Hivetalk July 21 2026 Stage 1 - Chat, Zaps & Lobby Fixes

Hivetalk Summer '26 Stage 1 Release - Chat, Zaps & Lobby Fixes#

⚡ Zap Notifications in Chat

When a participant zaps another participant, a structured ⚡ system entry appears in chat: "⚡ sender zapped recipient, N sats ⚡". Uses a dedicated lk.zap data topic with a typed payload — not parsed from chat text, so it can't be spoofed. Sender and recipient display names are plumbed from the participant tile through to the payment modal.

🔒 Lock/Unlock Disconnect & Toast Visibility

Reproduced and fixed the lock/unlock disconnect behavior live (two-browser test). Restyled the disconnect/reconnecting toast to amber/orange so transient connection states are clearly visible against the video layer.

😀 Emoji Picker in Chat

A small curated emoji popover in the chat input — inserts at cursor, no new dependency. Componentized as EmojiPickerPopover for reuse by Stage 2 reactions.

💾 Download Chat Transcript

Download icon in the chat header serializes the current chat to [HH:MM] Name: message lines and downloads as a .txt file. Room name is sanitized for the filename; falls back to hivetalk-chat-{date}.txt when no room name is available.

🔇 Mute Screenshare Audio (Per-Viewer)

Speaker toggle on the screenshare tile mutes ONLY the ScreenShareAudio publication for the local viewer — does not affect video, the mic track, or other participants. Mute state is tracked per participant + publication SID so it survives track re-publishes.

🛡️ Moderators Approve Lobby Joiners

Fixed the broken moderator lobby-approval flow. Root cause traced through the promote path — live LiveKit participant attributes now correctly reflect moderator="true", and mods can approve/deny lobby requests end-to-end. Regression test added.

special thanks to @buttercup and @yeghro

#updates