# Zulip Server 11.3 — Zulip Server 11.3

- Product: Zulip Server (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/zulip-server)
- Vendor: Zulip
- Date: 2025-10-22
- Version: 11.3
- Original notes: https://github.com/zulip/zulip/releases/tag/11.3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/zulip-server/releases/11.3

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- **removed** — Removed the Google blobs emoji set (deprecated since 2017); any users who had this preference will have it updated to the standard Google emoji set
- **changed** — Updated incoming email server to automatically drop auto-replies, including out-of-office messages, if they are marked as such in their headers
- **fixed** — Fixed a permissions issue with logfiles of the incoming email server
- **fixed** — Fixed an unread count bug involving unreads in muted topics
- **fixed** — Fixed some compose box transitions
- **fixed** — Fixed several minor bugs in the inbox view
- **fixed** — Fixed Gitea integration displaying the wrong actor for pull request events
- **fixed** — Fixed a minor data corruption bug involving group-based permissions
- **removed** — Removed a misleading emoji alias from CLDR for 🔯
- **changed** — Clarified validation of email addresses when registering for push notifications service
- **changed** — Improved handling of imported Slack threads and bot email addresses

_Released 2025-10-22_

- Removed the Google blobs emoji set (deprecated since 2017); any
  users who had this preference will have it updated to the standard
  Google emoji set.
- Updated incoming email server to automatically drop auto-replies,
  including out-of-office messages, if they are marked as such in
  their headers.
- Fixed a permissions issue with logfiles of the incoming email
  server.
- Fixed an unread count bug involving unreads in muted topics.
- Fixed some compose box transitions.
- Fixed several minor bugs in the inbox view.
- Fixed Gitea integration displaying the wrong actor for pull request
  events.
- Fixed a minor data corruption bug involving group-based permissions.
- Removed a misleading emoji alias from CLDR for 🔯.
- Clarified validation of email addresses when registering for push
  notifications service.
- Improved handling of imported Slack threads and bot email addresses.
- Improved documentation for reverse proxies.
- Improved documentation about recovering from database-only backups.
- Improved API documentation for deleting messages.
- Improved documentation for GitLab integration.
- Added `rel="canonical"` links in headers of documentation pages,
  pointing to zulip.com documentation, to help search engines not
  index potentially stale self-hosted duplicates of pages.
- Updated and reorganized security documentation.
- Updated Python dependencies.