8 files changed, 259 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/docs/API/chats.md b/docs/API/chats.md
index 9857aac67..f50144c86 100644
--- a/docs/API/chats.md
+++ b/docs/API/chats.md
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ The modified chat message
 This will return a list of chats that you have been involved in, sorted by their
 last update (so new chats will be at the top).
 
+Parameters:
+
+- with_muted: Include chats from muted users (boolean).
+
 Returned data:
 
 ```json
diff --git a/docs/API/differences_in_mastoapi_responses.md b/docs/API/differences_in_mastoapi_responses.md
index c6d822bfc..17999da55 100644
--- a/docs/API/differences_in_mastoapi_responses.md
+++ b/docs/API/differences_in_mastoapi_responses.md
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ Pleroma uses 128-bit ids as opposed to Mastodon's 64 bits. However just like Mas
 ## Timelines
 
 Adding the parameter `with_muted=true` to the timeline queries will also return activities by muted (not by blocked!) users.
+
 Adding the parameter `exclude_visibilities` to the timeline queries will exclude the statuses with the given visibilities. The parameter accepts an array of visibility types (`public`, `unlisted`, `private`, `direct`), e.g., `exclude_visibilities[]=direct&exclude_visibilities[]=private`.
+
 Adding the parameter `reply_visibility` to the public and home timelines queries will filter replies. Possible values: without parameter (default) shows all replies, `following` - replies directed to you or users you follow, `self` - replies directed to you.
 
+Adding the parameter `instance=lain.com` to the public timeline will show only statuses originating from `lain.com` (or any remote instance).
+
 ## Statuses
 
 - `visibility`: has additional possible values `list` and `local` (for local-only statuses)
@@ -125,12 +129,30 @@ The `type` value is `pleroma:emoji_reaction`. Has these fields:
 - `account`: The account of the user who reacted
 - `status`: The status that was reacted on
 
+### ChatMention Notification (not default)
+
+This notification has to be requested explicitly.
+
+The `type` value is `pleroma:chat_mention`
+
+- `account`: The account who sent the message
+- `chat_message`: The chat message
+
+### Report Notification (not default)
+
+This notification has to be requested explicitly.
+
+The `type` value is `pleroma:report`
+
+- `account`: The account who reported
+- `report`: The report
+
 ## GET `/api/v1/notifications`
 
 Accepts additional parameters:
 
 - `exclude_visibilities`: will exclude the notifications for activities with the given visibilities. The parameter accepts an array of visibility types (`public`, `unlisted`, `private`, `direct`). Usage example: `GET /api/v1/notifications?exclude_visibilities[]=direct&exclude_visibilities[]=private`.
-- `include_types`: will include the notifications for activities with the given types. The parameter accepts an array of types (`mention`, `follow`, `reblog`, `favourite`, `move`, `pleroma:emoji_reaction`). Usage example: `GET /api/v1/notifications?include_types[]=mention&include_types[]=reblog`.
+- `include_types`: will include the notifications for activities with the given types. The parameter accepts an array of types (`mention`, `follow`, `reblog`, `favourite`, `move`, `pleroma:emoji_reaction`, `pleroma:chat_mention`, `pleroma:report`). Usage example: `GET /api/v1/notifications?include_types[]=mention&include_types[]=reblog`.
 
 ## DELETE `/api/v1/notifications/destroy_multiple`
 
@@ -249,6 +271,12 @@ Has these additional fields under the `pleroma` object:
 
 There is an additional `user:pleroma_chat` stream. Incoming chat messages will make the current chat be sent to this `user` stream. The `event` of an incoming chat message is `pleroma:chat_update`. The payload is the updated chat with the incoming chat message in the `last_message` field.
 
+For viewing remote server timelines, there are `public:remote` and `public:remote:media` streams. Each of these accept a parameter like `?instance=lain.com`.
+
+## User muting and thread muting
+
+Both user muting and thread muting can be done for only a certain time by adding an `expires_in` parameter to the API calls and giving the expiration time in seconds.
+
 ## Not implemented
 
 Pleroma is generally compatible with the Mastodon 2.7.2 API, but some newer features and non-essential features are omitted. These features usually return an HTTP 200 status code, but with an empty response. While they may be added in the future, they are considered low priority.
diff --git a/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/release_environments.md b/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/release_environments.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 36ab43864..000000000
--- a/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/release_environments.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# Generate release environment file
-
-```sh tab="OTP"
- ./bin/pleroma_ctl release_env gen
-```
-
-```sh tab="From Source"
-mix pleroma.release_env gen
-```
diff --git a/docs/configuration/howto_ejabberd.md b/docs/configuration/howto_ejabberd.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..520a0acbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/configuration/howto_ejabberd.md
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# Configuring Ejabberd (XMPP Server) to use Pleroma for authentication
+
+If you want to give your Pleroma users an XMPP (chat) account, you can configure [Ejabberd](https://github.com/processone/ejabberd) to use your Pleroma server for user authentication, automatically giving every local user an XMPP account.
+
+In general, you just have to follow the configuration described at [https://docs.ejabberd.im/admin/configuration/authentication/#external-script](https://docs.ejabberd.im/admin/configuration/authentication/#external-script). Please read this section carefully. 
+
+Copy the script below to suitable path on your system and set owner and permissions. Also do not forget adjusting `PLEROMA_HOST` and `PLEROMA_PORT`, if necessary.
+
+```bash
+cp pleroma_ejabberd_auth.py /etc/ejabberd/pleroma_ejabberd_auth.py
+chown ejabberd /etc/ejabberd/pleroma_ejabberd_auth.py
+chmod 700 /etc/ejabberd/pleroma_ejabberd_auth.py
+```
+
+Set external auth params in ejabberd.yaml file:
+
+```bash
+auth_method: [external]
+extauth_program: "python3 /etc/ejabberd/pleroma_ejabberd_auth.py"
+extauth_instances: 3
+auth_use_cache: false
+```
+
+Restart / reload your ejabberd service.
+
+After restarting your Ejabberd server, your users should now be able to connect with their Pleroma credentials.
+
+
+```python
+import sys
+import struct
+import http.client
+from base64 import b64encode
+import logging
+
+
+PLEROMA_HOST = "127.0.0.1"
+PLEROMA_PORT = "4000"
+AUTH_ENDPOINT = "/api/v1/accounts/verify_credentials"
+USER_ENDPOINT = "/api/v1/accounts"
+LOGFILE = "/var/log/ejabberd/pleroma_auth.log"
+
+logging.basicConfig(filename=LOGFILE, level=logging.INFO)
+
+
+# Pleroma functions
+def create_connection():
+    return http.client.HTTPConnection(PLEROMA_HOST, PLEROMA_PORT)
+
+
+def verify_credentials(user: str, password: str) -> bool:
+    user_pass_b64 = b64encode("{}:{}".format(
+        user, password).encode('utf-8')).decode("ascii")
+    params = {}
+    headers = {
+        "Authorization": "Basic {}".format(user_pass_b64)
+    }
+
+    try:
+        conn = create_connection()
+        conn.request("GET", AUTH_ENDPOINT, params, headers)
+
+        response = conn.getresponse()
+        if response.status == 200:
+            return True
+
+        return False
+    except Exception as e:
+        logging.info("Can not connect: %s", str(e))
+        return False
+
+
+def does_user_exist(user: str) -> bool:
+    conn = create_connection()
+    conn.request("GET", "{}/{}".format(USER_ENDPOINT, user))
+
+    response = conn.getresponse()
+    if response.status == 200:
+        return True
+
+    return False
+
+
+def auth(username: str, server: str, password: str) -> bool:
+    return verify_credentials(username, password)
+
+
+def isuser(username, server):
+    return does_user_exist(username)
+
+
+def read():
+    (pkt_size,) = struct.unpack('>H', bytes(sys.stdin.read(2), encoding='utf8'))
+    pkt = sys.stdin.read(pkt_size)
+    cmd = pkt.split(':')[0]
+    if cmd == 'auth':
+        username, server, password = pkt.split(':', 3)[1:]
+        write(auth(username, server, password))
+    elif cmd == 'isuser':
+        username, server = pkt.split(':', 2)[1:]
+        write(isuser(username, server))
+    elif cmd == 'setpass':
+        # u, s, p = pkt.split(':', 3)[1:]
+        write(False)
+    elif cmd == 'tryregister':
+        # u, s, p = pkt.split(':', 3)[1:]
+        write(False)
+    elif cmd == 'removeuser':
+        # u, s = pkt.split(':', 2)[1:]
+        write(False)
+    elif cmd == 'removeuser3':
+        # u, s, p = pkt.split(':', 3)[1:]
+        write(False)
+    else:
+        write(False)
+
+
+def write(result):
+    if result:
+        sys.stdout.write('\x00\x02\x00\x01')
+    else:
+        sys.stdout.write('\x00\x02\x00\x00')
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    logging.info("Starting pleroma ejabberd auth daemon...")
+    while True:
+        try:
+            read()
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.info(
+                "Error while processing data from ejabberd %s", str(e))
+            pass
+
+```
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/configuration/optimizing_beam.md b/docs/configuration/optimizing_beam.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e336bd36c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/configuration/optimizing_beam.md
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# Optimizing the BEAM
+
+Pleroma is built upon the Erlang/OTP VM known as BEAM. The BEAM VM is highly optimized for latency, but this has drawbacks in environments without dedicated hardware. One of the tricks used by the BEAM VM is [busy waiting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busy_waiting). This allows the application to pretend to be busy working so the OS kernel does not pause the application process and switch to another process waiting for the CPU to execute its workload. It does this by spinning for a period of time which inflates the apparent CPU usage of the application so it is immediately ready to execute another task. This can be observed with utilities like **top(1)** which will show consistently high CPU usage for the process. Switching between procesess is a rather expensive operation and also clears CPU caches further affecting latency and performance. The goal of busy waiting is to avoid this penalty.
+
+This strategy is very successful in making a performant and responsive application, but is not desirable on Virtual Machines or hardware with few CPU cores. Pleroma instances are often deployed on the same server as the required PostgreSQL database which can lead to situations where the Pleroma application is holding the CPU in a busy-wait loop and as a result the database cannot process requests in a timely manner. The fewer CPUs available, the more this problem is exacerbated. The latency is further amplified by the OS being installed on a Virtual Machine as the Hypervisor uses CPU time-slicing to pause the entire OS and switch between other tasks.
+
+More adventurous admins can be creative with CPU affinity (e.g., *taskset* for Linux and *cpuset* on FreeBSD) to pin processes to specific CPUs and eliminate much of this contention. The most important advice is to run as few processes as possible on your server to achieve the best performance. Even idle background processes can occasionally create [software interrupts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrupt) and take attention away from the executing process creating latency spikes and invalidation of the CPU caches as they must be cleared when switching between processes for security.
+
+Please only change these settings if you are experiencing issues or really know what you are doing. In general, there's no need to change these settings.
+
+## VPS Provider Recommendations
+
+### Good
+
+* Hetzner Cloud
+
+### Bad
+
+* AWS (known to use burst scheduling)
+
+
+## Example configurations
+
+Tuning the BEAM requires you provide a config file normally called [vm.args](http://erlang.org/doc/man/erl.html#emulator-flags). If you are using systemd to manage the service you can modify the unit file as such:
+
+`ExecStart=/usr/bin/elixir --erl '-args_file /opt/pleroma/config/vm.args' -S /usr/bin/mix phx.server`
+
+Check your OS documentation to adopt a similar strategy on other platforms.
+
+### Virtual Machine and/or few CPU cores
+
+Disable the busy-waiting. This should generally only be done if you're on a platform that does burst scheduling, like AWS.
+
+**vm.args:**
+
+```
++sbwt none
++sbwtdcpu none
++sbwtdio none
+```
+
+### Dedicated Hardware
+
+Enable more busy waiting, increase the internal maximum limit of BEAM processes and ports. You can use this if you run on dedicated hardware, but it is not necessary.
+
+**vm.args:**
+
+```
++P 16777216
++Q 16777216
++K true
++A 128
++sbt db
++sbwt very_long
++swt very_low
++sub true
++Mulmbcs 32767
++Mumbcgs 1
++Musmbcs 2047
+```
+
+## Additional Reading
+
+* [WhatsApp: Scaling to Millions of Simultaneous Connections](https://www.erlang-factory.com/upload/presentations/558/efsf2012-whatsapp-scaling.pdf)
+* [Preemptive Scheduling and Spinlocks](https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ifi/nedlagte-emner/INF3150/h03/annet/slides/preemptive.pdf)
+* [The Curious Case of BEAM CPU Usage](https://stressgrid.com/blog/beam_cpu_usage/)
diff --git a/docs/dev.md b/docs/dev.md
index 22e0691f1..aa89a941f 100644
--- a/docs/dev.md
+++ b/docs/dev.md
@@ -21,3 +21,26 @@ This document contains notes and guidelines for Pleroma developers.
 ## Auth-related configuration, OAuth consumer mode etc.
 
 See `Authentication` section of [the configuration cheatsheet](configuration/cheatsheet.md#authentication).
+
+## MRF policies descriptions
+
+If MRF policy depends on config, it can be added into MRF tab to adminFE by adding `config_description/0` method, which returns map with special structure.
+
+Example:
+
+```elixir
+%{
+      key: :mrf_activity_expiration,
+      related_policy: "Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.MRF.ActivityExpirationPolicy",
+      label: "MRF Activity Expiration Policy",
+      description: "Adds automatic expiration to all local activities",
+      children: [
+        %{
+          key: :days,
+          type: :integer,
+          description: "Default global expiration time for all local activities (in days)",
+          suggestions: [90, 365]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+```
diff --git a/docs/installation/debian_based_en.md b/docs/installation/debian_based_en.md
index b9fc4e112..2b1c7406f 100644
--- a/docs/installation/debian_based_en.md
+++ b/docs/installation/debian_based_en.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ sudo apt full-upgrade
 * Install some of the above mentioned programs:
 
 ```shell
-sudo apt install git build-essential postgresql postgresql-contrib cmake libmagic-devel
+sudo apt install git build-essential postgresql postgresql-contrib cmake libmagic-dev
 ```
 
 ### Install Elixir and Erlang
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ sudo cp /opt/pleroma/installation/pleroma.service /etc/systemd/system/pleroma.se
 ```
 
 * Edit the service file and make sure that all paths fit your installation
-* Check that `EnvironmentFile` contains the correct path to the env file. Or generate the env file: `sudo -Hu pleroma mix pleroma.release_env gen`
 * Enable and start `pleroma.service`:
 
 ```shell
diff --git a/docs/installation/otp_en.md b/docs/installation/otp_en.md
index 98360bcf7..63eda63ca 100644
--- a/docs/installation/otp_en.md
+++ b/docs/installation/otp_en.md
@@ -149,9 +149,6 @@ chown -R pleroma /etc/pleroma
 # Run the config generator
 su pleroma -s $SHELL -lc "./bin/pleroma_ctl instance gen --output /etc/pleroma/config.exs --output-psql /tmp/setup_db.psql"
 
-# Run the environment file generator.
-su pleroma -s $SHELL -lc "./bin/pleroma_ctl release_env gen"
-
 # Create the postgres database
 su postgres -s $SHELL -lc "psql -f /tmp/setup_db.psql"