v4.0.0 Upgrade Support

julian

If you have problems upgrading to v4.0.0, you can ask for help here.

karsten13

Hi,

I plan upgrading to v4 and tested the new version locally getting these warnings:

2025-01-22T21:37:20.474Z [4567/233] - warn: [plugins/load] The following plugins may not be compatible with your version of NodeBB. This may cause unintended behaviour or crashing. In the event of an unresponsive NodeBB caused by this plugin, run `./nodebb reset -p PLUGINNAME` to disable it.
  * nodebb-plugin-2factor
  * nodebb-plugin-composer-default
  * nodebb-plugin-dbsearch
  * nodebb-widget-essentials
  * nodebb-plugin-custom-pages
  * nodebb-plugin-recent-cards
  * nodebb-plugin-question-and-answer
  * nodebb-rewards-essentials
  * nodebb-plugin-spam-be-gone

After digging in the code I found that the plugins define compatibility in their package.json

  "nbbpm": {
    "compatibility": "^3.0.0"
  },

So I did some debug logging:

'nodebb-theme-persona ^4.0.0'
'nodebb-plugin-2factor ^3.8.0'
'nodebb-plugin-composer-default ^3.0.0'
'nodebb-plugin-dbsearch ^3.3.0'
'nodebb-widget-essentials ^3.0.0'
'nodebb-plugin-custom-pages ^3.2.0'
'nodebb-plugin-recent-cards ^3.7.0'
'nodebb-plugin-mentions ^4.0.0'
'nodebb-plugin-markdown ^4.0.0'
'nodebb-plugin-emoji ^4.0.0'
'nodebb-plugin-question-and-answer ^3.6.3'
'nodebb-rewards-essentials ^3.5.0'
'nodebb-plugin-spam-be-gone ^3.0.0'

Most incompatible plugins are delivered with core nodebb.

My question: Is it safe to upgrade to v4? Waiting for compatibility updates of the plugins could take long ...

Thanks!

<baris>

All those plugins are likely working with 4.x we just need to release new versions after updating the compatibility string. 4.x didn't have plugin breaking changes like 3.x did.

julian

@baris @karsten13 agreed, all of those plugins should be working fine with latest NodeBB

cagatay

I enabled ActivityPub, but I didn’t fully understand how it works.

cagatay

I created a topic, but when I search for the link, it doesn’t appear NodeBB web site.

julian

@cagatay can you share the link with me?

cagatay

here https://efelsefe.com/topic/2371/activitypub-a-hosgeldiniz

julian

@cagatay loads fine: https://community.nodebb.org/post/https%3A%2F%2Fefelsefe.com%2Fpost%2F24380

I had to use the post URL though, to bring it in to this forum. I'll see if I can get the topic URL working instead.

The topic doesn't show up here automatically because there is no existing connection between this forum and yours.