Hello everyone!

The 0.19.0 update for Lemmy has just been released, we’ll be going ahead with updating the instance at 8PM EST, which is about 9 hours and 30 minutes from the time of this post.

0.19.0 includes some pretty nice features, such as account data (profile settings/details, subscriptions, block lists, not posts/comments) importing/exporting which is great for migrating to and from other instances, or just keeping an occasional backup of your own settings, as well as user-based instance blocking (blocks communities from a specific instance on a user level, does not block comments/posts from users on said instances), and the new “Scaled” sort type (which is like “Hot” but accounts for smaller communities and gives them a boost).

Do note, that 0.19.0 has a few breaking API changes from the previous releases which can impact third-party clients. Most applications / alternative front-ends have already been updated to account for this, but there are probably still some around that do not.

The database migrations contained in the update appear to be on the lighter side, so the update process is expected to take less than 30 minutes, but we’ll have a message on our status page indicating the progress along with any updates should things go south.

Thanks!

- The BitForged Team

Edit: Update has completed, and finished smoothly!