Notices by Libera Chat (liberachat@fosstodon.org)

Is your favourite project an open secret on Libera.Chat? We've just rolled out some changes that will help folks decide if their channel visibility is correct. An overview of these features can be found at https://libera.chat/news/visibility

It is time for us, as volunteers running a real-time communication platform, to address burnout. Doing this is important for the future of our work, and we will be leveraging ✨emerging technologies✨ to achieve it.

https://libera.chat/news/burnout

Update: This was our April 1st 2025 prank. It was a reminder that burnout is real, especially in volunteer efforts, and that it has no easy answers. This is also a protest about the social burden created by LLMs - often trained using questionable ethics - including on the quality of support resources. And sometimes with the ultimate goal of replacing real human interactions that make communities like ours so special. <3

As we count down to 2025, please join us in #libera-newyears on #liberachat for our traditional ascii art spam fest.

Impawtant mews everyone! The libera.cat shirts we promised have finally landed on freewear.org :3

We're three today! https://libera.chat/news/three

Hello! We're excited to announce that we're going to undertake a rebrand which will more accurately reflect the community here on the network. Please take a moment to purruse our work in progress redesigned website at https://libera.cat

Disabling Matrix Portalling https://libera.chat/news/matrix-deportalling

Hello fellow FOSS folk! As you might know, we rely on donations to keep Libera.Chat running.

In this regard we have great news today: We partnered up with FreeWear.org to distribute official Libera.Chat merch. So if you want to donate to us and get fancy gear in return, this is a great opportunity. You can buy cool t-shirts and hoodies, more items will arrive later. For every item sold, we get a donation. Details are at https://libera.chat/news/freewear-libera-merch and our shop is at https://www.freewear.org/Libera.Chat. Enjoy!

https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/security/advisories/GHSA-xvqg-mv25-rwvw

Matrix's IRC bridge software has a high-severity vulnerability that affects Matrix rooms that are bridged to IRC.

Libera.Chat have mitigated what we can, but bridge operators must upgrade to the newest version.

This does not have any impact on IRC or IRC users - a courtesy toot for those who may need to upgrade.

@matrix after a few days broken, @matrix appear to have restarted the IRC bridge they operate. The Matrix/Libera link should be restored for now.

Problems using Matrix on Libera.Chat have been reported over recent days, impacting projects. The @matrix bridge is one-way in some rooms & message delivery can't be guaranteed. We have communicated to EMS on this matter and hope they have a resolution ASAP.