%groups v7.2.0
~2025.07.15 Minor Release
Summary
This release introduces a new experimental web-based Chat scroller available through feature flags and addresses a critical performance issue in Chrome. Also includes fixes for message editing, link attachments, and reaction displays, along with improvements to the Gallery, Notebooks, and notification systems. Additionally restores the "Invited" section in group member lists, increases the maximum unread counter limit, and resolves various UX issues.
What's Changed
- Adds a new web-based Chat scroller, accessible via feature flag in Settings -> Experimental Features
- 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 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 with the appearance of system messages in Chat channels and DMs (e.g. when someone joins the chat)
- 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 the message actions menu in Notebook channels would sometimes be hidden or invisible if the post contains a header image
- Fixes a performance issue where inserting contacts into the in-app database would cause Chrome to peg a CPU core
- 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 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 Chat post with a link would delete the link
- Fixes an issue where hovering the cursor over reactions in Chat channels failed to display overridden or set nicknames for users who reacted
- 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
- Fixes an issue with onboarding where the companion DM would fail to be sent along with the group invitation