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Weekly Recap

Weekly Recap¶

The following changes were introduced this week and mentioned in #updates:etke.cc. This summary ensures no one missed them.

Component Updates¶

Version Changes¶

Source

Weekly Recap

Weekly Recap¶

The following changes were introduced this week and mentioned in #updates:etke.cc. This summary ensures no one missed them.

Component Updates¶

Version Changes¶

Source

Weekly Recap

Weekly Recap¶

The following changes were introduced this week and mentioned in #updates:etke.cc. This summary ensures no one missed them.

Component Updates¶

Version Changes¶

Source

Weekly Recap

Weekly Recap¶

The following changes were introduced this week and mentioned in #updates:etke.cc. This summary ensures no one missed them.

Component Updates¶

Version Changes¶

Matrix Rooms v12 - new updates¶

Reminder: on August 11, a coordinated security release was published, and then on August 14 a disclosure was published. Please refer to the previous news entries for details.

v12 Support Updates¶

  • ShildiChat Web v1.11.109-sc.0.test.0 supports v12 rooms
  • FluffyChat Web, Android, iOS v2.1.0 support v12 rooms

Apart from these updates, various other components got v12 support (e.g., #honoroit:etke.cc ), or improved it (e.g., Cinny, Draupnir). We strongly suggest waiting at least 1-2 more weeks before upgrading your existing public federated rooms and ensuring the components you use are ready to support v12 rooms. Private and/or unfederated rooms do not need any upgrades.

Service Updates: Moderation Guide and Muninn Hall Community¶

Last week we introduced Draupnir, a moderation bot for Matrix, along with a quick start guide that was prepared with input from Draupnir’s developers and experienced Matrix moderators. This ensures the guide is not just theory, but based on real-world use.

This week we are going one step further. A bot alone cannot solve every problem, so we published a new Matrix Moderation Guide. It gives you the bigger picture: why moderation matters, what to watch out for, and how to combine tools, knowledge, and community support to keep your homeserver safe. The guide was built together with the same community experts who helped us with Draupnir.

At the same time, the Muninn Hall community officially opened its rooms. Muninn Hall brings together developers of moderation tools and experienced server admins to share knowledge and coordinate responses to abuse and spam. If you are already running Draupnir, you are probably benefiting from their active threats policy list - now if you run a public Matrix server with open registration, you can also join the wider community for alerts, discussions, and support.

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Weekly Recap

Weekly Recap¶

The following changes were introduced this week and mentioned in #updates:etke.cc. This summary ensures no one missed them.

Component Updates¶

Version Changes¶

New Component: Draupnir¶

A highly capable moderation system that helps keep your server, rooms, and users safe from spam, scams, and other threats.

We’ve been testing it for a while, and with the help of the Matrix community, we’ve prepared a simple step-by-step guide with sane defaults that works for 99.99% of servers and saves your time while keeping your server protected from threats.

You may have noticed the Moderator user in etke.cc rooms - this is Draupnir configured using the mentioned guide, including all recommended options.

Price: +$3/month. Existing customers can get it by contacting our support, new customers can get a server with Draupnir preinstalled

Matrix Rooms v12¶

On August 11, a coordinated security release was published, and then on August 14 a disclosure was published

What you need to know¶

Only public rooms are considered at-risk; the fixes are available only for v12 rooms. Your server (once it is updated at least to Synapse v1.135.1) will use v12 by default for any new room you create.

  • Synapse v1.135.1 and later contains the security fix
  • Element Web v1.11.109 and later supports v12 rooms
  • Cinny Web v4.9.0 and later supports v12 rooms
  • ShildiChat Web does not support v12 rooms yet
  • FluffyChat Web does not support v12 rooms yet
  • Mobile apps - please check the release notes of the mobile app you use. If it was last updated in June, or the release notes don’t contain specific mention of v12 support, your mobile app does not support v12 rooms yet

What you can do¶

As it was mentioned in #discussion:etke.cc , #updates:etke.cc, #homeowners:matrix.org , and plenty of other rooms, you can:

  1. Routinely update your server (automatic weekly maintenance does that automatically, so you don’t need to do anything else)
  2. If you have public rooms, review the brand-new guide by the Matrix Foundation and plan the upgrade

Please keep in mind that room upgrade is a disruptive process; it will impact your users, and it will cause issues and inconvenience. Do not upgrade rooms if you don’t have to.

Source

Weekly Recap

Weekly Recap¶

The following changes were introduced this week and mentioned in #updates:etke.cc. This summary ensures no one missed them.

Component Updates¶

Version Changes¶

Source

Weekly Recap

Weekly Recap¶

The following changes were introduced this week and mentioned in #updates:etke.cc. This summary ensures no one missed them.

Component Updates¶

Version Changes¶

Service Updates¶

Firewall changes¶

This week we worked on simplifying and unifying firewall management across different setups. From now on, SSH access will be controlled directly on the server itself, instead of relying on your hosting provider’s firewall settings. This change only affects hosting customers and won’t impact on-premises setups.

Automation improvements¶

Over the weekend, we updated our automation system to stay compatible with the latest platform requirements. This involved plenty of changes behind the scenes.

A few hosts were briefly affected during the update, but all known issues were identified and fixed within 24 hours. Everything should be running normally now, and we’ll keep monitoring things

Privacy policy updates¶

We’ve given our privacy policy a proper update! The old one was more of a placeholder, but the new version is much clearer and easier to read. It just explains how things work in practice - nothing new or unexpected for existing customers. https://etke.cc/privacy/

Source

Weekly Recap

Weekly Recap¶

The following changes were introduced this week and mentioned in #updates:etke.cc. This summary ensures no one missed them.

Component Updates¶

Version Changes¶

Source

Weekly Recap

Weekly Recap¶

The following changes were introduced this week and mentioned in #updates:etke.cc. This summary ensures no one missed them.

Component Updates¶

Version Changes¶

Source

Weekly Recap

Weekly Recap¶

The following changes were introduced this week and mentioned in #updates:etke.cc. This summary ensures no one missed them.

Component Updates¶

Version Changes¶

Source

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