I will start installing Mastodon v4.5.10 on Masto.host.
There will be about 15 seconds of downtime during the upgrade.
Changelog: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.10
| Web | https://masto.host |
| Status | https://status.masto.host |
Upgrade installed!
Everyone running on Masto.host is now on Mastodon v4.5.10.
Any issues or questions, please let me know.
Thanks 馃悩
I will start installing Mastodon v4.5.10 on Masto.host.
There will be about 15 seconds of downtime during the upgrade.
Changelog: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.10
Noticed some servers had a recent spike in the remote media attachment cache. My best guess is that it's related to https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/37359. What I could identify matches the reported issue.
For most servers, this self-resolves: Masto.host clears remote media cache after 7 days, so usage returns to normal once it expires. Alternatively, setting Public Timelines to "Authenticated users only" (Administration -> Server Settings -> Discovery) can reduce the crawl surface (but not fully stop it).

Steps to reproduce the problem have an instance with remote feeds on the /explore page enabled be hit by web crawlers that recurse into these feeds see your media cache being filled up by remote me...
Upgrade installed!
Everyone running on Masto.host is now on Mastodon v4.5.9.
Any issues or questions, please let me know.
Thanks 馃悩
I will start installing Mastodon v4.5.9 on Masto.host.
There will be about 15 seconds of downtime during the upgrade.
Changelog: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.9
Upgrade installed!
Everyone running on Masto.host is now on Mastodon v4.5.8.
Any issues or questions, please let me know.
Thanks 馃悩
I will start installing Mastodon v4.5.8 on Masto.host.
There will be about 15 seconds of downtime during the upgrade.
Changelog: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.8
The patch is installed!
Any issues or questions, please let me know.
Thanks 馃悩
I will be applying a patch to the Mastodon code on all Masto.host instances to mitigate an increased number of errors from object storage when instances are under heavy load: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/38145
This will require restarting services, causing approximately 15 seconds of downtime.

On large instances using OpenStack Swift, normal operations (media uploads, deletes, federation) and tootctl commands like media remove trigger a new Keystone authentication request for every attac...
Maintenance on Database server 11 is complete, and all is back to normal. There was about 10 minutes of downtime.
If you notice any problem, please let me know.
Thanks 馃悩