Bridge libera.chat

[TheEvilSkeleton]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

freenode has been acquired by a company, and the former owner switched to libera.chat.

Describe the solution you'd like

Bridge the new http://libera.chat/ network with appservice.

Additional context

https://www.kline.sh/

[ftyers]

It is underway. See IRC Matrix Bridges.

[Half-Shot]

Hi folks, we're in talks with the libera folks but they are understandably massively busy starting up a brand new network.

[anarcat]

this is also being tracked in #libera-matrix on irc.libera.chat.

[eternaleye]

An update on Twitter: https://twitter.com/liberachat/status/1396920289641091079

Libera Chat

A big thanks to the lovely folk at @ matrixdotorg who we just had a very constructive meeting with, we hope to be able to offer matrix bridging soon. Thank you for your patience

[Half-Shot]

Yup, a lot of progress made on the call. A bit of work for me to do but we have two clear paths forwards and both lead to a fresh and exciting new bridge :)

[AdamWill]

I'm sure everyone's working as hard as they can, but just to note, now freenode is shutting down channels that post links to libera, this has become a bit more urgent :( the freenode incarnations of several channels I follow have been zapped, so I guess I'll have to fire up an IRC client for a bit until the libera bridge is ready.

[Half-Shot]

Yup, I've personally dealt with a few Freenode takeovers myself today. We're hoping to have the bridge ready to go tomorrow.

[scottAnselmo]

We're hoping to have the bridge ready to go tomorrow.

Just so one can have relevant resources lined up for tomorrow, is this something that will require a server update, and/or just an Element client update by whomever manages the room plumbing (to then select Liberachat from the bridges dropdown)?

[Half-Shot]

@sanecito No update required on your side, it will be automatic.

[mcb30]

I'm seeing the dropdown offer liberachat as an option, and the list of channel operators is populated correctly, but adding the bridge is repeatably failing with Bridge returned HTTP 500 Internal Server Error: Room failed validation. You may be attempting to "double bridge" this room. Error: 2. (I have already removed the Freenode bridge, so there are no existing IRC bridges).

Is this expected to work at this time, or is it still a work in progress?

Thanks!

[c-x-berger]

adding the bridge is repeatably failing with Bridge returned HTTP 500 Internal Server Error: Room failed validation. You may be attempting to "double bridge" this room. Error: 2. (I have already removed the Freenode bridge, so there are no existing IRC bridges).

We're noticing something similar in #purduelug:matrix.org. Interestingly, traces of the Freenode bridge are apparently still part of the room state:

Not sure how relevant that is for this particular issue though.

[Half-Shot]

@mcb30 @c-x-berger can you report this in a new issue, we're trying to keep this one explictly about setting up the new bridge. Bugs / issues should go in separate issues.

[c-x-berger]

can you report this in a new issue, we're trying to keep this one explictly about setting up the new bridge. Bugs / issues should go in separate issues.

Done. #1351

[TheEvilSkeleton]

Not exactly sure what is happening here. I read yesterday's blog post on Matrix and it mentioned that we can join libera.chat rooms: https://matrix.org/blog/2021/05/28/this-week-in-matrix-2021-05-28#liberachat-irc-network-news.

Does it mean the bridge is working?

[scottAnselmo]

According to Libera.chat's fediverse account, it has been officially released:

https://fosstodon.org/@liberachat/106320476905973945

[TheEvilSkeleton]

I'll wait for a member of the team to close the issue.

[tohojo]

Hari Rana ***@***.***> writes:

Not exactly sure what is happening here. I read yesterday's blog post on Matrix and it mentioned that we can join libera.chat rooms: https://matrix.org/blog/2021/05/28/this-week-in-matrix-2021-05-28#liberachat-irc-network-news. Does it mean the bridge is working?

Just tried it, and yeah that does indeed appear to be the case :) It doesn't seem to work with SASL authentication though, so using !storepass for automatic nickserv registration doesn't work :(

[Half-Shot]

Hi folks, the bridge is effectively live now and we're not going to monitor this thread for bug reports. We'd instead ask you interact via either the #libera-matrix:libera.chat Matrix room or create a new issue on this repo for us to triage.

[ghost]

Did someone manage to connect a matrix room with a libera.chat room so that members can be connected with one of them, and all messages are synchronized?

[m1cl]

yes, it works as expected.

[MightyCreak]

Did someone manage to connect a matrix room with a libera.chat room so that members can be connected with one of them, and all messages are synchronized?

I did, you can watch the GamingOnLinux room here: https://matrix.to/#/#gamingonlinux-irc:matrix.org

Edit: Also it is an IRC room for registered users only, I tried to build up a documentation on how to register a nickname and authenticate using SASL: https://gist.github.com/MightyCreak/12c75f0ac123608060fb3d97cdaaee0f

[drybjed]

@MightyCreak Your explanation is for joining an existing IRC channel as a Matrix user, correct? Bridging is a bit different - both an IRC channel and Matrix room see the same messages and users. Any idea if that functionality works right now?

[ghost]

@m1cl @MightyCreak Did you use matrix-appservice-irc to bridge the rooms?

[MightyCreak]

Oops sorry, I've put the wrong room link (I've re-edited my post)

To answer your question, the room has been created by me and is bridged to an IRC chan

[alexxcons]

@TheEvilSkeleton Automatic auth on reconnect to libera working here. Open a private chat with appservice:

!username <your NickServ username>
!storepass irc.libera.chat <your password>

More details here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Matrix.org#Authenticating_with_LiberaChat

[ghost]

@m1cl @MightyCreak Can you share your matrix-appservice-irc config file for bridging the room?

[MightyCreak]

@benks-io I don't have a config file, I'm merely using the IRC bridge proposed directly in Element

[ghost]

I am looking for a way to synchronize the messages of two rooms on two servers with different protocols. Namely a Matrix room with matrix users on the one hand and an IRC Room on an IRC server on the other.
@MightyCreak So, your solution is an IRC room on a server with a matrix bridge, where Matrix Users may join but not the above?

[MightyCreak]

@benks-io That's just it.

Create a room, clic on the "i" to get the information panel:

Then clic on "Add widgets, etc..." And clic on "Add integrations" at the bottom-left:

Select IRC bridge:

And fill the form (someone on the other side need to have the rights to allow the matrix bot).

[ghost]

@MightyCreak too easy! 🚀 Thanks for that. 🙏

[ghost]

@MightyCreak That worked out until the step of confirmation. Which IRC Client on libera-chat side did you use to accept the Invite?

[MightyCreak]

I wasn't on that side as I am not the moderator on the IRC chan, but I warned them before starting the process. As they didn't know much about Matrix, I guess it was easy to set up.

[legoktm]

It's been brought up in #libera-matrix:libera.chat that https://status.matrix.org/ has no entry for the Libera Chat bridge. Should it be listed there? Should I file a new ticket or support request for that?

[Xiretza]

It's been brought up in #libera-matrix:libera.chat that https://status.matrix.org/ has no entry for the Libera Chat bridge. Should it be listed there?

I don't think so, because it's hosted and operated by libera, not matrix.org. On the other hand Gimpnet is also there, which runs on gnome.org, so I'm not sure. It should definitely be in https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/wiki/Bridged-IRC-networks though, so I opened #1415.

[Mikaela]

I don't think so, because it's hosted and operated by libera, not matrix.org.

It is not hosted or operated by Libera.Chat. It's hosted and operated by Element Matrix Services as can be seen e.g. by using the federation tester.

I don't know if EMS has a status page where it could be listed, but the bridge administration definitely has more to do with Matrix.org than Libera.Chat.

[robbyoconnor]

Okay so I'm getting:

The person who invited you already left the room, or their server is offline.

When trying to join a channel after doing !join with the app service bot

[heyakyra]

From my matrix.org account I was kicked from Libera.chat inactivity, but I'm unable to (re-)join any libera.chat rooms because of "No known servers" …any ideas?

[binarymaster]

@heyakyra this happened for me before, I was able to join again after cleaning up cache in Element.

[heyakyra]

Thanks! Is there a bug report though? Most users won't go through the trouble to dig this up

[tgr]

Given libera.chat was unbridged, should this task be reopened? Or is there a better place to look information?