Release Highlights:
This release includes the support for Hydra rooms in our Matrix gateway, which fixes high severity protocol vulnerabilities.
If you are upgrading from a previous version, there are no changes in SQL schemas, configuration, API commands or hooks.
Other contents:
Below is a detailed breakdown of the improvements and enhancements:
Improvements in Matrix gateway
The ejabberd Matrix gateway now supports Hydra rooms (Matrix room version 12). This fix some high severity protocol vulnerabilities. The state resolution has been partially rewritten in our gateway.
A double colon is used for separating a matrix server from a room ID in JID with Hydra rooms.
Other changes to the matrix gateway:
The new option notary_servers of mod_matrix_gw can now be used to set a list of notary servers.
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