This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm:
ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation
For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section.
Changelog
Security
update dependencies
Fixed
Fix menu not clickable in Firefox (#35390 and [#35414] by @diondiondion)
Add lang attribute to current composer language in alt text modal (#35412 by @diondiondion)
Fix quote posts styling on notifications page (#35411 by @diondiondion)
Improve a11y of custom select menus in notifications settings (#35403 by @diondiondion)
Fix selected item in poll select menus is unreadable in Firefox (#35402 by @diondiondion)
Update age limit wording (#35387 by @diondiondion)
Fix support for quote verification in implicit status updates (#35384 by @ClearlyClaire)
Improve Dropdown component accessibility (#35373 by @diondiondion)
Fix processing some incoming quotes failing because of missing JSON-LD context (#35354 and [#35380] by @ClearlyClaire)
Make bio hashtags open the local page instead of the remote instance (#35349 by @ChaosExAnima)
Fix styling of external log-in button (#35320 by @ClearlyClaire)
Upgrade notes
To get the code for v4.4.2, use git fetch && git checkout v4.4.2.
[!NOTE]
As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump
Dependencies
External dependencies have not changed since v4.4.1:
Ruby: 3.2 or newer
PostgreSQL: 13 or newer
Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
Redis: 6.2 or newer
Node: 20 or newer
libvips (optional, instead of ImageMagick): 8.13 or newer
ImageMagick (optional if using libvips): 6.9.7-7 or newer
Update steps
The following instructions are for updating from 4.4.1.
If you are upgrading directly from an earlier release, please carefully read the upgrade notes for the skipped releases as well, as they often require extra steps such as database migrations. In particular, it is very important to read the 4.4.0 release notes.
Non-Docker
[!TIP]
The charlock_holmes gem may fail to build on some systems with recent versions of gcc.
If you run into this issue, try BUNDLE_BUILD__CHARLOCK_HOLMES="--with-cxxflags=-std=c++17" bundle install.
Precompile the assets: RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails assets:precompile
Restart all Mastodon processes.
When using Docker
Restart all Mastodon processes.
Source: README.md, updated 2025-07-23
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