Some bigger instances like lemmy.ml, lemm.ee, lemmy.ca, programming.dev, lemmy.dbzer0.com, aussie.zone, etc have now updated to 0.19, and after an issue was solved leading to 0.19.1, there don’t seem to be further issues.
I have done a trial run at updating Lemmy.nz to 0.19.1, and it went well. Therefore I am planning on updating Lemmy.nz to 0.19.1 starting around 7pm NZDT tonight (when this post is 5 hours old).
The release notes can be read here. There are lots of mostly little changes. I’ll do more of a summary after the update is completed.
Things to know:
- All going well, there will be an outage of approx 30 mins starting at 7pm tonight
- If things don’t go well, there may be a further outage
- Lemmy 0.19 has breaking changes, the key impact of this is that old lemmy apps that haven’t been updated in the last month or two are likely to break as they won’t have had the lemmy changes incorporated.
- Lemmy caches the website - after the update you will most likely have to clear your browser cache to get the new version, otherwise it won’t be able to communicate with the server. The easiest way is to click the browser refresh button while holding SHIFT. On mobile you may be able to do the same by long-pressing the refresh button in the menu.
Any objections, now is the time to speak up!
Any questions, feel free to ask!
Update: It seems there are still serious federation issues! The original github issue has been reopened and some sites are having many issues. So let’s hang tight a bit longer.
aussie.zone and feddit.de still have this issue
https://phiresky.github.io/lemmy-federation-state/site?domain=aussie.zone
https://phiresky.github.io/lemmy-federation-state/site?domain=feddit.de
Also mander.xyz a while ago
Thanks! The more I look into these the more I think we should not push ahead just yet. I won’t do the update tonight, we will wait until those instances have their issues solved.
Yeah I think we should wait for the next release, and see how it goes.
From what I read on other instances, they scheduled to restart Lemmy and DB every few hours as a temporary solution.
Looks like some really nice changes for the user as well as the backend
I’m most excited that looking at a post then hitting the back button won’t now take you back to the first page 😆
Two factor authentication that doesn’t lock you out of your account is a close second.
But yes, all the big stuff is exciting too.
As a lemmy.ca user already on 0.19, the Scaled sort algo is a game changer for finding content from the smaller, quieter communities you’ve subscribed to.
I guess it will be my push to start subscribing to things instead of just browsing Local and All.
Just got a “connection timed out host” server error from about 1:45 p.m. to 3:10 p.m. NZDT Jan. 14 (i.e., just got back online).
Was this also a planned outage?
No, not a planned outage. Our host (the guys behind fediservices.nz) is having issues. It affects us as well as mastodon.nz, pixelfed.nz, etc. They are currently investigating.
Edit: There’s a little info in the matrix chat if you’re in there.
Got it, thanks!
Should all be resolved now, hopefully!
Thanks; have been online for a while now, so OK here!
