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- Jun 25, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 25, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 25, 2026
v4.6.2
Mastodon releases a security update that refreshes FFmpeg in its Docker container images to fix critical CVE-2026-8461, with guidance for updating and backup reminders for administrators.
This release is made solely to update FFmpeg in our docker container images to fix CVE-2026-8461 (critical severity). It is critical to update if you use our docker container images.
If you are not using our docker container images, please make sure your system FFmpeg is updated to a fixed version, that is, 8.1.2, 7.1.5, 6.1.6, or 5.1.10.
For the recently released v4.6.1, see 4.6.1 release notes for information.
Changelog
Security
Update FFMpeg version used in the container image to fix CVE-2026-8461 (critical severity)
Upgrade notes
To get the code for v4.6.2, use git fetch && git checkout v4.6.2.
Note
As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump
Dependencies
External dependencies have not changed since v4.6.0.
Ruby: 3.3 or newer
PostgreSQL: 14 or newer
Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
Redis: 7.0 or newer
Node: 22 or newer
libvips: 8.13 or newer
FFMpeg: 5.1 or newer
Update steps
The following instructions are for updating from 4.6.1.
If you are upgrading directly from an earlier release, please carefully read the upgrade notes for the skipped releases as well, as they often require extra steps such as database migrations. In particular, it is very important to read the 4.6.0 release notes.
Restart all Mastodon processes.
Original source - Jun 25, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 25, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 25, 2026
v4.5.13
Mastodon ships a security update that refreshes FFmpeg in its Docker container images to fix critical CVE-2026-8461, with guidance to update system FFmpeg as well and restart Mastodon processes after upgrading.
This release is made solely to update FFmpeg in our docker container images to fix CVE-2026-8461 (critical severity). It is critical to update if you use our docker container images.
If you are not using our docker container images, please make sure your system FFmpeg is updated to a fixed version, that is, 8.1.2, 7.1.5, 6.1.6, or 5.1.10.
For the recently released v4.5.12, see 4.5.12 release notes for information.
Changelog
Security
Update FFMpeg version used in the container image to fix CVE-2026-8461 (critical severity)
Upgrade notes
To get the code for v4.5.13, use git fetch && git checkout v4.5.13.
Note
As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump
Dependencies
External dependencies have not changed since v4.5.0.
Ruby: 3.2 or newer
PostgreSQL: 14 or newer
Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
Redis: 7.0 or newer
Node: 20.19 or newer
libvips (optional, instead of ImageMagick): 8.13 or newer
ImageMagick (optional if using libvips): 6.9.7-7 or newer
Update steps
The following instructions are for updating from 4.5.12.
If you are upgrading directly from an earlier release, please carefully read the upgrade notes for the skipped releases as well, as they often require extra steps such as database migrations. In particular, it is very important to read the 4.5.0 release notes.
Restart all Mastodon processes.
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- Jun 25, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 25, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 25, 2026
v4.4.20
Mastodon releases a security-focused update that refreshes FFmpeg in its Docker container images to fix a critical CVE, with updated upgrade notes for administrators and a reminder to update systems if they are not using the container images.
Note
While we continue to support Mastodon 4.4 and release patches for it, please note that Mastodon 4.5 is available with new features, changes and fixes. We encourage administrators to update to the latest 4.5 version when they can.
This release is made solely to update FFmpeg in our docker container images to fix CVE-2026-8461 (critical severity). It is critical to update if you use our docker container images.
If you are not using our docker container images, please make sure your system FFmpeg is updated to a fixed version, that is, 8.1.2, 7.1.5, 6.1.6, or 5.1.10.
For the recently released v4.4.19, see 4.4.19 release notes for information.
Upgrade overview
This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm:
- ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation
For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section.
Changelog
Security
Update FFMpeg version used in the container image to fix CVE-2026-8461 (critical severity)
Upgrade notes
To get the code for v4.4.20, use
git fetch && git checkout v4.4.20.Note
As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look:
docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dumpDependencies
External dependencies have not changed since v4.4.1:
- Ruby: 3.2 or newer
- PostgreSQL: 13 or newer
- Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
- LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
- Redis: 6.2 or newer
- Node: 20 or newer
- libvips (optional, instead of ImageMagick): 8.13 or newer
- ImageMagick (optional if using libvips): 6.9.7-7 or newer
Update steps
The following instructions are for updating from 4.4.19.
If you are upgrading directly from an earlier release, please carefully read the upgrade notes for the skipped releases as well, as they often require extra steps such as database migrations. In particular, it is very important to read the 4.4.0 release notes.
Restart all Mastodon processes.
Original source - Jun 24, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 24, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 25, 2026
v4.5.12
Mastodon fixes a TLS certificate verification security issue and resolves a web UI bug that prevented media from being unmarked as sensitive when the always-mark setting is enabled.
Upgrade overview
This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm:
ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation
For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section.
Changelog
Security
Fix TLS certificate verification being disabled on setups with LDAP_TLS_NO_VERIFY=true (GHSA-3rhr-8phh-jm86)
Update dependencies
Fixed
Fix being unable to unmark media as sensitive when "always mark media as sensitive" is enabled in web UI (#39339 by @matrix07012)
Upgrade notes
To get the code for v4.5.12, use git fetch && git checkout v4.5.12.
Note
As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump
Dependencies
External dependencies have not changed since v4.5.0.
Ruby: 3.2 or newer
PostgreSQL: 14 or newer
Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
Redis: 7.0 or newer
Node: 20.19 or newer
libvips (optional, instead of ImageMagick): 8.13 or newer
ImageMagick (optional if using libvips): 6.9.7-7 or newer
Update steps
The following instructions are for updating from 4.5.11.
If you are upgrading directly from an earlier release, please carefully read the upgrade notes for the skipped releases as well, as they often require extra steps such as database migrations. In particular, it is very important to read the 4.5.0 release notes.
Non-Docker
TipThe charlock_holmes gem may fail to build on some systems with recent versions of gcc.
If you run into this issue, try BUNDLE_BUILD__CHARLOCK_HOLMES="--with-cxxflags=-std=c++17" bundle install.
Install dependencies with bundle install and yarn install --immutable
Precompile the assets: RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails assets:precompile
Restart all Mastodon processes.
When using Docker
Restart all Mastodon processes.
Original source - Jun 24, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 24, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 25, 2026
v4.4.19
Mastodon adds 4.5 release notes with new features, changes and fixes, while also shipping a 4.4.19 patch that tightens TLS certificate verification and fixes a web UI issue with unmarking sensitive media.
Note
While we continue to support Mastodon 4.4 and release patches for it, please note that Mastodon 4.5 is available with new features, changes and fixes. We encourage administrators to update to the latest 4.5 version when they can.
Upgrade overview
This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm:
ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation
For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section.
Changelog
Security
Fix TLS certificate verification being disabled on setups with LDAP_TLS_NO_VERIFY=true (GHSA-3rhr-8phh-jm86)
Update dependencies
Fixed
Fix being unable to unmark media as sensitive when "always mark media as sensitive" is enabled in web UI (#39339 by @matrix07012)
Upgrade notes
To get the code for v4.4.19, use
git fetch && git checkout v4.4.19.Note
As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look:
docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dumpDependencies
External dependencies have not changed since v4.4.1:
- Ruby: 3.2 or newer
- PostgreSQL: 13 or newer
- Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
- LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
- Redis: 6.2 or newer
- Node: 20 or newer
- libvips (optional, instead of ImageMagick): 8.13 or newer
- ImageMagick (optional if using libvips): 6.9.7-7 or newer
Update steps
The following instructions are for updating from 4.4.17.
If you are upgrading directly from an earlier release, please carefully read the upgrade notes for the skipped releases as well, as they often require extra steps such as database migrations. In particular, it is very important to read the 4.4.0 release notes.
Non-Docker
Tip
The charlock_holmes gem may fail to build on some systems with recent versions of gcc.
If you run into this issue, try
BUNDLE_BUILD__CHARLOCK_HOLMES="--with-cxxflags=-std=c++17" bundle install.Install dependencies with
bundle installandyarn install --immutablePrecompile the assets:
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails assets:precompileRestart all Mastodon processes.
When using Docker
Restart all Mastodon processes.
Original source - Jun 24, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 24, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 24, 2026
v4.6.1
Mastodon ships a 4.6 patch release with new avatar and header description support in the account update API, plus fixes for combobox behavior, emoji database loading, RTL media navigation, LDAP login issues, and other web UI bugs.
This is a patch release for 4.6.
Check out the 4.6.0 release notes for information.
Upgrade overview
This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm:
ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation
For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrade instructions section.
Changelog
Security
Update dependencies
Added
Add avatar_description and header_description to /api/v1/accounts/update_credentials (#39547 and #39574 by @ClearlyClaire and @mkljczk)
This is available starting from Mastodon API version 11 and intended to provide an easier implementation path for clients implementing a similar feature in forks.
The new /api/v1/profile API remains the recommended API for setting avatar and header description as well as other profile values.
Fixed
Fix combobox menu not closing after a selection (#39595 by @diondiondion)
Fix Emoji IndexedDB upgrades when multiple tabs are open (#39576 by @ChaosExAnima)
Fix combobox listbox not scrolling up when new suggestions have loaded (#39588 by @diondiondion)
Fix media modal navigation in RTL languages (#39587 by @diondiondion)
Fix accounts not visible in collection editor in advanced web interface (#39586 by @diondiondion)
Fix error on login with certain LDAP configurations (#39571 by @oneiros)
Fix simplified layout applying to other pages in web UI (#39570 by @Gargron)
Fix emoji database loading in web worker (#39558 and #39562 by @ChaosExAnima)
Fix display name length limit being incorrectly enforced in web UI (#39499 by @shleeable)
Fix advanced UI columns not using mobile styles (#39528 by @diondiondion)
Fix "private mention" post heading overlapping thread line (#39521 and #39554 by @diondiondion)
Fix misattribution of remote featured collections in some cases (#39523, #39525, and #39550 by @oneiros)
Fix custom profile field overflow (#39513 by @diondiondion)
Fix fetching unknown key when it's not the actor's first, and add error handling for unavailable keys (#39512 by @ClearlyClaire)
Upgrade notes
To get the code for v4.6.1, use git fetch && git checkout v4.6.1.
Note
As always, make sure you have backups of the database before performing any upgrades. If you are using docker-compose, this is how a backup command might look: docker exec mastodon_db_1 pg_dump -Fc -U postgres postgres > name_of_the_backup.dump
Dependencies
External dependencies have not changed since v4.6.0.
Ruby: 3.3 or newer
PostgreSQL: 14 or newer
Elasticsearch (recommended, for full-text search): 7.x (OpenSearch should also work)
LibreTranslate (optional, for translations): 1.3.3 or newer
Redis: 7.0 or newer
Node: 22 or newer
libvips: 8.13 or newer
FFMpeg: 5.1 or newer
ImageMagick removal and libvips replacement
ImageMagick has been deprecated since Mastodon 4.4.0 and is now unsupported. If you used MASTODON_USE_LIBVIPS=false, this will be ignored and you will need to install libvips.
Theming system changes
The theming system has changed substantially, changing how light and dark themes work, as well as high-contrast. We also overhauled the whole theme to use design tokens and CSS variables.
Custom themes will most likely require significant changes to work with Mastodon 4.6.0.
If you are a theme author, please see our documentation at https://docs.joinmastodon.org/dev/frontend/theming/ and https://docs.joinmastodon.org/dev/frontend/design-tokens/
Email subscription feature and additional costs
Mastodon 4.6 introduces a new feature that lets users turn their public posts into mailing lists. This can result in an increased amount of sent emails and thus increased costs.
This feature needs to be enabled by a Mastodon user with administrator privileges, then opted-in by individual users.
In situations where the Mastodon administrators and the people hosting the server are not the same people, such as providers that offer Mastodon as a service, the system administrators may want to disable this feature. This can be done by setting the DISABLE_EMAIL_SUBSCRIPTIONS environment variable to true.
Update steps
The following instructions are for updating from 4.6.0.
If you are upgrading directly from an earlier release, please carefully read the upgrade notes for the skipped releases as well, as they often require extra steps such as database migrations. In particular, it is very important to read the 4.6.0 release notes.
Non-Docker
Tip
The charlock_holmes gem may fail to build on some systems with recent versions of gcc.
If you run into this issue, try BUNDLE_BUILD__CHARLOCK_HOLMES="--with-cxxflags=-std=c++17" bundle install.
Install dependencies with bundle install and yarn install --immutable
Precompile the assets: RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails assets:precompile
Restart all Mastodon processes.
When using Docker
Restart all Mastodon processes.
Original source - Jun 22, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 22, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 23, 2026
Instagram for TV Gets Bigger, With New Ways to Watch Together
Instagram expands Instagram for TV to Samsung Smart TVs in the US and tests new ways to watch together, with channels, Reels casting, Stories, and horizontal video on the big screen.
Today, we’re expanding Instagram for TV to Samsung TVs across the US and testing new features that help people connect around what they’re watching. Whether you’re catching up on your favorite creators, laughing at reels with friends, or discovering something new with family, Instagram for TV makes it easier to enjoy the videos you love on the biggest screen in the home.
Since launching last year, we’ve been learning what makes Instagram feel uniquely at home on TV. As we continue to build, we’re focused on making it easier for people to discover videos together, pick up where they left off, and share the experience with others in the room.
Now Available on Samsung TVs
Starting today, Instagram for TV is available on Samsung Smart TVs in the US, including 2020 model year TVs and newer. Combined with Amazon Fire TV and Google TV, Instagram is now available across the majority of connected TV devices in the US.
Built Around How You Actually Watch
We’ve heard from our community that Instagram for TV is often a shared experience. Friends and family watch together, pass the remote, and swap recommendations in real time. That’s why the features we’re testing today are designed to make discovering, sharing, and enjoying Instagram easier with the people around you.
- Channels organized around your interests. Instead of debating what to watch, channels make it easier to find videos everyone in the room can enjoy together, whether that’s comedy, sports, or your favorite creators.
- Cast Reels from your phone. Found something worth sharing? Send Reels directly from your phone to your TV in just a few taps. Casting is available today on Google TV and Fire TV, including videos from your Saved tab, making it easier to bring your favorite finds to the group.
- Stories on the big screen. Catch up on what friends and creators are sharing without crowding around a phone.
- Horizontal video. You asked, we listened. We’re testing a dedicated home for horizontal videos, giving creators more ways to reach audiences and making it easier to enjoy content designed for the TV screen.
Exploring New Formats for the Living Room
Watching on TV is different from watching on a phone. As we continue to learn from our community, we’re exploring more formats built for the living room and aim to start rolling them out soon.
Here are some of the formats we’re exploring:
- Longer-form creator content that enables creators to tell deeper stories and build stronger connections with their audiences through longer-form video on TV.
- Episodic series that unfold across multiple episodes, building on viewing behaviors we’ve already seen on Instagram mobile app.
- Live on TV, which brings live creator experiences to the big screen and creates new opportunities for people to watch and participate together in real time.
Building With Creators
Creators are helping shape the future of Instagram for TV. As we explore longer-form, episodic, and live formats, we’re working closely with creators to understand what works best on TV and how these experiences can complement the ways people already use Instagram.
Instagram for TV has evolved significantly since we first began testing, but we’re still in the early stages of understanding what social video looks like on TV. We’ll continue learning from our community and building new ways for people to connect around the content they love.
Original source - Jun 22, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 22, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 23, 2026
Instagram for TV Gets Bigger, With New Ways to Watch Together
Instagram expands Instagram for TV to Samsung Smart TVs in the US and tests new ways to watch together, including interest-based channels, Cast Reels from phone to TV, Stories on the big screen, and a dedicated home for horizontal video.
Takeaways
- Today, we're expanding Instagram for TV to Samsung TVs across the US and testing new features that help people connect around what they're watching. Whether you're catching up on your favorite creators, laughing at reels with friends, or discovering something new with family, Instagram for TV makes it easier to enjoy the videos you love on the biggest screen in the home.
- Since launching last year, we've been learning what makes Instagram feel uniquely at home on TV. As we continue to build, we're focused on making it easier for people to discover videos together, pick up where they left off, and share the experience with others in the room.
Now Available on Samsung TVs
Starting today, Instagram for TV is available on Samsung Smart TVs in the US (2020 models and newer). With Amazon Fire TV and Google TV, Instagram now reaches the majority of connected TV devices in the US.
Built Around How People Actually Watch
We've heard from our community that Instagram for TV is often a shared experience. Friends and family watch together, pass the remote, and swap recommendations in real time. That's why the features we're testing today are designed to make discovering, sharing, and enjoying Instagram easier with the people around you.
- Channels organized around your interests. Instead of debating what to watch, channels make it easier to find videos everyone in the room can enjoy together, whether that's comedy, sports, or your favorite creators.
- Cast Reels from your phone Found something worth sharing? Send Reels directly from your phone to your TV in just a few taps. Casting is available today on Google TV and Fire TV, including videos from your Saved tab, making it easier to bring your favorite finds to the group.
- Stories on the big screen. Catch up on what friends and creators are sharing without crowding around a phone.
- Horizontal video. You asked, we listened. We're testing a dedicated home for horizontal videos, giving creators more ways to reach audiences and making it easier to enjoy content designed for the TV screen.
Exploring New Formats for the Living Room
Watching on TV is different from watching on a phone. As we continue to learn from our community, we're exploring more formats built for the living room and hope to start rolling them out soon.
- Longer-form creator content. We're exploring ways for creators to tell deeper stories and build stronger connections with their audiences through longer-form video on TV.
- Episodic series. We're exploring content that unfolds across multiple episodes, building on viewing behaviors we've already seen on Instagram mobile app.
- Live on TV. We're exploring ways to bring live creator experiences to the big screen and create new opportunities for people to watch and participate together in real time.
Building With Creators
Creators are helping shape the future of Instagram for TV. As we explore longer-form, episodic, and live formats, we're working closely with creators to understand what works best on TV and how these experiences can complement the ways people already use Instagram.
Instagram for TV has evolved significantly since we first began testing, but we're still in the early stages of understanding what social video looks like on TV. We'll continue learning from our community and building new ways for people to connect around the content they love.
Original source - June 2026
- No date parsed from source.
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 18, 2026
Mastodon 4.6
Mastodon releases 4.6 with Collections for curated profile sharing, a refreshed profile editing experience, new newsletter subscriptions for anonymous email followers, a more tailored landing page option, and broad accessibility improvements.
After many months of design, development, gathering feedback, and testing, today we’re releasing a big update with Mastodon 4.6. The headliner of this release is Collections, a way to create and share curated collections of profiles. Part of Mastodon’s work ethos is our commitment to trust and safety, so we’ve put a lot of thought and care into the design of this feature to avoid some of the pitfalls and abuse people have experienced with similar features on other platforms, while focusing on its primary goal: Helping new users discover more of the Fediverse.
Collections
The quality that sets our Collections feature apart is that you can control which collections your profile appears in. If you aren’t opted in to our “Feature me in discovery experiences” preference, you cannot be included in collections at all. If you are opted in, you will be notified every time you’re added to a collection, and can always—at any time—remove yourself from a given collection. We’ve also limited the number of profiles that can be included in a single collection to 25, and decided not to offer a “follow all” shortcut. We might tune the exact number in the future, but the idea is that high volume makes collections harder to overview and therefore easier to use for spam (by e.g. sneaking in some profiles used for spam among a sea of legitimate ones).
Once you have created a collection, you can send the link to your friend or share it anywhere on the web, including Mastodon itself. Your collections will also be available on your own Mastodon profile, under the “Featured” tab. If you update the title or description of your collection later, the profiles that are on it will be notified, so no funny business! For now, finding collections is very manual, primarily through word of mouth. In the future, we are planning to introduce some ways to browse and discover popular collections.
Profiles
After doing a survey to understand what information about other users our community values the most, we’ve updated the look of profiles on Mastodon to make them more ergonomic (and a little prettier!). Whether you like browsing a profile’s original posts only, or want to see everything they boost and reply to, it now takes fewer clicks to get to that information, and your preference applies on every profile you view. Featured hashtags are now also way more prominent and easier to access.
Perhaps even more importantly, we’ve reworked the entire editing experience for your profile. Instead of navigating away into the settings area just to update your profile picture, everything is available right from your profile by switching it into editing mode. Now you can crop your profile picture and header right there, instead of having to do it by hand before uploading. We’re also making it possible to add alt text for profile pictures and headers now, making your profile more accessible for blind and visually impaired users.
With the new profile editing experience comes a few brand new options for customising your profile. You can now control whether a “Media” tab shows at all, and if so, whether it should include media attachments from your replies to other people or not. This way, if you want to use it as a portfolio while hiding the GIFs and memes you use to respond to others, you can. You can also control if the “Featured” tab, which displays your collections and featured profiles, should show up or not.
Newsletters
This feature is primarily for our institutional users, though we expect that journalists, bloggers, and other creators who run their own server might find it useful too: You can now opt-in to allow anonymous visitors to subscribe to your posts via e-mail, so even people who don’t have a Mastodon or Fediverse account and don’t wish to get one can keep up to date with you—given that you have an assigned role with the respective permission and the feature has been enabled on the server. We chose not to make this available for everyone by default as sending e-mail newsletters can significantly rack up the costs of operating a Mastodon server. You can discuss with your server administrator if you want to use this feature.
New landing page variant
If you are looking at the Mastodon server of the European Commission or the German government, the “Trending” tab may not be the most suitable place to start. For this reason, we’re introducing a setting for a new type of landing page that highlights the description of the server and the most recent updates from local profiles, as well as a simplified interface that keeps you from wandering off.
#Wrapstodon
You might remember for the past two years we’ve been offering your year in review on mastodon.social around the month of December. This is a feature we’ve been polishing and optimizing and it’s finally officially becoming available to all server administrators. Starting from December 10 each year, Mastodon will offer you an option to generate your year in review report—only if you agree will anything be generated. The offer can just as easily be dismissed. Unlike the original 2024 version of this feature, which required you to manually take a screenshot to share your #Wrapstodon with other people, it can now be shared as a link with anyone on the web. So that’s something to look forward to towards the end of the year!
Accessibility fixes
We’ve already mentioned that you can now add alt text for profile pictures and headers, but that is just one of many countless accessibility improvements in Mastodon 4.6, from keyboard navigation and focus management, improving color contrasts, to various improvements to how screen readers navigate and read out things in the Mastodon interface. We want to thank the Dutch government who sponsored a significant part of this effort.
In conclusion
Mastodon is the result of the work of our (now much larger!) engineering team and community contributors who submit patches, file bug reports, and translate Mastodon into their native languages. From our heart: Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release, either through code, feedback, or by funding our mission.
Delivering handcrafted code that runs on tens of thousands of servers and serves hundreds of thousands of users is not an easy task. We don’t take venture capital, we don’t sell ads, and we don’t sell your data—unlike many other platforms out there. Please support our mission, so that we can continue to make Mastodon better, and work towards an internet that is diverse, fun, and free from corporate control.
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.
Original source - Jun 17, 2026
- Date parsed from source:Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by Releasebot:Jun 23, 2026
Pinterest’s new AI tools for the discovery era: from ads to personalized shopping
Pinterest introduces new AI-powered tools for advertisers and shopping discovery, including Business Assistant, Pinterest MCP, Performance+ creative upgrades and the Ask Pinterest experimental app. The updates expand visual, personalized workflows across ads and discovery.
As AI changes how people search, browse and make decisions, the industry is moving beyond the traditional search-and-click model toward a more conversational and generative web. In this new environment, brands are competing not just for attention, but for recommendation, relevance and action.
Ahead of Cannes Lions, we are introducing new AI-powered tools built for this shift, including Business Assistant, Pinterest Model Context Protocol (MCP) and new Pinterest Performance+ creative capabilities.
We’re also rolling out Ask Pinterest, a limited access app that will allow us to experiment with the next generation of AI-powered shopping experiences and learn quickly from our users.
“The future of discovery won’t be driven by keywords alone. It will be shaped by context, taste, and trusted recommendations,” said Lee Brown, Chief Business Officer, Pinterest. “Pinterest has a unique advantage because people come to our platform to plan, curate and take action on what they want to do next. We’re building AI experiences and infrastructure that tap into those signals in more useful and relevant ways.”
Business Assistant brings AI-powered guidance to advertisers
Pinterest is building AI into advertiser workflows with Business Assistant, an AI collaborator in Ads Manager and mobile, currently in a closed beta in the US. It combines a deep understanding of an advertiser’s business with Pinterest’s platform insights to help advertisers drive the best performance, building on the approach pioneered by Pinterest Assistant.
Like Pinterest, Business Assistant is visual. It doesn’t answer with walls of text, but demonstrates breakout Trends in graphs and shows top Pins to promote. For example, if “clean beauty routine” searches are up 42% one week and an advertiser wants to join in, Business Assistant can represent how user interest grew, alongside real Pins leading the Trend to inspire their ads.
We’ve also brought Business Assistant to mobile, so advertisers get proactive notifications about Trends, performance status and optimization opportunities.
Pinterest MCP: making Pinterest operable in AI-driven workflows
In addition to further integrating AI into the advertiser experience, Pinterest is also embedding AI into partner tools with Pinterest MCP (Model Context Protocol), an AI-native infrastructure that connects Pinterest to the copilots and agentic tools advertisers rely on. As AI transforms marketing, partners need a reliable, standardized integration.
Built on the Model Context Protocol, Pinterest’s offering provides secure access to campaign, analytics and keyword insights. It grounds AI workflows in Pinterest's unique signals including taste, trends and intent, allowing partner copilots to provide platform-specific guidance directly within existing tools.
We are evolving Pinterest MCP alongside alpha partners like PMG, Pacvue, Dentsu, Havas, Innovid by Mediaocean and Omnicom’s Jump450. Their feedback is shaping the protocol across reporting, analysis, campaign planning and execution, directly informing how we expand in the future.
“Pinterest MCP helps us integrate Pinterest directly into the workflows our teams are already building, making it easier to analyze performance, uncover insights and act on opportunities without switching tools,” said Chris Ivey, President of Jump 450. “What makes Pinterest especially compelling is the strength of its intent signals. People come to Pinterest to plan what they want to do next, creating valuable context that helps marketers make smarter decisions.”
Pinterest Performance+ creative: increasing creative variation through new AI models
As AI scales creative variation across platforms, brands need smarter selection models to turn more assets into stronger performance. Pinterest is introducing a new AI model to work with Pinterest Performance+ creative to deliver the right variation at the right moment.
Through dynamic creative selection, the model can evaluate a broader set of creatives and identify the variant most likely to perform for each ad impression. This moves performance optimization from the ad level to the asset level, delivering a more personalized experience for users and better results for advertisers. In testing, the new model increased click volume by 7.5% compared to the previous singular variant model.
Pinterest Performance+ creative and its new AI model are available to advertisers globally.
In addition to a more powerful creative selection model, brands will also have access to new ad review tools and enhanced creative reporting breakouts, giving them greater confidence in how their creative appears and performs on Pinterest.
Ask Pinterest: AI experiments outside the Pinterest app
As consumer behavior around AI search and discovery evolves, we're creating a new space to rapidly test and learn. Rolling out in the US, Ask Pinterest is a new experimental app for exploring more conversational, visual-first and agentic shopping experiences.
Ask Pinterest brings Pinterest’s Taste Graph and the visual discovery experience beyond the core Pinterest app, using Pinterest’s proprietary signals around taste, intent and preferences to power more personalized recommendations and inspiration.
Ask Pinterest is designed for more conversational, complex, multi-step decisions that don’t fit neatly into a single search, like planning a dinner party on a budget, finding a gift that feels truly personal, or furnishing a room over time. The experience helps us explore how AI can better support those richer shopping experiences while retaining context across sessions.
What we learn from Ask Pinterest will help inform future AI-powered experiences across the main app.
Learn more at Cannes Lions
Together, these updates reflect how Pinterest is evolving its platform and infrastructure for a more conversations, personalized and AI-driven era of discovery.
Pinterest will be back at the Pinterest Manifestival at Carlton Beach Club at Cannes Lions 2026. RSVP to attend at PinterestCannes.com.
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