v4.4.20
NoteWhile we continue to support Mastodon 4.4 and release patches for it, please note that Mastodon 4.5 is available with new features, changes and fixes. We encourage administrators to update to the latest 4.5 version when they can. This release...
v4.5.13
This release is made solely to update FFmpeg in our docker container images to fix CVE-2026-8461 (critical severity). It is critical to update if you use our docker container images. If you are not using our docker container images, please make...
v4.6.2
This release is made solely to update FFmpeg in our docker container images to fix CVE-2026-8461 (critical severity). It is critical to update if you use our docker container images. If you are not using our docker container images, please make...
v4.5.12
Upgrade overview This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm: ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section. Changelog Security Fix TLS...
v4.4.19
NoteWhile we continue to support Mastodon 4.4 and release patches for it, please note that Mastodon 4.5 is available with new features, changes and fixes. We encourage administrators to update to the latest 4.5 version when they can. Upgrade...
v4.6.1
This is a patch release for 4.6. Check out the 4.6.0 release notes for information. Upgrade overview This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm: ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation For more information, view the complete release...
sure would be great if the upstream mastodon project would just implement an option to turn on markdown formatting. it makes shit so much better, and it's currently limited to #glitchsoc instances.
I really don't think it'd be that confusing if you just put it somewhere in preferences.
Tough Mastodon #GlitchSoc upgrade to v4.6.0 this morning... The pre-deployment migration step got stuck here:
GLITCH-SOC Release Watcher
TelH90
Jill ☁️
briiian
RxBradStandardError: An error has occurred, this and all later migrations canceled: (StandardError)
PG::DuplicateColumn: ERROR: column "avatar_description" of relation "accounts" already exists
/opt/mastodon/db/migrate/20260127141459_add_avatar_description_to_accounts.rb:5:in 'AddAvatarDescriptionToAccounts#change'
(later followed by the same error on AddHeaderDescriptionToAccounts)
As any "good" sysadmin does, I blindly followed the LLMs instructions. It worked, I think?
After running docker exec -it mastodondb psql -U postgres -d mastodon -c \ and
"INSERT INTO schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('20260127141459');"
INSERT 0 1docker exec -it mastodondb psql -U postgres -d mastodon -c \, I was successfully able to do the prescribed migrations for upgrade...
"INSERT INTO schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('20260127141820');"
INSERT 0 1
I feel gross.