ESS Community Helm Chart 26.4.0 (2026-04-14)

Changed

Use HTTP2 for Synapse to Matrix Authentication Service traffic.
This reduces the overhead of token introspection, as Synapse will be able to use a single HTTP/2 connection to Matrix Authentication Service. (#1207)
Upgrade Synapse to v1.151.0.
Highlights:
- Add stable support for MSC4284 Policy Servers
- Update and stabilize support for MSC2666: Get rooms in common with another user
- Allow Synapse to start up even when discovery fails for an OpenID Connect provider
Full Changelogs:
- v1.151.0
(#1207)
Upgrade Matrix Authentication Service to v1.15.0.
Highlights:
- Fix scheduled jobs automatic cleanup not working in some conditions
Full Changelogs:
- v1.15.0
(#1208)
Upgrade Element Web to v1.12.14.
Highlights:
- Improve performance of the room list
- Hide the names of banned users behind a spoiler tag
Full Changelogs:
- v1.12.14
(#1209)
Improve the schema validation for chart credentials. (#1217)
Simplify the maxUnavailable calculation for Deployments. (#1225)
Configure web_client_location in Synapse with the URL of the Element Web. (#1226)

Add missing credential checks for Hookshot credentials and Synapse external Redis. (#1217)
Fix extra quotes being added around the Redis password in the Hookshot configuration. (#1222)

Added some text to the advanced instructions on how to configure the storage settings for K3s (see #1206 for details). (#1206)
Add uv example to install ess-migration-tool. (#1212)

Fix releasing of the ESS Community integration tests package to PyPI. (#1218)
CI: output the YAML of resources into .yaml files rather than .txt.yaml files. (#1220)