Web Services Changelog

This document was last updated on December 24, 2024 UTC.

This changelog catalogues changes to the following Donut Team web services:

• The Donut Team Homepage (donutteam.com)
• The Donut Team API (api.donutteam.com)
• The Donut Team Safety Tunnel (tunnel.donutteam.com)
• The Donut Team Short Links Service (donut.team)
• Donut Bot
• Mod Bakery (modbakery.donutteam.com)

Importantly, this changelog does not include changes to our forum (forum.donutteam.com) as this is a separate project, maintained separately.

24.20

This update was pushed to live on December 24th, 2024.

• Homepage: Overhauled the Blog with a new layout and features.
• General: Improved Markdown parsing and rendering.
• Significant internal changes.

24.19

This update was pushed to live on November 7th, 2024.

• General: Fixed an issue where forum topic flairs sometimes used the wrong text color.
• General: Added support for the new "Altered or synthetic content" flair on forum topics.
• General: Removed the link to our X/Twitter profile from the footer.
• General: Added a link to our Bluesky profile to the footer.
• Significant internal changes.

24.18.1

This update was pushed to live on October 26th, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.18

This update was pushed to live on October 26th, 2024.

• Homepage: Fixed the "topics" statistic on the homepage.
• Mod Bakery: Fixed a bug that prevented release branch versions from being published.
• Significant internal changes.

24.17.4

This update was pushed to live on October 4th, 2024.

• General: Fixed site-specific color schemes not being applied.
• Mod Bakery: Fixed an issue where legacy URLs (such as /releases/view/road-rage-returns) did not work.
• Mod Bakery: Fixed release branch version file download links in a couple of places.

24.17.3

This update was pushed to live on October 3rd, 2024.

• General: Improved scrolling behaviour when submitting a form. It now only scrolls the notice container into view if it's not already visible.
• Mod Bakery: Removed the random release page background image.
  • This feature complicated the design of the page and was not a particularly good way to feature releases.
  • We're looking into better ways to feature releases in the future.
• General: Fixed a bug where the mobile menu on the global navigation bar did not work.
• Safety Tunnel: Fixed an issue where links were being parsed incorrectly.
• Internal changes.

24.17.2

This update was pushed to live on October 2nd, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.17.1

This update was pushed to live on October 2nd, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Fixed a mistake that caused downloads to not work.
• Internal changes.

24.17

This update was pushed to live on October 2nd, 2024.

• API: Fixed various routes being broken.
• General: Slightly tweaked the design of the footer.
• General: Improved the experimental dark theme.
• Homepage: Redesigned the Preferences Account management page.
• Homepage: Redesigned the General Account Management page.
• Homepage: Made all user preferences saved at the account level instead of as cookies, so they now persist across devices.
• General: Changed the navigation bar's width.
• Mod Bakery: Renamed "Manage" to "My releases" in the nav bar to make it more clear where to find your content.
• Homepage: Fixed an issue where you could not reset your password.
• Significant internal changes.

24.16.1

This update was pushed to live on August 19th, 2024.

• General: Redesigned the 404 page.
• Internal changes.

24.16

This update was pushed to live on August 19th, 2024.

• Significant internal changes.

24.15

This update was pushed to live on August 5th, 2024.

• General: Added an experimental dark theme.
• Donut Bot: Refreshed Discord join and leave messages.
• Internal changes.

24.14.7

This update was pushed to live on July 19th, 2024.

• Homepage: Added a Discord link to the navbar.
• Homepage: Made the blog narrower for a more comfortable reading experience.
• Internal changes.

24.14.6

This update was pushed to live on July 17th, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.14.5

This update was pushed to live on July 17th, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.14.4

This update was pushed to live on July 16th, 2024.

• General: Fixed an issue where Forum Topic Reply summaries showed the wrong date.
• Short Links: Improved handling of redirects to the main Donut Team domain.

24.14.3

This update was pushed to live on June 21st, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.14.2

This update was pushed to live on June 20th, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Fixed an issue where you could not re-add a release category after deleting it.
• Mod Bakery: Now allows moderators to upload any kind of release, including tools and resource packs.
  • We plan to eventually extend this to regular users once our upload processor is sufficiently advanced.
• Internal changes.

24.14.1

This update was pushed to live on June 12th, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.14

This update was pushed to live on May 28th, 2024.

• General: Updated the line height of paragraphs and lists across all sites.
  • This should improve readability.
• General: Updated the global navigation bar to use our new logo.
• General: Redesigned the footer to have a row of large icons for our various social media accounts.
• Homepage: Improved performance of "User" search
  • And, by extension, "Everything" search.
• Internal changes.

24.13.2

This update was pushed to live on May 17th, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.13.1

This update was pushed to live on May 12th, 2024.

• Homepage: Updated some legacy redirects to point to more appropriate locations.
• Mod Bakery: Made it so downloads do not open in a new tab.
• Mod Bakery: File upload rules are now specified on a per-game basis instead of being hardcoded to The Simpsons Hit & Run.
• Mod Bakery: Added an edit button group to release pages when you have permissions.
  • This allows you to quickly jump to the edit page for a release, branch, version or file you have permission to edit.
• General: Updated the footer to read "Donut Team LLC" instead of "Donut Team".
• Internal changes.

24.13

This update was pushed to live on March 15th, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Fixed broken pagination on the branch edit page when the branch has no versions.
• Mod Bakery: Fixed an issue where the "Summary" field on the create release form was not marked as required.
• Mod Bakery: Fixed the sort order of games on the games page.
• Mod Bakery: Added the ability to rearrange release images and videos by dragging them around on the page.
• Mod Bakery: Now creates a "Main" branch when creating a new release, saving you a step.
• Mod Bakery: Now allows multiple images to be uploaded simultaneously.
• Mod Bakery: Fixed an issue where unpublished game releases could be viewed by anyone.
• Internal changes.

24.12.1

This update was pushed to live on February 26th, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.12

This update was pushed to live on February 26th, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Added support for adding categories to your releases.
• Mod Bakery: Added support for removing categories from your releases.
• Internal changes.

24.11.8

This update was pushed to live on February 25th, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Fixed an issue where updating release image metadata didn't work.
• Mod Bakery: Fixed an issue where setting a sort order when uploading a new release image was ignored.
• Mod Bakery: Fixed an issue where deleted release images were counted against your quota.
• Mod Bakery: Made various pages use the release icon as an Open Graph image, when available.
• Mod Bakery: Fixed an issue where updates to your release's summary would be ignored.
• Mod Bakery: Adding a "Changelog" header to the release branch version page.
• Mod Bakery: Fixed an issue where the featured release image could be from an unpublished release.

24.11.7

This update was pushed to live on February 24th, 2024.

• Homepage: Tweaked the amount of user results shown on the "Everything" category and the "Users" category.
• Homepage: Made the search page's sidebar sticky.
• Mod Bakery: Fixed an issue where upload sessions were put into the wrong state on completion.
• Internal changes.

24.11.6

This update was pushed to live on February 18th, 2024.

• API: Fixing a mistake where the 10x CAL badge was incorrectly awarded.
• Internal changes.

24.11.5

This update was pushed to live on February 13th, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Fixed an oversight where release ownership was required to view release links.
• Internal changes.

24.11.4

This update was pushed to live on February 12th, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.11.3

This update was pushed to live on February 12th, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.11.2

This update was pushed to live on February 10th, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.11.1

This update was pushed to live on February 9th, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.11

This update was pushed to live on February 9th, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.10

This update was pushed to live on February 7th, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.9

This update was pushed to live on February 7th, 2024.

• Homepage: Fixed the roles list on user profiles.
• Homepage: Fixed profile websites overflowing if they were too long.
• Homepage: Redesigned the search page.
  • The search form has been moved to a sidebar on the left on desktop.
  • There's also a new "Advanced settings" section which houses a new "Search forum topic reply contents" setting.
• Mod Bakery: Fixed dates of 1969 showing up on release branch versions without a published date.
  • Certain legacy releases do not have a date on file.
• Internal changes.

24.8.1

This update was pushed to live on February 5th, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.8

This update was pushed to live on February 5th, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Now shows created date on Edit Logs.
• Homepage: Fixed the link to the Forum topic replies page on user profiles.
• Homepage: Added a description to the top of the "Preferences" page.
• Significant internal changes.

24.7.8

This update was pushed to live on January 23rd, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Removed the "- Choose visibility -" option from the branch metadata form. You must now choose "Private" or "Public".
• Mod Bakery: Removed the release settings page from general view as there are no longer any end user configurable settings on it.
• Mod Bakery: Changed the release, branch, and version metadata pages to redirect you back to themselves instead of their respective edit pages after submission.
• Mod Bakery: Fixing some redirect weirdness on the version publish page.
• Homepage: Improved search for releases by being less strict on titles and also searching summaries.
• Homepage: Slightly improved the design of the "Everything" results page.
• Homepage: Changed the search form to say "Releases on Mod Bakery" instead of "Mod Bakery releases".
• Internal changes.

24.7.7

This update was pushed to live on January 23rd, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Now creates edit logs when publishing a version.

24.7.6

This update was pushed to live on January 23rd, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Fixed an oversight where the branch metadata page and form were using incorrect URLs.

24.7.5

This update was pushed to live on January 22nd, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Now only shows upload sessions in certain states on the edit version page.
• Mod Bakery: Added a dedicated upload sessions page to view all upload sessions ever attempted on a version.
• Internal changes.

24.7.4

This update was pushed to live on January 22nd, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.7.3

This update was pushed to live on January 22nd, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.7.2

This update was pushed to live on January 22nd, 2024.

• API: Now denies creating upload sessions for non-Mod releases.
  • This check will be removed at a later date.
• Mod Bakery: No longer shows the upload file form for non-Mod releases.
  • The form will be reinstated for these types of releases at a later date.

24.7.1

This update was pushed to live on January 22nd, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Showing a different message on the edit release page when the release is published.

24.7

This update was pushed to live on January 22nd, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Added the ability to publish release branch versions.
• Mod Bakery: Removed the concept of "unlisted" releases. Now releases are either in a "draft" state or published to everyone.
• Mod Bakery: Fixed a bug where release views were counted on unpublished releases.
• Mod Bakery: Adding "View X page" buttons to the header blocks on the edit release/branch/version pages.
• Mod Bakery: Now checks branch privacy before allowing users to download files.
  • It already checked if the release was published before this so this issue is not as bad as it sounds.
• Mod Bakery: Added notices to the view branch/version pages indicating when they are private.
• Internal changes.

24.6.2

This update was pushed to live on January 19th, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Fixed a small oversight that prevented creators from creating new Release Branch Versions.
• Mod Bakery: Now shows "Unpublished" on Release Branch Versions that have not been published yet.
  • There is still no way to publish a Release Branch Version but this will be coming very soon!
• Internal changes.

24.6.1

This update was pushed to live on January 17th, 2024.

• General: Fixed an oversight that caused account deletion requests to not be fulfilled.
• Internal changes.

24.6

This update was pushed to live on January 16th, 2024.

• Homepage: Added the ability to choose Markdown or BBcode for your profile's about text. Use whatever you prefer!
• Internal changes.

24.5.2

This update was pushed to live on January 16th, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.5.1

This update was pushed to live on January 16th, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.5

This update was pushed to live on January 15th, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Now actually enforces the cap on release links per release.
• Internal changes.

24.4.1

This update was pushed to live on January 15th, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Now shows view count on release links in the release editing dashboard.

24.4

This update was pushed to live on January 15th, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Release link clicks/views are now tracked.
• Mod Bakery: Added the ability to create, update, and remove links from Release pages.

24.3.4

This update was pushed to live on January 15th, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Fixed an apparently long-standing oversight where we were not tracking release page views.
• Internal changes.

24.3.3

This update was pushed to live on January 13th, 2024.

• Homepage: Fixed a bug where custom sort orders for profile showcases were not being respected.
  • Reported by Weasel on a Stick , thanks for letting us know!

24.3.2

This update was pushed to live on January 12th, 2024.

• Internal changes.

24.3.1

This update was pushed to live on January 12th, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Updated the release branch version file upload form to check if they're enabled.
• Internal changes.

24.3

This update was pushed to live on January 10th, 2024.

• Homepage: Fixed "+X more roles" showing up when a user only has one role.
• General: Added a new PJAX implementation that replaces the experimental HTMX implementation.
  • This can be enabled under preferences and is also considered experimental.
• General: Updated the developer mode setting to be available to the client.
  • This will reset your developer mode setting to false because it uses a different cookie name now.
• Internal changes.

24.2.5

This update was pushed to live on January 9th, 2024.

• Homepage: Added back the banned banner to profiles of users who are currently banned.
• Internal changes.

24.2.4

This update was pushed to live on January 4th, 2024.

• General: Fixing a small mistake when validating emails.

24.2.3

This update was pushed to live on January 4th, 2024.

• General: Fixing changelog link on non-Homepage sites.
• General: Email validation is now stricter.
• Internal changes.

24.2.2

This update was pushed to live on January 2nd, 2024.

• Mod Bakery: Now disallows downloading private release branch version files unless you are logged in and own the release.
  • At the time of writing, there are no private releases on Mod Bakery so this didn't affect anyone.
• Internal changes.

24.2.1

This update was pushed to live on January 2nd, 2024.

• Homepage: Fixed pluralization of "roles" in ProfileSidebar when the user only has one additional role.
• Homepage: Changed the requested avatar size on profiles from 300 to 250.
  • Our avatar service doesn't actually support >250 pixels for avatars, so this was a mistake.
• Homepage: Fixed an oversight where verification details were not shown on the new profile sidebar.
• Homepage: Fixed an oversight where your online status was not shown on the new profile sidebar.
• Homepage: Fixed an oversight where the "more roles" count included the role that was being displayed when it should not.

24.2

This update was pushed to live on January 2nd, 2024.

• General: Fixed an issue where the Changelog link in the footer read "ChangelogChangelog".
• Homepage: Revamped profile sidebar.

24.1.1

This update was pushed to live on January 2nd, 2024.

• General: Added a link to this changelog to the footer.
• General: Fixed the "Status" link not getting an underline on hover.
• Homepage: Fixed an oversight where the "Edit profile" button on your own profile was accidentally removed.

24.1

This update was pushed to live on January 1st, 2024.

• Homepage: Revamped account management.
• Homepage: Fixed an issue where session history was not working properly.