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Features

• Add the forum room type with a dedicated forum view that presents threads as topics. by @smokku in feat: add m.forum room type and dedicated view with threads as topics #980
• New composer commands: /gif opens the GIF picker and /rainbowme sends rainbow-formatted action messages (Add rainbowme command #1109). by @eleboucher in feat: add gif slash command #1573
• Add selectable app icons on Android and iOS. by @eleboucher in feat(settings): add runtime app icon selection #1594
• Add MSC4466 profile sync controls for supported homeservers. by @7w1 in Support msc4466 altering profile propagation #1117
• Add experimental new calls using LiveKit on web, desktop, and supported mobile devices, enabled by a single setting with Element Call as the fallback. by @eleboucher in Add native LiveKit calls on iOS and Android and Web #1575
• Add toggleable, reorderable composer trigger buttons (emoji, gif, sticker) with a drag-and-drop settings list. by @eleboucher in feat: reorderable composer trigger buttons #1261
• Settings improvements: search the settings sidebar and customize keyboard shortcuts (Consolidate keybinds and make them configurable #1121). by @eleboucher in feat(settings): add search bar to settings sidebar #1660
• Add an accessibility settings tab with color correction filters. by @j0lol in Add accessibility tab and accessible color correction #1664
• Persona improvements: pick a persona directly in the editor, an account-wide persona toggle, latching shorthands, persona name colors, and a redesigned persona settings menu (Clean up the design of Persona settings #1223, Add Account-wide persona toggle in Persona Picker #1264, Persona picker style tweaks #1368, Add loading feedback in Persona settings menu #1369, Add persona latching when using shorthands #1435, Add PMP name colors #1462). by @j0lol in Add Persona picker in Editor #1171
• Style tables in formatted messages. by @Steffo99 in feat: Add table styling #1580
• New bottom sheets across the app: attach files and pick emoji from sheets in the composer, plus a room details sheet on small screens (fix: various small performance and visual improvements #1173, feat(mobile): consolidate bottom sheets and rework the emoji picker #1433). by @eleboucher in feat: improve input attachement modal #1234
• Update the device display name after login to reflect the current client and build flavor. by @hazre in fix: device display name and update display name on mount #1458
• Replaced the connection status top bar with a small styled popup and added a variant that shows sliding sync initial progress. by @7w1 in style: revamp connection status popups #1200
• Add per-message profiles (MSC4461): a different name and avatar in each room, with PluralKit import, shorthands, backup and restore, editing sent messages, and profile info on user profiles (Add PMP shorthand editing in Settings #1352, Properly format PMP replies #1479, Allow changing/editing PMP on messages #1586, Add the option to remove the fallback from PMPs #1611, Add PluralKit import, PMP backup/restore/wipe functionality #1651, PMP User Heroes, Fix+Refactor Persona Picker #1701). by @j0lol in Impl MSC4461: Storing per-message profiles for users #1589
• The notifications inbox is now built from push rules evaluated on this device instead of the server's /notifications endpoint, so mentions in encrypted rooms are detected correctly. by @eleboucher in Change the notifications inbox to evaluate push rules on-device #1372
• Add beta desktop and mobile builds with a greatly improved mobile experience, UnifiedPush support and more reliable notifications, better desktop shortcuts, updates and window controls, and improved native media handling and sharing. by @eleboucher in Feat/tauri desktop #1103

Fixes

• Publish an obtainium.json app config with every release so Android builds can be installed and auto-updated through Obtainium. by @eleboucher in feat(android): publish an Obtainium app config with each release #1616
• Performance: faster startup and warm syncs by caching room metadata, profile data, and device verification, plus lower memory use by pruning inactive room history (Perf/cold start #1127, Larger performance improvements & a changeset cleanup #1184, perf(crypto): cache cross-signing device verification status #1305, fix: prune inactive room timelines #1466). by @7w1 in Cache power levels, widgets, abbreviations, and banners with sliding sync #1118
• Login and account fixes: full-URL homeservers no longer land on an empty room, a retry button when discovery fails, OAuth device verification no longer hangs, identity reset completes, key backup restores on verified devices, and account switch or logout from the offline screen (Add account switcher and logout button to homeserver offline screen #1115, fix: complete and detect OIDC/SSO identity reset (#1255) #1270, fix: submit the m.oauth stage type when completing OAuth UIA #1348, fix(crypto): allow restoring key backup after the crypto store is wiped #1379, feat: add retry button for homeserver discovery during login #1380). by @eleboucher in fix(auth): carry the homeserver in the query string instead of the path #1582
• Media fixes: encrypted images and GIFs render again, playback works on Firefox, better loading on slow connections, decrypted media is freed from memory, gzipped Lottie support, stickers send reliably, and notification sounds no longer play as media (Add support for displaying gzipped lottie (e.g. tgs) #1104, fix(media): decrypt encrypted media on Android and improve slow-network loading #1296, fix(media): wait for the session instead of failing media requests at startup #1331, fix(sticker): send using the pack's image info instead of downloading the sticker #1332, fix(media): request our own video and audio with CORS so Firefox does not block it #1334, fix(notifications): stop in-app sounds leaking into the media layer #1353, fix(media): revoke decrypted media blob URLs that outlive their component #1381). by @eleboucher in fix(media): sniff decrypted image content type and harden encrypted media cache #1271
• Fix link previews leaving empty space in a message until it is reloaded by @eleboucher in fix(url-preview): stop cards holding placeholder height and resolve previews ahead of the viewport #1827
• Message formatting fixes: checklists no longer render as raw HTML, spoilers work with proxy tags, maps with malformed coordinates no longer crash the app, and membership reasons are wrapped in parentheses (Fix Maps that contain incorrect numbers for lat/lon crashing sable #1248, Fix spoilers breaking when using a proxy tag/shorthand #1307, chore: Wrap membership event reasons in parentheses #1470). by @eleboucher in fix(markdown): keep task list markers as text instead of checkbox input #1354
• Fix context menus closing instead of opening, keep the room options sheet open, and let sidebar, space, and image viewer menus open on long-press as well as right-click (test: restructure e2e around fixtures and page objects, run against a build #1336, Change menus and overlays to shared responsive primitives #1358). by @eleboucher in fix(menu): open context menus instead of toggling them shut #1431
• Assorted fixes: popups on start appear one at a time, room leave updates immediately, accepted invites stop reappearing, synced CSS tweaks are restored, the scheduled-messages chip shows again, faster recovery from network switches, plus small visual and formatting fixes (Fix visual items #1114, fix(shortcuts): Remove keybind conflict with text-editor bold text #1120, Fix needing to leave a room twice #1146, style: revamp connection status popups #1200, Fix synced local tweaks #1220, fix(sliding-sync): drop stale invite state for joined rooms in sidebar cache #1284, fix: Missing scheduled message chip #1514, fix Call room name positioning #1656). by @eleboucher in fix(sync): recover faster from network switches and flaky connections #1399
• Profile fixes: hero colours and full scrolling restored on profile sheets, local time respects the 24-hour setting, devices stay sorted when last-active times are missing, and no crash in room cosmetics before members load (fix(settings): handle missing room member in cosmetics settings #1298, fix(user-profile): respect 24-hour clock setting for local time #1579, fix: keep devices sorted by last active time when some last active ti… #1793). by @eleboucher in fix(mobile): restore sheet color and scrolling #1503
• Fix sliding sync issues: missing or stale display names, bridged avatars, blank space icons, sticker and emote packs, subspaces, call updates, and incomplete member lists (Fix various member state with sliding sync and fix test #1111, Fix/sliding sync avatars packs #1112, fix: wait for room list to be loaded before fetching pack info #1119, fix: various small performance and visual improvements #1173, fix(sliding-sync): refresh stale room member display names when global profile differs #1530, fix(members): refill the member roster when sliding sync only lazy-loaded it #1554). by @7w1 in refactor: consolidate message rendering to shared helper #1170
• Notification and unread fixes: rooms no longer stay unread after a thread reply or restart, the inbox shows real message previews, the page title shows the mention count, and tapping a notification navigates correctly (fix: show mention count instead of total unread in page title #1245, fix navigation when taping a notification #1390). by @eleboucher in fix(unread): clear thread counts on mark as read and honour m.fully_read #1816
• Timeline fixes: reliably follow new messages, stop loading a room's whole history on open, unstuck pagination, restored polls, and fixed thread rendering, reactions, and replies (fix: render typing indicator in-flow and stop scroll snapping to bottom #1113, Change menus and overlays to shared responsive primitives #1358, fix: ensure timeline continues fetching when hidden events are disabled #1363, Change cross-cutting hooks to shared modules and fix menu, thread and sheet regressions #1367, Fix the timeline loading a room's entire history on open #1373, fix: restore poll rendering #1425). by @eleboucher in fix: improve timeline reliablity to follow new message #1105
• Fix voice recordings continuing after cancel or rapid taps, and stop the microphone when a recording is interrupted before the permission prompt resolves (Fix microphone staying open when a recording is superseded before it starts #1428). by @eleboucher in fix: clean up window pointer listeners on pointercancel and unmount #1252
• Add option to always keep the last line of the text editor "inline" with the UI buttons. by @lunar-seal in feat: add always inline editor option for multiline messages #1218
• Mobile polish: smoother swipe navigation and drawer, steady keyboard while editing, better touch feedback, chat input and account panel, swipe-to-edit on messages, and fixed swiping in attachments (Feat/tauri desktop #1103, fix(mobile): keep edit field focused so the keyboard doesn't flicker shut #1130, feat(mobile): polish account panel and settings layout #1131, perf(mobile): overlapping-panels swipe, immediate room open, progressive decryption #1144, fix: various small performance and visual improvements #1173, Small mobile tweaks #1267, fix(mobile): stop the nav drawer sliding out of frame and carry swipe velocity into the settle #1303, fix: show setting selects as dialogs on mobile and keep long-pressed sheets open #1382, fix: horizontal scrolling triggering swipe gestures #1754). by @eleboucher in feat: polish mobile chat input #1166