diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 54e488c9d6..a76bef6d2d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,52 @@
+#### v4.0.1 (2025-01-29)
+
+##### Chores
+
+*  up dbsearch (88fa4553)
+*  up benchpress (c9584800)
+*  up harmony (10409e0e)
+*  up themes (6918c3f3)
+*  up themes (050effe2)
+*  up harmony (90e0a2d6)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.0.0 (c1eaee45)
+*  update changelog for v4.0.0 (ae8f58d6)
+
+##### New Features
+
+*  use text-danger if chat over limit (2f5b4b29)
+
+##### Bug Fixes
+
+*  #13087, disallow following cid -1 (ddb6e0f3)
+*  encoding of pid in notifyCategoryFollowers, #13087 (6d88dcb2)
+*  #13084 bump persona (4feda224)
+*  closes #13091, dont show world category (4c66eed9)
+*  #13088, up dbsearch (8644565a)
+*  #13090, update themes fix selector (822bff62)
+*  #13086 move rateLimit check (487d9f73)
+*  null checks for category sync and actor assertions (b3b8b9e9)
+*  #13067, add sourceContent to teasers (679fcb71)
+*  #13065, send missing `actor` property when 1b12 announcing local posts (e61df4de)
+*  closes #13068, encodeURIComponent X-Redirect (f3b8ed27)
+*  #13062 add displayname to email tpl data (f0c2090d)
+
+##### Other Changes
+
+*  missing ; (8b38cb3a)
+*  reduce image size (#12702) (a95a51c6)
+
+##### Refactors
+
+*  🤡 (4ba01d18)
+
+##### Tests
+
+*  adjust webfinger test for updated 404 status code (4a827b7e)
+*  fix x-redirect tests (b80440aa)
+*  add sourceContent to spec (526a9521)
+*  change test to 404 (52f7f0a7)
+*  remove only (0ba4ba65)
+
 #### v4.0.0 (2025-01-20)
 
 ##### Breaking Changes
diff --git a/install/package.json b/install/package.json
index 318378b639..786f1fbbbd 100644
--- a/install/package.json
+++ b/install/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "nodebb",
     "license": "GPL-3.0",
     "description": "NodeBB Forum",
-    "version": "4.0.0",
+    "version": "4.0.1",
     "homepage": "https://www.nodebb.org",
     "repository": {
         "type": "git",
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@
         "nodebb-plugin-spam-be-gone": "2.3.0",
         "nodebb-plugin-web-push": "0.7.2",
         "nodebb-rewards-essentials": "1.0.0",
-        "nodebb-theme-harmony": "2.0.5",
+        "nodebb-theme-harmony": "2.0.6",
         "nodebb-theme-lavender": "7.1.17",
-        "nodebb-theme-peace": "2.2.35",
-        "nodebb-theme-persona": "14.0.5",
+        "nodebb-theme-peace": "2.2.36",
+        "nodebb-theme-persona": "14.0.6",
         "nodebb-widget-essentials": "7.0.32",
         "nodemailer": "6.10.0",
         "nprogress": "0.2.0",
@@ -200,4 +200,4 @@
             "url": "https://github.com/barisusakli"
         }
     ]
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/general.json b/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/general.json
index 6848747e86..d56c819745 100644
--- a/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/general.json
+++ b/public/language/en-GB/admin/settings/general.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	"title-layout": "Title Layout",
 	"title-layout-help": "Define how the browser title will be structured ie. {pageTitle} | {browserTitle}",
 	"description.placeholder": "A short description about your community",
-	"description": "Choose what page is shown when users navigate to the root URL of your forum.",
+	"description": "Site Description",
 	"keywords": "Site Keywords",
 	"keywords-placeholder": "Keywords describing your community, comma-separated",
 	"logo-and-icons": "Site Logo & Icons",
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 	"topic-tools": "Topic Tools",
 	"home-page": "Home Page",
 	"home-page-route": "Home Page Route",
+	"home-page-description": "Choose what page is shown when users navigate to the root URL of your forum.",
 	"custom-route": "Custom Route",
 	"allow-user-home-pages": "Allow User Home Pages",
 	"home-page-title": "Title of the home page (default \"Home\")",
diff --git a/public/openapi/read/admin/config.yaml b/public/openapi/read/admin/config.yaml
index e5a65fa040..4b3fa7ffdc 100644
--- a/public/openapi/read/admin/config.yaml
+++ b/public/openapi/read/admin/config.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ get:
                 type: string
               browserTitle:
                 type: string
+              description:
+                type: string
+              keywords:
+                type: string
               titleLayout:
                 type: string
               showSiteTitle:
diff --git a/public/openapi/read/config.yaml b/public/openapi/read/config.yaml
index 5fb04f1f63..626e590e42 100644
--- a/public/openapi/read/config.yaml
+++ b/public/openapi/read/config.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ get:
                 type: string
               browserTitle:
                 type: string
+              description:
+                type: string
+              keywords:
+                type: string
               titleLayout:
                 type: string
               showSiteTitle:
diff --git a/src/api/topics.js b/src/api/topics.js
index 10d1c4c10e..81c1ee876a 100644
--- a/src/api/topics.js
+++ b/src/api/topics.js
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ topicsAPI.reply = async function (caller, data) {
 		return await posts.addToQueue(payload);
 	}
 
-	const postData = await topics.reply(payload); // postData seems to be a subset of postObj, refactor?
+	const postData = await topics.reply(payload);
 
 	const result = {
 		posts: [postData],
diff --git a/src/categories/topics.js b/src/categories/topics.js
index b4841200fd..918cc4c244 100644
--- a/src/categories/topics.js
+++ b/src/categories/topics.js
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ module.exports = function (Categories) {
 			bodyShort: bodyShort,
 			bodyLong: postData.content,
 			pid: postData.pid,
-			path: `/post/${postData.pid}`,
+			path: `/post/${encodeURIComponent(postData.pid)}`,
 			tid: postData.topic.tid,
 			from: exceptUid,
 		});
diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/helpers.js b/src/controllers/accounts/helpers.js
index 4c289e5007..53ecea8534 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/helpers.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/helpers.js
@@ -194,7 +194,11 @@ helpers.getCustomUserFields = async function (callerUID, userData) {
 		if (f.type === 'input-link' && userValue) {
 			f.linkValue = validator.escape(String(userValue.replace('http://', '').replace('https://', '')));
 		}
-		f['select-options'] = (f['select-options'] || '').split('\n').filter(Boolean).map(
+		f['select-options'] = (f['select-options'] || '').split('\n').filter(Boolean);
+		if (f.type === 'select') {
+			f['select-options'].unshift('');
+		}
+		f['select-options'] = f['select-options'].map(
 			opt => ({
 				value: opt,
 				selected: Array.isArray(userValue) ?
diff --git a/src/controllers/api.js b/src/controllers/api.js
index 2e6bb661fc..d0120b692e 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api.js
+++ b/src/controllers/api.js
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ apiController.loadConfig = async function (req) {
 		assetBaseUrl: asset_base_url, // deprecate in 1.20.x
 		siteTitle: validator.escape(String(meta.config.title || meta.config.browserTitle || 'NodeBB')),
 		browserTitle: validator.escape(String(meta.config.browserTitle || meta.config.title || 'NodeBB')),
+		description: validator.escape(String(meta.config.description || '')),
+		keywords: validator.escape(String(meta.config.keywords || '')),
 		titleLayout: (meta.config.titleLayout || '{pageTitle} | {browserTitle}').replace(/{/g, '{').replace(/}/g, '}'),
 		showSiteTitle: meta.config.showSiteTitle === 1,
 		maintenanceMode: meta.config.maintenanceMode === 1,
diff --git a/src/topics/posts.js b/src/topics/posts.js
index d9c20d3dc1..353dcddb1e 100644
--- a/src/topics/posts.js
+++ b/src/topics/posts.js
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 		parentPosts.forEach((post, i) => {
 			if (usersMap[post.uid]) {
 				parents[parentPids[i]] = {
+					uid: post.uid,
 					username: usersMap[post.uid].username,
 					displayname: usersMap[post.uid].displayname,
 				};
diff --git a/src/user/categories.js b/src/user/categories.js
index 137cf595e3..38770138a9 100644
--- a/src/user/categories.js
+++ b/src/user/categories.js
@@ -4,19 +4,25 @@ const _ = require('lodash');
 
 const db = require('../database');
 const categories = require('../categories');
-const activitypub = require('../activitypub');
 const plugins = require('../plugins');
+const utils = require('../utils');
 
 module.exports = function (User) {
 	User.setCategoryWatchState = async function (uid, cids, state) {
-		if (!activitypub.helpers.isUri(uid) && !(parseInt(uid, 10) > 0)) {
+		if (utils.isNumber(uid) && parseInt(uid, 10) <= 0) {
 			return;
 		}
+
 		const isStateValid = Object.values(categories.watchStates).includes(parseInt(state, 10));
 		if (!isStateValid) {
 			throw new Error('[[error:invalid-watch-state]]');
 		}
-		cids = Array.isArray(cids) ? cids : [cids];
+
+		cids = new Set(Array.isArray(cids) ? cids : [cids]);
+		cids.delete(-1); // cannot watch cid -1
+		cids.delete('-1');
+		cids = Array.from(cids);
+
 		const exists = await categories.exists(cids);
 		if (exists.includes(false)) {
 			throw new Error('[[error:no-category]]');
diff --git a/src/user/profile.js b/src/user/profile.js
index 40a0d3bc99..c150675d6a 100644
--- a/src/user/profile.js
+++ b/src/user/profile.js
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 					));
 				} else if (field.type === 'select') {
 					const opts = field['select-options'].split('\n').filter(Boolean);
-					if (!opts.includes(value)) {
+					if (!opts.includes(value) && value !== '') {
 						throw new Error(tx.compile(
 							'error:custom-user-field-select-value-invalid', field.name
 						));
diff --git a/src/views/admin/settings/general.tpl b/src/views/admin/settings/general.tpl
index 7070fbf0ee..0d75c9d601 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/settings/general.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/settings/general.tpl
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 
 				<div class="">
 					<p>
-						[[admin/settings/general:description]]
+						[[admin/settings/general:home-page-description]]
 					</p>
 					<form class="row">
 						<div class="col-sm-12">