Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse into anoa/user_param_ui_auth

* 'develop' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse: (369 commits)
  Add functions to `MultiWriterIdGen` used by events stream (#8164)
  Do not allow send_nonmember_event to be called with shadow-banned users. (#8158)
  Changelog fixes
  1.19.1rc1
  Make StreamIdGen `get_next` and `get_next_mult` async  (#8161)
  Wording fixes to 'name' user admin api filter (#8163)
  Fix missing double-backtick in RST document
  Search in columns 'name' and 'displayname' in the admin users endpoint (#7377)
  Add type hints for state. (#8140)
  Stop shadow-banned users from sending non-member events. (#8142)
  Allow capping a room's retention policy (#8104)
  Add healthcheck for default localhost 8008 port on /health endpoint. (#8147)
  Fix flaky shadow-ban tests. (#8152)
  Fix join ratelimiter breaking profile updates and idempotency (#8153)
  Do not apply ratelimiting on joins to appservices (#8139)
  Don't fail /submit_token requests on incorrect session ID if request_token_inhibit_3pid_errors is turned on (#7991)
  Do not apply ratelimiting on joins to appservices (#8139)
  Micro-optimisations to get_auth_chain_ids (#8132)
  Allow denying or shadow banning registrations via the spam checker (#8034)
  Stop shadow-banned users from sending invites. (#8095)
  ...

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -4,18 +4,16 @@ jobs:
     machine: true
     steps:
       - checkout
-      - run: docker build -f docker/Dockerfile --label gitsha1=${CIRCLE_SHA1} -t matrixdotorg/synapse:${CIRCLE_TAG} -t matrixdotorg/synapse:${CIRCLE_TAG}-py3 .
+      - run: docker build -f docker/Dockerfile --label gitsha1=${CIRCLE_SHA1} -t matrixdotorg/synapse:${CIRCLE_TAG} .
       - run: docker login --username $DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME --password $DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD
       - run: docker push matrixdotorg/synapse:${CIRCLE_TAG}
-      - run: docker push matrixdotorg/synapse:${CIRCLE_TAG}-py3
   dockerhubuploadlatest:
     machine: true
     steps:
       - checkout
-      - run: docker build -f docker/Dockerfile --label gitsha1=${CIRCLE_SHA1} -t matrixdotorg/synapse:latest -t matrixdotorg/synapse:latest-py3 .
+      - run: docker build -f docker/Dockerfile --label gitsha1=${CIRCLE_SHA1} -t matrixdotorg/synapse:latest .
       - run: docker login --username $DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME --password $DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD
       - run: docker push matrixdotorg/synapse:latest
-      - run: docker push matrixdotorg/synapse:latest-py3
 
 workflows:
   version: 2

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG_REPORT.md

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ about: Create a report to help us improve
 
 ---
 
+<!--
+
 **THIS IS NOT A SUPPORT CHANNEL!**
 **IF YOU HAVE SUPPORT QUESTIONS ABOUT RUNNING OR CONFIGURING YOUR OWN HOME SERVER**,
 please ask in **#synapse:matrix.org** (using a matrix.org account if necessary)
 
-<!--
-
 If you want to report a security issue, please see https://matrix.org/security-disclosure-policy/
 
 This is a bug report template. By following the instructions below and

CHANGES.md

@@ -1,3 +1,522 @@
+For the next release
+====================
+
+Removal warning
+---------------
+
+Some older clients used a
+[disallowed character](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.1#post-matrix-client-r0-register-email-requesttoken)
+(`:`) in the `client_secret` parameter of various endpoints. The incorrect
+behaviour was allowed for backwards compatibility, but is now being removed
+from Synapse as most users have updated their client. Further context can be
+found at [\#6766](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6766).
+
+
+Synapse 1.19.1rc1 (2020-08-25)
+==============================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix a bug introduced in v1.19.0 where appservices with ratelimiting disabled would still be ratelimited when joining rooms. ([\#8139](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8139))
+- Fix a bug introduced in v1.19.0 that would cause e.g. profile updates to fail due to incorrect application of rate limits on join requests. ([\#8153](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8153))
+
+
+Synapse 1.19.0 (2020-08-17)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes since 1.19.0rc1.
+
+Removal warning
+---------------
+
+As outlined in the [previous release](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.18.0), we are no longer publishing Docker images with the `-py3` tag suffix. On top of that, we have also removed the `latest-py3` tag. Please see [the announcement in the upgrade notes for 1.18.0](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/UPGRADE.rst#upgrading-to-v1180).
+
+
+Synapse 1.19.0rc1 (2020-08-13)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Add option to allow server admins to join rooms which fail complexity checks. Contributed by @lugino-emeritus. ([\#7902](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7902))
+- Add an option to purge room or not with delete room admin endpoint (`POST /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/<room_id>/delete`). Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#7964](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7964))
+- Add rate limiting to users joining rooms. ([\#8008](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8008))
+- Add a `/health` endpoint to every configured HTTP listener that can be used as a health check endpoint by load balancers. ([\#8048](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8048))
+- Allow login to be blocked based on the values of SAML attributes. ([\#8052](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8052))
+- Allow guest access to the `GET /_matrix/client/r0/rooms/{room_id}/members` endpoint, according to MSC2689. Contributed by Awesome Technologies Innovationslabor GmbH. ([\#7314](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7314))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.7.2 which caused inaccurate membership counts in the room directory. ([\#7977](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7977))
+- Fix a long standing bug: 'Duplicate key value violates unique constraint "event_relations_id"' when message retention is configured. ([\#7978](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7978))
+- Fix "no create event in auth events" when trying to reject invitation after inviter leaves. Bug introduced in Synapse v1.10.0. ([\#7980](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7980))
+- Fix various comments and minor discrepencies in server notices code. ([\#7996](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7996))
+- Fix a long standing bug where HTTP HEAD requests resulted in a 400 error. ([\#7999](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7999))
+- Fix a long-standing bug which caused two copies of some log lines to be written when synctl was used along with a MemoryHandler logger. ([\#8011](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8011), [\#8012](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8012))
+
+
+Updates to the Docker image
+---------------------------
+
+- We no longer publish Docker images with the `-py3` tag suffix, as [announced in the upgrade notes](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/UPGRADE.rst#upgrading-to-v1180). ([\#8056](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8056))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Document how to set up a client .well-known file and fix several pieces of outdated documentation. ([\#7899](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7899))
+- Improve workers docs. ([\#7990](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7990), [\#8000](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8000))
+- Fix typo in `docs/workers.md`. ([\#7992](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7992))
+- Add documentation for how to undo a room shutdown. ([\#7998](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7998), [\#8010](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8010))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Reduce the amount of whitespace in JSON stored and sent in responses. Contributed by David Vo. ([\#7372](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7372))
+- Switch to the JSON implementation from the standard library and bump the minimum version of the canonicaljson library to 1.2.0. ([\#7936](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7936), [\#7979](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7979))
+- Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await. ([\#7947](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7947), [\#7948](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7948), [\#7949](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7949), [\#7951](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7951), [\#7963](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7963), [\#7973](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7973), [\#7975](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7975), [\#7976](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7976), [\#7981](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7981), [\#7987](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7987), [\#7989](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7989), [\#8003](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8003), [\#8014](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8014), [\#8016](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8016), [\#8027](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8027), [\#8031](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8031), [\#8032](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8032), [\#8035](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8035), [\#8042](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8042), [\#8044](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8044), [\#8045](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8045), [\#8061](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8061), [\#8062](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8062), [\#8063](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8063), [\#8066](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8066), [\#8069](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8069), [\#8070](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8070))
+- Move some database-related log lines from the default logger to the database/transaction loggers. ([\#7952](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7952))
+- Add a script to detect source code files using non-unix line terminators. ([\#7965](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7965), [\#7970](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7970))
+- Log the SAML session ID during creation. ([\#7971](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7971))
+- Implement new experimental push rules for some users. ([\#7997](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7997))
+- Remove redundant and unreliable signature check for v1 Identity Service lookup responses. ([\#8001](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8001))
+- Improve the performance of the register endpoint. ([\#8009](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8009))
+- Reduce less useful output in the newsfragment CI step. Add a link to the changelog section of the contributing guide on error. ([\#8024](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8024))
+- Rename storage layer objects to be more sensible. ([\#8033](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8033))
+- Change the default log config to reduce disk I/O and storage for new servers. ([\#8040](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8040))
+- Add an assertion on `prev_events` in `create_new_client_event`. ([\#8041](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8041))
+- Add a comment to `ServerContextFactory` about the use of `SSLv23_METHOD`. ([\#8043](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8043))
+- Log `OPTIONS` requests at `DEBUG` rather than `INFO` level to reduce amount logged at `INFO`. ([\#8049](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8049))
+- Reduce amount of outbound request logging at `INFO` level. ([\#8050](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8050))
+- It is no longer necessary to explicitly define `filters` in the logging configuration. (Continuing to do so is redundant but harmless.) ([\#8051](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8051))
+- Add and improve type hints. ([\#8058](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8058), [\#8064](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8064), [\#8060](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8060), [\#8067](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8067))
+
+
+Synapse 1.18.0 (2020-07-30)
+===========================
+
+Deprecation Warnings
+--------------------
+
+### Docker Tags with `-py3` Suffix
+
+From 10th August 2020, we will no longer publish Docker images with the `-py3` tag suffix. The images tagged with the `-py3` suffix have been identical to the non-suffixed tags since release 0.99.0, and the suffix is obsolete.
+
+On 10th August, we will remove the `latest-py3` tag. Existing per-release tags (such as `v1.18.0-py3`) will not be removed, but no new `-py3` tags will be added.
+
+Scripts relying on the `-py3` suffix will need to be updated.
+
+
+### TCP-based Replication
+
+When setting up worker processes, we now recommend the use of a Redis server for replication. The old direct TCP connection method is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. See [docs/workers.md](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/release-v1.18.0/docs/workers.md) for more details.
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Update worker docs with latest enhancements. ([\#7969](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7969))
+
+
+Synapse 1.18.0rc2 (2020-07-28)
+==============================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix an `AssertionError` exception introduced in v1.18.0rc1. ([\#7876](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7876))
+- Fix experimental support for moving typing off master when worker is restarted, which is broken in v1.18.0rc1. ([\#7967](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7967))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Further optimise queueing of inbound replication commands. ([\#7876](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7876))
+
+
+Synapse 1.18.0rc1 (2020-07-27)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Include room states on invite events that are sent to application services. Contributed by @Sorunome. ([\#6455](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6455))
+- Add delete room admin endpoint (`POST /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/<room_id>/delete`). Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#7613](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7613), [\#7953](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7953))
+- Add experimental support for running multiple federation sender processes. ([\#7798](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7798))
+- Add the option to validate the `iss` and `aud` claims for JWT logins. ([\#7827](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7827))
+- Add support for handling registration requests across multiple client reader workers. ([\#7830](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7830))
+- Add an admin API to list the users in a room. Contributed by Awesome Technologies Innovationslabor GmbH. ([\#7842](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7842))
+- Allow email subjects to be customised through Synapse's configuration. ([\#7846](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7846))
+- Add the ability to re-activate an account from the admin API. ([\#7847](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7847), [\#7908](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7908))
+- Add experimental support for running multiple pusher workers. ([\#7855](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7855))
+- Add experimental support for moving typing off master. ([\#7869](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7869), [\#7959](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7959))
+- Report CPU metrics to prometheus for time spent processing replication commands. ([\#7879](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7879))
+- Support oEmbed for media previews. ([\#7920](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7920))
+- Abort federation requests where the client disconnects before the ratelimiter expires. ([\#7930](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7930))
+- Cache responses to `/_matrix/federation/v1/state_ids` to reduce duplicated work. ([\#7931](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7931))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix detection of out of sync remote device lists when receiving events from remote users. ([\#7815](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7815))
+- Fix bug where Synapse fails to process an incoming event over federation if the server is missing too much of the event's auth chain. ([\#7817](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7817))
+- Fix a bug causing Synapse to misinterpret the value `off` for `encryption_enabled_by_default_for_room_type` in its configuration file(s) if that value isn't surrounded by quotes. This bug was introduced in v1.16.0. ([\#7822](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7822))
+- Fix bug where we did not always pass in `app_name` or `server_name` to email templates, including e.g. for registration emails. ([\#7829](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7829))
+- Errors which occur while using the non-standard JWT login now return the proper error: `403 Forbidden` with an error code of `M_FORBIDDEN`. ([\#7844](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7844))
+- Fix "AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'get'" error message when applying per-room message retention policies. The bug was introduced in Synapse 1.7.0. ([\#7850](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7850))
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.10.0 which could cause a "no create event in auth events" error during room creation. ([\#7854](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7854))
+- Fix a bug which allowed empty rooms to be rejoined over federation. ([\#7859](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7859))
+- Fix 'Unable to find a suitable guest user ID' error when using multiple client_reader workers. ([\#7866](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7866))
+- Fix a long standing bug where the tracing of async functions with opentracing was broken. ([\#7872](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7872), [\#7961](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7961))
+- Fix "TypeError in `synapse.notifier`" exceptions. ([\#7880](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7880))
+- Fix deprecation warning due to invalid escape sequences. ([\#7895](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7895))
+
+
+Updates to the Docker image
+---------------------------
+
+- Base docker image on Debian Buster rather than Alpine Linux. Contributed by @maquis196. ([\#7839](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7839))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Provide instructions on using `register_new_matrix_user` via docker. ([\#7885](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7885))
+- Change the sample config postgres user section to use `synapse_user` instead of `synapse` to align with the documentation. ([\#7889](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7889))
+- Reorder database paragraphs to promote postgres over sqlite. ([\#7933](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7933))
+- Update the dates of ACME v1's end of life in [`ACME.md`](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/ACME.md). ([\#7934](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7934))
+
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- Remove unused `synapse_replication_tcp_resource_invalidate_cache` prometheus metric. ([\#7878](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7878))
+- Remove Ubuntu Eoan from the list of `.deb` packages that we build as it is now end-of-life. Contributed by @gary-kim. ([\#7888](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7888))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Switch parts of the codebase from `simplejson` to the standard library `json`. ([\#7802](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7802))
+- Add type hints to the http server code and remove an unused parameter. ([\#7813](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7813))
+- Add type hints to synapse.api.errors module. ([\#7820](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7820))
+- Ensure that calls to `json.dumps` are compatible with the standard library json. ([\#7836](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7836))
+- Remove redundant `retry_on_integrity_error` wrapper for event persistence code. ([\#7848](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7848))
+- Consistently use `db_to_json` to convert from database values to JSON objects. ([\#7849](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7849))
+- Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await. ([\#7851](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7851), [\#7860](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7860), [\#7868](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7868), [\#7871](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7871), [\#7873](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7873), [\#7874](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7874), [\#7884](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7884), [\#7912](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7912), [\#7935](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7935), [\#7939](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7939), [\#7942](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7942), [\#7944](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7944))
+- Add support for handling registration requests across multiple client reader workers. ([\#7853](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7853))
+- Small performance improvement in typing processing. ([\#7856](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7856))
+- The default value of `filter_timeline_limit` was changed from -1 (no limit) to 100. ([\#7858](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7858))
+- Optimise queueing of inbound replication commands. ([\#7861](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7861))
+- Add some type annotations to `HomeServer` and `BaseHandler`. ([\#7870](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7870))
+- Clean up `PreserveLoggingContext`. ([\#7877](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7877))
+- Change "unknown room version" logging from 'error' to 'warning'. ([\#7881](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7881))
+- Stop using `device_max_stream_id` table and just use `device_inbox.stream_id`. ([\#7882](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7882))
+- Return an empty body for OPTIONS requests. ([\#7886](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7886))
+- Fix typo in generated config file. Contributed by @ThiefMaster. ([\#7890](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7890))
+- Import ABC from `collections.abc` for Python 3.10 compatibility. ([\#7892](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7892))
+- Remove unused functions `time_function`, `trace_function`, `get_previous_frames`
+  and `get_previous_frame` from `synapse.logging.utils` module. ([\#7897](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7897))
+- Lint the `contrib/` directory in CI and linting scripts, add `synctl` to the linting script for consistency with CI. ([\#7914](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7914))
+- Use Element CSS and logo in notification emails when app name is Element. ([\#7919](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7919))
+- Optimisation to /sync handling: skip serializing the response if the client has already disconnected. ([\#7927](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7927))
+- When a client disconnects, don't log it as 'Error processing request'. ([\#7928](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7928))
+- Add debugging to `/sync` response generation (disabled by default). ([\#7929](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7929))
+- Update comments that refer to Deferreds for async functions. ([\#7945](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7945))
+- Simplify error handling in federation handler. ([\#7950](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7950))
+
+
+Synapse 1.17.0 (2020-07-13)
+===========================
+
+Synapse 1.17.0 is identical to 1.17.0rc1, with the addition of the fix that was included in 1.16.1.
+
+
+Synapse 1.16.1 (2020-07-10)
+===========================
+
+In some distributions of Synapse 1.16.0, we incorrectly included a database migration which added a new, unused table. This release removes the redundant table.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Drop table `local_rejections_stream` which was incorrectly added in Synapse 1.16.0. ([\#7816](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7816), [b1beb3ff5](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/b1beb3ff5))
+
+
+Synapse 1.17.0rc1 (2020-07-09)
+==============================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix inconsistent handling of upper and lower case in email addresses when used as identifiers for login, etc. Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#7021](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7021))
+- Fix "Tried to close a non-active scope!" error messages when opentracing is enabled. ([\#7732](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7732))
+- Fix incorrect error message when database CTYPE was set incorrectly. ([\#7760](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7760))
+- Fix to not ignore `set_tweak` actions in Push Rules that have no `value`, as permitted by the specification. ([\#7766](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7766))
+- Fix synctl to handle empty config files correctly. Contributed by @kotovalexarian. ([\#7779](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7779))
+- Fixes a long standing bug in worker mode where worker information was saved in the devices table instead of the original IP address and user agent. ([\#7797](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7797))
+- Fix 'stuck invites' which happen when we are unable to reject a room invite received over federation. ([\#7804](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7804), [\#7809](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7809), [\#7810](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7810))
+
+
+Updates to the Docker image
+---------------------------
+
+- Include libwebp in the Docker file to properly handle webp image uploads. ([\#7791](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7791))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Improve the documentation of the non-standard JSON web token login type. ([\#7776](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7776))
+- Update doc links for caddy. Contributed by Nicolai Søborg. ([\#7789](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7789))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Refactor getting replication updates from database. ([\#7740](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7740))
+- Send push notifications with a high or low priority depending upon whether they may generate user-observable effects. ([\#7765](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7765))
+- Use symbolic names for replication stream names. ([\#7768](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7768))
+- Add early returns to `_check_for_soft_fail`. ([\#7769](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7769))
+- Fix up `synapse.handlers.federation` to pass mypy. ([\#7770](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7770))
+- Convert the appserver handler to async/await. ([\#7775](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7775))
+- Allow to use higher versions of prometheus_client <0.9.0 which are expected to introduce no breaking changes. Contributed by Oliver Kurz. ([\#7780](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7780))
+- Update linting scripts and codebase to be compatible with `isort` v5. ([\#7786](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7786))
+- Stop populating unused table `local_invites`. ([\#7793](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7793))
+- Ensure that strings (not bytes) are passed into JSON serialization. ([\#7799](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7799))
+- Switch from simplejson to the standard library json. ([\#7800](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7800))
+- Add `signing_key` property to `HomeServer` to save code duplication. ([\#7805](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7805))
+- Improve stacktraces from exceptions in background processes. ([\#7808](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7808))
+- Fix various spelling errors in comments and log lines. ([\#7811](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7811))
+
+
+Synapse 1.16.0 (2020-07-08)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes since 1.16.0rc2.
+
+Note that this release deprecates the `m.login.jwt` login method, renaming it
+to `org.matrix.login.jwt`, as `m.login.jwt` is not part of the Matrix spec.
+Otherwise the behaviour is identical. Synapse will accept both names for now,
+but this may change in a future release.
+
+Synapse 1.16.0rc2 (2020-07-02)
+==============================
+
+Synapse 1.16.0rc2 includes the security fixes released with Synapse 1.15.2.
+Please see [below](#synapse-1152-2020-07-02) for more details.
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Update postgres image in example `docker-compose.yaml` to tag `12-alpine`. ([\#7696](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7696))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Add some metrics for inbound and outbound federation latencies: `synapse_federation_server_pdu_process_time` and `synapse_event_processing_lag_by_event`. ([\#7771](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7771))
+
+
+Synapse 1.15.2 (2020-07-02)
+===========================
+
+Due to the two security issues highlighted below, server administrators are
+encouraged to update Synapse. We are not aware of these vulnerabilities being
+exploited in the wild.
+
+Security advisory
+-----------------
+
+* A malicious homeserver could force Synapse to reset the state in a room to a
+  small subset of the correct state. This affects all Synapse deployments which
+  federate with untrusted servers. ([96e9afe6](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/96e9afe62500310977dc3cbc99a8d16d3d2fa15c))
+* HTML pages served via Synapse were vulnerable to clickjacking attacks. This
+  predominantly affects homeservers with single-sign-on enabled, but all server
+  administrators are encouraged to upgrade. ([ea26e9a9](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/ea26e9a98b0541fc886a1cb826a38352b7599dbe))
+
+  This was reported by [Quentin Gliech](https://sandhose.fr/).
+
+
+Synapse 1.16.0rc1 (2020-07-01)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Add an option to enable encryption by default for new rooms. ([\#7639](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7639))
+- Add support for running multiple media repository workers. See [docs/workers.md](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/release-v1.16.0/docs/workers.md) for instructions. ([\#7706](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7706))
+- Media can now be marked as safe from quarantined. ([\#7718](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7718))
+- Expand the configuration options for auto-join rooms. ([\#7763](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7763))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Remove `user_id` from the response to `GET /_matrix/client/r0/presence/{userId}/status` to match the specification. ([\#7606](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7606))
+- In worker mode, ensure that replicated data has not already been received. ([\#7648](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7648))
+- Fix intermittent exception during startup, introduced in Synapse 1.14.0. ([\#7663](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7663))
+- Include a user-agent for federation and well-known requests. ([\#7677](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7677))
+- Accept the proper field (`phone`) for the `m.id.phone` identifier type. The legacy field of `number` is still accepted as a fallback. Bug introduced in v0.20.0. ([\#7687](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7687))
+- Fix "Starting db txn 'get_completed_ui_auth_stages' from sentinel context" warning. The bug was introduced in 1.13.0. ([\#7688](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7688))
+- Compare the URI and method during user interactive authentication (instead of the URI twice). Bug introduced in 1.13.0. ([\#7689](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7689))
+- Fix a long standing bug where the response to the `GET room_keys/version` endpoint had the incorrect type for the `etag` field. ([\#7691](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7691))
+- Fix logged error during device resync in opentracing. Broke in v1.14.0. ([\#7698](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7698))
+- Do not break push rule evaluation when receiving an event with a non-string body. This is a long-standing bug. ([\#7701](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7701))
+- Fixs a long standing bug which resulted in an exception: "TypeError: argument of type 'ObservableDeferred' is not iterable". ([\#7708](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7708))
+- The `synapse_port_db` script no longer fails when the `ui_auth_sessions` table is non-empty. This bug has existed since v1.13.0. ([\#7711](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7711))
+- Synapse will now fetch media from the proper specified URL (using the r0 prefix instead of the unspecified v1). ([\#7714](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7714))
+- Fix the tables ignored by `synapse_port_db` to be in sync the current database schema. ([\#7717](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7717))
+- Fix missing `Content-Length` on HTTP responses from the metrics handler. ([\#7730](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7730))
+- Fix large state resolutions from stalling Synapse for seconds at a time. ([\#7735](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7735), [\#7746](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7746))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Spelling correction in sample_config.yaml. ([\#7652](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7652))
+- Added instructions for how to use Keycloak via OpenID Connect to authenticate with Synapse. ([\#7659](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7659))
+- Corrected misspelling of PostgreSQL. ([\#7724](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7724))
+
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- Deprecate `m.login.jwt` login method in favour of `org.matrix.login.jwt`, as `m.login.jwt` is not part of the Matrix spec. ([\#7675](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7675))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Refactor getting replication updates from database. ([\#7636](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7636))
+- Clean-up the login fallback code. ([\#7657](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7657))
+- Increase the default SAML session expiry time to 15 minutes. ([\#7664](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7664))
+- Convert the device message and pagination handlers to async/await. ([\#7678](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7678))
+- Convert typing handler to async/await. ([\#7679](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7679))
+- Require `parameterized` package version to be at least 0.7.0. ([\#7680](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7680))
+- Refactor handling of `listeners` configuration settings. ([\#7681](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7681))
+- Replace uses of `six.iterkeys`/`iteritems`/`itervalues` with `keys()`/`items()`/`values()`. ([\#7692](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7692))
+- Add support for using `rust-python-jaeger-reporter` library to reduce jaeger tracing overhead. ([\#7697](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7697))
+- Make Tox actions work on Debian 10. ([\#7703](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7703))
+- Replace all remaining uses of `six` with native Python 3 equivalents. Contributed by @ilmari. ([\#7704](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7704))
+- Fix broken link in sample config. ([\#7712](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7712))
+- Speed up state res v2 across large state differences. ([\#7725](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7725))
+- Convert directory handler to async/await. ([\#7727](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7727))
+- Move `flake8` to the end of `scripts-dev/lint.sh` as it takes the longest and could cause the script to exit early. ([\#7738](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7738))
+- Explain the "test" conditional requirement for dependencies is not all of the modules necessary to run the unit tests. ([\#7751](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7751))
+- Add some metrics for inbound and outbound federation latencies: `synapse_federation_server_pdu_process_time` and `synapse_event_processing_lag_by_event`. ([\#7755](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7755))
+
+
+Synapse 1.15.1 (2020-06-16)
+===========================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix a bug introduced in v1.15.0 that would crash Synapse on start when using certain password auth providers. ([\#7684](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7684))
+- Fix a bug introduced in v1.15.0 which meant that some 3PID management endpoints were not accessible on the correct URL. ([\#7685](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7685))
+
+
+Synapse 1.15.0 (2020-06-11)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
+Synapse 1.15.0rc1 (2020-06-09)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Advertise support for Client-Server API r0.6.0 and remove related unstable feature flags. ([\#6585](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6585))
+- Add an option to disable autojoining rooms for guest accounts. ([\#6637](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6637))
+- For SAML authentication, add the ability to pass email addresses to be added to new users' accounts via SAML attributes. Contributed by Christopher Cooper. ([\#7385](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7385))
+- Add admin APIs to allow server admins to manage users' devices. Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#7481](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7481))
+- Add support for generating thumbnails for WebP images. Previously, users would see an empty box instead of preview image. Contributed by @WGH-. ([\#7586](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7586))
+- Support the standardized `m.login.sso` user-interactive authentication flow. ([\#7630](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7630))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Allow new users to be registered via the admin API even if the monthly active user limit has been reached. Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#7263](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7263))
+- Fix email notifications not being enabled for new users when created via the Admin API. ([\#7267](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7267))
+- Fix str placeholders in an instance of `PrepareDatabaseException`. Introduced in Synapse v1.8.0. ([\#7575](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7575))
+- Fix a bug in automatic user creation during first time login with `m.login.jwt`. Regression in v1.6.0. Contributed by @olof. ([\#7585](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7585))
+- Fix a bug causing the cross-signing keys to be ignored when resyncing a device list. ([\#7594](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7594))
+- Fix metrics failing when there is a large number of active background processes. ([\#7597](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7597))
+- Fix bug where returning rooms for a group would fail if it included a room that the server was not in. ([\#7599](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7599))
+- Fix duplicate key violation when persisting read markers. ([\#7607](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7607))
+- Prevent an entire iteration of the device list resync loop from failing if one server responds with a malformed result. ([\#7609](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7609))
+- Fix exceptions when fetching events from a remote host fails. ([\#7622](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7622))
+- Make `synctl restart` start synapse if it wasn't running. ([\#7624](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7624))
+- Pass device information through to the login endpoint when using the login fallback. ([\#7629](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7629))
+- Advertise the `m.login.token` login flow when OpenID Connect is enabled. ([\#7631](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7631))
+- Fix bug in account data replication stream. ([\#7656](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7656))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Update the OpenBSD installation instructions. ([\#7587](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7587))
+- Advertise Python 3.8 support in `setup.py`. ([\#7602](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7602))
+- Add a link to `#synapse:matrix.org` in the troubleshooting section of the README. ([\#7603](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7603))
+- Clarifications to the admin api documentation. ([\#7647](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7647))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Convert the identity handler to async/await. ([\#7561](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7561))
+- Improve query performance for fetching state from a PostgreSQL database. Contributed by @ilmari. ([\#7567](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7567))
+- Speed up processing of federation stream RDATA rows. ([\#7584](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7584))
+- Add comment to systemd example to show postgresql dependency. ([\#7591](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7591))
+- Refactor `Ratelimiter` to limit the amount of expensive config value accesses. ([\#7595](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7595))
+- Convert groups handlers to async/await. ([\#7600](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7600))
+- Clean up exception handling in `SAML2ResponseResource`. ([\#7614](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7614))
+- Check that all asynchronous tasks succeed and general cleanup of `MonthlyActiveUsersTestCase` and `TestMauLimit`. ([\#7619](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7619))
+- Convert `get_user_id_by_threepid` to async/await. ([\#7620](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7620))
+- Switch to upstream `dh-virtualenv` rather than our fork for Debian package builds. ([\#7621](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7621))
+- Update CI scripts to check the number in the newsfile fragment. ([\#7623](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7623))
+- Check if the localpart of a Matrix ID is reserved for guest users earlier in the registration flow, as well as when responding to requests to `/register/available`. ([\#7625](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7625))
+- Minor cleanups to OpenID Connect integration. ([\#7628](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7628))
+- Attempt to fix flaky test: `PhoneHomeStatsTestCase.test_performance_100`. ([\#7634](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7634))
+- Fix typos of `m.olm.curve25519-aes-sha2` and `m.megolm.v1.aes-sha2` in comments, test files. ([\#7637](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7637))
+- Convert user directory, state deltas, and stats handlers to async/await. ([\#7640](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7640))
+- Remove some unused constants. ([\#7644](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7644))
+- Fix type information on `assert_*_is_admin` methods. ([\#7645](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7645))
+- Convert registration handler to async/await. ([\#7649](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7649))
+
+
+Synapse 1.14.0 (2020-05-28)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
+Synapse 1.14.0rc2 (2020-05-27)
+==============================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix cache config to not apply cache factor to event cache. Regression in v1.14.0rc1. ([\#7578](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7578))
+- Fix bug where `ReplicationStreamer` was not always started when replication was enabled. Bug introduced in v1.14.0rc1. ([\#7579](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7579))
+- Fix specifying individual cache factors for caches with special characters in their name. Regression in v1.14.0rc1. ([\#7580](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7580))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Fix the OIDC `client_auth_method` value in the sample config. ([\#7581](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7581))
+
+
 Synapse 1.14.0rc1 (2020-05-26)
 ==============================
 
@@ -30,7 +549,7 @@ Bugfixes
 - Fix bug where a local user leaving a room could fail under rare circumstances. ([\#7548](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7548))
 - Fix "Missing RelayState parameter" error when using user interactive authentication with SAML for some SAML providers. ([\#7552](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7552))
 - Fix exception `'GenericWorkerReplicationHandler' object has no attribute 'send_federation_ack'`, introduced in v1.13.0. ([\#7564](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7564))
-- `synctl` now warns if it was unable to stop Synapse and will not attempt to start Synapse if nothing was stopped. Contributed by Romain Bouyé. ([\#6590](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6590))
+- `synctl` now warns if it was unable to stop Synapse and will not attempt to start Synapse if nothing was stopped. Contributed by Romain Bouyé. ([\#6598](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6598))
 
 
 Updates to the Docker image

INSTALL.md

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 - [Choosing your server name](#choosing-your-server-name)
+- [Picking a database engine](#picking-a-database-engine)
 - [Installing Synapse](#installing-synapse)
   - [Installing from source](#installing-from-source)
     - [Platform-Specific Instructions](#platform-specific-instructions)
   - [Prebuilt packages](#prebuilt-packages)
 - [Setting up Synapse](#setting-up-synapse)
   - [TLS certificates](#tls-certificates)
+  - [Client Well-Known URI](#client-well-known-uri)
   - [Email](#email)
   - [Registering a user](#registering-a-user)
   - [Setting up a TURN server](#setting-up-a-turn-server)
@@ -27,6 +29,25 @@ that your email address is probably `user@example.com` rather than
 `user@email.example.com`) - but doing so may require more advanced setup: see
 [Setting up Federation](docs/federate.md).
 
+# Picking a database engine
+
+Synapse offers two database engines:
+ * [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org)
+ * [SQLite](https://sqlite.org/)
+
+Almost all installations should opt to use PostgreSQL. Advantages include:
+
+* significant performance improvements due to the superior threading and
+  caching model, smarter query optimiser
+* allowing the DB to be run on separate hardware
+
+For information on how to install and use PostgreSQL, please see
+[docs/postgres.md](docs/postgres.md)
+
+By default Synapse uses SQLite and in doing so trades performance for convenience.
+SQLite is only recommended in Synapse for testing purposes or for servers with
+light workloads.
+
 # Installing Synapse
 
 ## Installing from source
@@ -180,35 +201,41 @@ sudo zypper in python-pip python-setuptools sqlite3 python-virtualenv \
 
 #### OpenBSD
 
-Installing prerequisites on OpenBSD:
+A port of Synapse is available under `net/synapse`. The filesystem
+underlying the homeserver directory (defaults to `/var/synapse`) has to be
+mounted with `wxallowed` (cf. `mount(8)`), so creating a separate filesystem
+and mounting it to `/var/synapse` should be taken into consideration.
+
+To be able to build Synapse's dependency on python the `WRKOBJDIR`
+(cf. `bsd.port.mk(5)`) for building python, too, needs to be on a filesystem
+mounted with `wxallowed` (cf. `mount(8)`).
+
+Creating a `WRKOBJDIR` for building python under `/usr/local` (which on a
+default OpenBSD installation is mounted with `wxallowed`):
 
 ```
-doas pkg_add python libffi py-pip py-setuptools sqlite3 py-virtualenv \
-              libxslt jpeg
+doas mkdir /usr/local/pobj_wxallowed
 ```
 
-There is currently no port for OpenBSD. Additionally, OpenBSD's security
-settings require a slightly more difficult installation process.
+Assuming `PORTS_PRIVSEP=Yes` (cf. `bsd.port.mk(5)`) and `SUDO=doas` are
+configured in `/etc/mk.conf`:
 
-(XXX: I suspect this is out of date)
+```
+doas chown _pbuild:_pbuild /usr/local/pobj_wxallowed
+```
 
-1. Create a new directory in `/usr/local` called `_synapse`. Also, create a
-   new user called `_synapse` and set that directory as the new user's home.
-   This is required because, by default, OpenBSD only allows binaries which need
-   write and execute permissions on the same memory space to be run from
-   `/usr/local`.
-2. `su` to the new `_synapse` user and change to their home directory.
-3. Create a new virtualenv: `virtualenv -p python3 ~/.synapse`
-4. Source the virtualenv configuration located at
-   `/usr/local/_synapse/.synapse/bin/activate`. This is done in `ksh` by
-   using the `.` command, rather than `bash`'s `source`.
-5. Optionally, use `pip` to install `lxml`, which Synapse needs to parse
-   webpages for their titles.
-6. Use `pip` to install this repository: `pip install matrix-synapse`
-7. Optionally, change `_synapse`'s shell to `/bin/false` to reduce the
-   chance of a compromised Synapse server being used to take over your box.
+Setting the `WRKOBJDIR` for building python:
 
-After this, you may proceed with the rest of the install directions.
+```
+echo WRKOBJDIR_lang/python/3.7=/usr/local/pobj_wxallowed  \\nWRKOBJDIR_lang/python/2.7=/usr/local/pobj_wxallowed >> /etc/mk.conf
+```
+
+Building Synapse:
+
+```
+cd /usr/ports/net/synapse
+make install
+```
 
 #### Windows
 
@@ -228,9 +255,9 @@ for a number of platforms.
 
 There is an offical synapse image available at
 https://hub.docker.com/r/matrixdotorg/synapse which can be used with
-the docker-compose file available at [contrib/docker](contrib/docker). Further information on
-this including configuration options is available in the README on
-hub.docker.com.
+the docker-compose file available at [contrib/docker](contrib/docker). Further
+information on this including configuration options is available in the README
+on hub.docker.com.
 
 Alternatively, Andreas Peters (previously Silvio Fricke) has contributed a
 Dockerfile to automate a synapse server in a single Docker image, at
@@ -238,7 +265,8 @@ https://hub.docker.com/r/avhost/docker-matrix/tags/
 
 Slavi Pantaleev has created an Ansible playbook,
 which installs the offical Docker image of Matrix Synapse
-along with many other Matrix-related services (Postgres database, riot-web, coturn, mxisd, SSL support, etc.).
+along with many other Matrix-related services (Postgres database, Element, coturn,
+ma1sd, SSL support, etc.).
 For more details, see
 https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
 
@@ -271,22 +299,27 @@ The fingerprint of the repository signing key (as shown by `gpg
 /usr/share/keyrings/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg`) is
 `AAF9AE843A7584B5A3E4CD2BCF45A512DE2DA058`.
 
-#### Downstream Debian/Ubuntu packages
+#### Downstream Debian packages
 
-For `buster` and `sid`, Synapse is available in the Debian repositories and
-it should be possible to install it with simply:
+We do not recommend using the packages from the default Debian `buster`
+repository at this time, as they are old and suffer from known security
+vulnerabilities. You can install the latest version of Synapse from
+[our repository](#matrixorg-packages) or from `buster-backports`. Please
+see the [Debian documentation](https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/)
+for information on how to use backports.
+
+If you are using Debian `sid` or testing, Synapse is available in the default
+repositories and it should be possible to install it simply with:
 
 ```
 sudo apt install matrix-synapse
 ```
 
-There is also a version of `matrix-synapse` in `stretch-backports`. Please see
-the [Debian documentation on
-backports](https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/) for information on how
-to use them.
+#### Downstream Ubuntu packages
 
-We do not recommend using the packages in downstream Ubuntu at this time, as
-they are old and suffer from known security vulnerabilities.
+We do not recommend using the packages in the default Ubuntu repository
+at this time, as they are old and suffer from known security vulnerabilities.
+The latest version of Synapse can be installed from [our repository](#matrixorg-packages).
 
 ### Fedora
 
@@ -350,6 +383,18 @@ Synapse can be installed via FreeBSD Ports or Packages contributed by Brendan Mo
  - Ports: `cd /usr/ports/net-im/py-matrix-synapse && make install clean`
  - Packages: `pkg install py37-matrix-synapse`
 
+### OpenBSD
+
+As of OpenBSD 6.7 Synapse is available as a pre-compiled binary. The filesystem
+underlying the homeserver directory (defaults to `/var/synapse`) has to be
+mounted with `wxallowed` (cf. `mount(8)`), so creating a separate filesystem
+and mounting it to `/var/synapse` should be taken into consideration.
+
+Installing Synapse:
+
+```
+doas pkg_add synapse
+```
 
 ### NixOS
 
@@ -387,13 +432,11 @@ so, you will need to edit `homeserver.yaml`, as follows:
   ```
 
 * You will also need to uncomment the `tls_certificate_path` and
-  `tls_private_key_path` lines under the `TLS` section. You can either
-  point these settings at an existing certificate and key, or you can
-  enable Synapse's built-in ACME (Let's Encrypt) support. Instructions
-  for having Synapse automatically provision and renew federation
-  certificates through ACME can be found at [ACME.md](docs/ACME.md).
-  Note that, as pointed out in that document, this feature will not
-  work with installs set up after November 2019.
+  `tls_private_key_path` lines under the `TLS` section. You will need to manage
+  provisioning of these certificates yourself — Synapse had built-in ACME
+  support, but the ACMEv1 protocol Synapse implements is deprecated, not
+  allowed by LetsEncrypt for new sites, and will break for existing sites in
+  late 2020. See [ACME.md](docs/ACME.md).
 
   If you are using your own certificate, be sure to use a `.pem` file that
   includes the full certificate chain including any intermediate certificates
@@ -403,6 +446,60 @@ so, you will need to edit `homeserver.yaml`, as follows:
 For a more detailed guide to configuring your server for federation, see
 [federate.md](docs/federate.md).
 
+## Client Well-Known URI
+
+Setting up the client Well-Known URI is optional but if you set it up, it will
+allow users to enter their full username (e.g. `@user:<server_name>`) into clients
+which support well-known lookup to automatically configure the homeserver and
+identity server URLs. This is useful so that users don't have to memorize or think
+about the actual homeserver URL you are using.
+
+The URL `https://<server_name>/.well-known/matrix/client` should return JSON in
+the following format.
+
+```
+{
+  "m.homeserver": {
+    "base_url": "https://<matrix.example.com>"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+It can optionally contain identity server information as well.
+
+```
+{
+  "m.homeserver": {
+    "base_url": "https://<matrix.example.com>"
+  },
+  "m.identity_server": {
+    "base_url": "https://<identity.example.com>"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+To work in browser based clients, the file must be served with the appropriate
+Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) headers. A recommended value would be
+`Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` which would allow all browser based clients to
+view it.
+
+In nginx this would be something like:
+```
+location /.well-known/matrix/client {
+    return 200 '{"m.homeserver": {"base_url": "https://<matrix.example.com>"}}';
+    add_header Content-Type application/json;
+    add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *;
+}
+```
+
+You should also ensure the `public_baseurl` option in `homeserver.yaml` is set
+correctly. `public_baseurl` should be set to the URL that clients will use to
+connect to your server. This is the same URL you put for the `m.homeserver`
+`base_url` above.
+
+```
+public_baseurl: "https://<matrix.example.com>"
+```
 
 ## Email
 
@@ -421,7 +518,7 @@ email will be disabled.
 
 ## Registering a user
 
-The easiest way to create a new user is to do so from a client like [Riot](https://riot.im).
+The easiest way to create a new user is to do so from a client like [Element](https://element.io/).
 
 Alternatively you can do so from the command line if you have installed via pip.
 

README.rst

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ which handle:
 - Eventually-consistent cryptographically secure synchronisation of room
   state across a global open network of federated servers and services
 - Sending and receiving extensible messages in a room with (optional)
-  end-to-end encryption[1]
+  end-to-end encryption
 - Inviting, joining, leaving, kicking, banning room members
 - Managing user accounts (registration, login, logout)
 - Using 3rd Party IDs (3PIDs) such as email addresses, phone numbers,
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ at the `Matrix spec <https://matrix.org/docs/spec>`_, and experiment with the
 
 Thanks for using Matrix!
 
-[1] End-to-end encryption is currently in beta: `blog post <https://matrix.org/blog/2016/11/21/matrixs-olm-end-to-end-encryption-security-assessment-released-and-implemented-cross-platform-on-riot-at-last>`_.
-
-
 Support
 =======
 
@@ -115,12 +112,11 @@ Unless you are running a test instance of Synapse on your local machine, in
 general, you will need to enable TLS support before you can successfully
 connect from a client: see `<INSTALL.md#tls-certificates>`_.
 
-An easy way to get started is to login or register via Riot at
-https://riot.im/app/#/login or https://riot.im/app/#/register respectively.
+An easy way to get started is to login or register via Element at
+https://app.element.io/#/login or https://app.element.io/#/register respectively.
 You will need to change the server you are logging into from ``matrix.org``
 and instead specify a Homeserver URL of ``https://<server_name>:8448``
 (or just ``https://<server_name>`` if you are using a reverse proxy).
-(Leave the identity server as the default - see `Identity servers`_.)
 If you prefer to use another client, refer to our
 `client breakdown <https://matrix.org/docs/projects/clients-matrix>`_.
 
@@ -137,7 +133,7 @@ it, specify ``enable_registration: true`` in ``homeserver.yaml``. (It is then
 recommended to also set up CAPTCHA - see `<docs/CAPTCHA_SETUP.md>`_.)
 
 Once ``enable_registration`` is set to ``true``, it is possible to register a
-user via `riot.im <https://riot.im/app/#/register>`_ or other Matrix clients.
+user via a Matrix client.
 
 Your new user name will be formed partly from the ``server_name``, and partly
 from a localpart you specify when you create the account. Your name will take
@@ -183,30 +179,6 @@ versions of synapse.
 
 .. _UPGRADE.rst: UPGRADE.rst
 
-
-Using PostgreSQL
-================
-
-Synapse offers two database engines:
- * `SQLite <https://sqlite.org/>`_
- * `PostgreSQL <https://www.postgresql.org>`_
-
-By default Synapse uses SQLite in and doing so trades performance for convenience.
-SQLite is only recommended in Synapse for testing purposes or for servers with
-light workloads.
-
-Almost all installations should opt to use PostreSQL. Advantages include:
-
-* significant performance improvements due to the superior threading and
-  caching model, smarter query optimiser
-* allowing the DB to be run on separate hardware
-* allowing basic active/backup high-availability with a "hot spare" synapse
-  pointing at the same DB master, as well as enabling DB replication in
-  synapse itself.
-
-For information on how to install and use PostgreSQL, please see
-`docs/postgres.md <docs/postgres.md>`_.
-
 .. _reverse-proxy:
 
 Using a reverse proxy with Synapse
@@ -215,7 +187,7 @@ Using a reverse proxy with Synapse
 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>`_,
-`Caddy <https://caddyserver.com/docs/proxy>`_ or
+`Caddy <https://caddyserver.com/docs/quick-starts/reverse-proxy>`_ or
 `HAProxy <https://www.haproxy.org/>`_ in front of Synapse. One advantage of
 doing so is that it means that you can expose the default https port (443) to
 Matrix clients without needing to run Synapse with root privileges.
@@ -255,10 +227,9 @@ email address.
 Password reset
 ==============
 
-If a user has registered an email address to their account using an identity
-server, they can request a password-reset token via clients such as Riot.
-
-A manual password reset can be done via direct database access as follows.
+Users can reset their password through their client. Alternatively, a server admin
+can reset a users password using the `admin API <docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst#reset-password>`_
+or by directly editing the database as shown below.
 
 First calculate the hash of the new password::
 
@@ -267,7 +238,7 @@ First calculate the hash of the new password::
     Confirm password:
     $2a$12$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
-Then update the `users` table in the database::
+Then update the ``users`` table in the database::
 
     UPDATE users SET password_hash='$2a$12$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
         WHERE name='@test:test.com';
@@ -335,6 +306,9 @@ Building internal API documentation::
 Troubleshooting
 ===============
 
+Need help? Join our community support room on Matrix:
+`#synapse:matrix.org <https://matrix.to/#/#synapse:matrix.org>`_
+
 Running out of File Handles
 ---------------------------
 

UPGRADE.rst

@@ -75,6 +75,24 @@ for example:
      wget https://packages.matrix.org/debian/pool/main/m/matrix-synapse-py3/matrix-synapse-py3_1.3.0+stretch1_amd64.deb
      dpkg -i matrix-synapse-py3_1.3.0+stretch1_amd64.deb
 
+Upgrading to v1.18.0
+====================
+
+Docker `-py3` suffix will be removed in future versions
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+From 10th August 2020, we will no longer publish Docker images with the `-py3` tag suffix. The images tagged with the `-py3` suffix have been identical to the non-suffixed tags since release 0.99.0, and the suffix is obsolete.
+
+On 10th August, we will remove the `latest-py3` tag. Existing per-release tags (such as `v1.18.0-py3`) will not be removed, but no new `-py3` tags will be added.
+
+Scripts relying on the `-py3` suffix will need to be updated.
+
+Redis replication is now recommended in lieu of TCP replication
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+When setting up worker processes, we now recommend the use of a Redis server for replication. **The old direct TCP connection method is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.**
+See `docs/workers.md <docs/workers.md>`_ for more details.
+
 Upgrading to v1.14.0
 ====================
 

changelog.d/7377.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add filter `name` to the `/users` admin API, which filters by user ID or displayname. Contributed by Awesome Technologies Innovationslabor GmbH.

changelog.d/7438.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Support `identifier` dictionary fields in User-Interactive Authentication flows. Relax requirement of the `user` parameter.

changelog.d/7864.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a memory leak by limiting the length of time that messages will be queued for a remote server that has been unreachable.

changelog.d/7991.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Don't fail `/submit_token` requests on incorrect session ID if `request_token_inhibit_3pid_errors` is turned on.

changelog.d/8013.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Iteratively encode JSON to avoid blocking the reactor.

changelog.d/8034.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add support for shadow-banning users (ignoring any message send requests).

changelog.d/8037.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use the default template file when its equivalent is not found in a custom template directory.

changelog.d/8071.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.

changelog.d/8072.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.

changelog.d/8074.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.

changelog.d/8075.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.

changelog.d/8076.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.

changelog.d/8081.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix `Re-starting finished log context PUT-nnnn` warning when event persistence failed.

changelog.d/8085.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove some unused database functions.

changelog.d/8087.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.

changelog.d/8090.misc

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

changelog.d/8092.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add support for shadow-banning users (ignoring any message send requests).

changelog.d/8093.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Return the previous stream token if a non-member event is a duplicate.

changelog.d/8095.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add support for shadow-banning users (ignoring any message send requests).

changelog.d/8100.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.

changelog.d/8101.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Synapse now correctly enforces the valid characters in the `client_secret` parameter used in various endpoints.

changelog.d/8104.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a bug introduced in v1.7.2 impacting message retention policies that would allow federated homeservers to dictate a retention period that's lower than the configured minimum allowed duration in the configuration file.

changelog.d/8106.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a long-standing bug where invalid JSON would be accepted by Synapse.

changelog.d/8107.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use the default template file when its equivalent is not found in a custom template directory.

changelog.d/8110.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.12.0 which could cause `/sync` requests to fail with a 404 if you had a very old outstanding room invite.

changelog.d/8111.doc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Link to matrix-synapse-rest-password-provider in the password provider documentation.

changelog.d/8112.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Return the previous stream token if a non-member event is a duplicate.

changelog.d/8113.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Separate `get_current_token` into two since there are two different use cases for it.

changelog.d/8116.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Iteratively encode JSON to avoid blocking the reactor.

changelog.d/8119.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.

changelog.d/8120.doc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updated documentation to note that Synapse does not follow `HTTP 308` redirects due to an upstream library not supporting them. Contributed by Ryan Cole.

changelog.d/8121.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.

changelog.d/8123.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove `ChainedIdGenerator`.

changelog.d/8124.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Reduce the amount of whitespace in JSON stored and sent in responses.

changelog.d/8127.misc

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

changelog.d/8129.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Return a proper error code when the rooms of an invalid group are requested.

changelog.d/8131.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a bug which could cause a leaked postgres connection if synapse was set to daemonize.

changelog.d/8132.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Micro-optimisations to get_auth_chain_ids.

changelog.d/8133.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.

changelog.d/8135.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Clarify the error code if a user tries to register with a numeric ID. This bug was introduced in v1.15.0.

changelog.d/8139.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixes a bug where appservices with ratelimiting disabled would still be ratelimited when joining rooms. This bug was introduced in v1.19.0. 

changelog.d/8140.misc

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

changelog.d/8142.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add support for shadow-banning users (ignoring any message send requests).

changelog.d/8147.docker

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added curl for healthcheck support and readme updates for the change. Contributed by @maquis196.

changelog.d/8152.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add support for shadow-banning users (ignoring any message send requests).

changelog.d/8158.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ Add support for shadow-banning users (ignoring any message send requests).

changelog.d/8161.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Refactor `StreamIdGenerator` and `MultiWriterIdGenerator` to have the same interface.

changelog.d/8163.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add filter `name` to the `/users` admin API, which filters by user ID or displayname. Contributed by Awesome Technologies Innovationslabor GmbH.

changelog.d/8164.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add functions to `MultiWriterIdGen` used by events stream.

contrib/cmdclient/console.py

@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 """ Starts a synapse client console. """
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-from twisted.internet import reactor, defer, threads
-from http import TwistedHttpClient
-
 import argparse
 import cmd
 import getpass
@@ -28,12 +25,14 @@ import shlex
 import sys
 import time
 import urllib
-import urlparse
+from http import TwistedHttpClient
 
-import nacl.signing
 import nacl.encoding
+import nacl.signing
+import urlparse
+from signedjson.sign import SignatureVerifyException, verify_signed_json
 
-from signedjson.sign import verify_signed_json, SignatureVerifyException
+from twisted.internet import defer, reactor, threads
 
 CONFIG_JSON = "cmdclient_config.json"
 
@@ -493,7 +492,7 @@ class SynapseCmd(cmd.Cmd):
         "list messages <roomid> from=END&to=START&limit=3"
         """
         args = self._parse(line, ["type", "roomid", "qp"])
-        if not "type" in args or not "roomid" in args:
+        if "type" not in args or "roomid" not in args:
             print("Must specify type and room ID.")
             return
         if args["type"] not in ["members", "messages"]:
@@ -508,7 +507,7 @@ class SynapseCmd(cmd.Cmd):
                 try:
                     key_value = key_value_str.split("=")
                     qp[key_value[0]] = key_value[1]
-                except:
+                except Exception:
                     print("Bad query param: %s" % key_value)
                     return
 
@@ -585,7 +584,7 @@ class SynapseCmd(cmd.Cmd):
                 parsed_url = urlparse.urlparse(args["path"])
                 qp.update(urlparse.parse_qs(parsed_url.query))
                 args["path"] = parsed_url.path
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 pass
 
         reactor.callFromThread(
@@ -610,13 +609,15 @@ class SynapseCmd(cmd.Cmd):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _do_event_stream(self, timeout):
-        res = yield self.http_client.get_json(
-            self._url() + "/events",
-            {
-                "access_token": self._tok(),
-                "timeout": str(timeout),
-                "from": self.event_stream_token,
-            },
+        res = yield defer.ensureDeferred(
+            self.http_client.get_json(
+                self._url() + "/events",
+                {
+                    "access_token": self._tok(),
+                    "timeout": str(timeout),
+                    "from": self.event_stream_token,
+                },
+            )
         )
         print(json.dumps(res, indent=4))
 
@@ -772,10 +773,10 @@ def main(server_url, identity_server_url, username, token, config_path):
             syn_cmd.config = json.load(config)
             try:
                 http_client.verbose = "on" == syn_cmd.config["verbose"]
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 pass
             print("Loaded config from %s" % config_path)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         pass
 
     # Twisted-specific: Runs the command processor in Twisted's event loop

contrib/cmdclient/http.py

@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 from __future__ import print_function
-from twisted.web.client import Agent, readBody
-from twisted.web.http_headers import Headers
-from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
-
-from pprint import pformat
 
 import json
 import urllib
+from pprint import pformat
+
+from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
+from twisted.web.client import Agent, readBody
+from twisted.web.http_headers import Headers
 
 
 class HttpClient(object):

contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ services:
       - traefik.http.routers.https-synapse.tls.certResolver=le-ssl
 
   db:
-    image: docker.io/postgres:10-alpine
+    image: docker.io/postgres:12-alpine
     # Change that password, of course!
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_USER=synapse

contrib/experiments/test_messaging.py

@@ -28,27 +28,24 @@ Currently assumes the local address is localhost:<port>
 """
 
 
-from synapse.federation import ReplicationHandler
-
-from synapse.federation.units import Pdu
-
-from synapse.util import origin_from_ucid
-
-from synapse.app.homeserver import SynapseHomeServer
-
-# from synapse.logging.utils import log_function
-
-from twisted.internet import reactor, defer
-from twisted.python import log
-
 import argparse
+import curses.wrapper
 import json
 import logging
 import os
 import re
 
 import cursesio
-import curses.wrapper
+
+from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
+from twisted.python import log
+
+from synapse.app.homeserver import SynapseHomeServer
+from synapse.federation import ReplicationHandler
+from synapse.federation.units import Pdu
+from synapse.util import origin_from_ucid
+
+# from synapse.logging.utils import log_function
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("example")
@@ -75,7 +72,7 @@ class InputOutput(object):
         """
 
         try:
-            m = re.match("^join (\S+)$", line)
+            m = re.match(r"^join (\S+)$", line)
             if m:
                 # The `sender` wants to join a room.
                 (room_name,) = m.groups()
@@ -84,7 +81,7 @@ class InputOutput(object):
                 # self.print_line("OK.")
                 return
 
-            m = re.match("^invite (\S+) (\S+)$", line)
+            m = re.match(r"^invite (\S+) (\S+)$", line)
             if m:
                 # `sender` wants to invite someone to a room
                 room_name, invitee = m.groups()
@@ -93,7 +90,7 @@ class InputOutput(object):
                 # self.print_line("OK.")
                 return
 
-            m = re.match("^send (\S+) (.*)$", line)
+            m = re.match(r"^send (\S+) (.*)$", line)
             if m:
                 # `sender` wants to message a room
                 room_name, body = m.groups()
@@ -102,7 +99,7 @@ class InputOutput(object):
                 # self.print_line("OK.")
                 return
 
-            m = re.match("^backfill (\S+)$", line)
+            m = re.match(r"^backfill (\S+)$", line)
             if m:
                 # we want to backfill a room
                 (room_name,) = m.groups()
@@ -201,16 +198,6 @@ class HomeServer(ReplicationHandler):
                 % (pdu.context, pdu.pdu_type, json.dumps(pdu.content))
             )
 
-    # def on_state_change(self, pdu):
-    ##self.output.print_line("#%s (state) %s *** %s" %
-    ##(pdu.context, pdu.state_key, pdu.pdu_type)
-    ##)
-
-    # if "joinee" in pdu.content:
-    # self._on_join(pdu.context, pdu.content["joinee"])
-    # elif "invitee" in pdu.content:
-    # self._on_invite(pdu.origin, pdu.context, pdu.content["invitee"])
-
     def _on_message(self, pdu):
         """ We received a message
         """
@@ -314,7 +301,7 @@ class HomeServer(ReplicationHandler):
         return self.replication_layer.backfill(dest, room_name, limit)
 
     def _get_room_remote_servers(self, room_name):
-        return [i for i in self.joined_rooms.setdefault(room_name).servers]
+        return list(self.joined_rooms.setdefault(room_name).servers)
 
     def _get_or_create_room(self, room_name):
         return self.joined_rooms.setdefault(room_name, Room(room_name))
@@ -334,7 +321,7 @@ def main(stdscr):
     user = args.user
     server_name = origin_from_ucid(user)
 
-    ## Set up logging ##
+    # Set up logging
 
     root_logger = logging.getLogger()
 
@@ -354,7 +341,7 @@ def main(stdscr):
     observer = log.PythonLoggingObserver()
     observer.start()
 
-    ## Set up synapse server
+    # Set up synapse server
 
     curses_stdio = cursesio.CursesStdIO(stdscr)
     input_output = InputOutput(curses_stdio, user)
@@ -368,16 +355,16 @@ def main(stdscr):
 
     input_output.set_home_server(hs)
 
-    ## Add input_output logger
+    # Add input_output logger
     io_logger = IOLoggerHandler(input_output)
     io_logger.setFormatter(formatter)
     root_logger.addHandler(io_logger)
 
-    ## Start! ##
+    # Start!
 
     try:
         port = int(server_name.split(":")[1])
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         port = 12345
 
     app_hs.get_http_server().start_listening(port)

contrib/graph/graph.py

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+import argparse
+import cgi
+import datetime
+import json
+
+import pydot
+import urllib2
+
 # Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -15,15 +23,6 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 # limitations under the License.
 
 
-import sqlite3
-import pydot
-import cgi
-import json
-import datetime
-import argparse
-import urllib2
-
-
 def make_name(pdu_id, origin):
     return "%s@%s" % (pdu_id, origin)
 
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ def make_graph(pdus, room, filename_prefix):
     node_map = {}
 
     origins = set()
-    colors = set(("red", "green", "blue", "yellow", "purple"))
+    colors = {"red", "green", "blue", "yellow", "purple"}
 
     for pdu in pdus:
         origins.add(pdu.get("origin"))
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ def make_graph(pdus, room, filename_prefix):
         try:
             c = colors.pop()
             color_map[o] = c
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             print("Run out of colours!")
             color_map[o] = "black"
 

contrib/graph/graph2.py

@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 
-import sqlite3
-import pydot
-import cgi
-import json
-import datetime
 import argparse
+import cgi
+import datetime
+import json
+import sqlite3
+
+import pydot
 
 from synapse.events import FrozenEvent
 from synapse.util.frozenutils import unfreeze
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ def make_graph(db_name, room_id, file_prefix, limit):
         for prev_id, _ in event.prev_events:
             try:
                 end_node = node_map[prev_id]
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 end_node = pydot.Node(name=prev_id, label="<<b>%s</b>>" % (prev_id,))
 
                 node_map[prev_id] = end_node

contrib/graph/graph3.py

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+import argparse
+import cgi
+import datetime
+
+import pydot
+import simplejson as json
+
+from synapse.events import FrozenEvent
+from synapse.util.frozenutils import unfreeze
+
 # Copyright 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -15,18 +25,6 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 # limitations under the License.
 
 
-import pydot
-import cgi
-import simplejson as json
-import datetime
-import argparse
-
-from synapse.events import FrozenEvent
-from synapse.util.frozenutils import unfreeze
-
-from six import string_types
-
-
 def make_graph(file_name, room_id, file_prefix, limit):
     print("Reading lines")
     with open(file_name) as f:
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ def make_graph(file_name, room_id, file_prefix, limit):
         for key, value in unfreeze(event.get_dict()["content"]).items():
             if value is None:
                 value = "<null>"
-            elif isinstance(value, string_types):
+            elif isinstance(value, str):
                 pass
             else:
                 value = json.dumps(value)
@@ -108,7 +106,7 @@ def make_graph(file_name, room_id, file_prefix, limit):
         for prev_id, _ in event.prev_events:
             try:
                 end_node = node_map[prev_id]
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 end_node = pydot.Node(name=prev_id, label="<<b>%s</b>>" % (prev_id,))
 
                 node_map[prev_id] = end_node

contrib/jitsimeetbridge/jitsimeetbridge.py

@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ npm install jquery jsdom
 """
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-import gevent
-import grequests
-from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
 import json
-import urllib
 import subprocess
 import time
 
-# ACCESS_TOKEN="" #
+import gevent
+import grequests
+from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
+
+ACCESS_TOKEN = ""
 
 MATRIXBASE = "https://matrix.org/_matrix/client/api/v1/"
 MYUSERNAME = "@davetest:matrix.org"

contrib/scripts/kick_users.py

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from __future__ import print_function
-from argparse import ArgumentParser
+
 import json
-import requests
 import sys
 import urllib
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+
+import requests
 
 try:
     raw_input

contrib/systemd/matrix-synapse.service

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 
 [Unit]
 Description=Synapse Matrix homeserver
+# If you are using postgresql to persist data, uncomment this line to make sure
+# synapse starts after the postgresql service.
+# After=postgresql.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,67 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.19.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Synapse Packaging team ]
+  * New synapse release 1.19.0.
+
+  [ Aaron Raimist ]
+  * Fix outdated documentation for SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Mon, 17 Aug 2020 14:06:42 +0100
+
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.18.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.18.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Thu, 30 Jul 2020 10:55:53 +0100
+
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.17.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.17.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Mon, 13 Jul 2020 10:20:31 +0100
+
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.16.1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.16.1.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Fri, 10 Jul 2020 12:09:24 +0100
+
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.17.0rc1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.17.0rc1.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Thu, 09 Jul 2020 16:53:12 +0100
+
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.16.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.16.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Wed, 08 Jul 2020 11:03:48 +0100
+
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.15.2) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.15.2.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Thu, 02 Jul 2020 10:34:00 -0400
+
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.15.1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.15.1.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:27:50 +0100
+
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.15.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.15.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:27:06 +0100
+
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.14.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.14.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Thu, 28 May 2020 10:37:27 +0000
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.13.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Patrick Cloke ]

debian/matrix-synapse.default

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Specify environment variables used when running Synapse
-# SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR=1 (default)
+# SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR=0.5 (default)

debian/synctl.ronn

@@ -46,19 +46,20 @@ Configuration file may be generated as follows:
 ## ENVIRONMENT
 
   * `SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR`:
-    Synapse's architecture is quite RAM hungry currently - a lot of
-    recent room data and metadata is deliberately cached in RAM in
-    order to speed up common requests.  This will be improved in
-    future, but for now the easiest way to either reduce the RAM usage
-    (at the risk of slowing things down) is to set the
-    SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR environment variable. Roughly speaking, a
-    SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR of 1.0 will max out at around 3-4GB of
-    resident memory - this is what we currently run the matrix.org
-    on. The default setting is currently 0.1, which is probably around
-    a ~700MB footprint. You can dial it down further to 0.02 if
-    desired, which targets roughly ~512MB. Conversely you can dial it
-    up if you need performance for lots of users and have a box with a
-    lot of RAM.
+    Synapse's architecture is quite RAM hungry currently - we deliberately
+    cache a lot of recent room data and metadata in RAM in order to speed up
+    common requests. We'll improve this in the future, but for now the easiest
+    way to either reduce the RAM usage (at the risk of slowing things down)
+    is to set the almost-undocumented ``SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR`` environment
+    variable. The default is 0.5, which can be decreased to reduce RAM usage
+    in memory constrained enviroments, or increased if performance starts to
+    degrade.
+
+    However, degraded performance due to a low cache factor, common on
+    machines with slow disks, often leads to explosions in memory use due
+    backlogged requests. In this case, reducing the cache factor will make
+    things worse. Instead, try increasing it drastically. 2.0 is a good
+    starting value.
 
 ## COPYRIGHT
 

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -16,34 +16,31 @@ ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.7
 ###
 ### Stage 0: builder
 ###
-FROM docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-alpine3.11 as builder
+FROM docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-slim as builder
 
 # install the OS build deps
 
-RUN apk add \
-        build-base \
-        libffi-dev \
-        libjpeg-turbo-dev \
-        libressl-dev \
-        libxslt-dev \
-        linux-headers \
-        postgresql-dev \
-        zlib-dev
 
-# build things which have slow build steps, before we copy synapse, so that
-# the layer can be cached.
-#
-# (we really just care about caching a wheel here, as the "pip install" below
-# will install them again.)
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    build-essential \
+    libpq-dev \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Build dependencies that are not available as wheels, to speed up rebuilds
 RUN pip install --prefix="/install" --no-warn-script-location \
-        cryptography \
-        msgpack-python \
-        pillow \
-        pynacl
+        frozendict \
+        jaeger-client \
+        opentracing \
+        prometheus-client \
+        psycopg2 \
+        pycparser \
+        pyrsistent \
+        pyyaml \
+        simplejson \
+        threadloop \
+        thrift
 
 # now install synapse and all of the python deps to /install.
-
 COPY synapse /synapse/synapse/
 COPY scripts /synapse/scripts/
 COPY MANIFEST.in README.rst setup.py synctl /synapse/
@@ -55,19 +52,14 @@ RUN pip install --prefix="/install" --no-warn-script-location \
 ### Stage 1: runtime
 ###
 
-FROM docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-alpine3.11
+FROM docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-slim
 
-# xmlsec is required for saml support
-RUN apk add --no-cache --virtual .runtime_deps \
-        libffi \
-        libjpeg-turbo \
-        libressl \
-        libxslt \
-        libpq \
-        zlib \
-        su-exec \
-        tzdata \
-        xmlsec
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    curl \
+    libpq5 \
+    xmlsec1 \
+    gosu \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 COPY --from=builder /install /usr/local
 COPY ./docker/start.py /start.py
@@ -78,3 +70,6 @@ VOLUME ["/data"]
 EXPOSE 8008/tcp 8009/tcp 8448/tcp
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/start.py"]
+
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=1m --timeout=5s \
+  CMD curl -fSs http://localhost:8008/health || exit 1

docker/Dockerfile-dhvirtualenv

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ RUN env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install \
 
 # fetch and unpack the package
 RUN mkdir /dh-virtualenv
-RUN wget -q -O /dh-virtualenv.tar.gz https://github.com/matrix-org/dh-virtualenv/archive/matrixorg-20200519.tar.gz
+RUN wget -q -O /dh-virtualenv.tar.gz https://github.com/spotify/dh-virtualenv/archive/ac6e1b1.tar.gz
 RUN tar -xv --strip-components=1 -C /dh-virtualenv -f /dh-virtualenv.tar.gz
 
 # install its build deps. We do another apt-cache-update here, because we might

docker/README.md

@@ -94,6 +94,21 @@ The following environment variables are supported in run mode:
 * `UID`, `GID`: the user and group id to run Synapse as. Defaults to `991`, `991`.
 * `TZ`: the [timezone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones) the container will run with. Defaults to `UTC`.
 
+## Generating an (admin) user
+
+After synapse is running, you may wish to create a user via `register_new_matrix_user`.
+
+This requires a `registration_shared_secret` to be set in your config file. Synapse
+must be restarted to pick up this change.
+
+You can then call the script:
+
+```
+docker exec -it synapse register_new_matrix_user http://localhost:8008 -c /data/homeserver.yaml --help
+```
+
+Remember to remove the `registration_shared_secret` and restart if you no-longer need it.
+
 ## TLS support
 
 The default configuration exposes a single HTTP port: http://localhost:8008. It
@@ -147,3 +162,32 @@ docker build -t matrixdotorg/synapse -f docker/Dockerfile .
 
 You can choose to build a different docker image by changing the value of the `-f` flag to
 point to another Dockerfile.
+
+## Disabling the healthcheck
+
+If you are using a non-standard port or tls inside docker you can disable the healthcheck
+whilst running the above `docker run` commands. 
+
+```
+   --no-healthcheck
+```
+## Setting custom healthcheck on docker run
+
+If you wish to point the healthcheck at a different port with docker command, add the following
+
+```
+  --health-cmd 'curl -fSs http://localhost:1234/health'
+```
+
+## Setting the healthcheck in docker-compose file
+
+You can add the following to set a custom healthcheck in a docker compose file.
+You will need version >2.1 for this to work. 
+
+```
+healthcheck:
+  test: ["CMD", "curl", "-fSs", "http://localhost:8008/health"]
+  interval: 1m
+  timeout: 10s
+  retries: 3
+```

docker/conf/log.config

@@ -4,16 +4,10 @@ formatters:
   precise:
    format: '%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - %(levelname)s - %(request)s - %(message)s'
 
-filters:
-  context:
-    (): synapse.logging.context.LoggingContextFilter
-    request: ""
-
 handlers:
   console:
     class: logging.StreamHandler
     formatter: precise
-    filters: [context]
 
 loggers:
     synapse.storage.SQL:

docker/start.py

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def generate_config_from_template(config_dir, config_path, environ, ownership):
 
     if ownership is not None:
         subprocess.check_output(["chown", "-R", ownership, "/data"])
-        args = ["su-exec", ownership] + args
+        args = ["gosu", ownership] + args
 
     subprocess.check_output(args)
 
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ def run_generate_config(environ, ownership):
         # make sure that synapse has perms to write to the data dir.
         subprocess.check_output(["chown", ownership, data_dir])
 
-        args = ["su-exec", ownership] + args
-        os.execv("/sbin/su-exec", args)
+        args = ["gosu", ownership] + args
+        os.execv("/usr/sbin/gosu", args)
     else:
         os.execv("/usr/local/bin/python", args)
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def main(args, environ):
         ownership = "{}:{}".format(desired_uid, desired_gid)
 
     if ownership is None:
-        log("Will not perform chmod/su-exec as UserID already matches request")
+        log("Will not perform chmod/gosu as UserID already matches request")
 
     # In generate mode, generate a configuration and missing keys, then exit
     if mode == "generate":
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ running with 'migrate_config'. See the README for more details.
 
     args = ["python", "-m", synapse_worker, "--config-path", config_path]
     if ownership is not None:
-        args = ["su-exec", ownership] + args
-        os.execv("/sbin/su-exec", args)
+        args = ["gosu", ownership] + args
+        os.execv("/usr/sbin/gosu", args)
     else:
         os.execv("/usr/local/bin/python", args)
 

docs/.sample_config_header.yaml

@@ -10,5 +10,16 @@
 # homeserver.yaml. Instead, if you are starting from scratch, please generate
 # a fresh config using Synapse by following the instructions in INSTALL.md.
 
+# Configuration options that take a time period can be set using a number
+# followed by a letter. Letters have the following meanings:
+# s = second
+# m = minute
+# h = hour
+# d = day
+# w = week
+# y = year
+# For example, setting redaction_retention_period: 5m would remove redacted
+# messages from the database after 5 minutes, rather than 5 months.
+
 ################################################################################
 

docs/ACME.md

@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ introduced support for automatically provisioning certificates through
 In [March 2019](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/end-of-life-plan-for-acmev1/88430),
 Let's Encrypt announced that they were deprecating version 1 of the ACME
 protocol, with the plan to disable the use of it for new accounts in
-November 2019, and for existing accounts in June 2020.
+November 2019, for new domains in June 2020, and for existing accounts and
+domains in June 2021.
 
 Synapse doesn't currently support version 2 of the ACME protocol, which
 means that:
 
 * for existing installs, Synapse's built-in ACME support will continue
-  to work until June 2020.
+  to work until June 2021.
 * for new installs, this feature will not work at all.
 
 Either way, it is recommended to move from Synapse's ACME support

docs/admin_api/README.rst

@@ -4,17 +4,21 @@ Admin APIs
 This directory includes documentation for the various synapse specific admin
 APIs available.
 
-Only users that are server admins can use these APIs. A user can be marked as a
-server admin by updating the database directly, e.g.:
+Authenticating as a server admin
+--------------------------------
 
-``UPDATE users SET admin = 1 WHERE name = '@foo:bar.com'``
+Many of the API calls in the admin api will require an `access_token` for a
+server admin. (Note that a server admin is distinct from a room admin.)
 
-Restarting may be required for the changes to register.
+A user can be marked as a server admin by updating the database directly, e.g.:
 
-Using an admin access_token
-###########################
+.. code-block:: sql
+
+    UPDATE users SET admin = 1 WHERE name = '@foo:bar.com';
+
+A new server admin user can also be created using the
+``register_new_matrix_user`` script.
 
-Many of the API calls listed in the documentation here will require to include an admin `access_token`.
 Finding your user's `access_token` is client-dependent, but will usually be shown in the client's settings.
 
 Once you have your `access_token`, to include it in a request, the best option is to add the token to a request header:

docs/admin_api/delete_group.md

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

docs/admin_api/media_admin_api.md

@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ The API is:
 ```
 GET /_synapse/admin/v1/room/<room_id>/media
 ```
-including an `access_token` of a server admin.
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: see [README.rst](README.rst).
 
-It returns a JSON body like the following:
+The API returns a JSON body like the following:
 ```
 {
     "local": [
@@ -99,4 +100,3 @@ Response:
   "num_quarantined": 10  # The number of media items successfully quarantined
 }
 ```
-

docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ The API is:
 
 ``POST /_synapse/admin/v1/purge_history/<room_id>[/<event_id>]``
 
-including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
 
 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
@@ -54,8 +55,10 @@ It is possible to poll for updates on recent purges with a second API;
 
 ``GET /_synapse/admin/v1/purge_history_status/<purge_id>``
 
-(again, with a suitable ``access_token``). This API returns a JSON body like
-the following:
+Again, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin.
+
+This API returns a JSON body like the following:
 
 .. code:: json
 

docs/admin_api/purge_remote_media.rst

@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ media.
 
 The API is::
 
-    POST /_synapse/admin/v1/purge_media_cache?before_ts=<unix_timestamp_in_ms>&access_token=<access_token>
+    POST /_synapse/admin/v1/purge_media_cache?before_ts=<unix_timestamp_in_ms>
 
     {}
 
-Which will remove all cached media that was last accessed before
+\... which will remove all cached media that was last accessed before
 ``<unix_timestamp_in_ms>``.
 
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
+
 If the user re-requests purged remote media, synapse will re-request the media
 from the originating server.

docs/admin_api/purge_room.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ This API will remove all trace of a room from your database.
 
 All local users must have left the room before it can be removed.
 
+See also: [Delete Room API](rooms.md#delete-room-api)
+
 The API is:
 
 ```

docs/admin_api/room_membership.md

@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ POST /_synapse/admin/v1/join/<room_id_or_alias>
 }
 ```
 
-Including an `access_token` of a server admin.
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
+server admin: see [README.rst](README.rst).
 
 Response:
 

docs/admin_api/rooms.md

@@ -318,3 +318,134 @@ Response:
   "state_events": 93534
 }
 ```
+
+# Room Members API
+
+The Room Members admin API allows server admins to get a list of all members of a room.
+
+The response includes the following fields:
+
+* `members` - A list of all the members that are present in the room, represented by their ids.
+* `total` - Total number of members in the room.
+
+## Usage
+
+A standard request:
+
+```
+GET /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/<room_id>/members
+
+{}
+```
+
+Response:
+
+```
+{
+  "members": [
+    "@foo:matrix.org",
+    "@bar:matrix.org",
+    "@foobar:matrix.org
+    ],
+  "total": 3
+}
+```
+
+# Delete Room API
+
+The Delete Room admin API allows server admins to remove rooms from server
+and block these rooms.
+It is a combination and improvement of "[Shutdown room](shutdown_room.md)"
+and "[Purge room](purge_room.md)" API.
+
+Shuts down a room. Moves all local users and room aliases automatically to a
+new room if `new_room_user_id` is set. Otherwise local users only
+leave the room without any information.
+
+The new room will be created with the user specified by the `new_room_user_id` parameter
+as room administrator and will contain a message explaining what happened. Users invited
+to the new room will have power level `-10` by default, and thus be unable to speak.
+
+If `block` is `True` it prevents new joins to the old room.
+
+This API will remove all trace of the old room from your database after removing
+all local users. If `purge` is `true` (the default), all traces of the old room will
+be removed from your database after removing all local users. If you do not want
+this to happen, set `purge` to `false`.
+Depending on the amount of history being purged a call to the API may take
+several minutes or longer.
+
+The local server will only have the power to move local user and room aliases to
+the new room. Users on other servers will be unaffected.
+
+The API is:
+
+```json
+POST /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/<room_id>/delete
+```
+
+with a body of:
+```json
+{
+    "new_room_user_id": "@someuser:example.com",
+    "room_name": "Content Violation Notification",
+    "message": "Bad Room has been shutdown due to content violations on this server. Please review our Terms of Service.",
+    "block": true,
+    "purge": true
+}
+```
+
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see [README.rst](README.rst).
+
+A response body like the following is returned:
+
+```json
+{
+    "kicked_users": [
+        "@foobar:example.com"
+    ],
+    "failed_to_kick_users": [],
+    "local_aliases": [
+        "#badroom:example.com",
+        "#evilsaloon:example.com"
+    ],
+    "new_room_id": "!newroomid:example.com"
+}
+```
+
+## Parameters
+
+The following parameters should be set in the URL:
+
+* `room_id` - The ID of the room.
+
+The following JSON body parameters are available:
+
+* `new_room_user_id` - Optional. If set, a new room will be created with this user ID
+      as the creator and admin, and all users in the old room will be moved into that
+      room. If not set, no new room will be created and the users will just be removed
+      from the old room. The user ID must be on the local server, but does not necessarily
+      have to belong to a registered user.
+* `room_name` - Optional. A string representing the name of the room that new users will be
+                invited to. Defaults to `Content Violation Notification`
+* `message` - Optional. A string containing the first message that will be sent as
+              `new_room_user_id` in the new room. Ideally this will clearly convey why the
+               original room was shut down. Defaults to `Sharing illegal content on this server
+               is not permitted and rooms in violation will be blocked.`
+* `block` - Optional. If set to `true`, this room will be added to a blocking list, preventing
+            future attempts to join the room. Defaults to `false`.
+* `purge` - Optional. If set to `true`, it will remove all traces of the room from your database.
+            Defaults to `true`.
+
+The JSON body must not be empty. The body must be at least `{}`.
+
+## Response
+
+The following fields are returned in the JSON response body:
+
+* `kicked_users` - An array of users (`user_id`) that were kicked.
+* `failed_to_kick_users` - An array of users (`user_id`) that that were not kicked.
+* `local_aliases` - An array of strings representing the local aliases that were migrated from
+                    the old room to the new.
+* `new_room_id` - A string representing the room ID of the new room.

docs/admin_api/shutdown_room.md

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ disallow any further invites or joins.
 The local server will only have the power to move local user and room aliases to
 the new room. Users on other servers will be unaffected.
 
+See also: [Delete Room API](rooms.md#delete-room-api)
+
 ## API
 
 You will need to authenticate with an access token for an admin user.
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ You will need to authenticate with an access token for an admin user.
 * `message` - Optional. A string containing the first message that will be sent as
               `new_room_user_id` in the new room. Ideally this will clearly convey why the
                original room was shut down.
-              
+
 If not specified, the default value of `room_name` is "Content Violation
 Notification". The default value of `message` is "Sharing illegal content on
 othis server is not permitted and rooms in violation will be blocked."
@@ -70,3 +72,30 @@ Response:
     "new_room_id": "!newroomid:example.com",
 },
 ```
+
+## Undoing room shutdowns
+
+*Note*: This guide may be outdated by the time you read it. By nature of room shutdowns being performed at the database level,
+the structure can and does change without notice.
+
+First, it's important to understand that a room shutdown is very destructive. Undoing a shutdown is not as simple as pretending it
+never happened - work has to be done to move forward instead of resetting the past. In fact, in some cases it might not be possible
+to recover at all:
+
+* If the room was invite-only, your users will need to be re-invited.
+* If the room no longer has any members at all, it'll be impossible to rejoin.
+* The first user to rejoin will have to do so via an alias on a different server.
+
+With all that being said, if you still want to try and recover the room:
+
+1. For safety reasons, shut down Synapse.
+2. In the database, run `DELETE FROM blocked_rooms WHERE room_id = '!example:example.org';`
+   * For caution: it's recommended to run this in a transaction: `BEGIN; DELETE ...;`, verify you got 1 result, then `COMMIT;`.
+   * The room ID is the same one supplied to the shutdown room API, not the Content Violation room.
+3. Restart Synapse.
+
+You will have to manually handle, if you so choose, the following:
+
+* Aliases that would have been redirected to the Content Violation room.
+* Users that would have been booted from the room (and will have been force-joined to the Content Violation room).
+* Removal of the Content Violation room if desired.

docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst

@@ -1,9 +1,47 @@
+.. contents::
+
+Query User Account
+==================
+
+This API returns information about a specific user account.
+
+The api is::
+
+    GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>
+
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
+
+It returns a JSON body like the following:
+
+.. code:: json
+
+    {
+        "displayname": "User",
+        "threepids": [
+            {
+                "medium": "email",
+                "address": "<user_mail_1>"
+            },
+            {
+                "medium": "email",
+                "address": "<user_mail_2>"
+            }
+        ],
+        "avatar_url": "<avatar_url>",
+        "admin": false,
+        "deactivated": false
+    }
+
+URL parameters:
+
+- ``user_id``: fully-qualified user id: for example, ``@user:server.com``.
+
 Create or modify Account
 ========================
 
 This API allows an administrator to create or modify a user account with a
-specific ``user_id``. Be aware that ``user_id`` is fully qualified: for example,
-``@user:server.com``.
+specific ``user_id``.
 
 This api is::
 
@@ -31,27 +69,36 @@ with a body of:
         "deactivated": false
     }
 
-including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
 
-Parameters:
+URL parameters:
+
+- ``user_id``: fully-qualified user id: for example, ``@user:server.com``.
+
+Body parameters:
 
 - ``password``, optional. If provided, the user's password is updated and all
   devices are logged out.
-  
+
 - ``displayname``, optional, defaults to the value of ``user_id``.
 
 - ``threepids``, optional, allows setting the third-party IDs (email, msisdn)
   belonging to a user.
 
-- ``avatar_url``, optional, must be a 
+- ``avatar_url``, optional, must be a
   `MXC URI <https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.0#matrix-content-mxc-uris>`_.
 
 - ``admin``, optional, defaults to ``false``.
 
-- ``deactivated``, optional, defaults to ``false``.
+- ``deactivated``, optional. If unspecified, deactivation state will be left
+  unchanged on existing accounts and set to ``false`` for new accounts.
 
 If the user already exists then optional parameters default to the current value.
 
+In order to re-activate an account ``deactivated`` must be set to ``false``. If
+users do not login via single-sign-on, a new ``password`` must be provided.
+
 List Accounts
 =============
 
@@ -61,7 +108,8 @@ The api is::
 
     GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users?from=0&limit=10&guests=false
 
-including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
 
 The parameter ``from`` is optional but used for pagination, denoting the
 offset in the returned results. This should be treated as an opaque value and
@@ -71,8 +119,11 @@ from a previous call.
 The parameter ``limit`` is optional but is used for pagination, denoting the
 maximum number of items to return in this call. Defaults to ``100``.
 
-The parameter ``user_id`` is optional and filters to only users with user IDs
-that contain this value.
+The parameter ``user_id`` is optional and filters to only return users with user IDs
+that contain this value. This parameter is ignored when using the ``name`` parameter.
+
+The parameter ``name`` is optional and filters to only return users with user ID localparts
+**or** displaynames that contain this value.
 
 The parameter ``guests`` is optional and if ``false`` will **exclude** guest users.
 Defaults to ``true`` to include guest users.
@@ -116,17 +167,17 @@ with ``from`` set to the value of ``next_token``. This will return a new page.
 If the endpoint does not return a ``next_token`` then there are no more users
 to paginate through.
 
-Query Account
-=============
+Query current sessions for a user
+=================================
 
-This API returns information about a specific user account.
+This API returns information about the active sessions for a specific user.
 
 The api is::
 
-    GET /_synapse/admin/v1/whois/<user_id> (deprecated)
-    GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>
+    GET /_synapse/admin/v1/whois/<user_id>
 
-including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
 
 It returns a JSON body like the following:
 
@@ -179,9 +230,10 @@ with a body of:
         "erase": true
     }
 
-including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
 
-The erase parameter is optional and defaults to 'false'.
+The erase parameter is optional and defaults to ``false``.
 An empty body may be passed for backwards compatibility.
 
 
@@ -203,7 +255,8 @@ with a body of:
        "logout_devices": true,
    }
 
-including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
 
 The parameter ``new_password`` is required.
 The parameter ``logout_devices`` is optional and defaults to ``true``.
@@ -216,7 +269,8 @@ The api is::
 
     GET /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/admin
 
-including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
 
 A response body like the following is returned:
 
@@ -244,4 +298,191 @@ with a body of:
         "admin": true
     }
 
-including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
+
+
+User devices
+============
+
+List all devices
+----------------
+Gets information about all devices for a specific ``user_id``.
+
+The API is::
+
+  GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>/devices
+
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
+
+A response body like the following is returned:
+
+.. code:: json
+
+    {
+      "devices": [
+        {
+          "device_id": "QBUAZIFURK",
+          "display_name": "android",
+          "last_seen_ip": "1.2.3.4",
+          "last_seen_ts": 1474491775024,
+          "user_id": "<user_id>"
+        },
+        {
+          "device_id": "AUIECTSRND",
+          "display_name": "ios",
+          "last_seen_ip": "1.2.3.5",
+          "last_seen_ts": 1474491775025,
+          "user_id": "<user_id>"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+
+**Parameters**
+
+The following parameters should be set in the URL:
+
+- ``user_id`` - fully qualified: for example, ``@user:server.com``.
+
+**Response**
+
+The following fields are returned in the JSON response body:
+
+- ``devices`` - An array of objects, each containing information about a device.
+  Device objects contain the following fields:
+
+  - ``device_id`` - Identifier of device.
+  - ``display_name`` - Display name set by the user for this device.
+    Absent if no name has been set.
+  - ``last_seen_ip`` - The IP address where this device was last seen.
+    (May be a few minutes out of date, for efficiency reasons).
+  - ``last_seen_ts`` - The timestamp (in milliseconds since the unix epoch) when this
+    devices was last seen. (May be a few minutes out of date, for efficiency reasons).
+  - ``user_id`` - Owner of  device.
+
+Delete multiple devices
+------------------
+Deletes the given devices for a specific ``user_id``, and invalidates
+any access token associated with them.
+
+The API is::
+
+    POST /_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>/delete_devices
+
+    {
+      "devices": [
+        "QBUAZIFURK",
+        "AUIECTSRND"
+      ],
+    }
+
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
+
+An empty JSON dict is returned.
+
+**Parameters**
+
+The following parameters should be set in the URL:
+
+- ``user_id`` - fully qualified: for example, ``@user:server.com``.
+
+The following fields are required in the JSON request body:
+
+- ``devices`` - The list of device IDs to delete.
+
+Show a device
+---------------
+Gets information on a single device, by ``device_id`` for a specific ``user_id``.
+
+The API is::
+
+    GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>/devices/<device_id>
+
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
+
+A response body like the following is returned:
+
+.. code:: json
+
+    {
+      "device_id": "<device_id>",
+      "display_name": "android",
+      "last_seen_ip": "1.2.3.4",
+      "last_seen_ts": 1474491775024,
+      "user_id": "<user_id>"
+    }
+
+**Parameters**
+
+The following parameters should be set in the URL:
+
+- ``user_id`` - fully qualified: for example, ``@user:server.com``.
+- ``device_id`` - The device to retrieve.
+
+**Response**
+
+The following fields are returned in the JSON response body:
+
+- ``device_id`` - Identifier of device.
+- ``display_name`` - Display name set by the user for this device.
+  Absent if no name has been set.
+- ``last_seen_ip`` - The IP address where this device was last seen.
+  (May be a few minutes out of date, for efficiency reasons).
+- ``last_seen_ts`` - The timestamp (in milliseconds since the unix epoch) when this
+  devices was last seen. (May be a few minutes out of date, for efficiency reasons).
+- ``user_id`` - Owner of  device.
+
+Update a device
+---------------
+Updates the metadata on the given ``device_id`` for a specific ``user_id``.
+
+The API is::
+
+    PUT /_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>/devices/<device_id>
+
+    {
+      "display_name": "My other phone"
+    }
+
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
+
+An empty JSON dict is returned.
+
+**Parameters**
+
+The following parameters should be set in the URL:
+
+- ``user_id`` - fully qualified: for example, ``@user:server.com``.
+- ``device_id`` - The device to update.
+
+The following fields are required in the JSON request body:
+
+- ``display_name`` - The new display name for this device. If not given,
+  the display name is unchanged.
+
+Delete a device
+---------------
+Deletes the given ``device_id`` for a specific ``user_id``,
+and invalidates any access token associated with it.
+
+The API is::
+
+    DELETE /_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>/devices/<device_id>
+
+    {}
+
+To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
+server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
+
+An empty JSON dict is returned.
+
+**Parameters**
+
+The following parameters should be set in the URL:
+
+- ``user_id`` - fully qualified: for example, ``@user:server.com``.
+- ``device_id`` - The device to delete.

docs/dev/oidc.md

@@ -1,175 +0,0 @@
-# How to test OpenID Connect
-
-Any OpenID Connect Provider (OP) should work with Synapse, as long as it supports the authorization code flow.
-There are a few options for that:
-
- - start a local OP. Synapse has been tested with [Hydra][hydra] and [Dex][dex-idp].
-   Note that for an OP to work, it should be served under a secure (HTTPS) origin.
-   A certificate signed with a self-signed, locally trusted CA should work. In that case, start Synapse with a `SSL_CERT_FILE` environment variable set to the path of the CA.
- - use a publicly available OP. Synapse has been tested with [Google][google-idp].
- - setup a SaaS OP, like [Auth0][auth0] and [Okta][okta]. Auth0 has a free tier which has been tested with Synapse.
-
-[google-idp]: https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/OpenIDConnect#authenticatingtheuser
-[auth0]: https://auth0.com/
-[okta]: https://www.okta.com/
-[dex-idp]: https://github.com/dexidp/dex
-[hydra]: https://www.ory.sh/docs/hydra/
-
-
-## Sample configs
-
-Here are a few configs for providers that should work with Synapse.
-
-### [Dex][dex-idp]
-
-[Dex][dex-idp] is a simple, open-source, certified OpenID Connect Provider.
-Although it is designed to help building a full-blown provider, with some external database, it can be configured with static passwords in a config file.
-
-Follow the [Getting Started guide](https://github.com/dexidp/dex/blob/master/Documentation/getting-started.md) to install Dex.
-
-Edit `examples/config-dev.yaml` config file from the Dex repo to add a client:
-
-```yaml
-staticClients:
-- id: synapse
-  secret: secret
-  redirectURIs:
-  - '[synapse base url]/_synapse/oidc/callback'
-  name: 'Synapse'
-```
-
-Run with `dex serve examples/config-dex.yaml`
-
-Synapse config:
-
-```yaml
-oidc_config:
-   enabled: true
-   skip_verification: true # This is needed as Dex is served on an insecure endpoint
-   issuer: "http://127.0.0.1:5556/dex"
-   discover: true
-   client_id: "synapse"
-   client_secret: "secret"
-   scopes:
-     - openid
-     - profile
-   user_mapping_provider:
-     config:
-       localpart_template: '{{ user.name }}'
-       display_name_template: '{{ user.name|capitalize }}'
-```
-
-### [Auth0][auth0]
-
-1. Create a regular web application for Synapse
-2. Set the Allowed Callback URLs to `[synapse base url]/_synapse/oidc/callback`
-3. Add a rule to add the `preferred_username` claim.
-   <details>
-    <summary>Code sample</summary>
-
-    ```js
-    function addPersistenceAttribute(user, context, callback) {
-      user.user_metadata = user.user_metadata || {};
-      user.user_metadata.preferred_username = user.user_metadata.preferred_username || user.user_id;
-      context.idToken.preferred_username = user.user_metadata.preferred_username;
-
-      auth0.users.updateUserMetadata(user.user_id, user.user_metadata)
-        .then(function(){
-            callback(null, user, context);
-        })
-        .catch(function(err){
-            callback(err);
-        });
-    }
-    ```
-
-  </details>
-
-
-```yaml
-oidc_config:
-   enabled: true
-   issuer: "https://your-tier.eu.auth0.com/" # TO BE FILLED
-   discover: true
-   client_id: "your-client-id" # TO BE FILLED
-   client_secret: "your-client-secret" # TO BE FILLED
-   scopes:
-     - openid
-     - profile
-   user_mapping_provider:
-     config:
-       localpart_template: '{{ user.preferred_username }}'
-       display_name_template: '{{ user.name }}'
-```
-
-### GitHub
-
-GitHub is a bit special as it is not an OpenID Connect compliant provider, but just a regular OAuth2 provider.
-The `/user` API endpoint can be used to retrieve informations from the user.
-As the OIDC login mechanism needs an attribute to uniquely identify users and that endpoint does not return a `sub` property, an alternative `subject_claim` has to be set.
-
-1. Create a new OAuth application: https://github.com/settings/applications/new
-2. Set the callback URL to `[synapse base url]/_synapse/oidc/callback`
-
-```yaml
-oidc_config:
-   enabled: true
-   issuer: "https://github.com/"
-   discover: false
-   client_id: "your-client-id" # TO BE FILLED
-   client_secret: "your-client-secret" # TO BE FILLED
-   authorization_endpoint: "https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize"
-   token_endpoint: "https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token"
-   userinfo_endpoint: "https://api.github.com/user"
-   scopes:
-     - read:user
-   user_mapping_provider:
-     config:
-       subject_claim: 'id'
-       localpart_template: '{{ user.login }}'
-       display_name_template: '{{ user.name }}'
-```
-
-### Google
-
-1. Setup a project in the Google API Console
-2. Obtain the OAuth 2.0 credentials (see <https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/openid-connect>)
-3. Add this Authorized redirect URI: `[synapse base url]/_synapse/oidc/callback`
-
-```yaml
-oidc_config:
-   enabled: true
-   issuer: "https://accounts.google.com/"
-   discover: true
-   client_id: "your-client-id" # TO BE FILLED
-   client_secret: "your-client-secret" # TO BE FILLED
-   scopes:
-     - openid
-     - profile
-   user_mapping_provider:
-     config:
-       localpart_template: '{{ user.given_name|lower }}'
-       display_name_template: '{{ user.name }}'
-```
-
-### Twitch
-
-1. Setup a developer account on [Twitch](https://dev.twitch.tv/)
-2. Obtain the OAuth 2.0 credentials by [creating an app](https://dev.twitch.tv/console/apps/)
-3. Add this OAuth Redirect URL: `[synapse base url]/_synapse/oidc/callback`
-
-```yaml
-oidc_config:
-   enabled: true
-   issuer: "https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/"
-   discover: true
-   client_id: "your-client-id" # TO BE FILLED
-   client_secret: "your-client-secret" # TO BE FILLED
-   client_auth_method: "client_secret_post"
-   scopes:
-     - openid
-   user_mapping_provider:
-     config:
-       localpart_template: '{{ user.preferred_username }}'
-       display_name_template: '{{ user.name }}'
-```

docs/federate.md

@@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ you invite them to. This can be caused by an incorrectly-configured reverse
 proxy: see [reverse_proxy.md](<reverse_proxy.md>) for instructions on how to correctly
 configure a reverse proxy.
 
+### Known issues
+
+**HTTP `308 Permanent Redirect` redirects are not followed**: Due to missing features
+in the HTTP library used by Synapse, 308 redirects are currently not followed by
+federating servers, which can cause `M_UNKNOWN` or `401 Unauthorized` errors. This
+may affect users who are redirecting apex-to-www (e.g. `example.com` -> `www.example.com`),
+and especially users of the Kubernetes *Nginx Ingress* module, which uses 308 redirect
+codes by default. For those Kubernetes users, [this Stackoverflow post](https://stackoverflow.com/a/52617528/5096871) 
+might be helpful. For other users, switching to a `301 Moved Permanently` code may be
+an option. 308 redirect codes will be supported properly in a future
+release of Synapse.
+
 ## Running a demo federation of Synapses
 
 If you want to get up and running quickly with a trio of homeservers in a

docs/jwt.md

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+# JWT Login Type
+
+Synapse comes with a non-standard login type to support
+[JSON Web Tokens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON_Web_Token). In general the
+documentation for
+[the login endpoint](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.1#login)
+is still valid (and the mechanism works similarly to the
+[token based login](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.1#token-based)).
+
+To log in using a JSON Web Token, clients should submit a `/login` request as
+follows:
+
+```json
+{
+  "type": "org.matrix.login.jwt",
+  "token": "<jwt>"
+}
+```
+
+Note that the login type of `m.login.jwt` is supported, but is deprecated. This
+will be removed in a future version of Synapse.
+
+The `token` field should include the JSON web token with the following claims:
+
+* The `sub` (subject) claim is required and should encode the local part of the
+  user ID.
+* The expiration time (`exp`), not before time (`nbf`), and issued at (`iat`)
+  claims are optional, but validated if present.
+* The issuer (`iss`) claim is optional, but required and validated if configured.
+* The audience (`aud`) claim is optional, but required and validated if configured.
+  Providing the audience claim when not configured will cause validation to fail.
+
+In the case that the token is not valid, the homeserver must respond with
+`403 Forbidden` and an error code of `M_FORBIDDEN`.
+
+As with other login types, there are additional fields (e.g. `device_id` and
+`initial_device_display_name`) which can be included in the above request.
+
+## Preparing Synapse
+
+The JSON Web Token integration in Synapse uses the
+[`PyJWT`](https://pypi.org/project/pyjwt/) library, which must be installed
+as follows:
+
+ * The relevant libraries are included in the Docker images and Debian packages
+   provided by `matrix.org` so no further action is needed.
+
+ * If you installed Synapse into a virtualenv, run `/path/to/env/bin/pip
+   install synapse[pyjwt]` to install the necessary dependencies.
+
+ * For other installation mechanisms, see the documentation provided by the
+   maintainer.
+
+To enable the JSON web token integration, you should then add an `jwt_config` section
+to your configuration file (or uncomment the `enabled: true` line in the
+existing section). See [sample_config.yaml](./sample_config.yaml) for some
+sample settings.
+
+## How to test JWT as a developer
+
+Although JSON Web Tokens are typically generated from an external server, the
+examples below use [PyJWT](https://pyjwt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) directly.
+
+1.  Configure Synapse with JWT logins, note that this example uses a pre-shared
+    secret and an algorithm of HS256:
+
+    ```yaml
+    jwt_config:
+        enabled: true
+        secret: "my-secret-token"
+        algorithm: "HS256"
+    ```
+2.  Generate a JSON web token:
+
+    ```bash
+    $ pyjwt --key=my-secret-token --alg=HS256 encode sub=test-user
+    eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ0ZXN0LXVzZXIifQ.Ag71GT8v01UO3w80aqRPTeuVPBIBZkYhNTJJ-_-zQIc
+    ```
+3.  Query for the login types and ensure `org.matrix.login.jwt` is there:
+
+    ```bash
+    curl http://localhost:8080/_matrix/client/r0/login
+    ```
+4.  Login used the generated JSON web token from above:
+
+    ```bash
+    $ curl http://localhost:8082/_matrix/client/r0/login -X POST \
+        --data '{"type":"org.matrix.login.jwt","token":"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ0ZXN0LXVzZXIifQ.Ag71GT8v01UO3w80aqRPTeuVPBIBZkYhNTJJ-_-zQIc"}'
+    {
+        "access_token": "<access token>",
+        "device_id": "ACBDEFGHI",
+        "home_server": "localhost:8080",
+        "user_id": "@test-user:localhost:8480"
+    }
+    ```
+
+You should now be able to use the returned access token to query the client API.

docs/metrics-howto.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     different thread to Synapse. This can make it more resilient to
     heavy load meaning metrics cannot be retrieved, and can be exposed
     to just internal networks easier. The served metrics are available
-    over HTTP only, and will be available at `/`.
+    over HTTP only, and will be available at `/_synapse/metrics`.
 
     Add a new listener to homeserver.yaml:
 

docs/openid.md

@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+# Configuring Synapse to authenticate against an OpenID Connect provider
+
+Synapse can be configured to use an OpenID Connect Provider (OP) for
+authentication, instead of its own local password database.
+
+Any OP should work with Synapse, as long as it supports the authorization code
+flow. There are a few options for that:
+
+ - start a local OP. Synapse has been tested with [Hydra][hydra] and
+   [Dex][dex-idp].  Note that for an OP to work, it should be served under a
+   secure (HTTPS) origin.  A certificate signed with a self-signed, locally
+   trusted CA should work. In that case, start Synapse with a `SSL_CERT_FILE`
+   environment variable set to the path of the CA.
+
+ - set up a SaaS OP, like [Google][google-idp], [Auth0][auth0] or
+   [Okta][okta]. Synapse has been tested with Auth0 and Google.
+
+It may also be possible to use other OAuth2 providers which provide the
+[authorization code grant type](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-4.1),
+such as [Github][github-idp].
+
+[google-idp]: https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/openid-connect
+[auth0]: https://auth0.com/
+[okta]: https://www.okta.com/
+[dex-idp]: https://github.com/dexidp/dex
+[keycloak-idp]: https://www.keycloak.org/docs/latest/server_admin/#sso-protocols
+[hydra]: https://www.ory.sh/docs/hydra/
+[github-idp]: https://developer.github.com/apps/building-oauth-apps/authorizing-oauth-apps
+
+## Preparing Synapse
+
+The OpenID integration in Synapse uses the
+[`authlib`](https://pypi.org/project/Authlib/) library, which must be installed
+as follows:
+
+ * The relevant libraries are included in the Docker images and Debian packages
+   provided by `matrix.org` so no further action is needed.
+
+ * If you installed Synapse into a virtualenv, run `/path/to/env/bin/pip
+   install synapse[oidc]` to install the necessary dependencies.
+
+ * For other installation mechanisms, see the documentation provided by the
+   maintainer.
+
+To enable the OpenID integration, you should then add an `oidc_config` section
+to your configuration file (or uncomment the `enabled: true` line in the
+existing section). See [sample_config.yaml](./sample_config.yaml) for some
+sample settings, as well as the text below for example configurations for
+specific providers.
+
+## Sample configs
+
+Here are a few configs for providers that should work with Synapse.
+
+### [Dex][dex-idp]
+
+[Dex][dex-idp] is a simple, open-source, certified OpenID Connect Provider.
+Although it is designed to help building a full-blown provider with an
+external database, it can be configured with static passwords in a config file.
+
+Follow the [Getting Started
+guide](https://github.com/dexidp/dex/blob/master/Documentation/getting-started.md)
+to install Dex.
+
+Edit `examples/config-dev.yaml` config file from the Dex repo to add a client:
+
+```yaml
+staticClients:
+- id: synapse
+  secret: secret
+  redirectURIs:
+  - '[synapse public baseurl]/_synapse/oidc/callback'
+  name: 'Synapse'
+```
+
+Run with `dex serve examples/config-dex.yaml`.
+
+Synapse config:
+
+```yaml
+oidc_config:
+   enabled: true
+   skip_verification: true # This is needed as Dex is served on an insecure endpoint
+   issuer: "http://127.0.0.1:5556/dex"
+   client_id: "synapse"
+   client_secret: "secret"
+   scopes: ["openid", "profile"]
+   user_mapping_provider:
+     config:
+       localpart_template: "{{ user.name }}"
+       display_name_template: "{{ user.name|capitalize }}"
+```
+### [Keycloak][keycloak-idp]
+
+[Keycloak][keycloak-idp] is an opensource IdP maintained by Red Hat. 
+
+Follow the [Getting Started Guide](https://www.keycloak.org/getting-started) to install Keycloak and set up a realm.
+
+1. Click `Clients` in the sidebar and click `Create`
+
+2. Fill in the fields as below:
+
+| Field | Value |
+|-----------|-----------|
+| Client ID | `synapse` |
+| Client Protocol | `openid-connect` |
+
+3. Click `Save`
+4. Fill in the fields as below:
+
+| Field | Value |
+|-----------|-----------|
+| Client ID | `synapse` |
+| Enabled | `On` |
+| Client Protocol | `openid-connect` |
+| Access Type | `confidential` |
+| Valid Redirect URIs | `[synapse public baseurl]/_synapse/oidc/callback` |
+
+5. Click `Save`
+6. On the Credentials tab, update the fields:
+
+| Field | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| Client Authenticator | `Client ID and Secret` |
+
+7. Click `Regenerate Secret`
+8. Copy Secret
+
+```yaml
+oidc_config:
+   enabled: true
+   issuer: "https://127.0.0.1:8443/auth/realms/{realm_name}"
+   client_id: "synapse"
+   client_secret: "copy secret generated from above"
+   scopes: ["openid", "profile"]
+```
+### [Auth0][auth0]
+
+1. Create a regular web application for Synapse
+2. Set the Allowed Callback URLs to `[synapse public baseurl]/_synapse/oidc/callback`
+3. Add a rule to add the `preferred_username` claim.
+   <details>
+    <summary>Code sample</summary>
+
+    ```js
+    function addPersistenceAttribute(user, context, callback) {
+      user.user_metadata = user.user_metadata || {};
+      user.user_metadata.preferred_username = user.user_metadata.preferred_username || user.user_id;
+      context.idToken.preferred_username = user.user_metadata.preferred_username;
+
+      auth0.users.updateUserMetadata(user.user_id, user.user_metadata)
+        .then(function(){
+            callback(null, user, context);
+        })
+        .catch(function(err){
+            callback(err);
+        });
+    }
+    ```
+  </details>
+
+Synapse config:
+
+```yaml
+oidc_config:
+   enabled: true
+   issuer: "https://your-tier.eu.auth0.com/" # TO BE FILLED
+   client_id: "your-client-id" # TO BE FILLED
+   client_secret: "your-client-secret" # TO BE FILLED
+   scopes: ["openid", "profile"]
+   user_mapping_provider:
+     config:
+       localpart_template: "{{ user.preferred_username }}"
+       display_name_template: "{{ user.name }}"
+```
+
+### GitHub
+
+GitHub is a bit special as it is not an OpenID Connect compliant provider, but
+just a regular OAuth2 provider.
+
+The [`/user` API endpoint](https://developer.github.com/v3/users/#get-the-authenticated-user)
+can be used to retrieve information on the authenticated user. As the Synaspse
+login mechanism needs an attribute to uniquely identify users, and that endpoint
+does not return a `sub` property, an alternative `subject_claim` has to be set.
+
+1. Create a new OAuth application: https://github.com/settings/applications/new.
+2. Set the callback URL to `[synapse public baseurl]/_synapse/oidc/callback`.
+
+Synapse config:
+
+```yaml
+oidc_config:
+   enabled: true
+   discover: false
+   issuer: "https://github.com/"
+   client_id: "your-client-id" # TO BE FILLED
+   client_secret: "your-client-secret" # TO BE FILLED
+   authorization_endpoint: "https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize"
+   token_endpoint: "https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token"
+   userinfo_endpoint: "https://api.github.com/user"
+   scopes: ["read:user"]
+   user_mapping_provider:
+     config:
+       subject_claim: "id"
+       localpart_template: "{{ user.login }}"
+       display_name_template: "{{ user.name }}"
+```
+
+### [Google][google-idp]
+
+1. Set up a project in the Google API Console (see
+   https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/openid-connect#appsetup).
+2. add an "OAuth Client ID" for a Web Application under "Credentials".
+3. Copy the Client ID and Client Secret, and add the following to your synapse config:
+   ```yaml
+   oidc_config:
+     enabled: true
+     issuer: "https://accounts.google.com/"
+     client_id: "your-client-id" # TO BE FILLED
+     client_secret: "your-client-secret" # TO BE FILLED
+     scopes: ["openid", "profile"]
+     user_mapping_provider:
+       config:
+         localpart_template: "{{ user.given_name|lower }}"
+         display_name_template: "{{ user.name }}"
+   ```
+4. Back in the Google console, add this Authorized redirect URI: `[synapse
+   public baseurl]/_synapse/oidc/callback`.
+
+### Twitch
+
+1. Setup a developer account on [Twitch](https://dev.twitch.tv/)
+2. Obtain the OAuth 2.0 credentials by [creating an app](https://dev.twitch.tv/console/apps/)
+3. Add this OAuth Redirect URL: `[synapse public baseurl]/_synapse/oidc/callback`
+
+Synapse config:
+
+```yaml
+oidc_config:
+   enabled: true
+   issuer: "https://id.twitch.tv/oauth2/"
+   client_id: "your-client-id" # TO BE FILLED
+   client_secret: "your-client-secret" # TO BE FILLED
+   client_auth_method: "client_secret_post"
+   user_mapping_provider:
+     config:
+       localpart_template: '{{ user.preferred_username }}'
+       display_name_template: '{{ user.name }}'
+```

docs/password_auth_providers.md

@@ -14,107 +14,109 @@ password auth provider module implementations:
 
 * [matrix-synapse-ldap3](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-synapse-ldap3/)
 * [matrix-synapse-shared-secret-auth](https://github.com/devture/matrix-synapse-shared-secret-auth)
+* [matrix-synapse-rest-password-provider](https://github.com/ma1uta/matrix-synapse-rest-password-provider)
 
 ## Required methods
 
 Password auth provider classes must provide the following methods:
 
-*class* `SomeProvider.parse_config`(*config*)
+* `parse_config(config)`
+  This method is passed the `config` object for this module from the
+  homeserver configuration file.
 
-> 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__`.
+  It should perform any appropriate sanity checks on the provided
+  configuration, and return an object which is then passed into
 
-*class* `SomeProvider`(*config*, *account_handler*)
+  This method should have the `@staticmethod` decoration.
 
-> 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.
+* `__init__(self, 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.
+Password auth provider classes may optionally provide the following methods:
 
-*class* `SomeProvider.get_db_schema_files`()
+* `get_db_schema_files(self)`
 
-> 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.
+  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`()
+* `get_supported_login_types(self)`
 
-> 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")}
+  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](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/latest#post-matrix-client-r0-login).
+  These fields are passed in the `login_dict` dictionary to `check_auth`.
 
-`someprovider.check_auth`(*username*, *login_type*, *login_dict*)
+  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:
 
-> 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.)
+  ```python
+  {"com.example.custom_login": ("secret1", "secret2")}
+  ```
 
-`someprovider.check_3pid_auth`(*medium*, *address*, *password*)
+* `check_auth(self, username, login_type, login_dict)`
 
-> This method, if implemented, is called when a user attempts to
-> register or log in with a third party identifier, such as email. It is
-> passed the medium (ex. "email"), an address (ex.
-> "<jdoe@example.com>") and the user's password.
->
-> The method should return a Twisted `Deferred` object, which resolves
-> to a `str` containing the user's (canonical) User ID if
-> authentication was successful, and `None` if not.
->
-> As with `check_auth`, the `Deferred` may alternatively resolve to a
-> `(user_id, callback)` tuple.
+  This method 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`.
 
-`someprovider.check_password`(*user_id*, *password*)
+  It is passed the (possibly unqualified) `user` field provided by the client,
+  the login type, and a dictionary of login secrets passed by the
+  client.
 
-> 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.
+  The method should return an `Awaitable` object, which resolves
+  to the canonical `@localpart:domain` user ID if authentication is
+  successful, and `None` if not.
 
-`someprovider.on_logged_out`(*user_id*, *device_id*, *access_token*)
+  Alternatively, the `Awaitable` 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.)
 
-> 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.
+* `check_3pid_auth(self, medium, address, password)`
+
+  This method, if implemented, is called when a user attempts to
+  register or log in with a third party identifier, such as email. It is
+  passed the medium (ex. "email"), an address (ex.
+  "<jdoe@example.com>") and the user's password.
+
+  The method should return an `Awaitable` object, which resolves
+  to a `str` containing the user's (canonical) User id if
+  authentication was successful, and `None` if not.
+
+  As with `check_auth`, the `Awaitable` may alternatively resolve to a
+  `(user_id, callback)` tuple.
+
+* `check_password(self, 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.
+
+  If 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 an `Awaitable` object, which resolves
+  to `True` if authentication is successful, and `False` if not.
+
+* `on_logged_out(self, 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 an `Awaitable` object; the logout request will
+  wait for the `Awaitable` to complete, but the result is ignored.

docs/postgres.md

@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ to do step 2.
 
 It is safe to at any time kill the port script and restart it.
 
+Note that the database may take up significantly more (25% - 100% more)
+space on disk after porting to Postgres.
+
 ### Using the port script
 
 Firstly, shut down the currently running synapse server and copy its

docs/reverse_proxy.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 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),
-[Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/docs/proxy) or
+[Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/docs/quick-starts/reverse-proxy) or
 [HAProxy](https://www.haproxy.org/) in front of Synapse. One advantage
 of doing so is that it means that you can expose the default https port
 (443) to Matrix clients without needing to run Synapse with root
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ the reverse proxy and the homeserver.
 server {
     listen 443 ssl;
     listen [::]:443 ssl;
+
+    # For the federation port
+    listen 8448 ssl default_server;
+    listen [::]:8448 ssl default_server;
+
     server_name matrix.example.com;
 
     location /_matrix {
@@ -48,17 +53,6 @@ server {
         client_max_body_size 10M;
     }
 }
-
-server {
-    listen 8448 ssl default_server;
-    listen [::]:8448 ssl default_server;
-    server_name example.com;
-
-    location / {
-        proxy_pass http://localhost:8008;
-        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
-    }
-}
 ```
 
 **NOTE**: Do not add a path after the port in `proxy_pass`, otherwise nginx will
@@ -145,3 +139,10 @@ client IP addresses are recorded correctly.
 Having done so, you can then use `https://matrix.example.com` (instead
 of `https://matrix.example.com:8448`) as the "Custom server" when
 connecting to Synapse from a client.
+
+
+## Health check endpoint
+
+Synapse exposes a health check endpoint for use by reverse proxies.
+Each configured HTTP listener has a `/health` endpoint which always returns
+200 OK (and doesn't get logged).

docs/sample_config.yaml

@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@
 # homeserver.yaml. Instead, if you are starting from scratch, please generate
 # a fresh config using Synapse by following the instructions in INSTALL.md.
 
+# Configuration options that take a time period can be set using a number
+# followed by a letter. Letters have the following meanings:
+# s = second
+# m = minute
+# h = hour
+# d = day
+# w = week
+# y = year
+# For example, setting redaction_retention_period: 5m would remove redacted
+# messages from the database after 5 minutes, rather than 5 months.
+
 ################################################################################
 
 # Configuration file for Synapse.
@@ -102,7 +113,9 @@ pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid
 #gc_thresholds: [700, 10, 10]
 
 # Set the limit on the returned events in the timeline in the get
-# and sync operations. The default value is -1, means no upper limit.
+# and sync operations. The default value is 100. -1 means no upper limit.
+#
+# Uncomment the following to increase the limit to 5000.
 #
 #filter_timeline_limit: 5000
 
@@ -118,38 +131,6 @@ pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid
 #
 #enable_search: false
 
-# 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
-
-# Prevent federation requests from being sent to the following
-# blacklist IP address CIDR ranges. If this option is not specified, or
-# specified with an empty list, no ip range blacklist will be enforced.
-#
-# As of Synapse v1.4.0 this option also affects any outbound requests to identity
-# servers provided by user input.
-#
-# (0.0.0.0 and :: are always blacklisted, whether or not they are explicitly
-# listed here, since they correspond to unroutable addresses.)
-#
-federation_ip_range_blacklist:
-  - '127.0.0.0/8'
-  - '10.0.0.0/8'
-  - '172.16.0.0/12'
-  - '192.168.0.0/16'
-  - '100.64.0.0/10'
-  - '169.254.0.0/16'
-  - '::1/128'
-  - 'fe80::/64'
-  - 'fc00::/7'
-
 # List of ports that Synapse should listen on, their purpose and their
 # configuration.
 #
@@ -178,7 +159,7 @@ federation_ip_range_blacklist:
 #       names: a list of names of HTTP resources. See below for a list of
 #           valid resource names.
 #
-#       compress: set to true to enable HTTP comression for this resource.
+#       compress: set to true to enable HTTP compression for this resource.
 #
 #   additional_resources: Only valid for an 'http' listener. A map of
 #        additional endpoints which should be loaded via dynamic modules.
@@ -283,7 +264,7 @@ listeners:
 # number of monthly active users.
 #
 # 'limit_usage_by_mau' disables/enables monthly active user blocking. When
-# anabled and a limit is reached the server returns a 'ResourceLimitError'
+# enabled and a limit is reached the server returns a 'ResourceLimitError'
 # with error type Codes.RESOURCE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
 #
 # 'max_mau_value' is the hard limit of monthly active users above which
@@ -344,6 +325,10 @@ limit_remote_rooms:
   #
   #complexity_error: "This room is too complex."
 
+  # allow server admins to join complex rooms. Default is false.
+  #
+  #admins_can_join: true
+
 # Whether to require a user to be in the room to add an alias to it.
 # Defaults to 'true'.
 #
@@ -393,11 +378,10 @@ retention:
   #  min_lifetime: 1d
   #  max_lifetime: 1y
 
-  # Retention policy limits. If set, a user won't be able to send a
-  # 'm.room.retention' event which features a 'min_lifetime' or a 'max_lifetime'
-  # that's not within this range. This is especially useful in closed federations,
-  # in which server admins can make sure every federating server applies the same
-  # rules.
+  # Retention policy limits. If set, and the state of a room contains a
+  # 'm.room.retention' event in its state which contains a 'min_lifetime' or a
+  # 'max_lifetime' that's out of these bounds, Synapse will cap the room's policy
+  # to these limits when running purge jobs.
   #
   #allowed_lifetime_min: 1d
   #allowed_lifetime_max: 1y
@@ -423,12 +407,19 @@ retention:
   # (e.g. every 12h), but not want that purge to be performed by a job that's
   # iterating over every room it knows, which could be heavy on the server.
   #
+  # If any purge job is configured, it is strongly recommended to have at least
+  # a single job with neither 'shortest_max_lifetime' nor 'longest_max_lifetime'
+  # set, or one job without 'shortest_max_lifetime' and one job without
+  # 'longest_max_lifetime' set. Otherwise some rooms might be ignored, even if
+  # 'allowed_lifetime_min' and 'allowed_lifetime_max' are set, because capping a
+  # room's policy to these values is done after the policies are retrieved from
+  # Synapse's database (which is done using the range specified in a purge job's
+  # configuration).
+  #
   #purge_jobs:
-  #  - shortest_max_lifetime: 1d
-  #    longest_max_lifetime: 3d
+  #  - longest_max_lifetime: 3d
   #    interval: 12h
   #  - shortest_max_lifetime: 3d
-  #    longest_max_lifetime: 1y
   #    interval: 1d
 
 # Inhibits the /requestToken endpoints from returning an error that might leak
@@ -608,6 +599,39 @@ acme:
 
 
 
+# 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
+
+# Prevent federation requests from being sent to the following
+# blacklist IP address CIDR ranges. If this option is not specified, or
+# specified with an empty list, no ip range blacklist will be enforced.
+#
+# As of Synapse v1.4.0 this option also affects any outbound requests to identity
+# servers provided by user input.
+#
+# (0.0.0.0 and :: are always blacklisted, whether or not they are explicitly
+# listed here, since they correspond to unroutable addresses.)
+#
+federation_ip_range_blacklist:
+  - '127.0.0.0/8'
+  - '10.0.0.0/8'
+  - '172.16.0.0/12'
+  - '192.168.0.0/16'
+  - '100.64.0.0/10'
+  - '169.254.0.0/16'
+  - '::1/128'
+  - 'fe80::/64'
+  - 'fc00::/7'
+
+
 ## Caching ##
 
 # Caching can be configured through the following options.
@@ -643,6 +667,12 @@ caches:
    # takes priority over setting through the config file.
    # Ex. SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR_GET_USERS_WHO_SHARE_ROOM_WITH_USER=2.0
    #
+   # Some caches have '*' and other characters that are not
+   # alphanumeric or underscores. These caches can be named with or
+   # without the special characters stripped. For example, to specify
+   # the cache factor for `*stateGroupCache*` via an environment
+   # variable would be `SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR_STATEGROUPCACHE=2.0`.
+   #
    per_cache_factors:
      #get_users_who_share_room_with_user: 2.0
 
@@ -676,7 +706,7 @@ caches:
 #database:
 #  name: psycopg2
 #  args:
-#    user: synapse
+#    user: synapse_user
 #    password: secretpassword
 #    database: synapse
 #    host: localhost
@@ -722,6 +752,10 @@ log_config: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.log.config"
 #   - one for ratelimiting redactions by room admins. If this is not explicitly
 #     set then it uses the same ratelimiting as per rc_message. This is useful
 #     to allow room admins to deal with abuse quickly.
+#   - two for ratelimiting number of rooms a user can join, "local" for when
+#     users are joining rooms the server is already in (this is cheap) vs
+#     "remote" for when users are trying to join rooms not on the server (which
+#     can be more expensive)
 #
 # The defaults are as shown below.
 #
@@ -747,6 +781,14 @@ log_config: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.log.config"
 #rc_admin_redaction:
 #  per_second: 1
 #  burst_count: 50
+#
+#rc_joins:
+#  local:
+#    per_second: 0.1
+#    burst_count: 3
+#  remote:
+#    per_second: 0.01
+#    burst_count: 3
 
 
 # Ratelimiting settings for incoming federation
@@ -1136,24 +1178,6 @@ account_validity:
 #
 #default_identity_server: https://matrix.org
 
-# The list of identity servers trusted to verify third party
-# identifiers by this server.
-#
-# Also defines the ID server which will be called when an account is
-# deactivated (one will be picked arbitrarily).
-#
-# Note: This option is deprecated. Since v0.99.4, Synapse has tracked which identity
-# server a 3PID has been bound to. For 3PIDs bound before then, Synapse runs a
-# background migration script, informing itself that the identity server all of its
-# 3PIDs have been bound to is likely one of the below.
-#
-# As of Synapse v1.4.0, all other functionality of this option has been deprecated, and
-# it is now solely used for the purposes of the background migration script, and can be
-# removed once it has run.
-#trusted_third_party_id_servers:
-#  - matrix.org
-#  - vector.im
-
 # Handle threepid (email/phone etc) registration and password resets through a set of
 # *trusted* identity servers. Note that this allows the configured identity server to
 # reset passwords for accounts!
@@ -1204,7 +1228,11 @@ account_threepid_delegates:
 #enable_3pid_changes: false
 
 # Users who register on this homeserver will automatically be joined
-# to these rooms
+# to these rooms.
+#
+# By default, any room aliases included in this list will be created
+# as a publicly joinable room when the first user registers for the
+# homeserver. This behaviour can be customised with the settings below.
 #
 #auto_join_rooms:
 #  - "#example:example.com"
@@ -1212,10 +1240,69 @@ account_threepid_delegates:
 # Where auto_join_rooms are specified, setting this flag ensures that the
 # the rooms exist by creating them when the first user on the
 # homeserver registers.
+#
+# By default the auto-created rooms are publicly joinable from any federated
+# server. Use the autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated and
+# autocreate_auto_join_room_preset settings below to customise this behaviour.
+#
 # Setting to false means that if the rooms are not manually created,
 # users cannot be auto-joined since they do not exist.
 #
-#autocreate_auto_join_rooms: true
+# Defaults to true. Uncomment the following line to disable automatically
+# creating auto-join rooms.
+#
+#autocreate_auto_join_rooms: false
+
+# Whether the auto_join_rooms that are auto-created are available via
+# federation. Only has an effect if autocreate_auto_join_rooms is true.
+#
+# Note that whether a room is federated cannot be modified after
+# creation.
+#
+# Defaults to true: the room will be joinable from other servers.
+# Uncomment the following to prevent users from other homeservers from
+# joining these rooms.
+#
+#autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated: false
+
+# The room preset to use when auto-creating one of auto_join_rooms. Only has an
+# effect if autocreate_auto_join_rooms is true.
+#
+# This can be one of "public_chat", "private_chat", or "trusted_private_chat".
+# If a value of "private_chat" or "trusted_private_chat" is used then
+# auto_join_mxid_localpart must also be configured.
+#
+# Defaults to "public_chat", meaning that the room is joinable by anyone, including
+# federated servers if autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated is true (the default).
+# Uncomment the following to require an invitation to join these rooms.
+#
+#autocreate_auto_join_room_preset: private_chat
+
+# The local part of the user id which is used to create auto_join_rooms if
+# autocreate_auto_join_rooms is true. If this is not provided then the
+# initial user account that registers will be used to create the rooms.
+#
+# The user id is also used to invite new users to any auto-join rooms which
+# are set to invite-only.
+#
+# It *must* be configured if autocreate_auto_join_room_preset is set to
+# "private_chat" or "trusted_private_chat".
+#
+# Note that this must be specified in order for new users to be correctly
+# invited to any auto-join rooms which have been set to invite-only (either
+# at the time of creation or subsequently).
+#
+# Note that, if the room already exists, this user must be joined and
+# have the appropriate permissions to invite new members.
+#
+#auto_join_mxid_localpart: system
+
+# When auto_join_rooms is specified, setting this flag to false prevents
+# guest accounts from being automatically joined to the rooms.
+#
+# Defaults to true.
+#
+#auto_join_rooms_for_guests: false
 
 
 ## Metrics ###
@@ -1373,6 +1460,8 @@ trusted_key_servers:
 #key_server_signing_keys_path: "key_server_signing_keys.key"
 
 
+## Single sign-on integration ##
+
 # Enable SAML2 for registration and login. Uses pysaml2.
 #
 # At least one of `sp_config` or `config_path` must be set in this section to
@@ -1439,7 +1528,7 @@ saml2_config:
 
   # The lifetime of a SAML session. This defines how long a user has to
   # complete the authentication process, if allow_unsolicited is unset.
-  # The default is 5 minutes.
+  # The default is 15 minutes.
   #
   #saml_session_lifetime: 5m
 
@@ -1494,6 +1583,17 @@ saml2_config:
   #
   #grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute: upn
 
+  # It is possible to configure Synapse to only allow logins if SAML attributes
+  # match particular values. The requirements can be listed under
+  # `attribute_requirements` as shown below. All of the listed attributes must
+  # match for the login to be permitted.
+  #
+  #attribute_requirements:
+  #  - attribute: userGroup
+  #    value: "staff"
+  #  - attribute: department
+  #    value: "sales"
+
   # Directory in which Synapse will try to find the template files below.
   # If not set, default templates from within the Synapse package will be used.
   #
@@ -1506,7 +1606,13 @@ saml2_config:
   # * HTML page to display to users if something goes wrong during the
   #   authentication process: 'saml_error.html'.
   #
-  #   This template doesn't currently need any variable to render.
+  #   When rendering, this template is given the following variables:
+  #     * code: an HTML error code corresponding to the error that is being
+  #       returned (typically 400 or 500)
+  #
+  #     * msg: a textual message describing the error.
+  #
+  #   The variables will automatically be HTML-escaped.
   #
   # You can see the default templates at:
   # https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/synapse/res/templates
@@ -1514,92 +1620,119 @@ saml2_config:
   #template_dir: "res/templates"
 
 
-# Enable OpenID Connect for registration and login. Uses authlib.
+# OpenID Connect integration. The following settings can be used to make Synapse
+# use an OpenID Connect Provider for authentication, instead of its internal
+# password database.
+#
+# See https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/openid.md.
 #
 oidc_config:
-    # enable OpenID Connect. Defaults to false.
-    #
-    #enabled: true
+  # Uncomment the following to enable authorization against an OpenID Connect
+  # server. Defaults to false.
+  #
+  #enabled: true
 
-    # use the OIDC discovery mechanism to discover endpoints. Defaults to true.
-    #
-    #discover: true
+  # Uncomment the following to disable use of the OIDC discovery mechanism to
+  # discover endpoints. Defaults to true.
+  #
+  #discover: false
 
-    # the OIDC issuer. Used to validate tokens and discover the providers endpoints. Required.
-    #
-    #issuer: "https://accounts.example.com/"
+  # the OIDC issuer. Used to validate tokens and (if discovery is enabled) to
+  # discover the provider's endpoints.
+  #
+  # Required if 'enabled' is true.
+  #
+  #issuer: "https://accounts.example.com/"
 
-    # oauth2 client id to use. Required.
-    #
-    #client_id: "provided-by-your-issuer"
+  # oauth2 client id to use.
+  #
+  # Required if 'enabled' is true.
+  #
+  #client_id: "provided-by-your-issuer"
 
-    # oauth2 client secret to use. Required.
-    #
-    #client_secret: "provided-by-your-issuer"
+  # oauth2 client secret to use.
+  #
+  # Required if 'enabled' is true.
+  #
+  #client_secret: "provided-by-your-issuer"
 
-    # auth method to use when exchanging the token.
-    # Valid values are "client_secret_basic" (default), "client_secret_post" and "none".
-    #
-    #client_auth_method: "client_auth_basic"
+  # auth method to use when exchanging the token.
+  # Valid values are 'client_secret_basic' (default), 'client_secret_post' and
+  # 'none'.
+  #
+  #client_auth_method: client_secret_post
 
-    # list of scopes to ask. This should include the "openid" scope. Defaults to ["openid"].
-    #
-    #scopes: ["openid"]
+  # list of scopes to request. This should normally include the "openid" scope.
+  # Defaults to ["openid"].
+  #
+  #scopes: ["openid", "profile"]
 
-    # the oauth2 authorization endpoint. Required if provider discovery is disabled.
-    #
-    #authorization_endpoint: "https://accounts.example.com/oauth2/auth"
+  # the oauth2 authorization endpoint. Required if provider discovery is disabled.
+  #
+  #authorization_endpoint: "https://accounts.example.com/oauth2/auth"
 
-    # the oauth2 token endpoint. Required if provider discovery is disabled.
-    #
-    #token_endpoint: "https://accounts.example.com/oauth2/token"
+  # the oauth2 token endpoint. Required if provider discovery is disabled.
+  #
+  #token_endpoint: "https://accounts.example.com/oauth2/token"
 
-    # the OIDC userinfo endpoint. Required if discovery is disabled and the "openid" scope is not asked.
-    #
-    #userinfo_endpoint: "https://accounts.example.com/userinfo"
+  # the OIDC userinfo endpoint. Required if discovery is disabled and the
+  # "openid" scope is not requested.
+  #
+  #userinfo_endpoint: "https://accounts.example.com/userinfo"
 
-    # URI where to fetch the JWKS. Required if discovery is disabled and the "openid" scope is used.
-    #
-    #jwks_uri: "https://accounts.example.com/.well-known/jwks.json"
+  # URI where to fetch the JWKS. Required if discovery is disabled and the
+  # "openid" scope is used.
+  #
+  #jwks_uri: "https://accounts.example.com/.well-known/jwks.json"
 
-    # skip metadata verification. Defaults to false.
-    # Use this if you are connecting to a provider that is not OpenID Connect compliant.
-    # Avoid this in production.
-    #
-    #skip_verification: false
+  # Uncomment to skip metadata verification. Defaults to false.
+  #
+  # Use this if you are connecting to a provider that is not OpenID Connect
+  # compliant.
+  # Avoid this in production.
+  #
+  #skip_verification: true
 
-
-    # An external module can be provided here as a custom solution to mapping
-    # attributes returned from a OIDC provider onto a matrix user.
+  # An external module can be provided here as a custom solution to mapping
+  # attributes returned from a OIDC provider onto a matrix user.
+  #
+  user_mapping_provider:
+    # The custom module's class. Uncomment to use a custom module.
+    # Default is 'synapse.handlers.oidc_handler.JinjaOidcMappingProvider'.
     #
-    user_mapping_provider:
-      # The custom module's class. Uncomment to use a custom module.
-      # Default is 'synapse.handlers.oidc_handler.JinjaOidcMappingProvider'.
+    # See https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/sso_mapping_providers.md#openid-mapping-providers
+    # for information on implementing a custom mapping provider.
+    #
+    #module: mapping_provider.OidcMappingProvider
+
+    # Custom configuration values for the module. This section will be passed as
+    # a Python dictionary to the user mapping provider module's `parse_config`
+    # method.
+    #
+    # The examples below are intended for the default provider: they should be
+    # changed if using a custom provider.
+    #
+    config:
+      # name of the claim containing a unique identifier for the user.
+      # Defaults to `sub`, which OpenID Connect compliant providers should provide.
       #
-      #module: mapping_provider.OidcMappingProvider
+      #subject_claim: "sub"
 
-      # Custom configuration values for the module. Below options are intended
-      # for the built-in provider, they should be changed if using a custom
-      # module. This section will be passed as a Python dictionary to the
-      # module's `parse_config` method.
+      # Jinja2 template for the localpart of the MXID.
       #
-      # Below is the config of the default mapping provider, based on Jinja2
-      # templates. Those templates are used to render user attributes, where the
-      # userinfo object is available through the `user` variable.
+      # When rendering, this template is given the following variables:
+      #   * user: The claims returned by the UserInfo Endpoint and/or in the ID
+      #     Token
       #
-      config:
-        # name of the claim containing a unique identifier for the user.
-        # Defaults to `sub`, which OpenID Connect compliant providers should provide.
-        #
-        #subject_claim: "sub"
+      # This must be configured if using the default mapping provider.
+      #
+      localpart_template: "{{ user.preferred_username }}"
 
-        # Jinja2 template for the localpart of the MXID
-        #
-        localpart_template: "{{ user.preferred_username }}"
-
-        # Jinja2 template for the display name to set on first login. Optional.
-        #
-        #display_name_template: "{{ user.given_name }} {{ user.last_name }}"
+      # Jinja2 template for the display name to set on first login.
+      #
+      # If unset, no displayname will be set.
+      #
+      #display_name_template: "{{ user.given_name }} {{ user.last_name }}"
 
 
 
@@ -1614,7 +1747,8 @@ oidc_config:
 #   #    name: value
 
 
-# Additional settings to use with single-sign on systems such as SAML2 and CAS.
+# Additional settings to use with single-sign on systems such as OpenID Connect,
+# SAML2 and CAS.
 #
 sso:
     # A list of client URLs which are whitelisted so that the user does not
@@ -1699,12 +1833,60 @@ sso:
     #template_dir: "res/templates"
 
 
-# The JWT needs to contain a globally unique "sub" (subject) claim.
+# JSON web token integration. The following settings can be used to make
+# Synapse JSON web tokens for authentication, instead of its internal
+# password database.
+#
+# Each JSON Web Token needs to contain a "sub" (subject) claim, which is
+# used as the localpart of the mxid.
+#
+# Additionally, the expiration time ("exp"), not before time ("nbf"),
+# and issued at ("iat") claims are validated if present.
+#
+# Note that this is a non-standard login type and client support is
+# expected to be non-existant.
+#
+# See https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/jwt.md.
 #
 #jwt_config:
-#   enabled: true
-#   secret: "a secret"
-#   algorithm: "HS256"
+    # Uncomment the following to enable authorization using JSON web
+    # tokens. Defaults to false.
+    #
+    #enabled: true
+
+    # This is either the private shared secret or the public key used to
+    # decode the contents of the JSON web token.
+    #
+    # Required if 'enabled' is true.
+    #
+    #secret: "provided-by-your-issuer"
+
+    # The algorithm used to sign the JSON web token.
+    #
+    # Supported algorithms are listed at
+    # https://pyjwt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/algorithms.html
+    #
+    # Required if 'enabled' is true.
+    #
+    #algorithm: "provided-by-your-issuer"
+
+    # The issuer to validate the "iss" claim against.
+    #
+    # Optional, if provided the "iss" claim will be required and
+    # validated for all JSON web tokens.
+    #
+    #issuer: "provided-by-your-issuer"
+
+    # A list of audiences to validate the "aud" claim against.
+    #
+    # Optional, if provided the "aud" claim will be required and
+    # validated for all JSON web tokens.
+    #
+    # Note that if the "aud" claim is included in a JSON web token then
+    # validation will fail without configuring audiences.
+    #
+    #audiences:
+    #    - "provided-by-your-issuer"
 
 
 password_config:
@@ -1795,8 +1977,8 @@ email:
   #
   #notif_from: "Your Friendly %(app)s homeserver <noreply@example.com>"
 
-  # app_name defines the default value for '%(app)s' in notif_from. It
-  # defaults to 'Matrix'.
+  # app_name defines the default value for '%(app)s' in notif_from and email
+  # subjects. It defaults to 'Matrix'.
   #
   #app_name: my_branded_matrix_server
 
@@ -1826,9 +2008,7 @@ email:
   # Directory in which Synapse will try to find the template files below.
   # If not set, default templates from within the Synapse package will be used.
   #
-  # DO NOT UNCOMMENT THIS SETTING unless you want to customise the templates.
-  # If you *do* uncomment it, you will need to make sure that all the templates
-  # below are in the directory.
+  # Do not uncomment this setting unless you want to customise the templates.
   #
   # Synapse will look for the following templates in this directory:
   #
@@ -1865,6 +2045,73 @@ email:
   #
   #template_dir: "res/templates"
 
+  # Subjects to use when sending emails from Synapse.
+  #
+  # The placeholder '%(app)s' will be replaced with the value of the 'app_name'
+  # setting above, or by a value dictated by the Matrix client application.
+  #
+  # If a subject isn't overridden in this configuration file, the value used as
+  # its example will be used.
+  #
+  #subjects:
+
+    # Subjects for notification emails.
+    #
+    # On top of the '%(app)s' placeholder, these can use the following
+    # placeholders:
+    #
+    #   * '%(person)s', which will be replaced by the display name of the user(s)
+    #      that sent the message(s), e.g. "Alice and Bob".
+    #   * '%(room)s', which will be replaced by the name of the room the
+    #      message(s) have been sent to, e.g. "My super room".
+    #
+    # See the example provided for each setting to see which placeholder can be
+    # used and how to use them.
+    #
+    # Subject to use to notify about one message from one or more user(s) in a
+    # room which has a name.
+    #message_from_person_in_room: "[%(app)s] You have a message on %(app)s from %(person)s in the %(room)s room..."
+    #
+    # Subject to use to notify about one message from one or more user(s) in a
+    # room which doesn't have a name.
+    #message_from_person: "[%(app)s] You have a message on %(app)s from %(person)s..."
+    #
+    # Subject to use to notify about multiple messages from one or more users in
+    # a room which doesn't have a name.
+    #messages_from_person: "[%(app)s] You have messages on %(app)s from %(person)s..."
+    #
+    # Subject to use to notify about multiple messages in a room which has a
+    # name.
+    #messages_in_room: "[%(app)s] You have messages on %(app)s in the %(room)s room..."
+    #
+    # Subject to use to notify about multiple messages in multiple rooms.
+    #messages_in_room_and_others: "[%(app)s] You have messages on %(app)s in the %(room)s room and others..."
+    #
+    # Subject to use to notify about multiple messages from multiple persons in
+    # multiple rooms. This is similar to the setting above except it's used when
+    # the room in which the notification was triggered has no name.
+    #messages_from_person_and_others: "[%(app)s] You have messages on %(app)s from %(person)s and others..."
+    #
+    # Subject to use to notify about an invite to a room which has a name.
+    #invite_from_person_to_room: "[%(app)s] %(person)s has invited you to join the %(room)s room on %(app)s..."
+    #
+    # Subject to use to notify about an invite to a room which doesn't have a
+    # name.
+    #invite_from_person: "[%(app)s] %(person)s has invited you to chat on %(app)s..."
+
+    # Subject for emails related to account administration.
+    #
+    # On top of the '%(app)s' placeholder, these one can use the
+    # '%(server_name)s' placeholder, which will be replaced by the value of the
+    # 'server_name' setting in your Synapse configuration.
+    #
+    # Subject to use when sending a password reset email.
+    #password_reset: "[%(server_name)s] Password reset"
+    #
+    # Subject to use when sending a verification email to assert an address's
+    # ownership.
+    #email_validation: "[%(server_name)s] Validate your email"
+
 
 # Password providers allow homeserver administrators to integrate
 # their Synapse installation with existing authentication methods
@@ -1924,6 +2171,26 @@ spam_checker:
    #    example_stop_events_from: ['@bad:example.com']
 
 
+## Rooms ##
+
+# Controls whether locally-created rooms should be end-to-end encrypted by
+# default.
+#
+# Possible options are "all", "invite", and "off". They are defined as:
+#
+# * "all": any locally-created room
+# * "invite": any room created with the "private_chat" or "trusted_private_chat"
+#             room creation presets
+# * "off": this option will take no effect
+#
+# The default value is "off".
+#
+# Note that this option will only affect rooms created after it is set. It
+# will also not affect rooms created by other servers.
+#
+#encryption_enabled_by_default_for_room_type: invite
+
+
 # Uncomment to allow non-server-admin users to create groups on this server
 #
 #enable_group_creation: true
@@ -2155,3 +2422,57 @@ opentracing:
     #
     #  logging:
     #    false
+
+
+## Workers ##
+
+# Disables sending of outbound federation transactions on the main process.
+# Uncomment if using a federation sender worker.
+#
+#send_federation: false
+
+# It is possible to run multiple federation sender workers, in which case the
+# work is balanced across them.
+#
+# This configuration must be shared between all federation sender workers, and if
+# changed all federation sender workers must be stopped at the same time and then
+# started, to ensure that all instances are running with the same config (otherwise
+# events may be dropped).
+#
+#federation_sender_instances:
+#  - federation_sender1
+
+# When using workers this should be a map from `worker_name` to the
+# HTTP replication listener of the worker, if configured.
+#
+#instance_map:
+#  worker1:
+#    host: localhost
+#    port: 8034
+
+# Experimental: When using workers you can define which workers should
+# handle event persistence and typing notifications. Any worker
+# specified here must also be in the `instance_map`.
+#
+#stream_writers:
+#  events: worker1
+#  typing: worker1
+
+
+# Configuration for Redis when using workers. This *must* be enabled when
+# using workers (unless using old style direct TCP configuration).
+#
+redis:
+  # Uncomment the below to enable Redis support.
+  #
+  #enabled: true
+
+  # Optional host and port to use to connect to redis. Defaults to
+  # localhost and 6379
+  #
+  #host: localhost
+  #port: 6379
+
+  # Optional password if configured on the Redis instance
+  #
+  #password: <secret_password>

docs/sample_log_config.yaml

@@ -11,24 +11,33 @@ formatters:
     precise:
         format: '%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - %(levelname)s - %(request)s - %(message)s'
 
-filters:
-    context:
-        (): synapse.logging.context.LoggingContextFilter
-        request: ""
-
 handlers:
     file:
-        class: logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler
+        class: logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler
         formatter: precise
         filename: /var/log/matrix-synapse/homeserver.log
-        maxBytes: 104857600
-        backupCount: 10
-        filters: [context]
+        when: midnight
+        backupCount: 3  # Does not include the current log file.
         encoding: utf8
+
+    # Default to buffering writes to log file for efficiency. This means that
+    # will be a delay for INFO/DEBUG logs to get written, but WARNING/ERROR
+    # logs will still be flushed immediately.
+    buffer:
+        class: logging.handlers.MemoryHandler
+        target: file
+        # The capacity is the number of log lines that are buffered before
+        # being written to disk. Increasing this will lead to better
+        # performance, at the expensive of it taking longer for log lines to
+        # be written to disk.
+        capacity: 10
+        flushLevel: 30  # Flush for WARNING logs as well
+
+    # A handler that writes logs to stderr. Unused by default, but can be used
+    # instead of "buffer" and "file" in the logger handlers.
     console:
         class: logging.StreamHandler
         formatter: precise
-        filters: [context]
 
 loggers:
     synapse.storage.SQL:
@@ -36,8 +45,23 @@ loggers:
         # information such as access tokens.
         level: INFO
 
+    twisted:
+        # We send the twisted logging directly to the file handler,
+        # to work around https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3471
+        # when using "buffer" logger. Use "console" to log to stderr instead.
+        handlers: [file]
+        propagate: false
+
 root:
     level: INFO
-    handlers: [file, console]
+
+    # Write logs to the `buffer` handler, which will buffer them together in memory,
+    # then write them to a file.
+    #
+    # Replace "buffer" with "console" to log to stderr instead. (Note that you'll
+    # also need to update the configuation for the `twisted` logger above, in
+    # this case.)
+    #
+    handlers: [buffer]
 
 disable_existing_loggers: false

docs/sso_mapping_providers.md

@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ A custom mapping provider must specify the following methods:
        * `mxid_localpart` - Required. The mxid localpart of the new user.
        * `displayname` - The displayname of the new user. If not provided, will default to
                          the value of `mxid_localpart`.
+       * `emails` - A list of emails for the new user. If not provided, will
+                    default to an empty list.
 
 ### Default SAML Mapping Provider
 

docs/synctl_workers.md

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+### Using synctl with workers
+
+If you want to use `synctl` to manage your synapse processes, you will need to
+create an an additional configuration file for the main synapse process. That
+configuration should look like this:
+
+```yaml
+worker_app: synapse.app.homeserver
+```
+
+Additionally, each worker app must be configured with the name of a "pid file",
+to which it will write its process ID when it starts. For example, for a
+synchrotron, you might write:
+
+```yaml
+worker_pid_file: /home/matrix/synapse/worker1.pid
+```
+
+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
+in the given directory, e.g.:
+
+    synctl -a $CONFIG/workers start
+
+Currently one should always restart all workers when restarting or upgrading
+synapse, unless you explicitly know it's safe not to.  For instance, restarting
+synapse without restarting all the synchrotrons may result in broken typing
+notifications.
+
+To manipulate a specific worker, you pass the -w option to synctl:
+
+    synctl -w $CONFIG/workers/worker1.yaml restart

docs/systemd-with-workers/workers/federation_reader.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 worker_app: synapse.app.federation_reader
+worker_name: federation_reader1
 
 worker_replication_host: 127.0.0.1
-worker_replication_port: 9092
 worker_replication_http_port: 9093
 
 worker_listeners:

docs/user_directory.md

@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ who are present in a publicly viewable room present on the server.
 
 The directory info is stored in various tables, which can (typically after
 DB corruption) get stale or out of sync.  If this happens, for now the
-solution to fix it is to execute the SQL [here](../synapse/storage/data_stores/main/schema/delta/53/user_dir_populate.sql)
+solution to fix it is to execute the SQL [here](../synapse/storage/databases/main/schema/delta/53/user_dir_populate.sql)
 and then restart synapse. This should then start a background task to
 flush the current tables and regenerate the directory.