diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index ec7adc5c7..05fbe131f 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- ------------------------------------------
 -- Friendica 2023.09-rc (Giant Rhubarb)
--- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1536
+-- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1537
 -- ------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -502,9 +502,9 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `channel` (
 	`description` varchar(64) COMMENT 'Channel description',
 	`circle` int COMMENT 'Circle or channel that this channel is based on',
 	`access-key` varchar(1) COMMENT 'Access key',
-	`include-tags` varchar(255) COMMENT 'Comma separated list of tags that will be included in the channel',
-	`exclude-tags` varchar(255) COMMENT 'Comma separated list of tags that aren\'t allowed in the channel',
-	`full-text-search` varchar(255) COMMENT 'Full text search pattern, see https://mariadb.com/kb/en/full-text-index-overview/#in-boolean-mode',
+	`include-tags` varchar(1023) COMMENT 'Comma separated list of tags that will be included in the channel',
+	`exclude-tags` varchar(1023) COMMENT 'Comma separated list of tags that aren\'t allowed in the channel',
+	`full-text-search` varchar(1023) COMMENT 'Full text search pattern, see https://mariadb.com/kb/en/full-text-index-overview/#in-boolean-mode',
 	`media-type` smallint unsigned COMMENT 'Filtered media types',
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`),
 	 INDEX `uid` (`uid`),
diff --git a/doc/database/db_channel.md b/doc/database/db_channel.md
index e37aa93d1..9b9486fa3 100644
--- a/doc/database/db_channel.md
+++ b/doc/database/db_channel.md
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ Fields
 | description      | Channel description                                                                               | varchar(64)        | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 | circle           | Circle or channel that this channel is based on                                                   | int                | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 | access-key       | Access key                                                                                        | varchar(1)         | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
-| include-tags     | Comma separated list of tags that will be included in the channel                                 | varchar(255)       | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
-| exclude-tags     | Comma separated list of tags that aren't allowed in the channel                                   | varchar(255)       | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
-| full-text-search | Full text search pattern, see https://mariadb.com/kb/en/full-text-index-overview/#in-boolean-mode | varchar(255)       | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
+| include-tags     | Comma separated list of tags that will be included in the channel                                 | varchar(1023)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
+| exclude-tags     | Comma separated list of tags that aren't allowed in the channel                                   | varchar(1023)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
+| full-text-search | Full text search pattern, see https://mariadb.com/kb/en/full-text-index-overview/#in-boolean-mode | varchar(1023)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 | media-type       | Filtered media types                                                                              | smallint unsigned  | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 
 Indexes
diff --git a/src/Content/Conversation/Factory/Timeline.php b/src/Content/Conversation/Factory/Timeline.php
index a726762fd..233488c28 100644
--- a/src/Content/Conversation/Factory/Timeline.php
+++ b/src/Content/Conversation/Factory/Timeline.php
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 
 namespace Friendica\Content\Conversation\Factory;
 
-use Friendica\Capabilities\ICanCreateFromTableRow;
-use Friendica\Content\Conversation\Entity\Timeline as TimelineEntity;
 use Friendica\Content\Conversation\Repository\UserDefinedChannel;
 use Friendica\Core\Config\Capability\IManageConfigValues;
 use Friendica\Core\L10n;
diff --git a/src/Module/Conversation/Network.php b/src/Module/Conversation/Network.php
index 24e3e5789..5be78fc11 100644
--- a/src/Module/Conversation/Network.php
+++ b/src/Module/Conversation/Network.php
@@ -139,14 +139,6 @@ class Network extends Timeline
 
 		$o = '';
 
-		if ($this->channel->isTimeline($this->selectedTab) || $this->userDefinedChannel->isTimeline($this->selectedTab, $this->session->getLocalUserId())) {
-			$items = $this->getChannelItems();
-		} elseif ($this->community->isTimeline($this->selectedTab)) {
-			$items = $this->getCommunityItems();
-		} else {
-			$items = $this->getItems();
-		}
-
 		$this->page['aside'] .= Circle::sidebarWidget($module, $module . '/circle', 'standard', $this->circleId);
 		$this->page['aside'] .= GroupManager::widget($module . '/group', $this->session->getLocalUserId(), $this->groupContactId);
 		$this->page['aside'] .= Widget::postedByYear($module . '/archive', $this->session->getLocalUserId(), false);
@@ -244,7 +236,19 @@ class Network extends Timeline
 			$o .= Profile::getEventsReminderHTML();
 		}
 
-		$o .= $this->conversation->render($items, Conversation::MODE_NETWORK, false, false, $this->getOrder(), $this->session->getLocalUserId());
+		try {
+			if ($this->channel->isTimeline($this->selectedTab) || $this->userDefinedChannel->isTimeline($this->selectedTab, $this->session->getLocalUserId())) {
+				$items = $this->getChannelItems();
+			} elseif ($this->community->isTimeline($this->selectedTab)) {
+				$items = $this->getCommunityItems();
+			} else {
+				$items = $this->getItems();
+			}
+	
+			$o .= $this->conversation->render($items, Conversation::MODE_NETWORK, false, false, $this->getOrder(), $this->session->getLocalUserId());
+		} catch (\Exception $e) {
+			$o .= $this->l10n->t('Error %d (%s) while fetching the timeline.', $e->getCode(), $e->getMessage());
+		}
 
 		if ($this->pConfig->get($this->session->getLocalUserId(), 'system', 'infinite_scroll')) {
 			$o .= HTML::scrollLoader();
diff --git a/src/Module/Conversation/Timeline.php b/src/Module/Conversation/Timeline.php
index eb362eba7..d15fefe3e 100644
--- a/src/Module/Conversation/Timeline.php
+++ b/src/Module/Conversation/Timeline.php
@@ -346,6 +346,10 @@ class Timeline extends BaseModule
 
 		$items = [];
 		$result = $this->database->select('post-engagement', ['uri-id', 'created', 'owner-id', 'comments', 'activities'], $condition, $params);
+		if ($this->database->errorNo()) {
+			throw new \Exception($this->database->errorMessage(), $this->database->errorNo());
+		}
+
 		while ($item = $this->database->fetch($result)) {
 			$items[$item['uri-id']] = $item;
 		}
diff --git a/src/Module/Settings/Channels.php b/src/Module/Settings/Channels.php
index 55938e06f..112f06492 100644
--- a/src/Module/Settings/Channels.php
+++ b/src/Module/Settings/Channels.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class Channels extends BaseSettings
 				'circle'           => (int)$request['new_circle'],
 				'include-tags'     => $this->cleanTags($request['new_include_tags']),
 				'exclude-tags'     => $this->cleanTags($request['new_exclude_tags']),
-				'full-text-search' => $this->cleanTags($request['new_text_search']),
+				'full-text-search' => $request['new_text_search'],
 				'media-type'       => ($request['new_image'] ? 1 : 0) | ($request['new_video'] ? 2 : 0) | ($request['new_audio'] ? 4 : 0),
 			]);
 			$saved = $this->channel->save($channel);
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class Channels extends BaseSettings
 				'circle'           => (int)$request['circle'][$id],
 				'include-tags'     => $this->cleanTags($request['include_tags'][$id]),
 				'exclude-tags'     => $this->cleanTags($request['exclude_tags'][$id]),
-				'full-text-search' => $this->cleanTags($request['text_search'][$id]),
+				'full-text-search' => $request['text_search'][$id],
 				'media-type'       => ($request['image'][$id] ? 1 : 0) | ($request['video'][$id] ? 2 : 0) | ($request['audio'][$id] ? 4 : 0),
 			]);
 			$saved = $this->channel->save($channel);
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ class Channels extends BaseSettings
 				'description'  => ["description[$channel->code]", $this->t("Description"), $channel->description],
 				'access_key'   => ["access_key[$channel->code]", $this->t("Access Key"), $channel->accessKey],
 				'circle'       => ["circle[$channel->code]", $this->t('Circle/Channel'), $channel->circle, '', $circles],
-				'include_tags' => ["include_tags[$channel->code]", $this->t("Include Tags"), $channel->includeTags],
-				'exclude_tags' => ["exclude_tags[$channel->code]", $this->t("Exclude Tags"), $channel->excludeTags],
+				'include_tags' => ["include_tags[$channel->code]", $this->t("Include Tags"), str_replace(',', ', ', $channel->includeTags)],
+				'exclude_tags' => ["exclude_tags[$channel->code]", $this->t("Exclude Tags"), str_replace(',', ', ', $channel->excludeTags)],
 				'text_search'  => ["text_search[$channel->code]", $this->t("Full Text Search"), $channel->fullTextSearch],
 				'image'        => ["image[$channel->code]", $this->t("Images"), $channel->mediaType & 1],
 				'video'        => ["video[$channel->code]", $this->t("Videos"), $channel->mediaType & 2],
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class Channels extends BaseSettings
 		foreach ($tagitems as $tag) {
 			$tag = trim($tag, '# ');
 			if (!empty($tag)) {
-				$tags[] = $tag;
+				$tags[] = preg_replace('#\s#u', '', $tag);
 			}
 		}
 		return implode(',', $tags);
diff --git a/static/dbstructure.config.php b/static/dbstructure.config.php
index 3439b901d..b7a37708c 100644
--- a/static/dbstructure.config.php
+++ b/static/dbstructure.config.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 
 // This file is required several times during the test in DbaDefinition which justifies this condition
 if (!defined('DB_UPDATE_VERSION')) {
-	define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION', 1536);
+	define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION', 1537);
 }
 
 return [
@@ -560,9 +560,9 @@ return [
 			"description" => ["type" => "varchar(64)", "comment" => "Channel description"],
 			"circle" => ["type" => "int", "comment" => "Circle or channel that this channel is based on"],
 			"access-key" => ["type" => "varchar(1)", "comment" => "Access key"],
-			"include-tags" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "comment" => "Comma separated list of tags that will be included in the channel"],
-			"exclude-tags" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "comment" => "Comma separated list of tags that aren't allowed in the channel"],
-			"full-text-search" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "comment" => "Full text search pattern, see https://mariadb.com/kb/en/full-text-index-overview/#in-boolean-mode"],
+			"include-tags" => ["type" => "varchar(1023)", "comment" => "Comma separated list of tags that will be included in the channel"],
+			"exclude-tags" => ["type" => "varchar(1023)", "comment" => "Comma separated list of tags that aren't allowed in the channel"],
+			"full-text-search" => ["type" => "varchar(1023)", "comment" => "Full text search pattern, see https://mariadb.com/kb/en/full-text-index-overview/#in-boolean-mode"],
 			"media-type" => ["type" => "smallint unsigned", "comment" => "Filtered media types"],
 		],
 		"indexes" => [
diff --git a/view/lang/C/messages.po b/view/lang/C/messages.po
index 07c950528..0588c4a63 100644
--- a/view/lang/C/messages.po
+++ b/view/lang/C/messages.po
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: 2023.09-rc\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-10-14 14:18-0400\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-10-14 19:09+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -2725,8 +2725,8 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #: src/Core/Installer.php:519
 msgid ""
-"The web installer needs to be able to create a file called \"local.config."
-"php\" in the \"config\" folder of your web server and it is unable to do so."
+"The web installer needs to be able to create a file called \"local.config.php"
+"\" in the \"config\" folder of your web server and it is unable to do so."
 msgstr ""
 
 #: src/Core/Installer.php:520
@@ -5357,9 +5357,9 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #: src/Module/Admin/Summary.php:98
 msgid ""
-"The last update failed. Please run \"php bin/console.php dbstructure "
-"update\" from the command line and have a look at the errors that might "
-"appear. (Some of the errors are possibly inside the logfile.)"
+"The last update failed. Please run \"php bin/console.php dbstructure update"
+"\" from the command line and have a look at the errors that might appear. "
+"(Some of the errors are possibly inside the logfile.)"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: src/Module/Admin/Summary.php:102
@@ -5510,8 +5510,8 @@ msgstr ""
 #, php-format
 msgid ""
 "Show some informations regarding the needed information to operate the node "
-"according e.g. to <a href=\"%s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener "
-"noreferrer\">EU-GDPR</a>."
+"according e.g. to <a href=\"%s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer"
+"\">EU-GDPR</a>."
 msgstr ""
 
 #: src/Module/Admin/Tos.php:81
@@ -5967,7 +5967,7 @@ msgid "Contact not found."
 msgstr ""
 
 #: src/Module/Circle.php:102 src/Module/Contact/Contacts.php:66
-#: src/Module/Conversation/Network.php:240
+#: src/Module/Conversation/Network.php:232
 msgid "Invalid contact."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -6753,16 +6753,21 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Not available."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Conversation/Network.php:226
+#: src/Module/Conversation/Network.php:218
 msgid "No such circle"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Conversation/Network.php:230
+#: src/Module/Conversation/Network.php:222
 #, php-format
 msgid "Circle: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: src/Module/Conversation/Network.php:325
+#: src/Module/Conversation/Network.php:250
+#, php-format
+msgid "Error %d (%s) while fetching the timeline."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: src/Module/Conversation/Network.php:329
 msgid "Network feed not available."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -8839,8 +8844,8 @@ msgstr ""
 #: src/Module/Profile/Profile.php:158
 #, php-format
 msgid ""
-"You're currently viewing your profile as <b>%s</b> <a href=\"%s\" "
-"class=\"btn btn-sm pull-right\">Cancel</a>"
+"You're currently viewing your profile as <b>%s</b> <a href=\"%s\" class="
+"\"btn btn-sm pull-right\">Cancel</a>"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: src/Module/Profile/Profile.php:167
@@ -9388,8 +9393,8 @@ msgstr ""
 #: src/Module/Security/TwoFactor/Verify.php:100
 #, php-format
 msgid ""
-"If you do not have access to your authentication code you can use a <a "
-"href=\"%s\">two-factor recovery code</a>."
+"If you do not have access to your authentication code you can use a <a href="
+"\"%s\">two-factor recovery code</a>."
 msgstr ""
 
 #: src/Module/Security/TwoFactor/Verify.php:101
@@ -11040,8 +11045,8 @@ msgstr ""
 #: src/Module/Settings/TwoFactor/Verify.php:149
 #, php-format
 msgid ""
-"<p>Or you can open the following URL in your mobile device:</p><p><a "
-"href=\"%s\">%s</a></p>"
+"<p>Or you can open the following URL in your mobile device:</p><p><a href="
+"\"%s\">%s</a></p>"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: src/Module/Settings/TwoFactor/Verify.php:156
@@ -11150,9 +11155,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid ""
 "At any point in time a logged in user can export their account data from the "
 "<a href=\"%1$s/settings/userexport\">account settings</a>. If the user wants "
-"to delete their account they can do so at <a href=\"%1$s/settings/"
-"removeme\">%1$s/settings/removeme</a>. The deletion of the account will be "
-"permanent. Deletion of the data will also be requested from the nodes of the "
+"to delete their account they can do so at <a href=\"%1$s/settings/removeme\">"
+"%1$s/settings/removeme</a>. The deletion of the account will be permanent. "
+"Deletion of the data will also be requested from the nodes of the "
 "communication partners."
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/view/templates/settings/channels.tpl b/view/templates/settings/channels.tpl
index 16bb510d6..27defffdb 100644
--- a/view/templates/settings/channels.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/settings/channels.tpl
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$description}}
 	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$access_key}}
 	{{include file="field_select.tpl" field=$circle}}
-	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$include_tags}}
-	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$exclude_tags}}
-	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$text_search}}
+	{{include file="field_textarea.tpl" field=$include_tags}}
+	{{include file="field_textarea.tpl" field=$exclude_tags}}
+	{{include file="field_textarea.tpl" field=$text_search}}
 	{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$image}}
 	{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$video}}
 	{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$audio}}
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
 			{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$e.description}}
 			{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$e.access_key}}
 			{{include file="field_select.tpl" field=$e.circle}}
-			{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$e.include_tags}}
-			{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$e.exclude_tags}}
-			{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$e.text_search}}
+			{{include file="field_textarea.tpl" field=$e.include_tags}}
+			{{include file="field_textarea.tpl" field=$e.exclude_tags}}
+			{{include file="field_textarea.tpl" field=$e.text_search}}
 			{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$e.image}}
 			{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$e.video}}
 			{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$e.audio}}