What's Changed

• Remove actix_rt & use standard tokio spawn by @cetra3 in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3158
• Add TLS support for diesel-async database connections by @sunaurus in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3189
• after 30 days, replace comment.content and post.body with 'Deleted' by @vijaykramesh in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3208
• Add separate Post check for is_valid_body_field by @Neshura87 in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3263
• feat: allow all admins to purge content by @TKilFree in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3271
• Update DB local_user.theme type to text by @scme0 in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3266
• Allow wildcard imports in schema.rs by @Nutomic in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3293
• Leave no apk cache in Docker image by @PeterDaveHello in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3327
• Fix lemmy UI environment variable in docker-compose.yml by @aman207 in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3299
• Respond with Content-Type: application/activity+json by @perillamint in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3353
• Add Liftoff to README.md by @wiki-me in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3357
• Adjust the config check to be a separate faster to compile binary by @cetra3 in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3313
• Compress API responses by @dullbananas in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3343
• Site Metadata: resolve relative URLs for embedded images/videos by @orottier in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3338
• Item URL should point to post URL by @simmel in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3345
• Remove networks from docker-compose.yml by @Nutomic in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3356
• Fetch community outbox and moderators in parallel by @Nutomic in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3360
• Feature add three six and nine months options backend by @c-andy-candies in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3226
• Hot rank update batching + deadlock avoidance by @sunaurus in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3175
• Fixing the release script. by @dessalines in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3295
• Limit password resets by @sunaurus in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3344
• feat: re-added captcha checks by @TKilFree in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3289
• Add "show_nsfw" to the Community API. by @tgxn in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3363
• Fixes #2900 - Checks slur regex to see if it is too permissive by @ninanator in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3146
• Run cargo update as part of release script by @Nutomic in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3369
• Remove redundant calls to Iterator::collect by @dullbananas in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3365
• docs(api): Add api-common info on generating TypeScript bindings by @Kissaki in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3330
• Fix missing sorting types by @c-andy-candies in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3370
• Fix cargo warnings by @sunaurus in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3397
• Update activitypub-federation crate to 0.4.5 (fixes signature expiration) by @Nutomic in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3379
• Added gitattributes to normalize all files to lf by @njshockey in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3386
• Fixing release script. by @dessalines in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3398
• Automatically manage database when running scripts/test.sh by @dullbananas in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3389
• Fix concatenation of audio captcha wav files by @minorninth in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3350
• Update federated posts to not cache sensitive images if not allow by local site by @lemmus-org in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3253
• Improve errors / debugging by not stripping, log trace if requested by @phiresky in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3425
• Fix: added missing quotes to max-file in docker-compose.yml by @drumlinish in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3442
• Remove PerformApub trait by @Nutomic in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3423
• Mark follow as pending when subscribing to remote community (fixes #3384) by @Nutomic in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3406
• Use serde(skip) instead of skip_serializing, add placeholder values by @Nutomic in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3362
• Add awesome-lemmy to LemmyNet? by @dbeley in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3413
• Fix awesome-lemmy owner by @dbeley in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3469
• Add Open links in new tab setting by @Dogeek in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3318
• Dont compare db string errors (fixes #1393) by @Nutomic in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3424
• Adding rest of community sorts. Fixes #3374 by @dessalines in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3376
• Remove excessive content_type header configuration by @perillamint in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3470
• Do not decrement comment score twice when removing then deleting. by @JPMoresmau in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3196
• 300 comment limit. by @dessalines in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3306
• Remove not needed anymore http-signature-normalization-actix dependency by @pijuszczyk in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3458
• Fixing clippy. by @dessalines in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3471
• Improved validation of display names (Fixes #3436) by @Josephos in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3437
• fix(posts): return error on invalid community name by @Dhawos in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3418
• Add feature for enabling json logging by @lemmus-org in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3462
• Adding a person.admin index, and featured_local/community indexes. by @dessalines in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3479
• Add Prometheus endpoint and metrics by @andybug in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3456
• Cache federation blocklist by @Nutomic in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3486
• improve performance of community followers inbox query by @phiresky in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3482
• upgrade markdown-it to fix panic by @phiresky in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3490
• Use fixed prettier version for CI by @Nutomic in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3507
• Fixes wrong community moderator ordering. by @dessalines in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3495
• Make sure hot rank sorts for post and community filter by positive hot ranks. by @dessalines in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3497
• Allow cross-origin requests by @diamondburned in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3421
• Change security contact mail by @Nutomic in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3506
• Only allow http(s) scheme for urls (ref #3505) by @Nutomic in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3508
• improve admin and mod check to not do seq scans and return unnecessary data by @phiresky in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3483
• Update prettier to 3.0.0 by @dessalines in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3509
• Upgrade crossbeam-channel by @Nutomic in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3512
• Make hot rank not crash on future by @phiresky in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3517
• Revert "Make sure hot rank sorts for post and community filter by positive hot ranks." by @dessalines in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3521

New Contributors

• @cetra3 made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3158
• @vijaykramesh made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3208
• @PeterDaveHello made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3327
• @aman207 made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3299
• @perillamint made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3353
• @wiki-me made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3357
• @orottier made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3338
• @simmel made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3345
• @c-andy-candies made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3226
• @tgxn made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3363
• @Kissaki made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3330
• @njshockey made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3386
• @minorninth made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3350
• @lemmus-org made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3253
• @phiresky made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3425
• @drumlinish made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3442
• @dbeley made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3413
• @Dogeek made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3318
• @pijuszczyk made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3458
• @Josephos made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3437
• @Dhawos made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3418
• @andybug made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3456
• @diamondburned made their first contribution in https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3421

Full Changelog: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/compare/0.18.0...0.18.1