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Release build (minor) of NodeBB @ 2026-06-10T13:48:28.761Z

v4.13.0 (2026-06-10)

New Features

• activitypub:
• add core blocklist for domain management (fe482229)
• add filter option to categorization rules for post queue gating (dfb108e9)
• add severity 3 (filter) queuing for blocklisted posts (80f40aeb)
• cross-check received payload against received digest header if present (590ac686)
• upgrade to fa7 (4eec1d76)

Bug Fixes

• closes [#14321] (48831566)
• dont allow installing plugins via plugins.upgrade (d2ceba6a)
• ability to change crosspost prior to accepting as queued crosspost (3d7a4068)
• notification bodyShort on crosspost item (cdf061dd)
• proper queuing of incoming ap content when it is already in a remote category (5dca2408)
• [#14332], don't set picture if it requires reputation (0ea997e6)
• compare mimetype (e8b52591)
• don't allow guests to accept/reject/edit queued guests posts (a481c8a6)
• long room names (7e001aba)
• tx string in room rename modal (316ff580)
• dont set invalid strings into notificationType_ properties (c62bdddd)
• unset crosspostCid if the post does not already have a cid (4e91175a)
• update rules logic so cid is no longer required, assumes -1 (79b4a797)
• when replacing rules, also update filter (4b624abd)
• post queue conditionals (9e0762a5)
• fixed redis broke everything else lol (abe9a332)
• prefer destructure (c065dd77)
• tests (135f7aaf)
• accidental variable scoping by qwen (889f63c0)
• nl2br (f82e6e6b)
• send sourceContent in to addToQueue (97f4c283)
• fix pid double-escape in /world, improper helper call in feed/item.tpl (1a04fc59)
• about me not being parsed correctly on profile page (142b551f)
• wrap user.url in String() sometimes it's an array from AP (64a427fa)
• default cover and pictures (069696db)
• properly enforce maxUserSessions (34adeb9c)
• don't crash if allow/denyList is not array (b4817906)
• missing middlewares on category inbox, gate email lookup behind user session (f9a51b2b)
• translate category data on /world (4d86f316)
• translator escape too (87583bb5)
• escape remoteUrl in account tpl (8805843a)
• fix topic moving privileges (d5a589d2)
• dont allow returning notifications by nid (fb3a9050)
• isUserInRoom bypass in chat api (0af0d97f)
• closes [#14326], link-secondary on skins (b47e065c)
• translate category name in summaries as well (ce79524b)
• more tx fixes (5f0e877e)
• explicitly set as:sensitive to false when federating out as:Article (edc85a91)
• category name in purge modal (0f7d9df9)
• escape translations in /outgoing query params (d21a705a)
• decode HTML entities in picture and cover when mocking AP user (635a59b8)
• add missing changes in category.js (22f055de)
• upsert instead of add (5428abaa)
• merge master (98d6f6cd)
• closes [#14316] (8985e432)
• armenian language string (602d56bb)
• icon width for fa7 (d58ec0a7)
• don't sign outgoing gets if id is 0 (c05179b8)
• use visually-hidden up composer (a902ac36)
• move favicon and og_image below touch icon and maskable image, [#14271] (e55454f5)
• topics: remove crosspost queue entries when topic is deleted (1b678fe1)
• activitypub:
• prevent XSS via intent templates and plugin upgrade bypass (2ba41197)
• reject POST requests without HTTP signature header (c4b9d03b)
• anchor actor/uid passthrough regexes to prevent inbox bypass (6fcc3448)
• coerce filter field from Redis string to boolean in Rules.list (6bfc0bb5)
• separate crosspost queue from add to fix filter regression (d05e4ec1)
• queue crossposts when category is pre-resolved (6d603864)
• correct getOutbox pagination condition and partOf URL (3a0797a8)
• respect severity in isAllowed and update tests (877a929e)
• handle sourceContent for queued AP posts (9e6831fc)
• handle instance list as blocklist or allowlist based on type (822250d7)
• resolve lint errors in blocklists and instances (b88de0b0)
• topic-events: escape user-controlled values in buildAvatar and renderUser (4c4bf76d)
• posts/queue:
• add crosspost type handling for notifications (5fe97688)
• remove unnecessary user data override for crossposts (1d72827d)
• populate crosspost topic, author, and content metadata (5bc47cb1)
• feeds: replace user lockout with per-IP rate limit for RSS token failures (#14329) (bdac7a7d)
• world: encode link to post in stretched-link (cc38c3ea)
• activitypub/notes: use options.queue for auto-categorization filter (3e7cdfd8)
• middleware: remove dead res.locals['ap:blocklist'] assignment (d0d52c6b)
• posts: deduplicate queue items by pid on add (e4b68c10)
• test:
• enable postQueue config for severity 3 filter tests (d44fbc6b)
• clear blocklists before test suite to ensure clean state (cf0777d1)
• categorysearch: focus first list item on arrow down (f42b3d13)
• categories: add rel=canonical link tag to home page (#14322) (2dd294c5)
• admin/federation: filter out remote categories in rules modal (185a3d95)
• chats: mark chat as read when clicking close button (3bcdc908)

Refactors

• dont need decode anymore (91062d31)
• get rid of old function. syntax (98fd0f31)
• min/max validation in user/settings.js (cb1a1dcb)
• notes.assert should call instances.isAllowed on each item prior to posting (a696e103)
• blocklist tests and check/severity info methods (5faa853a)
• notification tests to async/await (2ff3c07b)
• more roomIds checks (68edde62)
• backwards compat. for loadNotifications function (6a98b7e8)
• change href arg validation (58a70e20)
• change href arg validation (d8bb3f40)
• remove dupe code (bafb719e)
• custom reasons (751a1d86)
• custom reasons (1fa3a124)
• translate category names in selector (2a400bc8)
• allow [#5848] (66c9239a)
• tx.escape (c7368f22)
• activitypub:
• remove redundant actor/uid passthrough (abd9e27c)
• consolidate blocklist severity logic into check() (80f4a224)
• activitypub/rules: use upsert to prevent duplicate rules (bb895ff9)

Tests

• fix tests (5abbe512)
• fix only (7a1c2f10)
• update tests (d8fd2aab)
• update test for homePageRoute (657c3eae)
• fix remaining user tests (23fdbe97)
• fix one more test (77ccec29)
• update about me test (0d536e01)
• fix test failures (41084530)
• fix all note tests that were not written well for testing inbox handling of severity 3 blocklist items (0c71c0f2)
• remove check, its in canPin (e4e1dea2)
• fix test maybe (ee4e9e08)
• remove only (7504cd10)
• refactor tests to async/await (8382efb9)
• add nodebb.require to tests (8a16da18)
• remove only (6b13a1e2)
• fix tests, add missing return (16d176b6)
• import deprecated (56be5a5c)
• fix css tests (f893c46d)
• posts: add queue deduplication tests (7f327672)
• activitypub:
• add crosspost-in-queue test with auto-categorization rule (67297b22)
• add instances module tests (591acccd)
• i18n: add validation for language code and dir fields (ff4fb690)