Merge branch 'master' into develop

Author: RiotRobot

CHANGELOG.md

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+Changes in [41.8.0](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/releases/tag/v41.8.0) (2026-06-23)
+==================================================================================================
+## ✨ Features
+
+* MatrixRTC: Preserve original error as `cause` when wrapping in scheduler ([#5363](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/pull/5363)). Contributed by @fkwp.
+* Add mechanism to locally enforce MSC1763 retention rules ([#5353](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/pull/5353)). Contributed by @Half-Shot.
+
+## 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* Fall back to local indexeddb backend when worker fails to start ([#5361](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/pull/5361)). Contributed by @t3chguy.
+
+
 Changes in [41.7.0](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/releases/tag/v41.7.0) (2026-06-09)
 ==================================================================================================
 ## ✨ Features

package.json

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 {
     "name": "matrix-js-sdk",
-    "version": "41.7.0",
+    "version": "41.8.0",
     "description": "Matrix Client-Server SDK for Javascript",
     "engines": {
         "node": ">=22.0.0"