* Mon Aug 11 2025 Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
- Update to version 12 (CVE-2055-55159, boo#1248050):
+ Requesting invites to rooms (aka knocking) is now possible, as
is enabling such requests for room admins.
+ The upcoming room version 12 is supported, with the special
power level of room creators.
+ A room can be marked as unread via the context menu in the
sidebar.
+ You can now see if a section in the sidebar has any
notifications or activity when it is collapsed.
+ Clicking on the name of the sender of a message adds a mention
to them in the composer.
+ The safety setting to hide media previews in rooms is now
synced between Matrix clients and we added another safety
setting (which is also synced) to hide avatars in invites.
+ Updated translations.
* Fri Aug 01 2025 Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
- Update to version 12.rc:
+ The upcoming room version 12 is supported, with the special
power level of room creators.
+ Requesting invites to rooms (aka knocking) is now possible.
+ Clicking on the name of the sender of a message adds a mention
to them in the composer.
* Tue Jul 15 2025 Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
- Update to version 12.beta+14 (boo#1246463, CVE-2025-53549):
+ The safety setting to hide media previews in rooms is now
synced between Matrix clients.
+ Added another safety setting (which is also synced) to hide
avatars in invites.
+ A room can be marked as unread via the context menu in the
sidebar.
+ Changed the UX a little for tombstoned rooms. Instead of
showing a banner at the top of the history, it now replaces the
composer at the bottom of the history.
+ You can now see if a section in the sidebar has any
notifications or activity when it is collapsed.
+ As usual, this release includes other improvements and fixes.
+ Updated translations.
* Tue Jun 10 2025 Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
- Update to version 11.2 (boo#1244411):
+ This version updates the matrix-sdk-crypto dependency to
include a fix for a high severity security issue
(CVE-2025-48937).
* Thu May 15 2025 Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
- Update to version 11.1:
+ Due to a pesky bug that makes Fractal crash when our users
attempt to start a verification, we are releasing Fractal 11.1
only 2 weeks after Fractal 11. And while we’re at it we also
backported a few fixes for smaller paper cuts!
* Sun May 04 2025 Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
- Update to version 11:
+ Support for login using the OAuth 2.0 API (as used by
matrix.org, which recently made the switch to Matrix
Authentication Service).
+ Overhaul of the page that lists user sessions, with details
moved to subpages, for a less cluttered feel, and allowing to
rename sessions!
+ Rearranged account settings, with a new Safety tab that
includes a setting to toggle media preview visibility.
+ BlurHashes for images and videos, that are used as placeholders
while the media is loading or if the preview is disabled.
+ Contiguous state events are grouped behind a single item.
+ As usual, this release includes other improvements and fixes
thanks to all our contributors, and our upstream projects.
* Tue Feb 11 2025 Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
- Update to version 10.1:
+ Due to a couple of unfortunate but important regressions in
Fractal 10, we are releasing Fractal 10.1 so our users don’t
have to wait too long for them to be addressed. This minor
version fixes the following issues:
- Some rooms were stuck in an unread state, even after reading
them or marking them as read.
- Joining or creating a room would crash the app.
* Fri Jan 31 2025 Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
- Update to version 10:
+ The QR code scanning code has been ported to libaperture, the
library behind GNOME Camera. This should result in better
performance and more reliability.
+ OAuth 2.0 compatibility was added, to make sure that we are
ready for the upcoming authentication changes for matrix.org.
+ Pills for users and rooms mentions show consistently in the
right place instead of seemingly random places, getting rid of
one of our oldest and most annoying bug.
+ Attachments go through the send queue, ensuring correct order
of all messages and improving the visual feedback.
+ Videos were often not playing after loading in the room
history. This was fixed, and we also show properly when an
error occurred.
+ We were downloading too many different sizes for avatar images,
which would fill the media cache needlessly. We now only
download a couple of sizes. This has the extra benefit of
fixing blurry or missing thumbnails in notifications.
* Fri Jan 17 2025 Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
- Update to version 10.rc:
+ The most next-gen addition goes to… making Fractal OIDC aware.
This ensures compatibility with the upcoming authentication
changes for matrix.org.
+ The most valuable fix goes to… showing consistently pills for
users and rooms mentions in the right place instead of
seemingly random places, getting rid of one of our oldest and
most annoying bug.
+ The most sensible improvement goes to… using the send queue for
attachments, ensuring correct order of all messages and
improving the visual feedback.
+ The most underrated feature goes to… allowing to react to
stickers, fixing a crash in the process.
+ The most obvious tweak goes to… removing the “Open Direct Chat”
menu entry from avatar menu and member profile in direct chats.
+ The clearest enhancement goes to… labelling experimental
versions in the room upgrade menu as such.
+ As usual, this release includes other improvements and fixes.
+ Updated translations.
- Add pkgconfig(gstgtk4), pkgconfig(lcms2), rubygem(sass) and
rust-grass BuildRequires: New dependencies.
* Mon Jan 06 2025 Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
- Add explicit gstreamer-plugins-good-gtk Requires: Ensure this
runtime dependency is in place (boo#1191723).