v0.18.0 Release

What's Changed

• Disable pictrs feature in CI to make it faster by @Nutomic in #2698
• Add a ntfy notif on a tag deploy success. by @dessalines in #2701
• Fix data fetching from Peertube (fixes #2689) by @Nutomic in #2703
• Fix docker federation setup by @Nutomic in #2706
• In apub post receive, check posting restricted to mods (ref #2702) by @Nutomic in #2704
• Parse HTML from mastdon and friendica posts for creating titles by @Kradyz in #2709
• Improved error message when attempting to fetch non-local object by @Nutomic in #2717
• Fix post titles being cut off (fixes #2718) by @Nutomic in #2720
• Sort community search by active_monthly by default. by @dessalines in #2728
• Adding a site option to email admins for new reports. by @dessalines in #2730
• Fix writing of removeData in apub context (fixes #2734) by @Nutomic in #2735
• Only let top admin purge. Fixes #2731 by @dessalines in #2732
• Fixing updated form fields. Fixes #2724 by @dessalines in #2725
• Removing checking permissions when editing posts and comments. by @dessalines in #2727
• Organize utils into separate files. Fixes #2295 by @dessalines in #2736
• Combine prod and dev docker setups using build-arg by @dessalines in #2739
• Remove lemmur since its deprecated. by @dessalines in #2742
• Fixing slow joins to post_read, post_saved, and comment_saved . by @dessalines in #2738
• Adding instance software and version. Fixes #2222 by @dessalines in #2733
• Separate comment distinguish by @dessalines in #2740
• Fix case in activitypub context (ref #2734) by @Nutomic in #2743
• Implement separate mod activities for feature, lock post by @Nutomic in #2716
• Proper permission check for comment distinguish by @Nutomic in #2697
• Fixing issue with saving site language. Fixes #2748 by @dessalines in #2749
• Include type information with webfinger responses (fixes #2037) by @Nutomic in #2746
• Add default attribute for webfinger properties (fixes #2756) by @Nutomic in #2759
• Cleaning up person_view sorts by @dessalines in #2760
• Adding a vector indexing check to prevent panics. Fixes #2753 by @dessalines in #2754
• Switch from bb8 to deadpool. Fixes #2765 by @dessalines in #2768
• Ignore undetermined language when calculating post default language by @Nutomic in #2769
• Fixing broken websockets. by @dessalines in #2770
• Dont upsert Instance row every apub fetch by @Nutomic in #2771
• Show deleted and removed posts for profile views. Fixes #2624 by @dessalines in #2729
• Get rid of Safe Views, use serde_skip by @dessalines in #2767
• Adding TOTP / 2FA to lemmy by @dessalines in #2741
• Adding deadpool timeouts. by @dessalines in #2775
• Add Custom Emojis Support by @makotech222 in #2616
• Activitypub crate rewrite by @Nutomic in #2782
• Added identifier to context by @HelgeKrueger in #2791
• Optimize federated language updates to avoid unnecessary db writes by @Nutomic in #2786
• Remove unused dependencies by @Nutomic in #2795
• Add woodpecker ci by @dessalines in #2789
• Fix listing type default value by @Nutomic in #2796
• Use pretty print for federation json responses by @Nutomic in #2801
• Making the chat server an actor. by @dessalines in #2793
• Fix & Optimize CI config by @6543 in #2802
• Adding check to description and body length fields. by @dessalines in #2805
• Leave modded communities on account deletion. Fixes #2560 by @dessalines in #2810
• Temporary fix for hiding deleted posts. #2624 by @dessalines in #2811
• Use official rust image and clean up Dockerfiles by @6543 in #2804
• Separate federated_instances into its own endpoint. Fixes #1931 by @dessalines in #2813
• Add lemmy-bot to README libraries list by @SleeplessOne1917 in #2816
• Make path to local lemmy-ui use correct relative path by @SleeplessOne1917 in #2817
• Adding diesel enums for SortType and ListingType by @dessalines in #2808
• Use Dockerfile.multiarch as Dockerfile by @6543 in #2818
• Adding cross_post fetching to GetPost. Fixes #2127 by @dessalines in #2821
• Remove last Option<Vec.. from API. Fixes #2820 by @dessalines in #2822
• Use older git clone for woodpecker. by @dessalines in #2831
• Add to field in follow activities for better compatibility by @Nutomic in #2829
• Reverting to older non-multi-arch dockerfile. Fixes #2832 by @dessalines in #2833
• Addressing slow profile queries. #2777 by @dessalines in #2830
• Adding typescript generation for API. Fixes #2824 by @dessalines in #2827
• Adding comments to all API related types. Fixes #2846 by @dessalines in #2848
• Upgrade api_test deps by @dessalines in #2850
• Fixing empty req issue. by @dessalines in #2849
• Set attribute deny_unknown_fields for Lemmy config by @Nutomic in #2852
• Make volumes used in docker compose work when running on machines with SELinux enabled by @SleeplessOne1917 in #2853
• Downgrade postgres for CI to 15.2 (fixes #2857) by @Nutomic in #2859
• Prettier check by @dessalines in #2855
• Fix typo that caused error by @SleeplessOne1917 in #2861
• Force enable undetermined language by @Nutomic in #2851
• Optimize fetching of post url metadata by @Nutomic in #2866
• Remove GetCommunityResponse.default_post_language by @Nutomic in #2867
• Remove unnecessary clone() by @phankydn in #2874
• Dont return error in case optional auth is invalid by @Nutomic in #2879
• Remove websocket code by @Nutomic in #2878
• Don't filter comments of posts from blocked community by @phankydn in #2880
• Add CORS support for debug mode. by @dessalines in #2884
• Replace remmel with Mlem. by @dessalines in #2890
• Remove jaeger, opentelemetry from docker-compose by @Nutomic in #2894
• Update to fix nginx proxy config for Docker Installs by @Just-Insane in #2908
• Update humane tech badge to point to new repo by @optikfluffel in #2898
• Filter empty username strings from Mastodon (fixes #2886) by @Nutomic in #2887
• README updates by @mpusch88 in #2913
• Fix All reports not showing. Fixes #2902 by @dessalines in #2903
• Adding taglines to SiteResponse. Fixes #2925 by @dessalines in #2926
• Remove chatserver by @Nutomic in #2919
• Fix handling of follows addressed to single value by @vpzomtrrfrt in #2920
• Set version name for crates.io release by @Nutomic in #2928
• Fix dev setups. by @dessalines in #2944
• update diesel to 2.1.0 and diesel-async to 0.3.0 (issue #2882) by @Carlrs in #2895
• Fall back to String for Comment::path when not using the full feature by @derivator in #2941
• Add db index for post.url column by @Nutomic in #2929
• Activitypub breaking changes for Lemmy 0.18 by @Nutomic in #2705
• Fix translation build error (fixes #2967) by @Nutomic in #2968
• Add lemmyexternalproxy to lemmy in docker-compose.yml by @jason-watkins in #2960
• Add comment depth check by @makotech222 in #2940
• Fix private message e-mail notification subject and body by @smorks in #2963
• make shebangs posix compliant by @CobaltCause in #2974
• Adding hot_rank columns in place of function sorting. by @dessalines in #2952
• allow specifying db uri in config file by @CobaltCause in #2956
• Better issue templates. by @dessalines in #2991
• Fix contributing link by @nschulzke in #3015
• update doku by @CobaltCause in #3003
• use usize::MAX for line wrap length, since lettre does it for us by @smorks in #3034
• Adding Lemmy-Swift-Client to README.md by @fishcharlie in #3026
• Upgrade activitypub-federation to 0.4.1 by @Nutomic in #3039
• Add limit and pagination to feeds by @jschne88 in #2980
• Fix ports used by docker by @pe1uca in #3012
• Docker yaml anchors and docker logs by @pe1uca in #3027
• Update RSS url by @JetpackJackson in #3053
• Align default DB password with documentation by @pproe in #3068
• Fixes #1884 - Support Spoiler Tags by @ninanator in #3018
• don't require SUPERUSER to run migrations by @CobaltCause in #3002
• Fix Issue #3075 by using None for local fields instead of Some(false) by @Neshura87 in #3088
• add issue template yml from lemmy-ui by @RayBB in #3086
• Only create ltree postgres extension in migration if doesn't already exist … by @adisbladis in #3092
• doc: Added pythorhead library in readme by @db0 in #3114
• Link tafkars in readme by @Nutomic in #3087
• Fix unapproved users being able to log in after registration mode set to closed. by @dessalines in #3096
• Handle scheduled task errors by @sunaurus in #3090
• Prevent making an instance private if federation is enabled. by @wyattjsmith1 in #3074
• Update all dependencies by @Nutomic in #3091
• Fix Hidden communities showing in community list by @alexmaras in #3094
• Remove e-mail verification success e-mails by @sunaurus in #3124
• Update README.md by @ch3thanhs in #3137
• Changed github issue template to align logically with the question asked by @ludrol in #3135
• Calculate initial hot_rank and hot_rank_active for posts and comments from other instances by @sunaurus in #3131
• Move connection creation into scheduler. by @dessalines in #3120
• make embedded pict-rs port configurable by @TinfoilSubmarine in #3201
• fix: add CORS origin environment variable by @ayan4m1 in #3191
• Don't check verified email when an admin logs in by @kartikynwa in #3209
• Feature add hours as sorting options backend by @L3v3L in #3161
• Fixing tag deploys. by @dessalines in #3216
• Move cors default to source code by @Nutomic in #3219
• Fix parameter ordering for new_report_subject string by @sunaurus in #3210
• Fixing comment_view unit tests. by @dessalines in #3224
• remove debugging println by @TinfoilSubmarine in #3227
• Adding current domain from settings to CORs. by @dessalines in #3231
• Reduce memory usage of rate limiting by @dullbananas in #3111
• Add test to check reading and listing posts return my_vote by @JPMoresmau in #3215
• Fixing cross_post duplicates. Fixes #3233 by @dessalines in #3234
• Correct error messages if user registers with taken user/email by @Nutomic in #3093
• Speedup cargo check in CI by @Nutomic in #3239
• allow overriding smtp_password with the LEMMY_SMTP_PASSWORD env var by @n3oney in #3154
• Trying to fix version again. by @dessalines in #3246
• Ensure site can only either be a private instance or federated when creating or editing site by @scme0 in #3237
• docs: Add Lemoa to lemmy projects section by @Bnyro in #3247
• Fix /admin/purge routes returning 404 by @kartikynwa in #3244
• logger: Use forwarded instead of peer IP address by @Eskuero in #3223
• docker-compose: Add init to UI by @ShittyKopper in #3248
• Use Rust 1.70 for Docker and CI by @Nutomic in #3265
• Remove translation part from docs links by @Nutomic in #3260
• Fix local communities marked as federated in the database by #3075 by @kartikynwa in #3257
• Update apub library to 0.4.4 by @Nutomic in #3258
• feat: re-added captcha checks by @TKilFree in #3249
• Reversed requirement question logic by @krestenlaust in #3283
• Fixing removed posts showing. Fixes #2875 by @dessalines in #3279
• Revert "feat: re-added captcha checks" by @dessalines in #3288

New Contributors

• @HelgeKrueger made their first contribution in #2791
• @6543 made their first contribution in #2802
• @SleeplessOne1917 made their first contribution in #2816
• @phankydn made their first contribution in #2874
• @Just-Insane made their first contribution in #2908
• @optikfluffel made their first contribution in #2898
• @mpusch88 made their first contribution in #2913
• @Carlrs made their first contribution in #2895
• @derivator made their first contribution in #2941
• @jason-watkins made their first contribution in #2960
• @smorks made their first contribution in #2963
• @CobaltCause made their first contribution in #2974
• @nschulzke made their first contribution in #3015
• @fishcharlie made their first contribution in #3026
• @jschne88 made their first contribution in #2980
• @pe1uca made their first contribution in #3012
• @JetpackJackson made their first contribution in #3053
• @pproe made their first contribution in #3068
• @ninanator made their first contribution in #3018
• @Neshura87 made their first contribution in #3088
• @RayBB made their first contribution in #3086
• @adisbladis made their first contribution in #3092
• @db0 made their first contribution in #3114
• @wyattjsmith1 made their first contribution in #3074
• @alexmaras made their first contribution in #3094
• @ch3thanhs made their first contribution in #3137
• @ludrol made their first contribution in #3135
• @TinfoilSubmarine made their first contribution in #3201
• @ayan4m1 made their first contribution in #3191
• @L3v3L made their first contribution in #3161
• @dullbananas made their first contribution in #3111
• @JPMoresmau made their first contribution in #3215
• @n3oney made their first contribution in #3154
• @scme0 made their first contribution in #3237
• @Bnyro made their first contribution in #3247
• @Eskuero made their first contribution in #3223
• @ShittyKopper made their first contribution in #3248
• @TKilFree made their first contribution in #3249
• @krestenlaust made their first contribution in #3283

Full Changelog: 0.17.1...0.18.0