ESS Community Helm Chart 26.1.0 (2026-01-14)

Added

• Add support for extraVolumes and extraVolumeMounts in components values. (#957, #965)

Changed

• Upgrade Element Web to v1.12.8.

  Highlights:

  • Update polls UX to match EX Mobile and improve accessibility.
  • MSC4380 Invite blocking support
  • Update history visibility UX

  Full Changelogs:

  • v1.12.7
  • v1.12.8

  (#931, #960)

• Adjust generated file copyright headers for 2026. (#943)

• Revert change of Matrix Authentication Service deployment's maxSurge to 0. (#961)

• Upgrade Matrix Authentication Service to v1.9.0.

  Highlights:

  • Fix running multiple migration process in parallel

  Full Changelogs:

  • v1.9.0

  (#961)

• Upgrade Synapse to v1.145.0.

  Highlights:

  • Add memberships endpoint to the admin API. This is useful for forensics and T&S purpose
  • Add worker support to GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>

  Full Changelogs:

  • v1.145.0

  (#962)

• Separate post-deployment hints and domains in NOTES. (#968)

Internal

• CI: set timeouts for curl so it doesn't attempt to connect for longer than Pod startup time. (#935)
• CI: wait a bit longer for the Ingress controller to be available. (#942)
• CI: run most jobs on maintenance branches too. (#945)
• CI: Adjust Go version used to test matrix-tools to 1.25. (#952)
• CI: Set a maximum number of cooperative asyncio tasks. (#966)