Matrix (Synapse/Element) - Package Updates
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[1.44.0]
- Update Synapse to 1.60.0
- Full changelog
- Add an option allowing users to use their password to reauthenticate for privileged actions even though password login is disabled. (#12883)
- Explicitly close ijson coroutines once we are done with them, instead of leaving the garbage collector to close them. (#12875)
- Improve URL previews by not including the content of media tags in the generated description. (#12887)
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[1.7.24]
- Update Element to 1.10.14
- Full changelog
- Make Lao translation available (#22358). Fixes #22327.
- Configure custom home.html via .well-known/matrix/client["io.element.embedded_pages"]["home_url"] for all your element-web/desktop users (#7790). Contributed by @johannes-krude.
- Live location sharing - open location in OpenStreetMap (#8695). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
- Show a dialog when Jitsi encounters an error (#8701). Fixes #22284.
- Add support for setting the avatar_url of widgets by integration managers. (#8550). Contributed by @Fox32.
- Add an option to ignore (block) a user when reporting their events (#8471).
- Add the option to disable hardware acceleration (#8655). Contributed by @novocaine.
- Slightly better presentation of read receipts to screen reader users (#8662). Fixes #22293. Contributed by @pvagner.
- Add jump to related event context menu item (#6775). Fixes #19883.
- Add public room directory hook (#8626).
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[1.45.0]
- Update Synapse to 1.61.0
- Full changelog
- Add new media_retention options to the homeserver config for routinely cleaning up non-recently accessed media. (#12732, #12972, #12977)
- Experimental support for MSC3772: Push rule for mutually related events. (#12740, #12859)
- Update to the check_event_for_spam module callback: Deprecate the current callback signature, replace it with a new signature that is both less ambiguous (replacing booleans with explicit allow/block) and more powerful (ability to return explicit error codes). (#12808)
- Add storage and module API methods to get monthly active users (and their corresponding appservices) within an optionally specified time range. (#12838, #12917)
- Support the new error code ORG.MATRIX.MSC3823.USER_ACCOUNT_SUSPENDED from MSC3823. (#12845, #12923)
- Add a configurable background job to delete stale devices. (#12855)
- Improve URL previews for pages with empty elements. (#12951)
- Allow updating a user's password using the admin API without logging out their devices. Contributed by @jcgruenhage. (#12952)
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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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[1.47.1]
- 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.
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[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.
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[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).
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[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)
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[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.
