The XMPP Newsletter June 2026

 Posted on July 5, 2026 |  13 minutes |  Newsletter |  XMPP Communication Team and Contributors
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of June 2026.

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XSF Announcements

XMPP Summit 29

The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) is excited to announce the 29th XMPP Summit, the first XMPP Summit to take place fully online! This XMPP Summit will be held from Friday 4th September to Saturday 5th September 2026, both days between 13:00 - 16:00 UTC. The XSF invites everyone interested in development of XMPP technologies to attend, and discuss all things XMPP remotely!

XSF Membership

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XMPP Events

XMPP Articles

XMPP Software News

XMPP Clients and Applications

  • aTalk has released versions 6.1.0, 6.2.0 and 6.3.0 of its encrypted instant messaging with video call and GPS features for Android. These versions introduce message retraction, remove merging of multiple messages in chat window, extend last message correction support to all other outgoing messages and not just the last sent message, support language translation for sent/received messages in chat/multi-user chat sessions with translation option that can be enabled/disabled per contact chat/multi-user chat session, and also bring improvements, quite a few fixes and lot of ‘under the hood’ changes. Please refer to the release notes for all the details.
  • Conversations has released version 2.20.1 for Android. This releases adds Note to self as search suggestion and brings in minor bug fixes. Make sure to take a look at the changelog for all the details!
  • Converse.js has released version 14.0.0 of its open-source web-based XMPP chat client. This release adds support for OMEMO:2 encryption! It also adds new pubsub API methods to create, subscribe and unsubscribe, software version support and show the server’s software version in the profile modal, support for OMEMO 2 (urn:xmpp:omemo:2) using stanza content encryption, detect omemo:2-only contacts as OMEMO-capable, with a whole lot of fixes and work under the hood!. All this also brings some backwards incompatible changes, so please go straight to the changelog for all the details!
  • Fluux Messenger, has released versions 0.16.0, 0.16.1 and 0.16.2 , of its modern, cross-platform XMPP client for communities and organizations. These versions add OpenPGP end-to-end encryption — encrypted 1:1 messaging with passphrase-protected key storage and secret-key backup/restore, OpenPGP e2ee support in web version, Multi-TSK (Transferable Secret Key) handling in the backup restore flow for accounts with multiple OpenPGP keys, unread message count badge on avatar, compose messages offline and send on reconnect, support for room private messages ("whisper"), and a whole lot more along with a ton of changes and fixes. Please, go straight to the fulll changelog for all the details!
Fluux Messenger: Private whisper messages to a single room occupant

Fluux Messenger: Private whisper messages to a single room occupant

  • Gajim has released version 2.4.7 of its free and fully featured chat app for XMPP. This release brings support for modern OpenPGP encryption, message drafts are now persistent, which means after restarting Gajim, you can continue where you left off, group chats are now named after participants if no other name is available, disabling account while connecting has been fixed, and it also comes with many small improvements and bugfixes. Thank you for all your contributions!
Gajim: A message mentioning you

Gajim: A message mentioning you

  • Movim has released versions 0.34, code named “Meier”, and 0.34.1! These new Movim milestones stabilize the important work done in the previous release while introducing a completely redesigned conference-call experience. In this version, you can add dedicated conference-call rooms to your Spaces and explore the new video-call interface. Conference calls, rebuilt from the ground up, media renegotiation, new layouts and redesigned interface, new notification sounds, session management, other fixes and more!
Movim: Conference-Call Rooms in Spaces!

Movim: Conference-Call Rooms in Spaces!

  • Profanity has released version 0.18.2 of its console based XMPP client. This release brings bug fixes to guard terminal writes while suspended, prevents OTR handshake from leaking presence to strangers, and silence ’no key’ error for key transport messages. Please make sure to read the changelog for all the details!

XMPP Servers

XMPP Libraries & Tools

Extensions and specifications

The XMPP Standards Foundation develops extensions to XMPP in its XEP series in addition to XMPP RFCs. Developers and other standards experts from around the world collaborate on these extensions, developing new specifications for emerging practices, and refining existing ways of doing things. Proposed by anybody, the particularly successful ones end up as Final or Active - depending on their type - while others are carefully archived as Deferred. This life cycle is described in XEP-0001, which contains the formal and canonical definitions for the types, states, and processes. Read more about the standards process. Communication around Standards and Extensions happens in the Standards Mailing List (online archive).

Proposed

The XEP development process starts by writing up an idea and submitting it to the XMPP Editor. Within two weeks, the Council decides whether to accept this proposal as an Experimental XEP.

  • Jingle User Location
    • This specification defines a Jingle application extension for negotiating and updating user location inside an active Jingle session using the XEP-0080 User Location payload.
  • XMPP Decentralized ID (XID)
    • XMPP Decentralized ID (XID) is a DNS independent XMPP entity identifier. This specification describes how to generate, use, and handle them.
  • Jingle Synchronized Real-Time Text
    • This specification defines a Jingle application extension for negotiating real-time text as part of the same conversational session as audio and video.

New

  • Version 0.1.0 of XEP-0514 (Emoji Markup)
    • Accepted as Experimental by council vote on 2026-05-12 (XEP Editor(dg))
  • Version 0.1.0 of XEP-0515 (TLS Channel-Binding Downgrade Protection)
    • Accepted as Experimental by council vote (XEP Editor (dg))
  • Version 0.1.0 of XEP-0516 (XMPP Decentralized ID (XID))
    • Accepted as Experimental by council vote (XEP Editor (dg))
  • Version 0.1.0 of XEP-0517 (Jingle Synchronized Real-Time Text)
    • Accepted as Experimental by council vote (XEP Editor (dg))

Deferred

If an experimental XEP is not updated for more than twelve months, it will be moved off Experimental to Deferred. If there is another update, it will put the XEP back onto Experimental.

  • No XEPs deferred this month.

Updated

  • Version 1.35.5 of XEP-0045 (Multi-User Chat)
    • Fix from attribute in examples where the room itself sends a message.
    • Fix associated pubsub node field name in disco info example. (nc)
  • Version 0.5.0 of XEP-0420 (Stanza Content Encryption)
    • The time affix uses the DateTime profile of XEP-0082
    • Longer rpads MUST NOT be rejected
    • Add a minimum size target for random padding to add resistance against potential correlation attacks in case of short content and 0-length rpad
    • Removed unhelpful Implementation
    • Note warning about injection of decrypted stanzas
    • Clarify fallback body policy
    • Fix descriptions to apply to all stanzas instead of just messages
    • Remove questionable SHOULD in the time affix handling and clarify the affix’es verification
    • Request the registrar to provide a list of exclusively server-processed elements
    • List XEP dependencies
    • Add XML schema (syndace)
  • Version 0.1.1 of XEP-0514 (Emoji Markup)
    • Remove outdated reference to BoB (techmetx11)

Last Call

Last calls are issued once everyone seems satisfied with the current XEP status. After the Council decides whether the XEP seems ready, the XMPP Editor issues a Last Call for comments. The feedback gathered during the Last Call can help improve the XEP before returning it to the Council for advancement to Stable.

  • No Last Call this month.

Stable

  • No stable XEPs this month.

Deprecated

  • No XEPs deprecated this month.

Rejected

  • No XEPs rejected this month.

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    • To this issue: emus, cal0pteryx, Gonzalo Raúl Nemmi, Ludovic Bocquet, anubis, Badri (badrihippo), XSF iTeam

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    • French: Adrien Bourmault (neox), alkino, anubis, Arkem, Benoît Sibaud, mathieui, nyco, Pierre Jarillon, Ppjet6, Ysabeau
    • Italian: Mario Sabatino, Roberto Resoli

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