BigBlueButton 4.0.0-beta.3 released!

[Anton Georgiev]

We are pleased to announce BigBlueButton 4.0.0-beta.3!

This is the third release of BigBlueButton 4.0-dev (formerly known as 3.1) and it features a significant Layout System revamp (defaulting to the Unified layout, refined camera sorting and pagination, and a new multi-functional mode with dual sidebar panels). Other highlights include a new WASM-based audio processor (BBBA) running on top of the mic stream, user search in the user list, a redesigned lock-settings modal with a 3-state presenter policy, pinned chat messages for moderators, a "Request to Become Presenter" flow for viewers, persistent pinned apps in the gallery, and Ubuntu 24.04 support for BBB 4.0.

Note, given that we've switched the operating system to Ubuntu 24.04, we recommend wiping out previous test instances you may have of BigBlueButton 3.1 (4.0) and reinstalling from a clean slate using bbb-install.sh

Linked is a list of the pull requests in this iteration, grouped by component.

Link to installation command / instructions/ features:
https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/4.0/administration/install/

The full release notes are here
https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/releases/tag/v4.0.x-beta.3

If you want to report any potential security issues with BigBlueButton, please check https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/security/policy#reporting-a-vulnerability

As always, we welcome feedback on this latest update.
Anton and team