Rocket.Chat
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Open-source team communication platform
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
- 16h agoView source ↗
8.6.0-rc.3
- 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.
View source ↗ - 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.
View source ↗ - 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.
View source ↗ - 22d ago
8.5.0-rc.6: dependency bumps
8.5.0-rc.6 is a patch-level candidate with dependency bumps only.
View source ↗ - 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.
View source ↗