Matrix (Synapse/Element) - Package Updates

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[1.8.0]

• Update Element to 1.11.0
• Full changelog
• Remove Piwik support (#8835).
• Document how to configure a custom home.html. (#21066). Contributed by @johannes-krude.
• Move New Search Experience out of beta (#8859). Contributed by @justjanne.
• Switch video rooms to spotlight layout when in PiP mode (#8912). Fixes #22574.
• Live location sharing - render message deleted tile for redacted beacons (#8905). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Improve view source dialog style (#8883). Fixes #22636. Contributed by @luixxiul.
• Improve integration manager dialog style (#8888). Fixes #22642. Contributed by @luixxiul.
• Implement MSC3827: Filtering of /publicRooms by room type (#8866). Fixes #22578.
• Show chat panel when opening a video room with unread messages (#8812). Fixes #22527.
• Live location share - forward latest location (#8860). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Allow integration managers to validate user identity after opening (#8782). Contributed by @Half-Shot.
• Create a common header on right panel cards on BaseCard (#8808). Contributed by @luixxiul.
• Integrate searching public rooms and people into the new search experience (#8707). Fixes #21354 and #19349. Contributed by @justjanne.
• Bring back waveform for voice messages and retain seeking (#8843). Fixes #21904.
• Improve colors in settings (#7283).
• Keep draft in composer when a slash command syntax errors (#8811). Fixes #22384.
• Release video rooms as a beta feature (#8431).
• Clarify logout key backup warning dialog. Contributed by @notramo. (#8741). Fixes #15565. Contributed by @MadLittleMods.
• Slightly improve the look of the Message edits dialog (#8763). Fixes #22410.
• Add support for MD / HTML in room topics (#8215). Fixes #5180. Contributed by @Johennes.
• Live location share - link to timeline tile from share warning (#8752). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Improve composer visiblity (#8578). Fixes #22072 and #17362.
• Makes the avatar of the user menu non-draggable (#8765). Contributed by @luixxiul.
• Improve widget buttons behaviour and layout (#8734).
• Use AccessibleButton for 'Reset All' link button on SetupEncryptionBody (#8730). Contributed by @luixxiul.
• Adjust message timestamp position on TimelineCard in non-bubble layouts (#8745). Fixes #22426. Contributed by @luixxiul.
• Use AccessibleButton for 'In reply to' link button on ReplyChain (#8726). Fixes #22407. Contributed by @luixxiul.
• Live location share - enable reply and react to tiles (#8721). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Change dash to em dash issues fixed (#8455). Fixes #21895. Contributed by @goelesha.

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[1.47.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.63.0
• Full changelog

[nebulon]

[1.47.1]

• Update Synapse to 1.63.1
• Full changelog
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.63.0 where push actions were incorrectly calculated for appservice users. This caused performance issues on servers with large numbers of appservices. (#13332)

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[1.8.1]

• Update Element to 1.11.1
• Full changelog
• Enable URL tooltips on hover for Element Desktop (#22286). Fixes undefined/element-web#6532.
• Hide screenshare button in video rooms on Desktop (#9045).
• Add a developer command to reset Megolm and Olm sessions (#9044).
• add spaces to TileErrorBoundary (#9012). Contributed by @HarHarLinks.
• Location sharing - add localised strings to map (#9025). Fixes #21443. Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Added trim to ignore whitespaces in email check (#9027). Contributed by @ankur12-1610.
• Improve _GenericEventListSummary.scss (#9005). Contributed by @luixxiul.
• Live location share - tiles without tile server (PSG-591) (#8962). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Add option to display tooltip on link hover (#8394). Fixes #21907.
• Support a module API surface for custom functionality (#8246).
• Adjust encryption copy when creating a video room (#8989). Fixes #22737.
• Add bidirectonal isolation for pills (#8985). Contributed by @sha-265.
• Delabs Show current avatar and name for users in message history (#8764). Fixes #22336.
• Live location share - open latest location in map site (#8981). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Improve LinkPreviewWidget (#8881). Fixes #22634. Contributed by @luixxiul.
• Render HTML topics in rooms on space home (#8939).
• Hide timestamp on event tiles being edited on every layout (#8956). Contributed by @luixxiul.
• Introduce new copy icon (#8942).
• Allow finding group DMs by members in spotlight (#8922). Fixes #22564. Contributed by @justjanne.
• Live location share - explicitly stop beacons replaced beacons (#8933). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Remove unpin from widget kebab menu (#8924).
• Live location share - redact related locations on beacon redaction (#8926). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Live location share - disallow message pinning (#8928). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.

[nebulon]

[1.48.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.64.0
• Full changelog

[girish]

[1.8.2]

• Update Element to 1.11.2
• Full changelog
• Enable URL tooltips on hover for Element Desktop (#22286). Fixes undefined/element-web#6532.
• Hide screenshare button in video rooms on Desktop (#9045).
• Add a developer command to reset Megolm and Olm sessions (#9044).
• add spaces to TileErrorBoundary (#9012). Contributed by @HarHarLinks.
• Location sharing - add localised strings to map (#9025). Fixes #21443. Contributed by @kerryarchibald.

[girish]

[1.8.3]

• Update Element to 1.11.3
• Full changelog
• Improve auth aria attributes and semantics (#22948).
• Device manager - New device tile info design (#9122). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Device manager generic settings subsection component (#9147). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Migrate the hidden read receipts flag to new "send read receipts" option (#9141).
• Live location sharing - share location at most every 5 seconds (#9148). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Increase max length of voice messages to 15m (#9133). Fixes #18620.
• Move pin drop out of labs (#9135).

[girish]

[1.49.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.65.0
• Full changelog
• Add support for stable prefixes for MSC2285 (private read receipts). (#13273)
• Add new unstable error codes ORG.MATRIX.MSC3848.ALREADY_JOINED, ORG.MATRIX.MSC3848.NOT_JOINED, and ORG.MATRIX.MSC3848.INSUFFICIENT_POWER described in MSC3848. (#13343)
• Use stable prefixes for MSC3827. (#13370)
• Add a new module API method to translate a room alias into a room ID. (#13428)
• Add a new module API method to create a room. (#13429)

[girish]

[1.49.1]

• Add oidc module

[nebulon]

[1.49.2]

• Update Synapse to 1.66.0
• Full changelog

[nebulon]

[1.8.4]

• Update Element to 1.11.4
• Full changelog
• Add super cool feature (#9222). Contributed by @gefgu.
• Make use of js-sdk roomNameGenerator to handle i18n for generated room names (#9209). Fixes #21369.
• Fix progress bar regression throughout the app (#9219). Fixes #23121.
• Reuse empty string & space string logic for event types in devtools (#9218). Fixes #23115.
• Reduce amount of requests done by the onboarding task list (#9194). Fixes #23085. Contributed by @justjanne.
• Avoid hardcoding branding in user onboarding (#9206). Fixes #23111. Contributed by @justjanne.
• End jitsi call when member is banned (#8879). Contributed by @maheichyk.
• Fix context menu being opened when clicking message action bar buttons (#9200). Fixes #22279 and #23100.
• Add gap between checkbox and text in report dialog following the same pattern (8px) used in the gap between the two buttons. It fixes #23060 (#9195). Contributed by @gefgu.
• Fix url preview AXE and layout issue & add percy test (#9189). Fixes #23083.
• Wrap long space names (#9201). Fixes #23095.
• Attempt to fix Failed to execute 'removeChild' on 'Node' (#9196).
• Fix soft crash around space hierarchy changing between spaces (#9191). Fixes matrix-org/element-web-rageshakes#14613.
• Fix soft crash around room view store metrics (#9190). Fixes matrix-org/element-web-rageshakes#14361.
• Fix the same person appearing multiple times when searching for them. (#9177). Fixes #22851.
• Fix space panel subspace indentation going missing (#9167). Fixes #23049.
• Fix invisible power levels tile when showing hidden events (#9162). Fixes #23013.
• Space panel accessibility improvements (#9157). Fixes #22995.
• Fix inverted logic for showing UserWelcomeTop component (#9164). Fixes #23037.

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[1.50.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.67.0
• Full changelog
• Support setting the registration shared secret in a file, via a new registration_shared_secret_path configuration option.
• Change the default startup behaviour so that any missing "additional" configuration files (signing key, etc) are generated automatically.
• Improve performance of sending messages in rooms with thousands of local users.

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[1.8.5]

• Update Element to 1.11.5
• Full changelog
• Device manager - hide unverified security recommendation when only current session is unverified (#9228). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Device manager - scroll to filtered list from security recommendations (#9227). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Device manager - updated dropdown style in filtered device list (#9226). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Device manager - device type and verification icons on device tile (#9197). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Description of DM room with more than two other people is now being displayed correctly (#9231). Fixes #23094.
• Fix voice messages with multiple composers (#9208). Fixes #23023. Contributed by @grimhilt.
• Fix suggested rooms going missing (#9236). Fixes #23190.
• Fix tooltip infinitely recursing (#9235). Fixes matrix-org/element-web-rageshakes#15107, matrix-org/element-web-rageshakes#15093 matrix-org/element-web-rageshakes#15092 and matrix-org/element-web-rageshakes#15077.
• Fix plain text export saving (#9230). Contributed by @jryans.
• Add missing space in SecurityRoomSettingsTab (#9222). Contributed by @gefgu.
• Make use of js-sdk roomNameGenerator to handle i18n for generated room names (#9209). Fixes #21369.
• Fix progress bar regression throughout the app (#9219). Fixes #23121.
• Reuse empty string & space string logic for event types in devtools (#9218). Fixes #23115.

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[1.51.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.68.0
• Full changelog
• Fix packaging to include Cargo.lock in sdist. (#13909)
• Fix building from packaged sdist. Broken in v1.68.0rc1. (#13866)
• Fix the release script not publishing binary wheels. (#13850)
• Lower minimum supported rustc version to 1.58.1. (#13857)
• Lock Rust dependencies' versions. (#13858)
• Keep track of when we fail to process a pulled event over federation so we can intelligently back off in the future. (#13589, #13814)
• Add an admin API endpoint to fetch messages within a particular window of time. (#13672)
• Add an admin API endpoint to find a user based on their external ID in an auth provider. (#13810)
• Cancel the processing of key query requests when they time out. (#13680)
• Improve validation of request bodies for the following client-server API endpoints: /account/3pid/msisdn/requestToken, /org.matrix.msc3720/account_status, /account/3pid/add, /account/3pid/bind, /account/3pid/delete and /account/3pid/unbind. (#13687, #13736)
• Document the timestamp when a user accepts the consent, if consent tracking is used. (#13741)
• Add a listeners[x].request_id_header configuration option to specify which request header to extract and use as the request ID in order to correlate requests from a reverse proxy. (#13801)
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.41.0 where the /hierarchy API returned non-standard information (a room_id field under each entry in children_state). (#13506)
• Fix a long-standing bug where previously rejected events could end up in room state because they pass auth checks given the current state of the room. (#13723)
• Fix a long-standing bug where Synapse fails to start if a signing key file contains an empty line. (#13738)
• Fix a long-standing bug where Synapse would fail to handle malformed user IDs or room aliases gracefully in certain cases. (#13746)
• Fix a long-standing bug where device lists would remain cached when remote users left and rejoined the last room shared with the local homeserver. (#13749, #13826)
• Fix a long-standing bug that could cause stale caches in some rare cases on the first startup of Synapse with replication. (#13766)
• Fix a long-standing spec compliance bug where Synapse would accept a trailing slash on the end of /get_missing_events federation requests. (#13789)
• Delete associated data from event_failed_pull_attempts, insertion_events, insertion_event_extremities, insertion_event_extremities, insertion_event_extremities when purging the room. (#13825)

[girish]

Element [1.8.6]

• Update ELement to 1.11.6
• Full changelog
• Element Call video rooms (#9267).
• Device manager - rename session (#9282).
• Allow widgets to read related events (#9210). Contributed by @dhenneke.
• Device manager - logout of other session (#9280).
• Device manager - logout current session (#9275).
• Device manager - verify other devices (#9274).
• Allow integration managers to remove users (#9211).
• Device manager - add verify current session button (#9252).
• Add NotifPanel dot back. (#9242). Fixes #17641.
• Implement MSC3575: Sliding Sync (#8328).
• Add the clipboard read permission for widgets (#9250). Contributed by @stefanmuhle.

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[1.8.7]

• Update Element to 1.11.7
• Full changelog
• Fix for CVE-2022-39249
• Fix for CVE-2022-39250
• Fix for CVE-2022-39251
• Fix for CVE-2022-39236

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[1.8.8]

• Update Element to 1.11.8
• Full changelog
• Bump IDB crypto store version (#2705).

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[1.8.9]

• Update Element to 1.11.9
• Full changelog
• Legacy Piwik config.json option piwik.policy_url is deprecated in favour of privacy_policy_url. Support will be removed in the next release.
• Device manager - select all devices (#9330). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• New group call experience: Call tiles (#9332).
• Add Shift key to FormatQuote keyboard shortcut (#9298). Contributed by @owi92.
• Device manager - sign out of multiple sessions (#9325). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Display push toggle for web sessions (MSC3890) (#9327).
• Add device notifications enabled switch (#9324).
• Implement push notification toggle in device detail (#9308).
• New group call experience: Starting and ending calls (#9318).
• New group call experience: Room header call buttons (#9311).
• Make device ID copyable in device list (#9297). Contributed by @duxovni.
• Use display name instead of user ID when rendering power events (#9295).
• Read receipts for threads (#9239). Fixes #23191.
• Use the correct sender key when checking shared secret (#2730). Fixes #23374.
• Fix device selection in pre-join screen for Element Call video rooms (#9321). Fixes #23331.
• Don't render a 1px high room topic if the room topic is empty (#9317). Contributed by @Arnei.
• Don't show feedback prompts when that UIFeature is disabled (#9305). Fixes #23327.
• Fix soft crash around unknown room pills (#9301). Fixes matrix-org/element-web-rageshakes#15465.
• Fix spaces feedback prompt wrongly showing when feedback is disabled (#9302). Fixes #23314.
• Fix tile soft crash in ReplyInThreadButton (#9300). Fixes matrix-org/element-web-rageshakes#15493.

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[1.8.10]

• Update Element to 1.11.10
• Full changelog
• Use correct default for notification silencing (#9388). Fixes vector-im/element-web#23456.

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[1.52.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.69.0
• Full changelog
• Fix poor performance of the event_push_backfill_thread_id background update, which was introduced in Synapse 1.68.0rc1. (#14172, #14181)
• Fix an issue with Docker images causing the Rust dependencies to not be pinned correctly. Introduced in v1.68.0 (#14129)
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.69.0rc1 which would cause registration replication requests to fail if the worker sending the request is not running Synapse 1.69. (#14135)
• Fix error in background update when rotating existing notifications. Introduced in v1.69.0rc2. (#14138)
• Allow application services to set the origin_server_ts of a state event by providing the query parameter ts in PUT /_matrix/client/r0/rooms/{roomId}/state/{eventType}/{stateKey}, per MSC3316. Contributed by @lukasdenk. (#11866)
• Allow server admins to require a manual approval process before new accounts can be used (using MSC3866). (#13556)
• Exponentially backoff from backfilling the same event over and over. (#13635, #13936)
• Add cache invalidation across workers to module API. (#13667, #13947)
• Experimental implementation of MSC3882 to allow an existing device/session to generate a login token for use on a new device/session. (#13722, #13868)
• Experimental support for thread-specific receipts (MSC3771). (#13782, #13893, #13932, #13937, #13939)
• Add experimental support for MSC3881: Remotely toggle push notifications for another client. (#13799, #13831, #13860)
• Keep track when an event pulled over federation fails its signature check so we can intelligently back-off in the future. (#13815)
• Improve validation for the unspecced, internal-only _matrix/client/unstable/add_threepid/msisdn/submit_token endpoint. (#13832)
• Faster remote room joins: record when we first partial-join to a room. (#13892)
• Support a dir parameter on the /relations endpoint per MSC3715. (#13920)
• Ask mail servers receiving emails from Synapse to not send automatic replies (e.g. out-of-office responses). (#13957)
• Send push notifications for invites received over federation. (#13719, #14014)
• Fix a long-standing bug where typing events would be accepted from remote servers not present in a room. Also fix a bug where incoming typing events would cause other incoming events to get stuck during a fast join. (#13830)
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.53.0 where the experimental implementation of MSC3715 would give incorrect results when paginating forward. (#13840)
• Fix access token leak to logs from proxy agent. (#13855)
• Fix have_seen_event cache not being invalidated after we persist an event which causes inefficiency effects like extra /state federation calls. (#13863)
• Faster room joins: Fix a bug introduced in 1.66.0 where an error would be logged when syncing after joining a room. (#13872)
• Fix a bug introduced in 1.66.0 where some required fields in the pushrules sent to clients were not present anymore. Contributed by Nico. (#13904)
• Fix packaging to include Cargo.lock in sdist. (#13909)
• Fix a long-standing bug where device updates could cause delays sending out to-device messages over federation. (#13922)
• Fix a bug introduced in v1.68.0 where Synapse would require setuptools_rust at runtime, even though the package is only required at build time. (#13952)
• Fix a long-standing bug where POST /_matrix/client/v3/keys/query requests could result in excessively large SQL queries. (#13956)
• Fix a performance regression in the get_users_in_room database query. Introduced in v1.67.0. (#13972)
• Fix a bug introduced in v1.68.0 bug where Rust extension wasn't built in release mode when using poetry install. (#14009)
• Do not return an unspecified original_event field when using the stable /relations endpoint. Introduced in Synapse v1.57.0. (#14025)
• Correctly handle a race with device lists when a remote user leaves during a partial join. (#13885)
• Correctly handle sending local device list updates to remote servers during a partial join. (#13934)