NodeBB

Release build (minor) of NodeBB @ 2025-05-01T04:13:39.910Z

v4.3.0 (2025-05-01)

Documentation Changes

• update openapi spec with new (missing) properties (b32b7fcc)

New Features

• upgrade script to remote duplicate remote users and categories as per #13352 (5aee2f26)
• add new mixin clamp-fade, and handler for expanding it in category description (decc9cf1)
• handle Announce(Update(Note)) as well, #13320 (04473669)
• #13255, proper handling of upvotes shared by group actors (74e32a17)
• send the whole post content in summary as well (5c5fd3d4)
• show/hide categories on world page, #13255 (804208b7)
• notice on remote categories that have no local followers, #13255 (93a5b35f)
• add new option to categorySearch module, defaultCategories, use to populate the category list when you don’t want to poll backend for the main category list (a487d5f6)
• category quick search on world page, theme version updates, #13255 (17909516)
• show tracked/watched remote categories in world page, #13255 (34ab6771)
• remote user to category migration should also migrate local user follows into category watches (ac7b7f81)
• allowing manual group assertion via category search input (23b3148c)
• remote group actors migrated to categories if they were previous asserted as remote users (d19f692b)
• #13255 new topics in remote category addresses remote category, tests, fixes to tests (b8c531d5)
• #13255, deliver asserted topics to remote category followers (9c1d5cd3)
• #13255, add category name and handle to category search zset (876d1b04)
• integrate remote category pruning into actor pruning logic (9b5855f7)
• migration of group-as-user to group-as-category, remote category purging, more tests (4be0f73a)
• asserted topics and posts to remote categories will notify and add to unread based on remote category watch state (f483e883)
• also include category in to field when mocking post for federation (f73f727d)
• chat allow/deny list, closes #13359 (a5afad27)
• show topic follower counts (#13326) (bf2d4c46)
• federate out as:Article with preview for root-level posts in a topic, instead of as:Note (3c4be773)
• body-parser-2.x test (#13278) (389bc062)
• upgrade commander, get rid of custom color & wrapping code (485562d5)
• testing eslint9 (#13266) (68136641)

Bug Fixes

• bump harmony (2bf2e556)
• #13352, also do the webfinger backreference check when calling assertGroup (2572cbf5)
• regression that caused non-public content with source.content to fail parsing (e9b3306e)
• closes #13360, catch error in buildAccountData middleware (537a7428)
• bug where disparate ids all claiming to be the same handle were causing duplicate remote users due to collisions, #13352 (c2a3ef81)
• posts incorrectly excluded from results if result pid is in a remote category (a0a8c462)
• ap helpers.makeSet to handle undefined property values (d020e334)
• add back localCategories to categorySearch when defaultCategories is supplied (d58d5861)
• remote bare hash for remote users on prune as well (f02d9661)
• missing teasers for remote categories on /world (695312f1)
• remove superfluous privilege filter in markAllRead (0fab4255)
• reversed image and icon for remote categories, omit fa icon if remote category has icon property set, #13255 (dabcefaf)
• closes #13289, id can be null (f1d1d082)
• marking remote category topics as read (4a7111d0)
• markAllRead to get tids based on same logic as unread page, instead of marking all recent posts read (b0236735)
• key ownership cross-check to also work with remote categories, #13255 (6dee3e56)
• #13255, assert all recipients of the main post when asserting a note, so that remote categories can be discovered (1f046782)
• remote categories should not show up in a user’s follow lists (4d1d7c3d)
• #13255, remote user-to-category migration should not move shares that are already in an existing cid (3213da1c)
• proper handling of actors.qualify response (f2e0ba21)
• missing dep (2cb6d10d)
• topics in remote categories showing up in /recent (c4274a3d)
• regression that caused resolveInboxes to always return empty, added tests for resolveInboxes (0246c146)
• spread fail, @julianlam (c1b71964)
• filter out non-asserted targets when sending ap messages, diff. getter method when passed-in ID is a remote category (309deb0d)
• tag whitelist check socket call for remote categories (c5901e0d)
• migrate topics as system user instead of uid 0 (ee34396c)
• do not send out ap (undo:)follow if local user or category is (not)already following (c6f2c874)
• allow category controller to respond also by remote category id (0b333fb7)
• #13255, update category search logic to allow for remote categories (6e23de46)
• delete shares zset on account deletion (7ccd6b73)
• persona tooltip so it doesn’t appear when dropdowns are open (ea9f7903)
• lang keys (4277765b)
• closes #13353, don’t use index for finding plugin data (ed92ffaf)
• regression on search query that is a url, via 3526c937ccec843d4637efa894f49efc9bac5493 (41252197)
• closes #13313, add error:post-deleted (b49a4586)
• upgrade script (52ca086b)
• tag urls getting double escaped (#13306) (3526c937)
• notifications.markAllRead (bf243e07)
• posts.uploads.usage since paths changed (c41c7e8a)
• req.body can be undefined (cd70e6c6)
• closes #13298, catch exceptions in webfinger and nodeinfo (bbfd6445)
• closes #13205, make parent post font-size small until expanded (ef98f8f9)
• closes #13275, set ‘announces’ after adding to zset to prevent race condition (2c59007b)
• use slug instead of groupname in acp for groups (d9f33204)
• do not await the batch call to sendMessage (aa4f23bf)
• commenting out outward federation of Add activity, pending forumwg discussion (4b22f297)
• on user deletion during assertion (due to 410), if delete fails, just run ap post-deletion to clean up (4bbe27d4)
• race condition in test (807a8c66)

Refactors

• use promise.all (74661381)
• categories.sortTidsBySet to not take cid, retrieve from tids themselves (bfc7daf2)
• allow topics to be asserted directly into a remote category, or -1 otherwise (0fa98237)
• ability to browse to remote categories, group actor assertion logic, etc. — no logic to assign topics to remote categories yet (1f40995f)
• remove datepicker (be7959e5)
• add sping/ping into openapi (8ffbc359)
• moved these rules to nodebb-config (e184c910)
• switch eslint configs to esm (92d6e022)
• move topic/post menu lists to core (9f93cc9b)
• show topic tools if plugins add them (87aacc89)
• remove reply icons (b73fb67b)
• remove debug log (021b3af0)
• break long line (c93dc589)
• only write to db on runJobs processes (a6839b61)
• use bulk increment (667367a6)
• remove spammy error log (9637abca)

Reverts

• use of vanity domains, needs rethinking. Originally added in 709a02d97ae7acbab08c7fa1fecfd01e0dcadcc7 (55c89969)

Tests

• article for new topic, note for replies (3e508d6c)
• missing clear ap send cache (512f889e)
• additional test for ensuring handle:uid is continually set even after re-assertion (39fc9bae)
• additional test for remote category topic assertion when ignoring category (c2f77cee)
• #13255, reply to topic in remote category addresses remote category (85e7c1a2)
• remote user pruning tests (53dc79a1)
• introduce overrides into person and group mocks (4f748158)
• have ap helper mocks for person and group auto-save to ap cache (80069a19)
• add failing tests for actor/group assertion via wrong method, remote user to category migration (afc47643)
• add tests for topics slotting into remote categories if addressed (804052f2)
• group actor assertion tests (ca9a5b6d)
• shorter test (e0235a1e)
• eslint for tests (f864a5a4)
• fix tests (321defb9)
• fix test expecting Note when it is now Article (5d94f2ca)