Hello all,

Once again, more news. Running a Lemmy instance is a game of whack-a-mole; this is absolutely nuts. We recently updated to 0.18.0, which does not have support for CAPTCHAs. Unfortunately, that means we will have to temporarily enable registration applications until the next update arrives. This does not stop anyone from creating new accounts, but it gives us admins a better chance to ensure that real people are behind the account creation.

We’re also currently experiencing issues with our image submission, which is leaving us in a bit of an awkward position for some of our art-heavy communities. Image uploading seems to work with images under a megabyte or so, but large image uploads are currently returning an error. We’re having significantly worse issues with image uploads now. I’m working on a fix, but you probably won’t be able to add a profile picture or banner until this is resolved. I’ve contacted someone who has dealt with this problem on another instance, and I’ve also created a new issue thread on GitHub to hopefully get this sorted out. If you’re interested in uploading art here, you will probably have to reduce the resolution or use another image host like ImgBB or Imgur and paste a direct link into the URL field. Hopefully, we will get this sorted out by the end of the week or sooner if possible.

That’s all for now. On the bright side, I recently fixed major issues with our DB resource allocation, and our SMTP relay for email-based password resets has been operational for some time. We’re definitely trying to stay on top of things, but there’s always something to worry about.

Take care,

EuphoricPenguin22