Release build (minor) of NodeBB @ 2025-11-26T16:59:42.911Z

v4.7.0 (2025-11-26)

New Features

• federate out undo(announce) when moving topics (832477f8)
• native image appending for remote private notes (822f4edc)
• add isNumber to client-side helpers (172aabcb)
• handle Move(Context) activity (8ca52c7e)
• update Remove(Context) to use target instead of origin, federate out Move(Context) on topic move between local cids (d02e188a)
• context removal logic (aka moving topics to uncategorized, and federating this to other NodeBBs) (34e95e6d)
• add new setting to control posts uploads being shown as thumbs (97e59fbe)
• handle Delete(Context) as a move to cid -1 if the remote context still exists (f98a7216)
• handle incoming Announce(Delete), closes #13712 (4d5005b9)
• execute 1b12 rebroadcast logic on all tids even if not posted to a local cid (9583f0d4)
• auto-enable link-preview plugin on new installations (b153941c)
• bundle link-preview plugin (e7bdf6bc)
• federate topic deletion on topic deletion as well as purge (4d24309a)
• federate Delete on post delete as well as purge, topic deletion federates Announce(Delete(Object)) (93b6cb59)

Bug Fixes

• null check on attachments property in assertPrivate (9d83a3d0)
• update announce and undo(announce) so that their IDs don't use timestamps (24e17683)
• incorrect topic event added when topic moved out of cid -1 (used to be a share by the user; since removed.) (2b733e4a)
• #13654, improper OrderedCollectionPage ID (aa7e078f)
• IS logic when body.height < window.height (bdb45248)
• update markdown and web-push to latest versions (c51b7b65)
• bump mentions to 4.8.2 (2ce691cb)
• rename activitypub.out.announce.category, federate out Delete on topic move to cid -1 (9bb8a955)
• bump harmony and persona for #13756 (c616e657)
• renderOverride to not clobber url if already set in template data (2066727f)
• bump themes for cross-post support, #13396 (9d3e8179)
• add replies in parallel during note assertion (4858abe1)
• logic error in context generation (748cc5ee)
• relax toPid assertion checks so that it only checks that it is a number or uri (30b1212a)
• update logic so that purging a post does not remove toPid fields from children, updated addParentPosts so that post existence is checked (f6219d00)
• update category mock to save full handle (524df6e5)
• logic error in out.remove.context (ab9154aa)
• cross-check remove(context) target prop against cid (194cedb4)
• update logic re: federating out topic moves (4f2f872b)
• bad var (22868d3f)
• call api.topics method on topic move during note assertion, have category announce new topic on note assertion (3df4970c)
• do not include image or icon props if they are falsy values (603068ae)
• rebroadcasting logic should only execute for local tids if the remote cid is not addressed already (1d529473)
• move Announce(Delete) out of topics.move and into topics API method (fadac616)
• do not include actor from reflected activity when rebroadcasting remote cid (3fa74d4c)
• broken category urls in to, cc (d4695f10)
• update getPrivateKey to send application actor key when cid 0 (a45f6f9c)
• update targets in 1b12 rebroadcast when cid is remote (58a9e1c4)
• update 1b12 rebroadcast logic to send as application actor if post is in remote cid (79d08853)
• regression caused by d3b3720915f5846e8f5a8e0bee9c17b3ff233902 (af5efbd7)
• crash in tests (6c210068)
• add attachments to retrieved post data onNewPost (07bed55e)

Other Changes

• //github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/13713 (2425f3b6)

Refactors

• deleteOrRestore internal method to federate out a Delete on delete, not just purge; better adheres to FEP 4f05 (e6911be3)
• get rid of post.exists check, if post doesnt exist content is falsy (17944037)
• move all methods in src/api/activitypub.js to src/activitypub.out.js (3ede64d8)
• user announces no longer occur on topic move. Instead, the new category announces. Only occurs when topic moved to local categories. (e09bb8b6)
• inbox announce(delete) handling to also handle context deletion, #13712 (2b2028e4)
• move post attachment handling directly into posts.create (d3b37209)

Reverts

• remove federatedDescription category field, closes #13757 (ed83bc5b)

Tests

• update test for toPid logic to reflect that toPid stays even if parent is purged (98a1101d)