1 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/system/services/mastodon/patches/0001-feat-treewide-Increase-character-limit-to-5000-in-me.patch b/system/services/mastodon/patches/0001-feat-treewide-Increase-character-limit-to-5000-in-me.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35dc809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/services/mastodon/patches/0001-feat-treewide-Increase-character-limit-to-5000-in-me.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From ab67426c53d343eee349de501767ecbbf5d211ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Benedikt Peetz <benedikt.peetz@b-peetz.de>
+Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:07:11 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] feat(treewide): Increase character limit to 5000 in messages
+
+The default of 500 was just not enough.
+---
+ .../features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js       | 2 +-
+ app/validators/status_length_validator.rb                       | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
+index bda2edba6..76ac65bf3 100644
+--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
++++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/containers/compose_form_container.js
+@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = state => ({
+   anyMedia: state.getIn(['compose', 'media_attachments']).size > 0,
+   isInReply: state.getIn(['compose', 'in_reply_to']) !== null,
+   lang: state.getIn(['compose', 'language']),
+-  maxChars: state.getIn(['server', 'server', 'configuration', 'statuses', 'max_characters'], 500),
++  maxChars: state.getIn(['server', 'server', 'configuration', 'statuses', 'max_characters'], 5000),
+ });
+ 
+ const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => ({
+diff --git a/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb b/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
+index dc841ded3..9cb1ec94b 100644
+--- a/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
++++ b/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ # frozen_string_literal: true
+ 
+ class StatusLengthValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
+-  MAX_CHARS = 500
++  MAX_CHARS = 5000
+   URL_PLACEHOLDER_CHARS = 23
+   URL_PLACEHOLDER = 'x' * 23
+ 
+-- 
+2.47.0
+