emoji: Remove setting for deprecated Google blobs emoji set.

Signed-off-by: Anders Kaseorg <anders@zulip.com>

docs/subsystems/emoji.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Currently, Zulip supports these four display formats for emoji:
 - Google
 - Twitter
 - Plain text
-- Google blob (deprecated)
 
 ## Emoji codes
 

starlight_help/src/content/docs/emoji-and-emoticons.mdx

@@ -151,16 +151,9 @@ you send. Zulip emoji are compatible with screen readers and other accessibility
   <NavigationSteps target="settings/preferences" />
 
   1. Under **Emoji**, select **Google**,
-     **Twitter**, **Plain text**, or **Google blobs** for the emoji theme.
+     **Twitter**, or **Plain text** for the emoji theme.
 </FlattenedSteps>
 
-<ZulipNote>
-  **Google blobs** is an old style of Google emoji that has not been maintained
-  by Google since 2017, when they switched to a more modern style. Zulip allows
-  you to still use blob emoji, but any new emoji that have been released since
-  2017 will be displayed in the modern **Google** style.
-</ZulipNote>
-
 ## Related articles
 
 * [Add custom emoji](/help/custom-emoji)

zerver/migrations/0753_remove_google_blob_emojiset.py

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.6 on 2025-10-01 18:23
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+from django.db.backends.base.schema import BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor
+from django.db.migrations.state import StateApps
+
+
+def remove_google_blob(apps: StateApps, schema_editor: BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor) -> None:
+    UserProfile = apps.get_model("zerver", "UserProfile")
+    RealmUserDefault = apps.get_model("zerver", "RealmUserDefault")
+
+    UserProfile.objects.filter(emojiset="google-blob").update(emojiset="google")
+    RealmUserDefault.objects.filter(emojiset="google-blob").update(emojiset="google")
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("zerver", "0752_remove_stream_is_in_zephyr_realm"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(remove_google_blob, elidable=True),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="realmuserdefault",
+            name="emojiset",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                choices=[("google", "Google"), ("twitter", "Twitter"), ("text", "Plain text")],
+                default="google",
+                max_length=20,
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="userprofile",
+            name="emojiset",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                choices=[("google", "Google"), ("twitter", "Twitter"), ("text", "Plain text")],
+                default="google",
+                max_length=20,
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]

zerver/models/users.py

@@ -154,14 +154,12 @@ class UserBaseSettings(models.Model):
 
     # Emoji sets
     GOOGLE_EMOJISET = "google"
-    GOOGLE_BLOB_EMOJISET = "google-blob"
     TEXT_EMOJISET = "text"
     TWITTER_EMOJISET = "twitter"
     EMOJISET_CHOICES = (
         (GOOGLE_EMOJISET, "Google"),
         (TWITTER_EMOJISET, "Twitter"),
         (TEXT_EMOJISET, "Plain text"),
-        (GOOGLE_BLOB_EMOJISET, "Google blobs"),
     )
     emojiset = models.CharField(default=GOOGLE_EMOJISET, choices=EMOJISET_CHOICES, max_length=20)
 

zerver/openapi/zulip.yaml

@@ -14125,7 +14125,6 @@ paths:
                     - "google" - Google
                     - "twitter" - Twitter
                     - "text" - Plain text
-                    - "google-blob" - Google blobs
                   type: string
                   example: "google"
                 demote_inactive_streams:
@@ -17802,7 +17801,6 @@ paths:
                               used to display emoji to the user everywhere they appear in the UI.
 
                               - "google" - Google modern
-                              - "google-blob" - Google classic
                               - "twitter" - Twitter
                               - "text" - Plain text
                           demote_inactive_streams:
@@ -20712,7 +20710,6 @@ paths:
                               used to display emoji to the user everywhere they appear in the UI.
 
                               - "google" - Google modern
-                              - "google-blob" - Google classic
                               - "twitter" - Twitter
                               - "text" - Plain text
                           demote_inactive_streams:
@@ -21963,7 +21960,6 @@ paths:
                     used to display emoji to the user everywhere they appear in the UI.
 
                     - "google" - Google modern
-                    - "google-blob" - Google classic
                     - "twitter" - Twitter
                     - "text" - Plain text
 

zerver/tests/test_settings.py

@@ -512,8 +512,8 @@ class ChangeSettingsTest(ZulipTestCase):
 
     def test_emojiset(self) -> None:
         """Test banned emoji sets are not accepted."""
-        banned_emojisets = ["apple", "emojione"]
-        valid_emojisets = ["google", "google-blob", "text", "twitter"]
+        banned_emojisets = ["apple", "emojione", "google-blob"]
+        valid_emojisets = ["google", "text", "twitter"]
 
         for emojiset in banned_emojisets:
             result = self.do_change_emojiset(emojiset)