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Introducing Policy Servers Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

We've recently seen serious spam attacks against Matrix, so we're introducing Policy Servers to recommend whether servers should accept or discard events *before* they get synced to clients. If your server participates in public rooms, see matrix.org/blog/2025/04... to keep it safe.

Matrix v1.13 release Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

It's the last spec release of 2024! 🎉 Matrix 1.13 has even more Trust & Safety features for you. Account Suspension, new reporting endpoints, fixes to existing endpoints, and not-T&S features like EDUs to appservices!

Details on the blog:

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Matrix 1.11 is here with authenticated media! 🎉

The matrix.org homeserver will be rolling this out relatively quickly – watch the blog for news. In the meantime, developers are encouraged to update as soon as possible.

Read the release announcement for full details ➡️ matrix.org/blog/2024/06...

Matrix v1.9 release Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

Matrix v1.9, our end-of-year maintenance release, is hot off the presses with clarifications and bug fixes 🗞️

More excitement to come as work continues on major projects and long anticipated features in v1.10 and beyond.

Learn all about that and more on our blog: matrix.org/blog/2023/11...

Welcoming Josh Simmons as Managing Director of the Matrix.org Foundation! Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

Today is a big day: we're excited to welcome Josh Simmons as the first ever Managing Director of the Foundation! 🎉

This is a big step toward realizing the Foundation's role as a neutral steward for Matrix. Learn more about why, and what @josh.tel will be focused on matrix.org/blog/2023/09...

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Matrix v1.8 release Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

Matrix 1.8 is here! Largely a maintenance release, we're excited this release includes room version 11 and sees another 9 MSCs formally adopted into the spec 👏

Learn more about this release and what's on deck for 1.9 in the blog post: matrix.org/blog/2023/08...