Wandering Adventure Party

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.

Release v4.5.0-beta.1 · mastodon/mastodon

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GitHub (github.com)

#mastoadmin

Our monthly #TrunkAndTidbits engineering update is out!

In September we polished the quote post feature, improved many bits of the UI and worked on some deeper technical changes to unlock future features. Read more on our blog to see what the team has been working on

Trunk & Tidbits, September 2025

News about what the Mastodon team worked on in September. Quote posts initial release, preparing version 4.5, new Android and iOS releases, and more.

Mastodon Blog (blog.joinmastodon.org)

#mastodev

We just shared our monthly engineering update from May - some big under-the-covers updates as we got ready to ship the first beta of Mastodon 4.4. Plus, a selection of links to cool projects from our community members. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/06/trunk-tidbits-may-2025/