2026-09-21T03:26:57Z https://nostr.now Bridgy Fed for the Atmosphere (Bluesky) https://nostr.now/npub1ga5jmlzzrfm9l2hh5elwj8r52j6ddnyn4kzce7fq6k6rsq4wq6fqjyjsq7 https://fed.brid.gy/static/bridgy_logo_square.jpg https://fed.brid.gy/static/bridgy_logo_square.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9zzmm490l7s49590ekhucuy9xv093q8vcwjrdyus87cel05mpfvszyprkjt0uggd8vha277n8a6guw32tf4kvjwkctr8eyr2mgwqz4crfyljk9yk Hi everyone! Welcome to another Bridgy Fed status update. Since last time, we’ve been focusing on a big new project that we’re almost ready to start beta testing, but we also managed to ship some smaller features and improvements:<br/><br/>From the Atmosphere:<br/><br/>Support posts with link embed but no text<br/>Improve account deactivation/delete handling<br/>Fix missed profile updates when you make more than one in a row<br/><br/><br/>To the Atmosphere: link previews for bsky.app links<br/>From the fediverse: handle pinned posts in paged collections<br/>To the fediverse:<br/><br/>Serve real outboxes again<br/>Speed up delivery for accounts with many followers<br/>Preserve line breaks in profile bios<br/><br/><br/>From the web: ask for confirmation before bridging<br/>DM notifications:<br/><br/>Notify you of responses to replies you send from the web UI<br/>Show original posts from Atmosphere users who are only visible to logged in users<br/><br/><br/>Internal:<br/><br/>Security: more hardening against SSRF, XSS, and CSRF attacks<br/>Add a load balancer<br/>Faster listRepos<br/>Real collections in describeRepo<br/>Improve firehose reliability<br/><br/><br/>Switch “Bluesky” to “Atmosphere” in docs, UI, etc<br/><br/>As usual, feel free to ping us with feedback, questions, and bug reports, and please support us on Patreon! You can follow the now label on GitHub to see what we’re currently focusing on. See you on the bridge!<br/> 2026-10-02T02:26:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswy8tx4vgns07m550233ukge2t8xp5hta5e6dfsj2qhgug44m73dczyprkjt0uggd8vha277n8a6guw32tf4kvjwkctr8eyr2mgwqz4crfyn7rjze Hi everyone! Welcome to another Bridgy Fed status update. We’ve been hard at work on upcoming projects since last time, but we’ve also found time to work on smaller features and bug fixes. Here are a few we’ve shipped recently:<br/><br/>In DM notifications for unbridged replies, show the reply and who wrote it<br/>Improve migrating and Bouncing to the Atmosphere, and update your bridged handle<br/>Worked with Phil (thank you!) to serve ATProto repo downloads on the cheap<br/>Fedi =&gt; Atmosphere:<br/><br/>Bug fix for posts with over four images<br/>Fix duplicate posts<br/><br/><br/>Atmosphere =&gt; Fedi:<br/><br/>Bug fix for unlinked/trailing hashtags<br/>Fix duplicated quote post links<br/><br/><br/>Web:<br/><br/>Fix author handle on some webmentions from the Atmosphere<br/>Improve reliability of post edits<br/><br/><br/><br/>As usual, feel free to ping us with feedback, questions, and bug reports, and please support us on Patreon! You can follow the now label on GitHub to see what we’re currently focusing on. See you on the bridge!<br/> 2026-08-11T23:39:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy7tkmulhfsxzgzl7nl9xpnswec9etut8rf8qy97wt0jf9dfszawgzyprkjt0uggd8vha277n8a6guw32tf4kvjwkctr8eyr2mgwqz4crfyecpyds <br/><br/>Hi everyone! Time for a Bridgy Fed status update. We have a lot of new features and bug fixes to announce since the last time, so here we go!<br/><br/>Added a web-based UI for enabling and configuring the bridge for your accounts.<br/>Added support for fediverse split domain mode, ie when your webfinger address and server are on different domains<br/>We now fully support Bluesky custom handle changes and propagate them to bridged accounts<br/>Fediverse instance admins can now automatically enable the bridge for their users and automatically give them custom Bluesky handles<br/>Redesigned our Bluesky firehose server, which has significantly improved its reliability and reduced delays in both directions<br/>Implemented ATProto sync v1.1. This isn’t a user-visible change, but it’s an important part of reducing the cost of running an ATProto relay<br/>Implemented pinned posts for fediverse =&gt; Bluesky<br/>Detect videos that are too long for Bluesky and link to them instead of including them as broken video embeds (thank you @Daft-Freak!)<br/>Improved our compatibility with Mastodon profile updates<br/>Improved our handling of HTML in web link previews<br/>Made DMs smarter about understanding handle formats and encodings<br/>Started using an image proxy for Threads, to work around its image URLs expiring<br/>Bug fix for images that are reused across fediverse posts and drafts<br/>Link to audio attachments instead of ignoring them (thank you @Daft-Freak!)<br/>Improve fediverse instances’ hashtag handling so that they open inside the local instance<br/>Added “Open in Mastodon” support for user pages on fed.brid.gy<br/>Improved our nodeinfo support for Friendica<br/>Handle fediverse posts with over 8 hashtags<br/>Fediverse =&gt; Bluesky: fix text formatting for posts with &lt; and &gt; characters<br/>Bluesky =&gt; fediverse: add support for “out-of-line” hashtags<br/>Make our fediverse posts more translate-able<br/>When a user tries to enable the bridge but isn’t eligible, DM them an explanation<br/>Don’t apply spam filters to users who aren’t bridged and follow a bridged user<br/>Improved our deploy process so that it no longer causes delays temporarily<br/><br/>As usual, feel free to ping us with feedback, questions, and bug reports, and please support us on Patreon! You can follow the now label on GitHub to see what we’re currently focusing on. See you on the bridge! 2025-06-06T09:52:51Z