Matrix (Synapse/Element) - Package Updates

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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)

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[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)

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[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.

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[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).

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[1.62.1]

• Update post installation message

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[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.

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[1.64.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.81.0
• Full changelog
• Fix the set_device_id_for_pushers_txn background update crash. (#15391)
• Add the ability to enable/disable registrations when in the OIDC flow. (#14978)
• Add a primitive helper script for listing worker endpoints. (#15243)
• Experimental support for passing One Time Key and device key requests to application services (MSC3983 and MSC3984). (#15314, #15321)
• Allow loading /password_policy endpoint on workers. (#15331)
• Add experimental support for Unix sockets. Contributed by Jason Little. (#15353)
• Build Debian packages for Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster). (#15381)
• Fix a long-standing bug where edits of non-m.room.message events would not be correctly bundled. (#15295)
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.55.0 which could delay remote homeservers being able to decrypt encrypted messages sent by local users. (#15297)
• Add a check to SQLite port_db script
• to ensure that the sqlite database passed to the script exists before trying to port from it. (#15306)
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.76.0 where responses from worker deployments could include an internal _INT_STREAM_POS key. (#15309)
• Fix a long-standing bug that Synpase only used the legacy appservice routes. (#15317)
• Fix a long-standing bug preventing users from rejoining rooms after being banned and unbanned over federation. Contributed by Nico. (#15323)
• Fix bug in worker mode where on a rolling restart of workers the "typing" worker would consume 100% CPU until it got restarted. (#15332)
• Fix a long-standing bug where some to_device messages could be dropped when using workers. (#15349)
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.70.0 where the background sync from a faster join could spin for hours when one of the events involved had been marked for backoff. (#15351)
• Fix missing app variable in mail subject for password resets. Contributed by Cyberes. (#15352)
• Fix a rare bug introduced in Synapse 1.66.0 where initial syncs would fail when the user had been kicked from a faster joined room that had not finished syncing. (#15383)

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[1.8.30]

• Update Element to 1.11.30
• Full changelog
• Fixes for CVE-2023-30609 / GHSA-xv83-x443-7rmw
• Pick sensible default option for phone country dropdown (#10627). Fixes #3528.
• Relate field validation tooltip via aria-describedby (#10522). Fixes #24963.
• Handle more completion types in rte autocomplete (#10560). Contributed by @alunturner.
• Show a tile for an unloaded predecessor room if it has via_servers (#10483). Contributed by @andybalaam.
• Exclude message timestamps from aria live region (#10584). Fixes #5696.
• Make composer format bar an aria toolbar (#10583). Fixes #11283.
• Improve accessibility of font slider (#10473). Fixes #20168 and #24962.
• fix file size display from kB to KB (#10561). Fixes #24866. Contributed by @NSV1991.
• Handle /me in rte (#10558). Contributed by @alunturner.
• bind html with switch for manage extension setting option (#10553). Contributed by @NSV1991.
• Handle command completions in RTE (#10521). Contributed by @alunturner.
• Add room and user avatars to rte (#10497). Contributed by @alunturner.
• Support for MSC3882 revision 1 (#10443). Contributed by @hughns.
• Check profiles before starting a DM (#10472). Fixes #24830.
• Quick settings: Change the copy / labels on the options (#10427). Fixes #24522. Contributed by @justjanne.
• Update rte autocomplete styling (#10503). Contributed by @alunturner.

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[1.65.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.82.0
• Full changelog
• Allow loading the /directory/room/{roomAlias} endpoint on workers. (#15333)
• Add some validation to instance_map configuration loading. (#15431)
• Allow loading the /capabilities endpoint on workers. (#15436)
• Delete server-side backup keys when deactivating an account. (#15181)
• Fix and document untold assumption that on_logged_out module hooks will be called before the deletion of pushers. (#15410)
• Improve robustness when handling a perspective key response by deduplicating received server keys. (#15423)
• Synapse now correctly fails to start if the config option app_service_config_files is not a list. (#15425)
• Disable loading RefreshTokenServlet (/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/refresh) on workers. (#15428)