Merge branch 'master' of github.com:Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social into brand-reformer-network-first-step

2026-01-20 20:01:25 +00:00 · 2025-04-12 10:45:07 +02:00 · 2025-04-12 10:45:07 +02:00 · 713de2006e
commit 713de2006e
parent 949dffc528 117c0d75e7
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--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ updates:
    babel:
      applies-to: version-updates
      patterns:
-        - "@babel/*"
+        - "@babel*"
    cypress:
      applies-to: version-updates
      patterns:
@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ updates:
    timezone: "Europe/Berlin"
    time: "03:00"
  groups:
-    apollo:
+    apollo-server:
      applies-to: version-updates
      patterns:
-        - "*apollo*"
+        - "*apollo-server*"
    babel:
      applies-to: version-updates
      patterns:
-        - "*babel*"
+        - "@babel*"
    metascraper:
      applies-to: version-updates
      patterns:
@ -99,10 +99,6 @@ updates:
      applies-to: version-updates
      patterns:
        - "@babel*"
-    eslint:
-      applies-to: version-updates
-      patterns:
-        - "eslint*"
    jest:
      applies-to: version-updates
      patterns:
@ -111,10 +107,6 @@ updates:
      applies-to: version-updates
      patterns:
        - "*mapbox*"
-    sass:
-      applies-to: version-updates
-      patterns:
-        - "sass*"
    storybook:
      applies-to: version-updates
      patterns:
@ -145,78 +137,78 @@ updates:
    time: "03:00"

 # frontend
- package-ecosystem: npm
-  open-pull-requests-limit: 99
-  directory: "/frontend"
-  rebase-strategy: "disabled"
-  schedule:
-    interval: weekly
-    day: "saturday"
-    timezone: "Europe/Berlin"
-    time: "03:00"
-  groups:
-    eslint:
-      applies-to: version-updates
-      patterns:
-        - "eslint*"
-        - "@eslint*"
-    pinia:
-      applies-to: version-updates
-      patterns:
-        - "pinia*"
-    react:
-      applies-to: version-updates
-      patterns:
-        - "react*"
-    remark:
-      applies-to: version-updates
-      patterns:
-        - "remark*"
-    storybook:
-      applies-to: version-updates
-      patterns:
-        - "storybook"
-        - "@storybook*"
-    stylelint:
-      applies-to: version-updates
-      patterns:
-        - "stylelint*"
-    typescript:
-      applies-to: version-updates
-      patterns:
-        - "ts*"
-        - "@types*"
-        - "typescript"
-    vite:
-      applies-to: version-updates
-      patterns:
-        - "vite"
-        - "vite-plugin*"
-        - "@vitejs/plugin-vue"
-    vitest:
-      applies-to: version-updates
-      patterns:
-        - "vitest"
-        - "@vitest*"
-    vue:
-      applies-to: version-updates
-      patterns:
-        - "*vue?(/)*"
-      exclude-patterns:
-        - "vuetify"
-        - "*vuepress*"
-        - "vue-tsc"
-    vuepress:
-      applies-to: version-updates
-      patterns:
-        - "vuepress"
-        - "@vuepress*"
- package-ecosystem: docker
-  open-pull-requests-limit: 99
-  directory: "/frontend"
-  rebase-strategy: "disabled"
-  schedule:
-    interval: weekly
-    day: "saturday"
-    timezone: "Europe/Berlin"
-    time: "03:00"
+# - package-ecosystem: npm
+#   open-pull-requests-limit: 99
+#   directory: "/frontend"
+#   rebase-strategy: "disabled"
+#   schedule:
+#     interval: weekly
+#     day: "saturday"
+#     timezone: "Europe/Berlin"
+#     time: "03:00"
+#   groups:
+#     eslint:
+#       applies-to: version-updates
+#       patterns:
+#         - "eslint*"
+#         - "@eslint*"
+#     pinia:
+#       applies-to: version-updates
+#       patterns:
+#         - "pinia*"
+#     react:
+#       applies-to: version-updates
+#       patterns:
+#         - "react*"
+#     remark:
+#       applies-to: version-updates
+#       patterns:
+#         - "remark*"
+#     storybook:
+#       applies-to: version-updates
+#       patterns:
+#         - "storybook"
+#         - "@storybook*"
+#     stylelint:
+#       applies-to: version-updates
+#       patterns:
+#         - "stylelint*"
+#     typescript:
+#       applies-to: version-updates
+#       patterns:
+#         - "ts*"
+#         - "@types*"
+#         - "typescript"
+#     vite:
+#       applies-to: version-updates
+#       patterns:
+#         - "vite"
+#         - "vite-plugin*"
+#         - "@vitejs/plugin-vue"
+#     vitest:
+#       applies-to: version-updates
+#       patterns:
+#         - "vitest"
+#         - "@vitest*"
+#     vue:
+#       applies-to: version-updates
+#       patterns:
+#         - "*vue?(/)*"
+#       exclude-patterns:
+#         - "vuetify"
+#         - "*vuepress*"
+#         - "vue-tsc"
+#     vuepress:
+#       applies-to: version-updates
+#       patterns:
+#         - "vuepress"
+#         - "@vuepress*"
+# - package-ecosystem: docker
+#   open-pull-requests-limit: 99
+#   directory: "/frontend"
+#   rebase-strategy: "disabled"
+#   schedule:
+#     interval: weekly
+#     day: "saturday"
+#     timezone: "Europe/Berlin"
+#     time: "03:00"
--- a/.github/workflows/check-documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-documentation.yml
@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ jobs:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.1.7
      
-      - name: Remove old documentation files
-        run: rm -rf ./deployment/src/old/ ./CHANGELOG.md # workaround until https://github.com/gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check/pull/183 has been done
+      - name: Remove uncheckable documentation files
+        run: rm -rf ./CHANGELOG.md # workaround until https://github.com/gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check/pull/183 has been done

      - name: Check Markdown Links
-        uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@7d83e59a57f3c201c76eed3d33dff64ec4452d27 # 1.0.15
+        uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@1b916f2cf6c36510a6059943104e3c42ce6c16bc # 1.0.15
        with:
          use-quiet-mode: 'yes'
          use-verbose-mode: 'no'
@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.1.7

      - name: Setup Node 20
-        uses: actions/setup-node@39370e3970a6d050c480ffad4ff0ed4d3fdee5af # v4.0.3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e # v4.0.3
        with:
          node-version: '20'

--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-documentation.yml
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.1.7

      - name: Setup Node 20
-        uses: actions/setup-node@39370e3970a6d050c480ffad4ff0ed4d3fdee5af # v4.0.3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@cdca7365b2dadb8aad0a33bc7601856ffabcc48e # v4.0.3
        with:
          node-version: 20

@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
        run: npm install && npm run docs:build

      - name: Deploy Vuepress to Github Pages
-        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages@fbf0a4fa4e00f45accd6cf3232368436ec06ed59 # v4.0.0
+        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages@df5cc2bfa78282ded844b354faee141f06b41865 # v4.0.0
        with:
          target_branch: gh-pages
          build_dir: .vuepress/dist
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-push.yml
@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+name: docker-push
+
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push-images:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        app:
+          - name: neo4j
+            context: neo4j
+            file: neo4j/Dockerfile
+            target: community
+          - name: backend-base
+            context: backend
+            file: backend/Dockerfile
+            target: base
+          - name: backend-build
+            context: backend
+            file: backend/Dockerfile
+            target: build
+          - name: backend
+            context: backend
+            file: backend/Dockerfile
+            target: production
+          - name: webapp-base
+            context: webapp
+            file: webapp/Dockerfile
+            target: base
+          - name: webapp-build
+            context: webapp
+            file: webapp/Dockerfile
+            target: build
+          - name: webapp
+            context: webapp
+            file: webapp/Dockerfile
+            target: production
+          - name: maintenance-base
+            context: webapp
+            file: webapp/Dockerfile.maintenance
+            target: base
+          - name: maintenance-build
+            context: webapp
+            file: webapp/Dockerfile.maintenance
+            target: build
+          - name: maintenance
+            context: webapp
+            file: webapp/Dockerfile.maintenance
+            target: production
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+      IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}/${{ matrix.app.name }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+      attestations: write
+      id-token: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.1.7
+      - name: Log in to the Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@74a5d142397b4f367a81961eba4e8cd7edddf772
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@902fa8ec7d6ecbf8d84d538b9b233a880e428804
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          tags: |
+            type=schedule
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=ref,event=pr
+            type=sha
+      - name: Build and push Docker images
+        id: push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@471d1dc4e07e5cdedd4c2171150001c434f0b7a4
+        with:
+          context: ${{ matrix.app.context }}
+          target:  ${{ matrix.app.target }}
+          file:  ${{ matrix.app.file }}
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@ -6,241 +6,12 @@ on:
      - master

 jobs:
-  ##############################################################################
-  # JOB: DOCKER BUILD COMMUNITY NEO4J ##########################################
-  ##############################################################################
-  build_production_neo4j:
-    name: Docker Build Production - Neo4J
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.1.7
-      - name: Setup env
-        run: |
-          echo "VERSION=$(node -p -e "require('./package.json').version")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "BUILD_DATE=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "BUILD_COMMIT=${GITHUB_SHA}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - run: echo "BUILD_VERSION=${VERSION}-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Neo4J | Build `community` image
-        run: |
-          docker build --target community \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/neo4j-community:latest" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/neo4j-community:${VERSION}" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/neo4j-community:${BUILD_VERSION}" \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_DATE=$BUILD_DATE \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_VERSION=$BUILD_VERSION \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_COMMIT=$BUILD_COMMIT \
-            neo4j/
-      - name: Neo4J | Save docker image 
-        run: docker save "ocelotsocialnetwork/neo4j-community" > /tmp/neo4j.tar
-      - name: Upload Artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # v4.4.3
-        with:
-          name: docker-neo4j-community
-          path: /tmp/neo4j.tar
-
-  ##############################################################################
-  # JOB: DOCKER BUILD PRODUCTION BACKEND #######################################
-  ##############################################################################
-  build_production_backend:
-    name: Docker Build Production - Backend
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.1.7
-      - name: Setup env
-        run: |
-          echo "VERSION=$(node -p -e "require('./package.json').version")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "BUILD_DATE=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "BUILD_COMMIT=${GITHUB_SHA}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - run: echo "BUILD_VERSION=${VERSION}-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Backend | Build `production` image
-        run: |
-          docker build --target base \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/backend:latest-base" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/backend:${VERSION}-base" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/backend:${BUILD_VERSION}-base" \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_DATE=$BUILD_DATE \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_VERSION=$BUILD_VERSION \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_COMMIT=$BUILD_COMMIT \
-            backend/
-          docker build --target code \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/backend:latest-code" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/backend:${VERSION}-code" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/backend:${BUILD_VERSION}-code" \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_DATE=$BUILD_DATE \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_VERSION=$BUILD_VERSION \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_COMMIT=$BUILD_COMMIT \
-            backend/
-          docker build --target production \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/backend:latest" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/backend:${VERSION}" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/backend:${BUILD_VERSION}" \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_DATE=$BUILD_DATE \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_VERSION=$BUILD_VERSION \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_COMMIT=$BUILD_COMMIT \
-            backend/
-      - name: Backend | Save docker image
-        run: docker save "ocelotsocialnetwork/backend" > /tmp/backend.tar
-      - name: Upload Artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # v4.4.3
-        with:
-          name: docker-backend-production
-          path: /tmp/backend.tar
-
-  ##############################################################################
-  # JOB: DOCKER BUILD PRODUCTION WEBAPP ########################################
-  ##############################################################################
-  build_production_webapp:
-    name: Docker Build Production - WebApp
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.1.7
-      - name: Setup env
-        run: |
-          echo "VERSION=$(node -p -e "require('./package.json').version")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "BUILD_DATE=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "BUILD_COMMIT=${GITHUB_SHA}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - run: echo "BUILD_VERSION=${VERSION}-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Webapp | Build `production` image
-        run: |
-          docker build --target base \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/webapp:latest-base" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/webapp:${VERSION}-base" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/webapp:${BUILD_VERSION}-base" \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_DATE=$BUILD_DATE \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_VERSION=$BUILD_VERSION \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_COMMIT=$BUILD_COMMIT \
-            webapp/
-          docker build --target code \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/webapp:latest-code" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/webapp:${VERSION}-code" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/webapp:${BUILD_VERSION}-code" \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_DATE=$BUILD_DATE \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_VERSION=$BUILD_VERSION \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_COMMIT=$BUILD_COMMIT \
-            webapp/
-          docker build --target production \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/webapp:latest" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/webapp:${VERSION}" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/webapp:${BUILD_VERSION}" \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_DATE=$BUILD_DATE \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_VERSION=$BUILD_VERSION \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_COMMIT=$BUILD_COMMIT \
-            webapp/
-      - name: Webapp | Save docker image
-        run: docker save "ocelotsocialnetwork/webapp" > /tmp/webapp.tar
-      - name: Upload Artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # v4.4.3
-        with:
-          name: docker-webapp-production
-          path: /tmp/webapp.tar
-
-  ##############################################################################
-  # JOB: DOCKER BUILD PRODUCTION MAINTENANCE ###################################
-  ##############################################################################
-  build_production_maintenance:
-    name: Docker Build Production - Maintenance
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.1.7
-      - name: Setup env
-        run: |
-          echo "VERSION=$(node -p -e "require('./package.json').version")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "BUILD_DATE=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "BUILD_COMMIT=${GITHUB_SHA}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - run: echo "BUILD_VERSION=${VERSION}-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Maintenance | Build `production` image
-        run: |
-          docker build --target base \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/maintenance:latest-base" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/maintenance:${VERSION}-base" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/maintenance:${BUILD_VERSION}-base" \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_DATE=$BUILD_DATE \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_VERSION=$BUILD_VERSION \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_COMMIT=$BUILD_COMMIT \
-            -f webapp/Dockerfile.maintenance \
-            webapp/ 
-          docker build --target code \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/maintenance:latest-code" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/maintenance:${VERSION}-code" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/maintenance:${BUILD_VERSION}-code" \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_DATE=$BUILD_DATE \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_VERSION=$BUILD_VERSION \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_COMMIT=$BUILD_COMMIT \
-            -f webapp/Dockerfile.maintenance \
-            webapp/
-          docker build --target production \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/maintenance:latest" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/maintenance:${VERSION}" \
-            --tag "ocelotsocialnetwork/maintenance:${BUILD_VERSION}" \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_DATE=$BUILD_DATE \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_VERSION=$BUILD_VERSION \
-            --build-arg BBUILD_COMMIT=$BUILD_COMMIT \
-            -f webapp/Dockerfile.maintenance \
-            webapp/
-      - name: Maintenance | Save docker image
-        run: docker save "ocelotsocialnetwork/maintenance" > /tmp/maintenance.tar
-      - name: Upload Artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # v4.4.3
-        with:
-          name: docker-maintenance-production
-          path: /tmp/maintenance.tar
-
-  ##############################################################################
-  # JOB: UPLOAD TO DOCKERHUB ###################################################
-  ##############################################################################
-  upload_to_dockerhub:
-    name: Upload to Dockerhub
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [build_production_neo4j,build_production_backend,build_production_webapp,build_production_maintenance]
-    env:
-      DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-      DOCKERHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Download Docker Image (Neo4J)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
-        with:
-          name: docker-neo4j-community
-          path: /tmp
-      - run: docker load < /tmp/neo4j.tar
-      - name: Download Docker Image (Backend)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
-        with:
-          name: docker-backend-production
-          path: /tmp
-      - run: docker load < /tmp/backend.tar
-      - name: Download Docker Image (WebApp)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
-        with:
-          name: docker-webapp-production
-          path: /tmp
-      - run: docker load < /tmp/webapp.tar
-      - name: Download Docker Image (Maintenance)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
-        with:
-          name: docker-maintenance-production
-          path: /tmp
-      - run: docker load < /tmp/maintenance.tar
-      
-      - name: login to dockerhub
-        run: echo "${DOCKERHUB_TOKEN}" | docker login -u "${DOCKERHUB_USERNAME}" --password-stdin
-      - name: Push images
-        run: |
-          docker push --all-tags ocelotsocialnetwork/neo4j-community
-          docker push --all-tags ocelotsocialnetwork/backend
-          docker push --all-tags ocelotsocialnetwork/webapp
-          docker push --all-tags ocelotsocialnetwork/maintenance
-
  ##############################################################################
  # JOB: GITHUB TAG LATEST VERSION #############################################
  ##############################################################################
  github_tag:
    name: Tag latest version on Github
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [upload_to_dockerhub]
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.1.7
@ -293,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
          echo "BUILD_COMMIT=${GITHUB_SHA}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
      - run: echo "BUILD_VERSION=${VERSION}-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
      #- name: Repository Dispatch
-      #  uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@cc7d8686e214c240128fe2680a5c1c5486ae19c4 # v3.0.0
+      #  uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@7d980a9b9f8ecf8955ea90507b3ed89122f53215 # v3.0.0
      #  with:
      #    token: ${{ github.token }}
      #    event-type: trigger-ocelot-build-success
@ -301,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
      #    client-payload: '{"ref": "${{ github.ref }}", "sha": "${{ github.sha }}", "VERSION": "${VERSION}", "BUILD_DATE": "${BUILD_DATE}", "BUILD_COMMIT": "${BUILD_COMMIT}", "BUILD_VERSION": "${BUILD_VERSION}"}'

      - name: Repository Dispatch stage.ocelot.social
-        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@cc7d8686e214c240128fe2680a5c1c5486ae19c4 # v3.0.0
+        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@7d980a9b9f8ecf8955ea90507b3ed89122f53215 # v3.0.0
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.OCELOT_PUBLISH_EVENT_PAT }} # this token is required to access the other repository
          event-type: trigger-ocelot-build-success
@ -309,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
          client-payload: '{"ref": "${{ github.ref }}", "sha": "${{ github.sha }}", "GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER": "${{ env.GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER }}", "VERSION": "${VERSION}", "BUILD_DATE": "${BUILD_DATE}", "BUILD_COMMIT": "${BUILD_COMMIT}", "BUILD_VERSION": "${BUILD_VERSION}"}'
      
      - name: Repository Dispatch stage.yunite.me
-        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@cc7d8686e214c240128fe2680a5c1c5486ae19c4 # v3.0.0
+        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@7d980a9b9f8ecf8955ea90507b3ed89122f53215 # v3.0.0
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.OCELOT_PUBLISH_EVENT_PAT }} # this token is required to access the other repository
          event-type: trigger-ocelot-build-success
--- a/.github/workflows/test-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-backend.yml
@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
      
      - name: Cache docker images
        id: cache-neo4j
-        uses: actions/cache@6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a # v4.0.2
+        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.0.2
        with:
          path: /tmp/neo4j.tar
          key: ${{ github.run_id }}-backend-neo4j-cache
@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
      
      - name: Cache docker images
        id: cache-backend
-        uses: actions/cache@6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a # v4.0.2
+        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.0.2
        with:
          path: /tmp/backend.tar
          key: ${{ github.run_id }}-backend-cache
@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.1.7

      - name: Restore Neo4J cache
-        uses: actions/cache@6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a # v4.0.2
+        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.0.2
        with:
          path: /tmp/neo4j.tar
          key: ${{ github.run_id }}-backend-neo4j-cache
          fail-on-cache-miss: true

      - name: Restore Backend cache
-        uses: actions/cache@6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a # v4.0.2
+        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.0.2
        with:
          path: /tmp/backend.tar
          key: ${{ github.run_id }}-backend-cache
@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ jobs:
          cp backend/.env.template backend/.env

      - name: backend | docker compose
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.test.yml up --detach --no-deps neo4j backend
+        # doesn't work without the --build flag - this either means we should not load the cached images or cache the correct image
+        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.test.yml up --detach --no-deps neo4j backend --build

      - name: backend | Initialize Database
        run: docker compose exec -T backend yarn db:migrate init
--- a/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-e2e.yml
@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
      
      - name: Cache docker images
        id: cache
-        uses: actions/cache@6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a # v4.0.2
+        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.0.2
        with:
          path: |
            /opt/cucumber-json-formatter
@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
        job: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
    steps:
      - name: Restore cache
-        uses: actions/cache@6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a # v4.0.2
+        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.0.2
        id: cache
        with:
          path: |
@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
          docker load < /tmp/images/neo4j.tar
          docker load < /tmp/images/backend.tar
          docker load < /tmp/images/webapp.tar
-          docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.test.yml up --detach --no-deps webapp neo4j backend
+          docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.test.yml up --detach --no-deps webapp neo4j backend --build
          sleep 90s

      - name: Full stack tests | run tests
@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Full stack tests | if tests failed, upload report
        id: e2e-report
        if: ${{ failure() && steps.e2e-tests.conclusion == 'failure' }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # v4.4.3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
        with:
          name: ocelot-e2e-test-report-pr${{ needs.docker_preparation.outputs.pr-number }}
          path: /home/runner/work/Ocelot-Social/Ocelot-Social/cypress/reports/cucumber_html_report
--- a/.github/workflows/test-webapp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-webapp.yml
@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
          docker save "ocelotsocialnetwork/webapp:test" > /tmp/webapp.tar

      - name: Cache docker image
-        uses: actions/cache@6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a # v4.0.2
+        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.0.2
        with:
          path: /tmp/webapp.tar
          key: ${{ github.run_id }}-webapp-cache
@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.1.7

      - name: Restore webapp cache
-        uses: actions/cache@6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a # v4.0.2
+        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.0.2
        with:
          path: /tmp/webapp.tar
          key: ${{ github.run_id }}-webapp-cache
@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ jobs:
          cp backend/.env.template backend/.env

      - name: backend | docker compose
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.test.yml up --detach --no-deps webapp
+        # doesn't work without the --build flag - this either means we should not load the cached images or cache the correct image
+        run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.test.yml up --detach --no-deps webapp --build

      - name: webapp | Unit tests incl. coverage check
        run: docker compose exec -T webapp yarn test
--- a/.github/workflows/test.lint_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.lint_pr.yml
@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: ${{ github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
    steps:
-      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@80c0371c57c5142ed6c844270bba1864bac8a4c6 # v5.5.3
+      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@04501d43b574e4c1d23c629ffe4dcec27acfdeff # v5.5.3
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ node_modules/
 cypress/videos
 cypress/screenshots/
 cypress.env.json
+deployment/configurations/

 .vuepress/.cache/
 .vuepress/.temp/
--- a/.tool-versions
+++ b/.tool-versions
@ -0,0 +1 @@
+nodejs 20.12.1
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@ -4,8 +4,306 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. Dates are d

 Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).

+#### [3.2.1](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/compare/3.2.0...3.2.1)
+
+- remove the requirement for non-existant job in publish workflow [`#8251`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8251)
+- removed dockerhub related stuff [`#8249`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8249)
+- feat(webapp):  implement configurable custom button in header [`#8215`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8215)
+- feat(other): major improvement of deployment [`#7925`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7925)
+- Bump the metascraper group across 1 directory with 12 updates [`#8187`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8187)
+- Bump peter-evans/repository-dispatch from 39d2331fbbe4be56c4434ca745a23633155f9cdf to b0b38f73c8333be75d585a92b2c630a10d2a78f5 [`#8206`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8206)
+- Bump gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check from 7d83e59a57f3c201c76eed3d33dff64ec4452d27 to 1b916f2cf6c36510a6059943104e3c42ce6c16bc [`#8178`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8178)
+- Bump xregexp from 4.3.0 to 5.1.2 in /webapp [`#8216`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8216)
+- Bump xregexp from 4.3.0 to 5.1.2 in /backend [`#8225`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8225)
+- Bump eslint-import-resolver-typescript from 3.7.0 to 3.8.3 in /backend [`#8222`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8222)
+- Bump nodemailer from 6.9.16 to 6.10.0 in /backend [`#8173`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8173)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 9.3.0 to 9.5.0 in /backend [`#8204`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8204)
+- Bump the babel group across 1 directory with 2 updates [`#8205`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8205)
+- Bump the babel group across 1 directory with 2 updates [`#8197`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8197)
+- Bump @types/node from 22.10.2 to 22.13.5 in /backend [`#8223`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8223)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-jest from 28.10.0 to 28.11.0 in /backend [`#8160`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8160)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 9.3.0 to 9.5.0 in /webapp [`#8211`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8211)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 9.3.0 to 9.5.0 [`#8196`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8196)
+- Bump eslint-config-prettier from 9.1.0 to 10.0.1 in /backend [`#8165`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8165)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-prettier from 5.2.1 to 5.2.3 in /backend [`#8170`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8170)
+- Bump prettier from 3.4.2 to 3.5.2 in /backend [`#8228`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8228)
+- Bump eslint-config-prettier from 6.15.0 to 10.0.1 in /webapp [`#8152`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8152)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-prettier from 5.2.1 to 5.2.3 in /webapp [`#8179`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8179)
+- Bump prettier from 3.4.2 to 3.5.2 in /webapp [`#8227`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8227)
+- Bump sass from 1.83.0 to 1.85.0 in /webapp [`#8207`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8207)
+- Bump the cypress group across 1 directory with 3 updates [`#8219`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8219)
+- Bump actions/setup-node from 4.1.0 to 4.2.0 [`#8188`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8188)
+- Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.4.3 to 4.6.1 [`#8220`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8220)
+- Bump actions/cache from 4.1.2 to 4.2.1 [`#8221`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8221)
+- Bump typescript from 5.7.2 to 5.7.3 in /backend [`#8143`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8143)
+- Bump the cypress group across 1 directory with 5 updates [`#8175`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8175)
+- fix(frontend): hide invite button on mobile if disabled [`#8128`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8128)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-promise from 7.1.0 to 7.2.1 in /webapp [`#8096`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8096)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-vue from 9.31.0 to 9.32.0 in /webapp [`#8104`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8104)
+- Bump sass from 1.75.0 to 1.83.0 in /webapp [`#8121`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8121)
+- Bump prettier from 3.3.3 to 3.4.2 in /webapp [`#8100`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8100)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 9.2.0 to 9.3.0 in /webapp [`#8101`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8101)
+- Bump express from 4.21.1 to 4.21.2 in /webapp [`#8105`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8105)
+- Bump dotenv from 16.4.5 to 16.4.7 [`#8119`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8119)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 9.2.0 to 9.3.0 [`#8120`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8120)
+- Bump the cypress group across 1 directory with 2 updates [`#8134`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8134)
+- Bump sanitize-html from 2.13.1 to 2.14.0 in /backend [`#8132`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8132)
+- Bump eslint-import-resolver-typescript from 3.6.3 to 3.7.0 in /backend [`#8113`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8113)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-jest from 28.9.0 to 28.10.0 in /backend [`#8133`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8133)
+- Bump @babel/cli from 7.25.9 to 7.26.4 in /backend in the babel group [`#8108`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8108)
+- Bump express from 4.21.1 to 4.21.2 in /backend [`#8109`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8109)
+- Bump linkify-html from 4.1.4 to 4.2.0 in /backend [`#8116`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8116)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 9.2.0 to 9.3.0 in /backend [`#8115`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8115)
+- Bump graphql-redis-subscriptions from 2.2.1 to 2.7.0 in /backend [`#8122`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8122)
+- Bump @types/node from 22.9.3 to 22.10.2 in /backend [`#8124`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8124)
+- Bump nodemon from 3.1.7 to 3.1.9 in /backend [`#8123`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8123)
+- Bump linkifyjs from 4.1.4 to 4.2.0 in /backend [`#8112`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8112)
+- Bump prettier from 3.3.3 to 3.4.2 in /backend [`#8111`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8111)
+- Bump dotenv from 16.4.5 to 16.4.7 in /backend [`#8110`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8110)
+- Bump the cypress group with 2 updates [`#8092`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8092)
+- Bump @types/node from 22.9.0 to 22.9.3 in /backend [`#8093`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8093)
+- Bump typescript from 5.6.3 to 5.7.2 in /backend [`#8086`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8086)
+- Bump linkify-html from 4.1.3 to 4.1.4 in /backend [`#8085`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8085)
+- Bump linkifyjs from 4.1.3 to 4.1.4 in /backend [`#8088`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8088)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-vue from 9.30.0 to 9.31.0 in /webapp [`#8081`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8081)
+- Bump @badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor from 21.0.2 to 21.0.3 in the cypress group [`#8083`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8083)
+- Bump amannn/action-semantic-pull-request from 80c0371c57c5142ed6c844270bba1864bac8a4c6 to 40166f00814508ec3201fc8595b393d451c8cd80 [`#8078`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8078)
+- Bump peter-evans/repository-dispatch from 28a02cc85a65462275a97039562642d3731c318c to 39d2331fbbe4be56c4434ca745a23633155f9cdf [`#8077`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8077)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 9.1.0 to 9.2.0 [`#8069`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8069)
+- Bump peter-evans/repository-dispatch from af19ba8f0cf25cd177db9cf116a43798bc7446c7 to 28a02cc85a65462275a97039562642d3731c318c [`#8067`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8067)
+- Bump cypress from 13.15.1 to 13.15.2 in the cypress group [`#8068`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8068)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 9.1.0 to 9.2.0 in /webapp [`#8074`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8074)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-jest from 28.8.3 to 28.9.0 in /backend [`#8073`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8073)
+- Bump aws-sdk from 2.1691.0 to 2.1692.0 in /backend [`#8072`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8072)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 9.1.0 to 9.2.0 in /backend [`#8071`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8071)
+- Bump @types/node from 22.8.7 to 22.9.0 in /backend [`#8070`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8070)
+- Bump @types/node from 22.8.4 to 22.8.7 in /backend [`#8066`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8066)
+- Bump peter-evans/repository-dispatch from cc7d8686e214c240128fe2680a5c1c5486ae19c4 to af19ba8f0cf25cd177db9cf116a43798bc7446c7 [`#8061`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8061)
+- Bump eslint-config-standard from 14.1.1 to 15.0.1 in /webapp [`#8063`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8063)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-promise from 4.3.1 to 7.1.0 in /webapp [`#8056`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8056)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-import from 2.20.2 to 2.31.0 in /webapp [`#8055`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8055)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-prettier from 5.1.3 to 5.2.1 in /webapp [`#8051`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8051)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-vue from 9.26.0 to 9.30.0 in /webapp [`#8057`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8057)
+- fix(frontend): adapt to different logo sizes, including fixes for Safari [`#8044`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8044)
+- refactor(other): dependabot: further package update regroupings [`#8045`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8045)
+- Bump @types/node from 22.8.1 to 22.8.4 in /backend [`#8048`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8048)
+- Bump the cypress group across 1 directory with 4 updates [`#8019`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8019)
+- refactor(maintenance): dependabot: disable frontend dependency checks [`#8041`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8041)
+- build(backend): update minor backend dependencies [`#8046`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8046)
+- refactor(other): adapt cypress config to cypress-cucumber-preprocessor update [`#8043`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8043)
+- Bump crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages from 08f571653184e9ff3d598bdda53ffd4ed00ed562 to fbf0a4fa4e00f45accd6cf3232368436ec06ed59 [`#8025`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8025)
+- fix(other): revert a change, which accedentally was merged [`#8039`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8039)
+- Bump nodemailer from 6.9.13 to 6.9.16 in /backend [`#8026`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8026)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 9.0.3 to 9.1.0 [`#8029`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8029)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 9.0.3 to 9.1.0 in /webapp [`#8036`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8036)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 9.0.3 to 9.1.0 in /backend [`#8031`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8031)
+- refactor(other): dependabot: degroups webapp package updates for babel, graphql, neo4j, and nuxt [`#8024`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8024)
+- Bump slug from 9.1.0 to 10.0.0 [`#7962`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7962)
+- Bump auto-changelog from 2.4.0 to 2.5.0 [`#7842`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7842)
+- Bump helmet from 7.1.0 to 8.0.0 in /backend [`#7916`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7916)
+- refactor(webapp): migrate sass devisions [`#7988`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7988)
+- Bump the vitest group across 1 directory with 2 updates [`#7963`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7963)
+- Bump actions/cache from 8469c94c6a180dfb41a1bd7e1b46ac557ea124f1 to 6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a [`#7990`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7990)
+- Bump pinia-plugin-persistedstate from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 in /frontend in the pinia group [`#8010`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8010)
+- Bump the babel group across 1 directory with 3 updates [`#8017`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8017)
+- Bump sass from 1.77.6 to 1.80.4 in /frontend [`#8023`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8023)
+- Bump @types/node from 22.7.7 to 22.8.1 in /backend [`#8021`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8021)
+- Bump the babel group across 1 directory with 6 updates [`#8022`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8022)
+- Bump @types/jest from 29.5.13 to 29.5.14 in /backend [`#8002`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8002)
+- Bump actions/setup-node from aca7b64a59c0063db8564e0ffdadd3887f1cbae5 to 39370e3970a6d050c480ffad4ff0ed4d3fdee5af [`#8020`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8020)
+- Bump actions/checkout from 163217dfcd28294438ea1c1c149cfaf66eec283e to 11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 [`#8018`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8018)
+- Bump peter-evans/repository-dispatch from e614736e88253e8888967eafadb9b75b237d52ba to cc7d8686e214c240128fe2680a5c1c5486ae19c4 [`#8016`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8016)
+- Bump the vuepress group across 1 directory with 4 updates [`#7999`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7999)
+- fix(webapp): change theme color to be brandable [`#8004`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8004)
+- fix(webapp): notification page has unbranded button [`#8001`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/8001)
+- refactor(webapp): degroup sass packages in dependabot [`#7985`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7985)
+- refactor(webapp): degroup vue packages in dependabot [`#7984`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7984)
+- refactor(other): change set node version in readme files [`#7983`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7983)
+- Bump actions/cache from 81382a721fc89d96eca335d0c3ba33144b2baa9d to 8469c94c6a180dfb41a1bd7e1b46ac557ea124f1 [`#7927`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7927)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 9.0.0 to 9.0.3 [`#7885`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7885)
+- Bump sirv from 2.0.4 to 3.0.0 in /frontend [`#7942`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7942)
+- Bump the babel group across 1 directory with 3 updates [`#7944`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7944)
+- build(webapp): bump the babel group across 1 directory with 2 updates [`#7950`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7950)
+- Bump @types/node from 22.5.5 to 22.7.7 in /backend [`#7975`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7975)
+- Bump the babel group across 1 directory with 6 updates [`#7938`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7938)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-import from 2.30.0 to 2.31.0 in /backend [`#7915`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7915)
+- Bump sanitize-html from 2.13.0 to 2.13.1 in /backend [`#7917`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7917)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 9.0.0 to 9.0.3 in /backend [`#7882`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7882)
+- Bump nodemon from 3.1.0 to 3.1.7 in /backend [`#7872`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7872)
+- Bump actions/checkout from 6d193bf28034eafb982f37bd894289fe649468fc to 163217dfcd28294438ea1c1c149cfaf66eec283e [`#7972`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7972)
+- Bump express from 4.21.0 to 4.21.1 in /backend [`#7932`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7932)
+- Bump actions/setup-node from 97ca147735c170fb35096b39ef17a0fc5d9270ac to aca7b64a59c0063db8564e0ffdadd3887f1cbae5 [`#7889`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7889)
+- Bump typescript from 5.6.2 to 5.6.3 in /backend [`#7940`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7940)
+- fix(backend): fix geodata in mapbox-related resolver test [`#7976`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7976)
+- Bump the pinia group across 1 directory with 2 updates [`#7905`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7905)
+- Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.4.0 to 4.4.3 [`#7930`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7930)
+- Bump express from 4.19.2 to 4.21.1 in /frontend [`#7933`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7933)
+- Bump express from 4.21.0 to 4.21.1 in /webapp [`#7949`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7949)
+- Bump the stylelint group across 1 directory with 2 updates [`#7937`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7937)
+- Bump @vue/compiler-sfc from 3.5.3 to 3.5.12 in /frontend [`#7941`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7941)
+- Bump peter-evans/repository-dispatch from c2fad29759e65af76987543a0aabefb8906d379a to e614736e88253e8888967eafadb9b75b237d52ba [`#7973`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7973)
+- Bump the storybook group across 1 directory with 8 updates [`#7970`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7970)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 9.0.0 to 9.0.3 in /webapp [`#7878`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7878)
+- Bump eslint from 8.57.0 to 8.57.1 in /backend [`#7870`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7870)
+- chore(other): adjust docs for deployment, neo4j cypher commands, and have new scripts [`#7848`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7848)
+- refactor(other): remove package wait-on [`#7819`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7819)
+- Bump crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages from cda5497acf90563d34489ed832a67c2c50353a16 to 08f571653184e9ff3d598bdda53ffd4ed00ed562 [`#7833`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7833)
+- Bump actions/setup-node from 1c7b2db92075f828bee89d7e19d33a911d15e7b3 to 97ca147735c170fb35096b39ef17a0fc5d9270ac [`#7834`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7834)
+- refactor(frontend): remove chromatic [`#7818`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7818)
+- Bump express from 4.19.2 to 4.21.0 in /webapp [`#7844`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7844)
+- Bump express from 4.19.2 to 4.21.0 in /backend [`#7840`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7840)
+- Bump @types/jest from 29.5.12 to 29.5.13 in /backend [`#7837`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7837)
+- Bump @types/node from 22.5.4 to 22.5.5 in /backend [`#7838`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7838)
+- Bump typescript from 5.4.5 to 5.6.2 in /backend [`#7839`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7839)
+- build(other): bump cheerio from 1.0.0-rc.12 to 1.0.0 in /backend [`#7709`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7709)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 8.4.1 to 9.0.0 [`#7791`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7791)
+- build(other): bump @faker-js/faker from 8.4.1 to 9.0.0 [`#7817`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7817)
+- Bump vike from 0.4.177 to 0.4.195 in /frontend [`#7820`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7820)
+- Bump apollo-client from 2.6.8 to 2.6.10 in /webapp in the apollo group [`#7692`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7692)
+- Bump date-fns from 3.3.1 to 3.6.0 [`#7139`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7139)
+- Bump @types/node from 20.12.7 to 22.5.4 in /backend [`#7812`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7812)
+- Bump slug from 9.0.0 to 9.1.0 [`#7457`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7457)
+- Bump the vitest group across 1 directory with 2 updates [`#7683`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7683)
+- Bump the stylelint group across 1 directory with 2 updates [`#7773`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7773)
+- Bump validator from 13.11.0 to 13.12.0 in /webapp [`#7393`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7393)
+- Bump peter-evans/repository-dispatch from 733a1daa12a9e7f9b219279836ac0190f48cf46d to c2fad29759e65af76987543a0aabefb8906d379a [`#7805`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7805)
+- Bump @vue/compiler-sfc from 3.4.30 to 3.5.3 in /frontend [`#7795`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7795)
+- Bump actions/checkout from 9a9194f87191a7e9055e3e9b95b8cfb13023bb08 to 6d193bf28034eafb982f37bd894289fe649468fc [`#7804`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7804)
+- Bump actions/cache from 40c3b67b2955d93d83b27ed164edd0756bc24049 to 81382a721fc89d96eca335d0c3ba33144b2baa9d [`#7781`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7781)
+- Bump actions/setup-node from 26961cf329f22f6837d5f54c3efd76b480300ace to 1c7b2db92075f828bee89d7e19d33a911d15e7b3 [`#7803`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7803)
+- Bump vue-i18n from 9.13.1 to 9.14.0 in /frontend [`#7728`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7728)
+- Bump eslint-import-resolver-typescript from 3.6.1 to 3.6.3 in /backend [`#7788`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7788)
+- Bump ts-jest from 29.1.2 to 29.2.5 in /backend in the typescript group across 1 directory [`#7758`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7758)
+- Bump the babel group across 1 directory with 6 updates [`#7787`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7787)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-jest from 28.2.0 to 28.8.3 in /backend [`#7814`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7814)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-import from 2.29.1 to 2.30.0 in /backend [`#7815`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7815)
+- Bump slug from 9.0.0 to 9.1.0 in /backend [`#7455`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7455)
+- Bump peter-evans/repository-dispatch from 1ebfb41781aa0fae446773941d0b3025198fc1a9 to 733a1daa12a9e7f9b219279836ac0190f48cf46d [`#7782`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7782)
+- Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.3.5 to 4.4.0 [`#7780`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7780)
+- Bump prettier from 3.2.5 to 3.3.3 in /webapp [`#7629`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7629)
+- Bump prettier from 3.3.2 to 3.3.3 in /frontend [`#7641`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7641)
+- fix(workflow): fix typo in publishing workflow [`#7770`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7770)
+- fix(workflow): reset pkgdeps/git-tag-action to v3.0.0 in publish.yml [`#7769`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7769)
+- chore(other): remove obsolete version element from all docker yaml files [`#7564`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7564)
+- refactor(workflow): pin all github actions by commit hash [`#7701`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7701)
+- fix(webapp): fix maintenance dockerfiles image name [`#7768`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7768)
+- refactor(workflow): replace docker-compose by docker compose in workflow files [`#7762`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7762)
+- fix(backend): fix backend tests by changing mapbox location coordinates [`#7766`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7766)
+- Bump @vue/compiler-sfc from 3.4.29 to 3.4.30 in /frontend [`#7563`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7563)
+- Bump prettier from 3.2.5 to 3.3.2 in /frontend [`#7530`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7530)
+- chore(frontend): update frontend packages 2024 06 22 [`#7562`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7562)
+- Bump the typescript group across 1 directory with 4 updates [`#7487`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7487)
+- Bump chromatic from 11.3.2 to 11.5.0 in /frontend [`#7491`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7491)
+- Bump vike from 0.4.171 to 0.4.172 in /frontend [`#7489`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7489)
+- Bump the vite group in /frontend with 2 updates [`#7486`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7486)
+- Bump the vuepress group across 1 directory with 3 updates [`#7485`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7485)
+- Bump stylelint from 16.5.0 to 16.6.1 in /frontend in the stylelint group across 1 directory [`#7484`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7484)
+- refactor(other): group dependabot updates [`#7431`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7431)
+- chore(frontend): update packages 2024 05 12 [`#7401`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7401)
+- feat(frontend): implement ocelot color tokens in frontend with themes [`#7144`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7144)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-vue from 9.25.0 to 9.26.0 in /webapp [`#7399`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7399)
+- refactor(other): bump @faker-js/faker from 5.1.0 to 8.4.1 in /webapp and adapt repo-wide code to deprecation warnings [`#6999`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/6999)
+- Bump @badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor from 20.0.3 to 20.0.4 [`#7333`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7333)
+- Bump cypress from 13.7.3 to 13.8.1 [`#7334`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7334)
+- Bump @cucumber/cucumber from 10.4.0 to 10.6.0 [`#7335`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7335)
+- Bump cropperjs from 1.6.1 to 1.6.2 in /webapp [`#7307`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7307)
+- feat(frontend): add icon components as vuetify assets with icons of actual webapp [`#7129`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7129)
+- build(other): bump linkifyjs from 2.1.8 to 4.1.3 in /backend [`#7220`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7220)
+- Bump jsonwebtoken from 9.0.0 to 9.0.2 in /webapp [`#7219`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7219)
+- Bump uuid from 8.3.2 to 9.0.1 in /backend [`#7206`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7206)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 7.6.0 to 8.4.1 in /backend [`#7181`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7181)
+- Bump slug from 6.0.0 to 9.0.0 in /backend [`#7193`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7193)
+- Bump sass from 1.30.0 to 1.75.0 in /webapp [`#7269`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7269)
+- Bump express from 4.18.3 to 4.19.2 in /webapp [`#7185`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7185)
+- Bump nodemon from 2.0.2 to 3.1.0 in /backend [`#7171`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7171)
+- build(other): bump neo4j-driver from 4.4.7 to latest v4 patch available [`#7197`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7197)
+- Bump typescript from 4.9.5 to 5.4.5 in /backend [`#7273`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7273)
+- Bump validator from 13.0.0 to 13.11.0 in /webapp [`#7208`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7208)
+- Bump jest from 29.5.0 to 29.7.0 in /webapp [`#7195`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7195)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-vue from 9.24.0 to 9.25.0 in /webapp [`#7282`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7282)
+- Bump @typescript-eslint/parser from 5.60.0 to 5.62.0 in /backend [`#7188`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7188)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-security from 2.1.1 to 3.0.0 in /backend [`#7275`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7275)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-jest from 27.2.2 to 28.2.0 in /backend [`#7204`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7204)
+- Bump vue-advanced-chat from 2.0.10 to 2.0.11 in /webapp [`#7175`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7175)
+- chore(other): update docker image versions [`#7238`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7238)
+- Bump babel-jest from 29.5.0 to 29.7.0 in /webapp [`#7169`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7169)
+- Bump @babel/core from 7.23.7 to 7.24.4 in /webapp [`#7226`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7226)
+- Bump eslint from 8.43.0 to 8.57.0 in /backend [`#7174`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7174)
+- Bump @storybook/addon-a11y from 8.0.5 to 8.0.8 in /webapp [`#7268`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7268)
+- chore(frontend): add .vscode to gitignore in /frontend [`#7278`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7278)
+- Bump vue-i18n from 9.12.0 to 9.12.1 in /frontend [`#7280`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7280)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-vue from 9.24.1 to 9.25.0 in /frontend [`#7279`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7279)
+- chore(frontend): update frontend packages 2024 04 14 [`#7277`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7277)
+- Bump cypress from 13.7.2 to 13.7.3 [`#7241`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7241)
+- Bump aws-sdk from 2.1595.0 to 2.1599.0 in /backend [`#7274`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7274)
+- Bump @types/node from 20.12.5 to 20.12.7 in /backend [`#7276`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7276)
+- Bump aws-sdk from 2.1594.0 to 2.1595.0 in /backend [`#7236`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7236)
+- chore(backend): update packages [`#7235`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7235)
+- Bump @cucumber/cucumber from 10.3.1 to 10.4.0 [`#7163`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7163)
+- Bump @badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor from 20.0.2 to 20.0.3 [`#7161`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7161)
+- Bump minimatch from 9.0.3 to 9.0.4 in /backend [`#7214`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7214)
+- Bump sanitize-html from 2.11.0 to 2.13.0 in /backend [`#7218`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7218)
+- Bump happy-dom from 14.7.0 to 14.7.1 in /frontend [`#7234`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7234)
+- chore(frontend): update boilerplate 07 04 [`#7233`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7233)
+- Bump helmet from 7.0.0 to 7.1.0 in /backend [`#7160`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7160)
+- build(other): bump vike from 0.4.163 to 0.4.168 in /frontend [`#7153`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7153)
+- refactor(other): fix dependabot pr limit problem [`#7159`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7159)
+- chore(other): set dependabot package update pr limit to none [`#7158`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7158)
+- chore(frontend): update frontend boilerplate 06 04 [`#7157`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7157)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-vue from 9.19.2 to 9.24.0 in /webapp [`#7147`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7147)
+- Bump @babel/preset-env from 7.24.0 to 7.24.4 [`#7150`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7150)
+- Bump cypress from 13.7.0 to 13.7.2 [`#7151`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7151)
+- Bump @storybook/addon-a11y from 6.3.6 to 8.0.5 in /webapp [`#7146`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7146)
+- Bump actions/cache from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2 [`#7133`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7133)
+- Bump multiple-cucumber-html-reporter from 3.6.1 to 3.6.2 [`#7138`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7138)
+- Bump dotenv from 16.4.4 to 16.4.5 [`#7137`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7137)
+- Bump express from 4.17.1 to 4.18.3 in /webapp [`#7115`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7115)
+- Bump slug from 8.2.3 to 9.0.0 [`#7126`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7126)
+- Bump vuepress-theme-hope from 2.0.0-rc.29 to 2.0.0-rc.31 [`#7124`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7124)
+- Bump migrate from 2.0.1 to 2.1.0 in /backend [`#7118`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7118)
+- Bump @badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor from 20.0.1 to 20.0.2 [`#7122`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7122)
+- Bump cypress from 13.6.6 to 13.7.0 [`#7123`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7123)
+- fix(webapp): remove reported unused locale keys [`#7105`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7105)
+- build(other): bump minimatch from 3.0.4 to 9.0.3 in /backend [`#6511`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/6511)
+- build(other): bump prettier from 2.7.1 to 3.2.5 in /webapp [`#6997`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/6997)
+- build(other): bump prettier from 2.8.8 to 3.2.5 in /backend [`#7000`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7000)
+- Bump eslint-plugin-security from 1.7.1 to 2.1.1 in /backend [`#7041`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7041)
+- Bump vuepress-theme-hope from 2.0.0-rc.23 to 2.0.0-rc.29 [`#7047`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7047)
+- Bump cypress from 13.6.4 to 13.6.6 [`#7045`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7045)
+- Bump @babel/preset-env from 7.23.9 to 7.24.0 [`#7048`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7048)
+- Bump dorny/paths-filter from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 [`#7049`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7049)
+- feat(webapp): normalize locale files [`#7038`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7038)
+- feat(webapp): update locales event placeholders [`#6793`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/6793)
+- Bump date-fns from 2.30.0 to 3.3.1 [`#7037`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7037)
+- Bump @babel/register from 7.22.15 to 7.23.7 [`#6931`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/6931)
+- Bump @babel/core from 7.23.7 to 7.24.0 [`#7034`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7034)
+- build(other): bump node-fetch from 2.6.1 to 2.7.0 in /backend [`#6960`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/6960)
+- Bump peter-evans/repository-dispatch from 2 to 3 [`#6966`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/6966)
+- Bump @faker-js/faker from 8.4.0 to 8.4.1 [`#7026`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7026)
+- Bump babel-jest from 25.2.6 to 29.7.0 in /backend [`#6961`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/6961)
+- Bump actions/cache from 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 [`#7028`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7028)
+- chore(frontend): update frontend boilerplate 26 02 [`#7027`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7027)
+- fix(docker): docker rework [`#92`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/92)
+- chore(docu): update vuepress [`#91`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/91)
+- Bump dorny/paths-filter from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 [`#82`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/82)
+- chore(frontend): update packages 04.02 [`#90`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/90)
+- chore(frontend): update frontend boilerplate [`#7017`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7017)
+- chore(frontend): update packages 19.02 [`#86`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/86)
+- refactor(other): set ocelot color for docs website [`#7014`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7014)
+- refactor(other): adapt docs website navbar and footer to ocelot.social website [`#7016`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7016)
+- refactor(other): replace deprecated testbadgelink in main readme file [`#7012`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7012)
+- Bump dotenv from 16.3.1 to 16.4.4 [`#7010`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7010)
+- Bump dorny/paths-filter from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 [`#7006`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7006)
+- chore(other): update packages 08.02 [`#75`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/75)
+- update frontend packages [`fef8157`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/commit/fef8157b0cdf9081678365e9a7f6339ef787423c)
+- update frontend packages [`dce59c1`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/commit/dce59c11089e23f3ed97dfbfea39507e7c098c30)
+- Add converted SVG icons with properties 'fill' and 'stroke' on 'svg' tag [`b1a7e91`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/commit/b1a7e916314a0d59a65d2cdb244e6117d796dda1)
+
 #### [3.2.0](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/compare/3.1.2...3.2.0)

+> 14 February 2024
+
+- chore(other): release v3.2.0 – redesign of newsfeed, fix event datetime utc problem etc. [`#7002`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/7002)
 - feat(webapp): implement config for `date-time` format [`#6985`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/6985)
 - build(other): bump eslint-plugin-n from 15.7.0 to 16.6.2 in /backend [`#6962`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/6962)
 - feat(other): frontend workflows & test suites [`#6987`](https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/pull/6987)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ $ cp .env.template .env

 # in folder backend/
 $ cp .env.template .env
+
+# in folder frontend/
+$ cp .env.template .env
 ```

 For Development:
--- a/backend/.eslintrc.cjs
+++ b/backend/.eslintrc.cjs
@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-commonjs
+module.exports = {
+  root: true,
+  env: {
+    node: true,
+  },
+  parser: '@typescript-eslint/parser',
+  plugins: ['prettier', '@typescript-eslint', 'import', 'n', 'promise', 'security', 'no-catch-all'],
+  extends: [
+    'standard',
+    'eslint:recommended',
+    'plugin:n/recommended',
+    'plugin:prettier/recommended',
+    'plugin:import/recommended',
+    'plugin:import/typescript',
+    'plugin:promise/recommended',
+    'plugin:security/recommended-legacy',
+    'plugin:@eslint-community/eslint-comments/recommended',
+  ],
+  settings: {
+    'import/parsers': {
+      '@typescript-eslint/parser': ['.ts', '.tsx'],
+    },
+    'import/resolver': {
+      typescript: {
+        project: ['./tsconfig.json', './backend/tsconfig.json'],
+      },
+      node: true,
+    },
+  },
+  rules: {
+    'no-catch-all/no-catch-all': 'error',
+    'no-console': 'error',
+    camelcase: 'error',
+    'no-debugger': 'error',
+    'prettier/prettier': [
+      'error',
+      {
+        htmlWhitespaceSensitivity: 'ignore',
+      },
+    ],
+    // import
+    'import/export': 'error',
+    // 'import/no-deprecated': 'error',
+    'import/no-empty-named-blocks': 'error',
+    'import/no-extraneous-dependencies': 'error',
+    'import/no-mutable-exports': 'error',
+    'import/no-unused-modules': 'error',
+    'import/no-named-as-default': 'error',
+    'import/no-named-as-default-member': 'error',
+    'import/no-amd': 'error',
+    'import/no-commonjs': 'error',
+    'import/no-import-module-exports': 'error',
+    'import/no-nodejs-modules': 'off',
+    'import/unambiguous': 'off', // not compatible with .eslintrc.cjs
+    'import/default': 'error',
+    'import/named': 'off', // has false positives
+    'import/namespace': 'error',
+    'import/no-absolute-path': 'error',
+    'import/no-cycle': 'error',
+    'import/no-dynamic-require': 'error',
+    'import/no-internal-modules': 'off',
+    'import/no-relative-packages': 'error',
+    'import/no-relative-parent-imports': ['error', { ignore: ['@/*'] }],
+    'import/no-self-import': 'error',
+    'import/no-unresolved': 'error',
+    'import/no-useless-path-segments': 'error',
+    'import/no-webpack-loader-syntax': 'error',
+    'import/consistent-type-specifier-style': 'error',
+    'import/exports-last': 'off',
+    'import/extensions': 'error',
+    'import/first': 'error',
+    'import/group-exports': 'off',
+    'import/newline-after-import': 'error',
+    'import/no-anonymous-default-export': 'off', // not compatible with neode
+    'import/no-default-export': 'off', // not compatible with neode
+    'import/no-duplicates': 'error',
+    'import/no-named-default': 'error',
+    'import/no-namespace': 'error',
+    'import/no-unassigned-import': 'error',
+    'import/order': [
+      'error',
+      {
+        groups: ['builtin', 'external', 'internal', 'parent', 'sibling', 'index', 'object', 'type'],
+        'newlines-between': 'always',
+        pathGroups: [
+          {
+            pattern: '@?*/**',
+            group: 'external',
+            position: 'after',
+          },
+          {
+            pattern: '@/**',
+            group: 'external',
+            position: 'after',
+          },
+        ],
+        alphabetize: {
+          order: 'asc' /* sort in ascending order. Options: ['ignore', 'asc', 'desc'] */,
+          caseInsensitive: true /* ignore case. Options: [true, false] */,
+        },
+        distinctGroup: true,
+      },
+    ],
+    'import/prefer-default-export': 'off',
+
+    // n
+    // 'n/callback-return': 'error',
+    'n/exports-style': 'error',
+    'n/file-extension-in-import': ['error', 'never'],
+    'n/global-require': 'error',
+    'n/handle-callback-err': 'error',
+    // 'n/hashbang': 'error', // part of n/recommended
+    'n/no-callback-literal': 'error',
+    // 'n/no-deprecated-api': 'error', // part of n/recommended
+    // 'n/no-exports-assign': 'error', // part of n/recommended
+    'n/no-extraneous-import': 'off', // TODO // part of n/recommended
+    // 'n/no-extraneous-require': 'error', // part of n/recommended
+    'n/no-hide-core-modules': 'error',
+    'n/no-missing-import': 'off', // not compatible with typescript // part of n/recommended
+    // 'n/no-missing-require': 'error', // part of n/recommended
+    'n/no-mixed-requires': 'error',
+    'n/no-new-require': 'error',
+    'n/no-path-concat': 'error',
+    'n/no-process-env': 'error',
+    // 'n/no-process-exit': 'error', // part of n/recommended
+    'n/no-restricted-import': 'error',
+    'n/no-restricted-require': 'error',
+    // 'n/no-sync': 'error',
+    // 'n/no-unpublished-bin': 'error', // part of n/recommended
+    'n/no-unpublished-import': [
+      'error',
+      { allowModules: ['apollo-server-testing', 'rosie', '@faker-js/faker', 'ts-jest'] },
+    ], // part of n/recommended
+    // 'n/no-unpublished-require': 'error', // part of n/recommended
+    // 'n/no-unsupported-features/es-builtins': 'error', // part of n/recommended
+    // 'n/no-unsupported-features/es-syntax': 'error', // part of n/recommended
+    // 'n/no-unsupported-features/node-builtins': 'error', // part of n/recommended
+    'n/prefer-global/buffer': 'error',
+    'n/prefer-global/console': 'error',
+    'n/prefer-global/process': 'error',
+    'n/prefer-global/text-decoder': 'error',
+    'n/prefer-global/text-encoder': 'error',
+    'n/prefer-global/url': 'error',
+    'n/prefer-global/url-search-params': 'error',
+    'n/prefer-node-protocol': 'error',
+    'n/prefer-promises/dns': 'error',
+    'n/prefer-promises/fs': 'error',
+    // 'n/process-exit-as-throw': 'error', // part of n/recommended
+    'n/shebang': 'error',
+
+    // promise
+    // 'promise/always-return': 'error', // part of promise/recommended
+    'promise/avoid-new': 'error',
+    // 'promise/catch-or-return': 'error', // part of promise/recommended
+    // 'promise/no-callback-in-promise': 'warn', // part of promise/recommended
+    'promise/no-multiple-resolved': 'error',
+    'promise/no-native': 'off', // ES5 only
+    // 'promise/no-nesting': 'warn', // part of promise/recommended
+    // 'promise/no-new-statics': 'error', // part of promise/recommended
+    // 'promise/no-promise-in-callback': 'warn', // part of promise/recommended
+    // 'promise/no-return-in-finally': 'warn', // part of promise/recommended
+    // 'promise/no-return-wrap': 'error', // part of promise/recommended
+    // 'promise/param-names': 'error', // part of promise/recommended
+    'promise/prefer-await-to-callbacks': 'error',
+    'promise/prefer-catch': 'error',
+    'promise/spec-only': 'error',
+    // 'promise/valid-params': 'error', // part of promise/recommended
+
+    // eslint comments
+    '@eslint-community/eslint-comments/disable-enable-pair': ['error', { allowWholeFile: true }],
+    '@eslint-community/eslint-comments/no-restricted-disable': 'error',
+    '@eslint-community/eslint-comments/no-use': 'off',
+    '@eslint-community/eslint-comments/require-description': 'off',
+  },
+  overrides: [
+    // only for ts files
+    {
+      files: ['*.ts', '*.tsx'],
+      extends: [
+        // 'plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended',
+        // 'plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended-requiring-type-checking',
+        // 'plugin:@typescript-eslint/strict',
+      ],
+      rules: {
+        // allow explicitly defined dangling promises
+        // '@typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises': ['error', { ignoreVoid: true }],
+        'no-void': ['error', { allowAsStatement: true }],
+        // ignore prefer-regexp-exec rule to allow string.match(regex)
+        '@typescript-eslint/prefer-regexp-exec': 'off',
+        // this should not run on ts files: https://github.com/import-js/eslint-plugin-import/issues/2215#issuecomment-911245486
+        'import/unambiguous': 'off',
+        // this is not compatible with typeorm, due to joined tables can be null, but are not defined as nullable
+        '@typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition': 'off',
+      },
+      parserOptions: {
+        tsconfigRootDir: __dirname,
+        project: ['./tsconfig.json'],
+        // this is to properly reference the referenced project database without requirement of compiling it
+        // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
+        EXPERIMENTAL_useSourceOfProjectReferenceRedirect: true,
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      files: ['*.spec.ts'],
+      plugins: ['jest'],
+      env: {
+        jest: true,
+      },
+      rules: {
+        'jest/no-disabled-tests': 'error',
+        'jest/no-focused-tests': 'error',
+        'jest/no-identical-title': 'error',
+        'jest/prefer-to-have-length': 'error',
+        'jest/valid-expect': 'error',
+        '@typescript-eslint/unbound-method': 'off',
+        'jest/unbound-method': 'error',
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+}
--- a/backend/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/backend/.eslintrc.js
@ -1,219 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  root: true,
-  env: {
-    // es6: true,
-    node: true,
-  },
-  /* parserOptions: {
-    parser: 'babel-eslint'
-  },*/
-  parser: '@typescript-eslint/parser',
-  plugins: ['prettier', '@typescript-eslint' /*, 'import', 'n', 'promise'*/],
-  extends: [
-    'standard',
-    // 'eslint:recommended',
-    'plugin:prettier/recommended',
-    // 'plugin:import/recommended',
-    // 'plugin:import/typescript',
-    // 'plugin:security/recommended',
-    // 'plugin:@eslint-community/eslint-comments/recommended',
-  ],
-  settings: {
-    'import/parsers': {
-      '@typescript-eslint/parser': ['.ts', '.tsx'],
-    },
-    'import/resolver': {
-      typescript: {
-        project: ['./tsconfig.json'],
-      },
-      node: true,
-    },
-  },
-  /* rules: {
-    //'indent': [ 'error', 2 ],
-    //'quotes': [ "error", "single"],
-    // 'no-console': process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? 'error' : 'off',
-    > 'no-console': ['error'],
-    > 'no-debugger': process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? 'error' : 'off',
-    > 'prettier/prettier': ['error'],
-  }, */
-  rules: {
-    'no-console': 'error',
-    camelcase: 'error',
-    'no-debugger': 'error',
-    'prettier/prettier': [
-      'error',
-      {
-        htmlWhitespaceSensitivity: 'ignore',
-      },
-    ],
-    // import
-    // 'import/export': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-deprecated': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-empty-named-blocks': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-extraneous-dependencies': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-mutable-exports': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-unused-modules': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-named-as-default': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-named-as-default-member': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-amd': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-commonjs': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-import-module-exports': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-nodejs-modules': 'off',
-    // 'import/unambiguous': 'error',
-    // 'import/default': 'error',
-    // 'import/named': 'error',
-    // 'import/namespace': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-absolute-path': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-cycle': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-dynamic-require': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-internal-modules': 'off',
-    // 'import/no-relative-packages': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-relative-parent-imports': ['error', { ignore: ['@/*'] }],
-    // 'import/no-self-import': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-unresolved': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-useless-path-segments': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-webpack-loader-syntax': 'error',
-    // 'import/consistent-type-specifier-style': 'error',
-    // 'import/exports-last': 'off',
-    // 'import/extensions': 'error',
-    // 'import/first': 'error',
-    // 'import/group-exports': 'off',
-    // 'import/newline-after-import': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-anonymous-default-export': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-default-export': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-duplicates': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-named-default': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-namespace': 'error',
-    // 'import/no-unassigned-import': 'error',
-    // 'import/order': [
-    //   'error',
-    //   {
-    //     groups: ['builtin', 'external', 'internal', 'parent', 'sibling', 'index', 'object', 'type'],
-    //     'newlines-between': 'always',
-    //     pathGroups: [
-    //       {
-    //         pattern: '@?*/**',
-    //         group: 'external',
-    //         position: 'after',
-    //       },
-    //       {
-    //         pattern: '@/**',
-    //         group: 'external',
-    //         position: 'after',
-    //       },
-    //     ],
-    //     alphabetize: {
-    //       order: 'asc' /* sort in ascending order. Options: ['ignore', 'asc', 'desc'] */,
-    //       caseInsensitive: true /* ignore case. Options: [true, false] */,
-    //     },
-    //     distinctGroup: true,
-    //   },
-    // ],
-    // 'import/prefer-default-export': 'off',
-    // n
-    // 'n/handle-callback-err': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-callback-literal': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-exports-assign': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-extraneous-import': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-extraneous-require': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-hide-core-modules': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-missing-import': 'off', // not compatible with typescript
-    // 'n/no-missing-require': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-new-require': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-path-concat': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-process-exit': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-unpublished-bin': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-unpublished-import': 'off', // TODO need to exclude seeds
-    // 'n/no-unpublished-require': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-unsupported-features': ['error', { ignores: ['modules'] }],
-    // 'n/no-unsupported-features/es-builtins': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-unsupported-features/es-syntax': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-unsupported-features/node-builtins': 'error',
-    // 'n/process-exit-as-throw': 'error',
-    // 'n/shebang': 'error',
-    // 'n/callback-return': 'error',
-    // 'n/exports-style': 'error',
-    // 'n/file-extension-in-import': 'off',
-    // 'n/global-require': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-mixed-requires': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-process-env': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-restricted-import': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-restricted-require': 'error',
-    // 'n/no-sync': 'error',
-    // 'n/prefer-global/buffer': 'error',
-    // 'n/prefer-global/console': 'error',
-    // 'n/prefer-global/process': 'error',
-    // 'n/prefer-global/text-decoder': 'error',
-    // 'n/prefer-global/text-encoder': 'error',
-    // 'n/prefer-global/url': 'error',
-    // 'n/prefer-global/url-search-params': 'error',
-    // 'n/prefer-promises/dns': 'error',
-    // 'n/prefer-promises/fs': 'error',
-    // promise
-    // 'promise/catch-or-return': 'error',
-    // 'promise/no-return-wrap': 'error',
-    // 'promise/param-names': 'error',
-    // 'promise/always-return': 'error',
-    // 'promise/no-native': 'off',
-    // 'promise/no-nesting': 'warn',
-    // 'promise/no-promise-in-callback': 'warn',
-    // 'promise/no-callback-in-promise': 'warn',
-    // 'promise/avoid-new': 'warn',
-    // 'promise/no-new-statics': 'error',
-    // 'promise/no-return-in-finally': 'warn',
-    // 'promise/valid-params': 'warn',
-    // 'promise/prefer-await-to-callbacks': 'error',
-    // 'promise/no-multiple-resolved': 'error',
-    // eslint comments
-    // '@eslint-community/eslint-comments/disable-enable-pair': ['error', { allowWholeFile: true }],
-    // '@eslint-community/eslint-comments/no-restricted-disable': 'error',
-    // '@eslint-community/eslint-comments/no-use': 'off',
-    // '@eslint-community/eslint-comments/require-description': 'off',
-  },
-  overrides: [
-    // only for ts files
-    {
-      files: ['*.ts', '*.tsx'],
-      extends: [
-        // 'plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended',
-        // 'plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended-requiring-type-checking',
-        // 'plugin:@typescript-eslint/strict',
-      ],
-      rules: {
-        // allow explicitly defined dangling promises
-        // '@typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises': ['error', { ignoreVoid: true }],
-        'no-void': ['error', { allowAsStatement: true }],
-        // ignore prefer-regexp-exec rule to allow string.match(regex)
-        '@typescript-eslint/prefer-regexp-exec': 'off',
-        // this should not run on ts files: https://github.com/import-js/eslint-plugin-import/issues/2215#issuecomment-911245486
-        'import/unambiguous': 'off',
-        // this is not compatible with typeorm, due to joined tables can be null, but are not defined as nullable
-        '@typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition': 'off',
-      },
-      parserOptions: {
-        tsconfigRootDir: __dirname,
-        project: ['./tsconfig.json'],
-        // this is to properly reference the referenced project database without requirement of compiling it
-        // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
-        EXPERIMENTAL_useSourceOfProjectReferenceRedirect: true,
-      },
-    },
-    {
-      files: ['*.spec.ts'],
-      plugins: ['jest'],
-      env: {
-        jest: true,
-      },
-      rules: {
-        'jest/no-disabled-tests': 'error',
-        'jest/no-focused-tests': 'error',
-        'jest/no-identical-title': 'error',
-        'jest/prefer-to-have-length': 'error',
-        'jest/valid-expect': 'error',
-        '@typescript-eslint/unbound-method': 'off',
-        // 'jest/unbound-method': 'error',
-      },
-    },
-  ],
-};
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@ -1,103 +1,42 @@
-##################################################################################
-# BASE (Is pushed to DockerHub for rebranding) ###################################
-##################################################################################
 FROM node:20.12.1-alpine3.19 AS base
-
-# ENVs
-## DOCKER_WORKDIR would be a classical ARG, but that is not multi layer persistent - shame
-ENV DOCKER_WORKDIR="/app"
-## We Cannot do `$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')` here so we use unix timestamp=0
-ARG BBUILD_DATE="1970-01-01T00:00:00.00Z"
-ENV BUILD_DATE=$BBUILD_DATE
-## We cannot do $(yarn run version)-${BUILD_NUMBER} here so we default to 0.0.0-0
-ARG BBUILD_VERSION="0.0.0-0"
-ENV BUILD_VERSION=$BBUILD_VERSION
-## We cannot do `$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)` here so we default to 0000000
-ARG BBUILD_COMMIT="0000000"
-ENV BUILD_COMMIT=$BBUILD_COMMIT
-## SET NODE_ENV
-ENV NODE_ENV="production"
-## App relevant Envs
-ENV PORT="4000"
-
-# Labels
-LABEL org.label-schema.build-date="${BUILD_DATE}"
 LABEL org.label-schema.name="ocelot.social:backend"
 LABEL org.label-schema.description="Backend of the Social Network Software ocelot.social"
 LABEL org.label-schema.usage="https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/blob/master/README.md"
 LABEL org.label-schema.url="https://ocelot.social"
 LABEL org.label-schema.vcs-url="https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social/tree/master/backend"
-LABEL org.label-schema.vcs-ref="${BUILD_COMMIT}"
 LABEL org.label-schema.vendor="ocelot.social Community"
-LABEL org.label-schema.version="${BUILD_VERSION}"
 LABEL org.label-schema.schema-version="1.0"
 LABEL maintainer="devops@ocelot.social"
-
-# Install Additional Software
-## install: git
-RUN apk --no-cache add git python3 make g++
-
-# Settings
-## Expose Container Port
+ENV NODE_ENV="production"
+ENV PORT="4000"
 EXPOSE ${PORT}
+RUN apk --no-cache add git python3 make g++ bash
+RUN mkdir -p /app
+WORKDIR /app
+CMD ["/bin/bash", "-c", "yarn run start"]

-## Workdir
-RUN mkdir -p ${DOCKER_WORKDIR}
-WORKDIR ${DOCKER_WORKDIR}
-
-##################################################################################
-# DEVELOPMENT (Connected to the local environment, to reload on demand) ##########
-##################################################################################
 FROM base AS development
+CMD ["/bin/sh", "-c", "yarn install && yarn run dev"]

-# We don't need to copy or build anything since we gonna bind to the
-# local filesystem which will need a rebuild anyway
-
-# Run command
-# (for development we need to execute yarn install since the
-#  node_modules are on another volume and need updating)
-CMD /bin/sh -c "yarn install && yarn run dev"
-
-##################################################################################
-# CODE (Does contain all code files and is pushed to DockerHub for rebranding) ###
-##################################################################################
-FROM base AS code
-
-# copy everything, but do not build.
+FROM base AS build
 COPY . .
+ONBUILD COPY ./branding/constants/ src/config/tmp
+ONBUILD RUN tools/replace-constants.sh
+ONBUILD COPY ./branding/email/ src/middleware/helpers/email/
+ONBUILD RUN yarn install --production=false --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive
+ONBUILD RUN yarn run build
+ONBUILD RUN mkdir /build
+ONBUILD RUN cp -r ./build /build
+ONBUILD RUN cp -r ./public /build/build
+ONBUILD RUN cp -r ./package.json yarn.lock /build
+ONBUILD RUN cd /build && yarn install --production=true --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive

-##################################################################################
-# BUILD (Does contain all files and the compilate and is therefore bloated) ######
-##################################################################################
-FROM code AS build
-
-# yarn install
-RUN yarn install --production=false --frozen-lockfile --non-interactive
-# yarn build
-RUN /bin/sh -c "yarn run build"
-
-##################################################################################
-# TEST ###########################################################################
-##################################################################################
 FROM build AS test
+# required for the migrations
+# ONBUILD RUN cp -r ./src /src
+CMD ["/bin/bash", "-c", "yarn run dev"]

-# Run command
-CMD /bin/sh -c "yarn run dev"
+FROM build AS production_build

-##################################################################################
-# PRODUCTION (Does contain only "binary"- and static-files to reduce image size) #
-##################################################################################
 FROM base AS production
-
-# Copy "binary"-files from build image
-COPY --from=build ${DOCKER_WORKDIR}/build ./build
-COPY --from=build ${DOCKER_WORKDIR}/node_modules ./node_modules
-# Copy static files
-# TODO - externalize the uploads so we can copy the whole folder
-COPY --from=build ${DOCKER_WORKDIR}/public/img/ ./public/img/
-COPY --from=build ${DOCKER_WORKDIR}/public/providers.json ./public/providers.json
-# Copy package.json for script definitions (lock file should not be needed)
-COPY --from=build ${DOCKER_WORKDIR}/package.json ./package.json
-
-# Run command
-CMD /bin/sh -c "yarn run start"
+COPY --from=production_build /build .
--- a/backend/README.md
+++ b/backend/README.md
@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ Run the following command to install everything through docker.

 The installation takes a bit longer on the first pass or on rebuild ...

-```bash
+```sh
 # in main folder
-$ docker-compose up
+$ docker compose up
 # or
 # rebuild the containers for a cleanup
-$ docker-compose up --build
+$ docker compose up --build
 ```

 Wait a little until your backend is up and running at [http://localhost:4000/](http://localhost:4000/).
@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ some known problems with more recent node versions). You can use the
 [node version manager](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) `nvm` to switch
 between different local Node versions:

-```bash
+```sh
 # install Node
 $ cd backend
 $ nvm install v20.12.1
@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ $ nvm use v20.12.1

 Install node dependencies with [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/en/):

-```bash
+```sh
 # in main folder
 $ cd backend
 $ yarn install
@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ $ nvm use && yarn

 Copy Environment Variables:

-```bash
+```sh
 # in backend/
 $ cp .env.template .env
 ```
@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ a [local Neo4J](http://localhost:7474) instance is up and running.

 Start the backend for development with:

-```bash
+```sh
 # in backend/
 $ yarn run dev
 ```

 or start the backend in production environment with:

-```bash
+```sh
 # in backend/
 $ yarn run start
 ```
@ -79,154 +79,120 @@ More details about our GraphQL playground and how to use it with ocelot.social c

 ![GraphQL Playground](../.gitbook/assets/graphql-playground.png)

-### Database Indexes and Constraints
+## Database

-Database indexes and constraints need to be created and upgraded when the database and the backend are running:
+A fresh database needs to be initialized and migrated.

-::: tabs
-@tab:active Docker
-
-```bash
-# in main folder while docker-compose is running
-$ docker exec backend yarn run db:migrate init
-
-# only once: init admin user and create indexes and constraints in Neo4j database
-# for development
-$ docker compose exec backend yarn prod:migrate init
-# in production mode use command
-$ docker compose exec backend /bin/sh -c "yarn prod:migrate init"
+```sh
+# in folder backend while database is running
+yarn db:migrate init
+# for docker environments:
+docker exec backend yarn db:migrate init
+# for docker production:
+docker exec backend yarn prod:migrate init
 ```

-```bash
-# in main folder with docker compose running
-$ docker exec backend yarn run db:migrate up
+```sh
+# in backend with database running (In docker or local)
+yarn db:migrate up
+
+# for docker development:
+docker exec backend yarn db:migrate up
+# for docker production
+docker exec backend yarn prod:migrate up
 ```

-@tab Without Docker
+### Optional Data

-```bash
-# in folder backend/ while database is running
-# make sure your database is running on http://localhost:7474/browser/
-yarn run db:migrate init
+You can seed some optional data into the database.
+
+To create the default admin <admin@example.org> with password `1234` use:
+
+```sh
+# in backend with database running (In docker or local)
+yarn db:data:admin
 ```

-```bash
-# in backend/ with database running (In docker or local)
-yarn run db:migrate up
+When using `CATEGORIES_ACTIVE=true` you also want to seed the categories with:
+
+```sh
+# in backend with database running (In docker or local)
+yarn db:data:categories
 ```

-:::
+### Seed Data

-#### Seed Database
+For a predefined set of test data you can seed the database with:

-If you want your backend to return anything else than an empty response, you
-need to seed your database:
+```sh
+# in backend with database running (In docker or local)
+yarn db:seed

-::: tabs
-@tab:active Docker
-
-In another terminal run:
-
-```bash
-# in main folder while docker-compose is running
-$ docker exec backend yarn run db:seed
+# for docker
+docker exec backend yarn db:seed
 ```

-To reset the database run:
+### Reset Data

-```bash
-# in main folder while docker-compose is running
-$ docker exec backend yarn run db:reset
+In order to reset the database you can run:
+
+```sh
+# in backend with database running (In docker or local)
+yarn db:reset
+# or deleting the migrations as well
+yarn db:reset:withmigrations
+
+# for docker
+docker exec backend yarn db:reset
+# or deleting the migrations as well
+docker exec backend yarn db:reset:withmigrations
 # you could also wipe out your neo4j database and delete all volumes with:
-$ docker-compose down -v
-# if container is not running, run this command to set up your database indexes and constraints
-$ docker exec backend yarn run db:migrate init
-# And then upgrade the indexes and const
-$ docker exec backend yarn run db:migrate up
+docker compose down -v
 ```

-@tab Without Docker
-
-Run:
-
-```bash
-# in backend/ while database is running
-$ yarn run db:seed
-```
-
-To reset the database run:
-
-```bash
-# in backend/ while database is running
-$ yarn run db:reset
-```
-
-:::
+> Note: This just deletes the data and not the constraints, hence you do not need to rerun `yarn db:migrate init` or `yarn db:migrate up`.

 ### Data migrations

 Although Neo4J is schema-less,you might find yourself in a situation in which
 you have to migrate your data e.g. because your data modeling has changed.

-::: tabs
-@tab:active Docker
-
 Generate a data migration file:

-```bash
-# in main folder while docker-compose is running
-$ docker-compose exec backend yarn run db:migrate:create your_data_migration
-# Edit the file in ./src/db/migrations/
-```
-
-To run the migration:
-
-```bash
-# in main folder while docker-compose is running
-$ docker exec backend yarn run db:migrate up
-```
-
-@tab Without Docker
-
-Generate a data migration file:
-
-```bash
-# in backend/
+```sh
+# in backend
 $ yarn run db:migrate:create your_data_migration
 # Edit the file in ./src/db/migrations/
+
+# for docker
+# in main folder while docker compose is running
+$ docker compose exec backend yarn run db:migrate:create your_data_migration
+# Edit the file in ./src/db/migrations/
 ```

 To run the migration:

-```bash
+```sh
 # in backend/ while database is running
 $ yarn run db:migrate up
-```

-:::
+# for docker
+# in main folder while docker compose is running
+$ docker exec backend yarn run db:migrate up
+```

 ## Testing

 **Beware**: We have no multiple database setup at the moment. We clean the
 database after each test, running the tests will wipe out all your data!

-::: tabs
-@tab:active Docker
-
 Run the unit tests:

-```bash
-# in main folder while docker-compose is running
-$ docker exec backend yarn run test
-```
-
-@tab Without Docker
-
-Run the unit tests:
-
-```bash
+```sh
 # in backend/ while database is running
 $ yarn run test
-```

-:::
+# for docker
+# in main folder while docker compose is running
+$ docker exec backend yarn run test
+```
--- a/deployment/src/kubernetes/charts/.gitkeep
+++ b/deployment/src/kubernetes/charts/.gitkeep
--- a/deployment/src/kubernetes/crds/.gitkeep
+++ b/deployment/src/kubernetes/crds/.gitkeep
--- a/backend/jest.config.cjs
+++ b/backend/jest.config.cjs
@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* eslint-disable import/no-commonjs */
+const { pathsToModuleNameMapper } = require('ts-jest')
+const requireJSON5 = require('require-json5')
+const { compilerOptions } = requireJSON5('./tsconfig.json')
+
+module.exports = {
+  verbose: true,
+  preset: 'ts-jest',
+  collectCoverage: true,
+  collectCoverageFrom: [
+    '**/*.ts',
+    '!**/node_modules/**',
+    '!**/test/**',
+    '!**/build/**',
+    '!**/src/**/?(*.)+(spec|test).ts?(x)',
+    '!**/src/db/**',
+  ],
+  coverageThreshold: {
+    global: {
+      lines: 90,
+    },
+  },
+  testMatch: ['**/src/**/?(*.)+(spec|test).ts?(x)'],
+  setupFilesAfterEnv: ['<rootDir>/test/setup.ts'],
+  moduleNameMapper: pathsToModuleNameMapper(compilerOptions.paths, { prefix: '<rootDir>/' }),
+}
--- a/backend/jest.config.js
+++ b/backend/jest.config.js
@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  verbose: true,
-  preset: 'ts-jest',
-  collectCoverage: true,
-  collectCoverageFrom: [
-    '**/*.ts',
-    '!**/node_modules/**',
-    '!**/test/**',
-    '!**/build/**',
-    '!**/src/**/?(*.)+(spec|test).ts?(x)',
-    '!**/src/db/**'    
-  ],
-  coverageThreshold: {
-    global: {
-      lines: 90,
-    },
-  },
-  testMatch: ['**/src/**/?(*.)+(spec|test).ts?(x)'],
-  setupFilesAfterEnv: ['<rootDir>/test/setup.ts']
-}
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "ocelot-social-backend",
-  "version": "3.2.0",
+  "version": "3.2.1",
  "description": "GraphQL Backend for ocelot.social",
  "repository": "https://github.com/Ocelot-Social-Community/Ocelot-Social",
  "author": "ocelot.social Community",
@ -8,26 +8,27 @@
  "private": false,
  "main": "src/index.ts",
  "scripts": {
-    "__migrate": "migrate --compiler 'ts:./src/db/compiler.ts' --migrations-dir ./src/db/migrations",
-    "prod:migrate": "migrate --migrations-dir ./build/src/db/migrations --store ./build/src/db/migrate/store.js",
    "start": "node build/src/",
-    "build": "tsc && ./scripts/build.copy.files.sh",
-    "dev": "nodemon --exec ts-node src/ -e js,ts,gql",
+    "build": "tsc && tsc-alias && ./scripts/build.copy.files.sh",
+    "dev": "nodemon --exec ts-node --require tsconfig-paths/register src/ -e js,ts,gql",
    "dev:debug": "nodemon --exec babel-node --inspect=0.0.0.0:9229 src/ -e js,ts,gql",
    "lint": "eslint --max-warnings=0 --ext .js,.ts ./src",
    "test": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192 jest --runInBand --coverage --forceExit --detectOpenHandles",
-    "db:clean": "ts-node src/db/clean.ts",
-    "db:reset": "yarn run db:clean",
-    "db:seed": "ts-node src/db/seed.ts",
-    "db:migrate": "yarn run __migrate --store ./src/db/migrate/store.ts",
-    "db:migrate:create": "yarn run __migrate --template-file ./src/db/migrate/template.ts --date-format 'yyyymmddHHmmss' create"
+    "db:reset": "ts-node --require tsconfig-paths/register src/db/reset.ts",
+    "db:reset:withmigrations": "ts-node --require tsconfig-paths/register src/db/reset-with-migrations.ts",
+    "db:seed": "ts-node --require tsconfig-paths/register src/db/seed.ts",
+    "db:data:admin": "ts-node --require tsconfig-paths/register src/db/admin.ts",
+    "db:data:categories": "ts-node --require tsconfig-paths/register src/db/categories.ts",
+    "db:migrate": "migrate --compiler 'ts:./src/db/compiler.ts' --migrations-dir ./src/db/migrations --store ./src/db/migrate/store.ts",
+    "db:migrate:create": "migrate --compiler 'ts:./src/db/compiler.ts' --migrations-dir ./src/db/migrations --template-file ./src/db/migrate/template.ts --date-format 'yyyymmddHHmmss' create",
+    "prod:migrate": "migrate --migrations-dir ./build/src/db/migrations --store ./build/src/db/migrate/store.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
-    "@babel/cli": "~7.25.9",
-    "@babel/core": "^7.26.0",
+    "@babel/cli": "~7.27.0",
+    "@babel/core": "^7.26.10",
    "@babel/node": "~7.26.0",
    "@babel/plugin-proposal-throw-expressions": "^7.25.9",
-    "@babel/preset-env": "~7.26.0",
+    "@babel/preset-env": "~7.26.9",
    "@babel/register": "^7.23.7",
    "@sentry/node": "^5.15.4",
    "apollo-cache-inmemory": "~1.6.6",
@ -36,92 +37,102 @@
    "apollo-link-http": "~1.5.17",
    "apollo-server": "~2.14.2",
    "apollo-server-express": "^2.14.2",
-    "aws-sdk": "^2.1599.0",
+    "aws-sdk": "^2.1692.0",
    "babel-core": "~7.0.0-0",
    "babel-eslint": "~10.1.0",
    "babel-jest": "~29.7.0",
    "babel-plugin-transform-runtime": "^6.23.0",
    "bcryptjs": "~2.4.3",
+    "body-parser": "^1.20.3",
    "cheerio": "~1.0.0",
    "cors": "~2.8.5",
    "cross-env": "~7.0.3",
-    "dotenv": "~16.4.5",
-    "express": "^4.21.1",
+    "dotenv": "~16.4.7",
+    "express": "^5.1.0",
    "graphql": "^14.6.0",
    "graphql-middleware": "~4.0.2",
    "graphql-middleware-sentry": "^3.2.1",
-    "graphql-redis-subscriptions": "^2.2.1",
+    "graphql-redis-subscriptions": "^2.7.0",
    "graphql-shield": "~7.2.2",
+    "graphql-subscriptions": "^1.1.0",
    "graphql-tag": "~2.10.3",
-    "helmet": "~8.0.0",
+    "graphql-upload": "^11.0.0",
+    "helmet": "~8.1.0",
    "ioredis": "^4.16.1",
    "jsonwebtoken": "~8.5.1",
    "languagedetect": "^2.0.0",
-    "linkifyjs": "^4.1.3",
-    "linkify-html": "^4.1.3",
+    "linkify-html": "^4.2.0",
+    "linkifyjs": "^4.2.0",
    "lodash": "~4.17.21",
    "merge-graphql-schemas": "^1.7.8",
-    "metascraper": "^5.33.5",
-    "metascraper-author": "^5.33.5",
-    "metascraper-date": "^5.33.5",
-    "metascraper-description": "^5.33.5",
-    "metascraper-image": "^5.33.5",
-    "metascraper-lang": "^5.33.5",
+    "metascraper": "^5.46.11",
+    "metascraper-author": "^5.46.11",
+    "metascraper-date": "^5.46.11",
+    "metascraper-description": "^5.46.11",
+    "metascraper-image": "^5.46.11",
+    "metascraper-lang": "^5.46.11",
    "metascraper-lang-detector": "^4.10.2",
-    "metascraper-logo": "^5.33.5",
-    "metascraper-publisher": "^5.33.5",
+    "metascraper-logo": "^5.46.11",
+    "metascraper-publisher": "^5.46.11",
    "metascraper-soundcloud": "^5.34.4",
-    "metascraper-title": "^5.34.7",
-    "metascraper-url": "^5.34.2",
-    "metascraper-video": "^5.33.5",
-    "metascraper-youtube": "^5.33.5",
+    "metascraper-title": "^5.46.11",
+    "metascraper-url": "^5.46.11",
+    "metascraper-video": "^5.46.11",
+    "metascraper-youtube": "^5.46.11",
    "migrate": "^2.1.0",
-    "mime-types": "^2.1.35",
+    "mime-types": "^3.0.1",
    "minimatch": "^9.0.4",
    "mustache": "^4.2.0",
    "neo4j-driver": "^4.4.11",
    "neo4j-graphql-js": "^2.11.5",
    "neode": "^0.4.9",
    "node-fetch": "^2.7.0",
-    "nodemailer": "^6.9.16",
+    "nodemailer": "^6.10.0",
    "nodemailer-html-to-text": "^3.2.0",
    "request": "~2.88.2",
-    "sanitize-html": "~2.13.1",
+    "sanitize-html": "~2.15.0",
    "slug": "~9.1.0",
    "subscriptions-transport-ws": "^0.9.19",
    "trunc-html": "~1.1.2",
    "uuid": "~9.0.1",
-    "validator": "^13.11.0",
-    "xregexp": "^4.3.0"
+    "validator": "^13.15.0",
+    "xregexp": "^5.1.2"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
-    "@faker-js/faker": "9.1.0",
+    "@eslint-community/eslint-plugin-eslint-comments": "^4.4.1",
+    "@faker-js/faker": "9.6.0",
    "@types/jest": "^29.5.14",
-    "@types/node": "^22.8.1",
+    "@types/node": "^22.14.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.62.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.62.0",
    "apollo-server-testing": "~2.11.0",
    "eslint": "^8.57.1",
-    "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.1.0",
+    "eslint-config-prettier": "^10.1.1",
    "eslint-config-standard": "^17.1.0",
-    "eslint-import-resolver-typescript": "^3.6.3",
+    "eslint-import-resolver-typescript": "^4.3.1",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.31.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-jest": "^28.8.3",
-    "eslint-plugin-n": "^16.6.2",
-    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.1.3",
-    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^6.1.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-security": "^3.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-jest": "^28.11.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-n": "^17.17.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-no-catch-all": "^1.1.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.2.6",
+    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^7.2.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-security": "^3.0.1",
    "jest": "^29.7.0",
-    "nodemon": "~3.1.7",
-    "prettier": "^3.2.5",
+    "nodemon": "~3.1.9",
+    "prettier": "^3.5.3",
+    "require-json5": "^1.3.0",
    "rosie": "^2.1.1",
-    "ts-jest": "^29.2.5",
+    "ts-jest": "^29.3.1",
    "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
-    "typescript": "^5.6.3"
+    "tsc-alias": "^1.8.14",
+    "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0",
+    "typescript": "^5.8.3"
  },
  "resolutions": {
    "**/**/fs-capacitor": "^6.2.0",
-    "**/graphql-upload": "^11.0.0",
-    "nan": "2.17.0"
+    "**/graphql-upload": "^11.0.0"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=20.12.1"
  }
 }
--- a/backend/scripts/build.copy.files.sh
+++ b/backend/scripts/build.copy.files.sh
@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh

+# public
+cp -r public/ build/public/
+
 # html files
 mkdir -p build/src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/
 cp -r src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/*.html build/src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/
--- a/backend/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/config/index.ts
@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-import dotenv from 'dotenv'
+/* eslint-disable n/no-process-env */
+/* eslint-disable n/no-unpublished-require */
+/* eslint-disable n/no-missing-require */
+import { config } from 'dotenv'
+
 import emails from './emails'
 import metadata from './metadata'

 // Load env file
 if (require.resolve) {
  try {
-    dotenv.config({ path: require.resolve('../../.env') })
+    config({ path: require.resolve('../../.env') })
  } catch (error) {
    // This error is thrown when the .env is not found
    if (error.code !== 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND') {
--- a/backend/src/db/admin.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/admin.ts
@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { hashSync } from 'bcryptjs'
+import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'
+
+import { getDriver } from './neo4j'
+
+const defaultAdmin = {
+  email: 'admin@example.org',
+  password: hashSync('1234', 10),
+  name: 'admin',
+  id: uuid(),
+  slug: 'admin',
+}
+
+const createDefaultAdminUser = async () => {
+  const driver = getDriver()
+  const session = driver.session()
+  const createAdminTxResultPromise = session.writeTransaction(async (txc) => {
+    txc.run(
+      `MERGE (e:EmailAddress {
+        email: "${defaultAdmin.email}",
+        createdAt: toString(datetime())
+        })-[:BELONGS_TO]->(u:User {
+        name: "${defaultAdmin.name}",
+        encryptedPassword: "${defaultAdmin.password}",
+        role: "admin",
+        id: "${defaultAdmin.id}",
+        slug: "${defaultAdmin.slug}",
+        createdAt: toString(datetime()),
+        allowEmbedIframes: false,
+        showShoutsPublicly: false,
+        deleted: false,
+        disabled: false
+        })-[:PRIMARY_EMAIL]->(e)`,
+    )
+  })
+  try {
+    await createAdminTxResultPromise
+    console.log('Successfully created default admin user!') // eslint-disable-line no-console
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-catch-all/no-catch-all
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(error) // eslint-disable-line no-console
+  } finally {
+    session.close()
+    driver.close()
+  }
+}
+
+;(async function () {
+  await createDefaultAdminUser()
+})()
--- a/backend/src/db/categories.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/categories.ts
@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { categories } from '@constants/categories'
+
+import { getDriver } from './neo4j'
+
+const createCategories = async () => {
+  const driver = getDriver()
+  const session = driver.session()
+  const createCategoriesTxResultPromise = session.writeTransaction(async (txc) => {
+    categories.forEach(({ icon, name }, index) => {
+      const id = `cat${index + 1}`
+      txc.run(
+        `MERGE (c:Category {
+          icon: "${icon}",
+          slug: "${name}",
+          name: "${name}",
+          id: "${id}",
+          createdAt: toString(datetime())
+        })`,
+      )
+    })
+  })
+  try {
+    await createCategoriesTxResultPromise
+    console.log('Successfully created categories!') // eslint-disable-line no-console
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-catch-all/no-catch-all
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(`Error creating categories: ${error}`) // eslint-disable-line no-console
+  } finally {
+    session.close()
+    driver.close()
+  }
+}
+
+;(async function () {
+  await createCategories()
+})()
--- a/backend/src/db/compiler.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/compiler.ts
@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
+/* eslint-disable import/no-commonjs */
+// eslint-disable-next-line n/no-unpublished-require
 const tsNode = require('ts-node')
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-unassigned-import, import/no-extraneous-dependencies, n/no-unpublished-require
+require('tsconfig-paths/register')
+
 module.exports = tsNode.register
--- a/backend/src/db/factories.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/factories.ts
@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'
-import slugify from 'slug'
+import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker'
 import { hashSync } from 'bcryptjs'
 import { Factory } from 'rosie'
-import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker'
+import slugify from 'slug'
+import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'
+
+import CONFIG from '@config/index'
+import generateInviteCode from '@schema/resolvers/helpers/generateInviteCode'
+
 import { getDriver, getNeode } from './neo4j'
-import CONFIG from '../config/index'
-import generateInviteCode from '../schema/resolvers/helpers/generateInviteCode'

 const neode = getNeode()

@ -15,18 +17,19 @@ const uniqueImageUrl = (imageUrl) => {
  return newUrl.toString()
 }

-export const cleanDatabase = async (options: any = {}) => {
-  const { driver = getDriver() } = options
+export const cleanDatabase = async ({ withMigrations } = { withMigrations: false }) => {
+  const driver = getDriver()
  const session = driver.session()
+
+  const clean = `
+    MATCH (everything)
+    ${withMigrations ? '' : "WHERE NOT 'Migration' IN labels(everything)"}
+    DETACH DELETE everything
+  `
+
  try {
    await session.writeTransaction((transaction) => {
-      return transaction.run(
-        `
-          MATCH (everything)
-          WHERE NOT 'Migration' IN labels(everything)
-          DETACH DELETE everything
-        `,
-      )
+      return transaction.run(clean)
    })
  } finally {
    session.close()
@ -70,7 +73,6 @@ Factory.define('basicUser')
    termsAndConditionsAgreedAt: '2019-08-01T10:47:19.212Z',
    allowEmbedIframes: false,
    showShoutsPublicly: false,
-    sendNotificationEmails: true,
    locale: 'en',
  })
  .attr('slug', ['slug', 'name'], (slug, name) => {
@ -173,6 +175,7 @@ Factory.define('post')
    ])
    await Promise.all([
      post.relateTo(author, 'author'),
+      post.relateTo(author, 'observes'),
      // Promise.all(categories.map((c) => c.relateTo(post, 'post'))),
      Promise.all(tags.map((t) => t.relateTo(post, 'post'))),
    ])
@ -208,7 +211,11 @@ Factory.define('comment')
      options.author,
      options.post,
    ])
-    await Promise.all([comment.relateTo(author, 'author'), comment.relateTo(post, 'post')])
+    await Promise.all([
+      comment.relateTo(author, 'author'),
+      comment.relateTo(post, 'post'),
+      post.relateTo(author, 'observes'),
+    ])
    return comment
  })

--- a/backend/src/db/migrate/store.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrate/store.ts
@ -1,104 +1,45 @@
-import { getDriver, getNeode } from '../../db/neo4j'
-import { hashSync } from 'bcryptjs'
-import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'
-import { categories } from '../../constants/categories'
-import CONFIG from '../../config'
-
-const defaultAdmin = {
-  email: 'admin@example.org',
-  password: hashSync('1234', 10),
-  name: 'admin',
-  id: uuid(),
-  slug: 'admin',
-}
-
-const createCategories = async (session) => {
-  const createCategoriesTxResultPromise = session.writeTransaction(async (txc) => {
-    categories.forEach(({ icon, name }, index) => {
-      const id = `cat${index + 1}`
-      txc.run(
-        `MERGE (c:Category {
-          icon: "${icon}",
-          slug: "${name}",
-          name: "${name}",
-          id: "${id}",
-          createdAt: toString(datetime())
-        })`,
-      )
-    })
-  })
-  try {
-    await createCategoriesTxResultPromise
-    console.log('Successfully created categories!') // eslint-disable-line no-console
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.log(`Error creating categories: ${error}`) // eslint-disable-line no-console
-  }
-}
-
-const createDefaultAdminUser = async (session) => {
-  const readTxResultPromise = session.readTransaction(async (txc) => {
-    const result = await txc.run('MATCH (user:User) RETURN count(user) AS userCount')
-    return result.records.map((r) => r.get('userCount'))
-  })
-  let createAdmin = false
-  try {
-    const userCount = parseInt(String(await readTxResultPromise))
-    if (userCount === 0) createAdmin = true
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.log(error) // eslint-disable-line no-console
-  }
-  if (createAdmin) {
-    const createAdminTxResultPromise = session.writeTransaction(async (txc) => {
-      txc.run(
-        `MERGE (e:EmailAddress {
-           email: "${defaultAdmin.email}",
-           createdAt: toString(datetime())
-         })-[:BELONGS_TO]->(u:User {
-           name: "${defaultAdmin.name}",
-           encryptedPassword: "${defaultAdmin.password}",
-           role: "admin",
-           id: "${defaultAdmin.id}",
-           slug: "${defaultAdmin.slug}",
-           createdAt: toString(datetime()),
-           allowEmbedIframes: false,
-           showShoutsPublicly: false,
-           sendNotificationEmails: true,
-           deleted: false,
-           disabled: false
-         })-[:PRIMARY_EMAIL]->(e)`,
-      )
-    })
-    try {
-      await createAdminTxResultPromise
-      console.log('Successfully created default admin user!') // eslint-disable-line no-console
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.log(error) // eslint-disable-line no-console
-    }
-  }
-}
+import { getDriver, getNeode } from '@db/neo4j'

 class Store {
-  async init(next) {
+  async init(errFn) {
    const neode = getNeode()
-    const { driver } = neode
-    const session = driver.session()
-    await createDefaultAdminUser(session)
-    if (CONFIG.CATEGORIES_ACTIVE) await createCategories(session)
-    const writeTxResultPromise = session.writeTransaction(async (txc) => {
-      await txc.run('CALL apoc.schema.assert({},{},true)') // drop all indices and constraints
+    const session = neode.driver.session()
+    const txFreshIndicesConstrains = session.writeTransaction(async (txc) => {
+      // drop all indices and constraints
+      await txc.run('CALL apoc.schema.assert({},{},true)')
+      /* 
+      #############################################
+      # ADD YOUR CUSTOM INDICES & CONSTRAINS HERE #
+      #############################################
+      */
+      // Search indexes (also part of migration 20230320130345-fulltext-search-indexes)
+      await txc.run(
+        `CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex("user_fulltext_search",["User"],["name", "slug"])`,
+      )
+      await txc.run(
+        `CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex("post_fulltext_search",["Post"],["title", "content"])`,
+      )
+      await txc.run(`CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex("tag_fulltext_search",["Tag"],["id"])`) // also part of migration 20200207080200-fulltext_index_for_tags
+      // Search indexes (also part of migration 20220803060819-create_fulltext_indices_and_unique_keys_for_groups)
+      await txc.run(`
+        CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex("group_fulltext_search",["Group"],["name", "slug", "about", "description"])
+      `)
    })
    try {
-      await writeTxResultPromise
+      // Due to limitations of neode in combination with the limitations of the community version of neo4j
+      // we need to have all constraints and indexes defined here. They can not be properly migrated
+      await txFreshIndicesConstrains
+
      await getNeode().schema.install()
      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
      console.log('Successfully created database indices and constraints!')
-      next()
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-catch-all/no-catch-all
    } catch (error) {
      console.log(error) // eslint-disable-line no-console
-      next(error, null)
+      errFn(error)
    } finally {
      session.close()
-      driver.close()
+      neode.driver.close()
    }
  }

@ -122,6 +63,7 @@ class Store {
      }
      const [{ title: lastRun }] = migrations
      next(null, { lastRun, migrations })
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-catch-all/no-catch-all
    } catch (error) {
      console.log(error) // eslint-disable-line no-console
      next(error)
@ -157,6 +99,7 @@ class Store {
    try {
      await writeTxResultPromise
      next()
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-catch-all/no-catch-all
    } catch (error) {
      console.log(error) // eslint-disable-line no-console
      next(error)
@ -166,4 +109,4 @@ class Store {
  }
 }

-module.exports = Store
+export default Store
--- a/backend/src/db/migrate/template.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrate/template.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description = ''

--- a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200123150105-merge_duplicate_user_accounts.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200123150105-merge_duplicate_user_accounts.ts
@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+/* eslint-disable import/no-extraneous-dependencies */
+/* eslint-disable promise/prefer-await-to-callbacks */
 import { throwError, concat } from 'rxjs'
 import { flatMap, mergeMap, map, catchError, filter } from 'rxjs/operators'
-import { getDriver } from '../neo4j'
-import normalizeEmail from '../../schema/resolvers//helpers/normalizeEmail'
+
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'
+import normalizeEmail from '@schema/resolvers/helpers/normalizeEmail'

 export const description = `
  This migration merges duplicate :User and :EmailAddress nodes. It became
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200123150110-merge_duplicate_location_nodes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200123150110-merge_duplicate_location_nodes.ts
@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+/* eslint-disable import/no-extraneous-dependencies */
+/* eslint-disable promise/prefer-await-to-callbacks */
 import { throwError, concat } from 'rxjs'
 import { flatMap, mergeMap, map, catchError } from 'rxjs/operators'
-import { getDriver } from '../neo4j'
+
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description = `
  This migration merges duplicate :Location nodes. It became
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200127110135-create_muted_relationship_between_existing_blocked_relationships.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200127110135-create_muted_relationship_between_existing_blocked_relationships.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description = `
  This migration creates a MUTED relationship between two edges(:User) that have a pre-existing BLOCKED relationship.
@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export async function up(next) {
      `,
    )
    await transaction.commit()
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-catch-all/no-catch-all
  } catch (error) {
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
    console.log(error)
@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ export function down(next) {
  try {
    // Rollback your migration here.
    next()
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-catch-all/no-catch-all
  } catch (err) {
    next(err)
  } finally {
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200206190233-swap_latitude_with_longitude.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200206190233-swap_latitude_with_longitude.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description = `
 This migration swaps the value stored in Location.lat with the value
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200207080200-fulltext_index_for_tags.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200207080200-fulltext_index_for_tags.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description =
  'This migration adds a fulltext index for the tags in order to search for Hasthags.'
@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ export async function up(next) {
  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()

  try {
+    // We do do this in /src/db/migrate/store.ts
+    /*
    await transaction.run(`
      CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex("tag_fulltext_search",["Tag"],["id"])
    `)
    await transaction.commit()
+    */
    next()
  } catch (error) {
    const { message } = error
@ -39,10 +42,13 @@ export async function down(next) {

  try {
    // Implement your migration here.
+    // We do do this in /src/db/migrate/store.ts
+    /*
    await transaction.run(`
      CALL db.index.fulltext.drop("tag_fulltext_search")
    `)
    await transaction.commit()
+    */
    next()
  } catch (error) {
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200213230248-add_unique_index_to_image_url.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200213230248-add_unique_index_to_image_url.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description = `
  We introduced a new node label 'Image' and we need a primary key for it. Best
@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export async function down(next) {
    `)
    await transaction.commit()
    next()
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-catch-all/no-catch-all
  } catch (error) {
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
    console.log(error)
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200312140328-bulk_upload_to_s3.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200312140328-bulk_upload_to_s3.ts
@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
-import { existsSync, createReadStream } from 'fs'
-import path from 'path'
+/* eslint-disable security/detect-non-literal-fs-filename */
+import https from 'https'
+import { existsSync, createReadStream } from 'node:fs'
+import path from 'node:path'
+
 import { S3 } from 'aws-sdk'
 import mime from 'mime-types'
-import s3Configs from '../../config'
-import https from 'https'
+
+import s3Configs from '@config/index'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description = `
 Upload all image files to a S3 compatible object storage in order to reduce
@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ export async function down(next) {
    await transaction.run(``)
    await transaction.commit()
    next()
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-catch-all/no-catch-all
  } catch (error) {
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
    console.log(error)
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200320200315-refactor_all_images_to_separate_type.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200320200315-refactor_all_images_to_separate_type.ts
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description = `
  Refactor all our image properties on posts and users to a dedicated type
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200323140300-remove_deleted_users_obsolete_attributes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200323140300-remove_deleted_users_obsolete_attributes.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description =
  'We should not maintain obsolete attributes for users who have been deleted.'
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200323160336-remove_deleted_posts_obsolete_attributes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200323160336-remove_deleted_posts_obsolete_attributes.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description =
  'We should not maintain obsolete attributes for posts which have been deleted.'
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200326160326-remove_dangling_image_urls.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200326160326-remove_dangling_image_urls.ts
@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
-import { existsSync } from 'fs'
+/* eslint-disable security/detect-non-literal-fs-filename */
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
+
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description = `
  In this review:
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/1613589876420-null_mutation.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/1613589876420-null_mutation.ts
@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 'use strict'

-module.exports.up = function (next) {
+export async function up(next) {
  next()
 }

-module.exports.down = function (next) {
+export async function down(next) {
  next()
 }
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/1614023644903-add-clickedCount-to-posts.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/1614023644903-add-clickedCount-to-posts.ts
@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description = `
 This migration adds the clickedCount property to all posts, setting it to 0.
 `

-module.exports.up = async function (next) {
+export async function up(next) {
  const driver = getDriver()
  const session = driver.session()
  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module.exports.up = async function (next) {
  }
 }

-module.exports.down = async function (next) {
+export async function down(next) {
  const driver = getDriver()
  const session = driver.session()
  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/1614177130817-add-viewedTeaserCount-to-posts.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/1614177130817-add-viewedTeaserCount-to-posts.ts
@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description = `
 This migration adds the viewedTeaserCount property to all posts, setting it to 0.
 `

-module.exports.up = async function (next) {
+export async function up(next) {
  const driver = getDriver()
  const session = driver.session()
  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module.exports.up = async function (next) {
  }
 }

-module.exports.down = async function (next) {
+export async function down(next) {
  const driver = getDriver()
  const session = driver.session()
  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/20210506150512-add-donations-node.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20210506150512-add-donations-node.ts
@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'

+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'
+
 export const description =
  'This migration adds a Donations node with default settings to the database.'

--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/20210923140939-add-sendNotificationEmails-property-to-all-users.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20210923140939-add-sendNotificationEmails-property-to-all-users.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description = ''

--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/20220803060819-create_fulltext_indices_and_unique_keys_for_groups.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20220803060819-create_fulltext_indices_and_unique_keys_for_groups.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description = `
  We introduced a new node label 'Group' and we need two primary keys 'id' and 'slug' for it.
@ -18,9 +18,13 @@ export async function up(next) {
    // await transaction.run(`
    //   CREATE CONSTRAINT ON ( group:Group ) ASSERT group.slug IS UNIQUE
    // `)
+
+    // We do do this in /src/db/migrate/store.ts
+    /*
    await transaction.run(`
      CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex("group_fulltext_search",["Group"],["name", "slug", "about", "description"])
    `)
+    */
    await transaction.commit()
    next()
  } catch (error) {
@ -42,6 +46,8 @@ export async function down(next) {

  try {
    // Implement your migration here.
+    // We do do this in /src/db/migrate/store.ts
+    /*
    await transaction.run(`
      DROP CONSTRAINT ON ( group:Group ) ASSERT group.id IS UNIQUE
    `)
@ -52,6 +58,7 @@ export async function down(next) {
      CALL db.index.fulltext.drop("group_fulltext_search")
    `)
    await transaction.commit()
+    */
    next()
  } catch (error) {
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/20230320130345-fulltext-search-indexes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20230320130345-fulltext-search-indexes.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description = ''

@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ export async function up(next) {
  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()

  try {
+    // We do do this in /src/db/migrate/store.ts
+    /*
    // Drop indexes if they exist because due to legacy code they might be set already
    const indexesResponse = await transaction.run(`CALL db.indexes()`)
    const indexes = indexesResponse.records.map((record) => record.get('name'))
@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ export async function up(next) {
      `CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex("tag_fulltext_search",["Tag"],["id"])`,
    )
    await transaction.commit()
+    */
    next()
  } catch (error) {
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
@ -50,10 +53,13 @@ export async function down(next) {
  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()

  try {
+    // We do do this in /src/db/migrate/store.ts
+    /*
    await transaction.run(`CALL db.index.fulltext.drop("user_fulltext_search")`)
    await transaction.run(`CALL db.index.fulltext.drop("post_fulltext_search")`)
    await transaction.run(`CALL db.index.fulltext.drop("tag_fulltext_search")`)
    await transaction.commit()
+    */
    next()
  } catch (error) {
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/20230329150329-article-label-for-posts.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20230329150329-article-label-for-posts.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description = 'Add to all existing posts the Article label'

--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/20230608130637-add-postType-property.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20230608130637-add-postType-property.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description = 'Add postType property Article to all posts'

--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/20231017141022-fix-event-dates.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20231017141022-fix-event-dates.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'

 export const description = `
 Transform event start and end date of format 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS' in CEST
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/20250331130323-author-observes-own-post.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20250331130323-author-observes-own-post.ts
@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'
+
+export const description = `
+All authors observe their posts.
+`
+
+export async function up(next) {
+  const driver = getDriver()
+  const session = driver.session()
+  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()
+
+  try {
+    // Implement your migration here.
+    await transaction.run(`
+      MATCH (author:User)-[:WROTE]->(post:Post)
+      MERGE (author)-[obs:OBSERVES]->(post)
+      ON CREATE SET
+        obs.active = true,
+        obs.createdAt = toString(datetime()),
+        obs.updatedAt = toString(datetime())
+      RETURN post
+    `)
+    await transaction.commit()
+    next()
+  } catch (error) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log(error)
+    await transaction.rollback()
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log('rolled back')
+    throw new Error(error)
+  } finally {
+    session.close()
+  }
+}
+
+export async function down(next) {
+  const driver = getDriver()
+  const session = driver.session()
+  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()
+
+  try {
+    // Implement your migration here.
+    await transaction.run(`
+      MATCH (:User)-[obs:OBSERVES]->(p:Post)
+      DELETE obs
+      RETURN p
+    `)
+    await transaction.commit()
+    next()
+  } catch (error) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log(error)
+    await transaction.rollback()
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log('rolled back')
+    throw new Error(error)
+  } finally {
+    session.close()
+  }
+}
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/20250331140313-commenter-observes-post.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20250331140313-commenter-observes-post.ts
@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'
+
+export const description = `
+All users commenting a post observe the post.
+`
+
+export async function up(next) {
+  const driver = getDriver()
+  const session = driver.session()
+  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()
+
+  try {
+    // Implement your migration here.
+    await transaction.run(`
+      MATCH (commenter:User)-[:WROTE]->(:Comment)-[:COMMENTS]->(post:Post)
+      MERGE (commenter)-[obs:OBSERVES]->(post)
+      ON CREATE SET
+        obs.active = true,
+        obs.createdAt = toString(datetime()),
+        obs.updatedAt = toString(datetime())
+      RETURN post
+    `)
+    await transaction.commit()
+    next()
+  } catch (error) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log(error)
+    await transaction.rollback()
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log('rolled back')
+    throw new Error(error)
+  } finally {
+    session.close()
+  }
+}
+
+export async function down(next) {
+  const driver = getDriver()
+  const session = driver.session()
+  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()
+
+  try {
+    // Implement your migration here.
+    await transaction.run(`
+      MATCH (u:User)-[obs:OBSERVES]->(p:Post)<-[:COMMENTS]-(:Comment)<-[:WROTE]-(u)
+      WHERE NOT (u)-[:WROTE]->(post)
+      DELETE obs
+      RETURN p
+    `)
+    await transaction.commit()
+    next()
+  } catch (error) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log(error)
+    await transaction.rollback()
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log('rolled back')
+    throw new Error(error)
+  } finally {
+    session.close()
+  }
+}
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/20250405030454-email-notification-settings.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20250405030454-email-notification-settings.ts
@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'
+
+export const description =
+  'Transforms the `sendNotificationEmails` property on User to a multi value system'
+
+export async function up(next) {
+  const driver = getDriver()
+  const session = driver.session()
+  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()
+
+  try {
+    // Implement your migration here.
+    await transaction.run(`
+      MATCH (user:User)
+      SET user.emailNotificationsCommentOnObservedPost = user.sendNotificationEmails
+      SET user.emailNotificationsMention = user.sendNotificationEmails
+      SET user.emailNotificationsChatMessage = user.sendNotificationEmails
+      SET user.emailNotificationsGroupMemberJoined = user.sendNotificationEmails
+      SET user.emailNotificationsGroupMemberLeft = user.sendNotificationEmails
+      SET user.emailNotificationsGroupMemberRemoved = user.sendNotificationEmails
+      SET user.emailNotificationsGroupMemberRoleChanged = user.sendNotificationEmails
+      REMOVE user.sendNotificationEmails
+    `)
+    await transaction.commit()
+    next()
+  } catch (error) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log(error)
+    await transaction.rollback()
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log('rolled back')
+    throw new Error(error)
+  } finally {
+    session.close()
+  }
+}
+
+export async function down(next) {
+  const driver = getDriver()
+  const session = driver.session()
+  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()
+
+  try {
+    // Implement your migration here.
+    await transaction.run(`
+      MATCH (user:User)
+      SET user.sendNotificationEmails = user.emailNotificationsMention
+      REMOVE user.emailNotificationsCommentOnObservedPost
+      REMOVE user.emailNotificationsMention
+      REMOVE user.emailNotificationsChatMessage
+      REMOVE user.emailNotificationsGroupMemberJoined
+      REMOVE user.emailNotificationsGroupMemberLeft
+      REMOVE user.emailNotificationsGroupMemberRemoved
+      REMOVE user.emailNotificationsGroupMemberRoleChanged
+    `)
+    await transaction.commit()
+    next()
+  } catch (error) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log(error)
+    await transaction.rollback()
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log('rolled back')
+    throw new Error(error)
+  } finally {
+    session.close()
+  }
+}
--- a/backend/src/db/neo4j.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/neo4j.ts
@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+/* eslint-disable import/no-named-as-default-member */
 import neo4j from 'neo4j-driver'
-import CONFIG from './../config'
 import Neode from 'neode'
-import models from '../models'
+
+import CONFIG from '@config/index'
+import models from '@models/index'

 let driver
 const defaultOptions = {
--- a/backend/src/db/reset-with-migrations.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/reset-with-migrations.ts
@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* eslint-disable n/no-process-exit */
+import CONFIG from '@config/index'
+
+import { cleanDatabase } from './factories'
+
+if (CONFIG.PRODUCTION && !CONFIG.PRODUCTION_DB_CLEAN_ALLOW) {
+  throw new Error(`You cannot clean the database in a non-staging and real production environment!`)
+}
+
+;(async function () {
+  try {
+    await cleanDatabase({ withMigrations: true })
+    console.log('Successfully deleted all nodes and relations including!') // eslint-disable-line no-console
+    process.exit(0)
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-catch-all/no-catch-all
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log(`Error occurred deleting the nodes and relations (reset the db)\n\n${err}`) // eslint-disable-line no-console
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+})()
--- a/backend/src/db/reset.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/reset.ts
@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import CONFIG from '../config'
-import { cleanDatabase } from '../db/factories'
+/* eslint-disable n/no-process-exit */
+import CONFIG from '@config/index'
+
+import { cleanDatabase } from './factories'

 if (CONFIG.PRODUCTION && !CONFIG.PRODUCTION_DB_CLEAN_ALLOW) {
  throw new Error(`You cannot clean the database in a non-staging and real production environment!`)
@ -10,6 +12,7 @@ if (CONFIG.PRODUCTION && !CONFIG.PRODUCTION_DB_CLEAN_ALLOW) {
    await cleanDatabase()
    console.log('Successfully deleted all nodes and relations!') // eslint-disable-line no-console
    process.exit(0)
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-catch-all/no-catch-all
  } catch (err) {
    console.log(`Error occurred deleting the nodes and relations (reset the db)\n\n${err}`) // eslint-disable-line no-console
    process.exit(1)
--- a/backend/src/db/seed.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/seed.ts
@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
-import sample from 'lodash/sample'
-import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
-import CONFIG from '../config'
-import createServer from '../server'
+/* eslint-disable n/no-process-exit */
 import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker'
-import Factory from '../db/factories'
-import { getNeode, getDriver } from '../db/neo4j'
+import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
+import sample from 'lodash/sample'
+
+import CONFIG from '@config/index'
+import { categories } from '@constants/categories'
+import { createCommentMutation } from '@graphql/comments'
 import {
  createGroupMutation,
  joinGroupMutation,
  changeGroupMemberRoleMutation,
-} from '../graphql/groups'
-import { createPostMutation } from '../graphql/posts'
-import { createRoomMutation } from '../graphql/rooms'
-import { createMessageMutation } from '../graphql/messages'
-import { createCommentMutation } from '../graphql/comments'
-import { categories } from '../constants/categories'
+} from '@graphql/groups'
+import { createMessageMutation } from '@graphql/messages'
+import { createPostMutation } from '@graphql/posts'
+import { createRoomMutation } from '@graphql/rooms'
+import createServer from '@src/server'
+
+import Factory from './factories'
+import { getNeode, getDriver } from './neo4j'

 if (CONFIG.PRODUCTION && !CONFIG.PRODUCTION_DB_CLEAN_ALLOW) {
  throw new Error(`You cannot seed the database in a non-staging and real production environment!`)
@ -1565,6 +1568,7 @@ const languages = ['de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'pt', 'pl']
    await driver.close()
    await neode.close()
    process.exit(0)
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-catch-all/no-catch-all
  } catch (err) {
    /* eslint-disable-next-line no-console */
    console.error(err)
--- a/backend/src/graphql/posts.ts
+++ b/backend/src/graphql/posts.ts
@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ export const createPostMutation = () => {
          lng
          lat
        }
+        isObservedByMe
+        observingUsersCount
      }
    }
  `
--- a/backend/src/helpers/asyncForEach.ts
+++ b/backend/src/helpers/asyncForEach.ts
@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/* eslint-disable promise/prefer-await-to-callbacks */
+/* eslint-disable security/detect-object-injection */
 /**
 * Provide a way to iterate for each element in an array while waiting for async functions to finish
 *
--- a/backend/src/helpers/jest.ts
+++ b/backend/src/helpers/jest.ts
@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint-disable promise/avoid-new */
 // sometime we have to wait to check a db state by having a look into the db in a certain moment
 // or we wait a bit to check if we missed to set an await somewhere
 // see: https://www.sitepoint.com/delay-sleep-pause-wait/
--- a/backend/src/helpers/walkRecursive.ts
+++ b/backend/src/helpers/walkRecursive.ts
@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/* eslint-disable promise/prefer-await-to-callbacks */
+/* eslint-disable security/detect-object-injection */
 /**
 * iterate through all fields and replace it with the callback result
 * @property data Array
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import createServer from './server'
 import CONFIG from './config'
+import createServer from './server'

 const { server, httpServer } = createServer()
 const url = new URL(CONFIG.GRAPHQL_URI)
--- a/backend/src/jwt/decode.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/jwt/decode.spec.ts
@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '../db/factories'
-import { getDriver, getNeode } from '../db/neo4j'
+import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '@db/factories'
+import { getDriver, getNeode } from '@db/neo4j'
+
 import decode from './decode'
 import encode from './encode'

--- a/backend/src/jwt/decode.ts
+++ b/backend/src/jwt/decode.ts
@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
-import CONFIG from './../config'
+
+import CONFIG from '@config/index'

 export default async (driver, authorizationHeader) => {
  if (!authorizationHeader) return null
@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ export default async (driver, authorizationHeader) => {
  try {
    const decoded = await jwt.verify(token, CONFIG.JWT_SECRET)
    id = decoded.sub
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-catch-all/no-catch-all
  } catch (err) {
    return null
  }
--- a/backend/src/jwt/encode.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/jwt/encode.spec.ts
@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-import encode from './encode'
 import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
-import CONFIG from './../config'
+
+import CONFIG from '@config/index'
+
+import encode from './encode'

 describe('encode', () => {
  let payload
--- a/backend/src/jwt/encode.ts
+++ b/backend/src/jwt/encode.ts
@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
-import CONFIG from './../config'
+
+import CONFIG from '@config/index'

 // Generate an Access Token for the given User ID
 export default function encode(user) {
--- a/backend/src/middleware/excerptMiddleware.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/excerptMiddleware.ts
@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import trunc from 'trunc-html'
-import { DESCRIPTION_EXCERPT_HTML_LENGTH } from '../constants/groups'
+
+import { DESCRIPTION_EXCERPT_HTML_LENGTH } from '@constants/groups'

 export default {
  Mutation: {
--- a/backend/src/middleware/hashtags/extractHashtags.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/hashtags/extractHashtags.ts
@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import * as cheerio from 'cheerio'
+import { load } from 'cheerio'
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/extensions
 import { exec, build } from 'xregexp/xregexp-all.js'
 // formats of a Hashtag:
 //   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hashtag&oldid=905141980#Style
@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ const regX = build('^((\\pL+[\\pL0-9]*)|([0-9]+\\pL+[\\pL0-9]*))$')

 export default function (content?) {
  if (!content) return []
-  const $ = cheerio.load(content)
+  const $ = load(content)
  // We can not search for class '.hashtag', because the classes are removed at the 'xss' middleware.
  //   But we have to know, which Hashtags are removed from the content as well, so we search for the 'a' html-tag.
  const ids = $('a[data-hashtag-id]')
--- a/backend/src/middleware/hashtags/hashtagsMiddleware.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/hashtags/hashtagsMiddleware.spec.ts
@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import gql from 'graphql-tag'
-import { cleanDatabase } from '../../db/factories'
 import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
-import { getNeode, getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
-import createServer from '../../server'
+import gql from 'graphql-tag'
+
+import { cleanDatabase } from '@db/factories'
+import { getNeode, getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'
+import createServer from '@src/server'

 let server
 let query
--- a/backend/src/middleware/hashtags/hashtagsMiddleware.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/hashtags/hashtagsMiddleware.ts
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import extractHashtags from '../hashtags/extractHashtags'
+import extractHashtags from './extractHashtags'

 const updateHashtagsOfPost = async (postId, hashtags, context) => {
  if (!hashtags.length) return
--- a/backend/src/middleware/helpers/cleanHtml.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/helpers/cleanHtml.ts
@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import sanitizeHtml from 'sanitize-html'
+/* eslint-disable security/detect-unsafe-regex */
 import linkifyHtml from 'linkify-html'
+import sanitizeHtml from 'sanitize-html'

 export const removeHtmlTags = (input) => {
  return sanitizeHtml(input, {
--- a/backend/src/middleware/helpers/email/sendMail.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/helpers/email/sendMail.ts
@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import CONFIG from '../../../config'
-import { cleanHtml } from '../../../middleware/helpers/cleanHtml'
 import nodemailer from 'nodemailer'
 import { htmlToText } from 'nodemailer-html-to-text'

+import CONFIG from '@config/index'
+import { cleanHtml } from '@middleware/helpers/cleanHtml'
+
 const hasEmailConfig = CONFIG.SMTP_HOST && CONFIG.SMTP_PORT
 const hasAuthData = CONFIG.SMTP_USERNAME && CONFIG.SMTP_PASSWORD
 const hasDKIMData =
--- a/backend/src/middleware/helpers/email/templateBuilder.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/helpers/email/templateBuilder.spec.ts
@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-import CONFIG from '../../../config'
-import logosWebapp from '../../../config/logos'
+import CONFIG from '@config/index'
+import logosWebapp from '@config/logos'
+
 import {
  signupTemplate,
  emailVerificationTemplate,
  resetPasswordTemplate,
  wrongAccountTemplate,
  notificationTemplate,
+  chatMessageTemplate,
 } from './templateBuilder'

 const englishHint = 'English version below!'
@ -34,6 +36,17 @@ const resetPasswordTemplateData = () => ({
    name: 'Mr Example',
  },
 })
+const chatMessageTemplateData = {
+  email: 'test@example.org',
+  variables: {
+    senderUser: {
+      name: 'Sender',
+    },
+    recipientUser: {
+      name: 'Recipient',
+    },
+  },
+}
 const wrongAccountTemplateData = () => ({
  email: 'test@example.org',
  variables: {},
@ -163,6 +176,32 @@ describe('templateBuilder', () => {
    })
  })

+  describe('chatMessageTemplate', () => {
+    describe('multi language', () => {
+      it('e-mail is build with all data', () => {
+        const subject = `Neue Chat-Nachricht | New chat message - ${chatMessageTemplateData.variables.senderUser.name}`
+        const actionUrl = new URL('/chat', CONFIG.CLIENT_URI).toString()
+        const enContent = `You have received a new chat message from <b>${chatMessageTemplateData.variables.senderUser.name}</b>.`
+        const deContent = `Du hast eine neue Chat-Nachricht von <b>${chatMessageTemplateData.variables.senderUser.name}</b> erhalten.`
+        testEmailData(null, chatMessageTemplate, chatMessageTemplateData, [
+          ...textsStandard,
+          {
+            templPropName: 'subject',
+            isContaining: false,
+            text: subject,
+          },
+          englishHint,
+          actionUrl,
+          chatMessageTemplateData.variables.senderUser,
+          chatMessageTemplateData.variables.recipientUser,
+          enContent,
+          deContent,
+          supportUrl,
+        ])
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
  describe('wrongAccountTemplate', () => {
    describe('multi language', () => {
      it('e-mail is build with all data', () => {
--- a/backend/src/middleware/helpers/email/templateBuilder.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/helpers/email/templateBuilder.ts
@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
+/* eslint-disable import/no-namespace */
 import mustache from 'mustache'
-import CONFIG from '../../../config'
-import metadata from '../../../config/metadata'
-import logosWebapp from '../../../config/logos'
+
+import CONFIG from '@config/index'
+import logosWebapp from '@config/logos'
+import metadata from '@config/metadata'

 import * as templates from './templates'
-import * as templatesEN from './templates/en'
 import * as templatesDE from './templates/de'
+import * as templatesEN from './templates/en'

 const from = CONFIG.EMAIL_DEFAULT_SENDER
 const welcomeImageUrl = new URL(logosWebapp.LOGO_WELCOME_PATH, CONFIG.CLIENT_URI)
@ -71,6 +73,26 @@ export const resetPasswordTemplate = ({ email, variables: { nonce, name } }) =>
  }
 }

+export const chatMessageTemplate = ({ email, variables: { senderUser, recipientUser } }) => {
+  const subject = `Neue Chat-Nachricht | New chat message - ${senderUser.name}`
+  const actionUrl = new URL('/chat', CONFIG.CLIENT_URI)
+  const renderParams = {
+    ...defaultParams,
+    subject,
+    englishHint,
+    actionUrl,
+    senderUser,
+    recipientUser,
+  }
+
+  return {
+    from,
+    to: email,
+    subject,
+    html: mustache.render(templates.layout, renderParams, { content: templates.chatMessage }),
+  }
+}
+
 export const wrongAccountTemplate = ({ email, _variables = {} }) => {
  const subject = 'Falsche Mailadresse? | Wrong E-mail?'
  const actionUrl = new URL('/password-reset/request', CONFIG.CLIENT_URI)
--- a/backend/src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/chatMessage.html
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/chatMessage.html
@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+<!-- Email Body German : BEGIN -->
+<table class="email-german" align="center" role="presentation" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%"
+  style="margin: auto;">
+
+  <!-- Hero Image, Flush : BEGIN -->
+  <tr>
+    <td style="background-color: #ffffff;">
+      <img
+        src="{{{ welcomeImageUrl }}}"
+        width="300" height="" alt="Welcome image" border="0"
+        style="width: 100%; max-width: 300px; height: auto; background: #ffffff; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 15px; color: #555555; margin: auto; display: block; padding: 20px;"
+        class="g-img">
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+  <!-- Hero Image, Flush : END -->
+
+  <!-- 1 Column Text + Button : BEGIN -->
+  <tr>
+    <td style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 20px;">
+      <table role="presentation" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%">
+        <tr>
+          <td
+            style="padding: 20px; padding-top: 0; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; color: #555555;">
+            <h1
+              style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; line-height: 30px; color: #333333; font-weight: normal;">
+              Hallo {{ recipientUser.name }}!</h1>
+            <p style="margin: 0;">Du hast eine neue Chat-Nachricht von <b>{{ senderUser.name }}</b> erhalten.</p>
+          </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td style="padding: 0 20px;">
+            <!-- Button : BEGIN -->
+            <table align="center" role="presentation" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="margin: auto;">
+              <tr>
+                <td class="button-td button-td-primary" style="border-radius: 4px; background: #17b53e;">
+                  <a class="button-a button-a-primary" href="{{{ actionUrl }}}"
+                    style="background: #17b53e; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 15px; text-decoration: none; padding: 13px 17px; color: #ffffff; display: block; border-radius: 4px;">Chat anzeigen</a>
+                </td>
+              </tr>
+            </table>
+            <!-- Button : END -->
+          </td>
+        </tr>
+      </table>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+  <!-- 1 Column Text + Button : END -->
+
+</table>
+<!-- Email Body German : END -->
+
+<!-- Email Body English : BEGIN -->
+<table class="email-english" align="center" role="presentation" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%"
+  style="margin: auto;">
+  <tr>
+    <td style="padding: 20px 0; text-align: center">
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+
+  <!-- Hero Image, Flush : BEGIN -->
+  <tr>
+    <td style="background-color: #ffffff;">
+      <img
+        src="{{{ welcomeImageUrl }}}"
+        width="300" height="" alt="Welcome image" border="0"
+        style="width: 100%; max-width: 300px; height: auto; background: #ffffff; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 15px; color: #555555; margin: auto; display: block; padding: 20px;"
+        class="g-img">
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+  <!-- Hero Image, Flush : END -->
+
+  <!-- 1 Column Text + Button : BEGIN -->
+  <tr>
+    <td style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 20px;">
+      <table role="presentation" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%">
+        <tr>
+          <td
+            style="padding: 20px; padding-top: 0; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; color: #555555;">
+            <h1
+              style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; line-height: 30px; color: #333333; font-weight: normal;">
+              Hello {{ recipientUser.name }}!</h1>
+            <p style="margin: 0;">You have received a new chat message from <b>{{ senderUser.name }}</b>.</p>
+          </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td style="padding: 0 20px;">
+            <!-- Button : BEGIN -->
+            <table align="center" role="presentation" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="margin: auto;">
+              <tr>
+                <td class="button-td button-td-primary" style="border-radius: 4px; background: #17b53e;">
+                  <a class="button-a button-a-primary" href="{{{ actionUrl }}}"
+                    style="background: #17b53e; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 15px; text-decoration: none; padding: 13px 17px; color: #ffffff; display: block; border-radius: 4px;">Show Chat</a>
+                </td>
+              </tr>
+            </table>
+            <!-- Button : END -->
+          </td>
+        </tr>
+      </table>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+  <!-- 1 Column Text + Button : END -->
+
+</table>
+<!-- Email Body English : END -->
--- a/backend/src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/de/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/de/index.ts
@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import fs from 'fs'
-import path from 'path'
+/* eslint-disable security/detect-non-literal-fs-filename */
+import fs from 'node:fs'
+import path from 'node:path'

 const readFile = (fileName) => fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, fileName), 'utf-8')

--- a/backend/src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/en/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/en/index.ts
@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import fs from 'fs'
-import path from 'path'
+/* eslint-disable security/detect-non-literal-fs-filename */
+import fs from 'node:fs'
+import path from 'node:path'

 const readFile = (fileName) => fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, fileName), 'utf-8')

--- a/backend/src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/helpers/email/templates/index.ts
@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import fs from 'fs'
-import path from 'path'
+/* eslint-disable security/detect-non-literal-fs-filename */
+import fs from 'node:fs'
+import path from 'node:path'

 const readFile = (fileName) => fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, fileName), 'utf-8')

@ -7,5 +8,6 @@ export const signup = readFile('./signup.html')
 export const passwordReset = readFile('./resetPassword.html')
 export const wrongAccount = readFile('./wrongAccount.html')
 export const emailVerification = readFile('./emailVerification.html')
+export const chatMessage = readFile('./chatMessage.html')

 export const layout = readFile('./layout.html')
--- a/backend/src/middleware/helpers/isUserOnline.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/helpers/isUserOnline.spec.ts
@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { isUserOnline } from './isUserOnline'
+
+let user
+
+describe('isUserOnline', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    user = {
+      lastActiveAt: null,
+      awaySince: null,
+      lastOnlineStatus: null,
+    }
+  })
+  describe('user has lastOnlineStatus `online`', () => {
+    it('returns true if he was active within the last 90 seconds', () => {
+      user.lastOnlineStatus = 'online'
+      user.lastActiveAt = new Date()
+      expect(isUserOnline(user)).toBe(true)
+    })
+    it('returns false if he was not active within the last 90 seconds', () => {
+      user.lastOnlineStatus = 'online'
+      user.lastActiveAt = new Date().getTime() - 90001
+      expect(isUserOnline(user)).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('user has lastOnlineStatus `away`', () => {
+    it('returns true if he went away less then 180 seconds ago', () => {
+      user.lastOnlineStatus = 'away'
+      user.awaySince = new Date()
+      expect(isUserOnline(user)).toBe(true)
+    })
+    it('returns false if he went away more then 180 seconds ago', () => {
+      user.lastOnlineStatus = 'away'
+      user.awaySince = new Date().getTime() - 180001
+      expect(isUserOnline(user)).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('user is freshly created and has never logged in', () => {
+    it('returns false', () => {
+      expect(isUserOnline(user)).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+})
--- a/backend/src/middleware/helpers/isUserOnline.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/helpers/isUserOnline.ts
@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+export const isUserOnline = (user) => {
+  // Is Recipient considered online
+  const lastActive = new Date(user.lastActiveAt).getTime()
+  const awaySince = new Date(user.awaySince).getTime()
+  const now = new Date().getTime()
+  const status = user.lastOnlineStatus
+  if (
+    // online & last active less than 1.5min -> online
+    (status === 'online' && now - lastActive < 90000) ||
+    // away for less then 3min -> online
+    (status === 'away' && now - awaySince < 180000)
+  ) {
+    return true
+  }
+  return false
+}
--- a/backend/src/middleware/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/index.ts
@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
+/* eslint-disable security/detect-object-injection */
 import { applyMiddleware } from 'graphql-middleware'
-import CONFIG from './../config'
-import softDelete from './softDelete/softDeleteMiddleware'
-import sluggify from './sluggifyMiddleware'
-import excerpt from './excerptMiddleware'
-import xss from './xssMiddleware'
-import permissions from './permissionsMiddleware'
-import includedFields from './includedFieldsMiddleware'
-import orderBy from './orderByMiddleware'
-import validation from './validation/validationMiddleware'
-import notifications from './notifications/notificationsMiddleware'
-import hashtags from './hashtags/hashtagsMiddleware'
-import login from './login/loginMiddleware'
-import sentry from './sentryMiddleware'
-import languages from './languages/languages'
-import userInteractions from './userInteractions'
+
+import CONFIG from '@config/index'
+
 import chatMiddleware from './chatMiddleware'
+import excerpt from './excerptMiddleware'
+import hashtags from './hashtags/hashtagsMiddleware'
+import includedFields from './includedFieldsMiddleware'
+import languages from './languages/languages'
+import login from './login/loginMiddleware'
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-cycle
+import notifications from './notifications/notificationsMiddleware'
+import orderBy from './orderByMiddleware'
+import permissions from './permissionsMiddleware'
+import sentry from './sentryMiddleware'
+import sluggify from './sluggifyMiddleware'
+import softDelete from './softDelete/softDeleteMiddleware'
+import userInteractions from './userInteractions'
+import validation from './validation/validationMiddleware'
+import xss from './xssMiddleware'

 export default (schema) => {
  const middlewares = {
--- a/backend/src/middleware/languages/languages.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/languages/languages.spec.ts
@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '../../db/factories'
-import gql from 'graphql-tag'
-import { getNeode, getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
-import createServer from '../../server'
 import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
+import gql from 'graphql-tag'
+
+import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '@db/factories'
+import { getNeode, getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'
+import createServer from '@src/server'

 let mutate
 let authenticatedUser
--- a/backend/src/middleware/languages/languages.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/languages/languages.ts
@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import LanguageDetect from 'languagedetect'
-import { removeHtmlTags } from '../helpers/cleanHtml'
+
+import { removeHtmlTags } from '@middleware/helpers/cleanHtml'

 const setPostLanguage = (text, defaultLanguage) => {
  const lngDetector = new LanguageDetect()
--- a/backend/src/middleware/login/loginMiddleware.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/login/loginMiddleware.ts
@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { sendMail } from '../helpers/email/sendMail'
+import { sendMail } from '@middleware/helpers/email/sendMail'
 import {
  signupTemplate,
  resetPasswordTemplate,
  wrongAccountTemplate,
  emailVerificationTemplate,
-} from '../helpers/email/templateBuilder'
+} from '@middleware/helpers/email/templateBuilder'

 const sendSignupMail = async (resolve, root, args, context, resolveInfo) => {
  const { inviteCode } = args
--- a/backend/src/middleware/notifications/followed-users.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/notifications/followed-users.spec.ts
@ -0,0 +1,430 @@
+import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
+import gql from 'graphql-tag'
+
+import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '@db/factories'
+import { getNeode, getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'
+import { createGroupMutation } from '@graphql/groups'
+import CONFIG from '@src/config'
+import createServer from '@src/server'
+
+CONFIG.CATEGORIES_ACTIVE = false
+
+const sendMailMock = jest.fn()
+jest.mock('../helpers/email/sendMail', () => ({
+  sendMail: () => sendMailMock(),
+}))
+
+let server, query, mutate, authenticatedUser
+
+let postAuthor, firstFollower, secondFollower
+
+const driver = getDriver()
+const neode = getNeode()
+
+const createPostMutation = gql`
+  mutation ($id: ID, $title: String!, $content: String!, $groupId: ID) {
+    CreatePost(id: $id, title: $title, content: $content, groupId: $groupId) {
+      id
+      title
+      content
+    }
+  }
+`
+
+const notificationQuery = gql`
+  query ($read: Boolean) {
+    notifications(read: $read, orderBy: updatedAt_desc) {
+      read
+      reason
+      createdAt
+      relatedUser {
+        id
+      }
+      from {
+        __typename
+        ... on Post {
+          id
+          content
+        }
+        ... on Comment {
+          id
+          content
+        }
+        ... on Group {
+          id
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+`
+
+const followUserMutation = gql`
+  mutation ($id: ID!) {
+    followUser(id: $id) {
+      id
+    }
+  }
+`
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  await cleanDatabase()
+
+  const createServerResult = createServer({
+    context: () => {
+      return {
+        user: authenticatedUser,
+        neode,
+        driver,
+        cypherParams: {
+          currentUserId: authenticatedUser ? authenticatedUser.id : null,
+        },
+      }
+    },
+  })
+  server = createServerResult.server
+  const createTestClientResult = createTestClient(server)
+  query = createTestClientResult.query
+  mutate = createTestClientResult.mutate
+})
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  await cleanDatabase()
+  driver.close()
+})
+
+describe('following users notifications', () => {
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    postAuthor = await Factory.build(
+      'user',
+      {
+        id: 'post-author',
+        name: 'Post Author',
+        slug: 'post-author',
+      },
+      {
+        email: 'test@example.org',
+        password: '1234',
+      },
+    )
+    firstFollower = await Factory.build(
+      'user',
+      {
+        id: 'first-follower',
+        name: 'First Follower',
+        slug: 'first-follower',
+      },
+      {
+        email: 'test2@example.org',
+        password: '1234',
+      },
+    )
+    secondFollower = await Factory.build(
+      'user',
+      {
+        id: 'second-follower',
+        name: 'Second Follower',
+        slug: 'second-follower',
+      },
+      {
+        email: 'test3@example.org',
+        password: '1234',
+      },
+    )
+    await secondFollower.update({ emailNotificationsFollowingUsers: false })
+    authenticatedUser = await firstFollower.toJson()
+    await mutate({
+      mutation: followUserMutation,
+      variables: { id: 'post-author' },
+    })
+    authenticatedUser = await secondFollower.toJson()
+    await mutate({
+      mutation: followUserMutation,
+      variables: { id: 'post-author' },
+    })
+    jest.clearAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  describe('the followed user writes a post', () => {
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      authenticatedUser = await postAuthor.toJson()
+      await mutate({
+        mutation: createPostMutation,
+        variables: {
+          id: 'post',
+          title: 'This is the post',
+          content: 'This is the content of the post',
+        },
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('sends NO notification to the post author', async () => {
+      await expect(
+        query({
+          query: notificationQuery,
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        data: {
+          notifications: [],
+        },
+        errors: undefined,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('sends notification to the first follower', async () => {
+      authenticatedUser = await firstFollower.toJson()
+      await expect(
+        query({
+          query: notificationQuery,
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        data: {
+          notifications: [
+            {
+              from: {
+                __typename: 'Post',
+                id: 'post',
+              },
+              read: false,
+              reason: 'followed_user_posted',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        errors: undefined,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('sends notification to the second follower', async () => {
+      authenticatedUser = await secondFollower.toJson()
+      await expect(
+        query({
+          query: notificationQuery,
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        data: {
+          notifications: [
+            {
+              from: {
+                __typename: 'Post',
+                id: 'post',
+              },
+              read: false,
+              reason: 'followed_user_posted',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        errors: undefined,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('sends only one email, as second follower has emails disabled', () => {
+      expect(sendMailMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('followed user posts in public group', () => {
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      authenticatedUser = await postAuthor.toJson()
+      await mutate({
+        mutation: createGroupMutation(),
+        variables: {
+          id: 'g-1',
+          name: 'A group',
+          description: 'A group to test the follow user notification',
+          groupType: 'public',
+          actionRadius: 'national',
+        },
+      })
+      await mutate({
+        mutation: createPostMutation,
+        variables: {
+          id: 'group-post',
+          title: 'This is the post in the group',
+          content: 'This is the content of the post in the group',
+          groupId: 'g-1',
+        },
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('sends NO notification to the post author', async () => {
+      await expect(
+        query({
+          query: notificationQuery,
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        data: {
+          notifications: [],
+        },
+        errors: undefined,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('sends a notification to the first follower', async () => {
+      authenticatedUser = await firstFollower.toJson()
+      await expect(
+        query({
+          query: notificationQuery,
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        data: {
+          notifications: [
+            {
+              from: {
+                __typename: 'Post',
+                id: 'group-post',
+              },
+              read: false,
+              reason: 'followed_user_posted',
+            },
+            {
+              from: {
+                __typename: 'Post',
+                id: 'post',
+              },
+              read: false,
+              reason: 'followed_user_posted',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        errors: undefined,
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('followed user posts in closed group', () => {
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      authenticatedUser = await postAuthor.toJson()
+      await mutate({
+        mutation: createGroupMutation(),
+        variables: {
+          id: 'g-2',
+          name: 'A closed group',
+          description: 'A group to test the follow user notification',
+          groupType: 'closed',
+          actionRadius: 'national',
+        },
+      })
+      await mutate({
+        mutation: createPostMutation,
+        variables: {
+          id: 'closed-group-post',
+          title: 'This is the post in the closed group',
+          content: 'This is the content of the post in the closed group',
+          groupId: 'g-2',
+        },
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('sends NO notification to the post author', async () => {
+      await expect(
+        query({
+          query: notificationQuery,
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        data: {
+          notifications: [],
+        },
+        errors: undefined,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('sends NO notification to the first follower', async () => {
+      authenticatedUser = await firstFollower.toJson()
+      await expect(
+        query({
+          query: notificationQuery,
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        data: {
+          notifications: [
+            {
+              from: {
+                __typename: 'Post',
+                id: 'group-post',
+              },
+              read: false,
+              reason: 'followed_user_posted',
+            },
+            {
+              from: {
+                __typename: 'Post',
+                id: 'post',
+              },
+              read: false,
+              reason: 'followed_user_posted',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        errors: undefined,
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('followed user posts in hidden group', () => {
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      authenticatedUser = await postAuthor.toJson()
+      await mutate({
+        mutation: createGroupMutation(),
+        variables: {
+          id: 'g-3',
+          name: 'A hidden group',
+          description: 'A hidden group to test the follow user notification',
+          groupType: 'hidden',
+          actionRadius: 'national',
+        },
+      })
+      await mutate({
+        mutation: createPostMutation,
+        variables: {
+          id: 'hidden-group-post',
+          title: 'This is the post in the hidden group',
+          content: 'This is the content of the post in the hidden group',
+          groupId: 'g-3',
+        },
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('sends NO notification to the post author', async () => {
+      await expect(
+        query({
+          query: notificationQuery,
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        data: {
+          notifications: [],
+        },
+        errors: undefined,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('sends NO notification to the first follower', async () => {
+      authenticatedUser = await firstFollower.toJson()
+      await expect(
+        query({
+          query: notificationQuery,
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        data: {
+          notifications: [
+            {
+              from: {
+                __typename: 'Post',
+                id: 'group-post',
+              },
+              read: false,
+              reason: 'followed_user_posted',
+            },
+            {
+              from: {
+                __typename: 'Post',
+                id: 'post',
+              },
+              read: false,
+              reason: 'followed_user_posted',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        errors: undefined,
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
--- a/backend/src/middleware/notifications/mentions/extractMentionedUsers.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/notifications/mentions/extractMentionedUsers.ts
@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import * as cheerio from 'cheerio'
+import { load } from 'cheerio'

 export default (content?) => {
  if (!content) return []
-  const $ = cheerio.load(content)
+  const $ = load(content)
  const userIds = $('a.mention[data-mention-id]')
    .map((_, el) => {
      return $(el).attr('data-mention-id')
--- a/backend/src/middleware/notifications/notificationsMiddleware.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/notifications/notificationsMiddleware.spec.ts
@ -1,15 +1,35 @@
-import gql from 'graphql-tag'
-import { cleanDatabase } from '../../db/factories'
 import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
-import { getNeode, getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
-import createServer, { pubsub } from '../../server'
+import gql from 'graphql-tag'
+
+import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '@db/factories'
+import { getNeode, getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'
 import {
  createGroupMutation,
  joinGroupMutation,
  leaveGroupMutation,
  changeGroupMemberRoleMutation,
  removeUserFromGroupMutation,
-} from '../../graphql/groups'
+} from '@graphql/groups'
+import { createMessageMutation } from '@graphql/messages'
+import { createRoomMutation } from '@graphql/rooms'
+import createServer, { pubsub } from '@src/server'
+
+const sendMailMock = jest.fn()
+jest.mock('../helpers/email/sendMail', () => ({
+  sendMail: () => sendMailMock(),
+}))
+
+const chatMessageTemplateMock = jest.fn()
+const notificationTemplateMock = jest.fn()
+jest.mock('../helpers/email/templateBuilder', () => ({
+  chatMessageTemplate: () => chatMessageTemplateMock(),
+  notificationTemplate: () => notificationTemplateMock(),
+}))
+
+let isUserOnlineMock = jest.fn()
+jest.mock('../helpers/isUserOnline', () => ({
+  isUserOnline: () => isUserOnlineMock(),
+}))

 let server, query, mutate, notifiedUser, authenticatedUser
 let publishSpy
@ -68,8 +88,8 @@ afterAll(async () => {

 beforeEach(async () => {
  publishSpy.mockClear()
-  notifiedUser = await neode.create(
-    'User',
+  notifiedUser = await Factory.build(
+    'user',
    {
      id: 'you',
      name: 'Al Capone',
@ -169,6 +189,7 @@ describe('notifications', () => {

        describe('commenter is not me', () => {
          beforeEach(async () => {
+            jest.clearAllMocks()
            commentContent = 'Commenters comment.'
            commentAuthor = await neode.create(
              'User',
@ -184,25 +205,8 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
            )
          })

-          it('sends me a notification', async () => {
+          it('sends me a notification and email', async () => {
            await createCommentOnPostAction()
-            const expected = expect.objectContaining({
-              data: {
-                notifications: [
-                  {
-                    read: false,
-                    createdAt: expect.any(String),
-                    reason: 'commented_on_post',
-                    from: {
-                      __typename: 'Comment',
-                      id: 'c47',
-                      content: commentContent,
-                    },
-                    relatedUser: null,
-                  },
-                ],
-              },
-            })
            await expect(
              query({
                query: notificationQuery,
@ -210,24 +214,85 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
                  read: false,
                },
              }),
-            ).resolves.toEqual(expected)
+            ).resolves.toMatchObject(
+              expect.objectContaining({
+                data: {
+                  notifications: [
+                    {
+                      read: false,
+                      createdAt: expect.any(String),
+                      reason: 'commented_on_post',
+                      from: {
+                        __typename: 'Comment',
+                        id: 'c47',
+                        content: commentContent,
+                      },
+                      relatedUser: null,
+                    },
+                  ],
+                },
+              }),
+            )
+
+            // Mail
+            expect(sendMailMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+            expect(notificationTemplateMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
          })

-          it('sends me no notification if I have blocked the comment author', async () => {
-            await notifiedUser.relateTo(commentAuthor, 'blocked')
-            await createCommentOnPostAction()
-            const expected = expect.objectContaining({
-              data: { notifications: [] },
-            })
+          describe('if I have disabled `emailNotificationsCommentOnObservedPost`', () => {
+            it('sends me a notification but no email', async () => {
+              await notifiedUser.update({ emailNotificationsCommentOnObservedPost: false })
+              await createCommentOnPostAction()
+              await expect(
+                query({
+                  query: notificationQuery,
+                  variables: {
+                    read: false,
+                  },
+                }),
+              ).resolves.toMatchObject(
+                expect.objectContaining({
+                  data: {
+                    notifications: [
+                      {
+                        read: false,
+                        createdAt: expect.any(String),
+                        reason: 'commented_on_post',
+                        from: {
+                          __typename: 'Comment',
+                          id: 'c47',
+                          content: commentContent,
+                        },
+                        relatedUser: null,
+                      },
+                    ],
+                  },
+                }),
+              )

-            await expect(
-              query({
-                query: notificationQuery,
-                variables: {
-                  read: false,
-                },
-              }),
-            ).resolves.toEqual(expected)
+              // No Mail
+              expect(sendMailMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+              expect(notificationTemplateMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+            })
+          })
+
+          describe('if I have blocked the comment author', () => {
+            it('sends me no notification', async () => {
+              await notifiedUser.relateTo(commentAuthor, 'blocked')
+              await createCommentOnPostAction()
+              const expected = expect.objectContaining({
+                data: { notifications: [] },
+              })
+
+              await expect(
+                query({
+                  query: notificationQuery,
+                  variables: {
+                    read: false,
+                  },
+                }),
+              ).resolves.toEqual(expected)
+            })
          })
        })

@ -238,7 +303,6 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
          })

          it('sends me no notification', async () => {
-            await notifiedUser.relateTo(commentAuthor, 'blocked')
            await createCommentOnPostAction()
            const expected = expect.objectContaining({
              data: { notifications: [] },
@ -257,6 +321,7 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
      })

      beforeEach(async () => {
+        jest.clearAllMocks()
        postAuthor = await neode.create(
          'User',
          {
@ -279,7 +344,7 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
            'Hey <a class="mention" data-mention-id="you" href="/profile/you/al-capone">@al-capone</a> how do you do?'
        })

-        it('sends me a notification', async () => {
+        it('sends me a notification and email', async () => {
          await createPostAction()
          const expectedContent =
            'Hey <a class="mention" data-mention-id="you" href="/profile/you/al-capone" target="_blank">@al-capone</a> how do you do?'
@ -307,6 +372,47 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
              ],
            },
          })
+
+          // Mail
+          expect(sendMailMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+          expect(notificationTemplateMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+        })
+
+        describe('if I have disabled `emailNotificationsMention`', () => {
+          it('sends me a notification but no email', async () => {
+            await notifiedUser.update({ emailNotificationsMention: false })
+            await createPostAction()
+            const expectedContent =
+              'Hey <a class="mention" data-mention-id="you" href="/profile/you/al-capone" target="_blank">@al-capone</a> how do you do?'
+            await expect(
+              query({
+                query: notificationQuery,
+                variables: {
+                  read: false,
+                },
+              }),
+            ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+              errors: undefined,
+              data: {
+                notifications: [
+                  {
+                    read: false,
+                    createdAt: expect.any(String),
+                    reason: 'mentioned_in_post',
+                    from: {
+                      __typename: 'Post',
+                      id: 'p47',
+                      content: expectedContent,
+                    },
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            })
+
+            // Mail
+            expect(sendMailMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+            expect(notificationTemplateMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+          })
        })

        it('publishes `NOTIFICATION_ADDED` to me', async () => {
@ -634,12 +740,121 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
    })
  })

+  describe('chat email notifications', () => {
+    let chatSender
+    let chatReceiver
+    let roomId
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      jest.clearAllMocks()
+
+      chatSender = await neode.create(
+        'User',
+        {
+          id: 'chatSender',
+          name: 'chatSender',
+          slug: 'chatSender',
+        },
+        {
+          email: 'chatSender@example.org',
+          password: '1234',
+        },
+      )
+
+      chatReceiver = await Factory.build(
+        'user',
+        { id: 'chatReceiver', name: 'chatReceiver', slug: 'chatReceiver' },
+        { email: 'user@example.org' },
+      )
+
+      authenticatedUser = await chatSender.toJson()
+
+      const room = await mutate({
+        mutation: createRoomMutation(),
+        variables: {
+          userId: 'chatReceiver',
+        },
+      })
+      roomId = room.data.CreateRoom.id
+    })
+
+    describe('if the chatReceiver is online', () => {
+      it('sends no email', async () => {
+        isUserOnlineMock = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(true)
+
+        await mutate({
+          mutation: createMessageMutation(),
+          variables: {
+            roomId,
+            content: 'Some nice message to chatReceiver',
+          },
+        })
+
+        expect(sendMailMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(chatMessageTemplateMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('if the chatReceiver is offline', () => {
+      it('sends an email', async () => {
+        isUserOnlineMock = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(false)
+
+        await mutate({
+          mutation: createMessageMutation(),
+          variables: {
+            roomId,
+            content: 'Some nice message to chatReceiver',
+          },
+        })
+
+        expect(sendMailMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+        expect(chatMessageTemplateMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('if the chatReceiver has blocked chatSender', () => {
+      it('sends no email', async () => {
+        isUserOnlineMock = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(false)
+        await chatReceiver.relateTo(chatSender, 'blocked')
+
+        await mutate({
+          mutation: createMessageMutation(),
+          variables: {
+            roomId,
+            content: 'Some nice message to chatReceiver',
+          },
+        })
+
+        expect(sendMailMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(chatMessageTemplateMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('if the chatReceiver has disabled `emailNotificationsChatMessage`', () => {
+      it('sends no email', async () => {
+        isUserOnlineMock = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(false)
+        await chatReceiver.update({ emailNotificationsChatMessage: false })
+
+        await mutate({
+          mutation: createMessageMutation(),
+          variables: {
+            roomId,
+            content: 'Some nice message to chatReceiver',
+          },
+        })
+
+        expect(sendMailMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(chatMessageTemplateMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
  describe('group notifications', () => {
    let groupOwner

    beforeEach(async () => {
-      groupOwner = await neode.create(
-        'User',
+      groupOwner = await Factory.build(
+        'user',
        {
          id: 'group-owner',
          name: 'Group Owner',
@ -666,7 +881,7 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
    })

    describe('user joins group', () => {
-      beforeEach(async () => {
+      const joinGroupAction = async () => {
        authenticatedUser = await notifiedUser.toJson()
        await mutate({
          mutation: joinGroupMutation(),
@ -676,9 +891,14 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
          },
        })
        authenticatedUser = await groupOwner.toJson()
+      }
+
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        jest.clearAllMocks()
      })

-      it('has the notification in database', async () => {
+      it('sends the group owner a notification and email', async () => {
+        await joinGroupAction()
        await expect(
          query({
            query: notificationQuery,
@ -702,19 +922,50 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
          },
          errors: undefined,
        })
+
+        // Mail
+        expect(sendMailMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+        expect(notificationTemplateMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      })
+
+      describe('if the group owner has disabled `emailNotificationsGroupMemberJoined`', () => {
+        it('sends the group owner a notification but no email', async () => {
+          await groupOwner.update({ emailNotificationsGroupMemberJoined: false })
+          await joinGroupAction()
+          await expect(
+            query({
+              query: notificationQuery,
+            }),
+          ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            data: {
+              notifications: [
+                {
+                  read: false,
+                  reason: 'user_joined_group',
+                  createdAt: expect.any(String),
+                  from: {
+                    __typename: 'Group',
+                    id: 'closed-group',
+                  },
+                  relatedUser: {
+                    id: 'you',
+                  },
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+            errors: undefined,
+          })
+
+          // Mail
+          expect(sendMailMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+          expect(notificationTemplateMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        })
      })
    })

-    describe('user leaves group', () => {
-      beforeEach(async () => {
+    describe('user joins and leaves group', () => {
+      const leaveGroupAction = async () => {
        authenticatedUser = await notifiedUser.toJson()
-        await mutate({
-          mutation: joinGroupMutation(),
-          variables: {
-            groupId: 'closed-group',
-            userId: authenticatedUser.id,
-          },
-        })
        await mutate({
          mutation: leaveGroupMutation(),
          variables: {
@ -723,9 +974,22 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
          },
        })
        authenticatedUser = await groupOwner.toJson()
+      }
+
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        jest.clearAllMocks()
+        authenticatedUser = await notifiedUser.toJson()
+        await mutate({
+          mutation: joinGroupMutation(),
+          variables: {
+            groupId: 'closed-group',
+            userId: authenticatedUser.id,
+          },
+        })
      })

-      it('has two the notification in database', async () => {
+      it('sends the group owner two notifications and emails', async () => {
+        await leaveGroupAction()
        await expect(
          query({
            query: notificationQuery,
@ -761,19 +1025,61 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
          },
          errors: undefined,
        })
+
+        // Mail
+        expect(sendMailMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+        expect(notificationTemplateMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+      })
+
+      describe('if the group owner has disabled `emailNotificationsGroupMemberLeft`', () => {
+        it('sends the group owner two notification but only only one email', async () => {
+          await groupOwner.update({ emailNotificationsGroupMemberLeft: false })
+          await leaveGroupAction()
+          await expect(
+            query({
+              query: notificationQuery,
+            }),
+          ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            data: {
+              notifications: [
+                {
+                  read: false,
+                  reason: 'user_left_group',
+                  createdAt: expect.any(String),
+                  from: {
+                    __typename: 'Group',
+                    id: 'closed-group',
+                  },
+                  relatedUser: {
+                    id: 'you',
+                  },
+                },
+                {
+                  read: false,
+                  reason: 'user_joined_group',
+                  createdAt: expect.any(String),
+                  from: {
+                    __typename: 'Group',
+                    id: 'closed-group',
+                  },
+                  relatedUser: {
+                    id: 'you',
+                  },
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+            errors: undefined,
+          })
+
+          // Mail
+          expect(sendMailMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+          expect(notificationTemplateMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+        })
      })
    })

    describe('user role in group changes', () => {
-      beforeEach(async () => {
-        authenticatedUser = await notifiedUser.toJson()
-        await mutate({
-          mutation: joinGroupMutation(),
-          variables: {
-            groupId: 'closed-group',
-            userId: authenticatedUser.id,
-          },
-        })
+      const changeGroupMemberRoleAction = async () => {
        authenticatedUser = await groupOwner.toJson()
        await mutate({
          mutation: changeGroupMemberRoleMutation(),
@ -784,9 +1090,23 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
          },
        })
        authenticatedUser = await notifiedUser.toJson()
+      }
+
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        authenticatedUser = await notifiedUser.toJson()
+        await mutate({
+          mutation: joinGroupMutation(),
+          variables: {
+            groupId: 'closed-group',
+            userId: authenticatedUser.id,
+          },
+        })
+        // Clear after because the above generates a notification not related
+        jest.clearAllMocks()
      })

-      it('has notification in database', async () => {
+      it('sends the group member a notification and email', async () => {
+        await changeGroupMemberRoleAction()
        await expect(
          query({
            query: notificationQuery,
@ -810,19 +1130,49 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
          },
          errors: undefined,
        })
+
+        // Mail
+        expect(sendMailMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+        expect(notificationTemplateMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      })
+
+      describe('if the group member has disabled `emailNotificationsGroupMemberRoleChanged`', () => {
+        it('sends the group member a notification but no email', async () => {
+          notifiedUser.update({ emailNotificationsGroupMemberRoleChanged: false })
+          await changeGroupMemberRoleAction()
+          await expect(
+            query({
+              query: notificationQuery,
+            }),
+          ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            data: {
+              notifications: [
+                {
+                  read: false,
+                  reason: 'changed_group_member_role',
+                  createdAt: expect.any(String),
+                  from: {
+                    __typename: 'Group',
+                    id: 'closed-group',
+                  },
+                  relatedUser: {
+                    id: 'group-owner',
+                  },
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+            errors: undefined,
+          })
+
+          // Mail
+          expect(sendMailMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+          expect(notificationTemplateMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        })
      })
    })

    describe('user is removed from group', () => {
-      beforeEach(async () => {
-        authenticatedUser = await notifiedUser.toJson()
-        await mutate({
-          mutation: joinGroupMutation(),
-          variables: {
-            groupId: 'closed-group',
-            userId: authenticatedUser.id,
-          },
-        })
+      const removeUserFromGroupAction = async () => {
        authenticatedUser = await groupOwner.toJson()
        await mutate({
          mutation: removeUserFromGroupMutation(),
@ -832,9 +1182,23 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
          },
        })
        authenticatedUser = await notifiedUser.toJson()
+      }
+
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        authenticatedUser = await notifiedUser.toJson()
+        await mutate({
+          mutation: joinGroupMutation(),
+          variables: {
+            groupId: 'closed-group',
+            userId: authenticatedUser.id,
+          },
+        })
+        // Clear after because the above generates a notification not related
+        jest.clearAllMocks()
      })

-      it('has notification in database', async () => {
+      it('sends the previous group member a notification and email', async () => {
+        await removeUserFromGroupAction()
        await expect(
          query({
            query: notificationQuery,
@ -858,6 +1222,44 @@ describe('notifications', () => {
          },
          errors: undefined,
        })
+
+        // Mail
+        expect(sendMailMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+        expect(notificationTemplateMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      })
+
+      describe('if the previous group member has disabled `emailNotificationsGroupMemberRemoved`', () => {
+        it('sends the previous group member a notification but no email', async () => {
+          notifiedUser.update({ emailNotificationsGroupMemberRemoved: false })
+          await removeUserFromGroupAction()
+          await expect(
+            query({
+              query: notificationQuery,
+            }),
+          ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            data: {
+              notifications: [
+                {
+                  read: false,
+                  reason: 'removed_user_from_group',
+                  createdAt: expect.any(String),
+                  from: {
+                    __typename: 'Group',
+                    id: 'closed-group',
+                  },
+                  relatedUser: {
+                    id: 'group-owner',
+                  },
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+            errors: undefined,
+          })
+
+          // Mail
+          expect(sendMailMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+          expect(notificationTemplateMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        })
      })
    })
  })
--- a/backend/src/middleware/notifications/notificationsMiddleware.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/notifications/notificationsMiddleware.ts
@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
-import { pubsub, NOTIFICATION_ADDED } from '../../server'
+/* eslint-disable security/detect-object-injection */
+import { sendMail } from '@middleware/helpers/email/sendMail'
+import {
+  chatMessageTemplate,
+  notificationTemplate,
+} from '@middleware/helpers/email/templateBuilder'
+import { isUserOnline } from '@middleware/helpers/isUserOnline'
+import { validateNotifyUsers } from '@middleware/validation/validationMiddleware'
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-cycle
+import { pubsub, NOTIFICATION_ADDED } from '@src/server'
+
 import extractMentionedUsers from './mentions/extractMentionedUsers'
-import { validateNotifyUsers } from '../validation/validationMiddleware'
-import { sendMail } from '../helpers/email/sendMail'
-import { notificationTemplate } from '../helpers/email/templateBuilder'

 const queryNotificationEmails = async (context, notificationUserIds) => {
  if (!(notificationUserIds && notificationUserIds.length)) return []
@ -31,7 +38,7 @@ const queryNotificationEmails = async (context, notificationUserIds) => {
  }
 }

-const publishNotifications = async (context, promises) => {
+const publishNotifications = async (context, promises, emailNotificationSetting: string) => {
  let notifications = await Promise.all(promises)
  notifications = notifications.flat()
  const notificationsEmailAddresses = await queryNotificationEmails(
@ -40,7 +47,7 @@ const publishNotifications = async (context, promises) => {
  )
  notifications.forEach((notificationAdded, index) => {
    pubsub.publish(NOTIFICATION_ADDED, { notificationAdded })
-    if (notificationAdded.to.sendNotificationEmails) {
+    if (notificationAdded.to[emailNotificationSetting] ?? true) {
      sendMail(
        notificationTemplate({
          email: notificationsEmailAddresses[index].email,
@ -55,9 +62,11 @@ const handleJoinGroup = async (resolve, root, args, context, resolveInfo) => {
  const { groupId, userId } = args
  const user = await resolve(root, args, context, resolveInfo)
  if (user) {
-    await publishNotifications(context, [
-      notifyOwnersOfGroup(groupId, userId, 'user_joined_group', context),
-    ])
+    await publishNotifications(
+      context,
+      [notifyOwnersOfGroup(groupId, userId, 'user_joined_group', context)],
+      'emailNotificationsGroupMemberJoined',
+    )
  }
  return user
 }
@ -66,9 +75,11 @@ const handleLeaveGroup = async (resolve, root, args, context, resolveInfo) => {
  const { groupId, userId } = args
  const user = await resolve(root, args, context, resolveInfo)
  if (user) {
-    await publishNotifications(context, [
-      notifyOwnersOfGroup(groupId, userId, 'user_left_group', context),
-    ])
+    await publishNotifications(
+      context,
+      [notifyOwnersOfGroup(groupId, userId, 'user_left_group', context)],
+      'emailNotificationsGroupMemberLeft',
+    )
  }
  return user
 }
@ -77,9 +88,11 @@ const handleChangeGroupMemberRole = async (resolve, root, args, context, resolve
  const { groupId, userId } = args
  const user = await resolve(root, args, context, resolveInfo)
  if (user) {
-    await publishNotifications(context, [
-      notifyMemberOfGroup(groupId, userId, 'changed_group_member_role', context),
-    ])
+    await publishNotifications(
+      context,
+      [notifyMemberOfGroup(groupId, userId, 'changed_group_member_role', context)],
+      'emailNotificationsGroupMemberRoleChanged',
+    )
  }
  return user
 }
@ -88,34 +101,65 @@ const handleRemoveUserFromGroup = async (resolve, root, args, context, resolveIn
  const { groupId, userId } = args
  const user = await resolve(root, args, context, resolveInfo)
  if (user) {
-    await publishNotifications(context, [
-      notifyMemberOfGroup(groupId, userId, 'removed_user_from_group', context),
-    ])
+    await publishNotifications(
+      context,
+      [notifyMemberOfGroup(groupId, userId, 'removed_user_from_group', context)],
+      'emailNotificationsGroupMemberRemoved',
+    )
  }
  return user
 }

 const handleContentDataOfPost = async (resolve, root, args, context, resolveInfo) => {
+  const { groupId } = args
  const idsOfUsers = extractMentionedUsers(args.content)
  const post = await resolve(root, args, context, resolveInfo)
  if (post) {
-    await publishNotifications(context, [
-      notifyUsersOfMention('Post', post.id, idsOfUsers, 'mentioned_in_post', context),
-    ])
+    await publishNotifications(
+      context,
+      [notifyUsersOfMention('Post', post.id, idsOfUsers, 'mentioned_in_post', context)],
+      'emailNotificationsMention',
+    )
+    await publishNotifications(
+      context,
+      [notifyFollowingUsers(post.id, groupId, context)],
+      'emailNotificationsFollowingUsers',
+    )
+    await publishNotifications(
+      context,
+      [notifyGroupMembersOfNewPost(post.id, groupId, context)],
+      'emailNotificationsPostInGroup',
+    )
  }
  return post
 }

 const handleContentDataOfComment = async (resolve, root, args, context, resolveInfo) => {
  const { content } = args
-  let idsOfUsers = extractMentionedUsers(content)
+  let idsOfMentionedUsers = extractMentionedUsers(content)
  const comment = await resolve(root, args, context, resolveInfo)
  const [postAuthor] = await postAuthorOfComment(comment.id, { context })
-  idsOfUsers = idsOfUsers.filter((id) => id !== postAuthor.id)
-  await publishNotifications(context, [
-    notifyUsersOfMention('Comment', comment.id, idsOfUsers, 'mentioned_in_comment', context),
-    notifyUsersOfComment('Comment', comment.id, postAuthor.id, 'commented_on_post', context),
-  ])
+  idsOfMentionedUsers = idsOfMentionedUsers.filter((id) => id !== postAuthor.id)
+  await publishNotifications(
+    context,
+    [
+      notifyUsersOfMention(
+        'Comment',
+        comment.id,
+        idsOfMentionedUsers,
+        'mentioned_in_comment',
+        context,
+      ),
+    ],
+    'emailNotificationsMention',
+  )
+
+  await publishNotifications(
+    context,
+    [notifyUsersOfComment('Comment', comment.id, 'commented_on_post', context)],
+    'emailNotificationsCommentOnObservedPost',
+  )
+
  return comment
 }

@ -138,6 +182,88 @@ const postAuthorOfComment = async (commentId, { context }) => {
  }
 }

+const notifyFollowingUsers = async (postId, groupId, context) => {
+  const reason = 'followed_user_posted'
+  const cypher = `
+    MATCH (post:Post { id: $postId })<-[:WROTE]-(author:User { id: $userId })<-[:FOLLOWS]-(user:User)
+    OPTIONAL MATCH (post)-[:IN]->(group:Group { id: $groupId })
+    WITH post, author, user, group WHERE group IS NULL OR group.groupType = 'public'
+    MERGE (post)-[notification:NOTIFIED {reason: $reason}]->(user)
+      SET notification.read = FALSE
+      SET notification.createdAt = COALESCE(notification.createdAt, toString(datetime()))
+      SET notification.updatedAt = toString(datetime())
+    WITH notification, author, user,
+      post {.*, author: properties(author) } AS finalResource
+    RETURN notification {
+      .*,
+      from: finalResource,
+      to: properties(user),
+      relatedUser: properties(author)
+    }
+  `
+  const session = context.driver.session()
+  const writeTxResultPromise = session.writeTransaction(async (transaction) => {
+    const notificationTransactionResponse = await transaction.run(cypher, {
+      postId,
+      reason,
+      groupId: groupId || null,
+      userId: context.user.id,
+    })
+    return notificationTransactionResponse.records.map((record) => record.get('notification'))
+  })
+  try {
+    const notifications = await writeTxResultPromise
+    return notifications
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw new Error(error)
+  } finally {
+    session.close()
+  }
+}
+
+const notifyGroupMembersOfNewPost = async (postId, groupId, context) => {
+  if (!groupId) return []
+  const reason = 'post_in_group'
+  const cypher = `
+    MATCH (post:Post { id: $postId })<-[:WROTE]-(author:User { id: $userId })
+    MATCH (post)-[:IN]->(group:Group { id: $groupId })<-[membership:MEMBER_OF]-(user:User)
+      WHERE NOT membership.role = 'pending'
+      AND NOT (user)-[:MUTED]->(group)
+      AND NOT user.id = $userId
+    WITH post, author, user
+    MERGE (post)-[notification:NOTIFIED {reason: $reason}]->(user)
+      SET notification.read = FALSE
+      SET notification.createdAt = COALESCE(notification.createdAt, toString(datetime()))
+      SET notification.updatedAt = toString(datetime())
+    WITH notification, author, user,
+      post {.*, author: properties(author) } AS finalResource
+    RETURN notification {
+      .*,
+      from: finalResource,
+      to: properties(user),
+      relatedUser: properties(author)
+    }
+  `
+  const session = context.driver.session()
+  const writeTxResultPromise = session.writeTransaction(async (transaction) => {
+    const notificationTransactionResponse = await transaction.run(cypher, {
+      postId,
+      reason,
+      groupId,
+      userId: context.user.id,
+    })
+    return notificationTransactionResponse.records.map((record) => record.get('notification'))
+  })
+  try {
+    const notifications = await writeTxResultPromise
+    return notifications
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw new Error(error)
+  } finally {
+    session.close()
+  }
+}
+
 const notifyOwnersOfGroup = async (groupId, userId, reason, context) => {
  const cypher = `
    MATCH (user:User { id: $userId })
@ -269,29 +395,34 @@ const notifyUsersOfMention = async (label, id, idsOfUsers, reason, context) => {
  }
 }

-const notifyUsersOfComment = async (label, commentId, postAuthorId, reason, context) => {
-  if (context.user.id === postAuthorId) return []
+const notifyUsersOfComment = async (label, commentId, reason, context) => {
  await validateNotifyUsers(label, reason)
  const session = context.driver.session()
  const writeTxResultPromise = await session.writeTransaction(async (transaction) => {
    const notificationTransactionResponse = await transaction.run(
      `
-      MATCH (postAuthor:User {id: $postAuthorId})-[:WROTE]->(post:Post)<-[:COMMENTS]-(comment:Comment { id: $commentId })<-[:WROTE]-(commenter:User)
-      WHERE NOT (postAuthor)-[:BLOCKED]-(commenter)
-      MERGE (comment)-[notification:NOTIFIED {reason: $reason}]->(postAuthor)
+      MATCH (observingUser:User)-[:OBSERVES { active: true }]->(post:Post)<-[:COMMENTS]-(comment:Comment { id: $commentId })<-[:WROTE]-(commenter:User)
+      WHERE NOT (observingUser)-[:BLOCKED]-(commenter) AND NOT observingUser.id = $userId
+      WITH observingUser, post, comment, commenter
+      MATCH (postAuthor:User)-[:WROTE]->(post)
+      MERGE (comment)-[notification:NOTIFIED {reason: $reason}]->(observingUser)
      SET notification.read = FALSE
      SET notification.createdAt = COALESCE(notification.createdAt, toString(datetime()))
      SET notification.updatedAt = toString(datetime())
-      WITH notification, postAuthor, post, commenter,
+      WITH notification, observingUser, post, commenter, postAuthor,
      comment {.*, __typename: labels(comment)[0], author: properties(commenter), post:  post {.*, author: properties(postAuthor) } } AS finalResource
      RETURN notification {
        .*,
        from: finalResource,
-        to: properties(postAuthor),
+        to: properties(observingUser),
        relatedUser: properties(commenter)
      }
    `,
-      { commentId, postAuthorId, reason },
+      {
+        commentId,
+        reason,
+        userId: context.user.id,
+      },
    )
    return notificationTransactionResponse.records.map((record) => record.get('notification'))
  })
@ -303,6 +434,57 @@ const notifyUsersOfComment = async (label, commentId, postAuthorId, reason, cont
  }
 }

+const handleCreateMessage = async (resolve, root, args, context, resolveInfo) => {
+  // Execute resolver
+  const result = await resolve(root, args, context, resolveInfo)
+
+  // Query Parameters
+  const { roomId } = args
+  const {
+    user: { id: currentUserId },
+  } = context
+
+  // Find Recipient
+  const session = context.driver.session()
+  const messageRecipient = session.readTransaction(async (transaction) => {
+    const messageRecipientCypher = `
+      MATCH (senderUser:User { id: $currentUserId })-[:CHATS_IN]->(room:Room { id: $roomId })
+      MATCH (room)<-[:CHATS_IN]-(recipientUser:User)-[:PRIMARY_EMAIL]->(emailAddress:EmailAddress)
+        WHERE NOT recipientUser.id = $currentUserId
+        AND NOT (recipientUser)-[:BLOCKED]-(senderUser)
+        AND NOT recipientUser.emailNotificationsChatMessage = false
+      RETURN senderUser {.*}, recipientUser {.*}, emailAddress {.email}
+    `
+    const txResponse = await transaction.run(messageRecipientCypher, {
+      currentUserId,
+      roomId,
+    })
+
+    return {
+      senderUser: await txResponse.records.map((record) => record.get('senderUser'))[0],
+      recipientUser: await txResponse.records.map((record) => record.get('recipientUser'))[0],
+      email: await txResponse.records.map((record) => record.get('emailAddress'))[0]?.email,
+    }
+  })
+
+  try {
+    // Execute Query
+    const { senderUser, recipientUser, email } = await messageRecipient
+
+    // Send EMail if we found a user(not blocked) and he is not considered online
+    if (recipientUser && !isUserOnline(recipientUser)) {
+      void sendMail(chatMessageTemplate({ email, variables: { senderUser, recipientUser } }))
+    }
+
+    // Return resolver result to client
+    return result
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw new Error(error)
+  } finally {
+    session.close()
+  }
+}
+
 export default {
  Mutation: {
    CreatePost: handleContentDataOfPost,
@ -313,5 +495,6 @@ export default {
    LeaveGroup: handleLeaveGroup,
    ChangeGroupMemberRole: handleChangeGroupMemberRole,
    RemoveUserFromGroup: handleRemoveUserFromGroup,
+    CreateMessage: handleCreateMessage,
  },
 }
--- a/backend/src/middleware/notifications/observing-posts.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/notifications/observing-posts.spec.ts
@ -0,0 +1,377 @@
+import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
+import gql from 'graphql-tag'
+
+import CONFIG from '@config/index'
+import { cleanDatabase } from '@db/factories'
+import { getNeode, getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'
+import createServer from '@src/server'
+
+CONFIG.CATEGORIES_ACTIVE = false
+
+let server, query, mutate, authenticatedUser
+
+let postAuthor, firstCommenter, secondCommenter
+
+const driver = getDriver()
+const neode = getNeode()
+
+const createPostMutation = gql`
+  mutation ($id: ID, $title: String!, $content: String!) {
+    CreatePost(id: $id, title: $title, content: $content) {
+      id
+      title
+      content
+    }
+  }
+`
+
+const createCommentMutation = gql`
+  mutation ($id: ID, $postId: ID!, $content: String!) {
+    CreateComment(id: $id, postId: $postId, content: $content) {
+      id
+      content
+    }
+  }
+`
+
+const notificationQuery = gql`
+  query ($read: Boolean) {
+    notifications(read: $read, orderBy: updatedAt_desc) {
+      read
+      reason
+      createdAt
+      relatedUser {
+        id
+      }
+      from {
+        __typename
+        ... on Post {
+          id
+          content
+        }
+        ... on Comment {
+          id
+          content
+        }
+        ... on Group {
+          id
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+`
+
+const toggleObservePostMutation = gql`
+  mutation ($id: ID!, $value: Boolean!) {
+    toggleObservePost(id: $id, value: $value) {
+      isObservedByMe
+      observingUsersCount
+    }
+  }
+`
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  await cleanDatabase()
+
+  const createServerResult = createServer({
+    context: () => {
+      return {
+        user: authenticatedUser,
+        neode,
+        driver,
+        cypherParams: {
+          currentUserId: authenticatedUser ? authenticatedUser.id : null,
+        },
+      }
+    },
+  })
+  server = createServerResult.server
+  const createTestClientResult = createTestClient(server)
+  query = createTestClientResult.query
+  mutate = createTestClientResult.mutate
+})
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  await cleanDatabase()
+  driver.close()
+})
+
+describe('notifications for users that observe a post', () => {
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    postAuthor = await neode.create(
+      'User',
+      {
+        id: 'post-author',
+        name: 'Post Author',
+        slug: 'post-author',
+      },
+      {
+        email: 'test@example.org',
+        password: '1234',
+      },
+    )
+    firstCommenter = await neode.create(
+      'User',
+      {
+        id: 'first-commenter',
+        name: 'First Commenter',
+        slug: 'first-commenter',
+      },
+      {
+        email: 'test2@example.org',
+        password: '1234',
+      },
+    )
+    secondCommenter = await neode.create(
+      'User',
+      {
+        id: 'second-commenter',
+        name: 'Second Commenter',
+        slug: 'second-commenter',
+      },
+      {
+        email: 'test3@example.org',
+        password: '1234',
+      },
+    )
+    authenticatedUser = await postAuthor.toJson()
+    await mutate({
+      mutation: createPostMutation,
+      variables: {
+        id: 'post',
+        title: 'This is the post',
+        content: 'This is the content of the post',
+      },
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('first comment on the post', () => {
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      authenticatedUser = await firstCommenter.toJson()
+      await mutate({
+        mutation: createCommentMutation,
+        variables: {
+          postId: 'post',
+          id: 'c-1',
+          content: 'first comment of first commenter',
+        },
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('sends NO notification to the commenter', async () => {
+      await expect(
+        query({
+          query: notificationQuery,
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        data: {
+          notifications: [],
+        },
+        errors: undefined,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('sends notification to the author', async () => {
+      authenticatedUser = await postAuthor.toJson()
+      await expect(
+        query({
+          query: notificationQuery,
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        data: {
+          notifications: [
+            {
+              from: {
+                __typename: 'Comment',
+                id: 'c-1',
+              },
+              read: false,
+              reason: 'commented_on_post',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        errors: undefined,
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('second comment on post', () => {
+      beforeAll(async () => {
+        authenticatedUser = await secondCommenter.toJson()
+        await mutate({
+          mutation: createCommentMutation,
+          variables: {
+            postId: 'post',
+            id: 'c-2',
+            content: 'first comment of second commenter',
+          },
+        })
+      })
+
+      it('sends NO notification to the commenter', async () => {
+        await expect(
+          query({
+            query: notificationQuery,
+          }),
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+          data: {
+            notifications: [],
+          },
+          errors: undefined,
+        })
+      })
+
+      it('sends notification to the author', async () => {
+        authenticatedUser = await postAuthor.toJson()
+        await expect(
+          query({
+            query: notificationQuery,
+          }),
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+          data: {
+            notifications: [
+              {
+                from: {
+                  __typename: 'Comment',
+                  id: 'c-2',
+                },
+                read: false,
+                reason: 'commented_on_post',
+              },
+              {
+                from: {
+                  __typename: 'Comment',
+                  id: 'c-1',
+                },
+                read: false,
+                reason: 'commented_on_post',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          errors: undefined,
+        })
+      })
+
+      it('sends notification to first commenter', async () => {
+        authenticatedUser = await firstCommenter.toJson()
+        await expect(
+          query({
+            query: notificationQuery,
+          }),
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+          data: {
+            notifications: [
+              {
+                from: {
+                  __typename: 'Comment',
+                  id: 'c-2',
+                },
+                read: false,
+                reason: 'commented_on_post',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          errors: undefined,
+        })
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('first commenter unfollows the post and post author comments post', () => {
+      beforeAll(async () => {
+        authenticatedUser = await firstCommenter.toJson()
+        await mutate({
+          mutation: toggleObservePostMutation,
+          variables: {
+            id: 'post',
+            value: false,
+          },
+        })
+
+        authenticatedUser = await postAuthor.toJson()
+        await mutate({
+          mutation: createCommentMutation,
+          variables: {
+            postId: 'post',
+            id: 'c-3',
+            content: 'first comment of post author',
+          },
+        })
+      })
+
+      it('sends no new notification to the post author', async () => {
+        await expect(
+          query({
+            query: notificationQuery,
+          }),
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+          data: {
+            notifications: [
+              {
+                from: {
+                  __typename: 'Comment',
+                  id: 'c-2',
+                },
+                read: false,
+                reason: 'commented_on_post',
+              },
+              {
+                from: {
+                  __typename: 'Comment',
+                  id: 'c-1',
+                },
+                read: false,
+                reason: 'commented_on_post',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          errors: undefined,
+        })
+      })
+
+      it('sends no new notification to first commenter', async () => {
+        authenticatedUser = await firstCommenter.toJson()
+        await expect(
+          query({
+            query: notificationQuery,
+          }),
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+          data: {
+            notifications: [
+              {
+                from: {
+                  __typename: 'Comment',
+                  id: 'c-2',
+                },
+                read: false,
+                reason: 'commented_on_post',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          errors: undefined,
+        })
+      })
+
+      it('sends notification to second commenter', async () => {
+        authenticatedUser = await secondCommenter.toJson()
+        await expect(
+          query({
+            query: notificationQuery,
+          }),
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+          data: {
+            notifications: [
+              {
+                from: {
+                  __typename: 'Comment',
+                  id: 'c-3',
+                },
+                read: false,
+                reason: 'commented_on_post',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+          errors: undefined,
+        })
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
--- a/backend/src/middleware/notifications/posts-in-groups.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/notifications/posts-in-groups.spec.ts
@ -0,0 +1,400 @@
+import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
+import gql from 'graphql-tag'
+
+import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '@db/factories'
+import { getNeode, getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'
+import {
+  createGroupMutation,
+  joinGroupMutation,
+  changeGroupMemberRoleMutation,
+} from '@graphql/groups'
+import CONFIG from '@src/config'
+import createServer from '@src/server'
+
+CONFIG.CATEGORIES_ACTIVE = false
+
+const sendMailMock = jest.fn()
+jest.mock('../helpers/email/sendMail', () => ({
+  sendMail: () => sendMailMock(),
+}))
+
+let server, query, mutate, authenticatedUser
+
+let postAuthor, groupMember, pendingMember
+
+const driver = getDriver()
+const neode = getNeode()
+
+const createPostMutation = gql`
+  mutation ($id: ID, $title: String!, $content: String!, $groupId: ID) {
+    CreatePost(id: $id, title: $title, content: $content, groupId: $groupId) {
+      id
+      title
+      content
+    }
+  }
+`
+
+const notificationQuery = gql`
+  query ($read: Boolean) {
+    notifications(read: $read, orderBy: updatedAt_desc) {
+      read
+      reason
+      createdAt
+      relatedUser {
+        id
+      }
+      from {
+        __typename
+        ... on Post {
+          id
+          content
+        }
+        ... on Comment {
+          id
+          content
+        }
+        ... on Group {
+          id
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+`
+
+const muteGroupMutation = gql`
+  mutation ($groupId: ID!) {
+    muteGroup(groupId: $groupId) {
+      id
+      isMutedByMe
+    }
+  }
+`
+
+const unmuteGroupMutation = gql`
+  mutation ($groupId: ID!) {
+    unmuteGroup(groupId: $groupId) {
+      id
+      isMutedByMe
+    }
+  }
+`
+
+const markAllAsRead = async () =>
+  mutate({
+    mutation: gql`
+      mutation {
+        markAllAsRead {
+          id
+        }
+      }
+    `,
+  })
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  await cleanDatabase()
+
+  const createServerResult = createServer({
+    context: () => {
+      return {
+        user: authenticatedUser,
+        neode,
+        driver,
+        cypherParams: {
+          currentUserId: authenticatedUser ? authenticatedUser.id : null,
+        },
+      }
+    },
+  })
+  server = createServerResult.server
+  const createTestClientResult = createTestClient(server)
+  query = createTestClientResult.query
+  mutate = createTestClientResult.mutate
+})
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  await cleanDatabase()
+  driver.close()
+})
+
+describe('notify group members of new posts in group', () => {
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    postAuthor = await Factory.build(
+      'user',
+      {
+        id: 'post-author',
+        name: 'Post Author',
+        slug: 'post-author',
+      },
+      {
+        email: 'test@example.org',
+        password: '1234',
+      },
+    )
+    groupMember = await Factory.build(
+      'user',
+      {
+        id: 'group-member',
+        name: 'Group Member',
+        slug: 'group-member',
+      },
+      {
+        email: 'test2@example.org',
+        password: '1234',
+      },
+    )
+    pendingMember = await Factory.build(
+      'user',
+      {
+        id: 'pending-member',
+        name: 'Pending Member',
+        slug: 'pending-member',
+      },
+      {
+        email: 'test3@example.org',
+        password: '1234',
+      },
+    )
+    authenticatedUser = await postAuthor.toJson()
+    await mutate({
+      mutation: createGroupMutation(),
+      variables: {
+        id: 'g-1',
+        name: 'A closed group',
+        description: 'A closed group to test the notifications to group members',
+        groupType: 'closed',
+        actionRadius: 'national',
+      },
+    })
+    authenticatedUser = await groupMember.toJson()
+    await mutate({
+      mutation: joinGroupMutation(),
+      variables: {
+        groupId: 'g-1',
+        userId: 'group-member',
+      },
+    })
+    authenticatedUser = await pendingMember.toJson()
+    await mutate({
+      mutation: joinGroupMutation(),
+      variables: {
+        groupId: 'g-1',
+        userId: 'pending-member',
+      },
+    })
+    authenticatedUser = await postAuthor.toJson()
+    await mutate({
+      mutation: changeGroupMemberRoleMutation(),
+      variables: {
+        groupId: 'g-1',
+        userId: 'group-member',
+        roleInGroup: 'usual',
+      },
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('group owner posts in group', () => {
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      jest.clearAllMocks()
+      authenticatedUser = await groupMember.toJson()
+      await markAllAsRead()
+      authenticatedUser = await postAuthor.toJson()
+      await markAllAsRead()
+      await mutate({
+        mutation: createPostMutation,
+        variables: {
+          id: 'post',
+          title: 'This is the new post in the group',
+          content: 'This is the content of the new post in the group',
+          groupId: 'g-1',
+        },
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('sends NO notification to the author of the post', async () => {
+      await expect(
+        query({
+          query: notificationQuery,
+          variables: {
+            read: false,
+          },
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        data: {
+          notifications: [],
+        },
+        errors: undefined,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('sends NO notification to the pending group member', async () => {
+      authenticatedUser = await pendingMember.toJson()
+      await expect(
+        query({
+          query: notificationQuery,
+          variables: {
+            read: false,
+          },
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        data: {
+          notifications: [],
+        },
+        errors: undefined,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('sends notification to the group member', async () => {
+      authenticatedUser = await groupMember.toJson()
+      await expect(
+        query({
+          query: notificationQuery,
+          variables: {
+            read: false,
+          },
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        data: {
+          notifications: [
+            {
+              from: {
+                __typename: 'Post',
+                id: 'post',
+              },
+              read: false,
+              reason: 'post_in_group',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        errors: undefined,
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('sends one email', () => {
+      expect(sendMailMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    })
+
+    describe('group member mutes group', () => {
+      it('sets the muted status correctly', async () => {
+        authenticatedUser = await groupMember.toJson()
+        await expect(
+          mutate({
+            mutation: muteGroupMutation,
+            variables: {
+              groupId: 'g-1',
+            },
+          }),
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+          data: {
+            muteGroup: {
+              isMutedByMe: true,
+            },
+          },
+          errors: undefined,
+        })
+      })
+
+      it('sends NO notification when another post is posted', async () => {
+        jest.clearAllMocks()
+        authenticatedUser = await groupMember.toJson()
+        await markAllAsRead()
+        authenticatedUser = await postAuthor.toJson()
+        await mutate({
+          mutation: createPostMutation,
+          variables: {
+            id: 'post-1',
+            title: 'This is another  post in the group',
+            content: 'This is the content of another post in the group',
+            groupId: 'g-1',
+          },
+        })
+        authenticatedUser = await groupMember.toJson()
+        await expect(
+          query({
+            query: notificationQuery,
+            variables: {
+              read: false,
+            },
+          }),
+        ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+          data: {
+            notifications: [],
+          },
+          errors: undefined,
+        })
+      })
+
+      it('sends NO email', () => {
+        expect(sendMailMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      })
+
+      describe('group member unmutes group again but disables email', () => {
+        beforeAll(async () => {
+          jest.clearAllMocks()
+          await groupMember.update({ emailNotificationsPostInGroup: false })
+        })
+
+        it('sets the muted status correctly', async () => {
+          authenticatedUser = await groupMember.toJson()
+          await expect(
+            mutate({
+              mutation: unmuteGroupMutation,
+              variables: {
+                groupId: 'g-1',
+              },
+            }),
+          ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            data: {
+              unmuteGroup: {
+                isMutedByMe: false,
+              },
+            },
+            errors: undefined,
+          })
+        })
+
+        it('sends notification when another post is posted', async () => {
+          authenticatedUser = await groupMember.toJson()
+          await markAllAsRead()
+          authenticatedUser = await postAuthor.toJson()
+          await mutate({
+            mutation: createPostMutation,
+            variables: {
+              id: 'post-2',
+              title: 'This is yet another  post in the group',
+              content: 'This is the content of yet another post in the group',
+              groupId: 'g-1',
+            },
+          })
+          authenticatedUser = await groupMember.toJson()
+          await expect(
+            query({
+              query: notificationQuery,
+              variables: {
+                read: false,
+              },
+            }),
+          ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            data: {
+              notifications: [
+                {
+                  from: {
+                    __typename: 'Post',
+                    id: 'post-2',
+                  },
+                  read: false,
+                  reason: 'post_in_group',
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+            errors: undefined,
+          })
+        })
+
+        it('sends NO email', () => {
+          expect(sendMailMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+        })
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
--- a/backend/src/middleware/orderByMiddleware.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/orderByMiddleware.spec.ts
@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import gql from 'graphql-tag'
-import { cleanDatabase } from '../db/factories'
-import { getNeode, getDriver } from '../db/neo4j'
 import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
-import createServer from '../server'
+import gql from 'graphql-tag'
+
+import { cleanDatabase } from '@db/factories'
+import { getNeode, getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'
+import createServer from '@src/server'

 const neode = getNeode()
 const driver = getDriver()
--- a/backend/src/middleware/permissionsMiddleware.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/permissionsMiddleware.spec.ts
@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
-import createServer from '../server'
-import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '../db/factories'
 import gql from 'graphql-tag'
-import { getDriver, getNeode } from '../db/neo4j'
-import CONFIG from '../config'
+
+import CONFIG from '@config/index'
+import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '@db/factories'
+import { getDriver, getNeode } from '@db/neo4j'
+import createServer from '@src/server'

 const instance = getNeode()
 const driver = getDriver()
--- a/backend/src/middleware/permissionsMiddleware.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/permissionsMiddleware.ts
@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { rule, shield, deny, allow, or, and } from 'graphql-shield'
-import { getNeode } from '../db/neo4j'
-import CONFIG from '../config'
-import { validateInviteCode } from '../schema/resolvers/transactions/inviteCodes'
+
+import CONFIG from '@config/index'
+import { getNeode } from '@db/neo4j'
+import { validateInviteCode } from '@schema/resolvers/transactions/inviteCodes'

 const debug = !!CONFIG.DEBUG
 const allowExternalErrors = true
@ -383,7 +384,7 @@ export default shield(
      Tag: allow,
      reports: isModerator,
      statistics: allow,
-      currentUser: allow,
+      currentUser: isAuthenticated,
      Group: isAuthenticated,
      GroupMembers: isAllowedSeeingGroupMembers,
      GroupCount: isAuthenticated,
@ -391,7 +392,6 @@ export default shield(
      profilePagePosts: allow,
      Comment: allow,
      User: or(noEmailFilter, isAdmin),
-      isLoggedIn: allow,
      Badge: allow,
      PostsEmotionsCountByEmotion: allow,
      PostsEmotionsByCurrentUser: isAuthenticated,
@ -462,12 +462,17 @@ export default shield(
      switchUserRole: isAdmin,
      markTeaserAsViewed: allow,
      saveCategorySettings: isAuthenticated,
+      updateOnlineStatus: isAuthenticated,
      CreateRoom: isAuthenticated,
      CreateMessage: isAuthenticated,
      MarkMessagesAsSeen: isAuthenticated,
+      toggleObservePost: isAuthenticated,
+      muteGroup: and(isAuthenticated, isMemberOfGroup),
+      unmuteGroup: and(isAuthenticated, isMemberOfGroup),
    },
    User: {
      email: or(isMyOwn, isAdmin),
+      emailNotificationSettings: isMyOwn,
    },
    Report: isModerator,
  },
--- a/backend/src/middleware/sentryMiddleware.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/sentryMiddleware.ts
@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { sentry } from 'graphql-middleware-sentry'
-import CONFIG from '../config'

+import CONFIG from '@config/index'
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-mutable-exports
 let sentryMiddleware: any = (resolve, root, args, context, resolveInfo) =>
  resolve(root, args, context, resolveInfo)

--- a/backend/src/middleware/slugifyMiddleware.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/slugifyMiddleware.spec.ts
@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import { getNeode, getDriver } from '../db/neo4j'
-import createServer from '../server'
 import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
-import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '../db/factories'
-import { createGroupMutation, updateGroupMutation } from '../graphql/groups'
-import { createPostMutation } from '../graphql/posts'
-import { signupVerificationMutation } from '../graphql/authentications'
+
+import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '@db/factories'
+import { getNeode, getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'
+import { signupVerificationMutation } from '@graphql/authentications'
+import { createGroupMutation, updateGroupMutation } from '@graphql/groups'
+import { createPostMutation } from '@graphql/posts'
+import createServer from '@src/server'

 let authenticatedUser
 let variables
@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ const { server } = createServer({
      driver,
      neode,
      user: authenticatedUser,
+      cypherParams: {
+        currentUserId: authenticatedUser ? authenticatedUser.id : null,
+      },
    }
  },
 })
--- a/backend/src/middleware/softDelete/softDeleteMiddleware.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/softDelete/softDeleteMiddleware.spec.ts
@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '../../db/factories'
-import gql from 'graphql-tag'
-import { getNeode, getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
-import createServer from '../../server'
 import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
+import gql from 'graphql-tag'
+
+import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '@db/factories'
+import { getNeode, getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'
+import createServer from '@src/server'

 const neode = getNeode()
 const driver = getDriver()
--- a/backend/src/middleware/userInteractions.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/userInteractions.spec.ts
@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '../db/factories'
-import gql from 'graphql-tag'
-import { getNeode, getDriver } from '../db/neo4j'
-import createServer from '../server'
 import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
+import gql from 'graphql-tag'
+
+import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '@db/factories'
+import { getNeode, getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'
+import createServer from '@src/server'

 let query, aUser, bUser, post, authenticatedUser, variables

--- a/backend/src/middleware/validation/validationMiddleware.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/validation/validationMiddleware.spec.ts
@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import gql from 'graphql-tag'
-import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '../../db/factories'
-import { getNeode, getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
 import { createTestClient } from 'apollo-server-testing'
-import createServer from '../../server'
+import gql from 'graphql-tag'
+
+import Factory, { cleanDatabase } from '@db/factories'
+import { getNeode, getDriver } from '@db/neo4j'
+import createServer from '@src/server'

 const neode = getNeode()
 const driver = getDriver()
--- a/backend/src/middleware/validation/validationMiddleware.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/validation/validationMiddleware.ts
@ -101,7 +101,13 @@ const validateReview = async (resolve, root, args, context, info) => {
 }

 export const validateNotifyUsers = async (label, reason) => {
-  const reasonsAllowed = ['mentioned_in_post', 'mentioned_in_comment', 'commented_on_post']
+  const reasonsAllowed = [
+    'mentioned_in_post',
+    'mentioned_in_comment',
+    'commented_on_post',
+    'followed_user_posted',
+    'post_in_group',
+  ]
  if (!reasonsAllowed.includes(reason)) throw new Error('Notification reason is not allowed!')
  if (
    (label === 'Post' && reason !== 'mentioned_in_post') ||
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More