Features

• Inbox items are now marked read when visited
• Added more actions to the interaction bar editor
• Updated French localization

Bug Fixes

• Silenced timeout error popups
• Fixed subscription list navigation in windowed mode on iPad
• When saving an image with no file extension, Mlem now infers a file extension from the image data
• Fixed search bars in sheets being unusable on iOS 27
• Fixed syntax-highlighted code appearing dimmed when app moves to background
• Fixed haptics being delayed for some actions
• The ellipsis menu for tile posts now uses the new customizable action system
• Communities in the subscription list now respect the customizable swipe action settings
• Improved mod mail loading time

Features

• You can now translate comments! In the context menu, tap "more" and then "translate".
• You can now log in to canvas.fediverse.events using Mlem
• Added an "Open in Mlem" action when sharing a link from another app
• Improved PieFed support:
  • Polls
  • New comments count
  • Filter comment search by instance
  • "Controversial" comment sort
  • Enable/disable notifications for individual posts and comments
  • Instance block list
  • Modlog. Comments in the PieFed modlog appear empty - this is an issue on the PieFed backend: https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi/issues/1795
  • Added support for navigating to PieFed .../post/<id>/comment/<id> comment links
• New customization options:
  • Image Viewer controls (Settings -> Media & Links -> Image Viewer)
  • Context menus for users, posts, communities, and instances. Tap "more..." in a context menu and then "customize" at the bottom of the sheet that opens.
  • Swipe actions for users, communities, and instances (Settings → Users/Instances/Communities → Swipe Actions)
  • Error toast timeout (Settings → Advanced → Developer)
  • More options for post/comment swipe actions
  • Added "Taller collapsed comments" setting (Settings → Comments)
• Quality of life:
  • Made it easier to swipe back to the previous page without accidentally triggering a swipe action instead
  • A toast is now shown when "hide read" is toggled
  • A warning is now shown if you refresh the feed twice in quick succession with "hide read" on
  • A warning is now shown when opening an instance running an unsupported version
  • Image blur state now persists between feed, post, and reply sheet
  • Community and user descriptions now have link footers
• Look and feel:
  • The title of the votes list is now much smaller
  • Community name is now shown in the navigation bar of the expanded post view
  • Compact comments now use a static set of readouts, the same as compact posts
  • Collapsed comments now indicate vote/save status
• Organized settings:
  • Moved "Show Account Age" from "General" to "Users" settings
  • Moved avatar settings from General to Media & Links
  • Combined "Advanced" and "Developer" settings
  • Renamed "divider" setting for "mod mail action grouping" setting to "combined"
  • Renamed "tappable links" to "tap-friendly links"
  • Simplified the "Notification Badge" setting, in preparation for supporting Lemmy 1.0
• Images can now be uploaded directly from the private message editor
• You can now "select text" from community and user descriptions
• The Instance search now includes much smaller instances
• The available sort types in "Search" now match what your instance supports
• Added a "Details" action to posts, which shows all the information returned by the API for that post

Bug Fixes

• Blocking a community now properly hides the community from feed
• Fix missing "edit" and "block community" actions for posts
• Sending messages from external instance admin list no longer causes an error
• Fixed gaps appearing between certain link posts in feed
• The send message button no longer creates duplicate messages if tapped while a message is sending
• Fixed not being able to remove a note from a user on PieFed
• When creating a post, fixed some links failing to attach
• Fix comment text being cut off on some devices
• Fixed .avif images being displayed as links
• The subscription list now sorts communities with the same name alphabetically by instance
• Fixed the subscription list sorting communities with capitalized first letters incorrectly
• Fixed rendering issues in interaction bar settings
• Navigating to a removed comment from modlog no longer removes the comment content from the modlog entry
• Fixed links to posts or comments on very small instances not opening in-app
• Fix swipe actions sometimes getting stuck
• Fixed unblock action being incorrectly labelled as "block..."
• Mlem will now prompt for authentication if the token is missing from the Keychain (this can happen when you switch phones)
• Search now correctly refreshes when switching search tabs
• The save icon in tile posts is now filled in
• The paste button in Search now resolves !community@instance and @user@instance handles
• Fixed pinch-to-zoom breaking if device rotates
• Fixed certain actions (e.g. upvote and downvote) being enabled in guest mode
• Fixed too many parent comments sometimes being shown when viewing a comment
• Fixed comments sometimes appearing in the wrong place in the comment tree
• Fixed some cases of "More replies" showing where it shouldn't
• Fixed "Uploading..." text having no background in post/comment editor
• Fixed text editor being cut off when comment editor opened
• Fixed buttons in image viewer having poor contrast on light-colored images
• Fixed comments not expanding when tapped if "Tap to Collapse" was off
• Fixed occasional 404 error spam
• Fixed not_a_mod_or_admin error when opening Inbox
• Fixed too many parents being shown when viewing a comment
• Fixed "My instance" label being incorrect in share sheet instance picker
• Updated some corner radii in Settings to better match iOS 26
• The favorites list is now ordered alphabetically, rather than randomly
• Fixed cake day icon sometimes showing on the wrong day
• Improved Markdown editor performance on long posts/comments
• Fixed comment header not being correctly sized
• The outdated feed popup in the inbox is now dismissed on refresh
• Fixed editing display name

Compatibility Notes

• The minimum PieFed version has been raised from 1.0.0 to 1.3.0
• Mlem 2.5 is the last version that will support iOS 18. Bugs exclusive to iOS 18 may not be patched, and future releases will require iOS 26 or later.

Features

• Added support for navigating to PieFed .../post/<id>/comment/<id> comment links
• Images can now be uploaded directly from the private message editor

Bug Fixes

• Improved Markdown editor performance on long posts/comments
• The keyboard is now dismissed when the action sheet is opened
• Fixed comment animation
• Fixed subscription list not loading all items
• Fixed displayed vote status incorrectly reverting after voting on PieFed
• Fixed crash when opening messages
• Fixed comment header not being correctly sized
• Silenced some low-priority errors
• The outdated feed popup in the inbox is now dismissed on refresh
• Fixed editing display name
• Fixed user search not working
• Fixed images loading slowly

Compatibility

• The minimum PieFed version has been raised from 1.0.0 to 1.3.0

Features

• You can now translate comments! In the context menu, tap "more" and then "translate".
• You can now enable/disable notifications for individual posts and comments on PieFed
• You can now log in to canvas.fediverse.events using Mlem
• The Instance search now includes much smaller instances
• The available sort types in "Search" now match what your instance supports
• Moved avatar settings from General -> Media & Links
• Combined "Advanced" and "Developer" settings
• Renamed "divider" setting for "mod mail action grouping" setting to "combined"
• Removed "show account age" from "general" settings (it's available under "users")
• Renamed "tappable links" to "tap-friendly links"
• You can now view the instance block list on PieFed
• Made the "notification badge" setting options more simple, in preparation for supporting Lemmy 1.0
• Added a "Details" action to posts, which shows all the information returned by the API for that post

Bug Fixes

• Fixed text editor being cut off when comment editor opened
• Fixed buttons in image viewer having poor contrast on light-colored images
• Fixed comments not expanding when tapped if "Tap to Collapse" was off
• Fixed app crashing when "save" or "share" tapped in "create image" sheet
• Fixed occasional 404 error spam
• Fixed page slide-in animation "jumping" when opening a post/comment from a link
• Fixed not_a_mod_or_admin error when opening Inbox
• Fixed too many parents being shown when viewing a comment
• Fixed "My instance" label being incorrect in share sheet instance picker
• Updated some corner radii in Settings to better match iOS 26
• The favourites list is now ordered alphabetically, rather than randomly
• Fixed cake day icon sometimes showing on the wrong day
• Removed extraneous Optional(...) text from error readouts
• Maybe fix an error case when uploading images

Features

• Image blur state now persists between feed, post, and reply sheet
• Swipe actions for users and instances are now customizable
• Context menus for communities, users and instances are now customizable
• Community and user descriptions now have link footers
• You can now "select text" from community and user descriptions
• Added a warning when opening an instance running an unsupported version

Bug Fixes

• Fixed pinch-to-zoom breaking if device rotates
• Fixed certain actions (e.g. upvote and downvote) being enabled in guest mode
• Fixed too many parent comments sometimes being shown when viewing a comment
• Fixed comments sometimes appearing in the wrong place in the comment tree
• Fixed some cases of "More replies" showing where it shouldn't
• Fixed "Uploading..." text having no background in post/comment editor
• Some errors are now more descriptive on PieFed
• Some image upload errors are now more descriptive

Features

• Added "Taller collapsed comments" setting
• The Modlog is now available on PieFed. Comments in the PieFed modlog appear empty - this is an issue on the PieFed backend: https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi/issues/1795
• Reduced the swipe action dead zone on card posts/comments

Bug Fixes

• Fixed video controls being inaccessible when Media & Links -> Image Viewer -> Show Controls set to "Never"

Features

• Compact comments now use a static set of readouts, the same as compact posts
• Collapsed comments now indicate vote/save status

Bug Fixes

• Search now correctly refreshes when switching search tabs
• The save icon in tile posts is now filled in
• The paste button in Search now resolves !community@instance and @user@instance handles
• Parent comments now appear in Export as Image when selected from the "More..." menu

Features

• Post and comment context menus are now customizable. Tap "more..." in a context menu and then "customize" at the bottom of the sheet that opens.
• Added option to completely disable image viewer overlay

Bug Fixes

• Fixed community and user profile details disappearing on PieFed
• Fixed unblock action being incorrectly labelled as "block..."
• Mlem will now prompt for authentication if the token is missing from the Keychain (this can happen when you switch phones)

Features

• Community name is now shown in the navigation bar of the expanded post view
• Image Viewer controls can now be customized (Settings -> Media & Links -> Image Viewer)
• Added more options for post/comment swipe actions
• Made it easier to swipe back to the previous page without accidentally triggering a swipe action instead

Bug Fixes

• Fixed links to posts or comments on very small instances not opening in-app
• Fix swipe actions sometimes getting stuck
• Added more detailed logging for Mlem backend errors

Features

• Added an "Open in Mlem" action when sharing a link from another app
• You can now customize swipe actions used for communities in the Search tab

Features

• A toast is now shown when "hide read" is toggled
• A warning is now shown if you refresh the feed twice in quick succession with "hide read" on
• The title of the votes list is now much smaller
• Added missing French translations

Bug Fixes

• Fixed not being able to remove a note from a user on PieFed
• When creating a post, fixed some links failing to attach
• (Maybe) fix comment text being cut off on some devices
• Fixed .avif images being displayed as links
• The subscription list now sorts communities with the same name alphabetically by instance
• Fixed the subscription list sorting communities with capitalized first letters incorrectly
• Fixed rendering issues in interaction bar settings
• Fixed username being shown twice for items in the mod mail
• The TestFlight update banner is now automatically dismissed if you navigate to the update post from the feed
• Navigating to a removed comment from modlog no longer removes the comment content from the modlog entry

Features

• Added support for polls on PieFed

Bug Fixes

• Fixed "resolve" and "ban" options not showing for posts in the mod mail

Features

• Enabled PieFed 1.4 features:
  • Filter comment search by instance
  • Sort comments by controversial
• Error toast timeout can now be adjusted (Settings → Advanced → Developer)

Bug Fixes

• Sending messages from external instance admin list no longer causes an error
• Fixed gaps appearing between certain link posts in feed
• The send message button no longer creates duplicate messages if tapped while a message is sending

We have also made significant backend changes to how we handle posts and comments, so if you see any unexpected new behaviors, please let us know!

Features

• Enabled new comments count on PieFed

Bug Fixes

• Blocking a community now properly hides the community from feed
• Fix missing "edit" and "block community" actions for posts

Hi Mlem Community,

Mlem 2.4 is here! We've expanded our PieFed support, plus added a bundle of new features for you to use.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

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Features

• Posts and comments can now be exported as images
• Expanded filter functionality to allow filtering for literal strings
• Added support for the following features on PieFed:
  • Instance blocking
  • Un-deleting private messages
  • Moderators toggling posts' NSFW status
  • Banning users from a community (available on instances running PieFed v1.3 and above)
  • Sort by "Old" (v1.3 and above)
  • Local instance community list (v1.3 and above)
  • Comment search (v1.3 and above)
  • User notes (v1.4 and above)
• Look and Feel
  • The private message chat view now uses Liquid Glass
  • Confirmation dialogs now use alerts rather than popovers on iOS 26
  • The image viewer and inline video player now have Liquid Glass UI elements
  • Improved the Dracula theme contrast
  • Updated settings styling
• Accessibility
  • Added a "distinguish interaction bar" accessibility setting, which adds a subtle background to interaction bar buttons
• Moderation
  • Moderators can now edit community descriptions
  • You can now filter the modlog by user
• Quality of Life
  • vger.to links now open in-app
  • The post editor now shows a preview for links
  • Added an "edit link" button to the post editor
  • You can now upload a custom thumbnail for link attachments in the post editor
  • Improved error handling on the instance page
  • Images that fail to load now offer a link to view the content in browser
  • The Saved and Upvoted feeds can now be filtered to posts or comments
  • Added nicer error readouts in a few places across the app
  • You can now tap on the version number in the "About Mlem" page to copy it
  • The editor now shows a confirmation before closing if it is not empty

Bug Fixes

• Links to local communities now resolve case insensitively
• Fixed account switcher in the post editor not working
• The "n more links" text in the collapsed links button now respects singular/plural
• The Search tab homepage now renders correctly when using OLED theme
• Context menus in the subscription list no longer have blue icons
• PieFed's human-readable link format now resolves correctly
• Fixed votes not updating on page refreshes
• Creator is now shown instead of community in tile posts when inside a community view
• Fixed loops.video videos not embedding
• Theme colors are now more coherent
• The markdown toolbar's hitbox now matches its appearance on iOS 26
• Removed "Haptic manager failed to start" error message
• Fixed tapping the tab bar to scroll to top not behaving correctly on iOS 26
• Fixed newly-created comments not showing if the post had zero comments
• Fixed user who created a report sometimes being shown as creator

Features

• Added the ability to export comment threads as images
• Instance blocking is now available on PieFed
• Updated settings styling

Bug Fixes

• Hid the option to filter comment search by instance on PieFed (not supported by API)
• Vote settings in the instance details view now read Yes/No instead of Enabled/Disabled

Features

• Comment search is now available on PieFed 1.3 and later
• You can now tap on the version number in the "About Mlem" page to copy it

Bug Fixes

• The "modlog" button is no longer shown in the profile on PieFed instances
• PieFed instances no longer appear in the search sheet when signing up to an instance
• Fixed "Restore" option not showing for removed comments
• Fixed newly-created comments not showing if the post had zero comments

Features

• Expanded keyword filter functionality to allow filtering for literal strings
• You can now filter the modlog by user

Bug Fixes

• Fixed tapping the tab bar to scroll to top not behaving correctly on iOS 26
• Removed "haptic manager failed to start" error toast (for real this time)

Features

• Images that fail to load now have a button to open the image in the browser
• vger.to links now open in-app
• Added nicer error readouts in a few places across the app

Bug Fixes

• Removed "Haptic manager failed to start" error message

Hi Mlem Community,

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Update: Cloudflare reports the outage is resolved. If you continue to experience issues with Mlem, please let us know.

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Due to the ongoing Cloudflare outage, our backend (which primarily provides instance search) is unavailable. This will cause some parts of the app to not work or throw an unusually high number of errors. You can monitor the outage status here.

• The Mlem Group