Notices by Mastodon Engineering (mastodonengineering@mastodon.social), page 2

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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

The second release candidate for Mastodon 4.5 is ready!

It fixes an issue introduced in the first release candidate with some email setups, as well as a few interface rough edges.

We still expect the final version for next week, but please test it out and provide feedback!

Full release notes and update instructions are available on our GitHub release page: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.0-rc.2

#MastodonAdmin

We just edited this post to add the “New timeline settings" paragraph, which we forgot initially.
In 4.5, administrators will be able to disable some (or all) live feeds, with a different setting for visitors and authenticated users. We added new attributes to the server configuration so clients can hide those live feeds buttons when they are disabled.

@Perrin42 We recently added a setting that moves the quote button under the 3 dot menu on the post, restoring the previous behaviour for the boost button.
You can configure this in Preferences > Appearance > Enable quick boosting

Are you a developer who likes to build on, or integrated with, Mastodon? We've got a great blog post for you, today - here's what is coming in Mastodon 4.5. The release candidate was tagged earlier today, with the final version really soon now 🤞🏻

(quote post authoring, AsyncRefresh API, and more)

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/10/mastodon-4-5-for-devs/

The first release candidate for Mastodon 4.5 is ready for testing!

We expect to release the final version early next week, but please test it out and provide feedback!

Full release notes and update instructions are available on our GitHub release page: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.0-rc.1

#MastodonAdmin

We just released Mastodon 4.4.8 and the second 4.5.0 beta release.

These versions fix a security issue allowing quote controls to be bypassed.

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

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.8
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.0-beta.2

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The first beta release of Mastodon 4.5.0 is ready for testing!

Quote posts are finally here, as well as automated fetching of remote replies and a lot of other improvements.

For server moderators, there is also a way to block registrations based on keywords appearing in usernames.

Please test it out and provide feedback 💬

If all goes well, we plan to release the final 4.5.0 version within the next 3 weeks.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.0-beta.1

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We just released Mastodon 4.4.7.

It fixes a bug with moderation warning e-mails, introduced in 4.4.6.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub release page: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.7

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@vamp898 This has been changed in 4.4.6 and you should not need this change

We just released Mastodon 4.4.6, 4.3.14, and 4.2.27.

These versions contain security fixes, as well as a few other bugfixes mostly related to handling of quote posts.

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

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

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