export const metadata = { title: 'Changelog', description: 'Changes since the last version of the Versia protocol.', } # Changelog This page lists changes since Working Draft 3. {{ className: 'lead' }} ## Since WD 4 - Removed URI from [Report](/extensions/reports), and replaced `reason` with `tags`. - Mandated Unix-style `\n` line endings in all text fields. ## Since WD 3 - Rewrote the signature system from scratch to be simpler and not depend on dates. - Moved Likes and Dislikes to an extension. - Added [Delegation](/federation/delegation). - Renamed fields on several common entities like [Users](/entities/user) and [Notes](/entities/note). - Removed the `Patch` entity. - Useless since edits can just be sent to inboxes directly. - Allowed `uri`s to not contain the entity's `id`. - Loosened restrictions on the `id` field in entities. - Can now be any string, not just a UUID. - Made `uri` optional in some entities not useful enough to keep track of. - Added shared inboxes. - Added `remote` field to [ContentFormat](/structures/content-format). - Switched to [ThumbHash](https://evanw.github.io/thumbhash/) from [BlurHash](https://blurha.sh/). - Added identification characters to [Custom Emojis](/extensions/custom-emoji). - Added `manually_approves_followers` to [Users](/entities/user). - Removed `visibility` from [Notes](/entities/note). - Made `subject` optional in [Notes](/entities/note). - Clarified the way [Follows](/entities/follow) work. - Removed the use of `Undo` entities for anything except than deleting entities. - Renamed `Undo` to [Delete](/entities/delete). - Added [Unfollow](/entities/unfollow) entity. - Completely rework `ServerMetadata`, and rename to [InstanceMetadata](/entities/instance-metadata). - Remove Server Actors, and move instance public keys to [InstanceMetadata](/entities/instance-metadata). - Add `algorithm` to [Users](/entities/user) and [InstanceMetadata](/entities/instance-metadata)'s public keys for future use (only `ed25519` is allowed for now). - Renamed the second `public_key` to `key`. - Renamed `Announce` to [Share](/extensions/share). - Renamed `prev` to `previous` in [Collections](/structures/collection). - Removed `extension_type` from entities, and instead use the `type` field. - Removed `VoteResult` from the [Polls Extension](/extensions/polls).