diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ec4faa3658..9010b97b06 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,49 @@
+#### v4.4.4 (2025-06-18)
+
+##### Chores
+
+*  incrementing version number - v4.4.3 (d354c2eb)
+*  update changelog for v4.4.3 (0c9297f8)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.4.2 (55c510ae)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.4.1 (5ae79b4e)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.4.0 (0a75eee3)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.3.2 (b92b5d80)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.3.1 (308e6b9f)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.3.0 (bff291db)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.2.2 (17fecc24)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.2.1 (852a270c)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.2.0 (87581958)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.1.1 (b2afbb16)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.1.0 (36c80850)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.0.6 (4a52fb2e)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.0.5 (1792a62b)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.0.4 (b1125cce)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.0.3 (2b65c735)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.0.2 (73fe5fcf)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.0.1 (a461b758)
+*  incrementing version number - v4.0.0 (c1eaee45)
+
+##### New Features
+
+*  link to post in preview timestamp (8c69c6a0)
+*  Add live reload functionality with Grunt watch and Socket.IO (#13489) (84d99a0f)
+*  closes #13484, post preview changes (14e30c4b)
+
+##### Bug Fixes
+
+*  sanitize svg when uploading site-logo, default avatar and og:image (da2597f8)
+*  Revise package hash check in Docker entrypoint.sh (#13483) (6c5b2268)
+*  more edge cases (32faaba0)
+*  #13484, clear tooltip if cursor leaves link (0ebb31fe)
+
+##### Other Changes
+
+*  fix lint (8ab034d8)
+
+##### Refactors
+
+*  send single message (dc37789b)
+
 #### v4.4.3 (2025-06-09)
 
 ##### Chores
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6c5d80e0fd..fb8b8702fe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Our minimalist "Harmony" theme gets you going right away, no coding experience r
 NodeBB requires the following software to be installed:
 
 * A version of Node.js at least 20 or greater ([installation/upgrade instructions](https://github.com/nodesource/distributions))
-* MongoDB, version 3.6 or greater **or** Redis, version 2.8.9 or greater
+* MongoDB, version 5 or greater **or** Redis, version 7.2 or greater
 * If you are using [clustering](https://docs.nodebb.org/configuring/scaling/) you need Redis installed and configured.
 * nginx, version 1.3.13 or greater (**only if** intending to use nginx to proxy requests to a NodeBB)
 
diff --git a/install/package.json b/install/package.json
index 4033fe1a27..dbb07c0c20 100644
--- a/install/package.json
+++ b/install/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
         "@isaacs/ttlcache": "1.4.1",
         "@nodebb/spider-detector": "2.0.3",
         "@popperjs/core": "2.11.8",
-        "@resvg/resvg-js": "2.6.2",
         "@textcomplete/contenteditable": "0.1.13",
         "@textcomplete/core": "0.1.13",
         "@textcomplete/textarea": "0.1.13",
diff --git a/public/openapi/write/posts/pid/diffs.yaml b/public/openapi/write/posts/pid/diffs.yaml
index ea76f7ea66..ca8dd91ac7 100644
--- a/public/openapi/write/posts/pid/diffs.yaml
+++ b/public/openapi/write/posts/pid/diffs.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ get:
               response:
                 type: object
                 properties:
+                  uid:
+                    type: number
+                  pid:
+                    type: number
                   timestamps:
                     type: array
                     items:
@@ -37,6 +41,8 @@ get:
                           type: string
                         username:
                           type: string
+                        uid:
+                          type: number
                   editable:
                     type: boolean
                   deletable:
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 7cbecd9e95..16656afbcc 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "extends": [
     "config:recommended"
   ],
-  "baseBranches": [
+  "baseBranchPatterns": [
     "develop"
   ],
   "labels": [
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
         "dependencies"
       ],
       "rangeStrategy": "pin",
-      "matchPackageNames": [
-      ]
+      "matchPackageNames": []
     },
     {
       "matchDepTypes": [
diff --git a/src/activitypub/index.js b/src/activitypub/index.js
index 4067405080..926f8d0754 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/index.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/index.js
@@ -346,7 +346,16 @@ ActivityPub.get = async (type, id, uri, options) => {
 	}
 };
 
-ActivityPub.retryQueue = lru({ name: 'activitypub-retry-queue', max: 4000, ttl: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 60 });
+ActivityPub.retryQueue = lru({
+	name: 'activitypub-retry-queue',
+	max: 4000,
+	ttl: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 60,
+	dispose: (value) => {
+		if (value) {
+			clearTimeout(value);
+		}
+	},
+});
 
 // handle clearing retry queue from another member of the cluster
 pubsub.on(`activitypub-retry-queue:lruCache:del`, (keys) => {
diff --git a/src/api/posts.js b/src/api/posts.js
index b39c173eb6..7946a1d311 100644
--- a/src/api/posts.js
+++ b/src/api/posts.js
@@ -491,10 +491,12 @@ async function diffsPrivilegeCheck(pid, uid) {
 
 postsAPI.getDiffs = async (caller, data) => {
 	await diffsPrivilegeCheck(data.pid, caller.uid);
-	const timestamps = await posts.diffs.list(data.pid);
-	const post = await posts.getPostFields(data.pid, ['timestamp', 'uid']);
+	const [timestamps, post, diffs] = await Promise.all([
+		posts.diffs.list(data.pid),
+		posts.getPostFields(data.pid, ['timestamp', 'uid']),
+		posts.diffs.get(data.pid),
+	]);
 
-	const diffs = await posts.diffs.get(data.pid);
 	const uids = diffs.map(diff => diff.uid || null);
 	uids.push(post.uid);
 	let usernames = await user.getUsersFields(uids, ['username']);
@@ -508,18 +510,21 @@ postsAPI.getDiffs = async (caller, data) => {
 
 	// timestamps returned by posts.diffs.list are strings
 	timestamps.push(String(post.timestamp));
-
-	return {
+	const result = await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:post.getDiffs', {
+		uid: caller.uid,
+		pid: data.pid,
 		timestamps: timestamps,
 		revisions: timestamps.map((timestamp, idx) => ({
 			timestamp: timestamp,
 			username: usernames[idx],
+			uid: uids[idx],
 		})),
 		// Only admins, global mods and moderator of that cid can delete a diff
 		deletable: isAdmin || isModerator,
 		// These and post owners can restore to a different post version
 		editable: isAdmin || isModerator || parseInt(caller.uid, 10) === parseInt(post.uid, 10),
-	};
+	});
+	return result;
 };
 
 postsAPI.loadDiff = async (caller, data) => {
diff --git a/src/categories/icon.js b/src/categories/icon.js
index 93f5614630..7aa94ab802 100644
--- a/src/categories/icon.js
+++ b/src/categories/icon.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const fs = require('fs/promises');
 const nconf = require('nconf');
 const winston = require('winston');
 const { default: satori } = require('satori');
-const { Resvg } = require('@resvg/resvg-js');
+const sharp = require('sharp');
 
 const utils = require('../utils');
 
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ Icons.regenerate = async (cid) => {
 	await fs.writeFile(path.resolve(nconf.get('upload_path'), 'category', `category-${cid}-icon.svg`), svg);
 
 	// Generate and save PNG
-	const resvg = new Resvg(Buffer.from(svg));
-	const pngData = resvg.render();
-	const pngBuffer = pngData.asPng();
+	const pngBuffer = await sharp(Buffer.from(svg))
+		.png()
+		.toBuffer();
 
 	await fs.writeFile(path.resolve(nconf.get('upload_path'), 'category', `category-${cid}-icon.png`), pngBuffer);
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/admin/uploads.js b/src/controllers/admin/uploads.js
index ccd4261b36..0f70380695 100644
--- a/src/controllers/admin/uploads.js
+++ b/src/controllers/admin/uploads.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const path = require('path');
 const nconf = require('nconf');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const winston = require('winston');
-const sanitizeHtml = require('sanitize-html');
 
 const meta = require('../../meta');
 const posts = require('../../posts');
@@ -157,50 +156,11 @@ uploadsController.uploadCategoryPicture = async function (req, res, next) {
 		return next(new Error('[[error:invalid-json]]'));
 	}
 
-	if (uploadedFile.path.endsWith('.svg')) {
-		await sanitizeSvg(uploadedFile.path);
-	}
-
 	await validateUpload(uploadedFile, allowedImageTypes);
 	const filename = `category-${params.cid}${path.extname(uploadedFile.name)}`;
 	await uploadImage(filename, 'category', uploadedFile, req, res, next);
 };
 
-async function sanitizeSvg(filePath) {
-	const dirty = await fs.promises.readFile(filePath, 'utf8');
-	const clean = sanitizeHtml(dirty, {
-		allowedTags: [
-			'svg', 'g', 'defs', 'linearGradient', 'radialGradient', 'stop',
-			'circle', 'ellipse', 'polygon', 'polyline', 'path', 'rect',
-			'line', 'text', 'tspan', 'use', 'symbol', 'clipPath', 'mask', 'pattern',
-			'filter', 'feGaussianBlur', 'feOffset', 'feBlend', 'feColorMatrix', 'feMerge', 'feMergeNode',
-		],
-		allowedAttributes: {
-			'*': [
-				// Geometry
-				'x', 'y', 'x1', 'x2', 'y1', 'y2', 'cx', 'cy', 'r', 'rx', 'ry',
-				'width', 'height', 'd', 'points', 'viewBox', 'transform',
-
-				// Presentation
-				'fill', 'stroke', 'stroke-width', 'opacity',
-				'stop-color', 'stop-opacity', 'offset', 'style', 'class',
-
-				// Text
-				'text-anchor', 'font-size', 'font-family',
-
-				// Misc
-				'id', 'clip-path', 'mask', 'filter', 'gradientUnits', 'gradientTransform',
-				'xmlns', 'preserveAspectRatio',
-			],
-		},
-		parser: {
-			lowerCaseTags: false,
-			lowerCaseAttributeNames: false,
-		},
-	});
-	await fs.promises.writeFile(filePath, clean);
-}
-
 uploadsController.uploadFavicon = async function (req, res, next) {
 	const uploadedFile = req.files.files[0];
 	const allowedTypes = ['image/x-icon', 'image/vnd.microsoft.icon'];
@@ -296,10 +256,6 @@ uploadsController.uploadOgImage = async function (req, res, next) {
 async function upload(name, req, res, next) {
 	const uploadedFile = req.files.files[0];
 
-	if (uploadedFile.path.endsWith('.svg')) {
-		await sanitizeSvg(uploadedFile.path);
-	}
-
 	await validateUpload(uploadedFile, allowedImageTypes);
 	const filename = name + path.extname(uploadedFile.name);
 	await uploadImage(filename, 'system', uploadedFile, req, res, next);
diff --git a/src/file.js b/src/file.js
index 639cc9f58c..7bfc957a94 100644
--- a/src/file.js
+++ b/src/file.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const winston = require('winston');
 const { mkdirp } = require('mkdirp');
 const mime = require('mime');
 const graceful = require('graceful-fs');
+const sanitizeHtml = require('sanitize-html');
 
 const slugify = require('./slugify');
 
@@ -27,6 +28,10 @@ file.saveFileToLocal = async function (filename, folder, tempPath) {
 
 	winston.verbose(`Saving file ${filename} to : ${uploadPath}`);
 	await mkdirp(path.dirname(uploadPath));
+	if (filename.endsWith('.svg')) {
+		await sanitizeSvg(tempPath);
+	}
+
 	await fs.promises.copyFile(tempPath, uploadPath);
 	return {
 		url: `/assets/uploads/${folder ? `${folder}/` : ''}${filename}`,
@@ -155,4 +160,39 @@ file.walk = async function (dir) {
 	return files.reduce((a, f) => a.concat(f), []);
 };
 
+async function sanitizeSvg(filePath) {
+	const dirty = await fs.promises.readFile(filePath, 'utf8');
+	const clean = sanitizeHtml(dirty, {
+		allowedTags: [
+			'svg', 'g', 'defs', 'linearGradient', 'radialGradient', 'stop',
+			'circle', 'ellipse', 'polygon', 'polyline', 'path', 'rect',
+			'line', 'text', 'tspan', 'use', 'symbol', 'clipPath', 'mask', 'pattern',
+			'filter', 'feGaussianBlur', 'feOffset', 'feBlend', 'feColorMatrix', 'feMerge', 'feMergeNode',
+		],
+		allowedAttributes: {
+			'*': [
+				// Geometry
+				'x', 'y', 'x1', 'x2', 'y1', 'y2', 'cx', 'cy', 'r', 'rx', 'ry',
+				'width', 'height', 'd', 'points', 'viewBox', 'transform',
+
+				// Presentation
+				'fill', 'stroke', 'stroke-width', 'opacity',
+				'stop-color', 'stop-opacity', 'offset', 'style', 'class',
+
+				// Text
+				'text-anchor', 'font-size', 'font-family',
+
+				// Misc
+				'id', 'clip-path', 'mask', 'filter', 'gradientUnits', 'gradientTransform',
+				'xmlns', 'preserveAspectRatio',
+			],
+		},
+		parser: {
+			lowerCaseTags: false,
+			lowerCaseAttributeNames: false,
+		},
+	});
+	await fs.promises.writeFile(filePath, clean);
+}
+
 require('./promisify')(file);
diff --git a/test/activitypub/notes.js b/test/activitypub/notes.js
index fbbf0c59ec..e8672eb283 100644
--- a/test/activitypub/notes.js
+++ b/test/activitypub/notes.js
@@ -466,7 +466,8 @@ describe('Notes', () => {
 					assert.strictEqual(cid, remoteCid);
 				});
 
-				it('should create a new topic in cid -1 if a non-same origin remote category is addressed', async () => {
+				it('should create a new topic in cid -1 if a non-same origin remote category is addressed', async function () {
+					this.timeout(60000);
 					const { id: remoteCid } = helpers.mocks.group({
 						id: `https://example.com/${utils.generateUUID()}`,
 					});
diff --git a/test/files/dirty.svg b/test/files/dirty.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a948be59b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/dirty.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<svg width="100" height="100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+	<rect x="10" y="10" width="80" height="80" fill="red" stroke="black" stroke-width="4"/>
+</svg>
+<script>alert('foo');</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/uploads.js b/test/uploads.js
index 3b361e36d3..4fc0e41a64 100644
--- a/test/uploads.js
+++ b/test/uploads.js
@@ -338,6 +338,15 @@ describe('Upload Controllers', () => {
 			assert.equal(body[0].url, `${nconf.get('relative_path')}/assets/uploads/category/category-1.png`);
 		});
 
+		it('should upload svg as category image after cleaning it up', async () => {
+			const { response, body } = await helpers.uploadFile(`${nconf.get('url')}/api/admin/category/uploadpicture`, path.join(__dirname, '../test/files/dirty.svg'), { params: JSON.stringify({ cid: cid }) }, jar, csrf_token);
+			assert.equal(response.statusCode, 200);
+			assert(Array.isArray(body));
+			assert.equal(body[0].url, `${nconf.get('relative_path')}/assets/uploads/category/category-1.svg`);
+			const svgContents = await fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, '../test/uploads/category/category-1.svg'), 'utf-8');
+			assert.strictEqual(svgContents.includes('<script>'), false);
+		});
+
 		it('should upload default avatar', async () => {
 			const { response, body } = await helpers.uploadFile(`${nconf.get('url')}/api/admin/uploadDefaultAvatar`, path.join(__dirname, '../test/files/test.png'), { }, jar, csrf_token);
 			assert.equal(response.statusCode, 200);