Notices by Matrix.org (matrix@mastodon.matrix.org)

2024 was a banner year for Matrix, from Matrix 2.0 progress and Trust & Safety improvements, to operationalizing open governance and hosting the first Matrix Conference.

We can't wait to see what 2025 brings! From all of us to you, merry merry and a happy new year ✨

https://matrix.org/blog/2024/12/25/the-matrix-holiday-special-2024/

We have an AMAZING lineup for The Matrix Conference!

🙌 A barcamp
🧑🏫 2 Core Conference Days
🗣️ 43 Speakers

Stay tuned for speaker highlights and check out the full schedule at https://2024.matrix.org/schedule

The http://matrix.org homeserver has been struggling with load over the last 24h (thanks perhaps to Slack for driving users our way: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/slack-defends-default-opt-in-for-ai-training-on-chats-amid-user-outrage/) - we're working on fixing performance. Folks on other homeservers are of course unaffected. Apologies for the inconvenience. https://status.matrix.org is tracking the incident.

MAINTENANCE: We will be taking down the http://matrix.org homeserver at 09:30 UTC tomorrow (2022-11-01) to perform a database upgrade.

The downtime could be up to an hour, but probably much less.

Other servers will, of course, be unaffected.

Matrix working with the IETF on More Instant Messaging Interoperability, a (beginning of) homeserver implementation from scratch, and a @WordPress@twitter.com plugin. That and much more happened this week in Matrix!

https://matrix.org/blog/2022/10/28/this-week-in-matrix-2022-10-28

Synapse 1.69 is out, with new caching capabilities for modules and a couple of deprecation notices. Also we're disclosing a security issue we fixed back in Synapse 1.62, come take a look!

https://matrix.org/blog/2022/10/17/synapse-1-69-released

We've just released Dendrite 0.9.9 with quite a few bugs fixed 🎈 If you run a Dendrite instance, please consider upgrading! https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/releases/tag/v0.9.9

We've just released Dendrite 0.9.8 to fix a security vulnerability. If you run a Dendrite installation, upgrading is highly recommended! 🔐 https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/releases/tag/v0.9.8

RT @rbonifaz@twitter.com

Mañana participaré en el #FLISOLBogotá y hablaré sobre la experiencia en @derechosdigital@twitter.com sobre la migración de #Slack a @matrixdotorg@twitter.com. Obviamente hablaré sobre privacidad, autonomía, seguridad y desecentralizaicón :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOYStvGx404

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/rbonifaz/status/1517616563871965184

Synapse 1.51 is out! Read more about improvements to sync performance, FOSDEM and much more on our blog

https://matrix.org/blog/2022/01/25/synapse-1-51-released

We released Synapse 1.47.1, a security update based on last week's release of Synapse, patching a high severity issue affecting Synapse installations 1.47.0 and earlier using the media repository.

Adminstrators, please update as soon as possible.

https://matrix.org/blog/2021/11/23/synapse-1-47-1-released

Dendrite v0.5.1 is here! 😍 This release includes federation improvements, state res optimisations, early (albeit incomplete) support for v8/v9 rooms and a few bug fixes! https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/releases/tag/v0.5.1

⚠️ IMPORTANT: Users of Element Desktop/Web/Android, FluffyChat & Nheko should upgrade immediately to address a critical encryption vulnerability.

We are not aware of this being exploited in the wild yet, but as the bug is now disclosed please upgrade now. https://matrix.org/blog/2021/09/13/vulnerability-disclosure-key-sharing

Dendrite 0.5.0 is here! Encryption lovers rejoice — this release includes serverside E2EE key backups and early cross-signing support! 🔑 https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/releases/tag/v0.5.0