8.0.0-alpha.0 (2026-07-03)

Bug Fixes

• broken privacy policy link on join-server screen (#3186) (4cdb3a1)
• sidebar layout tweaks (#3184) (accc53f)

Features

• 3155: Add private channels with modifiable membership (no removals) to desktop (#3177) (9eef40c)
• 3155: Private channels for mobile (#3194) (c3c89bf)
• 3277: Open private channel creation to all users and prep for role-based permissons (#3276) (2592f56)
• 3296: Update invite links, use team ID everywhere and write randomly generated team name to chain (#3324) (c2a850c)
• 3300: Allow all members of a private channel to add members to that channel (#3303) (5e41f92)
• 3300: Allow channel owners to add members to channel (#3299) (8599479)
• 3321: Use random base58 usernames on sigchain (#3325) (698b1fd)