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PeerTube 8.2 spends its release candidates hardening instances against scrapers and locking down account data

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◆Current state
The window is the 8.2.0 release-candidate train. The first candidate is the substantive one: Node.js 20 support removed, iOS below 15.4 dropped, an NGINX I/O fix for video downloads, and new configuration keys that throttle download bandwidth per instance and per IP. It also announces that the public /api/v1/accounts endpoint will move behind moderator authentication in v9. Later candidates fold in security fixes and two small features.
◆Where it's heading
The direction here is defensive operations rather than new viewer-facing capability. Bandwidth throttling exists because botnets download entire catalogues, and the accounts endpoint deprecation is a privacy decision applied to the federation surface. PeerTube is optimising for instance admins who have to survive hostile traffic, and it is willing to break runtime and client compatibility to do it.
◆Prediction
A general 8.2.0 release should follow once the candidate stream of security backports settles, with the accounts endpoint deprecation carried forward as a v9 breaking change.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2mo ago

    PeerTube 8.2.0 release candidate 3

    A candidate that only forward-ports security fixes from 8.1.8 and bug fixes from 8.1.7. It is the stabilisation tail of the 8.2 train rather than new work.

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  2. 2mo ago

    PeerTube 8.2.0 rc2: m4b audio, playlist hotkey, concurrency fixes

    Adds .m4b audio support and a playlist hotkey alongside fixes for concurrent live segment and torrent writes. Small user-facing additions bolted onto the reliability work that defines this release cycle.

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  3. 2mo ago

    Download throttling, an NGINX fix, and a privacy deprecation for the accounts API

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    The candidate that sets 8.2's agenda: per-instance and per-IP download bandwidth limits, an NGINX I/O fix, Node.js 20 and old-iOS support dropped, and notice that the public accounts endpoint moves behind moderator auth in v9. It is the clearest statement yet that PeerTube is tuning for instances under hostile load.

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