release: 1.2.4

Close Unreleased for the level-2 rate-limit semantics change and DNS Type
field height fix; pin compose and docs to 1.2.4.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); version
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.2.4] - 2026-08-12
+
+Level-2 rate-limit semantics inverted after 1.2.3, plus a small DNS field
+height fix. Upgrading is a tag bump; no migration.
+
 ### Changed
 
 - rate limiting (level 2): domain ceilings apply to every client IP (no IP

README.md

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ docker run --rm -d --name selfpost-try \
   -e SELFPOST_HOSTNAME=mail.local.test \
   -e PANEL_COOKIE_SECURE=false \
   -v selfpost-try-data:/data \
-  ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost:1.2.3
+  ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost:1.2.4
 ```
 
 **Get the setup URL** (pick one):

deploy/docker-compose.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 services:
   selfpost:
-    image: ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost:1.2.3
+    image: ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost:1.2.4
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment:
       SELFPOST_HOSTNAME: "${SELFPOST_HOSTNAME:?set the mail/panel hostname, e.g. mail.example.com}"

docs/guide.md

@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ but it can look like an open port in external scans.
 ## Fixed image tag
 
 `deploy/docker-compose.yml` pins an explicit version (`ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost:X.Y.Z`),
-deliberately never `:latest`. The current pin is `1.2.3`. Intermediate
+deliberately never `:latest`. The current pin is `1.2.4`. Intermediate
 CHANGELOG sections (`0.2.0`…`0.6.0`) record development cuts from before that
 image was published. Pinning matters because of the backup version check above:
 the panel binary's embedded version and the image tag that produced it are the