v2.59.0 2026-08-15

Added

• React to channel posts (#6638)
• "Hide Window Menu Bar" setting (Settings -> Appearance) (#6544)
• (experimental) "Team Profiles": you may enable this while creating a new profile (chatmail/core#7694)

Fixed

• NixOS: autostart not working: you'll need to toggle the "autostart" off and on again in Delta Chat Advanced settings (#6571)
• Disable Ctrl+A shortcut (select all text) outside of text inputs (#6570)
• QR scanner camera select not working
• Fix incorrect "You removed member X" messages
• Fix links in messages not being clickable sometimes
• Minor fixes for the View Group dialog
• accessibility: say "Muted" instead of "Mute" for chat list items
• Clicking "Edit Message" sometimes not moving the text cursor to the end of the input
• style: better message bubble color of messages with a video attachment: have the quote on a normal background color and not black (#6639)
• More minor fixes

Miscellaneous Tasks

• Upgrade Core to 2.59.0
• Translations update 2026-08 (#6644)
• Upgrade Electron 42.5.0 to 42.9.0

Other

• QR scanner: prefer environment facing
• style: adjust the spacing in the "Recently used apps" section in the chat header (#6572)

Downloads

• https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v2.59.0/