v4.9.0-rc1

Over-the-air (OTA) update for %groups and %talk. This release enhances channel protocol handling, fixes mobile navigation and image upload issues, resolves problems with S3 storage uploads and drag-and-drop in Chat, and corrects unjoinable groups and infinite loop errors in group joining.

What's new

• Improves the handling of channel protocol versions by ensuring the negotiation consistently completes.
• Fixes an issue where the mobile navigation would appear when entering a comment on a gallery item or a notebook post.
• Fixes an issue where uploads with Tlon's S3 hosted storage would fail transparently.
• Fixes an issue where images would fail to upload using drag-and-drop in Chat threads.
• Fixes an issue where the three default suggested groups in the Discover tab were unjoinable.
• Fixes an issue where joining a group could throw an infinite loop.

Contributions

• mobile: hide nav on gallery item and diary note comment input focus by @patosullivan in #2993
• images: catch more failed promises in image uploads by @patosullivan in #2994
• images: fix drag and drop in chat threads by @patosullivan in #2995
• LAND-1138 Fix e2e tests (update fakes tars and outdated locators) by @mrozanski in #2997
• refs: prevent joining placeholder group by @dnbrwstr in #3000
• chat: make sure we don't override existing saga values by @arthyn in #3001
• Add e2e.md with notes on automated tests by @mrozanski in #2999
• groups: fix query invalidation loop by @latter-bolden in #3007
• analytics: fix url info logged during opt in event by @alecananian in #3009
• fix discover typo in sidebar by @alecananian in #3011
• docs: update readme by @jamesacklin in #3012
• chat, heap, diary: tighter epic logic by @Fang- in #3014

Full Changelog: v4.8.1...v4.9.0-rc1