v26.08

Release post: https://mau.fi/blog/2026-08-mautrix-release/

• Removed Instagram support from the mautrix-meta bridge. Only mautrix-instagram can be used for Instagram now.
• Added notices for calls from Instagram.
• Improved iOS Messenger login mode and added Android Messenger as an option.
• Fixed Instagram ghost profiles not being updated when receiving a message.
• Fixed bridging edits from Instagram.

v26.07

Release post: https://mau.fi/blog/2026-07-mautrix-release/

• Updated Docker image to Alpine 3.24.
• Added new Instagram bridge.
  • Existing bridges configured with mode: instagram can seamlessly switch to the new bridge by just replacing the binary (mautrix-meta → mautrix-instagram) or Docker image (still dock.mau.dev/mautrix/meta, but with an ig- prefix for the tag, e.g. :ig-latest or :ig-v26.07).
  • The old bridge can still be used for Instagram, but only on this release. After this release, mautrix-meta can only be used for Messenger.
  • More details can be found in the release post.
• Added support for bridging text formatting.
• Removed support for bridging typing notifications in legacy Instagram bridge.

v26.06

Release post: https://mau.fi/blog/2026-06-mautrix-release/

• Fixed connecting to Instagram again.
  • Note: a future update may split Facebook and Instagram into separate bridges again, as it appears that Meta has abandoned their plans to unify their messengers and are now moving to different protocols again.
• Improved iOS Messenger login mode.
• Fixed downloading videos in cases where the FB server doesn't allow Range requests.
• Fixed handling 400 disconnect code from WhatsApp socket.

v26.05.1

• Fixed connecting to Instagram after an app ID change broke it.

v26.05

Release post: https://mau.fi/blog/2026-05-mautrix-release/

• Changed connection code 24 to use transient disconnect state instead of unknown error when the bridge auto-reconnects.
• Fixed more bugs with iOS Messenger login mode.

v26.04

Release post: https://mau.fi/blog/2026-04-mautrix-release/

• Added support for backfilling missed messages in marketplace chats.
• Added subspace for marketplace chats.
• Added support for more encrypted message types.
• Added support for changing Instagram group avatars from Matrix.
• Changed connection state caching to allow using cached state even if the bridge didn't exit cleanly.
• Fixed bridge getting stuck instead of reporting an error for certain sync errors returned by Facebook servers.
• Fixed various bugs with iOS Messenger login mode.
• Fixed sending GIFs to encrypted chats.
• Removed option to use encrypted chats on Instagram.

v26.02

Release post: https://mau.fi/blog/2026-02-mautrix-release/

• Bumped minimum Go version to 1.25.
• Added retrying for 5xx responses from Meta.
• Added auto-reconnect for WhatsApp connection used for encrypted chats.
• Added support for refreshing media URLs when using direct media.
• Added experimental iOS Messenger login mode, which doesn't require using a browser.
• Added option to backfill all chats instead of only the most recent 20.
• Added support for adding and removing participants in groups.
• Adjusted backfill message fetching and probably added more bugs.
• Changed starting chats to default to encrypted DMs on Messenger.

v25.12

Release post: https://mau.fi/blog/2025-12-mautrix-release/

• Updated Docker image to Alpine 3.23.
• Added support for changing unencrypted group names and avatars.
• Added option to stop view-once media being bridged.
• Changed thumbs-up stickers to be bridged as the emoji even in unencrypted chats to be consistent with encrypted ones.
• Fixed false negatives when editing messages if the server lies about the result.
• Fixed Instagram logins getting stuck disconnected in some cases after internal errors on Meta's servers.
• Fixed duplicate attachments being bridged when the server sends duplicate attachments in a message for no apparent reason.

v25.11

Release post: https://mau.fi/blog/2025-11-mautrix-release/

• Added workaround for users who are unable to send videos even on the native Instagram website.
• Fixed bridge connection failing with certain FB/IG accounts.
• Fixed bridging animated webp images received in encrypted chats.

v25.10

Release post: https://mau.fi/blog/2025-10-mautrix-release/

• Switched to calendar versioning.
• Removed legacy provisioning API and database legacy migration. Upgrading directly from versions prior to v0.4.0 is not supported.
  • If you've been using the bridge since before v0.4.0 and have prevented the bridge from writing to the config, you must either update the config manually or allow the bridge to update it for you before upgrading to this release (i.e. run v0.5.3 once with config writing allowed).
• Added support for bridging replies to Facebook stories in encrypted chats.
• Added support for disappearing messages in encrypted chats.
• Added support for typing notifications in all directions.
• Added initial support for creating unencrypted groups.