We had been waiting at 0.18.5 for a while because 0.19 came with some federation bugs (and obviously it would be extremely embarrassing if this instance had issues in that department).

The biggest changes for users are a new scaled sorting method that should prioritize posts from smaller communities (no more Risa dominating the entire feed), the ability for users to block whole instances, and the ability to import/export accounts with other instances (or just back up your account).

Also I’d like to apologize for the downtime; we expected this to be a simple update taking only a few minutes, so I didn’t post an alert in advance, but then were some issues that caused us to go offline for several hours.

Lastly, after the update I found I had to clear my browser cache/cookies in order to log in, similarly, users using apps have been reporting they needed to remove and re-add their accounts. You may find you need to do that too!

EDIT: The app Liftoff has a bug preventing login on any Lemmy instance over v0.19.0

Drunk

EDIT 2: We’ve updated to 0.19.3, mostly just bugfixes in this one.

  • Stampela@startrek.websiteEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    In Voyager I had to “delete” my account from the interface and then add it back again before it worked again. Now in fairness the button shows “log out” while doing so, but still it was an unusual step so probably nice for others to know. :)

  • Wooster@startrek.websiteEnglish
    4·
    10 months ago

    I had a difficult time figuring out how to read the post on the website. Clicking the link itself just gave me an errror. I had to discover what that innocuous “+” was for to expand and read.

    I recommend editing this post’s title to include the TL;DR.

  • 🖖USS-Ethernet@startrek.websiteEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    Ummm yeah, I’m going to need to to submit a change request before all maintenance. The change management board will need to approve it before you can do anything.

    Jk, thanks for all you do. After logging out and back in on sync, I’m back up.

  • OpenStars@startrek.websiteEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    Nice! I have been waiting for this, eagerly anticipating when I can block the entire hexbear instance (I made the mistake of commenting in one of their magazines once and despite how many days ago that was the sheer flood and content of the responses continues to be… let’s just say enlightening in terms of how they choose to exist). So this is fantastic! :-P

  • The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    Hopefully people who browse lemmy via browser are finding a way to read this page. This post was failing to load for me even while logged out for some reason. Luckily I saw it from a mobile app and knew to clear cache/cookies, because otherwise I might have just assumed it was down.

  • Brad Boimler@startrek.websiteEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    Fixed works great now had to do it both for browser and voyager thanks for the update. Also could you post this on Mastodon update page startrek.website would not load this post until i cleared cache would be helpful.

  • ApostleO@startrek.websiteEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Be advised: I am unable to log in using the Android app, Liftoff.

    I first noticed content wouldn’t load. I removed the account, and tried to re-add it. It simply spins its wheels endlessly with no error or connection. I cleared the app data and cache, and now when I try to add the startrek.website instance, it says “Instance not found.”

    I suspect the issue is with their app (looks like they haven’t updated since July), but I thought I’d post here so admins would be aware, and in case any other Liftoff users are having the same issue. I see a lot of comments about Jerboa, so I’ll be trying that app.

    🖖