"Untested backups are just expensive hopes and dreams."

Did some proper restore-tests of my offsite backups and restored them one after another into a local virtual machine (KVM) and verified that they decrypt, restore and boot correctly 🙂 (including our Mastodon instance burningboard.net)

It's good to have backups, but it's an even better feeling when you know, they work, restore correctly and the procedure has been trained and tried out.

All check marks green, next test in January 2025 🙂

#linux #freebsd #backup #restore #devops #it #mastoadmin @tux

We've successfully upgraded our Mastodon server to v4.5.0-beta.2+mementomods-2025-10-22, along with Mastodon Bird UI 2.3.4rc8. This update includes today’s latest daily build, so everything should be as up to date as possible. The version brings some minor UI improvements linked to the new Quote Posts feature we're testing.

You can check out our fork source code here: https://github.com/mementomori-social

As always, if you notice anything unusual or buggy, please reach out to me or any of the admins. Enjoy your time here! Feel free to message me with any questions or thoughts.

#MementoMoriSocial #Mastodon #MastoAdmin

Forgot to mention this earlier when I performed the upgrade but phpc.social is now on Mastodon v4.4.8. #mastoAdmin

RE: https://afterspace.rocks/@aleph/115412925831391981

Wir sind jetzt auf Stand 4.5.0-beta.2
Bitte brav weitertooten

#MastoAdmin #AfterSpace #Beta

RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/115412766853977995

Wir machen dann mal ein Update auf 4.5.0-beta.2. Bis gleich <3

#AfterSpace #MastoAdmin #Beta

We just released Mastodon 4.4.8 and the second 4.5.0 beta release.

These versions fix a security issue allowing quote controls to be bypassed.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub release page.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.8
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.0-beta.2

#mastoadmin

p.s. You can stop Bluesky having any connections or interactions with your server by asking your server admin to defederate bsky.brid.gy

If you are a server admin and want help with how to defederate, there's a guide at https://fedi.tips/how-to-defederate-fediblock-a-server-on-mastodon

#Bluesky #Fediverse #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

Updated my test mastodon instance to 4.5.0-beta-1

Lessons learned:

* Ruby Version update must use the exact command listed in the upgrade docs.

* Tangerine Theme isn't 4.5 compatible, so removed it.

* Some users had Tangerine as their default theme and that crashed the system.

* Had to run this to reset every user to default theme. (SCARY)

```
User.find_each do |user|
next if user.settings['theme'] == 'default'
user.settings['theme'] = 'default'
user.save
end
```

#MastoAdmin

Anyone notice on #Mastodon v4.5.0-beta.1, when browsing a hashtag timeline, when new posts come in it immediately takes you to the top post in the timeline instead of letting you continue browsing? You can be 5 scrolls down or 1 scroll down, it doesn't matter. When a new post comes in you are popped right back up to the top.

This even happens in slow mode. #MastoAdmin #MastoDev

https://racingbunny.com upgraded to Mastodon v4.4.7.

#mastodon #mastoadmin

phpc.social skipped Mastodon v4.4.6 (because I've been busy, and v4.4.7 landed shortly thereafter), and is now on v4.4.7.

#mastoadmin

RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/115378848435180844

Whoop whoop. Quoting is now possible on our instance.
Keep up tooting

#AfterSpace #MastoAdmin

RE: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/115378848435180844

The update to the 4.5.0 beta went very smoothly for me.

Had to test the quote feature, of course 😆

#mastoadmin

Now running Mastodon v4.5-beta1 on our instance burningboard.net. This release allows for example to quote toots.

Also updated Ruby to version 3.4.7 🙂

All looking perfectly stable from the engine room !

#mastodon #mastoadmin #maintanance #update #ruby @tux

Does ElasticSearch retain statuses or status data, like links, removed during Tootctl status cleanup tasks? #MastoAdmin

The first beta release of Mastodon 4.5.0 is ready for testing!

Quote posts are finally here, as well as automated fetching of remote replies and a lot of other improvements.

For server moderators, there is also a way to block registrations based on keywords appearing in usernames.

Please test it out and provide feedback 💬

If all goes well, we plan to release the final 4.5.0 version within the next 3 weeks.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.0-beta.1

#mastoadmin

We just released Mastodon 4.4.7.

It fixes a bug with moderation warning e-mails, introduced in 4.4.6.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub release page: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.7

#mastoadmin

We just released Mastodon 4.4.6, 4.3.14, and 4.2.27.

These versions contain security fixes, as well as a few other bugfixes mostly related to handling of quote posts.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub releases page.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases

#mastoadmin