Renaud Chaput
@renchap.oisaur.com
Co-Founder & CTO @notos
Technical Director @Mastodon #mastodev
Technical administrator for mastodon.social & mastodon.online (and oisaur.com :oisaur:) #mastoadmin
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Technical Director @Mastodon #mastodev
Technical administrator for mastodon.social & mastodon.online (and oisaur.com :oisaur:) #mastoadmin
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À gauche, le New York Times. À droite, un ingénieur en aérospatiale qui fait le travail que devrait faire le New York Times.
February 11, 2026 at 7:45 PM
À gauche, le New York Times. À droite, un ingénieur en aérospatiale qui fait le travail que devrait faire le New York Times.
Reposted by Renaud Chaput
Have you wondered what the team was working on in January? Here's our monthly "Trunk & Tidbits" update from the product and development side. Progress on Collections and more, as we work towards the next major release.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/trunk-tidbits-january-2026/
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/trunk-tidbits-january-2026/
Trunk & Tidbits, January 2026
## Intro
Welcome to Mastodon’s monthly product and engineering update, looking back at January 2026.
## Events
We’ve just published a recap of our visit to FOSDEM 2026. We’ve had feedback that some event updates were a bit buried in the Trunk & Tidbits posts; and, that the results and outcomes of our team presence at events could be made more clear. We’ve heard you, and we’ll be posting these sorts of update in standalone format in the future.
## Releases
In the past month, we released the following point versions - these contain bugfixes, and a fix for a security issue, so we strongly recommend that server operators update to a current version.
* 4.5.6
* 4.4.13
* 4.3.19
See the associated release notes at the links above for instructions on upgrading, and remember that these processes sometimes require asset recompilation.
> Note that all versions of Mastodon from the 4.2.x release branch and below are now out of support, and support for version 4.3.x will end on **May 6, 2026**. Read more about end-of-life dates.
## Backend and Web
In January 2026 we reviewed and merged 242 Pull Requests (157 with translation and dependency updates removed) from 16 contributors, 11 of which were from the broader community. Thank you!
Progress towards the next major release of Mastodon continues. Here’s what the team has been working on.
* ui We’ve been creating new accessible & redesigned form components for use in the editing interfaces for Collections and Profiles
* ui Work on the editing UI for the upcoming Collections feature is in progress, so is work on federation of Collections
* ui Continued work on the new Profile design: expect some visible changes in the coming weeks, for users running nightly releases
* performance Fix a performance issue with the status batch delete SQL query — PR #37469 (by ClearlyClaire)
* interface Add new `data-color-scheme` and `data-contract` attributes on `<html>` to let themes easily get the correct color scheme and contrast settings for the user — PR #37477 (by diondiondion)
* backend Shortened caching duration for pending quote post approvals, which should help to reduce the number of times a quote is displayed as pending — PR #37570 (by ClearlyClaire)
* backend Removed support for ImageMagick, which has been deprecated for the last 2 versions. Mastodon now requires `libvips` — PR #37488 (by mjankowski)
* backend Added storage of image descriptions for profile pictures and headers when they come from federation. This does not have any impact in the UI, nor can they be set by Mastodon users for now. — PR #37634 (by ClearlyClaire)
## iOS
We started off the year releasing 2026.01, with a few important improvements:
* Avoid triggering post actions accidentally while scrolling.
* Display Lists in alphabetical order, as on the web.
* Improved hashtag statistics layout for longer translations.
* Avoid publishing the same post twice by accidentally double tapping the publish button.
Most of our iOS work lately has been on the new profile view, which is not yet in released builds.
## Community
We spotted some terminal-based Mastodon apps! Have you tried tooi (below)? There’s also mastui, which is an alternative.
> Post by @ihabunek@mastodon.social
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If you’re looking to make yourself more discoverable, then this tool may help you to find ways to do that, by completing more information in your profile.
If you’re building with the Mastodon API, please let us know so we can share with the community!
## Thank you, and until next time
We believe that it is always important for us to humbly acknowledge the community that supports our work. Thank you - your contributions mean a lot to all of us on the team, and to our mission. We really appreciate your donations.
### Thank you for supporting Mastodon
We develop and maintain the free and open source software that powers the social web. There is no capital behind this — we rely entirely on your support.
Donate to the project View our sponsors
blog.joinmastodon.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Have you wondered what the team was working on in January? Here's our monthly "Trunk & Tidbits" update from the product and development side. Progress on Collections and more, as we work towards the next major release.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/trunk-tidbits-january-2026/
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/trunk-tidbits-january-2026/
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We've just published a blog post about our time at #fosdem this year, in case you missed out - there's plenty to catch up on, from the session recordings.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/fosdem-2026-recap/
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/fosdem-2026-recap/
FOSDEM 2026 Recap
This year, the Mastodon team returned to FOSDEM for the third time. FOSDEM is an annual gathering of open source developers, held in Brussels. We’re excited to report that the Fediverse is feeling vibrant!
FOSDEM has become a central element of EU Open Source Week - a series of events, meetups and workshops that have formed around the conference itself. The range of events makes this trip to Brussels valuable for our team, with opportunities to meet other projects, non-profit organisations, open source foundations, and policymakers.
On Friday evening before FOSDEM, a group of around forty Fediverse supporters, builders and enthusiasts got together for a social meetup. This was the first time that several prominent developers across the ActivityPub ecosystem had met in person, and there was an immediate sense of excitement and anticipation! We enjoyed the chance to meet up with both community members, and also developers working on other ActivityPub-related projects.
FOSDEM itself runs across Saturday and Sunday. The team had a table with handouts that explained the project; a slideshow covering improvements since last year’s event as well as our roadmap; and some pins and stickers for sale. A few lucky visitors were able to pick up a special _limited-edition_ sticker featuring a “My friends are not for sale” tagline. The Plushtodons also made an appearance, for photo opportunities - unfortunately we were not able to transport any for sale, but folks were able to order new friends directly from the online store.
My friends are not for sale stickers - only available at FOSDEM (so far)
Reflecting on our third trip to FOSDEM, we’ve been thinking a lot about how things have developed in only three years:
* in 2024, Mastodon was the first (and so far, remains the only) Fediverse project to get a stand at the event… and there was no specific conference track for Social Web discussions;
* last year, the Social Web track - partly created from the popular demand seen the previous year - was a (packed) half-day affair, with spill over birds of a feather and after hours events;
* this year, the track ran throughout the day on Saturday, with _29 speakers_ from countries worldwide, covering both technical and non-technical topics - _and_ there were additional meetups and sessions outside of that!
Hannah (Community Director) and Andy (Head of Communications) co-presented a session on Mastodon’s mission, governance and community, and they also announced a forthcoming experiment to extend default server recommendations.
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Overall, this year’s Social Web track highlighted the diversity of projects and discussions in the Fediverse ecosystem. It was also a hub of conversation around the need for greater autonomy in technology choices in Europe. It was a very exciting day.
Some speakers at the end of the Social Web track
(thank you to @Sturmsucht for being with us throughout the day and for sharing the photo!)
On Sunday, our Executive Director Felix was part of a discussion about the Fediverse and the EU’s Digital Services Act. Conversations like these provide opportunities to share our mission, and they help to educate policymakers on the values of the Fediverse. Members of the team also took part in other sessions related to the Fediverse; and the others were kept busy with conversations at our table - although, by Sunday, we’d run out of most of the merchandise items we’d taken along…
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At Mastodon, we value everyone across the community - our fellow developers, people who run Fediverse servers, and the people who use Mastodon and other connected applications every day. We were happy to be back in Brussels for FOSDEM, and we hope to return to continue the important conversations that happen there. Thank you to everyone who visited our table, for their interest and kind words about the project. We’re building a better social web for everyone, and we were happy to see you there! If you’re curious about what you missed, have a look at the recordings from the Social Web track.
### Thank you for supporting Mastodon
We develop and maintain the free and open source software that powers the social web. There is no capital behind this — we rely entirely on your support.
Donate to the project View our sponsors
blog.joinmastodon.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
We've just published a blog post about our time at #fosdem this year, in case you missed out - there's plenty to catch up on, from the session recordings.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/fosdem-2026-recap/
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/fosdem-2026-recap/
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Nouveau Rogaton !
À lire sur le blog:
https://www.bouletcorp.com/rogatons/2026/02/09
Ou sur Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUi9cgniNHI/
À lire sur le blog:
https://www.bouletcorp.com/rogatons/2026/02/09
Ou sur Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUi9cgniNHI/
Que Dalle
Bouletcorp: Que Dalle ( 2026-02-09)
www.bouletcorp.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Nouveau Rogaton !
À lire sur le blog:
https://www.bouletcorp.com/rogatons/2026/02/09
Ou sur Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUi9cgniNHI/
À lire sur le blog:
https://www.bouletcorp.com/rogatons/2026/02/09
Ou sur Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUi9cgniNHI/
@troed This is why we announced that servers we recommend will be hand-picked by our team and will need to comply with a list of requirement that we will define.
February 9, 2026 at 5:32 PM
@troed This is why we announced that servers we recommend will be hand-picked by our team and will need to comply with a list of requirement that we will define.
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if you search for my name among that huge pile of documents that now show how everyone wanted to hang out with him, you get several hits. Several PDFs that contain the curl license, for various software products it seems.
I assume this is exactly how I easily get into trouble. Like sometimes […]
I assume this is exactly how I easily get into trouble. Like sometimes […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
February 4, 2026 at 8:31 AM
if you search for my name among that huge pile of documents that now show how everyone wanted to hang out with him, you get several hits. Several PDFs that contain the curl license, for various software products it seems.
I assume this is exactly how I easily get into trouble. Like sometimes […]
I assume this is exactly how I easily get into trouble. Like sometimes […]
Tomorrow I will represent @Mastodon at the EU Tech Stars Summit, organized by the European Greens at the European Parliament.
I will also be part of a panel moderated by MEP @alexandrageese about user choice focused algorithms.
https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/event/eu-tech-stars-summit
I will also be part of a panel moderated by MEP @alexandrageese about user choice focused algorithms.
https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/event/eu-tech-stars-summit
February 4, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Tomorrow I will represent @Mastodon at the EU Tech Stars Summit, organized by the European Greens at the European Parliament.
I will also be part of a panel moderated by MEP @alexandrageese about user choice focused algorithms.
https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/event/eu-tech-stars-summit
I will also be part of a panel moderated by MEP @alexandrageese about user choice focused algorithms.
https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/event/eu-tech-stars-summit
@strypey This is the first time I see this. We have a huge backlog for the server directory requests because nobody was really responsible for it, and no changes have been done to it in a long time. This has nothing to do with this specific instance.
We know it's not good, @haubles and myself […]
We know it's not good, @haubles and myself […]
Original post on oisaur.com
oisaur.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:04 PM
@strypey This is the first time I see this. We have a huge backlog for the server directory requests because nobody was really responsible for it, and no changes have been done to it in a long time. This has nothing to do with this specific instance.
We know it's not good, @haubles and myself […]
We know it's not good, @haubles and myself […]
@leavex I will be there and on the panel about user-choice focused algorithms!
@Mastodon @philipkristians @Gargron
@Mastodon @philipkristians @Gargron
January 29, 2026 at 8:51 PM
@leavex I will be there and on the panel about user-choice focused algorithms!
@Mastodon @philipkristians @Gargron
@Mastodon @philipkristians @Gargron
January 29, 2026 at 10:51 AM
As a big Cosmere fan, I really hope this will go through the end and we will have (at least, looks like there are multiple projects in the work) one nice show from this.
And the fact that he is keeping full creative control over the project bring a lot of confidence that the result, if it is […]
And the fact that he is keeping full creative control over the project bring a lot of confidence that the result, if it is […]
Original post on oisaur.com
oisaur.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:26 PM
As a big Cosmere fan, I really hope this will go through the end and we will have (at least, looks like there are multiple projects in the work) one nice show from this.
And the fact that he is keeping full creative control over the project bring a lot of confidence that the result, if it is […]
And the fact that he is keeping full creative control over the project bring a lot of confidence that the result, if it is […]
@everton137 It may not have been said, but we (Mastodon) are also actively meeting with organisations. Next week we have meetings planned with the EU commission and I will represent Mastodon at a panel in the EU parliament organised by the Greens.
Maybe we need to communicate more about it, but […]
Maybe we need to communicate more about it, but […]
Original post on oisaur.com
oisaur.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:24 PM
@everton137 It may not have been said, but we (Mastodon) are also actively meeting with organisations. Next week we have meetings planned with the EU commission and I will represent Mastodon at a panel in the EU parliament organised by the Greens.
Maybe we need to communicate more about it, but […]
Maybe we need to communicate more about it, but […]
January 25, 2026 at 3:06 PM
@nopatience the problems here are more about Brussels politics, decision process and procurement. If you want an official instance by the EU parliament, similar to the commission instance.
We launched our offering https://joinmastodon.org/hosting) specifically to be able to help those big orgs […]
We launched our offering https://joinmastodon.org/hosting) specifically to be able to help those big orgs […]
Original post on oisaur.com
oisaur.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:19 PM
@nopatience the problems here are more about Brussels politics, decision process and procurement. If you want an official instance by the EU parliament, similar to the commission instance.
We launched our offering https://joinmastodon.org/hosting) specifically to be able to help those big orgs […]
We launched our offering https://joinmastodon.org/hosting) specifically to be able to help those big orgs […]
@nopatience but they can also contact us at hello@joinmastodon.org if they want this to happen and know who we need to talk to at the parliament
January 23, 2026 at 11:28 AM
@nopatience but they can also contact us at hello@joinmastodon.org if they want this to happen and know who we need to talk to at the parliament
@nopatience note that this instance is for the EU commission. There should be a EU parliament instance open to MEPs but we never managed to find someone who could set it up (and we tried!)
January 23, 2026 at 11:26 AM
@nopatience note that this instance is for the EU commission. There should be a EU parliament instance open to MEPs but we never managed to find someone who could set it up (and we tried!)
@stefan occasional reminder that we are very well aware of this and if it’s not implemented it’s because it is incredibly complex and impossible to do right on all aspects due to the federation, and reaching a compromise on how it should work exactly is not easy.
But that’s near the top of the […]
But that’s near the top of the […]
Original post on oisaur.com
oisaur.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:13 PM
@stefan occasional reminder that we are very well aware of this and if it’s not implemented it’s because it is incredibly complex and impossible to do right on all aspects due to the federation, and reaching a compromise on how it should work exactly is not easy.
But that’s near the top of the […]
But that’s near the top of the […]
@stefan note that this is a very early work in progress and not really ready for real usage and will contain bugs / unfinished things. But expect more changes to the profile screen in the coming week!
January 21, 2026 at 7:22 AM
@stefan note that this is a very early work in progress and not really ready for real usage and will contain bugs / unfinished things. But expect more changes to the profile screen in the coming week!
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PMG won the Knickerbocker Award for Best Games Journalism last night at the @nyvgcc.bsky.social!
It feels like we've come such a long way since we first launched this thing nearly eight years ago, but winning a journalism award at an event in NEW YORK CITY still seems totally mad to me.
It feels like we've come such a long way since we first launched this thing nearly eight years ago, but winning a journalism award at an event in NEW YORK CITY still seems totally mad to me.
January 19, 2026 at 9:54 AM
PMG won the Knickerbocker Award for Best Games Journalism last night at the @nyvgcc.bsky.social!
It feels like we've come such a long way since we first launched this thing nearly eight years ago, but winning a journalism award at an event in NEW YORK CITY still seems totally mad to me.
It feels like we've come such a long way since we first launched this thing nearly eight years ago, but winning a journalism award at an event in NEW YORK CITY still seems totally mad to me.
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Yo folks! I've partnered with a legal team who has asked me for assistance. Please share if you can
The US has implemented policies targeting non-citizens working in content moderation through deportations and visa denials. The org I'm working with is pursuing litigation to invalidate these […]
The US has implemented policies targeting non-citizens working in content moderation through deportations and visa denials. The org I'm working with is pursuing litigation to invalidate these […]
Original post on masto.nyc
masto.nyc
January 16, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Yo folks! I've partnered with a legal team who has asked me for assistance. Please share if you can
The US has implemented policies targeting non-citizens working in content moderation through deportations and visa denials. The org I'm working with is pursuing litigation to invalidate these […]
The US has implemented policies targeting non-citizens working in content moderation through deportations and visa denials. The org I'm working with is pursuing litigation to invalidate these […]