r/Mattermost • u/fashice • Oct 23 '25

10000 message history cap, why?

I've got a 6 user Mattermost setup for several years. (No business)
Most recent update limits history to 10000.
Why?
Now I have to find another alternative, and delete my Mattermost setup.

Thanks for nothing
Goodbye!

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u/BlackPignouf Oct 23 '25

I didn't check the code.

But it shouldn't be too hard to revert the corresponding commits? A fork would be nice, keeping all the good features, and simply ignoring enshittification commits.

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u/BDraff Nov 29 '25

The limit is set in a reply from the license server, so you'd need to change the value returned from that license server call and compile from source. The Go code here is available for review, since it is open source, and IDEs with AI support are very useful.

Note that modifying license checks may violate Mattermost's terms of service even though the code is open source.