v1.11.46-rc.1

✨ Features

• Use .well-known to discover a default rendezvous server for use with Sign in with QR (#11655). Contributed by @hughns.
• Message layout will update according to the selected style (#10170). Fixes #21782. Contributed by @manancodes.
• Implement MSC4039: Add an MSC for a new Widget API action to upload files into the media repository (#11311). Contributed by @dhenneke.
• Render space pills with square corners to match new avatar (#11632). Fixes #26056.
• Linkify room topic (#11631). Fixes #26185.
• Show knock rooms in the list (#11573). Contributed by @maheichyk.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix: Avatar shrinks with long names (#11698). Fixes #26252. Contributed by @manancodes.
• Update custom translations to support nested fields in structured JSON (#11685).
• Fix: Edited message remove button is hard to reach. (#11674). Fixes #24917. Contributed by @manancodes.
• Fix: Theme selector radio button not aligned in center with the text (#11676). Fixes #25460. Contributed by @manancodes.
• Fix: Unread notification dot aligned (#11658). Fixes #25285. Contributed by @manancodes.
• Fix: sync intentional mentions push rules with legacy rules (#11667). Fixes #26227. Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Revert "Fix regression around FacePile with overflow (#11527)" (#11634). Fixes #26209.
• Fix: Alignment Fixed (#11648). Fixes #26169. Contributed by @manancodes.
• Fix: onFinished added which closes the menu (#11647). Fixes #25556. Contributed by @manancodes.
• Don't start key backups when opening settings (#11640).
• Fix add to space avatar text centering (#11643). Fixes #26154.
• fix avatar styling in lightbox (#11641). Fixes #26196.

v1.11.45

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix Emoji font on Safari 17 (#11673).

v1.11.44

The "notifications" bell has moved into labs, meaning it can only be used on the Nightly or Develop versions. We made this change because as it stands the bell does not work well. We will bring it back back when we will have had a chance to improve it so it meets most users' expectations.

✨ Features

• Make video & voice call buttons pin conference widget if unpinned (#11576). Fixes element-hq/customer-retainer#72.
• OIDC: persist refresh token (#11249). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• ElementR: Cross user verification (#11364). Fixes #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

• Revert "Fix regression around FacePile with overflow (#11527)" (#11634). Fixes #26209.
• Escape placeholder before injecting it into the style (#11607).
• Move ViewUser action callback to RoomView (#11495). Fixes #26040.
• Fix room timeline search toggling behaviour edge case (#11605). Fixes #26105.
• Avoid rendering view-message link in RoomKnocksBar unnecessarily (#11598). Contributed by @charlynguyen.
• Use knock rooms sync to reflect the knock state (#11596). Fixes #26043 and #26044. Contributed by @charlynguyen.
• Fix avatar in right panel not using the correct font (#11593). Fixes #26061. Contributed by @MidhunSureshR.
• Add waits in Spotlight Cypress tests, hoping this unflakes them (#11590). Fixes #26053, #26140 #26139 and #26138. Contributed by @andybalaam.
• Fix vertical alignment of default avatar font (#11582). Fixes #26081.
• Fix avatars in public room & space search being flex shrunk (#11580). Fixes #26133.
• Fix EventTile avatars being rendered with a size of 0 instead of hidden (#11558). Fixes #26075.

v1.11.44-rc.1

✨ Features

• Make video & voice call buttons pin conference widget if unpinned (#11576). Fixes element-hq/customer-retainer#72.
• OIDC: persist refresh token (#11249). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• ElementR: Cross user verification (#11364). Fixes #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

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

v1.11.43

(No changes - bumping the version number for an element-desktop release.)

v1.11.42

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Update Compound to fix Firefox-specific avatar regression (#11604). Fixes #26155.

v1.11.41

🦖 Deprecations

• Deprecate customisations in favour of Module API (#25736). Fixes #25733.

✨ Features

• Make SVGR icons use forward ref (#26082).
• Add support for rendering a custom wrapper around Element (#25537). Contributed by @maheichyk.
• Allow creating public knock rooms (#11481). Contributed by @charlynguyen.
• Render custom images in reactions according to MSC4027 (#11087). Contributed by @sumnerevans.
• Introduce room knocks bar (#11475). Contributed by @charlynguyen.
• Room header UI updates (#11507). Fixes #25892.
• Remove green "verified" bar for encrypted events (#11496).
• Update member count on room summary update (#11488).
• Support for E2EE in Element Call (#11492).
• Allow requesting to join knock rooms via spotlight (#11482). Contributed by @charlynguyen.
• Lock out the first tab if Element is opened in a second tab. (#11425). Fixes #25157.
• Change avatar to use Compound implementation (#11448).

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix vertical alignment of default avatar font (#11582). Fixes #26081.
• Fix avatars in public room & space search being flex shrunk (#11580). Fixes #26133.
• Fix EventTile avatars being rendered with a size of 0 instead of hidden (#11558). Fixes #26075.
• Fix compound external assets path in bundle (#26069).
• Use RoomStateEvent.Update for knocks (#11516). Contributed by @charlynguyen.
• Prevent event propagation when clicking icon buttons (#11515).
• Only display RoomKnocksBar when feature flag is enabled (#11513). Contributed by @andybalaam.
• Fix avatars of knock members for people tab of room settings (#11506). Fixes #26083. Contributed by @charlynguyen.
• Fixes read receipt avatar offset (#11483). Fixes #26067, #26064 #26059 and #26061.
• Fix avatar defects (#11473). Fixes #26051 and #26046.
• Fix consistent avatar output for Percy (#11472). Fixes #26049 and #26052.
• Fix colour of avatar and colour matching with username (#11470). Fixes #26042.
• Fix incompatibility of Soft Logout with Element-R (#11468).
• Fix instances of double translation and guard translation calls using typescript (#11443).

v1.11.41-rc.2

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix vertical alignment of default avatar font (#11582). Fixes #26081.
• Fix avatars in public room & space search being flex shrunk (#11580). Fixes #26133.
• Fix EventTile avatars being rendered with a size of 0 instead of hidden (#11558). Fixes #26075.

v1.11.41-rc.1

✨ Features

• Make SVGR icons use forward ref (#26082).
• Add support for rendering a custom wrapper around Element (#25537). Contributed by @maheichyk.
• Allow creating public knock rooms (#11481). Contributed by @charlynguyen.
• Render custom images in reactions according to MSC4027 (#11087). Contributed by @sumnerevans.
• Introduce room knocks bar (#11475). Contributed by @charlynguyen.
• Room header UI updates (#11507). Fixes #25892.
• Remove green "verified" bar for encrypted events (#11496).
• Update member count on room summary update (#11488).
• Support for E2EE in Element Call (#11492).
• Allow requesting to join knock rooms via spotlight (#11482). Contributed by @charlynguyen.
• Lock out the first tab if Element is opened in a second tab. (#11425). Fixes #25157.
• Change avatar to use Compound implementation (#11448).

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix compound external assets path in bundle (#26069).
• Use RoomStateEvent.Update for knocks (#11516). Contributed by @charlynguyen.
• Prevent event propagation when clicking icon buttons (#11515).
• Only display RoomKnocksBar when feature flag is enabled (#11513). Contributed by @andybalaam.
• Fix avatars of knock members for people tab of room settings (#11506). Fixes #26083. Contributed by @charlynguyen.
• Fixes read receipt avatar offset (#11483). Fixes #26067, #26064 #26059 and #26061.
• Fix avatar defects (#11473). Fixes #26051 and #26046.
• Fix consistent avatar output for Percy (#11472). Fixes #26049 and #26052.
• Fix colour of avatar and colour matching with username (#11470). Fixes #26042.
• Fix incompatibility of Soft Logout with Element-R (#11468).
• Fix instances of double translation and guard translation calls using typescript (#11443).

v1.11.40

✨ Features

• Hide account deactivation for externally managed accounts (#11445). Fixes #26022. Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• OIDC: Redirect to delegated auth provider when signing out (#11432). Fixes #26000. Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Disable 3pid fields in settings when m.3pid_changes capability is disabled (#11430). Fixes #25995. Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• OIDC: disable multi session signout for OIDC-aware servers in session manager (#11431). Contributed by @kerryarchibald.
• Implement updated open dialog method of the Module API (#11395). Contributed by @dhenneke.
• Polish & delabs Exploring public spaces feature (#11423).
• Treat lists with a single empty item as plain text, not Markdown. (#6833). Fixes element-hq/element-meta#1265.
• Allow managing room knocks (#11404). Contributed by @charlynguyen.
• Pin the action buttons to the bottom of the scrollable dialogs (#11407). Contributed by @dhenneke.
• Support Matrix 1.1 (drop legacy r0 versions) (#9819).

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix path separator for Windows based systems (#25997).
• Fix instances of double translation and guard translation calls using typescript (#11443).
• Fix export type "Current timeline" to match its behaviour to its name (#11426). Fixes #25988.
• Fix Room Settings > Notifications file upload input being shown superfluously (#11415). Fixes #18392.
• Simplify registration with email validation (#11398). Fixes #25832 #23601 and #22297.
• correct home server URL (#11391). Fixes #25931. Contributed by @NSV1991.
• Include non-matching DMs in Spotlight recent conversations when the DM's userId is part of the search API results (#11374). Contributed by @mgcm.
• Fix useRoomMembers missing updates causing incorrect membership counts (#11392). Fixes #17096.
• Show error when searching public rooms fails (#11378).