element-hq/element-call v0.8.0 on GitHub

What's Changed

Highlights

This release brings a major architectural shift: call participation and video tiles now rely on MatrixRTC membership instead of the LiveKit room state. This marks the final step toward enabling to-device media key exchange. To support this change, we introduced a new MembershipManager, ensuring RTC membership is accurately handled across all scenarios.

Additionally this release includes various usability improvements.

Key updates:

Implement the new MatrixRTCSession MembershipManager
Base (call participation) video tiles on MatrixRTC membership rather than LiveKit participants (a prerequisite for to-device E2EE key distribution)
Improve UX by making on-screen tile selection and arrangement more stable
Add sound effects for call exits and screen share activation
Introduce a wave/hello reaction 👋
Ensure new devices don't start unmuted by default
Remember previous mute states when devices disconnect and reconnect
Begin handling errors more gracefully, including:
- SFU capacity limits
- Missing MatrixRTC backend in a Matrix site deployment
Enhancements in widget mode:
- Adapt to theme changes during a call
- Hide the header
- On Failure: leave session and show relevant error
- Introduce a "close" action when the widget is ready to shut down (allowing error messages to be displayed and benefiting other widgets)
Notify users when their camera is initializing in the Lobby
Authenticate media requests when loading avatars

Changes

Upgrade js-sdk to develop with MSC4222 state_after support by @hughns in #2841
Mute state improvements including muting if skipLobby=true in SPA (Same as #2834) by @toger5 in #2846
Fix wrong hand raise margins in pip tile. by @toger5 in #2840
Fix Cache-Control header for docker images by @hughns in #2847
Bump js-sdk (key after leave fix) by @toger5 in #2850
Use light background by @toger5 in #2851
Add sound effect for call joined / left by @Half-Shot in #2794
Show hostname in developer settings by @hughns in #2857
Add a lower limit to duplicate tiles. by @Half-Shot in #2854
add information about MSC4222 state_after by @fkwp in #2864
Rename en-GB language to en by @hughns in #2866
Use a consistent background colour for video tiles and avatars by @hughns in #2868
Make video tiles be based on MatrixRTC member not LiveKit participants by @toger5 in #2701
Localazy Download by @RiotRobot in #2877
Use specific Node.js version (22) instead of latest LTS by @hughns in #2879
Authenticate media requests when loading avatars by @Half-Shot in #2856
Ensure call sound effects are played over the correct sink by @Half-Shot in #2863
Configure sentry integration for netlify PR previews by @hughns in #2884
Update dependency vite to v6 by @renovate in #2853
Add missing full stops from end of settings descriptions by @hughns in #2883
Ignore URL params where they are not applicable for the mode (widget vs SPA) by @hughns in #2882
Check for parentUrl when deciding whether a SPA specific url parameter should be ignored by @hughns in #2881
Enable @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-imports lint rule by @hughns in #2886
Simplify settings tabs by @hughns in #2875
Add some quick-and-dirty debug info for TileStore by @robintown in #2887
Rename developerSettingsTab to developerMode for consistency by @hughns in #2889
Add support for playing a sound when the user exits a call. by @Half-Shot in #2860
Clean up useMuteStates test by @hughns in #2891
Refactor preferences tab strings for consistency by @hughns in #2888
Bump matrix-js-sdk by @hughns in #2897
Determine which tiles are on screen in a more stable manner by @robintown in #2894
Developer setting to show LiveKit participants that do not have MatrixRTC sessions a.k.a. non-member tiles by @hughns in #2771
Wait for .well-known/matrix/client to load before determining MatrixRTC foci by @hughns in #2901
Localazy Download by @RiotRobot in #2898
Revert "Wait for .well-known/matrix/client to load before determining MatrixRTC foci" by @toger5 in #2902
Skip some redundant updates to the grid and spotlight by @robintown in #2899
Support selection of audio output device when using Firefox by @robintown in #2816
Use finnish notation for observables by @hughns in #2905
Use afterEach from vitest for consistency by @hughns in #2908
Use AutoDiscovery.getRawClientConfig() instead of MatrixClient.getClientWellKnown() and wait for result by @hughns in #2906
Bump matrix-js-sdk for bundle improvements by @hughns in #2911
Introduce intent URL param and make it change the default lobby behaviour by @hughns in #2828
Inform user that their camera is starting in Lobby by @hughns in #2869
Fix loading of matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm when running in local development mode by @hughns in #2915
Add screen share sound effect. by @Half-Shot in #2917
Refactor reactions / hand raised to use rxjs and start ordering tiles based on hand raised. by @Half-Shot in #2885
Update dependency @livekit/components-react to v2.6.10 by @renovate in #2920
Update LiveKit components by @renovate in #2923
Add developer mode option to show RTC connection statistics by @hughns in #2904
Update dependency @vector-im/compound-design-tokens to v3 by @renovate in #2896
Upgrade to React Router v6 by @sandhose in #2919
Update dependency i18next to v24 by @renovate in #2822
Remove unnecessary dependency on @testing-library/react-hooks by @hughns in #2926
Use documented @sentry/vite-plugin config options by @hughns in #2925
Update dependency @vector-im/compound-web to v7.6.2 by @renovate in #2932
Update codecov/codecov-action action to v5 by @renovate in #2933
Update docker/build-push-action action to v6.11.0 by @renovate in #2936
Set the document title to the current call name. by @Half-Shot in #2928
Add wave/hello reaction by @davidegirardi in #2921
React to theme changes in widget mode by @robintown in #2910
Update dependency global-jsdom to v26 by @renovate in #2941
Update dependency jsdom to v26 by @renovate in #2938
Type fixes for react v19 compatibility by @hughns in #2937
Update GitHub Actions by @renovate in #2945
Use correct Sentry entrypoints for react router v7 by @hughns in #2943
Disambiguate displaynames by @Half-Shot in #2918
Bump matrix-js-sdk to latest by @hughns in #2946
Fix displayname calculation around RTL / unhomoglyth. by @Half-Shot in #2953
Update dependency @sentry/vite-plugin to v3 by @renovate in #2950
Update vitest monorepo to v3 (major) by @renovate in #2954
Remember previous mute states when devices disappear and reappear by @robintown in #2957
Make error screens more visually consistent by @robintown in #2951
Prevent new devices from automatically starting unmuted in call by @robintown in #2959
Update dependency vite to v6.0.9 [SECURITY] by @renovate in #2964
Fix calculation of local membership identifier by @Half-Shot in #2966
Update dependency @stylistic/eslint-plugin to v3 by @renovate in #2968
Automatically deploy livekit branch to call.element.dev via workflow dispatch by @hughns in #2974
Do run build workflow/action in CI when GHA workflows change by @hughns in #2976
Adjust renovate bot schedule and enable vulnerability updates by @hughns in #2977
Fix renovate schedule settings by @hughns in #2979
Fix screenshare displayname displaying as [👻] by @Half-Shot in #2981
Bump matrix-js-sdk to v36.1.0 by @toger5 in #2967
Resolve version clash in matrix-widget-api dependency by @toger5 in #2988
dual license AGPL + Commercial by @ara4n in #2984
Update dependency vitest to v3.0.5 [SECURITY] by @renovate in #2986
Update LiveKit components by @renovate in #2962
Use --frozen-lockfile when install deps in CI by @hughns in #2992
Cleanup GitHub Actions by @hughns in #2983
Don't produce compressed assets at build time and instead do it as part of the nginx build by @hughns in #2995
Explicitly build and publish docker for develop/livekit branch by @hughns in #2996
Show current SFU and Server Info in developer tab by @hughns in #3000
Copyright header should say dual license not just AGPL by @hughns in #3013
Send a 'close' action when the widget is ready to close by @robintown in #3011
Actually hide the header on error pages by @robintown in #3019
Clarify what useLatest is for by @robintown in #3020
Leave session when error occurs and show error screens in widget mode by @robintown in #3021
Show an error screen when the SFU is at capacity by @robintown in #3022
Update config.sample.json by @escix in #3001
Update readme to reflect latest config.json and matrix-js-sdk dependency by @hughns in #3028
Update dependency livekit-client to v2.9.5 by @renovate in #3029
Error Handling: gracefully handle missing livekit service url in config by @BillCarsonFr in #3027
Localazy Download by @RiotRobot in #3030
Update GitHub Actions by @renovate in #3034
Fix: i18n not properly configured in vitest by @BillCarsonFr in #3037
Added OpenGraph and Twitter meta tags for better link previews by @Harshal-Taori-11 in #3006
Change LK log level to warn by @toger5 in #3049
Prevent PRs with the X-Blocked label from being merged by @robintown in #3041
Send a 'join' action when entering the call by @robintown in #3055
Use the configured brand name in OpenGraph tags by @robintown in #3054
Respect the returnToLobby flag by @robintown in #3051
Reduce redundant calculations of display name map by @toger5 in #3062
Use the New MatrixRTCSession MembershipManager by @toger5 in #3015
Pin matrix-js-sdk to a specific commit by @hughns in #3082
Close button instead of go to home when in widget mode by @BillCarsonFr in #3087
Fix: js-sdk version that uses expected value for isJoined (isJoined will now be false before we left as expected by EC) by @toger5 in #3094
Downgrade to livekit client v2.9.1 by @hughns in #3106

New Contributors

@escix made their first contribution in #3001
@BillCarsonFr made their first contribution in #3027
@Harshal-Taori-11 made their first contribution in #3006

Full Changelog: v0.7.2...v0.8.0. No changes since v0.8.0-rc.4.