Matrix (Synapse/Element) - Package Updates

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[1.57.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.74.0
• Full changelog
• Improve user search for international display names. (#14464)
• Stop using deprecated keyIds parameter when calling /_matrix/key/v2/server. (#14490, #14525)
• Add new push.enabled config option to allow opting out of push notification calculation. (#14551, #14619)
• Advertise support for Matrix 1.5 on /_matrix/client/versions. (#14576)
• Improve opentracing and logging for to-device message handling. (#14598)
• Allow selecting "prejoin" events by state keys in addition to event types. (#14642)
• Fix a long-standing bug where a device list update might not be sent to clients in certain circumstances. (#14435, #14592, #14604)
• Suppress a spurious warning when POST /rooms/<room_id>/<membership>/, POST /join/<room_id_or_alias, or the unspecced PUT /join/<room_id_or_alias>/<txn_id> receive an empty HTTP request body. (#14600)
• Return spec-compliant JSON errors when unknown endpoints are requested. (#14620, #14621)
• Update html templates to load images over HTTPS. Contributed by @ashfame. (#14625)
• Fix a long-standing bug where the user directory would return 1 more row than requested. (#14631)
• Reject invalid read receipt requests with empty room or event IDs. Contributed by Nick @ Beeper (@fizzadar). (#14632)
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.67.0 where not specifying a config file or a server URL would lead to the register_new_matrix_user script failing. (#14637)
• Fix a long-standing bug where the user directory and room/user stats might be out of sync. (#14639, #14643)
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.72.0 where the background updates to add non-thread unique indexes on receipts would fail if they were previously interrupted. (#14650)
• Improve validation of field size limits in events. (#14664)
• Fix bugs introduced in Synapse 1.55.0 and 1.69.0 where application services would not be notified of events in the correct rooms, due to stale caches. (#14670)

[girish]

[1.8.17]

• Update Element to 1.11.17
• Full changelog
• Add inline code formatting to rich text editor (#9720).
• Add emoji handling for plain text mode of the new rich text editor (#9727).
• Overlay virtual room call events into main timeline (#9626). Fixes #22929.
• Adds a new section under "Room Settings" > "Roles & Permissions" which adds the possibility to multiselect users from this room and grant them more permissions. (#9596). Contributed by @GoodGuyMarco.
• Add emoji handling for rich text mode (#9661).
• Add setting to hide bold notifications (#9705).
• Further password reset flow enhancements (#9662).
• Snooze the bulk unverified sessions reminder on dismiss (#9706).

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[1.58.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.75.0
• Full changelog
• Fix race where calling /members or /state with an at parameter could fail for newly created rooms, when using multiple workers. (#14817)
• Add a cached function to synapse.module_api that returns a decorator to cache return values of functions. (#14663)
• Add experimental support for MSC3391 (removing account data). (#14714)
• Support RFC7636 Proof Key for Code Exchange for OAuth single sign-on. (#14750)
• Support non-OpenID compliant userinfo claims for subject and picture. (#14753)
• Improve performance of /sync when filtering all rooms, message types, or senders. (#14786)
• Improve performance of the /hierarchy endpoint. (#14263)
• Fix the MAU Limits section of the Grafana dashboard relying on a specific job name for the workers of a Synapse deployment. (#14644)
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.70.0 which could cause spurious UNIQUE constraint failed errors in the rotate_notifs background job. (#14669)
• Ensure stream IDs are always updated after caches get invalidated with workers. Contributed by Nick @ Beeper (@Fizzadar). (#14723)
• Remove the unspecced device field from /pushrules responses. (#14727)
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.73.0 where the picture_claim configured under oidc_providers was unused (the default value of "picture" was used instead). (#14751)
• Unescape HTML entities in URL preview titles making use of oEmbed responses. (#14781)
• Disable sending confirmation email when 3pid is disabled. (#14725)

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[1.8.18]

• Update Element to 1.11.18
• Full changelog
• Switch threads on for everyone (#9879).
• Make threads use new Unable to Decrypt UI (#9876). Fixes #24060.
• Add edit and remove actions to link in RTE [Labs] (#9864).
• Remove extensible events v1 experimental rendering (#9881).
• Make create poll dialog scale better (PSG-929) (#9873). Fixes #21855.
• Change RTE mode icons (#9861).
• Device manager - prune client information events after remote sign out (#9874).
• Check connection before starting broadcast (#9857).
• Enable sent receipt for poll start events (PSG-962) (#9870).
• Change clear notifications to have more readable copy (#9867).
• combine search results when the query is present in multiple successive messages (#9855). Fixes #3977. Contributed by @grimhilt.
• Disable bubbles for broadcasts (#9860). Fixes #24140.
• Enable reactions and replies for broadcasts (#9856). Fixes #24042.
• Improve switching between rich and plain editing modes (#9776).
• Redesign the picture-in-picture window (#9800). Fixes #23980.
• User on-boarding tasks now appear in a static order. (#9799). Contributed by @GoodGuyMarco.
• Device manager - contextual menus (#9832).
• If listening a non-live broadcast and changing the room, the broadcast will be paused (#9825). Fixes #24078.
• Consider own broadcasts from other device as a playback (#9821). Fixes #24068.
• Add link creation to rich text editor (#9775).
• Add mark as read option in room setting (#9798). Fixes #24053.
• Device manager - current device design and copy tweaks (#9801).
• Unify notifications panel event design (#9754).
• Add actions for integration manager to send and read certain events (#9740).
• Device manager - design tweaks (#9768).
• Change room list sorting to activity and unread first by default (#9773). Fixes #24014.
• Add a config flag to enable the rust crypto-sdk (#9759).
• Improve decryption error UI by consolidating error messages and providing instructions when possible (#9544). Contributed by @duxovni.
• Honor font settings in Element Call (#9751). Fixes #23661.
• Device manager - use deleteAccountData to prune device manager client information events (#9734).

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[1.8.20]

• Update Element to 1.11.20
• Full changelog
• (Part 2) of prevent crash on older browsers (replace .at() with array.length-1)

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[1.8.21]

• Update Element to 1.11.21
• Full changelog
• Move pin drop out of labs (#22993).
• Quotes for rich text editor (RTE) (#9932). Contributed by @alunturner.
• Show the room name in the room header during calls (#9942). Fixes #24268.
• Add code blocks to rich text editor (#9921). Contributed by @alunturner.
• Add new style for inline code (#9936). Contributed by @florianduros.
• Add disabled button state to rich text editor (#9930). Contributed by @alunturner.
• Change the rageshake "app" for auto-rageshakes (#9909).
• Device manager - tweak settings display (#9905). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Add list functionality to rich text editor (#9871). Contributed by @alunturner.

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[1.8.22]

• Update Element to 1.11.22
• Full changelog
• Bump version number to fix problems upgrading from v1.11.21-rc.1a

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[1.59.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.76.0
• Full changelog
• Faster joins: Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.69 where device list EDUs could fail to be handled after a restart when a faster join sync is in progress. (#14914)
• Update the default room version to v10 (MSC 3904). Contributed by @FSG-Cat. (#14111)
• Add a set_displayname() method to the module API for setting a user's display name. (#14629)
• Add a dedicated listener configuration for health endpoint. (#14747)
• Implement support for MSC3890: Remotely silence local notifications. (#14775)
• Implement experimental support for MSC3930: Push rules for (MSC3381) Polls. (#14787)
• Per MSC3925, bundle the whole of the replacement with any edited events, and optionally inhibit server-side replacement. (#14811)
• Faster joins: always serve a partial join response to servers that request it with the stable query param. (#14839)
• Faster joins: allow non-lazy-loading ("eager") syncs to complete after a partial join by omitting partial state rooms until they become fully stated. (#14870)
• Faster joins: request partial joins by default. Admins can opt-out of this for the time being---see the upgrade notes. (#14905)

[girish]

[1.8.23]

• Update Element to 1.11.23
• Full changelog
• Description of QR code sign in labs feature (#23513). Contributed by @hughns.
• Add option to find own location in map views (#10083).
• Render poll end events in timeline (#10027). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Indicate unread messages in tab title (#10096). Contributed by @tnt7864.
• Open message in editing mode when keyboard up is pressed (RTE) (#10079). Contributed by @florianduros.

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[1.60.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.77.0
• Full changelog
• Fix bug where retried replication requests would return a failure. Introduced in v1.76.0. (#15024)

[nebulon]

[1.8.24]

• Update Element to 1.11.24
• Full changelog
• Remove experimental PWA support for Firefox and Safari (#24630).
• Fix block code styling in rich text editor (#10246). Contributed by @alunturner.
• Poll history: fetch more poll history (#10235). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Sort short/exact emoji matches before longer incomplete matches (#10212). Fixes #23210. Contributed by @grimhilt.
• Poll history: detail screen (#10172). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Provide a more detailed error message than "No known servers" (#6048). Fixes #13247. Contributed by @aaronraimist.
• Say when a call was answered from a different device (#10224).
• Widget permissions customizations using module api (#10121). Contributed by @maheichyk.
• Fix copy button icon overlapping with copyable text (#10227). Contributed by @Adesh-Pandey.
• Support joining non-peekable rooms via the module API (#10154). Contributed by @maheichyk.
• The "new login" toast does now display the same device information as in the settings. "No" does now open the device settings. "Yes, it was me" dismisses the toast. (#10200).
• Do not prompt for a password when doing a „reset all“ after login (#10208).
• Display "The sender has blocked you from receiving this message" error message instead of "Unable to decrypt message" (#10202). Contributed by @florianduros.
• Polls: show warning about undecryptable relations (#10179). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Poll history: fetch last 30 days of polls (#10157). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Poll history - ended polls list items (#10119). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Remove threads labs flag and the ability to disable threads (#9878). Fixes #24365.
• Show a success dialog after setting up the key backup (#10177). Fixes #24487.
• Release Sign in with QR out of labs (#10182). Contributed by @hughns.
• Hide indent button in rte (#10149). Contributed by @alunturner.
• Add option to find own location in map views (#10083).
• Render poll end events in timeline (#10027). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.

[girish]

[1.61.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.78.0
• Full changelog
• Implement the experimental exact_event_match push rule condition from MSC3758. (#14964)
• Add account data to the command line user data export tool. (#14969)
• Implement MSC3873 to disambiguate push rule keys with dots in them. (#15004)
• Allow Synapse to use a specific Redis logical database in worker-mode deployments. (#15034)
• Tag opentracing spans for federation requests with the name of the worker serving the request. (#15042)
• Implement the experimental exact_event_property_contains push rule condition from MSC3966. (#15045)

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[1.62.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.79.0
• Full changelog
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.79.0rc1 where attempting to register a on_remove_user_third_party_identifier module API callback would be a no-op. (#15227)
• Fix a rare bug introduced in Synapse 1.73 where events could remain unsent to other homeservers after a faster-join to a room. (#15248)
• Add two new Third Party Rules module API callbacks: on_add_user_third_party_identifier and on_remove_user_third_party_identifier. (#15044)
• Experimental support for MSC3967 to not require UIA for setting up cross-signing on first use. (#15077)
• Add media information to the command line user data export tool. (#15107)
• Add an admin API to delete a specific event report. (#15116)
• Add support for knocking to workers. (#15133)
• Allow use of the /filter Client-Server APIs on workers. (#15134)
• Update support for MSC2677: remove support for server-side aggregation of reactions. (#15172)
• Stabilise support for MSC3758: event_property_is push condition. (#15185)

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[1.8.25]

• Update Element to 1.11.25
• Full changelog
• Remove experimental PWA support for Firefox and Safari (#24630).
• Only allow to start a DM with one email if encryption by default is enabled (#10253). Fixes #23133.
• DM rooms are now encrypted if encryption by default is enabled and only inviting a single email address. Any action in the result DM room will be blocked until the other has joined. (#10229).
• Reduce bottom margin of ReplyChain on compact modern layout (#8972). Fixes #22748. Contributed by @luixxiul.
• Support for v2 of MSC3903 (#10165). Contributed by @hughns.
• When starting a DM, existing rooms with pending third-party invites will be reused. (#10256). Fixes #23139.
• Polls push rules: synchronise poll rules with message rules (#10263). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• New verification request toast button labels (#10259).
• Remove padding around integration manager iframe (#10148).
• Fix block code styling in rich text editor (#10246). Contributed by @alunturner.
• Poll history: fetch more poll history (#10235). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Sort short/exact emoji matches before longer incomplete matches (#10212). Fixes #23210. Contributed by @grimhilt.
• Poll history: detail screen (#10172). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Provide a more detailed error message than "No known servers" (#6048). Fixes #13247. Contributed by @aaronraimist.
• Say when a call was answered from a different device (#10224).
• Widget permissions customizations using module api (#10121). Contributed by @maheichyk.
• Fix copy button icon overlapping with copyable text (#10227). Contributed by @Adesh-Pandey.
• Support joining non-peekable rooms via the module API (#10154). Contributed by @maheichyk.
• The "new login" toast does now display the same device information as in the settings. "No" does now open the device settings. "Yes, it was me" dismisses the toast. (#10200).
• Do not prompt for a password when doing a „reset all“ after login (#10208).

[girish]

[1.62.1]

• Update post installation message

[nebulon]

[1.63.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.80.0
• Full changelog
• Fix a bug in which the POST /_matrix/client/v3/rooms/{roomId}/report/{eventId} endpoint would return the wrong error if the user did not have permission to view the event. This aligns Synapse's implementation with MSC2249. (#15298, #15300)
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.75.0rc1 where the SQLite port_db script
• would fail to open the SQLite database. (#15301)
• Stabilise support for MSC3966: event_property_contains push condition. (#15187)
• Implement MSC2659: application service ping endpoint. Contributed by Tulir @ Beeper. (#15249)
• Allow loading /register/available endpoint on workers. (#15268)
• Improve performance of creating and authenticating events. (#15195)
• Add topic and name events to group of events that are batch persisted when creating a room. (#15229)
• Fix a long-standing bug in which the user directory would assume any remote membership state events represent a profile change. (#14755, #14756)
• Implement MSC3873 to fix a long-standing bug where properties with dots were handled ambiguously in push rules. (#15190)
• Faster joins: Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.66 where spurious "Failed to find memberships ..." errors would be logged. (#15232)
• Fix a long-standing error when sending message into deleted room. (#15235)

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[1.8.26]

• Update Element to 1.11.26
• Full changelog
• Changes for matrix-js-sdk v24.0.0
• Changes for matrix-react-sdk v3.69.0

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[1.8.27]

• Update Element to 1.11.27
• Full changelog
• Update Element to 1.11.26
• Full changelog
• Fix detection of encryption for all users in a room (#10487). Fixes #24995.

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[1.8.28]

• Update Element to 1.11.28
• Full changelog
• No changes, version bumped to sync with element-desktop.

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[1.8.29]

• Update Element to 1.11.29
• Full changelog
• Allow desktop app to expose recent rooms in UI integrations (#16940).
• Add API params to mute audio and/or video in Jitsi calls by default (#24820). Contributed by @dhenneke.
• Style mentions as pills in rich text editor (#10448). Contributed by @alunturner.
• Show room create icon if "UIComponent.roomCreation" is enabled (#10364). Contributed by @maheichyk.
• Mentions as links rte (#10463). Contributed by @alunturner.
• Better error handling in jump to date (#10405). Contributed by @MadLittleMods.
• Show "Invite" menu option if "UIComponent.sendInvites" is enabled. (#10363). Contributed by @maheichyk.
• Added UserProfilesStore, LruCache and user permalink profile caching (#10425). Fixes #10559.
• Mentions as links rte (#10422). Contributed by @alunturner.
• Implement MSC3952: intentional mentions (#9983).
• Implement MSC3973: Search users in the user directory with the Widget API (#10269). Contributed by @dhenneke.
• Permalinks to message are now displayed as pills (#10392). Fixes #24751 and #24706.
• Show search,dial,explore in filterContainer if "UIComponent.filterContainer" is enabled (#10381). Contributed by @maheichyk.
• Increase space panel collapse clickable area (#6084). Fixes #17379. Contributed by @jaiwanth-v.
• Add fallback for replies to Polls (#10380). Fixes #24197. Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Permalinks to rooms and users are now pillified (#10388). Fixes #24825.
• Poll history - access poll history from room settings (#10356). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Add API params to mute audio and/or video in Jitsi calls by default (#10376). Contributed by @dhenneke.
• Notifications: inline error message on notifications saving error (#10288). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Support dynamic room predecessor in SpaceProvider (#10348). Contributed by @andybalaam.
• Support dynamic room predecessors for RoomProvider (#10346). Contributed by @andybalaam.
• Support dynamic room predecessors in OwnBeaconStore (#10339). Contributed by @andybalaam.
• Support dynamic room predecessors in ForwardDialog (#10344). Contributed by @andybalaam.
• Support dynamic room predecessors in SpaceHierarchy (#10341). Contributed by @andybalaam.
• Support dynamic room predecessors in AddExistingToSpaceDialog (#10342). Contributed by @andybalaam.
• Support dynamic room predecessors in leave-behaviour (#10340). Contributed by @andybalaam.
• Support dynamic room predecessors in StopGapWidgetDriver (#10338). Contributed by @andybalaam.
• Support dynamic room predecessors in WidgetLayoutStore (#10326). Contributed by @andybalaam.
• Support dynamic room predecessors in SpaceStore (#10332). Contributed by @andybalaam.
• Sync polls push rules on changes to account_data (#10287). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Support dynamic room predecessors in BreadcrumbsStore (#10295). Contributed by @andybalaam.
• Improved a11y for Field feedback and Secure Phrase input (#10320). Contributed by @Sebbones.
• Support dynamic room predecessors in RoomNotificationStateStore (#10297). Contributed by @andybalaam.