v2.25.3 2025-11-17

Changes since v2.22.0

Added

• Implement drag-and-drop to reorder accounts (#5590)
• New broadcast channel behaviour (experimental) (#5686)

Changed

• Upgrade core to 2.25 (#5665)
• Change message link color to blue (#5701)
• Remove "Watch Sent Folder" preference
• Update classic email login wordings (#5688)
• Do not use HTTPS request for default instant onboarding (#5618)
• Remove address from Vcard (#5672)
• Remove email address from chat header (#5700)

Fixed

• Fix experimental "maps" app not working (#5720)
• App hanging when opening the "New Chat" dialog or attaching a contact sometimes
• Avatar initials not being always uppercase
• Open WebXDC apps faster, improve security (remove RTCPeerConnection exhaustion (FILL500)) (#5451)
• WebXDC apps only opening on one account
• Writing a message, draft
  • Some draft races and other bugs when switching between chats
  • Some other rare draft message bugs
  • Draft WebXDC name being 'Unknown App' rarely
  • Potential bug with incorrect WebXDC attachment info
  • Set fixed height for "Reply" quote, make it less jumpy when switching between quotes
  • improve performance while writing a message
  • Debounce instead of throttle to save draft - don't save it too often
  • performance: Make message quoting instant
  • a11y: add "Reply" and "Attachment" landmark to message composer
  • Skip info messages on Ctrl-Up (#5337)
• Fix shortcuts on DVORAK layout (#5667)
• Links being unclickable if not written in all lowercase (#5627)
• Remove :emoji: replacement on incoming msgs
• Some potential bugs in Chat/ContactList
• Remove "Close" buttons in some dialogs
• Allow closing more dialogs on outside clicks
• Rename 'Save' to 'Save Message' (#5658)
• Remove one wrong translation
• Proper "Send Autocrypt msg" dialog button label
• Handle wrong qr code scans (#5565)
• Crash when clicking settings while loading
• Handle mailto links on chatmail accounts (#5620)
• More contrast for button icons (#5646)
• No "leave group" for contact requests (#5693)
• Fix apps remaining in the chat header after app deletion (#5692)
• Improve drag regions on MacOS (#5671)
• Improve the look of the "Blocked Contacts" dialog (#5703), (#5630)
• Don't show incorrect member count while joining group (#5704)
• Apply primary style to "Create Channel" btn
• Small UI fixes (#5633)
  • fix: harmonize button alignment for create group & create channel
  • fix: no danger styling on cancel button in "create account progress" dialog
• Update chatmail relays link (#5645)
• Update "Maps" app (#5705)
• Calls: show initial letter img if no avatar
• Calls: add "P2P" / "non-P2P" text

Downloads

https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v2.25.3/

v2.25.2 2025-11-15

Changes since v2.22.0

Added

• Implement drag-and-drop to reorder accounts (#5590)
• New broadcast channel behaviour (experimental) (#5686)

Changed

• Upgrade core to 2.25 (#5665)
• Change message link color to blue (#5701)
• Remove "Watch Sent Folder" preference
• Update classic email login wordings (#5688)
• Do not use HTTPS request for default instant onboarding (#5618)
• Remove address from Vcard (#5672)
• Remove email address from chat header (#5700)

Fixed

• App hanging when opening the "New Chat" dialog or attaching a contact sometimes
• Avatar initials not being always uppercase
• Open WebXDC apps faster, improve security (remove RTCPeerConnection exhaustion (FILL500)) (#5451)
• WebXDC apps only opening on one account
• Writing a message, draft
  • Some draft races and other bugs when switching between chats
  • Some other rare draft message bugs
  • Draft WebXDC name being 'Unknown App' rarely
  • Potential bug with incorrect WebXDC attachment info
  • Set fixed height for "Reply" quote, make it less jumpy when switching between quotes
  • improve performance while writing a message
  • Debounce instead of throttle to save draft - don't save it too often
  • performance: Make message quoting instant
  • a11y: add "Reply" and "Attachment" landmark to message composer
  • Skip info messages on Ctrl-Up (#5337)
• Fix shortcuts on DVORAK layout (#5667)
• Links being unclickable if not written in all lowercase (#5627)
• Remove :emoji: replacement on incoming msgs
• Some potential bugs in Chat/ContactList
• Remove "Close" buttons in some dialogs
• Allow closing more dialogs on outside clicks
• Rename 'Save' to 'Save Message' (#5658)
• Remove one wrong translation
• Proper "Send Autocrypt msg" dialog button label
• Handle wrong qr code scans (#5565)
• Crash when clicking settings while loading
• Handle mailto links on chatmail accounts (#5620)
• More contrast for button icons (#5646)
• No "leave group" for contact requests (#5693)
• Fix apps remaining in the chat header after app deletion (#5692)
• Improve drag regions on MacOS (#5671)
• Improve the look of the "Blocked Contacts" dialog (#5703), (#5630)
• Don't show incorrect member count while joining group (#5704)
• Apply primary style to "Create Channel" btn
• Small UI fixes (#5633)
  • fix: harmonize button alignment for create group & create channel
  • fix: no danger styling on cancel button in "create account progress" dialog
• Update chatmail relays link (#5645)
• Update "Maps" app (#5705)
• Calls: show initial letter img if no avatar
• Calls: add "P2P" / "non-P2P" text

Downloads

https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v2.25.2/

v2.25.1 2025-11-14

Added

• Implement drag-and-drop to reorder accounts (#5590)
• New broadcast channel behaviour (experimental) (#5686)

Changed

• Upgrade core to 2.25 (#5665)
• Change message link color to blue (#5701)
• Remove "Watch Sent Folder" preference
• Update classic email login wordings (#5688)
• Do not use HTTPS request for default instant onboarding (#5618)
• Remove address from Vcard (#5672)
• Remove email address from chat header (#5700)

Fixed

• Open WebXDC apps faster, improve security (remove RTCPeerConnection exhaustion (FILL500)) (#5451)
• WebXDC apps only opening on one account
• Writing a message, draft
  • Some draft races and other bugs when switching between chats
  • Some other rare draft message bugs
  • Draft WebXDC name being 'Unknown App' rarely
  • Potential bug with incorrect WebXDC attachment info
  • Set fixed height for "Reply" quote, make it less jumpy when switching between quotes
  • improve performance while writing a message
  • Debounce instead of throttle to save draft - don't save it too often
  • performance: Make message quoting instant
  • a11y: add "Reply" and "Attachment" landmark to message composer
  • Skip info messages on Ctrl-Up (#5337)
• Fix shortcuts on DVORAK layout (#5667)
• Links being unclickable if not written in all lowercase (#5627)
• Remove :emoji: replacement on incoming msgs
• Some potential bugs in Chat/ContactList
• Remove "Close" buttons in some dialogs
• Allow closing more dialogs on outside clicks
• Rename 'Save' to 'Save Message' (#5658)
• Remove one wrong translation
• Proper "Send Autocrypt msg" dialog button label
• Handle wrong qr code scans (#5565)
• Crash when clicking settings while loading
• Handle mailto links on chatmail accounts (#5620)
• More contrast for button icons (#5646)
• No "leave group" for contact requests (#5693)
• Fix apps remaining in the chat header after app deletion (#5692)
• Improve drag regions on MacOS (#5671)
• Improve the look of the "Blocked Contacts" dialog (#5703), (#5630)
• Don't show incorrect member count while joining group (#5704)
• Apply primary style to "Create Channel" btn
• Small UI fixes (#5633)
  • fix: harmonize button alignment for create group & create channel
  • fix: no danger styling on cancel button in "create account progress" dialog
• Update chatmail relays link (#5645)
• Update "Maps" app (#5705)
• Calls: show initial letter img if no avatar
• Calls: add "P2P" / "non-P2P" text

Downloads

https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v2.25.1/

v2.22.0 2025-10-18

Core upgrade with some bugfixes

Download

https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v2.22.0/

v2.20.0 2025-10-14

Fixed

• refactor proxy dialog styles to fix #5507
• some strings being untranslated
• VCard (share contact) avatars not having color (all being gray instead) #5552
• some emoji avatars displaying incorrect emoji
• handle invalid qr code properly #5555

Changed

• update @deltachat/stdio-rpc-server and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to 2.20.0
• update translations (7-10-2025)

Removed

• remove experimental video chat invitation link feature

Download

https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v2.20.0/

v2.15.0 2025-10-04

Added

• support multiple selection (multiselect) in the list of chats, activated with Ctrl + Click, Shift + Click #5297

Changed

• update @deltachat/stdio-rpc-server and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to 2.15.0
  • withdraw all QR codes when one is withdrawn
  • do not create a group if the sender includes self in the To field
• minor visual improvements to keyboard shortcut preview #5495

Fixed

• Display message error even for messages that are not OutFailed #5498
• fix app picker sometimes incorrectly showing "Offline"
• allow using the app picker even when offline, as long as the app store data is cached
• if adding an app from the app picker fails, show an error dialog
• fix "Recent 3 apps" in the chat header showing apps from another chat sometimes #5265
• accessibility: improve screen-reader accessibility of the general structure of the app by using landmarks #5067
• accessibility: don't re-announce message input (composer) after sending every message #5049
• accessibility: don't announce delivery status twice after sending a message #5442
• accessibility: correct aria-posinset for chat list #5044
• don't close context menues on window resize #5418
• tauri: accessibility: fix focus always being locked on the message input #5125
• fix: remove weird bottom margins in some scrollable dialogs #5494
• upgrade electron from 37.1.0 to 37.6.0 #5499
  • this fixes high GPU usage bugs on macOS Tahoe

Download

https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v2.15.0/

Release 2.11.1

Added

• flip electron fuses #5423
• add "one year" option for disappearing messages #5421

Fixed

• unexpected zoom/scroll behaviour #5426
• don't show "Reply" and "Save" for info messages (e.g. "user A removed user B") and video call invitations #5337
• don't show mail addresses for key contacts #5430

Download

https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v2.11.1/

v2.11.0 2025-08-18

Added

• support RTL layout if locale.dir = rtf #4168
• added estonian language
• add more rtl configurations to languages that use it

Changed

• update translations (15-08-2025)
• update @deltachat/stdio-rpc-server and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to 2.11.0
  • Do not add key-contacts to unencrypted groups.
  • Do not reset GuaranteeE2ee in the database when resending messages.
  • Take Chat-Group-Name into account when matching ad hoc groups.
  • Don't break long group names with non-ASCII characters.

Fixed

• share email contacts by email not by VCard #5364
• Truncate app title and description in app picker
• do not open self chat on info message click #5361
• fix Connectivity colors in dark mode #5397
• Not fully downloaded messages display an ✉️ icon #5399
• fix new chat button bg in dark modes #5183

see https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/releases/tag/v2.8.0 for 2.x changes!!

Downloads

https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v2.11.0/

v2.10.0 2025-08-05

Fixed

• don't show "Edit Message", "Disappearing Messages" and fullscreen avatar view in classic E-Mail chats #5365
• accessibility: improve keyboard and screen reader accessibility of the "Add Reaction" menu #5376
• accessibility: make screen readers announce where a context menu is available (opened with Shift + F10): apply aria--haspopup="menu" #5345
• accessibility: add proper labels to some menus (e.g. message context menu, chat list item context menu) #5347, #5355
• accessibility: apply aria-expanded to parent menu items (e.g. "Mute Chat" menu) #5354

Changed

• update @deltachat/stdio-rpc-server and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to 2.10.0

see https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/releases/tag/v2.8.0 for 2.x changes!!

Downlods

https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v2.10.0/

v2.9.0 2025-08-01

Changed

• removed "Add contact manually" when on chatmail account #5358
• update @deltachat/stdio-rpc-server and deltachat/jsonrpc-client to 2.9.0

Fixed

• don't show "add contact manually" (by email address) for groups #5336
• Make Archived Chats title non selectable

Changelog see https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/releases/tag/v2.8.0

Downloads

• https://download.delta.chat/desktop/v2.9.0/