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Element @element.io · 1d

Element has signed an open letter to European leaders alongside other organisations.

The Danish Presidency’s CSA proposal risks adding backdoors and client-side scanning – undermining encryption, security, and trust across Europe.

Strong encryption protects everyone. Weakening it protects no one.

Element signs Chat Control open letter

Element has joined other European organisations in an open letter to European leaders on the latest developments regarding Chat Control.

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Element @element.io · 7d

hey - sorry; unfortunately we have very very little bandwidth for end-user support currently. we don't want gitter users to be stranded though; will take a look.

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Element @element.io · 8d

💜 Excited to hear Mathieu's talk at The Matrix Conference about France's use of Element and Matrix in both Tchap and La Suite.

Open standard federation is playing such an important role in transforming the way governments work.

Check out the full schedule: conference.matrix.org/schedule/

The Matrix.org Foundation @matrix.org · 8d

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/

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Element @element.io · 9d

🚀 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-...

Hiding room metadata from servers

Every year, Element takes on a small number of summer interns to work on various research and development projects. Internships are a significant part of our culture, and ~20% of the current Element e...

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Element @element.io · 15d

Hi @aen9ine.bsky.social To the right of your profile picture (or left of Search bar) you'll get a cursor to expand/minimse. 😊

Or for the Home column... you can drag the right-hand margin to set your preferred width.

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Element @element.io · 15d

🚀 Element Web & Desktop just got a glow-up, bringing Element X vibes from mobile straight to your laptop!

✨ New room list filters
🔔 Clearer notifications
🔧 Accessibility & performance upgrades

Version v1.12.0 is live! Try it out and let us know what you think.

New Element Web and Desktop apps have distinct Element X vibes!

The brand new updates of the Element Web and Desktop apps include a major rework of room listings. It brings the ‘laptop versions’ of the Element apps in line with the Element X design on mobile devic...

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Element @element.io · 20d

🚀 Delighted that the full agenda for The Matrix Conference 2025 is now live!

This year’s schedule is packed with government and public organisations sharing how they use Matrix and Element.

🗓️ View the full schedule: conference.matrix.org/schedule/

Schedule of The Matrix Conference

Whether you want to hear how an organization deployed Matrix at scale or learn what the engineers are doing to improve the protocol, the Matrix Conference has a track for you.

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Element @element.io · 20d

🚀 Freuen uns, mit dem openDesk-Team bei #SCCON25 dabei zu sein!

📅 1. Okt | 11:30 | ZenDiS-Bühne

🎤 Patrick Alberts zeigt, warum der Matrix-Standard für souveräne Kommunikation entscheidend ist – und wie openDesk Chat (auf Element) produktivere Zusammenarbeit im öffentlichen Sektor ermöglicht.

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Element @element.io · 22d

🚀 @gematik.bsky.social will rebase TI-Messenger on Matrix v1.15!

Our ‘ESS Pro for TI-M’ customers get all backend upgrades managed for them, including OAuth 2.0 for next-gen user management, simpler room joins, profile query restrictions and push rule actions.

TI-Messenger is moving to Matrix 1.15

Gematik recently announced its intention to rebase its TI-Messenger specification on Matrix v1.15, which brings important improvements to TI-Messenger.

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decidim.org @decidim.org · 22d

Amandine Le Pape, COO and co-founder of @element.io, will be speaking at Decidim Fest 2025! ☄️

She has been at the forefront of building the Matrix.org Foundation, nurturing the growth of a vibrant open ecosystem, while also driving the success of Element.

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Element @element.io · 25d

no, it’s not a full history sync. element-hq.github.io/synapse/late... gives more context; it can be way faster but the impl isn’t finished.

Faster remote joins - Synapse

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Element @element.io · 25d

meanwhile, x.com/florianherre.... 🤷

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Element @element.io · Sep 2

Element users on the default matrix.org homeserver are currently impacted by a serious database outage (bsky.app/profile/matr...) which will take at least 12 hours to recover - many apologies to everyone impacted. Users on their own deployments are of course unaffected.

The Matrix.org Foundation @matrix.org · Sep 2

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).

Matrix.org

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

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Element @element.io · Aug 19

Great deep-dive article in @resiliencemedia.bsky.social looking at how European governments are embracing digital sovereignty, and the role of open source software vendors.

www.resiliencemedia.co/p/as-europea...

As European Governments Combat ‘Digital Sabotage,’ Open Source Startups Stand to Benefit

Digital sovereignty means ditching Big Tech

www.resiliencemedia.co

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The Matrix.org Foundation @matrix.org · Aug 14

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.

Project Hydra: Improving state resolution in Matrix

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

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Element @element.io · Aug 11

A new coordinated security fix for all Matrix server implementations is now published as part of the Matrix 1.16 off‑cycle spec update.

Customers using Element Server Suite are covered by the update. Our blog includes all the details.

Coordinated Matrix security update

A new coordinated security fix for all Matrix server implementations is now published as part of the Matrix 1.16 off‑cycle spec update.

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Element @element.io · Jul 29

Element is now more accessible by design, thanks to over 40 improvements in the past months!

Thanks to everyone from the community who has provided user feedback, accessibility audits, and been part of ongoing testing of our platforms!

Helping to get everyone in their element

Element is now more accessible by design and by default, thanks to more than 40 accessibility improvements.

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Element @element.io · Jul 24

Element's backend team has published a great postmortem of their work recovering the matrix.org postgres database from corruption over the last few weeks.

For those interested in the work Element does to keep matrix.org running, check out matrix.org/blog/2025/07...

Matrix.org

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

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Element @element.io · Jul 22

Acceptance at last? The US government’s unequivocal support for end-to-end encryption is likely to bring an end to the encryption debate.

Reality bites the UK government’s push to undermine end-to-end encryption

The UK government’s bruising Apple encounter has, inadvertently, underlined the global support for end-to-end encryption in democratic countries.

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Element @element.io · Jul 21

github.com/element-hq/aurora is the beginnings of it :)

GitHub - element-hq/aurora: matrix-rust-sdk + WASM = EXW/D?

matrix-rust-sdk + WASM = EXW/D? Contribute to element-hq/aurora development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Element @element.io · Jul 14

We're proud to join the community of organisations conformant with OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230, the international standard for open source license compliance programs! 🎉

Learn more: openchainproject.org/news/2025/07...

Element Announces OpenChain ISO/IEC 5230 Conformant Program – OpenChain

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Element @element.io · Jul 14

We're looking forward to it! Check out the Matrix Conference 2025 website with all the latest details👇

The Matrix.org Foundation @matrix.org · Jul 10

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

The Matrix Conference

Come along to see the latest and greatest progress in the Matrix world! From huge government deployments to the latest innovations, hang out with your peers to share the best learning, insights,…

conference.matrix.org

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Element @element.io · Jul 13

now we’ve shipped element x on mobile, focus has shifted back to desktop - eg github.com/element-hq/a... is an example of using the element x engine on web (currently alpha).

GitHub - element-hq/aurora: matrix-rust-sdk + WASM = EXW/D?

matrix-rust-sdk + WASM = EXW/D? Contribute to element-hq/aurora development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Element @element.io · Jul 13

We just didn’t have the manpower to do both Synapse and Dendrite, and meanwhile most of Dendrite’s performance inprovements got backported to Synapse, which is no longer that slow & heavy. Meanwhile Dendrite is not fully dead; it came back from hiatus once and it may well again.

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Element @element.io · Jul 13

that looks like classic Element, which has not been actively developed for 2 years now. All the perf fixes (eg instant sync) are in Element X, which will replace classic Element.

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