v4.3.0

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 (b32b7fc)

New Features

• upgrade script to remote duplicate remote users and categories as per #13352 (5aee2f2)
• add new mixin clamp-fade, and handler for expanding it in category description (decc9cf)
• handle Announce(Update(Note)) as well, #13320 (0447366)
• #13255, proper handling of upvotes shared by group actors (74e32a1)
• send the whole post content in summary as well (5c5fd3d)
• show/hide categories on world page, #13255 (804208b)
• notice on remote categories that have no local followers, #13255 (93a5b35)
• 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 (a487d5f)
• category quick search on world page, theme version updates, #13255 (1790951)
• show tracked/watched remote categories in world page, #13255 (34ab677)
• remote user to category migration should also migrate local user follows into category watches (ac7b7f8)
• allowing manual group assertion via category search input (23b3148)
• remote group actors migrated to categories if they were previous asserted as remote users (d19f692)
• #13255 new topics in remote category addresses remote category, tests, fixes to tests (b8c531d)
• #13255, deliver asserted topics to remote category followers (9c1d5cd)
• #13255, add category name and handle to category search zset (876d1b0)
• integrate remote category pruning into actor pruning logic (9b5855f)
• migration of group-as-user to group-as-category, remote category purging, more tests (4be0f73)
• asserted topics and posts to remote categories will notify and add to unread based on remote category watch state (f483e88)
• also include category in to field when mocking post for federation (f73f727)
• chat allow/deny list, closes #13359 (a5afad2)
• show topic follower counts (#13326) (bf2d4c4)
• federate out as:Article with preview for root-level posts in a topic, instead of as:Note (3c4be77)
• body-parser-2.x test (#13278) (389bc06)
• upgrade commander, get rid of custom color & wrapping code (485562d)
• testing eslint9 (#13266) (6813664)

Bug Fixes

• bump harmony (2bf2e55)
• #13352, also do the webfinger backreference check when calling assertGroup (2572cbf)
• regression that caused non-public content with source.content to fail parsing (e9b3306)
• closes #13360, catch error in buildAccountData middleware (537a742)
• bug where disparate ids all claiming to be the same handle were causing duplicate remote users due to collisions, #13352 (c2a3ef8)
• posts incorrectly excluded from results if result pid is in a remote category (a0a8c46)
• ap helpers.makeSet to handle undefined property values (d020e33)
• add back localCategories to categorySearch when defaultCategories is supplied (d58d586)
• remote bare hash for remote users on prune as well (f02d966)
• missing teasers for remote categories on /world (695312f)
• remove superfluous privilege filter in markAllRead (0fab425)
• reversed image and icon for remote categories, omit fa icon if remote category has icon property set, #13255 (dabcefa)
• closes #13289, id can be null (f1d1d08)
• marking remote category topics as read (4a7111d)
• markAllRead to get tids based on same logic as unread page, instead of marking all recent posts read (b023673)
• key ownership cross-check to also work with remote categories, #13255 (6dee3e5)
• #13255, assert all recipients of the main post when asserting a note, so that remote categories can be discovered (1f04678)
• remote categories should not show up in a user's follow lists (4d1d7c3)
• #13255, remote user-to-category migration should not move shares that are already in an existing cid (3213da1)
• proper handling of actors.qualify response (f2e0ba2)
• missing dep (2cb6d10)
• topics in remote categories showing up in /recent (c4274a3)
• regression that caused resolveInboxes to always return empty, added tests for resolveInboxes (0246c14)
• spread fail, @julianlam (c1b7196)
• filter out non-asserted targets when sending ap messages, diff. getter method when passed-in ID is a remote category (309deb0)
• tag whitelist check socket call for remote categories (c5901e0)
• migrate topics as system user instead of uid 0 (ee34396)
• do not send out ap (undo:)follow if local user or category is (not)already following (c6f2c87)
• allow category controller to respond also by remote category id (0b333fb)
• #13255, update category search logic to allow for remote categories (6e23de4)
• delete shares zset on account deletion (7ccd6b7)
• persona tooltip so it doesn't appear when dropdowns are open (ea9f790)
• lang keys (4277765)
• closes #13353, don't use index for finding plugin data (ed92ffa)
• regression on search query that is a url, via 3526c93 (4125219)
• closes #13313, add error:post-deleted (b49a458)
• upgrade script (52ca086)
• tag urls getting double escaped (#13306) (3526c93)
• notifications.markAllRead (bf243e0)
• posts.uploads.usage since paths changed (c41c7e8)
• req.body can be undefined (cd70e6c)
• closes #13298, catch exceptions in webfinger and nodeinfo (bbfd644)
• closes #13205, make parent post font-size small until expanded (ef98f8f)
• closes #13275, set 'announces' after adding to zset to prevent race condition (2c59007)
• use slug instead of groupname in acp for groups (d9f3320)
• do not await the batch call to sendMessage (aa4f23b)
• commenting out outward federation of Add activity, pending forumwg discussion (4b22f29)
• on user deletion during assertion (due to 410), if delete fails, just run ap post-deletion to clean up (4bbe27d)
• race condition in test (807a8c6)

Refactors

• use promise.all (7466138)
• categories.sortTidsBySet to not take cid, retrieve from tids themselves (bfc7daf)
• allow topics to be asserted directly into a remote category, or -1 otherwise (0fa9823)
• ability to browse to remote categories, group actor assertion logic, etc. -- no logic to assign topics to remote categories yet (1f40995)
• remove datepicker (be7959e)
• add sping/ping into openapi (8ffbc35)
• moved these rules to nodebb-config (e184c91)
• switch eslint configs to esm (92d6e02)
• move topic/post menu lists to core (9f93cc9)
• show topic tools if plugins add them (87aacc8)
• remove reply icons (b73fb67)
• remove debug log (021b3af)
• break long line (c93dc58)
• only write to db on runJobs processes (a6839b6)
• use bulk increment (667367a)
• remove spammy error log (9637abc)

Reverts

• use of vanity domains, needs rethinking. Originally added in 709a02d (55c8996)

Tests

• article for new topic, note for replies (3e508d6)
• missing clear ap send cache (512f889)
• additional test for ensuring handle:uid is continually set even after re-assertion (39fc9ba)
• additional test for remote category topic assertion when ignoring category (c2f77ce)
• #13255, reply to topic in remote category addresses remote category (85e7c1a)
• remote user pruning tests (53dc79a)
• introduce overrides into person and group mocks (4f74815)
• have ap helper mocks for person and group auto-save to ap cache (80069a1)
• add failing tests for actor/group assertion via wrong method, remote user to category migration (afc4764)
• add tests for topics slotting into remote categories if addressed (804052f)
• group actor assertion tests (ca9a5b6)
• shorter test (e0235a1)
• eslint for tests (f864a5a)
• fix tests (321defb)
• fix test expecting Note when it is now Article (5d94f2c)