Tlon – Tlon Messenger

- Adds a "Meet your Tlonbot" section to the onboarding tour - Fixes an issue where background fetch processes would collide with sync on app open - Fixes an issue where opening the app from a push notification would result in sluggish performance - Fixes an issue where some notebook posts were not scrollable - Fixes a regression where the "Members" role disappeared from the channel permissions settings screen

- Fixes an issue where long-running message fetching on app update would cause the app to show "No posts" in group/channel message previews. - Fixes an issue where tapping "Customize" in a new group, then navigating to the Group Settings & Info screen, then navigating back to the empty channel would cause the "Customize" button to be inoperable. - Fixes an issue where editing a Link item in a gallery would cause a screen layout mishap.

- Improves the speed of personal DM invite link generation on Tlon-hosted nodes - Adds a step in onboarding where users who authorize access to their device's contact book can send invitations to Tlon Messenger directly thereafter - Adds a "Contact Support" button to the error screen where Tlon Hosting reports the node is not running - Adds a simple "stop-light" style connectivity indicator to the channel header to see if the other node is online - Fixes an issue where modifying a link URL after attaching it to a message (e.g. removing UTM strings after pasting) would cause the sent message to display with two link attachments - Fixes an issue where YouTube, Twitter, and other live embedded media would fail to display correctly; we now display an external link

Adds a search field to the screen during onboarding where one can invite people from their contact book to Tlon Messenger.

- Improves the appearance of screen headers across the entire app; adds a "face pile" group of user avatars to all channels and DMs - Improves the appearance and consistency of all buttons - Improves the consistency of message sending behavior in all channel types - Adds the ability to choose one's default avatar color without setting an image - Adds an empty-state placeholder to the Activity screen with prompts to connect one's contact book - Fixes an issue where editing a reply in a Gallery channel would display the Gallery text item input rather than the standard edit controls - Fixes an issue where retrying an unsent message with an image attachment would result in an image that fails to load for all other members of the channel - Fixes an issue where navigating to a user's profile from a Chat channel, then returning to the Chat channel would lose the original scroll position - Fixes an issue where system notices would appear unreadable when using themes other than light/dark - Fixes an issue where group titles were not rendered in the list of invitations - Fixes an issue where empty or new DMs showed a "Failed to load posts / error: no values to set [Retry]" message - Fixes an issue where backgrounding the app for 30+ days, then returning would incorrectly report the node's state if using a Tlon Hosting account - Fixes an issue during onboarding where setting a larger system text size would result in the advancing buttons being inoperable

This release adds "Bot" badges to identify automated posts and introduces Tlonbot assistant configuration options in settings for early access program members.

- Improves screen and channel headers by adding ship connection and sync loading states - Fixes an issue with missing channel previews on the home screen and in the Channels list - Fixes an issue where after navigating in to the app from a notification, the "back" button would misbehave and return to the message - Fixes an issue where users would stay logged in if their ship was breached in Hosting - Fixes an issue where initial sync after returning from a backgrounded state would be very slow - Fixes an issue where channels showed stale data and failed to live-update

Fixes an issue where message counts for threaded replies were inaccurate.

This release adds media and file sharing capabilities to messages — including video, voice messages with transcriptions, and arbitrary file uploads (PDF, ZIP, TXT, and others) — along with a storage capacity indicator during uploads. Admins now have new tools for managing groups and channels, including the ability to revoke unclaimed invites, pin messages to channel headers, and access a new Channel Info screen for notifications and settings.

This release adds media and file sharing capabilites to thread replies. It also addresses a few issues with background sync and makes some cosmetic fixes. - Adds the ability to attach or record videos to replies (threads) in Chat channels and DMs - Adds support for recording and playing back voice messages with transcriptions in threads - Adds support for uploading arbitrary file types in threads - Fixes an issue where background sync would sometimes fail to launch - Improves the empty channel message for new channels and groups

- Adds support for sharing directly from the native operating system to Tlon. Share photos, files, links, etc. directly to Tlon via the native share sheet. - Adds a step in onboarding where the user can configure their provided Tlonbot with a name, avatar, and model selection; joins them to a group with their bot and allows them to directly share an invite link with their friends without connecting their contact book - Adds a "thinking" indicator when in a DM with your Tlonbot - Fixes an issue where when one navigated to referenced post, the target post would be scrolled out of view - Fixes an issue where viewing another user's profile would fail to sync profile details - Improves the contact book connection onboarding screen by adding a clarifying detail about security - Improves the photo and video viewer lightbox - Improves post Edit and group/channel Configure buttons - Improves the "Tap to retry" message in channels - Improves the layout of the Forward to Channel sheet - Fixes an issue where "BOT" tags failed to appear on posts in threads

Adds a tooltip to @-mention your bot in groups to use it.

This release adds the Tlonbot provisioning and initiation flow for returning Tlon Hosting customers.

Adds a few external service integrations to Tlonbot for hosted customers.

This release upgrades the core framework to Expo SDK v54, adds Markdown table rendering in messages, and introduces periodic contact-matching to notify you when people from your address book join the network. We fixed several long-standing bugs, including issues with push notification navigation, unsent and deleted messages sticking to the chat log, and duplicate UI elements appearing after edits or channel management actions.

You can now create a Tlon account without needing an invitation. This release also fixes a bug where tapping a reaction under a message wouldn't add your own, and resolves an infinite navigation loop that occurred when tapping a group message reference from a DM and pressing Back.

You can now download videos from the lightbox, get notified when others react to your posts, and see the channel host on the Channel Info screen. This release also fixes broken group invite notifications, .HEIC photo uploads with HDR data, and the message long-press menu not dismissing on tap.

This release adds a new experimental Context Lens for inspecting hosted Tlonbot tool calls and model responses. It also adds reaction notifications, the channel host on Channel Info, and a video download button, while fixing failures with role assignment, Mark as Read, and Activity items not navigating to their originating thread.

You can now paste images directly from your clipboard into the message input. Fixes address the Context Lens button appearing on others' bot posts, the Gallery "Media or File" sheet closing prematurely, and mentions leaving the caret stuck at the end of the inserted text.

You can now reorder pinned messages and DMs on the Home screen, and unpinning a channel message now removes it from both the message log and pinned posts. Fixes address persistent join errors after entering a valid group code, stale invitee selections when creating a second group, bot thinking indicators dropping too early, cut-off button labels, and undismissable Tlonbot onboarding tooltips.