v1.11.44-rc.1

✨ Features

• Make video & voice call buttons pin conference widget if unpinned (#11576). Fixes element-hq/customer-success#72.
• OIDC: persist refresh token (#11249). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• ElementR: Cross user verification (#11364). Fixes element-hq/element-web#25752. Contributed by @florianduros.
• Default intentional mentions (#11602).
• Notify users about denied access on ask-to-join rooms (#11480). Contributed by @nurjinjafar.
• Allow setting knock room directory visibility (#11529). Contributed by @charlynguyen.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• upgrade electron to 26.2.1 to fix CVE-2023-4863 (#1226). Contributed by @selfisekai.
• Improve edge cases around macOS drag handles (#1219). Fixes #1199 and #1188.
• Escape placeholder before injecting it into the style (#11607).
• Move ViewUser action callback to RoomView (#11495). Fixes element-hq/element-web#26040.
• Fix room timeline search toggling behaviour edge case (#11605). Fixes element-hq/element-web#26105.
• Avoid rendering view-message link in RoomKnocksBar unnecessarily (#11598). Contributed by @charlynguyen.
• Use knock rooms sync to reflect the knock state (#11596). Fixes element-hq/element-web#26043 and element-hq/element-web#26044. Contributed by @charlynguyen.
• Fix avatar in right panel not using the correct font (#11593). Fixes element-hq/element-web#26061. Contributed by @MidhunSureshR.
• Add waits in Spotlight Cypress tests, hoping this unflakes them (#11590). Fixes element-hq/element-web#26053, element-hq/element-web#26140 element-hq/element-web#26139 and element-hq/element-web#26138. Contributed by @andybalaam.
• Fix vertical alignment of default avatar font (#11582). Fixes element-hq/element-web#26081.
• Fix avatars in public room & space search being flex shrunk (#11580). Fixes element-hq/element-web#26133.
• Fix EventTile avatars being rendered with a size of 0 instead of hidden (#11558). Fixes element-hq/element-web#26075.