- 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.

- Improves message sync by fetching new messages when push notifications arrive - Reduces sign-up and onboarding time - Restores the "Copy group ID" button to the quick actions row of the group settings & info screen - Adds a prominent "Invite" button to the quick actions row of the group settings & info screen - 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 an issue where leaving a channel would "stick" it in the UI despite leaving on the back-end

- Adds the capability to paste images from the device's clipboard via the "+" attachment button. - Adds a nickname and @p filter to the group Members screen. - Adds an "Edit" button to individual Gallery item views. - Adds the name of a single-channel group to the title of push notifications, rather than using "General." - Adds a dismissible reminder to enable push notification permissions if the user hasn't. - Fixes an issue where downloading images would sometimes fail due to faulty uploads. - Fixes an issue where pending posts inside of threads would briefly appear in the main channel until sent. - Fixes an issue where inoperable actions would be present in the message actions menu if disconnected from the server. - Fixes an issue where a gap would appear between the top of a Gallery photo and the header. - Fixes an issue where the keyboard would cover inputs while editing Link Gallery items. - Fixes an issue where people joining or leaving a group would cause the group to jump to the top of the Home screen despite there being no unread items. - Fixes size and placement issues with YouTube embeds.

Makes several performance improvements related to background syncing and list rendering and fixes an issue where new joiners to groups would erroneously see that they have no access to any channels.

Fixes an issue where the "Forward message" action in the message long-press menu would cause the app to be unresponsive to taps

- Adds a new background task which fetches messages in channels and DMs while the app is backgrounded - Adds support for the new /changes and /range endpoints for efficient message delta retrieval - Adds support for sequence numbers in channels and DMs such that messages are displayed in the order they are sent for everyone in the group or DM - Fixes an issue where the "Connecting…" status would hang indeterminately - Fixes an issue where viewing a group preview would cause performance issues on the server - Fixes an issue where historical incomplete image uploads would cause degraded performance - Fixes an issue where image uploads in avatar and group info fields would fail silently - Fixes an issue where pending messages sent in a thread would briefly reappear in the main channel until sent, or stick in the main channel if failed - Fixes an issue where lots of roles in the channel permission fields would not wrap to the next line

- Fixes an issue where the app would crash on launch if the "Enable collecting and reporting performance data" switch was turned on in Settings - Fixes an issue where deleting the app before logging out of a Tlon Hosting account would cause the app to hang on the splash screen on relaunch

- Adds a light/dark-mode-appropriate splash screen when launching the app - Adds banning and unbanning functionality for public groups - Adds offline post queuing for message edits - Improves ~ and @ mention responsiveness in Chat channels, DMs, and comments - Improves SQLite performance - Fixes an issue where tapping "Customize" in an empty group, then tapping "Cancel" would result in an inescapable navigation loop - Fixes an issue where users needed to leave the DM and then return to see emoji reactions in threads - Fixes an issue where swiping down to exit the image viewer lightbox would preemptively trigger while the image was zoomed in - Fixes an issue where editing a contact's nickname, then editing another profile would show the previous contact's details - Fixes an issue where pressing "Invite people" from group context menus would fail to navigate - Fixes an issue where logging out, then logging back in would hang the app on "Loading…" - Fixes an issue where rendering notifications from some Gallery channels would crash the app

- Adds the ability to send messages with intermittent or no network connectivity by queuing messages into a "pending" state, which will resolve upon successful reconnection to the server - Adds support for linking to remote file URLs (PDF, ZIP, etc) - Adds the ability to tap the connected account blocks on users' profiles to see verification details - Uses exact dates for Gallery posts >30 days old in the channel index - Replaces the "Copy Reference" function on the Group Info & Settings screen with a "Forward" button, which allows the user to send a reference of the group to the specified channel - Fixes an issue where you were able to hide your own posts - Fixes an issue where you were unable to leave a DM with someone who is on a different version of the %groups back-end - Fixes an issue where the confirmation popup for forwarding a post would stick around forever and block the chat input - Fixes an issue where posting a link Gallery block with characters other than a pure URL (i.e. preceding or appended text) would successfully post, but crash the channel when viewed - Fixes an issue where channel permissions were not immediately reflected - Fixes an issue where theme changes were slow to load and light mode / dark mode was slow to switch when opening the app - Fixes an issue where group admins were able to seemingly edit others' comments on Notebook posts - Fixes an issue where having your permissions to read a channel revoked would result in a broken state - Fixes an issue where if a user had no read access to any channels in a group (yet still permitted entry), the UI would be completely blank - Fixes an issue where button presses were unreliable in the group options sheet - Fixes an issue where you could invite someone who is already a member of a group - Fixes an issue where one could seemingly react to, quote, and reply to messages in a channel with read-only permissions - Fixes an issue where if a group was deleted, one could continue to post as if it still existed

- Restores the "Invited" section in the Members list of groups - Increases the maximum unread counter of groups, channels, and DMs to 256 from 99 - Auto-focuses the nickname / ship ID input field when creating a new group or DM - Fixes an issue where scrolling inside of popover sheets would be impossible - Fixes an issue with certain emoji appearing as a stop sign - Fixes an issue in Notification settings where groups or channels listed as exceptions were impossible to remove - Fixes an issue when sending a Chat message would block until the link preview was finished rendering - Fixes an issue in the Gallery post detail view where pressing Send immediately after entering text would close the keyboard rather than sending immediately - Fixes an issue with the appearance of system messages in Chat channels and DMs (e.g. when someone joins the chat) - Fixes an issue with the title of the Home screen flipping 1-2 seconds behind the active filter tab selection - Adds a prefix to edit and delete message actions if you are a group administrator and you are operating on someone else's post - Renames "TM" to "Tlon" or "Tlon Messenger" for clarity - Fixes an issue where the caption input in the Gallery image posting flow would appear black against a dark background in dark mode - Fixes an issue where inviting someone on-network to a group would hang, fail to advance to the next screen, or otherwise provide no feedback that the invite was sending - Fixes an issue where Gallery post timestamps would sometimes be incorrect - Fixes an issue where long-pressing on an image posted to a Chat channel or a DM would fail to trigger the message action menu - Fixes an issue in DMs where X posts, YouTube videos, and Spotify playlists would embed twice - Fixes an issue in Notebooks where attaching a header image to a post would fail to attach correctly - Fixes an issue where editing a link Gallery post would result in an inescapable editor - Fixes an issue where muting replies to a post (of any kind) was impossible - Fixes an issue where editing a Chat message with a link attachment would delete the link attachment

- Adds support for rich link preview data in Galleries, Chat channels, and DMs - Adds the ability to mention @all, @admins, and @channel in Chat channels - Several visual and data syncing bug fixes

- Fixes an issue where multi-line messages containing mentions would repeat the mention(s) on each line - Fixes an issue where images would be missing from Gallery posts and Activity entries - Fixes an issue where multi-line code blocks would display their contents incorrectly - Fixes an issue where navigating to some Gallery channels would crash - Fixes an issue where the in-app database could become corrupted - Adds error logging for any failure to load posts in a channel

- Adds a "Forward" option for messages to send a reference to another channel; clarifies copy for private or secret or DM references that can't be viewed - Adds toggles for hiding or showing usernames and avatars (FKA CalmEngine) - Fixes reliability issues with onboarding - Fixes several issues with mentions in Chat input - Fixes an issue with notifications where quoted references would display "This content is not found" in the device notification content - Fixes an issue where creating a group would sometimes create the channels before the group or inviting members, resulting in failed group creations and non-working UI - Fixes an issue where if an admin of a group reordered channels, the app would lock up and/or crash

- Moves the address book permission screen to later in the onboarding sequence - Changes copy in Welcome onboarding journey and invite button copy

- Improves initial onboarding by ensuring the personal group is created before advancing into the app. - Fixes several issues around the timing of initial sync, contact pairing, and personal group creation.

- Adds an onboarding tour for first-time users to orient them to the application and get them started with an initial group - Adds person icon to invite friends (vs. paper airplane) and changes copy to say "Invite Friends." - Adds ability to post references in Gallery text posts - Adds notification grouping on iOS when necessary - Adds app view persistences after restarting or updating - Adds more clarity to the process of clicking-to-copy a @p / ship on profile - Improves Branch.io's compatibility with iOS invites, remedying some of the roughness of copy/pasting invite during sign-up - Improves the root channel view of Galleries by showing author ID, timestamp, reactions, and comment counts - Improves channel message loading sequencing and performance - Improves consistency of marking as read - Improves performance by batching incoming subscription events to reduce excessive invalidations - Fixes an issue where multiple messages with the same timestamp would crash the database, rendering the app inoperable - Fixes an issue where if the S3 storage configuration was wrong, the Chat input would hang and refuse to send - Fixes an issue where the image attachment button disappeared in DM threads - Fixes an issue where it was impossible to initiate DMs, invites, or add contacts of ships who you haven't viewed the profile for yet - Fixes an issue where YouTube short-links would fail to embed properly - Fixes an issue with pasting formatted text into a Notebook post - Fixes issue of a new group invitation showing up as "Untitled" and adds clarity, context - Fixes an issue where it was possible to send messages while another was pending, leading to spamming channels - Fixes an issue where the app would occasionally post multiples of the same photo attachment - Removes the non-functional "Delete" message action in DMs