v7.1.0-beta.5

New in v7.1.0-beta.5.

• Alert when supporter badge renewal fails.
• Add link to SimpleX Network News channel in settings.
• Fix connecting via contact cards.

Android and desktop:

• Open member profiles without delay.
• Reduce CPU use of media blur and apply it on Android 11 and older.

Desktop:

• Fix crash at startup on Windows.
• Fix app locking after calls.
• Fix freeze when stopping a video.
• Fix slow scrolling with blurred bars.

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Commits:

• blog: update image
• website: update cf page (#7549)
• website: update cf page (#7551)
• blog: update image
• Merge branch 'stable'
• Merge branch 'stable'
• Merge branch 'stable'
• ui: one banner at a time in chat list (#7554)
• website: update image
• website: update image
• website: update pdf
• core, ui: alert the user when badge renewal is failing (#7532)
• ui: show close button on badges banner only after it was opened (#7560)
• website: cf page headline (#7564)
• ui: open support SimpleX screen from badge and file alerts (#7563)
• website: update cf texts (#7569)
• core: update agent API for connections (#7574)
• core: store extended contact and group preferences, for forward compatibility (#7506)
• website: update cf page (#7577)
• core: fix connecting via prepared connection with contact card (#7575)
• tests: fix race conditions (#7579)
• tests: stabilize (#7576)
• badges: webapp feature branch (#7548)
• core: fix races when sending and receiving files (in tests, or when server is very fast) (#7584)
• badges: stop skipped-invoice log flood (#7591)
• Merge branch 'stable'
• ui: news channel (#7594)
• Merge branch 'stable'
• desktop: fix laggy bars blur by blurring a narrower offscreen copy (#7556)
• android, desktop: make media blur much lighter on CPU (#7483)
• core: update simplexmq
• android, desktop: open group member profile without waiting for the core (#7485)
• desktop: fix app freeze when a video is stopped during format negotiation (#7582)
• android: match app links by exact path so simplex.chat pages open in the browser (#7565)
• Merge branch 'stable'
• Merge branch 'stable'
• desktop: fix crash at startup on Windows when WMI does not answer (#7581)
• core: 7.1.0.8 (simplexmq: 7.1.0.9)
• core: update query plans
• website: enable languages on why page (#7600)
• bots: SimpleX Calculator demo bot (#7583)
• ios: update core library
• ios: fix frame decryptor crash on undersized frame (#7613)
• relays: remove of files with base64 padding in the name, log errors (#7611)
• ui: add error constructor (#7610)
• core: limit depth of forwarded messages (#7614)
• core: restrict body size for XRCP commands and responses, limit decompressed size (#7616)
• core: limit the number of skipped keys during remote access (#7622)
• ios: exclude app data from backup (#7623)
• badges: service group with multi-use codes (#7578)
• calculator bot: add docker setup (#7606)
• android, desktop: reduce logging (#7618)
• desktop: prevent desktop being locked after the call (#7505)
• core: remove .exported db files when database is removed (#7615)
• core: compress messages if needed to fit envelope, even if there is no PQ e2ee in connection (#7630)
• core: 7.1.0.9 (simplexmq 7.1.0.10)
• 7.1-beta.5: android 383, desktop 165, ios 360

Android APKs:

SHA2-256(simplex-aarch64.apk)= 1fd866a13a52c82f955e27ea53a1591cd7e5996b2209c9baadd80a8e33014ad5

SHA2-256(simplex-armv7a.apk)= 7cdad28ecca9e19101b80985511dff1711e046f7092712720a885251fb92404b

Desktop app:

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-aarch64)= 1145565a89d10ea9451207992854ef7abfb6f232d242684f04d28e551777e866

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-aarch64.deb)= a49c9a7866428094150f536c9caa5ced9a1f3df14b033d1823420ddd2610614e

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-aarch64)= b512beb48a50b227f23d77b3461decc54fc8f4e047d17dc7aa6620aa596a9ccb

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-aarch64.deb)= 1e5e3ee0fe6772b8e22b78546a3ee8efaf7544dd91c4ba19e41f6b69df927abb

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-x86_64)= 64c3614f9d2188b6280f18d0735247e3b7b5e63388489e27f6eb01ccedbe70b8

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-x86_64.deb)= 0c85c274821d9daac0529665b9e0a5b88f0ee9ed0005763e8f47113fc73e3554

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-macos-aarch64)= 753e9d6671f0432abf39f15210610c4a0977b99795a8b0d316089d73947e235f

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-x86_64)= 189b9140f317bdaeb83597445615c0a97bed1e982d2f353d7d2bf3173b70df7e

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-x86_64.deb)= cd3dd3d94d0653f7a8c82d3e21068b646bf47ce991d974535e4ea9e2762007dc

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-ubuntu-24_04-aarch64.deb)= 490876a88745213a0dd1fabf0d05fa7566dcd837d5095106760842f66b4c06ea

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-ubuntu-22_04-aarch64.deb)= 834a9f93426b3fd91fa32f4fe5ab38a9b8e9775a86ae61cacf4a4f31b49ef7a4

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-aarch64.AppImage)= 40772a9a6b7afb20f9d7374d8dcfea717694b009cd844d71a62b1161d4be56ca

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-windows-x86-64)= a7ab255b0df79b97e9dae6064c2b59a33ee16b3a365593ee1e545ef893f2dc57

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-macos-x86-64)= 1397489870cc2e01144735aab238b2208cc90d6ca3fbdf1245b06658ac63c8da

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-ubuntu-24_04-x86_64.deb)= c0f2fc6ab0c68503785580e52bc8e33852405c741c0b208b172e4aa3c1d24b7e

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-macos-aarch64.dmg)= 69f7a0ee97a0d3ec3fe41cd255fe199da55c01c9b2af303494fc121c90203701

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-ubuntu-22_04-x86_64.deb)= b061110a6f9bb4f7f4d2c1160e84782a1052398dbffe1facd52f393392e80d6f

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-x86_64.AppImage)= ce6880402547205eeacf142fc61e0814848f61232a3cda42e7dcc0e8e1896dae

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-windows-x86_64.msi)= 6b1847db45f0bc2421849ccabfa3d47d5c310ab7a28d77fde48580f517ab9be4

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-macos-x86_64.dmg)= d98e7ae729cb7016db1f01b5ad0f71c5179909d40c94b7d8679c0265968e5c13