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This Week in Matrix 2025-02-07
🔗Matrix Live
Today's Matrix Live: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lkCKhP1jxdk🔗Dept of Status of Matrix 🌡️
Quentin Gliech reports
This week we released Matrix Authentication Service 0.13.0!
This is a big release, as we haven't done one since September.
It is fixing a lot of small issues, but here are a few of the big highlights:
- The email verification has been completely reworked, meaning that accounts don't require a valid email address on them anymore! They are still required for open password registrations, but MAS won't nag you anymore to add an email to your account.
- No more spurious logouts when consuming a refresh token! That was a recurring annoyance for people using Element X in poor network conditions.
- It now reliably provisions users to Synapse! Sometimes, MAS would just stop provisioning new sessions if, for some reason, it lost connections to Postgres. This is a thing of the past, as now MAS has a reliable job queue.
- New translations! MAS is now available in Czech, Dutch, Estonian, English, French, German, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, and Ukrainian. If you'd like to help MAS get translated to your language, head out to our Localazy project
- Better support for non-OIDC upstream OAuth 2.0 providers. Support for 'social login' options like Google or Sign-in with Apple went from 'good' to 'great', with many UI improvements.
Upgrading should be as easy as grabbing the latest Docker image or the pre-built binaries, restarting the service and voilà!
Feel free to stop by #matrix-auth:matrix.org to join in on the discussion and if you encounter a bug make sure to report it here.
🔗Dept of Spec 📜
TravisR announces
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:
- MSC4263: Preventing MXID enumeration via key queries
- MSC4262: Sliding Sync Extension: Profile Updates
- MSC4261: "Do not encrypt for device" flag
MSCs in Final Comment Period:
- No MSCs are in FCP.
Accepted MSCs:
- No MSCs were accepted this week.
Closed MSCs:
- No MSCs were closed/rejected this week.
🔗Spec Updates
There's not a ton of updates this week: the team is focusing on reviewing Matrix 2.0 MSCs to move them towards release. The team is also thinking about when to release the spec this calendar quarter, and may aim for late February or early March.
Watch this space for updates :)
🔗Dept of Servers 🏢
🔗Synapse (website)
Synapse is a Matrix homeserver implementation developed by Element
~creme reports
envs has put together a small tool for Synapse to block temporary email addresses during user registration and stop invite spam.
You can find the Repo and more details at: https://github.com/envs-net/synapse_blocklist_module
🔗Dept of Ops 🛠
🔗matrix-tf-aws
A Fully Automated Terraform Deployment for Matrix on AWS
rsb_tbg reports
Hey everyone, check out my newly public Terraform module on GitHub! It fully automates the deployment of a Synapse homeserver along with 0-4 currently-supported Mautrix bridges (Discord, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp) on AWS—no manual setup required.
🔗🔧 What’s Included?
The module provisions the following resources:
✅ VPC & Networking – Private/public subnets, NAT, security groups
✅ ECS Cluster – Runs Synapse and selected Mautrix bridges
✅ EFS & Access Points – Persistent storage for Synapse
✅ Aurora PostgreSQL – Scalable, managed database
✅ S3 Buckets – Storage for configs and logs
✅ TLS Certificate – Secure HTTPS for your ALB
✅ Dynamic Secrets – No hardcoded tokens/passwords; all are auto-generated
✅ And other resources to connect everything together🔗🚀 Getting Started
All you need before launching:
🔹 A Route 53 domain for your Matrix homeserver name
🔹 If using the Telegram bridge, a Telegram API ID & hashOnce you initialize the module with Terraform, you’ll have the option to customize configurations and registration files to fit your needs. You can even modify them post-deployment and simply run
terraform apply
to apply the changes.🔗 Check it out here: https://github.com/matrix-tf/matrix-tf-aws
It’s super easy to use—whether you’re setting up your first Matrix server or already a pro. Hope it helps! 🚀
🔗Dept of Events and Talks 🗣️
🔗FOSDEM
Thib (m.org) says
If you want to see what's been happening behind the scenes to organize Matrix' presence at FOSDEM this year, I blogged about my perspective as an attendee, booth organizer, and devroom organizer.
A proper wrap-up post from the Foundation is coming, once we'll have all the recordings published!
🔗Matrix Retreat 2025: Workation in Thailand
HarHarLinks announces
Greetings from Thailand! You may have heard previously about a Matrix-related technology-retreat in Thailand this winter. Well, it’s happening as we speak! Some of us have made our way, directly following FOSDEM, to the beautiful island of Koh Phangan in the gulf of Thailand. We are staying in Tongsala working our day jobs across two coworking spaces. The seven of us will be joined by two more tomorrow, with most of us staying until the 17th of March where we will be attending FOSSASIA, operating a Matrix Stand, giving some talks [1] [2] [3], and handing out stickers which we brought despite limited baggage allowance (priorities!). If you have, or know anyone who has, contacts to Matrix enthusiasts in Asia - or if you want to come join us, please get in touch via #workation-nation-matrix-thailand-2025:datanauten.de! Outside of work, we are exploring Matrix-related tech-projects including a Matrix RTC call recorder, a message search, and the
rust-matrix-web
. We look forward to updating you on our progress!
🔗Dept of Guides 🧭
Matthew reports
Anil, head of the Energy and Environment Research Group at the University of Cambridge just published a fun guide for how to use hookshot for webhooks in Matrix: https://anil.recoil.org/notes/enter-the-matrix-hookshot
🔗Matrix Federation Stats
Aine [don't DM] announces
collected by MatrixRooms.info - an MRS instance by etke.cc
As of today,
10712
Matrix federateable servers have been discovered by matrixrooms.info,3177
(29.7%
) of them are publishing their rooms directory over federation. The published directories contain22325
rooms.Stats timeline is available on MatrixRooms.info/stats
🔗Dept of Ping
Here we reveal, rank, and applaud the homeservers with the lowest ping, as measured by pingbot, a maubot that you can host on your own server.
🔗#ping:maunium.net
Join #ping:maunium.net to experience the fun live, and to find out how to add YOUR server to the game.
Rank | Hostname | Median MS |
---|---|---|
1 | girlboss.ceo | 226 |
2 | codestorm.net | 257 |
3 | nexy7574.uk | 281.5 |
4 | play.matrix.toys | 308 |
5 | maunium.net | 325 |
6 | nerdhouse.io | 353 |
7 | ncat.cafe | 373.5 |
8 | puppygock.gay | 386 |
9 | 13-48-182-158.cprapid.com | 393 |
10 | synapse.rntpts.de | 492 |
🔗That's all I know
See you next week, and be sure to stop by #twim:matrix.org with your updates!
To learn more about how to prepare an entry for TWIM check out the TWIM guide.
IO_uring Zero-Copy Receive Support Ready For Linux 6.15 Networking
PocketBeagle 2 Debian 12.9 2025-02-07 Minimal
Debian Minimal (non-graphical) image for PocketBeagle 2 based on TI AM6232 processor
Remember to set your user password in the sysconf.txt file located in the fat32 partition before you boot (or use bb-imager and set it in that gui).
- Kernel: v6.12.9-ti-arm64-r19
- U-Boot: v2025.01-pocketbeagle2
- VSCode: v4.96.4
- Node-RED: v4.0.2
Fixes: 1Ghz Opp (before limited to 800Mhz)…
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Vulkan Cooperative Matrix Merged For RDNA4 GPUs With RADV, DCC Support Inches Closer
GCC 15 Compiler Showing Off Nice Performance Improvements On AMD Zen 5
Bundestagswahl 2025: Für ein vielfältiges und weltoffenes Miteinander

Vielfalt und Weltoffenheit sind zentrale Werte für Nextcloud. Wir sind davon überzeugt, dass eine inklusive Gesellschaft der Grundpfeiler für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit sowie ein friedliches Zusammenleben in Europa ist. Nextcloud beschäftigt Mitarbeitende in 23 Ländern. Hinzu kommen tausende Mitglieder der Nextcloud-Community, die global verteilt gemeinsam an einem Ziel arbeiten. Nur dank dieser offenen und inklusiven Kultur konnte sich Nextcloud zu der weltweit am meisten genutzten Open-Source-Kollaborationsplattform entwickeln.
Europa braucht starke Stimmen für die Demokratie
Am 23. Februar wird in Deutschland ein neuer Bundestag gewählt. In anderen Regionen und Ländern der Welt sehen wir schädliche Tendenzen zu ausgrenzendem und autoritärem Regierungshandeln. Eine demokratische Gesellschaftsordnung ist für uns als Unternehmen und auch für unseren Lebensstandard in Europa jedoch ganz entscheidend. Denn Demokratie ist die Basis für innovative Wirtschaftskraft und die Voraussetzung für ein erfolgreiches Gelingen einer digital gerechten und wettbewerbsfähigen Zukunft in Europa. Deshalb treten wir allen, die sie gefährden, entschieden entgegen. Denjenigen, die für Demokratie, Vielfalt, Inklusion und den damit verbundenen Wohlstand stehen, sichern wir unsere Unterstützung und Solidarität zu.
Wir freuen uns über jede Person, jedes Unternehmen und jede Organisation, die sich für die Demokratie und damit für ein starkes Deutschland und Europa einsetzt – je mehr und je lauter desto besser. Nur wenn wir in Europa geeint für unser freiheitliches Wertesystem kämpfen, können wir unsere Eigenständigkeit erhalten. Wer am 23. Februar das Privileg der freien Wahl hat, sollte es nutzen und für demokratisch gesinnte Parteien stimmen. Nur gemeinsam sind wir stark, können unsere Freiheitsrechte schützen und eine positive Zukunft gestalten.
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Asahi Linux Lead Developer Hector Martin Steps Down As Upstream Apple Silicon Maintainer
Serpent OS Working Toward Second Alpha, More Immutable OS Features
Bcachefs Preps More Fixes For Linux 6.14, Continues Tracking Down Other Bugs
NVIDIA Publishes RTX Neural Texture Compression "RTXNTC" Beta
AMDVLK 2025.Q1.1 Brings New Performance Tuning & Fixes
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CNX Software
- Nuvoton introduces the first security chip based on OpenTitan open-source silicon Root of Trust
Nuvoton introduces the first security chip based on OpenTitan open-source silicon Root of Trust

Google has announced the start of the fabrication of a Nuvoton security chip featuring OpenTitan open-source silicon Root of Trust (RoT), the first such production-ready chip. It will soon be available in lowRISC’s Voyager 1 demo board, and later this year in Chromebooks and data centers. We first wrote about OpenTitan open-source Root of Trust (RoT) chips in 2020 as a collaboration between Google, Seagate, Nuvoton, Western Digital, lowRISC, as well as some other companies, projects, and universities that aimed at “building a transparent, high-quality reference design and integration guidelines for silicon root of trust (RoT) chips”. OpenTitan itself reached commercial availability last year, after the first engineering samples were released in 2023, and Google now says the Nuvoton chip (yet to have a proper name) is the first production-ready OpenTitan chip. Hardware Root of Trust (RoT) are small secure microcontrollers that are the equivalent of Certificate Authorities (CAs) to [...]
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Red Hat
- DORA is here: is financial services prepared to continue innovating in balance with compliance requirements?
DORA is here: is financial services prepared to continue innovating in balance with compliance requirements?
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CNX Software
- CPico RP2350 is another Raspberry Pi Pico 2 alternative with USB-C, 8MB flash, 2MB PSRAM, BConnect I2C & debug ports
CPico RP2350 is another Raspberry Pi Pico 2 alternative with USB-C, 8MB flash, 2MB PSRAM, BConnect I2C & debug ports

iLabs CPico RP2350 is a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 alternative with the same form factor, still based on the Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller but equipped with a USB-C port, 8MB flash, 2MB PSRAM, a Reset button, and Bconnect I2C and debug ports. Apart from that, the CPico RP2350 retains the other features of the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 including the two 20-pin PGIO headers, and BOOT button. It joins other Raspberry Pi Pico 2 alternatives like the Waveshare RP2350-Plus adding battery support. CPico RP2350 specifications: SoC – Raspberry Pi RP2350 CPU Dual-core Arm Cortex-M33 @ 150 MHz with Arm Trustzone, Secure boot Dual-core RISC-V Hazard3 @ 150 MHz Up two cores can be used at any given time Memory – 520 KB on-chip SRAM Security 8KB of anti-fuse OTP for key storage Secure boot (Arm only) SHA-256 acceleration Hardware TRNG Fast glitch detectors Package – QFN-60 Memory – 2 MP [...]
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Ubuntu's crypto-config Continues Being Developed For Gradual Roll-Out
Friday Five — February 7, 2025
VirtIO Media Driver Upstreaming Pursued For Relaying V4L2 Media Devices To Guests
FOSSASIA 2025 – Operating systems, open hardware, and firmware sessions

The FOSSASIA Summit is the closest we have to FOSDEM in Asia. It’s a free and open-source event taking place each year in Asia, and FOSSASIA 2025 will take place in Bangkok, Thailand on March 13-15 this year. It won’t have quite as many speakers and sessions as in FOSDEM 2025 (968 speakers, 930 events), but the 3-day event will still have over 170 speakers and more than 200 sessions. Most of the sessions are for high-level software with topics like AI and data science, databases, cloud, and web3, but I also noticed a few sessions related to “Hardware and firmware” and “Operating System” which are closer to what we cover here at CNX Software. So I’ll make a virtual schedule based on those two tracks to check out any potentially interesting talks. None of those sessions take place on March 13, so we’ll only have a schedule for March [...]
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