[v1.11.0] Block instances, further improve the UI of feeds, bugfixes and more
Crossposted from https://fedia.io/m/mbinReleases@gehirneimer.de/t/4440654
After quite some slow development, finally we can release a new version of Mbin. It contains new features for users, performance improvements and important security fixes.
Summary for Users
Show who boosted content in the feed (Combined view + subscribed + newest)
Add ability to block instances. Content from blocked instances will not show up in the feed and search anymore.
Fix emoji autocomplete inserts ’null’
Show a placeholder when an image embed could not be loaded
Improve design of posts and comments in some areas of the site
Fix endless loop when compressing uploaded images
Fix layout when a comment contains a very wide table
Bugfixes for some federation issues (handling of Mastodon posts with multiple images, embedded video formats, buggy mentions, etc.)
Change layout of list of cross posts
Fix the issue of browsers wanting to download a file when unsupported media files are used in an embed
Add translation for Swedish (by Jonatan Nyberg)
Summary for Server Admins
Minimum software requirements updated to PHP 8.5, Node 24 and Ubuntu 24.04 recommended
Upgraded most of our dependencies. For more details see #2162
Add ability to block instances globally.
Instances blocked this way will be blocked for all current and new users. Users can unblock them manually afterward; thus allowing a “soft” way to moderate the content shown by default for your users. For more details see #2155
Added the new queue async_slow for long-running tasks. If your async queue have gotten full often in the past, consider creating a separate messenger for async_slow.
The sessions are now stored in Redis instead of Postgres. You need to enable persistence in your Redis server, if you want to keep open sessions on restarts of Redis.
Fixed a couple of security vulnerabilities
PostgreSQL autovacuum is tuned for high-churn tables
Summary for developers
Mbin:
Minimum software requirements updated to PHP 8.5 and Node 24
Upgraded most of our dependencies. For more details, including possible breaking package changes, see #2162
Fediverse:
Fix issue that to value might be an object instead of array in some edge-cases
Upgrade Instructions
There are significant changes in the DB. It is advised to create a DB backup before upgrading.
After the post-upgrade script has run, you should not clear Redis / Valkey.
For Docker
Get the official image or checkout the code and build it locally
Stop all containers docker compose down
Start all containers docker compose up -d
For Bare Metal
Ensure you have PHP 8.5 and Node 24 installed
Login as the mbin/kbin user: su mbin
Go to your repo cd /var/www/mbin
Get the new release: git fetch && git checkout v1.11.0
Run the update script: bash bin/post-upgrade
Run exit so we are back at the root user (or put a sudo in front of every command)
Clear your opcache by reloading php fpm systemctl restart php8.5-fpm
Restart the messengers: supervisorctl restart messenger:*