Release v2.20260804.1 (#5896)

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CHANGELOG.md

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 ## vX.Y.0 (future)
 
 
+
+
+## v2.20260804.1
+
+### Wrap-up
+
+This patch release fixes a regression in the OCI (container) build that omitted debug information, making it harder to diagnose issues in production. The fix ensures that the `-no-pie` link flag is passed correctly, restoring debug symbols for better stack traces and crash analysis.
+
+No new features are included in this release; it is solely focused on improving the debuggability of containerized instances.
+
+### Bugs fixed
+#### For instance owners
+  - Debug information is now included again in OCI images by passing the `-no-pie` link flag correctly (#5895)
+
+### Full list of pull requests merged since the last release (newest first)
+
+* fix: pass `-no-pie` link flag argument to include debug information again for OCI (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5895, by @Fijxu)
+* Release v2.20260804.0 (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5893, by @github-actions[bot])
+
+## v2.20260804.0
+
+### Wrap-up
+
+This release focuses on fixing comment rendering, adding new configuration options for instance owners, and streamlining developer tooling. Comments in videos and community posts now render correctly again, a message appears when comments are disabled, and several new locales were made available to users.
+
+Instance owners gain SOCKS5 proxy support and the ability to set the videojs max buffer length via config.yml. Developer experience improves with Nix development files, a pinned Crystal version for linting, and an updated AI policy that properly bans AI slop.
+
+### New features & important changes
+#### For Users
+  - A message is now shown when comments are turned off (#4051)
+  - New locales translated at more than 20% are now made available to users, this includes Belarusian, Galician, Swiss German, Armenian, Latvian and Uzbek (#5891, #5882)
+
+#### For instance owners
+  - SOCKS5 proxy support was added (#5865)
+  - The videojs max buffer length can now be set via config.yml (#5876)
+
+#### For developers
+  - Nix development files were added (#5856, #5861)
+  - The Makefile no longer uses the deprecated `-Dpreview_mt` flag (#5872)
+  - Crystal was pinned to 1.20.3 for the linting task so Ameba can build (#5859)
+  - The release script now uses deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 (#5886)
+  - The AI policy was updated to properly ban AI slop (#5849)
+  - The awesome humane tech badge was removed (#5853)
+  - Development dependencies were excluded from the CI build job (#5860)
+  - CI dependencies were bumped: `actions/stale` to 11 and `actions/setup-python` to 7 (#5890, #5829)
+
+### Bugs fixed
+#### User-side
+  - Rendered links and timestamps in video descriptions were fixed (#5878)
+  - Comments HTML rendering was fixed (#5862)
+  - Comments in community posts were fixed (#5874)
+  - Non-comment `commentFilterContextViewModel` keys are now skipped in comments (#5870)
+
+### Full list of pull requests merged since the last release (newest first)
+
+* CI: Exclude development dependencies from build job (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5860, by @Fijxu)
+* Enable the Uzbek since it's been translated at more than 20% (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5891, by @TheFrenchGhosty)
+* Translations update from Hosted Weblate (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5881, by @weblate)
+* Switch to deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-0731 for the release script (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5886, by @TheFrenchGhosty)
+* chore(deps): bump actions/stale from 10 to 11 (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5890, by @dependabot[bot])
+* feat: add support for SOCKS5 proxy (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5865, by @unixfox)
+* feat: allow setting videojs max buffer length via config.yml (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5876, by @Fijxu)
+* fix: fix rendered links and timestamps in video descriptions (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5878, by @Fijxu)
+* Show message when comments are turned off (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/4051, by @syeopite)
+* Enable the new locales translated at more than 20% (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5882, by @TheFrenchGhosty)
+* fix: also fix comments in community posts (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5874, by @Fijxu)
+* chore: remove `-Dpreview_mt` from Makefile as it has been deprecated by the Crystal compiler. (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5872, by @Fijxu)
+* Translations update from Hosted Weblate (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5474, by @weblate)
+* fix: skip non comment `commentFilterContextViewModel` key in comments (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5870, by @Fijxu)
+* fix: fix comments html rendering (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5862, by @Fijxu)
+* chore: Move nix files out of root directory (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5861, by @Fijxu)
+* CI: Pin Crystal to 1.20.3 for linting task so ameba can build (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5859, by @Fijxu)
+* chore: Add Nix development files (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5856, by @Fijxu)
+* Remove the awesome humane tech badge (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5853, by @TheFrenchGhosty)
+* Update the AI policy to properly ban AI slop (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5849, by @TheFrenchGhosty)
+* chore(deps): bump actions/setup-python from 5 to 7 (https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/pull/5829, by @dependabot[bot])
+
 ## v2.20260723.0
 
 ### Wrap-up

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -48,17 +48,29 @@ RUN crystal spec --warnings all \
 ARG OPENSSL_VERSION
 COPY --from=openssl-builder /openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} /openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}
 
+# 2026-08-04:
+#
+# `-no-pie` has been added to link flags due to missing debug information
+# when compiling Invidious using `--static` (because `--static` enables PIE, but
+# with PIE enabled, Crystal cannot provide debug information when an error
+# in Invidious appears)
+# References:
+# - https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/gcc-15-on-alpine-linux-changes-static-to-imply-pie-i-e-static-pie/9074/5?u=fijxu
+# - https://github.com/crystal-lang/distribution-scripts/issues/445
+# - https://github.com/84codes/crystal-packages/issues/41
+#
+# `-no-pie` can be removed once it's fixed.
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/crystal if [[ "${release}" == 1 ]] ; then \
         PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} \
         crystal build ./src/invidious.cr \
         --release \
         --static --warnings all \
-        --link-flags "-lxml2 -llzma"; \
+        --link-flags "-lxml2 -llzma -no-pie"; \
     else \
         PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} \
         crystal build ./src/invidious.cr \
         --static --warnings all \
-        --link-flags "-lxml2 -llzma"; \
+        --link-flags "-lxml2 -llzma -no-pie"; \
     fi
 
 FROM alpine:3.24

shard.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: invidious
-version: 2.20260723.0-dev
+version: 2.20260804.1
 
 authors:
   - Invidious team <contact@invidious.io>