[The XMPP Newsletter January
2025](https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/)
Posted on February 7, 2025 | 7 minutes |
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers
the month of January 2025.
Like this newsletter, many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are
a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and
software you may be using, please consider saying thanks or help these
projects! Interested in supporting the Newsletter team? Read more [at the
bottom](https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#help-us-to-build-the-newsletter).
XSF Announcements
https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#xsf-announcements
XSF Membership
https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#xsf-membership
If you are interested in joining the XMPP Standards Foundation as a member,
[please apply until February 16th, 2025, 00:00
UTC!](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Membership_Applications_Q1_2025).
XMPP Summit 27
https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#xmpp-summit-27
The XSF held its [27th XMPP
Summit](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Conferences/Summit_27) on January 30th & 31st
2025 in Brussels (Belgium, Europe). During this two-day gathering, we discussed
XMPP protocol development topics and kept making progress on current issues
within the protocol and ecosystem. We would like to thank everyone that took
part of the Summit for their continuous commitment and contribution to the XSF
and all the XMPP related projects!
The XSF would like to extend a special thank you to those who made the Summit
possible:
- [Daniel Gultsch](https://gultsch.de/) for his time and resources to help
organizing the event.
- [Alexander Gnauck](https://xmppdotnet.org/) and Dave Cridland for sponsoring
the XSF Dinner.
- [Ralph Meijer](https://ralphm.net/) for his time and dedicated work on
streaming/swag/booking dinner.
- Edwin Mons for the dinner form.
- Kevin Smith for leading the Summit and moderating the speakers.
- [Alex Palaistras](https://deuill.org/) for keeping up [a
record](https://xmpp.org/2025/02/xmpp-summit-27-report/) on the pad with all
the topics and the feedback during the entire Summit.
- [Isode](https://www.isode.com/) for sponsoring the XMPP Summit again.
[Welcome to the 27th XMPP Summit!]
Welcome to the 27th XMPP Summit!
You can find a summary of the main topics discussed over the course of the
Summit [here](https://xmpp.org/2025/02/xmpp-summit-27-report/).
XSF Fiscal Hosting Projects
https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#xsf-fiscal-hosting-projects
The XSF offers [fiscal hosting](https://xmpp.org/community/fiscalhost/) for
XMPP projects. Please apply via [Open
Collective](https://opencollective.com/xmpp). For more information, see the
[announcement blog post](https://xmpp.org/2021/09/the-xsf-as-a-fiscal-host/).
Current projects you can support:
- [Mellium Co-op](https://opencollective.com/mellium)
- [Bifrost bridge](https://opencollective.com/bifrost-mam)
- [Prav iOS](https://opencollective.com/prav-ios)
- [diasp.in](https://opencollective.com/diasp-in)
XMPP Events
https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#xmpp-events
- [Berlin XMPP Meetup](https://mov.im/?node/pubsub.movim.eu/berlin-xmpp-meetup)
(DE / EN): monthly meeting of XMPP enthusiasts in Berlin, every 2nd Wednesday
of the month at 6pm local time
- [XMPP Italian happy hour](https://video.xmpp-it.net/c/happyhour/videos) [IT]:
monthly Italian XMPP web meeting, every third Monday of the month at 7:00 PM
local time (online event, with web meeting mode and live streaming).
- [PravConf 2025](https://prav.app/conf/2025/): PravConf 2025 is the first
edition of the annual gathering of the [Prav community](https://prav.app/), and
it will be held on March 1, 2025, at the [Model Engineering
College](https://osmapp.org/way/1026274468#17.00/10.0284/76.3284), in Kochi.
Feel free to [Join the
group](https://xmpp.link/#[email protected]%3Fjoin)
to learn more!
- [XMPP Sprint in Berlin](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Sprints/2025-05_Berlin): On
Friday, 23rd, Saturday, 24th, and Sunday, 25th of May 2025.
Talks https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#talks
XMPP Articles
https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#xmpp-articles
- [ProcessOne](https://www.process-one.net/)
- [How Big Tech Pulled Off the Billion-User
Heist](https://www.process-one.net/blog/how-big-tech-pulled-off-the-billion-user-heist/).
- [Erlang Solutions](https://www.erlang-solutions.com/)
- [MongooseIM
Round-Up](https://www.erlang-solutions.com/blog/mongooseim-round-up/).
- [Prosody Certificate Management With Nginx and
Certbot](https://blog.sahilister.in/2025/01/prosody-certificate-management-with-nginx-and-certbot/)
by [Sahil Dhiman](https://toots.sahilister.in/@sahil).
XMPP Software News
https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#xmpp-software-news
XMPP Clients and Applications
https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#xmpp-clients-and-applications
- [Conversations](https://conversations.im/) has released versions
[2.17.8](https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Conversations/releases/tag/2.17.8) and
[2.17.9](https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Conversations/releases/tag/2.17.9) for
Android.
- [Monal](https://monal-im.org/) has released version
[6.4.9](https://github.com/monal-im/Monal/releases/tag/Build_iOS_1019) and
[6.4.10](https://github.com/monal-im/Monal/releases/tag/Build_iOS_1029) for iOS
an macOS.
- [Monocles Chat
2.0.4](https://codeberg.org/monocles/monocles_chat/releases/tag/CodebergRelease-v2.0.4)
has been released for Android. This version brings in several fixes.
- [Cheogram](https://cheogram.com/) has released version
[2.17.2-4](https://git.sr.ht/~singpolyma/cheogram-android/refs/2.17.2-4) for
Android.
- [Movim 0.29](https://github.com/movim/movim/releases/tag/v0.29) and
[0.29.1](https://github.com/movim/movim/releases/tag/v0.29.1) have been
released. Movim 0.29 (code named “Rankin”) is the first XMPP client that
implements “Stories” ([XEP-0501](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0501.html)
(Pubsub Stories)), a very nice way to share content with your contacts and
allow them to react easily by chat. It also introduces “Briefs”, a simpler way
to create a short publication that only consists of a text and some medias on
your profile or in your Communities. Version
[0.29.1](https://mov.im/community/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim/movim-0-29-1-is-out-time-to-upgrade-XMpha9)
comes with a more polished and improved “Stories” feature, database fixes as
well as some preparatory work for the PHP 8.4 version. To learn more about this
releases, head over to the [Movim
Blog](https://mov.im/community/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim).
[Movim 0.29 (Rankin) introducing Stories!]
Movim 0.29 (Rankin) introducing Stories!
[Movim 0.29 (Rankin) introducing Briefs!]
Movim 0.29 (Rankin) introducing Briefs!
XMPP Servers
https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#xmpp-servers
- [MongooseIM](https://www.erlang-solutions.com/technologies/mongooseim/) has
released version [6.3.1](https://github.com/esl/MongooseIM/releases/tag/6.3.1)
of its Enterprise Instant Messaging Solution.
XMPP Libraries & Tools
https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#xmpp-libraries--tools
- [Slixmpp](https://codeberg.org/poezio/slixmpp) version
[1.8.6](https://codeberg.org/poezio/slixmpp/releases/tag/slix-1.8.6) has been
released ([release announcement](https://blog.mathieui.net/slixmpp-1.8.6.html))
- [Slidge](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidge#readme) versions
[v0.2.3](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidge/releases/tag/v0.2.3),
[v0.2.3.post1](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidge/releases/tag/v0.2.3.post1)
and [0.24](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidge/releases/tag/v0.2.4) have been
released.
- [QXmpp](https://github.com/qxmpp-project/qxmpp) versions
[1.9.3](https://github.com/qxmpp-project/qxmpp/releases/tag/v1.9.3) and
[1.9.4](https://github.com/qxmpp-project/qxmpp/releases/tag/v1.9.4) have been
released.
- [go-xmpp](https://github.com/xmppo/go-xmpp) version
[0.2.10](https://github.com/xmppo/go-xmpp/releases/tag/v0.2.10) has been
released.
- [go-sendxmpp](https://salsa.debian.org/mdosch/go-sendxmpp) version
[0.14.1](https://salsa.debian.org/mdosch/go-sendxmpp/-/releases/v0.14.1) has
been released.
Extensions and specifications
https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#extensions-and-specifications
The XMPP Standards Foundation develops extensions to XMPP in its [XEP
series](https://xmpp.org/extensions/) in addition to [XMPP
RFCs](https://xmpp.org/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](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0001.html),
which contains the formal and canonical definitions for the types, states, and
processes. [Read more about the standards
process](https://xmpp.org/about/standards-process/). Communication around
Standards and Extensions happens in the [Standards Mailing
List](https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards) ([online
archive](https://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/)).
Proposed https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#proposed
The XEP development process starts by writing up an idea and submitting it to
the [XMPP Editor](https://xmpp.org/about/xsf/editor-team/). Within two weeks,
the [Council](https://xmpp.org/about/xmpp-standards-foundation/#council)
decides whether to accept this proposal as an Experimental XEP.
- [GRE Formatter:
MIME](https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/gre-formatter-mime.html)
- This GRE Formatter uses Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) to
format payload.
- [GRE Encrypter:
OpenPGP](https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/gre-encrypter-openpgp.html)
- This GRE Encrypter uses OpenPGP to encrypt payload.
- [Gateway Relayed
Encryption](https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/gateway-relayed-encryption.html)
- This specification describes a mechanism for end-to-end encryption with
gateways that is compatible with third-party networks.
New https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#new
- No new XEPs this month.
Deferred https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#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 https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#updated
- Version 0.4.2 of [XEP-0424](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0424.html)
(Message Retraction)
- Use a XEP-0425 /me command in the fallback body
- State that a tombstone’s <retracted/> element’s ‘id’ attribute should match
the retraction message’s ‘id’.
- Specify XEP-0359 as a dependency and require that the stanza ‘id’ be used
instead of the origin-id.
- Update the “Security Considerations” to mention the risk of non-unique
message IDs. (jcb)
- Version 0.4.0 of [XEP-0474](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0474.html) (SASL
SCRAM Downgrade Protection)
- Use better value delimiter (tm)
Last Call https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#last-call
Last calls are issued once everyone seems satisfied with the current XEP
status. After the
[Council](https://xmpp.org/about/xmpp-standards-foundation/#council) decides
whether the XEP seems ready, the [XMPP
Editor](https://xmpp.org/about/xsf/editor-team/) 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.
- Last Call for comments on
[XEP-0484](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0484.html) (Fast Authentication
Streamlining Tokens).
- This Last Call shall end at the close of business on 2025-01-27
Stable https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#stable
- Version 1.0.0 of [XEP-0421](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0421.html)
(Occupant identifiers for semi-anonymous MUCs)
- Accept as Stable as per Council Vote from 2025-01-14. (XEP Editor(dg))
Deprecated https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#deprecated
- No XEPs deprecated this month.
Rejected https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#rejected
- No XEPs rejected this month.
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Newsletter Contributors & Translations
https://xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2025/#newsletter-contributors--translations
This is a community effort, and we would like to thank translators for their
contributions. Volunteers and more languages are welcome! Translations of the
XMPP Newsletter will be released here (with some delay):
- English (original): [xmpp.org](https://xmpp.org/categories/newsletter/)
- General contributors: Adrien Bourmault (neox), Alexander “PapaTutuWawa”,
Arne, cal0pteryx, emus, Federico, Gonzalo Raúl Nemmi, Jonas Stein, Kris
“poVoq”, Licaon_Kter, Ludovic Bocquet, Mario Sabatino, melvo, MSavoritias
(fae,ve), nicola, Schimon Zachary, Simone Canaletti, singpolyma, XSF iTeam
- French: [jabberfr.org](https://news.jabberfr.org/category/newsletter/) and
[linuxfr.org](https://linuxfr.org/tags/xmpp/public)
- Translators: Adrien Bourmault (neox), alkino, anubis, Arkem, Benoît Sibaud,
mathieui, nyco, Pierre Jarillon, Ppjet6, Ysabeau
- Italian: notes.nicfab.eu
- Translators: nicola
- Spanish: [xmpp.org](https://xmpp.org/categories/newsletter/)
- Translators: Gonzalo Raúl Nemmi
- German: [xmpp.org](https://xmpp.org/categories/newsletter/)
- Translators: Millesimus
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