v2.9.0-rc.1

Full Changelog

• Upgrade to JS SDK 7.1.0-rc.1
• Update from Weblate
  #4869
• Fix a number of proliferation issues in the new room list
  #4828
• Fix jumping to read marker for events without tiles
  #4860
• De-duplicate rooms from the room autocomplete provider
  #4859
• Add file upload button to recovery key input
  #4847
• Implement new design on security setup & login
  #4831
• Fix /join slash command via servers including room id as a via
  #4856
• Add Generic Expiring Toast and timing hooks
  #4855
• Fix Room Custom Sounds regression and make ProgressBar relevant again
  #4846
• Including start_sso and start_cas in redirect loop prevention
  #4854
• Clean up TODO comments for new room list
  #4850
• Show timestamp of redaction on hover
  #4622
• Remove the DM button from new room tiles
  #4849
• Hide room list show less button if it would do nothing
  #4848
• Improve message preview copy in new room list
  #4823
• Allow the tag panel to be disabled in the new room list
  #4844
• Make the whole user row clickable in the new room list
  #4843
• Add a new spinner design behind a labs flag
  #4842
• ts-ignore because something is made of fail
  #4845
• Fix Welcome.html CAS and SSO URLs not working
  #4838
• More small tweaks in preparation for Notifications rework
  #4835
• Iterate on the new room list resize handle
  #4840
• Update sublists for new hover states
  #4837
• Tweak parts of the new room list design
  #4839
• Implement new resize handle for dogfooding
  #4836
• Hide app badge count for hidden upgraded rooms (non-highlight)
  #4834
• Move compact modern layout checkbox to 'advanced'
  #4822
• Allow the user to resize the new sublists to 1 tile
  #4825
• Make LoggedInView a real component because it uses shouldComponentUpdate
  #4832
• Small tweaks in preparation for Notifications rework
  #4829
• Remove extraneous debug from the new left panel
  #4826
• Fix icons in the new user menu not showing up
  #4824
• Fix sticky room disappearing/jumping in search results
  #4817
• Show cross-signing / secret storage reset button in more cases
  #4821
• Use theme-capable icons in the user menu
  #4819
• Font support in custom themes
  #4814
• Decrease margin between new sublists
  #4816
• Update profile information in User Menu and truncate where needed
  #4818
• Fix MessageActionBar in irc layout
  #4802
• Mark messages with a black shield if the megolm session isn't trusted
  #4797
• Custom font selection
  #4761
• Use the correct timeline reference for message previews
  #4812
• Fix read receipt handling in the new room list
  #4811
• Improve unread/badge states in new room list (mk II)
  #4805
• Only fire setting changes for changed settings
  #4803
• Trigger room-specific watchers whenever a higher level change happens
  #4804
• Have the theme switcher set the device-level theme to match settings
  #4810
• Fix layout of minimized view for new room list
  #4808
• Fix sticky headers over/under extending themselves in the new room list
  #4809
• Update read receipt remainder for internal font size change
  #4806
• Fix some appearance tab crash and implement style nits
  #4801
• Add message preview for font slider
  #4770
• Add layout options to the appearance tab
  #4773
• Update from Weblate
  #4800
• Support accounts with cross signing but no SSSS
  #4717
• Look for existing verification requests after login
  #4762
• Add a checkpoint to index newly encrypted rooms.
  #4611
• Add support to paginate search results when using Seshat.
  #4705
• User versions in the event index.
  #4788
• Fix crash when filtering new room list too fast
  #4796
• hide search results from unknown rooms
  #4795
• Mark the new room list as ready for general testing
  #4794
• Extend QueryMatcher's sorting heuristic
  #4784
• Lint ts semicolons (aka. The great semicolon migration)
  #4791
• Revert "Use recovery keys over passphrases"
  #4790
• Clear top when not sticking headers to the top
  #4783
• Don't show a 'show less' button when it's impossible to collapse
  #4785
• Fix show less/more button occluding the list automatically
  #4786
• Improve room switching in the new room list
  #4787
• Remove labs option to cache 'passphrase'
  #4789
• Remove escape backslashes in non-Markdown messages
  #4694