Alright guest search is enabled. Given that the search visibility setting by now has moved to user privileges, maybe some nodebb update expected to adjust this accordingly....
And the author has just answered the problem for me, such extension exists and works fine on my self-hosted
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/changedetectionio-website/kefcfmgmlhmankjmnbijimhofdjekbop
Thanks for the explanation, I've likely overlooked that when upgrading to V8 😬 and likely also overestimated the quality of my "default" DNS 🙂 , thanks !
Switching to hetzner feels good enough for now 😂. Full backup takes 30min for 21 apps. I've cancelled contabo storage service.
Hope this stays so snappy for the long run
S