Matrix (Synapse/Element) - Package Updates
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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.
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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_pathconfiguration 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)
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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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[1.8.9]
- 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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[1.52.0]
- 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)
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Element [1.8.11]
- Update Element to 1.11.11
- Full changelog
- Device manager - tweak string formatting of default device name (#23457).
- Add Element Call participant limit (#23431).
- Add Element Call brand (#23443).
- Include a file-safe room name and ISO date in chat exports (#9440). Fixes #21812 and #19724.
- Room call banner (#9378). Fixes #23453. Contributed by @toger5.
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[1.53.0]
- Update Synapse to 1.70.0
- Full changelog
- Support for MSC3856: threads list API. (#13394, #14171, #14175)
- Support for thread-specific notifications & receipts (MSC3771 and MSC3773). (#13776, #13824, #13877, #13878, #14050, #14140, #14159, #14163, #14174, #14222)
- Stop fetching missing
prev_eventsafter we already know their signature is invalid. (#13816) - Send application service access tokens as a header (and query parameter). Implements MSC2832. (#13996)
- Ignore server ACL changes when generating pushes. Implements MSC3786. (#13997)
- Experimental support for redirecting to an implementation of a MSC3886 HTTP rendezvous service. (#14018)
- The
/relationsendpoint can now be used on workers. (#14028) - Advertise support for Matrix 1.3 and 1.4 on
/_matrix/client/versions. (#14032, #14184) - Improve validation of request bodies for the Device Management and MSC2697 Device Dehyrdation client-server API endpoints. (#14054)
- Experimental support for MSC3874: Filtering threads from the
/messagesendpoint. (#14148) - Improve the validation of the following PUT endpoints:
/directory/room/{roomAlias},/directory/list/room/{roomId}and/directory/list/appservice/{networkId}/{roomId}. (#14179) - Build and publish binary wheels for
aarch64platforms. (#14212)
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[1.53.1]
- Update Synapse to 1.70.1
- Full changelog
- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.70.0rc1 where the access tokens sent to application services as headers were malformed. Application services which were obtaining access tokens from query parameters were not affected. (#14301)
- Fix room creation being rate limited too aggressively since Synapse v1.69.0. (#14314)
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[1.8.13]
- Update Element to 1.11.13
- Full changelog
- Fix default behavior of Room.getBlacklistUnverifiedDevices (#2830). Contributed by @duxovni.
- Catch server versions API call exception when starting the client (#2828). Fixes #23634.
- Fix authedRequest including Authorization: Bearer undefined for password resets (#2822). Fixes #23655.
