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8.8.0

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Rocket.Chat·Sep 1, 2026, 10:46 PMDeprecationMay break your integrationAI-assisted summary

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Added classification banners for ABAC rooms, forced end‑to‑end encryption for new private rooms, and status visibility controls.
Introduced many new REST endpoints (audit, chat.readThread, OAuth, TOTP 2FA, etc.) replacing legacy DDP methods, added SAML authentication, and switched the default apps engine runtime to Node.
Deprecated LDAP/SAML on non‑premium workspaces and scheduled removal of several DDP methods in version 9.0.0.

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