The matrix.org room dir is ready for business; the future of room lists in Element Web; opening rooms more quickly in EX Android - all this and more happened This Week in Matrix! Grab the report and learn how to start your local Matrix S̵t̵a̵m̵m̵t̵i̵s̵c̵h̵ user group! matrix.org/blog/2025/11...

Our paper “To the Best of Knowledge and Belief: On Eventually Consistent Access Control” is now available as CC-BY: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... At the example of @matrix.org, we showed traditional conceptualizations of access control as insufficient, and present eventual consistency as alternative.

FOSDEM 2026 devroom CfP, Olm spec arrives on spec.matrix.org, threads and spaces in Extera. That and more happened This Week in Matrix! It's time for you weekend read matrix.org/blog/2025/11...

Some of us wont touch proprietary tools like WhatsApp supporting the massive monsters like Meta. On one hand people recognise the harm of such tech monsters but with the other, often in ignorance, they continue with their products. We need something like more entities hosting their own Matrix.

In 2026, we will coordinate the Decentralised Communications Devroom at FOSDEM! 🧑 Send your talk proposals about messaging/VoIP projects built on decentralised tech 📆 The submission deadline is on November 30. Find the full CfP on our blog matrix.org/blog/2025/11...

The Matrix Conference was a massive success this year again, thanks to the 30+ volunteers, the 68 speakers, and our sponsors. If you were with us at the Conference and couldn't get your hands on a T-shirt or hoodie, today's your last chance to order one! matrix.org/blog/2025/10...

Liberbyte joins the Foundation, a Fractal Halloween update, threads coming to Extera - this and more happened This Week in Matrix! TWIM or treat over at matrix.org/blog/2025/10...

After 2 years as the first Managing Director of the Foundation, Robin is passing the baton — "I'll see you in the wild blue yonder." Amandine will serve as acting MD while the Foundation finds the right person to take the org to new heights. matrix.org/blog/2025/10...

The UK *really* needs to set up a sovereign tech fund to support the vibrant open source scene here. Kudos to @openuk.bsky.social for pushing this in their recommendations to @ukri.org openuk.uk/theuksfuture...

⁦2 Sponsorships, a completed Matrix Conference and a brand new MSC Web Interface! This and more happened This Week in Matrix! Check it out at matrix.org/blog/2025/10...!

☁️The recent AWS outage showed how fragile “cloud-based security” can be. When one datacenter faltered, global communication tools — including Signal — went dark 🌑 🕸️Matrix-based messaging systems kept running because they don’t rely on a single provider. Resilience = decentralization

💥 Thank you floss.fund for including us in Tranche 2! Your support is more than greatly appreciated! 🧡 floss.fund/blog/second-...

Very excited to announce DINUM (French Ministry of Digital) is now a silver member of the Matrix Fdn! Matrix backs Tchap, the secure msging app for the French gov. 🚀 Hoping this will encourage others as we start a Matrix for Public Sector WG at the Matrix Conf. 🚥 matrix.org/blog/2025/10...

The Matrix Conference 2025 was incredible 🎉 We were delighted to be the anchor sponsor! 🙌 Governments everywhere are embracing @matrix.org - from @ec.europa.eu to @esa.int (we’re over the moon 🌕). All the presentations are already available!

Say hello to Rocket.Chat, a proud sponsor of Matrix Conference 2025 in Strasbourg! 🍴 Swing by their booth right by the food bar for a chat, 🥂 join them co-hosting the welcome party on Wednesday, or 🎤 catch CEO Gabriel Engel on stage sharing his insights. Thanks Rocket.Chat for sponsoring us!

I speak next week about our work to add E2EE DMs in Bluesky using the Matrix protocol. The event will be live streamed by the Matrix conference. cfp.2025.matrix.org/matrix-conf-... We will launch a Bluesky service using this technology soon. @arathorn.net @kurtopsahl.bsky.social @micahflee.com

A new release for Draupnir, a basic Zulip bridge, and spaces in Element X. That, and much more happened This Week in Matrix! matrix.org/blog/2025/10...

🇪🇺 Don't miss Alexander Smolianitski's talk at The Matrix Conference where he'll share how to create a more integrated, secure & sovereign European digital landscape 🎟️ Greb your ticket before we run out! conference.matrix.org/register

Have you ever wanted to be a spaceship captain, turning knobs and sliding switches, while gauges get filled and diodes blink, against a free ticket? The Matrix Conference looks for volunteers to take ~1h shifts operating cameras & mixers! Details below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

The Matrix Conference around the corner, an encrypted state events prototype, and Element Admin. That and more happened This Week in Matrix! matrix.org/blog/2025/10...

🚀 We’re pleased to showcase the work of our summer intern, Skye, who made a big impact with their work on encrypted state events. The blog post breaks down the project in detail. element.io/blog/hiding-...

Open source and federated systems are all about collaboration. But collaboration is not chaos. Come listen to DINUM's Mathieu Velten at the Matrix Conference, explain how it opens its private federation to a select few, securely! 🎟️ Tickets: conference.matrix.org/register/

Distributions on our website, on-demand Trust & Safety bots, a new connectivity tester. That and much more happened This Week in Matrix! matrix.org/blog/2025/09...

The Matrix Conference schedule published, the Matrix hackathon streak continues for another week, and the spec 1.16 release - this and more happened This Week in Matrix! matrix.org/blog/2025/09...

We've just released v1.16 of the Matrix specification! Extensible profiles, room version 12, and more are now part of the specification. Read all about it (and what's next up in spec-land) on the blog: matrix.org/blog/2025/09...

The results of a 2 day hackathon (1 hour of demos!), an official Matrix server for the European Commission, and the Trust & Safety Working Group in Motion. That and much more happened This Week In Matrix matrix.org/blog/2025/09...

Would it be a Matrix event without one of our State of The Union keynotes? Don't miss your chance to come at the Matrix Conference and listen to our Guardian Matthew paint the picture of the Matrix landscape! conference.matrix.org

Having two passwords can be confusing! Andy will walk us through why you need 2 passwords in Matrix, and how we can do better with non-technical terms and metaphors. Don't miss his talk at #MatrixConf2025! conference.matrix.org

Benjamin is an active member of the Rewrite in Rust task force, and he wants you to know how you can make your Matrix app go voom 🦀 Don't miss his talk at the Matrix Conference in October 15-18! conference.matrix.org

So: the matrix.org database secondary lost its FS due to a RAID failure earlier today (11:17 UTC). Then, we lost the primary at 17:26. We're trying to restore the primary DB FS (which could be fastish), while also doing a point-in-time backup restore from last night (which takes >10h).

the matrix.org homeserver is having serious db problems: status.matrix.org/incidents/mm... - apologies for the inconvenience…

Ever wondered why Matrix doesn't use MLS? Nico will explore how MLS and Matrix work internally, and shed some light on it. Join us for the Matrix Conference in Strasbourg, Oct 15-19! conference.matrix.org

Widget updates, a bot SDK getting two releases, and Multi-SFU in Calls. That and much more happened This Week in Matrix! matrix.org/blog/2025/08...

A space for moderators, updates to gomuks and Element X, and a Matrix room version checker. That and much more happened This Week in Matrix! matrix.org/blog/2025/08...

We create products to serve people. But how do people feel about tech? Carla Griggio studied how people feel about untraceability and whether experts make a good job at explaining what it means. Joins us at the Matrix Conference in October to learn more! conference.matrix.org

Security releases, updates for alllll* the clients, and the community summer events marathon continues... This and more happened This Week in Matrix! Get your report, sent live from the FrOSCon setup in Bonn, may contain frogs... 🐸 matrix.org/blog/2025/08...

We’ve now published the details of the security issues which we addressed in Monday’s coordinated security release of Matrix: read all about Project Hydra at matrix.org/blog/2025/08... and please upgrade your servers and rooms where applicable.

We issued a security release to fix two high severity protocol vulnerabilities. Please upgrade your servers and clients. Our checklist and useful links in the blog post below matrix.org/blog/2025/08...

An upcoming security release, invisible crypto update, and your Alertmanager alerts in Matrix. That and much more happened This Week in Matrix! matrix.org/blog/2025/08...

How the Foundation combated abuse over the last 12 months, new T&S working groups, and an open data powered map of academic Matrix instances! It's dangerous to go alone, take This Week in Matrix with you! matrix.org/blog/2025/08...

An exciting Postgres detective story, the Matrix Community Summit next week in Berlin, and the Matrix-based TI-Messenger available to those with German health insurance - this and more happened This Week in Matrix! Get the fresh report on the blog: matrix.org/blog/2025/07...

Here's the full postmortem of the nightmare postgres corruption on matrix.org which caused room corruption over the last few weeks: matrix.org/blog/2025/07... We'd like to apologise to everyone who got bitten by the incident.

An update to the upcoming security release, vodozemac Python bindings updated, and automated accessibility audits — read all about what's new This Week in Matrix! matrix.org/blog/2025/07...

IMPORTANT: We're pre-disclosing two high severity CVEs in Matrix's federation protocol, which will require a coordinated upgrade on July 22nd of all servers running in untrusted federations. Client developers may need to make minor changes too. Please see matrix.org/blog/2025/07...

New room versions on the horizon, Element Call turning your phone into a... phone? and your choice out of 536,558 (over half a million!?!) different individual community summit T-shirts - that and so much more happened this week in Matrix! matrix.org/blog/2025/07...

You can now find the latest details about the Matrix Conf 2025 on our new website 🥳 Check out the website for more information about: 🎟️ Purchasing a ticket 🎉 Grabbing the last sponsorship package 💪 Volunteering for a free ticket (and a limited edition zipper hoodie) conference.matrix.org

Accessibility in Element X, plenty of improvements in Tammy and Trixinity, and FITKO and ZaPuK converging on Matrix as the standard for German public sector communications That and more happened this week in Matrix! matrix.org/blog/2025/07...

Welcome to the Matrix 1.15 era with next-gen auth, room summaries, and rich topics! Check out the blog post about the latest spec release for more details: matrix.org/blog/2025/06...

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