# SimpleX Chat v6.5.6

- Product: SimpleX Chat (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/simplex-chat)
- Vendor: SimpleX Chat Ltd
- Date: 2026-06-22
- Version: v6.5.6
- Original notes: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/tag/v6.5.6
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/simplex-chat/releases/v6.5.6
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop, Mobile

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- **fixed** — Fix group link use after admin demotion
- **fixed** — Fix delivery cursor not advancing on PostgreSQL
- **fixed** — Fix opening SimpleX links from messages on iOS
- **fixed** — Fix in-app updater deleting the download before opening file location on desktop

New in 6.5.6:

- fix group link use after admin demotion
- chat relays: fix delivery cursor not advancing on PostgreSQL
- ios: fix opening SimpleX links from messages
- desktop: fix in-app updater deleting the download


The GitHub release build is independently reproduced by:
| Verifier | Signatures | PGP key to verify | 
| ------- | --------- | ----------------- |
| SimpleX Chat team | [_sha256sums.asc](https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/download/v6.5.6/_sha256sums.asc) <br>[_simplex-aarch64.apk.asc](https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/download/v6.5.6/_simplex-aarch64.apk.asc)<br>[_simplex-armv7a.apk.asc](https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/download/v6.5.6/_simplex-armv7a.apk.asc) | [BBDF 7BDA D154 8B16 836A F5B9 D53B DFD1 53C3 66BA](https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=build%40simplex.chat) |

Read more about verifying and reproducing release builds: https://simplex.chat/reproduce/

Commits:
- core: fix delivery cursor not advancing to maximum group member id for posgtgres (#7043)
- ui: show badges in more contexts (#7084)
- ci: fix windows build (#7095)
- ios: open SimpleX links in chat messages via in-app connect flow (#7101)
- ci: clean simplexmq submodule source dir in windows lib build (#7099)
- core: block obfuscated simplex links if the group does not allow them (#7107)
- desktop: fix in-app updater deleting the download before "Open file location" (#7104)
- 6.5.6.0
- core: fix group link use after admin demotion (#7111)
- core: 6.5.6.1
- 6.5.6: android 358, desktop 148, ios 337

**Android APKs**:

SHA2-256(simplex-aarch64.apk)= 79ae9650905abf0de50f83d72ee2c8b159feb67e093a6fac30f578a66d0181b6

SHA2-256(simplex-armv7a.apk)= 7773857980b0b5baf5b146e2c2006e6d2e57da24cc317066c786cd518c69babe

**Desktop app**:

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-macos-aarch64)= 06eedfcad8cbf31abb2c13892592a1a532c4043c4954be645dfe8a1447ee9066

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-windows-x86-64)= 6d6466ce74e048c9391fa1ce0fcbb7812ee9ba53a8eaa5890659d33cdfb97d75

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-aarch64)= b15166d89f9e964b425f451db81e4c07dce681a304255e92ee3deab5e211a410

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-aarch64.deb)= e3d087733cd65c502c6dca692cf9b4c6d2241bfb0a408bc1391b6f0ba11134da

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-macos-aarch64.dmg)= 65a707a05fd17a033e6267c724e4d3e2b00bca422358fcf15e462ca4c91c9160

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-aarch64)= e50f8b2e29636976d6b94fbea8d51e1be3fa77bf8627e848ffc5ecbec0b10a1a

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-aarch64.deb)= 936871110ff9fd59b4329d01c11bebd24ecbb035e3666d5ff9945a5356abc1b1

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-x86_64)= eaa3106616a39acdca75b2312d56e41babb6ebca54204c943a992ec4b9461154

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-x86_64.deb)= 17c6386803d0c8f1ae72cca0b4db7d1aab3d62dbbd7ab3f1b44e10ff895f5d96

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-x86_64)= 0aec0a1ebd35ec3dfbb9f969f5d58e4269c8eca236f5be096780b9465dda2dbe

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-x86_64.deb)= b8d060e75b33f59cbb55fd63820d606135959cdf6a5c9226bebbfecec0155bf2

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-windows-x86_64.msi)= e78e0ec58d53f43bea3c343f06f32f4a1a43f224d8e76a4e9416c6cbd11e8bae

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-ubuntu-24_04-aarch64.deb)= d87ed865d52a7c2a9167ba4aa3ba6c0b2c931240784f71beec0a57da53164870

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-ubuntu-22_04-aarch64.deb)= e9406a0abafd2da1db9311a79b3ddca59b91a7206009ca82c0129def7b675e5f

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-aarch64.AppImage)= d911411f8a3d63fcda2d083c787cc33b340313acd79d828b69eb09a25e65821e

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-ubuntu-24_04-x86_64.deb)= b1ac5da25e43dffbb35cca1bd8ca5f4d67b4db4ea0cb6deaa6d405c1f29cc178

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-ubuntu-22_04-x86_64.deb)= 144c10bb4c88d03a902456f890e7bb194b2ab46ce127f17a6c939ad138051729

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-x86_64.AppImage)= a7859afc83f4fbc3b5d66791b7765251e874e347e128b3158c386ab715ce9de5

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-macos-x86-64)= 053789ca2e08bb741e318c5d3ebcb4843b6e6b128d174cb52ce00a58ce7c221f

SHA2-

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