TryQuiet · adrastaea · May 20, 2026 · May 20, 2026 · May 20, 2026 · May 20, 2026
diff --git a/3rd-party/auth b/3rd-party/auth
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [unreleased]
+## [7.3.1]
+
+### Fixes
+
+* Temporarily disabled private channels
+
+## [7.3.0]
 
 ### Features
 
 * Adds private channels with modifiable membership (no removals) to desktop [#3155](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3155)
 * Adds private channels with modifiable membership (no removals) to mobile [#3155](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3155)
+* Private channel creation and modification is limited to admins [#3256](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3256)
 
 ### Fixes
 
 * Fix: leaving a community now purges uploaded and downloaded files; if the leave is interrupted (process killed, OS-terminated, power loss), the purge is finished on the next app launch [#3225](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3225)
 * Fixed android not requesting permission for foreground push notifications [#3254](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3254)
 * Fixes race condition with android push notifications [#3255](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3255)
+* Mark IOS UI as needing compatibility updates to fix contrast problems on IOS 26 [#3266](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3266)
 
 ## [7.2.0]
 

diff --git a/android_crash_logs.txt b/android_crash_logs.txt
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "lint-staged": "lerna run lint-staged",
     "pull:submodules": "git submodule update --init --recursive --remote",
     "build:auth": "cd ./3rd-party/auth && pnpm install && pnpm build",
-    "build:noise": "cd ./3rd-party/js-libp2p-noise && npm i && npm run build",
+    "build:noise": "node scripts/patch-noise-overrides.js && cd ./3rd-party/js-libp2p-noise && npm i && npm run build",
     "build:orbitdb": "cd ./3rd-party/orbitdb && npm i && npm run build:dist && npm run build:debug",
     "applyPatches:qss": "patch -f -p0 < ./patch/qss.npmrc.patch || true",
     "build:qss": "cd ./3rd-party/qss && pnpm run bootstrap",

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/crypto/lockbox.service.spec.ts b/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/crypto/lockbox.service.spec.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe('lockbox', () => {
     expect(adminSigChain.context).toBeDefined()
     expect(adminSigChain.team!.teamName).toBe('test')
     expect(adminSigChain.user.userName).toBe('user')
-    expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.ADMIN)).toBe(true)
+    expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIAdmin()).toBe(true)
     expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.MEMBER)).toBe(true)
   })
   it('should create keys from seed and salt', () => {

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/invites/invite.service.spec.ts b/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/invites/invite.service.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('invites', () => {
     expect(adminSigChain.user).toBeDefined()
     expect(adminSigChain.team!.teamName).toBe('test')
     expect(adminSigChain.user.userName).toBe('user')
-    expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.ADMIN)).toBe(true)
+    expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIAdmin()).toBe(true)
     expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.MEMBER)).toBe(true)
   })
   it('admin should generate an invite and it be added to team graph', () => {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('invites', () => {
     expect(newMemberSigChain.user.userName).toBe('user2')
     expect(newMemberSigChain.user.userId).not.toBe(adminSigChain.user.userId)
     expect(newMemberSigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.MEMBER)).toBe(false)
-    expect(newMemberSigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.ADMIN)).toBe(false)
+    expect(newMemberSigChain.roles.amIAdmin()).toBe(false)
     expect(
       adminSigChain.invites.admitMemberFromInvite(
         inviteProof,

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/members/device.service.spec.ts b/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/members/device.service.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('devices', () => {
     expect(adminSigChain.context).toBeDefined()
     expect(adminSigChain.team!.teamName).toBe('test')
     expect(adminSigChain.user.userName).toBe('user')
-    expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.ADMIN)).toBe(true)
+    expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIAdmin()).toBe(true)
     expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.MEMBER)).toBe(true)
   })
   it('sigchain should contain admin device', () => {

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/members/user.service.spec.ts b/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/members/user.service.spec.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe('users', () => {
     expect(adminSigChain.context).toBeDefined()
     expect(adminSigChain.team!.teamName).toBe('test')
     expect(adminSigChain.user.userName).toBe('user')
-    expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.ADMIN)).toBe(true)
+    expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIAdmin()).toBe(true)
     expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.MEMBER)).toBe(true)
   })
   it('should get keys', () => {

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/roles/channel.service.spec.ts b/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/roles/channel.service.spec.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('channels', () => {
     expect(adminSigChain.context).toBeDefined()
     expect(adminSigChain.team!.teamName).toBe(teamName)
     expect(adminSigChain.user.userName).toBe(adminUsername)
-    expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.ADMIN)).toBe(true)
+    expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIAdmin()).toBe(true)
     expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.MEMBER)).toBe(true)
   })
   it('should create channel and admin should be added as member', () => {

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/roles/channel.service.ts b/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/roles/channel.service.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { ChainServiceBase } from '../chainServiceBase'
 import { Member } from '@localfirst/auth'
 import { createLogger } from '../../../common/logger'
 import { hash } from '@localfirst/crypto'
+import { NotAdminError, RoleName } from './roles'
 
 const logger = createLogger('auth:channelService')
 
@@ -16,13 +17,19 @@ class ChannelService extends ChainServiceBase {
   }
 
   public create(channelId: string): string {
+    if (!this.sigChain.roles.amIAdmin()) {
+      throw new NotAdminError()
+    }
     const roleName = this.generateChannelRoleName(channelId)
     logger.info(`Adding new channel role with name ${roleName}`)
     this.sigChain.roles.create(roleName)
     return roleName
   }
 
   public createWithMembers(channelId: string, memberIdsForChannel: string[]): string {
+    if (!this.sigChain.roles.amIAdmin()) {
+      throw new NotAdminError()
+    }
     const roleName = this.create(channelId)
     for (const memberId of memberIdsForChannel) {
       this.addMember(memberId, channelId)
@@ -31,6 +38,9 @@ class ChannelService extends ChainServiceBase {
   }
 
   public addMember(memberId: string, channelId: string) {
+    if (!this.sigChain.roles.amIAdmin()) {
+      throw new NotAdminError()
+    }
     logger.info(`Adding member with ID ${memberId} to channel ${channelId}`)
     const roleName = this.generateChannelRoleName(channelId)
     this.sigChain.roles!.addMember(memberId, roleName)
@@ -52,12 +62,18 @@ class ChannelService extends ChainServiceBase {
   }
 
   public revokeMembership(memberId: string, channelId: string) {
+    if (!this.sigChain.roles.amIAdmin()) {
+      throw new NotAdminError()
+    }
     logger.info(`Revoking membership of channel ${channelId} for member with ID ${memberId}`)
     const roleName = this.generateChannelRoleName(channelId)
     this.sigChain.roles.revokeMembership(memberId, roleName)
   }
 
   public delete(channelId: string) {
+    if (!this.sigChain.roles.amIAdmin()) {
+      throw new NotAdminError()
+    }
     logger.info(`Removing role for channel ${channelId}`)
     const roleName = this.generateChannelRoleName(channelId)
     this.sigChain.roles.delete(roleName)

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/roles/channels.service.spec.ts b/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/roles/channels.service.spec.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('channels', () => {
     expect(adminSigChain.context).toBeDefined()
     expect(adminSigChain.team!.teamName).toBe(teamName)
     expect(adminSigChain.user.userName).toBe(adminUsername)
-    expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.ADMIN)).toBe(true)
+    expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIAdmin()).toBe(true)
     expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.MEMBER)).toBe(true)
   })
   it('should create channel and admin should be added as member', () => {

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/roles/role.service.ts b/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/roles/role.service.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ class RoleService extends ChainServiceBase {
     return this.memberHasRole(this.sigChain.user.userId, roleName)
   }
 
+  public memberIsAdmin(memberId: string): boolean {
+    return this.sigChain.team!.memberIsAdmin(memberId)
+  }
+
+  public amIAdmin(): boolean {
+    return this.memberIsAdmin(this.sigChain.user.userId)
+  }
+
   public getMembersForRole(roleName: RoleName | string): Member[] {
     return this.sigChain.team!.membersInRole(roleName)
   }

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/roles/roles.service.spec.ts b/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/roles/roles.service.spec.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('roles', () => {
     expect(adminSigChain.context).toBeDefined()
     expect(adminSigChain.team!.teamName).toBe(teamName)
     expect(adminSigChain.user.userName).toBe(adminUsername)
-    expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.ADMIN)).toBe(true)
+    expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIAdmin()).toBe(true)
     expect(adminSigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.MEMBER)).toBe(true)
   })
   it('should create an invite', () => {

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/roles/roles.ts b/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/services/roles/roles.ts
@@ -31,3 +31,9 @@ export type BaseChannel = {
 export type Channel = QuietRole & BaseChannel
 
 export type TruncatedChannel = TruncatedQuietRole & BaseChannel
+
+export class NotAdminError extends Error {
+  constructor() {
+    super('User is not an admin on this community')
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/sigchain.spec.ts b/packages/backend/src/nest/auth/sigchain.spec.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe('SigChain', () => {
     expect(sigChain.context).toBeDefined()
     expect(sigChain.team!.teamName).toBe('test')
     expect(sigChain.user.userName).toBe('user')
-    expect(sigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.ADMIN)).toBe(true)
+    expect(sigChain.roles.amIAdmin()).toBe(true)
     expect(sigChain.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.MEMBER)).toBe(true)
   })
   it('admin should not have a role that does not exist', () => {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('SigChain', () => {
     const sigChain2 = SigChain.load(serializedChain, localUserContext, sigChain.team!.teamKeyring())
     expect(sigChain2).toBeDefined()
     expect(sigChain2.team!.teamName).toBe('test')
-    expect(sigChain2.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.ADMIN)).toBe(true)
+    expect(sigChain2.roles.amIAdmin()).toBe(true)
     expect(sigChain2.roles.amIMemberOfRole(RoleName.MEMBER)).toBe(true)
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/nest/connections-manager/connections-manager.service.ts b/packages/backend/src/nest/connections-manager/connections-manager.service.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import {
   User,
   UserProfilesUpdatedPayload,
   UpdateCommunityPayload,
+  ChannelOperationStatus,
 } from '@quiet/types'
 import { CONFIG_OPTIONS, QSS_ALLOWED, QSS_ENDPOINT, SERVER_IO_PROVIDER, SOCKS_PROXY_AGENT } from '../const'
 import { Libp2pService, Libp2pState } from '../libp2p/libp2p.service'
@@ -1115,7 +1116,17 @@ export class ConnectionsManagerService extends EventEmitter implements OnModuleI
     this.socketService.on(
       SocketActions.CREATE_CHANNEL,
       async (payload: CreateChannelPayload, callback: (response?: CreateChannelResponse) => void) => {
-        callback(await this.storageService?.channels.handleCreateChannel(payload))
+        const _createChannel = async (payload: CreateChannelPayload): Promise<CreateChannelResponse> => {
+          try {
+            return await this.storageService?.channels.handleCreateChannel(payload)
+          } catch (e) {
+            this.logger.error('Error while creating channel', e)
+            return {
+              status: ChannelOperationStatus.FAILED,
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        callback(await _createChannel(payload))
       }
     )
     this.socketService.on(

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/nest/storage/channels/channels.service.ts b/packages/backend/src/nest/storage/channels/channels.service.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   DownloadStatus,
   RemoveDownloadStatus,
   CHANNEL_METADATA_STORE_NAME,
+  ChannelOperationStatus,
 } from '@quiet/types'
 import fs from 'fs'
 import { IpfsFileManagerService } from '../../ipfs-file-manager/ipfs-file-manager.service'
@@ -473,7 +474,7 @@ export class ChannelsService extends EventEmitter {
     if (!store) {
       throw new Error('Failed to create channel')
     }
-    return { channel: channelData }
+    return { channel: channelData, status: ChannelOperationStatus.SUCCESS }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -523,7 +524,7 @@ export class ChannelsService extends EventEmitter {
     this.emit(StorageEvents.CHANNEL_SUBSCRIBED, {
       channelId: channelData.id,
     } as ChannelSubscribedPayload)
-    return { channel: channelData }
+    return { channel: channelData, status: ChannelOperationStatus.SUCCESS }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -616,6 +617,12 @@ export class ChannelsService extends EventEmitter {
       return { channelId, status: AddMembersChannelStatus.NOT_MEMBER }
     }
 
+    const isAdmin = this.sigchainService.activeChain.roles.amIAdmin()
+    if (!isAdmin) {
+      this.logger.error(`You are not an admin, cannot add members to private channel!`)
+      return { channelId, status: AddMembersChannelStatus.NOT_ADMIN }
+    }
+
     const repo = this.channelsRepos.get(channelId)
     const store = repo?.store
     if (store == null) {

diff --git a/packages/desktop/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/desktop/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,14 +1,53 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [7.3.1]
+
+### Fixes
+
+* Temporarily disabled private channels
+
+## [7.3.0]
+
+### Features
+
+* Adds private channels with modifiable membership (no removals) to desktop [#3155](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3155)
+* Adds private channels with modifiable membership (no removals) to mobile [#3155](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3155)
+* Private channel creation and modification is limited to admins [#3256](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3256)
+
+### Fixes
+
+* Fix: leaving a community now purges uploaded and downloaded files; if the leave is interrupted (process killed, OS-terminated, power loss), the purge is finished on the next app launch [#3225](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3225)
+* Fixed android not requesting permission for foreground push notifications [#3254](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3254)
+* Fixes race condition with android push notifications [#3255](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3255)
+* Mark IOS UI as needing compatibility updates to fix contrast problems on IOS 26 [#3266](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3266)
+
+## [7.2.0]
+
+### Features
+
+* Added background push notifications and background hibernation for android [#3156](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3156)
+* Extends the dev/alpha-only "Share logs" and "Share all data" actions to the "Starting backend" screen (mobile) [#3241](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/pull/3241)
+
+### Fixes
+
+* The user profile tab at the bottom of the sidebar now has the correct opacity and layout, and the faint horizontal stripe that appeared on some platforms and window sizes is gone now. [#3184](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/pull/3184)
+* Improved tor lifecycle handling [#3233](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3233)
+* Fixed Android crash on leaving a community when `google-services.json` was missing from the build [#3238](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/pull/3238)
+* Fixed broken privacy policy link on the Terms of Service / Privacy Policy acceptance screen (desktop + mobile) [#3186](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/pull/3186)
+* Fixed Android build failure under product flavors where react-native-config didn't load the matching `.env` file [#3197](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/pull/3197)
+
+### Chores
+
+* Refactored syncing data with QSS for modularity [#3235](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3235)
+* Upgraded Electron to v32 (desktop) [#3119](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/pull/3119)
+
 ## [7.1.0]
 
 ### Features
 
 * Adds ios push notification support [#3087](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3087)
 * Adds dev/alpha-only "Share logs" and "Share all data" actions on joining screen and menu (mobile) [#3213](https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet/issues/3213)
 
-### Fixes
-
 ### Chores
 
 ## [7.0.1]

diff --git a/packages/desktop/package-lock.json b/packages/desktop/package-lock.json
diff --git a/packages/desktop/package.json b/packages/desktop/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/TryQuiet",
   "@comment version": "To build new version for specific platform, just replace platform in version tag to one of following linux, mac, windows",
-  "version": "7.1.0",
+  "version": "7.3.4",
   "description": "Decentralized team chat",
   "main": "dist/main/main.js",
   "scripts": {

diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/renderer/components/Channel/CreateChannel/CreateChannel.stories.tsx b/packages/desktop/src/renderer/components/Channel/CreateChannel/CreateChannel.stories.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const args: CreateChannelProps = {
   createChannel: function (name: string): void {
     logger.info('creating channel: ', name)
   },
+  isAdmin: true,
   handleClose: function (): void {},
   clearErrorsDispatch: function (): void {},
 }

diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/renderer/components/Channel/CreateChannel/CreateChannel.test.tsx b/packages/desktop/src/renderer/components/Channel/CreateChannel/CreateChannel.test.tsx
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ describe('Add new channel', () => {
         createChannel={() => {}}
         handleClose={() => {}}
         clearErrorsDispatch={() => {}}
+        isAdmin={true}
       />
     )
 
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ describe('Add new channel', () => {
         createChannel={() => {}}
         handleClose={() => {}}
         clearErrorsDispatch={() => {}}
+        isAdmin={true}
       />
     )
+0 −1		packages/auth/src/team/isAdminOnlyAction.ts
+8 −9		packages/auth/src/team/validate.ts