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  "content":"<p>There are two big features in <a href=\"https://github.com/toddsundsted/ktistec/compare/c460d486...c06caebe\">release v3.1.3</a> of Ktistec: auto-approve followers and a new image viewer.</p><p><em>Auto-approve followers</em> is conceptually simple (\"the server automatically sends an <code>Accept</code> activity when it receives a <code>Follow</code> activity\") but it required extensive changes to some of the oldest code in the codebase: the inboxes and outboxes controllers. I refactored inbox and outbox side-effect processing into independent services, which made it possible to support side-effects like auto-approve follow (and also auto-follow back), without having to go through the controllers.</p><p>A more significant change for me personally was replacing the lightGallery image gallery (an external dependency) with <em>my own implementation</em>. It's not as slick, and not as full of features—I wrote it in two days—but it is <em>fully free software</em>, and that's important to me.</p><p><strong>Added</strong></p><ul><li>Add admin page for managing OAuth access tokens.</li><li>Add support for auto-approve followers. (fixes <a href=\"https://github.com/toddsundsted/ktistec/issues/26\">#26</a>)</li><li>Add support for auto-follow back.</li></ul><p><strong>Fixed</strong></p><ul><li>Prevent triggering actor refresh when user is anonymous.</li></ul><p><strong>Changed</strong></p><ul><li>Replace \"lightgallery\" dependency with custom image viewer.</li><li>Set OAuth access token expiry to 30 days (previously expired after 24 hours).</li><li>Refactor inbox and outbox processing into dedicated processor services.</li></ul><p>The OAuth changes set the groundwork for better support of the Mastodon API and the Fediverse clients that depend on it. Stay tuned!</p><p><a href=\"https://epiktistes.com/tags/ktistec\" class=\"hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#ktistec</a> <a href=\"https://epiktistes.com/tags/fediverse\" class=\"hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#fediverse</a> <a href=\"https://epiktistes.com/tags/activitypub\" class=\"hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#activitypub</a> <a href=\"https://epiktistes.com/tags/crystallang\" class=\"hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#crystallang</a></p>",
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