Haven is a Matrix-native chat and social client, built on Element Web/Desktop, combining secure end-to-end encrypted messaging with a federated social timeline.
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Observed history
| App | Change | Version | When ↑ |
|---|---|---|---|
| updated | 0.9.0 | 24 Sept 2026 | |
| updated | 0.9.0 → 0.10.0 | 16 Oct 2026 |
Upstream releases
Release notes supplied by the developer. These dates are not Flathub package publication times.
0.10.015 Oct 2026
Sync with upstream Element, a Search section in Social, and many Social feed fixes:
- Sync with the latest upstream Element (211 commits)
- Add a Search section to Social with People, Groups and Posts tabs
- Add a Mutual Rooms button to the user panel
- Show stickers in Social, and show HEIC images by converting them in the client
- Let Add to Pack set the shortcode, description and usage, and confirm before deleting a pack
- Show a user's profile name and avatar in pills and the user panel when the room has none
- Let videos from authenticated media seek, and retry failed images for longer
- Fix the Social feed scrolling or jumping by itself while posts load
- Keep a Social composer's draft and scroll position when navigating away and back
- Fix genuine bridged reposts being flagged as possible forgeries
- Fix edited messages with code blocks overflowing the timeline
0.9.022 Sept 2026
Sync with upstream Element, gun emoji settings, and fixes to Social reposts, videos and the room list:
- Sync with the latest upstream Element (132 commits, up to v1.12.28)
- Add a "Reaction Pill Size" appearance setting
- Add an encryption toggle to the pre-send new-DM screen
- Add gun emoji style and skin tone settings, with the revolver as the default
- Support custom emoji in the Social post composer and open a custom emoji's image from its reaction tooltip
- Redesign the bulk-redact dialog and add a "Remove Messages" option for your own messages
- Show a repost of a repost as a nested card, and fix a false-positive repost forgery flag on plain-text posts
- Fix encrypted videos failing to start playback when clicked before decryption finished
- Fix collapsed room-list sections showing their rooms again after switching apps
- Fix the AppImage's libfuse2 dependency and add delta-update support
- Fix matrix-seshat (local encrypted-room message search) in the Flatpak build
0.8.05 Sept 2026
Sync with upstream Element, new Linux packaging, and fixes to Social's repost verification:
- Sync with the latest upstream Element
- Add a pacman package for Arch Linux
- Fix matrix-seshat (local encrypted-room message search) not actually working in any Linux build
- Add a repost/reply source verification badge, fix cases where it falsely flagged genuine reposts as forgeries
- Add right-click on a Social reaction pill to open the reactions dialog
- Show MSC4144 per-message profiles in the room timeline and Social
- Add a "Copy Pack" option and guard the settings dialog from closing with unsaved pack edits
- Fix the emoji picker's Enter key, layout, and blurry pack image thumbnails
- Increase reaction pill and tooltip sizes
- Move "View Devices" into the developer-mode button list and show it on your own profile
- Fix the Share dialog freezing under some browsers' canvas privacy protections
- Fix SSO login using the wrong protocol on desktop
0.7.026 Aug 2026
Fixes and improvements across profiles, room navigation, and the emoji/sticker picker:
- Fix stale scroll position and HTML bio rendering when navigating profiles
- Fix Alt+Up/Down room navigation when no room is currently selected
- Add a "Reactions" dialog for viewing who reacted with what
- Add a "View Devices" link to a room member's profile
- Fix emoji picker tiles not filling their full clickable area
- Fix the custom emoji/sticker picker loading full-resolution images
- Fix "Create New Pack" wrapping and a double scrollbar in the devices dialog
- Fix /me messages with a mention pill wrapping onto a second line
- Make the Forward dialog's body/attachment toggles clickable anywhere
- Keep the room list's blurred-avatar backdrop bundled regardless of the old room list flag
