This release stands as a monumental milestone in our development journey with a record-breaking incorporation of [1528](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pulls?q=is%3Apr+milestone%3A1.22.0+is%3Amerged) pull requests. It marks the most extensive update in Gitea's history, showcasing a plethora of new features and infrastructure improvements.

Noteworthy advancements in this release include the introduction of `HTMX` and `Tailwind`, signaling a strategic shift as we gradually phase out `jquery` and `Fomantic UI`. These changes reflect our commitment to embracing modern technologies and enhancing the user experience.

Key highlights of this release encompass significant changes categorized under `BREAKING`, `FEATURES`, `ENHANCEMENTS`, and `PERFORMANCE`, each contributing to a more robust and efficient Gitea platform.

* BREAKING
  * Improve reverse proxy documents and clarify the AppURL guessing behavior (#31003) (#31020)
  * Remember log in for a month by default (#30150)
  * Breaking summary for template refactoring (#29395)
    * All custom templates need to follow these changes
  * Recommend/convert to use case-sensitive collation for MySQL/MSSQL (#28662)
  * Make offline mode as default to not connect external avatar service by default (#28548)
  * Include public repos in the doer's dashboard for issue search (#28304)
  * Use restricted sanitizer for repository description (#28141)
  * Support storage base path as prefix (#27827)
  * Enhanced auth token / remember me (#27606)
  * Rename the default themes to `gitea-light`, `gitea-dark`, `gitea-auto` (#27419)
    * If you didn't see the new themes, please remove the `[ui].THEMES` config option from `app.ini`
  * Require MySQL 8.0, PostgreSQL 12, MSSQL 2012 (#27337)
* FEATURES
  * Allow everyone to read or write a wiki by a repo unit setting (#30495)
  * Use raw Wiki links for non-renderable Wiki files (#30273)
  * Render embedded code preview by permalink in markdown (#30234) (#30249)
  * Support repo code search without setting up an indexer (#29998)
  * Support pasting URLs over markdown text (#29566)
  * Allow to change primary email before account activation (#29412)
  * Customizable "Open with" applications for repository clone (#29320)
  * Allow options to disable user deletion from the interface on app.ini (#29275)
  * Extend issue template YAML engine (#29274)
  * Add support for `linguist-detectable` and `linguist-documentation` (#29267)
  * Implement code frequency graph (#29191)
  * Show commit status for releases (#29149)
  * Add user blocking (#29028)
  * Actions Artifacts v4 backend (#28965)
  * Add merge style `fast-forward-only` (#28954)
  * Retarget depending pulls when the parent branch is deleted (#28686)
  * Add global setting on how timestamps should be rendered (#28657)
  * Implement actions badge SVGs (#28102)
  * Add skip ci functionality (#28075)
  * Show latest commit for file (#28067)
  * Allow to sync tags from the admin dashboard (#28045)
  * Add Profile Readme for Organisations (#27955)
  * Implement contributors graph (#27882)
  * Artifact deletion in actions ui (#27172)
  * Add API routes to get runner registration token (#27144)
  * Add support for forking single branch (#25821)
  * Add support for sha256 repositories (#23894)
  * Add admin API route for managing user's badges (#23106)
* ENHANCEMENTS
  * Make gitea webhooks openproject compatible (#28435) (#31081)
  * Support using label names when changing issue labels (#30943) (#30958)
  * Fix various problems around project board view (#30696) (#30902)
  * Improve context popup rendering (#30824) (#30829)
  * Allow to save empty comment (#30706)
  * Prevent allow/reject reviews on merged/closed PRs (#30686)
  * Initial support for colorblindness-friendly themes (#30625)
  * Some NuGet package enhancements (#30280) (#30324)
  * Markup color and font size fixes (#30282) (#30310)
  * Show 12 lines in markup code preview (#30255) (#30257)
  * Add `[other].SHOW_FOOTER_POWERED_BY` setting to hide `Powered by` (#30253)
  * Pulse page improvements (#30149)
  * Render code tags in commit messages (#30146)
  * Prevent re-review and dismiss review actions on closed and merged PRs (#30065)
  * Cancel previous runs of the same PR automatically (#29961)
  * Drag-and-drop improvements for projects and issue pins (#29875)
  * Add default board to new projects, remove uncategorized pseudo-board (#29874)
  * Prevent layout shift in `<overflow-menu>` items (#29831)
  * Add skip ci support for pull request title (#29774)
  * Add more stats tables (#29730)
  * Update API to return 'source_id' for users (#29718)
  * Determine fuzziness of bleve indexer by keyword length (#29706)
  * Expose fuzzy search for issues/pulls (#29701)
  * Put an edit file button on pull request files to allow a quick operation (#29697)
  * Fix action runner offline label padding (#29691)
  * Update allowed attachment types (#29688)
  * Completely style the webkit autofill (#29683)
  * Highlight archived labels (#29680)
  * Add a warning for disallowed email domains (#29658)
  * Set user's 24h preference from their current OS locale (#29651)
  * Add setting to disable user features when user login type is not plain (#29615)
  * Improve natural sort (#29611)
  * Make wiki default branch name changeable (#29603)
  * Unify search boxes (#29530)
  * Add support for API blob upload of release attachments (#29507)
  * Detect broken git hooks (#29494)
  * Sync branches to DB immediately when handling git hook calling (#29493)
  * Allow options to disable user GPG key configuration from the interface on app.ini (#29486)
  * Allow options to disable user SSH key configuration from the interface on app.ini (#29447)
  * Use relative links for commits, mentions, and issues in markdown (#29427)
  * Add `<overflow-menu>`, rename webcomponents (#29400)
  * Include resource state events in Gitlab downloads (#29382)
  * Properly migrate target branch change GitLab comment (#29340)
  * Recolor dark theme to blue shade (#29283)
  * Partially enable MSSQL case-sensitive collation support (#29238)
  * Auto-update the system status in the admin dashboard (#29163)
  * Integrate alpine `noarch` packages into other architectures index (#29137)
  * Document how the TOC election process works (#29135)
  * Tweak repo header (#29134)
  * Make blockquote border size less aggressive (#29124)
  * Downscale pasted PNG images based on metadata (#29123)
  * Show `View at this point in history` for every commit (#29122)
  * Add support for action artifact serve direct (#29120)
  * Change webhook-type in create-view (#29114)
  * Drop "@" from the email sender to avoid spam filters (#29109)
  * Allow non-admin users to delete review requests (#29057)
  * Improve user search display name (#29002)
  * Include username in email headers (#28981)
  * Show whether a PR is WIP inside popups (#28975)
  * Also match weakly validated ETags (#28957)
  * Support nuspec manifest download for Nuget packages (#28921)
  * Fix hardcoded GitHub icon used as migrated release avatar (#28910)
  * Propagate install_if and provider_priority to APKINDEX (#28899)
  * Add artifacts v4 JWT to job message and accept it (#28885)
  * Enable/disable owner and repo projects independently (#28805)
  * Add non-JS fallback for reaction tooltips (#28785)
  * Add the ability to see open and closed issues at the same time (#28757)
  * Move sign-in labels to be above inputs (#28753)
  * Display the latest sync time for pull mirrors on the repo page (#28712)
  * Show in Web UI if the file is vendored and generated (#28620)
  * Add orphaned topic consistency check (#28507)
  * Add branch protection setting for ignoring stale approvals (#28498)
  * Add option to set language in admin user view (#28449)
  * Fix incorrect run order of action jobs (#28367)
  * Add missing exclusive in advanced label options (#28322)
  * Added instance-level variables (#28115)
  * Add edit option for README.md (#28071)
  * Fix link to `Code` tab on wiki commits (#28041)
  * Allow to set explore page default sort (#27951)
  * Improve PR diff view on mobile (#27883)
  * Properly migrate automatic merge GitLab comments (#27873)
  * Display issue task list on project cards (#27865)
  * Add Index to pull_auto_merge.doer_id (#27811)
  * Fix display member unit in the menu bar if there are no hidden members in public org (#27795)
  * List all Debian package versions in `Packages` (#27786)
  * Allow pull requests Manually Merged option to be used by non-admins (#27780)
  * Only show diff file tree when more than one file changed (#27775)
  * Show placeholder email in privacy popup (#27770)
  * Revamp repo header (#27760)
  * Add `must-change-password` command line parameter (#27626)
  * Unify password changing and invalidate auth tokens (#27625)
  * Add border to file tree 'sub-items' and add padding to 'item-file' (#27593)
  * Add slow SQL query warning (#27545)
  * Pre-register OAuth application for tea (#27509)
  * Differentiate between `push` and `pull` `mirror sync in progress` (#27390)
  * Link to file from its history (#27354)
  * Add a shortcut to user's profile page to admin user details (#27299)
  * Doctor: delete action entries without existing user (#27292)
  * Show total TrackedTime on issue/pull/milestone lists (#26672)
  * Don't show the new pull request button when the page is not compare pull (#26431)
  * Add `Hide/Show all checks` button to commit status check (#26284)
  * Improvements of releases list and tags list (#25859)
* PERFORMANCE
  * Fix package list performance (#30520) (#30616)
  * Add commit status summary table to reduce query from commit status table (#30223)
  * Refactor markup/csv: don't read all to memory (#29760)
  * Lazy load object format with command line and don't do it in OpenRepository (#29712)
  * Add cache for branch divergence on branch list page (#29577)
  * Do some performance optimization for issues list and view issue/pull (#29515)
  * Cache repository default branch commit status to reduce query on commit status table (#29444)
  * Use `crypto/sha256` (#29386)
  * Some performance optimization on the dashboard and issues page (#29010)
  * Add combined index for issue_user.uid and issue_id (#28080)
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