Features

• Added a setting that marks crossposts as read when you read a post. Not yet compatible with mark read on scroll
• When crossposting, the included link now uses the community instance where possible, and your own instance otherwise
• You can now report private messages on PieFed
• The resizable sidebar on iPad can now get even smaller and larger

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the feed sometimes failing to load on PieFed
• Instance uptime has been disabled completely (for now), to prevent errors occurring. The service we were using for uptime has shut down.
• Fixed image uploading on Lemmy 1.0
• Fixed the "Saved" feed on Lemmy 1.0
• Fixed some glitchiness with the search sheet on iOS 27
• Fixed Lemmy links not opening in-app when an instance is not in the instance list
• Fixed the mod mail loading slowly when "unread only" is on
• Fixed connecting to a PieFed instance over LAN
• The "remove administrator" swipe action is now only displayed if you have not configured any user swipe actions
• Made performance improvements to account switching

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the feed sometimes failing to load on PieFed
• Instance uptime has been disabled completely (for now), to prevent errors occurring. The service we were using for uptime has shut down.
• Fixed Lemmy links not opening in-app when an instance is not in the instance list
• Fixed the mod mail loading slowly when "unread only" is on

Update: instance search is restored, though the sorting is still a little broken.

fediverse.observer, which we were using as a source for instance data, has gone down. As a result, instance search is not currently working. We are investigating alternatives and hope to have it back up soon.

Features

• Added more actions to the interaction bar editor
• Added a language picker to the post and comment editor. Your account needs to have more than one discussion language configured for it to appear.
• The inbox now automatically refreshes if "Mark All Read" is used while only unread items are shown
• There is now a "Mark read on visit" setting for the inbox
• Messages now use the same swipe actions as other inbox items
• Posts now show as read after opening (or scrolling past with mark read on scroll active) while on a guest account
• On instances with upvotes/downvotes disabled, the buttons now appear greyed out rather than disappearing.
• Images are now automatically deleted from the server if you close the post editor without posting on PieFed (this behavior was already implemented for Lemmy)

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
• Fixed a crash occurring when editing community description
• Adding a spoiler in the markdown editor now inserts a new line if the cursor is not already at the start of an empty line
• Fixed some images having no file extension when shared
• Fixed link resolution sometimes not working on PieFed instances
• Fixed some image action labels not reflecting the correct state
• Fixed editing posts on PieFed not working if alt text is present
• Stability improvements

• Fixed a crash when resolving external links

Update 2026-09-23

• Fixed a crash when resolving external links

Features

• Images are now automatically deleted from the server if you close the post editor without posting on PieFed (this behavior was already implemented for Lemmy)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed link resolution sometimes not working on PieFed instances
• Fixed some image action labels not reflecting the correct state
• Fixed editing posts on PieFed not working if alt text is present
• Stability improvements
• Fixed "resolve" and "delete" interaction bar buttons having incorrect colors

Features

• Added a language picker to the post and comment editor. Your account needs to have more than one discussion language configured for it to appear.
• The inbox now automatically refreshes if "Mark All Read" is used while only unread items are shown
• There is now a "Mark read on visit" setting for the inbox
• Messages now use the same swipe actions as other inbox items
• Posts now show as read after opening (or scrolling past with mark read on scroll active) while on a guest account
• On instances with upvotes/downvotes disabled, the buttons now appear greyed out rather than disappearing.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a crash occurring when editing community description
• Adding a spoiler in the markdown editor now inserts a new line if the cursor is not already at the start of an empty line
• Fixed a visual bug affecting the reply sheet on iOS 27
• Fixed some images having no file extension when shared

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!