release: API Version 0.5.3

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Testing Server: https://staging.revolt.chat

Note: existing attachments will not display since you can't hook into two file servers at once. Uploads do still work though as I've allocated temporary storage for this.

Stages

• [x] Development
• [x] Code Review
• [x] Testing / Merge
• [x] ➡ Production (scheduled for release 18:00 UTC 7th May 2022)
• [x] Revert https://github.com/revoltchat/.github/commit/c163ddde48057b8d83613fab49fc82ac65d58460

To Do

Getting close to being able to release bonfire / quark:

• [x] Make bonfire public
• [x] Make quark public

Issues to fix:

• [x] Reset settings on logout
• [x] Creating a server does not create subscription and appears to kick us offline
• [x] Issues with joining invites directly (potentially through embed too)
• [x] "file too large" prevents app usage

Things that need to be done before release:

• [x] Re-add rate limiting
• [x] Re implement task queues; https://github.com/revoltchat/delta/tree/master/src/task_queue
• [x] Load testing for bonfire
• [x] Make sure bonfire has no performance regressions
• [x] Update documentation regarding architecture
• [x] Update documentation regarding ratelimits
• [x] Write documentation for new permissions system
• [x] Fix datetime type in database
• [x] Move tasks to quark from delta
• [x] Add join / leave / ban / kick messages
• [x] Allow empty content if embed specified
• [x] Change { content: string | SysMessage } -> { content?: string, system?: SysMessage } on messages.
• [x] Write db migration for above.
• [x] https://github.com/revoltchat/revite/issues/578#
• [x] https://github.com/revoltchat/revolt.js/issues/50

IMPORTANT FOR DEPLOYMENT:

• [x] Trust CF-Incoming-IP in ratelimiter.

Unsure:

• [x] Write db migration for permissions (just send message)

Code Review

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Code Review

• https://github.com/revoltchat/delta/pull/135
• https://github.com/revoltchat/bonfire/issues/1
• https://github.com/revoltchat/quark/issues/16
• https://github.com/revoltchat/revite/pull/582

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Testing Stage

• [x] https://github.com/revoltchat/delta/pull/135
• [x] https://github.com/revoltchat/revite/pull/582

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Issues to resolve

• [x] https://github.com/revoltchat/bonfire/issues/4
• [x] https://github.com/revoltchat/quark/issues/22
• [x] https://github.com/revoltchat/revolt.js/issues/29
• [x] https://github.com/revoltchat/revite/issues/595
• [x] https://github.com/revoltchat/revite/issues/594
• [x] https://github.com/revoltchat/delta/issues/153
• [x] https://github.com/revoltchat/delta/issues/152

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Production Release

Scheduled for 18:00 UTC (19:00 BST) 7th May 2022.

Finish estimated by 19:00 UTC (20:00 BST).

Timeline: (local time)

• 10:42: notice being pushed out to users
• 18:56: running full database backup
• 19:00: instance went offline
• 19:02: rescaling server specs
• 19:03: rescaled, thank you Hetzner very cool and fast
• 19:04: building new client on server
• 19:11: updated client, moving on to updating compose files
• 19:15: starting database migration
• 19:17: migrations complete, attempting to up the service again
• 19:23: we are online
• 19:36: staging server has gone offline

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Additional Features

Stuff being built before release:

• [x] Privileged user flags
• [x] Bulk message delete route
• [x] Allow users to message bots and vice-versa
• [x] Bot flags (verified) [added to api]
• [x] Configure new badge
• [x] Add bridge badge for AutoMod
• [x] fix: prevent users adding bots as friends
• [x] fix: re-restrict routes from bots