hear-me.social was just updated to V4.7.
Q: What differences will you see in this important and large upgrade?
A: None what-so-ever.
Q: Why is this then an important and large upgrade?
A: It brings major "under-the-hood" changes that make the server faster, safer, and more reliable.
Q: How specifically?
A: V4.7 overhauls the security and the way Mastodon connects to other servers across the Fediverse. It adds encryption to protect posts from being tampered with when shared across multiple servers. It future-proofs against quantum computing threats. It cleans up old background code and cleans up database structures to make future server updates smoother and downtime-free. It is meant to get everything ready for V5.
More information is here: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/mastodon-4.7/ and here: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases#release-v4.7.0
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