Notices by Mastodon Engineering (mastodonengineering@mastodon.social), page 3

@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.

We just released security patches for versions 4.1, 4.2, and nightly. If you are using nightly, you can upgrade to nightly.2024-05-31-security. We strongly suggest you upgrade to one of those versions.

See what we've been working on and what's coming next in our new, hopefully regular series on #Mastodon development:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/05/trunk-tidbits-april-2024/

We are looking for a new member for our #Mastodon core team to work with @Gargron, @renchap and @Claire on building the Mastodon #backend and web app!

This is a #remote #fulltime position and requires an overlap with the CET timezone.

Ideally:

- You are a #Ruby expert
- With prior experience in maintaining #opensource projects
- Prior knowledge of #ActivityPub is a big plus!

For more info and to apply:

https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mastodon/de1e4d8a-5639-4b6a-86d7-97bd9c768b02

#FediHire #GetFediHired #hiring

The new 4.2.8 release is out today. It's a small update that introduces a mechanic that will automatically switch sign-ups to manual review if no moderators have been active for a while. This should reduce vectors for spam and abuse in the future.

We've released one more security patch earlier today, for the versions 4.1, 4.2, and nightly.

If you are using nightly, you can upgrade to the 4.3.0-nightly.2024-02-17-security tag to get the patches.

Please upgrade as soon as possible!

We just released important security patches for versions 4.1, 4.2, nightly, and the already discontinued 3.5 and 4.0.

If you are using nightly, you can upgrade to the 4.3.0-nightly.2024-02-15-security tag to get the patches.

Please upgrade as soon as possible!

We just released critical security patches for versions 4.1, 4.2, nightly, and the already discontinued 3.5 and 4.0.

If you are using nightly, you can upgrade to the `4.3.0-nightly.2024-02-02-security` tag to get the patch.

Please upgrade as soon as possible!

We are planning to release critical security patches for versions 3.5, 4.1, 4.2 and nightly this Thursday, Feb 01, at 15:00 UTC. We encourage server administrators to plan for a timely upgrade to ensure their Mastodon server is protected.

We've just released Mastodon versions 4.2.4 and 4.1.12 with bugfixes and security improvements. Please consider updating!

We've released the patches 4.2.3, 4.1.11, and 3.5.16 with some regular bug fixes. Please consider upgrading to the latest version, as support for 3.5 and 4.0 will end soon.

We've released the patches 4.2.1, 4.1.10, 4.0.12 and 3.5.15 today with some regular bug fixes. This is probably the last release on the 4.0 line as it's nearing its EOL.

#Mastodon 4.2 is out! This massive update features new search functionality and many usability improvements. See the extensive changelog and upgrade instructions here:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.0