Snikket server release (2025-11-10)

We are pleased to announce a new stable release of the Snikket server software! For an introduction to the new changes in this release, do check out the release announcement blog post.

For a more complete list of changes, including upgrade instructions, read on here.

This release has the version number stable.20251110.

Upgrading

To upgrade your instance, follow the instructions in the upgrade guide.

If you are currently on a beta release but want to switch to stable ones, simply put :stable instead of :beta, or download the new docker-compose.yml here, e.g. by running:

curl -o docker-compose.yml https://snikket.org/service/resources/docker-compose.yml

If you have any problems or questions, don’t hesitate to ask in our community chat!

Changes

Server

  • Remove Docker health check
  • Block inbound messaging for limited accounts
  • Prevent removal of last administrator account

Web portal

  • Serve localized Google Play badges locally
  • Remove Docker health check
  • Improved error handling for backend/Prosody operations

Technical

  • Update our XMPP server, Prosody, bringing a bunch of improvements and fixes
  • Update and enable support for new push notification protocol (used by SDK apps)