ Added

    • ➕ Add support for incoming edited posts (Gargron, Gargron, Gargron, Gargron, Gargron, Gargron, ClearlyClaire, Gargron, Gargron, ClearlyClaire, Gargron, Gargron, ClearlyClaire, ClearlyClaire, ClearlyClaire, ClearlyClaire, Gargron, Gargron, Gargron, ClearlyClaire, ClearlyClaire)
      • Previous versions remain available for perusal and comparison
      • People who reblogged a post are notified when it's edited
      • New REST APIs:
      • PUT /api/v1/statuses/:id
      • GET /api/v1/statuses/:id/history
      • GET /api/v1/statuses/:id/source
      • New streaming API event:
      • status.update
    • ➕ Add appeals for moderator decisions (Gargron, ClearlyClaire, ClearlyClaire, ClearlyClaire, Gargron, Gargron, ClearlyClaire, Gargron)
      • All default moderator decisions now notify the affected user by e-mail
      • They now link to an appeal page instead of suggesting replying to the e-mail
      • They can now be found in account settings and not just e-mail
      • Users can submit one appeal within 20 days of the decision
      • Moderators can approve or reject the appeal
    • ➕ Add notifications for posts deleted by moderators (Gargron, Gargron, Gargron, Gargron, Gargron)
      • New, redesigned report view in admin UI
      • Common report actions now only take one click to complete
      • Deleting posts or marking as sensitive from report now notifies user
      • Reports can be categorized by reason and specific rules violated
      • The reasons are automatically cited in the notifications, except for spam
      • Marking posts as sensitive now federates using post editing
    • ➕ Add explore page with trending posts and links (Gargron, Gargron, Gargron, Gargron, Gargron, Gargron, ClearlyClaire, Gargron, tribela, Gargron, Gargron, noiob, mayaeh, mayaeh, Gargron, mayaeh)
      • Hashtag trends algorithm is extended to work for posts and links
      • Links are only considered if they have an adequate preview card
      • Preview card generation has been improved to support structured data
      • Links can only trend if the publisher (domain) has been approved
      • Posts can only trend if the author has been approved
      • Individual approval and rejection for posts and links is also available
      • Moderators are notified about pending trends at most once every 2 hours
      • Posts and link trends are language-specific
      • Search page is redesigned into explore page in web UI
      • Discovery tab is coming soon in official iOS and Android apps
      • New REST APIs:
      • GET /api/v1/trends/links
      • GET /api/v1/trends/statuses
      • GET /api/v1/trends/tags (alias of GET /api/v1/trends)
      • GET /api/v1/admin/trends/links
      • GET /api/v1/admin/trends/statuses
      • GET /api/v1/admin/trends/tags
    • ➕ Add graphs and retention metrics to admin dashboard (Gargron, Gargron, ClearlyClaire, ClearlyClaire, ClearlyClaire, mashirozx, ClearlyClaire)
      • Dashboard shows more numbers with development over time
      • Other data such as most used interface languages and sign-up sources
      • User retention graph shows how many new users stick around
      • New REST APIs:
      • POST /api/v1/admin/measures
      • POST /api/v1/admin/dimensions
      • POST /api/v1/admin/retention
    • ➕ Add GET /api/v1/accounts/familiar_followers to REST API (Gargron)
    • Add POST /api/v1/accounts/:id/remove_from_followers to REST API (noellabo)
    • ➕ Add category and rule_ids params to POST /api/v1/reports IN REST API (Gargron, Gargron, Gargron)
      • category can be one of: spam, violation, other (default)
      • rule_ids must reference rules returned in GET /api/v1/instance
    • ➕ Add global lang param to REST API (Gargron, Gargron)
    • ➕ Add types param to GET /api/v1/notifications in REST API (Gargron)
    • ➕ Add notifications for moderators about new sign-ups (Gargron, ClearlyClaire)
      • When a new user confirms e-mail, moderators receive a notification
      • New notification type:
      • admin.sign_up
    • ➕ Add authentication history (Gargron, ClearlyClaire, baby-gnu)
    • ➕ Add ability to automatically delete old posts (ClearlyClaire, ClearlyClaire, tribela)
    • ➕ Add ability to pin private posts (ClearlyClaire, tribela, ClearlyClaire, MitarashiDango)
    • ➕ Add ability to filter search results by author using from: syntax (tribela)
    • ➕ Add ability to delete canonical email blocks in admin UI (ClearlyClaire)
    • ➕ Add ability to purge undeliverable domains in admin UI (ClearlyClaire, tribela, tribela, tribela)
    • ➕ Add ability to disable e-mail token authentication for specific users in admin UI (Gargron)
    • ➕ Add ability to suspend accounts in batches in admin UI (Gargron, ClearlyClaire, Gargron)
      • New, redesigned accounts list in admin UI
      • Batch suspensions are meant to help clean up spam and bot accounts
      • They do not generate notifications
    • ➕ Add ability to filter reports by origin of target account in admin UI (Gargron)
    • ➕ Add support for login through OpenID Connect (chandrn7)
    • ➕ Add lazy loading for emoji picker in web UI (mashirozx, ClearlyClaire)
    • ➕ Add single option votes tooltip in polls in web UI (Brawaru)
    • ➕ Add confirmation modal when closing media edit modal with unsaved changes in web UI (ClearlyClaire)
    • ➕ Add hint about missing media attachment description in web UI (Gargron)
    • ➕ Add support for fetching Create and Announce activities by URI in ActivityPub (ClearlyClaire)
    • 👮 Add S3_FORCE_SINGLE_REQUEST environment variable (ClearlyClaire)
    • ➕ Add OMNIAUTH_ONLY environment variable (ClearlyClaire, ClearlyClaire)
    • 👉 Add ES_USER and ES_PASS environment variables for Elasticsearch authentication (tribela)
    • 🔒 Add CAS_SECURITY_ASSUME_EMAIL_IS_VERIFIED environment variable (baby-gnu)
    • ➕ Add ability to pass specific domains to tootctl accounts cull (tribela)
    • ➕ Add --by-uri option to tootctl domains purge (ClearlyClaire)
    • ➕ Add --batch-size option to tootctl search deploy (aquarla)
    • ➕ Add --remove-orphans option to tootctl statuses remove (noellabo)

    🔄 Changed

    ✂ Removed

    • ✂ Remove profile directory link from main navigation panel in web UI (Gargron)
    • ✂ Remove language detection through cld3 (Gargron, ykzts, Gargron, Gargron)
      • cld3 is very inaccurate on short-form content even with unique alphabets
      • Post language can be overridden individually using language param
      • Otherwise, it defaults to the user's interface language
    • Remove support for OAUTH_REDIRECT_AT_SIGN_IN (ClearlyClaire)
      • Use OMNIAUTH_ONLY instead
    • ✂ Remove Keybase integration (Gargron)
    • ✂ Remove old columns and indexes (ClearlyClaire, Gargron, ClearlyClaire)
    • ✂ Remove shortcodes from newly-created media attachments (ClearlyClaire, ClearlyClaire)

    🗄 Deprecated

    • GET /api/v1/trends → GET /api/v1/trends/tags
    • OAuth follow scope → read and/or write
    • text attribute on DELETE /api/v1/statuses/:id → GET /api/v1/statuses/:id/source

    🛠 Fixed

    • 🛠 Fix IDN domains not being rendered correctly in a few left-over places (Gargron)
    • 🛠 Fix Sanskrit translation not being used in web UI (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix Kurdish languages having the wrong language codes (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix pghero making database schema suggestions (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix encoding glitch in the OpenGraph description of a profile page (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix web manifest not permitting PWA usage from alternate domains (HolgerHuo)
    • 🛠 Fix not being able to edit media attachments for scheduled posts (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix subscribed relay activities being recorded as boosts (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix streaming API server error messages when JSON parsing fails not specifying the source (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix browsers autofilling new password field with old password (mashirozx)
    • 🛠 Fix text being invisible before fonts load in web UI (tribela)
    • 🛠 Fix public profile pages of unconfirmed users being accessible (ClearlyClaire, ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix nil error when trying to fetch key for signature verification (Gargron)
    • 🛠 Fix null values being included in some indexes (Gargron)
    • 🛠 Fix POST /api/v1/emails/confirmations not being available after sign-up (Gargron)
    • 🛠 Fix rare race condition when reblogged post is deleted (ClearlyClaire, ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix being able to add more than 4 hashtags to hashtag column in web UI (Gargron)
    • 🛠 Fix data integrity of featured tags (Gargron)
    • 🛠 Fix performance of account timelines (Gargron)
    • 🛠 Fix returning empty <p> tag for blank account note in REST API (Gargron)
    • 🛠 Fix leak of existence of otherwise inaccessible posts in REST API (Gargron)
    • 🛠 Fix not showing loading indicator when searching in web UI (Gargron)
    • 🛠 Fix media modal footer's “external link” not being a link (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix reply button on media modal not giving focus to compose form (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix some media attachments being converted with too high framerates (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix sign in token and warning emails failing to send when contact e-mail address is malformed (helloworldstack)
    • 🛠 Fix opening the emoji picker scrolling the single-column view to the top (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix edge case where settings/admin page sidebar would be incorrectly hidden (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix performance of server-side filtering (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix privacy policy link not being visible on small screens (Gargron)
    • 🛠 Fix duplicate accounts when searching by IP range in admin UI (Gargron, tribela)
    • 🛠 Fix error when performing a batch action on posts in admin UI (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix deletes not being signed in authorized fetch mode (Gargron)
    • 🛠 Fix Undo Announce sometimes inlining the originally Announced status (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix localization of cold-start follow recommendations (Gargron, Gargron)
    • 🛠 Fix replies collection incorrectly looping (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix errors when multiple Delete are received for a given actor (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fixed prototype pollution bug and only allow trusted origin (r0hanSH)
    • 🛠 Fix text being incorrectly pre-selected in composer textarea on /share (ClearlyClaire)
    • Fix SMTP_ENABLE_STARTTLS_AUTO/SMTP_TLS/SMTP_SSL environment variables don't work (kgtkr)
    • 🛠 Fix media upload specific rate limits only being applied to v1 endpoint in REST API (tribela)
    • 🛠 Fix media descriptions not being used for client-side filtering (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix cold-start follow recommendation favouring older accounts due to wrong sorting (noellabo)
    • 🛠 Fix not redirect to the right page after authenticating with WebAuthn (heguro)
    • 🛠 Fix searching for additional hashtags in hashtag column (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix color of hashtag column settings inputs (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix performance of tootctl statuses remove (noellabo)
    • 🛠 Fix tootctl accounts cull not excluding domains on timeouts and certificate issues (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix 404 error when filtering admin action logs by non-existent target account (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix error when accessing streaming API without any OAuth scopes (Brawaru)
    • 🛠 Fix follow request count not updating when new follow requests arrive over streaming API in web UI (matildepark)
    • 🛠 Fix error when unsuspending a local account (HolgerHuo)
    • 🛠 Fix crash when a notification contains a not yet processed media attachment in web UI (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix wrong color of download button in audio player in web UI (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix notes for others accounts not being deleted when an account is deleted (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix error when logging occurrence of unsupported video file (noellabo)
    • 🛠 Fix wrong elements in trends widget being hidden on smaller screens in web UI (tribela)
    • 🛠 Fix link to about page being displayed in limited federation mode (weex)
    • 🛠 Fix styling of boost button in media modal not reflecting ability to boost (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix OCR failure when erroneous lang data is in cache (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix downloading media from blocked domains in tootctl media refresh (tribela)
    • 🛠 Fix login form being displayed on landing page when already logged in (ClearlyClaire)
    • 🛠 Fix polling for media processing status too frequently in web UI (tribela)
    • 🛠 Fix hashtag autocomplete overriding user-typed case (weex)
    • 🛠 Fix WebAuthn authentication setup to not prompt for PIN (truongnmt)

    🔒 Security

    • 🛠 Fix being able to post URLs longer than 4096 characters (Gargron)
    • 🛠 Fix being able to bypass e-mail restrictions (Gargron)