Help us keep this FREE by helping is reach our July #ZapGoal at https://honey.hivetalk.org/dashboard
(Can’t zap? Repost to help us reach more people as we #grownostr 💜⚡️)
quotingSummer '26 Stage 1 Release
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Highlights for the current release! Out today!
⚡ Zap Notifications in Chat
When a participant zaps another participant, a structured ⚡ system entry appears in chat: "⚡ sender zapped recipient, N sats ⚡". Uses a dedicated lk.zap data topic with a typed payload — not parsed from chat text, so it can't be spoofed. Sender and recipient display names are plumbed from the participant tile through to the payment modal.
🔒 Lock/Unlock Disconnect & Toast Visibility
Reproduced and fixed the lock/unlock disconnect behavior live (two-browser test). Restyled the disconnect/reconnecting toast to amber/orange so transient connection states are clearly visible against the video layer.
😀 Emoji Picker in Chat
A small curated emoji popover in the chat input — inserts at cursor, no new dependency. Componentized as EmojiPickerPopover for reuse by Stage 2 reactions.
💾 Download Chat Transcript
Download icon in the chat header serializes the current chat to [HH:MM] Name: message lines and downloads as a .txt file. Room name is sanitized for the filename; falls back to hivetalk-chat-{date}.txt when no room name is available.
🔇 Mute Screenshare Audio (Per-Viewer)
Speaker toggle on the screenshare tile mutes ONLY the ScreenShareAudio publication for the local viewer — does not affect video, the mic track, or other participants. Mute state is tracked per participant + publication SID so it survives track re-publishes.
🛡️ Moderators Approve Lobby Joiners
Fixed the broken moderator lobby-approval flow. Root cause traced through the promote path — live LiveKit participant attributes now correctly reflect moderator="true", and mods can approve/deny lobby requests end-to-end. Regression test added.
special thanks to @buttercup and @yeghro
#updates