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Self-hosted video calls, screen sharing, and chat platform integrated with Nextcloud collaboration suite.

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The 25.0 alpha turns Talk toward classified channels and retention control — the stable lines only get call fixes.

channelsmessage-classificationretentioncall-controlsbackportsself-hosted
◆Current state
Three tags landed the same day from different branches. The 25.0.0 alpha is where the work is: classified conversations, announcements and channels, an owner role with promote and demote, global message search across the conversation list, conversation preservation that restricts deletion and purging, a setting limiting who can start calls, an upload editor with image compression, combined file-share messages, and a multi-speaker call view. It requires Nextcloud 35. The 23.0.10 and 22.0.17 releases are lockstep backports carrying the same two external-call fixes — iframe permissions and room-creation hardening — under a large volume of dependency bumps.
◆Where it's heading
Talk is growing the structure that distinguishes a team chat product from a call tool: channels and announcements rather than only conversations, an ownership tier above moderation, and search that spans the whole list instead of one room. Running alongside it is a governance layer — classification, preservation against deletion, and restricting call initiation to named groups — which reads as organizations needing retention and access answers before they will replace a commercial platform. The stable branches meanwhile receive nothing but fixes, so all directional work is gated behind the Nextcloud 35 requirement.
◆Prediction
The 25.0 line should proceed through further alphas and betas before a final, with the channels and classification work the most likely to change shape under testing. Whether the external-call hardening being backported twice reflects a deeper issue is not something these notes make clear.

◆Recent moves

  1. 5d ago

    25.0 alpha previews channels, classification, and an owner role

    The first 25.0.0 alpha collects the release's directional work: classified conversations, announcements and channels, an owner role, global message search, conversation preservation restricting deletion and purging, group-restricted call starts, an upload editor with compression, and a multi-speaker call view. It requires Nextcloud 35. Substantial in scope, but an alpha — the capability is worth watching rather than counting as shipped.

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  2. 5d ago

    23.0.10: external-call iframe and room-creation fixes

    A stable33 maintenance release: two external-call fixes granting additional iframe permissions and hardening room-creation checks, wrapped in dependency and translation updates. Released within twenty minutes of the matching 22.0.17 backport, and carries no user-visible feature.

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  3. 5d ago

    22.0.17: the same external-call fixes on the 22 line

    The same two external-call fixes backported to the 22.0 line under a stack of dependabot bumps. One half of a coordinated same-day pair with 23.0.10, and maintenance rather than a distinct release.

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  4. 25d ago

    v22.0.16: call-audio and camera fixes on the stable line

    A 22.0 stable patch: dependency and translation updates plus a batch of call fixes (iOS browser audio mixing, softer camera resolution constraints, media-device release on lobby lift). Pure maintenance in the stable stream.

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  5. 1mo ago

    v22.0.15: session cleanup and user-deletion fixes

    Another 22.0 maintenance release, cleaning up stale sessions and user-deletion handling alongside dependency bumps. Routine hardening, no user-visible feature.

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  6. 1mo ago

    v22.0.14: 30fps calls, chunked recording uploads, E2EE recording

    The most substantive of the recent 22.0 releases: bumps call FPS to 30 across quality levels, adds an external service for calls, enables chunked recording uploads, and allows recording E2EE calls. Real call-quality and recording gains rather than pure fixes.

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