Marie/Rose News

2022-10-12 23:03:28 Migration is well on the way, and I think everything is stable enough for the chats to be unlocked.

Data is in the process of being copied to the new server, and its all looks good so far, no nasty surprises.

We'll have to wait a day or two for all the data to be properly replicated to the new server, at which point I'll be able to finish up the last bit of the migration and fully move Rose over; but that shouldn't take too much time.

Thank you for your patience, this has been a new migration process for me to run through so has been quite stressful - very happy to see it all working as planned! Very comforting to know that in the future, migrations will only need a few minutes of downtime, rather than a couple of hours! Open / Comment

2022-10-12 21:00:10 Migration starting now!

I will aim to keep rose online for the vast majority, but will need to do some small downtimes. Hopefully everything goes smoothly :) Open / Comment

2022-10-12 19:59:45 This is a reminder that the server migration will be starting in one hour.

However, I will be trying some fancy new settings, which should hopefully allow us to keep Rose online and operational for the majority of the switchover, rather than the expected 3 hours of downtime. Hooray! :D Open / Comment

2022-10-10 12:36:10 On another note: It is now that time of year where I'm going to need to do some server maintenance for some important infrastructure upgrades - the database is now outgrowing the server. Turns out, 360 million+ users requires a lot of storage! This also means… Open / Comment

2022-10-03 22:33:10 On another note:
It is now that time of year where I'm going to need to do some server maintenance for some important infrastructure upgrades - the database is now outgrowing the server. Turns out, 360 million+ users requires a lot of storage!
This also means there will be quite an increase in cost; so if you'd like to show your support and help keep Rose alive, please donate!

My tentative date for this is Wednesday 12th of October, at 7PM GMT.
This will require some downtime, so Rose will be unavailable for a couple of hours.
More details to follow closer to the date! Open / Comment

2022-10-03 22:20:56 New Rose update!

This is a combination of lots of smaller improvements that people have been requesting for a while now, so it's good to get them ticked off!

- Added a new module named "Clean service", which allows you to control which service messages to delete, with much greater control. Pins, calls, joins, leaves - you choose! Check the /help for more information.
- Blocklists, locks, warns, ban, mute, and kick reasons now all support markdown, buttons, and fillings. This should make it easier to provide buttons and resources as part of your bot integrations!
- FBans now also support markdown (but no fillings/buttons, as these dont make as much sense in this context).
- You can now use the {replytag} filling in filters for Rose to reply to the user that the filter is replying to. This is very similar to what notes already do!
- Antiflood now comes with a new setting, called /clearflood. This allows you to set Rose to delete the flood messages that were sent.
- Antiflood strings have been reworked to ban when a user reaches the limit, rather than exceeds. A small, but important distinction! Also, the Nth message no longer gets deleted; only the following messages get deleted (unless you've enabled clearflood!).
- Lots of improvements to the help; fixed some typos, added new examples, and made some clarifications!
- Lots of bugfixes and improvements.
- Updated translations.

Enjoy!
And remember to donate to support Rose :) Open / Comment

2022-08-31 00:27:01 Tiny Rose update:

Telegram recently announced that usernames can now be linked in a new way - for example, marienews.t.me would link to this channel.
Rose is now aware of this, and will consider this format to be an invitelink lock, same as t.me/MarieNews would be.

This change already works for everyone using the invitelink lock - no need to change anything.
Enjoy! Open / Comment

2022-08-16 00:03:45 Small Rose update!

- New locktypes! emoji to stop all emoji, emojionly to stop messages which contain just emoji but no text, and emojicustom to stop Telegram's recently added custom emoji, which can be spammy, or contain NSFW content.
- The /locktypes command has been redesigned to show an explanation of each type of lock! Should make it easier for users to understand what each one does now.
- More improvements to url allowlist matching. Hopefully should be even more accurate now.
- Updated translations.

Enjoy! :) Open / Comment

2022-08-07 12:49:05 New Rose update:

- User-only filters! Limit your filters so that only users can trigger them (not admins!). This can be done simply by adding {user} to your filter text.
For example: /filter test Only users can see this {user}
If an admin wants to force rose to reply, they can use the "force" keyword; for example:test force will force rose to reply to the test note.
- The anonchannel lock now supports allowlists; you can allowlist a channel ID/username to allow them to speak, while still having other locks/blocklists/antiflood trigger on them. Much safer than approving channels completely!
- The command lock also supports allowlists! This might be useful if you want to stop all commands, except for a select few; for example, you might want to /allowlist /rules to let users check the rules.
- Allowlists have been improved for the matching to be more predictable. Let us know if you're seeing strange behaviour with the new format, and we can see how to fix your lists!
- Log channels now log join requests and join approvals.
- Fbans also work with join requests.
- Using /info on an anonymous channel will now show whether they are approved, to make it consistent with how it works on regular users.
- Lots of minor bugfixes, improvements, and updates.
- Updated translations.

Enjoy!
And remember to donate to support Rose :) Open / Comment

2022-07-01 14:55:03 Rose update:

- Added a new {nonotif} filling to notes/filters/welcomes etc, which stops the message from sending a notification in the chat. This is a feature which has often been requested for welcome messages in the past, to reduce notifications to users!
- Blocklisting filenames is now more powerful; blocklist file:*.jpg to blocklist all jpg files, while still allowing users to mention filenames! This is fully backwards compatible, so existing file blocks will still work.
- The {protect} filling to stop forwards/screenshots is now available everywhere that supports fillings.
- New locks: stickerpremium and stickeranimated. As named, they can be used to block premium and animated stickers.
- The /pinned and /donate messages now reply to the replied-to message, if available.
- Backend improvements and bugfixes.
- Updated translations.

Enjoy!
And if you'd like to help support us, please donate! Open / Comment