Machine-readable config description (#17892)

.github/workflows/docs.yaml

@@ -78,6 +78,18 @@ jobs:
           mdbook build
           cp book/welcome_and_overview.html book/index.html
 
+      - name: Prepare and publish schema files
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y yq
+          mkdir -p book/schema
+          # Remove developer notice before publishing.
+          rm schema/v*/Do\ not\ edit\ files\ in\ this\ folder
+          # Copy schema files that are independent from current Synapse version.
+          cp -r -t book/schema schema/v*/
+          # Convert config schema from YAML source file to JSON.
+          yq < schema/synapse-config.schema.yaml \
+            > book/schema/synapse-config.schema.json
+
       # Deploy to the target directory.
       - name: Deploy to gh pages
         uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@4f9cc6602d3f66b9c108549d475ec49e8ef4d45e # v4.0.0

.github/workflows/schema.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: Schema
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - schema/**
+      - docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md
+
+jobs:
+  validate-schema:
+    name: Ensure Synapse config schema is valid
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@8d9ed9ac5c53483de85588cdf95a591a75ab9f55 # v5.5.0
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+      - name: Install check-jsonschema
+        run: pip install check-jsonschema==0.33.0
+
+      - name: Validate meta schema
+        run: check-jsonschema --check-metaschema schema/v*/meta.schema.json
+      - name: Validate schema
+        run: |-
+          # Please bump on introduction of a new meta schema.
+          LATEST_META_SCHEMA_VERSION=v1
+          check-jsonschema \
+            --schemafile="schema/$LATEST_META_SCHEMA_VERSION/meta.schema.json" \
+            schema/synapse-config.schema.yaml
+      - name: Validate default config
+      # Populates the empty instance with default values and checks against the schema.
+        run: |-
+          echo "{}" | check-jsonschema \
+            --fill-defaults --schemafile=schema/synapse-config.schema.yaml -
+
+  check-doc-generation:
+    name: Ensure generated documentation is up-to-date
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@8d9ed9ac5c53483de85588cdf95a591a75ab9f55 # v5.5.0
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+      - name: Install PyYAML
+        run: pip install PyYAML==6.0.2
+
+      - name: Regenerate config documentation
+        run: |
+          scripts-dev/gen_config_documentation.py \
+            schema/synapse-config.schema.yaml \
+          > docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md
+      - name: Error in case of any differences
+      # Errors if there are now any modified files (untracked files are ignored).
+        run: 'git diff || ! git status --porcelain=1 | grep "^ M"'