Notices by Mastodon Engineering (mastodonengineering@mastodon.social)

We're looking for two Backend Ruby on Rails Web Developers to work with us remotely as part of the core team.

Ideally you are:

1. Very experienced with Ruby on Rails
2. Proficient in PostgreSQL, and familiar with Redis and Elasticsearch
3. Experienced in developing maintainable and scalable web backend and API systems

This remote full-time position requires a 4-hour overlap with the CET timezone.

For more info/to apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mastodon/ac9d4f66-13e8-44d1-bb82-a929ebca8a27

#FediHire #GetFediHired #hiring #backend

Have you wondered what the team was working on in January? Here's our monthly "Trunk & Tidbits" update from the product and development side. Progress on Collections and more, as we work towards the next major release.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/trunk-tidbits-january-2026/

@fembot 4.5.5 was released on Jan 20

https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/115928196923390926

We just released Mastodon 4.5.6, 4.4.13, and 4.3.19.

These versions contain various bug fixes, including a fix for a moderate security vulnerability.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases

#MastodonAdmin

We just released Mastodon 4.5.5, 4.4.12, and 4.3.18.

These versions contain various bug fixes, including very important (1 high severity, 3 moderate severity) security fixes.

Mastodon 4.2 is now unsupported, so if you still run it, please update to a supported version as soon as you can.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases

#mastoadmin

@ed it is still under development, hopefully more information will be available in future, but we wanted to highlight it as worth watching.

The December edition of Trunk & Tidbits is posted.

It was a quieter month in terms of commits due to the holiday period, but some solid progress was made. Plus, the latest stable releases, end-of-life for Mastodon 4.2, and news about #fosdem

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/01/trunk-tidbits-december-2025/

We just released Mastodon 4.5.4, 4.4.11, 4.3.17 and 4.2.29.

These versions contain various bug fixes, including a high and a moderate severity security fixes.

Mastodon v4.2.29 will be the last update for the Mastodon v4.2 branch, please update to newer versions as soon as you can.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases

@spyhunter You can send an email to staff@mastodon.social

As we're working on Collections (an upcoming feature similar to "starter packs"), and improvements to the design of user profiles, we would like to hear from you!

Please use our - short & anonymous! - User Experience Survey to share your thoughts.

#Mastodon #UserExperience #Design

https://tally.so/r/44Qdbk

The November "Trunk & Tidbits" is out! Read about our new organisational announcements and events; the start of development for our Collections feature; CSS theme tokens and Helm chart; and, the latest stable releases.

#mastoadmin #OpenSource

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/trunk-tidbits-november-2025/

We just released Mastodon 4.5.3, 4.4.10 and 4.3.16 and 4.2.28.

These versions contain various bug fixes, including a fix for a minor security issue.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases

#mastoadmin

Attention Mastodon server operators 🤹🏻

We are working on a new Helm chart for Kubernetes deployments, and the team would appreciate your feedback. See this issue for the new repository (and to provide comments) #mastoadmin

https://github.com/mastodon/helm-charts/issues/13

@clarmso thanks for the contribution!

We just released Mastodon 4.5.2, 4.4.9 and 4.3.15.

These versions contain small bug fixes.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases

#mastoadmin

We just released Mastodon 4.5.1

This version fixes some bugs found in 4.5.0.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub release page.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.1

#mastoadmin

We've posted #TrunkAndTidbits for October.

It was a busy month, with a lot of coding behind the scenes to prepare for Mastodon 4.5, events and talks, Fediforum and our thoughts on packs, and some merch news. Have a read!

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/trunk-tidbits-october-2025/

We’re happy to announce that Mastodon 4.5 is now ready for prime time! Quote posts, async fetching of replies, server timeline visibility settings, more moderation tools, and lots and lots of other tweaks and improvements.

Announcement on our blog: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mastodon-4.5/

Full release notes and update instructions are available on our GitHub release page: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.0

#mastoadmin

The third release candidate for Mastodon 4.5 is ready!

It addresses UX concerns regarding quotes and post privacy, now warning when you quote someone in a followers-only post, and preventing quotes in Private Mentions.

It also includes a few other bugfixes.

We are planning to release the final 4.5.0 version tomorrow, so please test this release candidate if you can!

Full release notes and update instructions are available on our GitHub release page: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.0-rc.3

#mastoadmin

@ben No, it should all work without other changes.