# SimpleX Chat v7.0.0-beta.5

- Product: SimpleX Chat (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/simplex-chat)
- Vendor: SimpleX Chat Ltd
- Date: 2026-07-22
- Version: v7.0.0-beta.5
- Original notes: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/tag/v7.0.0-beta.5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/simplex-chat/releases/v7.0.0-beta.5
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop, Mobile

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- **added** — Enable/disable functions of self-hosted servers: message reception, private routing, and name resolution
- **added** — Show file routers used to deliver a file in message info
- **added** — Allow moderators to change member to observer roles in groups
- **fixed** — Desktop: preserve a draft when switching to a chat where you can't send messages
- **fixed** — Android: video previews layout
- **fixed** — Fix missing ": " in CLI display name prompt
- **fixed** — Fix broken string in zh-Hant.xliff
- **fixed** — Fix hand cursor over clickable commands and command clicks lost on quick successive clicks
- **fixed** — Remove stray card dividers in server info, connect-to-desktop, appearance and migration screens
- **fixed** — Fix video preview expanding into empty black area
- **fixed** — Don't allow swipe-to-reply to a marked-deleted message
- **removed** — Remove unused clipboard state polling that froze desktop UI

New in v7.0-beta.5:

- enable/disable functions of self-hosted servers: message reception, private routing, and name resolution.
- show file routers used to deliver a file in message info.
- fixes:
  - desktop: preserve a draft when switching to a chat where you can't send messages.
  - android: video previews layout

Commits:
- core: allow moderators to change member <-> observer roles in groups (#7279)
- core: fail compilation on name shadowing (#7283)
- core, ui: per-server roles for self-hosted servers (#7254)
- core: update query plans
- core: fix missing ": " in CLI display name prompt (#7280)
- tests: enable names role for directory channel name tests (#6643)
- docs: Improve FAQ.md (#6360)
- ui: show XFTP servers used for a file in message info (#7088)
- android, desktop: fix draft loss when switching to chat where user cannot send messages (#7239)
- multiplatform: remove unused clipboard state polling that froze desktop UI (#7237)
- desktop: fix hand cursor over clickable commands; fix command clicks lost on quick successive clicks (#7249)
- ios: fix broken string in zh-Hant.xliff (#7282)
- 7.0.0.10
- android, desktop: remove stray card dividers in server info, connect-to-desktop, appearance and migration screens (#7118)
- android, desktop: fix video preview expanding into empty black area (#7286)
- android, desktop: don't allow swipe-to-reply to a marked-deleted message (#7214)
- 7.0.0-beta.5: android 364, desktop 153, ios 343

**Android APKs**:

SHA2-256(simplex-aarch64.apk)= f4c033f7e4d284be276c75d6c3a9ac659f75ec658c2ec5cfe830a33b120b3172

SHA2-256(simplex-armv7a.apk)= a8cf0e260e1ad8be7008892c2bc19d5014082d0b58043d711386a47916d6241f

**Desktop app**:

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-aarch64)= a3a24260c7265d1b13a21afe397ea5d97175d4ad0ced058e743cff901b8ee626

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-24_04-aarch64.deb)= 9e71c7a6592e4ebe97f39cd67f8412f4a1b8da815d56fadc2f009580f489e92b

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-aarch64)= fc276c94ae3d9ab4c47eec9b605ebf5b8625f01ac2932f6af3b5059a97c50f54

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-aarch64.deb)= 022e6fe34d14cde2f44cdc286e9946c0843d55a70b25fbd02e4efd4ebcad32a7

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-macos-aarch64)= 13be4818b9c60844529553152c8b81691513a36a8a6d744d40e15df55a87c46f

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-macos-x86-64)= 18a77575c8fdf7135a3e157c3e9570c5b5b66eaa0f58b2ee1d0254eb9979a52a

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-ubuntu-24_04-aarch64.deb)= 420acc4bad15bf3664481b417d913d0071032d73991960c9bd60b620fb9d8632

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-windows-x86-64)= 6dee147cd137bcd8bf64ad87bebda0ce55054522f3e4cf6efd9f885e8d162bec

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-macos-aarch64.dmg)= 9c31d6b9f6f0ce806e21396180389a0f18ad34f6025f06f7762d5f3e80a1a953

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-ubuntu-22_04-aarch64.deb)= 0a6cb5f6065dd557dc4dffd15f7c70fbaf8e062d8166f2b3ab1ee0e09fdae0da

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-aarch64.AppImage)= 78e0ff320f799a81c77ce1149253bb8cd81403c6e0f1cbad64b3a0352bdbf19b

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-windows-x86_64.msi)= 29eba4a2ddbb94f918e497d7e15977b8788cc35c328e5026a2a2628c96db8fc4

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-macos-x86_64.dmg)= 8c82d05e471f30fb45c5e7015b748e82ca3e102c0976342bd7ada5e2a752eb60

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-x86_64)= b036258fac8bf3d564b402dec4e26cc337826ae0147a7e0e4df3708433735465

SHA2-256(simplex-chat-ubuntu-22_04-x86_64.deb)= 393c2b5d3b19ecc038edad9cb222884bac5ff0257a620c943b57c83229c8a900

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-ubuntu-22_04-x86_64.deb)= f309fcd0d1635f26c5917b9771e849eaafb058f680f0b7dbf5a89fffea4f6802

SHA2-256(simplex-desktop-x86_64.AppImage)= 3f63db6e3dae923ad5615b137e0b211fef9170ae3cdbc6d7ed2764ce44d0e570