This Week in Matrix

🔗Matrix Live S13E01 - Image Packs

🔗Dept of Spec 📜

Andrew Morgan (anoa) {he/him} reports

Here's your weekly spec update! The heart of Matrix is the specification - and this is modified by Matrix Spec Change (MSC) proposals. Learn more about how the process works at https://spec.matrix.org/proposals.

🔗MSC Status

New MSCs:

• MSC4502: Unrestricted room member access for application services
• MSC4501: Rooms as Social Media Pages
• MSC4500: State accumulator endpoint and transaction digests
• MSC4499: Strict server signing key caching and key ID uniqueness
• MSC4498: Holding messages pending moderation (via policy servers)

MSCs in Final Comment Period:

• MSC3784: Using room type of m.policy for policy rooms (merge)

Accepted MSCs:

• MSC4127: Removal of query string auth

Closed MSCs:

• No MSCs were closed/rejected this week.

🔗Spec Updates

Matrix v1.19 released this week! Check out the release blog post for the full details. Exciting improvements include allowing clients to look up and display rooms you have in common with another user, custom emoji and sticker packs and proper history sharing when joining encrypted rooms.

Otherwise the spec process is red hot with many new MSCs opened this week. Remember that anyone can contribute a review to an MSC, so why not take a look at the list of open proposals and weigh in on any that strike your fancy?

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🔗Matrix Live

🔗Matrix Tutorials #15 – Matrix on Kubernetes

🔗Dept of Events and Talks 🗣️

🔗Was ist Matrix?

David Mehren reports

A few days ago at DO_BYTE, strifel held the talk "Was ist Matrix?", which introduced Matrix and gave an overview of servers, clients and other tools.

You can watch the talk (in German) at https://media.ccc.de/v/do-byte-2026-18-was-ist-matrix

🔗Dept of Stammtische 🍻 (website)

Julis (she/her) announces

A Stammtisch ("regular's table") is a German meetup format where those with a shared interest meet regularly for discussion, exchange, and socialising. Find more community organised events at https://matrix-community.events!

• 8 July 19:00 CEST: #matrix-stammtisch:koeln.ccc.de at C4

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🔗Matrix Live S12E14 - Andy is the new Thib

🔗Dept of Status of Matrix 🌡️

Thib announces

Please join me in welcoming andypiper to the Foundation. Andy will be your next Thib and will take over TWIM, Matrix Live, being the community liaison, organizing the conference, and much more. Welcome Andy!

🔗Dept of Events and Talks 🗣️

Thib says

🔗Last few days to submit a talk for Matrix Conf

The actual real extended deadline (for real) to submit a talk to Matrix Conf is on 30th June, that is next Tuesday as of writing. The competition is fierce, with more than double the amount of submissions than we can accept, but if you want to throw your hat in the ring, now is the best time!

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🔗Matrix Live - A Federated Data Marketplace

🔗Dept of Status of Matrix 🌡️

🔗Governing Board (website)

The Governing Board is an advisory board to The Matrix.org Foundation and with elected representatives from all across the Matrix ecosystem.

Amandine announces

🗳️ Election notice!

And that’s a wrap for this 2026 Governing Board election season! 🏁

We are super excited to announce our new and re-elected Governing Board members: congratulations all, and welcome!

Representatives of the Ecosystem members

• Kim Brose (Matrix Community Events)
• Nico Werner (Nheko-Reborn)
• Jade Ellis (Continuwuity)

Representative of the Platinum member

• Neil Johnson (Element Creations)

Representatives of the Spec Core team

• Alexey Rusakov
• Richard van der Hoff

Representatives of the Guardians

• Matthew Hodgson
• Ross Schulman

Representatives of the Individual members

• Max
• Mathieu Velten

Representatives of the Silver members

• Yoan Pintas (DINUM)
• Niklas Zender (Famedly)

We will also welcome a new Governing Board member who joined as a replacement of his ex-colleague at Automattic: (single Gold member): Nick Mills-Barrett!

Also a huge thank you to all of those who will be leaving the board, your support was greatly appreciated.

Check out the details on our blog

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🔗Matrix Live - Matrix over DMLS

🔗Dept of Events and Talks 🗣️

🔗Last Weekend to Submit a Talk to Matrix Conf

Thib announces

That's right, the CfP closes on Sunday, 14th June... that means in two days as of publishing 😱

If you want to submit a talk, now's the time!

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🔗Matrix Live S12E11 - Relay, macOS client

🔗Dept of Events and Talks 🗣️

🔗Re-opening Conference Merch Pre-Orders

Thib announces

By popular demand: we have reopened the pre-orders for the conference merch, since we managed to push back the production deadline with our partner!

You now have until the end of July to pre-order your hoodie, T-shirt, beanie, and socks on the Conference Store

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🔗Matrix Live S12E10 – Element Demos

🔗Dept of Status of Matrix 🌡️

🔗Governing Board (website)

The Governing Board is an advisory board to The Matrix.org Foundation and with elected representatives from all across the Matrix ecosystem.

Amandine says

🗳️ Election notice!

🚥 Only a few hours left before kick-off! The voting for the Governing Board election is starting tonight, and is open until the 12 June. All eligible voters should keep an eye out for an email from OpaVote.

Check out our blog post and election page for details and links to the candidates lists.

📅 This year’s schedule is as follows:
✅ Announcement on Monday 27th April
✅ Nominations from Saturday 2nd May to Friday 15th May
✅ Campaigning from Saturday 16th May to Friday 29th May
➡️ Voting from Saturday 30th May to Friday 12th June
◻️ Results announced on Monday 15th June

📢 The election is running for the following constituency groups:

• Platinum Members – 1 seat (in cycle)
• Ecosystem Members – 3 seats (in cycle)
• Spec Core Team – 2 seats (in cycle)
• Guardians – 3 seats (in cycle)
• Silver Members – 2 seats (out of cycle, GB members stepped down)
• Individual Members – 1 seat (out of cycle, GB member stepped down)

So if you are a member of one of these groups keep an eye out for your voting email or get in touch if you haven't received it by Monday!

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🔗Matrix Live S12E09 - The Matrix Spring Update 2026 from The Matrix Community Summit

🔗Dept of Status of Matrix 🌡️

Amandine says

🇸🇪 Swedish news!

Exciting to see the Swedish government leveraging Matrix’s interop properly: two independent agencies, Försäkringskassan and Trafikverket, have showcased seamless communication whilst respectively using Element and Rocket.Chat within their network.

💡 It all started when eSam asked Element, Rocket.Chat and Mattermost to figure out a way to interoperate a few years ago. Now all three have converged on Matrix and eSam “has the intention to recommend the public sector to establish the Matrix as a common standard for secure and interoperable communication between authorities.” 💪

➡️ Read all about it here: https://www.esamverka.se/aktuellt/nyheter/nyheter/2026-05-22-federation-i-praktiken---nu-kopplas-myndigheters-chattar-ihop.html

🔗Dept of Events and Talks 🗣️

HarHarLinks reports

Hello from Matrix Community Summit 2026 in Berlin, where summer just started!

We are having lots of sessions, workshops, some talks and even staged discussion rounds, covering a lot of topics from tech to governance.

Whenever there is a stream or recording taking place, you will find it at https://c-tube.c-base.org/ peer tube! 💪 If you want to follow along for some pictures, https://mastodon.matrix.org/@community_events might be the best place. :) All info including schedule about the summit is available through https://matrix-community.events/conferences/2026-summit.html.

If you missed coming here this year, the good news is we have 3 more days, including towel day celebrations on Monday! If that's still too spontaneous, book your travel now for pentecost next year today!

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🔗Matrix Live S12E08 The Matrix Governing Board Elections!

🔗Dept of Status of Matrix 🌡️

Amandine announces

Happy to welcome connect2x as a new Silver member of the Foundation this week! 🚀 Benedict and the connect2x team have been active members of the community for a while, in particular with Tammy and Trixinity, but connect2x is also a strong provider of TI-Messenger solutions in the German healthcare ecosystem. Thank you for your support!

🔗Dept of Events and Talks 🗣️

Thib (m.org) reports

One month left!

There's only one month left to send your talk proposals for The Matrix Conference.

But another deadline is looming, even sooner: there's only two weeks left to get a discounted Early Bird ticket, and to secure merch for you size! Early Bird tickets have a 20% discount, so don't wait too long and grab yours!

Individual members should also have received their voucher for a free ticket! We'll send the vouchers for organizational members shortly.

Find all the details of the conference on https://conference.matrix.org/

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🔗Dept of elections 🗳️

🔗Governing Board Elections (website)

Amandine announces

📢 Calling all the Foundation members! The clock is ticking! ⏰ There is only one week left to nominate yourself (or another member of your group) as a candidate to represent your constituency group on the Governing Board.

The election is running for the following constituency groups:

• Platinum Members (1 seat)
• Ecosystem Members (3 seats)
• Spec Core Team (2 seats)
• Guardians (3 seats)
• Silver Members (2 seats)
• Individual Members (1 seat, note that only members donating at least $60 a year are eligible for election)
• Associate Members (1 seat)
• Gold Members (if new Gold member(s) sign up before the 15th May)

Find all the details about the nomination process here. Nominees will be announced on the 16th May and displayed on the election page.

📅 As a reminder, this year’s schedule is as follows:

• ✅ Announcement on Monday 27th April
• ➡️ Nominations from Saturday 2nd May to Friday 15th May
• ◻️ Campaigning from Saturday 16th May to Friday 29th May
• ◻️ Voting from Saturday 30th May to Friday 12th June
• ◻️ Results announced on Monday 15th June

Nico says

We may have some insights into the inner workings of the Governing Board early next week. No promises yet, but maybe check back on Tuesday, if we managed to post anything! If you have been wondering what you even would do as a Governing Board member, maybe this is the thing that will help you figure that out!

🔗Dept of Status of Matrix 🌡️

🔗Continuwuity as a New Ecosystem Member

Amandine says

This week we're announcing Continuwuity as a new Ecosystem member to the Foundation! Continuwuity is a community driven Rust homeserver focusing on user experience and new features. Welcome!

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