Release Notes for Synology Chat Server

Important Note

1. The update is expected to be available in all regions within the next few days. The actual time of release may vary slightly depending on the region.

Compatibility & Installation

Synology Chat Admin Console

1. Synology Chat Server 2.4.3 requires DSM 7.2 and above.
2. Synology Chat Server 2.4.3 requires Synology Application Service 1.8.0 and above.

Synology Chat Web Portal

1. Increased the maximum nickname length to 255 characters in Profile settings.

Fixed Issues

Synology Chat Web Portal

1. Fixed an issue where encrypted channels in the Archive Viewer couldn't be decrypted.
2. Fixed an issue where guests might not appear in the mention list.
3. Minor bug fixes.

Important Note

1. The update is expected to be available in all regions within the next few days. The actual time of release may vary slightly depending on the region.

Compatibility and Installation

1. Synology Chat Server 2.4.2-22125 requires DSM 7.2 and above.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed an issue where users were unable to access certain channels.
2. Supports previewing WEBP format images.
3. Fixed an issue where time formats in the admin console logs and the exported logs were inconsistent.
4. Adjusted the message pinning mechanism to prevent automatic subscription for all members in channels or conversations.
5. Fixed an issue where the search criteria wouldn't reset when switching channels.
6. Fixed an issue where files in encrypted channels were unable to download when using Chrome and Edge browsers.
7. Fixed a security vulnerability (CVE-2022-48554).
8. Minor bug fixes.

Important Note

1. The update is expected to be available in all regions within the next few days. The actual time of release may vary slightly depending on the region.

Compatibility and Installation

1. Synology Chat Server 2.4.2-12125 requires DSM 7.1.
2. Synology Chat Server 2.4.2 requires node.js v18.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed an issue where users were unable to access certain channels. Supports previewing WEBP format images.
2. Fixed an issue where time formats in the admin console logs and the exported logs were inconsistent.
3. Fixed an issue where the search criteria wouldn't reset when switching channels.
4. Fixed an issue where files in encrypted channels were unable to download when using Chrome and Edge browsers.
5. Fixed a security vulnerability (CVE-2022-48554).
6. Minor bug fixes.

Compatibility & Installation

1. Synology Chat Server 2.4.1-22111 requires DSM 7.2 and above.
2. Synology Chat Server 2.4.1-22111 requires node.js v18.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-3935, CVE-2022-41940).
2. Enhanced performance and stability.

Important Note

1. The update is expected to be available in all regions within the next few days. The actual time of release may vary slightly depending on the region.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed a security vulnerability.

Important Note

1. The update is expected to be available in all regions within the next few days. The actual time of release may vary slightly depending on the region.

Compatibility and Installation

1. Updated to be compatible with DSM 7.1 Beta.
2. Synology Chat will perform database optimization during the update. The time it takes to update depends on the number of channels created. Please reserve 20 minutes for this update to avoid disruption for users.

What's New

1. Added the Find function (hotkey: Ctrl+K) for looking up conversations and channels while unread messages are displayed at the top.
2. Supports grouping unread messages at the top.
3. Improved the time it takes to back up Synology Chat using Hyper Backup.
4. Added a quick markdown syntax guide to the message input field.
5. Enhanced the message input field for more convenient operations.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed an issue where backing up via Hyper Backup might fail when there were a large number of channels.
2. Fixed an issue where the "My Space" conversation was missing for some users.
3. Fixed an issue where the unread message count might be incorrect.
4. Fixed a security vulnerability.

Important Notes

1. The update is expected to be available in all regions within the next few days. The actual time of release may vary slightly depending on the region.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed a security vulnerability.

Compatibility and Installation

1. Updated to be compatible with DSM 7.0.
2. If Node.js v12 was not installed, the system will automatically install it after the update to ensure package functionality.
3. Importing channels and conversations from Slack is no longer supported.

What's New

Synology Chat Admin Console

1. Added the option to allow the modification of all messages or only messages sent within the last 24 hours, or disallow the modification of any messages. The default will be set to "Sent in the last 24 hours" after updating to this version.
2. Supports automatically adding users from account systems into Synology Chat immediately after the users are given privileges.

Synology Chat

1. Supports the modification of messages sent within the last 24 hours or all messages based on the settings configured in Synology Chat Admin Console.
2. Supports the playback of .aac audio files.
3. Improved the performance when entering a channel with a large number of members with an enhanced cache mechanism.

Compatibility and Installation

1. This version requires DSM 6.2.2-24922 and above.
2. If Node.js v12 was not installed, the system will automatically install it after the update to ensure package functionality.
3. Please install Synology Chat mobile app 2.7.0 to be compatible with the new message modification rule.

Important Notes

1. Importing channels and conversations from Slack is no longer supported.

What's New

Synology Chat Admin Console

1. Added the option to allow the modification of all messages or only messages sent within the last 24 hours, or disallow the modification of any messages. The default will be set to "Sent in the last 24 hours" after updating to this version.
2. Supports automatically adding users from account systems into Synology Chat. Enabling this option allows all users to see news users in the user list of Chat immediately after they are given privileges.
3. Support forcing domain users to use full name from the domain as nickname. Enabling this option, domain users will not be able to change the settings for display name.

Synology Chat

1. Supports the modification of all messages or only messages sent within the last 24 hours, or disallow modifications altogether, depending on the rule set in Synology Chat Admin Console.
2. Supports the playback of .aac audio files.
3. Improved the performance when a large number of members entered a channel at the same time with an enhanced cache mechanism.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed an issue where users with valid username might be seen as invalid users and fail to sign in.
2. Fixed an issue where search results might not show completely.
3. Fixed a security vulneribility.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed the issue where the accented character "ą" might not be produced when entering the correct keys (right Alt + a) on a Polish keyboard.
2. Fixed the issue where guests might be invited to the wrong channel.
3. Minor bug fixes.

Important Note

1. Synology Chat Server package is previously named Synology Chat.
2. Synology Chat Server 2.2.0 can be installed only on Synology NAS running DSM 6.1 and above.

What's New

1. Supports inserting file links directly from Synology Drive installed on the same server.
2. Supports removing messages completely from the database to meet GDPR standards.
3. Supports automatically deleting older messages from a specified period.
4. Supports insertng emojis into the text field via entering related words.
5. Added the options to close and hide channels in Synology Chat Admin Console.
6. Added the option to set a channel notification setting as default in Synology Chat.
7. Supports signing in with accounts that contain blank characters.
8. Supports importing users automatically from directory services and updating user permissions.
9. Optimized the notification system by removing system messages from unread messages.

Fixed Issues

1. Fixed an issue where unread threads might be difficult to find.
2. Fixed an issue where the server might not be able to support the constant use of chat mentions in channels.
3. Fixed issues relating to channel management features.
4. Minor bug fixes.

1. Thai user interface is now available.
2. Fixed an issue where users might fail to set up certain email address formats.

New features

• Supports accessing conversations with disabled users.

• Optimized the layout of reduced size window.

• Supports using Calendar plug-in to manage tasks.

• Supports collapsing channel/conversation lists.

• Supports switching the display name of users.

Fixed issues

• Fixed an issue where creating scheduled messages, reminders, and votes might fail when time format is set to 12-hour time.

• Fixed an issue where notification of new threaded messages might not be cleared.

• Fixed an issue where the display of thread on the right-hand column might be abnormal.

• Fixed an issue where copying photos on web browser then pasting to Chat might fail.

• Fixed an issue where database upgrade might fail after switching the account system.

• Fixed an issue where global search across all channels might fail.

• Fixed an issue where searching group conversation by username might fail.

• Minor bug fixes.

What’s new

1. Officially supports Chat desktop application.
2. Supports poll creation to timely collect feedback from the members in a channel or conversation.
3. Supports message scheduling to automatically send messages on the scheduled time.
4. Supports message forwarding to effortlessly forward messages to one or multiple channels and conversations.
5. Supports message reminders, allowing you to receive push notifications on important messages at specific time.
6. Supports message threads, allowing you to directly comment on specific messages and receive notifications on the latest updates regarding the subscribed and joined threads.
7. Supports bot integration, allowing one-to-one conversations with bots to assist enterprises in automated information management.
8. Supports third-party video conference applications including appear.in, Jitsi, and JumpChat, allowing you to start video conferences in channels or conversations through slash commands.
9. Supports Google Safe Browsing to automatically check the safety of the posted URLs and trigger warnings for unsafe URLs.
10. Supports editing the messages that were not successfully sent during network disconnection, and allowing them to be manually resent after network reconnection.
11. Supports turning off an URL’s thumbnail prefetching function.
12. Supports administrators to search and delete messages in Chat Admin Console.
13. Supports Webhook messaging logs in Chat Admin Console.

Improvements

1. Enhanced the performance of channel switching.

Fixed issues

1. Fixed an issue where the list of members might not be correctly displayed after a conversation is upgraded to private channel.
2. Fixed an issue where emoji name might be incorrect.
3. Fixed an issue where the message notifications from Chat plugins might not be correctly shown.
4. Fixed an issue where importing Slack information containing Chinese channel name might fail.
5. Fixed an issue where accounts with invalid email address might not be able to login successfully.   
6. Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities (Synology-SA-17:78).
7. Fixed an issue where users’ disabled/ enabled status might be abnormal after switching the account system.
8. Minor bug fixes.

Upgrade

1. To enhance the performance of the Lookup feature offered for administrators, the message database will be updated during the upgrade and thus longer processing time may be required.

1. Improved the stability when using Chat on Safari browser.
2. Fixed an issue where playing videos via Video Station plugin might fail.
3. Fixed an issue where accessing to public channels might fail when Chat has been idle for a while.
4. Minor bug fixes.