> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.process-one.net/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Fluux Messenger 0.17.2: gapless history, faster transfers, and emoji autocomplete - URL: https://www.process-one.net/blog/fluux-messenger-0-17-2-gapless-history-faster-transfers-and-emoji-autocomplete/ - Published: 2026-07-21T11:41:38.000Z - Updated: 2026-07-21T12:21:38.000Z - Description: Version 0.17.2 lands a week after 0.17.1. It is another focused follow-up: close the gaps that could still appear in conversation history, make file transfers on the desktop substantially faster, and add the composer conveniences that were missing. - Author: Mickaël Rémond - Tags: Fluux Messenger ## History without gaps The largest piece of work in this release is the kind you only notice when it is absent. - **Interrupted archive syncs now heal.** If a sync of the message archive (XEP-0313) was cut short, a conversation could be left with a silent gap: messages that were never fetched, and nothing on screen to say anything was missing. Interruptions are now detected and repaired from both directions. - **History no longer depends on your read position.** Opening a conversation you had already read elsewhere could show an empty history on a new or freshly cleared device. The archive now downloads independently of how far you had read. - **A conversation read on another device opens at its live edge**, instead of restoring a saved scroll position that multi-device sync had already made obsolete. - **The new-messages divider and the unread badge** on the scroll-to-bottom button follow your read position, consistent with the sidebar and with read-marker sync (XEP-0490). These are the paths we found and could reproduce. Archive sync has a long tail, and how it behaves depends a good deal on which server you are talking to. If you still see a conversation with history missing, we would love to hear about it. ## Faster file transfers - **Desktop uploads and downloads are handled by native code.** Transfers of large files are much faster and more reliable. - **Encrypted attachments decrypt on download.** An end-to-end-encrypted attachment used to be decrypted only for the inline preview, so saving it to disk gave you something unreadable. Files of every type now arrive readable. ## Emoji autocomplete & polish - **Type a colon and a keyword** to complete emoji inline. Arrow keys move through the matches, Enter or Tab inserts. - **The send button** answers with a press and a glow pulse when a message goes out. ## On the web - **An unread badge on the app icon** for the installed PWA. - **Media is cached by the service worker**, so images are not re-downloaded on every visit. - **Repeated messages from one sender** coalesce into a single "N new messages" notification instead of a stack. - **An update that was downloaded but parked** is now applied at launch, instead of the installed app trailing the deployed build indefinitely. ## Reliability and platform fixes Twenty-three fixes in this release. The ones most likely to have affected you: - **Notifications behave.** Clicking a reaction notification always jumps to the reacted message, reopening a conversation no longer re-posts a notification for something you have already seen, and an encrypted message with no readable content stays silent until it is decrypted instead of posting a blank notification and playing a sound. - **The sidebar holds still.** A delayed message, whether an offline replay or a catch-up copy older than what you already have, no longer drags the conversation preview back to older text. The sidebar also keeps its scroll position while conversations reorder during catch-up. - **Authentication.** A wrong saved password no longer triggers an endless keychain retry loop, and connecting to a server whose domain contains non-ASCII characters now works. - **Key backup.** The backup passphrase is used exactly as it is displayed, so backups restore in other XMPP clients. Older backups still open, and are healed to the portable format on restore. - **Group chats.** The public room directory no longer lists duplicate rooms or reaches past your server's own directory, and a room notification banner no longer reappears when the room is reopened. Smaller ones round out the release: the quoted-message and reply cards stay visually distinct when a message is selected, your own message group re-fits its width once an image inside it finishes loading, the typing indicator is centered between the last message and the composer, and the macOS traffic-light buttons stay centered in the app bar. ## Get it [Fluux Messenger 0.17.2](https://www.process-one.net/fluux-messenger/) is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux, or directly in your browser. If you upgrade and something feels off, tell us. Bug reports and feature requests both go to [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/processone/fluux-messenger/issues?ref=process-one.net).