This is crucial, otherwise we have to keep using obsolete Matrix Auth version

Since version 484.v8a_a_e4b_d785fd role strategy is completely independent from matrix-auth.

But it's unusable with Matrix Auth 3.x

Which version of role-strategy do you use?

And please explain what you mean with "it's unusable".

I'm using role-strategy v530 (always the newest, will update to v546 on next restart) + matrix-auth 2.6.11, last of the 2.x line.

It's unusable, because I have very extensive role setup, consisting of many role definitions and huge amount of both single users and groups assigned to them (AD) - if I update matrix-auth, the assign role page takes forever to load as it can't distinguish users from groups, it flags them one by one that the format is incorrect (or something like that, it's been a while since I tried updating). It's literally minutes to refresh the page, I'm also not sure whether assigning any roles works properly then.

it's been a while since I tried updating

role-strategy 484.v8a_a_e4b_d785fd dropped the dependency on matrix-auth. You don't even need matrix-auth anymore for role-strategy.

Ah, I guess I misunderstood that statement earlier. Alright, I'll test it when 484 (or newer) will be available on LTS Jenkins and will report back  

You will need Jenkins 2.303.1 at least

Alright, so I tested it and everything works as expected. Guess I somehow missed or misunderstood the point in changelog that we were discussing above. 

Thanks mawinter69 for clearing everything up, you made my Jenkins maintenance easier.