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Rocket.Chat's 8.6 RC line adds self-hostable translation and a unified presence engine

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◆Current state
This feed tracks Rocket.Chat GitHub release-candidate tags, and the top of the window is dominated by empty 8.6.0-rc.x and 8.5.0-rc.x 'Bump meteor version' cuts with the real content concentrated in the 8.6.0-rc.0 minor release. Note: this appears to be a duplicate product row of the other Rocket.Chat entry in the catalog (same RocketChat/Rocket.Chat repo, same releases, different slug/UUID); it is being classified independently off its own entries. Because these are RCs, capabilities are staged into a pre-release train rather than GA.
◆Where it's heading
The 8.6 cycle leans into self-hosted and privacy-controlled deployments: LibreTranslate for fully on-premise message auto-translation, Virtru as an external ABAC attribute store, and a unified presence engine with priority-based claims. In parallel there is a broad, deliberate migration of legacy DDP methods to REST endpoints (settings, spotlight, im.blockUser, e2e key requests, rooms.join), signaling an API-surface modernization ahead of a 9.0.0 removal.
◆Prediction
The rc.x cadence points to an 8.6.0 GA cut once the release candidates settle. Expect the DDP-to-REST migration to continue toward the flagged 9.0.0 removal.

◆Recent moves

  1. 6d ago

    8.6.0-rc.3: meteor version bump only

    An 8.6.0-rc.3 release candidate that only bumps the meteor version and dependency typings. No user-facing change.

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  2. 12d ago

    8.6.0-rc.2: meteor version bump only

    An 8.6.0-rc.2 release candidate limited to a meteor version bump. Pre-release plumbing with no notes.

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  3. 13d ago

    8.6.0-rc.1

    An 8.6.0-rc.1 candidate with targeted fixes: SSRF handling for incoming integrations reaching internal hosts, a federated-room message-sync bug, and PAT tokens meant to bypass 2FA being wrongly rejected. Real correctness and federation fixes above bump-only noise.

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  4. 18d ago

    8.6.0-rc.0

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    The substantive 8.6.0-rc.0 minor release: self-hostable LibreTranslate auto-translation, a Virtru external ABAC attribute store, a unified presence engine, and a wide DDP-to-REST endpoint migration. This is where the 8.6 cycle's direction actually lands in the recent window.

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  5. 28d ago

    8.5.0-rc.6: meteor version bump only

    An 8.5.0-rc.6 candidate that only bumps the meteor version. No user-facing change.

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  6. 29d ago

    8.5.0-rc.5: meteor version bump only

    An 8.5.0-rc.5 candidate limited to a meteor version bump. Pre-release plumbing with no notes.

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