Matrix (Synapse/Element) - Package Updates

[girish]

Element [1.7.7]

• Update Element to 1.9.7
• Full changelog

[nebulon]

[1.38.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.49.0
• Full changelog

[girish]

Element [1.7.8]

• Update Element to 1.9.8
• Full changelog

[girish]

Synapse [1.38.1]

• Update Synapse to 1.49.2
• Full changelog

[nebulon]

Synapse [1.38.2]

• Update Synapse to 1.50.1
• Full changelog

[girish]

Element [1.7.9]

• Update Element to 1.9.9
• Full changelog
• Add permission dropdown for sending reactions (#7492). Fixes #20450.
• Ship maximised widgets and remove feature flag (#7509).
• Properly maintain aspect ratio of inline images (#7503).
• Add zoom buttons to the location view (#7482).
• Remove bubble from around location events (#7459). Fixes #20323.
• Disable "Publish this room" option in invite only rooms (#7441). Fixes #6596. Contributed by @aaronraimist.

[nebulon]

[1.38.3]

• Update Synapse to 1.50.2
• Full changelog
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.40.0 that caused Synapse to fail to process incoming federation traffic after handling a large amount of events in a v1 room. (#11806)

[nebulon]

[1.38.4]

• Update Synapse to 1.51.0
• Full changelog

[nebulon]

[1.7.10]

• Update Element to 1.10.0
• Full changelog

[nebulon]

[1.7.11]

• Update Element to 1.10.1
• Full changelog
• Fix the sticker picker (#7692). Fixes vector-im/element-web#20797.
• Ensure UserInfo can be rendered without a room (#7687). Fixes vector-im/element-web#20830.
• Fix publishing address wrongly demanding the alias be available (#7690). Fixes vector-im/element-web#12013 and vector-im/element-web#20833.

[nebulon]

[1.38.5]

• Update Synapse to 1.52.0
• Full changelog
• Remove account data (including client config, push rules and ignored users) upon user deactivation. (#11621, #11788, #11789)
• Add an admin API to reset connection timeouts for remote server. (#11639)
• Add an admin API to get a list of rooms that federate with a given remote homeserver. (#11658)
• Add a config flag to inhibit M_USER_IN_USE during registration. (#11743)
• Add a module callback to set username at registration. (#11790)
• Allow configuring a maximum file size as well as a list of allowed content types for avatars. (#11846)

[nebulon]

[1.7.12]

• Update Element to 1.10.2
• Full changelog

[nebulon]

[1.7.13]

• Update Element to 1.10.3
• Full changelog
• Add map tile URL for location sharing maps to sample config

[nebulon]

[1.7.14]

• Update Element to 1.10.4
• Full changelog
• Fix bug where badge colour on encrypted rooms may not be correct until anothe rmessage is sent

[nebulon]

[1.38.6]

• Update Synapse to 1.53.0
• Full changelog
• Add experimental support for sending to-device messages to application services, as specified by MSC2409. (#11215, #11966)
• Add a background database update to purge account data for deactivated users. (#11655)
• Experimental support for MSC3666: including bundled aggregations in server side search results. (#11837)
• Enable cache time-based expiry by default. The expiry_time config flag has been superseded by expire_caches and cache_entry_ttl. (#11849)
• Add a callback to allow modules to allow or forbid a 3PID (email address, phone number) from being associated to a local account. (#11854)
• Stabilize support and remove unstable endpoints for MSC3231. Clients must switch to the stable identifier and endpoint. See the upgrade notes for more information. (#11867)
• Allow modules to retrieve the current instance's server name and worker name. (#11868)
• Use a dedicated configurable rate limiter for 3PID invites. (#11892)
• Support the stable API endpoint for MSC3283: new settings in /capabilities endpoint. (#11933, #11989)
• Support the dir parameter on the /relations endpoint, per MSC3715. (#11941)
• Experimental implementation of MSC3706: extensions to /send_join to support reduced response size. (#11967)

[nebulon]

[1.7.15]

• Update Element to 1.10.5
• Full changelog

[nebulon]

[1.7.16]

• Update Element to 1.10.6
• Full changelog
• Fix some crashes in the right panel

[nebulon]

[1.39.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.54.0
• Full changelog
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.54.0rc1 preventing the new module callbacks introduced in this release from being registered by modules. (#12141)
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.54.0rc1 where runtime dependency version checks would mistakenly check development dependencies if they were present and would not accept pre-release versions of dependencies. (#12129, #12177)

[girish]

[1.7.17]

• Update Element to 1.10.7
• Full changelog
• Security: Fix a bug where URL previews could be enabled in right panel timelines when they should not have been.
• Add unexposed account setting for hiding poll creation (#7972).
• Allow pinning polls (#7922). Fixes #20152.
• Make trailing : into a setting (#6711). Fixes #16682. Contributed by @SimonBrandner.
• Location sharing > back button (#7958).
• use LocationAssetType (#7965).

[girish]

Synapse [1.40.0]

• Update Synapse to 1.55.0
• Full changelog
• Add third-party rules callbacks check_can_shutdown_room and check_can_deactivate_user. (#12028)
• Improve performance of logging in for large accounts. (#12132)
• Support the stable identifiers from MSC3440: threads. (#12151)
• Add a new Jinja2 template filter to extract the local part of an email address. (#12212)