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Velocity5.0

Open-source Matrix homeserver for secure decentralized real-time messaging

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Synapse publishes only a changelog link, so its feed records releases without describing them

matrixhomeserverrelease-candidateslink-only-notesopen-source
◆Current state
Synapse is the reference Matrix homeserver, and every entry captured here has the same 80-character body: a link to CHANGES.md on the release branch. Release candidates and finals alternate on a regular rhythm — 1.158, 1.159, and now a second candidate for 1.160 — but no note in this feed says what any of them contain. Judging any individual release from this source is impossible by construction.
◆Where it's heading
What the feed does establish is process. Each minor gets at least one release candidate before the final, candidates and finals are tagged days apart, and the cadence has held steady across three minors. That is a project shipping predictably. Anything about federation, performance or spec support would have to come from the linked changelog, which the feed never inlines.
◆Prediction
On the established rhythm, 1.160.0 final should follow this second candidate within about a week. The notes will stay link-only unless the release tooling changes.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2d ago

    Synapse 1.160.0rc2: release notes not published to the feed

    A second release candidate for 1.160.0 whose entire body is a changelog link. A second candidate implies the first needed correcting, but nothing in the feed says what changed.

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  2. 9d ago

    Synapse 1.160.0rc1: release notes not published to the feed

    The first 1.160.0 candidate, same link-only body. The pair brackets whatever was fixed between them.

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  3. 16d ago

    Synapse 1.159.0 ships with a link-only changelog entry

    The 1.159.0 final, again link-only. Finals are indistinguishable from candidates in this feed except by tag.

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  4. 23d ago

    Synapse 1.159.0rc1: release notes not published to the feed

    The 1.159.0 candidate. One candidate for that minor, against two for 1.160.

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  5. 1mo ago

    Synapse 1.158.0 ships with a link-only changelog entry

    The 1.158.0 final, link-only.

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  6. 1mo ago

    Synapse 1.158.0rc1: release notes not published to the feed

    The 1.158.0 candidate, establishing that the one-candidate-then-final rhythm predates this window.

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