diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v2/search_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v2/search_controller.rb
index 3cfc6e791..15970ea8a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v2/search_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v2/search_controller.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class Api::V2::SearchController < Api::BaseController
   with_options unless: :user_signed_in? do
     before_action :query_pagination_error, if: :pagination_requested?
     before_action :remote_resolve_error, if: :remote_resolve_requested?
+    before_action :require_user!
   end
   before_action :require_valid_pagination_options!
 
diff --git a/app/serializers/rest/instance_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/rest/instance_serializer.rb
index 19361277a..6c03af8e9 100644
--- a/app/serializers/rest/instance_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/rest/instance_serializer.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class REST::InstanceSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
 
   attributes :domain, :title, :version, :source_url, :description,
              :usage, :thumbnail, :icon, :languages, :configuration,
-             :registrations, :api_versions
+             :registrations, :api_versions, :max_toot_chars
 
   has_one :contact, serializer: ContactSerializer
   has_many :rules, serializer: REST::RuleSerializer
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ class REST::InstanceSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
     Mastodon::Version.api_versions
   end
 
+  def max_toot_chars
+    10000
+  end
+
   private
 
   def registrations_enabled?
diff --git a/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb b/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
index dc841ded3..91069040b 100644
--- a/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
+++ b/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class StatusLengthValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
-  MAX_CHARS = 500
+  MAX_CHARS = 10000
   URL_PLACEHOLDER_CHARS = 23
   URL_PLACEHOLDER = 'x' * 23