ESS Community Helm Chart 26.5.1 (2026-05-20)

Changed

• Rebuild matrix-tools on Golang 1.26. (#1287, #1289)

• Upgrade Element Web to v1.12.18.

  Highlights:

  • Promote "Share encrypted history" from labs
  • Confirm before inviting unknown users to a DM/room

  Full Changelogs:

  • v1.12.17
  • v1.12.18

  (#1303)

• Upgrade Synapse to v1.153.0.

  Highlights:

  • Make ACLs apply to EDUs per MSC4163
  • Stabilize MSC3266: Room summary API
  • Allow self-requested user erasure (upon account deactivation) to succeed even if Synapse has disabled profile changes

  Full Changelogs:

  • v1.153.0

  (#1304)

• Introduce concat command to matrix-tools. (#1312)

• Upgrade Hookshot to v7.3.3.

  Highlights:

  • Fix Matrix reply messages being skipped if the reply message could not be read.
  • Fix a bug where a webhook URL could be randomly regenerated on startup if storage is not available.

  Full Changelogs:

  • v7.3.3

  (#1314)

• Upgrade Matrix Authentication Service to v1.17.0.

  Highlights:

  • Remove URL fragments set by upstream identity providers when redirecting to clients
  • Experimental session hard-limits in non-interactive contexts

  Full Changelogs:

  • v1.17.0

  (#1330)

Fixed

• Fixed matrixRTC.sfu.exposedServices.rtpUdp not documenting externalTrafficPolicy or internalTrafficPolicy. (#1309)
• Ensure turn.external_tls is correctly set in the Matrix RTC SFU configuration depending on matrixRTC.sfu.exposedServices.turnTLS.tlsTerminationOnPod. (#1310)
• Fix an issue where a custom appservice registration file configured for Hookshot would not be mounted properly into Synapse pods. (#1329)

Internal

• Pin pytest to pytest 8. (#1301)
• CI: remove unnecessary async markers from integration test fixtures. (#1302)
• CI: collect k3d container logs before cluster logs so that they're available if the cluster hasn't fully started. (#1305)
• CI: poll for the Traefik Service having a load-balancer IP rather than waiting. (#1308)
• Add name to pyproject.toml. (#1315)
• CI: Configure dependabot to target uv ecosystem. (#1319, #1325, #1326)