Matrix.org Downtime Interrupts GrapheneOS Chatrooms (grapheneos.social)

submitted 1 month ago by KindnessInfinity@lemmy.ml to c/grapheneos@lemmy.ml

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The main Matrix homeserver (matrix.org) is down and likely to remain down for a while longer:

https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix/115135992360783162

Our Matrix rooms are still available since those aren't hosted on any specific server. We use our own Matrix server for our project accounts, bridge bot, etc. too.

Our chat rooms are bridged across Matrix, Discord, Telegram and IRC.

Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/grapheneos

IRC channels are on libera.chat with the same names as the Matrix rooms but prefixed with #grapheneos such as #grapheneos-offtopic. #grapheneos-general redirects to #grapheneos there.

Our chat rooms were only on Matrix after the end of freenode but we ended up needing alternatives due to both the technical and abuse issues with Matrix. Discord is now the most active. Long term, we plan to self-host a future high quality open source Discord clone and drop Matrix/Telegram/IRC.

Our Telegram group is https://t.me/GrapheneOS but we recently set it to require requesting to join and being approved by a moderator due to the massive issues with spam. We recommend joining our chat rooms via either a non-matrix.org Matrix server (even after it's back, it's too large) or Discord instead.

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[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago

Long term, we plan to self-host a future high quality open source Discord clone and drop Matrix/Telegram/IRC.

Need more details plz.

I appreciate dropping those other platforms.

[-] KindnessInfinity@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

They will announce more when they work on the replacement.

[-] neonix@reddthat.com 3 points 1 month ago

As someone who's been using Element on the matrix.org homeserver for years now, I wasn't aware of long-standing issues. Is anyone please able to provide more information?

[-] KindnessInfinity@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/03/matrixorg_raid_failure/

This explains some of the other issues too

[-] neonix@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the extra information. In the original post, you refer to "technical and abuse issues" and imply this has been going on for some time. Is that something you're please able to shed more light on?

this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2025

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