Upgrade dependencies and ejabberd to 26.02 for ns8-ejabberd

[stephdl]

This issue proposes to upgrade dependencies for the ns8-ejabberd module and adopt ejabberd 26.02. The update ensures security, stability, and up-to-date functionality.

Proposed solution

Upgrade the following in ns8-ejabberd:

• sass to v1.97.3 (PR #101)
• axios to v0.30.3 [security] (PR #102)
• @babel/eslint-parser to v7.28.6 (PR #103)
• sass to v1.98.0 (PR #108)
• ejabberd/ecs docker tag to v26 (PR #107)
• core-js to v3.48.0 (PR #105)
• @nethserver/ns8-ui-lib to v1.12.2 (PR #104)
• Translations update from Hosted Weblate (PR #100)

Upgrade the bundled ejabberd to version 26.02.

Alternative solutions

No alternative available; this is routine maintenance and security/feature update.

Additional context

Primary motivations: up-to-date packages, improved security, bug fixes, and new features with ejabberd 26.02

See also

• NethServer/ns8-ejabberd Pull Requests

[stephdl]

title: "QA Test Case - Direct Install and Upgrade for ns8-ejabberd"
module: "ejabberd:1.1.4-dev.1"
client: "webtop"

test_scenarios:

• name: "Fresh Installation"
  steps:

  • "Install account-provider"
  • "Install mail"
  • "Install ejabberd:1.1.4-dev.1"
  • "Install webtop"
  • "Create test users: user1, user2"
  • "Verify all services running"
  • "Verify webtop web UI accessible"

  messaging_tests:

  • "user1 logs in to webtop"
  • "user2 logs in to webtop"
  • "user1 sends message to user2"
  • "Verify user2 receives message in real-time"
  • "user2 replies to user1"
  • "Verify user1 receives reply"
  • "All messages delivered without loss"

• name: "Upgrade from Stable"
  steps:

  • "Back up current ejabberd data"
  • "Upgrade ejabberd to 1.1.4-dev.1"
  • "Verify upgrade completes without errors"
  • "Verify all existing users preserved"
  • "Verify webtop connects to ejabberd"

  messaging_tests:

  • "user1 logs in to webtop"
  • "user2 logs in to webtop"
  • "user1 sends message to user2"
  • "Verify user2 receives message"
  • "user2 replies to user1"
  • "Verify user1 receives reply"
  • "Verify no data loss after upgrade and you can still continue to send messages"

success_criteria:

• "Installation completes without errors"
• "All users can send and receive messages via webtop"
• "Messages delivered in real-time"
• "Upgrade preserves all data"
• "No data loss or corruption"

[mrmarkuz]

Test scenarios verified