Hey @room! New p2p builds have been released for both iOS & Android. As always, links can be found in the topic for this room.
These builds update to the latest Dendrite and contain the first prototype of store & forward.

Store & forward allows you to send messages to a relay server if the destination you are trying to reach is offline. More information on s&f can be found here: https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/blob/main/relayapi/ARCHITECTURE.md
It is still very experimental so don't expect it to work in a lot of cases.

Some quick usage info:

• nodes won't act as a relay by default
  • this can be turned on with the toggle in your user settings (next to static peer settings)
• It works well in 2 user rooms.
  • rooms with more than 2 users will probably have varying issues
  • encrypted rooms haven't been tested at all, and I don't expect they will function if relying on s&f
• at startup, your node will query the assigned relay server/s in your user settings for any missed events
• to assign relays for other nodes, select them in a room and edit the relay servers setting in the info panel
  • they will only query the relays they have configured, it is a pull based system
• it takes ~10 - 15 seconds after you send a message to a node who went offline before it'll send to the relay.
• There is nothing in the UI showing that it sent to the relay so waiting >=20 seconds is advised.
• After the first message, subsequent messages will be sent immediately to the relay. Unless the other node comes back online of course.

WARNING If you send messages to a relay you do so at your own risk. You risk having these events read by the relay. S&F is very experimental so this will harden with time, but this is an alpha stage of it for testing and demo purposes only. Don't use or rely on it for any private or sensitive data.

Hey @room ! New p2p builds have been released for both iOS & Android. As always, links can be found in the topic for this room.
These builds update to the latest Dendrite and contain the first prototype of store & forward.

Store & forward allows you to send messages to a relay server if the destination you are trying to reach is offline. More information on s&f can be found here: https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/blob/main/relayapi/ARCHITECTURE.md
It is still very experimental so don't expect it to work in a lot of cases.

Some quick usage info:

• nodes won't act as a relay by default

  • this can be turned on with the toggle in your user settings (next to static peer settings)

• It works well in 2 user rooms.

  • rooms with more than 2 users will probably have varying issues
  • encrypted rooms haven't been tested at all, and I don't expect they will function if relying on s&f

• at startup, your node will query the assigned relay server/s in your user settings for any missed events

• to assign relays for other nodes, select them in a room and edit the relay servers setting in the info panel

  • they will only query the relays they have configured, it is a pull based system

• it takes ~10 - 15 seconds after you send a message to a node who went offline before it'll send to the relay.

• There is nothing in the UI showing that it sent to the relay so waiting >=20 seconds is advised.

• After the first message, subsequent messages will be sent immediately to the relay. Unless the other node comes back online of course.

WARNING If you send messages to a relay you do so at your own risk. You risk having these events read by the relay. S&F is very experimental so this will harden with time, but this is an alpha stage of it for testing and demo purposes only. Don't use or rely on it for any private or sensitive data.

In reply to @devonh:one.ems.host

Hey @room ! New p2p builds have been released for both iOS & Android. As always, links can be found in the topic for this room.
These builds update to the latest Dendrite and contain the first prototype of store & forward.

Store & forward allows you to send messages to a relay server if the destination you are trying to reach is offline. More information on s&f can be found here: https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/blob/main/relayapi/ARCHITECTURE.md
It is still very experimental so don't expect it to work in a lot of cases.

Some quick usage info:

• nodes won't act as a relay by default

  • this can be turned on with the toggle in your user settings (next to static peer settings)

• It works well in 2 user rooms.

  • rooms with more than 2 users will probably have varying issues
  • encrypted rooms haven't been tested at all, and I don't expect they will function if relying on s&f

• at startup, your node will query the assigned relay server/s in your user settings for any missed events

• to assign relays for other nodes, select them in a room and edit the relay servers setting in the info panel

  • they will only query the relays they have configured, it is a pull based system

• it takes ~10 - 15 seconds after you send a message to a node who went offline before it'll send to the relay.

• There is nothing in the UI showing that it sent to the relay so waiting >=20 seconds is advised.

• After the first message, subsequent messages will be sent immediately to the relay. Unless the other node comes back online of course.

WARNING If you send messages to a relay you do so at your own risk. You risk having these events read by the relay. S&F is very experimental so this will harden with time, but this is an alpha stage of it for testing and demo purposes only. Don't use or rely on it for any private or sensitive data.

In reply to @bbigras:matrix.org
If I enable the relay option in the app on my phone, does it mean that my phone will also store messages for other users?

In reply to @bbigras:matrix.org
> they will only query the relays they have configured, it is a pull based system

Will that always be the case?

In reply to @nebulaonion:anonymousland.org
Hi, what about Element Desktop support?