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MakerTube just got upgraded to Peertube v8.0.0 🎉

There is a video player redesign, channel collaboration, and improvements on the video import. Find all the details here: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v8.0.0

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Release v8.0.0 · Chocobozzz/PeerTube

IMPORTANT NOTES Database migrations of this version can take a long time (up to 30 minutes on an instance with many users/federation actors and a slow database disk) You need to manually execute a...

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subetha Dec 12, 2025

@MakerTube Thank you for installing this major update!

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Michael Altfield 🛡️Dec 28

@MakerTube Thanks for your work keeping this instance up-to-date.

Unfortunatley, after this update, I can no longer login

> Cannot compare more than 72 bytes with bcrypt

It appears to be a bug with v8.0.0 :(

https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/issues/7344

What's the solution for folks with long passwords to access their MakerTube accounts?

Cannot compare more than 72 bytes with bcrypt · Issue #7344 · Chocobozzz/PeerTube

Describe the current behavior If an account was created in the past, it was possible to create passwords of at least 128 characters, possibly more. After an instance update to v8.0.0, I'm unable to...

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MakerTube Dec 28

@MichaelAltfield thanks for letting me know. Have you tried a password reset yet?

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Michael Altfield 🛡️Jan 6

@MakerTube A password reset does work to regain access (though it's a bit scary how someone can gain access to an account by intercepting an unencrypted email sent from your server, without authenticating in any way)