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  • Etherpad Lite - Package updates

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    [4.5.0] Update etherpad-lite to 2.6.0 Full Changelog Added native option to transfer your Etherpad session between browsers. If you use multiple browsers or different PC for Etherpad they are different sessions. Meaning typing on one PC and then switching to another one in the same pad will result in different authorship colors. With this new feature you can now transfer your session to another browser or PC. To do so, open the home page and click on the wheel icon in the top right corner. After that click through the first dialog prompting you to copy a code to your clipboard. On your second browser open the same dialog and switch to "Receive Session" tab. There you can paste the code you copied before and click on "Receive Session". After that your session is transferred, and you can continue editing with the same authorship color as before. Just be aware that you can't have two active sessions at once in a pad. Updated to oidc provider v2.6.0 after resolving compatibility issues.
  • How to install plugins ?

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    Add plugin info The plugin info is {"name":"ep_author_neat2","version":"2.0.11"} and has to be added to app/data/data/installed_plugins.json I think that the above step is the only one needed to install plugins. Simply add the wanted plugins into /data/data/installed_plugins.json and a restart will install them. Tested with the demo server: I installed Etherpad and modified the following files: /data/data/installed_plugins.json {"plugins":[ {"name":"ep_button_link","version":"1.0.11"}, {"name":"ep_delete_empty_pads","version":"0.0.11"}, {"name":"ep_author_hover","version":"1.0.12"}, {"name":"ep_spellcheck","version":"0.0.65"}, {"name":"ep_disable_reset_authorship_colours","version":"0.0.27"}, {"name":"ep_image_upload","version":"1.0.105"}, {"name":"ep_disable_delete_button","version":"0.0.1"}, {"name":"ep_prompt_for_name","version":"1.0.25"}, {"name":"ep_table_of_contents","version":"0.3.89"}, {"name":"ep_prefer_color_scheme","version":"0.0.10"}, {"name":"ep_countable","version":"0.0.15"}, {"name":"ep_default_colors_off","version":"0.0.1"}, {"name":"ep_align","version":"10.0.2"}, {"name":"ep_comments_page","version":"10.0.4"}, {"name":"ep_embedded_hyperlinks2","version":"1.2.4"}, {"name":"ep_font_color","version":"0.0.89"}, {"name":"ep_headings2","version":"0.2.68"}, {"name":"ep_markdown","version":"10.0.1"}, {"name":"ep_openid_connect","version":"3.0.13"}, {"name":"ep_user_displayname","version":"1.0.7"}, {"name":"ep_stable_authorid","version":"1.0.5"}, {"name":"ep_guest","version":"1.0.37"}, {"name":"ep_etherpad-lite","version":"2.5.3"} ] } data/settings.json { "requireAuthentication": false, "ep_spellcheck": { "disabledByDefault" : false }, "ep_toc": { "disable_by_default": false, "show_button": true }, "ep_button_link": { "link": "https://www.cloudron.io/", "text": "Cloudron", "after": "[data-key='home']" }, "ep_author_hover": { "disabledByDefault": false } } Logs Dec 27 10:17:58 [2025-12-27T09:17:58.576] [INFO] server - Starting Etherpad... Dec 27 10:17:58 [2025-12-27T09:17:58.605] [INFO] plugins - pnpm --version: 10.20.0 Dec 27 10:17:58 [2025-12-27T09:17:58.619] [INFO] plugins - check installed plugins for migration Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.059] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_button_link... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.059] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_delete_empty_pads... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.059] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_author_hover... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.060] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_spellcheck... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.060] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_disable_reset_authorship_colours... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.060] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_image_upload... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.060] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_disable_delete_button... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.060] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_prompt_for_name... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.060] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_table_of_contents... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.060] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_prefer_color_scheme... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.060] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_countable... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.060] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_default_colors_off... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.060] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_align... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.061] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_comments_page... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.061] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_embedded_hyperlinks2... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.061] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_font_color... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.061] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_headings2... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.061] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_markdown... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.061] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_openid_connect... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.061] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_user_displayname... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.061] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_stable_authorid... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.061] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_guest... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.061] [INFO] plugins - Loading plugin ep_etherpad-lite... Dec 27 10:17:59 [2025-12-27T09:17:59.068] [INFO] plugins - Loaded 23 plugins https://pad.demo.cloudron.io
  • Etherpad error on start

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    @nebulon Just got to testing it.. That was it. Good catch! Started after removing it from the json plugin list.
  • Etherpad error when updating

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    Marking this topic as solved due to the lack of responsiveness. If this is not the case, please just write and I can mark the topic as unsolved again.
  • Last update unexpectedly broke Etherpad (due to old plugins)

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    @nebulon yes, Howe once users start diverging from the default build there is no mechanism to keep them in sync across app upgrades.
  • App logs filling disk

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    Oh wow, what an interesting (and slightly frightening) failure mode! "Your log files are so big that we've given up on managing them."
  • Etherpad admin access failed

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    Just almost tripped over this myself. It seems that "requireAuthentication": false hides the login button, and so the whole login /admin situation gets confusing. Might be worth adding that to the docs.
  • setting NODE_ENV for production

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    @nebulon I see. Thank you!
  • "Share this pad" Read-only on/off is ignored: guests do not have editing rights

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    Hi all, I believe I've found a solution that works. With this setup, my logged-in users can create pads, and guests can edit them as long as read-only mode is not enabled by the pad owner. Guests, however, cannot create pads. { "ep_guest": { "username": "guest" }, "users": { "user1": { "is_admin": true }, "guest": { "displayname": "Guest", "displaynameChangeable": false, "readOnly": false, "canCreate": false } } }
  • Admin Login won't work

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    @marylou @nebulon Currently, accessing Etherpad's admin interface is a two-step process (after the config mentioned above): First, visit /admin-auth/ to authenticate with your Cloudron user. If successful, you'll see the word "Authorized" appear. Next, visit /admin. This should no longer redirect you to /admin/login, and should instead show you the Etherpad admin console.
  • Custom skins not loading

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    @nebulon Thank you! Great to hear. Happy to say that our custom skin loads properly.
  • Update to package v4.0 broke login

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    @sponch Same here. But I guess, this should be a new topic in this forum. I've got the "username": { "is_admin": true in the setting.json, but I can't login with the users' credentials.
  • New upstream releases available

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    Great to hear! Looking forward to testing it out!
  • How to Make Documents Public ?

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    so there's no way to have authentication required and still be able to share a document publicly without having the viewer to sign in?
  • Language setting making the app crash

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    So the settings.json shown in the admin UI is the wrong place to make changes. It will get reset on ever app restart. To make that clear, I pushed a new app package, which disables the admin UI bit to edit the settings.json within the app.
  • Authorship color issue since 3.7 update

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    Hey, the issue seems to be resolved after updating Thank you !
  • Failed authentication from IP...

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    @girish all right, thank you for your tips. In general, I find your support extremely great, very high quality, thanks for everything!
  • Plugin for automatic delete

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    @humptydumpty said in Plugin for automatic delete: @robi You beat me to it. [image: 1668209139819-screenshot-2022-11-11-172507-resized.png] Hi, plugin installation works, but the code "ep_delete_after_delay": { "delay": 86400, // one day, in seconds "loop": true, "loopDelay": 3600, // one hour, in seconds "deleteAtStart": true, "text": "The content of this pad has been deleted since it was older than the configured delay." }, don't work after putting in settings.json and restart app. I think a text should be displayed at a new pad, or? In my case there is no text...
  • Contingency Planning

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    Etherpad stores the documents and its data in the mysql database on your VPS. While editing, the clients sync their changes mostly real-time to the server. I am not fully sure what happens if you are offline and edits cannot be submitted to the server, for some time, then later the client gets online again, while the document already has changed by other clients on the server. Essentially for such more complex conflict resolutions, you have to ask upstream or see what their docs have to say about this.
  • Issue for customizing the css

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    @nebulon excellent ! the display issue is now fixed (after deleting cookies of course). Many thanks for the support !