14 October 2021 Release

Release Highlights

UX improvements

Makes share video placeholder translatable
Advanced moderation UI improvements
Scrolls to the top when opening feedback dialog
Disables volume slider on iOS web since feature is not available
Disables scroll bar on chat input
Keeps subject centered when chat panel is open
Fixes edge case in which the toolbar was always visible
Stops screensharing and video on moderation starts - When video moderation starts, stop screensharing and ignore if video was on when sharing started
Hides moderator label on disasbleModeratorIndicator
On disasbleModeratorIndicator config hide moderator label from participants pane
Adds "Ask to Unmute button" to mobile web
Fixes video rooms not being displayed in invite search
Fixes Lobby join after entering a wrong password
Fixes 'undefined' text shown on More numbers page (dial-in numbers page)
Various Advanced moderation improvements
Meeting moderators can ask anyone to unmute, when muted
Dominant speakers appear first in the participants list
Fix participant context menu not being visible under certain conditions

Quality improvements

Fixes screen sharing not shown for some participants (https://github.com/jitsi/lib-jitsi-meet/commit/cee62a61b45e56c4d0adc61beb2b78091ec30684)
Fixes delay in pre-join screen when joining a conference (especially visible in large conferences)
Performance optimizations for large calls
Fixes a bug in Safari where remote audio is not being played out if the user joins audio and video muted from pre-join screen
Fixes an issue on Safari where black video is rendered sometimes
Fixes an issue with recorders showing "All recorders are busy" even after recording has started**
Fixes issues around source changes (changing devices, muting/unmuting or switching to screenshare) not working when a user hits join fast on the pre-join screen
Fixes a case where a participant could click Join too quickly, enter the meeting and not be able to unmute their audio and video
Fixes an issue on mobile Safari when audio is lost after the user opens the device selection menu
Disables e2ee when we have a large number of participants
Fixes an issue where Safari users cannot hear remote audio if they join audio/video muted
Firefox bandwidth estimation improvements
Fixes "flickering" issues between video and avatar in low bandwidth networks

JaaS APIs

Adds branding option for virtual backgrounds
Fixes pre-join throwing a TypeError due to late config initialization
Adds data-channel-open event - Signals that the bridge channel is open. It may take a few ms to get established after the conference join, so applications might be interested in using it once ready.
Adds config option to make display name readonly
Provides an Audio Video moderation iFrame API
Improves the reading of the config option of branding URL

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