Hello hello here's the second release candidate for #GoToSocial v0.18.0, we fixed a bunch of stuff that was dodgy in the first one!

github.com/superseriousbusines…

Thanks! Enjoy! Weeeee!

Release v0.18.0-rc2 · superseriousbusiness/gotosocial

Here's version 0.18.0-rc2 of GoToSocial. Please read the migration notes carefully for instructions on how to upgrade to this version. For instructions to update to this release candidate from vers...

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Hi everyone!

We've just pushed a very important security bugfix release for #GoToSocial v0.17.3 and below:

github.com/superseriousbusines…

If you are running on GoToSocial v0.17.3 or below, you should update to v0.17.4 as soon as possible. It's a very small update from v0.17.3 -> v0.17.4 as it contains only some code logic changes, and no database migrations.

In short, when a dereferencing bug is triggered under a specific set of circumstances it can cause loss of account data on affected instances. It's a rare thing to be triggered, but when it does happen it really, really stinks, and necessitates restoring from backup or manually editing the database to get things working again. (It's not possible to access or tamper with data by triggering the bug, only destroy it.)

We'll release a proper CVE for this in a couple of days when admins and packagers have had a chance to update.

Please note that folks who are already on v0.18.0-rc1 or latest snapshots are unaffected and do not need to do anything, as the bug occurs specifically in v0.17.3 and below. This means if you prefer to update straight from v0.17.3 to v0.18.0-rc1 then that's also an option; you can follow the release notes for v0.18.0-rc1 in this case.

So! If you know folks on GtS v0.17.3 or below, please let them know that they should take action! Link them to this post if you want! And please boost for visibility :)

Thank you everyone! ❤ Computers!

Release v0.17.4 The Most Selective Sloth You've Ever Seen · superseriousbusiness/gotosocial

Here's version 0.17.4 of GoToSocial. This is a very important security bugfix release that addresses a dereferencing bug which, when triggered under a specific set of circumstances, can cause loss ...

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Hello nerds!

We've just created the first release candidate for #GoToSocial v0.18.0!

Adventurous admins can find the release candidate and upgrade instructions here:

github.com/superseriousbusines…

Please read the migration notes carefully for instructions on how to upgrade to this version. This version contains several very long migrations so you will need to be patient when upgrading, and backup your database first!!

Thanks for reading!

Release highlights:

• Status edit support: one of our most-requested features! You can now edit your own statuses, and see instance edit history from other accounts too (if your instance has them stored).
• Push notifications: probably the second most-requested feature! GoToSocial can now send push notifications to clients via their configured push providers.
  You may need to uninstall / reinstall client applications, or log out and back in again, for this feature to work. (And if you're using Tusky, make sure you've got ntfy installed).
• Global instance css customization: admins can now apply custom CSS across their entire instance via the settings panel.
• Domain permission subscriptions: it's now possible to configure your instance to subscribe to CSV, JSON, or plaintext lists of domain permissions.
  Each night, your instance will fetch and automatically create domain permissions (or permission drafts) based on what it finds in a subscribed list.
  See the domain permission subscription documentation for more information.
• Trusted-proxies helper: instances with improperly configured trusted-proxies settings will now show a warning on the homepage, so admins can make sure their instance is configured correctly.
• Better outbox sorting: messages from GoToSocial are now delivered more quickly to people you mention, so conversations across instances should feel snappier.
• Log in button: there's now a login button in the top right of the instance homepage, which leads to a helpful page about clients, with a link to the settings panel. Should make things less confusing for new users!
• Granular stats controls: with the instance-stats-mode setting, admins can now choose if and how their instance serves stats via the nodeinfo endpoints. Existing behavior from v0.17.0 is the default.
• Maintenance router will now be used while your instance is starting up / running migrations. It serves a nice status page informing visitors to wait while migrations complete. Less admin anxiety! Stuff is working!

Release v0.18.0-rc1 · superseriousbusiness/gotosocial

Here's the first release candidate of GoToSocial v0.18.0! Please read the migration notes carefully for instructions on how to upgrade to this version. This version contains several very long migra...

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Are there any #Linux, #dns or #SSL gurus or someone familiar with #Gotosocial out there who can lend me a hand?
I have a little VPS. I have downloaded Gotosocial. I have set up the conf file, but I'm falling afoul of Letsencrypt and my SSL isn't working.

I want to spin up a GTS so people can follow my book reviews on the fediverse or by RSS rather than having to go to the web, it's a much more fun and interactive place than static web pages.

We're returning from our holiday and slowly homing in on maybe getting ready to consider looking at possibly doing another #GoToSocial release at some point soon or nearly-soon or whenever we feel like getting around to it.

Likely to be in the next release:

• Post editing: already on main/snapshot.
• Blocklist/allowlist subscriptions: already on main/snapshot. Check out the docs here -- docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/… and here -- docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/….
• Push notifications: not on main yet but vyr has been working hard on this on a branch so we'll try to include it.
• More bugs than ever before, more anti-capitalist homosexuality than you can shake a stick at, more torment collocated at the nexus.

2025 should be good!

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Myself and my good friend @bumble (who runs a variety of server types on the fediverse), are joining forces to offer #hosting for #GoToSocial servers.

It's early days but we'd be keen to hear from anyone who wants to try running their own GoToSocial but doesn't have the skill, want, or equipment to run their own server.

The aim is to simply charge for running costs for the server. We will not take any costs from this (unless we end up with hundreds of them!). We anticipate a basic instance for one user (or a small handful) will be 5 euros per month and the charge is month to month. You pay each month in advance, and can cancel any time.

All you need is a domain name (or a sub-domain of your existing domain). We can help with this, or help you buy one for a few dollars/euros. We will handle all admin of the server.

Initially we are only looking for a few people to participate. If you are interested send me a direct message.

Question for the fediverse techies.

I'd like to set up #GoToSocial on a server that already has Apache installed, with several virtual servers set up.

Am I right in thinking that I can use Apache as a reverse proxy as per this documentation, and have GoToSocial listening on alternative ports?
docs.gotosocial.org/getting_st…

Boosts appreciated.

Got blurhashes working nicely on masto-fe.superseriousbusiness.… by moving them from a server-side setting to a client-side setting, so you can go try that out now if you like :)

#GoToSocial

Did a bit more poking and prodding at this, so it now has #GoToSocial favicons and a few small wording changes, it assumes you have search enabled by default (as it's always enabled on GtS instances), and it reads your default post content type too

masto-fe.superseriousbusiness.…

Will make more changes and write proper docs and stuff for it soon (tm), I'm mostly just playing with it now and familiarizing myself with the codebase.

Hoy hoy, just messed around and deployed this:

masto-fe.superseriousbusiness.…

based on the Iceshrimp standalone Masto frontend

You can log in to your #GoToSocial instance and use it like Mastodon :) All data is stored in the browser and on your own computer, masto-fe.superseriousbusiness.org doesn't store anything at all. It's like pinafore or semaphore in that regard.

I'll mess around with it more on and off as a hobby project, see if it can be customized + themed to feel a bit more like GoToSocial.

Thanks for trying it out!

New blog post!

My GoToSocial instance has been running for more than a month now, and so I gathered the different bits and pieces of my experience running it, and made them into a blog post. I talk about resources usage, monitoring and backups.

Also, sharing the link on this fedi account running on the mentioned GTS instance is an experiment in itself, to see how my server will handle the traffic

stfn.pl/blog/54-administrating…

#gotosocial #fediadmins #blog

For #GoToSocial users who want a more Mastodon-like experience, you can try logging in to the standalone Mastodon frontend client hosted by #iceshrimp

masto-fe.iceshrimp.dev

Almost everything just works (tm), barring a couple 404s from endpoints we didn't stub out yet. It's really nice :)

感谢 CDN18 的出色工作，#GoToSocial 现在有中文文档了！您可以在此处查看中文文档：

docs.gotosocial.org/zh-cn/late…

非常感谢 CDN18！

Thanks to the amazing work of CDN18, #GoToSocial now has documentation available in Chinese! You can view the Chinese documentation here:

docs.gotosocial.org/zh-cn/late…

Thank you very much CDN18!

CDN18 - Overview

Living in the upside-down // Giving it a whirl. CDN18 has 26 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

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Hi everyone! We've just made another bugfix release of #GoToSocial, version 0.17.2 Ridiculously Selective Sloth:

github.com/superseriousbusines…

The update fixes a couple small bugs around media processing and filter expiration, and adds media-image-size-hint and media-video-size-hint values to the config file.

Please read the release notes carefully when updating to this version.

Thanks for reading, and have a nice day! Or not, it's up to you; whatever you prefer!

Release v0.17.2 Ridiculously Selective Sloth · superseriousbusiness/gotosocial

Here's bugfix version 0.17.2 of GoToSocial! If updating to this version from 0.16.0 or below, please follow the instructions for v0.17.0, replacing 0.17.0 with 0.17.2 throughout. ⚠️ Be aware that u...

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Hiya, we've just done bugfix release 0.17.1 for #GoToSocial.

github.com/superseriousbusines…

Fixes a bug in the streaming API that may have been causing problems for some clients, and adds alt-text for default avatar + header images.

Updating from 0.17.0 is very simple and quick, but if you're updating from 0.16.0 or below then please read the migration notes carefully and be aware of the big database migrations from 0.17.0.

Enjoy!

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Hello fellow creatures!

We've finally bitten the bullet and cut version 0.17.0 of #GoToSocial, aka Selective Sloth 🎆

github.com/superseriousbusines…

As always, please read the release notes very carefully when updating, take a database backup, and don't interrupt database migrations no matter how tempted you might be to press ctrl-c. It's not wurf it mate!

Beta release announcement

This is the very first BETA RELEASE of GoToSocial. What does it mean that we're leaving alpha and entering beta? Not much really. It had to happen eventually, and now is as good a time as any to go from "people shouldn't really use this software" to "people can consider using this software but be warned it's not done yet, lots of stuff is missing, yadda yadda". Don't read too much into it!

Release highlights

• Interaction policies: This release gives you the ability to set interaction policies on your statuses using the settings panel. Interaction policies let you determine who can reply to, like, or boost your statuses. You can accept or reject interactions as you wish; accepted replies will be added to your replies collection, and unwanted replies will be dropped. This feature is still a work-in-progress as we will almost certainly have some kinks to work out in terms of implementation etc, but we wanted to get it into people's hands as quickly as possible.
  User docs here: docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…
  Federation docs here: docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…
• Much wider range of support for different media types: In this release we've embedded a webassembly build of ffmpeg into the GoToSocial binary, so that users can post many different types of media than previously, including mp3, flac, and other audio types, and many more video types. Admins: you don't need to have ffmpeg installed on your server for this to work.
• Audio player: to complement the new media types, we adapted our current video player to also play audio, so people visiting your profile can play MP3s and FLACs. Album art is supported when embedded in the audio file!
• Header/avatar alt text: You can now set alt-text for your avatar + header images, so that screenreader users visiting your profile can read a description of your beautiful face.
• Better threading model for statuses: On the web view of a thread, conversations are now indented at different levels, to make it easier to see who's replying to whom.
• Prefers-reduced-motion is now supported, so that folks with animations turned off in their operating system or browser aren't confronted with lots of animation when they open your profile.
• Conversations view: You can now view a list of your direct message conversations, making it much easier to keep track of who you're talking to.
• Import/export csv files: It's now possible to import Mastodon-compatible CSV files for accounts you follow and accounts you block, making it much easier to migrate across instances. Export of these files is supported too.
• Exclusive lists: You can now mark lists as "exclusive", which means that posts from accounts in an exclusive list will show up only in that list and not in your home timeline.
• Show/hide posts on your profile: Previously only Public posts were shown on your web profile. This is still the default, but you can now choose to show unlisted posts on your web profile too (the Mastodon default), or to show no posts at all.
• Lots of new themes: solarized, brutalist, ecks pee, and more (see screenshots).
• Store worker queue on restart: when you stop the instance, pending tasks are stored into the database, and loaded again when you start up the instance, so that no tasks get lost between restarts.

Supported platforms

We've defined a list of platforms + architectures that we "officially" support and those we partially or don't support due to performance reasons or library constraints, you can check this out right here: github.com/superseriousbusines… If your platform of choice isn't on the list you can, of course, try building yourself, and maybe try the very experimental nowasm tag we recently added, if you're feeling daring: docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…

Thanks

Thanks for reading and for your continued support for this silly sloth!

GitHub - superseriousbusiness/gotosocial: Fast, fun, small ActivityPub server.

Fast, fun, small ActivityPub server. Contribute to superseriousbusiness/gotosocial development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Hi! Hi there! We've only gone and done another #GoToSocial release candidate innit mate!

github.com/superseriousbusines…

We fixed some small bugs, did a bunch of work around release note generation (not interesting for end users but tobi had fun), and documented GTS_WAZERO_COMPILATION_CACHE and nowasm.

Please read the migration notes carefully!

This is probably the final candidate before the real 0.17.0 release when we officially enter beta, we're all very excited here in the GtS treehouse!

Release v0.17.0-rc5 · superseriousbusiness/gotosocial

Here's version 0.17.0-rc5 of GoToSocial. We fixed a couple bugs! And changed some deployment stuff! And updated some library versions! Please read the migration notes carefully for instructions on ...

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Hiya, another day, another #GoToSocial release candidate:

github.com/superseriousbusines…

We fixed a couple small bugs around interaction accepts and rejects :)

Please read the release notes carefully, especially if updating to this release candidate from v0.16.0 or below! There are migrations!

If you're using SQLite on OpenBSD or FreeBSD, please take the release version with moderncsqlite in the name, as described in the release notes.

Thanks for reading and helping us find bugs! We're getting there 🙂

Hiya! Third and hopefully final release candidate for v0.17.0 of #GoToSocial:

github.com/superseriousbusines…

Fixed a couple cheeky bugs related to status web views and pending replies not being marked pending correctly.

For instructions to update to this release candidate from versions prior to 0.17.0-rc1, please read the release notes for v0.17.0-rc1 carefully, but replace all occurrences of rc1 with rc3.

If updating from 0.16.0 to this release candidate, there are several config file changes and some very large database migrations that will have to run.

Thanks!

We're getting ready to start creating the #GoToSocial 0.17.0 release candidates, finally :)

We're now running this instance on the latest snapshot, to try stuff out and ensure it's working correctly. So far, it seems good!

To celebrate, here's a couple of MP3s, since it's possible to upload those now. Enjoy! And sit tight for the release candidates in a week or two ^_^

#Pachli 2.6.0 is now available. This version has a new "Suggested accounts" feature to find accounts to follow, improves filter support on #GoToSocial servers, makes parts of the UI more readable, and fixes several bugs.

See pachli.app/pachli/2024/06/27/2… for details.

Thank you to @mileskrell, @kallekn, and @bittin for their contributions to this release.

#AndroidDev

Pachli 2.6.0 released

Pachli 2.6.0 is now available. This release allows you to find new people to follow with a “Suggested accounts” feature, and has the usual bug fixes and other improvements. Read on for more details about these.

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Hi nerds! We've just released #GoToSocial version 0.16.0 Snappy Sloth into the wild. Look at it go! Climbing trees and all sorts, covered in algae, and #pooping once a week.

github.com/superseriousbusines…

Thanks to everyone who helped us comb the bugs out of its fur during the release candidate process. We hope the protein you gained from eating the bugs was reward enough.

As usual, when updating to this version (which you really should, because it's quite good), please read the release notes carefully, particularly the database migration notes; and make sure you don't interrupt the database migrations.

Ta!

Highlights of this release (nothing new since 0.16.0-rc1, just reiterating):

• Sign up / registration: In this release, you can open your instance to new registrations (aka sign-ups) via the new signup page at https://[your-instance.tld]/signup. No more manually creating new users via the CLI :)
  Documentation here: docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…
• Accounts overview for moderators: To support the new sign-up feature, and help instance admins to moderate, we made a new section in the settings panel where admins + moderators can get an overview of accounts, and filter by instance, status, and more. You'll find this new accounts view in the settings panel.
• Totally reworked message delivery system and worker queues: We've completely reworked the way GoToSocial sends out messages to your followers and performs worker-related tasks; this should drastically increase the speed that outgoing messages are delivered, especially for users with lots of followers. It also paves the way for future work in terms of persisting worker and message queues over restarts.
• Account mutes: The account mute API endpoints are now implemented, meaning you can put (timed) mutes of accounts in place, to hide statuses from specific accounts from your home timeline, and/or hide notifications from muted accounts.
• Accurate account stats: This release introduces code to pull up-to-date counts of statuses, followers, and following from remote instances and show these stats via the API. So now in your client of choice, you should see an accurate count of the number of statuses and followers/following of a given account, no more "0 followers, 0 following, 0 statuses".
• HTTP header permissions settings: The settings panel now has a section that allows admins to set regular expressions to deny requests depending on HTTP headers.
  Documentation here: docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…
• Filters v2 implementation: We've now implemented the v2 API for filters, which means you can create more complex filters to hide keywords or statuses, and more clients should be able to create filters on GoToSocial.
• Send test email: Admins can now use the settings panel to send a test email, to check if their SMTP (email) configuration is valid.
• Profile API: Clients that use the profile API to delete avatar + header images should now work, since we've now implemented this part of the API.
• Search operators: We've added a first search operator to GoToSocial, so when you're searching for statuses, you can add from:@[username]@[domain] to your search term, to search only within statuses created by the given account (while still respecting the search limitations we already had in place).
  Documentation here: docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…
• Email change: Users can now change their email address in the settings panel without admin intervention.
  Documentation here: docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…
• Memory usage optimizations: GoToSocial now uses memory more conservatively than before; you should only need about 150-200MiB of memory to run GtS with a full cache, and it will spike less.

Release v0.16.0 Snappy Sloth · superseriousbusiness/gotosocial

Hello internet! Roll up roll up and see ye all version 0.16.0 of GoToSocial, codename SNAPPY SLOTH. Release highlights Sign up / registration: In this release, you can open your instance to new re...

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Hello hello good morning, here's the second release candidate for #GoToSocial v0.16.0!

github.com/superseriousbusines…

We fixed a bug that was preventing brand new instances from federating properly, and a bug where two accounts could refer to each other as moved_to targets.

Get it while it's fresh! 🍞 ☕️

Release v0.16.0-rc2 · superseriousbusiness/gotosocial

Hiya! Second RC for 0.16.0! No db migrations or config file changes between v0.16.0-rc1 and this version, so upgrading is as simple as updating your docker container or stopping GtS, untarring the ...

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i made a CLI tool for moving data in and out of GtS and Mastodon instances using the API: github.com/VyrCossont/slurp

it can handle CSV data in Mastodon export format for blocks, bookmarks, follows, and lists. there is no Mastodon CSV format for filters so i made one up. (note that you need to be running GtS 0.15 for filter support.)

it doesn't handle posts or media yet; i have ideas about extending the GtS API to allow backdating posts and suppressing push federation, but probably won't get to that for a while.

#GtS #GotoSocial

GitHub - VyrCossont/slurp: tool for exporting data from and importing data to Fediverse instances

tool for exporting data from and importing data to Fediverse instances - VyrCossont/slurp

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Hello everyone!

We've just made the first release candidate for version 0.16.0 of #GoToSocial, aka Snappy Sloth.

github.com/superseriousbusines…

For adventurous instance admins, please read the release + migration notes very carefully when updating to this release, paying particular attention to the database migrations section.

Here are the release highlights:

• Sign up / registration: In this release, you can open your instance to new registrations (aka sign-ups) via the new signup page at https://[your-instance.tld]/signup. No more manually creating new users via the CLI :)
  Documentation here: docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…
• Accounts overview for moderators: To support the new sign-up feature, and help instance admins to moderate, we made a new section in the settings panel where admins + moderators can get an overview of accounts, and filter by instance, status, and more. You'll find this new accounts view in the settings panel.
• Totally reworked message delivery system and worker queues: We've completely reworked the way GoToSocial sends out messages to your followers and performs worker-related tasks; this should drastically increase the speed that outgoing messages are delivered, especially for users with lots of followers. It also paves the way for future work in terms of persisting worker and message queues over restarts.
• Account mutes: The account mute API endpoints are now implemented, meaning you can put (timed) mutes of accounts in place, to hide statuses from specific accounts from your home timeline, and/or hide notifications from muted accounts.
• Accurate account stats: This release introduces code to pull up-to-date counts of statuses, followers, and following from remote instances and show these stats via the API. So now in your client of choice, you should see an accurate count of the number of statuses and followers/following of a given account, no more "0 followers, 0 following, 0 statuses".
• HTTP header permissions settings: The settings panel now has a section that allows admins to set regular expressions to deny requests depending on HTTP headers.
  Documentation here: docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…
• Filters v2 implementation: We've now implemented the v2 API for filters, which means you can create more complex filters to hide keywords or statuses, and more clients should be able to create filters on GoToSocial.
• Send test email: Admins can now use the settings panel to send a test email, to check if their SMTP (email) configuration is valid.
• Profile API: Clients that use the profile API to delete avatar + header images should now work, since we've now implemented this part of the API.
• Search operators: We've added a first search operator to GoToSocial, so when you're searching for statuses, you can add from:@[username]@[domain] to your search term, to search only within statuses created by the given account (while still respecting the search limitations we already had in place).
  Documentation here: docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…
• Email change: Users can now change their email address in the settings panel without admin intervention.
  Documentation here: docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…
• Memory usage optimizations: GoToSocial now uses memory more conservatively than before; you should only need about 150-200MiB of memory to run GtS with a full cache, and it will spike less.

Release v0.16.0-rc1 Snappy Sloth · superseriousbusiness/gotosocial

Hello you nerds, dorks, and dweebs ❤️ This here is the first release candidate for version 0.16.0 of GoToSocial, codename SNAPPY SLOTH. Release highlights Sign up / registration: In this release, ...

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Oh yes, and v1 of filters is here as well in this release candidate! Depending on the client you're using, you'll be able to add filters to hide certain phrases from posts in your timeline :)

#GoToSocial

Hey nerds! 🌸

First spring time release of #GoToSocial, here's the first release candidate for version 0.15.0 Shagadelic Sloth!

github.com/superseriousbusines…

For adventurous admins updating to this release candidate, please read the migration notes carefully, especially regarding database migrations :)

Release highlights

• Incoming and outgoing Move Activities are now processed properly. This means you will automatically follow other people when they move their accounts, and you can also Move your own account from your GtS instance to somewhere else!
  User docs here: docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…
  Federation docs (for devs) here: docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…
• You can hide your followers and following collections now! When hidden, your followers/following count will no longer appear on your profile, and your collections of followers/following will be hidden from other servers (and other accounts on your server).
  User docs here: docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…
• Preset user-selectable CSS themes are here! In the settings page, you can now choose a theme for your profile, which will change how it appears in the web view of your account! For now we added 5 different themes to choose from, screenshots below!
  User docs: docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…
  Docs for admins (how to add your own themes to your instance): docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…

#GoToSocial bugfix release v0.14.1!

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🐛

github.com/superseriousbusines…

There was a bug in 0.14.0 which was causing SQLite-backed instances to sometimes become unresponsive, with lots of errors in the logs containing interrupted(9) (see github.com/superseriousbusines….

We poked around and this looks like an issue in our SQLite dependency, so we stepped down to the most recent stable version, and also added some code to prevent the problem from rendering an instance unresponsive.

No db migrations or config file changes between v0.14.0 and this version, so upgrading is as simple as updating your docker container or stopping GtS, untarring the release, and starting GtS again.

For instructions to update to this release from versions < v0.14.0, see the v0.14.0 release notes, but replace v0.14.0 with v0.14.1 throughout.

Thanks!

Issues · superseriousbusiness/gotosocial

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Hi everyone!

We've just released v0.14.0 of #GoToSocial! Say hello to the Spoiled Sloth

github.com/superseriousbusines…

We're really proud of this release! It fixes a lot of longstanding annoying bugs, and adds some very neat features tooooo

Thanks to everyone who helped us with code and trying out release candidates and filing issues, and a big thank you to all our financial supporters who help us out via opencollective and liberapay :)

When upgrading to this version from a previous release, please note that there are CSS and HTML updates, config file changes, and several database migrations which may take a while to run! So please read the migration notes carefully :)

Release highlights:

• Account aliasing. You can now set the alsoKnownAs field on your account via the settings panel, to indicate other accounts you own. This doesn't do much now, but it's the first step towards the Move implementation for account migration coming in v0.15.0. We originally wanted to include Move in this release but it needs more testing so we pushed it back. Hang in there :)
• Much better thread sorting. Conversation threads on both the web view and client API use a new sorting mechanism which makes them way more readable. No longer will replies in a thread be scattered all over the place.
• Better HTTP signature support. We fixed a longstanding issue with including vs not including query parameters in signed GET requests. We now try (and accept) both methods of constructing signatures. Which leads to...
• Improved thread fetching. You'll see far fewer "orphaned" statuses in your timeline now, and you'll see more replies on statuses from other instances.
• Syntax highlighting for code blocks on the web UI. When you include a code block in your markdown now, and correctly indicate the language the code is written in, it will be syntax highlighted when rendered on your profile in the web UI. This requires javascript, but it's a progressive enhancement feature. Visitors to your profile with javascript turned off will just see the code block without syntax highlighting :)
• Improved "about this instance" page, with a link to the page in the nav bar. Previously the "about this instance" page was more or less hidden. We've now surfaced it better, so you can write all your terms and conditions and instance description stuff there. Relatedly....
• Parse instance descriptions and terms and conditions as markdown. Previously it was very difficult to properly edit these fields, because you had to read + write HTML to do so. Now they're parsed as markdown. This means you can more easily include things like blockquotes, lists, etc.
• Big refactor of HTML templates + CSS. We did a serious rework of HTML templates to fix indentation. Previously if you did "view source" on a GoToSocial profile page, you'd see a mess of sloppily-indented HTML. With this refactor, the HTML is now nicely indented and much more readable. We also did an accessibility pass and tested our HTML with various screen readers to try to make the web view a bit less annoying to navigate.
• First pass at a basic spam filtering system. In light of spam waves happening on the fediverse recently we took a crack at implementing a filter to drop messages identified as spam. This is still in the experimental stage, but it's included in this release so you can try it out already. See the docs for details.

Hi everyone! We just made the second release candidate (rc2) for #GoToSocial v0.14.0. Here it is!

github.com/superseriousbusines…

What happened to the first release candidate, you say? Well, it didn't work properly 🤦 But this one does.

If you're the type of badass admin who uses release candidates, please give it a shot :) If you find any bugs particular to this release candidate, let us know on our issues page so we can fix them before 0.14.0 proper.

As always, please read the migration notes carefully!

Highlights of this release (candidate):

• Account aliasing. You can now set the alsoKnownAs field on your account via the settings panel, to indicate other accounts you own. This doesn't do much now, but it's the first step towards the Move implementation for account migration coming in v0.15.0. We originally wanted to include Move in this release but it needs more testing so we pushed it back. Hang in there :)
• Much better thread sorting. Conversation threads on both the web view and client API use a new sorting mechanism which makes them way more readable. No longer will replies in a thread be scattered all over the place.
• Better HTTP signature support. We fixed a longstanding issue with including vs not including query parameters in signed GET requests. We now try (and accept) both methods of constructing signatures. Which leads to...
• Improved thread fetching. You'll see far fewer "orphaned" statuses in your timeline now, and you'll see more replies on statuses from other instances.
• Syntax highlighting for code blocks on the web UI. When you include a code block in your markdown now, and correctly indicate the language the code is written in, it will be syntax highlighted when rendered on your profile in the web UI. This requires javascript to be enabled in a visitor's web browser, but it's a progressive enhancement feature. Visitors to your profile with javascript turned off will just see the code block without syntax highlighting :)
• Improved "about this instance" page, with a link to the page in the nav bar. Previously the "about this instance" page was more or less hidden. We've now surfaced it better, so you can write all your terms and conditions and instance description stuff there. Relatedly....
• Parse instance descriptions and terms and conditions as markdown. Previously it was very difficult to properly edit these fields, because you had to read + write HTML to do so. Now they're parsed as markdown. This means you can more easily include things like blockquotes, lists, etc.
• Big refactor of HTML templates + CSS. We did a serious rework of HTML templates to fix indentation. Previously if you did "view source" on a GoToSocial profile page, you'd see a mess of sloppily-indented HTML. With this refactor, the HTML is now nicely indented and much more readable. We also did an accessibility pass and tested our HTML with various screen readers to try to make the web view a bit less annoying to navigate.
• First pass at a basic spam filtering system. In light of spam waves happening on the fediverse recently we took a crack at implementing a filter to drop messages identified as spam. This is still in the experimental stage, but it's included in this release so you can try it out already. See the docs for details.

Thanks for reading!

Hi everyone! We just made another security + bugfix release for #GoToSocial

github.com/superseriousbusines…

If you're running on v0.13.2 or below, you should update to this release as soon as you have the time. There are no database migrations or frontend file changes, so this should be fairly easy!

Similar to the v0.13.2 release, this one closes a couple gaps with regard to ensuring that remote accounts and statuses can't be imitated.

It also fixes a couple different bugs with regard to your instance trying to dereference accounts who've blocked you, or whose instances have blocked you, leading to less weird-looking behavior from the user's side :)

Oh, and as a nice side effect of the above changes, federation with Bookwyrm should work a bit better now too! 📖 🪱

If you're running on a main snapshot build, you should update to the latest code on main by either refreshing the Docker snapshot tag, or taking the latest binary snapshot bundle.

Now with that out of the way we can get on with working on features for 0.14.0 :P

Thanks for reading! Have a good Thursday!

Release v0.13.3 Spideriest Sloth 2: The re-slothening · superseriousbusiness/gotosocial

Hi everyone! This here's a security + bugfix release for GoToSocial! Similar to the v0.13.2 release, this one closes a couple gaps with regard to ensuring that models of remote Activities or Object...

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Hi everyone!

We've just released a new version of #GoToSocial, v0.13.0 aka Spider Sloth!

You can get the release from here: github.com/superseriousbusines…

As usual, please read the migration notes carefully when upgrading to this version.

Thanks! Enjoy!

Highlights of this release:

• Create, view, and vote in polls. It's been a while in the making but GoToSocial now has support for polls, aka Question activity types. You can create, view, and vote in polls using your client of choice.
• Show unsupported media placeholders in incoming posts, where media could not be downloaded (temporarily or otherwise). No more dropped media on posts! You'll instead now get a link to the media on the originating instance, that you can click through in your (mobile) browser.
• Mute threads that you're being overwhelmed by. Notifications for replies, likes, and boosts in that thread will no longer be generated.
• Media cleanup scheduling. Previously media scheduling took place every night at 12am. With the new media scheduling settings in the config, you can customize the schedule to run it at different times and frequencies. docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…
• Support for setting instance language . You can use the new instance-languages setting to indicate one or more primary languages for your instance. docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…
• Support for language tags on posts. Language of posts is now correctly federated in and out of your instance. The language of posts is also shown on the web view of statuses and threads.
• Gather and expose prometheus format metrics. You can now expose a /metrics endpoint to allow a Prometheus instance to scrape metrics about Go runtime memory usage, http request and database metrics, and more. docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/…

Release v0.13.0 Spider Sloth 🕷️ · superseriousbusiness/gotosocial

Spider Sloth, Spider Sloth, does whatever a .... sloth does? Release highlights Create, view, and vote in polls. It's been a while in the making but GoToSocial now has support for polls, aka Quest...

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