[Update - March 3rd 2024 , 21:14 CET]

The update seems to have worked well. The database migration took some time, but after that it looks everything works as far as we tested. Let us know what you think! And if you like our work, check the donations links in the sidebar ;-)

(As you might notice, the new comments are shown YELLOW, that’s not a bug, it’s apparently a new feature in Lemmy…)


Hey everyone,

We wanted to announce that we will be attempting to upgrade Lemmy.World to version 0.19.3 on Sunday. The update will start at 2024-03-03 1900 UTC and should hopefully take no more than 2 hours. In the event there are issues, we will roll back to 0.18.5. In the event of a roll back, any data created by users will be lost, so we’ll try our best to avoid this!

Hopefully downtime should be minimal <3

During the upgrade, please feel free to make yourself at home on our Matrix and Discord chat rooms.

Lemmy.World Pub

Matrix

Please follow Lemmy.World (@[email protected]) - Mastodon for updates.

As usual, status can be tracked by visiting https://dash.lemmy.world and https://status.lemmy.world

Thanks for your patience in waiting for us. Stability is king for us!

-LW Tech Group

  • @ElectroVagrant
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    For those out of the loop, 0.19 brings nice features to Lemmy World like:

    • Unbroken ampersands (&) in titles.
    • Improved 2-factor authentication, which will disable it for those using it, so you’ll want to reenable it after the upgrade. I think in turn this may sign people out, so be sure you still have your login info around, and if things are acting kinda odd, maybe clear your cache.
    • Scaled sorting to help surface less active communities.
    • Instance blocking via user settings, so if there’s an instance you don’t enjoy seeing communities from, you can block them. This does not block all users from said instance.
    • Import/export account settings, which includes your bio & various settings like show/hide bot accounts/NSFW content, default sort settings, etc., subbed communities, saved posts/comments, and blocked users/communities/instances.
    • TheSpookiestUser
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      803 months ago

      Scaled sorting is gonna be huge I think. Really looking forward to that

      • deweydecibel
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        303 months ago

        You can try it out on other instances right now, but really the effect it will have on Lemmy as a whole when applied to its biggest instance is the exciting thing.

      • Bappity
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        32 months ago

        goodbye lemmynsfw, with its’ somehow constant stream of different types of kinks showing up in hot no matter how many communities I block from it 🙈

        • @dylanTheDeveloper
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          32 months ago

          Fuck I actually hate that more than politics. The NSFW filter does not hide titles so your in a public space browsing Lemmy and you get 5 posts in a row of “Big COCK mmm yummy 😋😋😋🤤🤤🤤” in big font

          • Bappity
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            22 months ago

            LMAOO EXACTLY

    • @Syrc
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      193 months ago

      Afaik this should also fix the linking to deleted comments, if anyone else cares.

      • @aeharding
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        133 months ago

        And eating html in code blocks

        And sometimes not resolving Lemmy links

        And many other broken things

      • @ElectroVagrant
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        73 months ago

        I’m not familiar with that one, what was going on with it?

        • @Syrc
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          123 months ago

          Basically you can’t link to a deleted comment, and deleted comments don’t show up at all in threads. There’s also a bug where a comment that has a deleted reply shows as having “(x) more replies” hidden under them, but clicking it just endlessly loads.

          If I’m not mistaken in 0.19.x they show up as “removed comment” and you can actually link to them and/or see eventual replies to them.

    • Lemminary
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      113 months ago

      Unbroken ampersands? I thought it was just me! 🤡

    • Fake4000
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      83 months ago

      Thank you for the points. Sums up the upgrade nicely.

    • @RookiA
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      Just there are new bugs and issues but they can be easily fixex

    • @Astrealix
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      63 months ago

      Unbroken ampersands? hallelujah

    • @raoulraoul
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      43 months ago

      And at the risk of being repetitive, the ‘Prev’ button goes MIA.

      Hey…I use it.

    • Rubén
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      43 months ago

      Users will have to login again or only those using 2-factor authentication? Thanks!

      • Draconic NEO
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        33 months ago

        All users will have to login again, 2FA was completely reset, so people who were locked out are now back in.

  • Obinice
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    1193 months ago

    I just want to tell you both good luck.

    We’re all counting on you.

        • Obinice
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          153 months ago

          The Hitchhiker’s Guide has been comforting me since I first discovered it in a charity shop at the age of 12.

          People are truly strange, it’s not just you, and the universe is more than we know. I found that comforting, and Adams’ humour opened a whole new world to me :-)

  • @Brkdncr
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    743 months ago

    If this doesn’t go well I’ll be pursuing a refund.

    • Ghostalmedia
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      133 months ago

      How exactly does one refund time spent shit posting on the toilet?

    • @hakunawazo
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      83 months ago

      Maybe we could tune the emotion chip a bit.

  • freamon
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    463 months ago

    Hi

    Pls check how much traffic you’re now sending out for every activity - my server is recording that everything from lemmy.world is being 4 times (e.g. 1 Upvote is sent 4 times to every instance that has a subscriber. Those instances will reject 3 of them for being dupes, but it’s still a lot to be sending out).

    lemmy.ca had a problem where they were sending everything 3 times, and it was because they were running 3 containers, and they all had the same index number, so maybe it’s that.

    Thanks.

  • @NocturnalMorning
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    453 months ago

    What am I supposed to do with my free time in the meantime, do you expect me to talk to people in real life??

  • @A_A
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    273 months ago

    In the event of a roll back, any data created by users will be lost, (…)

    You mean to say : “any data created for these few hours” …right ? …Right ?

    • JelloeaterA
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      323 months ago

      YES! During the upgrade window ONLY 😅. Our DR plan is pretty tight, some great DBA’s on staff. (Ex Ruud)

      • @Passerby6497
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        33 months ago

        Thank you for clarifying, I was rather concerned about your processes if a rollback would lose all data hahaha

        • @NightAuthor
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          23 months ago

          lol, was definitely how I read it as well.

    • @[email protected]
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      No, they mean any data created by users.

      User data created outside those few hours? Lost.

      User data on other Lemmy instances? Lost.

      User data on other Fediverse platforms? Also lost.

      User data on non-Fediverse platforms? Believe it or not, lost.

  • @AnAustralianPhotographer
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    It looks like the front hasn’t fallen off.

    Edit: context for those not aware - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM . The front section of a oil tanker fell off and it started leaking crude oil into the ocean off perth and it caught fire.

    The two actors are comedians who (then) regularly did send ups of politicians in the last few minutes broadcast each week on an otherwise serious news show.

    • @laverabe
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      93 months ago

      That’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.

  • @dylanTheDeveloper
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    153 months ago

    Welp goodbye LiftOff. Hope it ends up getting updated in the future

      • Coaster
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        02 months ago

        Sync seems to work. Unless you don’t see this message then perhaps not

        • @gingernate
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          02 months ago

          And sync just got an update. Posting from sync as well

    • SonnyVabitch
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      53 months ago

      Oh so that’s why it’s buggered! Bugger…