Official news: MyChat 2026.6 — message forwarding, Kanban, and a Movie Quiz

Release date: 09.07.26

Development history

 
[+] new feature;

[*] fixed bug or improved feature;

[-] fixed.

 

MyChat Client

[+] (alt, mac, linux) added chat message forwarding;
[+] (kanban) user avatars on cards and in comments;
[+] (alt, mac, linux) chat background selection: pre-defined options with saved selection;
[+] (kanban) task sorting (by creation date, due date, label);
[+] (kanban) task copying from the card menu;
[+] (kanban) automatic system comments when changing stages and modifying tasks;
[+] (admin) added movie quiz "Movie Quiz";

[+] (linux, mac, alt) added a setting to display the list of conferences and private conversations as bookmarks/lists;


[*] (win32) right-clicking on a file in chat, "Download and save as..." now opens Explorer with the file selected in the folder after successful saving;

[*] (win32) information about the type of application from which the chat message was sent. Displayed in the hint shown when hovering over the timestamp;

[*] (linux,mac,alt) the latest message is displayed in the conference list;

[-] (win32) the mechanism for sending reports regarding working time control was broken, fixed;

[-] (win32) an error that could sometimes create private conversations "with yourself" after several hours of work on servers with old history and database errors. Fixed;

[-] (win32) correct rendering of file icons without an extension sent to the chat;


MyChat Server

[+] message forwarding technology;

[+] (node) early detection of abnormal activity with warnings in the server log;


[*] (node) protection: control of spam login attempts from one address + UIN;

[*] (node) enhanced security for processing uploaded files (path-traversal);
[*] (node) added login protection against automatic password guessing;
[*] (node) increased web server resilience to abnormal loads;
[*] more accurate detection of busy ports at server startup, automatic program termination, and automatic opening of the Help page on the official website to clarify how to resolve the issue;


[-] on the admin panel, it was impossible to select a local IP address for the TURN server if the address was virtual rather than physical. Fixed;
[-] the list of tags in Kanban was incorrectly determined when receiving own and assigned tasks. Fixed.