24 March 2025 Release

Release Highlights

New Features

Dynamic Branding: Introduced several custom branding features:
- Custom Participant Menu Buttons
- Etherpad Base URL
- People Search URL
Custom Notifications: Allowed specifying actions in custom notifications to enhance interactivity and user engagement
Visitor Renaming: Renamed visitors/observers to viewers in the UI for better clarity
Firefox: AV1 and VP9 codec support on Firefox 136 and newer versions
Permissions options: Added advanced branding properties to allow specifying permissions for group chats and polls via groupChatRequiresPermission and pollCreationRequiresPermission

Bug Fixes

Camera Toggle: Fixed an issue where toggling the camera caused an issue on certain devices, like Samsung s24, introducing a slight fade-to-black effect as a workaround
Breakout Rooms: Fixed processing commands in breakout rooms, addressing issues with variable names and room transitions
Config Whitelist: Removed customToolbarButtons from the config whitelist to streamline configuration management
Participant Management: Various fixes related to AV moderation, participant permissions, and notifications:
- Made notifications sticky when allowed to unmute
- Offered choices to allow audio, video, or both for participants
- Made audio the default option when both audio and video are allowed
- Skipped local participant when muting all
Logging: Improved log collection and debugging
Prejoin and Lobby: Fixed issues related to pre-join and lobby states, enhancing user experience during initial conference stages
Virtual Backgrounds: Fixed handling of empty file lists for virtual backgrounds, ensuring better user experience
Polls: Fixed issues related to sending/receiving polls and processing answers, improving polling functionality
Shared Video: Improved handling and user experience for shared videos, addressing issues with element visibility and interaction
Overlay Permissions: Dropped the permissions overlay for a less intrusive UX

Miscellaneous

Performance improvemtns: Enabled ssrc-rewriting. Check more about ssrc-rewriting here: https://jitsi.org/blog/improving-performance-on-very-large-calls-introducing-ssrc-rewriting/
Language Updates: Updated translations for multiple languages, including Italian, Hindi, German, Norwegian Bokmal, Swedish, and Latvian.
Dependency Updates: Regular updates to lib-jitsi-meet and other dependencies to ensure compatibility and performance improvements
Documentation: Updated documentation for extra-large conference settings and other config options, providing clearer guidance for users and developers

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