Clarify reverse proxy authentication requirements (#604)

Document that reverse proxy authentication requires Gitea to be reachable only through the authenticating proxy, and which routes each setting covers. Companion to https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/39940.

_Written by Claude._

Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/604
Reviewed-by: bircni <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: silverwind <[email protected]>

.gitea/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml

@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
       - uses: pnpm/action-setup@0977fd99725f1db4007ccb2928dbb4e90d06cc86 # v6
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@949feb2413d6458794dcd2491c4babbbce0c15c1 # v7
         with:
           node-version: 24
           cache: pnpm
       - name: prepare awesome list
         run: |
-          make prepare-awesome-latest prepare-awesome\#27 prepare-awesome\#26 prepare-awesome\#25 prepare-awesome\#24 prepare-awesome\#23 prepare-awesome\#22
+          make prepare-awesome-latest prepare-awesome\#27 prepare-awesome\#26 prepare-awesome\#25 prepare-awesome\#24 prepare-awesome\#23 prepare-awesome\#22 prepare-awesome-v28
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 

.gitea/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
       - uses: pnpm/action-setup@0977fd99725f1db4007ccb2928dbb4e90d06cc86 # v6
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@949feb2413d6458794dcd2491c4babbbce0c15c1 # v7
         with:
           node-version: 24
           cache: pnpm
       - name: prepare awesome list
         run: |
-          make prepare-awesome-latest prepare-awesome\#27 prepare-awesome\#26 prepare-awesome\#25 prepare-awesome\#24 prepare-awesome\#23 prepare-awesome\#22
+          make prepare-awesome-latest prepare-awesome\#27 prepare-awesome\#26 prepare-awesome\#25 prepare-awesome\#24 prepare-awesome\#23 prepare-awesome\#22 prepare-awesome-v28
 
       - name: install dependencies
         run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           # pull requests from forks do not get the secrets, the build above is
           # then the only check and the preview is silently skipped
           if [ -z "${CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN:-}" ] || [ -z "${CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID:-}" ]; then
-            echo "no Cloudflare credentials available, skipping the preview deployment"
+            echo "::notice::no Cloudflare credentials available (pull request from a fork?), skipping the preview deployment"
             exit 0
           fi
 

.gitea/workflows/update_swagger.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: update api spec files
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron:  '0 */12 * * *' # every 12 hours on the hour
+    - cron: '0 3 * * 1' # every Monday at 03:00
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:

.gitignore

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ sites/*/dist
 sites/*/.astro
 sites/*/.cache
 build/
-.docusaurus/
 
 # Misc
 .DS_Store

Makefile

@@ -12,20 +12,30 @@ create_dir:
 clone_awesome: create_dir
 	git clone --branch=$(GITEA_AWESOME_BRANCH) $(GITEA_AWESOME_REMOTE) .tmp/upstream-awesome || true
 
+# the contributing guide moved to the gitea repository, the readme of
+# awesome-gitea still links to it with a relative path
+AWESOME_CONTRIBUTING_URL := https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
+FIX_AWESOME_LINKS := sed 's|](contributing.md)|]($(AWESOME_CONTRIBUTING_URL))|'
+
 .PHONY: prepare-awesome-latest
 prepare-awesome-latest: clone_awesome
-	cp .tmp/upstream-awesome/README.md docs/awesome.md
+	$(FIX_AWESOME_LINKS) .tmp/upstream-awesome/README.md > docs/awesome.md
 
 .PHONY: prepare-awesome\#%
 prepare-awesome\#%:
-	cp .tmp/upstream-awesome/README.md  versioned_docs/version-1.$*/awesome.md
+	$(FIX_AWESOME_LINKS) .tmp/upstream-awesome/README.md > versioned_docs/version-1.$*/awesome.md
+
+# versions numbered without the 1. prefix, like 28
+.PHONY: prepare-awesome-v%
+prepare-awesome-v%:
+	$(FIX_AWESOME_LINKS) .tmp/upstream-awesome/README.md > versioned_docs/version-$*/awesome.md
 
 .PHONY: install
 install:
 	pnpm install
 
 .PHONY: prepare-docs
-prepare-docs: install prepare-awesome-latest prepare-awesome\#22 prepare-awesome\#23 prepare-awesome\#24 prepare-awesome\#25 prepare-awesome\#26 prepare-awesome\#27
+prepare-docs: install prepare-awesome-latest prepare-awesome\#22 prepare-awesome\#23 prepare-awesome\#24 prepare-awesome\#25 prepare-awesome\#26 prepare-awesome\#27 prepare-awesome-v28
 
 .PHONY: build
 build:

README.md

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ The site covers three products, all served from this repository:
 
 | Product | Content | Versions | Languages |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| Docs | `docs/`, `versioned_docs/`, `i18n/` | next, 1.27 … 1.22 | English, 简体中文, 繁體中文 |
-| API | `static/swagger-*.json`, `static/openapi3-*.json` | next, 1.27 … 1.22 | English |
-| Runner | `runner-docs/`, `runner-docs_versioned_docs/` | develop, 3 … 0 | English |
+| Docs | `docs/`, `versioned_docs/`, `i18n/` | next, 28, 1.27 … 1.22 | English, 简体中文, 繁體中文 |
+| API | `static/swagger-*.json`, `static/openapi3-*.json` | next, 28, 1.27 … 1.22 | English |
+| Runner | `runner-docs/`, `runner-docs_versioned_docs/` | develop, 5 … 0 | English |
 
 The enterprise documentation is built and deployed from its own repository and
 reached through `/enterprise/`, which a Cloudflare worker maintained elsewhere
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ group from the `_category_.json` of its directory.
 
 ```shell
 make cut-version PRODUCT=docs VERSION=1.28
-make cut-version PRODUCT=runner VERSION=4
+make cut-version PRODUCT=runner VERSION=6
 ```
 
 This freezes the current tree, its translations and its sidebar. The label of
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ make update-api-docs-latest  # refresh only the documents of gitea main
 ```
 
 The documents of gitea main are refreshed automatically: the `update api spec
-files` workflow runs every 12 hours and opens a pull request whenever gitea main
+files` workflow runs weekly and opens a pull request whenever gitea main
 changed. Released versions are updated by hand when a new gitea version is
 documented.
 
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ documented.
 | Version | Content | URL |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | develop | `runner-docs/` | `/runner/develop/` |
-| current series | `runner-docs_versioned_docs/version-3/` | `/runner/` |
-| older series | `runner-docs_versioned_docs/version-2/` | `/runner/2/` |
+| current series | `runner-docs_versioned_docs/version-5/` | `/runner/` |
+| older series | `runner-docs_versioned_docs/version-4/` | `/runner/4/` |
 
 A version directory covers a whole release series (`version-3` documents every
 `3.x` release), so a patch release only needs a content update, not a new
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ Its sidebar is written by hand: `runner-sidebars.js` for develop, and
 version.
 
 The pages under `reference/` are generated from the runner sources — the command
-line reference from `--help`, the example configuration from `generate-config`:
+line reference from `--help`, the example configuration from `config generate`
+(`generate-config` before 3.1):
 
 ```shell
 make update-runner-docs           # develop docs, from the main branch of gitea/runner

cloudflare/_headers

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # is copied into the build output by the publish workflow, so that it is not
 # uploaded to S3/CloudFront where it would be publicly readable at /_headers.
 #
-# Unlike the docusaurus build, astro emits a single content hashed asset
-# directory shared by every language, so no per locale rules are needed.
+# The build emits a single content hashed asset directory shared by every
+# language, so no per locale rules are needed.
 
 # Content hashed build output (js, css, fonts). The file name changes with the
 # content, so these can be cached forever.

cloudflare/_redirects

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Redirects for legacy URLs and routes the site no longer serves directly.
 
 # The api reference and the runner docs are separate products, published in
-# english only. Docusaurus served an empty localized copy of them.
+# english only, so they have no localized copy.
 /zh-cn/api/* /api/:splat 301
 /zh-tw/api/* /api/:splat 301
 /zh-cn/runner/* /runner/:splat 301
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 
 # The version served at the root of a product is also reachable under its
 # number, which is what the release notes and old links use.
-/api/1.27/* /api/:splat 301
+/api/28/* /api/:splat 301
 /runner/3/* /runner/:splat 301
-/1.27/* /:splat 301
+/28/* /:splat 301
 
 # The local search plugin had a results page of its own, algolia docsearch is a
 # modal opened from any page.

docs/administration/audit-logging.md

@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+---
+date: "2026-09-12T00:00:00+00:00"
+slug: "audit-logging"
+sidebar_position: 41
+aliases:
+  - /en-us/audit-logging
+---
+
+# Audit Logging
+
+Gitea can record security-relevant events as structured audit records: each
+event has an `action`, `actor`, `scope`, `origin`, `message` and a JSON
+`metadata` blob. Recording is **off by default** and does not change request
+behavior when it is disabled.
+
+This is separate from the application, router and access logs described in
+[Logging Configuration](logging-config.md). Those logs are for operations and
+debugging. The audit log is a durable trail of who changed what.
+
+## Enable recording
+
+Set `[audit].RECORD_OUTPUT` to `database` in `app.ini` and restart Gitea:
+
+```ini
+[audit]
+RECORD_OUTPUT = database
+RETENTION_DAYS = 30
+```
+
+Invalid values of `RECORD_OUTPUT` fall back to `disabled`. See the
+[configuration cheat sheet](config-cheat-sheet.md#audit-audit) for every option.
+
+With Docker, the same settings can be applied as
+`GITEA__audit__RECORD_OUTPUT=database` and `GITEA__audit__RETENTION_DAYS=30`
+before Gitea writes them into `app.ini`.
+
+## View events
+
+The Audit Log pages are always available and still list any events that were
+stored earlier. When recording is disabled, the site administration page also
+shows a warning.
+
+| Audience | Location | Events shown |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Site administrators | Site administration → Monitoring → Audit Log (`/-/admin/monitor/audit_logs`) | Every event |
+| Signed-in users | User settings → Audit Log (`/user/settings/audit_logs`) | Events scoped to that user |
+| Organization owners | Organization settings → Audit Log (`/<org>/settings/audit_logs`) | Events scoped to that organization |
+| Repository administrators | Repository settings → Audit Log (`/<owner>/<repo>/settings/audit_logs`) | Events scoped to that repository |
+
+Each listing can be filtered by actor (username), action and origin, and sorted
+by timestamp. The actor filter does not match the
+[system actors](#actors-and-origins). Action filters accept an exact action or
+a family prefix such as `user:impersonation` or `repository:webhook`.
+
+Site administrators can download the current filtered result as JSONL
+(newline-delimited JSON) from **Export JSONL**. The file name is
+`gitea-audit-log-<timestamp>.jsonl`.
+
+## Event shape
+
+A recorded event contains:
+
+- **Action**: a stable, colon-separated identifier such as `repository:archive`
+  or `user:accesstoken:add`.
+- **Actor**: the user who performed the action. Actions taken while impersonating
+  a user record both the impersonator and the impersonated user.
+- **Actor credential**: when the request authenticated with a named credential,
+  the event stores its kind and id, never the secret. Typical values:
+  `access-token:<id>`, `oauth2-grant:<id>`, `gitea-actions:<task id>`,
+  `deploy-key:<key id>`.
+- **Scope**: the affected unit — `user`, `organization`, `repository` or
+  `system` (instance-wide).
+- **Origin**: how the action was initiated — `ui`, `api`, `cli` or `system`.
+- **Message**: a human-readable sentence rendered from a per-action template.
+- **Metadata**: extra fields that fill the message template (token name, new
+  visibility, and so on). Secrets and token values are not stored.
+- **IP address**: the client address of the request, when one exists. Events
+  triggered by a git push record the SSH client address for SSH pushes and
+  `127.0.0.1` for HTTP pushes.
+- **Timestamp**: when the event was recorded.
+
+An exported JSONL line looks like:
+
+```json
+{"action":"repository:archive","actor":{"type":"user","id":1,"name":"alice"},"scope":{"type":"repository","id":42,"name":"org/repo"},"message":"Archived repository org/repo.","time":"2026-09-12T11:00:00Z","ip_address":"203.0.113.10","origin":"ui"}
+```
+
+The `system:startup` message is kept stable across Gitea versions so operators
+can parse it: `System started [Gitea {version}]`.
+
+## Actors and origins
+
+Most web and API requests pick up the signed-in user automatically.
+
+Other entry points record a system actor:
+
+- `gitea:cli` for `gitea admin` commands and the `system:startup` and
+  `system:shutdown` events
+- `gitea:auth-source` for authentication-source syncs and for users an
+  authentication source creates or updates at sign-in
+- `gitea-actions` for Gitea Actions tasks
+- `gitea:deploy-key` for pushes with a deploy key
+- `(Cron)` for scheduled cron tasks
+- `Unknown` when no actor can be resolved
+
+Events of the `gitea:cli` actor use origin `cli`. Cron tasks, git hooks and
+other background work use origin `system`.
+
+## What is recorded
+
+Events cover security-relevant changes, grouped by action family:
+
+- **User**: create and delete, admin, restricted and active status, name,
+  password and password reset requests, visibility, emails, authentication
+  source, 2FA, WebAuthn, OpenID, external logins, access tokens, OAuth2
+  applications and grants, SSH/GPG/principal keys, secrets, webhooks,
+  impersonation, failed two-factor authentication
+- **Organization**: create and delete, name, visibility, members, teams,
+  OAuth2 applications, secrets, webhooks
+- **Repository**: create, fork, archive, delete, rename, visibility, transfer,
+  mirrors, signing verification, collaborators and teams, default branch,
+  branch and tag protection, deploy keys, webhooks, secrets
+- **Issues and pull requests**: create, delete, comments and merges
+- **Projects and wiki pages**: create, update and delete
+- **Actions**: enable, disable and dispatch a workflow
+- **System**: startup and shutdown, instance-wide webhooks, authentication
+  sources, instance-wide OAuth2 applications
+
+Recording never fails the request that triggered it. A write error is logged
+and the original operation continues.
+
+## What is not recorded
+
+- Read-only access such as browsing, clone, fetch or API GET requests
+- Logins, successful or failed, other than failed two-factor authentication
+  (use the [access log](logging-config.md) and
+  [Fail2ban Setup](fail2ban-setup.md) for authentication traffic)
+- Edits to issues and pull requests
+- Token or secret values
+- Which SSH key a real user pushed with (deploy keys are named; ordinary SSH
+  user pushes are not)
+
+## Retention
+
+`RETENTION_DAYS` (default **30**) is the age after which recorded events are
+eligible for deletion. Set it to `0` to keep events forever.
+
+Cleanup is performed by the `cron.delete_old_audit_events` task (`SCHEDULE`
+defaults to `@every 24h`, `OLDER_THAN` defaults to `[audit].RETENTION_DAYS`).
+The task is registered only while `RECORD_OUTPUT` records events **and**
+`RETENTION_DAYS` is greater than `0`. Turning recording off therefore also
+stops pruning; existing rows stay until you delete them or turn recording back
+on.

docs/administration/authentication.md

@@ -337,9 +337,13 @@ The default login user email is `X-WEBAUTH-EMAIL`, you can change it via changin
 
 If set `ENABLE_REVERSE_PROXY_FULL_NAME=true`, a user full name expected in `X-WEBAUTH-FULLNAME` will be assigned to the user when auto creating the user. You can also change the header name with `REVERSE_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_FULL_NAME`.
 
-You can also limit the reverse proxy's IP address range with `REVERSE_PROXY_TRUSTED_PROXIES` which default value is `127.0.0.0/8,::1/128`. By `REVERSE_PROXY_LIMIT`, you can limit trusted proxies level.
+It applies to the web interface, Git over HTTP, Git LFS and the package registry.
 
-You can enable the this authentication method for the API with
+:::warning
+Gitea trusts these headers on every request it receives. Make sure Gitea is only reachable through your authenticating proxy, and that the proxy sets or removes these headers on every request, including on paths you exempt from authentication, for example for Git or package clients. `REVERSE_PROXY_TRUSTED_PROXIES` does not restrict them.
+:::
+
+To also accept them on the REST API under `/api/v1`, enable:
 
 ```ini
 [service]

docs/administration/backup-and-restore.md

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ cd gitea-dump-1610949662
 mv app.ini /etc/gitea/conf/app.ini
 mv data/* /var/lib/gitea/data/
 mv log/* /var/lib/gitea/log/
-mv repos/* /var/lib/gitea/data/repositories/
+mv repos/* /var/lib/gitea/data/gitea-repositories/
 chown -R gitea:gitea /etc/gitea/conf/app.ini /var/lib/gitea
 
 # mysql

docs/administration/config-cheat-sheet.md

@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ In addition, there is _`StaticRootPath`_ which can be set as a built-in at build
    HTTP protocol.
 - `USE_COMPAT_SSH_URI`: **false**: Force ssh:// clone url instead of scp-style uri when
    default SSH port is used.
-- `GO_GET_CLONE_URL_PROTOCOL`: **https**: Value for the "go get" request returns the repository url as https or ssh
-   default is https.
+- `GO_GET_CLONE_URL_PROTOCOL`: **_empty_**: Scheme of the returned URL for the "go get" response.
+   Default is "https" if DISABLE_HTTP_GIT=false or SSH is disabled, otherwise "ssh".
 - `ACCESS_CONTROL_ALLOW_ORIGIN`: **_empty_**: Value for Access-Control-Allow-Origin header,
    default is not to present.
 
@@ -270,9 +270,10 @@ The following configuration set `Content-Type: application/vnd.android.package-a
 - `FOLDER_ICON_THEME`: **basic**: The icon theme for folders (basic/material).
 - `MAX_DISPLAY_FILE_SIZE`: **8388608**: Max size of files to be displayed (default is 8MiB)
 - `AMBIGUOUS_UNICODE_DETECTION`: **true**: Detect ambiguous unicode characters in file contents and show warnings on the UI
-- `REACTIONS`: All available reactions users can choose on issues/prs and comments
+- `REACTIONS`: All available reactions users can choose on issues, pull requests and comments.
     Values can be emoji alias (:smile:) or a unicode emoji.
     For custom reactions, add a tightly cropped square image to public/assets/img/emoji/reaction_name.png
+- `RELEASE_REACTIONS`: **+1, laugh, hooray, heart, rocket, eyes**: Reactions available for releases, in the same format as `REACTIONS`.
 - `REACTION_MAX_USER_NUM`: **10**: Change the number of users that are displayed in reactions tooltip (triggered by mouse hover).
 - `CUSTOM_EMOJIS`: **gitea, codeberg, gitlab, git, github, gogs**: Additional Emojis not defined in the utf8 standard.
     By default, we support Gitea (:gitea:), to add more copy them to public/assets/img/emoji/emoji_name.png and
@@ -348,8 +349,7 @@ The following configuration set `Content-Type: application/vnd.android.package-a
 - `PROXY_PROTOCOL_TLS_BRIDGING`: **false**: When protocol is https, expect PROXY protocol headers after TLS negotiation.
 - `PROXY_PROTOCOL_HEADER_TIMEOUT`: **5s**: Timeout to wait for PROXY protocol header (set to 0 to have no timeout)
 - `PROXY_PROTOCOL_ACCEPT_UNKNOWN`: **false**: Accept PROXY protocol headers with Unknown type.
-- `DOMAIN`: **localhost**: Domain name of this server.
-- `ROOT_URL`: **`{PROTOCOL}://{DOMAIN}:{HTTP_PORT}/`**:
+- `ROOT_URL`: **`{PROTOCOL}://localhost:{HTTP_PORT}/`**:
    Overwrite the automatically generated public URL.
    This is useful if the internal and the external URL don't match (e.g. behind a reverse proxy).
 - `PUBLIC_URL_DETECTION`: **`auto`**: Controls how to generate the public URL. Most instances should use the "auto" behavior,
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ The following configuration set `Content-Type: application/vnd.android.package-a
   If it is set to `(DOER_USERNAME)`, it will use current signed-in user's username.
   This option is only for some advanced users who have configured their SSH reverse-proxy and need to use different usernames for git SSH clone.
   Most users should just leave it blank and/or modify the `BUILTIN_SSH_SERVER_USER`.
-- `SSH_DOMAIN`: **`{DOMAIN}`**: Domain name of this server, used for displayed clone URL.
+- `SSH_DOMAIN`: **_empty_**: Domain name to be exposed in clone URL, defaults to the domain part of ROOT_URL
 - `SSH_PORT`: **22**: SSH port displayed in clone URL. If you need a different "SSH clone port" from the real "SSH listen port", set the SSH_LISTEN_PORT separately.
 - `SSH_LISTEN_HOST`: **0.0.0.0**: Listen address for the built-in SSH server.
 - `SSH_LISTEN_PORT`: **`{SSH_PORT}`**: Port for the built-in SSH server.
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ The following configuration set `Content-Type: application/vnd.android.package-a
 - `SSH_SERVER_CIPHERS`: **`chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com`, `aes128-ctr`, `aes192-ctr`, `aes256-ctr`, `aes128-gcm@openssh.com`, `aes256-gcm@openssh.com`**: For the built-in SSH server, choose the ciphers to support for SSH connections, for system SSH this setting has no effect.
 - `SSH_SERVER_KEY_EXCHANGES`: **curve25519-sha256, ecdh-sha2-nistp256, ecdh-sha2-nistp384, ecdh-sha2-nistp521, diffie-hellman-group14-sha256, diffie-hellman-group14-sha1**: For the built-in SSH server, choose the key exchange algorithms to support for SSH connections, for system SSH this setting has no effect.
 - `SSH_SERVER_MACS`: **`hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com`, `hmac-sha2-256`, `hmac-sha1`**: For the built-in SSH server, choose the MACs to support for SSH connections, for system SSH this setting has no effect
-- `SSH_SERVER_HOST_KEYS`: **ssh/gitea.rsa, ssh/gogs.rsa**: For the built-in SSH server, choose the keypairs to offer as the host key. The private key should be at `SSH_SERVER_HOST_KEY` and the public `SSH_SERVER_HOST_KEY.pub`. Relative paths are made absolute relative to the `APP_DATA_PATH`. If no key exists a 4096 bit RSA key will be created for you.
+- `SSH_SERVER_HOST_KEYS`: **ssh/gitea.rsa, ssh/gitea.ed25519, ssh/gitea.ecdsa, ssh/gogs.rsa**: For the built-in SSH server, choose the keypairs to offer as the host key. The private key should be at `SSH_SERVER_HOST_KEY` and the public `SSH_SERVER_HOST_KEY.pub`. Relative paths are made absolute relative to the `APP_DATA_PATH`. If none of the keys exist, a 4096 bit RSA, a 256 bit ECDSA and an ED25519 key will be created for you.
 - `SSH_KEY_TEST_PATH`: **/tmp**: Directory to create temporary files in when testing public keys using ssh-keygen, default is the system temporary directory.
 - `SSH_KEYGEN_PATH`: **_empty_**: Use `ssh-keygen` to parse public SSH keys. The value is passed to the shell. By default, Gitea does the parsing itself.
 - `SSH_EXPOSE_ANONYMOUS`: **false**: Enable exposure of SSH clone URL to anonymous visitors, default is false.
@@ -587,8 +587,7 @@ And the following unique queues:
 - `SECRET_KEY`: **\<random at every install\>**: Global secret key. This key is VERY IMPORTANT, if you lost it, the data encrypted by it (like 2FA secret) can't be decrypted anymore.
 - `SECRET_KEY_URI`: **_empty_**: Instead of defining SECRET_KEY, this option can be used to use the key stored in a file (example value: `file:/etc/gitea/secret_key`). It shouldn't be lost like SECRET_KEY.
 - `LOGIN_REMEMBER_DAYS`: **31**: How long to remember that a user is logged in before requiring relogin (in days).
-- `COOKIE_REMEMBER_NAME`: **gitea\_incredible**: Name of cookie used to store authentication
-   information.
+- `COOKIE_REMEMBER_NAME`: **gitea\_remember**: Name of cookie used to store authentication information.
 - `REVERSE_PROXY_LOGOUT_REDIRECT`: **_empty_**: URL or relative path to redirect users to after logout when authentication is handled by a reverse proxy or SSO. For example: `/my-sso/logout?return=/my-sso/home`.
 - `REVERSE_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_USER`: **X-WEBAUTH-USER**: Header name for reverse proxy
    authentication.
@@ -647,14 +646,30 @@ And the following unique queues:
 - `SUCCESSFUL_TOKENS_CACHE_SIZE`: **20**: Cache successful token hashes. API tokens are stored in the DB as pbkdf2 hashes however, this means that there is a potentially significant hashing load when there are multiple API operations. This cache will store the successfully hashed tokens in a LRU cache as a balance between performance and security.
 - `DISABLE_QUERY_AUTH_TOKEN`: **false**: Reject API tokens sent in URL query string (Accept Header-based API tokens only). This setting will default to `true` in Gitea 1.23 and be deprecated in Gitea 1.24.
 - `TWO_FACTOR_AUTH`: **_empty_**: set to enforced to enforce two factor authentication. Only available in Gitea 1.24 and later.
-- `ALLOWED_HOST_LIST`: **external**: Webhook and oauth2 clients can only call allowed hosts for security reasons. Comma separated list.
+- `EGRESS_MODE`: **lax**: Egress mode toggles between strictness of outgoing requests:
+  - `lax` non-public targets (private, loopback, link-local, CGNAT and special-use ranges) to be allowed, it allows all public ones
+  - `strict` requires an explicit allow of all addresses
+- `ALLOWED_HOST_LIST`: **_empty_**: Webhook and oauth2 clients can only call allowed hosts for security reasons. Comma separated list, eg: `192.168.1.0/24:3000`, `[2001:db8::/32]:9090`, `*.mydomain.com:[80|443]`
   - Built-in networks:
     - `loopback`: 127.0.0.0/8 for IPv4 and ::1/128 for IPv6, localhost is included.
-    - `private`: RFC 1918 (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16) and RFC 4193 (FC00::/7). Also called LAN/Intranet.
-    - `external`: A valid non-private unicast IP, you can access all hosts on public internet.
-    - `*`: All hosts are allowed.
-  - CIDR list: `1.2.3.0/8` for IPv4 and `2001:db8::/32` for IPv6
-  - Wildcard hosts: `*.mydomain.com`, `192.168.100.*`
+    - `private`: RFC 1918 (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16), RFC 4193 (FC00::/7) and RFC 6598 CGNAT (100.64.0.0/10). Also called LAN/Intranet.
+  - CIDR list: `1.2.3.0/8`, `2001:db8::/32`, and with a port `[2001:db8::/32]:9090` (IPv6 addresses and CIDRs need brackets when a port is given)
+  - Host matching: `example.com` matches the host and any subdomain, dot-anchored so `notexample.com` never matches. `*.example.com` and `.example.com` match only subdomains, the apex itself is excluded. IDN names must be given as punycode.
+  - All addresses can have ports specified. Accepted port specs:
+    - a single port: `192.168.1.0/24:3000`
+    - a range, both bounds inclusive: `*.mydomain.com:3000-3010`
+    - a bracketed set of ports and ranges, `|` separated: `*.mydomain.com:[80|443|3000-3010]`
+    - all ports: `*.mydomain.com:*`
+  - A portless entry covers all ports in `lax` mode, only 80 and 443 in `strict` mode
+  - Port specs apply only where the list is consulted: in `lax` mode that is non-public targets alone, public targets are allowed on every port whatever the list says. In `strict` mode every target is checked, so ports restrict public hosts too.
+  - Non-public targets need an IP or built-in entry, a host name entry alone never covers them.
+  - Reserved addresses (the IPv4-embedding NAT64, Teredo and 6to4 ranges, this-network, multicast and broadcast) are denied whatever the list says. To reach them configure an HTTP proxy
+  - This list is enforced on direct connections only. When an HTTP proxy is configured, restricting the proxied target is the proxy server's responsibility.
+
+## Audit (`audit`)
+
+- `RECORD_OUTPUT`: **disabled**: Where security-relevant events are recorded. `disabled` records nothing. `database` writes events to the `audit_event` table and shows them in the admin, organization, repository and user settings. Invalid values fall back to `disabled`. See [Audit Logging](audit-logging.md).
+- `RETENTION_DAYS`: **30**: Days to keep recorded events. `0` keeps them forever. Pruning is done by `cron.delete_old_audit_events`. That task is only registered while `RECORD_OUTPUT` records events and `RETENTION_DAYS` is greater than `0`.
 
 ## Camo (`camo`)
 
@@ -665,8 +680,8 @@ And the following unique queues:
 
 ## OpenID (`openid`)
 
-- `ENABLE_OPENID_SIGNIN`: **true**: Allow authentication in via OpenID.
-- `ENABLE_OPENID_SIGNUP`: **! DISABLE\_REGISTRATION**: Allow registering via OpenID.
+- `ENABLE_OPENID_SIGNIN`: **false**: Allow authentication in via OpenID.
+- `ENABLE_OPENID_SIGNUP`: **false**: Allow registering via OpenID.
 - `WHITELISTED_URIS`: **_empty_**: If non-empty, list of POSIX regex patterns matching
    OpenID URI's to permit.
 - `BLACKLISTED_URIS`: **_empty_**: If non-empty, list of POSIX regex patterns matching
@@ -701,7 +716,7 @@ And the following unique queues:
    Requires `Mailer` to be enabled.
 - `REGISTER_MANUAL_CONFIRM`: **false**: Enable this to manually confirm new registrations.
    Requires `REGISTER_EMAIL_CONFIRM` to be disabled.
-- `DISABLE_REGISTRATION`: **false**: Disable registration, after which only admin can create
+- `DISABLE_REGISTRATION`: **true**: Disable registration, after which only admin can create
    accounts for users.
 - `REQUIRE_EXTERNAL_REGISTRATION_PASSWORD`: **false**: Enable this to force externally created
    accounts (via GitHub, OpenID Connect, etc) to create a password.
@@ -725,8 +740,8 @@ And the following unique queues:
    If you set it to false, maybe it also needs to set `ENABLE_BASIC_AUTHENTICATION` to false to
    completely disable password-based authentication.
 - `ENABLE_PASSKEY_AUTHENTICATION`: **true**: Allow users to sign-in with a passkey
-- `ENABLE_REVERSE_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION`: **false**: Enable this to allow reverse proxy authentication for web requests
-- `ENABLE_REVERSE_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_API`: **false**: Enable this to allow reverse proxy authentication for API requests, the reverse proxy is responsible for ensuring that no CSRF is possible.
+- `ENABLE_REVERSE_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION`: **false**: Enable reverse proxy authentication for the web interface, Git over HTTP, Git LFS and the package registry. Gitea must only be reachable through the proxy, see [Reverse Proxy](authentication.md#reverse-proxy).
+- `ENABLE_REVERSE_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_API`: **false**: Enable reverse proxy authentication for the REST API under `/api/v1`.
 - `ENABLE_REVERSE_PROXY_AUTO_REGISTRATION`: **false**: Enable this to allow auto-registration
    for reverse authentication.
 - `ENABLE_REVERSE_PROXY_EMAIL`: **false**: Enable this to allow to auto-registration with a
@@ -760,7 +775,7 @@ And the following unique queues:
 - `DEFAULT_ALLOW_ONLY_CONTRIBUTORS_TO_TRACK_TIME`: **true**: Only allow users with write permissions to track time.
 - `EMAIL_DOMAIN_ALLOWLIST`: **_empty_**: If non-empty, comma separated list of domain names that can only be used to register on this instance, wildcard is supported.
 - `EMAIL_DOMAIN_BLOCKLIST`: **_empty_**: If non-empty, comma separated list of domain names that cannot be used to register on this instance, wildcard is supported.
-- `SHOW_REGISTRATION_BUTTON`: **! DISABLE\_REGISTRATION**: Show Registration Button
+- `SHOW_REGISTRATION_BUTTON`: **false**: Show Registration button, defaults to true only if both DISABLE_REGISTRATION and ALLOW_ONLY_EXTERNAL_REGISTRATION are false
 - `SHOW_MILESTONES_DASHBOARD_PAGE`: **true** Enable this to show the milestones dashboard page - a view of all the user's milestones
 - `AUTO_WATCH_NEW_REPOS`: **true**: Enable this to let all organisation users watch new repos when they are created
 - `AUTO_WATCH_ON_CHANGES`: **false**: Enable this to make users watch a repository after their first commit to it
@@ -770,8 +785,7 @@ And the following unique queues:
 - `DEFAULT_ORG_MEMBER_VISIBLE`: **false** True will make the membership of the users visible when added to the organisation.
 - `ALLOW_ONLY_INTERNAL_REGISTRATION`: **false** Set to true to force registration only via Gitea.
 - `ALLOW_ONLY_EXTERNAL_REGISTRATION`: **false** Set to true to force registration only using third-party services.
-- `NO_REPLY_ADDRESS`: **noreply.DOMAIN** Value for the domain part of the user's email address in the Git log if user has set KeepEmailPrivate to true. DOMAIN resolves to the value in server.DOMAIN.
-  The user's email will be replaced with a concatenation of the user name in lower case, "@" and NO_REPLY_ADDRESS.
+- `NO_REPLY_ADDRESS`: **_empty_**: Value for the domain part of the user's email address in the git log if user has set KeepEmailPrivate to true. The user's email will be replaced with a concatenation of the user name in lower case, "@" and NO_REPLY_ADDRESS. Default value is "noreply." + the domain part of ROOT_URL
 - `USER_DELETE_WITH_COMMENTS_MAX_TIME`: **0** Minimum amount of time a user must exist before comments are kept when the user is deleted.
 - `VALID_SITE_URL_SCHEMES`: **http, https**: Valid site url schemes for user profiles
 
@@ -804,9 +818,11 @@ Define allowed algorithms and their minimum key length (use -1 to disable a type
 - `DELIVER_TIMEOUT`: **5**: Delivery timeout (sec) for shooting webhooks.
 - `SKIP_TLS_VERIFY`: **false**: Allow insecure certification.
 - `PAGING_NUM`: **10**: Number of webhook history events that are shown in one page.
-- `PROXY_URL`: **_empty_**: Proxy server URL, support http://, https//, socks://, blank will follow environment http_proxy/https_proxy. If not given, will use global proxy setting.
+- `PROXY_URL`: **_empty_**: Proxy server URL, support http://, https://, socks5://, blank will follow environment http_proxy/https_proxy. If not given, will use global proxy setting.
 - `PROXY_HOSTS`: **_empty_`**: Comma separated list of host names requiring proxy. Glob patterns (*) are accepted; use ** to match all hosts. If not given, will use global proxy setting.
 
+When a proxy is configured, Gitea does not enforce `[security]` `ALLOWED_HOST_LIST` on the proxied target, the proxy server is expected to restrict it.
+
 ## Mailer (`mailer`)
 
 :::warning
@@ -881,27 +897,27 @@ In-Reply-To =
 
 ## Cache (`cache`)
 
-- `ADAPTER`: **memory**: Cache engine adapter, either `memory`, `redis`, `twoqueue` or `memcache`. (`twoqueue` represents a size limited LRU cache.)
-- `INTERVAL`: **60**: Garbage Collection interval (sec), for memory and twoqueue cache only.
-- `HOST`: **_empty_**: Connection string for `redis` and `memcache`. For `twoqueue` sets configuration for the queue. If left empty while `ADAPTER` is `redis`, it falls back to [redis/CONN_STR](#redis-redis) when that is set.
+- `ADAPTER`: **memory**: Either `memory`, `redis`, `memcache`, or `twoqueue`.
+- `INTERVAL`: **60**: For `memory` and `twoqueue`, GC interval in seconds.
+- `HOST`: **_empty_**: For `redis` and `memcache`, connection host address. For `twoqueue` sets configuration for the queue. If left empty while `ADAPTER` is `redis`, it falls back to [redis/CONN_STR](#redis-redis) when that is set.
   - Redis: `redis://:[email protected]:6379/0?pool_size=100&idle_timeout=180s` (See [queue/CONN_STR](#queue-queue-and-queue) for information on additional supported connection types)
     - For a Redis cluster: `redis+cluster://:[email protected]:6379/0?pool_size=100&idle_timeout=180s`
     - For a Redis sentinel: `redis+sentinel://:macaron@sentinel0:26379,sentinel1:26379,sentinel2:26379/0?pool_size=100&idle_timeout=180s&master_name=mymaster`
-  - Memcache: `127.0.0.1:9090;127.0.0.1:9091`
+  - Memcache: `127.0.0.1:11211`
   - TwoQueue LRU cache: `{"size":50000,"recent_ratio":0.25,"ghost_ratio":0.5}` or `50000` representing the maximum number of objects stored in the cache.
-- `ITEM_TTL`: **16h**: Time to keep items in cache if not used, Setting it to -1 disables caching.
+- `ITEM_TTL`: **16h**: Time to keep items in cache if not used. Setting it to -1 disables caching.
 
 ## Cache - LastCommitCache settings (`cache.last_commit`)
 
-- `ITEM_TTL`: **8760h**: Time to keep items in cache if not used, Setting it to -1 disables caching.
+- `ITEM_TTL`: **8760h**: Time to keep items in cache if not used. Setting it to -1 disables caching.
 - `COMMITS_COUNT`: **1000**: Only enable the cache when repository's commits count great than.
 
 ## Session (`session`)
 
-- `PROVIDER`: **memory**: Session engine provider \[memory, file, redis, db, mysql, couchbase, memcache, postgres\]. Setting `db` will reuse the configuration in `[database]`
+- `PROVIDER`: **file**: Either "memory", "file", "redis" or "db", default is "file". "db" will reuse the configuration in `[database]`
 - `PROVIDER_CONFIG`: **data/sessions**: For file, the root path; for db, empty (database config will be used); for others, the connection string. Relative paths will be made absolute against _`AppWorkPath`_. For the `redis` provider, if left empty it falls back to [redis/CONN_STR](#redis-redis) when that is set.
 - `COOKIE_SECURE`:**_empty_**: `true` or `false`. Enable this to force using HTTPS for all session access. If not set, it defaults to `true` if the ROOT_URL is an HTTPS URL.
-- `COOKIE_NAME`: **i\_like\_gitea**: The name of the cookie used for the session ID.
+- `COOKIE_NAME`: **gitea\_session**: Session cookie name
 - `GC_INTERVAL_TIME`: **86400**: GC interval in seconds.
 - `SESSION_LIFE_TIME`: **86400**: Session life time in seconds, default is 86400 (1 day)
 - `DOMAIN`: **_empty_**: Sets the cookie Domain
@@ -928,7 +944,7 @@ In-Reply-To =
   - none = no avatar will be displayed
   - random = random avatar will be generated
   - image = default image will be used (which is set in `REPOSITORY_AVATAR_FALLBACK_IMAGE`)
-- `REPOSITORY_AVATAR_FALLBACK_IMAGE`: **/img/repo_default.png**: Image used as default repository avatar (if `REPOSITORY_AVATAR_FALLBACK` is set to image and none was uploaded)
+- `REPOSITORY_AVATAR_FALLBACK_IMAGE`: **_empty_**: Image used as default repository avatar (if `REPOSITORY_AVATAR_FALLBACK` is set to image and none was uploaded). The value is used as-is, without prepending the sub-path of `ROOT_URL`. Empty uses Gitea's builtin repository avatar.
 
 ## Project (`project`)
 
@@ -1047,7 +1063,7 @@ Release attachment has its own config options in `[repository.release]` section.
 - `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable running Update mirrors task periodically.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@every 10m**: Cron syntax for scheduling update mirrors, e.g. `@every 3h`.
 - `RUN_AT_START`: **false**: Run Update mirrors task when Gitea starts.
-- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Notice if not success
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
 - `PULL_LIMIT`: **50**: Limit the number of mirrors added to the queue to this number (negative values mean no limit, 0 will result in no mirrors being queued effectively disabling pull mirror updating).
 - `PUSH_LIMIT`: **50**: Limit the number of mirrors added to the queue to this number (negative values mean no limit, 0 will result in no mirrors being queued effectively disabling push mirror updating).
 
@@ -1056,7 +1072,7 @@ Release attachment has its own config options in `[repository.release]` section.
 - `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable running repository health check task periodically.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@midnight**: Cron syntax for scheduling repository health check.
 - `RUN_AT_START`: **false**: Run repository health check task when Gitea starts.
-- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Notice if not success
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
 - `TIMEOUT`: **60s**: Time duration syntax for health check execution timeout.
 - `ARGS`: **_empty_**: Arguments for command `git fsck`, e.g. `--unreachable --tags`. See more on http://git-scm.com/docs/git-fsck
 
@@ -1065,12 +1081,13 @@ Release attachment has its own config options in `[repository.release]` section.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@midnight**: Cron syntax for scheduling repository statistics check.
 - `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable running repository statistics check task periodically.
 - `RUN_AT_START`: **true**: Run repository statistics check task when Gitea starts.
-- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Notice if not success
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
 
 #### Cron - Cleanup hook_task Table (`cron.cleanup_hook_task_table`)
 
 - `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable cleanup hook_task job.
 - `RUN_AT_START`: **false**: Run cleanup hook_task at start time (if ENABLED).
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@midnight**: Cron syntax for cleaning hook_task table.
 - `CLEANUP_TYPE` **OlderThan** OlderThan or PerWebhook Method to cleanup hook_task, either by age (i.e. how long ago hook_task record was delivered) or by the number to keep per webhook (i.e. keep most recent x deliveries per webhook).
 - `OLDER_THAN`: **168h**: If CLEANUP_TYPE is set to OlderThan, then any delivered hook_task records older than this expression will be deleted.
@@ -1090,7 +1107,7 @@ Update migrated repositories' issues and comments' posterid, it will always atte
 
 - `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable update migration poster id job.
 - `RUN_AT_START`: **true**: Update migrated repositories' issues and comments' posterid when starting server
-- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Notice if not success
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@midnight** : Interval as a duration between each synchronization, it will always attempt synchronization when the instance starts.
 
 #### Cron - Sync External Users (`cron.sync_external_users`)
@@ -1099,7 +1116,7 @@ Synchronize external user data (only LDAP user synchronization is supported)
 
 - `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable synchronize external user data job
 - `RUN_AT_START`: **false**: Synchronize external user data when starting server
-- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Notice if not success
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@midnight** : Interval as a duration between each synchronization, it will always attempt synchronization when the instance starts.
 - `UPDATE_EXISTING`: **true**: Create new users, update existing user data and disable users that are not in external source anymore (default) or only create new users if UPDATE_EXISTING is set to false.
 
@@ -1107,12 +1124,14 @@ Synchronize external user data (only LDAP user synchronization is supported)
 
 - `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable cleanup expired actions assets job.
 - `RUN_AT_START`: **true**: Run job at start time (if ENABLED).
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@midnight** : Cron syntax for the job.
 
 #### Cron - Delete Old Action Runs (`cron.cleanup_action_runs`)
 
 - `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable the job deleting action runs older than `RUN_RETENTION_DAYS`. Deletes nothing while that is 0.
 - `RUN_AT_START`: **false**: Run job at start time (if ENABLED).
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@midnight**: Cron syntax for the job.
 
 #### Cron - Cleanup Deleted Branches (`cron.deleted_branches_cleanup`)
@@ -1198,11 +1217,21 @@ Synchronize external user data (only LDAP user synchronization is supported)
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@every 168h**: Cron syntax to set how often to check.
 - `OLDER_THAN`: **8760h**: any action older than this expression will be deleted from database, suggest using `8760h` (1 year) because that's the max length of heatmap.
 
+#### Cron - Delete old audit events (`cron.delete_old_audit_events`)
+
+Deletes audit events older than the retention period. The task is only registered when `[audit].RECORD_OUTPUT` records events and `[audit].RETENTION_DAYS` is greater than `0`. See [Audit Logging](audit-logging.md).
+
+- `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable service.
+- `RUN_AT_START`: **false**: Run tasks at start up time (if ENABLED).
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
+- `SCHEDULE`: **@every 24h**: Cron syntax to set how often to check.
+- `OLDER_THAN`: **720h**: any audit event older than this expression will be deleted from the database. Defaults to `[audit].RETENTION_DAYS`.
+
 #### Cron -  Check for new Gitea versions (`cron.update_checker`)
 
 - `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable service.
 - `RUN_AT_START`: **false**: Run tasks at start up time (if ENABLED).
-- `ENABLE_SUCCESS_NOTICE`: **true**: Set to false to switch off success notices.
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@every 168h**: Cron syntax for scheduling a work, e.g. `@every 168h`.
 - `HTTP_ENDPOINT`: **https://dl.gitea.com/gitea/version.json**: the endpoint that Gitea will check for newer versions
 
@@ -1210,7 +1239,7 @@ Synchronize external user data (only LDAP user synchronization is supported)
 
 - `ENABLED`: **false**: Enable service.
 - `RUN_AT_START`: **false**: Run tasks at start up time (if ENABLED).
-- `NO_SUCCESS_NOTICE`: **false**: Set to true to switch off success notices.
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@every 168h**: Cron syntax to set how often to check.
 - `OLDER_THAN`: **8760h**: any system notice older than this expression will be deleted from database.
 
@@ -1218,6 +1247,7 @@ Synchronize external user data (only LDAP user synchronization is supported)
 
 - `ENABLED`: **false**: Enable service.
 - `RUN_AT_START`: **false**: Run tasks at start up time (if ENABLED).
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@every 24h**: Cron syntax to set how often to check.
 - `OLDER_THAN`: **168h**: Only attempt to garbage collect LFSMetaObjects older than this (default 7 days)
 - `LAST_UPDATED_MORE_THAN_AGO`: **72h**: Only attempt to garbage collect LFSMetaObjects that have not been attempted to be garbage collected for this long (default 3 days)
@@ -1230,35 +1260,35 @@ Synchronize external user data (only LDAP user synchronization is supported)
 
 - `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable service.
 - `RUN_AT_START`: **true**: Run tasks at start up time (if ENABLED).
-- `NO_SUCCESS_NOTICE`: **false**: Set to true to switch off success notices.
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@annually**: Cron syntax to set how often to rebuild
 
 #### Cron - Stop running tasks which haven't been updated for a long time (`cron.stop_zombie_tasks`)
 
 - `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable service.
 - `RUN_AT_START`: **true**: Run tasks at start up time (if ENABLED).
-- `NO_SUCCESS_NOTICE`: **false**: Set to true to switch off success notices.
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@every 5m**: Cron syntax to set how often tasks to run the check
 
 #### Cron - Stop running tasks which have running status and continuous updates but don't end for a long time (`cron.stop_endless_tasks`)
 
 - `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable service.
 - `RUN_AT_START`: **true**: Run tasks at start up time (if ENABLED).
-- `NO_SUCCESS_NOTICE`: **false**: Set to true to switch off success notices.
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@every 30m**: Cron syntax to set how often to run the check.
 
 #### Cron - Cancel jobs which haven't been picked up for a long time (`cron.cancel_abandoned_jobs`)
 
 - `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable service.
 - `RUN_AT_START`: **false**: Run tasks at start up time (if ENABLED).
-- `NO_SUCCESS_NOTICE`: **false**: Set to true to switch off success notices.
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@every 6h**: Cron syntax to set how often to run the check.
 
 #### Cron - Start cron based actions (`cron.start_schedule_tasks`)
 
 - `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable service.
 - `RUN_AT_START`: **false**: Run tasks at start up time (if ENABLED).
-- `NO_SUCCESS_NOTICE`: **false**: Set to true to switch off success notices.
+- `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`: **false**: Set to true to switch on success notices.
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@every 1m**: Cron syntax to set how often to schedule tasks
 
 ## Git (`git`)
@@ -1298,7 +1328,6 @@ These options are written into the gitconfig file under `[git] HOME_PATH` when G
 
 - `diff.algorithm`: **histogram**
 - `core.logAllRefUpdates`: **true**
-- `gc.reflogExpire`: **90**
 
 ## Metrics (`metrics`)
 
@@ -1410,11 +1439,13 @@ in this mapping or the filetype using heuristics.
 
 - `MAX_ATTEMPTS`: **3**: Max attempts per http/https request on migrations.
 - `RETRY_BACKOFF`: **3**: Backoff time per http/https request retry (seconds)
-- `ALLOWED_DOMAINS`: **_empty_**: Domains allowlist for migrating repositories, default is blank. It means external hosts will be allowed. Multiple domains could be separated by commas. Wildcard is supported: `github.com, *.github.com`.
-- `BLOCKED_DOMAINS`: **_empty_**: Domains blocklist for migrating repositories, default is blank. Multiple domains could be separated by commas. When `ALLOWED_DOMAINS` is not blank, this option has a higher priority to deny domains. Wildcard is supported.
-- `ALLOW_LOCALNETWORKS`: **false**: Allow private addresses defined by RFC 1918, RFC 1122, RFC 4632 and RFC 4291. If a domain is allowed by `ALLOWED_DOMAINS`, this option will be ignored.
+- `EGRESS_MODE`: **lax**: Mode toggles between strictness of scanning outgoing requests, same format as `EGRESS_MODE` in [`security`](#security-security).
+- `ALLOWED_HOST_LIST`: **_empty_**: Hosts migrations and mirrors may call, same format as `ALLOWED_HOST_LIST` in [`security`](#security-security). Private, loopback and link-local addresses need a builtin or CIDR entry. When unset, the deprecated `ALLOWED_DOMAINS` entries apply on every port with `strict` as the default mode, and the deprecated `ALLOW_LOCALNETWORKS` adds `private, loopback`.
+- `BLOCKED_HOST_LIST`: **_empty_**: Hosts migrations and mirrors may never call, portless entries cover all ports.
 - `SKIP_TLS_VERIFY`: **false**: Allow skip tls verify
 
+These lists are enforced on direct connections only. When a proxy is configured (`[proxy]`, `[git.config]` `http.proxy` or the environment), restricting the proxied target is the proxy server's responsibility.
+
 ## Federation (`federation`)
 
 - `ENABLED`: **false**: Enable/Disable federation capabilities
@@ -1649,14 +1680,16 @@ is `data/repo-archive` and the default of `MINIO_BASE_PATH` is `repo-archive/`.
 ## Proxy (`proxy`)
 
 - `PROXY_ENABLED`: **false**: Enable the proxy if true, all requests to external via HTTP will be affected, if false, no proxy will be used even environment http_proxy/https_proxy
-- `PROXY_URL`: **_empty_**: Proxy server URL, support http://, https//, socks://, blank will follow environment http_proxy/https_proxy
+- `PROXY_URL`: **_empty_**: Proxy server URL, support http://, https://, socks5://, blank will follow environment http_proxy/https_proxy
 - `PROXY_HOSTS`: **_empty_**: Comma separated list of host names requiring proxy. Glob patterns (*) are accepted; use ** to match all hosts.
 
+When a proxy is configured, Gitea does not enforce the egress lists (`[security]`, `[migrations]`) on the proxied target, the proxy server is expected to restrict it.
+
 i.e.
 
 ```ini
 PROXY_ENABLED = true
-PROXY_URL = socks://127.0.0.1:1080
+PROXY_URL = socks5://127.0.0.1:1080
 PROXY_HOSTS = *.github.com
 ```
 
@@ -1675,6 +1708,7 @@ PROXY_HOSTS = *.github.com
 - `ARTIFACT_RETENTION_DAYS`: **90**: Days to keep artifacts. Old artifacts will be deleted after this period. 0 means keep forever.
   Changes only apply to newly uploaded artifacts, existing ones keep the expiry stored when they were uploaded.
   Artifacts could have their own retention periods by setting the `retention-days` option in `actions/upload-artifact` step.
+- `ARTIFACT_PREVIEW_MAX_SIZE`: **10485760**: Maximum total artifact size in bytes that can be browsed or previewed in the web UI. Set to `0` to disable artifact previews or `-1` for no limit. Individual files are also limited by [`MAX_DISPLAY_FILE_SIZE`](#ui-ui).
 - `RUN_RETENTION_DAYS`: **400**: Days to keep completed runs. Old runs and everything under them will be deleted after this period. 0 means keep forever.
 - `ZOMBIE_TASK_TIMEOUT`: **10m**: Timeout to stop the task which have running status, but haven't been updated for a long time
 - `ENDLESS_TASK_TIMEOUT`: **3h**: Timeout to stop the tasks which have running status and continuous updates, but don't end for a long time
@@ -1684,18 +1718,9 @@ PROXY_HOSTS = *.github.com
 - `SCOPED_WORKFLOW_DIRS`: **.gitea/scoped_workflows**: Comma-separated list of directories holding [scoped workflows](usage/actions/scoped-workflows.md) (workflows defined in a central source repository that run on other repositories). Must not overlap with `WORKFLOW_DIRS`. Leave empty so no directory is scanned for scoped workflows; none are found or run.
 - `MAX_RERUN_ATTEMPTS`: **50**: Maximum number of attempts a single workflow run can have (initial run + reruns). Defaults value is 50. Set any positive value that fits your workflow needs.
 
-`DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` indicates where the Gitea Actions runners should find the actions with relative path.
-For example, `uses: actions/checkout@v4` means `https://github.com/actions/checkout@v4` since the value of `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` is `github`.
-And it can be changed to `self` to make it `root_url_of_your_gitea/actions/checkout@v4`.
-
-Please note that using `self` is not recommended for most cases, as it could make names globally ambiguous.
-Additionally, it requires you to mirror all the actions you need to your Gitea instance, which may not be worth it.
-Therefore, please use `self` only if you understand what you are doing.
-
-In earlier versions (`<= 1.19`), `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` could be set to any custom URLs like `https://gitea.com` or `http://your-git-server,https://gitea.com`, and the default value was `https://gitea.com`.
-However, later updates removed those options, and now the only options are `github` and `self`, with the default value being `github`.
-However, if you want to use actions from other git server, you can use a complete URL in `uses` field, it's supported by Gitea (but not GitHub).
-Like `uses: https://gitea.com/actions/checkout@v4` or `uses: http://your-git-server/actions/checkout@v4`.
+`DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` sets where runners download actions without a host.
+With `github`, `uses: actions/checkout@v4` resolves to `https://github.com/actions/checkout@v4`, with `self` to `<ROOT_URL>/actions/checkout@v4`.
+`self` requires mirroring every action you use to your instance, so prefer naming the host per action instead: `uses: self:owner/repo@ref` for your instance, or a full URL like `uses: https://gitea.com/actions/checkout@v4` for any other host.
 
 ## Other (`other`)
 

docs/administration/email-setup.md

@@ -86,6 +86,21 @@ PROTOCOL       = smtps
 Note that you'll need to create and use an [App password](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en) by enabling 2FA on your Google
 account. You won't be able to use your Google account password directly.
 
+An app password is the only option: Google
+[turned off access for apps that sign in with a password alone](https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/09/winding-down-google-sync-and-less-secure-apps-support.html)
+in 2024 and asks applications to use OAuth instead, which Gitea's mailer does
+not implement — it authenticates with `CRAM-MD5`, `PLAIN` or `LOGIN`.
+
+Two things to keep in mind:
+
+- app passwords require 2-step verification on the account, and a Google
+  Workspace administrator can switch them off for the whole domain. If they are
+  not available, send through the
+  [Workspace SMTP relay service](https://support.google.com/a/answer/2956491)
+  or through another mail provider.
+- port `587` works as well, with `SMTP_PORT = 587` and
+  `PROTOCOL = smtp+starttls`.
+
 ### ProtonMail
 
 This feature is currently only available for select Proton for Business customers and those with Visionary and Family plans with custom domain addresses. See [ProtonMail's SMTP documentation](https://proton.me/support/smtp-submission) for more information. This limitation can be circumvented by using the ProtonMail Bridge application.

docs/administration/git-lfs-support.md

@@ -41,3 +41,24 @@ client that causes SSH transfers to hang: https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/pul
 This can be worked around on all the client machines by setting the git config:
 `git config --global lfs.ssh.automultiplex false`
 :::
+
+# Changing LFS files through the API
+
+The [contents API](https://docs.gitea.com/api/operations/repo-change-files/)
+works on LFS tracked files as well: send the file content as usual and Gitea
+stores it as an LFS object and commits a pointer file, as long as the path is
+matched by a `filter=lfs` rule in `.gitattributes`.
+
+What is easy to get wrong is the `sha` of the file being changed, which
+`PUT`/`DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{filepath}` and
+`POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents` require for an existing file. Gitea
+compares it with the ID of the blob the commit has at that path, and for an LFS
+tracked file that blob is the **pointer file**, not the content:
+
+- use the `sha` returned by
+  [`GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{filepath}`](https://docs.gitea.com/api/operations/repo-get-contents/)
+- do not use `lfs_oid` from the same response, which identifies the LFS object,
+  and do not use a checksum of the file itself
+
+Sending anything else fails with `sha does not match`, even though the request
+looks correct.

docs/administration/logging-config.md

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ The logging configuration of Gitea mainly consists of 3 types of components:
 
 There is a fully functional log output by default, so it is not necessary to define one.
 
+Security-relevant events (repository transfers, token changes, impersonation, and similar) are recorded separately. See [Audit Logging](audit-logging.md).
+
 ## Collecting Logs for Help
 
 To collect logs for help and issue report, see [Support Options](help/support.md).

docs/index.md

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ You can try it out using [the online demo](https://demo.gitea.com).
 
 - **Security**
 
-  Gitea places a strong emphasis on security, offering features such as user permission management, access control lists, and more to ensure the security of code and data.
+  Gitea places a strong emphasis on security, offering features such as user permission management, access control lists, [audit logging](administration/audit-logging.md), and more to ensure the security of code and data.
 
 - **Code Review**
 

docs/installation/comparison.md

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ _Symbols used in table:_
 | Telemetry                                        | **✘**                                               | ✓         | ✓         | ✓         | ✓         | ✘            | ✘            |
 | Third-party render tool support                  | ✓                                                   | ✘         | ✘         | ✘         | ✓         | ✘            | ✘            |
 | WebAuthn (2FA)                                   | ✓                                                   | ✓         | ✓         | ✓         | ✓         | ✘            | ✓            |
+| Audit log                                        | ✓                                                   | ✓         | ⁄         | ✓         | ✓         | ?            | ?            |
 | Extensive API                                    | ✓                                                   | ✓         | ✓         | ✓         | ✓         | ✓            | ✓            |
 | Built-in Package/Container Registry              | ✓                                                   | ✓         | ✓         | ✓         | ✘         | ✘            | ✘            |
 | Sync commits to an external repo (push mirror)   | ✓                                                   | ✘         | ✓         | ✓         | ✘         | ✓            | ✓            |

docs/installation/from-source.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ version is @minNodeVersion@ and the latest LTS version is recommended.
 :::note
 Go version @minGoVersion@ or higher is required. However, it is recommended to
 obtain the same version as our continuous integration, see the advice given in
-[Hacking on Gitea](development/hacking-on-gitea.md)
+[Hacking on Gitea](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/docs/build-setup.md)
 :::
 
 ## Download
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ To build from source, the following programs must be present on the system:
 
 - `go` @minGoVersion@ or higher, see [here](https://go.dev/dl/)
 - `node` @minNodeVersion@ or higher with `npm`, see [here](https://nodejs.org/en/download/)
-- `make`, see [here](development/hacking-on-gitea.md#installing-make)
+- `make`, see [here](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/docs/build-setup.md#make)
 
 Various [make tasks](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/Makefile)
 are provided to keep the build process as simple as possible.

docs/installation/on-cloud-provider.md

@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
----
-date: "2016-12-01T16:00:00+02:00"
-slug: "install-on-cloud-provider"
-sidebar_position: 90
-aliases:
-  - /en-us/install-on-cloud-provider
----
-
-# Installation on Cloud Provider
-
-## Cloudron
-
-Gitea is available as a 1-click install on [Cloudron](https://cloudron.io).
-Cloudron makes it easy to run apps like Gitea on your server and keep them up-to-date and secure.
-
-[![Install](/cloudron.svg)](https://cloudron.io/button.html?app=io.gitea.cloudronapp)
-
-The Gitea package is maintained [here](https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/gitea-app).
-
-There is a [demo instance](https://my.demo.cloudron.io) (username: cloudron password: cloudron) where
-you can experiment with running Gitea.
-
-## Linode
-
-[Linode](https://www.linode.com/) has Gitea as an app in their marketplace.
-
-To deploy Gitea to Linode, have a look at the [Linode Marketplace](https://www.linode.com/marketplace/apps/linode/gitea/).
-
-## alwaysdata
-
-[alwaysdata](https://www.alwaysdata.com/) has Gitea as an app in their marketplace.
-
-To deploy Gitea to alwaysdata, have a look at the [alwaysdata Marketplace](https://www.alwaysdata.com/en/marketplace/gitea/).
-
-## Exoscale
-
-[Exoscale](https://www.exoscale.com/) provides Gitea managed by [Glasskube](https://glasskube.eu/) in their marketplace.
-
-Exoscale is a European cloud service provider.
-
-The package is maintained and update via the open source [Glasskube Kubernetes Operator](https://github.com/glasskube/operator).
-
-To deploy Gitea to Exoscale, have a look at the [Exoscale Marketplace](https://www.exoscale.com/marketplace/listing/glasskube-gitea/).
-
-## Sealos
-
-Gitea is available as a one-click deployment on [Sealos](https://sealos.io/products/app-store/gitea).
-
-The community-maintained template source is available [here](https://github.com/labring-actions/templates/tree/kb-0.9/template/gitea).

docs/installation/with-docker-rootless.md

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ server-1  | 2026-03-11T12:57:50.796198843Z /var/lib/gitea/git is not writable
 server-1  | 2026-03-11T12:57:50.796235667Z docker setup failed
 ```
 
-For a stable release you could use `:latest-rootless`, `:1-rootless` or specify a certain release like `:@dockerVersion@-rootless`, but if you'd like to use the latest development version then `:nightly-rootless` would be an appropriate tag. If you'd like to run the latest commit from a release branch you can use the `:1.x-nightly-rootless` tag, where x is the minor version of Gitea. (e.g. `:1.16-nightly-rootless`)
+For a stable release you could use `:latest-rootless`, `:1-rootless` or specify a certain release like `:@dockerVersion@-rootless`, but if you'd like to use the latest development version then `:main-nightly-rootless` would be an appropriate tag. If you'd like to run the latest commit from a release branch you can use the `:1.x-nightly-rootless` tag, where x is the minor version of Gitea. (e.g. `:1.27-nightly-rootless`)
 
 ## Named volumes
 

docs/installation/with-docker.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ image as a service. Since there is no database available, one can be initialized
 Create a directory like `gitea` and paste the following content into a file named `docker-compose.yml`.
 Note that the volume should be owned by the user/group with the UID/GID specified in the config file.
 If you don't give the volume correct permissions, the container may not start.
-For a stable release you can use `:latest`, `:1` or specify a certain release like `:@dockerVersion@`, but if you'd like to use the latest development version of Gitea then you could use the `:nightly` tag. If you'd like to run the latest commit from a release branch you can use the `:1.x-nightly` tag, where x is the minor version of Gitea. (e.g. `:1.16-nightly`)
+For a stable release you can use `:latest`, `:1` or specify a certain release like `:@dockerVersion@`, but if you'd like to use the latest development version of Gitea then you could use the `:main-nightly` tag. If you'd like to run the latest commit from a release branch you can use the `:1.x-nightly` tag, where x is the minor version of Gitea. (e.g. `:1.27-nightly`)
 
 ```yaml
 networks:
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ services:
 +    networks:
 +      - gitea
 +    volumes:
-+      - ./postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
++      - ./postgres:/var/lib/postgresql
 ```
 
 ## Named volumes

docs/installation/with-podman-quadlet.md

@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+---
+date: "2026-09-03T20:00:00+02:00"
+slug: "install-with-podman-quadlet"
+sidebar_position: 65
+aliases:
+  - /en-us/install-with-podman-quadlet
+---
+
+# Installation with Podman Quadlet
+
+Similarly to [Docker](with-docker.md), [Podman](https://podman.io/) can be used to deploy Gitea.
+
+This reference setup guides users through the setup based on Podman Quadlet.
+Podman Quadlet is the native integration of Podman through systemd.
+
+To learn more about Podman Quadlet, see [systemd units using Podman Quadlet](https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.html).
+
+This setup installs the quadlets in `~/.config/containers/systemd/`, the directory for rootless quadlets, and uses the rootless images.
+If you install them in a rootful directory such as `/etc/containers/systemd/`, use the rootful images instead.
+
+## Basics
+
+Since Podman v6.0 a single `gitea.quadlets` file can hold multiple quadlets separated by the `---` delimiter.
+
+Paste the following content into a file named `gitea.quadlets`
+
+```ini
+# FileName=gitea-data
+[Volume]
+VolumeName=gitea-data
+---
+# FileName=gitea-config
+[Volume]
+VolumeName=gitea-config
+---
+# FileName=gitea
+[Container]
+PublishPort=2222:2222
+PublishPort=3000:3000
+Image=docker.gitea.com/gitea:@dockerVersion@-rootless
+ContainerName=gitea
+Mount=type=volume,src=gitea-data.volume,destination=/var/lib/gitea
+Mount=type=volume,src=gitea-config.volume,destination=/etc/gitea
+
+[Service]
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+# Start with the user session
+WantedBy=default.target
+```
+
+You can run the installation command
+
+```sh
+$ podman quadlet install ./gitea.quadlets --application=gitea
+/home/user/.config/containers/systemd/gitea/gitea-data.volume
+/home/user/.config/containers/systemd/gitea/gitea-config.volume
+/home/user/.config/containers/systemd/gitea/gitea.container
+```
+
+The `--application=gitea` flag allows us to tell podman to group the quadlets together, this can help for managing and organizing the quadlets files.
+
+You can validate the quadlets are properly installed by looking at the list command
+
+```sh
+$ podman quadlet list
+NAME                 UNIT NAME                    PATH ON DISK                                                     STATUS         APPLICATION  POD
+gitea-config.volume  gitea-config-volume.service  /home/user/.config/containers/systemd/gitea/gitea-config.volume  active/exited  gitea
+gitea-data.volume    gitea-data-volume.service    /home/user/.config/containers/systemd/gitea/gitea-data.volume    active/exited  gitea
+gitea.container      gitea.service                /home/user/.config/containers/systemd/gitea/gitea.container      failed/failed  gitea
+```
+
+You can start the application by running `systemctl --user start gitea` command.
+
+`WantedBy=default.target` starts the service when the user session starts.
+Rootless user services do not run without a session, so to start Gitea at boot, enable lingering for the user with `loginctl enable-linger $USER`.
+
+## Databases
+
+### PostgreSQL database
+
+To start Gitea in combination with a PostgreSQL database, apply these changes to the
+`gitea.quadlets` file created above.
+
+To start Gitea with a database, we need to create a network, so the database and Gitea container can communicate.
+
+```diff
+# FileName=gitea-data
+[Volume]
+VolumeName=gitea-data
+---
+# FileName=gitea-config
+[Volume]
+VolumeName=gitea-config
+---
++ # FileName=gitea-postgres-data
++ [Volume]
++ VolumeName=gitea-postgres-data
++ ---
++ # FileName=gitea
++ [Network]
++ NetworkName=gitea
++ ---
++ # FileName=gitea-postgres
++ [Container]
++ Image=docker.io/library/postgres:18
++ ContainerName=gitea-postgres
++ Network=gitea.network
++ Mount=type=volume,src=gitea-postgres-data.volume,destination=/var/lib/postgresql
++ Environment=POSTGRES_USER=gitea
++ Environment=POSTGRES_PASSWORD=gitea
++ Environment=POSTGRES_DB=gitea
++
++ [Service]
++ Restart=always
++
++ [Install]
++ # Start with the user session
++ WantedBy=default.target
++ ---
+# FileName=gitea
++ [Unit]
++ Requires=gitea-postgres.service
++ After=gitea-postgres.service
++
+[Container]
+PublishPort=2222:2222
+PublishPort=3000:3000
+Image=docker.gitea.com/gitea:@dockerVersion@-rootless
+ContainerName=gitea
+Mount=type=volume,src=gitea-data.volume,destination=/var/lib/gitea
+Mount=type=volume,src=gitea-config.volume,destination=/etc/gitea
++ Network=gitea.network
++ Environment=GITEA__database__DB_TYPE=postgres
++ Environment=GITEA__database__HOST=gitea-postgres:5432
++ Environment=GITEA__database__NAME=gitea
++ Environment=GITEA__database__USER=gitea
++ Environment=GITEA__database__PASSWD=gitea
+
+[Service]
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+# Start with the user session
+WantedBy=default.target
+```
+
+## Logs
+
+As systemd manages the container we can use `journalctl` to access the logs
+
+```sh
+$ journalctl --user --follow --unit=gitea.service
+gitea[5967]: 2026/09/03 14:50:42 cmd/web.go:263:runWeb() [I] Starting Gitea on PID: 2
+gitea[5967]: 2026/09/03 14:50:42 cmd/web.go:115:showWebStartupMessage() [I] Gitea version: 1.27.3 built with go1.26.7-X:jsonv2 : bindata, timetzdata,
+gitea[5967]: 2026/09/03 14:50:42 cmd/web.go:116:showWebStartupMessage() [I] * RunMode: prod
+gitea[5967]: 2026/09/03 14:50:42 cmd/web.go:117:showWebStartupMessage() [I] * AppPath: /usr/local/bin/gitea
+gitea[5967]: 2026/09/03 14:50:42 cmd/web.go:118:showWebStartupMessage() [I] * WorkPath: /var/lib/gitea
+gitea[5967]: 2026/09/03 14:50:42 cmd/web.go:119:showWebStartupMessage() [I] * CustomPath: /var/lib/gitea/custom
+gitea[5967]: 2026/09/03 14:50:42 cmd/web.go:120:showWebStartupMessage() [I] * ConfigFile: /etc/gitea/app.ini
+gitea[5967]: 2026/09/03 14:50:42 cmd/web.go:121:showWebStartupMessage() [I] Prepare to run install page
+gitea[5967]: 2026/09/03 14:50:42 cmd/web.go:329:listen() [I] Listen: http://0.0.0.0:3000
+gitea[5967]: 2026/09/03 14:50:42 cmd/web.go:333:listen() [I] AppURL(ROOT_URL): http://localhost:3000/
+gitea[5967]: 2026/09/03 14:50:42 modules/graceful/server.go:52:NewServer() [I] Starting new Web server: tcp:0.0.0.0:3000 on PID: 2
+```

docs/usage/access-control/protected-branches.md

@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ aliases:
 
 # Protected branches
 
-Protected branches prevent unwanted changes by enforcing push and merge policies on selected branches. The rules are enforced for every Git protocol (HTTP(S), SSH), the web editor, the API, and background jobs such as auto-merge. Only repository owners and administrators can manage the rules, and the Branches page is read-only while a repository is archived.
+Protected branches prevent unwanted changes by enforcing push, deletion, and merge policies on selected branches. The rules are enforced for every Git protocol (HTTP(S), SSH), the web editor, the API, and background jobs such as auto-merge. Only repository owners and administrators can manage the rules, and the Branches page is read-only while a repository is archived.
 
 ## Creating or editing a rule
 
 1. Open the repository and select **Settings → Branches** (repository admin permission required).
 2. Select **Add new rule** or **Edit** next to an existing rule.
-3. Fill in the **Protected branch name pattern** and optional file patterns, then configure the push, merge, and review options described below.
+3. Fill in the **Protected branch name pattern** and optional file patterns, then configure the push, deletion, merge, and review options described below.
 4. Select **Save rule**.
 
 The rule immediately applies to all matching branches, even if the branches are created in the future.
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ The **Push** section controls direct pushes (including the web editor and API).
 
 - **Disable push** makes the branch read-only. Any attempt to push directly fails, and changes must be merged through pull requests.
 - **Enable push** allows anyone with [write access](./permissions.md) to push (force pushes are still blocked unless explicitly allowed).
-- **Allowlist restricted push** requires being on the allowlist. Choose users and, for organization-owned repositories, teams. Deploy keys that already have write access can also be allowlisted.
+- **Allowlist restricted push** requires being on the allowlist. Choose users and, for organization-owned repositories, teams.
+
+The user allowlists for push, force-push and deletion can include the **Gitea Actions** and **Deploy Key** system users. They still require write access; **Deploy Key** also covers deploy tokens.
 
 When a push is blocked, the server-side hook rejects the update with an explanation.
 
@@ -58,7 +60,17 @@ Force pushes have their own set of options:
 
 - **Disable force push** completely forbids rewriting history on the branch.
 - **Enable force push** allows anyone who can push to also force push.
-- **Allowlist restricted force push** limits force pushes to a separate allowlist (users, teams, and optionally deploy keys) **and** requires the person to already have regular push access.
+- **Allowlist restricted force push** limits force pushes to a separate allowlist of users or teams **and** requires regular push access.
+
+## Branch deletion
+
+The **Branch Deletion** section controls whether matching protected branches can be deleted:
+
+- **Disable branch deletion** prevents deletion. This is the default.
+- **Enable branch deletion** allows anyone who can push to delete the branch.
+- **Allowlist restricted branch deletion** limits deletion to a separate allowlist of users or teams **and** requires regular push access.
+
+These rules apply to Git (`git push --delete`), the API, the web interface and post-merge cleanup. The default branch and configured default pull request target branch cannot be deleted.
 
 ## Pull request merges and approvals
 

docs/usage/actions/artifacts.md

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+date: "2026-08-30T00:00:00+02:00"
+slug: "artifacts"
+sidebar_position: 70
+---
+
+# Artifacts
+
+Workflow runs can store files such as test results, coverage reports, and build output as artifacts. Artifacts are uploaded by workflows, for example with [`actions/upload-artifact`](https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact), and appear on the run page after the upload completes.
+
+## Previewing artifacts
+
+Select an artifact on the run page to open its file browser and preview in the same tab. The preview identifies the originating run and attempt, and provides links back to that run and to download the complete artifact. Selecting files in the browser updates the preview in the same tab.
+
+Artifact previews:
+
+- require sign-in and access to the Actions run to open the preview page
+- render text-based files, images (including SVG), and PDFs
+- run HTML and JavaScript content in a sandboxed frame
+
+Preview content is loaded through signed URLs that expire after one hour and do not require a session cookie. Reopen the preview page to obtain a fresh URL after it expires.
+
+The file browser lists up to 2,000 files per artifact. Larger artifacts show a notice when the list is truncated.
+
+Unsupported or oversized files can still be downloaded with the complete artifact.
+
+## Instance configuration
+
+Site administrators can limit the total artifact size that can be browsed or previewed with `ARTIFACT_PREVIEW_MAX_SIZE` in the `[actions]` section of `app.ini`. The default is 10 MiB. Set it to `0` to disable previews or `-1` to allow artifacts of any size.
+
+The size of an individual previewed file is also limited by [`MAX_DISPLAY_FILE_SIZE`](../../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#ui-ui) in the `[ui]` section.

docs/usage/actions/comparison.md

@@ -6,104 +6,94 @@ sidebar_position: 120
 
 # Compared to GitHub Actions
 
-Even though Gitea Actions is designed to be compatible with GitHub Actions, there are some differences between them.
+Gitea Actions is designed to be compatible with GitHub Actions, with the differences below.
 
 ## Additional features
 
 ### Absolute action URLs
 
-Gitea Actions supports defining actions via absolute URL, which means that you can use actions from any git repository.
-Like `uses: https://github.com/actions/checkout@v4` or `uses: http://your_gitea.com/owner/repo@branch`.
+`uses:` accepts an absolute URL to any git host, e.g. `uses: https://gitea.com/actions/checkout@v4`.
+
+### Action prefixes
+
+`uses:` accepts these prefixes:
+
+- `self:` references your own Gitea instance, e.g. `uses: self:owner/repo@v1` or `uses: self:owner/repo/.gitea/workflows/build.yml@v1`
+- `builtin:` runs an action built into Gitea Runner, which needs no download and no Node in the job image, e.g. `uses: builtin:checkout`
+
+`builtin:checkout` accepts the `repository`, `ref`, `token`, `path` and `fetch-depth` inputs of `actions/checkout` with the same defaults, and fails on any other input.
+
+### Workflow-relative actions
+
+`$/` references the repository and commit of the workflow, or of the enclosing composite action, e.g. `uses: $/.gitea/actions/build`.
+Unlike `./`, it needs no checkout first.
 
 ### Actions written in Go
 
-Gitea Actions supports writing actions in Go.
 See [Creating Go Actions](https://blog.gitea.com/creating-go-actions/).
 
 ### Support the non-standard syntax @yearly, @monthly, @weekly, @daily, @hourly on schedule
 
-Github Actions doesn't support that. https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#schedule
+`schedule` also accepts `@yearly`, `@monthly`, `@weekly`, `@daily` and `@hourly`, which [GitHub does not](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#schedule).
 
 ## Unsupported workflows syntax
 
 ### `jobs.<job_id>.environment`
 
-See [Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idenvironment).
-
-It's ignored by Gitea Actions now.
+[`jobs.<job_id>.environment`](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idenvironment) is ignored.
 
 ### Complex `runs-on`
 
-See [Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on).
+[`runs-on`](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on) supports:
 
-Gitea Actions supports:
 - Static strings: `runs-on: self-hosted`
 - Arrays of labels: `runs-on: [linux, self-hosted]`
 - String expressions: `runs-on: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && 'ubuntu-latest' || 'self-hosted' }}`
 - Arrays containing expressions: `runs-on: [linux, "${{ github.event_name == 'push' && 'ubuntu-latest' || 'self-hosted' }}"]`
 
-
 ## Missing features
 
 ### Package repository authorization
 
-The `GITEA_TOKEN` for a job running within a repository should be able to publish to the associated package repository (i.e. to upload OCI images). See the "packages" scope for the "default access" in [Automatic token authentication](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-for-github-actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication#permissions-for-the-github_token).
-
-This is not implemented in Gitea Actions now. A workaround for Gitea Actions is to use a Personal Access Token (PAT). See this [github issue and comment](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/23642#issuecomment-2119876692) for tracking this feature.
+`GITEA_TOKEN` cannot publish to the package registry of its repository, e.g. to push OCI images.
+Use a personal access token instead, see [this issue](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/23642#issuecomment-2119876692).
 
 ### Problem Matchers
 
-Problem Matchers are a way to scan the output of actions for a specified regex pattern and surface that information prominently in the UI.
-See [Problem matchers](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/main/docs/problem-matchers.md).
-
-It's ignored by Gitea Actions now.
+[Problem matchers](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/main/docs/problem-matchers.md) are ignored.
 
 ### Create an error annotation
 
-See [Creating an annotation for an error](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#example-creating-an-annotation-for-an-error)
-
-It's ignored by Gitea Actions now.
+[Error annotations](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#example-creating-an-annotation-for-an-error) are ignored.
 
 ### Expressions
 
-For [expressions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/expressions), Gitea Actions supports standard GitHub functions (e.g. `success()`, `failure()`, `always()`, `cancelled()`, `format()`, `toJSON()`) and context variables (like `github`, `matrix`, `vars`, `env`).
+[Expressions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/expressions) support the standard GitHub functions and contexts.
 
 ## Missing UI features
 
 ### Pre and Post steps
 
-Pre and Post steps don't have their own section in the job log user interface.
+Pre and post steps have no section of their own in the job log.
 
 ### Services steps
 
-Services steps don't have their own section in the job log user interface.
+Service steps have no section of their own in the job log.
 
 ## Different behavior
 
 ### Job token permissions (`permissions`)
 
-Gitea supports `permissions` and `jobs.<job_id>.permissions` to control the default `GITEA_TOKEN` permissions.
-
-The effective permissions are clamped by the repository/owner settings and are further restricted for fork pull requests and cross-repository access.
-GitHub-only scopes such as `statuses`, `checks`, `deployments`, `id-token`, `security-events`, and `pages` are not supported, while Gitea-specific scopes such as `code`, `releases`, `wiki`, and `projects` are available.
-
+`permissions` and `jobs.<job_id>.permissions` control the `GITEA_TOKEN` permissions, clamped by the repository and owner settings and further restricted for fork pull requests and cross-repository access.
+GitHub-only scopes like `statuses`, `checks`, `deployments`, `security-events` and `pages` are not supported, while Gitea adds `code`, `releases`, `wiki` and `projects`. `id-token` works like on GitHub, see [OpenID Connect](openid-connect.md).
 See [Actions job token permissions](token-permissions.md).
 
 ### Downloading actions
 
-Previously (Pre 1.21.0), `[actions].DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` defaulted to `https://gitea.com`.
-We have since restricted this option to only allow two values (`github` and `self`).
-When set to `github`, the new default, Gitea will download non-fully-qualified actions from `https://github.com`.
-For example, if you use `uses: actions/checkout@v4`, it will download the checkout repository from `https://github.com/actions/checkout.git`.
-
-If you want to download an action from another git hoster, you can use an absolute URL, e.g. `uses: https://gitea.com/actions/checkout@v4`.
-
-If your Gitea instance is in an intranet or a restricted area, you can set the URL to `self` to only download actions from your own instance by default.
-Of course, you can still use absolute URLs in workflows.
-
-More details about the `[actions].DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` configuration can be found in the [Configuration Cheat Sheet](../../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#actions-actions)。
+Actions without a host, like `uses: actions/checkout@v4`, are downloaded from `https://github.com`, or from your own instance when `[actions].DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` is `self`.
+See the [Configuration Cheat Sheet](../../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#actions-actions).
+For other sources, see [Absolute action URLs](#absolute-action-urls), [Action prefixes](#action-prefixes) and [Workflow-relative actions](#workflow-relative-actions).
 
 ### Context availability
 
-Context availability is not checked, so you can use the env context on more places.
-See [Context availability](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts#context-availability).
+[Context availability](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts#context-availability) is not checked, so contexts like `env` work in more places.

docs/usage/actions/design.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Additionally, the runner will introduce itself to Gitea and declare what kind of
 
 Earlier, we mentioned that `runs-on: ubuntu-latest` in a workflow file means that the job will be run on a runner with the `ubuntu-latest` label.
 But how does the runner know to run `ubuntu-latest`? The answer lies in mapping the label to an environment.
-That's why when you add custom labels during registration, you will need to input some complex content like `my_custom_label:docker://centos:7`.
+That's why each label of a runner names an environment, like `my_custom_label:docker://centos:7`.
 This means that the runner can take the job which needs to run on `my_custom_label`, and it will run it via a docker container with the image `centos:7`.
 
 Docker isn't the only option, though.
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ So,
 - `my_custom_label:docker://node:18`: Run jobs labeled with `my_custom_label` using the `node:18` Docker image.
 - `my_custom_label:host`: Run jobs labeled with `my_custom_label` directly on the host.
 - `my_custom_label`: Same as `my_custom_label:host`.
-- `my_custom_label:vm:ubuntu-latest`: (Example only, not implemented) Run jobs labeled with `my_custom_label` using a virtual machine with the `ubuntu-latest` ISO.
 
 ## Communication protocol
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ However, we did not think it was a good idea to have Gitea listen on a new port.
 Instead, we wanted to reuse the HTTP port, which means we needed a protocol that is compatible with HTTP.
 We chose to use gRPC over HTTP.
 
-We use [actions-proto-def](https://gitea.com/gitea/actions-proto-def) and [actions-proto-go](https://gitea.com/gitea/actions-proto-go) to wire them up.
+The protocol is defined in [actions-proto-def](https://gitea.com/gitea/actions-proto-def), its Go code lives in [actionslib](https://gitea.com/gitea/actionslib).
 More information about gRPC can be found on [its website](https://grpc.io/).
 
 ## Network architecture
@@ -71,7 +70,8 @@ However, if a job container tries to fetch code from localhost, it will fail bec
 ### Connection 3, runner to internet
 
 When you use some actions like `actions/checkout@v4`, the runner downloads the scripts, not the job containers.
-By default, it downloads from [github.com](http://github.com/), so it requires access to the internet. If you configure the `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` to `self`, then it will download from your Gitea instance by default. Then it will not connect to internet when downloading the action itself.
+By default, it downloads them from [github.com](https://github.com/), which requires internet access.
+With `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` set to `self`, or with `uses: self:owner/repo@ref`, it downloads them from your Gitea instance instead.
 It also downloads some docker images from Docker Hub by default, which also requires internet access.
 
 However, internet access is not strictly necessary.

docs/usage/actions/faq.md

@@ -27,50 +27,24 @@ Still, this is completely optional since both options have the same effect at th
 
 ## Where will the runner download scripts when using actions such as `actions/checkout@v4`?
 
-There are tens of thousands of [actions scripts](https://github.com/marketplace?type=actions) in GitHub, and when you write `uses: actions/checkout@v4`, it downloads the scripts from [github.com/actions/checkout](http://github.com/actions/checkout) by default.
-But what if you want to use actions from other places such as gitea.com instead of GitHub?
+From `https://github.com` by default, or from your own instance when `[actions].DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` is `self`, see the [Configuration Cheat Sheet](../../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#actions-actions).
 
-The good news is that you can specify the URL prefix to use actions from anywhere.
-This is an extra syntax in Gitea Actions.
-For example:
+To use an action from elsewhere, name its host:
 
-- `uses: https://gitea.com/xxx/xxx@xxx`
-- `uses: https://github.com/xxx/xxx@xxx`
-- `uses: http://your_gitea_instance.com/xxx@xxx`
-
-Be careful, the `https://` or `http://` prefix is necessary!
-
-This is one of the differences from GitHub Actions which supports actions scripts only from GitHub.
-But it should allow users much more flexibility in how they run Actions.
-
-Alternatively, if you want your runners to download actions from your own Gitea instance by default, you can configure it by setting `[actions].DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL`.
-See [Configuration Cheat Sheet](../../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#actions-actions).
+- `uses: https://gitea.com/owner/repo@ref`
+- `uses: http://your_gitea_instance.com/owner/repo@ref`
+- `uses: self:owner/repo@ref` for your own Gitea instance
 
 ## How to limit the permission of the runners?
 
-Runners have no more permissions than simply connecting to your Gitea instance.
-When any runner receives a job to run, it will temporarily gain limited permission to the repository associated with the job.
-If you want to give more permissions to the runner, allowing it to access more private repositories or external systems, you can pass [secrets](usage/actions/secrets.md) to it.
-
-Refined permission control to Actions is a complicated job.
-In the future, we will add more options to Gitea to make it more configurable, such as allowing more write access to repositories or read access to all repositories in the same organization.
+Runners only connect to your Gitea instance.
+For each job, a runner gets a `GITEA_TOKEN` limited to the job's repository, see [Actions job token permissions](token-permissions.md).
+To give a job access to more private repositories or external systems, pass it [secrets](usage/actions/secrets.md).
 
 ## Which operating systems are supported by Gitea Runner?
 
-We released official binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
-While other operating systems are theoretically supported if it is supported by golang and docker(docker mode enabled).
-
-One thing to note is that if you choose to run jobs directly on the host instead of in job containers, the environmental differences between operating systems may cause unexpected failures.
-
-For example, bash is not available on Windows in most cases, while act tries to use bash to run scripts by default.
-Therefore, you need to specify `powershell` as the default shell in your workflow file, see [defaults.run](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#defaultsrun).
-
-
-```yaml
-defaults:
-  run:
-    shell: powershell
-```
+Official binaries are released for Linux, macOS and Windows.
+Other systems supported by Go and Docker work in theory.
 
 ## How to avoid being hacked?
 
@@ -99,42 +73,13 @@ It is exciting to be able to reuse them.
 
 ## What if it runs on multiple labels, such as `runs-on: [label_a, label_b]`?
 
-This is valid syntax.
-It means that it should run on runners that have both the `label_a` **and** `label_b` labels, see [Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on).
-Unfortunately, the runner does not work this way until v0.2.11.
-As mentioned, we map labels to environments:
-
-- `ubuntu` → `ubuntu:22.04`
-- `centos` → `centos:8`
-
-But we need to map label groups to environments instead, like so:
-
-- `[ubuntu]` → `ubuntu:22.04`
-- `[with-gpu]` → `linux:with-gpu`
-- `[ubuntu, with-gpu]` → `ubuntu:22.04_with-gpu`
-
-We also need to re-design how tasks are assigned to runners.
-A runner with `ubuntu`, `centos`, or `with-gpu` does not necessarily indicate that it can accept jobs with `[centos, with-gpu]`.
-Therefore, the runner should inform the Gitea instance that it can only accept jobs with `[ubuntu]`, `[centos]`, `[with-gpu]`, and `[ubuntu, with-gpu]`.
-This is not a technical problem, it was just overlooked in the early design.
-See [runtime.go#L65](https://gitea.com/gitea/runner/src/commit/90b8cc6a7a48f45cc28b5ef9660ebf4061fcb336/runtime/runtime.go#L65).
-
-Currently, the runner attempts to match everyone in the labels and uses the first match it finds.
+The job runs on a runner that has all of the labels, as on [GitHub](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on).
+The runner uses the environment of the first label it has.
 
 ## What is the difference between agent labels and custom labels for a runner?
 
-![labels](/images/usage/actions/labels.png)
-
-Agent labels are reported to the Gitea instance by the runner during registration.
-Custom labels, on the other hand, are added manually by a Gitea administrator or owners of the organization or repository (depending on the level of the runner).
-
-However, the design here needs improvement, as it currently has some rough edges.
-You can add a custom label such as `centos` to a registered runner, which means the runner will receive jobs with `runs-on: centos`.
-However, the runner may not know which environment to use for this label, resulting in it using a default image or leading to a logical dead end.
-This default may not match user expectations.
-See [runtime.go#L71](https://gitea.com/gitea/runner/src/commit/90b8cc6a7a48f45cc28b5ef9660ebf4061fcb336/runtime/runtime.go#L71).
-
-In the meantime, we suggest that you re-register your runner if you want to change its labels.
+Gitea no longer has custom labels.
+A runner declares its labels every time it starts, from its `runner.labels` configuration or the labels given at registration, so change them there and restart the runner.
 
 ## Will there be more implementations for Gitea Actions runner?
 
@@ -177,3 +122,6 @@ For events supported only by GitHub, see GitHub's [documentation](https://docs.g
 
 Go to the repository's **Settings** > **Actions** > **General** page and add collaborative owners.
 The private repositories of collaborative owners are allowed to access the actions and workflows in the current repository.
+
+To share within the same user or organization, add the private repositories under its **Settings** > **Actions** > **General** > **Cross-Repository Access** instead.
+See [Cross-repository access](token-permissions.md#cross-repository-access).

docs/usage/actions/openid-connect.md

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+---
+date: "2026-08-23T00:00:00+00:00"
+slug: "openid-connect"
+sidebar_position: 40
+---
+
+# OpenID Connect
+
+Jobs can request short-lived OpenID Connect (OIDC) tokens to sign in to cloud providers and other services without storing long-lived secrets. The tokens use the GitHub Actions format, so actions like `aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials`, `google-github-actions/auth` and `azure/login` work unchanged.
+
+## Trusting Gitea
+
+Add Gitea as an OIDC identity provider in the service:
+
+- Issuer: `<ROOT_URL>/api/actions/oidc`
+- Audience: `<ROOT_URL>/<owner>`, unless the workflow requests another one
+
+Then limit which workflows can sign in with a condition on the [`sub` claim](#claims).
+
+Gitea signs the tokens with a key it creates at `<APP_DATA_PATH>/jwt/actions_oidc.pem`. Instances behind a load balancer must share this file.
+
+## Requesting a token
+
+Grant the `id-token` permission to the workflow or job:
+
+```yaml
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+```
+
+Default permissions never include it, and jobs from fork pull requests never get it. Owners and repositories can disable it with their [maximum token permissions](token-permissions.md#maximum-token-permissions-clamping).
+
+Actions like the ones above request the token themselves. In a script, use `ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_URL` and `ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_TOKEN`:
+
+```shell
+curl --fail --silent --show-error \
+  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_TOKEN}" \
+  "${ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_URL}&audience=my-service"
+```
+
+The token is in the `value` field of the response and expires after five minutes.
+
+## Claims
+
+The `sub` claim names the owner and repository with their IDs, so a renamed or recreated repository cannot match an existing trust policy:
+
+```text
+repo:<owner>@<owner-id>/<repo>@<repo-id>:ref:<ref>
+repo:<owner>@<owner-id>/<repo>@<repo-id>:pull_request
+```
+
+The `pull_request` event uses the second form, all other events use the first, including `pull_request_target`.
+
+The other claims match GitHub's, like `repository`, `ref`, `sha`, `workflow_ref` and `job_workflow_ref`. The discovery document at `<ROOT_URL>/api/actions/oidc/.well-known/openid-configuration` lists them all.
+
+Differences from GitHub Actions:
+
+- There is no `environment` claim.
+- Pull request runs use `refs/pull/<index>/head` and its commit, not the merge ref and merge commit.
+- `run_number` counts runs per repository, not per workflow.

docs/usage/actions/quickstart.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ However, it is recommended to use Docker to run the jobs, because it is more sec
 Before running a runner, you should first register it to your Gitea instance using the following command:
 
 ```bash
-./runner register --no-interactive --instance <instance> --token <token>
+gitea-runner register --no-interactive --instance <instance> --token <token>
 ```
 
 There are two arguments required, `instance` and `token`.
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ If this file is missing or corrupted, you can simply remove it and register agai
 Finally, it's time to start the runner:
 
 ```bash
-./runner daemon
+gitea-runner daemon
 ```
 
 And you can see the new runner in the management page:

docs/usage/actions/scoped-workflows.md

@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ Only a workflow that runs on an event that posts a commit status (`push`, `pull_
 
 Scoped workflows can call reusable workflows:
 
-- A **local** reference (`uses: ./...`) resolves against the **source** repository: the repository the calling workflow's content came from, not the consuming repository.
-- A **cross-repository** reference (`uses: owner/repo/...@ref`) is resolved with the **consuming repository's** read permission. If it points to a private repository, make sure every consuming repository can read it; otherwise the workflow will fail there.
+- A **local** reference (`uses: ./...` or `uses: $/...`) resolves against the **source** repository: the repository the calling workflow's content came from, not the consuming repository.
+- A **cross-repository** reference (`uses: owner/repo/...@ref` or `uses: self:owner/repo/...@ref`) is resolved with the **consuming repository's** read permission. If it points to a private repository, make sure every consuming repository can read it; otherwise the workflow will fail there.
 
 A reusable workflow can live under `SCOPED_WORKFLOW_DIRS` (or `WORKFLOW_DIRS`) of the source repository.
 

docs/usage/actions/token-permissions.md

@@ -53,13 +53,14 @@ Valid access mode values for each scope are `read`, `write`, and `none`.
 - `wiki`
 - `projects`
 - `packages` (if supported by the target feature)
+- `id-token` (`write` allows requesting [OpenID Connect tokens](openid-connect.md), `read` grants nothing)
 
 If you specify both `contents` and a more granular scope (like `code` or `releases`), the granular scope wins for that unit.
 
 ### Compatibility notes
 
 Gitea supports a subset of GitHub Actions permission scopes.
-GitHub-only scopes such as `statuses`, `checks`, `deployments`, `id-token`, `security-events`, and `pages` are not currently supported by Gitea Actions.
+GitHub-only scopes such as `statuses`, `checks`, `deployments`, `security-events`, and `pages` are not currently supported by Gitea Actions.
 
 Gitea also exposes repository-unit scopes that do not exist as separate scopes in GitHub Actions:
 
@@ -75,15 +76,18 @@ If neither the workflow nor the job defines `permissions:`, Gitea uses the confi
 - **Permissive**: read and write permissions for most units in the job's repository (backwards-compatible default).
 - **Restricted**: read-only permissions for `code`, `releases`, and `packages` in the job's repository, and no access to other units by default.
 
+Neither mode includes `id-token`.
+
 ## Maximum token permissions (clamping)
 
-You can configure a maximum permission per repository unit.
+You can configure a maximum permission per repository unit and for `id-token`.
 The job's effective permissions are computed as:
 
 `effective = min(requested, maximum)`
 
 This means workflows can reduce permissions for a job, but cannot exceed your configured maximum.
 If you don't configure a maximum, the maximum defaults to `write` for all scopes.
+Maximums saved before Gitea supported `id-token` deny it until you set it to `write`.
 
 ## Where to configure
 
@@ -95,9 +99,13 @@ You can configure defaults and maximums at:
 
 Note: Repository-level token permission settings are only shown once **Repository Actions** are enabled.
 
+## Protected branches
+
+Actions job tokens must have code write permission and satisfy [branch protection rules](../access-control/protected-branches.md), including any **Gitea Actions** allowlist requirements.
+
 ## Fork pull requests
 
-For security reasons, workflows triggered by pull requests from forks are always restricted to read-only permissions for repository contents, regardless of workflow `permissions:` or settings.
+For security reasons, workflows triggered by pull requests from forks are always restricted to read-only permissions for repository contents, regardless of workflow `permissions:` or settings. They also get no OpenID Connect tokens.
 
 ## Cross-repository access
 

docs/usage/actions/variables.md

@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ These are used internally by the runner and actions. They are typically not need
 | Name | Description | Example |
 |---|---|---|
 | `ACTIONS_CACHE_URL` | URL for the actions cache service. | `http://192.168.1.10:8088/` |
-| `ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_TOKEN` | Token for OIDC requests. Only set when configured. | `***` |
-| `ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_URL` | URL to request OIDC tokens. Only set when configured. | `https://gitea.com/login/oauth/access_token` |
+| `ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_TOKEN` | Token for OIDC requests. Only set when `id-token: write` is granted. | `***` |
+| `ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_URL` | URL to request OIDC tokens. Only set when `id-token: write` is granted. | `https://gitea.com/api/actions/oidc/token?` |
 | `ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL` | URL for storing artifacts. | `https://gitea.com` |
 | `ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN` | Authentication token for the Actions pipeline API. | `***` |
 | `ACTIONS_RUNTIME_URL` | URL for the Gitea Actions pipeline API. | `https://gitea.com/api/actions_pipeline/` |

docs/usage/issues-prs/issue-pull-request-templates.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ creating issues and pull requests. This will cut down on the initial back and fo
 of getting some clarifying details.
 It is currently not possible to provide generic issue/pull-request templates globally.
 
-Additionally, the New Issue page URL can be suffixed with `?title=Issue+Title&body=Issue+Text` and the form will be populated with those strings. Those strings will be used instead of the template if there is one.
+Additionally, the New Issue page URL can be suffixed with `?title=Issue+Title&body=Issue+Text` and the form will be populated with those strings. Those strings will be used instead of the template if there is one. See [Pre-filling Issues and Pull Requests](prefill-issues-pull-requests.md) for all parameters.
 
 ## File names
 

docs/usage/issues-prs/prefill-issues-pull-requests.md

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+date: "2026-10-17T00:00:00+00:00"
+slug: "prefill-issues-pull-requests"
+sidebar_position: 14
+---
+
+# Pre-filling Issues and Pull Requests
+
+Links to the pages for creating issues and pull requests can pre-fill the form with query parameters.
+This lets you link users from another app, a README or a project board to a form that is already categorized.
+
+- New issue: `/{owner}/{repo}/issues/new?…`
+- New pull request: `/{owner}/{repo}/compare/{base}...{head}?…`
+
+For example, this link opens a new issue with a title, two labels and an assignee:
+
+```
+https://gitea.example.com/owner/repo/issues/new?title=Dashboard+crashes&label=kind/bug,area/dashboard&assignee=alice
+```
+
+## Parameters
+
+| Parameter     | Value                                                                       |
+| ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `title`       | Title                                                                       |
+| `body`        | Description                                                                 |
+| `label`       | Comma-separated label IDs or names                                          |
+| `labels`      | Alias of `label`                                                            |
+| `milestone`   | Milestone ID or name                                                        |
+| `project`     | Comma-separated project IDs or titles                                       |
+| `assignee`    | Comma-separated user IDs or usernames                                       |
+| `template`    | File name of the [template](issue-pull-request-templates.md) to use         |
+| `field:<id>`  | Value of the field with this `id` in a YAML template                        |
+
+IDs and names can be mixed and names are matched case-insensitively. Values that don't match anything in the repository are ignored.
+Labels include the organization's labels, and closed milestones and projects can be selected too.
+Milestones and projects are only offered to users who can write to issues or pull requests, so for other users these parameters have no effect.
+
+The values from the link take precedence over the title, description, labels and assignees of the template.
+
+When there are several issue templates to choose from, the parameters are passed through to the chosen one.
+On the compare page, any of these parameters also opens the pull request form directly, as `expand=1` does.

i18n/zh-cn/docs/current/administration/backup-and-restore.md

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ cd gitea-dump-1610949662
 mv app.ini /etc/gitea/conf/app.ini
 mv data/* /var/lib/gitea/data/
 mv log/* /var/lib/gitea/log/
-mv repos/* /var/lib/gitea/repositories/
+mv repos/* /var/lib/gitea/data/gitea-repositories/
 chown -R gitea:gitea /etc/gitea/conf/app.ini /var/lib/gitea
 
 # mysql

i18n/zh-cn/docs/current/administration/reverse-proxies.md

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ aliases:
 2. 将 `https://git.example.com/foo` 反向代理到 `http://gitea:3000/foo`
 3. 确保反向代理不会解码 URI。`https://git.example.com/a%2Fb`的请求应该被传递给 `http://gitea:3000/a%2Fb`。
 4. 确保 `Host` 和 `X-Forwarded-Proto` 头被正确的传递给 Gitea，使 Gitea 可以看到正在访问的真实 URL。
+5. 确保 Web 服务器有完整的证书（包括所有中间证书和根证书），以便 `git clone` 和 `git pull` 正常工作。
+6. Gitea 会在 `/-/ws` 使用 WebSocket 连接，用于通知计数等实时更新。请确保反向代理使用 HTTP/1.1，并转发 `Upgrade` 和 `Connection` 头，参见下面的示例。否则 Gitea 会回退为定期轮询。
 
 ## 使用子路径
 
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ server {
     location / {
         client_max_body_size 512M;
         proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
         proxy_set_header Connection $http_connection;
         proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
         proxy_set_header Host $host;
@@ -61,8 +64,9 @@ server {
 
         # 确保 nginx 使用未转义 URI， 按原样保持 "%2F"。 确保 nginx 去除 "/gitea" 子路径前缀， 按原样传递 "/v2"。
         rewrite ^ $request_uri;
-        rewrite ^(/gitea)?(/.*) $2 break;
+        rewrite ^/(gitea($|/))?(.*) /$3 break;
         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000$uri;
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
 
         # 其他的常规 HTTP 表头，见上面“使用 Nginx 作为反向代理服务”小节的配置
         proxy_set_header Connection $http_connection;
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ server {
     }
 
     location / {
+        # 其他指令见上面「使用 Nginx 作为反向代理服务」小节
         proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
     }
 }
@@ -123,6 +128,7 @@ server {
     server_name git.example.com;
 
     location / {
+        # 其他指令见上面「使用 Nginx 作为反向代理服务」小节
         proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
     }
 }
@@ -144,6 +150,20 @@ server {
 }
 ```
 
+## Nginx Proxy Manager
+
+如果使用 Nginx Proxy Manager 作为 Gitea 的反向代理，配置与原生 Nginx 略有不同。
+
+它会[默认给自定义 location 加上一些指令](https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager/blob/master/docker/rootfs/etc/nginx/conf.d/include/proxy.conf)，因此上面 Nginx 配置里对应的指令不要再写一遍。否则会因为指令重复（尤其是 `proxy_set_header Host $host`）出现 `400 bad request`。
+
+创建 `/` 自定义 location 时，只需在其配置中加入：
+
+```nginx
+client_max_body_size 512M;
+```
+
+在代理主机上启用 `Websockets Support`，Nginx Proxy Manager 会自行加入 WebSocket 相关指令。再额外添加 `proxy_http_version` 会导致 Nginx 拒绝启动。
+
 ## 使用 Apache HTTPD 作为反向代理服务
 
 如果您想使用 Apache HTTPD 作为 Gitea 的反向代理服务，您可以为您的 Apache HTTPD 作如下配置（在 Ubuntu 中，配置文件通常在 `/etc/apache2/httpd.conf` 目录下）：
@@ -154,30 +174,23 @@ server {
     ProxyPreserveHost On
     ProxyRequests off
     AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
-    ProxyPass / http://localhost:3000/ nocanon
+    ProxyPass / http://localhost:3000/ nocanon upgrade=websocket
     RequestHeader set "X-Forwarded-Proto" expr=%{REQUEST_SCHEME}
 </VirtualHost>
 ```
 
-注：必须启用以下 Apache HTTPD 组件：`proxy`， `proxy_http`
+:::note
+必须启用以下 Apache HTTPD 组件：`proxy`， `proxy_http`。
+
+`upgrade=websocket` 需要 Apache HTTPD 2.4.48 或更高版本。更旧的版本**必须**去掉它，否则 Apache HTTPD 将无法启动。
+:::
+
+如果希望用 Let's Encrypt 的 webroot 验证，请在 `ProxyPass` 之前加入 `ProxyPass /.well-known !`，避免把这些请求代理到 Gitea。
 
 ## 使用 Apache HTTPD 作为反向代理服务并将 Gitea 路由至一个子路径
 
 如果您已经有一个域名并且想与 Gitea 共享该域名，您可以增加以下配置为 Gitea 添加路由规则（在 Ubuntu 中，配置文件通常在 `/etc/apache2/httpd.conf` 目录下）：
 
-```
-<VirtualHost *:80>
-    ...
-    <Proxy *>
-         Order allow,deny
-         Allow from all
-    </Proxy>
-    AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
-    # 注意: 路径和 URL 后面都不要写路径符号 '/'
-    ProxyPass /git http://localhost:3000 nocanon
-</VirtualHost>
-```
-
 ```apacheconf
 <VirtualHost *:80>
     ...
@@ -187,7 +200,7 @@ server {
     </Proxy>
     AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
     # 注意: 路径和 URL 后面都不要写路径符号 '/'
-    ProxyPass /git http://localhost:3000 nocanon
+    ProxyPass /git http://localhost:3000 nocanon upgrade=websocket
     ProxyPreserveHost On
     RequestHeader set "X-Forwarded-Proto" expr=%{REQUEST_SCHEME}
 </VirtualHost>
@@ -195,7 +208,55 @@ server {
 
 然后您**必须**在 Gitea 的配置文件中正确的添加类似 `[server] ROOT_URL = http://git.example.com/git/` 的配置项。
 
-注：必须启用以下 Apache HTTPD 组件：`proxy`， `proxy_http`
+:::note
+必须启用以下 Apache HTTPD 组件：`proxy`， `proxy_http`。`upgrade=websocket` 需要 Apache HTTPD 2.4.48 或更高版本，更旧的版本请去掉它。
+:::
+
+## 使用 Apache HTTPD 直接提供静态资源
+
+我们可以通过将资源分为静态和动态两种类型来调节性能。
+
+CSS 文件、JavaScript 文件、图片和字体是静态内容。首页、仓库视图和工单列表是动态内容。
+
+Apache HTTPD 可以直接提供静态资源，并且只代理动态资源请求给 Gitea。
+
+将 Gitea 源代码仓库的一个快照下载到 `/path/to/gitea/`。
+在此之后，在本地仓库目录运行 `make frontend` 来生成静态资源。在这个情况下，我们只对 `public/` 目录感兴趣，您可以删除剩下的其他目录。
+（为了生成静态资源，您需要安装一个[带 npm 的 Node ](https://nodejs.org/en/download/)和 `make`）
+
+取决于您的用户量的大小，您可以将流量分离到两个不同的服务器，或者为静态资源配置一个 cdn。
+
+### 单服务器节点，单域名
+
+将 `[server] STATIC_URL_PREFIX = /_/static` 写入您的 Gitea 配置文件：
+
+```apacheconf
+<VirtualHost *:80>
+    ...
+    <Proxy *>
+         Order allow,deny
+         Allow from all
+    </Proxy>
+
+    ProxyPass /_/static/ !
+    Alias /_/static/ /path/to/gitea/public/
+    <Directory /path/to/gitea/public/>
+        Options FollowSymlinks
+		AllowOverride None
+		Require all granted
+    </Directory>
+
+    AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
+    # 注意: 路径和 URL 后面都不要写路径符号 '/'
+    ProxyPass / http://localhost:3000/ nocanon upgrade=websocket
+    ProxyPreserveHost On
+    RequestHeader set "X-Forwarded-Proto" expr=%{REQUEST_SCHEME}
+</VirtualHost>
+```
+
+:::note
+必须启用以下 Apache HTTPD 组件：`proxy`， `proxy_http`。`upgrade=websocket` 需要 Apache HTTPD 2.4.48 或更高版本，更旧的版本请去掉它。
+:::
 
 ## 使用 Caddy 作为反向代理服务
 
@@ -231,11 +292,13 @@ git.example.com {
 
 - 使用 Microsoft Web Platform Installer 5.1 (WebPI) 安装 Application Request Routing（简称 ARR），或者在 [IIS.net](https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/application-request-routing) 下载这个插件。
 - 一但这个模块被安装到 IIS 上，你将会在 IIS 管理控制台看到一个叫做 URL Rewrite 的新图标。
+- 安装 Windows 功能 `WebSocket Protocol`，否则 ARR 无法代理 Gitea 的 WebSocket 端点。
 - 打开 IIS 管理控制台，在左边的列表中点击 `Gitea Proxy` 网页。在中间选中并且双击 URL Rewrite 的图标来加载 URL 重写的面板。
 - 在管理控制台的右边选择 `Add Rule` 操作，并且在 `Inbound and Outbound Rules` 分类中选择 `Reverse Proxy Rule`。
 - 在 Inbound Rules 中， 将 server name 设置为 Gitea 正在运行的主机以及对应端口。例如，如果你在 localhost 的 3000 端口上运行 Gitea，则设置为 `127.0.0.1:3000`。
 - 启用 SSL Offloading
 - 在 Outbound Rules 中，确保设置了 `Rewrite the domain names of the links in HTTP response`，并且将 `From:` 设置为上面的 server name，将 `To:` 设置为你的外部访问名称，例如：`git.example.com`
+- 关闭 Application Request Routing 的 `Server Proxy Settings` 中的 `Reverse rewrite host in response headers`（在 IIS 管理器中选择服务器节点，打开 `Application Request Routing Cache`，再打开右侧的 `Server Proxy Settings`）。若保持开启，ARR 会把 `Location` 头里的主机改回内部地址，导致登录或表单提交后的重定向把浏览器送到 `127.0.0.1:3000` 而不是 `git.example.com`。
 - 现在，根据下面的内容为您的网页编辑 `web.config`（将 `127.0.0.1:3000` 和 `git.example.com` 改为适当的值）
 
 ```xml

i18n/zh-cn/docs/current/development/api-usage.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ aliases:
 
 通常情况下， `ENABLE_SWAGGER` 默认开启并且参数 `MAX_RESPONSE_ITEMS` 默认为 50。您可以从 [Config Cheat Sheet](../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md) 中获取更多配置相关信息。
 
+<a id="authentication"></a>
 ## 通过 API 认证
 
 Gitea 支持以下几种 API 认证方式：

i18n/zh-cn/docs/current/installation/from-source.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ aliases:
 
 接下来，[安装 Node.js 和 npm](https://nodejs.org/zh-cn/download/)， 这是构建 JavaScript 和 CSS 文件所需的。最低支持的 Node.js 版本是 @minNodeVersion@，建议使用最新的 LTS 版本。
 
-**注意**：需要 Go 版本 @minGoVersion@ 或更高版本。不过，建议获取与我们的持续集成（continuous integration, CI）相同的版本，请参阅在 [Hacking on Gitea](development/hacking-on-gitea.md) 中给出的建议。
+**注意**：需要 Go 版本 @minGoVersion@ 或更高版本。不过，建议获取与我们的持续集成（continuous integration, CI）相同的版本，请参阅在 [Hacking on Gitea](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/docs/build-setup.md) 中给出的建议。
 
 ## 下载
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ git checkout @sourceVersion@  # or git checkout pr-xyz
 
 - `go` @minGoVersion@ 或更高版本，请参阅 [这里](https://go.dev/dl/)
 - `node` @minNodeVersion@ 或更高版本，并且安装 `npm`, 请参阅 [这里](https://nodejs.org/zh-cn/download/)
-- `make`, 请参阅 [这里](development/hacking-on-gitea.md)
+- `make`, 请参阅 [这里](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/docs/build-setup.md)
 
 为了尽可能简化编译过程，提供了各种 [make 任务](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/Makefile)。
 

i18n/zh-cn/docs/current/installation/with-docker-rootless.md

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ sudo chown 1000:1000 config/ data/
 
 > 如果未为卷设置正确的权限，容器可能无法启动。
 
-对于稳定版本，您可以使用 `:latest-rootless`、`:1-rootless`，或指定特定的版本，如: `@dockerVersion@-rootless`。如果您想使用最新的开发版本，则可以使用 `:dev-rootless` 标签。如果您想运行发布分支的最新提交，可以使用 `:1.x-dev-rootless` 标签，其中 x 是 Gitea 的次要版本号（例如:`1.16-dev-rootless`）。
+对于稳定版本，您可以使用 `:latest-rootless`、`:1-rootless`，或指定特定的版本，如: `@dockerVersion@-rootless`。如果您想使用最新的开发版本，则可以使用 `:main-nightly-rootless` 标签。如果您想运行发布分支的最新提交，可以使用 `:1.x-nightly-rootless` 标签，其中 x 是 Gitea 的次要版本号（例如:`1.27-nightly-rootless`）。
 
 ## 自定义端口
 

i18n/zh-cn/docs/current/installation/with-docker.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Gitea 在其 Docker Hub 组织内提供自动更新的 Docker 镜像。可以始
 
 ## 基本
 
-最简单的设置只是创建一个卷和一个网络，然后将 `docker.gitea.com/gitea:latest` 镜像作为服务启动。由于没有可用的数据库，因此可以使用 SQLite3 初始化数据库。创建一个类似 `gitea` 的目录，并将以下内容粘贴到名为 `docker-compose.yml` 的文件中。请注意，该卷应由配置文件中指定的 UID/GID 的用户/组拥有。如果您不授予卷正确的权限，则容器可能无法启动。另请注意，标签 `:latest` 将安装当前的开发版本。对于稳定的发行版，您可以使用 `:1` 或指定某个发行版，例如 `@dockerVersion@`。
+最简单的设置只是创建一个卷和一个网络，然后将 `docker.gitea.com/gitea:latest` 镜像作为服务启动。由于没有可用的数据库，因此可以使用 SQLite3 初始化数据库。创建一个类似 `gitea` 的目录，并将以下内容粘贴到名为 `docker-compose.yml` 的文件中。请注意，该卷应由配置文件中指定的 UID/GID 的用户/组拥有。如果您不授予卷正确的权限，则容器可能无法启动。另请注意，标签 `:latest` 安装的是最新的稳定版本。对于稳定的发行版，您也可以使用 `:1` 或指定某个发行版，例如 `@dockerVersion@`。如果您想使用最新的开发版本，则可以使用 `:main-nightly` 标签；如果您想运行发布分支的最新提交，可以使用 `:1.x-nightly` 标签，其中 x 是 Gitea 的次要版本号（例如:`1.27-nightly`）。
 
 ```yaml
 version: "3"

i18n/zh-cn/docs/current/usage/actions/comparison.md

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+---
+date: "2023-05-24T15:00:00+08:00"
+slug: "comparison"
+sidebar_position: 15
+---
+
+# 与GitHub Actions的对比
+
+Gitea Actions旨在与GitHub Actions兼容，差异如下。
+
+## 额外功能
+
+<a id="absolute-action-urls"></a>
+### Action URL绝对路径
+
+`uses:`支持指向任意Git托管平台的绝对URL，例如`uses: https://gitea.com/actions/checkout@v4`。
+
+<a id="action-prefixes"></a>
+### Action前缀
+
+`uses:`支持以下前缀：
+
+- `self:`引用您自己的Gitea实例，例如`uses: self:owner/repo@v1`或`uses: self:owner/repo/.gitea/workflows/build.yml@v1`
+- `builtin:`运行Gitea Runner内置的Action，无需下载，Job镜像中也无需Node，例如`uses: builtin:checkout`
+
+`builtin:checkout`支持`actions/checkout`的`repository`、`ref`、`token`、`path`和`fetch-depth`输入，默认值相同，其他输入会使步骤失败。
+
+<a id="workflow-relative-actions"></a>
+### 相对于工作流的Actions
+
+`$/`引用工作流所在的仓库和提交，或外层复合Action所在的仓库和提交，例如`uses: $/.gitea/actions/build`。
+与`./`不同，它无需事先检出代码。
+
+### 使用Go编写Actions
+
+请参阅[创建Go Actions](https://blog.gitea.com/creating-go-actions/)。
+
+### 支持非标准的调度语法 @yearly, @monthly, @weekly, @daily, @hourly
+
+`schedule`还支持`@yearly`、`@monthly`、`@weekly`、`@daily`和`@hourly`，而[GitHub不支持](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#schedule)。
+
+## 不支持的工作流语法
+
+### `jobs.<job_id>.environment`
+
+[`jobs.<job_id>.environment`](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idenvironment)会被忽略。
+
+### 复杂的`runs-on`
+
+[`runs-on`](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on)支持：
+
+- 静态字符串：`runs-on: self-hosted`
+- 标签数组：`runs-on: [linux, self-hosted]`
+- 字符串表达式：`runs-on: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && 'ubuntu-latest' || 'self-hosted' }}`
+- 包含表达式的数组：`runs-on: [linux, "${{ github.event_name == 'push' && 'ubuntu-latest' || 'self-hosted' }}"]`
+
+## 缺失的功能
+
+### 软件包仓库授权
+
+`GITEA_TOKEN`无法发布到其所属仓库的软件包注册表，例如无法推送OCI镜像。
+请改用个人访问令牌，参见[此问题](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/23642#issuecomment-2119876692)。
+
+### 问题匹配器
+
+[问题匹配器](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/main/docs/problem-matchers.md)会被忽略。
+
+### 为错误创建注释
+
+[错误注释](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#example-creating-an-annotation-for-an-error)会被忽略。
+
+### 表达式
+
+[表达式](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/expressions)支持GitHub的标准函数和上下文。
+
+## 缺失的UI功能
+
+### 预处理和后处理步骤
+
+预处理和后处理步骤在Job日志中没有单独的区块。
+
+### 服务步骤
+
+服务步骤在Job日志中没有单独的区块。
+
+## 不一样的行为
+
+### `permissions`和`jobs.<job_id>.permissions`
+
+`permissions`和`jobs.<job_id>.permissions`控制`GITEA_TOKEN`的权限，该权限受仓库和所有者设置的限制，并在fork拉取请求和跨仓库访问时受到进一步限制。
+不支持`statuses`、`checks`、`deployments`、`security-events`和`pages`等GitHub专有的权限范围，而Gitea额外提供了`code`、`releases`、`wiki`和`projects`。`id-token`与GitHub相同，请参阅[OpenID Connect](openid-connect.md)。
+请参阅[Actions Job令牌权限](token-permissions.md)。
+
+### 下载Actions
+
+未指定主机的Actions（如`uses: actions/checkout@v4`）会从`https://github.com`下载，当`[actions].DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL`为`self`时则从您自己的实例下载。
+请参阅[配置备忘单](../../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#actions-actions)。
+其他来源请参阅[Action URL绝对路径](#absolute-action-urls)、[Action前缀](#action-prefixes)和[相对于工作流的Actions](#workflow-relative-actions)。
+
+### 上下文可用性
+
+不检查[上下文可用性](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts#context-availability)，因此`env`等上下文可以在更多地方使用。

i18n/zh-cn/docs/current/usage/actions/design.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Gitea Runner部分基于[nektos/act](https://github.com/nektos/act)的硬分支
 
 之前，我们提到工作流文件中的 `runs-on: ubuntu-latest` 表示该Job将在具有`ubuntu-latest`标签的Runner上运行。
 但是，Runner如何知道要运行 `ubuntu-latest`？答案在于将标签映射到环境。
-这就是为什么在注册过程中添加自定义标签时，需要输入一些复杂内容，比如`my_custom_label:docker://centos:7`。
+这就是为什么Runner的每个标签都会指定一个环境，比如`my_custom_label:docker://centos:7`。
 这意味着Runner可以接受需要在`my_custom_label`上运行的Job，并通过使用`centos:7`镜像的Docker容器来运行它。
 
 然而，Docker不是唯一的选择。
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ Runner 也支持直接在主机上运行Job。
 - `my_custom_label:docker://node:18`：使用`node:18 Docker`镜像运行带有`my_custom_label`标签的Job。
 - `my_custom_label:host`：在主机上直接运行带有`my_custom_label`标签的Job。
 - `my_custom_label`：等同于`my_custom_label:host`。
-- `my_custom_label:vm:ubuntu-latest`：（仅为示例，未实现）使用带有`ubuntu-latest` ISO的虚拟机运行带有`my_custom_label`标签的Job。
 
 ## 通信协议
 
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ Runner 也支持直接在主机上运行Job。
 相反，我们希望重用HTTP端口，这意味着我们需要一个与HTTP兼容的协议。
 因此，我们选择使用基于HTTP的gRPC。
 
-我们使用[actions-proto-def](https://gitea.com/gitea/actions-proto-def) 和 [actions-proto-go](https://gitea.com/gitea/actions-proto-go) 进行连接。
+该协议定义在[actions-proto-def](https://gitea.com/gitea/actions-proto-def)中，其Go代码位于[actionslib](https://gitea.com/gitea/actionslib)。
 有关 gRPC 的更多信息，请访问[其官方网站](https://grpc.io/)。
 
 ## 网络架构
@@ -72,8 +71,8 @@ Runner 必须能够连接到Gitea以接收任务并发送执行结果回来。
 ### 连接 3，runner 到互联网
 
 当您使用诸如 `actions/checkout@v4` 的一些Actions时， runner下载的是脚本，而不是Job容器。
-默认情况下，它从[github.com](http://github.com/)下载，因此需要访问互联网。如果您设置的是 self，
-那么默认将从您的当前Gitea实例下载，那么此步骤不需要连接到互联网。
+默认情况下，它从[github.com](https://github.com/)下载这些脚本，这需要访问互联网。
+如果将`DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL`设置为`self`，或使用`uses: self:owner/repo@ref`，它会改为从您的Gitea实例下载。
 它还默认从Docker Hub下载一些Docker镜像，这也需要互联网访问。
 
 然而，互联网访问并不是绝对必需的。

i18n/zh-cn/docs/current/usage/actions/faq.md

@@ -27,34 +27,19 @@ DEFAULT_REPO_UNITS = ...,repo.actions
 
 ## 使用`actions/checkout@v4`等Actions时，Job容器会从何处下载脚本？
 
-GitHub 上有成千上万个 [Actions 脚本](https://github.com/marketplace?type=actions)。
-当您编写 `uses: actions/checkout@v4` 时，它默认会从 [github.com/actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout) 下载脚本。
-那如果您想使用一些托管在其它平台上的脚本呢，比如在 gitea.com 上的？
+默认从`https://github.com`下载，当`[actions].DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL`为`self`时则从您自己的实例下载，参见[配置速查表](../../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#actions-actions)。
 
-好消息是，您可以指定要从任何位置使用Actions的URL前缀。
-这是Gitea Actions中的额外语法。
-例如：
+要使用其他位置的Action，请指明其主机：
 
-- `uses: https://gitea.com/xxx/xxx@xxx`
-- `uses: https://github.com/xxx/xxx@xxx`
-- `uses: http://your_gitea_instance.com/xxx@xxx`
-
-注意，`https://`或`http://`前缀是必需的！
-
-这是与 GitHub Actions 的一个区别，GitHub Actions 只允许使用托管在 GitHub 上的 actions 脚本。
-但用户理应拥有权利去灵活决定如何运行 Actions。
-
-另外，如果您希望您的 Runner 默认从您自己的 Gitea 实例下载 Actions，可以通过设置 `[actions].DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL`进行配置。
-参见[配置速查表](../../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#actions-actions)。
+- `uses: https://gitea.com/owner/repo@ref`
+- `uses: http://your_gitea_instance.com/owner/repo@ref`
+- `uses: self:owner/repo@ref`，用于您自己的Gitea实例
 
 ## 如何限制Runner的权限？
 
-Runner仅具有连接到您的Gitea实例的权限。
-当任何Runner接收到要运行的Job时，它将临时获得与Job关联的仓库的有限权限。
-如果您想为Runner提供更多权限，允许它访问更多私有仓库或外部系统，您可以向其传递[密钥](usage/actions/secrets.md)。
-
-对于 Actions 的细粒度权限控制是一项复杂的工作。
-在未来，我们将添加更多选项以使Gitea更可配置，例如允许对仓库进行更多写访问或对同一组织中的所有仓库进行读访问。
+Runner仅连接到您的Gitea实例。
+对于每个Job，Runner会获得一个仅限于该Job所属仓库的`GITEA_TOKEN`，参见[Actions Job令牌权限](token-permissions.md)。
+如需让Job访问更多私有仓库或外部系统，请向其传递[密钥](usage/actions/secrets.md)。
 
 ## 如何避免被黑客攻击？
 
@@ -75,19 +60,8 @@ Runner仅具有连接到您的Gitea实例的权限。
 
 ## Runner 支持哪些操作系统？
 
-它在Linux、macOS和Windows上运行良好。
-虽然理论上支持其他操作系统，但需要进一步测试。
-
-需要注意的一点是，如果选择直接在主机上运行Job而不是在Job容器中运行，操作系统之间的环境差异可能会导致意外的失败。
-
-例如，在大多数情况下，Windows上没有可用的bash，而act尝试默认使用bash运行脚本。
-因此，您需要在工作流文件中将默认shell指定为`powershell`，参考[defaults.run](https://docs.github.com/zh/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#defaultsrun)。
-
-```yaml
-defaults:
-  run:
-    shell: powershell
-```
+官方发布了Linux、macOS和Windows的二进制文件。
+理论上，Go和Docker支持的其他系统也可以运行。
 
 ## 为什么选择GitHub Actions？为什么不选择与GitLab CI/CD兼容的工具？
 
@@ -99,42 +73,13 @@ defaults:
 
 ## 如果它在多个标签上运行，例如 `runs-on: [label_a, label_b]`，会发生什么？
 
-这是有效的语法。
-它意味着它应该在具有`label_a` **和** `label_b`标签的Runner上运行，参考[GitHub Actions的工作流语法](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on)。
-不幸的是，runner 并不支持这种方式。
-如上所述，我们将标签映射到环境：
-
-- `ubuntu` → `ubuntu:22.04`
-- `centos` → `centos:8`
-
-但我们需要将标签组映射到环境，例如：
-
-- `[ubuntu]` → `ubuntu:22.04`
-- `[with-gpu]` → `linux:with-gpu`
-- `[ubuntu, with-gpu]` → `ubuntu:22.04_with-gpu`
-
-我们还需要重新设计任务分配给Runner的方式。
-具有`ubuntu`、`centos`或`with-gpu`的Runner并不一定表示它可以接受`[centos, with-gpu]`的Job。
-因此，Runner应该通知Gitea实例它只能接受具有 `[ubuntu]`、`[centos]`、`[with-gpu]` 和 `[ubuntu, with-gpu]`的Job。
-这不是一个技术问题，只是在早期设计中被忽视了。
-参见[runtime.go#L65](https://gitea.com/gitea/runner/src/commit/90b8cc6a7a48f45cc28b5ef9660ebf4061fcb336/runtime/runtime.go#L65)。
-
-目前，runner 尝试匹配标签中的每一个，并使用找到的第一个匹配项。
+该Job会在拥有所有这些标签的Runner上运行，与[GitHub](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on)一致。
+Runner会使用这些标签中它所拥有的第一个标签对应的环境。
 
 ## 代理标签和自定义标签对于Runner有什么区别？
 
-![labels](/images/usage/actions/labels.png)
-
-代理标签是由 Runner 在注册过程中向 Gitea 实例报告的。
-而自定义标签则是由Gitea的管理员或组织或仓库的所有者手动添加的（取决于Runner所属的级别）。
-
-然而，目前这方面的设计还有待改进，因为它目前存在一些不完善之处。
-您可以向已注册的Runner添加自定义标签，比如 `centos`，这意味着该Runner将接收具有`runs-on: centos`的Job。
-然而，Runner可能不知道要使用哪个环境来执行该标签，导致它使用默认镜像或导致逻辑死胡同。
-这个默认值可能与用户的期望不符。
-参见[runtime.go#L71](https://gitea.com/gitea/runner/src/commit/90b8cc6a7a48f45cc28b5ef9660ebf4061fcb336/runtime/runtime.go#L71)。
-
-与此同时，如果您想更改Runner的标签，我们建议您重新注册Runner。
+Gitea已不再有自定义标签。
+Runner每次启动时都会声明其标签，标签来自`runner.labels`配置或注册时指定的标签，因此请在那里修改并重启Runner。
 
 ## Gitea Actions runner会有更多的实现吗？
 
@@ -165,3 +110,11 @@ defaults:
 
 > 对于 `pull_request` 事件，在 [GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#pull_request) 中 `ref` 是 `refs/pull/:prNumber/merge`，它指向这个拉取请求合并提交的一个预览。但是 Gitea 没有这种 reference。
 > 因此，Gitea Actions 中 `ref` 是 `refs/pull/:prNumber/head`，它指向这个拉取请求的头分支而不是合并提交的预览。
+
+## 如何共享私有仓库中的Actions和可复用工作流？
+
+前往仓库的**设置** > **Actions** > **常规**页面并添加协作所有者。
+协作所有者的私有仓库可以访问当前仓库中的Actions和工作流。
+
+如需在同一用户或组织内共享，请改为在该用户或组织的**设置** > **Actions** > **常规** > **跨仓库访问**中添加这些私有仓库。
+参见[跨仓库访问](token-permissions.md#cross-repository-access)。

i18n/zh-cn/docs/current/usage/actions/openid-connect.md

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+---
+date: "2026-08-23T00:00:00+00:00"
+slug: "openid-connect"
+sidebar_position: 40
+---
+
+# OpenID Connect
+
+Job可以请求短期有效的OpenID Connect（OIDC）令牌来登录云服务商和其他服务，无需存储长期有效的密钥。这些令牌采用GitHub Actions的格式，因此`aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials`、`google-github-actions/auth`和`azure/login`等Action无需修改即可使用。
+
+<a id="trusting-gitea"></a>
+## 信任Gitea
+
+在服务中将Gitea添加为OIDC身份提供方：
+
+- Issuer：`<ROOT_URL>/api/actions/oidc`
+- Audience：`<ROOT_URL>/<owner>`，除非工作流请求了其他值
+
+然后通过[`sub`声明](#claims)上的条件限制哪些工作流可以登录。
+
+Gitea使用其在`<APP_DATA_PATH>/jwt/actions_oidc.pem`创建的密钥签名令牌。负载均衡器后的多个实例必须共享此文件。
+
+<a id="requesting-a-token"></a>
+## 请求令牌
+
+为工作流或Job授予`id-token`权限：
+
+```yaml
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+```
+
+默认权限从不包含此权限，来自fork拉取请求的Job也永远无法获得。所有者和仓库可以通过[最大令牌权限](token-permissions.md#maximum-token-permissions-clamping)禁用它。
+
+上述Action会自行请求令牌。在脚本中，请使用`ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_URL`和`ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_TOKEN`：
+
+```shell
+curl --fail --silent --show-error \
+  --header "Authorization: Bearer ${ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_TOKEN}" \
+  "${ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_URL}&audience=my-service"
+```
+
+令牌位于响应的`value`字段中，五分钟后过期。
+
+<a id="claims"></a>
+## 声明
+
+`sub`声明包含所有者和仓库的名称及ID，因此重命名或重新创建的仓库无法匹配已有的信任策略：
+
+```text
+repo:<owner>@<owner-id>/<repo>@<repo-id>:ref:<ref>
+repo:<owner>@<owner-id>/<repo>@<repo-id>:pull_request
+```
+
+`pull_request`事件使用第二种格式，其他所有事件（包括`pull_request_target`）使用第一种。
+
+其他声明与GitHub相同，例如`repository`、`ref`、`sha`、`workflow_ref`和`job_workflow_ref`。位于`<ROOT_URL>/api/actions/oidc/.well-known/openid-configuration`的发现文档列出了所有声明。
+
+与GitHub Actions的区别：
+
+- 没有`environment`声明。
+- 拉取请求的运行使用`refs/pull/<index>/head`及其提交，而不是合并引用和合并提交。
+- `run_number`按仓库计数，而不是按工作流计数。

i18n/zh-cn/docs/current/usage/actions/quickstart.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Gitea Actions需要[runner](https://gitea.com/gitea/runner) 来运行Job。
 在运行Runner之前，您需要使用以下命令将其注册到Gitea实例中：
 
 ```bash
-./runner register --no-interactive --instance <instance> --token <token>
+gitea-runner register --no-interactive --instance <instance> --token <token>
 ```
 
 需要两个必需的参数：`instance` 和 `token`。
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ Runner和Job容器（由Runner启动以执行Job）将连接到此地址。
 如果不确定使用哪个地址，通常选择局域网地址即可。
 
 `token` 用于身份验证和标识，例如 `P2U1U0oB4XaRCi8azcngmPCLbRpUGapalhmddh23`。
-它只能使用一次，并且不能用于注册多个Runner。
+每个令牌都可用于注册多个Runner。通过重置链接替换为新令牌后，旧令牌将失效。
 您可以从以下位置获取不同级别的`token`,从而创建出相应级别的`runner`
 
-- 实例级别：管理员设置页面，例如 `<your_gitea.com>/admin/actions/runners`。
+- 实例级别：管理员设置页面，例如 `<your_gitea.com>/-/admin/actions/runners`。
 - 组织级别：组织设置页面，例如 `<your_gitea.com>/<org>/settings/actions/runners`。
 - 存储库级别：存储库设置页面，例如 `<your_gitea.com>/<owner>/<repo>/settings/actions/runners`。
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Runner和Job容器（由Runner启动以执行Job）将连接到此地址。
 最后，是时候启动Runner了：
 
 ```bash
-./runner daemon
+gitea-runner daemon
 ```
 
 您可以在管理页面上看到新的Runner：