Don't send outlier events to ASes

Fix MRO for replication stores
Add cache for if ASes have users in a room
2025-12-05 01:10:13 +00:00 · 2018-04-06 10:21:17 +01:00 · 2018-04-06 10:20:50 +01:00 · 2018-04-05 17:28:27 +01:00 · 2018-04-04 17:24:40 +01:00 · 2018-04-04 16:46:58 +01:00
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@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
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+Describe here the problem that you are experiencing, or the feature you are requesting.
+
+### Steps to reproduce
+
+- For bugs, list the steps
+- that reproduce the bug
+- using hyphens as bullet points
+
+Describe how what happens differs from what you expected.
+
+If you can identify any relevant log snippets from _homeserver.log_, please include
+those here (please be careful to remove any personal or private data):
+
+### Version information
+
+<!-- IMPORTANT: please answer the following questions, to help us narrow down the problem -->
+
+- **Homeserver**: Was this issue identified on matrix.org or another homeserver?
+
+If not matrix.org:
+- **Version**:        What version of Synapse is running? <!-- 
+You can find the Synapse version by inspecting the server headers (replace matrix.org with
+your own homeserver domain):
+$ curl -v https://matrix.org/_matrix/client/versions 2>&1 | grep "Server:"
+-->
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+- **Platform**:       Tell us about the environment in which your homeserver is operating
+                      - distro, hardware, if it's running in a vm/container, etc.
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -46,3 +46,5 @@ static/client/register/register_config.js

 env/
 *.config
+
+.vscode/
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,304 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.27.2 (2018-03-26)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix bug which broke TCP replication between workers (PR #3015)
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.27.1 (2018-03-26)
+=======================================
+
+Meta release as v0.27.0 temporarily pointed to the wrong commit
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.27.0 (2018-03-26)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since v0.27.0-rc2
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.27.0-rc2 (2018-03-19)
+===========================================
+
+Pulls in v0.26.1
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix bug introduced in v0.27.0-rc1 that causes much increased memory usage in state cache (PR #3005)
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.26.1 (2018-03-15)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix bug where an invalid event caused server to stop functioning correctly,
+  due to parsing and serializing bugs in ujson library (PR #3008)
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.27.0-rc1 (2018-03-14)
+===========================================
+
+The common case for running Synapse is not to run separate workers, but for those that do, be aware that synctl no longer starts the main synapse when using ``-a`` option with workers. A new worker file should be added with ``worker_app: synapse.app.homeserver``.
+
+This release also begins the process of renaming a number of the metrics
+reported to prometheus. See `docs/metrics-howto.rst <docs/metrics-howto.rst#block-and-response-metrics-renamed-for-0-27-0>`_.
+Note that the v0.28.0 release will remove the deprecated metric names.
+
+Features:
+
+* Add ability for ASes to override message send time (PR #2754)
+* Add support for custom storage providers for media repository (PR #2867, #2777, #2783, #2789, #2791, #2804, #2812, #2814, #2857, #2868, #2767)
+* Add purge API features, see `docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst <docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst>`_ for full details (PR #2858, #2867, #2882, #2946, #2962, #2943)
+* Add support for whitelisting 3PIDs that users can register. (PR #2813)
+* Add ``/room/{id}/event/{id}`` API (PR #2766)
+* Add an admin API to get all the media in a room (PR #2818) Thanks to @turt2live!
+* Add ``federation_domain_whitelist`` option (PR #2820, #2821)
+
+
+Changes:
+
+* Continue to factor out processing from main process and into worker processes. See updated `docs/workers.rst <docs/workers.rst>`_ (PR #2892 - #2904, #2913, #2920 - #2926, #2947, #2847, #2854, #2872, #2873, #2874, #2928, #2929, #2934, #2856, #2976 - #2984, #2987 - #2989, #2991 - #2993, #2995, #2784)
+* Ensure state cache is used when persisting events (PR #2864, #2871, #2802, #2835, #2836, #2841, #2842, #2849)
+* Change the default config to bind on both IPv4 and IPv6 on all platforms (PR #2435) Thanks to @silkeh!
+* No longer require a specific version of saml2 (PR #2695) Thanks to @okurz!
+* Remove ``verbosity``/``log_file`` from generated config (PR #2755)
+* Add and improve metrics and logging (PR #2770, #2778, #2785, #2786, #2787, #2793, #2794, #2795, #2809, #2810, #2833, #2834, #2844, #2965, #2927, #2975, #2790, #2796, #2838)
+* When using synctl with workers, don't start the main synapse automatically (PR #2774)
+* Minor performance improvements (PR #2773, #2792)
+* Use a connection pool for non-federation outbound connections (PR #2817)
+* Make it possible to run unit tests against postgres (PR #2829)
+* Update pynacl dependency to 1.2.1 or higher (PR #2888) Thanks to @bachp!
+* Remove ability for AS users to call /events and /sync (PR #2948)
+* Use bcrypt.checkpw (PR #2949) Thanks to @krombel!
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix broken ``ldap_config`` config option (PR #2683) Thanks to @seckrv!
+* Fix error message when user is not allowed to unban (PR #2761) Thanks to @turt2live!
+* Fix publicised groups GET API (singular) over federation (PR #2772)
+* Fix user directory when using ``user_directory_search_all_users`` config option (PR #2803, #2831)
+* Fix error on ``/publicRooms`` when no rooms exist (PR #2827)
+* Fix bug in quarantine_media (PR #2837)
+* Fix url_previews when no Content-Type is returned from URL (PR #2845)
+* Fix rare race in sync API when joining room (PR #2944)
+* Fix slow event search, switch back from GIST to GIN indexes (PR #2769, #2848)
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.26.0 (2018-01-05)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since v0.26.0-rc1
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.26.0-rc1 (2017-12-13)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+* Add ability for ASes to publicise groups for their users (PR #2686)
+* Add all local users to the user_directory and optionally search them (PR
+  #2723)
+* Add support for custom login types for validating users (PR #2729)
+
+
+Changes:
+
+* Update example Prometheus config to new format (PR #2648) Thanks to
+  @krombel!
+* Rename redact_content option to include_content in Push API (PR #2650)
+* Declare support for r0.3.0 (PR #2677)
+* Improve upserts (PR #2684, #2688, #2689, #2713)
+* Improve documentation of workers (PR #2700)
+* Improve tracebacks on exceptions (PR #2705)
+* Allow guest access to group APIs for reading (PR #2715)
+* Support for posting content in federation_client script (PR #2716)
+* Delete devices and pushers on logouts etc (PR #2722)
+
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix database port script (PR #2673)
+* Fix internal server error on login with ldap_auth_provider (PR #2678) Thanks
+  to @jkolo!
+* Fix error on sqlite 3.7 (PR #2697)
+* Fix OPTIONS on preview_url (PR #2707)
+* Fix error handling on dns lookup (PR #2711)
+* Fix wrong avatars when inviting multiple users when creating room (PR #2717)
+* Fix 500 when joining matrix-dev (PR #2719)
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.25.1 (2017-11-17)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix login with LDAP and other password provider modules (PR #2678). Thanks to
+  @jkolo!
+
+Changes in synapse v0.25.0 (2017-11-15)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix port script (PR #2673)
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.25.0-rc1 (2017-11-14)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+* Add is_public to groups table to allow for private groups (PR #2582)
+* Add a route for determining who you are (PR #2668) Thanks to @turt2live!
+* Add more features to the password providers (PR #2608, #2610, #2620, #2622,
+  #2623, #2624, #2626, #2628, #2629)
+* Add a hook for custom rest endpoints (PR #2627)
+* Add API to update group room visibility (PR #2651)
+
+
+Changes:
+
+* Ignore <noscript> tags when generating URL preview descriptions (PR #2576)
+  Thanks to @maximevaillancourt!
+* Register some /unstable endpoints in /r0 as well (PR #2579) Thanks to
+  @krombel!
+* Support /keys/upload on /r0 as well as /unstable (PR #2585)
+* Front-end proxy: pass through auth header (PR #2586)
+* Allow ASes to deactivate their own users (PR #2589)
+* Remove refresh tokens (PR #2613)
+* Automatically set default displayname on register (PR #2617)
+* Log login requests (PR #2618)
+* Always return `is_public` in the `/groups/:group_id/rooms` API (PR #2630)
+* Avoid no-op media deletes (PR #2637) Thanks to @spantaleev!
+* Fix various embarrassing typos around user_directory and add some doc. (PR
+  #2643)
+* Return whether a user is an admin within a group (PR #2647)
+* Namespace visibility options for groups (PR #2657)
+* Downcase UserIDs on registration (PR #2662)
+* Cache failures when fetching URL previews (PR #2669)
+
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix port script (PR #2577)
+* Fix error when running synapse with no logfile (PR #2581)
+* Fix UI auth when deleting devices (PR #2591)
+* Fix typo when checking if user is invited to group (PR #2599)
+* Fix the port script to drop NUL values in all tables (PR #2611)
+* Fix appservices being backlogged and not receiving new events due to a bug in
+  notify_interested_services (PR #2631) Thanks to @xyzz!
+* Fix updating rooms avatar/display name when modified by admin (PR #2636)
+  Thanks to @farialima!
+* Fix bug in state group storage (PR #2649)
+* Fix 500 on invalid utf-8 in request (PR #2663)
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.24.1 (2017-10-24)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix updating group profiles over federation (PR #2567)
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.24.0 (2017-10-23)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since v0.24.0-rc1
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.24.0-rc1 (2017-10-19)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+* Add Group Server (PR #2352, #2363, #2374, #2377, #2378, #2382, #2410, #2426,
+  #2430, #2454, #2471, #2472, #2544)
+* Add support for channel notifications (PR #2501)
+* Add basic implementation of backup media store (PR #2538)
+* Add config option to auto-join new users to rooms (PR #2545)
+
+
+Changes:
+
+* Make the spam checker a module (PR #2474)
+* Delete expired url cache data (PR #2478)
+* Ignore incoming events for rooms that we have left (PR #2490)
+* Allow spam checker to reject invites too (PR #2492)
+* Add room creation checks to spam checker (PR #2495)
+* Spam checking: add the invitee to user_may_invite (PR #2502)
+* Process events from federation for different rooms in parallel (PR #2520)
+* Allow error strings from spam checker (PR #2531)
+* Improve error handling for missing files in config (PR #2551)
+
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix handling SERVFAILs when doing AAAA lookups for federation (PR #2477)
+* Fix incompatibility with newer versions of ujson (PR #2483) Thanks to
+  @jeremycline!
+* Fix notification keywords that start/end with non-word chars (PR #2500)
+* Fix stack overflow and logcontexts from linearizer (PR #2532)
+* Fix 500 error when fields missing from power_levels event (PR #2552)
+* Fix 500 error when we get an error handling a PDU (PR #2553)
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.23.1 (2017-10-02)
+=======================================
+
+Changes:
+
+* Make 'affinity' package optional, as it is not supported on some platforms
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.23.0 (2017-10-02)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since v0.23.0-rc2
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.23.0-rc2 (2017-09-26)
+===========================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix regression in performance of syncs (PR #2470)
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.23.0-rc1 (2017-09-25)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+* Add a frontend proxy worker (PR #2344)
+* Add support for event_id_only push format (PR #2450)
+* Add a PoC for filtering spammy events (PR #2456)
+* Add a config option to block all room invites (PR #2457)
+
+
+Changes:
+
+* Use bcrypt module instead of py-bcrypt (PR #2288) Thanks to @kyrias!
+* Improve performance of generating push notifications (PR #2343, #2357, #2365,
+  #2366, #2371)
+* Improve DB performance for device list handling in sync (PR #2362)
+* Include a sample prometheus config (PR #2416)
+* Document known to work postgres version (PR #2433) Thanks to @ptman!
+
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix caching error in the push evaluator (PR #2332)
+* Fix bug where pusherpool didn't start and broke some rooms (PR #2342)
+* Fix port script for user directory tables (PR #2375)
+* Fix device lists notifications when user rejoins a room (PR #2443, #2449)
+* Fix sync to always send down current state events in timeline (PR #2451)
+* Fix bug where guest users were incorrectly kicked (PR #2453)
+* Fix bug talking to IPv6 only servers using SRV records (PR #2462)
+
+
 Changes in synapse v0.22.1 (2017-07-06)
 =======================================

--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ use github's pull request workflow to review the contribution, and either ask
 you to make any refinements needed or merge it and make them ourselves. The
 changes will then land on master when we next do a release.

-We use Jenkins for continuous integration (http://matrix.org/jenkins), and
-typically all pull requests get automatically tested Jenkins: if your change breaks the build, Jenkins will yell about it in #matrix-dev:matrix.org so please lurk there and keep an eye open.
+We use `Jenkins <http://matrix.org/jenkins>`_ and 
+`Travis <https://travis-ci.org/matrix-org/synapse>`_ for continuous
+integration. All pull requests to synapse get automatically tested by Travis; 
+the Jenkins builds require an adminstrator to start them. If your change 
+breaks the build, this will be shown in github, so please keep an eye on the 
+pull request for feedback.

 Code style
 ~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -115,4 +119,4 @@ can't be accepted. Git makes this trivial - just use the -s flag when you do
 Conclusion
 ~~~~~~~~~~

-That's it!  Matrix is a very open and collaborative project as you might expect given our obsession with open communication.  If we're going to successfully matrix together all the fragmented communication technologies out there we are reliant on contributions and collaboration from the community to do so.  So please get involved - and we hope you have as much fun hacking on Matrix as we do!
+That's it!  Matrix is a very open and collaborative project as you might expect given our obsession with open communication.  If we're going to successfully matrix together all the fragmented communication technologies out there we are reliant on contributions and collaboration from the community to do so.  So please get involved - and we hope you have as much fun hacking on Matrix as we do!
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ exclude jenkins*.sh
 exclude jenkins*
 recursive-exclude jenkins *.sh

+prune .github
 prune demo/etc
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -200,11 +200,11 @@ different. See `the spec`__ for more information on key management.)
 .. __: `key_management`_

 The default configuration exposes two HTTP ports: 8008 and 8448. Port 8008 is
-configured without TLS; it is not recommended this be exposed outside your
-local network. Port 8448 is configured to use TLS with a self-signed
-certificate. This is fine for testing with but, to avoid your clients
-complaining about the certificate, you will almost certainly want to use
-another certificate for production purposes. (Note that a self-signed
+configured without TLS; it should be behind a reverse proxy for TLS/SSL
+termination on port 443 which in turn should be used for clients. Port 8448
+is configured to use TLS with a self-signed certificate. If you would like
+to do initial test with a client without having to setup a reverse proxy,
+you can temporarly use another certificate. (Note that a self-signed
 certificate is fine for `Federation`_). You can do so by changing
 ``tls_certificate_path``, ``tls_private_key_path`` and ``tls_dh_params_path``
 in ``homeserver.yaml``; alternatively, you can use a reverse-proxy, but be sure
@@ -283,10 +283,16 @@ Connecting to Synapse from a client
 The easiest way to try out your new Synapse installation is by connecting to it
 from a web client. The easiest option is probably the one at
 http://riot.im/app. You will need to specify a "Custom server" when you log on
-or register: set this to ``https://localhost:8448`` - remember to specify the
-port (``:8448``) unless you changed the configuration. (Leave the identity
+or register: set this to ``https://domain.tld`` if you setup a reverse proxy
+following the recommended setup, or ``https://localhost:8448`` - remember to specify the
+port (``:8448``) if not ``:443`` unless you changed the configuration. (Leave the identity
 server as the default - see `Identity servers`_.)

+If using port 8448 you will run into errors until you accept the self-signed
+certificate. You can easily do this by going to ``https://localhost:8448``
+directly with your browser and accept the presented certificate. You can then
+go back in your web client and proceed further.
+
 If all goes well you should at least be able to log in, create a room, and
 start sending messages.

@@ -348,6 +354,10 @@ https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html (or build your own with one
 Fedora
 ------

+Synapse is in the Fedora repositories as ``matrix-synapse``::
+
+    sudo dnf install matrix-synapse
+
 Oleg Girko provides Fedora RPMs at
 https://obs.infoserver.lv/project/monitor/matrix-synapse

@@ -593,8 +603,9 @@ you to run your server on a machine that might not have the same name as your
 domain name. For example, you might want to run your server at
 ``synapse.example.com``, but have your Matrix user-ids look like
 ``@user:example.com``. (A SRV record also allows you to change the port from
-the default 8448. However, if you are thinking of using a reverse-proxy, be
-sure to read `Reverse-proxying the federation port`_ first.)
+the default 8448. However, if you are thinking of using a reverse-proxy on the
+federation port, which is not recommended, be sure to read
+`Reverse-proxying the federation port`_ first.)

 To use a SRV record, first create your SRV record and publish it in DNS. This
 should have the format ``_matrix._tcp.<yourdomain.com> <ttl> IN SRV 10 0 <port>
@@ -625,6 +636,11 @@ largest boxes pause for thought.)

 Troubleshooting
 ---------------
+
+You can use the federation tester to check if your homeserver is all set:
+``https://matrix.org/federationtester/api/report?server_name=<your_server_name>``
+If any of the attributes under "checks" is false, federation won't work.
+
 The typical failure mode with federation is that when you try to join a room,
 it is rejected with "401: Unauthorized". Generally this means that other
 servers in the room couldn't access yours. (Joining a room over federation is a
@@ -674,7 +690,7 @@ For information on how to install and use PostgreSQL, please see
 Using a reverse proxy with Synapse
 ==================================

-It is possible to put a reverse proxy such as
+It is recommended to put a reverse proxy such as
 `nginx <https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html>`_,
 `Apache <https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_proxy_http.html>`_ or
 `HAProxy <http://www.haproxy.org/>`_ in front of Synapse. One advantage of
@@ -692,9 +708,9 @@ federation port has a number of pitfalls. It is possible, but be sure to read
 `Reverse-proxying the federation port`_.

 The recommended setup is therefore to configure your reverse-proxy on port 443
-for client connections, but to also expose port 8448 for server-server
-connections. All the Matrix endpoints begin ``/_matrix``, so an example nginx
-configuration might look like::
+to port 8008 of synapse for client connections, but to also directly expose port
+8448 for server-server connections. All the Matrix endpoints begin ``/_matrix``,
+so an example nginx configuration might look like::

  server {
      listen 443 ssl;
@@ -816,7 +832,9 @@ spidering 'internal' URLs on your network.  At the very least we recommend that
 your loopback and RFC1918 IP addresses are blacklisted.

 This also requires the optional lxml and netaddr python dependencies to be
-installed.
+installed.  This in turn requires the libxml2 library to be available - on
+Debian/Ubuntu this means ``apt-get install libxml2-dev``, or equivalent for
+your OS.


 Password reset
@@ -876,6 +894,17 @@ This should end with a 'PASSED' result::

    PASSED (successes=143)

+Running the Integration Tests
+=============================
+
+Synapse is accompanied by `SyTest <https://github.com/matrix-org/sytest>`_,
+a Matrix homeserver integration testing suite, which uses HTTP requests to
+access the API as a Matrix client would. It is able to run Synapse directly from
+the source tree, so installation of the server is not required.
+
+Testing with SyTest is recommended for verifying that changes related to the
+Client-Server API are functioning correctly. See the `installation instructions
+<https://github.com/matrix-org/sytest#installing>`_ for details.

 Building Internal API Documentation
 ===================================
--- a/UPGRADE.rst
+++ b/UPGRADE.rst
@@ -5,39 +5,60 @@ Before upgrading check if any special steps are required to upgrade from the
 what you currently have installed to current version of synapse. The extra
 instructions that may be required are listed later in this document.

-If synapse was installed in a virtualenv then active that virtualenv before
-upgrading. If synapse is installed in a virtualenv in ``~/.synapse/`` then run:
+1. If synapse was installed in a virtualenv then active that virtualenv before
+   upgrading. If synapse is installed in a virtualenv in ``~/.synapse/`` then
+   run:
+
+   .. code:: bash
+
+       source ~/.synapse/bin/activate
+
+2. If synapse was installed using pip then upgrade to the latest version by
+   running:
+
+   .. code:: bash
+
+       pip install --upgrade --process-dependency-links https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tarball/master
+
+       # restart synapse
+       synctl restart
+
+
+   If synapse was installed using git then upgrade to the latest version by
+   running:
+
+   .. code:: bash
+
+       # Pull the latest version of the master branch.
+       git pull
+       # Update the versions of synapse's python dependencies.
+       python synapse/python_dependencies.py | xargs pip install --upgrade
+
+       # restart synapse
+       ./synctl restart
+
+
+To check whether your update was sucessful, you can check the Server header
+returned by the Client-Server API:

 .. code:: bash

-    source ~/.synapse/bin/activate
+    # replace <host.name> with the hostname of your synapse homeserver.
+    # You may need to specify a port (eg, :8448) if your server is not
+    # configured on port 443.
+    curl -kv https://<host.name>/_matrix/client/versions 2>&1 | grep "Server:"

-If synapse was installed using pip then upgrade to the latest version by
-running:
+Upgrading to $NEXT_VERSION
+====================

-.. code:: bash
-
-    pip install --upgrade --process-dependency-links https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tarball/master
-
-If synapse was installed using git then upgrade to the latest version by
-running:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
-    # Pull the latest version of the master branch.
-    git pull
-    # Update the versions of synapse's python dependencies.
-    python synapse/python_dependencies.py | xargs -n1 pip install --upgrade
-	
-To check whether your update was sucessfull, run:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
-	 # replace your.server.domain with ther domain of your synapse homeserver
-	 curl https://<your.server.domain>/_matrix/federation/v1/version 
-
-So for the Matrix.org HS server the URL would be: https://matrix.org/_matrix/federation/v1/version.
+This release expands the anonymous usage stats sent if the opt-in
+``report_stats`` configuration is set to ``true``. We now capture RSS memory 
+and cpu use at a very coarse level. This requires administrators to install
+the optional ``psutil`` python module.

+We would appreciate it if you could assist by ensuring this module is available
+and ``report_stats`` is enabled. This will let us see if performance changes to
+synapse are having an impact to the general community.

 Upgrading to v0.15.0
 ====================
@@ -77,7 +98,7 @@ It has been replaced by specifying a list of application service registrations i
 ``homeserver.yaml``::

  app_service_config_files: ["registration-01.yaml", "registration-02.yaml"]
-  
+
 Where ``registration-01.yaml`` looks like::

  url: <String>  # e.g. "https://my.application.service.com"
@@ -166,7 +187,7 @@ This release completely changes the database schema and so requires upgrading
 it before starting the new version of the homeserver.

 The script "database-prepare-for-0.5.0.sh" should be used to upgrade the
-database. This will save all user information, such as logins and profiles, 
+database. This will save all user information, such as logins and profiles,
 but will otherwise purge the database. This includes messages, which
 rooms the home server was a member of and room alias mappings.

@@ -175,18 +196,18 @@ file and ask for help in #matrix:matrix.org. The upgrade process is,
 unfortunately, non trivial and requires human intervention to resolve any
 resulting conflicts during the upgrade process.

-Before running the command the homeserver should be first completely 
+Before running the command the homeserver should be first completely
 shutdown. To run it, simply specify the location of the database, e.g.:

  ./scripts/database-prepare-for-0.5.0.sh "homeserver.db"

-Once this has successfully completed it will be safe to restart the 
-homeserver. You may notice that the homeserver takes a few seconds longer to 
+Once this has successfully completed it will be safe to restart the
+homeserver. You may notice that the homeserver takes a few seconds longer to
 restart than usual as it reinitializes the database.

 On startup of the new version, users can either rejoin remote rooms using room
 aliases or by being reinvited. Alternatively, if any other homeserver sends a
-message to a room that the homeserver was previously in the local HS will 
+message to a room that the homeserver was previously in the local HS will
 automatically rejoin the room.

 Upgrading to v0.4.0
@@ -245,7 +266,7 @@ automatically generate default config use::
        --config-path homeserver.config \
        --generate-config

-This config can be edited if desired, for example to specify a different SSL 
+This config can be edited if desired, for example to specify a different SSL
 certificate to use. Once done you can run the home server using::

    $ python synapse/app/homeserver.py --config-path homeserver.config
@@ -266,20 +287,20 @@ This release completely changes the database schema and so requires upgrading
 it before starting the new version of the homeserver.

 The script "database-prepare-for-0.0.1.sh" should be used to upgrade the
-database. This will save all user information, such as logins and profiles, 
+database. This will save all user information, such as logins and profiles,
 but will otherwise purge the database. This includes messages, which
 rooms the home server was a member of and room alias mappings.

-Before running the command the homeserver should be first completely 
+Before running the command the homeserver should be first completely
 shutdown. To run it, simply specify the location of the database, e.g.:

  ./scripts/database-prepare-for-0.0.1.sh "homeserver.db"

-Once this has successfully completed it will be safe to restart the 
-homeserver. You may notice that the homeserver takes a few seconds longer to 
+Once this has successfully completed it will be safe to restart the
+homeserver. You may notice that the homeserver takes a few seconds longer to
 restart than usual as it reinitializes the database.

 On startup of the new version, users can either rejoin remote rooms using room
 aliases or by being reinvited. Alternatively, if any other homeserver sends a
-message to a room that the homeserver was previously in the local HS will 
+message to a room that the homeserver was previously in the local HS will
 automatically rejoin the room.
--- a/contrib/prometheus/README
+++ b/contrib/prometheus/README
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+This directory contains some sample monitoring config for using the
+'Prometheus' monitoring server against synapse.
+
+To use it, first install prometheus by following the instructions at
+
+  http://prometheus.io/
+
+### for Prometheus v1
+Add a new job to the main prometheus.conf file:
+
+  job: {
+    name: "synapse"
+
+    target_group: {
+      target: "http://SERVER.LOCATION.HERE:PORT/_synapse/metrics"
+    }
+  }
+
+### for Prometheus v2
+Add a new job to the main prometheus.yml file:
+
+  - job_name: "synapse"
+    metrics_path: "/_synapse/metrics"
+    # when endpoint uses https:
+    scheme: "https"
+
+    static_configs:
+    - targets: ['SERVER.LOCATION:PORT']
+
+To use `synapse.rules` add
+
+    rule_files:
+      - "/PATH/TO/synapse-v2.rules"
+
+Metrics are disabled by default when running synapse; they must be enabled
+with the 'enable-metrics' option, either in the synapse config file or as a
+command-line option.
--- a/contrib/prometheus/consoles/synapse.html
+++ b/contrib/prometheus/consoles/synapse.html
@@ -0,0 +1,395 @@
+{{ template "head" . }}
+
+{{ template "prom_content_head" . }}
+<h1>System Resources</h1>
+
+<h3>CPU</h3>
+<div id="process_resource_utime"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#process_resource_utime"),
+  expr: "rate(process_cpu_seconds_total[2m]) * 100",
+  name: "[[job]]",  
+  min: 0,
+  max: 100,
+  renderer: "line",
+  height: 150,
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "%",
+  yTitle: "CPU Usage"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h3>Memory</h3>
+<div id="process_resource_maxrss"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#process_resource_maxrss"),
+  expr: "process_psutil_rss:max",
+  name: "Maxrss",
+  min: 0,
+  renderer: "line",
+  height: 150,
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanizeNoSmallPrefix,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanizeNoSmallPrefix,
+  yUnits: "bytes",
+  yTitle: "Usage"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h3>File descriptors</h3>
+<div id="process_fds"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#process_fds"),
+  expr: "process_open_fds{job='synapse'}",
+  name: "FDs",
+  min: 0,
+  renderer: "line",
+  height: 150,
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "",
+  yTitle: "Descriptors"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h1>Reactor</h1>
+
+<h3>Total reactor time</h3>
+<div id="reactor_total_time"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#reactor_total_time"),
+  expr: "rate(python_twisted_reactor_tick_time:total[2m]) / 1000",
+  name: "time",
+  max: 1,
+  min: 0,
+  renderer: "area",
+  height: 150,
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "s/s",
+  yTitle: "Usage"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h3>Average reactor tick time</h3>
+<div id="reactor_average_time"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#reactor_average_time"),
+  expr: "rate(python_twisted_reactor_tick_time:total[2m]) / rate(python_twisted_reactor_tick_time:count[2m]) / 1000",
+  name: "time",
+  min: 0,
+  renderer: "line",
+  height: 150,
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "s",
+  yTitle: "Time"
+})
+</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:total[30s])/rate(python_twisted_reactor_pending_calls:count[30s])",
+  name: "calls",
+  min: 0,
+  renderer: "line",
+  height: 150,
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yTitle: "Pending Cals"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h1>Storage</h1>
+
+<h3>Queries</h3>
+<div id="synapse_storage_query_time"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_storage_query_time"),
+  expr: "rate(synapse_storage_query_time:count[2m])",
+  name: "[[verb]]",
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanizeNoSmallPrefix,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanizeNoSmallPrefix,
+  yUnits: "queries/s",
+  yTitle: "Queries"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h3>Transactions</h3>
+<div id="synapse_storage_transaction_time"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_storage_transaction_time"),
+  expr: "rate(synapse_storage_transaction_time:count[2m])",
+  name: "[[desc]]",
+  min: 0,
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanizeNoSmallPrefix,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanizeNoSmallPrefix,
+  yUnits: "txn/s",
+  yTitle: "Transactions"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h3>Transaction execution time</h3>
+<div id="synapse_storage_transactions_time_msec"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_storage_transactions_time_msec"),
+  expr: "rate(synapse_storage_transaction_time:total[2m]) / 1000",
+  name: "[[desc]]",
+  min: 0,
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "s/s",
+  yTitle: "Usage"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h3>Database scheduling latency</h3>
+<div id="synapse_storage_schedule_time"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_storage_schedule_time"),
+  expr: "rate(synapse_storage_schedule_time:total[2m]) / 1000",
+  name: "Total latency",
+  min: 0,
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "s/s",
+  yTitle: "Usage"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h3>Cache hit ratio</h3>
+<div id="synapse_cache_ratio"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_cache_ratio"),
+  expr: "rate(synapse_util_caches_cache:total[2m]) * 100",
+  name: "[[name]]",
+  min: 0,
+  max: 100,
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanizeNoSmallPrefix,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanizeNoSmallPrefix,
+  yUnits: "%",
+  yTitle: "Percentage"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h3>Cache size</h3>
+<div id="synapse_cache_size"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_cache_size"),
+  expr: "synapse_util_caches_cache:size",
+  name: "[[name]]",
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanizeNoSmallPrefix,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanizeNoSmallPrefix,
+  yUnits: "",
+  yTitle: "Items"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h1>Requests</h1>
+
+<h3>Requests by Servlet</h3>
+<div id="synapse_http_server_requests_servlet"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_http_server_requests_servlet"),
+  expr: "rate(synapse_http_server_requests:servlet[2m])",
+  name: "[[servlet]]",
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "req/s",
+  yTitle: "Requests"
+})
+</script>
+<h4>&nbsp;(without <tt>EventStreamRestServlet</tt> or <tt>SyncRestServlet</tt>)</h4>
+<div id="synapse_http_server_requests_servlet_minus_events"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_http_server_requests_servlet_minus_events"),
+  expr: "rate(synapse_http_server_requests:servlet{servlet!=\"EventStreamRestServlet\", servlet!=\"SyncRestServlet\"}[2m])",
+  name: "[[servlet]]",
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "req/s",
+  yTitle: "Requests"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h3>Average response times</h3>
+<div id="synapse_http_server_response_time_avg"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_http_server_response_time_avg"),
+  expr: "rate(synapse_http_server_response_time:total[2m]) / rate(synapse_http_server_response_time:count[2m]) / 1000",
+  name: "[[servlet]]",
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "s/req",
+  yTitle: "Response time"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h3>All responses by code</h3>
+<div id="synapse_http_server_responses"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_http_server_responses"),
+  expr: "rate(synapse_http_server_responses[2m])",
+  name: "[[method]] / [[code]]",
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "req/s",
+  yTitle: "Requests"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h3>Error responses by code</h3>
+<div id="synapse_http_server_responses_err"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_http_server_responses_err"),
+  expr: "rate(synapse_http_server_responses{code=~\"[45]..\"}[2m])",
+  name: "[[method]] / [[code]]",
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "req/s",
+  yTitle: "Requests"
+})
+</script>
+
+
+<h3>CPU Usage</h3>
+<div id="synapse_http_server_response_ru_utime"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_http_server_response_ru_utime"),
+  expr: "rate(synapse_http_server_response_ru_utime:total[2m])",
+  name: "[[servlet]]",
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "s/s",
+  yTitle: "CPU Usage"
+})
+</script>
+
+
+<h3>DB Usage</h3>
+<div id="synapse_http_server_response_db_txn_duration"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_http_server_response_db_txn_duration"),
+  expr: "rate(synapse_http_server_response_db_txn_duration:total[2m])",
+  name: "[[servlet]]",
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "s/s",
+  yTitle: "DB Usage"
+})
+</script>
+
+
+<h3>Average event send times</h3>
+<div id="synapse_http_server_send_time_avg"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_http_server_send_time_avg"),
+  expr: "rate(synapse_http_server_response_time:total{servlet='RoomSendEventRestServlet'}[2m]) / rate(synapse_http_server_response_time:count{servlet='RoomSendEventRestServlet'}[2m]) / 1000",
+  name: "[[servlet]]",
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "s/req",
+  yTitle: "Response time"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h1>Federation</h1>
+
+<h3>Sent Messages</h3>
+<div id="synapse_federation_client_sent"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_federation_client_sent"),
+  expr: "rate(synapse_federation_client_sent[2m])",
+  name: "[[type]]",
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "req/s",
+  yTitle: "Requests"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h3>Received Messages</h3>
+<div id="synapse_federation_server_received"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_federation_server_received"),
+  expr: "rate(synapse_federation_server_received[2m])",
+  name: "[[type]]",
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "req/s",
+  yTitle: "Requests"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h3>Pending</h3>
+<div id="synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pending"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pending"),
+  expr: "synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pending",
+  name: "[[type]]",
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanizeNoSmallPrefix,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanizeNoSmallPrefix,
+  yUnits: "",
+  yTitle: "Units"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h1>Clients</h1>
+
+<h3>Notifiers</h3>
+<div id="synapse_notifier_listeners"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_notifier_listeners"),
+  expr: "synapse_notifier_listeners",
+  name: "listeners",
+  min: 0,
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanizeNoSmallPrefix,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanizeNoSmallPrefix,
+  yUnits: "",
+  yTitle: "Listeners"
+})
+</script>
+
+<h3>Notified Events</h3>
+<div id="synapse_notifier_notified_events"></div>
+<script>
+new PromConsole.Graph({
+  node: document.querySelector("#synapse_notifier_notified_events"),
+  expr: "rate(synapse_notifier_notified_events[2m])",
+  name: "events",
+  yAxisFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yHoverFormatter: PromConsole.NumberFormatter.humanize,
+  yUnits: "events/s",
+  yTitle: "Event rate"
+})
+</script>
+
+{{ template "prom_content_tail" . }}
+
+{{ template "tail" }}
--- a/contrib/prometheus/synapse-v1.rules
+++ b/contrib/prometheus/synapse-v1.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pendingEdus:total = sum(synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pendingEdus or absent(synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pendingEdus)*0)
+synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pendingPdus:total = sum(synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pendingPdus or absent(synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pendingPdus)*0)
+
+synapse_http_server_requests:method{servlet=""} = sum(synapse_http_server_requests) by (method)
+synapse_http_server_requests:servlet{method=""} = sum(synapse_http_server_requests) by (servlet)
+
+synapse_http_server_requests:total{servlet=""} = sum(synapse_http_server_requests:by_method) by (servlet)
+
+synapse_cache:hit_ratio_5m = rate(synapse_util_caches_cache:hits[5m]) / rate(synapse_util_caches_cache:total[5m])
+synapse_cache:hit_ratio_30s = rate(synapse_util_caches_cache:hits[30s]) / rate(synapse_util_caches_cache:total[30s])
+
+synapse_federation_client_sent{type="EDU"} = synapse_federation_client_sent_edus + 0
+synapse_federation_client_sent{type="PDU"} = synapse_federation_client_sent_pdu_destinations:count + 0
+synapse_federation_client_sent{type="Query"} = sum(synapse_federation_client_sent_queries) by (job)
+
+synapse_federation_server_received{type="EDU"} = synapse_federation_server_received_edus + 0
+synapse_federation_server_received{type="PDU"} = synapse_federation_server_received_pdus + 0
+synapse_federation_server_received{type="Query"} = sum(synapse_federation_server_received_queries) by (job)
+
+synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pending{type="EDU"} = synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pending_edus + 0
+synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pending{type="PDU"} = synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pending_pdus + 0
--- a/contrib/prometheus/synapse-v2.rules
+++ b/contrib/prometheus/synapse-v2.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+groups:
+- name: synapse
+  rules:
+  - record: "synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pendingEdus:total"
+    expr: "sum(synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pendingEdus or absent(synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pendingEdus)*0)"
+  - record: "synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pendingPdus:total"
+    expr:   "sum(synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pendingPdus or absent(synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pendingPdus)*0)"
+  - record: 'synapse_http_server_requests:method'
+    labels:
+      servlet: ""
+    expr: "sum(synapse_http_server_requests) by (method)"
+  - record: 'synapse_http_server_requests:servlet'
+    labels:
+      method: ""
+    expr: 'sum(synapse_http_server_requests) by (servlet)'
+
+  - record: 'synapse_http_server_requests:total'
+    labels:
+      servlet: ""
+    expr: 'sum(synapse_http_server_requests:by_method) by (servlet)'
+
+  - record: 'synapse_cache:hit_ratio_5m'
+    expr: 'rate(synapse_util_caches_cache:hits[5m]) / rate(synapse_util_caches_cache:total[5m])'
+  - record: 'synapse_cache:hit_ratio_30s'
+    expr: 'rate(synapse_util_caches_cache:hits[30s]) / rate(synapse_util_caches_cache:total[30s])'
+
+  - record: 'synapse_federation_client_sent'
+    labels:
+      type: "EDU"
+    expr: 'synapse_federation_client_sent_edus + 0'
+  - record: 'synapse_federation_client_sent'
+    labels:
+      type: "PDU"
+    expr: 'synapse_federation_client_sent_pdu_destinations:count + 0'
+  - record: 'synapse_federation_client_sent'
+    labels:
+      type: "Query"
+    expr: 'sum(synapse_federation_client_sent_queries) by (job)'
+
+  - record: 'synapse_federation_server_received'
+    labels:
+      type: "EDU"
+    expr: 'synapse_federation_server_received_edus + 0'
+  - record: 'synapse_federation_server_received'
+    labels:
+      type: "PDU"
+    expr: 'synapse_federation_server_received_pdus + 0'
+  - record: 'synapse_federation_server_received'
+    labels:
+      type: "Query"
+    expr: 'sum(synapse_federation_server_received_queries) by (job)'
+
+  - record: 'synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pending'
+    labels:
+      type: "EDU"
+    expr: 'synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pending_edus + 0'
+  - record: 'synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pending'
+    labels:
+      type: "PDU"
+    expr: 'synapse_federation_transaction_queue_pending_pdus + 0'
--- a/contrib/systemd/synapse.service
+++ b/contrib/systemd/synapse.service
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ Description=Synapse Matrix homeserver
 Type=simple
 User=synapse
 Group=synapse
-EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/synapse
 WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/synapse
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/python2.7 -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path=/etc/synapse/homeserver.yaml --log-config=/etc/synapse/log_config.yaml
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/python2.7 -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path=/etc/synapse/homeserver.yaml
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/synctl stop /etc/synapse/homeserver.yaml

 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
--- a/docs/admin_api/media_admin_api.md
+++ b/docs/admin_api/media_admin_api.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# List all media in a room
+
+This API gets a list of known media in a room.
+
+The API is:
+```
+GET /_matrix/client/r0/admin/room/<room_id>/media
+```
+including an `access_token` of a server admin.
+
+It returns a JSON body like the following:
+```
+{
+    "local": [
+        "mxc://localhost/xwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba",
+        "mxc://localhost/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx"
+    ],
+    "remote": [
+        "mxc://matrix.org/xwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba",
+        "mxc://matrix.org/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx"
+    ]
+}
+```
--- a/docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst
+++ b/docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst
@@ -8,8 +8,56 @@ Depending on the amount of history being purged a call to the API may take
 several minutes or longer. During this period users will not be able to
 paginate further back in the room from the point being purged from.

-The API is simply:
+The API is:

-``POST /_matrix/client/r0/admin/purge_history/<room_id>/<event_id>``
+``POST /_matrix/client/r0/admin/purge_history/<room_id>[/<event_id>]``

 including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
+
+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.)
+
+Room state data (such as joins, leaves, topic) is always preserved.
+
+To delete local message events as well, set ``delete_local_events`` in the body:
+
+.. code:: json
+
+   {
+       "delete_local_events": true
+   }
+
+The caller must specify the point in the room to purge up to. This can be
+specified by including an event_id in the URI, or by setting a
+``purge_up_to_event_id`` or ``purge_up_to_ts`` in the request body. If an event
+id is given, that event (and others at the same graph depth) will be retained.
+If ``purge_up_to_ts`` is given, it should be a timestamp since the unix epoch,
+in milliseconds.
+
+The API starts the purge running, and returns immediately with a JSON body with
+a purge id:
+
+.. code:: json
+
+    {
+        "purge_id": "<opaque id>"
+    }
+
+Purge status query
+------------------
+
+It is possible to poll for updates on recent purges with a second API;
+
+``GET /_matrix/client/r0/admin/purge_history_status/<purge_id>``
+
+(again, with a suitable ``access_token``). This API returns a JSON body like
+the following:
+
+.. code:: json
+
+    {
+        "status": "active"
+    }
+
+The status will be one of ``active``, ``complete``, or ``failed``.
--- a/docs/code_style.rst
+++ b/docs/code_style.rst
@@ -1,52 +1,119 @@
-Basically, PEP8
+- Everything should comply with PEP8. Code should pass
+  ``pep8 --max-line-length=100`` without any warnings.

- NEVER tabs. 4 spaces to indent.
- Max line width: 79 chars (with flexibility to overflow by a "few chars" if
+- **Indenting**:
+
+  - NEVER tabs. 4 spaces to indent.
+
+  - follow PEP8; either hanging indent or multiline-visual indent depending
+    on the size and shape of the arguments and what makes more sense to the
+    author. In other words, both this::
+
+      print("I am a fish %s" % "moo")
+
+    and this::
+
+      print("I am a fish %s" %
+            "moo")
+
+      and this::
+
+        print(
+            "I am a fish %s" %
+            "moo",
+        )
+
+    ...are valid, although given each one takes up 2x more vertical space than
+    the previous, it's up to the author's discretion as to which layout makes
+    most sense for their function invocation.  (e.g. if they want to add
+    comments per-argument, or put expressions in the arguments, or group
+    related arguments together, or want to deliberately extend or preserve
+    vertical/horizontal space)
+
+- **Line length**:
+
+  Max line length is 79 chars (with flexibility to overflow by a "few chars" if
  the overflowing content is not semantically significant and avoids an
  explosion of vertical whitespace).
- Use camel case for class and type names
- Use underscores for functions and variables.
- Use double quotes.
- Use parentheses instead of '\\' for line continuation where ever possible
-  (which is pretty much everywhere)
- There should be max a single new line between:
+
+  Use parentheses instead of ``\`` for line continuation where ever possible
+  (which is pretty much everywhere).
+
+- **Naming**:
+
+  - Use camel case for class and type names
+  - Use underscores for functions and variables.
+
+- Use double quotes ``"foo"`` rather than single quotes ``'foo'``.
+
+- **Blank lines**:
+
+  - There should be max a single new line between:
+
    - statements
    - functions in a class
- There should be two new lines between:
+
+  - There should be two new lines between:
+
    - definitions in a module (e.g., between different classes)
- There should be spaces where spaces should be and not where there shouldn't be:
-    - a single space after a comma
-    - a single space before and after for '=' when used as assignment
-    - no spaces before and after for '=' for default values and keyword arguments.
- Indenting must follow PEP8; either hanging indent or multiline-visual indent
-  depending on the size and shape of the arguments and what makes more sense to
-  the author. In other words, both this::

-    print("I am a fish %s" % "moo")
+- **Whitespace**:

-  and this::
+  There should be spaces where spaces should be and not where there shouldn't
+  be:

-    print("I am a fish %s" %
-          "moo")
+  - a single space after a comma
+  - a single space before and after for '=' when used as assignment
+  - no spaces before and after for '=' for default values and keyword arguments.

-  and this::
+- **Comments**: should follow the `google code style
+  <http://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html?showone=Comments#Comments>`_.
+  This is so that we can generate documentation with `sphinx
+  <http://sphinxcontrib-napoleon.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_. See the
+  `examples
+  <http://sphinxcontrib-napoleon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/example_google.html>`_
+  in the sphinx documentation.

-    print(
-        "I am a fish %s" %
-        "moo"
-    )
+- **Imports**:

-  ...are valid, although given each one takes up 2x more vertical space than
-  the previous, it's up to the author's discretion as to which layout makes most
-  sense for their function invocation.  (e.g. if they want to add comments
-  per-argument, or put expressions in the arguments, or group related arguments
-  together, or want to deliberately extend or preserve vertical/horizontal
-  space)
+  - Prefer to import classes and functions than packages or modules.

-Comments should follow the `google code style <http://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html?showone=Comments#Comments>`_.
-This is so that we can generate documentation with 
-`sphinx <http://sphinxcontrib-napoleon.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_. See the
-`examples <http://sphinxcontrib-napoleon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/example_google.html>`_
-in the sphinx documentation.
+    Example::

-Code should pass pep8 --max-line-length=100 without any warnings.
+      from synapse.types import UserID
+      ...
+      user_id = UserID(local, server)
+
+    is preferred over::
+
+      from synapse import types
+      ...
+      user_id = types.UserID(local, server)
+
+    (or any other variant).
+
+    This goes against the advice in the Google style guide, but it means that
+    errors in the name are caught early (at import time).
+
+  - Multiple imports from the same package can be combined onto one line::
+
+      from synapse.types import GroupID, RoomID, UserID
+
+    An effort should be made to keep the individual imports in alphabetical
+    order.
+
+    If the list becomes long, wrap it with parentheses and split it over
+    multiple lines.
+
+  - As per `PEP-8 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#imports>`_,
+    imports should be grouped in the following order, with a blank line between
+    each group:
+
+    1. standard library imports
+    2. related third party imports
+    3. local application/library specific imports
+
+  - Imports within each group should be sorted alphabetically by module name.
+
+  - Avoid wildcard imports (``from synapse.types import *``) and relative
+    imports (``from .types import UserID``).
--- a/docs/log_contexts.rst
+++ b/docs/log_contexts.rst
@@ -279,9 +279,9 @@ Obviously that option means that the operations done in
 that might be fixed by setting a different logcontext via a ``with
 LoggingContext(...)`` in ``background_operation``).

-The second option is to use ``logcontext.preserve_fn``, which wraps a function
-so that it doesn't reset the logcontext even when it returns an incomplete
-deferred, and adds a callback to the returned deferred to reset the
+The second option is to use ``logcontext.run_in_background``, which wraps a
+function so that it doesn't reset the logcontext even when it returns an
+incomplete deferred, and adds a callback to the returned deferred to reset the
 logcontext. In other words, it turns a function that follows the Synapse rules
 about logcontexts and Deferreds into one which behaves more like an external
 function — the opposite operation to that described in the previous section.
@@ -293,15 +293,11 @@ It can be used like this:
    def do_request_handling():
        yield foreground_operation()

-        logcontext.preserve_fn(background_operation)()
+        logcontext.run_in_background(background_operation)

        # this will now be logged against the request context
        logger.debug("Request handling complete")

-XXX: I think ``preserve_context_over_fn`` is supposed to do the first option,
-but the fact that it does ``preserve_context_over_deferred`` on its results
-means that its use is fraught with difficulty.
-
 Passing synapse deferreds into third-party functions
 ----------------------------------------------------

--- a/docs/metrics-howto.rst
+++ b/docs/metrics-howto.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ How to monitor Synapse metrics using Prometheus
     metrics_port: 9092

   Also ensure that ``enable_metrics`` is set to ``True``.
-  
+
   Restart synapse.

 3. Add a prometheus target for synapse.
@@ -28,11 +28,58 @@ How to monitor Synapse metrics using Prometheus
      static_configs:
        - targets: ["my.server.here:9092"]

-   If your prometheus is older than 1.5.2, you will need to replace 
+   If your prometheus is older than 1.5.2, you will need to replace
   ``static_configs`` in the above with ``target_groups``.
-   
+
   Restart prometheus.

+
+Block and response metrics renamed for 0.27.0
+---------------------------------------------
+
+Synapse 0.27.0 begins the process of rationalising the duplicate ``*:count``
+metrics reported for the resource tracking for code blocks and HTTP requests.
+
+At the same time, the corresponding ``*:total`` metrics are being renamed, as
+the ``:total`` suffix no longer makes sense in the absence of a corresponding
+``:count`` metric.
+
+To enable a graceful migration path, this release just adds new names for the
+metrics being renamed. A future release will remove the old ones.
+
+The following table shows the new metrics, and the old metrics which they are
+replacing.
+
+==================================================== ===================================================
+New name                                             Old name
+==================================================== ===================================================
+synapse_util_metrics_block_count                     synapse_util_metrics_block_timer:count
+synapse_util_metrics_block_count                     synapse_util_metrics_block_ru_utime:count
+synapse_util_metrics_block_count                     synapse_util_metrics_block_ru_stime:count
+synapse_util_metrics_block_count                     synapse_util_metrics_block_db_txn_count:count
+synapse_util_metrics_block_count                     synapse_util_metrics_block_db_txn_duration:count
+
+synapse_util_metrics_block_time_seconds              synapse_util_metrics_block_timer:total
+synapse_util_metrics_block_ru_utime_seconds          synapse_util_metrics_block_ru_utime:total
+synapse_util_metrics_block_ru_stime_seconds          synapse_util_metrics_block_ru_stime:total
+synapse_util_metrics_block_db_txn_count              synapse_util_metrics_block_db_txn_count:total
+synapse_util_metrics_block_db_txn_duration_seconds   synapse_util_metrics_block_db_txn_duration:total
+
+synapse_http_server_response_count                   synapse_http_server_requests
+synapse_http_server_response_count                   synapse_http_server_response_time:count
+synapse_http_server_response_count                   synapse_http_server_response_ru_utime:count
+synapse_http_server_response_count                   synapse_http_server_response_ru_stime:count
+synapse_http_server_response_count                   synapse_http_server_response_db_txn_count:count
+synapse_http_server_response_count                   synapse_http_server_response_db_txn_duration:count
+
+synapse_http_server_response_time_seconds            synapse_http_server_response_time:total
+synapse_http_server_response_ru_utime_seconds        synapse_http_server_response_ru_utime:total
+synapse_http_server_response_ru_stime_seconds        synapse_http_server_response_ru_stime:total
+synapse_http_server_response_db_txn_count            synapse_http_server_response_db_txn_count:total
+synapse_http_server_response_db_txn_duration_seconds synapse_http_server_response_db_txn_duration:total
+==================================================== ===================================================
+
+
 Standard Metric Names
 ---------------------

@@ -42,7 +89,7 @@ have been changed to seconds, from miliseconds.

 ================================== =============================
 New name                           Old name
---------------------------------- -----------------------------
+================================== =============================
 process_cpu_user_seconds_total     process_resource_utime / 1000
 process_cpu_system_seconds_total   process_resource_stime / 1000
 process_open_fds (no 'type' label) process_fds
@@ -52,8 +99,8 @@ The python-specific counts of garbage collector performance have been renamed.

 =========================== ======================
 New name                    Old name
--------------------------- ----------------------
-python_gc_time              reactor_gc_time      
+=========================== ======================
+python_gc_time              reactor_gc_time
 python_gc_unreachable_total reactor_gc_unreachable
 python_gc_counts            reactor_gc_counts
 =========================== ======================
@@ -62,7 +109,7 @@ The twisted-specific reactor metrics have been renamed.

 ==================================== =====================
 New name                             Old name
------------------------------------ ---------------------
+==================================== =====================
 python_twisted_reactor_pending_calls reactor_pending_calls
 python_twisted_reactor_tick_time     reactor_tick_time
 ==================================== =====================
--- a/docs/password_auth_providers.rst
+++ b/docs/password_auth_providers.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+Password auth provider modules
+==============================
+
+Password auth providers offer a way for server administrators to integrate
+their Synapse installation with an existing authentication system.
+
+A password auth provider is a Python class which is dynamically loaded into
+Synapse, and provides a number of methods by which it can integrate with the
+authentication system.
+
+This document serves as a reference for those looking to implement their own
+password auth providers.
+
+Required methods
+----------------
+
+Password auth provider classes must provide the following methods:
+
+*class* ``SomeProvider.parse_config``\(*config*)
+
+    This method is passed the ``config`` object for this module from the
+    homeserver configuration file.
+
+    It should perform any appropriate sanity checks on the provided
+    configuration, and return an object which is then passed into ``__init__``.
+
+*class* ``SomeProvider``\(*config*, *account_handler*)
+
+    The constructor is passed the config object returned by ``parse_config``,
+    and a ``synapse.module_api.ModuleApi`` object which allows the
+    password provider to check if accounts exist and/or create new ones.
+
+Optional methods
+----------------
+
+Password auth provider classes may optionally provide the following methods.
+
+*class* ``SomeProvider.get_db_schema_files``\()
+
+    This method, if implemented, should return an Iterable of ``(name,
+    stream)`` pairs of database schema files. Each file is applied in turn at
+    initialisation, and a record is then made in the database so that it is
+    not re-applied on the next start.
+
+``someprovider.get_supported_login_types``\()
+
+    This method, if implemented, should return a ``dict`` mapping from a login
+    type identifier (such as ``m.login.password``) to an iterable giving the
+    fields which must be provided by the user in the submission to the
+    ``/login`` api. These fields are passed in the ``login_dict`` dictionary
+    to ``check_auth``.
+
+    For example, if a password auth provider wants to implement a custom login
+    type of ``com.example.custom_login``, where the client is expected to pass
+    the fields ``secret1`` and ``secret2``, the provider should implement this
+    method and return the following dict::
+
+      {"com.example.custom_login": ("secret1", "secret2")}
+
+``someprovider.check_auth``\(*username*, *login_type*, *login_dict*)
+
+    This method is the one that does the real work. If implemented, it will be
+    called for each login attempt where the login type matches one of the keys
+    returned by ``get_supported_login_types``.
+
+    It is passed the (possibly UNqualified) ``user`` provided by the client,
+    the login type, and a dictionary of login secrets passed by the client.
+
+    The method should return a Twisted ``Deferred`` object, which resolves to
+    the canonical ``@localpart:domain`` user id if authentication is successful,
+    and ``None`` if not.
+
+    Alternatively, the ``Deferred`` can resolve to a ``(str, func)`` tuple, in
+    which case the second field is a callback which will be called with the
+    result from the ``/login`` call (including ``access_token``, ``device_id``,
+    etc.)
+
+``someprovider.check_password``\(*user_id*, *password*)
+
+    This method provides a simpler interface than ``get_supported_login_types``
+    and ``check_auth`` for password auth providers that just want to provide a
+    mechanism for validating ``m.login.password`` logins.
+
+    Iif implemented, it will be called to check logins with an
+    ``m.login.password`` login type. It is passed a qualified
+    ``@localpart:domain`` user id, and the password provided by the user.
+
+    The method should return a Twisted ``Deferred`` object, which resolves to
+    ``True`` if authentication is successful, and ``False`` if not.
+
+``someprovider.on_logged_out``\(*user_id*, *device_id*, *access_token*)
+
+    This method, if implemented, is called when a user logs out. It is passed
+    the qualified user ID, the ID of the deactivated device (if any: access
+    tokens are occasionally created without an associated device ID), and the
+    (now deactivated) access token.
+
+    It may return a Twisted ``Deferred`` object; the logout request will wait
+    for the deferred to complete but the result is ignored.
--- a/docs/postgres.rst
+++ b/docs/postgres.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Using Postgres
 --------------

+Postgres version 9.4 or later is known to work.
+
 Set up database
 ===============

--- a/docs/sphinx/conf.py
+++ b/docs/sphinx/conf.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ master_doc = 'index'

 # General information about the project.
 project = u'Synapse'
-copyright = u'2014, TNG'
+copyright = u'Copyright 2014-2017 OpenMarket Ltd, 2017 Vector Creations Ltd, 2017 New Vector Ltd'

 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
--- a/docs/url_previews.rst
+++ b/docs/url_previews.rst
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ As a first cut, let's do #2 and have the receiver hit the API to calculate its o
 API
 ---

+```
 GET /_matrix/media/r0/preview_url?url=http://wherever.com
 200 OK
 {
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ GET /_matrix/media/r0/preview_url?url=http://wherever.com
    "og:description" : "“Synapse 0.12 is out! Lots of polishing, performance &amp;amp; bugfixes: /sync API, /r0 prefix, fulltext search, 3PID invites https://t.co/5alhXLLEGP”"
    "og:site_name"   : "Twitter"
 }
+```

 * Downloads the URL
  * If HTML, just stores it in RAM and parses it for OG meta tags
--- a/docs/user_directory.md
+++ b/docs/user_directory.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+User Directory API Implementation
+=================================
+
+The user directory is currently maintained based on the 'visible' users
+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
+quickest solution to fix it is:
+
+```
+UPDATE user_directory_stream_pos SET stream_id = NULL;
+```
+
+and restart the synapse, which should then start a background task to
+flush the current tables and regenerate the directory.
--- a/docs/workers.rst
+++ b/docs/workers.rst
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 Scaling synapse via workers
---------------------------
+===========================

 Synapse has experimental support for splitting out functionality into
 multiple separate python processes, helping greatly with scalability.  These
 processes are called 'workers', and are (eventually) intended to scale
 horizontally independently.

+All of the below is highly experimental and subject to change as Synapse evolves,
+but documenting it here to help folks needing highly scalable Synapses similar
+to the one running matrix.org!
+
 All processes continue to share the same database instance, and as such, workers
 only work with postgres based synapse deployments (sharing a single sqlite
 across multiple processes is a recipe for disaster, plus you should be using
@@ -16,37 +20,57 @@ TCP protocol called 'replication' - analogous to MySQL or Postgres style
 database replication; feeding a stream of relevant data to the workers so they
 can be kept in sync with the main synapse process and database state.

-To enable workers, you need to add a replication listener to the master synapse, e.g.::
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+To make effective use of the workers, you will need to configure an HTTP
+reverse-proxy such as nginx or haproxy, which will direct incoming requests to
+the correct worker, or to the main synapse instance. Note that this includes
+requests made to the federation port. The caveats regarding running a
+reverse-proxy on the federation port still apply (see
+https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/README.rst#reverse-proxying-the-federation-port).
+
+To enable workers, you need to add two replication listeners to the master
+synapse, e.g.::

    listeners:
+      # The TCP replication port
      - port: 9092
        bind_address: '127.0.0.1'
        type: replication
+      # The HTTP replication port
+      - port: 9093
+        bind_address: '127.0.0.1'
+        type: http
+        resources:
+         - names: [replication]

-Under **no circumstances** should this replication API listener be exposed to the
-public internet; it currently implements no authentication whatsoever and is
+Under **no circumstances** should these replication API listeners be exposed to
+the public internet; it currently implements no authentication whatsoever and is
 unencrypted.

-You then create a set of configs for the various worker processes.  These should be
-worker configuration files should be stored in a dedicated subdirectory, to allow
-synctl to manipulate them.
+(Roughly, the TCP port is used for streaming data from the master to the
+workers, and the HTTP port for the workers to send data to the main
+synapse process.)

-The current available worker applications are:
- * synapse.app.pusher - handles sending push notifications to sygnal and email
- * synapse.app.synchrotron - handles /sync endpoints.  can scales horizontally through multiple instances.
- * synapse.app.appservice - handles output traffic to Application Services
- * synapse.app.federation_reader - handles receiving federation traffic (including public_rooms API)
- * synapse.app.media_repository - handles the media repository.
- * synapse.app.client_reader - handles client API endpoints like /publicRooms
+You then create a set of configs for the various worker processes.  These
+should be worker configuration files, and should be stored in a dedicated
+subdirectory, to allow synctl to manipulate them.

 Each worker configuration file inherits the configuration of the main homeserver
 configuration file.  You can then override configuration specific to that worker,
 e.g. the HTTP listener that it provides (if any); logging configuration; etc.
 You should minimise the number of overrides though to maintain a usable config.

-You must specify the type of worker application (worker_app) and the replication
-endpoint that it's talking to on the main synapse process (worker_replication_host
-and worker_replication_port).
+You must specify the type of worker application (``worker_app``). The currently
+available worker applications are listed below. You must also specify the
+replication endpoints that it's talking to on the main synapse process.
+``worker_replication_host`` should specify the host of the main synapse,
+``worker_replication_port`` should point to the TCP replication listener port and
+``worker_replication_http_port`` should point to the HTTP replication port.
+
+Currently, only the ``event_creator`` worker requires specifying
+``worker_replication_http_port``.

 For instance::

@@ -55,6 +79,7 @@ For instance::
    # The replication listener on the synapse to talk to.
    worker_replication_host: 127.0.0.1
    worker_replication_port: 9092
+    worker_replication_http_port: 9093

    worker_listeners:
     - type: http
@@ -68,11 +93,11 @@ For instance::
    worker_log_config: /home/matrix/synapse/config/synchrotron_log_config.yaml

 ...is a full configuration for a synchrotron worker instance, which will expose a
-plain HTTP /sync endpoint on port 8083 separately from the /sync endpoint provided
+plain HTTP ``/sync`` endpoint on port 8083 separately from the ``/sync`` endpoint provided
 by the main synapse.

-Obviously you should configure your loadbalancer to route the /sync endpoint to
-the synchrotron instance(s) in this instance.
+Obviously you should configure your reverse-proxy to route the relevant
+endpoints to the worker (``localhost:8083`` in the above example).

 Finally, to actually run your worker-based synapse, you must pass synctl the -a
 commandline option to tell it to operate on all the worker configurations found
@@ -89,6 +114,125 @@ To manipulate a specific worker, you pass the -w option to synctl::

    synctl -w $CONFIG/workers/synchrotron.yaml restart

-All of the above is highly experimental and subject to change as Synapse evolves,
-but documenting it here to help folks needing highly scalable Synapses similar
-to the one running matrix.org!
+
+Available worker applications
+-----------------------------
+
+``synapse.app.pusher``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Handles sending push notifications to sygnal and email. Doesn't handle any
+REST endpoints itself, but you should set ``start_pushers: False`` in the
+shared configuration file to stop the main synapse sending these notifications.
+
+Note this worker cannot be load-balanced: only one instance should be active.
+
+``synapse.app.synchrotron``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The synchrotron handles ``sync`` requests from clients. In particular, it can
+handle REST endpoints matching the following regular expressions::
+
+    ^/_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$
+
+The above endpoints should all be routed to the synchrotron worker by the
+reverse-proxy configuration.
+
+It is possible to run multiple instances of the synchrotron to scale
+horizontally. In this case the reverse-proxy should be configured to
+load-balance across the instances, though it will be more efficient if all
+requests from a particular user are routed to a single instance. Extracting
+a userid from the access token is currently left as an exercise for the reader.
+
+``synapse.app.appservice``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Handles sending output traffic to Application Services. Doesn't handle any
+REST endpoints itself, but you should set ``notify_appservices: False`` in the
+shared configuration file to stop the main synapse sending these notifications.
+
+Note this worker cannot be load-balanced: only one instance should be active.
+
+``synapse.app.federation_reader``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Handles a subset of federation endpoints. In particular, it can handle REST
+endpoints matching the following regular expressions::
+
+    ^/_matrix/federation/v1/event/
+    ^/_matrix/federation/v1/state/
+    ^/_matrix/federation/v1/state_ids/
+    ^/_matrix/federation/v1/backfill/
+    ^/_matrix/federation/v1/get_missing_events/
+    ^/_matrix/federation/v1/publicRooms
+
+The above endpoints should all be routed to the federation_reader worker by the
+reverse-proxy configuration.
+
+``synapse.app.federation_sender``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Handles sending federation traffic to other servers. Doesn't handle any
+REST endpoints itself, but you should set ``send_federation: False`` in the
+shared configuration file to stop the main synapse sending this traffic.
+
+Note this worker cannot be load-balanced: only one instance should be active.
+
+``synapse.app.media_repository``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Handles the media repository. It can handle all endpoints starting with::
+
+    /_matrix/media/
+
+You should also set ``enable_media_repo: False`` in the shared configuration
+file to stop the main synapse running background jobs related to managing the
+media repository.
+
+Note this worker cannot be load-balanced: only one instance should be active.
+
+``synapse.app.client_reader``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Handles client API endpoints. It can handle REST endpoints matching the
+following regular expressions::
+
+    ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/publicRooms$
+
+``synapse.app.user_dir``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Handles searches in the user directory. It can handle REST endpoints matching
+the following regular expressions::
+
+    ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/user_directory/search$
+
+``synapse.app.frontend_proxy``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Proxies some frequently-requested client endpoints to add caching and remove
+load from the main synapse. It can handle REST endpoints matching the following
+regular expressions::
+
+    ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/keys/upload
+
+It will proxy any requests it cannot handle to the main synapse instance. It
+must therefore be configured with the location of the main instance, via
+the ``worker_main_http_uri`` setting in the frontend_proxy worker configuration
+file. For example::
+
+    worker_main_http_uri: http://127.0.0.1:8008
+
+
+``synapse.app.event_creator``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Handles non-state event creation. It can handle REST endpoints matching::
+
+    ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|unstable)/rooms/.*/send
+
+It will create events locally and then send them on to the main synapse
+instance to be persisted and handled.
--- a/jenkins-dendron-haproxy-postgres.sh
+++ b/jenkins-dendron-haproxy-postgres.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export HAPROXY_BIN=/home/haproxy/haproxy-1.6.11/haproxy
 ./sytest/jenkins/prep_sytest_for_postgres.sh

 ./sytest/jenkins/install_and_run.sh \
+    --python $WORKSPACE/.tox/py27/bin/python \
    --synapse-directory $WORKSPACE \
    --dendron $WORKSPACE/dendron/bin/dendron \
    --haproxy \
--- a/jenkins-dendron-postgres.sh
+++ b/jenkins-dendron-postgres.sh
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ export SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR=1
 ./sytest/jenkins/prep_sytest_for_postgres.sh

 ./sytest/jenkins/install_and_run.sh \
+    --python $WORKSPACE/.tox/py27/bin/python \
    --synapse-directory $WORKSPACE \
    --dendron $WORKSPACE/dendron/bin/dendron \
--- a/jenkins-postgres.sh
+++ b/jenkins-postgres.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ export SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR=1
 ./sytest/jenkins/prep_sytest_for_postgres.sh

 ./sytest/jenkins/install_and_run.sh \
+    --python $WORKSPACE/.tox/py27/bin/python \
    --synapse-directory $WORKSPACE \
--- a/jenkins-sqlite.sh
+++ b/jenkins-sqlite.sh
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ export SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR=1
 ./jenkins/clone.sh sytest https://github.com/matrix-org/sytest.git

 ./sytest/jenkins/install_and_run.sh \
+    --python $WORKSPACE/.tox/py27/bin/python \
    --synapse-directory $WORKSPACE \
--- a/scripts-dev/federation_client.py
+++ b/scripts-dev/federation_client.py
@@ -1,10 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import argparse
 import nacl.signing
 import json
 import base64
 import requests
 import sys
 import srvlookup
-
+import yaml

 def encode_base64(input_bytes):
    """Encode bytes as a base64 string without any padding."""
@@ -103,15 +123,25 @@ def lookup(destination, path):
        except:
            return "https://%s:%d%s" % (destination, 8448, path)

-def get_json(origin_name, origin_key, destination, path):
-    request_json = {
-        "method": "GET",
+
+def request_json(method, origin_name, origin_key, destination, path, content):
+    if method is None:
+        if content is None:
+            method = "GET"
+        else:
+            method = "POST"
+
+    json_to_sign = {
+        "method": method,
        "uri": path,
        "origin": origin_name,
        "destination": destination,
    }

-    signed_json = sign_json(request_json, origin_key, origin_name)
+    if content is not None:
+        json_to_sign["content"] = json.loads(content)
+
+    signed_json = sign_json(json_to_sign, origin_key, origin_name)

    authorization_headers = []

@@ -120,30 +150,97 @@ def get_json(origin_name, origin_key, destination, path):
            origin_name, key, sig,
        )
        authorization_headers.append(bytes(header))
-        sys.stderr.write(header)
-        sys.stderr.write("\n")
+        print ("Authorization: %s" % header, file=sys.stderr)

-    result = requests.get(
-        lookup(destination, path),
+    dest = lookup(destination, path)
+    print ("Requesting %s" % dest, file=sys.stderr)
+
+    result = requests.request(
+        method=method,
+        url=dest,
        headers={"Authorization": authorization_headers[0]},
        verify=False,
+        data=content,
    )
    sys.stderr.write("Status Code: %d\n" % (result.status_code,))
    return result.json()


 def main():
-    origin_name, keyfile, destination, path = sys.argv[1:]
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description=
+            "Signs and sends a federation request to a matrix homeserver",
+    )

-    with open(keyfile) as f:
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-N", "--server-name",
+        help="Name to give as the local homeserver. If unspecified, will be "
+             "read from the config file.",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-k", "--signing-key-path",
+        help="Path to the file containing the private ed25519 key to sign the "
+             "request with.",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-c", "--config",
+        default="homeserver.yaml",
+        help="Path to server config file. Ignored if --server-name and "
+             "--signing-key-path are both given.",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-d", "--destination",
+        default="matrix.org",
+        help="name of the remote homeserver. We will do SRV lookups and "
+             "connect appropriately.",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-X", "--method",
+        help="HTTP method to use for the request. Defaults to GET if --data is"
+             "unspecified, POST if it is."
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--body",
+        help="Data to send as the body of the HTTP request"
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "path",
+        help="request path. We will add '/_matrix/federation/v1/' to this."
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if not args.server_name or not args.signing_key_path:
+        read_args_from_config(args)
+
+    with open(args.signing_key_path) as f:
        key = read_signing_keys(f)[0]

-    result = get_json(
-        origin_name, key, destination, "/_matrix/federation/v1/" + path
+    result = request_json(
+        args.method,
+        args.server_name, key, args.destination,
+        "/_matrix/federation/v1/" + args.path,
+        content=args.body,
    )

    json.dump(result, sys.stdout)
-    print ""
+    print ("")
+
+
+def read_args_from_config(args):
+    with open(args.config, 'r') as fh:
+        config = yaml.safe_load(fh)
+        if not args.server_name:
+            args.server_name = config['server_name']
+        if not args.signing_key_path:
+            args.signing_key_path = config['signing_key_path']
+

 if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
--- a/scripts/move_remote_media_to_new_store.py
+++ b/scripts/move_remote_media_to_new_store.py
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""
+Moves a list of remote media from one media store to another.
+
+The input should be a list of media files to be moved, one per line. Each line
+should be formatted::
+
+    <origin server>|<file id>
+
+This can be extracted from postgres with::
+
+    psql --tuples-only -A -c "select media_origin, filesystem_id from
+        matrix.remote_media_cache where ..."
+
+To use, pipe the above into::
+
+    PYTHON_PATH=. ./scripts/move_remote_media_to_new_store.py <source repo> <dest repo>
+"""
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+
+import sys
+
+import os
+
+import shutil
+
+from synapse.rest.media.v1.filepath import MediaFilePaths
+
+logger = logging.getLogger()
+
+
+def main(src_repo, dest_repo):
+    src_paths = MediaFilePaths(src_repo)
+    dest_paths = MediaFilePaths(dest_repo)
+    for line in sys.stdin:
+        line = line.strip()
+        parts = line.split('|')
+        if len(parts) != 2:
+            print("Unable to parse input line %s" % line, file=sys.stderr)
+            exit(1)
+
+        move_media(parts[0], parts[1], src_paths, dest_paths)
+
+
+def move_media(origin_server, file_id, src_paths, dest_paths):
+    """Move the given file, and any thumbnails, to the dest repo
+
+    Args:
+        origin_server (str):
+        file_id (str):
+        src_paths (MediaFilePaths):
+        dest_paths (MediaFilePaths):
+    """
+    logger.info("%s/%s", origin_server, file_id)
+
+    # check that the original exists
+    original_file = src_paths.remote_media_filepath(origin_server, file_id)
+    if not os.path.exists(original_file):
+        logger.warn(
+            "Original for %s/%s (%s) does not exist",
+            origin_server, file_id, original_file,
+        )
+    else:
+        mkdir_and_move(
+            original_file,
+            dest_paths.remote_media_filepath(origin_server, file_id),
+        )
+
+    # now look for thumbnails
+    original_thumb_dir = src_paths.remote_media_thumbnail_dir(
+        origin_server, file_id,
+    )
+    if not os.path.exists(original_thumb_dir):
+        return
+
+    mkdir_and_move(
+        original_thumb_dir,
+        dest_paths.remote_media_thumbnail_dir(origin_server, file_id)
+    )
+
+
+def mkdir_and_move(original_file, dest_file):
+    dirname = os.path.dirname(dest_file)
+    if not os.path.exists(dirname):
+        logger.debug("mkdir %s", dirname)
+        os.makedirs(dirname)
+    logger.debug("mv %s %s", original_file, dest_file)
+    shutil.move(original_file, dest_file)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description=__doc__,
+        formatter_class = argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-v", action='store_true', help='enable debug logging')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "src_repo",
+        help="Path to source content repo",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "dest_repo",
+        help="Path to source content repo",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    logging_config = {
+        "level": logging.DEBUG if args.v else logging.INFO,
+        "format": "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"
+    }
+    logging.basicConfig(**logging_config)
+
+    main(args.src_repo, args.dest_repo)
--- a/scripts/synapse_port_db
+++ b/scripts/synapse_port_db
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ BOOLEAN_COLUMNS = {
    "public_room_list_stream": ["visibility"],
    "device_lists_outbound_pokes": ["sent"],
    "users_who_share_rooms": ["share_private"],
+    "groups": ["is_public"],
+    "group_rooms": ["is_public"],
+    "group_users": ["is_public", "is_admin"],
+    "group_summary_rooms": ["is_public"],
+    "group_room_categories": ["is_public"],
+    "group_summary_users": ["is_public"],
+    "group_roles": ["is_public"],
+    "local_group_membership": ["is_publicised", "is_admin"],
 }


@@ -112,6 +120,7 @@ class Store(object):

    _simple_update_one = SQLBaseStore.__dict__["_simple_update_one"]
    _simple_update_one_txn = SQLBaseStore.__dict__["_simple_update_one_txn"]
+    _simple_update_txn = SQLBaseStore.__dict__["_simple_update_txn"]

    def runInteraction(self, desc, func, *args, **kwargs):
        def r(conn):
@@ -252,6 +261,25 @@ class Porter(object):
            )
            return

+        if table in (
+            "user_directory", "user_directory_search", "users_who_share_rooms",
+            "users_in_pubic_room",
+        ):
+            # We don't port these tables, as they're a faff and we can regenreate
+            # them anyway.
+            self.progress.update(table, table_size)  # Mark table as done
+            return
+
+        if table == "user_directory_stream_pos":
+            # We need to make sure there is a single row, `(X, null), as that is
+            # what synapse expects to be there.
+            yield self.postgres_store._simple_insert(
+                table=table,
+                values={"stream_id": None},
+            )
+            self.progress.update(table, table_size)  # Mark table as done
+            return
+
        forward_select = (
            "SELECT rowid, * FROM %s WHERE rowid >= ? ORDER BY rowid LIMIT ?"
            % (table,)
@@ -299,7 +327,7 @@ class Porter(object):
                    backward_chunk = min(row[0] for row in brows) - 1

                rows = frows + brows
-                self._convert_rows(table, headers, rows)
+                rows = self._convert_rows(table, headers, rows)

                def insert(txn):
                    self.postgres_store.insert_many_txn(
@@ -357,10 +385,13 @@ class Porter(object):
                        " VALUES (?,?,?,?,to_tsvector('english', ?),?,?)"
                    )

-                    rows_dict = [
-                        dict(zip(headers, row))
-                        for row in rows
-                    ]
+                    rows_dict = []
+                    for row in rows:
+                        d = dict(zip(headers, row))
+                        if "\0" in d['value']:
+                            logger.warn('dropping search row %s', d)
+                        else:
+                            rows_dict.append(d)

                    txn.executemany(sql, [
                        (
@@ -532,17 +563,29 @@ class Porter(object):
            i for i, h in enumerate(headers) if h in bool_col_names
        ]

+        class BadValueException(Exception):
+            pass
+
        def conv(j, col):
            if j in bool_cols:
                return bool(col)
+            elif isinstance(col, basestring) and "\0" in col:
+                logger.warn("DROPPING ROW: NUL value in table %s col %s: %r", table, headers[j], col)
+                raise BadValueException();
            return col

+        outrows = []
        for i, row in enumerate(rows):
-            rows[i] = tuple(
-                conv(j, col)
-                for j, col in enumerate(row)
-                if j > 0
-            )
+            try:
+                outrows.append(tuple(
+                    conv(j, col)
+                    for j, col in enumerate(row)
+                    if j > 0
+                ))
+            except BadValueException:
+                pass
+
+        return outrows

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def _setup_sent_transactions(self):
@@ -570,7 +613,7 @@ class Porter(object):
            "select", r,
        )

-        self._convert_rows("sent_transactions", headers, rows)
+        rows = self._convert_rows("sent_transactions", headers, rows)

        inserted_rows = len(rows)
        if inserted_rows:
--- a/scripts/sync_room_to_group.pl
+++ b/scripts/sync_room_to_group.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use JSON::XS;
+use LWP::UserAgent;
+use URI::Escape;
+
+if (@ARGV < 4) {
+    die "usage: $0 <homeserver url> <access_token> <room_id|room_alias> <group_id>\n";
+}
+
+my ($hs, $access_token, $room_id, $group_id) = @ARGV;
+my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new();
+$ua->timeout(10);
+
+if ($room_id =~ /^#/) {
+    $room_id = uri_escape($room_id);
+    $room_id = decode_json($ua->get("${hs}/_matrix/client/r0/directory/room/${room_id}?access_token=${access_token}")->decoded_content)->{room_id};
+}
+
+my $room_users  = [ keys %{decode_json($ua->get("${hs}/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/${room_id}/joined_members?access_token=${access_token}")->decoded_content)->{joined}} ];
+my $group_users = [
+    (map { $_->{user_id} } @{decode_json($ua->get("${hs}/_matrix/client/unstable/groups/${group_id}/users?access_token=${access_token}" )->decoded_content)->{chunk}}),
+    (map { $_->{user_id} } @{decode_json($ua->get("${hs}/_matrix/client/unstable/groups/${group_id}/invited_users?access_token=${access_token}" )->decoded_content)->{chunk}}),
+];
+
+die "refusing to sync from empty room" unless (@$room_users);
+die "refusing to sync to empty group" unless (@$group_users);
+
+my $diff = {};
+foreach my $user (@$room_users) { $diff->{$user}++ }
+foreach my $user (@$group_users) { $diff->{$user}-- }
+
+foreach my $user (keys %$diff) {
+    if ($diff->{$user} == 1) {
+        warn "inviting $user";
+        print STDERR $ua->put("${hs}/_matrix/client/unstable/groups/${group_id}/admin/users/invite/${user}?access_token=${access_token}", Content=>'{}')->status_line."\n";
+    }
+    elsif ($diff->{$user} == -1) {
+        warn "removing $user";
+        print STDERR $ua->put("${hs}/_matrix/client/unstable/groups/${group_id}/admin/users/remove/${user}?access_token=${access_token}", Content=>'{}')->status_line."\n";
+    }
+}
--- a/synapse/init.py
+++ b/synapse/init.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """

-__version__ = "0.22.1"
+__version__ = "0.27.2"
--- a/synapse/api/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/api/auth.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class Auth(object):
            )[0]
            if user and access_token and ip_addr:
                self.store.insert_client_ip(
-                    user=user,
+                    user_id=user.to_string(),
                    access_token=access_token,
                    ip=ip_addr,
                    user_agent=user_agent,
@@ -270,7 +270,11 @@ class Auth(object):
            rights (str): The operation being performed; the access token must
                allow this.
        Returns:
-            dict : dict that includes the user and the ID of their access token.
+            Deferred[dict]: dict that includes:
+               `user` (UserID)
+               `is_guest` (bool)
+               `token_id` (int|None): access token id. May be None if guest
+               `device_id` (str|None): device corresponding to access token
        Raises:
            AuthError if no user by that token exists or the token is invalid.
        """
@@ -519,6 +523,14 @@ class Auth(object):
            )

    def is_server_admin(self, user):
+        """ Check if the given user is a local server admin.
+
+        Args:
+            user (str): mxid of user to check
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: True if the user is an admin
+        """
        return self.store.is_server_admin(user)

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
--- a/synapse/api/errors.py
+++ b/synapse/api/errors.py
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@

 """Contains exceptions and error codes."""

-import json
 import logging

+import simplejson as json
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ class Codes(object):
    THREEPID_AUTH_FAILED = "M_THREEPID_AUTH_FAILED"
    THREEPID_IN_USE = "M_THREEPID_IN_USE"
    THREEPID_NOT_FOUND = "M_THREEPID_NOT_FOUND"
+    THREEPID_DENIED = "M_THREEPID_DENIED"
    INVALID_USERNAME = "M_INVALID_USERNAME"
    SERVER_NOT_TRUSTED = "M_SERVER_NOT_TRUSTED"

@@ -140,6 +142,48 @@ class RegistrationError(SynapseError):
    pass


+class FederationDeniedError(SynapseError):
+    """An error raised when the server tries to federate with a server which
+    is not on its federation whitelist.
+
+    Attributes:
+        destination (str): The destination which has been denied
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, destination):
+        """Raised by federation client or server to indicate that we are
+        are deliberately not attempting to contact a given server because it is
+        not on our federation whitelist.
+
+        Args:
+            destination (str): the domain in question
+        """
+
+        self.destination = destination
+
+        super(FederationDeniedError, self).__init__(
+            code=403,
+            msg="Federation denied with %s." % (self.destination,),
+            errcode=Codes.FORBIDDEN,
+        )
+
+
+class InteractiveAuthIncompleteError(Exception):
+    """An error raised when UI auth is not yet complete
+
+    (This indicates we should return a 401 with 'result' as the body)
+
+    Attributes:
+        result (dict): the server response to the request, which should be
+            passed back to the client
+    """
+    def __init__(self, result):
+        super(InteractiveAuthIncompleteError, self).__init__(
+            "Interactive auth not yet complete",
+        )
+        self.result = result
+
+
 class UnrecognizedRequestError(SynapseError):
    """An error indicating we don't understand the request you're trying to make"""
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
--- a/synapse/api/filtering.py
+++ b/synapse/api/filtering.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from synapse.storage.presence import UserPresenceState
 from synapse.types import UserID, RoomID
 from twisted.internet import defer

-import ujson as json
+import simplejson as json
 import jsonschema
 from jsonschema import FormatChecker

--- a/synapse/app/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/app/_base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import gc
+import logging
+import sys
+
+try:
+    import affinity
+except Exception:
+    affinity = None
+
+from daemonize import Daemonize
+from synapse.util import PreserveLoggingContext
+from synapse.util.rlimit import change_resource_limit
+from twisted.internet import error, reactor
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def start_worker_reactor(appname, config):
+    """ Run the reactor in the main process
+
+    Daemonizes if necessary, and then configures some resources, before starting
+    the reactor. Pulls configuration from the 'worker' settings in 'config'.
+
+    Args:
+        appname (str): application name which will be sent to syslog
+        config (synapse.config.Config): config object
+    """
+
+    logger = logging.getLogger(config.worker_app)
+
+    start_reactor(
+        appname,
+        config.soft_file_limit,
+        config.gc_thresholds,
+        config.worker_pid_file,
+        config.worker_daemonize,
+        config.worker_cpu_affinity,
+        logger,
+    )
+
+
+def start_reactor(
+        appname,
+        soft_file_limit,
+        gc_thresholds,
+        pid_file,
+        daemonize,
+        cpu_affinity,
+        logger,
+):
+    """ Run the reactor in the main process
+
+    Daemonizes if necessary, and then configures some resources, before starting
+    the reactor
+
+    Args:
+        appname (str): application name which will be sent to syslog
+        soft_file_limit (int):
+        gc_thresholds:
+        pid_file (str): name of pid file to write to if daemonize is True
+        daemonize (bool): true to run the reactor in a background process
+        cpu_affinity (int|None): cpu affinity mask
+        logger (logging.Logger): logger instance to pass to Daemonize
+    """
+
+    def run():
+        # make sure that we run the reactor with the sentinel log context,
+        # otherwise other PreserveLoggingContext instances will get confused
+        # and complain when they see the logcontext arbitrarily swapping
+        # between the sentinel and `run` logcontexts.
+        with PreserveLoggingContext():
+            logger.info("Running")
+            if cpu_affinity is not None:
+                if not affinity:
+                    quit_with_error(
+                        "Missing package 'affinity' required for cpu_affinity\n"
+                        "option\n\n"
+                        "Install by running:\n\n"
+                        "   pip install affinity\n\n"
+                    )
+                logger.info("Setting CPU affinity to %s" % cpu_affinity)
+                affinity.set_process_affinity_mask(0, cpu_affinity)
+            change_resource_limit(soft_file_limit)
+            if gc_thresholds:
+                gc.set_threshold(*gc_thresholds)
+            reactor.run()
+
+    if daemonize:
+        daemon = Daemonize(
+            app=appname,
+            pid=pid_file,
+            action=run,
+            auto_close_fds=False,
+            verbose=True,
+            logger=logger,
+        )
+        daemon.start()
+    else:
+        run()
+
+
+def quit_with_error(error_string):
+    message_lines = error_string.split("\n")
+    line_length = max([len(l) for l in message_lines if len(l) < 80]) + 2
+    sys.stderr.write("*" * line_length + '\n')
+    for line in message_lines:
+        sys.stderr.write(" %s\n" % (line.rstrip(),))
+    sys.stderr.write("*" * line_length + '\n')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def listen_tcp(bind_addresses, port, factory, backlog=50):
+    """
+    Create a TCP socket for a port and several addresses
+    """
+    for address in bind_addresses:
+        try:
+            reactor.listenTCP(
+                port,
+                factory,
+                backlog,
+                address
+            )
+        except error.CannotListenError as e:
+            check_bind_error(e, address, bind_addresses)
+
+
+def listen_ssl(bind_addresses, port, factory, context_factory, backlog=50):
+    """
+    Create an SSL socket for a port and several addresses
+    """
+    for address in bind_addresses:
+        try:
+            reactor.listenSSL(
+                port,
+                factory,
+                context_factory,
+                backlog,
+                address
+            )
+        except error.CannotListenError as e:
+            check_bind_error(e, address, bind_addresses)
+
+
+def check_bind_error(e, address, bind_addresses):
+    """
+    This method checks an exception occurred while binding on 0.0.0.0.
+    If :: is specified in the bind addresses a warning is shown.
+    The exception is still raised otherwise.
+
+    Binding on both 0.0.0.0 and :: causes an exception on Linux and macOS
+    because :: binds on both IPv4 and IPv6 (as per RFC 3493).
+    When binding on 0.0.0.0 after :: this can safely be ignored.
+
+    Args:
+        e (Exception): Exception that was caught.
+        address (str): Address on which binding was attempted.
+        bind_addresses (list): Addresses on which the service listens.
+    """
+    if address == '0.0.0.0' and '::' in bind_addresses:
+        logger.warn('Failed to listen on 0.0.0.0, continuing because listening on [::]')
+    else:
+        raise e
--- a/synapse/app/appservice.py
+++ b/synapse/app/appservice.py
@@ -13,62 +13,42 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+import logging
+import sys

 import synapse
-
-from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse import events
+from synapse.app import _base
 from synapse.config._base import ConfigError
-from synapse.config.logger import setup_logging
 from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
+from synapse.config.logger import setup_logging
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
-from synapse.metrics.resource import MetricsResource, METRICS_PREFIX
+from synapse.metrics.resource import METRICS_PREFIX, MetricsResource
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.appservice import SlavedApplicationServiceStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.directory import DirectoryStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.events import SlavedEventStore
-from synapse.replication.slave.storage.appservice import SlavedApplicationServiceStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.registration import SlavedRegistrationStore
 from synapse.replication.tcp.client import ReplicationClientHandler
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.storage.engines import create_engine
 from synapse.util.httpresourcetree import create_resource_tree
-from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, PreserveLoggingContext, preserve_fn
+from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, preserve_fn
 from synapse.util.manhole import manhole
-from synapse.util.rlimit import change_resource_limit
 from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
-
-from synapse import events
-
 from twisted.internet import reactor
-from twisted.web.resource import Resource
-
-from daemonize import Daemonize
-
-import sys
-import logging
-import gc
+from twisted.web.resource import NoResource

 logger = logging.getLogger("synapse.app.appservice")


 class AppserviceSlaveStore(
-    DirectoryStore, SlavedEventStore, SlavedApplicationServiceStore,
+    DirectoryStore, SlavedApplicationServiceStore, SlavedEventStore,
    SlavedRegistrationStore,
 ):
    pass


 class AppserviceServer(HomeServer):
-    def get_db_conn(self, run_new_connection=True):
-        # Any param beginning with cp_ is a parameter for adbapi, and should
-        # not be passed to the database engine.
-        db_params = {
-            k: v for k, v in self.db_config.get("args", {}).items()
-            if not k.startswith("cp_")
-        }
-        db_conn = self.database_engine.module.connect(**db_params)
-
-        if run_new_connection:
-            self.database_engine.on_new_connection(db_conn)
-        return db_conn
-
    def setup(self):
        logger.info("Setting up.")
        self.datastore = AppserviceSlaveStore(self.get_db_conn(), self)
@@ -84,19 +64,18 @@ class AppserviceServer(HomeServer):
                if name == "metrics":
                    resources[METRICS_PREFIX] = MetricsResource(self)

-        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, Resource())
+        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, NoResource())

-        for address in bind_addresses:
-            reactor.listenTCP(
-                port,
-                SynapseSite(
-                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                    site_tag,
-                    listener_config,
-                    root_resource,
-                ),
-                interface=address
+        _base.listen_tcp(
+            bind_addresses,
+            port,
+            SynapseSite(
+                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                site_tag,
+                listener_config,
+                root_resource,
            )
+        )

        logger.info("Synapse appservice now listening on port %d", port)

@@ -105,18 +84,15 @@ class AppserviceServer(HomeServer):
            if listener["type"] == "http":
                self._listen_http(listener)
            elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
-
-                for address in bind_addresses:
-                    reactor.listenTCP(
-                        listener["port"],
-                        manhole(
-                            username="matrix",
-                            password="rabbithole",
-                            globals={"hs": self},
-                        ),
-                        interface=address
+                _base.listen_tcp(
+                    listener["bind_addresses"],
+                    listener["port"],
+                    manhole(
+                        username="matrix",
+                        password="rabbithole",
+                        globals={"hs": self},
                    )
+                )
            else:
                logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])

@@ -181,36 +157,13 @@ def start(config_options):
    ps.setup()
    ps.start_listening(config.worker_listeners)

-    def run():
-        # make sure that we run the reactor with the sentinel log context,
-        # otherwise other PreserveLoggingContext instances will get confused
-        # and complain when they see the logcontext arbitrarily swapping
-        # between the sentinel and `run` logcontexts.
-        with PreserveLoggingContext():
-            logger.info("Running")
-            change_resource_limit(config.soft_file_limit)
-            if config.gc_thresholds:
-                gc.set_threshold(*config.gc_thresholds)
-            reactor.run()
-
    def start():
        ps.get_datastore().start_profiling()
        ps.get_state_handler().start_caching()

    reactor.callWhenRunning(start)

-    if config.worker_daemonize:
-        daemon = Daemonize(
-            app="synapse-appservice",
-            pid=config.worker_pid_file,
-            action=run,
-            auto_close_fds=False,
-            verbose=True,
-            logger=logger,
-        )
-        daemon.start()
-    else:
-        run()
+    _base.start_worker_reactor("synapse-appservice", config)


 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/synapse/app/client_reader.py
+++ b/synapse/app/client_reader.py
@@ -13,56 +13,48 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+import logging
+import sys

 import synapse
-
+from synapse import events
+from synapse.app import _base
 from synapse.config._base import ConfigError
 from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
 from synapse.config.logger import setup_logging
-from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
+from synapse.crypto import context_factory
 from synapse.http.server import JsonResource
-from synapse.metrics.resource import MetricsResource, METRICS_PREFIX
+from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
+from synapse.metrics.resource import METRICS_PREFIX, MetricsResource
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage._base import BaseSlavedStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.appservice import SlavedApplicationServiceStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.client_ips import SlavedClientIpStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.directory import DirectoryStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.events import SlavedEventStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.keys import SlavedKeyStore
-from synapse.replication.slave.storage.room import RoomStore
-from synapse.replication.slave.storage.directory import DirectoryStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.registration import SlavedRegistrationStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.room import RoomStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.transactions import TransactionStore
 from synapse.replication.tcp.client import ReplicationClientHandler
 from synapse.rest.client.v1.room import PublicRoomListRestServlet
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.storage.engines import create_engine
 from synapse.util.httpresourcetree import create_resource_tree
-from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, PreserveLoggingContext
+from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext
 from synapse.util.manhole import manhole
-from synapse.util.rlimit import change_resource_limit
 from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
-from synapse.crypto import context_factory
-
-from synapse import events
-
-
 from twisted.internet import reactor
-from twisted.web.resource import Resource
-
-from daemonize import Daemonize
-
-import sys
-import logging
-import gc
+from twisted.web.resource import NoResource

 logger = logging.getLogger("synapse.app.client_reader")


 class ClientReaderSlavedStore(
+    SlavedApplicationServiceStore,
    SlavedEventStore,
    SlavedKeyStore,
    RoomStore,
    DirectoryStore,
-    SlavedApplicationServiceStore,
    SlavedRegistrationStore,
    TransactionStore,
    SlavedClientIpStore,
@@ -72,19 +64,6 @@ class ClientReaderSlavedStore(


 class ClientReaderServer(HomeServer):
-    def get_db_conn(self, run_new_connection=True):
-        # Any param beginning with cp_ is a parameter for adbapi, and should
-        # not be passed to the database engine.
-        db_params = {
-            k: v for k, v in self.db_config.get("args", {}).items()
-            if not k.startswith("cp_")
-        }
-        db_conn = self.database_engine.module.connect(**db_params)
-
-        if run_new_connection:
-            self.database_engine.on_new_connection(db_conn)
-        return db_conn
-
    def setup(self):
        logger.info("Setting up.")
        self.datastore = ClientReaderSlavedStore(self.get_db_conn(), self)
@@ -109,19 +88,18 @@ class ClientReaderServer(HomeServer):
                        "/_matrix/client/api/v1": resource,
                    })

-        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, Resource())
+        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, NoResource())

-        for address in bind_addresses:
-            reactor.listenTCP(
-                port,
-                SynapseSite(
-                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                    site_tag,
-                    listener_config,
-                    root_resource,
-                ),
-                interface=address
+        _base.listen_tcp(
+            bind_addresses,
+            port,
+            SynapseSite(
+                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                site_tag,
+                listener_config,
+                root_resource,
            )
+        )

        logger.info("Synapse client reader now listening on port %d", port)

@@ -130,18 +108,16 @@ class ClientReaderServer(HomeServer):
            if listener["type"] == "http":
                self._listen_http(listener)
            elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
-
-                for address in bind_addresses:
-                    reactor.listenTCP(
-                        listener["port"],
-                        manhole(
-                            username="matrix",
-                            password="rabbithole",
-                            globals={"hs": self},
-                        ),
-                        interface=address
+                _base.listen_tcp(
+                    listener["bind_addresses"],
+                    listener["port"],
+                    manhole(
+                        username="matrix",
+                        password="rabbithole",
+                        globals={"hs": self},
                    )
+                )
+
            else:
                logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])

@@ -180,39 +156,15 @@ def start(config_options):
    )

    ss.setup()
-    ss.get_handlers()
    ss.start_listening(config.worker_listeners)

-    def run():
-        # make sure that we run the reactor with the sentinel log context,
-        # otherwise other PreserveLoggingContext instances will get confused
-        # and complain when they see the logcontext arbitrarily swapping
-        # between the sentinel and `run` logcontexts.
-        with PreserveLoggingContext():
-            logger.info("Running")
-            change_resource_limit(config.soft_file_limit)
-            if config.gc_thresholds:
-                gc.set_threshold(*config.gc_thresholds)
-            reactor.run()
-
    def start():
        ss.get_state_handler().start_caching()
        ss.get_datastore().start_profiling()

    reactor.callWhenRunning(start)

-    if config.worker_daemonize:
-        daemon = Daemonize(
-            app="synapse-client-reader",
-            pid=config.worker_pid_file,
-            action=run,
-            auto_close_fds=False,
-            verbose=True,
-            logger=logger,
-        )
-        daemon.start()
-    else:
-        run()
+    _base.start_worker_reactor("synapse-client-reader", config)


 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/synapse/app/event_creator.py
+++ b/synapse/app/event_creator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2018 New Vector Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import logging
+import sys
+
+import synapse
+from synapse import events
+from synapse.app import _base
+from synapse.config._base import ConfigError
+from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
+from synapse.config.logger import setup_logging
+from synapse.crypto import context_factory
+from synapse.http.server import JsonResource
+from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
+from synapse.metrics.resource import METRICS_PREFIX, MetricsResource
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage._base import BaseSlavedStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.account_data import SlavedAccountDataStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.appservice import SlavedApplicationServiceStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.client_ips import SlavedClientIpStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.devices import SlavedDeviceStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.directory import DirectoryStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.events import SlavedEventStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.profile import SlavedProfileStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.push_rule import SlavedPushRuleStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.pushers import SlavedPusherStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.receipts import SlavedReceiptsStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.registration import SlavedRegistrationStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.room import RoomStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.transactions import TransactionStore
+from synapse.replication.tcp.client import ReplicationClientHandler
+from synapse.rest.client.v1.room import (
+    RoomSendEventRestServlet, RoomMembershipRestServlet, RoomStateEventRestServlet,
+    JoinRoomAliasServlet,
+)
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse.storage.engines import create_engine
+from synapse.util.httpresourcetree import create_resource_tree
+from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext
+from synapse.util.manhole import manhole
+from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
+from twisted.internet import reactor
+from twisted.web.resource import NoResource
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("synapse.app.event_creator")
+
+
+class EventCreatorSlavedStore(
+    DirectoryStore,
+    TransactionStore,
+    SlavedProfileStore,
+    SlavedAccountDataStore,
+    SlavedPusherStore,
+    SlavedReceiptsStore,
+    SlavedPushRuleStore,
+    SlavedDeviceStore,
+    SlavedClientIpStore,
+    SlavedApplicationServiceStore,
+    SlavedEventStore,
+    SlavedRegistrationStore,
+    RoomStore,
+    BaseSlavedStore,
+):
+    pass
+
+
+class EventCreatorServer(HomeServer):
+    def setup(self):
+        logger.info("Setting up.")
+        self.datastore = EventCreatorSlavedStore(self.get_db_conn(), self)
+        logger.info("Finished setting up.")
+
+    def _listen_http(self, listener_config):
+        port = listener_config["port"]
+        bind_addresses = listener_config["bind_addresses"]
+        site_tag = listener_config.get("tag", port)
+        resources = {}
+        for res in listener_config["resources"]:
+            for name in res["names"]:
+                if name == "metrics":
+                    resources[METRICS_PREFIX] = MetricsResource(self)
+                elif name == "client":
+                    resource = JsonResource(self, canonical_json=False)
+                    RoomSendEventRestServlet(self).register(resource)
+                    RoomMembershipRestServlet(self).register(resource)
+                    RoomStateEventRestServlet(self).register(resource)
+                    JoinRoomAliasServlet(self).register(resource)
+                    resources.update({
+                        "/_matrix/client/r0": resource,
+                        "/_matrix/client/unstable": resource,
+                        "/_matrix/client/v2_alpha": resource,
+                        "/_matrix/client/api/v1": resource,
+                    })
+
+        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, NoResource())
+
+        _base.listen_tcp(
+            bind_addresses,
+            port,
+            SynapseSite(
+                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                site_tag,
+                listener_config,
+                root_resource,
+            )
+        )
+
+        logger.info("Synapse event creator now listening on port %d", port)
+
+    def start_listening(self, listeners):
+        for listener in listeners:
+            if listener["type"] == "http":
+                self._listen_http(listener)
+            elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
+                _base.listen_tcp(
+                    listener["bind_addresses"],
+                    listener["port"],
+                    manhole(
+                        username="matrix",
+                        password="rabbithole",
+                        globals={"hs": self},
+                    )
+                )
+            else:
+                logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])
+
+        self.get_tcp_replication().start_replication(self)
+
+    def build_tcp_replication(self):
+        return ReplicationClientHandler(self.get_datastore())
+
+
+def start(config_options):
+    try:
+        config = HomeServerConfig.load_config(
+            "Synapse event creator", config_options
+        )
+    except ConfigError as e:
+        sys.stderr.write("\n" + e.message + "\n")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    assert config.worker_app == "synapse.app.event_creator"
+
+    assert config.worker_replication_http_port is not None
+
+    setup_logging(config, use_worker_options=True)
+
+    events.USE_FROZEN_DICTS = config.use_frozen_dicts
+
+    database_engine = create_engine(config.database_config)
+
+    tls_server_context_factory = context_factory.ServerContextFactory(config)
+
+    ss = EventCreatorServer(
+        config.server_name,
+        db_config=config.database_config,
+        tls_server_context_factory=tls_server_context_factory,
+        config=config,
+        version_string="Synapse/" + get_version_string(synapse),
+        database_engine=database_engine,
+    )
+
+    ss.setup()
+    ss.start_listening(config.worker_listeners)
+
+    def start():
+        ss.get_state_handler().start_caching()
+        ss.get_datastore().start_profiling()
+
+    reactor.callWhenRunning(start)
+
+    _base.start_worker_reactor("synapse-event-creator", config)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    with LoggingContext("main"):
+        start(sys.argv[1:])
--- a/synapse/app/federation_reader.py
+++ b/synapse/app/federation_reader.py
@@ -13,43 +13,35 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+import logging
+import sys

 import synapse
-
+from synapse import events
+from synapse.api.urls import FEDERATION_PREFIX
+from synapse.app import _base
 from synapse.config._base import ConfigError
 from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
 from synapse.config.logger import setup_logging
+from synapse.crypto import context_factory
+from synapse.federation.transport.server import TransportLayerServer
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
-from synapse.metrics.resource import MetricsResource, METRICS_PREFIX
+from synapse.metrics.resource import METRICS_PREFIX, MetricsResource
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage._base import BaseSlavedStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.directory import DirectoryStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.events import SlavedEventStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.keys import SlavedKeyStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.room import RoomStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.transactions import TransactionStore
-from synapse.replication.slave.storage.directory import DirectoryStore
 from synapse.replication.tcp.client import ReplicationClientHandler
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.storage.engines import create_engine
 from synapse.util.httpresourcetree import create_resource_tree
-from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, PreserveLoggingContext
+from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext
 from synapse.util.manhole import manhole
-from synapse.util.rlimit import change_resource_limit
 from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
-from synapse.api.urls import FEDERATION_PREFIX
-from synapse.federation.transport.server import TransportLayerServer
-from synapse.crypto import context_factory
-
-from synapse import events
-
-
 from twisted.internet import reactor
-from twisted.web.resource import Resource
-
-from daemonize import Daemonize
-
-import sys
-import logging
-import gc
+from twisted.web.resource import NoResource

 logger = logging.getLogger("synapse.app.federation_reader")

@@ -66,19 +58,6 @@ class FederationReaderSlavedStore(


 class FederationReaderServer(HomeServer):
-    def get_db_conn(self, run_new_connection=True):
-        # Any param beginning with cp_ is a parameter for adbapi, and should
-        # not be passed to the database engine.
-        db_params = {
-            k: v for k, v in self.db_config.get("args", {}).items()
-            if not k.startswith("cp_")
-        }
-        db_conn = self.database_engine.module.connect(**db_params)
-
-        if run_new_connection:
-            self.database_engine.on_new_connection(db_conn)
-        return db_conn
-
    def setup(self):
        logger.info("Setting up.")
        self.datastore = FederationReaderSlavedStore(self.get_db_conn(), self)
@@ -98,19 +77,18 @@ class FederationReaderServer(HomeServer):
                        FEDERATION_PREFIX: TransportLayerServer(self),
                    })

-        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, Resource())
+        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, NoResource())

-        for address in bind_addresses:
-            reactor.listenTCP(
-                port,
-                SynapseSite(
-                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                    site_tag,
-                    listener_config,
-                    root_resource,
-                ),
-                interface=address
+        _base.listen_tcp(
+            bind_addresses,
+            port,
+            SynapseSite(
+                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                site_tag,
+                listener_config,
+                root_resource,
            )
+        )

        logger.info("Synapse federation reader now listening on port %d", port)

@@ -119,18 +97,15 @@ class FederationReaderServer(HomeServer):
            if listener["type"] == "http":
                self._listen_http(listener)
            elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
-
-                for address in bind_addresses:
-                    reactor.listenTCP(
-                        listener["port"],
-                        manhole(
-                            username="matrix",
-                            password="rabbithole",
-                            globals={"hs": self},
-                        ),
-                        interface=address
+                _base.listen_tcp(
+                    listener["bind_addresses"],
+                    listener["port"],
+                    manhole(
+                        username="matrix",
+                        password="rabbithole",
+                        globals={"hs": self},
                    )
+                )
            else:
                logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])

@@ -169,39 +144,15 @@ def start(config_options):
    )

    ss.setup()
-    ss.get_handlers()
    ss.start_listening(config.worker_listeners)

-    def run():
-        # make sure that we run the reactor with the sentinel log context,
-        # otherwise other PreserveLoggingContext instances will get confused
-        # and complain when they see the logcontext arbitrarily swapping
-        # between the sentinel and `run` logcontexts.
-        with PreserveLoggingContext():
-            logger.info("Running")
-            change_resource_limit(config.soft_file_limit)
-            if config.gc_thresholds:
-                gc.set_threshold(*config.gc_thresholds)
-            reactor.run()
-
    def start():
        ss.get_state_handler().start_caching()
        ss.get_datastore().start_profiling()

    reactor.callWhenRunning(start)

-    if config.worker_daemonize:
-        daemon = Daemonize(
-            app="synapse-federation-reader",
-            pid=config.worker_pid_file,
-            action=run,
-            auto_close_fds=False,
-            verbose=True,
-            logger=logger,
-        )
-        daemon.start()
-    else:
-        run()
+    _base.start_worker_reactor("synapse-federation-reader", config)


 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/synapse/app/federation_sender.py
+++ b/synapse/app/federation_sender.py
@@ -13,43 +13,36 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+import logging
+import sys

 import synapse
-
-from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse import events
+from synapse.app import _base
 from synapse.config._base import ConfigError
-from synapse.config.logger import setup_logging
 from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
+from synapse.config.logger import setup_logging
 from synapse.crypto import context_factory
-from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
 from synapse.federation import send_queue
-from synapse.metrics.resource import MetricsResource, METRICS_PREFIX
+from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
+from synapse.metrics.resource import METRICS_PREFIX, MetricsResource
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.deviceinbox import SlavedDeviceInboxStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.devices import SlavedDeviceStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.events import SlavedEventStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.presence import SlavedPresenceStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.receipts import SlavedReceiptsStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.registration import SlavedRegistrationStore
-from synapse.replication.slave.storage.presence import SlavedPresenceStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.transactions import TransactionStore
-from synapse.replication.slave.storage.devices import SlavedDeviceStore
 from synapse.replication.tcp.client import ReplicationClientHandler
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.storage.engines import create_engine
 from synapse.util.async import Linearizer
 from synapse.util.httpresourcetree import create_resource_tree
-from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, PreserveLoggingContext, preserve_fn
+from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, preserve_fn
 from synapse.util.manhole import manhole
-from synapse.util.rlimit import change_resource_limit
 from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
-
-from synapse import events
-
-from twisted.internet import reactor, defer
-from twisted.web.resource import Resource
-
-from daemonize import Daemonize
-
-import sys
-import logging
-import gc
+from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
+from twisted.web.resource import NoResource

 logger = logging.getLogger("synapse.app.federation_sender")

@@ -83,19 +76,6 @@ class FederationSenderSlaveStore(


 class FederationSenderServer(HomeServer):
-    def get_db_conn(self, run_new_connection=True):
-        # Any param beginning with cp_ is a parameter for adbapi, and should
-        # not be passed to the database engine.
-        db_params = {
-            k: v for k, v in self.db_config.get("args", {}).items()
-            if not k.startswith("cp_")
-        }
-        db_conn = self.database_engine.module.connect(**db_params)
-
-        if run_new_connection:
-            self.database_engine.on_new_connection(db_conn)
-        return db_conn
-
    def setup(self):
        logger.info("Setting up.")
        self.datastore = FederationSenderSlaveStore(self.get_db_conn(), self)
@@ -111,19 +91,18 @@ class FederationSenderServer(HomeServer):
                if name == "metrics":
                    resources[METRICS_PREFIX] = MetricsResource(self)

-        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, Resource())
+        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, NoResource())

-        for address in bind_addresses:
-            reactor.listenTCP(
-                port,
-                SynapseSite(
-                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                    site_tag,
-                    listener_config,
-                    root_resource,
-                ),
-                interface=address
+        _base.listen_tcp(
+            bind_addresses,
+            port,
+            SynapseSite(
+                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                site_tag,
+                listener_config,
+                root_resource,
            )
+        )

        logger.info("Synapse federation_sender now listening on port %d", port)

@@ -132,18 +111,15 @@ class FederationSenderServer(HomeServer):
            if listener["type"] == "http":
                self._listen_http(listener)
            elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
-
-                for address in bind_addresses:
-                    reactor.listenTCP(
-                        listener["port"],
-                        manhole(
-                            username="matrix",
-                            password="rabbithole",
-                            globals={"hs": self},
-                        ),
-                        interface=address
+                _base.listen_tcp(
+                    listener["bind_addresses"],
+                    listener["port"],
+                    manhole(
+                        username="matrix",
+                        password="rabbithole",
+                        globals={"hs": self},
                    )
+                )
            else:
                logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])

@@ -213,36 +189,12 @@ def start(config_options):
    ps.setup()
    ps.start_listening(config.worker_listeners)

-    def run():
-        # make sure that we run the reactor with the sentinel log context,
-        # otherwise other PreserveLoggingContext instances will get confused
-        # and complain when they see the logcontext arbitrarily swapping
-        # between the sentinel and `run` logcontexts.
-        with PreserveLoggingContext():
-            logger.info("Running")
-            change_resource_limit(config.soft_file_limit)
-            if config.gc_thresholds:
-                gc.set_threshold(*config.gc_thresholds)
-            reactor.run()
-
    def start():
        ps.get_datastore().start_profiling()
        ps.get_state_handler().start_caching()

    reactor.callWhenRunning(start)
-
-    if config.worker_daemonize:
-        daemon = Daemonize(
-            app="synapse-federation-sender",
-            pid=config.worker_pid_file,
-            action=run,
-            auto_close_fds=False,
-            verbose=True,
-            logger=logger,
-        )
-        daemon.start()
-    else:
-        run()
+    _base.start_worker_reactor("synapse-federation-sender", config)


 class FederationSenderHandler(object):
--- a/synapse/app/frontend_proxy.py
+++ b/synapse/app/frontend_proxy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import logging
+import sys
+
+import synapse
+from synapse import events
+from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
+from synapse.app import _base
+from synapse.config._base import ConfigError
+from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
+from synapse.config.logger import setup_logging
+from synapse.crypto import context_factory
+from synapse.http.server import JsonResource
+from synapse.http.servlet import (
+    RestServlet, parse_json_object_from_request,
+)
+from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
+from synapse.metrics.resource import METRICS_PREFIX, MetricsResource
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage._base import BaseSlavedStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.appservice import SlavedApplicationServiceStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.client_ips import SlavedClientIpStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.devices import SlavedDeviceStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.registration import SlavedRegistrationStore
+from synapse.replication.tcp.client import ReplicationClientHandler
+from synapse.rest.client.v2_alpha._base import client_v2_patterns
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse.storage.engines import create_engine
+from synapse.util.httpresourcetree import create_resource_tree
+from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext
+from synapse.util.manhole import manhole
+from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
+from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
+from twisted.web.resource import NoResource
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("synapse.app.frontend_proxy")
+
+
+class KeyUploadServlet(RestServlet):
+    PATTERNS = client_v2_patterns("/keys/upload(/(?P<device_id>[^/]+))?$")
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        """
+        Args:
+            hs (synapse.server.HomeServer): server
+        """
+        super(KeyUploadServlet, self).__init__()
+        self.auth = hs.get_auth()
+        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+        self.http_client = hs.get_simple_http_client()
+        self.main_uri = hs.config.worker_main_http_uri
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, request, device_id):
+        requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request, allow_guest=True)
+        user_id = requester.user.to_string()
+        body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
+
+        if device_id is not None:
+            # passing the device_id here is deprecated; however, we allow it
+            # for now for compatibility with older clients.
+            if (requester.device_id is not None and
+                    device_id != requester.device_id):
+                logger.warning("Client uploading keys for a different device "
+                               "(logged in as %s, uploading for %s)",
+                               requester.device_id, device_id)
+        else:
+            device_id = requester.device_id
+
+        if device_id is None:
+            raise SynapseError(
+                400,
+                "To upload keys, you must pass device_id when authenticating"
+            )
+
+        if body:
+            # They're actually trying to upload something, proxy to main synapse.
+            # Pass through the auth headers, if any, in case the access token
+            # is there.
+            auth_headers = request.requestHeaders.getRawHeaders("Authorization", [])
+            headers = {
+                "Authorization": auth_headers,
+            }
+            result = yield self.http_client.post_json_get_json(
+                self.main_uri + request.uri,
+                body,
+                headers=headers,
+            )
+
+            defer.returnValue((200, result))
+        else:
+            # Just interested in counts.
+            result = yield self.store.count_e2e_one_time_keys(user_id, device_id)
+            defer.returnValue((200, {"one_time_key_counts": result}))
+
+
+class FrontendProxySlavedStore(
+    SlavedDeviceStore,
+    SlavedClientIpStore,
+    SlavedApplicationServiceStore,
+    SlavedRegistrationStore,
+    BaseSlavedStore,
+):
+    pass
+
+
+class FrontendProxyServer(HomeServer):
+    def setup(self):
+        logger.info("Setting up.")
+        self.datastore = FrontendProxySlavedStore(self.get_db_conn(), self)
+        logger.info("Finished setting up.")
+
+    def _listen_http(self, listener_config):
+        port = listener_config["port"]
+        bind_addresses = listener_config["bind_addresses"]
+        site_tag = listener_config.get("tag", port)
+        resources = {}
+        for res in listener_config["resources"]:
+            for name in res["names"]:
+                if name == "metrics":
+                    resources[METRICS_PREFIX] = MetricsResource(self)
+                elif name == "client":
+                    resource = JsonResource(self, canonical_json=False)
+                    KeyUploadServlet(self).register(resource)
+                    resources.update({
+                        "/_matrix/client/r0": resource,
+                        "/_matrix/client/unstable": resource,
+                        "/_matrix/client/v2_alpha": resource,
+                        "/_matrix/client/api/v1": resource,
+                    })
+
+        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, NoResource())
+
+        _base.listen_tcp(
+            bind_addresses,
+            port,
+            SynapseSite(
+                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                site_tag,
+                listener_config,
+                root_resource,
+            )
+        )
+
+        logger.info("Synapse client reader now listening on port %d", port)
+
+    def start_listening(self, listeners):
+        for listener in listeners:
+            if listener["type"] == "http":
+                self._listen_http(listener)
+            elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
+                _base.listen_tcp(
+                    listener["bind_addresses"],
+                    listener["port"],
+                    manhole(
+                        username="matrix",
+                        password="rabbithole",
+                        globals={"hs": self},
+                    )
+                )
+            else:
+                logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])
+
+        self.get_tcp_replication().start_replication(self)
+
+    def build_tcp_replication(self):
+        return ReplicationClientHandler(self.get_datastore())
+
+
+def start(config_options):
+    try:
+        config = HomeServerConfig.load_config(
+            "Synapse frontend proxy", config_options
+        )
+    except ConfigError as e:
+        sys.stderr.write("\n" + e.message + "\n")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    assert config.worker_app == "synapse.app.frontend_proxy"
+
+    assert config.worker_main_http_uri is not None
+
+    setup_logging(config, use_worker_options=True)
+
+    events.USE_FROZEN_DICTS = config.use_frozen_dicts
+
+    database_engine = create_engine(config.database_config)
+
+    tls_server_context_factory = context_factory.ServerContextFactory(config)
+
+    ss = FrontendProxyServer(
+        config.server_name,
+        db_config=config.database_config,
+        tls_server_context_factory=tls_server_context_factory,
+        config=config,
+        version_string="Synapse/" + get_version_string(synapse),
+        database_engine=database_engine,
+    )
+
+    ss.setup()
+    ss.start_listening(config.worker_listeners)
+
+    def start():
+        ss.get_state_handler().start_caching()
+        ss.get_datastore().start_profiling()
+
+    reactor.callWhenRunning(start)
+
+    _base.start_worker_reactor("synapse-frontend-proxy", config)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    with LoggingContext("main"):
+        start(sys.argv[1:])
--- a/synapse/app/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
@@ -13,61 +13,53 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
-import synapse
-
 import gc
 import logging
 import os
 import sys

+import synapse
 import synapse.config.logger
+from synapse import events
+from synapse.api.urls import CONTENT_REPO_PREFIX, FEDERATION_PREFIX, \
+    LEGACY_MEDIA_PREFIX, MEDIA_PREFIX, SERVER_KEY_PREFIX, SERVER_KEY_V2_PREFIX, \
+    STATIC_PREFIX, WEB_CLIENT_PREFIX
+from synapse.app import _base
+from synapse.app._base import quit_with_error, listen_ssl, listen_tcp
 from synapse.config._base import ConfigError
-
-from synapse.python_dependencies import (
-    check_requirements, CONDITIONAL_REQUIREMENTS
-)
-
-from synapse.rest import ClientRestResource
-from synapse.storage.engines import create_engine, IncorrectDatabaseSetup
-from synapse.storage import are_all_users_on_domain
-from synapse.storage.prepare_database import UpgradeDatabaseException, prepare_database
-
-from synapse.server import HomeServer
-
-from twisted.internet import reactor, defer
-from twisted.application import service
-from twisted.web.resource import Resource, EncodingResourceWrapper
-from twisted.web.static import File
-from twisted.web.server import GzipEncoderFactory
-from synapse.http.server import RootRedirect
-from synapse.rest.media.v0.content_repository import ContentRepoResource
-from synapse.rest.media.v1.media_repository import MediaRepositoryResource
-from synapse.rest.key.v1.server_key_resource import LocalKey
-from synapse.rest.key.v2 import KeyApiV2Resource
-from synapse.api.urls import (
-    FEDERATION_PREFIX, WEB_CLIENT_PREFIX, CONTENT_REPO_PREFIX,
-    SERVER_KEY_PREFIX, LEGACY_MEDIA_PREFIX, MEDIA_PREFIX, STATIC_PREFIX,
-    SERVER_KEY_V2_PREFIX,
-)
 from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
 from synapse.crypto import context_factory
-from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, PreserveLoggingContext
-from synapse.metrics import register_memory_metrics
-from synapse.metrics.resource import MetricsResource, METRICS_PREFIX
-from synapse.replication.tcp.resource import ReplicationStreamProtocolFactory
 from synapse.federation.transport.server import TransportLayerServer
-
+from synapse.module_api import ModuleApi
+from synapse.http.additional_resource import AdditionalResource
+from synapse.http.server import RootRedirect
+from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
+from synapse.metrics import register_memory_metrics
+from synapse.metrics.resource import METRICS_PREFIX, MetricsResource
+from synapse.python_dependencies import CONDITIONAL_REQUIREMENTS, \
+    check_requirements
+from synapse.replication.http import ReplicationRestResource, REPLICATION_PREFIX
+from synapse.replication.tcp.resource import ReplicationStreamProtocolFactory
+from synapse.rest import ClientRestResource
+from synapse.rest.key.v1.server_key_resource import LocalKey
+from synapse.rest.key.v2 import KeyApiV2Resource
+from synapse.rest.media.v0.content_repository import ContentRepoResource
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse.storage import are_all_users_on_domain
+from synapse.storage.engines import IncorrectDatabaseSetup, create_engine
+from synapse.storage.prepare_database import UpgradeDatabaseException, prepare_database
+from synapse.util.caches import CACHE_SIZE_FACTOR
+from synapse.util.httpresourcetree import create_resource_tree
+from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext
+from synapse.util.manhole import manhole
+from synapse.util.module_loader import load_module
 from synapse.util.rlimit import change_resource_limit
 from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
-from synapse.util.httpresourcetree import create_resource_tree
-from synapse.util.manhole import manhole
-
-from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
-
-from synapse import events
-
-from daemonize import Daemonize
+from twisted.application import service
+from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
+from twisted.web.resource import EncodingResourceWrapper, NoResource
+from twisted.web.server import GzipEncoderFactory
+from twisted.web.static import File

 logger = logging.getLogger("synapse.app.homeserver")

@@ -119,87 +111,121 @@ class SynapseHomeServer(HomeServer):
        resources = {}
        for res in listener_config["resources"]:
            for name in res["names"]:
-                if name == "client":
-                    client_resource = ClientRestResource(self)
-                    if res["compress"]:
-                        client_resource = gz_wrap(client_resource)
+                resources.update(self._configure_named_resource(
+                    name, res.get("compress", False),
+                ))

-                    resources.update({
-                        "/_matrix/client/api/v1": client_resource,
-                        "/_matrix/client/r0": client_resource,
-                        "/_matrix/client/unstable": client_resource,
-                        "/_matrix/client/v2_alpha": client_resource,
-                        "/_matrix/client/versions": client_resource,
-                    })
-
-                if name == "federation":
-                    resources.update({
-                        FEDERATION_PREFIX: TransportLayerServer(self),
-                    })
-
-                if name in ["static", "client"]:
-                    resources.update({
-                        STATIC_PREFIX: File(
-                            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(synapse.__file__), "static")
-                        ),
-                    })
-
-                if name in ["media", "federation", "client"]:
-                    media_repo = MediaRepositoryResource(self)
-                    resources.update({
-                        MEDIA_PREFIX: media_repo,
-                        LEGACY_MEDIA_PREFIX: media_repo,
-                        CONTENT_REPO_PREFIX: ContentRepoResource(
-                            self, self.config.uploads_path
-                        ),
-                    })
-
-                if name in ["keys", "federation"]:
-                    resources.update({
-                        SERVER_KEY_PREFIX: LocalKey(self),
-                        SERVER_KEY_V2_PREFIX: KeyApiV2Resource(self),
-                    })
-
-                if name == "webclient":
-                    resources[WEB_CLIENT_PREFIX] = build_resource_for_web_client(self)
-
-                if name == "metrics" and self.get_config().enable_metrics:
-                    resources[METRICS_PREFIX] = MetricsResource(self)
+        additional_resources = listener_config.get("additional_resources", {})
+        logger.debug("Configuring additional resources: %r",
+                     additional_resources)
+        module_api = ModuleApi(self, self.get_auth_handler())
+        for path, resmodule in additional_resources.items():
+            handler_cls, config = load_module(resmodule)
+            handler = handler_cls(config, module_api)
+            resources[path] = AdditionalResource(self, handler.handle_request)

        if WEB_CLIENT_PREFIX in resources:
            root_resource = RootRedirect(WEB_CLIENT_PREFIX)
        else:
-            root_resource = Resource()
+            root_resource = NoResource()

        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, root_resource)

        if tls:
-            for address in bind_addresses:
-                reactor.listenSSL(
-                    port,
-                    SynapseSite(
-                        "synapse.access.https.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                        site_tag,
-                        listener_config,
-                        root_resource,
-                    ),
-                    self.tls_server_context_factory,
-                    interface=address
-                )
+            listen_ssl(
+                bind_addresses,
+                port,
+                SynapseSite(
+                    "synapse.access.https.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                    site_tag,
+                    listener_config,
+                    root_resource,
+                ),
+                self.tls_server_context_factory,
+            )
+
        else:
-            for address in bind_addresses:
-                reactor.listenTCP(
-                    port,
-                    SynapseSite(
-                        "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                        site_tag,
-                        listener_config,
-                        root_resource,
-                    ),
-                    interface=address
+            listen_tcp(
+                bind_addresses,
+                port,
+                SynapseSite(
+                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                    site_tag,
+                    listener_config,
+                    root_resource,
                )
+            )
        logger.info("Synapse now listening on port %d", port)

+    def _configure_named_resource(self, name, compress=False):
+        """Build a resource map for a named resource
+
+        Args:
+            name (str): named resource: one of "client", "federation", etc
+            compress (bool): whether to enable gzip compression for this
+                resource
+
+        Returns:
+            dict[str, Resource]: map from path to HTTP resource
+        """
+        resources = {}
+        if name == "client":
+            client_resource = ClientRestResource(self)
+            if compress:
+                client_resource = gz_wrap(client_resource)
+
+            resources.update({
+                "/_matrix/client/api/v1": client_resource,
+                "/_matrix/client/r0": client_resource,
+                "/_matrix/client/unstable": client_resource,
+                "/_matrix/client/v2_alpha": client_resource,
+                "/_matrix/client/versions": client_resource,
+            })
+
+        if name == "federation":
+            resources.update({
+                FEDERATION_PREFIX: TransportLayerServer(self),
+            })
+
+        if name in ["static", "client"]:
+            resources.update({
+                STATIC_PREFIX: File(
+                    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(synapse.__file__), "static")
+                ),
+            })
+
+        if name in ["media", "federation", "client"]:
+            if self.get_config().enable_media_repo:
+                media_repo = self.get_media_repository_resource()
+                resources.update({
+                    MEDIA_PREFIX: media_repo,
+                    LEGACY_MEDIA_PREFIX: media_repo,
+                    CONTENT_REPO_PREFIX: ContentRepoResource(
+                        self, self.config.uploads_path
+                    ),
+                })
+            elif name == "media":
+                raise ConfigError(
+                    "'media' resource conflicts with enable_media_repo=False",
+                )
+
+        if name in ["keys", "federation"]:
+            resources.update({
+                SERVER_KEY_PREFIX: LocalKey(self),
+                SERVER_KEY_V2_PREFIX: KeyApiV2Resource(self),
+            })
+
+        if name == "webclient":
+            resources[WEB_CLIENT_PREFIX] = build_resource_for_web_client(self)
+
+        if name == "metrics" and self.get_config().enable_metrics:
+            resources[METRICS_PREFIX] = MetricsResource(self)
+
+        if name == "replication":
+            resources[REPLICATION_PREFIX] = ReplicationRestResource(self)
+
+        return resources
+
    def start_listening(self):
        config = self.get_config()

@@ -207,18 +233,15 @@ class SynapseHomeServer(HomeServer):
            if listener["type"] == "http":
                self._listener_http(config, listener)
            elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
-
-                for address in bind_addresses:
-                    reactor.listenTCP(
-                        listener["port"],
-                        manhole(
-                            username="matrix",
-                            password="rabbithole",
-                            globals={"hs": self},
-                        ),
-                        interface=address
+                listen_tcp(
+                    listener["bind_addresses"],
+                    listener["port"],
+                    manhole(
+                        username="matrix",
+                        password="rabbithole",
+                        globals={"hs": self},
                    )
+                )
            elif listener["type"] == "replication":
                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
                for address in bind_addresses:
@@ -248,29 +271,6 @@ class SynapseHomeServer(HomeServer):
        except IncorrectDatabaseSetup as e:
            quit_with_error(e.message)

-    def get_db_conn(self, run_new_connection=True):
-        # Any param beginning with cp_ is a parameter for adbapi, and should
-        # not be passed to the database engine.
-        db_params = {
-            k: v for k, v in self.db_config.get("args", {}).items()
-            if not k.startswith("cp_")
-        }
-        db_conn = self.database_engine.module.connect(**db_params)
-
-        if run_new_connection:
-            self.database_engine.on_new_connection(db_conn)
-        return db_conn
-
-
-def quit_with_error(error_string):
-    message_lines = error_string.split("\n")
-    line_length = max([len(l) for l in message_lines if len(l) < 80]) + 2
-    sys.stderr.write("*" * line_length + '\n')
-    for line in message_lines:
-        sys.stderr.write(" %s\n" % (line.rstrip(),))
-    sys.stderr.write("*" * line_length + '\n')
-    sys.exit(1)
-

 def setup(config_options):
    """
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ def setup(config_options):
        hs.get_state_handler().start_caching()
        hs.get_datastore().start_profiling()
        hs.get_datastore().start_doing_background_updates()
-        hs.get_replication_layer().start_get_pdu_cache()
+        hs.get_federation_client().start_get_pdu_cache()

        register_memory_metrics(hs)

@@ -403,6 +403,10 @@ def run(hs):

    stats = {}

+    # Contains the list of processes we will be monitoring
+    # currently either 0 or 1
+    stats_process = []
+
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def phone_stats_home():
        logger.info("Gathering stats for reporting")
@@ -428,6 +432,15 @@ def run(hs):

        daily_sent_messages = yield hs.get_datastore().count_daily_sent_messages()
        stats["daily_sent_messages"] = daily_sent_messages
+        stats["cache_factor"] = CACHE_SIZE_FACTOR
+        stats["event_cache_size"] = hs.config.event_cache_size
+
+        if len(stats_process) > 0:
+            stats["memory_rss"] = 0
+            stats["cpu_average"] = 0
+            for process in stats_process:
+                stats["memory_rss"] += process.memory_info().rss
+                stats["cpu_average"] += int(process.cpu_percent(interval=None))

        logger.info("Reporting stats to matrix.org: %s" % (stats,))
        try:
@@ -438,45 +451,48 @@ def run(hs):
        except Exception as e:
            logger.warn("Error reporting stats: %s", e)

+    def performance_stats_init():
+        try:
+            import psutil
+            process = psutil.Process()
+            # Ensure we can fetch both, and make the initial request for cpu_percent
+            # so the next request will use this as the initial point.
+            process.memory_info().rss
+            process.cpu_percent(interval=None)
+            logger.info("report_stats can use psutil")
+            stats_process.append(process)
+        except (ImportError, AttributeError):
+            logger.warn(
+                "report_stats enabled but psutil is not installed or incorrect version."
+                " Disabling reporting of memory/cpu stats."
+                " Ensuring psutil is available will help matrix.org track performance"
+                " changes across releases."
+            )
+
    if hs.config.report_stats:
        logger.info("Scheduling stats reporting for 3 hour intervals")
        clock.looping_call(phone_stats_home, 3 * 60 * 60 * 1000)

+        # We need to defer this init for the cases that we daemonize
+        # otherwise the process ID we get is that of the non-daemon process
+        clock.call_later(0, performance_stats_init)
+
        # We wait 5 minutes to send the first set of stats as the server can
        # be quite busy the first few minutes
        clock.call_later(5 * 60, phone_stats_home)

-    def in_thread():
-        # Uncomment to enable tracing of log context changes.
-        # sys.settrace(logcontext_tracer)
+    if hs.config.daemonize and hs.config.print_pidfile:
+        print (hs.config.pid_file)

-        # make sure that we run the reactor with the sentinel log context,
-        # otherwise other PreserveLoggingContext instances will get confused
-        # and complain when they see the logcontext arbitrarily swapping
-        # between the sentinel and `run` logcontexts.
-        with PreserveLoggingContext():
-            change_resource_limit(hs.config.soft_file_limit)
-            if hs.config.gc_thresholds:
-                gc.set_threshold(*hs.config.gc_thresholds)
-            reactor.run()
-
-    if hs.config.daemonize:
-
-        if hs.config.print_pidfile:
-            print (hs.config.pid_file)
-
-        daemon = Daemonize(
-            app="synapse-homeserver",
-            pid=hs.config.pid_file,
-            action=lambda: in_thread(),
-            auto_close_fds=False,
-            verbose=True,
-            logger=logger,
-        )
-
-        daemon.start()
-    else:
-        in_thread()
+    _base.start_reactor(
+        "synapse-homeserver",
+        hs.config.soft_file_limit,
+        hs.config.gc_thresholds,
+        hs.config.pid_file,
+        hs.config.daemonize,
+        hs.config.cpu_affinity,
+        logger,
+    )


 def main():
--- a/synapse/app/media_repository.py
+++ b/synapse/app/media_repository.py
@@ -13,14 +13,21 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+import logging
+import sys

 import synapse
-
+from synapse import events
+from synapse.api.urls import (
+    CONTENT_REPO_PREFIX, LEGACY_MEDIA_PREFIX, MEDIA_PREFIX
+)
+from synapse.app import _base
 from synapse.config._base import ConfigError
 from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
 from synapse.config.logger import setup_logging
+from synapse.crypto import context_factory
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
-from synapse.metrics.resource import MetricsResource, METRICS_PREFIX
+from synapse.metrics.resource import METRICS_PREFIX, MetricsResource
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage._base import BaseSlavedStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.appservice import SlavedApplicationServiceStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.client_ips import SlavedClientIpStore
@@ -28,31 +35,15 @@ from synapse.replication.slave.storage.registration import SlavedRegistrationSto
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.transactions import TransactionStore
 from synapse.replication.tcp.client import ReplicationClientHandler
 from synapse.rest.media.v0.content_repository import ContentRepoResource
-from synapse.rest.media.v1.media_repository import MediaRepositoryResource
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.storage.engines import create_engine
 from synapse.storage.media_repository import MediaRepositoryStore
 from synapse.util.httpresourcetree import create_resource_tree
-from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, PreserveLoggingContext
+from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext
 from synapse.util.manhole import manhole
-from synapse.util.rlimit import change_resource_limit
 from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
-from synapse.api.urls import (
-    CONTENT_REPO_PREFIX, LEGACY_MEDIA_PREFIX, MEDIA_PREFIX
-)
-from synapse.crypto import context_factory
-
-from synapse import events
-
-
 from twisted.internet import reactor
-from twisted.web.resource import Resource
-
-from daemonize import Daemonize
-
-import sys
-import logging
-import gc
+from twisted.web.resource import NoResource

 logger = logging.getLogger("synapse.app.media_repository")

@@ -69,19 +60,6 @@ class MediaRepositorySlavedStore(


 class MediaRepositoryServer(HomeServer):
-    def get_db_conn(self, run_new_connection=True):
-        # Any param beginning with cp_ is a parameter for adbapi, and should
-        # not be passed to the database engine.
-        db_params = {
-            k: v for k, v in self.db_config.get("args", {}).items()
-            if not k.startswith("cp_")
-        }
-        db_conn = self.database_engine.module.connect(**db_params)
-
-        if run_new_connection:
-            self.database_engine.on_new_connection(db_conn)
-        return db_conn
-
    def setup(self):
        logger.info("Setting up.")
        self.datastore = MediaRepositorySlavedStore(self.get_db_conn(), self)
@@ -97,7 +75,7 @@ class MediaRepositoryServer(HomeServer):
                if name == "metrics":
                    resources[METRICS_PREFIX] = MetricsResource(self)
                elif name == "media":
-                    media_repo = MediaRepositoryResource(self)
+                    media_repo = self.get_media_repository_resource()
                    resources.update({
                        MEDIA_PREFIX: media_repo,
                        LEGACY_MEDIA_PREFIX: media_repo,
@@ -106,19 +84,18 @@ class MediaRepositoryServer(HomeServer):
                        ),
                    })

-        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, Resource())
+        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, NoResource())

-        for address in bind_addresses:
-            reactor.listenTCP(
-                port,
-                SynapseSite(
-                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                    site_tag,
-                    listener_config,
-                    root_resource,
-                ),
-                interface=address
+        _base.listen_tcp(
+            bind_addresses,
+            port,
+            SynapseSite(
+                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                site_tag,
+                listener_config,
+                root_resource,
            )
+        )

        logger.info("Synapse media repository now listening on port %d", port)

@@ -127,18 +104,15 @@ class MediaRepositoryServer(HomeServer):
            if listener["type"] == "http":
                self._listen_http(listener)
            elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
-
-                for address in bind_addresses:
-                    reactor.listenTCP(
-                        listener["port"],
-                        manhole(
-                            username="matrix",
-                            password="rabbithole",
-                            globals={"hs": self},
-                        ),
-                        interface=address
+                _base.listen_tcp(
+                    listener["bind_addresses"],
+                    listener["port"],
+                    manhole(
+                        username="matrix",
+                        password="rabbithole",
+                        globals={"hs": self},
                    )
+                )
            else:
                logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])

@@ -159,6 +133,13 @@ def start(config_options):

    assert config.worker_app == "synapse.app.media_repository"

+    if config.enable_media_repo:
+        _base.quit_with_error(
+            "enable_media_repo must be disabled in the main synapse process\n"
+            "before the media repo can be run in a separate worker.\n"
+            "Please add ``enable_media_repo: false`` to the main config\n"
+        )
+
    setup_logging(config, use_worker_options=True)

    events.USE_FROZEN_DICTS = config.use_frozen_dicts
@@ -177,39 +158,15 @@ def start(config_options):
    )

    ss.setup()
-    ss.get_handlers()
    ss.start_listening(config.worker_listeners)

-    def run():
-        # make sure that we run the reactor with the sentinel log context,
-        # otherwise other PreserveLoggingContext instances will get confused
-        # and complain when they see the logcontext arbitrarily swapping
-        # between the sentinel and `run` logcontexts.
-        with PreserveLoggingContext():
-            logger.info("Running")
-            change_resource_limit(config.soft_file_limit)
-            if config.gc_thresholds:
-                gc.set_threshold(*config.gc_thresholds)
-            reactor.run()
-
    def start():
        ss.get_state_handler().start_caching()
        ss.get_datastore().start_profiling()

    reactor.callWhenRunning(start)

-    if config.worker_daemonize:
-        daemon = Daemonize(
-            app="synapse-media-repository",
-            pid=config.worker_pid_file,
-            action=run,
-            auto_close_fds=False,
-            verbose=True,
-            logger=logger,
-        )
-        daemon.start()
-    else:
-        run()
+    _base.start_worker_reactor("synapse-media-repository", config)


 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/synapse/app/pusher.py
+++ b/synapse/app/pusher.py
@@ -13,40 +13,31 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+import logging
+import sys

 import synapse
-
-from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse import events
+from synapse.app import _base
 from synapse.config._base import ConfigError
-from synapse.config.logger import setup_logging
 from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
+from synapse.config.logger import setup_logging
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
-from synapse.metrics.resource import MetricsResource, METRICS_PREFIX
-from synapse.storage.roommember import RoomMemberStore
+from synapse.metrics.resource import METRICS_PREFIX, MetricsResource
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.account_data import SlavedAccountDataStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.events import SlavedEventStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.pushers import SlavedPusherStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.receipts import SlavedReceiptsStore
-from synapse.replication.slave.storage.account_data import SlavedAccountDataStore
 from synapse.replication.tcp.client import ReplicationClientHandler
-from synapse.storage.engines import create_engine
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.storage import DataStore
+from synapse.storage.engines import create_engine
 from synapse.util.httpresourcetree import create_resource_tree
-from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, preserve_fn, \
-    PreserveLoggingContext
+from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, preserve_fn
 from synapse.util.manhole import manhole
-from synapse.util.rlimit import change_resource_limit
 from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
-
-from synapse import events
-
-from twisted.internet import reactor, defer
-from twisted.web.resource import Resource
-
-from daemonize import Daemonize
-
-import sys
-import logging
-import gc
+from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
+from twisted.web.resource import NoResource

 logger = logging.getLogger("synapse.app.pusher")

@@ -83,25 +74,8 @@ class PusherSlaveStore(
        DataStore.get_profile_displayname.__func__
    )

-    who_forgot_in_room = (
-        RoomMemberStore.__dict__["who_forgot_in_room"]
-    )
-

 class PusherServer(HomeServer):
-    def get_db_conn(self, run_new_connection=True):
-        # Any param beginning with cp_ is a parameter for adbapi, and should
-        # not be passed to the database engine.
-        db_params = {
-            k: v for k, v in self.db_config.get("args", {}).items()
-            if not k.startswith("cp_")
-        }
-        db_conn = self.database_engine.module.connect(**db_params)
-
-        if run_new_connection:
-            self.database_engine.on_new_connection(db_conn)
-        return db_conn
-
    def setup(self):
        logger.info("Setting up.")
        self.datastore = PusherSlaveStore(self.get_db_conn(), self)
@@ -120,19 +94,18 @@ class PusherServer(HomeServer):
                if name == "metrics":
                    resources[METRICS_PREFIX] = MetricsResource(self)

-        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, Resource())
+        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, NoResource())

-        for address in bind_addresses:
-            reactor.listenTCP(
-                port,
-                SynapseSite(
-                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                    site_tag,
-                    listener_config,
-                    root_resource,
-                ),
-                interface=address
+        _base.listen_tcp(
+            bind_addresses,
+            port,
+            SynapseSite(
+                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                site_tag,
+                listener_config,
+                root_resource,
            )
+        )

        logger.info("Synapse pusher now listening on port %d", port)

@@ -141,18 +114,15 @@ class PusherServer(HomeServer):
            if listener["type"] == "http":
                self._listen_http(listener)
            elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
-
-                for address in bind_addresses:
-                    reactor.listenTCP(
-                        listener["port"],
-                        manhole(
-                            username="matrix",
-                            password="rabbithole",
-                            globals={"hs": self},
-                        ),
-                        interface=address
+                _base.listen_tcp(
+                    listener["bind_addresses"],
+                    listener["port"],
+                    manhole(
+                        username="matrix",
+                        password="rabbithole",
+                        globals={"hs": self},
                    )
+                )
            else:
                logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])

@@ -244,18 +214,6 @@ def start(config_options):
    ps.setup()
    ps.start_listening(config.worker_listeners)

-    def run():
-        # make sure that we run the reactor with the sentinel log context,
-        # otherwise other PreserveLoggingContext instances will get confused
-        # and complain when they see the logcontext arbitrarily swapping
-        # between the sentinel and `run` logcontexts.
-        with PreserveLoggingContext():
-            logger.info("Running")
-            change_resource_limit(config.soft_file_limit)
-            if config.gc_thresholds:
-                gc.set_threshold(*config.gc_thresholds)
-            reactor.run()
-
    def start():
        ps.get_pusherpool().start()
        ps.get_datastore().start_profiling()
@@ -263,18 +221,7 @@ def start(config_options):

    reactor.callWhenRunning(start)

-    if config.worker_daemonize:
-        daemon = Daemonize(
-            app="synapse-pusher",
-            pid=config.worker_pid_file,
-            action=run,
-            auto_close_fds=False,
-            verbose=True,
-            logger=logger,
-        )
-        daemon.start()
-    else:
-        run()
+    _base.start_worker_reactor("synapse-pusher", config)


 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/synapse/app/synchrotron.py
+++ b/synapse/app/synchrotron.py
@@ -13,78 +13,70 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+import contextlib
+import logging
+import sys

 import synapse
-
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
+from synapse.app import _base
 from synapse.config._base import ConfigError
 from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
 from synapse.config.logger import setup_logging
 from synapse.handlers.presence import PresenceHandler, get_interested_parties
-from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
 from synapse.http.server import JsonResource
-from synapse.metrics.resource import MetricsResource, METRICS_PREFIX
-from synapse.rest.client.v2_alpha import sync
-from synapse.rest.client.v1 import events
-from synapse.rest.client.v1.room import RoomInitialSyncRestServlet
-from synapse.rest.client.v1.initial_sync import InitialSyncRestServlet
+from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
+from synapse.metrics.resource import METRICS_PREFIX, MetricsResource
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage._base import BaseSlavedStore
-from synapse.replication.slave.storage.client_ips import SlavedClientIpStore
-from synapse.replication.slave.storage.events import SlavedEventStore
-from synapse.replication.slave.storage.receipts import SlavedReceiptsStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.account_data import SlavedAccountDataStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.appservice import SlavedApplicationServiceStore
-from synapse.replication.slave.storage.registration import SlavedRegistrationStore
-from synapse.replication.slave.storage.filtering import SlavedFilteringStore
-from synapse.replication.slave.storage.push_rule import SlavedPushRuleStore
-from synapse.replication.slave.storage.presence import SlavedPresenceStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.client_ips import SlavedClientIpStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.deviceinbox import SlavedDeviceInboxStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.devices import SlavedDeviceStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.events import SlavedEventStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.filtering import SlavedFilteringStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.presence import SlavedPresenceStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.push_rule import SlavedPushRuleStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.receipts import SlavedReceiptsStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.registration import SlavedRegistrationStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.room import RoomStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.groups import SlavedGroupServerStore
 from synapse.replication.tcp.client import ReplicationClientHandler
+from synapse.rest.client.v1 import events
+from synapse.rest.client.v1.initial_sync import InitialSyncRestServlet
+from synapse.rest.client.v1.room import RoomInitialSyncRestServlet
+from synapse.rest.client.v2_alpha import sync
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.storage.engines import create_engine
 from synapse.storage.presence import UserPresenceState
 from synapse.storage.roommember import RoomMemberStore
 from synapse.util.httpresourcetree import create_resource_tree
-from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, PreserveLoggingContext, preserve_fn
+from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, preserve_fn
 from synapse.util.manhole import manhole
-from synapse.util.rlimit import change_resource_limit
 from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string
 from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
-
-from twisted.internet import reactor, defer
-from twisted.web.resource import Resource
-
-from daemonize import Daemonize
-
-import sys
-import logging
-import contextlib
-import gc
+from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
+from twisted.web.resource import NoResource

 logger = logging.getLogger("synapse.app.synchrotron")


 class SynchrotronSlavedStore(
-    SlavedPushRuleStore,
-    SlavedEventStore,
    SlavedReceiptsStore,
    SlavedAccountDataStore,
+    SlavedPushRuleStore,
    SlavedApplicationServiceStore,
    SlavedRegistrationStore,
    SlavedFilteringStore,
    SlavedPresenceStore,
+    SlavedGroupServerStore,
    SlavedDeviceInboxStore,
    SlavedDeviceStore,
+    SlavedEventStore,
    SlavedClientIpStore,
    RoomStore,
    BaseSlavedStore,
 ):
-    who_forgot_in_room = (
-        RoomMemberStore.__dict__["who_forgot_in_room"]
-    )
-
    did_forget = (
        RoomMemberStore.__dict__["did_forget"]
    )
@@ -250,19 +242,6 @@ class SynchrotronApplicationService(object):


 class SynchrotronServer(HomeServer):
-    def get_db_conn(self, run_new_connection=True):
-        # Any param beginning with cp_ is a parameter for adbapi, and should
-        # not be passed to the database engine.
-        db_params = {
-            k: v for k, v in self.db_config.get("args", {}).items()
-            if not k.startswith("cp_")
-        }
-        db_conn = self.database_engine.module.connect(**db_params)
-
-        if run_new_connection:
-            self.database_engine.on_new_connection(db_conn)
-        return db_conn
-
    def setup(self):
        logger.info("Setting up.")
        self.datastore = SynchrotronSlavedStore(self.get_db_conn(), self)
@@ -290,19 +269,18 @@ class SynchrotronServer(HomeServer):
                        "/_matrix/client/api/v1": resource,
                    })

-        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, Resource())
+        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, NoResource())

-        for address in bind_addresses:
-            reactor.listenTCP(
-                port,
-                SynapseSite(
-                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                    site_tag,
-                    listener_config,
-                    root_resource,
-                ),
-                interface=address
+        _base.listen_tcp(
+            bind_addresses,
+            port,
+            SynapseSite(
+                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                site_tag,
+                listener_config,
+                root_resource,
            )
+        )

        logger.info("Synapse synchrotron now listening on port %d", port)

@@ -311,18 +289,15 @@ class SynchrotronServer(HomeServer):
            if listener["type"] == "http":
                self._listen_http(listener)
            elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
-
-                for address in bind_addresses:
-                    reactor.listenTCP(
-                        listener["port"],
-                        manhole(
-                            username="matrix",
-                            password="rabbithole",
-                            globals={"hs": self},
-                        ),
-                        interface=address
+                _base.listen_tcp(
+                    listener["bind_addresses"],
+                    listener["port"],
+                    manhole(
+                        username="matrix",
+                        password="rabbithole",
+                        globals={"hs": self},
                    )
+                )
            else:
                logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])

@@ -344,11 +319,10 @@ class SyncReplicationHandler(ReplicationClientHandler):

        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
        self.typing_handler = hs.get_typing_handler()
+        # NB this is a SynchrotronPresence, not a normal PresenceHandler
        self.presence_handler = hs.get_presence_handler()
        self.notifier = hs.get_notifier()

-        self.presence_handler.sync_callback = self.send_user_sync
-
    def on_rdata(self, stream_name, token, rows):
        super(SyncReplicationHandler, self).on_rdata(stream_name, token, rows)

@@ -409,6 +383,10 @@ class SyncReplicationHandler(ReplicationClientHandler):
            )
        elif stream_name == "presence":
            yield self.presence_handler.process_replication_rows(token, rows)
+        elif stream_name == "receipts":
+            self.notifier.on_new_event(
+                "groups_key", token, users=[row.user_id for row in rows],
+            )


 def start(config_options):
@@ -440,36 +418,13 @@ def start(config_options):
    ss.setup()
    ss.start_listening(config.worker_listeners)

-    def run():
-        # make sure that we run the reactor with the sentinel log context,
-        # otherwise other PreserveLoggingContext instances will get confused
-        # and complain when they see the logcontext arbitrarily swapping
-        # between the sentinel and `run` logcontexts.
-        with PreserveLoggingContext():
-            logger.info("Running")
-            change_resource_limit(config.soft_file_limit)
-            if config.gc_thresholds:
-                gc.set_threshold(*config.gc_thresholds)
-            reactor.run()
-
    def start():
        ss.get_datastore().start_profiling()
        ss.get_state_handler().start_caching()

    reactor.callWhenRunning(start)

-    if config.worker_daemonize:
-        daemon = Daemonize(
-            app="synapse-synchrotron",
-            pid=config.worker_pid_file,
-            action=run,
-            auto_close_fds=False,
-            verbose=True,
-            logger=logger,
-        )
-        daemon.start()
-    else:
-        run()
+    _base.start_worker_reactor("synapse-synchrotron", config)


 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/synapse/app/synctl.py
+++ b/synapse/app/synctl.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def pid_running(pid):
    try:
        os.kill(pid, 0)
        return True
-    except OSError, err:
+    except OSError as err:
        if err.errno == errno.EPERM:
            return True
        return False
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def stop(pidfile, app):
        try:
            os.kill(pid, signal.SIGTERM)
            write("stopped %s" % (app,), colour=GREEN)
-        except OSError, err:
+        except OSError as err:
            if err.errno == errno.ESRCH:
                write("%s not running" % (app,), colour=YELLOW)
            elif err.errno == errno.EPERM:
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ def main():
        worker_configfiles.append(worker_configfile)

    if options.all_processes:
+        # To start the main synapse with -a you need to add a worker file
+        # with worker_app == "synapse.app.homeserver"
+        start_stop_synapse = False
        worker_configdir = options.all_processes
        if not os.path.isdir(worker_configdir):
            write(
@@ -200,11 +203,29 @@ def main():
        with open(worker_configfile) as stream:
            worker_config = yaml.load(stream)
        worker_app = worker_config["worker_app"]
-        worker_pidfile = worker_config["worker_pid_file"]
-        worker_daemonize = worker_config["worker_daemonize"]
-        assert worker_daemonize, "In config %r: expected '%s' to be True" % (
-            worker_configfile, "worker_daemonize")
-        worker_cache_factor = worker_config.get("synctl_cache_factor")
+        if worker_app == "synapse.app.homeserver":
+            # We need to special case all of this to pick up options that may
+            # be set in the main config file or in this worker config file.
+            worker_pidfile = (
+                worker_config.get("pid_file")
+                or pidfile
+            )
+            worker_cache_factor = worker_config.get("synctl_cache_factor") or cache_factor
+            daemonize = worker_config.get("daemonize") or config.get("daemonize")
+            assert daemonize, "Main process must have daemonize set to true"
+
+            # The master process doesn't support using worker_* config.
+            for key in worker_config:
+                if key == "worker_app":  # But we allow worker_app
+                    continue
+                assert not key.startswith("worker_"), \
+                    "Main process cannot use worker_* config"
+        else:
+            worker_pidfile = worker_config["worker_pid_file"]
+            worker_daemonize = worker_config["worker_daemonize"]
+            assert worker_daemonize, "In config %r: expected '%s' to be True" % (
+                worker_configfile, "worker_daemonize")
+            worker_cache_factor = worker_config.get("synctl_cache_factor")
        workers.append(Worker(
            worker_app, worker_configfile, worker_pidfile, worker_cache_factor,
        ))
--- a/synapse/app/user_dir.py
+++ b/synapse/app/user_dir.py
@@ -14,16 +14,19 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.

-import synapse
+import logging
+import sys

-from synapse.server import HomeServer
+import synapse
+from synapse import events
+from synapse.app import _base
 from synapse.config._base import ConfigError
-from synapse.config.logger import setup_logging
 from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
+from synapse.config.logger import setup_logging
 from synapse.crypto import context_factory
-from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
 from synapse.http.server import JsonResource
-from synapse.metrics.resource import MetricsResource, METRICS_PREFIX
+from synapse.http.site import SynapseSite
+from synapse.metrics.resource import METRICS_PREFIX, MetricsResource
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage._base import BaseSlavedStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.appservice import SlavedApplicationServiceStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.client_ips import SlavedClientIpStore
@@ -31,32 +34,23 @@ from synapse.replication.slave.storage.events import SlavedEventStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.registration import SlavedRegistrationStore
 from synapse.replication.tcp.client import ReplicationClientHandler
 from synapse.rest.client.v2_alpha import user_directory
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.storage.engines import create_engine
 from synapse.storage.user_directory import UserDirectoryStore
-from synapse.util.httpresourcetree import create_resource_tree
-from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, PreserveLoggingContext, preserve_fn
-from synapse.util.manhole import manhole
-from synapse.util.rlimit import change_resource_limit
-from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
 from synapse.util.caches.stream_change_cache import StreamChangeCache
-
-from synapse import events
-
+from synapse.util.httpresourcetree import create_resource_tree
+from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, preserve_fn
+from synapse.util.manhole import manhole
+from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
 from twisted.internet import reactor
-from twisted.web.resource import Resource
-
-from daemonize import Daemonize
-
-import sys
-import logging
-import gc
+from twisted.web.resource import NoResource

 logger = logging.getLogger("synapse.app.user_dir")


 class UserDirectorySlaveStore(
-    SlavedEventStore,
    SlavedApplicationServiceStore,
+    SlavedEventStore,
    SlavedRegistrationStore,
    SlavedClientIpStore,
    UserDirectoryStore,
@@ -98,19 +92,6 @@ class UserDirectorySlaveStore(


 class UserDirectoryServer(HomeServer):
-    def get_db_conn(self, run_new_connection=True):
-        # Any param beginning with cp_ is a parameter for adbapi, and should
-        # not be passed to the database engine.
-        db_params = {
-            k: v for k, v in self.db_config.get("args", {}).items()
-            if not k.startswith("cp_")
-        }
-        db_conn = self.database_engine.module.connect(**db_params)
-
-        if run_new_connection:
-            self.database_engine.on_new_connection(db_conn)
-        return db_conn
-
    def setup(self):
        logger.info("Setting up.")
        self.datastore = UserDirectorySlaveStore(self.get_db_conn(), self)
@@ -135,19 +116,18 @@ class UserDirectoryServer(HomeServer):
                        "/_matrix/client/api/v1": resource,
                    })

-        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, Resource())
+        root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, NoResource())

-        for address in bind_addresses:
-            reactor.listenTCP(
-                port,
-                SynapseSite(
-                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                    site_tag,
-                    listener_config,
-                    root_resource,
-                ),
-                interface=address
+        _base.listen_tcp(
+            bind_addresses,
+            port,
+            SynapseSite(
+                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                site_tag,
+                listener_config,
+                root_resource,
            )
+        )

        logger.info("Synapse user_dir now listening on port %d", port)

@@ -156,18 +136,15 @@ class UserDirectoryServer(HomeServer):
            if listener["type"] == "http":
                self._listen_http(listener)
            elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
-
-                for address in bind_addresses:
-                    reactor.listenTCP(
-                        listener["port"],
-                        manhole(
-                            username="matrix",
-                            password="rabbithole",
-                            globals={"hs": self},
-                        ),
-                        interface=address
+                _base.listen_tcp(
+                    listener["bind_addresses"],
+                    listener["port"],
+                    manhole(
+                        username="matrix",
+                        password="rabbithole",
+                        globals={"hs": self},
                    )
+                )
            else:
                logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])

@@ -233,36 +210,13 @@ def start(config_options):
    ps.setup()
    ps.start_listening(config.worker_listeners)

-    def run():
-        # make sure that we run the reactor with the sentinel log context,
-        # otherwise other PreserveLoggingContext instances will get confused
-        # and complain when they see the logcontext arbitrarily swapping
-        # between the sentinel and `run` logcontexts.
-        with PreserveLoggingContext():
-            logger.info("Running")
-            change_resource_limit(config.soft_file_limit)
-            if config.gc_thresholds:
-                gc.set_threshold(*config.gc_thresholds)
-            reactor.run()
-
    def start():
        ps.get_datastore().start_profiling()
        ps.get_state_handler().start_caching()

    reactor.callWhenRunning(start)

-    if config.worker_daemonize:
-        daemon = Daemonize(
-            app="synapse-user-dir",
-            pid=config.worker_pid_file,
-            action=run,
-            auto_close_fds=False,
-            verbose=True,
-            logger=logger,
-        )
-        daemon.start()
-    else:
-        run()
+    _base.start_worker_reactor("synapse-user-dir", config)


 if __name__ == '__main__':
--- a/synapse/appservice/init.py
+++ b/synapse/appservice/init.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
-from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cachedInlineCallbacks
+from synapse.types import GroupID, get_domain_from_id

 from twisted.internet import defer

@@ -81,12 +81,13 @@ class ApplicationService(object):
    # values.
    NS_LIST = [NS_USERS, NS_ALIASES, NS_ROOMS]

-    def __init__(self, token, url=None, namespaces=None, hs_token=None,
+    def __init__(self, token, hostname, url=None, namespaces=None, hs_token=None,
                 sender=None, id=None, protocols=None, rate_limited=True):
        self.token = token
        self.url = url
        self.hs_token = hs_token
        self.sender = sender
+        self.server_name = hostname
        self.namespaces = self._check_namespaces(namespaces)
        self.id = id

@@ -125,6 +126,24 @@ class ApplicationService(object):
                    raise ValueError(
                        "Expected bool for 'exclusive' in ns '%s'" % ns
                    )
+                group_id = regex_obj.get("group_id")
+                if group_id:
+                    if not isinstance(group_id, str):
+                        raise ValueError(
+                            "Expected string for 'group_id' in ns '%s'" % ns
+                        )
+                    try:
+                        GroupID.from_string(group_id)
+                    except Exception:
+                        raise ValueError(
+                            "Expected valid group ID for 'group_id' in ns '%s'" % ns
+                        )
+
+                    if get_domain_from_id(group_id) != self.server_name:
+                        raise ValueError(
+                            "Expected 'group_id' to be this host in ns '%s'" % ns
+                        )
+
                regex = regex_obj.get("regex")
                if isinstance(regex, basestring):
                    regex_obj["regex"] = re.compile(regex)  # Pre-compile regex
@@ -153,6 +172,7 @@ class ApplicationService(object):

        if self.is_interested_in_user(event.sender):
            defer.returnValue(True)
+
        # also check m.room.member state key
        if (event.type == EventTypes.Member and
                self.is_interested_in_user(event.state_key)):
@@ -161,20 +181,18 @@ class ApplicationService(object):
        if not store:
            defer.returnValue(False)

-        does_match = yield self._matches_user_in_member_list(event.room_id, store)
+        does_match = yield self._matches_user_in_member_list(
+            event, store,
+        )
        defer.returnValue(does_match)

-    @cachedInlineCallbacks(num_args=1, cache_context=True)
-    def _matches_user_in_member_list(self, room_id, store, cache_context):
-        member_list = yield store.get_users_in_room(
-            room_id, on_invalidate=cache_context.invalidate
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _matches_user_in_member_list(self, event, store):
+        ases = yield store.get_appservices_with_user_in_room(
+            event,
        )

-        # check joined member events
-        for user_id in member_list:
-            if self.is_interested_in_user(user_id):
-                defer.returnValue(True)
-        defer.returnValue(False)
+        defer.returnValue(self.id in ases)

    def _matches_room_id(self, event):
        if hasattr(event, "room_id"):
@@ -251,6 +269,21 @@ class ApplicationService(object):
            if regex_obj["exclusive"]
        ]

+    def get_groups_for_user(self, user_id):
+        """Get the groups that this user is associated with by this AS
+
+        Args:
+            user_id (str): The ID of the user.
+
+        Returns:
+            iterable[str]: an iterable that yields group_id strings.
+        """
+        return (
+            regex_obj["group_id"]
+            for regex_obj in self.namespaces[ApplicationService.NS_USERS]
+            if "group_id" in regex_obj and regex_obj["regex"].match(user_id)
+        )
+
    def is_rate_limited(self):
        return self.rate_limited

--- a/synapse/appservice/api.py
+++ b/synapse/appservice/api.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from synapse.api.constants import ThirdPartyEntityKind
 from synapse.api.errors import CodeMessageException
 from synapse.http.client import SimpleHttpClient
 from synapse.events.utils import serialize_event
+from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_fn, make_deferred_yieldable
 from synapse.util.caches.response_cache import ResponseCache
 from synapse.types import ThirdPartyInstanceID

@@ -192,9 +193,12 @@ class ApplicationServiceApi(SimpleHttpClient):
                defer.returnValue(None)

        key = (service.id, protocol)
-        return self.protocol_meta_cache.get(key) or (
-            self.protocol_meta_cache.set(key, _get())
-        )
+        result = self.protocol_meta_cache.get(key)
+        if not result:
+            result = self.protocol_meta_cache.set(
+                key, preserve_fn(_get)()
+            )
+        return make_deferred_yieldable(result)

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def push_bulk(self, service, events, txn_id=None):
--- a/synapse/appservice/scheduler.py
+++ b/synapse/appservice/scheduler.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class _ServiceQueuer(object):
                with Measure(self.clock, "servicequeuer.send"):
                    try:
                        yield self.txn_ctrl.send(service, events)
-                    except:
+                    except Exception:
                        logger.exception("AS request failed")
        finally:
            self.requests_in_flight.discard(service.id)
--- a/synapse/config/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/config/_base.py
@@ -81,22 +81,38 @@ class Config(object):
    def abspath(file_path):
        return os.path.abspath(file_path) if file_path else file_path

+    @classmethod
+    def path_exists(cls, file_path):
+        """Check if a file exists
+
+        Unlike os.path.exists, this throws an exception if there is an error
+        checking if the file exists (for example, if there is a perms error on
+        the parent dir).
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: True if the file exists; False if not.
+        """
+        try:
+            os.stat(file_path)
+            return True
+        except OSError as e:
+            if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
+                raise e
+            return False
+
    @classmethod
    def check_file(cls, file_path, config_name):
        if file_path is None:
            raise ConfigError(
                "Missing config for %s."
-                " You must specify a path for the config file. You can "
-                "do this with the -c or --config-path option. "
-                "Adding --generate-config along with --server-name "
-                "<server name> will generate a config file at the given path."
                % (config_name,)
            )
-        if not os.path.exists(file_path):
+        try:
+            os.stat(file_path)
+        except OSError as e:
            raise ConfigError(
-                "File %s config for %s doesn't exist."
-                " Try running again with --generate-config"
-                % (file_path, config_name,)
+                "Error accessing file '%s' (config for %s): %s"
+                % (file_path, config_name, e.strerror)
            )
        return cls.abspath(file_path)

@@ -248,7 +264,7 @@ class Config(object):
                    " -c CONFIG-FILE\""
                )
            (config_path,) = config_files
-            if not os.path.exists(config_path):
+            if not cls.path_exists(config_path):
                if config_args.keys_directory:
                    config_dir_path = config_args.keys_directory
                else:
@@ -261,7 +277,7 @@ class Config(object):
                        "Must specify a server_name to a generate config for."
                        " Pass -H server.name."
                    )
-                if not os.path.exists(config_dir_path):
+                if not cls.path_exists(config_dir_path):
                    os.makedirs(config_dir_path)
                with open(config_path, "wb") as config_file:
                    config_bytes, config = obj.generate_config(
--- a/synapse/config/appservice.py
+++ b/synapse/config/appservice.py
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ def _load_appservice(hostname, as_info, config_filename):
        )
    return ApplicationService(
        token=as_info["as_token"],
+        hostname=hostname,
        url=as_info["url"],
        namespaces=as_info["namespaces"],
        hs_token=as_info["hs_token"],
--- a/synapse/config/cas.py
+++ b/synapse/config/cas.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class CasConfig(Config):
        #cas_config:
        #   enabled: true
        #   server_url: "https://cas-server.com"
-        #   service_url: "https://homesever.domain.com:8448"
+        #   service_url: "https://homeserver.domain.com:8448"
        #   #required_attributes:
        #   #    name: value
        """
--- a/synapse/config/groups.py
+++ b/synapse/config/groups.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from ._base import Config
+
+
+class GroupsConfig(Config):
+    def read_config(self, config):
+        self.enable_group_creation = config.get("enable_group_creation", False)
+        self.group_creation_prefix = config.get("group_creation_prefix", "")
+
+    def default_config(self, **kwargs):
+        return """\
+        # Whether to allow non server admins to create groups on this server
+        enable_group_creation: false
+
+        # If enabled, non server admins can only create groups with local parts
+        # starting with this prefix
+        # group_creation_prefix: "unofficial/"
+        """
--- a/synapse/config/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/config/homeserver.py
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ from .password_auth_providers import PasswordAuthProviderConfig
 from .emailconfig import EmailConfig
 from .workers import WorkerConfig
 from .push import PushConfig
+from .spam_checker import SpamCheckerConfig
+from .groups import GroupsConfig
+from .user_directory import UserDirectoryConfig


 class HomeServerConfig(TlsConfig, ServerConfig, DatabaseConfig, LoggingConfig,
@@ -41,7 +44,8 @@ class HomeServerConfig(TlsConfig, ServerConfig, DatabaseConfig, LoggingConfig,
                       VoipConfig, RegistrationConfig, MetricsConfig, ApiConfig,
                       AppServiceConfig, KeyConfig, SAML2Config, CasConfig,
                       JWTConfig, PasswordConfig, EmailConfig,
-                       WorkerConfig, PasswordAuthProviderConfig, PushConfig,):
+                       WorkerConfig, PasswordAuthProviderConfig, PushConfig,
+                       SpamCheckerConfig, GroupsConfig, UserDirectoryConfig,):
    pass


--- a/synapse/config/key.py
+++ b/synapse/config/key.py
@@ -118,10 +118,9 @@ class KeyConfig(Config):
        signing_keys = self.read_file(signing_key_path, "signing_key")
        try:
            return read_signing_keys(signing_keys.splitlines(True))
-        except Exception:
+        except Exception as e:
            raise ConfigError(
-                "Error reading signing_key."
-                " Try running again with --generate-config"
+                "Error reading signing_key: %s" % (str(e))
            )

    def read_old_signing_keys(self, old_signing_keys):
@@ -141,7 +140,8 @@ class KeyConfig(Config):

    def generate_files(self, config):
        signing_key_path = config["signing_key_path"]
-        if not os.path.exists(signing_key_path):
+
+        if not self.path_exists(signing_key_path):
            with open(signing_key_path, "w") as signing_key_file:
                key_id = "a_" + random_string(4)
                write_signing_keys(
--- a/synapse/config/logger.py
+++ b/synapse/config/logger.py
@@ -28,27 +28,27 @@ DEFAULT_LOG_CONFIG = Template("""
 version: 1

 formatters:
-  precise:
-   format: '%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - %(levelname)s - %(request)s\
- %(message)s'
+    precise:
+        format: '%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - %(levelname)s - \
+%(request)s - %(message)s'

 filters:
-  context:
-    (): synapse.util.logcontext.LoggingContextFilter
-    request: ""
+    context:
+        (): synapse.util.logcontext.LoggingContextFilter
+        request: ""

 handlers:
-  file:
-    class: logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler
-    formatter: precise
-    filename: ${log_file}
-    maxBytes: 104857600
-    backupCount: 10
-    filters: [context]
-  console:
-    class: logging.StreamHandler
-    formatter: precise
-    filters: [context]
+    file:
+        class: logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler
+        formatter: precise
+        filename: ${log_file}
+        maxBytes: 104857600
+        backupCount: 10
+        filters: [context]
+    console:
+        class: logging.StreamHandler
+        formatter: precise
+        filters: [context]

 loggers:
    synapse:
@@ -74,17 +74,10 @@ class LoggingConfig(Config):
        self.log_file = self.abspath(config.get("log_file"))

    def default_config(self, config_dir_path, server_name, **kwargs):
-        log_file = self.abspath("homeserver.log")
        log_config = self.abspath(
            os.path.join(config_dir_path, server_name + ".log.config")
        )
        return """
-        # Logging verbosity level. Ignored if log_config is specified.
-        verbose: 0
-
-        # File to write logging to. Ignored if log_config is specified.
-        log_file: "%(log_file)s"
-
        # A yaml python logging config file
        log_config: "%(log_config)s"
        """ % locals()
@@ -123,9 +116,10 @@ class LoggingConfig(Config):
    def generate_files(self, config):
        log_config = config.get("log_config")
        if log_config and not os.path.exists(log_config):
+            log_file = self.abspath("homeserver.log")
            with open(log_config, "wb") as log_config_file:
                log_config_file.write(
-                    DEFAULT_LOG_CONFIG.substitute(log_file=config["log_file"])
+                    DEFAULT_LOG_CONFIG.substitute(log_file=log_file)
                )


@@ -148,8 +142,11 @@ def setup_logging(config, use_worker_options=False):
        "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - %(levelname)s - %(request)s"
        " - %(message)s"
    )
-    if log_config is None:

+    if log_config is None:
+        # We don't have a logfile, so fall back to the 'verbosity' param from
+        # the config or cmdline. (Note that we generate a log config for new
+        # installs, so this will be an unusual case)
        level = logging.INFO
        level_for_storage = logging.INFO
        if config.verbosity:
@@ -157,11 +154,10 @@ def setup_logging(config, use_worker_options=False):
            if config.verbosity > 1:
                level_for_storage = logging.DEBUG

-        # FIXME: we need a logging.WARN for a -q quiet option
        logger = logging.getLogger('')
        logger.setLevel(level)

-        logging.getLogger('synapse.storage').setLevel(level_for_storage)
+        logging.getLogger('synapse.storage.SQL').setLevel(level_for_storage)

        formatter = logging.Formatter(log_format)
        if log_file:
@@ -176,6 +172,10 @@ def setup_logging(config, use_worker_options=False):
                logger.info("Opened new log file due to SIGHUP")
        else:
            handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+
+            def sighup(signum, stack):
+                pass
+
        handler.setFormatter(formatter)

        handler.addFilter(LoggingContextFilter(request=""))
--- a/synapse/config/password_auth_providers.py
+++ b/synapse/config/password_auth_providers.py
@@ -13,44 +13,41 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.

-from ._base import Config, ConfigError
+from ._base import Config

-import importlib
+from synapse.util.module_loader import load_module
+
+LDAP_PROVIDER = 'ldap_auth_provider.LdapAuthProvider'


 class PasswordAuthProviderConfig(Config):
    def read_config(self, config):
        self.password_providers = []
+        providers = []

        # We want to be backwards compatible with the old `ldap_config`
        # param.
        ldap_config = config.get("ldap_config", {})
-        self.ldap_enabled = ldap_config.get("enabled", False)
-        if self.ldap_enabled:
-            from ldap_auth_provider import LdapAuthProvider
-            parsed_config = LdapAuthProvider.parse_config(ldap_config)
-            self.password_providers.append((LdapAuthProvider, parsed_config))
+        if ldap_config.get("enabled", False):
+            providers.append({
+                'module': LDAP_PROVIDER,
+                'config': ldap_config,
+            })

-        providers = config.get("password_providers", [])
+        providers.extend(config.get("password_providers", []))
        for provider in providers:
+            mod_name = provider['module']
+
            # This is for backwards compat when the ldap auth provider resided
            # in this package.
-            if provider['module'] == "synapse.util.ldap_auth_provider.LdapAuthProvider":
-                from ldap_auth_provider import LdapAuthProvider
-                provider_class = LdapAuthProvider
-            else:
-                # We need to import the module, and then pick the class out of
-                # that, so we split based on the last dot.
-                module, clz = provider['module'].rsplit(".", 1)
-                module = importlib.import_module(module)
-                provider_class = getattr(module, clz)
+            if mod_name == "synapse.util.ldap_auth_provider.LdapAuthProvider":
+                mod_name = LDAP_PROVIDER
+
+            (provider_class, provider_config) = load_module({
+                "module": mod_name,
+                "config": provider['config'],
+            })

-            try:
-                provider_config = provider_class.parse_config(provider["config"])
-            except Exception as e:
-                raise ConfigError(
-                    "Failed to parse config for %r: %r" % (provider['module'], e)
-                )
            self.password_providers.append((provider_class, provider_config))

    def default_config(self, **kwargs):
--- a/synapse/config/push.py
+++ b/synapse/config/push.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,28 +19,43 @@ from ._base import Config

 class PushConfig(Config):
    def read_config(self, config):
-        self.push_redact_content = False
+        push_config = config.get("push", {})
+        self.push_include_content = push_config.get("include_content", True)

+        # There was a a 'redact_content' setting but mistakenly read from the
+        # 'email'section'. Check for the flag in the 'push' section, and log,
+        # but do not honour it to avoid nasty surprises when people upgrade.
+        if push_config.get("redact_content") is not None:
+            print(
+                "The push.redact_content content option has never worked. "
+                "Please set push.include_content if you want this behaviour"
+            )
+
+        # Now check for the one in the 'email' section and honour it,
+        # with a warning.
        push_config = config.get("email", {})
-        self.push_redact_content = push_config.get("redact_content", False)
+        redact_content = push_config.get("redact_content")
+        if redact_content is not None:
+            print(
+                "The 'email.redact_content' option is deprecated: "
+                "please set push.include_content instead"
+            )
+            self.push_include_content = not redact_content

    def default_config(self, config_dir_path, server_name, **kwargs):
        return """
-        # Control how push messages are sent to google/apple to notifications.
-        # Normally every message said in a room with one or more people using
-        # mobile devices will be posted to a push server hosted by matrix.org
-        # which is registered with google and apple in order to allow push
-        # notifications to be sent to these mobile devices.
-        #
-        # Setting redact_content to true will make the push messages contain no
-        # message content which will provide increased privacy. This is a
-        # temporary solution pending improvements to Android and iPhone apps
-        # to get content from the app rather than the notification.
-        #
+        # Clients requesting push notifications can either have the body of
+        # the message sent in the notification poke along with other details
+        # like the sender, or just the event ID and room ID (`event_id_only`).
+        # If clients choose the former, this option controls whether the
+        # notification request includes the content of the event (other details
+        # like the sender are still included). For `event_id_only` push, it
+        # has no effect.
+
        # For modern android devices the notification content will still appear
        # because it is loaded by the app. iPhone, however will send a
        # notification saying only that a message arrived and who it came from.
        #
        #push:
-        #   redact_content: false
+        #   include_content: true
        """
--- a/synapse/config/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/config/registration.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
                strtobool(str(config["disable_registration"]))
            )

+        self.registrations_require_3pid = config.get("registrations_require_3pid", [])
+        self.allowed_local_3pids = config.get("allowed_local_3pids", [])
        self.registration_shared_secret = config.get("registration_shared_secret")

        self.bcrypt_rounds = config.get("bcrypt_rounds", 12)
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
            self.allow_guest_access and config.get("invite_3pid_guest", False)
        )

+        self.auto_join_rooms = config.get("auto_join_rooms", [])
+
    def default_config(self, **kwargs):
        registration_shared_secret = random_string_with_symbols(50)

@@ -50,13 +54,32 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
        # Enable registration for new users.
        enable_registration: False

+        # The user must provide all of the below types of 3PID when registering.
+        #
+        # registrations_require_3pid:
+        #     - email
+        #     - msisdn
+
+        # Mandate that users are only allowed to associate certain formats of
+        # 3PIDs with accounts on this server.
+        #
+        # allowed_local_3pids:
+        #     - medium: email
+        #       pattern: ".*@matrix\\.org"
+        #     - medium: email
+        #       pattern: ".*@vector\\.im"
+        #     - medium: msisdn
+        #       pattern: "\\+44"
+
        # If set, allows registration by anyone who also has the shared
        # secret, even if registration is otherwise disabled.
        registration_shared_secret: "%(registration_shared_secret)s"

        # Set the number of bcrypt rounds used to generate password hash.
        # Larger numbers increase the work factor needed to generate the hash.
-        # The default number of rounds is 12.
+        # The default number is 12 (which equates to 2^12 rounds).
+        # N.B. that increasing this will exponentially increase the time required
+        # to register or login - e.g. 24 => 2^24 rounds which will take >20 mins.
        bcrypt_rounds: 12

        # Allows users to register as guests without a password/email/etc, and
@@ -70,6 +93,11 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
            - matrix.org
            - vector.im
            - riot.im
+
+        # Users who register on this homeserver will automatically be joined
+        # to these rooms
+        #auto_join_rooms:
+        #    - "#example:example.com"
        """ % locals()

    def add_arguments(self, parser):
--- a/synapse/config/repository.py
+++ b/synapse/config/repository.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 from ._base import Config, ConfigError
 from collections import namedtuple

+from synapse.util.module_loader import load_module
+

 MISSING_NETADDR = (
    "Missing netaddr library. This is required for URL preview API."
@@ -36,6 +38,14 @@ ThumbnailRequirement = namedtuple(
    "ThumbnailRequirement", ["width", "height", "method", "media_type"]
 )

+MediaStorageProviderConfig = namedtuple(
+    "MediaStorageProviderConfig", (
+        "store_local",  # Whether to store newly uploaded local files
+        "store_remote",  # Whether to store newly downloaded remote files
+        "store_synchronous",  # Whether to wait for successful storage for local uploads
+    ),
+)
+

 def parse_thumbnail_requirements(thumbnail_sizes):
    """ Takes a list of dictionaries with "width", "height", and "method" keys
@@ -70,7 +80,64 @@ class ContentRepositoryConfig(Config):
        self.max_upload_size = self.parse_size(config["max_upload_size"])
        self.max_image_pixels = self.parse_size(config["max_image_pixels"])
        self.max_spider_size = self.parse_size(config["max_spider_size"])
+
        self.media_store_path = self.ensure_directory(config["media_store_path"])
+
+        backup_media_store_path = config.get("backup_media_store_path")
+
+        synchronous_backup_media_store = config.get(
+            "synchronous_backup_media_store", False
+        )
+
+        storage_providers = config.get("media_storage_providers", [])
+
+        if backup_media_store_path:
+            if storage_providers:
+                raise ConfigError(
+                    "Cannot use both 'backup_media_store_path' and 'storage_providers'"
+                )
+
+            storage_providers = [{
+                "module": "file_system",
+                "store_local": True,
+                "store_synchronous": synchronous_backup_media_store,
+                "store_remote": True,
+                "config": {
+                    "directory": backup_media_store_path,
+                }
+            }]
+
+        # This is a list of config that can be used to create the storage
+        # providers. The entries are tuples of (Class, class_config,
+        # MediaStorageProviderConfig), where Class is the class of the provider,
+        # the class_config the config to pass to it, and
+        # MediaStorageProviderConfig are options for StorageProviderWrapper.
+        #
+        # We don't create the storage providers here as not all workers need
+        # them to be started.
+        self.media_storage_providers = []
+
+        for provider_config in storage_providers:
+            # We special case the module "file_system" so as not to need to
+            # expose FileStorageProviderBackend
+            if provider_config["module"] == "file_system":
+                provider_config["module"] = (
+                    "synapse.rest.media.v1.storage_provider"
+                    ".FileStorageProviderBackend"
+                )
+
+            provider_class, parsed_config = load_module(provider_config)
+
+            wrapper_config = MediaStorageProviderConfig(
+                provider_config.get("store_local", False),
+                provider_config.get("store_remote", False),
+                provider_config.get("store_synchronous", False),
+            )
+
+            self.media_storage_providers.append(
+                (provider_class, parsed_config, wrapper_config,)
+            )
+
        self.uploads_path = self.ensure_directory(config["uploads_path"])
        self.dynamic_thumbnails = config["dynamic_thumbnails"]
        self.thumbnail_requirements = parse_thumbnail_requirements(
@@ -115,6 +182,20 @@ class ContentRepositoryConfig(Config):
        # Directory where uploaded images and attachments are stored.
        media_store_path: "%(media_store)s"

+        # Media storage providers allow media to be stored in different
+        # locations.
+        # media_storage_providers:
+        # - module: file_system
+        #   # Whether to write new local files.
+        #   store_local: false
+        #   # Whether to write new remote media
+        #   store_remote: false
+        #   # Whether to block upload requests waiting for write to this
+        #   # provider to complete
+        #   store_synchronous: false
+        #   config:
+        #     directory: /mnt/some/other/directory
+
        # Directory where in-progress uploads are stored.
        uploads_path: "%(uploads_path)s"

--- a/synapse/config/server.py
+++ b/synapse/config/server.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
        self.user_agent_suffix = config.get("user_agent_suffix")
        self.use_frozen_dicts = config.get("use_frozen_dicts", False)
        self.public_baseurl = config.get("public_baseurl")
+        self.cpu_affinity = config.get("cpu_affinity")

        # Whether to send federation traffic out in this process. This only
        # applies to some federation traffic, and so shouldn't be used to
@@ -39,8 +41,31 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
        # false only if we are updating the user directory in a worker
        self.update_user_directory = config.get("update_user_directory", True)

+        # whether to enable the media repository endpoints. This should be set
+        # to false if the media repository is running as a separate endpoint;
+        # doing so ensures that we will not run cache cleanup jobs on the
+        # master, potentially causing inconsistency.
+        self.enable_media_repo = config.get("enable_media_repo", True)
+
        self.filter_timeline_limit = config.get("filter_timeline_limit", -1)

+        # Whether we should block invites sent to users on this server
+        # (other than those sent by local server admins)
+        self.block_non_admin_invites = config.get(
+            "block_non_admin_invites", False,
+        )
+
+        # FIXME: federation_domain_whitelist needs sytests
+        self.federation_domain_whitelist = None
+        federation_domain_whitelist = config.get(
+            "federation_domain_whitelist", None
+        )
+        # turn the whitelist into a hash for speed of lookup
+        if federation_domain_whitelist is not None:
+            self.federation_domain_whitelist = {}
+            for domain in federation_domain_whitelist:
+                self.federation_domain_whitelist[domain] = True
+
        if self.public_baseurl is not None:
            if self.public_baseurl[-1] != '/':
                self.public_baseurl += '/'
@@ -147,6 +172,27 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
        # When running as a daemon, the file to store the pid in
        pid_file: %(pid_file)s

+        # CPU affinity mask. Setting this restricts the CPUs on which the
+        # process will be scheduled. It is represented as a bitmask, with the
+        # lowest order bit corresponding to the first logical CPU and the
+        # highest order bit corresponding to the last logical CPU. Not all CPUs
+        # may exist on a given system but a mask may specify more CPUs than are
+        # present.
+        #
+        # For example:
+        #    0x00000001  is processor #0,
+        #    0x00000003  is processors #0 and #1,
+        #    0xFFFFFFFF  is all processors (#0 through #31).
+        #
+        # Pinning a Python process to a single CPU is desirable, because Python
+        # is inherently single-threaded due to the GIL, and can suffer a
+        # 30-40%% slowdown due to cache blow-out and thread context switching
+        # if the scheduler happens to schedule the underlying threads across
+        # different cores. See
+        # https://www.mirantis.com/blog/improve-performance-python-programs-restricting-single-cpu/.
+        #
+        # cpu_affinity: 0xFFFFFFFF
+
        # Whether to serve a web client from the HTTP/HTTPS root resource.
        web_client: True

@@ -171,6 +217,21 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
        # and sync operations. The default value is -1, means no upper limit.
        # filter_timeline_limit: 5000

+        # Whether room invites to users on this server should be blocked
+        # (except those sent by local server admins). The default is False.
+        # block_non_admin_invites: True
+
+        # Restrict federation to the following whitelist of domains.
+        # N.B. we recommend also firewalling your federation listener to limit
+        # inbound federation traffic as early as possible, rather than relying
+        # purely on this application-layer restriction.  If not specified, the
+        # default is to whitelist everything.
+        #
+        # federation_domain_whitelist:
+        #  - lon.example.com
+        #  - nyc.example.com
+        #  - syd.example.com
+
        # List of ports that Synapse should listen on, their purpose and their
        # configuration.
        listeners:
@@ -181,13 +242,12 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
            port: %(bind_port)s

            # Local addresses to listen on.
-            # This will listen on all IPv4 addresses by default.
+            # On Linux and Mac OS, `::` will listen on all IPv4 and IPv6
+            # addresses by default. For most other OSes, this will only listen
+            # on IPv6.
            bind_addresses:
+              - '::'
              - '0.0.0.0'
-              # Uncomment to listen on all IPv6 interfaces
-              # N.B: On at least Linux this will also listen on all IPv4
-              # addresses, so you will need to comment out the line above.
-              # - '::'

            # This is a 'http' listener, allows us to specify 'resources'.
            type: http
@@ -214,11 +274,18 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
              - names: [federation]  # Federation APIs
                compress: false

+            # optional list of additional endpoints which can be loaded via
+            # dynamic modules
+            # additional_resources:
+            #   "/_matrix/my/custom/endpoint":
+            #     module: my_module.CustomRequestHandler
+            #     config: {}
+
          # Unsecure HTTP listener,
          # For when matrix traffic passes through loadbalancer that unwraps TLS.
          - port: %(unsecure_port)s
            tls: false
-            bind_addresses: ['0.0.0.0']
+            bind_addresses: ['::', '0.0.0.0']
            type: http

            x_forwarded: false
@@ -232,7 +299,7 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
          # Turn on the twisted ssh manhole service on localhost on the given
          # port.
          # - port: 9000
-          #   bind_address: 127.0.0.1
+          #   bind_addresses: ['::1', '127.0.0.1']
          #   type: manhole
        """ % locals()

@@ -270,7 +337,7 @@ def read_gc_thresholds(thresholds):
        return (
            int(thresholds[0]), int(thresholds[1]), int(thresholds[2]),
        )
-    except:
+    except Exception:
        raise ConfigError(
            "Value of `gc_threshold` must be a list of three integers if set"
        )
--- a/synapse/config/spam_checker.py
+++ b/synapse/config/spam_checker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from synapse.util.module_loader import load_module
+
+from ._base import Config
+
+
+class SpamCheckerConfig(Config):
+    def read_config(self, config):
+        self.spam_checker = None
+
+        provider = config.get("spam_checker", None)
+        if provider is not None:
+            self.spam_checker = load_module(provider)
+
+    def default_config(self, **kwargs):
+        return """\
+        # spam_checker:
+        #     module: "my_custom_project.SuperSpamChecker"
+        #     config:
+        #         example_option: 'things'
+        """
--- a/synapse/config/tls.py
+++ b/synapse/config/tls.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class TlsConfig(Config):
        # certificates returned by this server match one of the fingerprints.
        #
        # Synapse automatically adds the fingerprint of its own certificate
-        # to the list. So if federation traffic is handle directly by synapse
+        # to the list. So if federation traffic is handled directly by synapse
        # then no modification to the list is required.
        #
        # If synapse is run behind a load balancer that handles the TLS then it
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ class TlsConfig(Config):
        # key. It may be necessary to publish the fingerprints of a new
        # certificate and wait until the "valid_until_ts" of the previous key
        # responses have passed before deploying it.
+        #
+        # You can calculate a fingerprint from a given TLS listener via:
+        # openssl s_client -connect $host:$port < /dev/null 2> /dev/null |
+        #   openssl x509 -outform DER | openssl sha256 -binary | base64 | tr -d '='
+        # or by checking matrix.org/federationtester/api/report?server_name=$host
+        #
        tls_fingerprints: []
        # tls_fingerprints: [{"sha256": "<base64_encoded_sha256_fingerprint>"}]
        """ % locals()
@@ -126,7 +132,7 @@ class TlsConfig(Config):
        tls_private_key_path = config["tls_private_key_path"]
        tls_dh_params_path = config["tls_dh_params_path"]

-        if not os.path.exists(tls_private_key_path):
+        if not self.path_exists(tls_private_key_path):
            with open(tls_private_key_path, "w") as private_key_file:
                tls_private_key = crypto.PKey()
                tls_private_key.generate_key(crypto.TYPE_RSA, 2048)
@@ -141,7 +147,7 @@ class TlsConfig(Config):
                    crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, private_key_pem
                )

-        if not os.path.exists(tls_certificate_path):
+        if not self.path_exists(tls_certificate_path):
            with open(tls_certificate_path, "w") as certificate_file:
                cert = crypto.X509()
                subject = cert.get_subject()
@@ -159,7 +165,7 @@ class TlsConfig(Config):

                certificate_file.write(cert_pem)

-        if not os.path.exists(tls_dh_params_path):
+        if not self.path_exists(tls_dh_params_path):
            if GENERATE_DH_PARAMS:
                subprocess.check_call([
                    "openssl", "dhparam",
--- a/synapse/config/user_directory.py
+++ b/synapse/config/user_directory.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from ._base import Config
+
+
+class UserDirectoryConfig(Config):
+    """User Directory Configuration
+    Configuration for the behaviour of the /user_directory API
+    """
+
+    def read_config(self, config):
+        self.user_directory_search_all_users = False
+        user_directory_config = config.get("user_directory", None)
+        if user_directory_config:
+            self.user_directory_search_all_users = (
+                user_directory_config.get("search_all_users", False)
+            )
+
+    def default_config(self, config_dir_path, server_name, **kwargs):
+        return """
+        # User Directory configuration
+        #
+        # 'search_all_users' defines whether to search all users visible to your HS
+        # when searching the user directory, rather than limiting to users visible
+        # in public rooms.  Defaults to false.  If you set it True, you'll have to run
+        # UPDATE user_directory_stream_pos SET stream_id = NULL;
+        # on your database to tell it to rebuild the user_directory search indexes.
+        #
+        #user_directory:
+        #   search_all_users: false
+        """
--- a/synapse/config/workers.py
+++ b/synapse/config/workers.py
@@ -23,15 +23,31 @@ class WorkerConfig(Config):

    def read_config(self, config):
        self.worker_app = config.get("worker_app")
+
+        # Canonicalise worker_app so that master always has None
+        if self.worker_app == "synapse.app.homeserver":
+            self.worker_app = None
+
        self.worker_listeners = config.get("worker_listeners")
        self.worker_daemonize = config.get("worker_daemonize")
        self.worker_pid_file = config.get("worker_pid_file")
        self.worker_log_file = config.get("worker_log_file")
        self.worker_log_config = config.get("worker_log_config")
+
+        # The host used to connect to the main synapse
        self.worker_replication_host = config.get("worker_replication_host", None)
+
+        # The port on the main synapse for TCP replication
        self.worker_replication_port = config.get("worker_replication_port", None)
+
+        # The port on the main synapse for HTTP replication endpoint
+        self.worker_replication_http_port = config.get("worker_replication_http_port")
+
        self.worker_name = config.get("worker_name", self.worker_app)

+        self.worker_main_http_uri = config.get("worker_main_http_uri", None)
+        self.worker_cpu_affinity = config.get("worker_cpu_affinity")
+
        if self.worker_listeners:
            for listener in self.worker_listeners:
                bind_address = listener.pop("bind_address", None)
--- a/synapse/crypto/context_factory.py
+++ b/synapse/crypto/context_factory.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class ServerContextFactory(ssl.ContextFactory):
        try:
            _ecCurve = _OpenSSLECCurve(_defaultCurveName)
            _ecCurve.addECKeyToContext(context)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
            logger.exception("Failed to enable elliptic curve for TLS")
        context.set_options(SSL.OP_NO_SSLv2 | SSL.OP_NO_SSLv3)
        context.use_certificate_chain_file(config.tls_certificate_file)
--- a/synapse/crypto/event_signing.py
+++ b/synapse/crypto/event_signing.py
@@ -32,18 +32,25 @@ def check_event_content_hash(event, hash_algorithm=hashlib.sha256):
    """Check whether the hash for this PDU matches the contents"""
    name, expected_hash = compute_content_hash(event, hash_algorithm)
    logger.debug("Expecting hash: %s", encode_base64(expected_hash))
-    if name not in event.hashes:
+
+    # some malformed events lack a 'hashes'. Protect against it being missing
+    # or a weird type by basically treating it the same as an unhashed event.
+    hashes = event.get("hashes")
+    if not isinstance(hashes, dict):
+        raise SynapseError(400, "Malformed 'hashes'", Codes.UNAUTHORIZED)
+
+    if name not in hashes:
        raise SynapseError(
            400,
            "Algorithm %s not in hashes %s" % (
-                name, list(event.hashes),
+                name, list(hashes),
            ),
            Codes.UNAUTHORIZED,
        )
-    message_hash_base64 = event.hashes[name]
+    message_hash_base64 = hashes[name]
    try:
        message_hash_bytes = decode_base64(message_hash_base64)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
        raise SynapseError(
            400,
            "Invalid base64: %s" % (message_hash_base64,),
--- a/synapse/crypto/keyclient.py
+++ b/synapse/crypto/keyclient.py
@@ -13,14 +13,11 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.

-
+from synapse.util import logcontext
 from twisted.web.http import HTTPClient
 from twisted.internet.protocol import Factory
 from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
 from synapse.http.endpoint import matrix_federation_endpoint
-from synapse.util.logcontext import (
-    preserve_context_over_fn, preserve_context_over_deferred
-)
 import simplejson as json
 import logging

@@ -43,14 +40,10 @@ def fetch_server_key(server_name, ssl_context_factory, path=KEY_API_V1):

    for i in range(5):
        try:
-            protocol = yield preserve_context_over_fn(
-                endpoint.connect, factory
-            )
-            server_response, server_certificate = yield preserve_context_over_deferred(
-                protocol.remote_key
-            )
-            defer.returnValue((server_response, server_certificate))
-            return
+            with logcontext.PreserveLoggingContext():
+                protocol = yield endpoint.connect(factory)
+                server_response, server_certificate = yield protocol.remote_key
+                defer.returnValue((server_response, server_certificate))
        except SynapseKeyClientError as e:
            logger.exception("Error getting key for %r" % (server_name,))
            if e.status.startswith("4"):
--- a/synapse/crypto/keyring.py
+++ b/synapse/crypto/keyring.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,10 +16,9 @@

 from synapse.crypto.keyclient import fetch_server_key
 from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError, Codes
-from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError
-from synapse.util.async import ObservableDeferred
+from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError, logcontext
 from synapse.util.logcontext import (
-    preserve_context_over_deferred, preserve_context_over_fn, PreserveLoggingContext,
+    PreserveLoggingContext,
    preserve_fn
 )
 from synapse.util.metrics import Measure
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ Attributes:
    json_object(dict): The JSON object to verify.
    deferred(twisted.internet.defer.Deferred):
        A deferred (server_name, key_id, verify_key) tuple that resolves when
-        a verify key has been fetched
+        a verify key has been fetched. The deferreds' callbacks are run with no
+        logcontext.
 """


@@ -74,23 +75,32 @@ class Keyring(object):
        self.perspective_servers = self.config.perspectives
        self.hs = hs

+        # map from server name to Deferred. Has an entry for each server with
+        # an ongoing key download; the Deferred completes once the download
+        # completes.
+        #
+        # These are regular, logcontext-agnostic Deferreds.
        self.key_downloads = {}

    def verify_json_for_server(self, server_name, json_object):
-        return self.verify_json_objects_for_server(
-            [(server_name, json_object)]
-        )[0]
+        return logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(
+            self.verify_json_objects_for_server(
+                [(server_name, json_object)]
+            )[0]
+        )

    def verify_json_objects_for_server(self, server_and_json):
-        """Bulk verfies signatures of json objects, bulk fetching keys as
+        """Bulk verifies signatures of json objects, bulk fetching keys as
        necessary.

        Args:
            server_and_json (list): List of pairs of (server_name, json_object)

        Returns:
-            list of deferreds indicating success or failure to verify each
-            json object's signature for the given server_name.
+            List<Deferred>: for each input pair, a deferred indicating success
+                or failure to verify each json object's signature for the given
+                server_name. The deferreds run their callbacks in the sentinel
+                logcontext.
        """
        verify_requests = []

@@ -117,94 +127,72 @@ class Keyring(object):

            verify_requests.append(verify_request)

-        @defer.inlineCallbacks
-        def handle_key_deferred(verify_request):
-            server_name = verify_request.server_name
-            try:
-                _, key_id, verify_key = yield verify_request.deferred
-            except IOError as e:
-                logger.warn(
-                    "Got IOError when downloading keys for %s: %s %s",
-                    server_name, type(e).__name__, str(e.message),
-                )
-                raise SynapseError(
-                    502,
-                    "Error downloading keys for %s" % (server_name,),
-                    Codes.UNAUTHORIZED,
-                )
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.exception(
-                    "Got Exception when downloading keys for %s: %s %s",
-                    server_name, type(e).__name__, str(e.message),
-                )
-                raise SynapseError(
-                    401,
-                    "No key for %s with id %s" % (server_name, key_ids),
-                    Codes.UNAUTHORIZED,
-                )
-
-            json_object = verify_request.json_object
-
-            logger.debug("Got key %s %s:%s for server %s, verifying" % (
-                key_id, verify_key.alg, verify_key.version, server_name,
-            ))
-            try:
-                verify_signed_json(json_object, server_name, verify_key)
-            except:
-                raise SynapseError(
-                    401,
-                    "Invalid signature for server %s with key %s:%s" % (
-                        server_name, verify_key.alg, verify_key.version
-                    ),
-                    Codes.UNAUTHORIZED,
-                )
-
-        server_to_deferred = {
-            server_name: defer.Deferred()
-            for server_name, _ in server_and_json
-        }
-
-        with PreserveLoggingContext():
-
-            # We want to wait for any previous lookups to complete before
-            # proceeding.
-            wait_on_deferred = self.wait_for_previous_lookups(
-                [server_name for server_name, _ in server_and_json],
-                server_to_deferred,
-            )
-
-            # Actually start fetching keys.
-            wait_on_deferred.addBoth(
-                lambda _: self.get_server_verify_keys(verify_requests)
-            )
-
-            # When we've finished fetching all the keys for a given server_name,
-            # resolve the deferred passed to `wait_for_previous_lookups` so that
-            # any lookups waiting will proceed.
-            server_to_request_ids = {}
-
-            def remove_deferreds(res, server_name, verify_request):
-                request_id = id(verify_request)
-                server_to_request_ids[server_name].discard(request_id)
-                if not server_to_request_ids[server_name]:
-                    d = server_to_deferred.pop(server_name, None)
-                    if d:
-                        d.callback(None)
-                return res
-
-            for verify_request in verify_requests:
-                server_name = verify_request.server_name
-                request_id = id(verify_request)
-                server_to_request_ids.setdefault(server_name, set()).add(request_id)
-                deferred.addBoth(remove_deferreds, server_name, verify_request)
+        preserve_fn(self._start_key_lookups)(verify_requests)

        # Pass those keys to handle_key_deferred so that the json object
        # signatures can be verified
+        handle = preserve_fn(_handle_key_deferred)
        return [
-            preserve_context_over_fn(handle_key_deferred, verify_request)
-            for verify_request in verify_requests
+            handle(rq) for rq in verify_requests
        ]

+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _start_key_lookups(self, verify_requests):
+        """Sets off the key fetches for each verify request
+
+        Once each fetch completes, verify_request.deferred will be resolved.
+
+        Args:
+            verify_requests (List[VerifyKeyRequest]):
+        """
+
+        # create a deferred for each server we're going to look up the keys
+        # for; we'll resolve them once we have completed our lookups.
+        # These will be passed into wait_for_previous_lookups to block
+        # any other lookups until we have finished.
+        # The deferreds are called with no logcontext.
+        server_to_deferred = {
+            rq.server_name: defer.Deferred()
+            for rq in verify_requests
+        }
+
+        # We want to wait for any previous lookups to complete before
+        # proceeding.
+        yield self.wait_for_previous_lookups(
+            [rq.server_name for rq in verify_requests],
+            server_to_deferred,
+        )
+
+        # Actually start fetching keys.
+        self._get_server_verify_keys(verify_requests)
+
+        # When we've finished fetching all the keys for a given server_name,
+        # resolve the deferred passed to `wait_for_previous_lookups` so that
+        # any lookups waiting will proceed.
+        #
+        # map from server name to a set of request ids
+        server_to_request_ids = {}
+
+        for verify_request in verify_requests:
+            server_name = verify_request.server_name
+            request_id = id(verify_request)
+            server_to_request_ids.setdefault(server_name, set()).add(request_id)
+
+        def remove_deferreds(res, verify_request):
+            server_name = verify_request.server_name
+            request_id = id(verify_request)
+            server_to_request_ids[server_name].discard(request_id)
+            if not server_to_request_ids[server_name]:
+                d = server_to_deferred.pop(server_name, None)
+                if d:
+                    d.callback(None)
+            return res
+
+        for verify_request in verify_requests:
+            verify_request.deferred.addBoth(
+                remove_deferreds, verify_request,
+            )
+
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def wait_for_previous_lookups(self, server_names, server_to_deferred):
        """Waits for any previous key lookups for the given servers to finish.
@@ -212,7 +200,13 @@ class Keyring(object):
        Args:
            server_names (list): list of server_names we want to lookup
            server_to_deferred (dict): server_name to deferred which gets
-                resolved once we've finished looking up keys for that server
+                resolved once we've finished looking up keys for that server.
+                The Deferreds should be regular twisted ones which call their
+                callbacks with no logcontext.
+
+        Returns: a Deferred which resolves once all key lookups for the given
+            servers have completed. Follows the synapse rules of logcontext
+            preservation.
        """
        while True:
            wait_on = [
@@ -226,17 +220,15 @@ class Keyring(object):
            else:
                break

+        def rm(r, server_name_):
+            self.key_downloads.pop(server_name_, None)
+            return r
+
        for server_name, deferred in server_to_deferred.items():
-            d = ObservableDeferred(preserve_context_over_deferred(deferred))
-            self.key_downloads[server_name] = d
+            self.key_downloads[server_name] = deferred
+            deferred.addBoth(rm, server_name)

-            def rm(r, server_name):
-                self.key_downloads.pop(server_name, None)
-                return r
-
-            d.addBoth(rm, server_name)
-
-    def get_server_verify_keys(self, verify_requests):
+    def _get_server_verify_keys(self, verify_requests):
        """Tries to find at least one key for each verify request

        For each verify_request, verify_request.deferred is called back with
@@ -305,21 +297,23 @@ class Keyring(object):
                    if not missing_keys:
                        break

-                for verify_request in requests_missing_keys.values():
-                    verify_request.deferred.errback(SynapseError(
-                        401,
-                        "No key for %s with id %s" % (
-                            verify_request.server_name, verify_request.key_ids,
-                        ),
-                        Codes.UNAUTHORIZED,
-                    ))
+                with PreserveLoggingContext():
+                    for verify_request in requests_missing_keys:
+                        verify_request.deferred.errback(SynapseError(
+                            401,
+                            "No key for %s with id %s" % (
+                                verify_request.server_name, verify_request.key_ids,
+                            ),
+                            Codes.UNAUTHORIZED,
+                        ))

        def on_err(err):
-            for verify_request in verify_requests:
-                if not verify_request.deferred.called:
-                    verify_request.deferred.errback(err)
+            with PreserveLoggingContext():
+                for verify_request in verify_requests:
+                    if not verify_request.deferred.called:
+                        verify_request.deferred.errback(err)

-        do_iterations().addErrback(on_err)
+        preserve_fn(do_iterations)().addErrback(on_err)

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def get_keys_from_store(self, server_name_and_key_ids):
@@ -333,7 +327,7 @@ class Keyring(object):
            Deferred: resolves to dict[str, dict[str, VerifyKey]]: map from
                server_name -> key_id -> VerifyKey
        """
-        res = yield preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.gatherResults(
+        res = yield logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(defer.gatherResults(
            [
                preserve_fn(self.store.get_server_verify_keys)(
                    server_name, key_ids
@@ -341,7 +335,7 @@ class Keyring(object):
                for server_name, key_ids in server_name_and_key_ids
            ],
            consumeErrors=True,
-        )).addErrback(unwrapFirstError)
+        ).addErrback(unwrapFirstError))

        defer.returnValue(dict(res))

@@ -362,13 +356,13 @@ class Keyring(object):
                )
                defer.returnValue({})

-        results = yield preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.gatherResults(
+        results = yield logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(defer.gatherResults(
            [
                preserve_fn(get_key)(p_name, p_keys)
                for p_name, p_keys in self.perspective_servers.items()
            ],
            consumeErrors=True,
-        )).addErrback(unwrapFirstError)
+        ).addErrback(unwrapFirstError))

        union_of_keys = {}
        for result in results:
@@ -402,13 +396,13 @@ class Keyring(object):

            defer.returnValue(keys)

-        results = yield preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.gatherResults(
+        results = yield logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(defer.gatherResults(
            [
                preserve_fn(get_key)(server_name, key_ids)
                for server_name, key_ids in server_name_and_key_ids
            ],
            consumeErrors=True,
-        )).addErrback(unwrapFirstError)
+        ).addErrback(unwrapFirstError))

        merged = {}
        for result in results:
@@ -485,7 +479,7 @@ class Keyring(object):
            for server_name, response_keys in processed_response.items():
                keys.setdefault(server_name, {}).update(response_keys)

-        yield preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.gatherResults(
+        yield logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(defer.gatherResults(
            [
                preserve_fn(self.store_keys)(
                    server_name=server_name,
@@ -495,7 +489,7 @@ class Keyring(object):
                for server_name, response_keys in keys.items()
            ],
            consumeErrors=True
-        )).addErrback(unwrapFirstError)
+        ).addErrback(unwrapFirstError))

        defer.returnValue(keys)

@@ -543,7 +537,7 @@ class Keyring(object):

            keys.update(response_keys)

-        yield preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.gatherResults(
+        yield logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(defer.gatherResults(
            [
                preserve_fn(self.store_keys)(
                    server_name=key_server_name,
@@ -553,7 +547,7 @@ class Keyring(object):
                for key_server_name, verify_keys in keys.items()
            ],
            consumeErrors=True
-        )).addErrback(unwrapFirstError)
+        ).addErrback(unwrapFirstError))

        defer.returnValue(keys)

@@ -619,7 +613,7 @@ class Keyring(object):
        response_keys.update(verify_keys)
        response_keys.update(old_verify_keys)

-        yield preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.gatherResults(
+        yield logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(defer.gatherResults(
            [
                preserve_fn(self.store.store_server_keys_json)(
                    server_name=server_name,
@@ -632,7 +626,7 @@ class Keyring(object):
                for key_id in updated_key_ids
            ],
            consumeErrors=True,
-        )).addErrback(unwrapFirstError)
+        ).addErrback(unwrapFirstError))

        results[server_name] = response_keys

@@ -710,7 +704,6 @@ class Keyring(object):

        defer.returnValue(verify_keys)

-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def store_keys(self, server_name, from_server, verify_keys):
        """Store a collection of verify keys for a given server
        Args:
@@ -721,7 +714,7 @@ class Keyring(object):
            A deferred that completes when the keys are stored.
        """
        # TODO(markjh): Store whether the keys have expired.
-        yield preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.gatherResults(
+        return logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(defer.gatherResults(
            [
                preserve_fn(self.store.store_server_verify_key)(
                    server_name, server_name, key.time_added, key
@@ -729,4 +722,48 @@ class Keyring(object):
                for key_id, key in verify_keys.items()
            ],
            consumeErrors=True,
-        )).addErrback(unwrapFirstError)
+        ).addErrback(unwrapFirstError))
+
+
+@defer.inlineCallbacks
+def _handle_key_deferred(verify_request):
+    server_name = verify_request.server_name
+    try:
+        with PreserveLoggingContext():
+            _, key_id, verify_key = yield verify_request.deferred
+    except IOError as e:
+        logger.warn(
+            "Got IOError when downloading keys for %s: %s %s",
+            server_name, type(e).__name__, str(e.message),
+        )
+        raise SynapseError(
+            502,
+            "Error downloading keys for %s" % (server_name,),
+            Codes.UNAUTHORIZED,
+        )
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.exception(
+            "Got Exception when downloading keys for %s: %s %s",
+            server_name, type(e).__name__, str(e.message),
+        )
+        raise SynapseError(
+            401,
+            "No key for %s with id %s" % (server_name, verify_request.key_ids),
+            Codes.UNAUTHORIZED,
+        )
+
+    json_object = verify_request.json_object
+
+    logger.debug("Got key %s %s:%s for server %s, verifying" % (
+        key_id, verify_key.alg, verify_key.version, server_name,
+    ))
+    try:
+        verify_signed_json(json_object, server_name, verify_key)
+    except Exception:
+        raise SynapseError(
+            401,
+            "Invalid signature for server %s with key %s:%s" % (
+                server_name, verify_key.alg, verify_key.version
+            ),
+            Codes.UNAUTHORIZED,
+        )
--- a/synapse/event_auth.py
+++ b/synapse/event_auth.py
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ def _is_membership_change_allowed(event, auth_events):
        # TODO (erikj): Implement kicks.
        if target_banned and user_level < ban_level:
            raise AuthError(
-                403, "You cannot unban user &s." % (target_user_id,)
+                403, "You cannot unban user %s." % (target_user_id,)
            )
        elif target_user_id != event.user_id:
            kick_level = _get_named_level(auth_events, "kick", 50)
@@ -443,12 +443,12 @@ def _check_power_levels(event, auth_events):
    for k, v in user_list.items():
        try:
            UserID.from_string(k)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
            raise SynapseError(400, "Not a valid user_id: %s" % (k,))

        try:
            int(v)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
            raise SynapseError(400, "Not a valid power level: %s" % (v,))

    key = (event.type, event.state_key, )
@@ -470,14 +470,14 @@ def _check_power_levels(event, auth_events):
        ("invite", None),
    ]

-    old_list = current_state.content.get("users")
+    old_list = current_state.content.get("users", {})
    for user in set(old_list.keys() + user_list.keys()):
        levels_to_check.append(
            (user, "users")
        )

-    old_list = current_state.content.get("events")
-    new_list = event.content.get("events")
+    old_list = current_state.content.get("events", {})
+    new_list = event.content.get("events", {})
    for ev_id in set(old_list.keys() + new_list.keys()):
        levels_to_check.append(
            (ev_id, "events")
--- a/synapse/events/builder.py
+++ b/synapse/events/builder.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class EventBuilderFactory(object):

        local_part = str(int(self.clock.time())) + i + random_string(5)

-        e_id = EventID.create(local_part, self.hostname)
+        e_id = EventID(local_part, self.hostname)

        return e_id.to_string()

--- a/synapse/events/snapshot.py
+++ b/synapse/events/snapshot.py
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.

+from twisted.internet import defer
+
+from frozendict import frozendict
+

 class EventContext(object):
    """
@@ -25,7 +29,9 @@ class EventContext(object):
            The current state map excluding the current event.
            (type, state_key) -> event_id

-        state_group (int): state group id
+        state_group (int|None): state group id, if the state has been stored
+            as a state group. This is usually only None if e.g. the event is
+            an outlier.
        rejected (bool|str): A rejection reason if the event was rejected, else
            False

@@ -46,7 +52,6 @@ class EventContext(object):
        "prev_state_ids",
        "state_group",
        "rejected",
-        "push_actions",
        "prev_group",
        "delta_ids",
        "prev_state_events",
@@ -61,7 +66,6 @@ class EventContext(object):
        self.state_group = None

        self.rejected = False
-        self.push_actions = []

        # A previously persisted state group and a delta between that
        # and this state.
@@ -71,3 +75,98 @@ class EventContext(object):
        self.prev_state_events = None

        self.app_service = None
+
+    def serialize(self, event):
+        """Converts self to a type that can be serialized as JSON, and then
+        deserialized by `deserialize`
+
+        Args:
+            event (FrozenEvent): The event that this context relates to
+
+        Returns:
+            dict
+        """
+
+        # We don't serialize the full state dicts, instead they get pulled out
+        # of the DB on the other side. However, the other side can't figure out
+        # the prev_state_ids, so if we're a state event we include the event
+        # id that we replaced in the state.
+        if event.is_state():
+            prev_state_id = self.prev_state_ids.get((event.type, event.state_key))
+        else:
+            prev_state_id = None
+
+        return {
+            "prev_state_id": prev_state_id,
+            "event_type": event.type,
+            "event_state_key": event.state_key if event.is_state() else None,
+            "state_group": self.state_group,
+            "rejected": self.rejected,
+            "prev_group": self.prev_group,
+            "delta_ids": _encode_state_dict(self.delta_ids),
+            "prev_state_events": self.prev_state_events,
+            "app_service_id": self.app_service.id if self.app_service else None
+        }
+
+    @staticmethod
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def deserialize(store, input):
+        """Converts a dict that was produced by `serialize` back into a
+        EventContext.
+
+        Args:
+            store (DataStore): Used to convert AS ID to AS object
+            input (dict): A dict produced by `serialize`
+
+        Returns:
+            EventContext
+        """
+        context = EventContext()
+        context.state_group = input["state_group"]
+        context.rejected = input["rejected"]
+        context.prev_group = input["prev_group"]
+        context.delta_ids = _decode_state_dict(input["delta_ids"])
+        context.prev_state_events = input["prev_state_events"]
+
+        # We use the state_group and prev_state_id stuff to pull the
+        # current_state_ids out of the DB and construct prev_state_ids.
+        prev_state_id = input["prev_state_id"]
+        event_type = input["event_type"]
+        event_state_key = input["event_state_key"]
+
+        context.current_state_ids = yield store.get_state_ids_for_group(
+            context.state_group,
+        )
+        if prev_state_id and event_state_key:
+            context.prev_state_ids = dict(context.current_state_ids)
+            context.prev_state_ids[(event_type, event_state_key)] = prev_state_id
+        else:
+            context.prev_state_ids = context.current_state_ids
+
+        app_service_id = input["app_service_id"]
+        if app_service_id:
+            context.app_service = store.get_app_service_by_id(app_service_id)
+
+        defer.returnValue(context)
+
+
+def _encode_state_dict(state_dict):
+    """Since dicts of (type, state_key) -> event_id cannot be serialized in
+    JSON we need to convert them to a form that can.
+    """
+    if state_dict is None:
+        return None
+
+    return [
+        (etype, state_key, v)
+        for (etype, state_key), v in state_dict.iteritems()
+    ]
+
+
+def _decode_state_dict(input):
+    """Decodes a state dict encoded using `_encode_state_dict` above
+    """
+    if input is None:
+        return None
+
+    return frozendict({(etype, state_key,): v for etype, state_key, v in input})
--- a/synapse/events/spamcheck.py
+++ b/synapse/events/spamcheck.py
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+class SpamChecker(object):
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        self.spam_checker = None
+
+        module = None
+        config = None
+        try:
+            module, config = hs.config.spam_checker
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+        if module is not None:
+            self.spam_checker = module(config=config)
+
+    def check_event_for_spam(self, event):
+        """Checks if a given event is considered "spammy" by this server.
+
+        If the server considers an event spammy, then it will be rejected if
+        sent by a local user. If it is sent by a user on another server, then
+        users receive a blank event.
+
+        Args:
+            event (synapse.events.EventBase): the event to be checked
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: True if the event is spammy.
+        """
+        if self.spam_checker is None:
+            return False
+
+        return self.spam_checker.check_event_for_spam(event)
+
+    def user_may_invite(self, inviter_userid, invitee_userid, room_id):
+        """Checks if a given user may send an invite
+
+        If this method returns false, the invite will be rejected.
+
+        Args:
+            userid (string): The sender's user ID
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: True if the user may send an invite, otherwise False
+        """
+        if self.spam_checker is None:
+            return True
+
+        return self.spam_checker.user_may_invite(inviter_userid, invitee_userid, room_id)
+
+    def user_may_create_room(self, userid):
+        """Checks if a given user may create a room
+
+        If this method returns false, the creation request will be rejected.
+
+        Args:
+            userid (string): The sender's user ID
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: True if the user may create a room, otherwise False
+        """
+        if self.spam_checker is None:
+            return True
+
+        return self.spam_checker.user_may_create_room(userid)
+
+    def user_may_create_room_alias(self, userid, room_alias):
+        """Checks if a given user may create a room alias
+
+        If this method returns false, the association request will be rejected.
+
+        Args:
+            userid (string): The sender's user ID
+            room_alias (string): The alias to be created
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: True if the user may create a room alias, otherwise False
+        """
+        if self.spam_checker is None:
+            return True
+
+        return self.spam_checker.user_may_create_room_alias(userid, room_alias)
+
+    def user_may_publish_room(self, userid, room_id):
+        """Checks if a given user may publish a room to the directory
+
+        If this method returns false, the publish request will be rejected.
+
+        Args:
+            userid (string): The sender's user ID
+            room_id (string): The ID of the room that would be published
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: True if the user may publish the room, otherwise False
+        """
+        if self.spam_checker is None:
+            return True
+
+        return self.spam_checker.user_may_publish_room(userid, room_id)
--- a/synapse/federation/init.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/init.py
@@ -15,11 +15,3 @@

 """ This package includes all the federation specific logic.
 """
-
-from .replication import ReplicationLayer
-
-
-def initialize_http_replication(hs):
-    transport = hs.get_federation_transport_client()
-
-    return ReplicationLayer(hs, transport)
--- a/synapse/federation/federation_base.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/federation_base.py
@@ -12,28 +12,28 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
-
-from twisted.internet import defer
-
-from synapse.events.utils import prune_event
-
-from synapse.crypto.event_signing import check_event_content_hash
-
-from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
-
-from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError
-from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_fn, preserve_context_over_deferred
-
 import logging

+from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
+from synapse.crypto.event_signing import check_event_content_hash
+from synapse.events import FrozenEvent
+from synapse.events.utils import prune_event
+from synapse.http.servlet import assert_params_in_request
+from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError, logcontext
+from twisted.internet import defer

 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


 class FederationBase(object):
    def __init__(self, hs):
-        pass
+        self.hs = hs
+
+        self.server_name = hs.hostname
+        self.keyring = hs.get_keyring()
+        self.spam_checker = hs.get_spam_checker()
+        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+        self._clock = hs.get_clock()

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def _check_sigs_and_hash_and_fetch(self, origin, pdus, outlier=False,
@@ -57,56 +57,52 @@ class FederationBase(object):
        """
        deferreds = self._check_sigs_and_hashes(pdus)

-        def callback(pdu):
-            return pdu
+        @defer.inlineCallbacks
+        def handle_check_result(pdu, deferred):
+            try:
+                res = yield logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(deferred)
+            except SynapseError:
+                res = None

-        def errback(failure, pdu):
-            failure.trap(SynapseError)
-            return None
-
-        def try_local_db(res, pdu):
            if not res:
                # Check local db.
-                return self.store.get_event(
+                res = yield self.store.get_event(
                    pdu.event_id,
                    allow_rejected=True,
                    allow_none=True,
                )
-            return res

-        def try_remote(res, pdu):
            if not res and pdu.origin != origin:
-                return self.get_pdu(
-                    destinations=[pdu.origin],
-                    event_id=pdu.event_id,
-                    outlier=outlier,
-                    timeout=10000,
-                ).addErrback(lambda e: None)
-            return res
+                try:
+                    res = yield self.get_pdu(
+                        destinations=[pdu.origin],
+                        event_id=pdu.event_id,
+                        outlier=outlier,
+                        timeout=10000,
+                    )
+                except SynapseError:
+                    pass

-        def warn(res, pdu):
            if not res:
                logger.warn(
                    "Failed to find copy of %s with valid signature",
                    pdu.event_id,
                )
-            return res

-        for pdu, deferred in zip(pdus, deferreds):
-            deferred.addCallbacks(
-                callback, errback, errbackArgs=[pdu]
-            ).addCallback(
-                try_local_db, pdu
-            ).addCallback(
-                try_remote, pdu
-            ).addCallback(
-                warn, pdu
+            defer.returnValue(res)
+
+        handle = logcontext.preserve_fn(handle_check_result)
+        deferreds2 = [
+            handle(pdu, deferred)
+            for pdu, deferred in zip(pdus, deferreds)
+        ]
+
+        valid_pdus = yield logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(
+            defer.gatherResults(
+                deferreds2,
+                consumeErrors=True,
            )
-
-        valid_pdus = yield preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.gatherResults(
-            deferreds,
-            consumeErrors=True
-        )).addErrback(unwrapFirstError)
+        ).addErrback(unwrapFirstError)

        if include_none:
            defer.returnValue(valid_pdus)
@@ -114,15 +110,24 @@ class FederationBase(object):
            defer.returnValue([p for p in valid_pdus if p])

    def _check_sigs_and_hash(self, pdu):
-        return self._check_sigs_and_hashes([pdu])[0]
+        return logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(
+            self._check_sigs_and_hashes([pdu])[0],
+        )

    def _check_sigs_and_hashes(self, pdus):
-        """Throws a SynapseError if a PDU does not have the correct
-        signatures.
+        """Checks that each of the received events is correctly signed by the
+        sending server.
+
+        Args:
+            pdus (list[FrozenEvent]): the events to be checked

        Returns:
-            FrozenEvent: Either the given event or it redacted if it failed the
-            content hash check.
+            list[Deferred]: for each input event, a deferred which:
+              * returns the original event if the checks pass
+              * returns a redacted version of the event (if the signature
+                matched but the hash did not)
+              * throws a SynapseError if the signature check failed.
+            The deferreds run their callbacks in the sentinel logcontext.
        """

        redacted_pdus = [
@@ -130,26 +135,38 @@ class FederationBase(object):
            for pdu in pdus
        ]

-        deferreds = preserve_fn(self.keyring.verify_json_objects_for_server)([
+        deferreds = self.keyring.verify_json_objects_for_server([
            (p.origin, p.get_pdu_json())
            for p in redacted_pdus
        ])

+        ctx = logcontext.LoggingContext.current_context()
+
        def callback(_, pdu, redacted):
-            if not check_event_content_hash(pdu):
-                logger.warn(
-                    "Event content has been tampered, redacting %s: %s",
-                    pdu.event_id, pdu.get_pdu_json()
-                )
-                return redacted
-            return pdu
+            with logcontext.PreserveLoggingContext(ctx):
+                if not check_event_content_hash(pdu):
+                    logger.warn(
+                        "Event content has been tampered, redacting %s: %s",
+                        pdu.event_id, pdu.get_pdu_json()
+                    )
+                    return redacted
+
+                if self.spam_checker.check_event_for_spam(pdu):
+                    logger.warn(
+                        "Event contains spam, redacting %s: %s",
+                        pdu.event_id, pdu.get_pdu_json()
+                    )
+                    return redacted
+
+                return pdu

        def errback(failure, pdu):
            failure.trap(SynapseError)
-            logger.warn(
-                "Signature check failed for %s",
-                pdu.event_id,
-            )
+            with logcontext.PreserveLoggingContext(ctx):
+                logger.warn(
+                    "Signature check failed for %s",
+                    pdu.event_id,
+                )
            return failure

        for deferred, pdu, redacted in zip(deferreds, pdus, redacted_pdus):
@@ -160,3 +177,28 @@ class FederationBase(object):
            )

        return deferreds
+
+
+def event_from_pdu_json(pdu_json, outlier=False):
+    """Construct a FrozenEvent from an event json received over federation
+
+    Args:
+        pdu_json (object): pdu as received over federation
+        outlier (bool): True to mark this event as an outlier
+
+    Returns:
+        FrozenEvent
+
+    Raises:
+        SynapseError: if the pdu is missing required fields
+    """
+    # we could probably enforce a bunch of other fields here (room_id, sender,
+    # origin, etc etc)
+    assert_params_in_request(pdu_json, ('event_id', 'type'))
+    event = FrozenEvent(
+        pdu_json
+    )
+
+    event.internal_metadata.outlier = outlier
+
+    return event
--- a/synapse/federation/federation_client.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/federation_client.py
@@ -14,28 +14,28 @@
 # limitations under the License.


-from twisted.internet import defer
-
-from .federation_base import FederationBase
-from synapse.api.constants import Membership
-
-from synapse.api.errors import (
-    CodeMessageException, HttpResponseException, SynapseError,
-)
-from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError
-from synapse.util.caches.expiringcache import ExpiringCache
-from synapse.util.logutils import log_function
-from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_fn, preserve_context_over_deferred
-from synapse.events import FrozenEvent, builder
-import synapse.metrics
-
-from synapse.util.retryutils import NotRetryingDestination
-
 import copy
 import itertools
 import logging
 import random

+from twisted.internet import defer
+
+from synapse.api.constants import Membership
+from synapse.api.errors import (
+    CodeMessageException, HttpResponseException, SynapseError, FederationDeniedError
+)
+from synapse.events import builder
+from synapse.federation.federation_base import (
+    FederationBase,
+    event_from_pdu_json,
+)
+import synapse.metrics
+from synapse.util import logcontext, unwrapFirstError
+from synapse.util.caches.expiringcache import ExpiringCache
+from synapse.util.logcontext import make_deferred_yieldable, preserve_fn
+from synapse.util.logutils import log_function
+from synapse.util.retryutils import NotRetryingDestination

 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
            self._clear_tried_cache, 60 * 1000,
        )
        self.state = hs.get_state_handler()
+        self.transport_layer = hs.get_federation_transport_client()

    def _clear_tried_cache(self):
        """Clear pdu_destination_tried cache"""
@@ -184,15 +185,15 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
        logger.debug("backfill transaction_data=%s", repr(transaction_data))

        pdus = [
-            self.event_from_pdu_json(p, outlier=False)
+            event_from_pdu_json(p, outlier=False)
            for p in transaction_data["pdus"]
        ]

        # FIXME: We should handle signature failures more gracefully.
-        pdus[:] = yield preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.gatherResults(
+        pdus[:] = yield logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(defer.gatherResults(
            self._check_sigs_and_hashes(pdus),
            consumeErrors=True,
-        )).addErrback(unwrapFirstError)
+        ).addErrback(unwrapFirstError))

        defer.returnValue(pdus)

@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
                logger.debug("transaction_data %r", transaction_data)

                pdu_list = [
-                    self.event_from_pdu_json(p, outlier=outlier)
+                    event_from_pdu_json(p, outlier=outlier)
                    for p in transaction_data["pdus"]
                ]

@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
                    pdu = pdu_list[0]

                    # Check signatures are correct.
-                    signed_pdu = yield self._check_sigs_and_hashes([pdu])[0]
+                    signed_pdu = yield self._check_sigs_and_hash(pdu)

                    break

@@ -266,6 +267,9 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
            except NotRetryingDestination as e:
                logger.info(e.message)
                continue
+            except FederationDeniedError as e:
+                logger.info(e.message)
+                continue
            except Exception as e:
                pdu_attempts[destination] = now

@@ -336,11 +340,11 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
        )

        pdus = [
-            self.event_from_pdu_json(p, outlier=True) for p in result["pdus"]
+            event_from_pdu_json(p, outlier=True) for p in result["pdus"]
        ]

        auth_chain = [
-            self.event_from_pdu_json(p, outlier=True)
+            event_from_pdu_json(p, outlier=True)
            for p in result.get("auth_chain", [])
        ]

@@ -420,7 +424,7 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
                for e_id in batch
            ]

-            res = yield preserve_context_over_deferred(
+            res = yield make_deferred_yieldable(
                defer.DeferredList(deferreds, consumeErrors=True)
            )
            for success, result in res:
@@ -441,7 +445,7 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
        )

        auth_chain = [
-            self.event_from_pdu_json(p, outlier=True)
+            event_from_pdu_json(p, outlier=True)
            for p in res["auth_chain"]
        ]

@@ -570,12 +574,12 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
                logger.debug("Got content: %s", content)

                state = [
-                    self.event_from_pdu_json(p, outlier=True)
+                    event_from_pdu_json(p, outlier=True)
                    for p in content.get("state", [])
                ]

                auth_chain = [
-                    self.event_from_pdu_json(p, outlier=True)
+                    event_from_pdu_json(p, outlier=True)
                    for p in content.get("auth_chain", [])
                ]

@@ -650,7 +654,7 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):

        logger.debug("Got response to send_invite: %s", pdu_dict)

-        pdu = self.event_from_pdu_json(pdu_dict)
+        pdu = event_from_pdu_json(pdu_dict)

        # Check signatures are correct.
        pdu = yield self._check_sigs_and_hash(pdu)
@@ -740,7 +744,7 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
        )

        auth_chain = [
-            self.event_from_pdu_json(e)
+            event_from_pdu_json(e)
            for e in content["auth_chain"]
        ]

@@ -788,7 +792,7 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
            )

            events = [
-                self.event_from_pdu_json(e)
+                event_from_pdu_json(e)
                for e in content.get("events", [])
            ]

@@ -805,15 +809,6 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):

        defer.returnValue(signed_events)

-    def event_from_pdu_json(self, pdu_json, outlier=False):
-        event = FrozenEvent(
-            pdu_json
-        )
-
-        event.internal_metadata.outlier = outlier
-
-        return event
-
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def forward_third_party_invite(self, destinations, room_id, event_dict):
        for destination in destinations:
--- a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
@@ -12,27 +12,30 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
-
-from twisted.internet import defer
-
-from .federation_base import FederationBase
-from .units import Transaction, Edu
-
-from synapse.util.async import Linearizer
-from synapse.util.logutils import log_function
-from synapse.util.caches.response_cache import ResponseCache
-from synapse.events import FrozenEvent
-from synapse.types import get_domain_from_id
-import synapse.metrics
-
-from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, FederationError, SynapseError
-
-from synapse.crypto.event_signing import compute_event_signature
-
-import simplejson as json
 import logging

+import simplejson as json
+from twisted.internet import defer
+
+from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, FederationError, SynapseError, NotFoundError
+from synapse.crypto.event_signing import compute_event_signature
+from synapse.federation.federation_base import (
+    FederationBase,
+    event_from_pdu_json,
+)
+
+from synapse.federation.persistence import TransactionActions
+from synapse.federation.units import Edu, Transaction
+import synapse.metrics
+from synapse.types import get_domain_from_id
+from synapse.util import async
+from synapse.util.caches.response_cache import ResponseCache
+from synapse.util.logcontext import make_deferred_yieldable, preserve_fn
+from synapse.util.logutils import log_function
+
+# when processing incoming transactions, we try to handle multiple rooms in
+# parallel, up to this limit.
+TRANSACTION_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT = 10

 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

@@ -51,49 +54,19 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
        super(FederationServer, self).__init__(hs)

        self.auth = hs.get_auth()
+        self.handler = hs.get_handlers().federation_handler

-        self._server_linearizer = Linearizer("fed_server")
+        self._server_linearizer = async.Linearizer("fed_server")
+        self._transaction_linearizer = async.Linearizer("fed_txn_handler")
+
+        self.transaction_actions = TransactionActions(self.store)
+
+        self.registry = hs.get_federation_registry()

        # We cache responses to state queries, as they take a while and often
        # come in waves.
        self._state_resp_cache = ResponseCache(hs, timeout_ms=30000)

-    def set_handler(self, handler):
-        """Sets the handler that the replication layer will use to communicate
-        receipt of new PDUs from other home servers. The required methods are
-        documented on :py:class:`.ReplicationHandler`.
-        """
-        self.handler = handler
-
-    def register_edu_handler(self, edu_type, handler):
-        if edu_type in self.edu_handlers:
-            raise KeyError("Already have an EDU handler for %s" % (edu_type,))
-
-        self.edu_handlers[edu_type] = handler
-
-    def register_query_handler(self, query_type, handler):
-        """Sets the handler callable that will be used to handle an incoming
-        federation Query of the given type.
-
-        Args:
-            query_type (str): Category name of the query, which should match
-                the string used by make_query.
-            handler (callable): Invoked to handle incoming queries of this type
-
-        handler is invoked as:
-            result = handler(args)
-
-        where 'args' is a dict mapping strings to strings of the query
-          arguments. It should return a Deferred that will eventually yield an
-          object to encode as JSON.
-        """
-        if query_type in self.query_handlers:
-            raise KeyError(
-                "Already have a Query handler for %s" % (query_type,)
-            )
-
-        self.query_handlers[query_type] = handler
-
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    @log_function
    def on_backfill_request(self, origin, room_id, versions, limit):
@@ -109,25 +82,41 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    @log_function
    def on_incoming_transaction(self, transaction_data):
+        # keep this as early as possible to make the calculated origin ts as
+        # accurate as possible.
+        request_time = self._clock.time_msec()
+
        transaction = Transaction(**transaction_data)

-        received_pdus_counter.inc_by(len(transaction.pdus))
-
-        for p in transaction.pdus:
-            if "unsigned" in p:
-                unsigned = p["unsigned"]
-                if "age" in unsigned:
-                    p["age"] = unsigned["age"]
-            if "age" in p:
-                p["age_ts"] = int(self._clock.time_msec()) - int(p["age"])
-                del p["age"]
-
-        pdu_list = [
-            self.event_from_pdu_json(p) for p in transaction.pdus
-        ]
+        if not transaction.transaction_id:
+            raise Exception("Transaction missing transaction_id")
+        if not transaction.origin:
+            raise Exception("Transaction missing origin")

        logger.debug("[%s] Got transaction", transaction.transaction_id)

+        # use a linearizer to ensure that we don't process the same transaction
+        # multiple times in parallel.
+        with (yield self._transaction_linearizer.queue(
+                (transaction.origin, transaction.transaction_id),
+        )):
+            result = yield self._handle_incoming_transaction(
+                transaction, request_time,
+            )
+
+        defer.returnValue(result)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _handle_incoming_transaction(self, transaction, request_time):
+        """ Process an incoming transaction and return the HTTP response
+
+        Args:
+            transaction (Transaction): incoming transaction
+            request_time (int): timestamp that the HTTP request arrived at
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[(int, object)]: http response code and body
+        """
        response = yield self.transaction_actions.have_responded(transaction)

        if response:
@@ -140,42 +129,49 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):

        logger.debug("[%s] Transaction is new", transaction.transaction_id)

-        results = []
+        received_pdus_counter.inc_by(len(transaction.pdus))

-        for pdu in pdu_list:
-            # check that it's actually being sent from a valid destination to
-            # workaround bug #1753 in 0.18.5 and 0.18.6
-            if transaction.origin != get_domain_from_id(pdu.event_id):
-                # We continue to accept join events from any server; this is
-                # necessary for the federation join dance to work correctly.
-                # (When we join over federation, the "helper" server is
-                # responsible for sending out the join event, rather than the
-                # origin. See bug #1893).
-                if not (
-                    pdu.type == 'm.room.member' and
-                    pdu.content and
-                    pdu.content.get("membership", None) == 'join'
-                ):
-                    logger.info(
-                        "Discarding PDU %s from invalid origin %s",
-                        pdu.event_id, transaction.origin
-                    )
-                    continue
-                else:
-                    logger.info(
-                        "Accepting join PDU %s from %s",
-                        pdu.event_id, transaction.origin
-                    )
+        pdus_by_room = {}

-            try:
-                yield self._handle_received_pdu(transaction.origin, pdu)
-                results.append({})
-            except FederationError as e:
-                self.send_failure(e, transaction.origin)
-                results.append({"error": str(e)})
-            except Exception as e:
-                results.append({"error": str(e)})
-                logger.exception("Failed to handle PDU")
+        for p in transaction.pdus:
+            if "unsigned" in p:
+                unsigned = p["unsigned"]
+                if "age" in unsigned:
+                    p["age"] = unsigned["age"]
+            if "age" in p:
+                p["age_ts"] = request_time - int(p["age"])
+                del p["age"]
+
+            event = event_from_pdu_json(p)
+            room_id = event.room_id
+            pdus_by_room.setdefault(room_id, []).append(event)
+
+        pdu_results = {}
+
+        # we can process different rooms in parallel (which is useful if they
+        # require callouts to other servers to fetch missing events), but
+        # impose a limit to avoid going too crazy with ram/cpu.
+        @defer.inlineCallbacks
+        def process_pdus_for_room(room_id):
+            logger.debug("Processing PDUs for %s", room_id)
+            for pdu in pdus_by_room[room_id]:
+                event_id = pdu.event_id
+                try:
+                    yield self._handle_received_pdu(
+                        transaction.origin, pdu
+                    )
+                    pdu_results[event_id] = {}
+                except FederationError as e:
+                    logger.warn("Error handling PDU %s: %s", event_id, e)
+                    pdu_results[event_id] = {"error": str(e)}
+                except Exception as e:
+                    pdu_results[event_id] = {"error": str(e)}
+                    logger.exception("Failed to handle PDU %s", event_id)
+
+        yield async.concurrently_execute(
+            process_pdus_for_room, pdus_by_room.keys(),
+            TRANSACTION_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT,
+        )

        if hasattr(transaction, "edus"):
            for edu in (Edu(**x) for x in transaction.edus):
@@ -185,17 +181,16 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
                    edu.content
                )

-            for failure in getattr(transaction, "pdu_failures", []):
-                logger.info("Got failure %r", failure)
-
-        logger.debug("Returning: %s", str(results))
+        pdu_failures = getattr(transaction, "pdu_failures", [])
+        for failure in pdu_failures:
+            logger.info("Got failure %r", failure)

        response = {
-            "pdus": dict(zip(
-                (p.event_id for p in pdu_list), results
-            )),
+            "pdus": pdu_results,
        }

+        logger.debug("Returning: %s", str(response))
+
        yield self.transaction_actions.set_response(
            transaction,
            200, response
@@ -205,16 +200,7 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def received_edu(self, origin, edu_type, content):
        received_edus_counter.inc()
-
-        if edu_type in self.edu_handlers:
-            try:
-                yield self.edu_handlers[edu_type](origin, content)
-            except SynapseError as e:
-                logger.info("Failed to handle edu %r: %r", edu_type, e)
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.exception("Failed to handle edu %r", edu_type)
-        else:
-            logger.warn("Received EDU of type %s with no handler", edu_type)
+        yield self.registry.on_edu(edu_type, origin, content)

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    @log_function
@@ -229,12 +215,13 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
        result = self._state_resp_cache.get((room_id, event_id))
        if not result:
            with (yield self._server_linearizer.queue((origin, room_id))):
-                resp = yield self._state_resp_cache.set(
+                d = self._state_resp_cache.set(
                    (room_id, event_id),
-                    self._on_context_state_request_compute(room_id, event_id)
+                    preserve_fn(self._on_context_state_request_compute)(room_id, event_id)
                )
+                resp = yield make_deferred_yieldable(d)
        else:
-            resp = yield result
+            resp = yield make_deferred_yieldable(result)

        defer.returnValue((200, resp))

@@ -303,14 +290,8 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def on_query_request(self, query_type, args):
        received_queries_counter.inc(query_type)
-
-        if query_type in self.query_handlers:
-            response = yield self.query_handlers[query_type](args)
-            defer.returnValue((200, response))
-        else:
-            defer.returnValue(
-                (404, "No handler for Query type '%s'" % (query_type,))
-            )
+        resp = yield self.registry.on_query(query_type, args)
+        defer.returnValue((200, resp))

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def on_make_join_request(self, room_id, user_id):
@@ -320,7 +301,7 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def on_invite_request(self, origin, content):
-        pdu = self.event_from_pdu_json(content)
+        pdu = event_from_pdu_json(content)
        ret_pdu = yield self.handler.on_invite_request(origin, pdu)
        time_now = self._clock.time_msec()
        defer.returnValue((200, {"event": ret_pdu.get_pdu_json(time_now)}))
@@ -328,7 +309,7 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def on_send_join_request(self, origin, content):
        logger.debug("on_send_join_request: content: %s", content)
-        pdu = self.event_from_pdu_json(content)
+        pdu = event_from_pdu_json(content)
        logger.debug("on_send_join_request: pdu sigs: %s", pdu.signatures)
        res_pdus = yield self.handler.on_send_join_request(origin, pdu)
        time_now = self._clock.time_msec()
@@ -348,7 +329,7 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def on_send_leave_request(self, origin, content):
        logger.debug("on_send_leave_request: content: %s", content)
-        pdu = self.event_from_pdu_json(content)
+        pdu = event_from_pdu_json(content)
        logger.debug("on_send_leave_request: pdu sigs: %s", pdu.signatures)
        yield self.handler.on_send_leave_request(origin, pdu)
        defer.returnValue((200, {}))
@@ -385,7 +366,7 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
        """
        with (yield self._server_linearizer.queue((origin, room_id))):
            auth_chain = [
-                self.event_from_pdu_json(e)
+                event_from_pdu_json(e)
                for e in content["auth_chain"]
            ]

@@ -520,6 +501,30 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
        Returns (Deferred): completes with None
        Raises: FederationError if the signatures / hash do not match
    """
+        # check that it's actually being sent from a valid destination to
+        # workaround bug #1753 in 0.18.5 and 0.18.6
+        if origin != get_domain_from_id(pdu.event_id):
+            # We continue to accept join events from any server; this is
+            # necessary for the federation join dance to work correctly.
+            # (When we join over federation, the "helper" server is
+            # responsible for sending out the join event, rather than the
+            # origin. See bug #1893).
+            if not (
+                pdu.type == 'm.room.member' and
+                pdu.content and
+                pdu.content.get("membership", None) == 'join'
+            ):
+                logger.info(
+                    "Discarding PDU %s from invalid origin %s",
+                    pdu.event_id, origin
+                )
+                return
+            else:
+                logger.info(
+                    "Accepting join PDU %s from %s",
+                    pdu.event_id, origin
+                )
+
        # Check signature.
        try:
            pdu = yield self._check_sigs_and_hash(pdu)
@@ -536,15 +541,6 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
    def __str__(self):
        return "<ReplicationLayer(%s)>" % self.server_name

-    def event_from_pdu_json(self, pdu_json, outlier=False):
-        event = FrozenEvent(
-            pdu_json
-        )
-
-        event.internal_metadata.outlier = outlier
-
-        return event
-
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def exchange_third_party_invite(
            self,
@@ -567,3 +563,66 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
            origin, room_id, event_dict
        )
        defer.returnValue(ret)
+
+
+class FederationHandlerRegistry(object):
+    """Allows classes to register themselves as handlers for a given EDU or
+    query type for incoming federation traffic.
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.edu_handlers = {}
+        self.query_handlers = {}
+
+    def register_edu_handler(self, edu_type, handler):
+        """Sets the handler callable that will be used to handle an incoming
+        federation EDU of the given type.
+
+        Args:
+            edu_type (str): The type of the incoming EDU to register handler for
+            handler (Callable[[str, dict]]): A callable invoked on incoming EDU
+                of the given type. The arguments are the origin server name and
+                the EDU contents.
+        """
+        if edu_type in self.edu_handlers:
+            raise KeyError("Already have an EDU handler for %s" % (edu_type,))
+
+        self.edu_handlers[edu_type] = handler
+
+    def register_query_handler(self, query_type, handler):
+        """Sets the handler callable that will be used to handle an incoming
+        federation query of the given type.
+
+        Args:
+            query_type (str): Category name of the query, which should match
+                the string used by make_query.
+            handler (Callable[[dict], Deferred[dict]]): Invoked to handle
+                incoming queries of this type. The return will be yielded
+                on and the result used as the response to the query request.
+        """
+        if query_type in self.query_handlers:
+            raise KeyError(
+                "Already have a Query handler for %s" % (query_type,)
+            )
+
+        self.query_handlers[query_type] = handler
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_edu(self, edu_type, origin, content):
+        handler = self.edu_handlers.get(edu_type)
+        if not handler:
+            logger.warn("No handler registered for EDU type %s", edu_type)
+
+        try:
+            yield handler(origin, content)
+        except SynapseError as e:
+            logger.info("Failed to handle edu %r: %r", edu_type, e)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.exception("Failed to handle edu %r", edu_type)
+
+    def on_query(self, query_type, args):
+        handler = self.query_handlers.get(query_type)
+        if not handler:
+            logger.warn("No handler registered for query type %s", query_type)
+            raise NotFoundError("No handler for Query type '%s'" % (query_type,))
+
+        return handler(args)
--- a/synapse/federation/replication.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/replication.py
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-"""This layer is responsible for replicating with remote home servers using
-a given transport.
-"""
-
-from .federation_client import FederationClient
-from .federation_server import FederationServer
-
-from .persistence import TransactionActions
-
-import logging
-
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-class ReplicationLayer(FederationClient, FederationServer):
-    """This layer is responsible for replicating with remote home servers over
-    the given transport. I.e., does the sending and receiving of PDUs to
-    remote home servers.
-
-    The layer communicates with the rest of the server via a registered
-    ReplicationHandler.
-
-    In more detail, the layer:
-        * Receives incoming data and processes it into transactions and pdus.
-        * Fetches any PDUs it thinks it might have missed.
-        * Keeps the current state for contexts up to date by applying the
-          suitable conflict resolution.
-        * Sends outgoing pdus wrapped in transactions.
-        * Fills out the references to previous pdus/transactions appropriately
-          for outgoing data.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, hs, transport_layer):
-        self.server_name = hs.hostname
-
-        self.keyring = hs.get_keyring()
-
-        self.transport_layer = transport_layer
-
-        self.federation_client = self
-
-        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
-
-        self.handler = None
-        self.edu_handlers = {}
-        self.query_handlers = {}
-
-        self._clock = hs.get_clock()
-
-        self.transaction_actions = TransactionActions(self.store)
-
-        self.hs = hs
-
-        super(ReplicationLayer, self).__init__(hs)
-
-    def __str__(self):
-        return "<ReplicationLayer(%s)>" % self.server_name
--- a/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ from twisted.internet import defer
 from .persistence import TransactionActions
 from .units import Transaction, Edu

-from synapse.api.errors import HttpResponseException
+from synapse.api.errors import HttpResponseException, FederationDeniedError
+from synapse.util import logcontext, PreserveLoggingContext
 from synapse.util.async import run_on_reactor
-from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_context_over_fn, preserve_fn
 from synapse.util.retryutils import NotRetryingDestination, get_retry_limiter
 from synapse.util.metrics import measure_func
 from synapse.handlers.presence import format_user_presence_state, get_interested_remotes
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ sent_edus_counter = client_metrics.register_counter("sent_edus")

 sent_transactions_counter = client_metrics.register_counter("sent_transactions")

+events_processed_counter = client_metrics.register_counter("events_processed")
+

 class TransactionQueue(object):
    """This class makes sure we only have one transaction in flight at
@@ -146,7 +148,6 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
        else:
            return not destination.startswith("localhost")

-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def notify_new_events(self, current_id):
        """This gets called when we have some new events we might want to
        send out to other servers.
@@ -156,6 +157,13 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
        if self._is_processing:
            return

+        # fire off a processing loop in the background. It's likely it will
+        # outlast the current request, so run it in the sentinel logcontext.
+        with PreserveLoggingContext():
+            self._process_event_queue_loop()
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _process_event_queue_loop(self):
        try:
            self._is_processing = True
            while True:
@@ -199,6 +207,8 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):

                    self._send_pdu(event, destinations)

+                events_processed_counter.inc_by(len(events))
+
                yield self.store.update_federation_out_pos(
                    "events", next_token
                )
@@ -231,11 +241,9 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
                (pdu, order)
            )

-            preserve_context_over_fn(
-                self._attempt_new_transaction, destination
-            )
+            self._attempt_new_transaction(destination)

-    @preserve_fn  # the caller should not yield on this
+    @logcontext.preserve_fn  # the caller should not yield on this
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def send_presence(self, states):
        """Send the new presence states to the appropriate destinations.
@@ -299,7 +307,7 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
                    state.user_id: state for state in states
                })

-                preserve_fn(self._attempt_new_transaction)(destination)
+                self._attempt_new_transaction(destination)

    def send_edu(self, destination, edu_type, content, key=None):
        edu = Edu(
@@ -321,9 +329,7 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
        else:
            self.pending_edus_by_dest.setdefault(destination, []).append(edu)

-        preserve_context_over_fn(
-            self._attempt_new_transaction, destination
-        )
+        self._attempt_new_transaction(destination)

    def send_failure(self, failure, destination):
        if destination == self.server_name or destination == "localhost":
@@ -336,9 +342,7 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
            destination, []
        ).append(failure)

-        preserve_context_over_fn(
-            self._attempt_new_transaction, destination
-        )
+        self._attempt_new_transaction(destination)

    def send_device_messages(self, destination):
        if destination == self.server_name or destination == "localhost":
@@ -347,15 +351,24 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
        if not self.can_send_to(destination):
            return

-        preserve_context_over_fn(
-            self._attempt_new_transaction, destination
-        )
+        self._attempt_new_transaction(destination)

    def get_current_token(self):
        return 0

-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def _attempt_new_transaction(self, destination):
+        """Try to start a new transaction to this destination
+
+        If there is already a transaction in progress to this destination,
+        returns immediately. Otherwise kicks off the process of sending a
+        transaction in the background.
+
+        Args:
+            destination (str):
+
+        Returns:
+            None
+        """
        # list of (pending_pdu, deferred, order)
        if destination in self.pending_transactions:
            # XXX: pending_transactions can get stuck on by a never-ending
@@ -368,6 +381,19 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
            )
            return

+        logger.debug("TX [%s] Starting transaction loop", destination)
+
+        # Drop the logcontext before starting the transaction. It doesn't
+        # really make sense to log all the outbound transactions against
+        # whatever path led us to this point: that's pretty arbitrary really.
+        #
+        # (this also means we can fire off _perform_transaction without
+        # yielding)
+        with logcontext.PreserveLoggingContext():
+            self._transaction_transmission_loop(destination)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _transaction_transmission_loop(self, destination):
        pending_pdus = []
        try:
            self.pending_transactions[destination] = 1
@@ -464,6 +490,8 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
                    (e.retry_last_ts + e.retry_interval) / 1000.0
                ),
            )
+        except FederationDeniedError as e:
+            logger.info(e)
        except Exception as e:
            logger.warn(
                "TX [%s] Failed to send transaction: %s",
--- a/synapse/federation/transport/client.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transport/client.py
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ class TransportLayerClient(object):

            Fails with ``NotRetryingDestination`` if we are not yet ready
            to retry this server.
+
+            Fails with ``FederationDeniedError`` if the remote destination
+            is not in our federation whitelist
        """
        valid_memberships = {Membership.JOIN, Membership.LEAVE}
        if membership not in valid_memberships:
@@ -471,3 +474,418 @@ class TransportLayerClient(object):
        )

        defer.returnValue(content)
+
+    @log_function
+    def get_group_profile(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id):
+        """Get a group profile
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/profile" % (group_id,)
+
+        return self.client.get_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def update_group_profile(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id, content):
+        """Update a remote group profile
+
+        Args:
+            destination (str)
+            group_id (str)
+            requester_user_id (str)
+            content (dict): The new profile of the group
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/profile" % (group_id,)
+
+        return self.client.post_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            data=content,
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def get_group_summary(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id):
+        """Get a group summary
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/summary" % (group_id,)
+
+        return self.client.get_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def get_rooms_in_group(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id):
+        """Get all rooms in a group
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/rooms" % (group_id,)
+
+        return self.client.get_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    def add_room_to_group(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id, room_id,
+                          content):
+        """Add a room to a group
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/room/%s" % (group_id, room_id,)
+
+        return self.client.post_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            data=content,
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    def update_room_in_group(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id, room_id,
+                             config_key, content):
+        """Update room in group
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/room/%s/config/%s" % (group_id, room_id, config_key,)
+
+        return self.client.post_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            data=content,
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    def remove_room_from_group(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id, room_id):
+        """Remove a room from a group
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/room/%s" % (group_id, room_id,)
+
+        return self.client.delete_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def get_users_in_group(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id):
+        """Get users in a group
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/users" % (group_id,)
+
+        return self.client.get_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def get_invited_users_in_group(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id):
+        """Get users that have been invited to a group
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/invited_users" % (group_id,)
+
+        return self.client.get_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def accept_group_invite(self, destination, group_id, user_id, content):
+        """Accept a group invite
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/users/%s/accept_invite" % (group_id, user_id)
+
+        return self.client.post_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            data=content,
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def invite_to_group(self, destination, group_id, user_id, requester_user_id, content):
+        """Invite a user to a group
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/users/%s/invite" % (group_id, user_id)
+
+        return self.client.post_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            data=content,
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def invite_to_group_notification(self, destination, group_id, user_id, content):
+        """Sent by group server to inform a user's server that they have been
+        invited.
+        """
+
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/local/%s/users/%s/invite" % (group_id, user_id)
+
+        return self.client.post_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            data=content,
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def remove_user_from_group(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id,
+                               user_id, content):
+        """Remove a user fron a group
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/users/%s/remove" % (group_id, user_id)
+
+        return self.client.post_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            data=content,
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def remove_user_from_group_notification(self, destination, group_id, user_id,
+                                            content):
+        """Sent by group server to inform a user's server that they have been
+        kicked from the group.
+        """
+
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/local/%s/users/%s/remove" % (group_id, user_id)
+
+        return self.client.post_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            data=content,
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def renew_group_attestation(self, destination, group_id, user_id, content):
+        """Sent by either a group server or a user's server to periodically update
+        the attestations
+        """
+
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/renew_attestation/%s" % (group_id, user_id)
+
+        return self.client.post_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            data=content,
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def update_group_summary_room(self, destination, group_id, user_id, room_id,
+                                  category_id, content):
+        """Update a room entry in a group summary
+        """
+        if category_id:
+            path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/summary/categories/%s/rooms/%s" % (
+                group_id, category_id, room_id,
+            )
+        else:
+            path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/summary/rooms/%s" % (group_id, room_id,)
+
+        return self.client.post_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": user_id},
+            data=content,
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def delete_group_summary_room(self, destination, group_id, user_id, room_id,
+                                  category_id):
+        """Delete a room entry in a group summary
+        """
+        if category_id:
+            path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/summary/categories/%s/rooms/%s" % (
+                group_id, category_id, room_id,
+            )
+        else:
+            path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/summary/rooms/%s" % (group_id, room_id,)
+
+        return self.client.delete_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": user_id},
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def get_group_categories(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id):
+        """Get all categories in a group
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/categories" % (group_id,)
+
+        return self.client.get_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def get_group_category(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id, category_id):
+        """Get category info in a group
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/categories/%s" % (group_id, category_id,)
+
+        return self.client.get_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def update_group_category(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id, category_id,
+                              content):
+        """Update a category in a group
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/categories/%s" % (group_id, category_id,)
+
+        return self.client.post_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            data=content,
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def delete_group_category(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id,
+                              category_id):
+        """Delete a category in a group
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/categories/%s" % (group_id, category_id,)
+
+        return self.client.delete_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def get_group_roles(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id):
+        """Get all roles in a group
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/roles" % (group_id,)
+
+        return self.client.get_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def get_group_role(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id, role_id):
+        """Get a roles info
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/roles/%s" % (group_id, role_id,)
+
+        return self.client.get_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def update_group_role(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id, role_id,
+                          content):
+        """Update a role in a group
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/roles/%s" % (group_id, role_id,)
+
+        return self.client.post_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            data=content,
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def delete_group_role(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id, role_id):
+        """Delete a role in a group
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/roles/%s" % (group_id, role_id,)
+
+        return self.client.delete_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def update_group_summary_user(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id,
+                                  user_id, role_id, content):
+        """Update a users entry in a group
+        """
+        if role_id:
+            path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/summary/roles/%s/users/%s" % (
+                group_id, role_id, user_id,
+            )
+        else:
+            path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/summary/users/%s" % (group_id, user_id,)
+
+        return self.client.post_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            data=content,
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    @log_function
+    def delete_group_summary_user(self, destination, group_id, requester_user_id,
+                                  user_id, role_id):
+        """Delete a users entry in a group
+        """
+        if role_id:
+            path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/summary/roles/%s/users/%s" % (
+                group_id, role_id, user_id,
+            )
+        else:
+            path = PREFIX + "/groups/%s/summary/users/%s" % (group_id, user_id,)
+
+        return self.client.delete_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            args={"requester_user_id": requester_user_id},
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
+
+    def bulk_get_publicised_groups(self, destination, user_ids):
+        """Get the groups a list of users are publicising
+        """
+
+        path = PREFIX + "/get_groups_publicised"
+
+        content = {"user_ids": user_ids}
+
+        return self.client.post_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            data=content,
+            ignore_backoff=True,
+        )
--- a/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from twisted.internet import defer

 from synapse.api.urls import FEDERATION_PREFIX as PREFIX
-from synapse.api.errors import Codes, SynapseError
+from synapse.api.errors import Codes, SynapseError, FederationDeniedError
 from synapse.http.server import JsonResource
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
    parse_json_object_from_request, parse_integer_from_args, parse_string_from_args,
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from synapse.http.servlet import (
 from synapse.util.ratelimitutils import FederationRateLimiter
 from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
 from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_fn
-from synapse.types import ThirdPartyInstanceID
+from synapse.types import ThirdPartyInstanceID, get_domain_from_id

 import functools
 import logging
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class Authenticator(object):
        self.keyring = hs.get_keyring()
        self.server_name = hs.hostname
        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+        self.federation_domain_whitelist = hs.config.federation_domain_whitelist

    # A method just so we can pass 'self' as the authenticator to the Servlets
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
@@ -92,6 +93,12 @@ class Authenticator(object):
            "signatures": {},
        }

+        if (
+            self.federation_domain_whitelist is not None and
+            self.server_name not in self.federation_domain_whitelist
+        ):
+            raise FederationDeniedError(self.server_name)
+
        if content is not None:
            json_request["content"] = content

@@ -112,7 +119,7 @@ class Authenticator(object):
                key = strip_quotes(param_dict["key"])
                sig = strip_quotes(param_dict["sig"])
                return (origin, key, sig)
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                raise AuthenticationError(
                    400, "Malformed Authorization header", Codes.UNAUTHORIZED
                )
@@ -153,12 +160,10 @@ class Authenticator(object):
 class BaseFederationServlet(object):
    REQUIRE_AUTH = True

-    def __init__(self, handler, authenticator, ratelimiter, server_name,
-                 room_list_handler):
+    def __init__(self, handler, authenticator, ratelimiter, server_name):
        self.handler = handler
        self.authenticator = authenticator
        self.ratelimiter = ratelimiter
-        self.room_list_handler = room_list_handler

    def _wrap(self, func):
        authenticator = self.authenticator
@@ -179,7 +184,7 @@ class BaseFederationServlet(object):
                if self.REQUIRE_AUTH:
                    logger.exception("authenticate_request failed")
                    raise
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                logger.exception("authenticate_request failed")
                raise

@@ -272,7 +277,7 @@ class FederationSendServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
            code, response = yield self.handler.on_incoming_transaction(
                transaction_data
            )
-        except:
+        except Exception:
            logger.exception("on_incoming_transaction failed")
            raise

@@ -590,7 +595,7 @@ class PublicRoomList(BaseFederationServlet):
        else:
            network_tuple = ThirdPartyInstanceID(None, None)

-        data = yield self.room_list_handler.get_local_public_room_list(
+        data = yield self.handler.get_local_public_room_list(
            limit, since_token,
            network_tuple=network_tuple
        )
@@ -611,7 +616,515 @@ class FederationVersionServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
        }))


-SERVLET_CLASSES = (
+class FederationGroupsProfileServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """Get/set the basic profile of a group on behalf of a user
+    """
+    PATH = "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/profile$"
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_GET(self, origin, content, query, group_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        new_content = yield self.handler.get_group_profile(
+            group_id, requester_user_id
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, new_content))
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, origin, content, query, group_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        new_content = yield self.handler.update_group_profile(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, content
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, new_content))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsSummaryServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    PATH = "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/summary$"
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_GET(self, origin, content, query, group_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        new_content = yield self.handler.get_group_summary(
+            group_id, requester_user_id
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, new_content))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsRoomsServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """Get the rooms in a group on behalf of a user
+    """
+    PATH = "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/rooms$"
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_GET(self, origin, content, query, group_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        new_content = yield self.handler.get_rooms_in_group(
+            group_id, requester_user_id
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, new_content))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsAddRoomsServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """Add/remove room from group
+    """
+    PATH = "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/room/(?P<room_id>[^/]*)$"
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, origin, content, query, group_id, room_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        new_content = yield self.handler.add_room_to_group(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, room_id, content
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, new_content))
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_DELETE(self, origin, content, query, group_id, room_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        new_content = yield self.handler.remove_room_from_group(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, room_id,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, new_content))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsAddRoomsConfigServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """Update room config in group
+    """
+    PATH = (
+        "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/room/(?P<room_id>[^/]*)"
+        "/config/(?P<config_key>[^/]*)$"
+    )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, origin, content, query, group_id, room_id, config_key):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        result = yield self.groups_handler.update_room_in_group(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, room_id, config_key, content,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, result))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsUsersServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """Get the users in a group on behalf of a user
+    """
+    PATH = "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/users$"
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_GET(self, origin, content, query, group_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        new_content = yield self.handler.get_users_in_group(
+            group_id, requester_user_id
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, new_content))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsInvitedUsersServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """Get the users that have been invited to a group
+    """
+    PATH = "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/invited_users$"
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_GET(self, origin, content, query, group_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        new_content = yield self.handler.get_invited_users_in_group(
+            group_id, requester_user_id
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, new_content))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsInviteServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """Ask a group server to invite someone to the group
+    """
+    PATH = "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/users/(?P<user_id>[^/]*)/invite$"
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, origin, content, query, group_id, user_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        new_content = yield self.handler.invite_to_group(
+            group_id, user_id, requester_user_id, content,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, new_content))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsAcceptInviteServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """Accept an invitation from the group server
+    """
+    PATH = "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/users/(?P<user_id>[^/]*)/accept_invite$"
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, origin, content, query, group_id, user_id):
+        if get_domain_from_id(user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        new_content = yield self.handler.accept_invite(
+            group_id, user_id, content,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, new_content))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsRemoveUserServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """Leave or kick a user from the group
+    """
+    PATH = "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/users/(?P<user_id>[^/]*)/remove$"
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, origin, content, query, group_id, user_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        new_content = yield self.handler.remove_user_from_group(
+            group_id, user_id, requester_user_id, content,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, new_content))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsLocalInviteServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """A group server has invited a local user
+    """
+    PATH = "/groups/local/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/users/(?P<user_id>[^/]*)/invite$"
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, origin, content, query, group_id, user_id):
+        if get_domain_from_id(group_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "group_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        new_content = yield self.handler.on_invite(
+            group_id, user_id, content,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, new_content))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsRemoveLocalUserServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """A group server has removed a local user
+    """
+    PATH = "/groups/local/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/users/(?P<user_id>[^/]*)/remove$"
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, origin, content, query, group_id, user_id):
+        if get_domain_from_id(group_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        new_content = yield self.handler.user_removed_from_group(
+            group_id, user_id, content,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, new_content))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsRenewAttestaionServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """A group or user's server renews their attestation
+    """
+    PATH = "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/renew_attestation/(?P<user_id>[^/]*)$"
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, origin, content, query, group_id, user_id):
+        # We don't need to check auth here as we check the attestation signatures
+
+        new_content = yield self.handler.on_renew_attestation(
+            group_id, user_id, content
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, new_content))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsSummaryRoomsServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """Add/remove a room from the group summary, with optional category.
+
+    Matches both:
+        - /groups/:group/summary/rooms/:room_id
+        - /groups/:group/summary/categories/:category/rooms/:room_id
+    """
+    PATH = (
+        "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/summary"
+        "(/categories/(?P<category_id>[^/]+))?"
+        "/rooms/(?P<room_id>[^/]*)$"
+    )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, origin, content, query, group_id, category_id, room_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        if category_id == "":
+            raise SynapseError(400, "category_id cannot be empty string")
+
+        resp = yield self.handler.update_group_summary_room(
+            group_id, requester_user_id,
+            room_id=room_id,
+            category_id=category_id,
+            content=content,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, resp))
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_DELETE(self, origin, content, query, group_id, category_id, room_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        if category_id == "":
+            raise SynapseError(400, "category_id cannot be empty string")
+
+        resp = yield self.handler.delete_group_summary_room(
+            group_id, requester_user_id,
+            room_id=room_id,
+            category_id=category_id,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, resp))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsCategoriesServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """Get all categories for a group
+    """
+    PATH = (
+        "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/categories/$"
+    )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_GET(self, origin, content, query, group_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        resp = yield self.handler.get_group_categories(
+            group_id, requester_user_id,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, resp))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsCategoryServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """Add/remove/get a category in a group
+    """
+    PATH = (
+        "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/categories/(?P<category_id>[^/]+)$"
+    )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_GET(self, origin, content, query, group_id, category_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        resp = yield self.handler.get_group_category(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, category_id
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, resp))
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, origin, content, query, group_id, category_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        if category_id == "":
+            raise SynapseError(400, "category_id cannot be empty string")
+
+        resp = yield self.handler.upsert_group_category(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, category_id, content,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, resp))
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_DELETE(self, origin, content, query, group_id, category_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        if category_id == "":
+            raise SynapseError(400, "category_id cannot be empty string")
+
+        resp = yield self.handler.delete_group_category(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, category_id,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, resp))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsRolesServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """Get roles in a group
+    """
+    PATH = (
+        "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/roles/$"
+    )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_GET(self, origin, content, query, group_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        resp = yield self.handler.get_group_roles(
+            group_id, requester_user_id,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, resp))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsRoleServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """Add/remove/get a role in a group
+    """
+    PATH = (
+        "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/roles/(?P<role_id>[^/]+)$"
+    )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_GET(self, origin, content, query, group_id, role_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        resp = yield self.handler.get_group_role(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, role_id
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, resp))
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, origin, content, query, group_id, role_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        if role_id == "":
+            raise SynapseError(400, "role_id cannot be empty string")
+
+        resp = yield self.handler.update_group_role(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, role_id, content,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, resp))
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_DELETE(self, origin, content, query, group_id, role_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        if role_id == "":
+            raise SynapseError(400, "role_id cannot be empty string")
+
+        resp = yield self.handler.delete_group_role(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, role_id,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, resp))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsSummaryUsersServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """Add/remove a user from the group summary, with optional role.
+
+    Matches both:
+        - /groups/:group/summary/users/:user_id
+        - /groups/:group/summary/roles/:role/users/:user_id
+    """
+    PATH = (
+        "/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/summary"
+        "(/roles/(?P<role_id>[^/]+))?"
+        "/users/(?P<user_id>[^/]*)$"
+    )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, origin, content, query, group_id, role_id, user_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        if role_id == "":
+            raise SynapseError(400, "role_id cannot be empty string")
+
+        resp = yield self.handler.update_group_summary_user(
+            group_id, requester_user_id,
+            user_id=user_id,
+            role_id=role_id,
+            content=content,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, resp))
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_DELETE(self, origin, content, query, group_id, role_id, user_id):
+        requester_user_id = parse_string_from_args(query, "requester_user_id")
+        if get_domain_from_id(requester_user_id) != origin:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "requester_user_id doesn't match origin")
+
+        if role_id == "":
+            raise SynapseError(400, "role_id cannot be empty string")
+
+        resp = yield self.handler.delete_group_summary_user(
+            group_id, requester_user_id,
+            user_id=user_id,
+            role_id=role_id,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, resp))
+
+
+class FederationGroupsBulkPublicisedServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    """Get roles in a group
+    """
+    PATH = (
+        "/get_groups_publicised$"
+    )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, origin, content, query):
+        resp = yield self.handler.bulk_get_publicised_groups(
+            content["user_ids"], proxy=False,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, resp))
+
+
+FEDERATION_SERVLET_CLASSES = (
    FederationSendServlet,
    FederationPullServlet,
    FederationEventServlet,
@@ -634,17 +1147,83 @@ SERVLET_CLASSES = (
    FederationThirdPartyInviteExchangeServlet,
    On3pidBindServlet,
    OpenIdUserInfo,
-    PublicRoomList,
    FederationVersionServlet,
 )


+ROOM_LIST_CLASSES = (
+    PublicRoomList,
+)
+
+GROUP_SERVER_SERVLET_CLASSES = (
+    FederationGroupsProfileServlet,
+    FederationGroupsSummaryServlet,
+    FederationGroupsRoomsServlet,
+    FederationGroupsUsersServlet,
+    FederationGroupsInvitedUsersServlet,
+    FederationGroupsInviteServlet,
+    FederationGroupsAcceptInviteServlet,
+    FederationGroupsRemoveUserServlet,
+    FederationGroupsSummaryRoomsServlet,
+    FederationGroupsCategoriesServlet,
+    FederationGroupsCategoryServlet,
+    FederationGroupsRolesServlet,
+    FederationGroupsRoleServlet,
+    FederationGroupsSummaryUsersServlet,
+    FederationGroupsAddRoomsServlet,
+    FederationGroupsAddRoomsConfigServlet,
+)
+
+
+GROUP_LOCAL_SERVLET_CLASSES = (
+    FederationGroupsLocalInviteServlet,
+    FederationGroupsRemoveLocalUserServlet,
+    FederationGroupsBulkPublicisedServlet,
+)
+
+
+GROUP_ATTESTATION_SERVLET_CLASSES = (
+    FederationGroupsRenewAttestaionServlet,
+)
+
+
 def register_servlets(hs, resource, authenticator, ratelimiter):
-    for servletclass in SERVLET_CLASSES:
+    for servletclass in FEDERATION_SERVLET_CLASSES:
        servletclass(
-            handler=hs.get_replication_layer(),
+            handler=hs.get_federation_server(),
+            authenticator=authenticator,
+            ratelimiter=ratelimiter,
+            server_name=hs.hostname,
+        ).register(resource)
+
+    for servletclass in ROOM_LIST_CLASSES:
+        servletclass(
+            handler=hs.get_room_list_handler(),
+            authenticator=authenticator,
+            ratelimiter=ratelimiter,
+            server_name=hs.hostname,
+        ).register(resource)
+
+    for servletclass in GROUP_SERVER_SERVLET_CLASSES:
+        servletclass(
+            handler=hs.get_groups_server_handler(),
+            authenticator=authenticator,
+            ratelimiter=ratelimiter,
+            server_name=hs.hostname,
+        ).register(resource)
+
+    for servletclass in GROUP_LOCAL_SERVLET_CLASSES:
+        servletclass(
+            handler=hs.get_groups_local_handler(),
+            authenticator=authenticator,
+            ratelimiter=ratelimiter,
+            server_name=hs.hostname,
+        ).register(resource)
+
+    for servletclass in GROUP_ATTESTATION_SERVLET_CLASSES:
+        servletclass(
+            handler=hs.get_groups_attestation_renewer(),
            authenticator=authenticator,
            ratelimiter=ratelimiter,
            server_name=hs.hostname,
-            room_list_handler=hs.get_room_list_handler(),
        ).register(resource)
--- a/synapse/groups/init.py
+++ b/synapse/groups/init.py
--- a/synapse/groups/attestations.py
+++ b/synapse/groups/attestations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 Vector Creations Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Attestations ensure that users and groups can't lie about their memberships.
+
+When a user joins a group the HS and GS swap attestations, which allow them
+both to independently prove to third parties their membership.These
+attestations have a validity period so need to be periodically renewed.
+
+If a user leaves (or gets kicked out of) a group, either side can still use
+their attestation to "prove" their membership, until the attestation expires.
+Therefore attestations shouldn't be relied on to prove membership in important
+cases, but can for less important situtations, e.g. showing a users membership
+of groups on their profile, showing flairs, etc.abs
+
+An attestsation is a signed blob of json that looks like:
+
+    {
+        "user_id": "@foo:a.example.com",
+        "group_id": "+bar:b.example.com",
+        "valid_until_ms": 1507994728530,
+        "signatures":{"matrix.org":{"ed25519:auto":"..."}}
+    }
+"""
+
+import logging
+import random
+
+from twisted.internet import defer
+
+from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
+from synapse.types import get_domain_from_id
+from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_fn
+
+from signedjson.sign import sign_json
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+# Default validity duration for new attestations we create
+DEFAULT_ATTESTATION_LENGTH_MS = 3 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
+
+# We add some jitter to the validity duration of attestations so that if we
+# add lots of users at once we don't need to renew them all at once.
+# The jitter is a multiplier picked randomly between the first and second number
+DEFAULT_ATTESTATION_JITTER = (0.9, 1.3)
+
+# Start trying to update our attestations when they come this close to expiring
+UPDATE_ATTESTATION_TIME_MS = 1 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
+
+
+class GroupAttestationSigning(object):
+    """Creates and verifies group attestations.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        self.keyring = hs.get_keyring()
+        self.clock = hs.get_clock()
+        self.server_name = hs.hostname
+        self.signing_key = hs.config.signing_key[0]
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def verify_attestation(self, attestation, group_id, user_id, server_name=None):
+        """Verifies that the given attestation matches the given parameters.
+
+        An optional server_name can be supplied to explicitly set which server's
+        signature is expected. Otherwise assumes that either the group_id or user_id
+        is local and uses the other's server as the one to check.
+        """
+
+        if not server_name:
+            if get_domain_from_id(group_id) == self.server_name:
+                server_name = get_domain_from_id(user_id)
+            elif get_domain_from_id(user_id) == self.server_name:
+                server_name = get_domain_from_id(group_id)
+            else:
+                raise Exception("Expected either group_id or user_id to be local")
+
+        if user_id != attestation["user_id"]:
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Attestation has incorrect user_id")
+
+        if group_id != attestation["group_id"]:
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Attestation has incorrect group_id")
+        valid_until_ms = attestation["valid_until_ms"]
+
+        # TODO: We also want to check that *new* attestations that people give
+        # us to store are valid for at least a little while.
+        if valid_until_ms < self.clock.time_msec():
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Attestation expired")
+
+        yield self.keyring.verify_json_for_server(server_name, attestation)
+
+    def create_attestation(self, group_id, user_id):
+        """Create an attestation for the group_id and user_id with default
+        validity length.
+        """
+        validity_period = DEFAULT_ATTESTATION_LENGTH_MS
+        validity_period *= random.uniform(*DEFAULT_ATTESTATION_JITTER)
+        valid_until_ms = int(self.clock.time_msec() + validity_period)
+
+        return sign_json({
+            "group_id": group_id,
+            "user_id": user_id,
+            "valid_until_ms": valid_until_ms,
+        }, self.server_name, self.signing_key)
+
+
+class GroupAttestionRenewer(object):
+    """Responsible for sending and receiving attestation updates.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        self.clock = hs.get_clock()
+        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+        self.assestations = hs.get_groups_attestation_signing()
+        self.transport_client = hs.get_federation_transport_client()
+        self.is_mine_id = hs.is_mine_id
+        self.attestations = hs.get_groups_attestation_signing()
+
+        self._renew_attestations_loop = self.clock.looping_call(
+            self._renew_attestations, 30 * 60 * 1000,
+        )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_renew_attestation(self, group_id, user_id, content):
+        """When a remote updates an attestation
+        """
+        attestation = content["attestation"]
+
+        if not self.is_mine_id(group_id) and not self.is_mine_id(user_id):
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Neither user not group are on this server")
+
+        yield self.attestations.verify_attestation(
+            attestation,
+            user_id=user_id,
+            group_id=group_id,
+        )
+
+        yield self.store.update_remote_attestion(group_id, user_id, attestation)
+
+        defer.returnValue({})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _renew_attestations(self):
+        """Called periodically to check if we need to update any of our attestations
+        """
+
+        now = self.clock.time_msec()
+
+        rows = yield self.store.get_attestations_need_renewals(
+            now + UPDATE_ATTESTATION_TIME_MS
+        )
+
+        @defer.inlineCallbacks
+        def _renew_attestation(group_id, user_id):
+            if not self.is_mine_id(group_id):
+                destination = get_domain_from_id(group_id)
+            elif not self.is_mine_id(user_id):
+                destination = get_domain_from_id(user_id)
+            else:
+                logger.warn(
+                    "Incorrectly trying to do attestations for user: %r in %r",
+                    user_id, group_id,
+                )
+                yield self.store.remove_attestation_renewal(group_id, user_id)
+                return
+
+            attestation = self.attestations.create_attestation(group_id, user_id)
+
+            yield self.transport_client.renew_group_attestation(
+                destination, group_id, user_id,
+                content={"attestation": attestation},
+            )
+
+            yield self.store.update_attestation_renewal(
+                group_id, user_id, attestation
+            )
+
+        for row in rows:
+            group_id = row["group_id"]
+            user_id = row["user_id"]
+
+            preserve_fn(_renew_attestation)(group_id, user_id)
--- a/synapse/groups/groups_server.py
+++ b/synapse/groups/groups_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,864 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 Vector Creations Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import logging
+
+from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
+from synapse.types import GroupID, RoomID, UserID, get_domain_from_id
+from twisted.internet import defer
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+# TODO: Allow users to "knock" or simpkly join depending on rules
+# TODO: Federation admin APIs
+# TODO: is_priveged flag to users and is_public to users and rooms
+# TODO: Audit log for admins (profile updates, membership changes, users who tried
+#       to join but were rejected, etc)
+# TODO: Flairs
+
+
+class GroupsServerHandler(object):
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        self.hs = hs
+        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+        self.room_list_handler = hs.get_room_list_handler()
+        self.auth = hs.get_auth()
+        self.clock = hs.get_clock()
+        self.keyring = hs.get_keyring()
+        self.is_mine_id = hs.is_mine_id
+        self.signing_key = hs.config.signing_key[0]
+        self.server_name = hs.hostname
+        self.attestations = hs.get_groups_attestation_signing()
+        self.transport_client = hs.get_federation_transport_client()
+        self.profile_handler = hs.get_profile_handler()
+
+        # Ensure attestations get renewed
+        hs.get_groups_attestation_renewer()
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def check_group_is_ours(self, group_id, requester_user_id,
+                            and_exists=False, and_is_admin=None):
+        """Check that the group is ours, and optionally if it exists.
+
+        If group does exist then return group.
+
+        Args:
+            group_id (str)
+            and_exists (bool): whether to also check if group exists
+            and_is_admin (str): whether to also check if given str is a user_id
+                that is an admin
+        """
+        if not self.is_mine_id(group_id):
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Group not on this server")
+
+        group = yield self.store.get_group(group_id)
+        if and_exists and not group:
+            raise SynapseError(404, "Unknown group")
+
+        is_user_in_group = yield self.store.is_user_in_group(requester_user_id, group_id)
+        if group and not is_user_in_group and not group["is_public"]:
+            raise SynapseError(404, "Unknown group")
+
+        if and_is_admin:
+            is_admin = yield self.store.is_user_admin_in_group(group_id, and_is_admin)
+            if not is_admin:
+                raise SynapseError(403, "User is not admin in group")
+
+        defer.returnValue(group)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_group_summary(self, group_id, requester_user_id):
+        """Get the summary for a group as seen by requester_user_id.
+
+        The group summary consists of the profile of the room, and a curated
+        list of users and rooms. These list *may* be organised by role/category.
+        The roles/categories are ordered, and so are the users/rooms within them.
+
+        A user/room may appear in multiple roles/categories.
+        """
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True)
+
+        is_user_in_group = yield self.store.is_user_in_group(requester_user_id, group_id)
+
+        profile = yield self.get_group_profile(group_id, requester_user_id)
+
+        users, roles = yield self.store.get_users_for_summary_by_role(
+            group_id, include_private=is_user_in_group,
+        )
+
+        # TODO: Add profiles to users
+
+        rooms, categories = yield self.store.get_rooms_for_summary_by_category(
+            group_id, include_private=is_user_in_group,
+        )
+
+        for room_entry in rooms:
+            room_id = room_entry["room_id"]
+            joined_users = yield self.store.get_users_in_room(room_id)
+            entry = yield self.room_list_handler.generate_room_entry(
+                room_id, len(joined_users),
+                with_alias=False, allow_private=True,
+            )
+            entry = dict(entry)  # so we don't change whats cached
+            entry.pop("room_id", None)
+
+            room_entry["profile"] = entry
+
+        rooms.sort(key=lambda e: e.get("order", 0))
+
+        for entry in users:
+            user_id = entry["user_id"]
+
+            if not self.is_mine_id(requester_user_id):
+                attestation = yield self.store.get_remote_attestation(group_id, user_id)
+                if not attestation:
+                    continue
+
+                entry["attestation"] = attestation
+            else:
+                entry["attestation"] = self.attestations.create_attestation(
+                    group_id, user_id,
+                )
+
+            user_profile = yield self.profile_handler.get_profile_from_cache(user_id)
+            entry.update(user_profile)
+
+        users.sort(key=lambda e: e.get("order", 0))
+
+        membership_info = yield self.store.get_users_membership_info_in_group(
+            group_id, requester_user_id,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue({
+            "profile": profile,
+            "users_section": {
+                "users": users,
+                "roles": roles,
+                "total_user_count_estimate": 0,  # TODO
+            },
+            "rooms_section": {
+                "rooms": rooms,
+                "categories": categories,
+                "total_room_count_estimate": 0,  # TODO
+            },
+            "user": membership_info,
+        })
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def update_group_summary_room(self, group_id, requester_user_id,
+                                  room_id, category_id, content):
+        """Add/update a room to the group summary
+        """
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(
+            group_id,
+            requester_user_id,
+            and_exists=True,
+            and_is_admin=requester_user_id,
+        )
+
+        RoomID.from_string(room_id)  # Ensure valid room id
+
+        order = content.get("order", None)
+
+        is_public = _parse_visibility_from_contents(content)
+
+        yield self.store.add_room_to_summary(
+            group_id=group_id,
+            room_id=room_id,
+            category_id=category_id,
+            order=order,
+            is_public=is_public,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue({})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def delete_group_summary_room(self, group_id, requester_user_id,
+                                  room_id, category_id):
+        """Remove a room from the summary
+        """
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(
+            group_id,
+            requester_user_id,
+            and_exists=True,
+            and_is_admin=requester_user_id,
+        )
+
+        yield self.store.remove_room_from_summary(
+            group_id=group_id,
+            room_id=room_id,
+            category_id=category_id,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue({})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_group_categories(self, group_id, requester_user_id):
+        """Get all categories in a group (as seen by user)
+        """
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True)
+
+        categories = yield self.store.get_group_categories(
+            group_id=group_id,
+        )
+        defer.returnValue({"categories": categories})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_group_category(self, group_id, requester_user_id, category_id):
+        """Get a specific category in a group (as seen by user)
+        """
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True)
+
+        res = yield self.store.get_group_category(
+            group_id=group_id,
+            category_id=category_id,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue(res)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def update_group_category(self, group_id, requester_user_id, category_id, content):
+        """Add/Update a group category
+        """
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(
+            group_id,
+            requester_user_id,
+            and_exists=True,
+            and_is_admin=requester_user_id,
+        )
+
+        is_public = _parse_visibility_from_contents(content)
+        profile = content.get("profile")
+
+        yield self.store.upsert_group_category(
+            group_id=group_id,
+            category_id=category_id,
+            is_public=is_public,
+            profile=profile,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue({})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def delete_group_category(self, group_id, requester_user_id, category_id):
+        """Delete a group category
+        """
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(
+            group_id,
+            requester_user_id,
+            and_exists=True,
+            and_is_admin=requester_user_id
+        )
+
+        yield self.store.remove_group_category(
+            group_id=group_id,
+            category_id=category_id,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue({})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_group_roles(self, group_id, requester_user_id):
+        """Get all roles in a group (as seen by user)
+        """
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True)
+
+        roles = yield self.store.get_group_roles(
+            group_id=group_id,
+        )
+        defer.returnValue({"roles": roles})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_group_role(self, group_id, requester_user_id, role_id):
+        """Get a specific role in a group (as seen by user)
+        """
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True)
+
+        res = yield self.store.get_group_role(
+            group_id=group_id,
+            role_id=role_id,
+        )
+        defer.returnValue(res)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def update_group_role(self, group_id, requester_user_id, role_id, content):
+        """Add/update a role in a group
+        """
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(
+            group_id,
+            requester_user_id,
+            and_exists=True,
+            and_is_admin=requester_user_id,
+        )
+
+        is_public = _parse_visibility_from_contents(content)
+
+        profile = content.get("profile")
+
+        yield self.store.upsert_group_role(
+            group_id=group_id,
+            role_id=role_id,
+            is_public=is_public,
+            profile=profile,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue({})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def delete_group_role(self, group_id, requester_user_id, role_id):
+        """Remove role from group
+        """
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(
+            group_id,
+            requester_user_id,
+            and_exists=True,
+            and_is_admin=requester_user_id,
+        )
+
+        yield self.store.remove_group_role(
+            group_id=group_id,
+            role_id=role_id,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue({})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def update_group_summary_user(self, group_id, requester_user_id, user_id, role_id,
+                                  content):
+        """Add/update a users entry in the group summary
+        """
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True, and_is_admin=requester_user_id,
+        )
+
+        order = content.get("order", None)
+
+        is_public = _parse_visibility_from_contents(content)
+
+        yield self.store.add_user_to_summary(
+            group_id=group_id,
+            user_id=user_id,
+            role_id=role_id,
+            order=order,
+            is_public=is_public,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue({})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def delete_group_summary_user(self, group_id, requester_user_id, user_id, role_id):
+        """Remove a user from the group summary
+        """
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True, and_is_admin=requester_user_id,
+        )
+
+        yield self.store.remove_user_from_summary(
+            group_id=group_id,
+            user_id=user_id,
+            role_id=role_id,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue({})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_group_profile(self, group_id, requester_user_id):
+        """Get the group profile as seen by requester_user_id
+        """
+
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(group_id, requester_user_id)
+
+        group_description = yield self.store.get_group(group_id)
+
+        if group_description:
+            defer.returnValue(group_description)
+        else:
+            raise SynapseError(404, "Unknown group")
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def update_group_profile(self, group_id, requester_user_id, content):
+        """Update the group profile
+        """
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True, and_is_admin=requester_user_id,
+        )
+
+        profile = {}
+        for keyname in ("name", "avatar_url", "short_description",
+                        "long_description"):
+            if keyname in content:
+                value = content[keyname]
+                if not isinstance(value, basestring):
+                    raise SynapseError(400, "%r value is not a string" % (keyname,))
+                profile[keyname] = value
+
+        yield self.store.update_group_profile(group_id, profile)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_users_in_group(self, group_id, requester_user_id):
+        """Get the users in group as seen by requester_user_id.
+
+        The ordering is arbitrary at the moment
+        """
+
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True)
+
+        is_user_in_group = yield self.store.is_user_in_group(requester_user_id, group_id)
+
+        user_results = yield self.store.get_users_in_group(
+            group_id, include_private=is_user_in_group,
+        )
+
+        chunk = []
+        for user_result in user_results:
+            g_user_id = user_result["user_id"]
+            is_public = user_result["is_public"]
+            is_privileged = user_result["is_admin"]
+
+            entry = {"user_id": g_user_id}
+
+            profile = yield self.profile_handler.get_profile_from_cache(g_user_id)
+            entry.update(profile)
+
+            entry["is_public"] = bool(is_public)
+            entry["is_privileged"] = bool(is_privileged)
+
+            if not self.is_mine_id(g_user_id):
+                attestation = yield self.store.get_remote_attestation(group_id, g_user_id)
+                if not attestation:
+                    continue
+
+                entry["attestation"] = attestation
+            else:
+                entry["attestation"] = self.attestations.create_attestation(
+                    group_id, g_user_id,
+                )
+
+            chunk.append(entry)
+
+        # TODO: If admin add lists of users whose attestations have timed out
+
+        defer.returnValue({
+            "chunk": chunk,
+            "total_user_count_estimate": len(user_results),
+        })
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_invited_users_in_group(self, group_id, requester_user_id):
+        """Get the users that have been invited to a group as seen by requester_user_id.
+
+        The ordering is arbitrary at the moment
+        """
+
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True)
+
+        is_user_in_group = yield self.store.is_user_in_group(requester_user_id, group_id)
+
+        if not is_user_in_group:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "User not in group")
+
+        invited_users = yield self.store.get_invited_users_in_group(group_id)
+
+        user_profiles = []
+
+        for user_id in invited_users:
+            user_profile = {
+                "user_id": user_id
+            }
+            try:
+                profile = yield self.profile_handler.get_profile_from_cache(user_id)
+                user_profile.update(profile)
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warn("Error getting profile for %s: %s", user_id, e)
+            user_profiles.append(user_profile)
+
+        defer.returnValue({
+            "chunk": user_profiles,
+            "total_user_count_estimate": len(invited_users),
+        })
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_rooms_in_group(self, group_id, requester_user_id):
+        """Get the rooms in group as seen by requester_user_id
+
+        This returns rooms in order of decreasing number of joined users
+        """
+
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True)
+
+        is_user_in_group = yield self.store.is_user_in_group(requester_user_id, group_id)
+
+        room_results = yield self.store.get_rooms_in_group(
+            group_id, include_private=is_user_in_group,
+        )
+
+        chunk = []
+        for room_result in room_results:
+            room_id = room_result["room_id"]
+
+            joined_users = yield self.store.get_users_in_room(room_id)
+            entry = yield self.room_list_handler.generate_room_entry(
+                room_id, len(joined_users),
+                with_alias=False, allow_private=True,
+            )
+
+            if not entry:
+                continue
+
+            entry["is_public"] = bool(room_result["is_public"])
+
+            chunk.append(entry)
+
+        chunk.sort(key=lambda e: -e["num_joined_members"])
+
+        defer.returnValue({
+            "chunk": chunk,
+            "total_room_count_estimate": len(room_results),
+        })
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def add_room_to_group(self, group_id, requester_user_id, room_id, content):
+        """Add room to group
+        """
+        RoomID.from_string(room_id)  # Ensure valid room id
+
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True, and_is_admin=requester_user_id
+        )
+
+        is_public = _parse_visibility_from_contents(content)
+
+        yield self.store.add_room_to_group(group_id, room_id, is_public=is_public)
+
+        defer.returnValue({})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def update_room_in_group(self, group_id, requester_user_id, room_id, config_key,
+                             content):
+        """Update room in group
+        """
+        RoomID.from_string(room_id)  # Ensure valid room id
+
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True, and_is_admin=requester_user_id
+        )
+
+        if config_key == "m.visibility":
+            is_public = _parse_visibility_dict(content)
+
+            yield self.store.update_room_in_group_visibility(
+                group_id, room_id,
+                is_public=is_public,
+            )
+        else:
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Uknown config option")
+
+        defer.returnValue({})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def remove_room_from_group(self, group_id, requester_user_id, room_id):
+        """Remove room from group
+        """
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True, and_is_admin=requester_user_id
+        )
+
+        yield self.store.remove_room_from_group(group_id, room_id)
+
+        defer.returnValue({})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def invite_to_group(self, group_id, user_id, requester_user_id, content):
+        """Invite user to group
+        """
+
+        group = yield self.check_group_is_ours(
+            group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True, and_is_admin=requester_user_id
+        )
+
+        # TODO: Check if user knocked
+        # TODO: Check if user is already invited
+
+        content = {
+            "profile": {
+                "name": group["name"],
+                "avatar_url": group["avatar_url"],
+            },
+            "inviter": requester_user_id,
+        }
+
+        if self.hs.is_mine_id(user_id):
+            groups_local = self.hs.get_groups_local_handler()
+            res = yield groups_local.on_invite(group_id, user_id, content)
+            local_attestation = None
+        else:
+            local_attestation = self.attestations.create_attestation(group_id, user_id)
+            content.update({
+                "attestation": local_attestation,
+            })
+
+            res = yield self.transport_client.invite_to_group_notification(
+                get_domain_from_id(user_id), group_id, user_id, content
+            )
+
+            user_profile = res.get("user_profile", {})
+            yield self.store.add_remote_profile_cache(
+                user_id,
+                displayname=user_profile.get("displayname"),
+                avatar_url=user_profile.get("avatar_url"),
+            )
+
+        if res["state"] == "join":
+            if not self.hs.is_mine_id(user_id):
+                remote_attestation = res["attestation"]
+
+                yield self.attestations.verify_attestation(
+                    remote_attestation,
+                    user_id=user_id,
+                    group_id=group_id,
+                )
+            else:
+                remote_attestation = None
+
+            yield self.store.add_user_to_group(
+                group_id, user_id,
+                is_admin=False,
+                is_public=False,  # TODO
+                local_attestation=local_attestation,
+                remote_attestation=remote_attestation,
+            )
+        elif res["state"] == "invite":
+            yield self.store.add_group_invite(
+                group_id, user_id,
+            )
+            defer.returnValue({
+                "state": "invite"
+            })
+        elif res["state"] == "reject":
+            defer.returnValue({
+                "state": "reject"
+            })
+        else:
+            raise SynapseError(502, "Unknown state returned by HS")
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def accept_invite(self, group_id, requester_user_id, content):
+        """User tries to accept an invite to the group.
+
+        This is different from them asking to join, and so should error if no
+        invite exists (and they're not a member of the group)
+        """
+
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True)
+
+        is_invited = yield self.store.is_user_invited_to_local_group(
+            group_id, requester_user_id,
+        )
+        if not is_invited:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "User not invited to group")
+
+        if not self.hs.is_mine_id(requester_user_id):
+            local_attestation = self.attestations.create_attestation(
+                group_id, requester_user_id,
+            )
+            remote_attestation = content["attestation"]
+
+            yield self.attestations.verify_attestation(
+                remote_attestation,
+                user_id=requester_user_id,
+                group_id=group_id,
+            )
+        else:
+            local_attestation = None
+            remote_attestation = None
+
+        is_public = _parse_visibility_from_contents(content)
+
+        yield self.store.add_user_to_group(
+            group_id, requester_user_id,
+            is_admin=False,
+            is_public=is_public,
+            local_attestation=local_attestation,
+            remote_attestation=remote_attestation,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue({
+            "state": "join",
+            "attestation": local_attestation,
+        })
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def knock(self, group_id, requester_user_id, content):
+        """A user requests becoming a member of the group
+        """
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True)
+
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def accept_knock(self, group_id, requester_user_id, content):
+        """Accept a users knock to the room.
+
+        Errors if the user hasn't knocked, rather than inviting them.
+        """
+
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True)
+
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def remove_user_from_group(self, group_id, user_id, requester_user_id, content):
+        """Remove a user from the group; either a user is leaving or an admin
+        kicked them.
+        """
+
+        yield self.check_group_is_ours(group_id, requester_user_id, and_exists=True)
+
+        is_kick = False
+        if requester_user_id != user_id:
+            is_admin = yield self.store.is_user_admin_in_group(
+                group_id, requester_user_id
+            )
+            if not is_admin:
+                raise SynapseError(403, "User is not admin in group")
+
+            is_kick = True
+
+        yield self.store.remove_user_from_group(
+            group_id, user_id,
+        )
+
+        if is_kick:
+            if self.hs.is_mine_id(user_id):
+                groups_local = self.hs.get_groups_local_handler()
+                yield groups_local.user_removed_from_group(group_id, user_id, {})
+            else:
+                yield self.transport_client.remove_user_from_group_notification(
+                    get_domain_from_id(user_id), group_id, user_id, {}
+                )
+
+        if not self.hs.is_mine_id(user_id):
+            yield self.store.maybe_delete_remote_profile_cache(user_id)
+
+        defer.returnValue({})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def create_group(self, group_id, requester_user_id, content):
+        group = yield self.check_group_is_ours(group_id, requester_user_id)
+
+        logger.info("Attempting to create group with ID: %r", group_id)
+
+        # parsing the id into a GroupID validates it.
+        group_id_obj = GroupID.from_string(group_id)
+
+        if group:
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Group already exists")
+
+        is_admin = yield self.auth.is_server_admin(UserID.from_string(requester_user_id))
+        if not is_admin:
+            if not self.hs.config.enable_group_creation:
+                raise SynapseError(
+                    403, "Only a server admin can create groups on this server",
+                )
+            localpart = group_id_obj.localpart
+            if not localpart.startswith(self.hs.config.group_creation_prefix):
+                raise SynapseError(
+                    400,
+                    "Can only create groups with prefix %r on this server" % (
+                        self.hs.config.group_creation_prefix,
+                    ),
+                )
+
+        profile = content.get("profile", {})
+        name = profile.get("name")
+        avatar_url = profile.get("avatar_url")
+        short_description = profile.get("short_description")
+        long_description = profile.get("long_description")
+        user_profile = content.get("user_profile", {})
+
+        yield self.store.create_group(
+            group_id,
+            requester_user_id,
+            name=name,
+            avatar_url=avatar_url,
+            short_description=short_description,
+            long_description=long_description,
+        )
+
+        if not self.hs.is_mine_id(requester_user_id):
+            remote_attestation = content["attestation"]
+
+            yield self.attestations.verify_attestation(
+                remote_attestation,
+                user_id=requester_user_id,
+                group_id=group_id,
+            )
+
+            local_attestation = self.attestations.create_attestation(
+                group_id,
+                requester_user_id,
+            )
+        else:
+            local_attestation = None
+            remote_attestation = None
+
+        yield self.store.add_user_to_group(
+            group_id, requester_user_id,
+            is_admin=True,
+            is_public=True,  # TODO
+            local_attestation=local_attestation,
+            remote_attestation=remote_attestation,
+        )
+
+        if not self.hs.is_mine_id(requester_user_id):
+            yield self.store.add_remote_profile_cache(
+                requester_user_id,
+                displayname=user_profile.get("displayname"),
+                avatar_url=user_profile.get("avatar_url"),
+            )
+
+        defer.returnValue({
+            "group_id": group_id,
+        })
+
+
+def _parse_visibility_from_contents(content):
+    """Given a content for a request parse out whether the entity should be
+    public or not
+    """
+
+    visibility = content.get("m.visibility")
+    if visibility:
+        return _parse_visibility_dict(visibility)
+    else:
+        is_public = True
+
+    return is_public
+
+
+def _parse_visibility_dict(visibility):
+    """Given a dict for the "m.visibility" config return if the entity should
+    be public or not
+    """
+    vis_type = visibility.get("type")
+    if not vis_type:
+        return True
+
+    if vis_type not in ("public", "private"):
+        raise SynapseError(
+            400, "Synapse only supports 'public'/'private' visibility"
+        )
+    return vis_type == "public"
--- a/synapse/handlers/init.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/init.py
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@ from .register import RegistrationHandler
 from .room import (
    RoomCreationHandler, RoomContextHandler,
 )
-from .room_member import RoomMemberHandler
 from .message import MessageHandler
 from .federation import FederationHandler
-from .profile import ProfileHandler
 from .directory import DirectoryHandler
 from .admin import AdminHandler
 from .identity import IdentityHandler
@@ -50,9 +48,7 @@ class Handlers(object):
        self.registration_handler = RegistrationHandler(hs)
        self.message_handler = MessageHandler(hs)
        self.room_creation_handler = RoomCreationHandler(hs)
-        self.room_member_handler = RoomMemberHandler(hs)
        self.federation_handler = FederationHandler(hs)
-        self.profile_handler = ProfileHandler(hs)
        self.directory_handler = DirectoryHandler(hs)
        self.admin_handler = AdminHandler(hs)
        self.identity_handler = IdentityHandler(hs)
--- a/synapse/handlers/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/_base.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class BaseHandler(object):
                # homeserver.
                requester = synapse.types.create_requester(
                    target_user, is_guest=True)
-                handler = self.hs.get_handlers().room_member_handler
+                handler = self.hs.get_room_member_handler()
                yield handler.update_membership(
                    requester,
                    target_user,
--- a/synapse/handlers/appservice.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/appservice.py
@@ -15,14 +15,19 @@

 from twisted.internet import defer

+import synapse
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
 from synapse.util.metrics import Measure
-from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_fn, preserve_context_over_deferred
+from synapse.util.logcontext import make_deferred_yieldable, preserve_fn

 import logging

 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

+metrics = synapse.metrics.get_metrics_for(__name__)
+
+events_processed_counter = metrics.register_counter("events_processed")
+

 def log_failure(failure):
    logger.error(
@@ -70,11 +75,10 @@ class ApplicationServicesHandler(object):
        with Measure(self.clock, "notify_interested_services"):
            self.is_processing = True
            try:
-                upper_bound = self.current_max
                limit = 100
                while True:
                    upper_bound, events = yield self.store.get_new_events_for_appservice(
-                        upper_bound, limit
+                        self.current_max, limit
                    )

                    if not events:
@@ -104,10 +108,9 @@ class ApplicationServicesHandler(object):
                                service, event
                            )

-                    yield self.store.set_appservice_last_pos(upper_bound)
+                    events_processed_counter.inc_by(len(events))

-                    if len(events) < limit:
-                        break
+                    yield self.store.set_appservice_last_pos(upper_bound)
            finally:
                self.is_processing = False

@@ -163,7 +166,7 @@ class ApplicationServicesHandler(object):
    def query_3pe(self, kind, protocol, fields):
        services = yield self._get_services_for_3pn(protocol)

-        results = yield preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.DeferredList([
+        results = yield make_deferred_yieldable(defer.DeferredList([
            preserve_fn(self.appservice_api.query_3pe)(service, kind, protocol, fields)
            for service in services
        ], consumeErrors=True))
--- a/synapse/handlers/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
@@ -13,15 +13,19 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
-from twisted.internet import defer
+from twisted.internet import defer, threads

 from ._base import BaseHandler
 from synapse.api.constants import LoginType
+from synapse.api.errors import (
+    AuthError, Codes, InteractiveAuthIncompleteError, LoginError, StoreError,
+    SynapseError,
+)
+from synapse.module_api import ModuleApi
 from synapse.types import UserID
-from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, LoginError, Codes, StoreError, SynapseError
 from synapse.util.async import run_on_reactor
 from synapse.util.caches.expiringcache import ExpiringCache
+from synapse.util.logcontext import make_deferred_yieldable

 from twisted.web.client import PartialDownloadError

@@ -46,7 +50,6 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
        """
        super(AuthHandler, self).__init__(hs)
        self.checkers = {
-            LoginType.PASSWORD: self._check_password_auth,
            LoginType.RECAPTCHA: self._check_recaptcha,
            LoginType.EMAIL_IDENTITY: self._check_email_identity,
            LoginType.MSISDN: self._check_msisdn,
@@ -63,10 +66,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
            reset_expiry_on_get=True,
        )

-        account_handler = _AccountHandler(
-            hs, check_user_exists=self.check_user_exists
-        )
-
+        account_handler = ModuleApi(hs, self)
        self.password_providers = [
            module(config=config, account_handler=account_handler)
            for module, config in hs.config.password_providers
@@ -75,39 +75,120 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
        logger.info("Extra password_providers: %r", self.password_providers)

        self.hs = hs  # FIXME better possibility to access registrationHandler later?
-        self.device_handler = hs.get_device_handler()
        self.macaroon_gen = hs.get_macaroon_generator()
+        self._password_enabled = hs.config.password_enabled
+
+        # we keep this as a list despite the O(N^2) implication so that we can
+        # keep PASSWORD first and avoid confusing clients which pick the first
+        # type in the list. (NB that the spec doesn't require us to do so and
+        # clients which favour types that they don't understand over those that
+        # they do are technically broken)
+        login_types = []
+        if self._password_enabled:
+            login_types.append(LoginType.PASSWORD)
+        for provider in self.password_providers:
+            if hasattr(provider, "get_supported_login_types"):
+                for t in provider.get_supported_login_types().keys():
+                    if t not in login_types:
+                        login_types.append(t)
+        self._supported_login_types = login_types
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def validate_user_via_ui_auth(self, requester, request_body, clientip):
+        """
+        Checks that the user is who they claim to be, via a UI auth.
+
+        This is used for things like device deletion and password reset where
+        the user already has a valid access token, but we want to double-check
+        that it isn't stolen by re-authenticating them.
+
+        Args:
+            requester (Requester): The user, as given by the access token
+
+            request_body (dict): The body of the request sent by the client
+
+            clientip (str): The IP address of the client.
+
+        Returns:
+            defer.Deferred[dict]: the parameters for this request (which may
+                have been given only in a previous call).
+
+        Raises:
+            InteractiveAuthIncompleteError if the client has not yet completed
+                any of the permitted login flows
+
+            AuthError if the client has completed a login flow, and it gives
+                a different user to `requester`
+        """
+
+        # build a list of supported flows
+        flows = [
+            [login_type] for login_type in self._supported_login_types
+        ]
+
+        result, params, _ = yield self.check_auth(
+            flows, request_body, clientip,
+        )
+
+        # find the completed login type
+        for login_type in self._supported_login_types:
+            if login_type not in result:
+                continue
+
+            user_id = result[login_type]
+            break
+        else:
+            # this can't happen
+            raise Exception(
+                "check_auth returned True but no successful login type",
+            )
+
+        # check that the UI auth matched the access token
+        if user_id != requester.user.to_string():
+            raise AuthError(403, "Invalid auth")
+
+        defer.returnValue(params)

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def check_auth(self, flows, clientdict, clientip):
        """
        Takes a dictionary sent by the client in the login / registration
-        protocol and handles the login flow.
+        protocol and handles the User-Interactive Auth flow.

        As a side effect, this function fills in the 'creds' key on the user's
        session with a map, which maps each auth-type (str) to the relevant
        identity authenticated by that auth-type (mostly str, but for captcha, bool).

+        If no auth flows have been completed successfully, raises an
+        InteractiveAuthIncompleteError. To handle this, you can use
+        synapse.rest.client.v2_alpha._base.interactive_auth_handler as a
+        decorator.
+
        Args:
            flows (list): A list of login flows. Each flow is an ordered list of
                          strings representing auth-types. At least one full
                          flow must be completed in order for auth to be successful.
+
            clientdict: The dictionary from the client root level, not the
                        'auth' key: this method prompts for auth if none is sent.
+
            clientip (str): The IP address of the client.
+
        Returns:
-            A tuple of (authed, dict, dict, session_id) where authed is true if
-            the client has successfully completed an auth flow. If it is true
-            the first dict contains the authenticated credentials of each stage.
+            defer.Deferred[dict, dict, str]: a deferred tuple of
+                (creds, params, session_id).

-            If authed is false, the first dictionary is the server response to
-            the login request and should be passed back to the client.
+                'creds' contains the authenticated credentials of each stage.

-            In either case, the second dict contains the parameters for this
-            request (which may have been given only in a previous call).
+                'params' contains the parameters for this request (which may
+                have been given only in a previous call).

-            session_id is the ID of this session, either passed in by the client
-            or assigned by the call to check_auth
+                'session_id' is the ID of this session, either passed in by the
+                client or assigned by this call
+
+        Raises:
+            InteractiveAuthIncompleteError if the client has not yet completed
+                all the stages in any of the permitted flows.
        """

        authdict = None
@@ -135,11 +216,8 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
            clientdict = session['clientdict']

        if not authdict:
-            defer.returnValue(
-                (
-                    False, self._auth_dict_for_flows(flows, session),
-                    clientdict, session['id']
-                )
+            raise InteractiveAuthIncompleteError(
+                self._auth_dict_for_flows(flows, session),
            )

        if 'creds' not in session:
@@ -150,14 +228,12 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
        errordict = {}
        if 'type' in authdict:
            login_type = authdict['type']
-            if login_type not in self.checkers:
-                raise LoginError(400, "", Codes.UNRECOGNIZED)
            try:
-                result = yield self.checkers[login_type](authdict, clientip)
+                result = yield self._check_auth_dict(authdict, clientip)
                if result:
                    creds[login_type] = result
                    self._save_session(session)
-            except LoginError, e:
+            except LoginError as e:
                if login_type == LoginType.EMAIL_IDENTITY:
                    # riot used to have a bug where it would request a new
                    # validation token (thus sending a new email) each time it
@@ -166,7 +242,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
                    #
                    # Grandfather in the old behaviour for now to avoid
                    # breaking old riot deployments.
-                    raise e
+                    raise

                # this step failed. Merge the error dict into the response
                # so that the client can have another go.
@@ -183,12 +259,14 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
                    "Auth completed with creds: %r. Client dict has keys: %r",
                    creds, clientdict.keys()
                )
-                defer.returnValue((True, creds, clientdict, session['id']))
+                defer.returnValue((creds, clientdict, session['id']))

        ret = self._auth_dict_for_flows(flows, session)
        ret['completed'] = creds.keys()
        ret.update(errordict)
-        defer.returnValue((False, ret, clientdict, session['id']))
+        raise InteractiveAuthIncompleteError(
+            ret,
+        )

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def add_oob_auth(self, stagetype, authdict, clientip):
@@ -260,16 +338,37 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
        sess = self._get_session_info(session_id)
        return sess.setdefault('serverdict', {}).get(key, default)

-    def _check_password_auth(self, authdict, _):
-        if "user" not in authdict or "password" not in authdict:
-            raise LoginError(400, "", Codes.MISSING_PARAM)
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _check_auth_dict(self, authdict, clientip):
+        """Attempt to validate the auth dict provided by a client

-        user_id = authdict["user"]
-        password = authdict["password"]
-        if not user_id.startswith('@'):
-            user_id = UserID.create(user_id, self.hs.hostname).to_string()
+        Args:
+            authdict (object): auth dict provided by the client
+            clientip (str): IP address of the client

-        return self._check_password(user_id, password)
+        Returns:
+            Deferred: result of the stage verification.
+
+        Raises:
+            StoreError if there was a problem accessing the database
+            SynapseError if there was a problem with the request
+            LoginError if there was an authentication problem.
+        """
+        login_type = authdict['type']
+        checker = self.checkers.get(login_type)
+        if checker is not None:
+            res = yield checker(authdict, clientip)
+            defer.returnValue(res)
+
+        # build a v1-login-style dict out of the authdict and fall back to the
+        # v1 code
+        user_id = authdict.get("user")
+
+        if user_id is None:
+            raise SynapseError(400, "", Codes.MISSING_PARAM)
+
+        (canonical_id, callback) = yield self.validate_login(user_id, authdict)
+        defer.returnValue(canonical_id)

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def _check_recaptcha(self, authdict, clientip):
@@ -398,26 +497,8 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):

        return self.sessions[session_id]

-    def validate_password_login(self, user_id, password):
-        """
-        Authenticates the user with their username and password.
-
-        Used only by the v1 login API.
-
-        Args:
-            user_id (str): complete @user:id
-            password (str): Password
-        Returns:
-            defer.Deferred: (str) canonical user id
-        Raises:
-            StoreError if there was a problem accessing the database
-            LoginError if there was an authentication problem.
-        """
-        return self._check_password(user_id, password)
-
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def get_access_token_for_user_id(self, user_id, device_id=None,
-                                     initial_display_name=None):
+    def get_access_token_for_user_id(self, user_id, device_id=None):
        """
        Creates a new access token for the user with the given user ID.

@@ -431,13 +512,10 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
            device_id (str|None): the device ID to associate with the tokens.
               None to leave the tokens unassociated with a device (deprecated:
               we should always have a device ID)
-            initial_display_name (str): display name to associate with the
-               device if it needs re-registering
        Returns:
              The access token for the user's session.
        Raises:
            StoreError if there was a problem storing the token.
-            LoginError if there was an authentication problem.
        """
        logger.info("Logging in user %s on device %s", user_id, device_id)
        access_token = yield self.issue_access_token(user_id, device_id)
@@ -447,9 +525,11 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
        # really don't want is active access_tokens without a record of the
        # device, so we double-check it here.
        if device_id is not None:
-            yield self.device_handler.check_device_registered(
-                user_id, device_id, initial_display_name
-            )
+            try:
+                yield self.store.get_device(user_id, device_id)
+            except StoreError:
+                yield self.store.delete_access_token(access_token)
+                raise StoreError(400, "Login raced against device deletion")

        defer.returnValue(access_token)

@@ -501,29 +581,115 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
            )
        defer.returnValue(result)

-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def _check_password(self, user_id, password):
-        """Authenticate a user against the LDAP and local databases.
+    def get_supported_login_types(self):
+        """Get a the login types supported for the /login API

-        user_id is checked case insensitively against the local database, but
-        will throw if there are multiple inexact matches.
+        By default this is just 'm.login.password' (unless password_enabled is
+        False in the config file), but password auth providers can provide
+        other login types.
+
+        Returns:
+            Iterable[str]: login types
+        """
+        return self._supported_login_types
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def validate_login(self, username, login_submission):
+        """Authenticates the user for the /login API
+
+        Also used by the user-interactive auth flow to validate
+        m.login.password auth types.

        Args:
-            user_id (str): complete @user:id
+            username (str): username supplied by the user
+            login_submission (dict): the whole of the login submission
+                (including 'type' and other relevant fields)
        Returns:
-            (str) the canonical_user_id
+            Deferred[str, func]: canonical user id, and optional callback
+                to be called once the access token and device id are issued
        Raises:
-            LoginError if login fails
+            StoreError if there was a problem accessing the database
+            SynapseError if there was a problem with the request
+            LoginError if there was an authentication problem.
        """
+
+        if username.startswith('@'):
+            qualified_user_id = username
+        else:
+            qualified_user_id = UserID(
+                username, self.hs.hostname
+            ).to_string()
+
+        login_type = login_submission.get("type")
+        known_login_type = False
+
+        # special case to check for "password" for the check_password interface
+        # for the auth providers
+        password = login_submission.get("password")
+        if login_type == LoginType.PASSWORD:
+            if not self._password_enabled:
+                raise SynapseError(400, "Password login has been disabled.")
+            if not password:
+                raise SynapseError(400, "Missing parameter: password")
+
        for provider in self.password_providers:
-            is_valid = yield provider.check_password(user_id, password)
-            if is_valid:
-                defer.returnValue(user_id)
+            if (hasattr(provider, "check_password")
+                    and login_type == LoginType.PASSWORD):
+                known_login_type = True
+                is_valid = yield provider.check_password(
+                    qualified_user_id, password,
+                )
+                if is_valid:
+                    defer.returnValue((qualified_user_id, None))

-        canonical_user_id = yield self._check_local_password(user_id, password)
+            if (not hasattr(provider, "get_supported_login_types")
+                    or not hasattr(provider, "check_auth")):
+                # this password provider doesn't understand custom login types
+                continue

-        if canonical_user_id:
-            defer.returnValue(canonical_user_id)
+            supported_login_types = provider.get_supported_login_types()
+            if login_type not in supported_login_types:
+                # this password provider doesn't understand this login type
+                continue
+
+            known_login_type = True
+            login_fields = supported_login_types[login_type]
+
+            missing_fields = []
+            login_dict = {}
+            for f in login_fields:
+                if f not in login_submission:
+                    missing_fields.append(f)
+                else:
+                    login_dict[f] = login_submission[f]
+            if missing_fields:
+                raise SynapseError(
+                    400, "Missing parameters for login type %s: %s" % (
+                        login_type,
+                        missing_fields,
+                    ),
+                )
+
+            result = yield provider.check_auth(
+                username, login_type, login_dict,
+            )
+            if result:
+                if isinstance(result, str):
+                    result = (result, None)
+                defer.returnValue(result)
+
+        if login_type == LoginType.PASSWORD:
+            known_login_type = True
+
+            canonical_user_id = yield self._check_local_password(
+                qualified_user_id, password,
+            )
+
+            if canonical_user_id:
+                defer.returnValue((canonical_user_id, None))
+
+        if not known_login_type:
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Unknown login type %s" % login_type)

        # unknown username or invalid password. We raise a 403 here, but note
        # that if we're doing user-interactive login, it turns all LoginErrors
@@ -549,7 +715,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
        if not lookupres:
            defer.returnValue(None)
        (user_id, password_hash) = lookupres
-        result = self.validate_hash(password, password_hash)
+        result = yield self.validate_hash(password, password_hash)
        if not result:
            logger.warn("Failed password login for user %s", user_id)
            defer.returnValue(None)
@@ -573,22 +739,65 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
            raise AuthError(403, "Invalid token", errcode=Codes.FORBIDDEN)

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def set_password(self, user_id, newpassword, requester=None):
-        password_hash = self.hash(newpassword)
+    def delete_access_token(self, access_token):
+        """Invalidate a single access token

-        except_access_token_id = requester.access_token_id if requester else None
+        Args:
+            access_token (str): access token to be deleted

-        try:
-            yield self.store.user_set_password_hash(user_id, password_hash)
-        except StoreError as e:
-            if e.code == 404:
-                raise SynapseError(404, "Unknown user", Codes.NOT_FOUND)
-            raise e
-        yield self.store.user_delete_access_tokens(
-            user_id, except_access_token_id
+        Returns:
+            Deferred
+        """
+        user_info = yield self.auth.get_user_by_access_token(access_token)
+        yield self.store.delete_access_token(access_token)
+
+        # see if any of our auth providers want to know about this
+        for provider in self.password_providers:
+            if hasattr(provider, "on_logged_out"):
+                yield provider.on_logged_out(
+                    user_id=str(user_info["user"]),
+                    device_id=user_info["device_id"],
+                    access_token=access_token,
+                )
+
+        # delete pushers associated with this access token
+        if user_info["token_id"] is not None:
+            yield self.hs.get_pusherpool().remove_pushers_by_access_token(
+                str(user_info["user"]), (user_info["token_id"], )
+            )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def delete_access_tokens_for_user(self, user_id, except_token_id=None,
+                                      device_id=None):
+        """Invalidate access tokens belonging to a user
+
+        Args:
+            user_id (str):  ID of user the tokens belong to
+            except_token_id (str|None): access_token ID which should *not* be
+                deleted
+            device_id (str|None):  ID of device the tokens are associated with.
+                If None, tokens associated with any device (or no device) will
+                be deleted
+        Returns:
+            Deferred
+        """
+        tokens_and_devices = yield self.store.user_delete_access_tokens(
+            user_id, except_token_id=except_token_id, device_id=device_id,
        )
-        yield self.hs.get_pusherpool().remove_pushers_by_user(
-            user_id, except_access_token_id
+
+        # see if any of our auth providers want to know about this
+        for provider in self.password_providers:
+            if hasattr(provider, "on_logged_out"):
+                for token, token_id, device_id in tokens_and_devices:
+                    yield provider.on_logged_out(
+                        user_id=user_id,
+                        device_id=device_id,
+                        access_token=token,
+                    )
+
+        # delete pushers associated with the access tokens
+        yield self.hs.get_pusherpool().remove_pushers_by_access_token(
+            user_id, (token_id for _, token_id, _ in tokens_and_devices),
        )

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
@@ -634,10 +843,13 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
            password (str): Password to hash.

        Returns:
-            Hashed password (str).
+            Deferred(str): Hashed password.
        """
-        return bcrypt.hashpw(password.encode('utf8') + self.hs.config.password_pepper,
-                             bcrypt.gensalt(self.bcrypt_rounds))
+        def _do_hash():
+            return bcrypt.hashpw(password.encode('utf8') + self.hs.config.password_pepper,
+                                 bcrypt.gensalt(self.bcrypt_rounds))
+
+        return make_deferred_yieldable(threads.deferToThread(_do_hash))

    def validate_hash(self, password, stored_hash):
        """Validates that self.hash(password) == stored_hash.
@@ -647,13 +859,19 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
            stored_hash (str): Expected hash value.

        Returns:
-            Whether self.hash(password) == stored_hash (bool).
+            Deferred(bool): Whether self.hash(password) == stored_hash.
        """
+
+        def _do_validate_hash():
+            return bcrypt.checkpw(
+                password.encode('utf8') + self.hs.config.password_pepper,
+                stored_hash.encode('utf8')
+            )
+
        if stored_hash:
-            return bcrypt.hashpw(password.encode('utf8') + self.hs.config.password_pepper,
-                                 stored_hash.encode('utf8')) == stored_hash
+            return make_deferred_yieldable(threads.deferToThread(_do_validate_hash))
        else:
-            return False
+            return defer.succeed(False)


 class MacaroonGeneartor(object):
@@ -696,30 +914,3 @@ class MacaroonGeneartor(object):
        macaroon.add_first_party_caveat("gen = 1")
        macaroon.add_first_party_caveat("user_id = %s" % (user_id,))
        return macaroon
-
-
-class _AccountHandler(object):
-    """A proxy object that gets passed to password auth providers so they
-    can register new users etc if necessary.
-    """
-    def __init__(self, hs, check_user_exists):
-        self.hs = hs
-
-        self._check_user_exists = check_user_exists
-
-    def check_user_exists(self, user_id):
-        """Check if user exissts.
-
-        Returns:
-            Deferred(bool)
-        """
-        return self._check_user_exists(user_id)
-
-    def register(self, localpart):
-        """Registers a new user with given localpart
-
-        Returns:
-            Deferred: a 2-tuple of (user_id, access_token)
-        """
-        reg = self.hs.get_handlers().registration_handler
-        return reg.register(localpart=localpart)
--- a/synapse/handlers/deactivate_account.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/deactivate_account.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+from twisted.internet import defer
+
+from ._base import BaseHandler
+
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class DeactivateAccountHandler(BaseHandler):
+    """Handler which deals with deactivating user accounts."""
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        super(DeactivateAccountHandler, self).__init__(hs)
+        self._auth_handler = hs.get_auth_handler()
+        self._device_handler = hs.get_device_handler()
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def deactivate_account(self, user_id):
+        """Deactivate a user's account
+
+        Args:
+            user_id (str): ID of user to be deactivated
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred
+        """
+        # FIXME: Theoretically there is a race here wherein user resets
+        # password using threepid.
+
+        # first delete any devices belonging to the user, which will also
+        # delete corresponding access tokens.
+        yield self._device_handler.delete_all_devices_for_user(user_id)
+        # then delete any remaining access tokens which weren't associated with
+        # a device.
+        yield self._auth_handler.delete_access_tokens_for_user(user_id)
+
+        yield self.store.user_delete_threepids(user_id)
+        yield self.store.user_set_password_hash(user_id, None)
--- a/synapse/handlers/device.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/device.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 from synapse.api import errors
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
+from synapse.api.errors import FederationDeniedError
 from synapse.util import stringutils
 from synapse.util.async import Linearizer
 from synapse.util.caches.expiringcache import ExpiringCache
@@ -34,15 +35,17 @@ class DeviceHandler(BaseHandler):

        self.hs = hs
        self.state = hs.get_state_handler()
+        self._auth_handler = hs.get_auth_handler()
        self.federation_sender = hs.get_federation_sender()
-        self.federation = hs.get_replication_layer()

        self._edu_updater = DeviceListEduUpdater(hs, self)

-        self.federation.register_edu_handler(
+        federation_registry = hs.get_federation_registry()
+
+        federation_registry.register_edu_handler(
            "m.device_list_update", self._edu_updater.incoming_device_list_update,
        )
-        self.federation.register_query_handler(
+        federation_registry.register_query_handler(
            "user_devices", self.on_federation_query_user_devices,
        )

@@ -152,16 +155,15 @@ class DeviceHandler(BaseHandler):

        try:
            yield self.store.delete_device(user_id, device_id)
-        except errors.StoreError, e:
+        except errors.StoreError as e:
            if e.code == 404:
                # no match
                pass
            else:
                raise

-        yield self.store.user_delete_access_tokens(
+        yield self._auth_handler.delete_access_tokens_for_user(
            user_id, device_id=device_id,
-            delete_refresh_tokens=True,
        )

        yield self.store.delete_e2e_keys_by_device(
@@ -170,13 +172,31 @@ class DeviceHandler(BaseHandler):

        yield self.notify_device_update(user_id, [device_id])

+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def delete_all_devices_for_user(self, user_id, except_device_id=None):
+        """Delete all of the user's devices
+
+        Args:
+            user_id (str):
+            except_device_id (str|None): optional device id which should not
+                be deleted
+
+        Returns:
+            defer.Deferred:
+        """
+        device_map = yield self.store.get_devices_by_user(user_id)
+        device_ids = device_map.keys()
+        if except_device_id is not None:
+            device_ids = [d for d in device_ids if d != except_device_id]
+        yield self.delete_devices(user_id, device_ids)
+
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def delete_devices(self, user_id, device_ids):
        """ Delete several devices

        Args:
            user_id (str):
-            device_ids (str): The list of device IDs to delete
+            device_ids (List[str]): The list of device IDs to delete

        Returns:
            defer.Deferred:
@@ -184,7 +204,7 @@ class DeviceHandler(BaseHandler):

        try:
            yield self.store.delete_devices(user_id, device_ids)
-        except errors.StoreError, e:
+        except errors.StoreError as e:
            if e.code == 404:
                # no match
                pass
@@ -194,9 +214,8 @@ class DeviceHandler(BaseHandler):
        # Delete access tokens and e2e keys for each device. Not optimised as it is not
        # considered as part of a critical path.
        for device_id in device_ids:
-            yield self.store.user_delete_access_tokens(
+            yield self._auth_handler.delete_access_tokens_for_user(
                user_id, device_id=device_id,
-                delete_refresh_tokens=True,
            )
            yield self.store.delete_e2e_keys_by_device(
                user_id=user_id, device_id=device_id
@@ -224,7 +243,7 @@ class DeviceHandler(BaseHandler):
                new_display_name=content.get("display_name")
            )
            yield self.notify_device_update(user_id, [device_id])
-        except errors.StoreError, e:
+        except errors.StoreError as e:
            if e.code == 404:
                raise errors.NotFoundError()
            else:
@@ -270,6 +289,8 @@ class DeviceHandler(BaseHandler):
            user_id (str)
            from_token (StreamToken)
        """
+        now_token = yield self.hs.get_event_sources().get_current_token()
+
        room_ids = yield self.store.get_rooms_for_user(user_id)

        # First we check if any devices have changed
@@ -280,11 +301,30 @@ class DeviceHandler(BaseHandler):
        # Then work out if any users have since joined
        rooms_changed = self.store.get_rooms_that_changed(room_ids, from_token.room_key)

+        member_events = yield self.store.get_membership_changes_for_user(
+            user_id, from_token.room_key, now_token.room_key
+        )
+        rooms_changed.update(event.room_id for event in member_events)
+
        stream_ordering = RoomStreamToken.parse_stream_token(
-            from_token.room_key).stream
+            from_token.room_key
+        ).stream

        possibly_changed = set(changed)
+        possibly_left = set()
        for room_id in rooms_changed:
+            current_state_ids = yield self.store.get_current_state_ids(room_id)
+
+            # The user may have left the room
+            # TODO: Check if they actually did or if we were just invited.
+            if room_id not in room_ids:
+                for key, event_id in current_state_ids.iteritems():
+                    etype, state_key = key
+                    if etype != EventTypes.Member:
+                        continue
+                    possibly_left.add(state_key)
+                continue
+
            # Fetch the current state at the time.
            try:
                event_ids = yield self.store.get_forward_extremeties_for_room(
@@ -295,8 +335,6 @@ class DeviceHandler(BaseHandler):
                # ordering: treat it the same as a new room
                event_ids = []

-            current_state_ids = yield self.store.get_current_state_ids(room_id)
-
            # special-case for an empty prev state: include all members
            # in the changed list
            if not event_ids:
@@ -307,9 +345,25 @@ class DeviceHandler(BaseHandler):
                    possibly_changed.add(state_key)
                continue

+            current_member_id = current_state_ids.get((EventTypes.Member, user_id))
+            if not current_member_id:
+                continue
+
            # mapping from event_id -> state_dict
            prev_state_ids = yield self.store.get_state_ids_for_events(event_ids)

+            # Check if we've joined the room? If so we just blindly add all the users to
+            # the "possibly changed" users.
+            for state_dict in prev_state_ids.itervalues():
+                member_event = state_dict.get((EventTypes.Member, user_id), None)
+                if not member_event or member_event != current_member_id:
+                    for key, event_id in current_state_ids.iteritems():
+                        etype, state_key = key
+                        if etype != EventTypes.Member:
+                            continue
+                        possibly_changed.add(state_key)
+                    break
+
            # If there has been any change in membership, include them in the
            # possibly changed list. We'll check if they are joined below,
            # and we're not toooo worried about spuriously adding users.
@@ -320,19 +374,30 @@ class DeviceHandler(BaseHandler):

                # check if this member has changed since any of the extremities
                # at the stream_ordering, and add them to the list if so.
-                for state_dict in prev_state_ids.values():
+                for state_dict in prev_state_ids.itervalues():
                    prev_event_id = state_dict.get(key, None)
                    if not prev_event_id or prev_event_id != event_id:
-                        possibly_changed.add(state_key)
+                        if state_key != user_id:
+                            possibly_changed.add(state_key)
                        break

-        users_who_share_room = yield self.store.get_users_who_share_room_with_user(
-            user_id
-        )
+        if possibly_changed or possibly_left:
+            users_who_share_room = yield self.store.get_users_who_share_room_with_user(
+                user_id
+            )

-        # Take the intersection of the users whose devices may have changed
-        # and those that actually still share a room with the user
-        defer.returnValue(users_who_share_room & possibly_changed)
+            # Take the intersection of the users whose devices may have changed
+            # and those that actually still share a room with the user
+            possibly_joined = possibly_changed & users_who_share_room
+            possibly_left = (possibly_changed | possibly_left) - users_who_share_room
+        else:
+            possibly_joined = []
+            possibly_left = []
+
+        defer.returnValue({
+            "changed": list(possibly_joined),
+            "left": list(possibly_left),
+        })

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def on_federation_query_user_devices(self, user_id):
@@ -366,7 +431,7 @@ class DeviceListEduUpdater(object):

    def __init__(self, hs, device_handler):
        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
-        self.federation = hs.get_replication_layer()
+        self.federation = hs.get_federation_client()
        self.clock = hs.get_clock()
        self.device_handler = device_handler

@@ -450,6 +515,9 @@ class DeviceListEduUpdater(object):
                    # This makes it more likely that the device lists will
                    # eventually become consistent.
                    return
+                except FederationDeniedError as e:
+                    logger.info(e)
+                    return
                except Exception:
                    # TODO: Remember that we are now out of sync and try again
                    # later
--- a/synapse/handlers/devicemessage.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/devicemessage.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ import logging

 from twisted.internet import defer

-from synapse.types import get_domain_from_id
+from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
+from synapse.types import get_domain_from_id, UserID
 from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string


@@ -33,10 +34,10 @@ class DeviceMessageHandler(object):
        """
        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
        self.notifier = hs.get_notifier()
-        self.is_mine_id = hs.is_mine_id
+        self.is_mine = hs.is_mine
        self.federation = hs.get_federation_sender()

-        hs.get_replication_layer().register_edu_handler(
+        hs.get_federation_registry().register_edu_handler(
            "m.direct_to_device", self.on_direct_to_device_edu
        )

@@ -52,6 +53,12 @@ class DeviceMessageHandler(object):
        message_type = content["type"]
        message_id = content["message_id"]
        for user_id, by_device in content["messages"].items():
+            # we use UserID.from_string to catch invalid user ids
+            if not self.is_mine(UserID.from_string(user_id)):
+                logger.warning("Request for keys for non-local user %s",
+                               user_id)
+                raise SynapseError(400, "Not a user here")
+
            messages_by_device = {
                device_id: {
                    "content": message_content,
@@ -77,7 +84,8 @@ class DeviceMessageHandler(object):
        local_messages = {}
        remote_messages = {}
        for user_id, by_device in messages.items():
-            if self.is_mine_id(user_id):
+            # we use UserID.from_string to catch invalid user ids
+            if self.is_mine(UserID.from_string(user_id)):
                messages_by_device = {
                    device_id: {
                        "content": message_content,
--- a/synapse/handlers/directory.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/directory.py
@@ -34,12 +34,15 @@ class DirectoryHandler(BaseHandler):

        self.state = hs.get_state_handler()
        self.appservice_handler = hs.get_application_service_handler()
+        self.event_creation_handler = hs.get_event_creation_handler()

-        self.federation = hs.get_replication_layer()
-        self.federation.register_query_handler(
+        self.federation = hs.get_federation_client()
+        hs.get_federation_registry().register_query_handler(
            "directory", self.on_directory_query
        )

+        self.spam_checker = hs.get_spam_checker()
+
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def _create_association(self, room_alias, room_id, servers=None, creator=None):
        # general association creation for both human users and app services
@@ -73,6 +76,11 @@ class DirectoryHandler(BaseHandler):
        # association creation for human users
        # TODO(erikj): Do user auth.

+        if not self.spam_checker.user_may_create_room_alias(user_id, room_alias):
+            raise SynapseError(
+                403, "This user is not permitted to create this alias",
+            )
+
        can_create = yield self.can_modify_alias(
            room_alias,
            user_id=user_id
@@ -242,8 +250,7 @@ class DirectoryHandler(BaseHandler):
    def send_room_alias_update_event(self, requester, user_id, room_id):
        aliases = yield self.store.get_aliases_for_room(room_id)

-        msg_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().message_handler
-        yield msg_handler.create_and_send_nonmember_event(
+        yield self.event_creation_handler.create_and_send_nonmember_event(
            requester,
            {
                "type": EventTypes.Aliases,
@@ -265,8 +272,7 @@ class DirectoryHandler(BaseHandler):
        if not alias_event or alias_event.content.get("alias", "") != alias_str:
            return

-        msg_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().message_handler
-        yield msg_handler.create_and_send_nonmember_event(
+        yield self.event_creation_handler.create_and_send_nonmember_event(
            requester,
            {
                "type": EventTypes.CanonicalAlias,
@@ -327,6 +333,14 @@ class DirectoryHandler(BaseHandler):
        room_id (str)
        visibility (str): "public" or "private"
        """
+        if not self.spam_checker.user_may_publish_room(
+            requester.user.to_string(), room_id
+        ):
+            raise AuthError(
+                403,
+                "This user is not permitted to publish rooms to the room list"
+            )
+
        if requester.is_guest:
            raise AuthError(403, "Guests cannot edit the published room list")

--- a/synapse/handlers/e2e_keys.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/e2e_keys.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2018 New Vector Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,14 +14,16 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.

-import ujson as json
+import simplejson as json
 import logging

 from canonicaljson import encode_canonical_json
 from twisted.internet import defer

-from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError, CodeMessageException
-from synapse.types import get_domain_from_id
+from synapse.api.errors import (
+    SynapseError, CodeMessageException, FederationDeniedError,
+)
+from synapse.types import get_domain_from_id, UserID
 from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_fn, make_deferred_yieldable
 from synapse.util.retryutils import NotRetryingDestination

@@ -30,15 +33,15 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class E2eKeysHandler(object):
    def __init__(self, hs):
        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
-        self.federation = hs.get_replication_layer()
+        self.federation = hs.get_federation_client()
        self.device_handler = hs.get_device_handler()
-        self.is_mine_id = hs.is_mine_id
+        self.is_mine = hs.is_mine
        self.clock = hs.get_clock()

        # doesn't really work as part of the generic query API, because the
        # query request requires an object POST, but we abuse the
        # "query handler" interface.
-        self.federation.register_query_handler(
+        hs.get_federation_registry().register_query_handler(
            "client_keys", self.on_federation_query_client_keys
        )

@@ -70,7 +73,8 @@ class E2eKeysHandler(object):
        remote_queries = {}

        for user_id, device_ids in device_keys_query.items():
-            if self.is_mine_id(user_id):
+            # we use UserID.from_string to catch invalid user ids
+            if self.is_mine(UserID.from_string(user_id)):
                local_query[user_id] = device_ids
            else:
                remote_queries[user_id] = device_ids
@@ -131,19 +135,8 @@ class E2eKeysHandler(object):
                    if user_id in destination_query:
                        results[user_id] = keys

-            except CodeMessageException as e:
-                failures[destination] = {
-                    "status": e.code, "message": e.message
-                }
-            except NotRetryingDestination as e:
-                failures[destination] = {
-                    "status": 503, "message": "Not ready for retry",
-                }
            except Exception as e:
-                # include ConnectionRefused and other errors
-                failures[destination] = {
-                    "status": 503, "message": e.message
-                }
+                failures[destination] = _exception_to_failure(e)

        yield make_deferred_yieldable(defer.gatherResults([
            preserve_fn(do_remote_query)(destination)
@@ -170,7 +163,8 @@ class E2eKeysHandler(object):

        result_dict = {}
        for user_id, device_ids in query.items():
-            if not self.is_mine_id(user_id):
+            # we use UserID.from_string to catch invalid user ids
+            if not self.is_mine(UserID.from_string(user_id)):
                logger.warning("Request for keys for non-local user %s",
                               user_id)
                raise SynapseError(400, "Not a user here")
@@ -213,7 +207,8 @@ class E2eKeysHandler(object):
        remote_queries = {}

        for user_id, device_keys in query.get("one_time_keys", {}).items():
-            if self.is_mine_id(user_id):
+            # we use UserID.from_string to catch invalid user ids
+            if self.is_mine(UserID.from_string(user_id)):
                for device_id, algorithm in device_keys.items():
                    local_query.append((user_id, device_id, algorithm))
            else:
@@ -243,19 +238,8 @@ class E2eKeysHandler(object):
                for user_id, keys in remote_result["one_time_keys"].items():
                    if user_id in device_keys:
                        json_result[user_id] = keys
-            except CodeMessageException as e:
-                failures[destination] = {
-                    "status": e.code, "message": e.message
-                }
-            except NotRetryingDestination as e:
-                failures[destination] = {
-                    "status": 503, "message": "Not ready for retry",
-                }
            except Exception as e:
-                # include ConnectionRefused and other errors
-                failures[destination] = {
-                    "status": 503, "message": e.message
-                }
+                failures[destination] = _exception_to_failure(e)

        yield make_deferred_yieldable(defer.gatherResults([
            preserve_fn(claim_client_keys)(destination)
@@ -353,6 +337,31 @@ class E2eKeysHandler(object):
        )


+def _exception_to_failure(e):
+    if isinstance(e, CodeMessageException):
+        return {
+            "status": e.code, "message": e.message,
+        }
+
+    if isinstance(e, NotRetryingDestination):
+        return {
+            "status": 503, "message": "Not ready for retry",
+        }
+
+    if isinstance(e, FederationDeniedError):
+        return {
+            "status": 403, "message": "Federation Denied",
+        }
+
+    # include ConnectionRefused and other errors
+    #
+    # Note that some Exceptions (notably twisted's ResponseFailed etc) don't
+    # give a string for e.message, which simplejson then fails to serialize.
+    return {
+        "status": 503, "message": str(e.message),
+    }
+
+
 def _one_time_keys_match(old_key_json, new_key):
    old_key = json.loads(old_key_json)

--- a/synapse/handlers/federation.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/federation.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2018 New Vector Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.

 """Contains handlers for federation events."""
-import synapse.util.logcontext
 from signedjson.key import decode_verify_key_bytes
 from signedjson.sign import verify_signed_json
 from unpaddedbase64 import decode_base64
@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@ from ._base import BaseHandler

 from synapse.api.errors import (
    AuthError, FederationError, StoreError, CodeMessageException, SynapseError,
+    FederationDeniedError,
 )
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership, RejectedReason
 from synapse.events.validator import EventValidator
-from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError
-from synapse.util.logcontext import (
-    preserve_fn, preserve_context_over_deferred
-)
+from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError, logcontext
 from synapse.util.metrics import measure_func
 from synapse.util.logutils import log_function
 from synapse.util.async import run_on_reactor, Linearizer
@@ -70,15 +68,15 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
        self.hs = hs

        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
-        self.replication_layer = hs.get_replication_layer()
+        self.replication_layer = hs.get_federation_client()
        self.state_handler = hs.get_state_handler()
        self.server_name = hs.hostname
        self.keyring = hs.get_keyring()
        self.action_generator = hs.get_action_generator()
        self.is_mine_id = hs.is_mine_id
        self.pusher_pool = hs.get_pusherpool()
-
-        self.replication_layer.set_handler(self)
+        self.spam_checker = hs.get_spam_checker()
+        self.event_creation_handler = hs.get_event_creation_handler()

        # When joining a room we need to queue any events for that room up
        self.room_queues = {}
@@ -125,6 +123,28 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
            self.room_queues[pdu.room_id].append((pdu, origin))
            return

+        # If we're no longer in the room just ditch the event entirely. This
+        # is probably an old server that has come back and thinks we're still
+        # in the room (or we've been rejoined to the room by a state reset).
+        #
+        # If we were never in the room then maybe our database got vaped and
+        # we should check if we *are* in fact in the room. If we are then we
+        # can magically rejoin the room.
+        is_in_room = yield self.auth.check_host_in_room(
+            pdu.room_id,
+            self.server_name
+        )
+        if not is_in_room:
+            was_in_room = yield self.store.was_host_joined(
+                pdu.room_id, self.server_name,
+            )
+            if was_in_room:
+                logger.info(
+                    "Ignoring PDU %s for room %s from %s as we've left the room!",
+                    pdu.event_id, pdu.room_id, origin,
+                )
+                return
+
        state = None

        auth_chain = []
@@ -208,7 +228,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
                state, auth_chain = yield self.replication_layer.get_state_for_room(
                    origin, pdu.room_id, pdu.event_id,
                )
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                logger.exception("Failed to get state for event: %s", pdu.event_id)

        yield self._process_received_pdu(
@@ -442,7 +462,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
        def check_match(id):
            try:
                return server_name == get_domain_from_id(id)
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                return False

        # Parses mapping `event_id -> (type, state_key) -> state event_id`
@@ -480,7 +500,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
                            continue
                        try:
                            domain = get_domain_from_id(ev.state_key)
-                        except:
+                        except Exception:
                            continue

                        if domain != server_name:
@@ -591,9 +611,9 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
                    missing_auth - failed_to_fetch
                )

-                results = yield preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.gatherResults(
+                results = yield logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(defer.gatherResults(
                    [
-                        preserve_fn(self.replication_layer.get_pdu)(
+                        logcontext.preserve_fn(self.replication_layer.get_pdu)(
                            [dest],
                            event_id,
                            outlier=True,
@@ -719,7 +739,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
                        joined_domains[dom] = min(d, old_d)
                    else:
                        joined_domains[dom] = d
-                except:
+                except Exception:
                    pass

            return sorted(joined_domains.items(), key=lambda d: d[1])
@@ -763,6 +783,9 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
                except NotRetryingDestination as e:
                    logger.info(e.message)
                    continue
+                except FederationDeniedError as e:
+                    logger.info(e)
+                    continue
                except Exception as e:
                    logger.exception(
                        "Failed to backfill from %s because %s",
@@ -785,10 +808,13 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
        event_ids = list(extremities.keys())

        logger.debug("calling resolve_state_groups in _maybe_backfill")
-        states = yield preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.gatherResults([
-            preserve_fn(self.state_handler.resolve_state_groups)(room_id, [e])
-            for e in event_ids
-        ]))
+        resolve = logcontext.preserve_fn(
+            self.state_handler.resolve_state_groups_for_events
+        )
+        states = yield logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(defer.gatherResults(
+            [resolve(room_id, [e]) for e in event_ids],
+            consumeErrors=True,
+        ))
        states = dict(zip(event_ids, [s.state for s in states]))

        state_map = yield self.store.get_events(
@@ -917,7 +943,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
                    room_creator_user_id="",
                    is_public=False
                )
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                # FIXME
                pass

@@ -941,9 +967,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
            # lots of requests for missing prev_events which we do actually
            # have. Hence we fire off the deferred, but don't wait for it.

-            synapse.util.logcontext.preserve_fn(self._handle_queued_pdus)(
-                room_queue
-            )
+            logcontext.preserve_fn(self._handle_queued_pdus)(room_queue)

        defer.returnValue(True)

@@ -983,8 +1007,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
        })

        try:
-            message_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().message_handler
-            event, context = yield message_handler._create_new_client_event(
+            event, context = yield self.event_creation_handler.create_new_client_event(
                builder=builder,
            )
        except AuthError as e:
@@ -1070,10 +1093,23 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
        """
        event = pdu

+        if event.state_key is None:
+            raise SynapseError(400, "The invite event did not have a state key")
+
        is_blocked = yield self.store.is_room_blocked(event.room_id)
        if is_blocked:
            raise SynapseError(403, "This room has been blocked on this server")

+        if self.hs.config.block_non_admin_invites:
+            raise SynapseError(403, "This server does not accept room invites")
+
+        if not self.spam_checker.user_may_invite(
+            event.sender, event.state_key, event.room_id,
+        ):
+            raise SynapseError(
+                403, "This user is not permitted to send invites to this server/user"
+            )
+
        membership = event.content.get("membership")
        if event.type != EventTypes.Member or membership != Membership.INVITE:
            raise SynapseError(400, "The event was not an m.room.member invite event")
@@ -1082,9 +1118,6 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
        if sender_domain != origin:
            raise SynapseError(400, "The invite event was not from the server sending it")

-        if event.state_key is None:
-            raise SynapseError(400, "The invite event did not have a state key")
-
        if not self.is_mine_id(event.state_key):
            raise SynapseError(400, "The invite event must be for this server")

@@ -1214,8 +1247,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
            "state_key": user_id,
        })

-        message_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().message_handler
-        event, context = yield message_handler._create_new_client_event(
+        event, context = yield self.event_creation_handler.create_new_client_event(
            builder=builder,
        )

@@ -1413,21 +1445,29 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
            auth_events=auth_events,
        )

-        if not event.internal_metadata.is_outlier():
-            yield self.action_generator.handle_push_actions_for_event(
-                event, context
-            )
+        try:
+            if not event.internal_metadata.is_outlier() and not backfilled:
+                yield self.action_generator.handle_push_actions_for_event(
+                    event, context
+                )

-        event_stream_id, max_stream_id = yield self.store.persist_event(
-            event,
-            context=context,
-            backfilled=backfilled,
-        )
+            event_stream_id, max_stream_id = yield self.store.persist_event(
+                event,
+                context=context,
+                backfilled=backfilled,
+            )
+        except:  # noqa: E722, as we reraise the exception this is fine.
+            # Ensure that we actually remove the entries in the push actions
+            # staging area
+            logcontext.preserve_fn(
+                self.store.remove_push_actions_from_staging
+            )(event.event_id)
+            raise

        if not backfilled:
            # this intentionally does not yield: we don't care about the result
            # and don't need to wait for it.
-            preserve_fn(self.pusher_pool.on_new_notifications)(
+            logcontext.preserve_fn(self.pusher_pool.on_new_notifications)(
                event_stream_id, max_stream_id
            )

@@ -1440,16 +1480,16 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
        a bunch of outliers, but not a chunk of individual events that depend
        on each other for state calculations.
        """
-        contexts = yield preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.gatherResults(
+        contexts = yield logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(defer.gatherResults(
            [
-                preserve_fn(self._prep_event)(
+                logcontext.preserve_fn(self._prep_event)(
                    origin,
                    ev_info["event"],
                    state=ev_info.get("state"),
                    auth_events=ev_info.get("auth_events"),
                )
                for ev_info in event_infos
-            ]
+            ], consumeErrors=True,
        ))

        yield self.store.persist_events(
@@ -1606,7 +1646,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):

            context.rejected = RejectedReason.AUTH_ERROR

-        if event.type == EventTypes.GuestAccess:
+        if event.type == EventTypes.GuestAccess and not context.rejected:
            yield self.maybe_kick_guest_users(event)

        defer.returnValue(context)
@@ -1675,6 +1715,17 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    @log_function
    def do_auth(self, origin, event, context, auth_events):
+        """
+
+        Args:
+            origin (str):
+            event (synapse.events.FrozenEvent):
+            context (synapse.events.snapshot.EventContext):
+            auth_events (dict[(str, str)->str]):
+
+        Returns:
+            defer.Deferred[None]
+        """
        # Check if we have all the auth events.
        current_state = set(e.event_id for e in auth_events.values())
        event_auth_events = set(e_id for e_id, _ in event.auth_events)
@@ -1744,7 +1795,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
                    [e_id for e_id, _ in event.auth_events]
                )
                seen_events = set(have_events.keys())
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                # FIXME:
                logger.exception("Failed to get auth chain")

@@ -1757,18 +1808,17 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
            # Do auth conflict res.
            logger.info("Different auth: %s", different_auth)

-            different_events = yield preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.gatherResults(
-                [
-                    preserve_fn(self.store.get_event)(
+            different_events = yield logcontext.make_deferred_yieldable(
+                defer.gatherResults([
+                    logcontext.preserve_fn(self.store.get_event)(
                        d,
                        allow_none=True,
                        allow_rejected=False,
                    )
                    for d in different_auth
                    if d in have_events and not have_events[d]
-                ],
-                consumeErrors=True
-            )).addErrback(unwrapFirstError)
+                ], consumeErrors=True)
+            ).addErrback(unwrapFirstError)

            if different_events:
                local_view = dict(auth_events)
@@ -1787,16 +1837,9 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
                current_state = set(e.event_id for e in auth_events.values())
                different_auth = event_auth_events - current_state

-                context.current_state_ids = dict(context.current_state_ids)
-                context.current_state_ids.update({
-                    k: a.event_id for k, a in auth_events.items()
-                    if k != event_key
-                })
-                context.prev_state_ids = dict(context.prev_state_ids)
-                context.prev_state_ids.update({
-                    k: a.event_id for k, a in auth_events.items()
-                })
-                context.state_group = self.store.get_next_state_group()
+                yield self._update_context_for_auth_events(
+                    event, context, auth_events, event_key,
+                )

        if different_auth and not event.internal_metadata.is_outlier():
            logger.info("Different auth after resolution: %s", different_auth)
@@ -1869,23 +1912,16 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
                        except AuthError:
                            pass

-                except:
+                except Exception:
                    # FIXME:
                    logger.exception("Failed to query auth chain")

                # 4. Look at rejects and their proofs.
                # TODO.

-                context.current_state_ids = dict(context.current_state_ids)
-                context.current_state_ids.update({
-                    k: a.event_id for k, a in auth_events.items()
-                    if k != event_key
-                })
-                context.prev_state_ids = dict(context.prev_state_ids)
-                context.prev_state_ids.update({
-                    k: a.event_id for k, a in auth_events.items()
-                })
-                context.state_group = self.store.get_next_state_group()
+                yield self._update_context_for_auth_events(
+                    event, context, auth_events, event_key,
+                )

        try:
            self.auth.check(event, auth_events=auth_events)
@@ -1893,6 +1929,45 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
            logger.warn("Failed auth resolution for %r because %s", event, e)
            raise e

+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _update_context_for_auth_events(self, event, context, auth_events,
+                                        event_key):
+        """Update the state_ids in an event context after auth event resolution,
+        storing the changes as a new state group.
+
+        Args:
+            event (Event): The event we're handling the context for
+
+            context (synapse.events.snapshot.EventContext): event context
+                to be updated
+
+            auth_events (dict[(str, str)->str]): Events to update in the event
+                context.
+
+            event_key ((str, str)): (type, state_key) for the current event.
+                this will not be included in the current_state in the context.
+        """
+        state_updates = {
+            k: a.event_id for k, a in auth_events.iteritems()
+            if k != event_key
+        }
+        context.current_state_ids = dict(context.current_state_ids)
+        context.current_state_ids.update(state_updates)
+        if context.delta_ids is not None:
+            context.delta_ids = dict(context.delta_ids)
+            context.delta_ids.update(state_updates)
+        context.prev_state_ids = dict(context.prev_state_ids)
+        context.prev_state_ids.update({
+            k: a.event_id for k, a in auth_events.iteritems()
+        })
+        context.state_group = yield self.store.store_state_group(
+            event.event_id,
+            event.room_id,
+            prev_group=context.prev_group,
+            delta_ids=context.delta_ids,
+            current_state_ids=context.current_state_ids,
+        )
+
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def construct_auth_difference(self, local_auth, remote_auth):
        """ Given a local and remote auth chain, find the differences. This
@@ -1936,7 +2011,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
        def get_next(it, opt=None):
            try:
                return it.next()
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                return opt

        current_local = get_next(local_iter)
@@ -2061,8 +2136,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
        if (yield self.auth.check_host_in_room(room_id, self.hs.hostname)):
            builder = self.event_builder_factory.new(event_dict)
            EventValidator().validate_new(builder)
-            message_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().message_handler
-            event, context = yield message_handler._create_new_client_event(
+            event, context = yield self.event_creation_handler.create_new_client_event(
                builder=builder
            )

@@ -2077,7 +2151,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
                raise e

            yield self._check_signature(event, context)
-            member_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().room_member_handler
+            member_handler = self.hs.get_room_member_handler()
            yield member_handler.send_membership_event(None, event, context)
        else:
            destinations = set(x.split(":", 1)[-1] for x in (sender_user_id, room_id))
@@ -2090,10 +2164,17 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    @log_function
    def on_exchange_third_party_invite_request(self, origin, room_id, event_dict):
+        """Handle an exchange_third_party_invite request from a remote server
+
+        The remote server will call this when it wants to turn a 3pid invite
+        into a normal m.room.member invite.
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred: resolves (to None)
+        """
        builder = self.event_builder_factory.new(event_dict)

-        message_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().message_handler
-        event, context = yield message_handler._create_new_client_event(
+        event, context = yield self.event_creation_handler.create_new_client_event(
            builder=builder,
        )

@@ -2108,10 +2189,13 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
            raise e
        yield self._check_signature(event, context)

+        # XXX we send the invite here, but send_membership_event also sends it,
+        # so we end up making two requests. I think this is redundant.
        returned_invite = yield self.send_invite(origin, event)
        # TODO: Make sure the signatures actually are correct.
        event.signatures.update(returned_invite.signatures)
-        member_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().room_member_handler
+
+        member_handler = self.hs.get_room_member_handler()
        yield member_handler.send_membership_event(None, event, context)

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
@@ -2140,8 +2224,9 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):

        builder = self.event_builder_factory.new(event_dict)
        EventValidator().validate_new(builder)
-        message_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().message_handler
-        event, context = yield message_handler._create_new_client_event(builder=builder)
+        event, context = yield self.event_creation_handler.create_new_client_event(
+            builder=builder,
+        )
        defer.returnValue((event, context))

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
--- a/synapse/handlers/groups_local.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/groups_local.py
@@ -0,0 +1,430 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 Vector Creations Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from twisted.internet import defer
+
+from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
+from synapse.types import get_domain_from_id
+
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def _create_rerouter(func_name):
+    """Returns a function that looks at the group id and calls the function
+    on federation or the local group server if the group is local
+    """
+    def f(self, group_id, *args, **kwargs):
+        if self.is_mine_id(group_id):
+            return getattr(self.groups_server_handler, func_name)(
+                group_id, *args, **kwargs
+            )
+        else:
+            destination = get_domain_from_id(group_id)
+            return getattr(self.transport_client, func_name)(
+                destination, group_id, *args, **kwargs
+            )
+    return f
+
+
+class GroupsLocalHandler(object):
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        self.hs = hs
+        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+        self.room_list_handler = hs.get_room_list_handler()
+        self.groups_server_handler = hs.get_groups_server_handler()
+        self.transport_client = hs.get_federation_transport_client()
+        self.auth = hs.get_auth()
+        self.clock = hs.get_clock()
+        self.keyring = hs.get_keyring()
+        self.is_mine_id = hs.is_mine_id
+        self.signing_key = hs.config.signing_key[0]
+        self.server_name = hs.hostname
+        self.notifier = hs.get_notifier()
+        self.attestations = hs.get_groups_attestation_signing()
+
+        self.profile_handler = hs.get_profile_handler()
+
+        # Ensure attestations get renewed
+        hs.get_groups_attestation_renewer()
+
+    # The following functions merely route the query to the local groups server
+    # or federation depending on if the group is local or remote
+
+    get_group_profile = _create_rerouter("get_group_profile")
+    update_group_profile = _create_rerouter("update_group_profile")
+    get_rooms_in_group = _create_rerouter("get_rooms_in_group")
+
+    get_invited_users_in_group = _create_rerouter("get_invited_users_in_group")
+
+    add_room_to_group = _create_rerouter("add_room_to_group")
+    update_room_in_group = _create_rerouter("update_room_in_group")
+    remove_room_from_group = _create_rerouter("remove_room_from_group")
+
+    update_group_summary_room = _create_rerouter("update_group_summary_room")
+    delete_group_summary_room = _create_rerouter("delete_group_summary_room")
+
+    update_group_category = _create_rerouter("update_group_category")
+    delete_group_category = _create_rerouter("delete_group_category")
+    get_group_category = _create_rerouter("get_group_category")
+    get_group_categories = _create_rerouter("get_group_categories")
+
+    update_group_summary_user = _create_rerouter("update_group_summary_user")
+    delete_group_summary_user = _create_rerouter("delete_group_summary_user")
+
+    update_group_role = _create_rerouter("update_group_role")
+    delete_group_role = _create_rerouter("delete_group_role")
+    get_group_role = _create_rerouter("get_group_role")
+    get_group_roles = _create_rerouter("get_group_roles")
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_group_summary(self, group_id, requester_user_id):
+        """Get the group summary for a group.
+
+        If the group is remote we check that the users have valid attestations.
+        """
+        if self.is_mine_id(group_id):
+            res = yield self.groups_server_handler.get_group_summary(
+                group_id, requester_user_id
+            )
+        else:
+            res = yield self.transport_client.get_group_summary(
+                get_domain_from_id(group_id), group_id, requester_user_id,
+            )
+
+            group_server_name = get_domain_from_id(group_id)
+
+            # Loop through the users and validate the attestations.
+            chunk = res["users_section"]["users"]
+            valid_users = []
+            for entry in chunk:
+                g_user_id = entry["user_id"]
+                attestation = entry.pop("attestation", {})
+                try:
+                    if get_domain_from_id(g_user_id) != group_server_name:
+                        yield self.attestations.verify_attestation(
+                            attestation,
+                            group_id=group_id,
+                            user_id=g_user_id,
+                            server_name=get_domain_from_id(g_user_id),
+                        )
+                    valid_users.append(entry)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logger.info("Failed to verify user is in group: %s", e)
+
+            res["users_section"]["users"] = valid_users
+
+            res["users_section"]["users"].sort(key=lambda e: e.get("order", 0))
+            res["rooms_section"]["rooms"].sort(key=lambda e: e.get("order", 0))
+
+        # Add `is_publicised` flag to indicate whether the user has publicised their
+        # membership of the group on their profile
+        result = yield self.store.get_publicised_groups_for_user(requester_user_id)
+        is_publicised = group_id in result
+
+        res.setdefault("user", {})["is_publicised"] = is_publicised
+
+        defer.returnValue(res)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def create_group(self, group_id, user_id, content):
+        """Create a group
+        """
+
+        logger.info("Asking to create group with ID: %r", group_id)
+
+        if self.is_mine_id(group_id):
+            res = yield self.groups_server_handler.create_group(
+                group_id, user_id, content
+            )
+            local_attestation = None
+            remote_attestation = None
+        else:
+            local_attestation = self.attestations.create_attestation(group_id, user_id)
+            content["attestation"] = local_attestation
+
+            content["user_profile"] = yield self.profile_handler.get_profile(user_id)
+
+            res = yield self.transport_client.create_group(
+                get_domain_from_id(group_id), group_id, user_id, content,
+            )
+
+            remote_attestation = res["attestation"]
+            yield self.attestations.verify_attestation(
+                remote_attestation,
+                group_id=group_id,
+                user_id=user_id,
+                server_name=get_domain_from_id(group_id),
+            )
+
+        is_publicised = content.get("publicise", False)
+        token = yield self.store.register_user_group_membership(
+            group_id, user_id,
+            membership="join",
+            is_admin=True,
+            local_attestation=local_attestation,
+            remote_attestation=remote_attestation,
+            is_publicised=is_publicised,
+        )
+        self.notifier.on_new_event(
+            "groups_key", token, users=[user_id],
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue(res)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_users_in_group(self, group_id, requester_user_id):
+        """Get users in a group
+        """
+        if self.is_mine_id(group_id):
+            res = yield self.groups_server_handler.get_users_in_group(
+                group_id, requester_user_id
+            )
+            defer.returnValue(res)
+
+        group_server_name = get_domain_from_id(group_id)
+
+        res = yield self.transport_client.get_users_in_group(
+            get_domain_from_id(group_id), group_id, requester_user_id,
+        )
+
+        chunk = res["chunk"]
+        valid_entries = []
+        for entry in chunk:
+            g_user_id = entry["user_id"]
+            attestation = entry.pop("attestation", {})
+            try:
+                if get_domain_from_id(g_user_id) != group_server_name:
+                    yield self.attestations.verify_attestation(
+                        attestation,
+                        group_id=group_id,
+                        user_id=g_user_id,
+                        server_name=get_domain_from_id(g_user_id),
+                    )
+                valid_entries.append(entry)
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.info("Failed to verify user is in group: %s", e)
+
+        res["chunk"] = valid_entries
+
+        defer.returnValue(res)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def join_group(self, group_id, user_id, content):
+        """Request to join a group
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()  # TODO
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def accept_invite(self, group_id, user_id, content):
+        """Accept an invite to a group
+        """
+        if self.is_mine_id(group_id):
+            yield self.groups_server_handler.accept_invite(
+                group_id, user_id, content
+            )
+            local_attestation = None
+            remote_attestation = None
+        else:
+            local_attestation = self.attestations.create_attestation(group_id, user_id)
+            content["attestation"] = local_attestation
+
+            res = yield self.transport_client.accept_group_invite(
+                get_domain_from_id(group_id), group_id, user_id, content,
+            )
+
+            remote_attestation = res["attestation"]
+
+            yield self.attestations.verify_attestation(
+                remote_attestation,
+                group_id=group_id,
+                user_id=user_id,
+                server_name=get_domain_from_id(group_id),
+            )
+
+        # TODO: Check that the group is public and we're being added publically
+        is_publicised = content.get("publicise", False)
+
+        token = yield self.store.register_user_group_membership(
+            group_id, user_id,
+            membership="join",
+            is_admin=False,
+            local_attestation=local_attestation,
+            remote_attestation=remote_attestation,
+            is_publicised=is_publicised,
+        )
+        self.notifier.on_new_event(
+            "groups_key", token, users=[user_id],
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue({})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def invite(self, group_id, user_id, requester_user_id, config):
+        """Invite a user to a group
+        """
+        content = {
+            "requester_user_id": requester_user_id,
+            "config": config,
+        }
+        if self.is_mine_id(group_id):
+            res = yield self.groups_server_handler.invite_to_group(
+                group_id, user_id, requester_user_id, content,
+            )
+        else:
+            res = yield self.transport_client.invite_to_group(
+                get_domain_from_id(group_id), group_id, user_id, requester_user_id,
+                content,
+            )
+
+        defer.returnValue(res)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_invite(self, group_id, user_id, content):
+        """One of our users were invited to a group
+        """
+        # TODO: Support auto join and rejection
+
+        if not self.is_mine_id(user_id):
+            raise SynapseError(400, "User not on this server")
+
+        local_profile = {}
+        if "profile" in content:
+            if "name" in content["profile"]:
+                local_profile["name"] = content["profile"]["name"]
+            if "avatar_url" in content["profile"]:
+                local_profile["avatar_url"] = content["profile"]["avatar_url"]
+
+        token = yield self.store.register_user_group_membership(
+            group_id, user_id,
+            membership="invite",
+            content={"profile": local_profile, "inviter": content["inviter"]},
+        )
+        self.notifier.on_new_event(
+            "groups_key", token, users=[user_id],
+        )
+        try:
+            user_profile = yield self.profile_handler.get_profile(user_id)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warn("No profile for user %s: %s", user_id, e)
+            user_profile = {}
+
+        defer.returnValue({"state": "invite", "user_profile": user_profile})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def remove_user_from_group(self, group_id, user_id, requester_user_id, content):
+        """Remove a user from a group
+        """
+        if user_id == requester_user_id:
+            token = yield self.store.register_user_group_membership(
+                group_id, user_id,
+                membership="leave",
+            )
+            self.notifier.on_new_event(
+                "groups_key", token, users=[user_id],
+            )
+
+            # TODO: Should probably remember that we tried to leave so that we can
+            # retry if the group server is currently down.
+
+        if self.is_mine_id(group_id):
+            res = yield self.groups_server_handler.remove_user_from_group(
+                group_id, user_id, requester_user_id, content,
+            )
+        else:
+            content["requester_user_id"] = requester_user_id
+            res = yield self.transport_client.remove_user_from_group(
+                get_domain_from_id(group_id), group_id, requester_user_id,
+                user_id, content,
+            )
+
+        defer.returnValue(res)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def user_removed_from_group(self, group_id, user_id, content):
+        """One of our users was removed/kicked from a group
+        """
+        # TODO: Check if user in group
+        token = yield self.store.register_user_group_membership(
+            group_id, user_id,
+            membership="leave",
+        )
+        self.notifier.on_new_event(
+            "groups_key", token, users=[user_id],
+        )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_joined_groups(self, user_id):
+        group_ids = yield self.store.get_joined_groups(user_id)
+        defer.returnValue({"groups": group_ids})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_publicised_groups_for_user(self, user_id):
+        if self.hs.is_mine_id(user_id):
+            result = yield self.store.get_publicised_groups_for_user(user_id)
+
+            # Check AS associated groups for this user - this depends on the
+            # RegExps in the AS registration file (under `users`)
+            for app_service in self.store.get_app_services():
+                result.extend(app_service.get_groups_for_user(user_id))
+
+            defer.returnValue({"groups": result})
+        else:
+            bulk_result = yield self.transport_client.bulk_get_publicised_groups(
+                get_domain_from_id(user_id), [user_id],
+            )
+            result = bulk_result.get("users", {}).get(user_id)
+            # TODO: Verify attestations
+            defer.returnValue({"groups": result})
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def bulk_get_publicised_groups(self, user_ids, proxy=True):
+        destinations = {}
+        local_users = set()
+
+        for user_id in user_ids:
+            if self.hs.is_mine_id(user_id):
+                local_users.add(user_id)
+            else:
+                destinations.setdefault(
+                    get_domain_from_id(user_id), set()
+                ).add(user_id)
+
+        if not proxy and destinations:
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Some user_ids are not local")
+
+        results = {}
+        failed_results = []
+        for destination, dest_user_ids in destinations.iteritems():
+            try:
+                r = yield self.transport_client.bulk_get_publicised_groups(
+                    destination, list(dest_user_ids),
+                )
+                results.update(r["users"])
+            except Exception:
+                failed_results.extend(dest_user_ids)
+
+        for uid in local_users:
+            results[uid] = yield self.store.get_publicised_groups_for_user(
+                uid
+            )
+
+            # Check AS associated groups for this user - this depends on the
+            # RegExps in the AS registration file (under `users`)
+            for app_service in self.store.get_app_services():
+                results[uid].extend(app_service.get_groups_for_user(uid))
+
+        defer.returnValue({"users": results})
--- a/synapse/handlers/identity.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/identity.py
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 # limitations under the License.

 """Utilities for interacting with Identity Servers"""
+
+import logging
+
+import simplejson as json
+
 from twisted.internet import defer

 from synapse.api.errors import (
@@ -24,9 +29,6 @@ from ._base import BaseHandler
 from synapse.util.async import run_on_reactor
 from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError, Codes

-import json
-import logging
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


--- a/synapse/handlers/initial_sync.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/initial_sync.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from synapse.types import (
 from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError
 from synapse.util.async import concurrently_execute
 from synapse.util.caches.snapshot_cache import SnapshotCache
-from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_fn, preserve_context_over_deferred
+from synapse.util.logcontext import make_deferred_yieldable, preserve_fn
 from synapse.visibility import filter_events_for_client

 from ._base import BaseHandler
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class InitialSyncHandler(BaseHandler):
                        lambda states: states[event.event_id]
                    )

-                (messages, token), current_state = yield preserve_context_over_deferred(
+                (messages, token), current_state = yield make_deferred_yieldable(
                    defer.gatherResults(
                        [
                            preserve_fn(self.store.get_recent_events_for_room)(
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class InitialSyncHandler(BaseHandler):
                    })

                d["account_data"] = account_data_events
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                logger.exception("Failed to get snapshot")

        yield concurrently_execute(handle_room, room_list, 10)
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright 2014 - 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2017 - 2018 New Vector Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -12,8 +13,8 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
-from twisted.internet import defer
+from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
+from twisted.python.failure import Failure

 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership
 from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, Codes, SynapseError
@@ -24,9 +25,12 @@ from synapse.types import (
    UserID, RoomAlias, RoomStreamToken,
 )
 from synapse.util.async import run_on_reactor, ReadWriteLock, Limiter
-from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_fn
+from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_fn, run_in_background
 from synapse.util.metrics import measure_func
+from synapse.util.frozenutils import frozendict_json_encoder
+from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string
 from synapse.visibility import filter_events_for_client
+from synapse.replication.http.send_event import send_event_to_master

 from ._base import BaseHandler

@@ -34,11 +38,41 @@ from canonicaljson import encode_canonical_json

 import logging
 import random
-import ujson
+import simplejson

 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


+class PurgeStatus(object):
+    """Object tracking the status of a purge request
+
+    This class contains information on the progress of a purge request, for
+    return by get_purge_status.
+
+    Attributes:
+        status (int): Tracks whether this request has completed. One of
+            STATUS_{ACTIVE,COMPLETE,FAILED}
+    """
+
+    STATUS_ACTIVE = 0
+    STATUS_COMPLETE = 1
+    STATUS_FAILED = 2
+
+    STATUS_TEXT = {
+        STATUS_ACTIVE: "active",
+        STATUS_COMPLETE: "complete",
+        STATUS_FAILED: "failed",
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.status = PurgeStatus.STATUS_ACTIVE
+
+    def asdict(self):
+        return {
+            "status": PurgeStatus.STATUS_TEXT[self.status]
+        }
+
+
 class MessageHandler(BaseHandler):

    def __init__(self, hs):
@@ -46,29 +80,89 @@ class MessageHandler(BaseHandler):
        self.hs = hs
        self.state = hs.get_state_handler()
        self.clock = hs.get_clock()
-        self.validator = EventValidator()

        self.pagination_lock = ReadWriteLock()
+        self._purges_in_progress_by_room = set()
+        # map from purge id to PurgeStatus
+        self._purges_by_id = {}

-        self.pusher_pool = hs.get_pusherpool()
+    def start_purge_history(self, room_id, topological_ordering,
+                            delete_local_events=False):
+        """Start off a history purge on a room.

-        # We arbitrarily limit concurrent event creation for a room to 5.
-        # This is to stop us from diverging history *too* much.
-        self.limiter = Limiter(max_count=5)
+        Args:
+            room_id (str): The room to purge from

-        self.action_generator = hs.get_action_generator()
+            topological_ordering (int): minimum topo ordering to preserve
+            delete_local_events (bool): True to delete local events as well as
+                remote ones
+
+        Returns:
+            str: unique ID for this purge transaction.
+        """
+        if room_id in self._purges_in_progress_by_room:
+            raise SynapseError(
+                400,
+                "History purge already in progress for %s" % (room_id, ),
+            )
+
+        purge_id = random_string(16)
+
+        # we log the purge_id here so that it can be tied back to the
+        # request id in the log lines.
+        logger.info("[purge] starting purge_id %s", purge_id)
+
+        self._purges_by_id[purge_id] = PurgeStatus()
+        run_in_background(
+            self._purge_history,
+            purge_id, room_id, topological_ordering, delete_local_events,
+        )
+        return purge_id

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def purge_history(self, room_id, event_id):
-        event = yield self.store.get_event(event_id)
+    def _purge_history(self, purge_id, room_id, topological_ordering,
+                       delete_local_events):
+        """Carry out a history purge on a room.

-        if event.room_id != room_id:
-            raise SynapseError(400, "Event is for wrong room.")
+        Args:
+            purge_id (str): The id for this purge
+            room_id (str): The room to purge from
+            topological_ordering (int): minimum topo ordering to preserve
+            delete_local_events (bool): True to delete local events as well as
+                remote ones

-        depth = event.depth
+        Returns:
+            Deferred
+        """
+        self._purges_in_progress_by_room.add(room_id)
+        try:
+            with (yield self.pagination_lock.write(room_id)):
+                yield self.store.purge_history(
+                    room_id, topological_ordering, delete_local_events,
+                )
+            logger.info("[purge] complete")
+            self._purges_by_id[purge_id].status = PurgeStatus.STATUS_COMPLETE
+        except Exception:
+            logger.error("[purge] failed: %s", Failure().getTraceback().rstrip())
+            self._purges_by_id[purge_id].status = PurgeStatus.STATUS_FAILED
+        finally:
+            self._purges_in_progress_by_room.discard(room_id)

-        with (yield self.pagination_lock.write(room_id)):
-            yield self.store.delete_old_state(room_id, depth)
+            # remove the purge from the list 24 hours after it completes
+            def clear_purge():
+                del self._purges_by_id[purge_id]
+            reactor.callLater(24 * 3600, clear_purge)
+
+    def get_purge_status(self, purge_id):
+        """Get the current status of an active purge
+
+        Args:
+            purge_id (str): purge_id returned by start_purge_history
+
+        Returns:
+            PurgeStatus|None
+        """
+        return self._purges_by_id.get(purge_id)

    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def get_messages(self, requester, room_id=None, pagin_config=None,
@@ -178,157 +272,6 @@ class MessageHandler(BaseHandler):

        defer.returnValue(chunk)

-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def create_event(self, requester, event_dict, token_id=None, txn_id=None,
-                     prev_event_ids=None):
-        """
-        Given a dict from a client, create a new event.
-
-        Creates an FrozenEvent object, filling out auth_events, prev_events,
-        etc.
-
-        Adds display names to Join membership events.
-
-        Args:
-            requester
-            event_dict (dict): An entire event
-            token_id (str)
-            txn_id (str)
-            prev_event_ids (list): The prev event ids to use when creating the event
-
-        Returns:
-            Tuple of created event (FrozenEvent), Context
-        """
-        builder = self.event_builder_factory.new(event_dict)
-
-        with (yield self.limiter.queue(builder.room_id)):
-            self.validator.validate_new(builder)
-
-            if builder.type == EventTypes.Member:
-                membership = builder.content.get("membership", None)
-                target = UserID.from_string(builder.state_key)
-
-                if membership in {Membership.JOIN, Membership.INVITE}:
-                    # If event doesn't include a display name, add one.
-                    profile = self.hs.get_handlers().profile_handler
-                    content = builder.content
-
-                    try:
-                        if "displayname" not in content:
-                            content["displayname"] = yield profile.get_displayname(target)
-                        if "avatar_url" not in content:
-                            content["avatar_url"] = yield profile.get_avatar_url(target)
-                    except Exception as e:
-                        logger.info(
-                            "Failed to get profile information for %r: %s",
-                            target, e
-                        )
-
-            if token_id is not None:
-                builder.internal_metadata.token_id = token_id
-
-            if txn_id is not None:
-                builder.internal_metadata.txn_id = txn_id
-
-            event, context = yield self._create_new_client_event(
-                builder=builder,
-                requester=requester,
-                prev_event_ids=prev_event_ids,
-            )
-
-        defer.returnValue((event, context))
-
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def send_nonmember_event(self, requester, event, context, ratelimit=True):
-        """
-        Persists and notifies local clients and federation of an event.
-
-        Args:
-            event (FrozenEvent) the event to send.
-            context (Context) the context of the event.
-            ratelimit (bool): Whether to rate limit this send.
-            is_guest (bool): Whether the sender is a guest.
-        """
-        if event.type == EventTypes.Member:
-            raise SynapseError(
-                500,
-                "Tried to send member event through non-member codepath"
-            )
-
-        # We check here if we are currently being rate limited, so that we
-        # don't do unnecessary work. We check again just before we actually
-        # send the event.
-        yield self.ratelimit(requester, update=False)
-
-        user = UserID.from_string(event.sender)
-
-        assert self.hs.is_mine(user), "User must be our own: %s" % (user,)
-
-        if event.is_state():
-            prev_state = yield self.deduplicate_state_event(event, context)
-            if prev_state is not None:
-                defer.returnValue(prev_state)
-
-        yield self.handle_new_client_event(
-            requester=requester,
-            event=event,
-            context=context,
-            ratelimit=ratelimit,
-        )
-
-        if event.type == EventTypes.Message:
-            presence = self.hs.get_presence_handler()
-            # We don't want to block sending messages on any presence code. This
-            # matters as sometimes presence code can take a while.
-            preserve_fn(presence.bump_presence_active_time)(user)
-
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def deduplicate_state_event(self, event, context):
-        """
-        Checks whether event is in the latest resolved state in context.
-
-        If so, returns the version of the event in context.
-        Otherwise, returns None.
-        """
-        prev_event_id = context.prev_state_ids.get((event.type, event.state_key))
-        prev_event = yield self.store.get_event(prev_event_id, allow_none=True)
-        if not prev_event:
-            return
-
-        if prev_event and event.user_id == prev_event.user_id:
-            prev_content = encode_canonical_json(prev_event.content)
-            next_content = encode_canonical_json(event.content)
-            if prev_content == next_content:
-                defer.returnValue(prev_event)
-        return
-
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def create_and_send_nonmember_event(
-        self,
-        requester,
-        event_dict,
-        ratelimit=True,
-        txn_id=None
-    ):
-        """
-        Creates an event, then sends it.
-
-        See self.create_event and self.send_nonmember_event.
-        """
-        event, context = yield self.create_event(
-            requester,
-            event_dict,
-            token_id=requester.access_token_id,
-            txn_id=txn_id
-        )
-        yield self.send_nonmember_event(
-            requester,
-            event,
-            context,
-            ratelimit=ratelimit,
-        )
-        defer.returnValue(event)
-
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
    def get_room_data(self, user_id=None, room_id=None,
                      event_type=None, state_key="", is_guest=False):
@@ -412,9 +355,234 @@ class MessageHandler(BaseHandler):
            [serialize_event(c, now) for c in room_state.values()]
        )

-    @measure_func("_create_new_client_event")
    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def _create_new_client_event(self, builder, requester=None, prev_event_ids=None):
+    def get_joined_members(self, requester, room_id):
+        """Get all the joined members in the room and their profile information.
+
+        If the user has left the room return the state events from when they left.
+
+        Args:
+            requester(Requester): The user requesting state events.
+            room_id(str): The room ID to get all state events from.
+        Returns:
+            A dict of user_id to profile info
+        """
+        user_id = requester.user.to_string()
+        if not requester.app_service:
+            # We check AS auth after fetching the room membership, as it
+            # requires us to pull out all joined members anyway.
+            membership, _ = yield self._check_in_room_or_world_readable(
+                room_id, user_id
+            )
+            if membership != Membership.JOIN:
+                raise NotImplementedError(
+                    "Getting joined members after leaving is not implemented"
+                )
+
+        users_with_profile = yield self.state.get_current_user_in_room(room_id)
+
+        # If this is an AS, double check that they are allowed to see the members.
+        # This can either be because the AS user is in the room or becuase there
+        # is a user in the room that the AS is "interested in"
+        if requester.app_service and user_id not in users_with_profile:
+            for uid in users_with_profile:
+                if requester.app_service.is_interested_in_user(uid):
+                    break
+            else:
+                # Loop fell through, AS has no interested users in room
+                raise AuthError(403, "Appservice not in room")
+
+        defer.returnValue({
+            user_id: {
+                "avatar_url": profile.avatar_url,
+                "display_name": profile.display_name,
+            }
+            for user_id, profile in users_with_profile.iteritems()
+        })
+
+
+class EventCreationHandler(object):
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        self.hs = hs
+        self.auth = hs.get_auth()
+        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+        self.state = hs.get_state_handler()
+        self.clock = hs.get_clock()
+        self.validator = EventValidator()
+        self.profile_handler = hs.get_profile_handler()
+        self.event_builder_factory = hs.get_event_builder_factory()
+        self.server_name = hs.hostname
+        self.ratelimiter = hs.get_ratelimiter()
+        self.notifier = hs.get_notifier()
+        self.config = hs.config
+
+        self.http_client = hs.get_simple_http_client()
+
+        # This is only used to get at ratelimit function, and maybe_kick_guest_users
+        self.base_handler = BaseHandler(hs)
+
+        self.pusher_pool = hs.get_pusherpool()
+
+        # We arbitrarily limit concurrent event creation for a room to 5.
+        # This is to stop us from diverging history *too* much.
+        self.limiter = Limiter(max_count=5)
+
+        self.action_generator = hs.get_action_generator()
+
+        self.spam_checker = hs.get_spam_checker()
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def create_event(self, requester, event_dict, token_id=None, txn_id=None,
+                     prev_event_ids=None):
+        """
+        Given a dict from a client, create a new event.
+
+        Creates an FrozenEvent object, filling out auth_events, prev_events,
+        etc.
+
+        Adds display names to Join membership events.
+
+        Args:
+            requester
+            event_dict (dict): An entire event
+            token_id (str)
+            txn_id (str)
+            prev_event_ids (list): The prev event ids to use when creating the event
+
+        Returns:
+            Tuple of created event (FrozenEvent), Context
+        """
+        builder = self.event_builder_factory.new(event_dict)
+
+        with (yield self.limiter.queue(builder.room_id)):
+            self.validator.validate_new(builder)
+
+            if builder.type == EventTypes.Member:
+                membership = builder.content.get("membership", None)
+                target = UserID.from_string(builder.state_key)
+
+                if membership in {Membership.JOIN, Membership.INVITE}:
+                    # If event doesn't include a display name, add one.
+                    profile = self.profile_handler
+                    content = builder.content
+
+                    try:
+                        if "displayname" not in content:
+                            content["displayname"] = yield profile.get_displayname(target)
+                        if "avatar_url" not in content:
+                            content["avatar_url"] = yield profile.get_avatar_url(target)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        logger.info(
+                            "Failed to get profile information for %r: %s",
+                            target, e
+                        )
+
+            if token_id is not None:
+                builder.internal_metadata.token_id = token_id
+
+            if txn_id is not None:
+                builder.internal_metadata.txn_id = txn_id
+
+            event, context = yield self.create_new_client_event(
+                builder=builder,
+                requester=requester,
+                prev_event_ids=prev_event_ids,
+            )
+
+        defer.returnValue((event, context))
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def send_nonmember_event(self, requester, event, context, ratelimit=True):
+        """
+        Persists and notifies local clients and federation of an event.
+
+        Args:
+            event (FrozenEvent) the event to send.
+            context (Context) the context of the event.
+            ratelimit (bool): Whether to rate limit this send.
+            is_guest (bool): Whether the sender is a guest.
+        """
+        if event.type == EventTypes.Member:
+            raise SynapseError(
+                500,
+                "Tried to send member event through non-member codepath"
+            )
+
+        user = UserID.from_string(event.sender)
+
+        assert self.hs.is_mine(user), "User must be our own: %s" % (user,)
+
+        if event.is_state():
+            prev_state = yield self.deduplicate_state_event(event, context)
+            if prev_state is not None:
+                defer.returnValue(prev_state)
+
+        yield self.handle_new_client_event(
+            requester=requester,
+            event=event,
+            context=context,
+            ratelimit=ratelimit,
+        )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def deduplicate_state_event(self, event, context):
+        """
+        Checks whether event is in the latest resolved state in context.
+
+        If so, returns the version of the event in context.
+        Otherwise, returns None.
+        """
+        prev_event_id = context.prev_state_ids.get((event.type, event.state_key))
+        prev_event = yield self.store.get_event(prev_event_id, allow_none=True)
+        if not prev_event:
+            return
+
+        if prev_event and event.user_id == prev_event.user_id:
+            prev_content = encode_canonical_json(prev_event.content)
+            next_content = encode_canonical_json(event.content)
+            if prev_content == next_content:
+                defer.returnValue(prev_event)
+        return
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def create_and_send_nonmember_event(
+        self,
+        requester,
+        event_dict,
+        ratelimit=True,
+        txn_id=None
+    ):
+        """
+        Creates an event, then sends it.
+
+        See self.create_event and self.send_nonmember_event.
+        """
+        event, context = yield self.create_event(
+            requester,
+            event_dict,
+            token_id=requester.access_token_id,
+            txn_id=txn_id
+        )
+
+        spam_error = self.spam_checker.check_event_for_spam(event)
+        if spam_error:
+            if not isinstance(spam_error, basestring):
+                spam_error = "Spam is not permitted here"
+            raise SynapseError(
+                403, spam_error, Codes.FORBIDDEN
+            )
+
+        yield self.send_nonmember_event(
+            requester,
+            event,
+            context,
+            ratelimit=ratelimit,
+        )
+        defer.returnValue(event)
+
+    @measure_func("create_new_client_event")
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def create_new_client_event(self, builder, requester=None, prev_event_ids=None):
        if prev_event_ids:
            prev_events = yield self.store.add_event_hashes(prev_event_ids)
            prev_max_depth = yield self.store.get_max_depth_of_events(prev_event_ids)
@@ -451,9 +619,7 @@ class MessageHandler(BaseHandler):
        builder.prev_events = prev_events
        builder.depth = depth

-        state_handler = self.state_handler
-
-        context = yield state_handler.compute_event_context(builder)
+        context = yield self.state.compute_event_context(builder)
        if requester:
            context.app_service = requester.app_service

@@ -488,12 +654,21 @@ class MessageHandler(BaseHandler):
        event,
        context,
        ratelimit=True,
-        extra_users=[]
+        extra_users=[],
    ):
-        # We now need to go and hit out to wherever we need to hit out to.
+        """Processes a new event. This includes checking auth, persisting it,
+        notifying users, sending to remote servers, etc.

-        if ratelimit:
-            yield self.ratelimit(requester)
+        If called from a worker will hit out to the master process for final
+        processing.
+
+        Args:
+            requester (Requester)
+            event (FrozenEvent)
+            context (EventContext)
+            ratelimit (bool)
+            extra_users (list(UserID)): Any extra users to notify about event
+        """

        try:
            yield self.auth.check_from_context(event, context)
@@ -503,13 +678,64 @@ class MessageHandler(BaseHandler):

        # Ensure that we can round trip before trying to persist in db
        try:
-            dump = ujson.dumps(event.content)
-            ujson.loads(dump)
-        except:
+            dump = frozendict_json_encoder.encode(event.content)
+            simplejson.loads(dump)
+        except Exception:
            logger.exception("Failed to encode content: %r", event.content)
            raise

-        yield self.maybe_kick_guest_users(event, context)
+        yield self.action_generator.handle_push_actions_for_event(
+            event, context
+        )
+
+        try:
+            # If we're a worker we need to hit out to the master.
+            if self.config.worker_app:
+                yield send_event_to_master(
+                    self.http_client,
+                    host=self.config.worker_replication_host,
+                    port=self.config.worker_replication_http_port,
+                    requester=requester,
+                    event=event,
+                    context=context,
+                    ratelimit=ratelimit,
+                    extra_users=extra_users,
+                )
+                return
+
+            yield self.persist_and_notify_client_event(
+                requester,
+                event,
+                context,
+                ratelimit=ratelimit,
+                extra_users=extra_users,
+            )
+        except:  # noqa: E722, as we reraise the exception this is fine.
+            # Ensure that we actually remove the entries in the push actions
+            # staging area, if we calculated them.
+            preserve_fn(self.store.remove_push_actions_from_staging)(event.event_id)
+            raise
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def persist_and_notify_client_event(
+        self,
+        requester,
+        event,
+        context,
+        ratelimit=True,
+        extra_users=[],
+    ):
+        """Called when we have fully built the event, have already
+        calculated the push actions for the event, and checked auth.
+
+        This should only be run on master.
+        """
+        assert not self.config.worker_app
+
+        if ratelimit:
+            yield self.base_handler.ratelimit(requester)
+
+        yield self.base_handler.maybe_kick_guest_users(event, context)

        if event.type == EventTypes.CanonicalAlias:
            # Check the alias is acually valid (at this time at least)
@@ -602,10 +828,6 @@ class MessageHandler(BaseHandler):
                "Changing the room create event is forbidden",
            )

-        yield self.action_generator.handle_push_actions_for_event(
-            event, context
-        )
-
        (event_stream_id, max_stream_id) = yield self.store.persist_event(
            event, context=context
        )
@@ -625,3 +847,9 @@ class MessageHandler(BaseHandler):
            )

        preserve_fn(_notify)()
+
+        if event.type == EventTypes.Message:
+            presence = self.hs.get_presence_handler()
+            # We don't want to block sending messages on any presence code. This
+            # matters as sometimes presence code can take a while.
+            preserve_fn(presence.bump_presence_active_time)(requester.user)
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More