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Rocket.Chat is grinding through release candidates toward 8.6, quietly laying a unified presence engine.

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Current state
Rocket.Chat's feed is its release-candidate stream for the 8.5 and 8.6 lines. Most entries are patch-level dependency bumps, but the substantive work — a backend foundation for a unified presence engine, SSRF hardening on incoming integrations, and new admin permissions — lands in the rc.0 minor-change drops. The cadence is steady pre-release iteration.
Where it's heading
The direction under the version churn is platform plumbing: a priority-based unified presence engine, tighter integration security, and finer-grained admin permissions. These are foundations rather than headline features, pointing to a more controllable and secure self-hosted core.
Prediction
Expect 8.6 to reach a stable release with the unified presence engine foundation in place, followed by the next rc line continuing incremental backend and permissions work.

Recent moves

  1. 16h ago

    8.6.0-rc.3

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  2. 6d ago

    8.6.0-rc.2: dependency bumps

    8.6.0-rc.2 is a patch-level candidate — dependency bumps with no user-facing change.

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  3. 7d ago

    8.6.0-rc.1: SSRF and integration fixes

    8.6.0-rc.1 patches incoming-integration SSRF validation and other issues — maintenance hardening within the 8.6 candidate line.

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  4. 12d ago

    8.6.0-rc.0: unified presence engine foundation

    8.6.0-rc.0 carries the line's real feature work — the backend foundation for a priority-based unified presence engine plus a settings confirmation modal — laying plumbing for later presence features.

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  5. 22d ago

    8.5.0-rc.6: dependency bumps

    8.5.0-rc.6 is a patch-level candidate with dependency bumps only.

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  6. 23d ago

    8.5.0-rc.5: dependency bumps

    8.5.0-rc.5 is a patch-level candidate — dependency bumps, no user-facing change.

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