V1.1.0

MemoryVault Community Edition v1.1.0 expands the self-hosted app with Open When Messages, a recipient account area, delivery claiming, stronger app-managed encryption coverage, and a more complete guided experience across the app.

This release keeps the same Community Edition promise: a private, self-hosted MemoryVault deployment with no product feature limits in Community Edition entitlements.

For this release, Community Edition adds:

Open When Messages

• New Open When Messages section in the app
• Create, edit, and delete personal messages for future moments
• Built-in templates such as “Open when you miss me”, “Open when you need advice”, “Open on your birthday”, and more
• Link each Open When message to one or more loved ones
• Add optional trigger dates
• Mark messages as allowed to send on a chosen date even while the vault owner is still active
• Add optional photo attachments to Open When messages
• Color and icon selection for organizing message types
• Open When message API endpoints
• New Payload collection for Open When Messages
• Open When Messages included in recipient delivery data

Recipient area

• New Recipient section in the app
• Recipients can keep delivered content available inside their own MemoryVault account
• Recipient dashboard showing shared collections
• Recipient collection pages for shared memories and Open When Messages
• Recipient-specific navigation, breadcrumbs, and content views
• Claimed deliveries are linked to the recipient user account
• Existing logged-in users can claim a delivery
• New recipients can create an account directly from a delivery link

Legacy delivery improvements

• Legacy delivery pages now support both memories and Open When Messages
• Delivery unlock flow has been expanded with account-claim support
• Recipient delivery content now includes owner display information and owner profile image support
• Shared memory titles and notes are resolved through the encrypted-field helpers
• Open When Messages are included when building delivery payloads for linked loved ones
• Trusted contact “passed away” confirmation now uses an explicit hold-to-confirm step before triggering delivery
• Check-in confirmation responses now redirect to a dedicated confirmation page
• Legacy deliveries can now store the recipient user that claimed the delivery

Encryption and privacy improvements

• Added encrypted storage support for Open When message title, prompt, and message body
• Added encrypted storage support for memory titles
• Added encrypted storage support for loved-one custom notes
• Added shared encrypted-field helpers for encrypting, decrypting, and serializing sensitive app content
• Media encryption-related fields are now hidden in Payload Admin to reduce accidental editing
• Legacy and recipient delivery views now decrypt app-managed encrypted content before rendering

Memories improvements

• Memory creation and editing validation has been tightened
• Clearer validation messages for missing title, missing content, missing recipients, and missing loved ones
• Added support for changing uploaded media inside memory editing
• Added quick path to add a loved one while creating or editing a memory
• Memory APIs now handle encrypted title/content serialization paths
• Memory media access handling has been improved for shared and delivered content
• Memory list and card behavior received UI refinements

Loved ones improvements

• Loved-one forms now support encrypted custom notes
• Loved-one directory cards and group controls received UI refinements
• Loved-one recipient preview flow has been improved
• Loved-one export now uses the updated encrypted/sensitive field handling
• Added recipient preview guidance from loved-one cards

Dashboard and navigation updates

• Dashboard now includes Open When Messages as a first-class content type
• Added dashboard action for writing an Open When message
• Added trusted-contact setup status when legacy protection is active
• Updated welcome copy and dashboard stat presentation
• App shell and sidebar now include Open When Messages and Recipient navigation
• Mobile navigation has been expanded with Open When, Recipient, menu, and close-menu states
• Layout behavior has been improved for smaller screens

Onboarding and help tours

• Added Open When Messages help tour
• Added Recipient area help tour
• Expanded dashboard intro tour with trusted-contact setup and navigation guidance
• Expanded memories tour with memory card/open/edit guidance
• Expanded loved-ones tour with recipient preview guidance
• Improved app help button and tooltip behavior
• Updated English and Dutch translations for the new flows

Admin and schema updates

• Added Open When Messages to Payload config
• Added migration for Open When Messages
• Added migration for recipient user links on legacy deliveries
• Updated generated Payload types
• Updated Payload Admin custom styling
• Updated Payload import map for the new admin/component state

Limits and entitlement plumbing

• Added Open When Messages limit plumbing
• Added Open When photo feature key
• Added storage limit plumbing
• Community Edition continues to return no enforced product feature limits by default

Dependencies and project maintenance

• Pinned @payloadcms/storage-s3 to 3.84.1
• Added scripts for encrypting sensitive content:
  • encrypt:sensitive-content
  • encrypt:sensitive-content:live
• Updated package lock data
• Removed test.env from the repository
• Updated app-managed encryption documentation

Upgrade notes

• This release adds new database migrations:
  • 20260601_130000_add_open_when_messages
  • 20260601_140000_add_recipient_user_to_legacy_deliveries
• Run the project’s normal migration/startup flow before using the new Open When Messages and recipient claiming features.
• If you already have existing memories or loved-one notes, review the new sensitive-content encryption scripts before enabling or migrating encrypted-field storage in a live deployment.