Get rid of my home dir, whoops

Use e.g. with `scripts-dev/storage_inheritance.py DataStore --show`.

.ci/scripts/test_old_deps.sh

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# this script is run by GitHub Actions in a plain `focal` container; it installs the
-# minimal requirements for tox and hands over to the py3-old tox environment.
 
-# Prevent tzdata from asking for user input
-export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+# this script is run by GitHub Actions in a plain `bionic` container; it installs the
+# minimal requirements for tox and hands over to the py3-old tox environment.
 
 set -ex
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get install -y python3 python3-dev python3-pip libxml2-dev libxslt-dev xmlsec1 zlib1g-dev tox libjpeg-dev libwebp-dev
+apt-get install -y python3 python3-dev python3-pip libxml2-dev libxslt-dev xmlsec1 zlib1g-dev tox
 
 export LANG="C.UTF-8"
 

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
   - Use markdown where necessary, mostly for `code blocks`.
   - End with either a period (.) or an exclamation mark (!).
   - Start with a capital letter.
-  - Feel free to credit yourself, by adding a sentence "Contributed by @github_username." or "Contributed by [Your Name]." to the end of the entry.
 * [ ] Pull request includes a [sign off](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/development/contributing_guide.html#sign-off)
 * [ ] [Code style](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/code_style.html) is correct
   (run the [linters](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/development/contributing_guide.html#run-the-linters))

.github/workflows/docker.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ name: Build docker images
 on:
   push:
     tags: ["v*"]
-    branches: [ master, main, develop ]
+    branches: [ master, main ]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
@@ -34,15 +34,10 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      # TODO: consider using https://github.com/docker/metadata-action instead of this
-      # custom magic
       - name: Calculate docker image tag
         id: set-tag
         run: |
           case "${GITHUB_REF}" in
-              refs/heads/develop)
-                  tag=develop
-                  ;;
               refs/heads/master|refs/heads/main)
                   tag=latest
                   ;;
@@ -55,6 +50,18 @@ jobs:
           esac
           echo "::set-output name=tag::$tag"
 
+        # for release builds, we want to get the amd64 image out asap, so first
+        # we do an amd64-only build, before following up with a multiarch build.
+      - name: Build and push amd64
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        if: "${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}"
+        with:
+          push: true
+          labels: "gitsha1=${{ github.sha }}"
+          tags: "matrixdotorg/synapse:${{ steps.set-tag.outputs.tag }}"
+          file: "docker/Dockerfile"
+          platforms: linux/amd64
+
       - name: Build and push all platforms
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
         with:

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
         database: ["sqlite"]
         toxenv: ["py"]
         include:
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ jobs:
             toxenv: "py-noextras"
 
           # Oldest Python with PostgreSQL
-          - python-version: "3.7"
+          - python-version: "3.6"
             database: "postgres"
-            postgres-version: "10"
+            postgres-version: "9.6"
             toxenv: "py"
 
           # Newest Python with newest PostgreSQL
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Test with old deps
-        uses: docker://ubuntu:focal # For old python and sqlite
+        uses: docker://ubuntu:bionic # For old python and sqlite
         with:
           workdir: /github/workspace
           entrypoint: .ci/scripts/test_old_deps.sh
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["pypy-3.7"]
+        python-version: ["pypy-3.6"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -213,15 +213,15 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - sytest-tag: focal
+          - sytest-tag: bionic
 
-          - sytest-tag: focal
+          - sytest-tag: bionic
             postgres: postgres
 
           - sytest-tag: testing
             postgres: postgres
 
-          - sytest-tag: focal
+          - sytest-tag: bionic
             postgres: multi-postgres
             workers: workers
 
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - python-version: "3.7"
-            postgres-version: "10"
+          - python-version: "3.6"
+            postgres-version: "9.6"
 
           - python-version: "3.10"
             postgres-version: "14"
@@ -323,22 +323,17 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() }}
     needs: linting-done
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      # https://github.com/matrix-org/complement/blob/master/dockerfiles/ComplementCIBuildkite.Dockerfile
+      image: matrixdotorg/complement:latest
+      env:
+        CI: true
+      ports:
+        - 8448:8448
+      volumes:
+        - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
 
     steps:
-      # The path is set via a file given by $GITHUB_PATH. We need both Go 1.17 and GOPATH on the path to run Complement.
-      # See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#adding-a-system-path
-      - name: "Set Go Version"
-        run: |
-          # Add Go 1.17 to the PATH: see https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/blob/main/images/linux/Ubuntu2004-Readme.md#environment-variables-2
-          echo "$GOROOT_1_17_X64/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-          # Add the Go path to the PATH: We need this so we can call gotestfmt
-          echo "~/go/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
-      - name: "Install Complement Dependencies"
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libolm3 libolm-dev
-          go get -v github.com/haveyoudebuggedit/gotestfmt/v2/cmd/gotestfmt@latest
-
       - name: Run actions/checkout@v2 for synapse
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
@@ -371,8 +366,6 @@ jobs:
       # Build initial Synapse image
       - run: docker build -t matrixdotorg/synapse:latest -f docker/Dockerfile .
         working-directory: synapse
-        env:
-          DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
 
       # Build a ready-to-run Synapse image based on the initial image above.
       # This new image includes a config file, keys for signing and TLS, and
@@ -381,11 +374,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: complement/dockerfiles
 
       # Run Complement
-      - run: |
-          set -o pipefail
-          go test -v -json -tags synapse_blacklist,msc2403 ./tests/... 2>&1 | gotestfmt
-        shell: bash
-        name: Run Complement Tests
+      - run: go test -v -tags synapse_blacklist,msc2403,msc2946,msc3083 ./tests/...
         env:
           COMPLEMENT_BASE_IMAGE: complement-synapse:latest
         working-directory: complement

.github/workflows/twisted_trunk.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: sudo apt-get -qq install xmlsec1
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.7
+          python-version: 3.6
       - run: .ci/patch_for_twisted_trunk.sh
       - run: pip install tox
       - run: tox -e py

.gitignore

@@ -50,7 +50,3 @@ __pycache__/
 
 # docs
 book/
-
-# complement
-/complement-*
-/master.tar.gz

CHANGES.md

@@ -1,577 +1,3 @@
-Synapse 1.52.0 (2022-02-08)
-===========================
-
-No significant changes since 1.52.0rc1.
-
-Note that [Twisted 22.1.0](https://github.com/twisted/twisted/releases/tag/twisted-22.1.0)
-has recently been released, which fixes a [security issue](https://github.com/twisted/twisted/security/advisories/GHSA-92x2-jw7w-xvvx)
-within the Twisted library. We do not believe Synapse is affected by this vulnerability,
-though we advise server administrators who installed Synapse via pip to upgrade Twisted
-with `pip install --upgrade Twisted` as a matter of good practice. The Docker image
-`matrixdotorg/synapse` and the Debian packages from `packages.matrix.org` are using the
-updated library.
-
-
-Synapse 1.52.0rc1 (2022-02-01)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Remove account data (including client config, push rules and ignored users) upon user deactivation. ([\#11621](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11621), [\#11788](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11788), [\#11789](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11789))
-- Add an admin API to reset connection timeouts for remote server. ([\#11639](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11639))
-- Add an admin API to get a list of rooms that federate with a given remote homeserver. ([\#11658](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11658))
-- Add a config flag to inhibit `M_USER_IN_USE` during registration. ([\#11743](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11743))
-- Add a module callback to set username at registration. ([\#11790](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11790))
-- Allow configuring a maximum file size as well as a list of allowed content types for avatars. ([\#11846](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11846))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Include the bundled aggregations in the `/sync` response, per [MSC2675](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2675). ([\#11612](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11612))
-- Fix a long-standing bug when previewing Reddit URLs which do not contain an image. ([\#11767](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11767))
-- Fix a long-standing bug that media streams could cause long-lived connections when generating URL previews. ([\#11784](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11784))
-- Include a `prev_content` field in state events sent to Application Services. Contributed by @totallynotvaishnav. ([\#11798](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11798))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 0.33.3 causing requests to sometimes log strings such as `HTTPStatus.OK` instead of integer status codes. ([\#11827](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11827))
-
-
-Improved Documentation
-----------------------
-
-- Update pypi installation docs to indicate that we now support Python 3.10. ([\#11820](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11820))
-- Add missing steps to the contribution submission process in the documentation.  Contributed by @sequentialread. ([\#11821](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11821))
-- Remove not needed old table of contents in documentation. ([\#11860](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11860))
-- Consolidate the `access_token` information at the top of each relevant page in the Admin API documentation. ([\#11861](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11861))
-
-
-Deprecations and Removals
--------------------------
-
-- Drop support for Python 3.6, which is EOL. ([\#11683](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11683))
-- Remove the `experimental_msc1849_support_enabled` flag as the features are now stable. ([\#11843](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11843))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Preparation for database schema simplifications: add `state_key` and `rejection_reason` columns to `events` table. ([\#11792](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11792))
-- Add `FrozenEvent.get_state_key` and use it in a couple of places. ([\#11793](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11793))
-- Preparation for database schema simplifications: stop reading from `event_reference_hashes`. ([\#11794](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11794))
-- Drop unused table `public_room_list_stream`. ([\#11795](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11795))
-- Preparation for reducing Postgres serialization errors: allow setting transaction isolation level. Contributed by Nick @ Beeper. ([\#11799](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11799), [\#11847](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11847))
-- Docker: skip the initial amd64-only build and go straight to multiarch. ([\#11810](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11810))
-- Run Complement on the Github Actions VM and not inside a Docker container. ([\#11811](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11811))
-- Log module names at startup. ([\#11813](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11813))
-- Improve type safety of bundled aggregations code. ([\#11815](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11815))
-- Correct a type annotation in the event validation logic. ([\#11817](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11817), [\#11830](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11830))
-- Minor updates and documentation for database schema delta files. ([\#11823](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11823))
-- Workaround a type annotation problem in `prometheus_client` 0.13.0. ([\#11834](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11834))
-- Minor performance improvement in room state lookup. ([\#11836](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11836))
-- Fix some indentation inconsistencies in the sample config. ([\#11838](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11838))
-- Add type hints to `tests/rest/admin`. ([\#11851](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11851))
-
-
-Synapse 1.51.0 (2022-01-25)
-===========================
-
-No significant changes since 1.51.0rc2.
-
-Synapse 1.51.0 deprecates `webclient` listeners and non-HTTP(S) `web_client_location`s. Support for these will be removed in Synapse 1.53.0, at which point Synapse will not be capable of directly serving a web client for Matrix. See the [upgrade notes](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/develop/upgrade#upgrading-to-v1510).
-
-Synapse 1.51.0rc2 (2022-01-24)
-==============================
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.40.0 that caused Synapse to fail to process incoming federation traffic after handling a large amount of events in a v1 room. ([\#11806](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11806))
-
-
-Synapse 1.50.2 (2022-01-24)
-===========================
-
-This release includes the same bugfix as Synapse 1.51.0rc2.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.40.0 that caused Synapse to fail to process incoming federation traffic after handling a large amount of events in a v1 room. ([\#11806](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11806))
-
-
-Synapse 1.51.0rc1 (2022-01-21)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Add `track_puppeted_user_ips` config flag to record client IP addresses against puppeted users, and include the puppeted users in monthly active user counts. ([\#11561](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11561), [\#11749](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11749), [\#11757](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11757))
-- Include whether the requesting user has participated in a thread when generating a summary for [MSC3440](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3440). ([\#11577](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11577))
-- Return an `M_FORBIDDEN` error code instead of `M_UNKNOWN` when a spam checker module prevents a user from creating a room. ([\#11672](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11672))
-- Add a flag to the `synapse_review_recent_signups` script to ignore and filter appservice users. ([\#11675](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11675), [\#11770](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11770))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a long-standing issue which could cause Synapse to incorrectly accept data in the unsigned field of events
-  received over federation. ([\#11530](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11530))
-- Fix a long-standing bug where Synapse wouldn't cache a response indicating that a remote user has no devices. ([\#11587](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11587))
-- Fix an error that occurs whilst trying to get the federation status of a destination server that was working normally. This admin API was newly introduced in Synapse v1.49.0. ([\#11593](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11593))
-- Fix bundled aggregations not being included in the `/sync` response, per [MSC2675](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2675). ([\#11612](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11612), [\#11659](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11659), [\#11791](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11791))
-- Fix the `/_matrix/client/v1/room/{roomId}/hierarchy` endpoint returning incorrect fields which have been present since Synapse 1.49.0. ([\#11667](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11667))
-- Fix preview of some GIF URLs (like tenor.com). Contributed by Philippe Daouadi. ([\#11669](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11669))
-- Fix a bug where only the first 50 rooms from a space were returned from the `/hierarchy` API. This has existed since the introduction of the API in Synapse v1.41.0. ([\#11695](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11695))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.18.0 where password reset and address validation emails would not be sent if their subject was configured to use the 'app' template variable. Contributed by @br4nnigan. ([\#11710](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11710), [\#11745](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11745))
-- Make the 'List Rooms' Admin API sort stable. Contributed by Daniël Sonck. ([\#11737](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11737))
-- Fix a long-standing bug where space hierarchy over federation would only work correctly some of the time. ([\#11775](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11775))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.46.0 that prevented `on_logged_out` module callbacks from being correctly awaited by Synapse. ([\#11786](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11786))
-
-
-Improved Documentation
-----------------------
-
-- Warn against using a Let's Encrypt certificate for TLS/DTLS TURN server client connections, and suggest using ZeroSSL certificate instead. This works around client-side connectivity errors caused by WebRTC libraries that reject Let's Encrypt certificates. Contibuted by @AndrewFerr. ([\#11686](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11686))
-- Document the new `SYNAPSE_TEST_PERSIST_SQLITE_DB` environment variable in the contributing guide. ([\#11715](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11715))
-- Document that the minimum supported PostgreSQL version is now 10. ([\#11725](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11725))
-- Fix typo in demo docs: differnt. ([\#11735](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11735))
-- Update room spec URL in config files. ([\#11739](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11739))
-- Mention `python3-venv` and `libpq-dev` dependencies in the contribution guide. ([\#11740](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11740))
-- Update documentation for configuring login with Facebook. ([\#11755](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11755))
-- Update installation instructions to note that Python 3.6 is no longer supported. ([\#11781](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11781))
-
-
-Deprecations and Removals
--------------------------
-
-- Remove the unstable `/send_relation` endpoint. ([\#11682](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11682))
-- Remove `python_twisted_reactor_pending_calls` Prometheus metric. ([\#11724](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11724))
-- Remove the `password_hash` field from the response dictionaries of the [Users Admin API](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/user_admin_api.html). ([\#11576](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11576))
-- **Deprecate support for `webclient` listeners and non-HTTP(S) `web_client_location` configuration. ([\#11774](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11774), [\#11783](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11783))**
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Run `pyupgrade --py37-plus --keep-percent-format` on Synapse. ([\#11685](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11685))
-- Use buildkit's cache feature to speed up docker builds. ([\#11691](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11691))
-- Use `auto_attribs` and native type hints for attrs classes. ([\#11692](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11692), [\#11768](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11768))
-- Remove debug logging for #4422, which has been closed since Synapse 0.99. ([\#11693](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11693))
-- Remove fallback code for Python 2. ([\#11699](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11699))
-- Add a test for [an edge case](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/11532#discussion_r769104461) in the `/sync` logic. ([\#11701](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11701))
-- Add the option to write SQLite test dbs to disk when running tests. ([\#11702](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11702))
-- Improve Complement test output for Gitub Actions. ([\#11707](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11707))
-- Fix docstring on `add_account_data_for_user`. ([\#11716](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11716))
-- Complement environment variable name change and update `.gitignore`. ([\#11718](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11718))
-- Simplify calculation of Prometheus metrics for garbage collection. ([\#11723](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11723))
-- Improve accuracy of `python_twisted_reactor_tick_time` Prometheus metric. ([\#11724](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11724), [\#11771](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11771))
-- Minor efficiency improvements when inserting many values into the database. ([\#11742](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11742))
-- Invite PR authors to give themselves credit in the changelog. ([\#11744](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11744))
-- Add optional debugging to investigate [issue 8631](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8631). ([\#11760](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11760))
-- Remove `log_function` utility function and its uses. ([\#11761](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11761))
-- Add a unit test that checks both `client` and `webclient` resources will function when simultaneously enabled. ([\#11765](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11765))
-- Allow overriding complement commit using `COMPLEMENT_REF`. ([\#11766](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11766))
-- Add some comments and type annotations for `_update_outliers_txn`. ([\#11776](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11776))
-
-
-Synapse 1.50.1 (2022-01-18)
-===========================
-
-This release fixes a bug in Synapse 1.50.0 that could prevent clients from being able to connect to Synapse if the `webclient` resource was enabled. Further details are available in [this issue](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11763).
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.50.0rc1 that could cause Matrix clients to be unable to connect to Synapse instances with the `webclient` resource enabled. ([\#11764](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11764))
-
-
-Synapse 1.50.0 (2022-01-18)
-===========================
-
-**This release contains a critical bug that may prevent clients from being able to connect. 
-As such, it is not recommended to upgrade to 1.50.0. Instead, please upgrade straight to
-to 1.50.1. Further details are available in [this issue](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11763).**
-
-Please note that we now only support Python 3.7+ and PostgreSQL 10+ (if applicable), because Python 3.6 and PostgreSQL 9.6 have reached end-of-life.
-
-No significant changes since 1.50.0rc2.
-
-
-Synapse 1.50.0rc2 (2022-01-14)
-==============================
-
-This release candidate fixes a federation-breaking regression introduced in Synapse 1.50.0rc1.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.0.0 whereby some device list updates would not be sent to remote homeservers if there were too many to send at once. ([\#11729](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11729))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.50.0rc1 whereby outbound federation could fail because too many EDUs were produced for device updates. ([\#11730](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11730))
-
-
-Improved Documentation
-----------------------
-
-- Document that now the minimum supported PostgreSQL version is 10. ([\#11725](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11725))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Fix a typechecker problem related to our (ab)use of `nacl.signing.SigningKey`s. ([\#11714](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11714))
-
-
-Synapse 1.50.0rc1 (2022-01-05)
-==============================
-
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Allow guests to send state events per [MSC3419](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3419). ([\#11378](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11378))
-- Add experimental support for part of [MSC3202](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3202): allowing application services to masquerade as specific devices. ([\#11538](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11538))
-- Add admin API to get users' account data. ([\#11664](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11664))
-- Include the room topic in the stripped state included with invites and knocking. ([\#11666](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11666))
-- Send and handle cross-signing messages using the stable prefix. ([\#10520](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10520))
-- Support unprefixed versions of fallback key property names. ([\#11541](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11541))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a long-standing bug where relations from other rooms could be included in the bundled aggregations of an event. ([\#11516](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11516))
-- Fix a long-standing bug which could cause `AssertionError`s to be written to the log when Synapse was restarted after purging events from the database. ([\#11536](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11536), [\#11642](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11642))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.17.0 where a pusher created for an email with capital letters would fail to be created. ([\#11547](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11547))
-- Fix a long-standing bug where responses included bundled aggregations when they should not, per [MSC2675](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2675). ([\#11592](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11592), [\#11623](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11623))
-- Fix a long-standing bug that some unknown endpoints would return HTML error pages instead of JSON `M_UNRECOGNIZED` errors. ([\#11602](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11602))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.19.3 which could sometimes cause `AssertionError`s when backfilling rooms over federation. ([\#11632](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11632))
-
-
-Improved Documentation
-----------------------
-
-- Update Synapse install command for FreeBSD as the package is now prefixed with `py38`. Contributed by @itchychips. ([\#11267](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11267))
-- Document the usage of refresh tokens. ([\#11427](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11427))
-- Add details for how to configure a TURN server when behind a NAT. Contibuted by @AndrewFerr. ([\#11553](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11553))
-- Add references for using Postgres to the Docker documentation. ([\#11640](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11640))
-- Fix the documentation link in newly-generated configuration files. ([\#11678](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11678))
-- Correct the documentation for `nginx` to use a case-sensitive url pattern. Fixes an error introduced in v1.21.0. ([\#11680](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11680))
-- Clarify SSO mapping provider documentation by writing `def` or `async def` before the names of methods, as appropriate. ([\#11681](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11681))
-
-
-Deprecations and Removals
--------------------------
-
-- Replace `mock` package by its standard library version. ([\#11588](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11588))
-- Drop support for Python 3.6 and Ubuntu 18.04. ([\#11633](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11633))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Allow specific, experimental events to be created without `prev_events`. Used by [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716). ([\#11243](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11243))
-- A test helper (`wait_for_background_updates`) no longer depends on classes defining a `store` property. ([\#11331](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11331))
-- Add type hints to `synapse.appservice`. ([\#11360](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11360))
-- Add missing type hints to `synapse.config` module. ([\#11480](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11480))
-- Add test to ensure we share the same `state_group` across the whole historical batch when using the [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) `/batch_send` endpoint. ([\#11487](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11487))
-- Refactor `tests.util.setup_test_homeserver` and `tests.server.setup_test_homeserver`. ([\#11503](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11503))
-- Move `glob_to_regex` and `re_word_boundary` to `matrix-python-common`. ([\#11505](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11505), [\#11687](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11687))
-- Use `HTTPStatus` constants in place of literals in `tests.rest.client.test_auth`. ([\#11520](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11520))
-- Add a receipt types constant for `m.read`. ([\#11531](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11531))
-- Clean up `synapse.rest.admin`. ([\#11535](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11535))
-- Add missing `errcode` to `parse_string` and `parse_boolean`. ([\#11542](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11542))
-- Use `HTTPStatus` constants in place of literals in `synapse.http`. ([\#11543](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11543))
-- Add missing type hints to storage classes. ([\#11546](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11546), [\#11549](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11549), [\#11551](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11551), [\#11555](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11555), [\#11575](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11575), [\#11589](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11589), [\#11594](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11594), [\#11652](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11652), [\#11653](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11653), [\#11654](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11654), [\#11657](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11657))
-- Fix an inaccurate and misleading comment in the `/sync` code. ([\#11550](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11550))
-- Add missing type hints to `synapse.logging.context`. ([\#11556](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11556))
-- Stop populating unused database column `state_events.prev_state`. ([\#11558](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11558))
-- Minor efficiency improvements in event persistence. ([\#11560](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11560))
-- Add some safety checks that storage functions are used correctly. ([\#11564](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11564), [\#11580](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11580))
-- Make `get_device` return `None` if the device doesn't exist rather than raising an exception. ([\#11565](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11565))
-- Split the HTML parsing code from the URL preview resource code. ([\#11566](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11566))
-- Remove redundant `COALESCE()`s around `COUNT()`s in database queries. ([\#11570](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11570))
-- Add missing type hints to `synapse.http`. ([\#11571](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11571))
-- Add [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) and [MSC3030](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3030) to `/versions` -> `unstable_features` to detect server support. ([\#11582](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11582))
-- Add type hints to `synapse/tests/rest/admin`. ([\#11590](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11590))
-- Drop end-of-life Python 3.6 and Postgres 9.6 from CI. ([\#11595](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11595))
-- Update black version and run it on all the files. ([\#11596](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11596))
-- Add opentracing type stubs and fix associated mypy errors. ([\#11603](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11603), [\#11622](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11622))
-- Improve OpenTracing support for requests which use a `ResponseCache`. ([\#11607](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11607))
-- Improve OpenTracing support for incoming HTTP requests. ([\#11618](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11618))
-- A number of improvements to opentracing support. ([\#11619](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11619))
-- Refactor the way that the `outlier` flag is set on events received over federation. ([\#11634](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11634))
-- Improve the error messages from  `get_create_event_for_room`. ([\#11638](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11638))
-- Remove redundant `get_current_events_token` method. ([\#11643](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11643))
-- Convert `namedtuples` to `attrs`. ([\#11665](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11665), [\#11574](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11574))
-- Update the `/capabilities` response to include whether support for [MSC3440](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3440) is available. ([\#11690](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11690))
-- Send the `Accept` header in HTTP requests made using `SimpleHttpClient.get_json`. ([\#11677](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11677))
-- Work around Mjolnir compatibility issue by adding an import for `glob_to_regex` in `synapse.util`, where it moved from. ([\#11696](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11696))
-
-
-Synapse 1.49.2 (2021-12-21)
-===========================
-
-This release fixes a regression introduced in Synapse 1.49.0 which could cause `/sync` requests to take significantly longer. This would particularly affect "initial" syncs for users participating in a large number of rooms, and in extreme cases, could make it impossible for such users to log in on a new client.
-
-**Note:** in line with our [deprecation policy](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/deprecation_policy.html) for platform dependencies, this will be the last release to support Python 3.6 and PostgreSQL 9.6, both of which have now reached upstream end-of-life. Synapse will require Python 3.7+ and PostgreSQL 10+.
-
-**Note:** We will also stop producing packages for Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) after this release, as it uses Python 3.6.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a performance regression in `/sync` handling, introduced in 1.49.0. ([\#11583](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11583))
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Work around a build problem on Debian Buster. ([\#11625](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11625))
-
-
-Synapse 1.49.1 (2021-12-21)
-===========================
-
-Not released due to problems building the debian packages.
-
-
-Synapse 1.49.0 (2021-12-14)
-===========================
-
-No significant changes since version 1.49.0rc1.
-
-
-Support for Ubuntu 21.04 ends next month on the 20th of January
----------------------------------------------------------------
-
-For users of Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo), please be aware that [upstream support for this version of Ubuntu will end next month][Ubuntu2104EOL].
-We will stop producing packages for Ubuntu 21.04 after upstream support ends.
-
-[Ubuntu2104EOL]: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2021-December/000275.html
-
-
-The wiki has been migrated to the documentation website
--------------------------------------------------------
-
-We've decided to move the existing, somewhat stagnant pages from the GitHub wiki
-to the [documentation website](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/).
-
-This was done for two reasons. The first was to ensure that changes are checked by
-multiple authors before being committed (everyone makes mistakes!) and the second
-was visibility of the documentation. Not everyone knows that Synapse has some very
-useful information hidden away in its GitHub wiki pages. Bringing them to the
-documentation website should help with visibility, as well as keep all Synapse documentation
-in one, easily-searchable location.
-
-Note that contributions to the documentation website happen through [GitHub pull
-requests](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pulls). Please visit [#synapse-dev:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#synapse-dev:matrix.org)
-if you need help with the process!
-
-
-Synapse 1.49.0rc1 (2021-12-07)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Add [MSC3030](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3030) experimental client and federation API endpoints to get the closest event to a given timestamp. ([\#9445](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9445))
-- Include bundled relation aggregations during a limited `/sync` request and `/relations` request, per [MSC2675](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2675). ([\#11284](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11284), [\#11478](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11478))
-- Add plugin support for controlling database background updates. ([\#11306](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11306), [\#11475](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11475), [\#11479](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11479))
-- Support the stable API endpoints for [MSC2946](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2946): the room `/hierarchy` endpoint. ([\#11329](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11329))
-- Add admin API to get some information about federation status with remote servers. ([\#11407](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11407))
-- Support expiry of refresh tokens and expiry of the overall session when refresh tokens are in use. ([\#11425](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11425))
-- Stabilise support for [MSC2918](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/main/proposals/2918-refreshtokens.md#msc2918-refresh-tokens) refresh tokens as they have now been merged into the Matrix specification. ([\#11435](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11435), [\#11522](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11522))
-- Update [MSC2918 refresh token](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/main/proposals/2918-refreshtokens.md#msc2918-refresh-tokens) support to confirm with the latest revision: accept the `refresh_tokens` parameter in the request body rather than in the URL parameters. ([\#11430](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11430))
-- Support configuring the lifetime of non-refreshable access tokens separately to refreshable access tokens. ([\#11445](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11445))
-- Expose `synapse_homeserver` and `synapse_worker` commands as entry points to run Synapse's main process and worker processes, respectively. Contributed by @Ma27. ([\#11449](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11449))
-- `synctl stop` will now wait for Synapse to exit before returning. ([\#11459](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11459), [\#11490](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11490))
-- Extend the "delete room" admin api to work correctly on rooms which have previously been partially deleted. ([\#11523](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11523))
-- Add support for the `/_matrix/client/v3/login/sso/redirect/{idpId}` API from Matrix v1.1. This endpoint was overlooked when support for v3 endpoints was added in Synapse 1.48.0rc1. ([\#11451](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11451))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix using [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) batch sending in combination with event persistence workers. Contributed by @tulir at Beeper. ([\#11220](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11220))
-- Fix a long-standing bug where all requests that read events from the database could get stuck as a result of losing the database connection, properly this time. Also fix a race condition introduced in the previous insufficient fix in Synapse 1.47.0. ([\#11376](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11376))
-- The `/send_join` response now includes the stable `event` field instead of the unstable field from [MSC3083](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3083). ([\#11413](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11413))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.47.0 where `send_join` could fail due to an outdated `ijson` version. ([\#11439](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11439), [\#11441](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11441), [\#11460](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11460))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.36.0 which could cause problems fetching event-signing keys from trusted key servers. ([\#11440](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11440))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.47.1 where the media repository would fail to work if the media store path contained any symbolic links. ([\#11446](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11446))
-- Fix an `LruCache` corruption bug, introduced in Synapse 1.38.0, that would cause certain requests to fail until the next Synapse restart. ([\#11454](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11454))
-- Fix a long-standing bug where invites from ignored users were included in incremental syncs. ([\#11511](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11511))
-- Fix a regression in Synapse 1.48.0 where presence workers would not clear their presence updates over replication on shutdown. ([\#11518](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11518))
-- Fix a regression in Synapse 1.48.0 where the module API's `looping_background_call` method would spam errors to the logs when given a non-async function. ([\#11524](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11524))
-
-
-Updates to the Docker image
----------------------------
-
-- Update `Dockerfile-workers` to healthcheck all workers in the container. ([\#11429](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11429))
-
-
-Improved Documentation
-----------------------
-
-- Update the media repository documentation. ([\#11415](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11415))
-- Update section about backward extremities in the room DAG concepts doc to correct the misconception about backward extremities indicating whether we have fetched an events' `prev_events`. ([\#11469](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11469))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Add `Final` annotation to string constants in `synapse.api.constants` so that they get typed as `Literal`s. ([\#11356](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11356))
-- Add a check to ensure that users cannot start the Synapse master process when `worker_app` is set. ([\#11416](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11416))
-- Add a note about postgres memory management and hugepages to postgres doc. ([\#11467](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11467))
-- Add missing type hints to `synapse.config` module. ([\#11465](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11465))
-- Add missing type hints to `synapse.federation`. ([\#11483](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11483))
-- Add type annotations to `tests.storage.test_appservice`. ([\#11488](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11488), [\#11492](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11492))
-- Add type annotations to some of the configuration surrounding refresh tokens. ([\#11428](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11428))
-- Add type hints to `synapse/tests/rest/admin`. ([\#11501](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11501))
-- Add type hints to storage classes. ([\#11411](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11411))
-- Add wiki pages to documentation website. ([\#11402](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11402))
-- Clean up `tests.storage.test_main` to remove use of legacy code. ([\#11493](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11493))
-- Clean up `tests.test_visibility` to remove legacy code. ([\#11495](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11495))
-- Convert status codes to `HTTPStatus` in `synapse.rest.admin`. ([\#11452](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11452), [\#11455](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11455))
-- Extend the `scripts-dev/sign_json` script to support signing events. ([\#11486](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11486))
-- Improve internal types in push code. ([\#11409](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11409))
-- Improve type annotations in `synapse.module_api`. ([\#11029](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11029))
-- Improve type hints for `LruCache`. ([\#11453](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11453))
-- Preparation for database schema simplifications: disambiguate queries on `state_key`. ([\#11497](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11497))
-- Refactor `backfilled` into specific behavior function arguments (`_persist_events_and_state_updates` and downstream calls). ([\#11417](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11417))
-- Refactor `get_version_string` to fix-up types and duplicated code. ([\#11468](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11468))
-- Refactor various parts of the `/sync` handler. ([\#11494](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11494), [\#11515](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11515))
-- Remove unnecessary `json.dumps` from `tests.rest.admin`. ([\#11461](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11461))
-- Save the OpenID Connect session ID on login. ([\#11482](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11482))
-- Update and clean up recently ported documentation pages. ([\#11466](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11466))
-
-
-Synapse 1.48.0 (2021-11-30)
-===========================
-
-This release removes support for the long-deprecated `trust_identity_server_for_password_resets` configuration flag.
-
-This release also fixes some performance issues with some background database updates introduced in Synapse 1.47.0.
-
-No significant changes since 1.48.0rc1.
-
-Synapse 1.48.0rc1 (2021-11-25)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Experimental support for the thread relation defined in [MSC3440](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3440). ([\#11161](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11161))
-- Support filtering by relation senders & types per [MSC3440](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3440). ([\#11236](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11236))
-- Add support for the `/_matrix/client/v3` and `/_matrix/media/v3` APIs from Matrix v1.1. ([\#11318](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11318), [\#11371](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11371))
-- Support the stable version of [MSC2778](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2778): the `m.login.application_service` login type. Contributed by @tulir. ([\#11335](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11335))
-- Add a new version of delete room admin API `DELETE /_synapse/admin/v2/rooms/<room_id>` to run it in the background. Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#11223](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11223))
-- Allow the admin [Delete Room API](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/rooms.html#delete-room-api) to block a room without the need to join it. ([\#11228](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11228))
-- Add an admin API to un-shadow-ban a user. ([\#11347](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11347))
-- Add an admin API to run background database schema updates. ([\#11352](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11352))
-- Add an admin API for blocking a room. ([\#11324](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11324))
-- Update the JWT login type to support custom a `sub` claim. ([\#11361](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11361))
-- Store and allow querying of arbitrary event relations. ([\#11391](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11391))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a long-standing bug wherein display names or avatar URLs containing null bytes cause an internal server error when stored in the DB. ([\#11230](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11230))
-- Prevent [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) historical state events from being pushed to an application service via `/transactions`. ([\#11265](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11265))
-- Fix a long-standing bug where uploading extremely thin images (e.g. 1000x1) would fail. Contributed by @Neeeflix. ([\#11288](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11288))
-- Fix a bug, introduced in Synapse 1.46.0, which caused the `check_3pid_auth` and `on_logged_out` callbacks in legacy password authentication provider modules to not be registered. Modules using the generic module interface were not affected. ([\#11340](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11340))
-- Fix a bug introduced in 1.41.0 where space hierarchy responses would be incorrectly reused if multiple users were to make the same request at the same time. ([\#11355](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11355))
-- Fix a bug introduced in 1.45.0 where the `read_templates` method of the module API would error. ([\#11377](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11377))
-- Fix an issue introduced in 1.47.0 which prevented servers re-joining rooms they had previously left, if their signing keys were replaced. ([\#11379](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11379))
-- Fix a bug introduced in 1.13.0 where creating and publishing a room could cause errors if `room_list_publication_rules` is configured. ([\#11392](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11392))
-- Improve performance of various background database updates. ([\#11421](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11421), [\#11422](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11422))
-
-
-Improved Documentation
-----------------------
-
-- Suggest users of the Debian packages add configuration to `/etc/matrix-synapse/conf.d/` to prevent, upon upgrade, being asked to choose between their configuration and the maintainer's. ([\#11281](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11281))
-- Fix typos in the documentation for the `username_available` admin API. Contributed by Stanislav Motylkov. ([\#11286](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11286))
-- Add Single Sign-On, SAML and CAS pages to the documentation. ([\#11298](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11298))
-- Change the word 'Home server' as one word 'homeserver' in documentation. ([\#11320](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11320))
-- Fix missing quotes for wildcard domains in `federation_certificate_verification_whitelist`. ([\#11381](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11381))
-
-
-Deprecations and Removals
--------------------------
-
-- Remove deprecated `trust_identity_server_for_password_resets` configuration flag. ([\#11333](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11333), [\#11395](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11395))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Add type annotations to `synapse.metrics`. ([\#10847](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10847))
-- Split out federated PDU retrieval function into a non-cached version. ([\#11242](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11242))
-- Clean up code relating to to-device messages and sending ephemeral events to application services. ([\#11247](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11247))
-- Fix a small typo in the error response when a relation type other than 'm.annotation' is passed to `GET /rooms/{room_id}/aggregations/{event_id}`. ([\#11278](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11278))
-- Drop unused database tables `room_stats_historical` and `user_stats_historical`. ([\#11280](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11280))
-- Require all files in synapse/ and tests/ to pass mypy unless specifically excluded. ([\#11282](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11282), [\#11285](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11285), [\#11359](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11359))
-- Add missing type hints to `synapse.app`. ([\#11287](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11287))
-- Remove unused parameters on `FederationEventHandler._check_event_auth`. ([\#11292](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11292))
-- Add type hints to `synapse._scripts`. ([\#11297](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11297))
-- Fix an issue which prevented the `remove_deleted_devices_from_device_inbox` background database schema update from running when updating from a recent Synapse version. ([\#11303](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11303))
-- Add type hints to storage classes. ([\#11307](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11307), [\#11310](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11310), [\#11311](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11311), [\#11312](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11312), [\#11313](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11313), [\#11314](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11314), [\#11316](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11316), [\#11322](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11322), [\#11332](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11332), [\#11339](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11339), [\#11342](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11342))
-- Add type hints to `synapse.util`. ([\#11321](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11321), [\#11328](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11328))
-- Improve type annotations in Synapse's test suite. ([\#11323](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11323), [\#11330](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11330))
-- Test that room alias deletion works as intended. ([\#11327](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11327))
-- Add type annotations for some methods and properties in the module API. ([\#11341](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11341))
-- Fix running `scripts-dev/complement.sh`, which was broken in v1.47.0rc1. ([\#11368](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11368))
-- Rename internal functions for token generation to better reflect what they do. ([\#11369](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11369), [\#11370](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11370))
-- Add type hints to configuration classes. ([\#11377](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11377))
-- Publish a `develop` image to Docker Hub. ([\#11380](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11380))
-- Keep fallback key marked as used if it's re-uploaded. ([\#11382](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11382))
-- Use `auto_attribs` on the `attrs` class `RefreshTokenLookupResult`. ([\#11386](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11386))
-- Rename unstable `access_token_lifetime` configuration option to `refreshable_access_token_lifetime` to make it clear it only concerns refreshable access tokens. ([\#11388](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11388))
-- Do not run the broken MSC2716 tests when running `scripts-dev/complement.sh`. ([\#11389](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11389))
-- Remove dead code from supporting ACME. ([\#11393](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11393))
-- Refactor including the bundled relations when serializing an event. ([\#11408](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11408))
-
-
-Synapse 1.47.1 (2021-11-23)
-===========================
-
-This release fixes a security issue in the media store, affecting all prior releases of Synapse. Server administrators are encouraged to update Synapse as soon as possible. We are not aware of these vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild.
-
-Server administrators who are unable to update Synapse may use the workarounds described in the linked GitHub Security Advisory below.
-
-Security advisory
------------------
-
-The following issue is fixed in 1.47.1.
-
-- **[GHSA-3hfw-x7gx-437c](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-3hfw-x7gx-437c) / [CVE-2021-41281](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-41281): Path traversal when downloading remote media.**
-
-  Synapse instances with the media repository enabled can be tricked into downloading a file from a remote server into an arbitrary directory, potentially outside the media store directory.
-
-  The last two directories and file name of the path are chosen randomly by Synapse and cannot be controlled by an attacker, which limits the impact.
-
-  Homeservers with the media repository disabled are unaffected. Homeservers configured with a federation whitelist are also unaffected.
-
-  Fixed by [91f2bd090](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/91f2bd090).
-
-
-Synapse 1.47.0 (2021-11-17)
-===========================
-
-No significant changes since 1.47.0rc3.
-
-
-Synapse 1.47.0rc3 (2021-11-16)
-==============================
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a bug introduced in 1.47.0rc1 which caused worker processes to not halt startup in the presence of outstanding database migrations. ([\#11346](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11346))
-- Fix a bug introduced in 1.47.0rc1 which prevented the 'remove deleted devices from `device_inbox` column' background process from running when updating from a recent Synapse version. ([\#11303](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11303), [\#11353](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11353))
-
-
 Synapse 1.47.0rc2 (2021-11-10)
 ==============================
 
@@ -9252,14 +8678,14 @@ General:
 
 Federation:
 
--   Add key distribution mechanisms for fetching public keys of unavailable remote homeservers. See [Retrieving Server Keys](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/6f2698/specification/30_server_server_api.rst#retrieving-server-keys) in the spec.
+-   Add key distribution mechanisms for fetching public keys of unavailable remote home servers. See [Retrieving Server Keys](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/6f2698/specification/30_server_server_api.rst#retrieving-server-keys) in the spec.
 
 Configuration:
 
 -   Add support for multiple config files.
 -   Add support for dictionaries in config files.
 -   Remove support for specifying config options on the command line, except for:
-    -   `--daemonize` - Daemonize the homeserver.
+    -   `--daemonize` - Daemonize the home server.
     -   `--manhole` - Turn on the twisted telnet manhole service on the given port.
     -   `--database-path` - The path to a sqlite database to use.
     -   `--verbose` - The verbosity level.
@@ -9464,7 +8890,7 @@ This version adds support for using a TURN server. See docs/turn-howto.rst on ho
 Homeserver:
 
 -   Add support for redaction of messages.
--   Fix bug where inviting a user on a remote homeserver could take up to 20-30s.
+-   Fix bug where inviting a user on a remote home server could take up to 20-30s.
 -   Implement a get current room state API.
 -   Add support specifying and retrieving turn server configuration.
 
@@ -9554,7 +8980,7 @@ Changes in synapse 0.2.3 (2014-09-12)
 
 Homeserver:
 
--   Fix bug where we stopped sending events to remote homeservers if a user from that homeserver left, even if there were some still in the room.
+-   Fix bug where we stopped sending events to remote home servers if a user from that home server left, even if there were some still in the room.
 -   Fix bugs in the state conflict resolution where it was incorrectly rejecting events.
 
 Webclient:

book.toml

@@ -34,14 +34,6 @@ additional-css = [
     "docs/website_files/table-of-contents.css",
     "docs/website_files/remove-nav-buttons.css",
     "docs/website_files/indent-section-headers.css",
-    "docs/website_files/version-picker.css",
 ]
-additional-js = [
-    "docs/website_files/table-of-contents.js",
-    "docs/website_files/version-picker.js",
-    "docs/website_files/version.js",
-]
-theme = "docs/website_files/theme"
-
-[preprocessor.schema_versions]
-command = "./scripts-dev/schema_versions.py"
+additional-js = ["docs/website_files/table-of-contents.js"]
+theme = "docs/website_files/theme"

changelog.d/11223.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add a new version of delete room admin API `DELETE /_synapse/admin/v2/rooms/<room_id>` to run it in background. Contributed by @dklimpel.

changelog.d/11228.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow the admin [Delete Room API](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/rooms.html#delete-room-api) to block a room without the need to join it.

changelog.d/11230.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix a long-standing bug wherein display names or avatar URLs containing null bytes cause an internal server error
+when stored in the DB.

changelog.d/11236.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Support filtering by relation senders & types per [MSC3440](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3440).

changelog.d/11242.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Split out federated PDU retrieval function into a non-cached version.

changelog.d/11247.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Clean up code relating to to-device messages and sending ephemeral events to application services.

changelog.d/11278.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a small typo in the error response when a relation type other than 'm.annotation' is passed to `GET /rooms/{room_id}/aggregations/{event_id}`.

changelog.d/11280.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Drop unused db tables `room_stats_historical` and `user_stats_historical`.

changelog.d/11281.doc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Suggest users of the Debian packages add configuration to `/etc/matrix-synapse/conf.d/` to prevent, upon upgrade, being asked to choose between their configuration and the maintainer's.

changelog.d/11282.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Require all files in synapse/ and tests/ to pass mypy unless specifically excluded.

changelog.d/11285.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Require all files in synapse/ and tests/ to pass mypy unless specifically excluded.

changelog.d/11286.doc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix typo in the word `available` and fix HTTP method (should be `GET`) for the `username_available` admin API. Contributed by Stanislav Motylkov.

changelog.d/11287.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add missing type hints to `synapse.app`.

changelog.d/11288.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a long-standing bug where uploading extremely thin images (e.g. 1000x1) would fail. Contributed by @Neeeflix.

changelog.d/11292.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove unused parameters on `FederationEventHandler._check_event_auth`.

changelog.d/11297.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add type hints to `synapse._scripts`.

changelog.d/11298.doc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add Single Sign-On, SAML and CAS pages to the documentation.

changelog.d/11303.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix an issue which prevented the 'remove deleted devices from device_inbox column' background process from running when updating from a recent Synapse version.

changelog.d/11307.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add type hints to storage classes.

changelog.d/11310.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add type hints to storage classes.

changelog.d/11311.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add type hints to storage classes.

changelog.d/11312.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add type hints to storage classes.

changelog.d/11313.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add type hints to storage classes.

changelog.d/11314.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add type hints to storage classes.

changelog.d/11316.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add type hints to storage classes.

changelog.d/11321.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add type hints to `synapse.util`.

changelog.d/11322.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add type hints to storage classes.

changelog.d/11323.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improve type annotations in Synapse's test suite.

changelog.d/11327.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Test that room alias deletion works as intended.

changelog.d/11332.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add type hints to storage classes.

changelog.d/11335.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Support the stable version of [MSC2778](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2778): the `m.login.application_service` login type. Contributed by @tulir.

changelog.d/11339.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add type hints to storage classes.

changelog.d/11342.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add type hints to storage classes.

changelog.d/11357.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add a development script for visualising the storage class inheritance hierarchy.

contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ services:
     # failure
     restart: unless-stopped
     # See the readme for a full documentation of the environment settings
-    # NOTE: You must edit homeserver.yaml to use postgres, it defaults to sqlite
     environment:
       - SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH=/data/homeserver.yaml
     volumes:

contrib/prometheus/consoles/synapse.html

@@ -92,6 +92,22 @@ new PromConsole.Graph({
 })
 </script>
 
+<h3>Pending calls per tick</h3>
+<div id="reactor_pending_calls"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#reactor_pending_calls"),
+  expr: "rate(python_twisted_reactor_pending_calls_sum[30s]) / rate(python_twisted_reactor_pending_calls_count[30s])",
+  name: "[[job]]-[[index]]",
+  min: 0,
+  renderer: "line",
+  height: 150,
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yTitle: "Pending Calls"
+})
+</script>
+
 <h1>Storage</h1>
 
 <h3>Queries</h3>

debian/changelog

@@ -1,117 +1,3 @@
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.52.0) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.52.0.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 08 Feb 2022 11:34:54 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.52.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.52.0~rc1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:04:09 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.51.0) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.51.0.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:28:51 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.51.0~rc2) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.51.0~rc2.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:25:00 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.51.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.51.0~rc1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Fri, 21 Jan 2022 10:46:02 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.50.2) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.50.2.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:37:11 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.50.1) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.50.1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:06:26 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.50.0) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.50.0.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:40:38 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.50.0~rc2) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.50.0~rc2.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:18:06 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.50.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.50.0~rc1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Wed, 05 Jan 2022 12:36:17 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.49.2) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.49.2.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 21 Dec 2021 17:31:03 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.49.1) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.49.1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:07:30 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.49.0) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.49.0.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 14 Dec 2021 12:39:46 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.49.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.49.0~rc1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 07 Dec 2021 13:52:21 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.48.0) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.48.0.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:24:15 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.48.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.48.0~rc1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Thu, 25 Nov 2021 15:56:03 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.47.1) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.47.1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:44:32 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.47.0) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.47.0.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:09:43 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.47.0~rc3) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.47.0~rc3.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:32:47 +0000
-
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.47.0~rc2) stable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Dan Callahan ]

demo/README

@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ Logs and sqlitedb will be stored in demo/808{0,1,2}.{log,db}
 
 
 
-Also note that when joining a public room on a different HS via "#foo:bar.net", then you are (in the current impl) joining a room with room_id "foo". This means that it won't work if your HS already has a room with that name.
+Also note that when joining a public room on a differnt HS via "#foo:bar.net", then you are (in the current impl) joining a room with room_id "foo". This means that it won't work if your HS already has a room with that name.
 

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 # Dockerfile to build the matrixdotorg/synapse docker images.
 #
-# Note that it uses features which are only available in BuildKit - see
-# https://docs.docker.com/go/buildkit/ for more information.
-#
 # To build the image, run `docker build` command from the root of the
 # synapse repository:
 #
-#    DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build -f docker/Dockerfile .
+#    docker build -f docker/Dockerfile .
 #
 # There is an optional PYTHON_VERSION build argument which sets the
 # version of python to build against: for example:
 #
-#    DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build -f docker/Dockerfile --build-arg PYTHON_VERSION=3.9 .
+#    docker build -f docker/Dockerfile --build-arg PYTHON_VERSION=3.6 .
 #
 
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.8
@@ -22,16 +19,7 @@ ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.8
 FROM docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-slim as builder
 
 # install the OS build deps
-#
-# RUN --mount is specific to buildkit and is documented at
-# https://github.com/moby/buildkit/blob/master/frontend/dockerfile/docs/syntax.md#build-mounts-run---mount.
-# Here we use it to set up a cache for apt, to improve rebuild speeds on
-# slow connections.
-#
-RUN \
-   --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
-   --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \
- apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     build-essential \
     libffi-dev \
     libjpeg-dev \
@@ -56,8 +44,7 @@ COPY synapse/python_dependencies.py /synapse/synapse/python_dependencies.py
 # used while you develop on the source
 #
 # This is aiming at installing the `install_requires` and `extras_require` from `setup.py`
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip \
-  pip install --prefix="/install" --no-warn-script-location \
+RUN pip install --prefix="/install" --no-warn-script-location \
     /synapse[all]
 
 # Copy over the rest of the project
@@ -79,10 +66,7 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.documentation='https://github.com/matrix-org/syna
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source='https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse.git'
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.licenses='Apache-2.0'
 
-RUN \
-   --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
-   --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \
-  apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     curl \
     gosu \
     libjpeg62-turbo \

docker/Dockerfile-dhvirtualenv

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ARG distro=""
 ### Stage 0: build a dh-virtualenv
 ###
 
-# This is only really needed on focal, since other distributions we
+# This is only really needed on bionic and focal, since other distributions we
 # care about have a recent version of dh-virtualenv by default. Unfortunately,
 # it looks like focal is going to be with us for a while.
 #
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ RUN env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install \
         wget
 
 # fetch and unpack the package
+# TODO: Upgrade to 1.2.2 once bionic is dropped (1.2.2 requires debhelper 12; bionic has only 11)
 RUN mkdir /dh-virtualenv
-RUN wget -q -O /dh-virtualenv.tar.gz https://github.com/spotify/dh-virtualenv/archive/refs/tags/1.2.2.tar.gz
+RUN wget -q -O /dh-virtualenv.tar.gz https://github.com/spotify/dh-virtualenv/archive/ac6e1b1.tar.gz
 RUN tar -xv --strip-components=1 -C /dh-virtualenv -f /dh-virtualenv.tar.gz
 
 # install its build deps. We do another apt-cache-update here, because we might
@@ -85,12 +86,12 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq -o Acquire::Languages=none \
         libpq-dev \
         xmlsec1
 
-COPY --from=builder /dh-virtualenv_1.2.2-1_all.deb /
+COPY --from=builder /dh-virtualenv_1.2~dev-1_all.deb /
 
 # install dhvirtualenv. Update the apt cache again first, in case we got a
 # cached cache from docker the first time.
 RUN apt-get update -qq -o Acquire::Languages=none \
-    && apt-get install -yq /dh-virtualenv_1.2.2-1_all.deb
+    && apt-get install -yq /dh-virtualenv_1.2~dev-1_all.deb
 
 WORKDIR /synapse/source
 ENTRYPOINT ["bash","/synapse/source/docker/build_debian.sh"]

docker/Dockerfile-pgtests

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Use the Sytest image that comes with a lot of the build dependencies
 # pre-installed
-FROM matrixdotorg/sytest:focal
+FROM matrixdotorg/sytest:bionic
 
 # The Sytest image doesn't come with python, so install that
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get -qq install -y python3 python3-dev python3-pip

docker/Dockerfile-workers

@@ -21,6 +21,3 @@ VOLUME ["/data"]
 # files to run the desired worker configuration. Will start supervisord.
 COPY ./docker/configure_workers_and_start.py /configure_workers_and_start.py
 ENTRYPOINT ["/configure_workers_and_start.py"]
-
-HEALTHCHECK --start-period=5s --interval=15s --timeout=5s \
-    CMD /bin/sh /healthcheck.sh

docker/README.md

@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ The following environment variables are supported in `generate` mode:
   directories. If unset, and no user is set via `docker run --user`, defaults
   to `991`, `991`.
 
-## Postgres
-
-By default the config will use SQLite. See the [docs on using Postgres](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/docs/postgres.md) for more info on how to use Postgres. Until this section is improved [this issue](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8304) may provide useful information.
-
 ## Running synapse
 
 Once you have a valid configuration file, you can start synapse as follows:

docker/conf-workers/healthcheck.sh.j2

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# This healthcheck script is designed to return OK when every 
-# host involved returns OK
-{%- for healthcheck_url in healthcheck_urls %}
-curl -fSs {{ healthcheck_url }} || exit 1
-{%- endfor %}

docker/conf/homeserver.yaml

@@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ bcrypt_rounds: 12
 allow_guest_access: {{ "True" if SYNAPSE_ALLOW_GUEST else "False" }}
 enable_group_creation: true
 
+# The list of identity servers trusted to verify third party
+# identifiers by this server.
+#
+# Also defines the ID server which will be called when an account is
+# deactivated (one will be picked arbitrarily).
+trusted_third_party_id_servers:
+    - matrix.org
+    - vector.im
 
 ## Metrics ###
 

docker/configure_workers_and_start.py

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ WORKERS_CONFIG = {
         "app": "synapse.app.user_dir",
         "listener_resources": ["client"],
         "endpoint_patterns": [
-            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/user_directory/search$"
+            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/user_directory/search$"
         ],
         "shared_extra_conf": {"update_user_directory": False},
         "worker_extra_conf": "",
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ WORKERS_CONFIG = {
         "app": "synapse.app.generic_worker",
         "listener_resources": ["client"],
         "endpoint_patterns": [
-            "^/_matrix/client/(v2_alpha|r0|v3)/sync$",
-            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|v2_alpha|r0|v3)/events$",
-            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3)/initialSync$",
-            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3)/rooms/[^/]+/initialSync$",
+            "^/_matrix/client/(v2_alpha|r0)/sync$",
+            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|v2_alpha|r0)/events$",
+            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0)/initialSync$",
+            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0)/rooms/[^/]+/initialSync$",
         ],
         "shared_extra_conf": {},
         "worker_extra_conf": "",
@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ WORKERS_CONFIG = {
         "app": "synapse.app.generic_worker",
         "listener_resources": ["client"],
         "endpoint_patterns": [
-            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/redact",
-            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/send",
-            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/(join|invite|leave|ban|unban|kick)$",
-            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/join/",
-            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/profile/",
+            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/redact",
+            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/send",
+            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/(join|invite|leave|ban|unban|kick)$",
+            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/join/",
+            "^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/profile/",
         ],
         "shared_extra_conf": {},
         "worker_extra_conf": "",
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ WORKERS_CONFIG = {
     "frontend_proxy": {
         "app": "synapse.app.frontend_proxy",
         "listener_resources": ["client", "replication"],
-        "endpoint_patterns": ["^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/keys/upload"],
+        "endpoint_patterns": ["^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/keys/upload"],
         "shared_extra_conf": {},
         "worker_extra_conf": (
             "worker_main_http_uri: http://127.0.0.1:%d"
@@ -474,16 +474,10 @@ def generate_worker_files(environ, config_path: str, data_dir: str):
 
     # Determine the load-balancing upstreams to configure
     nginx_upstream_config = ""
-
-    # At the same time, prepare a list of internal endpoints to healthcheck
-    # starting with the main process which exists even if no workers do.
-    healthcheck_urls = ["http://localhost:8080/health"]
-
     for upstream_worker_type, upstream_worker_ports in nginx_upstreams.items():
         body = ""
         for port in upstream_worker_ports:
             body += "    server localhost:%d;\n" % (port,)
-            healthcheck_urls.append("http://localhost:%d/health" % (port,))
 
         # Add to the list of configured upstreams
         nginx_upstream_config += NGINX_UPSTREAM_CONFIG_BLOCK.format(
@@ -516,13 +510,6 @@ def generate_worker_files(environ, config_path: str, data_dir: str):
         worker_config=supervisord_config,
     )
 
-    # healthcheck config
-    convert(
-        "/conf/healthcheck.sh.j2",
-        "/healthcheck.sh",
-        healthcheck_urls=healthcheck_urls,
-    )
-
     # Ensure the logging directory exists
     log_dir = data_dir + "/logs"
     if not os.path.exists(log_dir):

docker/run_pg_tests.sh

@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ sudo -u postgres /usr/lib/postgresql/10/bin/pg_ctl -w -D /var/lib/postgresql/dat
 # Run the tests
 cd /src
 export TRIAL_FLAGS="-j 4"
-tox --workdir=./.tox-pg-container -e py37-postgres "$@"
+tox --workdir=./.tox-pg-container -e py36-postgres "$@"

docs/MSC1711_certificates_FAQ.md

@@ -44,6 +44,27 @@ For more details and context on the release of the r0.1 Server/Server API and
 imminent Matrix 1.0 release, you can also see our
 [main talk from FOSDEM 2019](https://matrix.org/blog/2019/02/04/matrix-at-fosdem-2019/).
 
+## Contents
+* Timeline
+* Configuring certificates for compatibility with Synapse 1.0
+* FAQ
+  * Synapse 0.99.0 has just been released, what do I need to do right now?
+  * How do I upgrade?
+  * What will happen if I do not set up a valid federation certificate
+    immediately?
+  * What will happen if I do nothing at all?
+  * When do I need a SRV record or .well-known URI?
+  * Can I still use an SRV record?
+  * I have created a .well-known URI. Do I still need an SRV record?
+  * It used to work just fine, why are you breaking everything?
+  * Can I manage my own certificates rather than having Synapse renew
+    certificates itself?
+  * Do you still recommend against using a reverse proxy on the federation port?
+  * Do I still need to give my TLS certificates to Synapse if I am using a
+    reverse proxy?
+  * Do I need the same certificate for the client and federation port?
+  * How do I tell Synapse to reload my keys/certificates after I replace them?
+
 ## Timeline
 
 **5th Feb 2019  - Synapse 0.99.0 is released.**

docs/README.md

@@ -50,10 +50,8 @@ build the documentation with:
 mdbook build
 ```
 
-The rendered contents will be outputted to a new `book/` directory at the root of the repository. Please note that 
-index.html is not built by default, it is created by copying over the file `welcome_and_overview.html` to `index.html`
-during deployment. Thus, when running `mdbook serve` locally the book will initially show a 404 in place of the index
-due to the above. Do not be alarmed!
+The rendered contents will be outputted to a new `book/` directory at the root of the repository. You can
+browse the book by opening `book/index.html` in a web browser.
 
 You can also have mdbook host the docs on a local webserver with hot-reload functionality via:
 

docs/SUMMARY.md

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
         - [SSO Mapping Providers](sso_mapping_providers.md)
       - [Password Auth Providers](password_auth_providers.md)
       - [JSON Web Tokens](jwt.md)
-      - [Refresh Tokens](usage/configuration/user_authentication/refresh_tokens.md)
     - [Registration Captcha](CAPTCHA_SETUP.md)
     - [Application Services](application_services.md)
     - [Server Notices](server_notices.md)
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@
         - [Presence router callbacks](modules/presence_router_callbacks.md)
         - [Account validity callbacks](modules/account_validity_callbacks.md)
         - [Password auth provider callbacks](modules/password_auth_provider_callbacks.md)
-        - [Background update controller callbacks](modules/background_update_controller_callbacks.md)
         - [Porting a legacy module to the new interface](modules/porting_legacy_module.md)
     - [Workers](workers.md)
       - [Using `synctl` with Workers](synctl_workers.md)
@@ -66,15 +64,9 @@
       - [Statistics](admin_api/statistics.md)
       - [Users](admin_api/user_admin_api.md)
       - [Server Version](admin_api/version_api.md)
-      - [Federation](usage/administration/admin_api/federation.md)
     - [Manhole](manhole.md)
     - [Monitoring](metrics-howto.md)
-    - [Understanding Synapse Through Grafana Graphs](usage/administration/understanding_synapse_through_grafana_graphs.md)
-    - [Useful SQL for Admins](usage/administration/useful_sql_for_admins.md)
-    - [Database Maintenance Tools](usage/administration/database_maintenance_tools.md)
-    - [State Groups](usage/administration/state_groups.md) 
     - [Request log format](usage/administration/request_log.md)
-    - [Admin FAQ](usage/administration/admin_faq.md)
     - [Scripts]()
 
 # Development
@@ -102,4 +94,3 @@
 
 # Other
   - [Dependency Deprecation Policy](deprecation_policy.md)
-  - [Running Synapse on a Single-Board Computer](other/running_synapse_on_single_board_computers.md)

docs/admin_api/account_validity.md

@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ This API allows a server administrator to manage the validity of an account. To
 use it, you must enable the account validity feature (under
 `account_validity`) in Synapse's configuration.
 
-To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token`
-for a server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).
-
 ## Renew account
 
 This API extends the validity of an account by as much time as configured in the

docs/admin_api/delete_group.md

@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ This API lets a server admin delete a local group. Doing so will kick all
 users out of the group so that their clients will correctly handle the group
 being deleted.
 
-To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token`
-for a server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).
-
 The API is:
 
 ```
 POST /_synapse/admin/v1/delete_group/<group_id>
 ```
+
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).

docs/admin_api/event_reports.md

@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 
 This API returns information about reported events.
 
-To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token`
-for a server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).
-
 The api is:
 ```
 GET /_synapse/admin/v1/event_reports?from=0&limit=10
 ```
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).
 
 It returns a JSON body like the following:
 
@@ -95,6 +94,8 @@ The api is:
 ```
 GET /_synapse/admin/v1/event_reports/<report_id>
 ```
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).
 
 It returns a JSON body like the following:
 

docs/admin_api/media_admin_api.md

@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
+# Contents
+- [Querying media](#querying-media)
+  * [List all media in a room](#list-all-media-in-a-room)
+  * [List all media uploaded by a user](#list-all-media-uploaded-by-a-user)
+- [Quarantine media](#quarantine-media)
+  * [Quarantining media by ID](#quarantining-media-by-id)
+  * [Remove media from quarantine by ID](#remove-media-from-quarantine-by-id)
+  * [Quarantining media in a room](#quarantining-media-in-a-room)
+  * [Quarantining all media of a user](#quarantining-all-media-of-a-user)
+  * [Protecting media from being quarantined](#protecting-media-from-being-quarantined)
+  * [Unprotecting media from being quarantined](#unprotecting-media-from-being-quarantined)
+- [Delete local media](#delete-local-media)
+  * [Delete a specific local media](#delete-a-specific-local-media)
+  * [Delete local media by date or size](#delete-local-media-by-date-or-size)
+  * [Delete media uploaded by a user](#delete-media-uploaded-by-a-user)
+- [Purge Remote Media API](#purge-remote-media-api)
+
 # Querying media
 
 These APIs allow extracting media information from the homeserver.
 
-To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token`
-for a server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).
-
 ## List all media in a room
 
 This API gets a list of known media in a room.
@@ -14,6 +28,8 @@ The API is:
 ```
 GET /_synapse/admin/v1/room/<room_id>/media
 ```
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).
 
 The API returns a JSON body like the following:
 ```json
@@ -301,5 +317,8 @@ The following fields are returned in the JSON response body:
 
 * `deleted`: integer - The number of media items successfully deleted
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).
+
 If the user re-requests purged remote media, synapse will re-request the media
 from the originating server.

docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.md

@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ paginate further back in the room from the point being purged from.
 Note that Synapse requires at least one message in each room, so it will never
 delete the last message in a room.
 
-To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token`
-for a server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).
-
 The API is:
 
 ```
 POST /_synapse/admin/v1/purge_history/<room_id>[/<event_id>]
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 By default, events sent by local users are not deleted, as they may represent
 the only copies of this content in existence. (Events sent by remote users are
 deleted.)
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ It is possible to poll for updates on recent purges with a second API;
 GET /_synapse/admin/v1/purge_history_status/<purge_id>
 ```
 
+Again, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin.
+
 This API returns a JSON body like the following:
 
 ```json

docs/admin_api/room_membership.md

@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ to a room with a given `room_id_or_alias`. You can only modify the membership of
 local users. The server administrator must be in the room and have permission to
 invite users.
 
-To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token`
-for a server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).
-
 ## Parameters
 
 The following parameters are available:
@@ -26,6 +23,9 @@ POST /_synapse/admin/v1/join/<room_id_or_alias>
 }
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).
+
 Response:
 
 ```json

docs/admin_api/rooms.md

@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
+# Contents
+- [List Room API](#list-room-api)
+- [Room Details API](#room-details-api)
+- [Room Members API](#room-members-api)
+- [Room State API](#room-state-api)
+- [Delete Room API](#delete-room-api)
+  * [Version 1 (old version)](#version-1-old-version)
+  * [Version 2 (new version)](#version-2-new-version)
+  * [Status of deleting rooms](#status-of-deleting-rooms)
+  * [Undoing room shutdowns](#undoing-room-shutdowns)
+- [Make Room Admin API](#make-room-admin-api)
+- [Forward Extremities Admin API](#forward-extremities-admin-api)
+- [Event Context API](#event-context-api)
+
 # List Room API
 
 The List Room admin API allows server admins to get a list of rooms on their
 server. There are various parameters available that allow for filtering and
 sorting the returned list. This API supports pagination.
 
-To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token`
-for a server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).
-
 **Parameters**
 
 The following query parameters are available:
@@ -375,83 +386,6 @@ A response body like the following is returned:
 }
 ```
 
-# Block Room API
-The Block Room admin API allows server admins to block and unblock rooms,
-and query to see if a given room is blocked.
-This API can be used to pre-emptively block a room, even if it's unknown to this
-homeserver. Users will be prevented from joining a blocked room.
-
-## Block or unblock a room
-
-The API is:
-
-```
-PUT /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/<room_id>/block
-```
-
-with a body of:
-
-```json
-{
-    "block": true
-}
-```
-
-A response body like the following is returned:
-
-```json
-{
-    "block": true
-}
-```
-
-**Parameters**
-
-The following parameters should be set in the URL:
-
-- `room_id` - The ID of the room.
-
-The following JSON body parameters are available:
-
-- `block` - If `true` the room will be blocked and if `false` the room will be unblocked.
-
-**Response**
-
-The following fields are possible in the JSON response body:
-
-- `block` - A boolean. `true` if the room is blocked, otherwise `false`
-
-## Get block status
-
-The API is:
-
-```
-GET /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/<room_id>/block
-```
-
-A response body like the following is returned:
-
-```json
-{
-    "block": true,
-    "user_id": "<user_id>"
-}
-```
-
-**Parameters**
-
-The following parameters should be set in the URL:
-
-- `room_id` - The ID of the room.
-
-**Response**
-
-The following fields are possible in the JSON response body:
-
-- `block` - A boolean. `true` if the room is blocked, otherwise `false`
-- `user_id` - An optional string. If the room is blocked (`block` is `true`) shows
-  the user who has add the room to blocking list. Otherwise it is not displayed.
-
 # Delete Room API
 
 The Delete Room admin API allows server admins to remove rooms from the server
@@ -481,6 +415,9 @@ several minutes or longer.
 The local server will only have the power to move local user and room aliases to
 the new room. Users on other servers will be unaffected.
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).
+
 ## Version 1 (old version)
 
 This version works synchronously. That means you only get the response once the server has

docs/admin_api/statistics.md

@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 Returns information about all local media usage of users. Gives the
 possibility to filter them by time and user.
 
-To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token`
-for a server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).
-
 The API is:
 
 ```
 GET /_synapse/admin/v1/statistics/users/media
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token`
+for a server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).
+
 A response body like the following is returned:
 
 ```json

docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.md

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # User Admin API
 
-To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token`
-for a server admin: see [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api).
-
 ## Query User Account
 
 This API returns information about a specific user account.
@@ -13,12 +10,14 @@ The api is:
 GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 It returns a JSON body like the following:
 
-```jsonc
+```json
 {
-    "name": "@user:example.com",
-    "displayname": "User", // can be null if not set
+    "displayname": "User",
     "threepids": [
         {
             "medium": "email",
@@ -33,11 +32,11 @@ It returns a JSON body like the following:
             "validated_at": 1586458409743
         }
     ],
-    "avatar_url": "<avatar_url>",  // can be null if not set
-    "is_guest": 0,
+    "avatar_url": "<avatar_url>",
     "admin": 0,
     "deactivated": 0,
     "shadow_banned": 0,
+    "password_hash": "$2b$12$p9B4GkqYdRTPGD",
     "creation_ts": 1560432506,
     "appservice_id": null,
     "consent_server_notice_sent": null,
@@ -104,6 +103,9 @@ with a body of:
 }
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 Returns HTTP status code:
 - `201` - When a new user object was created.
 - `200` - When a user was modified.
@@ -153,6 +155,9 @@ By default, the response is ordered by ascending user ID.
 GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users?from=0&limit=10&guests=false
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 A response body like the following is returned:
 
 ```json
@@ -272,6 +277,9 @@ GET /_matrix/client/r0/admin/whois/<userId>
 See also: [Client Server
 API Whois](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.1#get-matrix-client-r0-admin-whois-userid).
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 It returns a JSON body like the following:
 
 ```json
@@ -326,6 +334,9 @@ with a body of:
 }
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 The erase parameter is optional and defaults to `false`.
 An empty body may be passed for backwards compatibility.
 
@@ -341,11 +352,6 @@ The following actions are performed when deactivating an user:
 - Remove the user from the user directory
 - Reject all pending invites
 - Remove all account validity information related to the user
-- Remove the arbitrary data store known as *account data*. For example, this includes:
-    - list of ignored users;
-    - push rules;
-    - secret storage keys; and
-    - cross-signing keys.
 
 The following additional actions are performed during deactivation if `erase`
 is set to `true`:
@@ -359,6 +365,7 @@ The following actions are **NOT** performed. The list may be incomplete.
 - Remove mappings of SSO IDs
 - [Delete media uploaded](#delete-media-uploaded-by-a-user) by user (included avatar images)
 - Delete sent and received messages
+- Delete E2E cross-signing keys
 - Remove the user's creation (registration) timestamp
 - [Remove rate limit overrides](#override-ratelimiting-for-users)
 - Remove from monthly active users
@@ -382,6 +389,9 @@ with a body of:
 }
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 The parameter `new_password` is required.
 The parameter `logout_devices` is optional and defaults to `true`.
 
@@ -394,6 +404,9 @@ The api is:
 GET /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/admin
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 A response body like the following is returned:
 
 ```json
@@ -421,6 +434,10 @@ with a body of:
 }
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
+
 ## List room memberships of a user
 
 Gets a list of all `room_id` that a specific `user_id` is member.
@@ -431,6 +448,9 @@ The API is:
 GET /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/joined_rooms
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 A response body like the following is returned:
 
 ```json
@@ -460,81 +480,6 @@ The following fields are returned in the JSON response body:
 - `joined_rooms` - An array of `room_id`.
 - `total` - Number of rooms.
 
-## Account Data
-Gets information about account data for a specific `user_id`.
-
-The API is:
-
-```
-GET /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/accountdata
-```
-
-A response body like the following is returned:
-
-```json
-{
-    "account_data": {
-        "global": {
-            "m.secret_storage.key.LmIGHTg5W": {
-                "algorithm": "m.secret_storage.v1.aes-hmac-sha2",
-                "iv": "fwjNZatxg==",
-                "mac": "eWh9kNnLWZUNOgnc="
-            },
-            "im.vector.hide_profile": {
-                "hide_profile": true
-            },
-            "org.matrix.preview_urls": {
-                "disable": false
-            },
-            "im.vector.riot.breadcrumb_rooms": {
-                "rooms": [
-                    "!LxcBDAsDUVAfJDEo:matrix.org",
-                    "!MAhRxqasbItjOqxu:matrix.org"
-                ]
-            },
-            "m.accepted_terms": {
-                "accepted": [
-                    "https://example.org/somewhere/privacy-1.2-en.html",
-                    "https://example.org/somewhere/terms-2.0-en.html"
-                ]
-            },
-            "im.vector.setting.breadcrumbs": {
-                "recent_rooms": [
-                    "!MAhRxqasbItqxuEt:matrix.org",
-                    "!ZtSaPCawyWtxiImy:matrix.org"
-                ]
-            }
-        },
-        "rooms": {
-            "!GUdfZSHUJibpiVqHYd:matrix.org": {
-                "m.fully_read": {
-                    "event_id": "$156334540fYIhZ:matrix.org"
-                }
-            },
-            "!tOZwOOiqwCYQkLhV:matrix.org": {
-                "m.fully_read": {
-                    "event_id": "$xjsIyp4_NaVl2yPvIZs_k1Jl8tsC_Sp23wjqXPno"
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-```
-
-**Parameters**
-
-The following parameters should be set in the URL:
-
-- `user_id` - fully qualified: for example, `@user:server.com`.
-
-**Response**
-
-The following fields are returned in the JSON response body:
-
-- `account_data` - A map containing the account data for the user
-  - `global` - A map containing the global account data for the user
-  - `rooms` - A map containing the account data per room for the user
-
 ## User media
 
 ### List media uploaded by a user
@@ -549,6 +494,9 @@ The API is:
 GET /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/media
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 A response body like the following is returned:
 
 ```json
@@ -663,6 +611,9 @@ The API is:
 DELETE /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/media
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 A response body like the following is returned:
 
 ```json
@@ -735,6 +686,9 @@ The API is:
 GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>/devices
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 A response body like the following is returned:
 
 ```json
@@ -800,6 +754,9 @@ POST /_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>/delete_devices
 }
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 An empty JSON dict is returned.
 
 **Parameters**
@@ -821,6 +778,9 @@ The API is:
 GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>/devices/<device_id>
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 A response body like the following is returned:
 
 ```json
@@ -866,6 +826,9 @@ PUT /_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>/devices/<device_id>
 }
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 An empty JSON dict is returned.
 
 **Parameters**
@@ -892,6 +855,9 @@ DELETE /_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>/devices/<device_id>
 {}
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 An empty JSON dict is returned.
 
 **Parameters**
@@ -910,6 +876,9 @@ The API is:
 GET /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/pushers
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 A response body like the following is returned:
 
 ```json
@@ -979,7 +948,7 @@ The following fields are returned in the JSON response body:
 See also the
 [Client-Server API Spec on pushers](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/latest#get-matrix-client-r0-pushers).
 
-## Controlling whether a user is shadow-banned
+## Shadow-banning users
 
 Shadow-banning is a useful tool for moderating malicious or egregiously abusive users.
 A shadow-banned users receives successful responses to their client-server API requests,
@@ -992,19 +961,16 @@ or broken behaviour for the client. A shadow-banned user will not receive any
 notification and it is generally more appropriate to ban or kick abusive users.
 A shadow-banned user will be unable to contact anyone on the server.
 
-To shadow-ban a user the API is:
+The API is:
 
 ```
 POST /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/shadow_ban
 ```
 
-To un-shadow-ban a user the API is:
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
 
-```
-DELETE /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/shadow_ban
-```
-
-An empty JSON dict is returned in both cases.
+An empty JSON dict is returned.
 
 **Parameters**
 
@@ -1026,6 +992,9 @@ The API is:
 GET /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/override_ratelimit
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 A response body like the following is returned:
 
 ```json
@@ -1065,6 +1034,9 @@ The API is:
 POST /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/override_ratelimit
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 A response body like the following is returned:
 
 ```json
@@ -1107,6 +1079,9 @@ The API is:
 DELETE /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/override_ratelimit
 ```
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
+
 An empty JSON dict is returned.
 
 ```json
@@ -1135,5 +1110,7 @@ The API is:
 GET /_synapse/admin/v1/username_available?username=$localpart
 ```
 
-The request and response format is the same as the
-[/_matrix/client/r0/register/available](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.0#get-matrix-client-r0-register-available) API.
+The request and response format is the same as the [/_matrix/client/r0/register/available](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.0#get-matrix-client-r0-register-available) API.
+
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)

docs/admin_api/version_api.md

@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ It returns a JSON body like the following:
 ```json
 {
     "server_version": "0.99.2rc1 (b=develop, abcdef123)",
-    "python_version": "3.7.8"
+    "python_version": "3.6.8"
 }
 ```

docs/ancient_architecture_notes.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 ## Server to Server Stack
 
-To use the server to server stack, homeservers should only need to
+To use the server to server stack, home servers should only need to
 interact with the Messaging layer.
 
 The server to server side of things is designed into 4 distinct layers:
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Server with a domain specific API.
 
 1. **Messaging Layer**
 
-    This is what the rest of the homeserver hits to send messages, join rooms,
+    This is what the rest of the Home Server hits to send messages, join rooms,
     etc. It also allows you to register callbacks for when it get's notified by
     lower levels that e.g. a new message has been received.
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Server with a domain specific API.
 
     For incoming PDUs, it has to check the PDUs it references to see
     if we have missed any. If we have go and ask someone (another
-    homeserver) for it.
+    home server) for it.
 
 3. **Transaction Layer**
 

docs/deprecation_policy.md

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ i.e. when a version reaches End of Life Synapse will withdraw support for that
 version in future releases.
 
 Details on the upstream support life cycles for Python and PostgreSQL are
-documented at [https://endoflife.date/python](https://endoflife.date/python) and
-[https://endoflife.date/postgresql](https://endoflife.date/postgresql).
+documented at https://endoflife.date/python and
+https://endoflife.date/postgresql.
 
 
 Context

docs/development/contributing_guide.md

@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ recommended for development. More information about WSL can be found at
 <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install>. Running Synapse natively
 on Windows is not officially supported.
 
-The code of Synapse is written in Python 3. To do pretty much anything, you'll need [a recent version of Python 3](https://www.python.org/downloads/). Your Python also needs support for [virtual environments](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html). This is usually built-in, but some Linux distributions like Debian and Ubuntu split it out into its own package. Running `sudo apt install python3-venv` should be enough.
-
-Synapse can connect to PostgreSQL via the [psycopg2](https://pypi.org/project/psycopg2/) Python library. Building this library from source requires access to PostgreSQL's C header files. On Debian or Ubuntu Linux, these can be installed with `sudo apt install libpq-dev`.
+The code of Synapse is written in Python 3. To do pretty much anything, you'll need [a recent version of Python 3](https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Download).
 
 The source code of Synapse is hosted on GitHub. You will also need [a recent version of git](https://github.com/git-guides/install-git).
 
@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@ setup a *virtualenv*, as follows:
 cd path/where/you/have/cloned/the/repository
 python3 -m venv ./env
 source ./env/bin/activate
-pip install wheel
 pip install -e ".[all,dev]"
 pip install tox
 ```
@@ -117,7 +114,7 @@ The linters look at your code and do two things:
 - ensure that your code follows the coding style adopted by the project;
 - catch a number of errors in your code.
 
-The linter takes no time at all to run as soon as you've [downloaded the dependencies into your python virtual environment](#4-install-the-dependencies).
+They're pretty fast, don't hesitate!
 
 ```sh
 source ./env/bin/activate
@@ -172,27 +169,6 @@ To increase the log level for the tests, set `SYNAPSE_TEST_LOG_LEVEL`:
 SYNAPSE_TEST_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG trial tests
 ```
 
-By default, tests will use an in-memory SQLite database for test data. For additional
-help with debugging, one can use an on-disk SQLite database file instead, in order to
-review database state during and after running tests. This can be done by setting
-the `SYNAPSE_TEST_PERSIST_SQLITE_DB` environment variable. Doing so will cause the
-database state to be stored in a file named `test.db` under the trial process'
-working directory. Typically, this ends up being `_trial_temp/test.db`. For example:
-
-```sh
-SYNAPSE_TEST_PERSIST_SQLITE_DB=1 trial tests
-```
-
-The database file can then be inspected with:
-
-```sh
-sqlite3 _trial_temp/test.db
-```
-
-Note that the database file is cleared at the beginning of each test run. Thus it 
-will always only contain the data generated by the *last run test*. Though generally
-when debugging, one is only running a single test anyway.
-
 ### Running tests under PostgreSQL
 
 Invoking `trial` as above will use an in-memory SQLite database. This is great for

docs/development/database_schema.md

@@ -96,60 +96,6 @@ Ensure postgres is installed, then run:
 NB at the time of writing, this script predates the split into separate `state`/`main`
 databases so will require updates to handle that correctly.
 
-## Delta files
-
-Delta files define the steps required to upgrade the database from an earlier version.
-They can be written as either a file containing a series of SQL statements, or a Python
-module.
-
-Synapse remembers which delta files it has applied to a database (they are stored in the
-`applied_schema_deltas` table) and will not re-apply them (even if a given file is
-subsequently updated).
-
-Delta files should be placed in a directory named `synapse/storage/schema/<database>/delta/<version>/`.
-They are applied in alphanumeric order, so  by convention the first two characters
-of the filename should be an integer such as `01`, to put the file in the right order.
-
-### SQL delta files
-
-These should be named `*.sql`, or —  for changes which should only be applied for a
-given database engine — `*.sql.posgres` or `*.sql.sqlite`. For example, a delta which
-adds a new column to the `foo` table might be called `01add_bar_to_foo.sql`.
-
-Note that our SQL parser is a bit simple - it understands comments (`--` and `/*...*/`),
-but complex statements which require a `;` in the middle of them (such as `CREATE
-TRIGGER`) are beyond it and you'll have to use a Python delta file.
-
-### Python delta files
-
-For more flexibility, a delta file can take the form of a python module. These should
-be named `*.py`. Note that database-engine-specific modules are not supported here –
-instead you can write `if isinstance(database_engine, PostgresEngine)` or similar.
-
-A Python delta module should define either or both of the following functions:
-
-```python
-import synapse.config.homeserver
-import synapse.storage.engines
-import synapse.storage.types
-
-
-def run_create(
-    cur: synapse.storage.types.Cursor,
-    database_engine: synapse.storage.engines.BaseDatabaseEngine,
-) -> None:
-    """Called whenever an existing or new database is to be upgraded"""
-    ...
-
-def run_upgrade(
-    cur: synapse.storage.types.Cursor,
-    database_engine: synapse.storage.engines.BaseDatabaseEngine,
-    config: synapse.config.homeserver.HomeServerConfig,
-) -> None:
-    """Called whenever an existing database is to be upgraded."""
-    ...
-```
-
 ## Boolean columns
 
 Boolean columns require special treatment, since SQLite treats booleans the

docs/development/room-dag-concepts.md

@@ -38,15 +38,16 @@ Most-recent-in-time events in the DAG which are not referenced by any other even
 The forward extremities of a room are used as the `prev_events` when the next event is sent.
 
 
-## Backward extremity
+## Backwards extremity
 
 The current marker of where we have backfilled up to and will generally be the
-`prev_events` of the oldest-in-time events we have in the DAG. This gives a starting point when
-backfilling history.
+oldest-in-time events we know of in the DAG.
 
-When we persist a non-outlier event, we clear it as a backward extremity and set
-all of its `prev_events` as the new backward extremities if they aren't already
-persisted in the `events` table.
+This is an event where we haven't fetched all of the `prev_events` for.
+
+Once we have fetched all of its `prev_events`, it's unmarked as a backwards
+extremity (although we may have formed new backwards extremities from the prev
+events during the backfilling process).
 
 
 ## Outliers
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ We mark an event as an `outlier` when we haven't figured out the state for the
 room at that point in the DAG yet.
 
 We won't *necessarily* have the `prev_events` of an `outlier` in the database,
-but it's entirely possible that we *might*.
+but it's entirely possible that we *might*. The status of whether we have all of
+the `prev_events` is marked as a [backwards extremity](#backwards-extremity).
 
 For example, when we fetch the event auth chain or state for a given event, we
 mark all of those claimed auth events as outliers because we haven't done the

docs/development/url_previews.md

@@ -35,12 +35,7 @@ When Synapse is asked to preview a URL it does the following:
    5. If the media is HTML:
       1. Decodes the HTML via the stored file.
       2. Generates an Open Graph response from the HTML.
-      3. If a JSON oEmbed URL was found in the HTML via autodiscovery:
-         1. Downloads the URL and stores it into a file via the media storage provider
-            and saves the local media metadata.
-         2. Convert the oEmbed response to an Open Graph response.
-         3. Override any Open Graph data from the HTML with data from oEmbed.
-      4. If an image exists in the Open Graph response:
+      3. If an image exists in the Open Graph response:
          1. Downloads the URL and stores it into a file via the media storage
             provider and saves the local media metadata.
          2. Generates thumbnails.

docs/jwt.md

@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ will be removed in a future version of Synapse.
 
 The `token` field should include the JSON web token with the following claims:
 
-* A claim that encodes the local part of the user ID is required. By default,
-  the `sub` (subject) claim is used, or a custom claim can be set in the
-  configuration file.
+* The `sub` (subject) claim is required and should encode the local part of the
+  user ID.
 * The expiration time (`exp`), not before time (`nbf`), and issued at (`iat`)
   claims are optional, but validated if present.
 * The issuer (`iss`) claim is optional, but required and validated if configured.

docs/media_repository.md

@@ -2,80 +2,29 @@
 
 *Synapse implementation-specific details for the media repository*
 
-The media repository
- * stores avatars, attachments and their thumbnails for media uploaded by local
-   users.
- * caches avatars, attachments and their thumbnails for media uploaded by remote
-   users.
- * caches resources and thumbnails used for
-   [URL previews](development/url_previews.md).
+The media repository is where attachments and avatar photos are stored.
+It stores attachment content and thumbnails for media uploaded by local users.
+It caches attachment content and thumbnails for media uploaded by remote users.
 
-All media in Matrix can be identified by a unique
-[MXC URI](https://spec.matrix.org/latest/client-server-api/#matrix-content-mxc-uris),
-consisting of a server name and media ID:
-```
-mxc://<server-name>/<media-id>
-```
+## Storage
 
-## Local Media
-Synapse generates 24 character media IDs for content uploaded by local users.
-These media IDs consist of upper and lowercase letters and are case-sensitive.
-Other homeserver implementations may generate media IDs differently.
+Each item of media is assigned a `media_id` when it is uploaded.
+The `media_id` is a randomly chosen, URL safe 24 character string.
 
-Local media is recorded in the `local_media_repository` table, which includes
-metadata such as MIME types, upload times and file sizes.
-Note that this table is shared by the URL cache, which has a different media ID
-scheme.
+Metadata such as the MIME type, upload time and length are stored in the
+sqlite3 database indexed by `media_id`.
 
-### Paths
-A file with media ID `aabbcccccccccccccccccccc` and its `128x96` `image/jpeg`
-thumbnail, created by scaling, would be stored at:
-```
-local_content/aa/bb/cccccccccccccccccccc
-local_thumbnails/aa/bb/cccccccccccccccccccc/128-96-image-jpeg-scale
-```
+Content is stored on the filesystem under a `"local_content"` directory.
 
-## Remote Media
-When media from a remote homeserver is requested from Synapse, it is assigned
-a local `filesystem_id`, with the same format as locally-generated media IDs,
-as described above.
+Thumbnails are stored under a `"local_thumbnails"` directory.
 
-A record of remote media is stored in the `remote_media_cache` table, which
-can be used to map remote MXC URIs (server names and media IDs) to local
-`filesystem_id`s.
+The item with `media_id` `"aabbccccccccdddddddddddd"` is stored under
+`"local_content/aa/bb/ccccccccdddddddddddd"`. Its thumbnail with width
+`128` and height `96` and type `"image/jpeg"` is stored under
+`"local_thumbnails/aa/bb/ccccccccdddddddddddd/128-96-image-jpeg"`
 
-### Paths
-A file from `matrix.org` with `filesystem_id` `aabbcccccccccccccccccccc` and its
-`128x96` `image/jpeg` thumbnail, created by scaling, would be stored at:
-```
-remote_content/matrix.org/aa/bb/cccccccccccccccccccc
-remote_thumbnail/matrix.org/aa/bb/cccccccccccccccccccc/128-96-image-jpeg-scale
-```
-Older thumbnails may omit the thumbnailing method:
-```
-remote_thumbnail/matrix.org/aa/bb/cccccccccccccccccccc/128-96-image-jpeg
-```
-
-Note that `remote_thumbnail/` does not have an `s`.
-
-## URL Previews
-See [URL Previews](development/url_previews.md) for documentation on the URL preview
-process.
-
-When generating previews for URLs, Synapse may download and cache various
-resources, including images. These resources are assigned temporary media IDs
-of the form `yyyy-mm-dd_aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa`, where `yyyy-mm-dd` is the current
-date and `aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa` is a random sequence of 16 case-sensitive letters.
-
-The metadata for these cached resources is stored in the
-`local_media_repository` and `local_media_repository_url_cache` tables.
-
-Resources for URL previews are deleted after a few days.
-
-### Paths
-The file with media ID `yyyy-mm-dd_aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa` and its `128x96`
-`image/jpeg` thumbnail, created by scaling, would be stored at:
-```
-url_cache/yyyy-mm-dd/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
-url_cache_thumbnails/yyyy-mm-dd/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/128-96-image-jpeg-scale
-```
+Remote content is cached under `"remote_content"` directory. Each item of
+remote content is assigned a local `"filesystem_id"` to ensure that the
+directory structure `"remote_content/server_name/aa/bb/ccccccccdddddddddddd"`
+is appropriate. Thumbnails for remote content are stored under
+`"remote_thumbnail/server_name/..."`

docs/modules/background_update_controller_callbacks.md

@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-# Background update controller callbacks
-
-Background update controller callbacks allow module developers to control (e.g. rate-limit)
-how database background updates are run. A database background update is an operation
-Synapse runs on its database in the background after it starts. It's usually used to run
-database operations that would take too long if they were run at the same time as schema
-updates (which are run on startup) and delay Synapse's startup too much: populating a
-table with a big amount of data, adding an index on a big table, deleting superfluous data,
-etc.
-
-Background update controller callbacks can be registered using the module API's
-`register_background_update_controller_callbacks` method. Only the first module (in order
-of appearance in Synapse's configuration file) calling this method can register background
-update controller callbacks, subsequent calls are ignored.
-
-The available background update controller callbacks are:
-
-### `on_update`
-
-_First introduced in Synapse v1.49.0_
-
-```python
-def on_update(update_name: str, database_name: str, one_shot: bool) -> AsyncContextManager[int]
-```
-
-Called when about to do an iteration of a background update. The module is given the name
-of the update, the name of the database, and a flag to indicate whether the background
-update will happen in one go and may take a long time (e.g. creating indices). If this last
-argument is set to `False`, the update will be run in batches.
-
-The module must return an async context manager. It will be entered before Synapse runs a 
-background update; this should return the desired duration of the iteration, in
-milliseconds.
-
-The context manager will be exited when the iteration completes. Note that the duration
-returned by the context manager is a target, and an iteration may take substantially longer
-or shorter. If the `one_shot` flag is set to `True`, the duration returned is ignored.
-
-__Note__: Unlike most module callbacks in Synapse, this one is _synchronous_. This is
-because asynchronous operations are expected to be run by the async context manager.
-
-This callback is required when registering any other background update controller callback.
-
-### `default_batch_size`
-
-_First introduced in Synapse v1.49.0_
-
-```python
-async def default_batch_size(update_name: str, database_name: str) -> int
-```
-
-Called before the first iteration of a background update, with the name of the update and
-of the database. The module must return the number of elements to process in this first
-iteration.
-
-If this callback is not defined, Synapse will use a default value of 100.
-
-### `min_batch_size`
-
-_First introduced in Synapse v1.49.0_
-
-```python
-async def min_batch_size(update_name: str, database_name: str) -> int
-```
-
-Called before running a new batch for a background update, with the name of the update and
-of the database. The module must return an integer representing the minimum number of
-elements to process in this iteration. This number must be at least 1, and is used to
-ensure that progress is always made.
-
-If this callback is not defined, Synapse will use a default value of 100.

docs/modules/password_auth_provider_callbacks.md

@@ -105,68 +105,6 @@ device ID), and the (now deactivated) access token.
 
 If multiple modules implement this callback, Synapse runs them all in order.
 
-### `get_username_for_registration`
-
-_First introduced in Synapse v1.52.0_
-
-```python
-async def get_username_for_registration(
-    uia_results: Dict[str, Any],
-    params: Dict[str, Any],
-) -> Optional[str]
-```
-
-Called when registering a new user. The module can return a username to set for the user
-being registered by returning it as a string, or `None` if it doesn't wish to force a
-username for this user. If a username is returned, it will be used as the local part of a
-user's full Matrix ID (e.g. it's `alice` in `@alice:example.com`).
-
-This callback is called once [User-Interactive Authentication](https://spec.matrix.org/latest/client-server-api/#user-interactive-authentication-api)
-has been completed by the user. It is not called when registering a user via SSO. It is
-passed two dictionaries, which include the information that the user has provided during
-the registration process.
-
-The first dictionary contains the results of the [User-Interactive Authentication](https://spec.matrix.org/latest/client-server-api/#user-interactive-authentication-api)
-flow followed by the user. Its keys are the identifiers of every step involved in the flow,
-associated with either a boolean value indicating whether the step was correctly completed,
-or additional information (e.g. email address, phone number...). A list of most existing
-identifiers can be found in the [Matrix specification](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.1/client-server-api/#authentication-types).
-Here's an example featuring all currently supported keys:
-
-```python
-{
-    "m.login.dummy": True,  # Dummy authentication
-    "m.login.terms": True,  # User has accepted the terms of service for the homeserver
-    "m.login.recaptcha": True,  # User has completed the recaptcha challenge
-    "m.login.email.identity": {  # User has provided and verified an email address
-        "medium": "email",
-        "address": "alice@example.com",
-        "validated_at": 1642701357084,
-    },
-    "m.login.msisdn": {  # User has provided and verified a phone number
-        "medium": "msisdn",
-        "address": "33123456789",
-        "validated_at": 1642701357084,
-    },
-    "org.matrix.msc3231.login.registration_token": "sometoken",  # User has registered through the flow described in MSC3231
-}
-```
-
-The second dictionary contains the parameters provided by the user's client in the request
-to `/_matrix/client/v3/register`. See the [Matrix specification](https://spec.matrix.org/latest/client-server-api/#post_matrixclientv3register)
-for a complete list of these parameters.
-
-If the module cannot, or does not wish to, generate a username for this user, it must
-return `None`.
-
-If multiple modules implement this callback, they will be considered in order. If a
-callback returns `None`, Synapse falls through to the next one. The value of the first
-callback that does not return `None` will be used. If this happens, Synapse will not call
-any of the subsequent implementations of this callback. If every callback return `None`,
-the username provided by the user is used, if any (otherwise one is automatically
-generated).
-
-
 ## Example
 
 The example module below implements authentication checkers for two different login types: 

docs/modules/writing_a_module.md

@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ Modules **must** register their web resources in their `__init__` method.
 ## Registering a callback
 
 Modules can use Synapse's module API to register callbacks. Callbacks are functions that
-Synapse will call when performing specific actions. Callbacks must be asynchronous (unless
-specified otherwise), and are split in categories. A single module may implement callbacks
-from multiple categories, and is under no obligation to implement all callbacks from the
-categories it registers callbacks for.
+Synapse will call when performing specific actions. Callbacks must be asynchronous, and
+are split in categories. A single module may implement callbacks from multiple categories,
+and is under no obligation to implement all callbacks from the categories it registers
+callbacks for.
 
 Modules can register callbacks using one of the module API's `register_[...]_callbacks`
 methods. The callback functions are passed to these methods as keyword arguments, with
-the callback name as the argument name and the function as its value. A
-`register_[...]_callbacks` method exists for each category.
+the callback name as the argument name and the function as its value. This is demonstrated
+in the example below. A `register_[...]_callbacks` method exists for each category.
 
 Callbacks for each category can be found on their respective page of the
 [Synapse documentation website](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse).

docs/openid.md

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ oidc_providers:
 
 ### Dex
 
-[Dex][dex-idp] is a simple, open-source OpenID Connect Provider.
+[Dex][dex-idp] is a simple, open-source, certified OpenID Connect Provider.
 Although it is designed to help building a full-blown provider with an
 external database, it can be configured with static passwords in a config file.
 
@@ -390,6 +390,9 @@ oidc_providers:
 
 ### Facebook
 
+Like Github, Facebook provide a custom OAuth2 API rather than an OIDC-compliant
+one so requires a little more configuration.
+
 0. You will need a Facebook developer account. You can register for one
    [here](https://developers.facebook.com/async/registration/).
 1. On the [apps](https://developers.facebook.com/apps/) page of the developer
@@ -409,28 +412,24 @@ Synapse config:
     idp_name: Facebook
     idp_brand: "facebook"  # optional: styling hint for clients
     discover: false
-    issuer: "https://www.facebook.com"
+    issuer: "https://facebook.com"
     client_id: "your-client-id" # TO BE FILLED
     client_secret: "your-client-secret" # TO BE FILLED
     scopes: ["openid", "email"]
-    authorization_endpoint: "https://facebook.com/dialog/oauth"
-    token_endpoint: "https://graph.facebook.com/v9.0/oauth/access_token"
-    jwks_uri: "https://www.facebook.com/.well-known/oauth/openid/jwks/"
+    authorization_endpoint: https://facebook.com/dialog/oauth
+    token_endpoint: https://graph.facebook.com/v9.0/oauth/access_token
+    user_profile_method: "userinfo_endpoint"
+    userinfo_endpoint: "https://graph.facebook.com/v9.0/me?fields=id,name,email,picture"
     user_mapping_provider:
       config:
+        subject_claim: "id"
         display_name_template: "{{ user.name }}"
-        email_template: "{{ '{{ user.email }}' }}"
 ```
 
 Relevant documents:
- * [Manually Build a Login Flow](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/manually-build-a-login-flow)
- * [Using Facebook's Graph API](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/using-graph-api/)
- * [Reference to the User endpoint](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/user)
-
-Facebook do have an [OIDC discovery endpoint](https://www.facebook.com/.well-known/openid-configuration),
-but it has a `response_types_supported` which excludes "code" (which we rely on, and
-is even mentioned in their [documentation](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/manually-build-a-login-flow#login)),
-so we have to disable discovery and configure the URIs manually.
+ * https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/manually-build-a-login-flow
+ * Using Facebook's Graph API: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/using-graph-api/
+ * Reference to the User endpoint: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/user
 
 ### Gitea
 
@@ -524,7 +523,7 @@ The synapse config will look like this:
         email_template: "{{ user.email }}"
 ```
 
-### Django OAuth Toolkit
+## Django OAuth Toolkit
 
 [django-oauth-toolkit](https://github.com/jazzband/django-oauth-toolkit) is a
 Django application providing out of the box all the endpoints, data and logic

docs/other/running_synapse_on_single_board_computers.md

@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-## Summary of performance impact of running on resource constrained devices such as SBCs
-
-I've been running my homeserver on a cubietruck at home now for some time and am often replying to statements like "you need loads of ram to join large rooms" with "it works fine for me". I thought it might be useful to curate a summary of the issues you're likely to run into to help as a scaling-down guide, maybe highlight these for development work or end up as documentation. It seems that once you get up to about 4x1.5GHz arm64 4GiB these issues are no longer a problem.
-
-- **Platform**: 2x1GHz armhf 2GiB ram [Single-board computers](https://wiki.debian.org/CheapServerBoxHardware), SSD, postgres.
-
-### Presence
-
-This is the main reason people have a poor matrix experience on resource constrained homeservers. Element web will frequently be saying the server is offline while the python process will be pegged at 100% cpu. This feature is used to tell when other users are active (have a client app in the foreground) and therefore more likely to respond, but requires a lot of network activity to maintain even when nobody is talking in a room.
-
-![Screenshot_2020-10-01_19-29-46](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71895/94848963-a47a3580-041c-11eb-8b6e-acb772b4259e.png)
-
-While synapse does have some performance issues with presence [#3971](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3971), the fundamental problem is that this is an easy feature to implement for a centralised service at nearly no overhead, but federation makes it combinatorial [#8055](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8055). There is also a client-side config option which disables the UI and idle tracking [enable_presence_by_hs_url] to blacklist the largest instances but I didn't notice much difference, so I recommend disabling the feature entirely at the server level as well.
-
-[enable_presence_by_hs_url]: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/blob/v1.7.8/config.sample.json#L45
-
-### Joining
-
-Joining a "large", federated room will initially fail with the below message in Element web, but waiting a while (10-60mins) and trying again will succeed without any issue. What counts as "large" is not message history, user count, connections to homeservers or even a simple count of the state events, it is instead how long the state resolution algorithm takes. However, each of those numbers are reasonable proxies, so we can use them as estimates since user count is one of the few things you see before joining.
-
-![Screenshot_2020-10-02_17-15-06](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/71895/94945781-18771500-04d3-11eb-8419-83c2da73a341.png)
-
-This is [#1211](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/1211) and will also hopefully be mitigated by peeking [matrix-org/matrix-doc#2753](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2753) so at least you don't need to wait for a join to complete before finding out if it's the kind of room you want. Note that you should first disable presence, otherwise it'll just make the situation worse [#3120](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3120). There is a lot of database interaction too, so make sure you've [migrated your data](../postgres.md) from the default sqlite to postgresql. Personally, I recommend patience - once the initial join is complete there's rarely any issues with actually interacting with the room, but if you like you can just block "large" rooms entirely.
-
-### Sessions
-
-Anything that requires modifying the device list [#7721](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7721) will take a while to propagate, again taking the client "Offline" until it's complete. This includes signing in and out, editing the public name and verifying e2ee. The main mitigation I recommend is to keep long-running sessions open e.g. by using Firefox SSB "Use this site in App mode" or Chromium PWA "Install Element".
-
-### Recommended configuration
-
-Put the below in a new file at /etc/matrix-synapse/conf.d/sbc.yaml to override the defaults in homeserver.yaml.
-
-```
-# Set to false to disable presence tracking on this homeserver.
-use_presence: false
-
-# When this is enabled, the room "complexity" will be checked before a user
-# joins a new remote room. If it is above the complexity limit, the server will
-# disallow joining, or will instantly leave.
-limit_remote_rooms:
-  # Uncomment to enable room complexity checking.
-  #enabled: true
-  complexity: 3.0
-
-# Database configuration
-database:
-  name: psycopg2
-  args:
-    user: matrix-synapse
-    # Generate a long, secure one with a password manager
-    password: hunter2
-    database: matrix-synapse
-    host: localhost
-    cp_min: 5
-    cp_max: 10
-```
-
-Currently the complexity is measured by [current_state_events / 500](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/v1.20.1/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py#L986). You can find join times and your most complex rooms like this:
-
-```
-admin@homeserver:~$ zgrep '/client/r0/join/' /var/log/matrix-synapse/homeserver.log* | awk '{print $18, $25}' | sort --human-numeric-sort
-29.922sec/-0.002sec /_matrix/client/r0/join/%23debian-fasttrack%3Apoddery.com
-182.088sec/0.003sec /_matrix/client/r0/join/%23decentralizedweb-general%3Amatrix.org
-911.625sec/-570.847sec /_matrix/client/r0/join/%23synapse%3Amatrix.org
-
-admin@homeserver:~$ sudo --user postgres psql matrix-synapse --command 'select canonical_alias, joined_members, current_state_events from room_stats_state natural join room_stats_current where canonical_alias is not null order by current_state_events desc fetch first 5 rows only'
-        canonical_alias        | joined_members | current_state_events 
--------------------------------+----------------+----------------------
- #_oftc_#debian:matrix.org             |  871   |  52355
- #matrix:matrix.org                    |  6379  |  10684
- #irc:matrix.org                       |  461   |  3751
- #decentralizedweb-general:matrix.org  |  997   |  1509
- #whatsapp:maunium.net                 |  554   |  854
-```

docs/password_auth_providers.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <h2 style="color:red">
 This page of the Synapse documentation is now deprecated. For up to date
 documentation on setting up or writing a password auth provider module, please see
-<a href="modules/index.md">this page</a>.
+<a href="modules.md">this page</a>.
 </h2>
 
 # Password auth provider modules

docs/postgres.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Using Postgres
 
-Synapse supports PostgreSQL versions 10 or later.
+Synapse supports PostgreSQL versions 9.6 or later.
 
 ## Install postgres client libraries
 
@@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ performance:
 Note that the appropriate values for those fields depend on the amount
 of free memory the database host has available.
 
-Additionally, admins of large deployments might want to consider using huge pages
-to help manage memory, especially when using large values of `shared_buffers`. You
-can read more about that [here](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/kernel-resources.html#LINUX-HUGE-PAGES).
 
 ## Porting from SQLite
 

docs/reverse_proxy.md

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ server {
 
     server_name matrix.example.com;
 
-    location ~ ^(/_matrix|/_synapse/client) {
+    location ~* ^(\/_matrix|\/_synapse\/client) {
         # note: do not add a path (even a single /) after the port in `proxy_pass`,
         # otherwise nginx will canonicalise the URI and cause signature verification
         # errors.

docs/sample_config.yaml

@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@
 
 # Server admins can expand Synapse's functionality with external modules.
 #
-# See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/modules/index.html for more
+# See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/modules.html for more
 # documentation on how to configure or create custom modules for Synapse.
 #
 modules:
-  #- module: my_super_module.MySuperClass
-  #  config:
-  #    do_thing: true
-  #- module: my_other_super_module.SomeClass
-  #  config: {}
+    # - module: my_super_module.MySuperClass
+    #   config:
+    #       do_thing: true
+    # - module: my_other_super_module.SomeClass
+    #   config: {}
 
 
 ## Server ##
@@ -74,7 +74,13 @@ server_name: "SERVERNAME"
 #
 pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid
 
-# The absolute URL to the web client which / will redirect to.
+# The absolute URL to the web client which /_matrix/client will redirect
+# to if 'webclient' is configured under the 'listeners' configuration.
+#
+# This option can be also set to the filesystem path to the web client
+# which will be served at /_matrix/client/ if 'webclient' is configured
+# under the 'listeners' configuration, however this is a security risk:
+# https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse#security-note
 #
 #web_client_location: https://riot.example.com/
 
@@ -158,7 +164,7 @@ presence:
 # The default room version for newly created rooms.
 #
 # Known room versions are listed here:
-# https://spec.matrix.org/latest/rooms/#complete-list-of-room-versions
+# https://matrix.org/docs/spec/#complete-list-of-room-versions
 #
 # For example, for room version 1, default_room_version should be set
 # to "1".
@@ -304,6 +310,8 @@ presence:
 #   static: static resources under synapse/static (/_matrix/static). (Mostly
 #       useful for 'fallback authentication'.)
 #
+#   webclient: A web client. Requires web_client_location to be set.
+#
 listeners:
   # TLS-enabled listener: for when matrix traffic is sent directly to synapse.
   #
@@ -471,20 +479,6 @@ limit_remote_rooms:
 #
 #allow_per_room_profiles: false
 
-# The largest allowed file size for a user avatar. Defaults to no restriction.
-#
-# Note that user avatar changes will not work if this is set without
-# using Synapse's media repository.
-#
-#max_avatar_size: 10M
-
-# The MIME types allowed for user avatars. Defaults to no restriction.
-#
-# Note that user avatar changes will not work if this is set without
-# using Synapse's media repository.
-#
-#allowed_avatar_mimetypes: ["image/png", "image/jpeg", "image/gif"]
-
 # How long to keep redacted events in unredacted form in the database. After
 # this period redacted events get replaced with their redacted form in the DB.
 #
@@ -653,8 +647,8 @@ retention:
 #
 #federation_certificate_verification_whitelist:
 #  - lon.example.com
-#  - "*.domain.com"
-#  - "*.onion"
+#  - *.domain.com
+#  - *.onion
 
 # List of custom certificate authorities for federation traffic.
 #
@@ -1215,44 +1209,6 @@ oembed:
 #
 #session_lifetime: 24h
 
-# Time that an access token remains valid for, if the session is
-# using refresh tokens.
-# For more information about refresh tokens, please see the manual.
-# Note that this only applies to clients which advertise support for
-# refresh tokens.
-#
-# Note also that this is calculated at login time and refresh time:
-# changes are not applied to existing sessions until they are refreshed.
-#
-# By default, this is 5 minutes.
-#
-#refreshable_access_token_lifetime: 5m
-
-# Time that a refresh token remains valid for (provided that it is not
-# exchanged for another one first).
-# This option can be used to automatically log-out inactive sessions.
-# Please see the manual for more information.
-#
-# Note also that this is calculated at login time and refresh time:
-# changes are not applied to existing sessions until they are refreshed.
-#
-# By default, this is infinite.
-#
-#refresh_token_lifetime: 24h
-
-# Time that an access token remains valid for, if the session is NOT
-# using refresh tokens.
-# Please note that not all clients support refresh tokens, so setting
-# this to a short value may be inconvenient for some users who will
-# then be logged out frequently.
-#
-# Note also that this is calculated at login time: changes are not applied
-# retrospectively to existing sessions for users that have already logged in.
-#
-# By default, this is infinite.
-#
-#nonrefreshable_access_token_lifetime: 24h
-
 # The user must provide all of the below types of 3PID when registering.
 #
 #registrations_require_3pid:
@@ -1442,16 +1398,6 @@ account_threepid_delegates:
 #
 #auto_join_rooms_for_guests: false
 
-# Whether to inhibit errors raised when registering a new account if the user ID
-# already exists. If turned on, that requests to /register/available will always
-# show a user ID as available, and Synapse won't raise an error when starting
-# a registration with a user ID that already exists. However, Synapse will still
-# raise an error if the registration completes and the username conflicts.
-#
-# Defaults to false.
-#
-#inhibit_user_in_use_error: true
-
 
 ## Metrics ###
 
@@ -1504,7 +1450,6 @@ room_prejoin_state:
    # - m.room.encryption
    # - m.room.name
    # - m.room.create
-   # - m.room.topic
    #
    # Uncomment the following to disable these defaults (so that only the event
    # types listed in 'additional_event_types' are shared). Defaults to 'false'.
@@ -1519,21 +1464,6 @@ room_prejoin_state:
    #additional_event_types:
    #  - org.example.custom.event.type
 
-# We record the IP address of clients used to access the API for various
-# reasons, including displaying it to the user in the "Where you're signed in"
-# dialog.
-#
-# By default, when puppeting another user via the admin API, the client IP
-# address is recorded against the user who created the access token (ie, the
-# admin user), and *not* the puppeted user.
-#
-# Uncomment the following to also record the IP address against the puppeted
-# user. (This also means that the puppeted user will count as an "active" user
-# for the purpose of monthly active user tracking - see 'limit_usage_by_mau' etc
-# above.)
-#
-#track_puppeted_user_ips: true
-
 
 # A list of application service config files to use
 #
@@ -1901,13 +1831,10 @@ saml2_config:
 #       Defaults to false. Avoid this in production.
 #
 #   user_profile_method: Whether to fetch the user profile from the userinfo
-#       endpoint, or to rely on the data returned in the id_token from the
-#       token_endpoint.
+#       endpoint. Valid values are: 'auto' or 'userinfo_endpoint'.
 #
-#       Valid values are: 'auto' or 'userinfo_endpoint'.
-#
-#       Defaults to 'auto', which uses the userinfo endpoint if 'openid' is
-#       not included in 'scopes'. Set to 'userinfo_endpoint' to always use the
+#       Defaults to 'auto', which fetches the userinfo endpoint if 'openid' is
+#       included in 'scopes'. Set to 'userinfo_endpoint' to always fetch the
 #       userinfo endpoint.
 #
 #   allow_existing_users: set to 'true' to allow a user logging in via OIDC to
@@ -2112,12 +2039,6 @@ sso:
     #
     #algorithm: "provided-by-your-issuer"
 
-    # Name of the claim containing a unique identifier for the user.
-    #
-    # Optional, defaults to `sub`.
-    #
-    #subject_claim: "sub"
-
     # The issuer to validate the "iss" claim against.
     #
     # Optional, if provided the "iss" claim will be required and
@@ -2439,8 +2360,8 @@ user_directory:
     # indexes were (re)built was before Synapse 1.44, you'll have to
     # rebuild the indexes in order to search through all known users.
     # These indexes are built the first time Synapse starts; admins can
-    # manually trigger a rebuild via API following the instructions at
-    #     https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.html#run
+    # manually trigger a rebuild following the instructions at
+    #     https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/user_directory.html
     #
     # Uncomment to return search results containing all known users, even if that
     # user does not share a room with the requester.

docs/setup/installation.md

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ xbps-install -S synapse
 Synapse can be installed via FreeBSD Ports or Packages contributed by Brendan Molloy from:
 
 - Ports: `cd /usr/ports/net-im/py-matrix-synapse && make install clean`
-- Packages: `pkg install py38-matrix-synapse`
+- Packages: `pkg install py37-matrix-synapse`
 
 #### OpenBSD
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ When following this route please make sure that the [Platform-specific prerequis
 System requirements:
 
 - POSIX-compliant system (tested on Linux & OS X)
-- Python 3.7 or later, up to Python 3.10.
+- Python 3.6 or later, up to Python 3.9.
 - At least 1GB of free RAM if you want to join large public rooms like #matrix:matrix.org
 
 To install the Synapse homeserver run:

docs/sso_mapping_providers.md

@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ comment these options out and use those specified by the module instead.
 
 A custom mapping provider must specify the following methods:
 
-* `def __init__(self, parsed_config)`
+* `__init__(self, parsed_config)`
    - Arguments:
      - `parsed_config` - A configuration object that is the return value of the
        `parse_config` method. You should set any configuration options needed by
        the module here.
-* `def parse_config(config)`
+* `parse_config(config)`
     - This method should have the `@staticmethod` decoration.
     - Arguments:
         - `config` - A `dict` representing the parsed content of the
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ A custom mapping provider must specify the following methods:
            any option values they need here.
     - Whatever is returned will be passed back to the user mapping provider module's
       `__init__` method during construction.
-* `def get_remote_user_id(self, userinfo)`
+* `get_remote_user_id(self, userinfo)`
     - Arguments:
       - `userinfo` - A `authlib.oidc.core.claims.UserInfo` object to extract user
                      information from.
     - This method must return a string, which is the unique, immutable identifier
       for the user. Commonly the `sub` claim of the response.
-* `async def map_user_attributes(self, userinfo, token, failures)`
+* `map_user_attributes(self, userinfo, token, failures)`
     - This method must be async.
     - Arguments:
       - `userinfo` - A `authlib.oidc.core.claims.UserInfo` object to extract user
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ A custom mapping provider must specify the following methods:
         during a user's first login. Once a localpart has been associated with a
         remote user ID (see `get_remote_user_id`) it cannot be updated.
       - `displayname`: An optional string, the display name for the user.
-* `async def get_extra_attributes(self, userinfo, token)`
+* `get_extra_attributes(self, userinfo, token)`
     - This method must be async.
     - Arguments:
       - `userinfo` - A `authlib.oidc.core.claims.UserInfo` object to extract user
@@ -125,15 +125,15 @@ comment these options out and use those specified by the module instead.
 
 A custom mapping provider must specify the following methods:
 
-* `def __init__(self, parsed_config, module_api)`
+* `__init__(self, parsed_config, module_api)`
    - Arguments:
      - `parsed_config` - A configuration object that is the return value of the
        `parse_config` method. You should set any configuration options needed by
        the module here.
      - `module_api` - a `synapse.module_api.ModuleApi` object which provides the
        stable API available for extension modules.
-* `def parse_config(config)`
-    - **This method should have the `@staticmethod` decoration.**
+* `parse_config(config)`
+    - This method should have the `@staticmethod` decoration.
     - Arguments:
         - `config` - A `dict` representing the parsed content of the
           `saml_config.user_mapping_provider.config` homeserver config option.
@@ -141,15 +141,15 @@ A custom mapping provider must specify the following methods:
            any option values they need here.
     - Whatever is returned will be passed back to the user mapping provider module's
       `__init__` method during construction.
-* `def get_saml_attributes(config)`
-    - **This method should have the `@staticmethod` decoration.**
+* `get_saml_attributes(config)`
+    - This method should have the `@staticmethod` decoration.
     - Arguments:
         - `config` - A object resulting from a call to `parse_config`.
     - Returns a tuple of two sets. The first set equates to the SAML auth
       response attributes that are required for the module to function, whereas
       the second set consists of those attributes which can be used if available,
       but are not necessary.
-* `def get_remote_user_id(self, saml_response, client_redirect_url)`
+* `get_remote_user_id(self, saml_response, client_redirect_url)`
     - Arguments:
       - `saml_response` - A `saml2.response.AuthnResponse` object to extract user
                           information from.
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ A custom mapping provider must specify the following methods:
                                 redirected to.
     - This method must return a string, which is the unique, immutable identifier
       for the user. Commonly the `uid` claim of the response.
-* `def saml_response_to_user_attributes(self, saml_response, failures, client_redirect_url)`
+* `saml_response_to_user_attributes(self, saml_response, failures, client_redirect_url)`
     - Arguments:
       - `saml_response` - A `saml2.response.AuthnResponse` object to extract user
                           information from.

docs/templates.md

@@ -71,12 +71,7 @@ Below are the templates Synapse will look for when generating the content of an
                 * `sender_avatar_url`: the avatar URL (as a `mxc://` URL) for the event's
                   sender
                 * `sender_hash`: a hash of the user ID of the sender
-                * `msgtype`: the type of the message
-                * `body_text_html`: html representation of the message
-                * `body_text_plain`: plaintext representation of the message
-                * `image_url`: mxc url of an image, when "msgtype" is "m.image"
         * `link`: a `matrix.to` link to the room
-        * `avator_url`: url to the room's avator
     * `reason`: information on the event that triggered the email to be sent. It's an
       object with the following attributes:
         * `room_id`: the ID of the room the event was sent in

docs/turn-howto.md

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Overview
 
-This document explains how to enable VoIP relaying on your homeserver with
+This document explains how to enable VoIP relaying on your Home Server with
 TURN.
 
-The synapse Matrix homeserver supports integration with TURN server via the
+The synapse Matrix Home Server supports integration with TURN server via the
 [TURN server REST API](<https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-uberti-behave-turn-rest-00>). This
-allows the homeserver to generate credentials that are valid for use on the
-TURN server through the use of a secret shared between the homeserver and the
+allows the Home Server to generate credentials that are valid for use on the
+TURN server through the use of a secret shared between the Home Server and the
 TURN server.
 
 The following sections describe how to install [coturn](<https://github.com/coturn/coturn>) (which implements the TURN REST API) and integrate it with synapse.
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ The following sections describe how to install [coturn](<https://github.com/cotu
 
 For TURN relaying with `coturn` to work, it must be hosted on a server/endpoint with a public IP.
 
-Hosting TURN behind NAT requires port forwaring and for the NAT gateway to have a public IP.
-However, even with appropriate configuration, NAT is known to cause issues and to often not work.
+Hosting TURN behind a NAT (even with appropriate port forwarding) is known to cause issues
+and to often not work.
 
 ## `coturn` setup
 
@@ -103,23 +103,7 @@ This will install and start a systemd service called `coturn`.
     denied-peer-ip=192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255
     denied-peer-ip=172.16.0.0-172.31.255.255
 
-    # recommended additional local peers to block, to mitigate external access to internal services.
-    # https://www.rtcsec.com/article/slack-webrtc-turn-compromise-and-bug-bounty/#how-to-fix-an-open-turn-relay-to-address-this-vulnerability
-    no-multicast-peers
-    denied-peer-ip=0.0.0.0-0.255.255.255
-    denied-peer-ip=100.64.0.0-100.127.255.255
-    denied-peer-ip=127.0.0.0-127.255.255.255
-    denied-peer-ip=169.254.0.0-169.254.255.255
-    denied-peer-ip=192.0.0.0-192.0.0.255
-    denied-peer-ip=192.0.2.0-192.0.2.255
-    denied-peer-ip=192.88.99.0-192.88.99.255
-    denied-peer-ip=198.18.0.0-198.19.255.255
-    denied-peer-ip=198.51.100.0-198.51.100.255
-    denied-peer-ip=203.0.113.0-203.0.113.255
-    denied-peer-ip=240.0.0.0-255.255.255.255
-
     # special case the turn server itself so that client->TURN->TURN->client flows work
-    # this should be one of the turn server's listening IPs
     allowed-peer-ip=10.0.0.1
 
     # consider whether you want to limit the quota of relayed streams per user (or total) to avoid risk of DoS.
@@ -137,58 +121,34 @@ This will install and start a systemd service called `coturn`.
 
     # TLS private key file
     pkey=/path/to/privkey.pem
-
-    # Ensure the configuration lines that disable TLS/DTLS are commented-out or removed
-    #no-tls
-    #no-dtls
     ```
 
-    In this case, replace the `turn:` schemes in the `turn_uris` settings below
+    In this case, replace the `turn:` schemes in the `turn_uri` settings below
     with `turns:`.
 
     We recommend that you only try to set up TLS/DTLS once you have set up a
     basic installation and got it working.
 
-    NB: If your TLS certificate was provided by Let's Encrypt, TLS/DTLS will
-    not work with any Matrix client that uses Chromium's WebRTC library. This
-    currently includes Element Android & iOS; for more details, see their
-    [respective](https://github.com/vector-im/element-android/issues/1533)
-    [issues](https://github.com/vector-im/element-ios/issues/2712) as well as the underlying
-    [WebRTC issue](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/webrtc/issues/detail?id=11710).
-    Consider using a ZeroSSL certificate for your TURN server as a working alternative.
-
 1.  Ensure your firewall allows traffic into the TURN server on the ports
     you've configured it to listen on (By default: 3478 and 5349 for TURN
     traffic (remember to allow both TCP and UDP traffic), and ports 49152-65535
     for the UDP relay.)
 
-1.  If your TURN server is behind NAT, the NAT gateway must have an external,
-    publicly-reachable IP address. You must configure coturn to advertise that
-    address to connecting clients:
+1.  We do not recommend running a TURN server behind NAT, and are not aware of
+    anyone doing so successfully.
+
+    If you want to try it anyway, you will at least need to tell coturn its
+    external IP address:
 
     ```
-    external-ip=EXTERNAL_NAT_IPv4_ADDRESS
+    external-ip=192.88.99.1
     ```
 
-    You may optionally limit the TURN server to listen only on the local
-    address that is mapped by NAT to the external address:
+    ... and your NAT gateway must forward all of the relayed ports directly
+    (eg, port 56789 on the external IP must be always be forwarded to port
+    56789 on the internal IP).
 
-    ```
-    listening-ip=INTERNAL_TURNSERVER_IPv4_ADDRESS
-    ```
-
-    If your NAT gateway is reachable over both IPv4 and IPv6, you may
-    configure coturn to advertise each available address:
-
-    ```
-    external-ip=EXTERNAL_NAT_IPv4_ADDRESS
-    external-ip=EXTERNAL_NAT_IPv6_ADDRESS
-    ```
-
-    When advertising an external IPv6 address, ensure that the firewall and
-    network settings of the system running your TURN server are configured to
-    accept IPv6 traffic, and that the TURN server is listening on the local
-    IPv6 address that is mapped by NAT to the external IPv6 address.
+    If you get this working, let us know!
 
 1.  (Re)start the turn server:
 
@@ -205,18 +165,18 @@ This will install and start a systemd service called `coturn`.
 
 ## Synapse setup
 
-Your homeserver configuration file needs the following extra keys:
+Your home server configuration file needs the following extra keys:
 
 1.  "`turn_uris`": This needs to be a yaml list of public-facing URIs
     for your TURN server to be given out to your clients. Add separate
     entries for each transport your TURN server supports.
 2.  "`turn_shared_secret`": This is the secret shared between your
-    homeserver and your TURN server, so you should set it to the same
+    Home server and your TURN server, so you should set it to the same
     string you used in turnserver.conf.
 3.  "`turn_user_lifetime`": This is the amount of time credentials
-    generated by your homeserver are valid for (in milliseconds).
+    generated by your Home Server are valid for (in milliseconds).
     Shorter times offer less potential for abuse at the expense of
-    increased traffic between web clients and your homeserver to
+    increased traffic between web clients and your home server to
     refresh credentials. The TURN REST API specification recommends
     one day (86400000).
 4.  "`turn_allow_guests`": Whether to allow guest users to use the
@@ -256,16 +216,15 @@ connecting". Unfortunately, troubleshooting this can be tricky.
 
 Here are a few things to try:
 
+ * Check that your TURN server is not behind NAT. As above, we're not aware of
+   anyone who has successfully set this up.
+
  * Check that you have opened your firewall to allow TCP and UDP traffic to the
-   TURN ports (normally 3478 and 5349).
+   TURN ports (normally 3478 and 5479).
 
  * Check that you have opened your firewall to allow UDP traffic to the UDP
    relay ports (49152-65535 by default).
 
- * Try disabling `coturn`'s TLS/DTLS listeners and enable only its (unencrypted)
-   TCP/UDP listeners. (This will only leave signaling traffic unencrypted;
-   voice & video WebRTC traffic is always encrypted.)
-
  * Some WebRTC implementations (notably, that of Google Chrome) appear to get
    confused by TURN servers which are reachable over IPv6 (this appears to be
    an unexpected side-effect of its handling of multiple IP addresses as
@@ -275,18 +234,6 @@ Here are a few things to try:
    Try removing any AAAA records for your TURN server, so that it is only
    reachable over IPv4.
 
- * If your TURN server is behind NAT:
-
-    * double-check that your NAT gateway is correctly forwarding all TURN
-      ports (normally 3478 & 5349 for TCP & UDP TURN traffic, and 49152-65535 for the UDP
-      relay) to the NAT-internal address of your TURN server. If advertising
-      both IPv4 and IPv6 external addresses via the `external-ip` option, ensure
-      that the NAT is forwarding both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic to the IPv4 and IPv6
-      internal addresses of your TURN server. When in doubt, remove AAAA records
-      for your TURN server and specify only an IPv4 address as your `external-ip`.
-
-    * ensure that your TURN server uses the NAT gateway as its default route.
-
  * Enable more verbose logging in coturn via the `verbose` setting:
 
    ```

docs/upgrade.md

@@ -85,40 +85,6 @@ process, for example:
     dpkg -i matrix-synapse-py3_1.3.0+stretch1_amd64.deb
     ```
 
-# Upgrading to v1.52.0
-
-## Twisted security release
-
-Note that [Twisted 22.1.0](https://github.com/twisted/twisted/releases/tag/twisted-22.1.0)
-has recently been released, which fixes a [security issue](https://github.com/twisted/twisted/security/advisories/GHSA-92x2-jw7w-xvvx)
-within the Twisted library. We do not believe Synapse is affected by this vulnerability,
-though we advise server administrators who installed Synapse via pip to upgrade Twisted
-with `pip install --upgrade Twisted` as a matter of good practice. The Docker image
-`matrixdotorg/synapse` and the Debian packages from `packages.matrix.org` are using the
-updated library.
-
-# Upgrading to v1.51.0
-
-## Deprecation of `webclient` listeners and non-HTTP(S) `web_client_location`
-
-Listeners of type  `webclient` are deprecated and scheduled to be removed in
-Synapse v1.53.0.
-
-Similarly, a non-HTTP(S) `web_client_location` configuration is deprecated and
-will become a configuration error in Synapse v1.53.0.
-
-
-# Upgrading to v1.50.0
-
-## Dropping support for old Python and Postgres versions
-
-In line with our [deprecation policy](deprecation_policy.md),
-we've dropped support for Python 3.6 and PostgreSQL 9.6, as they are no
-longer supported upstream.
-
-This release of Synapse requires Python 3.7+ and PostgreSQL 10+.
-
-
 # Upgrading to v1.47.0
 
 ## Removal of old Room Admin API

docs/usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.md

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ For each update:
 `average_items_per_ms` how many items are processed per millisecond based on an exponential average.
 
 
+
 ## Enabled
 
 This API allow pausing background updates.
@@ -81,29 +82,3 @@ The API returns the `enabled` param.
 ```
 
 There is also a `GET` version which returns the `enabled` state.
-
-
-## Run
-
-This API schedules a specific background update to run. The job starts immediately after calling the API.
-
-
-The API is:
-
-```
-POST /_synapse/admin/v1/background_updates/start_job
-```
-
-with the following body:
-
-```json
-{
-    "job_name": "populate_stats_process_rooms"
-}
-```
-
-The following JSON body parameters are available:
-
-- `job_name` - A string which job to run. Valid values are:
-  - `populate_stats_process_rooms` - Recalculate the stats for all rooms.
-  - `regenerate_directory` - Recalculate the [user directory](../../../user_directory.md) if it is stale or out of sync.

docs/usage/administration/admin_api/federation.md

@@ -1,212 +0,0 @@
-# Federation API
-
-This API allows a server administrator to manage Synapse's federation with other homeservers.
-
-Note: This API is new, experimental and "subject to change".
-
-## List of destinations
-
-This API gets the current destination retry timing info for all remote servers.
-
-The list contains all the servers with which the server federates,
-regardless of whether an error occurred or not.
-If an error occurs, it may take up to 20 minutes for the error to be displayed here,
-as a complete retry must have failed.
-
-The API is:
-
-A standard request with no filtering:
-
-```
-GET /_synapse/admin/v1/federation/destinations
-```
-
-A response body like the following is returned:
-
-```json
-{
-   "destinations":[
-      {
-         "destination": "matrix.org",
-         "retry_last_ts": 1557332397936,
-         "retry_interval": 3000000,
-         "failure_ts": 1557329397936,
-         "last_successful_stream_ordering": null
-      }
-   ],
-   "total": 1
-}
-```
-
-To paginate, check for `next_token` and if present, call the endpoint again
-with `from` set to the value of `next_token`. This will return a new page.
-
-If the endpoint does not return a `next_token` then there are no more destinations
-to paginate through.
-
-**Parameters**
-
-The following query parameters are available:
-
-- `from` - Offset in the returned list. Defaults to `0`.
-- `limit` - Maximum amount of destinations to return. Defaults to `100`.
-- `order_by` - The method in which to sort the returned list of destinations.
-  Valid values are:
-  - `destination` - Destinations are ordered alphabetically by remote server name.
-    This is the default.
-  - `retry_last_ts` - Destinations are ordered by time of last retry attempt in ms.
-  - `retry_interval` - Destinations are ordered by how long until next retry in ms.
-  - `failure_ts` - Destinations are ordered by when the server started failing in ms.
-  - `last_successful_stream_ordering` - Destinations are ordered by the stream ordering
-    of the most recent successfully-sent PDU.
-- `dir` - Direction of room order. Either `f` for forwards or `b` for backwards. Setting
-  this value to `b` will reverse the above sort order. Defaults to `f`.
-
-*Caution:* The database only has an index on the column `destination`.
-This means that if a different sort order is used,
-this can cause a large load on the database, especially for large environments.
-
-**Response**
-
-The following fields are returned in the JSON response body:
-
-- `destinations` - An array of objects, each containing information about a destination.
-  Destination objects contain the following fields:
-  - `destination` - string - Name of the remote server to federate.
-  - `retry_last_ts` - integer - The last time Synapse tried and failed to reach the
-    remote server, in ms. This is `0` if the last attempt to communicate with the
-    remote server was successful.
-  - `retry_interval` - integer - How long since the last time Synapse tried to reach
-    the remote server before trying again, in ms. This is `0` if no further retrying occuring.
-  - `failure_ts` - nullable integer - The first time Synapse tried and failed to reach the
-    remote server, in ms. This is `null` if communication with the remote server has never failed.
-  - `last_successful_stream_ordering` - nullable integer - The stream ordering of the most
-    recent successfully-sent [PDU](understanding_synapse_through_grafana_graphs.md#federation)
-    to this destination, or `null` if this information has not been tracked yet.
-- `next_token`: string representing a positive integer - Indication for pagination. See above.
-- `total` - integer - Total number of destinations.
-
-## Destination Details API
-
-This API gets the retry timing info for a specific remote server.
-
-The API is:
-
-```
-GET /_synapse/admin/v1/federation/destinations/<destination>
-```
-
-A response body like the following is returned:
-
-```json
-{
-   "destination": "matrix.org",
-   "retry_last_ts": 1557332397936,
-   "retry_interval": 3000000,
-   "failure_ts": 1557329397936,
-   "last_successful_stream_ordering": null
-}
-```
-
-**Parameters**
-
-The following parameters should be set in the URL:
-
-- `destination` - Name of the remote server.
-
-**Response**
-
-The response fields are the same like in the `destinations` array in
-[List of destinations](#list-of-destinations) response.
-
-## Destination rooms
-
-This API gets the rooms that federate with a specific remote server.
-
-The API is:
-
-```
-GET /_synapse/admin/v1/federation/destinations/<destination>/rooms
-```
-
-A response body like the following is returned:
-
-```json
-{
-   "rooms":[
-      {
-         "room_id": "!OGEhHVWSdvArJzumhm:matrix.org",
-         "stream_ordering": 8326
-      },
-      {
-         "room_id": "!xYvNcQPhnkrdUmYczI:matrix.org",
-         "stream_ordering": 93534
-      }
-   ],
-   "total": 2
-}
-```
-
-To paginate, check for `next_token` and if present, call the endpoint again
-with `from` set to the value of `next_token`. This will return a new page.
-
-If the endpoint does not return a `next_token` then there are no more destinations
-to paginate through.
-
-**Parameters**
-
-The following parameters should be set in the URL:
-
-- `destination` - Name of the remote server.
-
-The following query parameters are available:
-
-- `from` - Offset in the returned list. Defaults to `0`.
-- `limit` - Maximum amount of destinations to return. Defaults to `100`.
-- `dir` - Direction of room order by `room_id`. Either `f` for forwards or `b` for
-  backwards. Defaults to `f`.
-
-**Response**
-
-The following fields are returned in the JSON response body:
-
-- `rooms` - An array of objects, each containing information about a room.
-  Room objects contain the following fields:
-  - `room_id` - string - The ID of the room.
-  - `stream_ordering` - integer -  The stream ordering of the most recent
-    successfully-sent [PDU](understanding_synapse_through_grafana_graphs.md#federation)
-    to this destination in this room.
-- `next_token`: string representing a positive integer - Indication for pagination. See above.
-- `total` - integer - Total number of destinations.
-
-## Reset connection timeout
-
-Synapse makes federation requests to other homeservers. If a federation request fails,
-Synapse will mark the destination homeserver as offline, preventing any future requests
-to that server for a "cooldown" period. This period grows over time if the server
-continues to fail its responses
-([exponential backoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_backoff)).
-
-Admins can cancel the cooldown period with this API.
-
-This API resets the retry timing for a specific remote server and tries to connect to
-the remote server again. It does not wait for the next `retry_interval`.
-The connection must have previously run into an error and `retry_last_ts`
-([Destination Details API](#destination-details-api)) must not be equal to `0`.
-
-The connection attempt is carried out in the background and can take a while
-even if the API already returns the http status 200.
-
-The API is:
-
-```
-POST /_synapse/admin/v1/federation/destinations/<destination>/reset_connection
-
-{}
-```
-
-**Parameters**
-
-The following parameters should be set in the URL:
-
-- `destination` - Name of the remote server.

docs/usage/administration/admin_faq.md

@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-## Admin FAQ
-
-How do I become a server admin?
----
-If your server already has an admin account you should use the user admin API to promote other accounts to become admins. See [User Admin API](../../admin_api/user_admin_api.md#Change-whether-a-user-is-a-server-administrator-or-not)
-
-If you don't have any admin accounts yet you won't be able to use the admin API so you'll have to edit the database manually. Manually editing the database is generally not recommended so once you have an admin account, use the admin APIs to make further changes.
-
-```sql
-UPDATE users SET admin = 1 WHERE name = '@foo:bar.com';
-```
-What servers are my server talking to?
----
-Run this sql query on your db:
-```sql
-SELECT * FROM destinations;
-```
-
-What servers are currently participating in this room?
----
-Run this sql query on your db:
-```sql
-SELECT DISTINCT split_part(state_key, ':', 2)
-    FROM current_state_events AS c
-    INNER JOIN room_memberships AS m USING (room_id, event_id)
-    WHERE room_id = '!cURbafjkfsMDVwdRDQ:matrix.org' AND membership = 'join';
-```
-
-What users are registered on my server?
----
-```sql
-SELECT NAME from users;
-```
-
-Manually resetting passwords:
----
-See https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/README.rst#password-reset
-
-I have a problem with my server. Can I just delete my database and start again?
----
-Deleting your database is unlikely to make anything better. 
-
-It's easy to make the mistake of thinking that you can start again from a clean slate by dropping your database, but things don't work like that in a federated network: lots of other servers have information about your server.
-
-For example: other servers might think that you are in a room, your server will think that you are not, and you'll probably be unable to interact with that room in a sensible way ever again.
-
-In general, there are better solutions to any problem than dropping the database. Come and seek help in https://matrix.to/#/#synapse:matrix.org.
-
-There are two exceptions when it might be sensible to delete your database and start again:
-* You have *never* joined any rooms which are federated with other servers. For instance, a local deployment which the outside world can't talk to. 
-* You are changing the `server_name` in the homeserver configuration. In effect this makes your server a completely new one from the point of view of the network, so in this case it makes sense to start with a clean database.
-(In both cases you probably also want to clear out the media_store.)
-
-I've stuffed up access to my room, how can I delete it to free up the alias?
----
-Using the following curl command:
-```
-curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer <access-token>' -X DELETE https://matrix.org/_matrix/client/r0/directory/room/<room-alias>
-```
-`<access-token>` - can be obtained in riot by looking in the riot settings, down the bottom is:
-Access Token:\<click to reveal\> 
-
-`<room-alias>` - the room alias, eg. #my_room:matrix.org this possibly needs to be URL encoded also, for example  %23my_room%3Amatrix.org
-
-How can I find the lines corresponding to a given HTTP request in my homeserver log?
----
-
-Synapse tags each log line according to the HTTP request it is processing. When it finishes processing each request, it logs a line containing the words `Processed request: `. For example:
-
-```
-2019-02-14 22:35:08,196 - synapse.access.http.8008 - 302 - INFO - GET-37 - ::1 - 8008 - {@richvdh:localhost} Processed request: 0.173sec/0.001sec (0.002sec, 0.000sec) (0.027sec/0.026sec/2) 687B 200 "GET /_matrix/client/r0/sync HTTP/1.1" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/69.0.3497.100 Safari/537.36" [0 dbevts]"
-```
-
-Here we can see that the request has been tagged with `GET-37`. (The tag depends on the method of the HTTP request, so might start with `GET-`, `PUT-`, `POST-`, `OPTIONS-` or `DELETE-`.) So to find all lines corresponding to this request, we can do:
-
-```
-grep 'GET-37' homeserver.log
-```
-
-If you want to paste that output into a github issue or matrix room, please remember to surround it with triple-backticks (```) to make it legible (see https://help.github.com/en/articles/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax#quoting-code).
-
-
-What do all those fields in the 'Processed' line mean?
----
-See [Request log format](request_log.md).
-
-
-What are the biggest rooms on my server?
----
-
-```sql
-SELECT s.canonical_alias, g.room_id, count(*) AS num_rows 
-FROM 
-  state_groups_state AS g, 
-  room_stats_state AS s 
-WHERE g.room_id = s.room_id 
-GROUP BY s.canonical_alias, g.room_id
-ORDER BY num_rows desc 
-LIMIT 10;
-```
-
-You can also use the [List Room API](../../admin_api/rooms.md#list-room-api)
-and `order_by` `state_events`.

docs/usage/administration/database_maintenance_tools.md

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-This blog post by Victor Berger explains how to use many of the tools listed on this page: https://levans.fr/shrink-synapse-database.html
-
-# List of useful tools and scripts for maintenance Synapse database:
-
-## [Purge Remote Media API](../../admin_api/media_admin_api.md#purge-remote-media-api)
-The purge remote media API allows server admins to purge old cached remote media.
-
-## [Purge Local Media API](../../admin_api/media_admin_api.md#delete-local-media)
-This API deletes the *local* media from the disk of your own server.
-
-## [Purge History API](../../admin_api/purge_history_api.md)
-The purge history API allows server admins to purge historic events from their database, reclaiming disk space.
-
-## [synapse-compress-state](https://github.com/matrix-org/rust-synapse-compress-state)
-Tool for compressing (deduplicating) `state_groups_state` table.
-
-## [SQL for analyzing Synapse PostgreSQL database stats](useful_sql_for_admins.md)
-Some easy SQL that reports useful stats about your Synapse database.

docs/usage/administration/state_groups.md

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# How do State Groups work?
-
-As a general rule, I encourage people who want to understand the deepest darkest secrets of the database schema to drop by #synapse-dev:matrix.org and ask questions.
-
-However, one question that comes up frequently is that of how "state groups" work, and why the `state_groups_state` table gets so big, so here's an attempt to answer that question.
-
-We need to be able to relatively quickly calculate the state of a room at any point in that room's history. In other words, we need to know the state of the room at each event in that room. This is done as follows:
-
-A sequence of events where the state is the same are grouped together into a `state_group`; the mapping is recorded in `event_to_state_groups`. (Technically speaking, since a state event usually changes the state in the room, we are recording the state of the room *after* the given event id: which is to say, to a handwavey simplification, the first event in a state group is normally a state event, and others in the same state group are normally non-state-events.)
-
-`state_groups` records, for each state group, the id of the room that we're looking at, and also the id of the first event in that group. (I'm not sure if that event id is used much in practice.) 
-
-Now, if we stored all the room state for each `state_group`, that would be a huge amount of data. Instead, for each state group, we normally store the difference between the state in that group and some other state group, and only occasionally (every 100 state changes or so) record the full state.
-
-So, most state groups have an entry in `state_group_edges` (don't ask me why it's not a column in `state_groups`) which records the previous state group in the room, and `state_groups_state` records the differences in state since that previous state group.
-
-A full state group just records the event id for each piece of state in the room at that point.
-
-## Known bugs with state groups
-
-There are various reasons that we can end up creating many more state groups than we need: see https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3364 for more details.
-
-## Compression tool
-
-There is a tool at https://github.com/matrix-org/rust-synapse-compress-state which can compress the `state_groups_state` on a room by-room basis (essentially, it reduces the number of "full" state groups). This can result in dramatic reductions of the storage used.

docs/usage/administration/understanding_synapse_through_grafana_graphs.md

@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-## Understanding Synapse through Grafana graphs
-
-It is possible to monitor much of the internal state of Synapse using [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io) 
-metrics and [Grafana](https://grafana.com/). 
-A guide for configuring Synapse to provide metrics is available [here](../../metrics-howto.md) 
-and information on setting up Grafana is [here](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/contrib/grafana).
-In this setup, Prometheus will periodically scrape the information Synapse provides and
-store a record of it over time. Grafana is then used as an interface to query and
-present this information through a series of pretty graphs.
-
-Once you have grafana set up, and assuming you're using [our grafana dashboard template](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/contrib/grafana/synapse.json), look for the following graphs when debugging a slow/overloaded Synapse:
-
-## Message Event Send Time
-
-![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1342360/82239409-a1c8e900-9930-11ea-8081-e4614e0c63f4.png)
-
-This, along with the CPU and Memory graphs, is a good way to check the general health of your Synapse instance. It represents how long it takes for a user on your homeserver to send a message.
-
-## Transaction Count and Transaction Duration
-
-![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1342360/82239985-8d392080-9931-11ea-80d0-843ab2f22e1e.png)
-
-![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1342360/82240050-ab068580-9931-11ea-98f1-f94671cbac9a.png)
-
-These graphs show the database transactions that are occurring the most frequently, as well as those are that are taking the most amount of time to execute.
-
-![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1342360/82240192-e86b1300-9931-11ea-9aac-3e2c9bfa6fdc.png)
-
-In the first graph, we can see obvious spikes corresponding to lots of `get_user_by_id` transactions. This would be useful information to figure out which part of the Synapse codebase is potentially creating a heavy load on the system. However, be sure to cross-reference this with Transaction Duration, which states that `get_users_by_id` is actually a very quick database transaction and isn't causing as much load as others, like `persist_events`:
-
-![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1342360/82240467-62030100-9932-11ea-8db9-917f2d977fe1.png)
-
-Still, it's probably worth investigating why we're getting users from the database that often, and whether it's possible to reduce the amount of queries we make by adjusting our cache factor(s).
-
-The `persist_events` transaction is responsible for saving new room events to the Synapse database, so can often show a high transaction duration.
-
-## Federation
-
-The charts in the "Federation" section show information about incoming and outgoing federation requests. Federation data can be divided into two basic types:
-
-- PDU (Persistent Data Unit) - room events: messages, state events (join/leave), etc. These are permanently stored in the database.
-- EDU (Ephemeral Data Unit) - other data, which need not be stored permanently, such as read receipts, typing notifications.
-
-The "Outgoing EDUs by type" chart shows the EDUs within outgoing federation requests by type: `m.device_list_update`, `m.direct_to_device`, `m.presence`, `m.receipt`, `m.typing`.
-
-If you see a large number of `m.presence` EDUs and are having trouble with too much CPU load, you can disable `presence` in the Synapse config. See also [#3971](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3971).
-
-## Caches
-
-![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1342360/82240572-8b239180-9932-11ea-96ff-6b5f0e57ebe5.png)
-
-![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1342360/82240666-b8703f80-9932-11ea-86af-9f663988d8da.png)
-
-This is quite a useful graph. It shows how many times Synapse attempts to retrieve a piece of data from a cache which the cache did not contain, thus resulting in a call to the database. We can see here that the `_get_joined_profile_from_event_id` cache is being requested a lot, and often the data we're after is not cached.
-
-Cross-referencing this with the Eviction Rate graph, which shows that entries are being evicted from `_get_joined_profile_from_event_id` quite often:
-
-![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1342360/82240766-de95df80-9932-11ea-8c15-5acfc57c48da.png)
-
-we should probably consider raising the size of that cache by raising its cache factor (a multiplier value for the size of an individual cache). Information on doing so is available [here](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/ee421e524478c1ad8d43741c27379499c2f6135c/docs/sample_config.yaml#L608-L642) (note that the configuration of individual cache factors through the configuration file is available in Synapse v1.14.0+, whereas doing so through environment variables has been supported for a very long time). Note that this will increase Synapse's overall memory usage.
-
-## Forward Extremities
-
-![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1342360/82241440-13566680-9934-11ea-8b88-ba468db937ed.png)
-
-Forward extremities are the leaf events at the end of a DAG in a room, aka events that have no children. The more that exist in a room, the more [state resolution](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.1/server-server-api/#room-state-resolution) that Synapse needs to perform (hint: it's an expensive operation). While Synapse has code to prevent too many of these existing at one time in a room, bugs can sometimes make them crop up again.
-
-If a room has >10 forward extremities, it's worth checking which room is the culprit and potentially removing them using the SQL queries mentioned in [#1760](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/1760).
-
-## Garbage Collection
-
-![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1342360/82241911-da6ac180-9934-11ea-9a0d-a311fe22acd0.png)
-
-Large spikes in garbage collection times (bigger than shown here, I'm talking in the 
-multiple seconds range), can cause lots of problems in Synapse performance. It's more an 
-indicator of problems, and a symptom of other problems though, so check other graphs for what might be causing it.
-
-## Final Thoughts
-
-If you're still having performance problems with your Synapse instance and you've 
-tried everything you can, it may just be a lack of system resources. Consider adding
-more CPU and RAM, and make use of [worker mode](../../workers.md) 
-to make use of multiple CPU cores / multiple machines for your homeserver.
-

docs/usage/administration/useful_sql_for_admins.md

@@ -1,156 +0,0 @@
-## Some useful SQL queries for Synapse Admins
-
-## Size of full matrix db
-`SELECT pg_size_pretty( pg_database_size( 'matrix' ) );`
-### Result example:
-``` 
-pg_size_pretty 
-----------------
- 6420 MB
-(1 row)
-```
-## Show top 20 larger rooms by state events count
-```sql
-SELECT r.name, s.room_id, s.current_state_events
-  FROM room_stats_current s
-  LEFT JOIN room_stats_state r USING (room_id)
-  ORDER BY current_state_events DESC
-  LIMIT 20;
-```
-
-and by state_group_events count:
-```sql
-SELECT rss.name, s.room_id, count(s.room_id) FROM state_groups_state s
-LEFT JOIN room_stats_state rss USING (room_id)
-GROUP BY s.room_id, rss.name        
-ORDER BY count(s.room_id) DESC
-LIMIT 20;
-```
-plus same, but with join removed for performance reasons:
-```sql
-SELECT s.room_id, count(s.room_id) FROM state_groups_state s
-GROUP BY s.room_id        
-ORDER BY count(s.room_id) DESC
-LIMIT 20;
-```
-
-## Show top 20 larger tables by row count
-```sql
-SELECT relname, n_live_tup as rows
-  FROM pg_stat_user_tables 
-  ORDER BY n_live_tup DESC
-  LIMIT 20;
-```
-This query is quick, but may be very approximate, for exact number of rows use `SELECT COUNT(*) FROM <table_name>`.
-### Result example:
-```
-state_groups_state - 161687170
-event_auth - 8584785
-event_edges - 6995633
-event_json - 6585916
-event_reference_hashes - 6580990
-events - 6578879
-received_transactions - 5713989
-event_to_state_groups - 4873377
-stream_ordering_to_exterm - 4136285
-current_state_delta_stream - 3770972
-event_search - 3670521
-state_events - 2845082
-room_memberships - 2785854
-cache_invalidation_stream - 2448218
-state_groups - 1255467
-state_group_edges - 1229849
-current_state_events - 1222905
-users_in_public_rooms - 364059
-device_lists_stream - 326903
-user_directory_search - 316433
-```
-
-## Show top 20 rooms by new events count in last 1 day:
-```sql
-SELECT e.room_id, r.name, COUNT(e.event_id) cnt FROM events e
-LEFT JOIN room_stats_state r USING (room_id)
-WHERE e.origin_server_ts >= DATE_PART('epoch', NOW() - INTERVAL '1 day') * 1000 GROUP BY e.room_id, r.name ORDER BY cnt DESC LIMIT 20;
-```
-
-## Show top 20 users on homeserver by sent events (messages) at last month:
-```sql
-SELECT user_id, SUM(total_events) 
-   FROM user_stats_historical
-   WHERE TO_TIMESTAMP(end_ts/1000) AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' > date_trunc('day', now() - interval '1 month')
-   GROUP BY user_id
-   ORDER BY SUM(total_events) DESC 
-   LIMIT 20;
-```
-
-## Show last 100 messages from needed user, with room names:
-```sql
-SELECT e.room_id, r.name, e.event_id, e.type, e.content, j.json FROM events e
-  LEFT JOIN event_json j USING (room_id)
-  LEFT JOIN room_stats_state r USING (room_id)
-  WHERE sender = '@LOGIN:example.com'
-  AND e.type = 'm.room.message'
-  ORDER BY stream_ordering DESC
-  LIMIT 100;
-```
-
-## Show top 20 larger tables by storage size
-```sql
-SELECT nspname || '.' || relname AS "relation",
-    pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size(C.oid)) AS "total_size"
-  FROM pg_class C
-  LEFT JOIN pg_namespace N ON (N.oid = C.relnamespace)
-  WHERE nspname NOT IN ('pg_catalog', 'information_schema')
-    AND C.relkind <> 'i'
-    AND nspname !~ '^pg_toast'
-  ORDER BY pg_total_relation_size(C.oid) DESC
-  LIMIT 20;
-```
-### Result example:
-```
-public.state_groups_state - 27 GB
-public.event_json - 9855 MB
-public.events - 3675 MB
-public.event_edges - 3404 MB
-public.received_transactions - 2745 MB
-public.event_reference_hashes - 1864 MB
-public.event_auth - 1775 MB
-public.stream_ordering_to_exterm - 1663 MB
-public.event_search - 1370 MB
-public.room_memberships - 1050 MB
-public.event_to_state_groups - 948 MB
-public.current_state_delta_stream - 711 MB
-public.state_events - 611 MB
-public.presence_stream - 530 MB
-public.current_state_events - 525 MB
-public.cache_invalidation_stream - 466 MB
-public.receipts_linearized - 279 MB
-public.state_groups - 160 MB
-public.device_lists_remote_cache - 124 MB
-public.state_group_edges - 122 MB
-```
-
-## Show rooms with names, sorted by events in this rooms
-`echo "select event_json.room_id,room_stats_state.name from event_json,room_stats_state where room_stats_state.room_id=event_json.room_id" | psql synapse | sort | uniq -c | sort -n`
-### Result example:
-```
-   9459  !FPUfgzXYWTKgIrwKxW:matrix.org              | This Week in Matrix
-   9459  !FPUfgzXYWTKgIrwKxW:matrix.org              | This Week in Matrix (TWIM)
-  17799  !iDIOImbmXxwNngznsa:matrix.org              | Linux in Russian
-  18739  !GnEEPYXUhoaHbkFBNX:matrix.org              | Riot Android
-  23373  !QtykxKocfZaZOUrTwp:matrix.org              | Matrix HQ
-  39504  !gTQfWzbYncrtNrvEkB:matrix.org              | ru.[matrix]
-  43601  !iNmaIQExDMeqdITdHH:matrix.org              | Riot
-  43601  !iNmaIQExDMeqdITdHH:matrix.org              | Riot Web/Desktop
-```
-
-## Lookup room state info by list of room_id
-```sql
-SELECT rss.room_id, rss.name, rss.canonical_alias, rss.topic, rss.encryption, rsc.joined_members, rsc.local_users_in_room, rss.join_rules
-FROM room_stats_state rss
-LEFT JOIN room_stats_current rsc USING (room_id)
-WHERE room_id IN (WHERE room_id IN (
- '!OGEhHVWSdvArJzumhm:matrix.org',
- '!YTvKGNlinIzlkMTVRl:matrix.org'
-)
-```

docs/usage/configuration/user_authentication/refresh_tokens.md

@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-# Refresh Tokens
-
-Synapse supports refresh tokens since version 1.49 (some earlier versions had support for an earlier, experimental draft of [MSC2918] which is not compatible).
-
-
-[MSC2918]: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/main/proposals/2918-refreshtokens.md#msc2918-refresh-tokens
-
-
-## Background and motivation
-
-Synapse users' sessions are identified by **access tokens**; access tokens are
-issued to users on login. Each session gets a unique access token which identifies
-it; the access token must be kept secret as it grants access to the user's account.
-
-Traditionally, these access tokens were eternally valid (at least until the user
-explicitly chose to log out).
-
-In some cases, it may be desirable for these access tokens to expire so that the
-potential damage caused by leaking an access token is reduced.
-On the other hand, forcing a user to re-authenticate (log in again) often might
-be too much of an inconvenience.
-
-**Refresh tokens** are a mechanism to avoid some of this inconvenience whilst
-still getting most of the benefits of short access token lifetimes.
-Refresh tokens are also a concept present in OAuth 2 — further reading is available
-[here](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6749#section-1.5).
-
-When refresh tokens are in use, both an access token and a refresh token will be
-issued to users on login. The access token will expire after a predetermined amount
-of time, but otherwise works in the same way as before. When the access token is
-close to expiring (or has expired), the user's client should present the homeserver
-(Synapse) with the refresh token.
-
-The homeserver will then generate a new access token and refresh token for the user
-and return them. The old refresh token is invalidated and can not be used again*.
-
-Finally, refresh tokens also make it possible for sessions to be logged out if they
-are inactive for too long, before the session naturally ends; see the configuration
-guide below.
-
-
-*To prevent issues if clients lose connection half-way through refreshing a token,
-the refresh token is only invalidated once the new access token has been used at
-least once. For all intents and purposes, the above simplification is sufficient.
-
-
-## Caveats
-
-There are some caveats:
-
-* If a third party gets both your access token and refresh token, they will be able to
-  continue to enjoy access to your session.
-  * This is still an improvement because you (the user) will notice when *your*
-    session expires and you're not able to use your refresh token.
-    That would be a giveaway that someone else has compromised your session.
-    You would be able to log in again and terminate that session.
-    Previously (with long-lived access tokens), a third party that has your access
-    token could go undetected for a very long time.
-* Clients need to implement support for refresh tokens in order for them to be a
-  useful mechanism.
-  * It is up to homeserver administrators if they want to issue long-lived access
-    tokens to clients not implementing refresh tokens.
-    * For compatibility, it is likely that they should, at least until client support
-      is widespread.
-      * Users with clients that support refresh tokens will still benefit from the
-        added security; it's not possible to downgrade a session to using long-lived
-        access tokens so this effectively gives users the choice.
-    * In a closed environment where all users use known clients, this may not be
-      an issue as the homeserver administrator can know if the clients have refresh
-      token support. In that case, the non-refreshable access token lifetime
-      may be set to a short duration so that a similar level of security is provided.
-
-
-## Configuration Guide
-
-The following configuration options, in the `registration` section, are related:
-
-* `session_lifetime`: maximum length of a session, even if it's refreshed.
-  In other words, the client must log in again after this time period.
-  In most cases, this can be unset (infinite) or set to a long time (years or months).
-* `refreshable_access_token_lifetime`: lifetime of access tokens that are created
-  by clients supporting refresh tokens.
-  This should be short; a good value might be 5 minutes (`5m`).
-* `nonrefreshable_access_token_lifetime`: lifetime of access tokens that are created
-  by clients which don't support refresh tokens.
-  Make this short if you want to effectively force use of refresh tokens.
-  Make this long if you don't want to inconvenience users of clients which don't
-  support refresh tokens (by forcing them to frequently re-authenticate using
-  login credentials).
-* `refresh_token_lifetime`: lifetime of refresh tokens.
-  In other words, the client must refresh within this time period to maintain its session.
-  Unless you want to log inactive sessions out, it is often fine to use a long
-  value here or even leave it unset (infinite).
-  Beware that making it too short will inconvenience clients that do not connect
-  very often, including mobile clients and clients of infrequent users (by making
-  it more difficult for them to refresh in time, which may force them to need to
-  re-authenticate using login credentials).
-
-**Note:** All four options above only apply when tokens are created (by logging in or refreshing).
-Changes to these settings do not apply retroactively.
-
-
-### Using refresh token expiry to log out inactive sessions
-
-If you'd like to force sessions to be logged out upon inactivity, you can enable
-refreshable access token expiry and refresh token expiry.
-
-This works because a client must refresh at least once within a period of
-`refresh_token_lifetime` in order to maintain valid credentials to access the
-account.
-
-(It's suggested that `refresh_token_lifetime` should be longer than
-`refreshable_access_token_lifetime` and this section assumes that to be the case
-for simplicity.)
-
-Note: this will only affect sessions using refresh tokens. You may wish to
-set a short `nonrefreshable_access_token_lifetime` to prevent this being bypassed
-by clients that do not support refresh tokens.
-
-
-#### Choosing values that guarantee permitting some inactivity
-
-It may be desirable to permit some short periods of inactivity, for example to
-accommodate brief outages in client connectivity.
-
-The following model aims to provide guidance for choosing `refresh_token_lifetime`
-and `refreshable_access_token_lifetime` to satisfy requirements of the form:
-
-1. inactivity longer than `L` **MUST** cause the session to be logged out; and
-2. inactivity shorter than `S` **MUST NOT** cause the session to be logged out.
-
-This model makes the weakest assumption that all active clients will refresh as
-needed to maintain an active access token, but no sooner.
-*In reality, clients may refresh more often than this model assumes, but the
-above requirements will still hold.*
-
-To satisfy the above model,
-* `refresh_token_lifetime` should be set to `L`; and
-* `refreshable_access_token_lifetime` should be set to `L - S`.

docs/user_directory.md

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ on this particular server - i.e. ones which your account shares a room with, or
 who are present in a publicly viewable room present on the server.
 
 The directory info is stored in various tables, which can (typically after
-DB corruption) get stale or out of sync. If this happens, for now the
-solution to fix it is to use the [admin API](usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.md#run)
-and execute the job `regenerate_directory`. This should then start a background task to
+DB corruption) get stale or out of sync.  If this happens, for now the
+solution to fix it is to execute the SQL [here](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/synapse/storage/schema/main/delta/53/user_dir_populate.sql)
+and then restart synapse. This should then start a background task to
 flush the current tables and regenerate the directory.
 
 Data model

docs/website_files/README.md

@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ Finally, we also stylise the chapter titles in the left sidebar by indenting the
 slightly so that they are more visually distinguishable from the section headers
 (the bold titles). This is done through the `indent-section-headers.css` file.
 
-In addition to these modifications, we have added a version picker to the documentation.
-Users can switch between documentations for different versions of Synapse.
-This functionality was implemented through the `version-picker.js` and
-`version-picker.css` files.
-
 More information can be found in mdbook's official documentation for
 [injecting page JS/CSS](https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/format/config.html)
 and