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For a more detailed overview of changes present in the 1.6 release see issues tagged cwtch-beta-1.6 in our issue tracker.

A special thanks to the amazing volunteer translators and testers who made this release possible.

  • New Features:
    • Custom Profile Images
      • This requires enabling the Filesharing and Image Preview experiments
    • Advanced Tor Configuration
      • Cwtch can now be configured to cache Tor consensus information, use predefined ports, and connect to an external, system Tor
      • Tor Circuit information is now available for P2P Conversations
    • Notification Policies
      • You can now mute specific conversations, turn off notifications entirely, or switch all notifications to opt-in
  • Bug Fixes / Improvements:
    • Images are now displayed for the sender as well as the recipients
    • Deleting P2P contacts is now supported again
    • Clickable Links will no longer prepend https to the text of the displayed URL
    • Closing via the windows exit button on Linux now triggers Cwtch to shut down cleanly
    • Packaged Tor has been upgraded
    • New integration testing infrastructure
    • Fixes to prevent extensive word wrapping on Android Devices (1.6.1)
    • Num-pad Enter now triggers sending a message, instead of inserting a new line (1.6.1)
    • Sending a message via a keyboard or via the send button now invokes identical logic (1.6.1)
    • Android Notification Image Fetching fixes (1.6.2)
    • Android Group Sync Status fixes (1.6.2)
    • Message View Rendering Issues fixes (1.6.2)
    • Improved Android Worker Robustness on Restart/Shutdown (1.6.2)
  • Accessibility / UX:
    • Notifications are now translatable
    • Translations: French, Italian, German, Spanish, Romanian, Norwegian, Danish, Welsh, Russian, Polish, Luxembourgish and Greek (1.6.2)
    • Settings Pane is now broken down by subheadings
    • Message view now displays an estimated character count/limit for new messages
    • Fix bug that allows multiple file dialog windows to be opened when sharing a file
    • Number of unread messages from other loaded profiles are now summarized on the active profile