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Release Sat, Jul 25, 2026 2 min read

Delta Chat Desktop 2.56.0

Original release notes

Removed

  • Remove "Hide Relay from Contacts": now "Remove Relay" hides it from contacts

and schedules automatic removal (https://github.com/chatmail/core/pull/8428)

  • Remove OAuth support (https://github.com/chatmail/core/pull/8431)

Added

  • Add member search and three-dot menu to group profile (#6456)
  • Show proxy status in the chat list header, like on Android (#6522)
  • Custom app picker URL setting
  • Show num msgs in "Forward?" dialog
  • (experimental) Command palette: Ctrl + P or Ctrl + K to type commands and search for chats, messges, and more (#6443)

Other

  • Move message multiselect counter to the chat header
  • Merge images and video to "gallery" tab (#5644)

Fixed

  • AppImage no longer requires libfuse2 (#6564)
  • Fix message list "scrolling up" after image is loaded or after a message is edited by another member (#6536)
  • Avoid horizontal scrollbar in the message list, especially in Saved Messages (#6491)
  • Accessibility:
  • Settings: keep focus after going back a level
  • add aria-live for draft quote & attachment:

announce when a file is attached or a quote is added to the draft

  • Don't announce reactions when a chat gets opened or scrolled
  • Some non-primary chat lists' items wrongly saying "opens menu"
  • Better contrast for fullscreen media view buttons (#6521)
  • Live update the "Ready By" dialog and channel view count: no need to manually "refresh" them
  • "Edit Group" dialog:
  • Fix setting name and description at the same time not working sometimes
  • Make it possible to set 1-char group name
  • Edit Group: disable form submit if name is empty
  • Style, labels:
  • QR code scanner in cut on the right when using a vertical camera (#6462)
  • Add bottom margin to copy dialog (#6552)
  • Adjust group/channel edit dialog title
  • Attaching file sometimes resetting text
  • Security hardening: set contextIsolation to true (#6524)
  • Unify mailto: link handling logic with force_encryption

Miscellaneous Tasks

  • Upgrade electron to 42.5 (#6508)
  • Upgrade core to 2.56.0 (#6569)