ESS Community Helm Chart 26.9.4 (2026-09-30)

Changed

• Upgrade Synapse to v1.162.0.

  Highlights:

  • Raise default room version to "12"
  • Fix flawed MSC4311 partial implementation introduced in Synapse v1.136.0 for invites/knocks: client-side API's like /sync use stripped state events and we now send full PDUs on the federation-side
  • Add a rate limit on the client profile lookup endpoints, configurable via rc_profile

  Full Changelogs:

  • v1.162.0

  (#1614)

• Upgrade Matrix Authentication Service to v1.26.0.

  Highlights:

  • Rate limit device code link attempts
  • Show the reason on the policy violation page for admin scopes and disallowed clients
  • Add MSC4198 login_hint_types_supported discovery metadata

  Full Changelogs:

  • v1.26.0

  (#1615)

• Upgrade Element Web to v1.12.30.

  Highlights:

  • Room list: improve performance
  • Handle M_INVITE_BLOCKED when an invite is rejected
  • Remove legacy Module & Customisation API

  Full Changelogs:

  • v1.12.30

  (#1616)

• Upgrade Redis/Valkey Exporter to v1.92.1.

  Full Changelogs:

  • v1.92.0
  • v1.92.1

  (#1617)

• Use a distinct Service for Hookshot's app service port.

  This allows restricting of Service.spec.publishNotReadyAddresses: true to just the app service traffic. (#1622)

Documentation

• Add FAQ section to the README. (#1613)

Internal

• Use released pyhelm3 dependency rather than our fork. (#1612)
• CI: support room v12 in Hookshot integration tests. (#1620)
• CI: Fix usage of methods not available before python 3.14. (#1623)