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

Our August engineering blog post is out - read about the first beta of 4.3, what's coming next, and what the community has been sharing!

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/09/trunk-tidbits-august-2024/

#mastodev #mastoadmin

We are looking for feedback on our new grouped notifications API from Mastodon client developers.

All the details about this API are available at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/31618

We intend to mark this API as stable in our next 4.3 beta release, so if you are a client developer now is the time to have a look at it and tell us what you think!

#mastodev #mastodonapi

We are considering dropping support for using Azure Blob as a media storage in Mastodon 4.4, as the official Ruby Azure SDK has been abandoned. If you are currently using this feature, please check this discussion: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/31617

#mastoadmin

@eniko We are listening to all the feedback, and will rethink this with our designer.
@larsmb

@maeool We will publish some blog posts once the final version is released.

We are happy to announce the first beta release of Mastodon 4.3 🎉 11 months in the works, it is chock-full of improvements, the most prominent being notification grouping and new filtering capabilities, as well as extensive usability overhauls.

Please note that this is a beta, and the stable release is still to come. If you are upgrading your server to it, read the changelog carefully, and open GitHub issues if you encounter anything unexpected.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.3.0-beta.1

#mastoadmin #mastodev

@thejoyofnature The feature exists in the backend, but has never been implemented in the frontend. We have been discussing improving the post composer in one of the next versions and add scheduled posts.

@silvia180sx I am not aware of this issue, and can not reproduce. Can you provide more details (when does it crash, on which server does this happen…) or, better, create an issue in our GitHub repository?

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/issues/new/choose

Thanks!

We just released Mastodon 4.2.12, fixing a bug introduced in 4.2.11 which caused notifications for mentions from local moderator accounts to be dropped. If you updated to 4.2.11, we strongly recommend you to upgrade to 4.2.12.

Version 4.1.19 is not impacted.

Release notes and upgrade instructions are available on our GitHub Releases page: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases

#mastoadmin

@jwildeboer This feature will be in 4.3. We plan to release the first 4.3 beta next week.

We just released Mastodon 4.2.11 and 4.1.19, fixing various small issues.

Release notes and upgrade instructions are available on our GitHub release page: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases

#mastoadmin

@tizmic Not yet, but we plan to add this in the future.

@andre_601 That's a good idea, but we have many other things to do. We will be happy to accept an external contribution adding it, if someone wants to have a go at it!

https://github.com/mastodon/blog

Our monthly engineering updates post is out! In July, we reviewed and merged 186 Pull Requests from 14 contributors.

Here's what we worked on, and what's next.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/08/trunk-tidbits-july-2024/

#mastodev #mastodon #mastodonapi

@danyowdee This is a full-time position. The exact details will depend on the country you live in and the preferences of the person, We can right now only have direct employees in some countries, but need to go through a proxy for other countries, or sometimes use contracting. This is discussed in the initial interview.

@0xWDG This is part of what we call "rich text composing”. We are currently exploring how to best implement it, hopefuly this will be included in 4.4.

@ivory

@CartyBoston Those are more relevant to the backend/web work, and are a specific topic we look for when interviewing people for those positions.
They are less relevant for a mobile app, so we did not include those, but are topics that we keep an eye on and discuss during the interviews.

We’re growing our product team!

Are you an #iOS Developer who wants to lead our official #Mastodon iOS #App?

This is a remote full-time position and requires an overlap with the CET timezone.

Ideally:

1. You are a senior iOS Developer comfortable with a mature codebase
2. Proficient in #Swift and #Apple Frameworks (UIKit, SwiftUI, Combine)
3. Prior experience with social media networks is a big plus!

For more info/to apply:
https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mastodon/bc91c481-d30a-4e73-9eb8-ac29f4e905e2

#FediHire #GetFediHired #hiring #mastodev

We just released security patches for versions 4.1, 4.2, and nightly. If you are using nightly, you can upgrade to nightly.2024-07-05-security. Please upgrade as soon as possible!

We are planning to release new Mastodon security updates for versions 4.1, 4.2 and nightly this Thursday, Jul 04, at 15:00 UTC. It solves multiple security issues, including a major one. We encourage server administrators to plan for a timely upgrade to ensure their Mastodon server is protected.