You can now download videos from the lightbox, get notified when others react to your posts, and see the channel host on the Channel Info screen. This release also fixes broken group invite notifications, .HEIC photo uploads with HDR data, and the message long-press menu not dismissing on tap.

You can now create a Tlon account without needing an invitation. This release also fixes a bug where tapping a reaction under a message wouldn't add your own, and resolves an infinite navigation loop that occurred when tapping a group message reference from a DM and pressing Back.

This release upgrades the core framework to Expo SDK v54, adds Markdown table rendering in messages, and introduces periodic contact-matching to notify you when people from your address book join the network. We fixed several long-standing bugs, including issues with push notification navigation, unsent and deleted messages sticking to the chat log, and duplicate UI elements appearing after edits or channel management actions.

Adds a few external service integrations to Tlonbot for hosted customers.

This release adds the Tlonbot provisioning and initiation flow for returning Tlon Hosting customers.

Adds a tooltip to @-mention your bot in groups to use it.

- Adds support for sharing directly from the native operating system to Tlon. Share photos, files, links, etc. directly to Tlon via the native share sheet. - Adds a step in onboarding where the user can configure their provided Tlonbot with a name, avatar, and model selection; joins them to a group with their bot and allows them to directly share an invite link with their friends without connecting their contact book - Adds a "thinking" indicator when in a DM with your Tlonbot - Fixes an issue where when one navigated to referenced post, the target post would be scrolled out of view - Fixes an issue where viewing another user's profile would fail to sync profile details - Improves the contact book connection onboarding screen by adding a clarifying detail about security - Improves the photo and video viewer lightbox - Improves post Edit and group/channel Configure buttons - Improves the "Tap to retry" message in channels - Improves the layout of the Forward to Channel sheet - Fixes an issue where "BOT" tags failed to appear on posts in threads

This release adds media and file sharing capabilites to thread replies. It also addresses a few issues with background sync and makes some cosmetic fixes. - Adds the ability to attach or record videos to replies (threads) in Chat channels and DMs - Adds support for recording and playing back voice messages with transcriptions in threads - Adds support for uploading arbitrary file types in threads - Fixes an issue where background sync would sometimes fail to launch - Improves the empty channel message for new channels and groups

This release adds media and file sharing capabilities to messages — including video, voice messages with transcriptions, and arbitrary file uploads (PDF, ZIP, TXT, and others) — along with a storage capacity indicator during uploads. Admins now have new tools for managing groups and channels, including the ability to revoke unclaimed invites, pin messages to channel headers, and access a new Channel Info screen for notifications and settings.

- Adds a "Meet your Tlonbot" section to the onboarding tour - Fixes an issue where background fetch processes would collide with sync on app open - Fixes an issue where opening the app from a push notification would result in sluggish performance - Fixes an issue where some notebook posts were not scrollable - Fixes a regression where the "Members" role disappeared from the channel permissions settings screen

Fixes an issue where message counts for threaded replies were inaccurate.

- Improves screen and channel headers by adding ship connection and sync loading states - Fixes an issue with missing channel previews on the home screen and in the Channels list - Fixes an issue where after navigating in to the app from a notification, the "back" button would misbehave and return to the message - Fixes an issue where users would stay logged in if their ship was breached in Hosting - Fixes an issue where initial sync after returning from a backgrounded state would be very slow - Fixes an issue where channels showed stale data and failed to live-update

This release adds "Bot" badges to identify automated posts and introduces Tlonbot assistant configuration options in settings for early access program members.

- Improves the appearance of screen headers across the entire app; adds a "face pile" group of user avatars to all channels and DMs - Improves the appearance and consistency of all buttons - Improves the consistency of message sending behavior in all channel types - Adds the ability to choose one's default avatar color without setting an image - Adds an empty-state placeholder to the Activity screen with prompts to connect one's contact book - Fixes an issue where editing a reply in a Gallery channel would display the Gallery text item input rather than the standard edit controls - Fixes an issue where retrying an unsent message with an image attachment would result in an image that fails to load for all other members of the channel - Fixes an issue where navigating to a user's profile from a Chat channel, then returning to the Chat channel would lose the original scroll position - Fixes an issue where system notices would appear unreadable when using themes other than light/dark - Fixes an issue where group titles were not rendered in the list of invitations - Fixes an issue where empty or new DMs showed a "Failed to load posts / error: no values to set [Retry]" message - Fixes an issue where backgrounding the app for 30+ days, then returning would incorrectly report the node's state if using a Tlon Hosting account - Fixes an issue during onboarding where setting a larger system text size would result in the advancing buttons being inoperable

Adds a search field to the screen during onboarding where one can invite people from their contact book to Tlon Messenger.

- Improves the speed of personal DM invite link generation on Tlon-hosted nodes - Adds a step in onboarding where users who authorize access to their device's contact book can send invitations to Tlon Messenger directly thereafter - Adds a "Contact Support" button to the error screen where Tlon Hosting reports the node is not running - Adds a simple "stop-light" style connectivity indicator to the channel header to see if the other node is online - Fixes an issue where modifying a link URL after attaching it to a message (e.g. removing UTM strings after pasting) would cause the sent message to display with two link attachments - Fixes an issue where YouTube, Twitter, and other live embedded media would fail to display correctly; we now display an external link

- Fixes an issue where long-running message fetching on app update would cause the app to show "No posts" in group/channel message previews. - Fixes an issue where tapping "Customize" in a new group, then navigating to the Group Settings & Info screen, then navigating back to the empty channel would cause the "Customize" button to be inoperable. - Fixes an issue where editing a Link item in a gallery would cause a screen layout mishap.

Role management now lets you add members during creation or editing, and blocking is more effective—blocked users' messages no longer affect unread counts, send notifications, or show up in message previews. We've also fixed numerous issues including slow thread images, overlapping text labels, scrolling problems, typing after mentions, notification bugs, and missing admin alerts for group admission requests.

Adds crash detection and logging.

- Adds a new sequence to onboarding to customize notification levels during signup. - Improves the appearance of the OTP entry screen in the onboarding and login flows. - Fixes an issue where downloading an iOS screenshot on iOS would crash the app. - Fixes an issue where deleted messages in threads would cause background sync to fail. - Fixes an issue where pasting a reference to a message, then editing the message, then sending would result in a string of bogus empty references being posted to the channel. - Fixes an issue where the Chat list screen would read blank with "Loading…" in the header after claiming an invitation.

Fixes several stability issues.

Fixes and improvements to the new user sign-up process.

- Adds in-channel alerts and group item badges for private groups when people are asking permission to join the group - Adds templates for creating new groups for different purposes - Adds drag-and-drop to the channel management interface and improves the reliability thereof - Adds confirmation dialogs for kicking a user and leaving a group, since both these actions will invalidate any invitations sent by the leaving member - Improves the presentation of the group preview dialog; adds description, privacy, and connection status. - Hides in-channel messages from users you've blocked - Adds a warning for non-host group admins when creating a channel in a group they don't host - Fixes many issues with pop-over sheet interfaces - Fixes an issue where notification settings would occasionally reset to their allow-all system defaults - Fixes an issue where one was able to enter an ID other than their own as their nickname - Fixes an issue where one was unable to mute notifications emitting from a thread from the root message - Fixes an issue where kicking and re-admitting a group member with roles would appear to retain their roles - Fixes an issue where other user's "pet names" for other users in groups would appear in push notifications - Fixes an issue with OTP sign-in where if the device didn't have an Internet connection, the reCAPTCHA bot detection would fail and lock the user out of the app - Fixes an issue where attempting to leave a channel or a DM would fail

This release adds support for badging the Tlon app icon with the unread count of push notifications. Push notifications will also now clear as you tap them or read messages inside the app. This version also fixes a critical issue where launching the app would sometimes hang at the splash screen. We've also added the ability to define permissions while creating a channel and automatically revoke outstanding invitations when a group is deleted. - Adds app icon badges for messages and events that produce push notifications and in-app alerts - Adds support for revoking invites when a group is deleted - Adds explainer text to app-level notification level preferences - Adds description text for individual groups, DMs, and channels to reflect their app-set or overridden notification level preferences - Fixes a critical issue where launching the app would sometimes hang at the splash screen

This release adds support for entering a "shortcode" when signing up for a new account.