Fedify 0.9.0

Released on June 2, 2024.

• Added Tombstone class to Activity Vocabulary API.

• Added Hashtag class to Activity Vocabulary API. [#48]

• Added Emoji class to Activity Vocabulary API. [#48]

• Added an actor handle normalization function.

  • Added normalizeActorHandle() function.
  • Added NormalizeActorHandleOptions interface.
  • The getActorHandle() function now guarantees that the returned actor handle is normalized.
  • Added the second optional parameter to getActorHandle() function.
  • The return type of getActorHandle() function became Promise<`@${string}@${string}` | `${string}@${string}`> (was Promise<`@${string}@${string}`>).

• Added excludeBaseUris option to Context.sendActivity() and Federation.sendActivity() methods.

  • Added SendActivityOptions.excludeBaseUris property.
  • Added ExtractInboxesParameters.excludeBaseUris property.

• The Context now can parse URIs of objects, inboxes, and collections as well as actors.

  • Added Context.parseUri() method.
  • Added ParseUriResult type.
  • Deprecated Context.getHandleFromActorUri() method.

• The time window for signature verification is now configurable. [#52]

  • The default time window for signature verification is now a minute (was 30 seconds).
  • Added signatureTimeWindow option to FederationParameters interface.
  • Added VerifyOptions interface.
  • The signature of the verify() function is revamped; it now optionally takes a VerifyOptions object as the second parameter.

• Renamed the @fedify/fedify/httpsig module to @fedify/fedify/sig, and also:

  • Deprecated sign() function. Use signRequest() instead.
  • Deprecated verify() function. Use verifyRequest() instead.
  • Deprecated VerifyOptions interface. Use VerifyRequestOptions instead.

• When signing an HTTP request, the algorithm parameter is now added to the Signature header. This change improves the compatibility with Misskey and other implementations that require the algorithm parameter.

• Added more log messages using the LogTape library. Currently the below logger categories are used:

  • ["fedify", "federation", "actor"]
  • ["fedify", "federation", "http"]
  • ["fedify", "sig", "http"]
  • ["fedify", "sig", "key"]
  • ["fedify", "sig", "owner"]