Notices by Masto.host (mastohost@mastodon.social)

Upgrade installed!

Everyone running on Masto.host is now on Mastodon v4.5.1.

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I will start installing Mastodon v4.5.1 on Masto.host.

There will be about 15 seconds of downtime during the upgrade.

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

Upgrade installed!

Everyone running on Masto.host is now on Mastodon v4.5.0.

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I will start installing Mastodon v4.5.0 on Masto.host.

There will be about 15 seconds of downtime during the upgrade.

This update introduces quote posting on Mastodon. More information at https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mastodon-4.5/

Changelog: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.0

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Everyone running on Masto.host is now on Mastodon v4.4.6.

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I will start installing Mastodon v4.4.6 on Masto.host.

There will be about 15 seconds of downtime during the upgrade.

Changelog: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.6

I will start installing Mastodon v4.4.5 on Masto.host.

There will be about 15 seconds of downtime during the upgrade.

Changelog: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.5

Upgrade installed!

Everyone running on Masto.host is now on Mastodon v4.4.3.

Any issues or questions, please let me know.

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I will be starting the installation of Mastodon v4.4.3 on Masto.host.

There will be about 15 seconds of downtime during the upgrade.

Changelog: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.3

I hope you have enjoyed Mastodon v4.4.0, the eight hours of having v4.4.0, that is. Because v4.4.1 has been released, and I will be starting the installation now 😊

This is a minor patch that just introduces some fixes. There will be about 15 seconds of downtime during the upgrade.

Changelog: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.1

Upgrade installed!

Everyone running on Masto.host is now on Mastodon v4.4.0.

Any issues or questions, please let me know.

Thanks 🐘

I will start installing Mastodon v4.4.0 on Masto.host.

This release requires significant database changes, and approximately one minute of downtime may occur during the upgrade process.

Changelog: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.0

Upgrade installed!

Everyone running on Masto.host is now on Mastodon v4.3.9.

Any issues or questions, please let me know.

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I will be starting the installation of Mastodon v4.3.9 on Masto.host.

There will be about 15 seconds of downtime during the upgrade.

Changelog: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.3.9

@dalias @pwaring I understand and thank you :)

But I agree that more should be done to make Mastodon more friendly for smaller instances. Media storage in larger instances is usually not a problem if you have a clean-up like I have for everyone on Masto.host.

The cost of media storage on large instances is a small percentage, as remote media only needs to federate once for all users on a large instance. However, in a small instance, it's significant, and more should be done to address this.

@dalias @pwaring No, there isn't. But that is something that would require Mastodon to support, not something I can easily do on my end.

I don't develop Mastodon. I'm not even much of a code contributor because I know virtually nothing about Ruby/Rails.

Even if that were possible, I'm not sure how much it would impact the user experience. Imagine opening the app (or every time you scroll) and having to wait for media to be fetched remotely and cached locally on the fly.

@dalias Anyone can set 'Media cache retention period' in their Mastodon administration settings.

Not only that, as I have in place auto purge of media cache https://masto.host/re-mastodon-media-storage/ for anyone hosted on Masto.host.

Financially, it is much better to have someone pay me a small amount for years than to have them churn after a couple of months.

Don't think it's a question of the right incentives.

@pwaring

@pwaring Yes, there is an automatic purge in place. You can read https://masto.host/re-mastodon-media-storage/ for details.

As it mentions there, "it’s normal for the media storage to grow very fast in the first few days, but after 7 days, the growth should start to slow down."

All is back online, and timelines are catching up.

Sorry for the trouble this caused.

The only information I have regarding the issue at the moment is: https://public-cloud.status-ovhcloud.com/incidents/wnjcmhtl1ffz

Any issues or questions, please let me know.

Thanks 🐘

Service is slowly coming back online.