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Decentralized, encrypted messenger that works over the email network.

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Delta Chat patches a Team Profile regression and moves its Tauri build out of the repo.

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◆Current state
The desktop client runs on a roughly weekly cadence. 2.59.0 added reactions on channel posts, a hideable window menu bar and experimental Team Profiles; 2.59.1 followed eight days later to fix messages staying unread when read from another device, a regression affecting profiles created with Team Profile enabled. The same patch adds Arabic, Telugu and Slovenian, and moves the Tauri edition to its own repository.
◆Where it's heading
The client is in a broadening phase - channel reactions, Team Profiles as an opt-in experiment, and continued keyboard and accessibility work carried forward from 2.53.0. Splitting out the Tauri edition indicates the Electron build remains the one that ships while the alternative develops at its own pace instead of gating releases. Language coverage keeps widening, which for this project is as much a distribution decision as a localisation one.
◆Prediction
The 2.59.1 notes promise a more elaborate fix for the Team Profile unread bug in the coming weeks, so expect that in the next minor rather than another patch.

◆Recent moves

  1. 10d ago

    Fixes the 2.59.0 unread-sync bug; Arabic, Telugu, Slovenian added

    A fast follow-up correcting messages that stayed unread when read on another device, tied to profiles created with the new Team Profile option. Three languages are added and the Tauri edition moves to its own repository; the notes are explicit that a fuller fix for the sync bug is still to come.

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  2. 18d ago

    Channel post reactions and experimental Team Profiles

    Reactions arrive on channel posts and Team Profiles appear as an opt-in experiment at profile creation, alongside a long list of interface fixes. The Team Profile flag is what produced the unread-state regression patched a week later.

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  3. 1mo ago

    v2.57.0 release preparation

    A release-preparation commit updating the changelog. No user-visible change of its own.

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  4. 1mo ago

    OAuth removed; group member search and command palette added

    OAuth removed, with group member search and a command palette added in the same release. Trimming an authentication path while adding navigation surface is a fair summary of where this client's attention sits.

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  5. 2mo ago

    Multi-message selection and keyboard accessibility work

    Multi-message selection plus keyboard accessibility work. Part of the steady effort to make the desktop client usable without a mouse.

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  6. 2mo ago

    v2.52.0 core update

    A core version bump with no separately described client-facing changes.

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