NodeBB v4.2.0 release notes

Release build (minor) of NodeBB @ 2025-03-19T18:33:59.309Z

1b12 category announce on post move to a new tid, #13236 (254f0738)
add Azerbaijani localisations, təşəkkür edirəm! (825e4c70)
if an incoming remote message is too long, don’t create the room, but notify the local recipients instead (885b83e5)
new ACP config for max length of remote chat messages, #13174 (81509b13)
add federatedDescription property to a category. (dfabadbe)
add link to category edit page in acp category sidebar (fa8216f2)
add additional logic that checks whether a cid follows the activity actor, and asserts note into that category if so (3589c570)
move category sidebar to ACP partial, add sidebar to category-federation (dc2dcaf1)
add line to description exposing a category’s handle if accessible by fediverse pseudo-user, closes #13126 (6c26d9f4)
call announceObject on topic fork, #13215 (e3edfef8)

wrong property name used (08796a0a)
#13254, configurable ap content prune (80e03c85)
only 1b12 announce topic fork if OP is local, fix race condition in tests (945617cb)
bug where remote post was attempted to be announced on post move (291af926)
handling of href in remote object attachments, #13169 (44354dac)
#13100, direct access to a tag page no longer excludes cid -1 (14fd33ce)
expose remote url in user object (78c9239b)
hide disable and purge buttons from category-federation.tpl (43248578)
show ‘copy settings from’ button in acp category sidebar only on category.tpl (1f6871e5)
improper cc and object fields in announceObject (deb5ee5e)
move AP send logging earlier (dca3c35d)
#13224, handle note attributedTo when it is of type object (d9483347)
allow actor assertion of loopback actors depending on ACP setting (73aaa990)

remove announceObject in favour of feps.announce, added create activity mock to support (74443c3b)
move all input note normalization into helper method, have assertPrivate mock a message object (with said normalization) before sending message (4ec7552c)