apply max chars patch from https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/pull/5697

Co-authored-by: mayaeh <mayaeh@marimo-net.org>

.env.production

@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ LOCAL_HTTPS=true
 # Optionally change default language
 # DEFAULT_LOCALE=de
 
+# Maximum allowed character count
+MAX_TOOT_CHARS=10000
+
 # E-mail configuration
 # Note: Mailgun and SparkPost (https://sparkpo.st/smtp) each have good free tiers
 # If you want to use an SMTP server without authentication (e.g local Postfix relay)

app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js

@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ import ImmutablePureComponent from 'react-immutable-pure-component';
 import { length } from 'stringz';
 import { countableText } from '../util/counter';
 import Icon from 'mastodon/components/icon';
+import { max_toot_chars } from '../../../initial_state';
 
+const maxChars = max_toot_chars || 500;
 const allowedAroundShortCode = '><\u0085\u0020\u00a0\u1680\u2000\u2001\u2002\u2003\u2004\u2005\u2006\u2007\u2008\u2009\u200a\u202f\u205f\u3000\u2028\u2029\u0009\u000a\u000b\u000c\u000d';
 
 const messages = defineMessages({
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     const { isSubmitting, isChangingUpload, isUploading, anyMedia } = this.props;
     const fulltext = [this.props.spoilerText, countableText(this.props.text)].join('');
 
-    if (isSubmitting || isUploading || isChangingUpload || length(fulltext) > 500 || (fulltext.length !== 0 && fulltext.trim().length === 0 && !anyMedia)) {
+    if (isSubmitting || isUploading || isChangingUpload || length(fulltext) > maxChars || (fulltext.length !== 0 && fulltext.trim().length === 0 && !anyMedia)) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     const { intl, onPaste, showSearch, anyMedia } = this.props;
     const disabled = this.props.isSubmitting;
     const text     = [this.props.spoilerText, countableText(this.props.text)].join('');
-    const disabledButton = disabled || this.props.isUploading || this.props.isChangingUpload || length(text) > 500 || (text.length !== 0 && text.trim().length === 0 && !anyMedia);
+    const disabledButton = disabled || this.props.isUploading || this.props.isChangingUpload || length(text) > maxChars || (text.length !== 0 && text.trim().length === 0 && !anyMedia);
     let publishText = '';
 
     if (this.props.privacy === 'private' || this.props.privacy === 'direct') {
@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
             <PrivacyDropdownContainer />
             <SpoilerButtonContainer />
           </div>
-          <div className='character-counter__wrapper'><CharacterCounter max={500} text={text} /></div>
+          <div className='character-counter__wrapper'><CharacterCounter max={maxChars} text={text} /></div>
         </div>
 
         <div className='compose-form__publish'>

app/javascript/mastodon/initial_state.js

@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ export const usePendingItems = getMeta('use_pending_items');
 export const showTrends = getMeta('trends');
 export const title = getMeta('title');
 export const cropImages = getMeta('crop_images');
+export const max_toot_chars = getMeta('max_toot_chars');
 
 export default initialState;

app/serializers/initial_state_serializer.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 class InitialStateSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   attributes :meta, :compose, :accounts,
-             :media_attachments, :settings
+			 :media_attachments, :settings,
+			 :max_toot_chars
 
   has_one :push_subscription, serializer: REST::WebPushSubscriptionSerializer
 
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ class InitialStateSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
     { accept_content_types: MediaAttachment.supported_file_extensions + MediaAttachment.supported_mime_types }
   end
 
+  def max_toot_chars
+	StatusLengthValidator::MAX_CHARS
+  end
+
   private
 
   def instance_presenter

app/serializers/rest/instance_serializer.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ class REST::InstanceSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
 
   attributes :uri, :title, :short_description, :description, :email,
              :version, :urls, :stats, :thumbnail,
-             :languages, :registrations, :approval_required, :invites_enabled
+			 :languages, :registrations, :approval_required, :invites_enabled,
+			 :max_toot_chars
 
   has_one :contact_account, serializer: REST::AccountSerializer
 
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ class REST::InstanceSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
     instance_presenter.thumbnail ? full_asset_url(instance_presenter.thumbnail.file.url) : full_pack_url('media/images/preview.jpg')
   end
 
+  def max_toot_chars
+	StatusLengthValidator::MAX_CHARS
+  end
+
   def stats
     {
       user_count: instance_presenter.user_count,

app/validators/status_length_validator.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class StatusLengthValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
-  MAX_CHARS = 500
+  MAX_CHARS = (ENV['MAX_TOOT_CHARS'] || 500).to_i
 
   def validate(status)
     return unless status.local? && !status.reblog?