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.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md

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-**If you are looking for support** please ask in **#synapse:matrix.org**
-(using a matrix.org account if necessary). We do not use GitHub issues for
-support.
-
-**If you want to report a security issue** please see https://matrix.org/security-disclosure-policy/

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG_REPORT.md

@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@ 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/
+**IF YOU HAVE SUPPORT QUESTIONS ABOUT RUNNING OR CONFIGURING YOUR OWN HOME SERVER**:
+You will likely get better support more quickly if you ask in ** #synapse:matrix.org ** ;)
+
 
 This is a bug report template. By following the instructions below and
 filling out the sections with your information, you will help the us to get all

CHANGES.md

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-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images tagged with the `-py3` suffix have been identical to the non-suffixed tags since release 0.99.0, and the suffix is obsolete.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)
+Synapse 1.13.0rc2 (2020-05-14)
 ==============================
 
 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))
-
+- Fix a long-standing bug which could cause messages not to be sent over federation, when state events with state keys matching user IDs (such as custom user statuses) were received. ([\#7376](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7376))
+- Restore compatibility with non-compliant clients during the user interactive authentication process, fixing a problem introduced in v1.13.0rc1. ([\#7483](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7483))
 
 Internal Changes
 ----------------
 
-- Further optimise queueing of inbound replication commands. ([\#7876](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7876))
+- Fix linting errors in new version of Flake8. ([\#7470](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7470))
 
 
-Synapse 1.18.0rc1 (2020-07-27)
+Synapse 1.13.0rc1 (2020-05-11)
 ==============================
 
-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)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Synapse's cache factor can now be configured in `homeserver.yaml` by the `caches.global_factor` setting. Additionally, `caches.per_cache_factors` controls the cache factors for individual caches. ([\#6391](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6391))
-- Add OpenID Connect login/registration support. Contributed by Quentin Gliech, on behalf of [les Connecteurs](https://connecteu.rs). ([\#7256](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7256), [\#7457](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7457))
-- Add room details admin endpoint. Contributed by Awesome Technologies Innovationslabor GmbH. ([\#7317](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7317))
-- Allow for using more than one spam checker module at once. ([\#7435](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7435))
-- Add additional authentication checks for `m.room.power_levels` event per [MSC2209](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2209). ([\#7502](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7502))
-- Implement room version 6 per [MSC2240](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2240). ([\#7506](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7506))
-- Add highly experimental option to move event persistence off master. ([\#7281](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7281), [\#7374](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7374), [\#7436](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7436), [\#7440](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7440), [\#7475](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7475), [\#7490](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7490), [\#7491](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7491), [\#7492](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7492), [\#7493](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7493), [\#7495](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7495), [\#7515](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7515), [\#7516](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7516), [\#7517](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7517), [\#7542](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7542))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a bug where event updates might not be sent over replication to worker processes after the stream falls behind. ([\#7384](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7384))
-- Allow expired user accounts to log out their device sessions. ([\#7443](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7443))
-- Fix a bug that would cause Synapse not to resync out-of-sync device lists. ([\#7453](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7453))
-- Prevent rooms with 0 members or with invalid version strings from breaking group queries. ([\#7465](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7465))
-- Workaround for an upstream Twisted bug that caused Synapse to become unresponsive after startup. ([\#7473](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7473))
-- Fix Redis reconnection logic that can result in missed updates over replication if master reconnects to Redis without restarting. ([\#7482](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7482))
-- When sending `m.room.member` events, omit `displayname` and `avatar_url` if they aren't set instead of setting them to `null`. Contributed by Aaron Raimist. ([\#7497](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7497))
-- Fix incorrect `method` label on `synapse_http_matrixfederationclient_{requests,responses}` prometheus metrics. ([\#7503](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7503))
-- Ignore incoming presence events from other homeservers if presence is disabled locally. ([\#7508](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7508))
-- Fix a long-standing bug that broke the update remote profile background process. ([\#7511](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7511))
-- Hash passwords as early as possible during password reset. ([\#7538](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7538))
-- 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. ([\#6598](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6598))
-
-
-Updates to the Docker image
----------------------------
-
-- Update docker runtime image to Alpine v3.11. Contributed by @Starbix. ([\#7398](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7398))
-
-
-Improved Documentation
-----------------------
-
-- Update information about mapping providers for SAML and OpenID. ([\#7458](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7458))
-- Add additional reverse proxy example for Caddy v2. Contributed by Jeff Peeler. ([\#7463](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7463))
-- Fix copy-paste error in `ServerNoticesConfig` docstring. Contributed by @ptman. ([\#7477](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7477))
-- Improve the formatting of `reverse_proxy.md`. ([\#7514](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7514))
-- Change the systemd worker service to check that the worker config file exists instead of silently failing. Contributed by David Vo. ([\#7528](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7528))
-- Minor clarifications to the TURN docs. ([\#7533](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7533))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Add typing annotations in `synapse.federation`. ([\#7382](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7382))
-- Convert the room handler to async/await. ([\#7396](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7396))
-- Improve performance of `get_e2e_cross_signing_key`. ([\#7428](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7428))
-- Improve performance of `mark_as_sent_devices_by_remote`. ([\#7429](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7429), [\#7562](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7562))
-- Add type hints to the SAML handler. ([\#7445](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7445))
-- Remove storage method `get_hosts_in_room` that is no longer called anywhere. ([\#7448](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7448))
-- Fix some typos in the `notice_expiry` templates. ([\#7449](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7449))
-- Convert the federation handler to async/await. ([\#7459](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7459))
-- Convert the search handler to async/await. ([\#7460](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7460))
-- Add type hints to `synapse.event_auth`. ([\#7505](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7505))
-- Convert the room member handler to async/await. ([\#7507](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7507))
-- Add type hints to room member handler. ([\#7513](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7513))
-- Fix typing annotations in `tests.replication`. ([\#7518](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7518))
-- Remove some redundant Python 2 support code. ([\#7519](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7519))
-- All endpoints now respond with a 200 OK for `OPTIONS` requests. ([\#7534](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7534), [\#7560](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7560))
-- Synapse now exports [detailed allocator statistics](https://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/gc_info.html#gc-get-stats) and basic GC timings as Prometheus metrics (`pypy_gc_time_seconds_total` and `pypy_memory_bytes`) when run under PyPy. Contributed by Ivan Shapovalov. ([\#7536](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7536))
-- Remove Ubuntu Cosmic and Disco from the list of distributions which we provide `.deb`s for, due to end-of-life. ([\#7539](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7539))
-- Make worker processes return a stubbed-out response to `GET /presence` requests. ([\#7545](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7545))
-- Optimise some references to `hs.config`. ([\#7546](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7546))
-- On upgrade room only send canonical alias once. ([\#7547](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7547))
-- Fix some indentation inconsistencies in the sample config. ([\#7550](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7550))
-- Include `synapse.http.site` in type checking. ([\#7553](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7553))
-- Fix some test code to not mangle stacktraces, to make it easier to debug errors. ([\#7554](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7554))
-- Refresh apt cache when building `dh_virtualenv` docker image. ([\#7555](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7555))
-- Stop logging some expected HTTP request errors as exceptions. ([\#7556](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7556), [\#7563](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7563))
-- Convert sending mail to async/await. ([\#7557](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7557))
-- Simplify `reap_monthly_active_users`. ([\#7558](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7558))
-
-
-Synapse 1.13.0 (2020-05-19)
-===========================
-
 This release brings some potential changes necessary for certain
 configurations of Synapse:
 
@@ -524,53 +34,6 @@ configurations of Synapse:
 Please review [UPGRADE.rst](UPGRADE.rst) for more details on these changes
 and for general upgrade guidance.
 
-
-Notice of change to the default `git` branch for Synapse
---------------------------------------------------------
-
-With the release of Synapse 1.13.0, the default `git` branch for Synapse has
-changed to `develop`, which is the development tip. This is more consistent with
-common practice and modern `git` usage.
-
-The `master` branch, which tracks the latest release, is still available. It is
-recommended that developers and distributors who have scripts which run builds
-using the default branch of Synapse should therefore consider pinning their
-scripts to `master`.
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Update the version of dh-virtualenv we use to build debs, and add focal to the list of target distributions. ([\#7526](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7526))
-
-
-Synapse 1.13.0rc3 (2020-05-18)
-==============================
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Hash passwords as early as possible during registration. ([\#7523](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7523))
-
-
-Synapse 1.13.0rc2 (2020-05-14)
-==============================
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a long-standing bug which could cause messages not to be sent over federation, when state events with state keys matching user IDs (such as custom user statuses) were received. ([\#7376](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7376))
-- Restore compatibility with non-compliant clients during the user interactive authentication process, fixing a problem introduced in v1.13.0rc1. ([\#7483](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7483))
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Fix linting errors in new version of Flake8. ([\#7470](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7470))
-
-
-Synapse 1.13.0rc1 (2020-05-11)
-==============================
-
 Features
 --------
 

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,48 +1,62 @@
-# Contributing code to Synapse
+# Contributing code to Matrix
 
-Everyone is welcome to contribute code to [matrix.org
-projects](https://github.com/matrix-org), provided that they are willing to
-license their contributions under the same license as the project itself. We
-follow a simple 'inbound=outbound' model for contributions: the act of
-submitting an 'inbound' contribution means that the contributor agrees to
-license the code under the same terms as the project's overall 'outbound'
-license - in our case, this is almost always Apache Software License v2 (see
-[LICENSE](LICENSE)).
+Everyone is welcome to contribute code to Matrix
+(https://github.com/matrix-org), provided that they are willing to license
+their contributions under the same license as the project itself. We follow a
+simple 'inbound=outbound' model for contributions: the act of submitting an
+'inbound' contribution means that the contributor agrees to license the code
+under the same terms as the project's overall 'outbound' license - in our
+case, this is almost always Apache Software License v2 (see [LICENSE](LICENSE)).
 
 ## How to contribute
 
-The preferred and easiest way to contribute changes is to fork the relevant
-project on github, and then [create a pull request](
-https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/) to ask us to pull your
-changes into our repo.
+The preferred and easiest way to contribute changes to Matrix is to fork the
+relevant project on github, and then [create a pull request](
+https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/) to ask us to pull
+your changes into our repo.
 
-Some other points to follow:
- 
- * Please base your changes on the `develop` branch.
-  
- * Please follow the [code style requirements](#code-style).
+**The single biggest thing you need to know is: please base your changes on
+the develop branch - *not* master.**
 
- * Please include a [changelog entry](#changelog) with each PR.
+We use the master branch to track the most recent release, so that folks who
+blindly clone the repo and automatically check out master get something that
+works. Develop is the unstable branch where all the development actually
+happens: the workflow is that contributors should fork the develop branch to
+make a 'feature' branch for a particular contribution, and then make a pull
+request to merge this back into the matrix.org 'official' develop branch. We
+use github's pull request workflow to review the contribution, and either ask
+you to make any refinements needed or merge it and make them ourselves. The
+changes will then land on master when we next do a release.
 
- * Please [sign off](#sign-off) your contribution.
+We use [Buildkite](https://buildkite.com/matrix-dot-org/synapse) for continuous
+integration. If your change breaks the build, this will be shown in GitHub, so
+please keep an eye on the pull request for feedback.
 
- * Please keep an eye on the pull request for feedback from the [continuous
-   integration system](#continuous-integration-and-testing) and try to fix any
-   errors that come up.
+To run unit tests in a local development environment, you can use:
 
- * If you need to [update your PR](#updating-your-pull-request), just add new
-   commits to your branch rather than rebasing.
+- ``tox -e py35`` (requires tox to be installed by ``pip install tox``)
+  for SQLite-backed Synapse on Python 3.5.
+- ``tox -e py36`` for SQLite-backed Synapse on Python 3.6.
+- ``tox -e py36-postgres`` for PostgreSQL-backed Synapse on Python 3.6
+  (requires a running local PostgreSQL with access to create databases).
+- ``./test_postgresql.sh`` for PostgreSQL-backed Synapse on Python 3.5
+  (requires Docker). Entirely self-contained, recommended if you don't want to
+  set up PostgreSQL yourself.
+
+Docker images are available for running the integration tests (SyTest) locally,
+see the [documentation in the SyTest repo](
+https://github.com/matrix-org/sytest/blob/develop/docker/README.md) for more
+information.
 
 ## Code style
 
-Synapse's code style is documented [here](docs/code_style.md). Please follow
-it, including the conventions for the [sample configuration
-file](docs/code_style.md#configuration-file-format).
+All Matrix projects have a well-defined code-style - and sometimes we've even
+got as far as documenting it... For instance, synapse's code style doc lives
+[here](docs/code_style.md).
 
-Many of the conventions are enforced by scripts which are run as part of the
-[continuous integration system](#continuous-integration-and-testing). To help
-check if you have followed the code style, you can run `scripts-dev/lint.sh`
-locally. You'll need python 3.6 or later, and to install a number of tools:
+To facilitate meeting these criteria you can run `scripts-dev/lint.sh`
+locally. Since this runs the tools listed in the above document, you'll need
+python 3.6 and to install each tool:
 
 ```
 # Install the dependencies
@@ -53,11 +67,9 @@ pip install -U black flake8 flake8-comprehensions isort
 ```
 
 **Note that the script does not just test/check, but also reformats code, so you
-may wish to ensure any new code is committed first**.
-
-By default, this script checks all files and can take some time; if you alter
-only certain files, you might wish to specify paths as arguments to reduce the
-run-time:
+may wish to ensure any new code is committed first**. By default this script
+checks all files and can take some time; if you alter only certain files, you
+might wish to specify paths as arguments to reduce the run-time:
 
 ```
 ./scripts-dev/lint.sh path/to/file1.py path/to/file2.py path/to/folder
@@ -70,6 +82,7 @@ Please ensure your changes match the cosmetic style of the existing project,
 and **never** mix cosmetic and functional changes in the same commit, as it
 makes it horribly hard to review otherwise.
 
+
 ## Changelog
 
 All changes, even minor ones, need a corresponding changelog / newsfragment
@@ -85,55 +98,24 @@ in the format of `PRnumber.type`. The type can be one of the following:
 * `removal` (also used for deprecations)
 * `misc` (for internal-only changes)
 
-This file will become part of our [changelog](
-https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/CHANGES.md) at the next
-release, so the content of the file should be a short description of your
-change in the same style as the rest of the changelog. The file can contain Markdown
-formatting, and should end with a full stop (.) or an exclamation mark (!) for
-consistency.
+The content of the file is your changelog entry, which should be a short
+description of your change in the same style as the rest of our [changelog](
+https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/CHANGES.md). The file can
+contain Markdown formatting, and should end with a full stop (.) or an
+exclamation mark (!) for consistency.
 
 Adding credits to the changelog is encouraged, we value your
 contributions and would like to have you shouted out in the release notes!
 
 For example, a fix in PR #1234 would have its changelog entry in
-`changelog.d/1234.bugfix`, and contain content like:
+`changelog.d/1234.bugfix`, and contain content like "The security levels of
+Florbs are now validated when received over federation. Contributed by Jane
+Matrix.".
 
-> The security levels of Florbs are now validated when received
-> via the `/federation/florb` endpoint. Contributed by Jane Matrix.
-
-If there are multiple pull requests involved in a single bugfix/feature/etc,
-then the content for each `changelog.d` file should be the same. Towncrier will
-merge the matching files together into a single changelog entry when we come to
-release.
-
-### How do I know what to call the changelog file before I create the PR?
-
-Obviously, you don't know if you should call your newsfile
-`1234.bugfix` or `5678.bugfix` until you create the PR, which leads to a
-chicken-and-egg problem.
-
-There are two options for solving this:
-
- 1. Open the PR without a changelog file, see what number you got, and *then*
-    add the changelog file to your branch (see [Updating your pull
-    request](#updating-your-pull-request)), or:
-
- 1. Look at the [list of all
-    issues/PRs](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues?q=), add one to the
-    highest number you see, and quickly open the PR before somebody else claims
-    your number.
-
-    [This
-    script](https://github.com/richvdh/scripts/blob/master/next_github_number.sh)
-    might be helpful if you find yourself doing this a lot.
-
-Sorry, we know it's a bit fiddly, but it's *really* helpful for us when we come
-to put together a release!
-
-### Debian changelog
+## Debian changelog
 
 Changes which affect the debian packaging files (in `debian`) are an
-exception to the rule that all changes require a `changelog.d` file.
+exception.
 
 In this case, you will need to add an entry to the debian changelog for the
 next release. For this, run the following command:
@@ -218,45 +200,19 @@ Git allows you to add this signoff automatically when using the `-s`
 flag to `git commit`, which uses the name and email set in your
 `user.name` and `user.email` git configs.
 
-## Continuous integration and testing
+## Merge Strategy
 
-[Buildkite](https://buildkite.com/matrix-dot-org/synapse) will automatically
-run a series of checks and tests against any PR which is opened against the
-project; if your change breaks the build, this will be shown in GitHub, with
-links to the build results. If your build fails, please try to fix the errors
-and update your branch.
+We use the commit history of develop/master extensively to identify
+when regressions were introduced and what changes have been made.
 
-To run unit tests in a local development environment, you can use:
+We aim to have a clean merge history, which means we normally squash-merge
+changes into develop. For small changes this means there is no need to rebase
+to clean up your PR before merging. Larger changes with an organised set of
+commits may be merged as-is, if the history is judged to be useful.
 
-- ``tox -e py35`` (requires tox to be installed by ``pip install tox``)
-  for SQLite-backed Synapse on Python 3.5.
-- ``tox -e py36`` for SQLite-backed Synapse on Python 3.6.
-- ``tox -e py36-postgres`` for PostgreSQL-backed Synapse on Python 3.6
-  (requires a running local PostgreSQL with access to create databases).
-- ``./test_postgresql.sh`` for PostgreSQL-backed Synapse on Python 3.5
-  (requires Docker). Entirely self-contained, recommended if you don't want to
-  set up PostgreSQL yourself.
-
-Docker images are available for running the integration tests (SyTest) locally,
-see the [documentation in the SyTest repo](
-https://github.com/matrix-org/sytest/blob/develop/docker/README.md) for more
-information.
-
-## Updating your pull request
-
-If you decide to make changes to your pull request - perhaps to address issues
-raised in a review, or to fix problems highlighted by [continuous
-integration](#continuous-integration-and-testing) - just add new commits to your
-branch, and push to GitHub. The pull request will automatically be updated.
-
-Please **avoid** rebasing your branch, especially once the PR has been
-reviewed: doing so makes it very difficult for a reviewer to see what has
-changed since a previous review.
-
-## Notes for maintainers on merging PRs etc
-
-There are some notes for those with commit access to the project on how we
-manage git [here](docs/dev/git.md).
+This use of squash-merging will mean PRs built on each other will be hard to 
+merge. We suggest avoiding these where possible, and if required, ensuring
+each PR has a tidy set of commits to ease merging.
 
 ## Conclusion
 

INSTALL.md

@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 - [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)
@@ -29,25 +27,6 @@ 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
@@ -201,41 +180,35 @@ sudo zypper in python-pip python-setuptools sqlite3 python-virtualenv \
 
 #### 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`):
+Installing prerequisites on OpenBSD:
 
 ```
-doas mkdir /usr/local/pobj_wxallowed
+doas pkg_add python libffi py-pip py-setuptools sqlite3 py-virtualenv \
+              libxslt jpeg
 ```
 
-Assuming `PORTS_PRIVSEP=Yes` (cf. `bsd.port.mk(5)`) and `SUDO=doas` are
-configured in `/etc/mk.conf`:
+There is currently no port for OpenBSD. Additionally, OpenBSD's security
+settings require a slightly more difficult installation process.
 
-```
-doas chown _pbuild:_pbuild /usr/local/pobj_wxallowed
-```
+(XXX: I suspect this is out of date)
 
-Setting the `WRKOBJDIR` for building python:
+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.
 
-```
-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
-```
+After this, you may proceed with the rest of the install directions.
 
 #### Windows
 
@@ -255,9 +228,9 @@ 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
@@ -265,8 +238,7 @@ 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, Element, coturn,
-ma1sd, SSL support, etc.).
+along with many other Matrix-related services (Postgres database, riot-web, coturn, mxisd, SSL support, etc.).
 For more details, see
 https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
 
@@ -299,27 +271,22 @@ The fingerprint of the repository signing key (as shown by `gpg
 /usr/share/keyrings/matrix-org-archive-keyring.gpg`) is
 `AAF9AE843A7584B5A3E4CD2BCF45A512DE2DA058`.
 
-#### Downstream Debian packages
+#### Downstream Debian/Ubuntu packages
 
-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:
+For `buster` and `sid`, Synapse is available in the Debian repositories and
+it should be possible to install it with simply:
 
 ```
 sudo apt install matrix-synapse
 ```
 
-#### Downstream Ubuntu packages
+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.
 
-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).
+We do not recommend using the packages in downstream Ubuntu at this time, as
+they are old and suffer from known security vulnerabilities.
 
 ### Fedora
 
@@ -383,18 +350,6 @@ 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
 
@@ -432,11 +387,13 @@ 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 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).
+  `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.
 
   If you are using your own certificate, be sure to use a `.pem` file that
   includes the full certificate chain including any intermediate certificates
@@ -446,60 +403,6 @@ 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
 
@@ -518,7 +421,7 @@ email will be disabled.
 
 ## Registering a user
 
-The easiest way to create a new user is to do so from a client like [Element](https://element.io/).
+The easiest way to create a new user is to do so from a client like [Riot](https://riot.im).
 
 Alternatively you can do so from the command line if you have installed via pip.
 

README.rst

@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-================
-Synapse |shield|
-================
-
-.. |shield| image:: https://img.shields.io/matrix/synapse:matrix.org?label=support&logo=matrix
-  :alt: (get support on #synapse:matrix.org)
-  :target: https://matrix.to/#/#synapse:matrix.org
-
 .. contents::
 
 Introduction
@@ -45,7 +37,7 @@ 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
+  end-to-end encryption[1]
 - Inviting, joining, leaving, kicking, banning room members
 - Managing user accounts (registration, login, logout)
 - Using 3rd Party IDs (3PIDs) such as email addresses, phone numbers,
@@ -82,15 +74,7 @@ at the `Matrix spec <https://matrix.org/docs/spec>`_, and experiment with the
 
 Thanks for using Matrix!
 
-Support
-=======
-
-For support installing or managing Synapse, please join |room|_ (from a matrix.org
-account if necessary) and ask questions there. We do not use GitHub issues for
-support requests, only for bug reports and feature requests.
-
-.. |room| replace:: ``#synapse:matrix.org``
-.. _room: https://matrix.to/#/#synapse:matrix.org
+[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>`_.
 
 
 Synapse Installation
@@ -112,11 +96,12 @@ 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 Element at
-https://app.element.io/#/login or https://app.element.io/#/register respectively.
+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.
 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>`_.
 
@@ -133,7 +118,7 @@ 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 a Matrix client.
+user via `riot.im <https://riot.im/app/#/register>`_ or other Matrix clients.
 
 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
@@ -179,6 +164,30 @@ 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
@@ -187,7 +196,7 @@ 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/quick-starts/reverse-proxy>`_ or
+`Caddy <https://caddyserver.com/docs/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.
@@ -227,9 +236,10 @@ email address.
 Password reset
 ==============
 
-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.
+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.
 
 First calculate the hash of the new password::
 
@@ -238,7 +248,7 @@ 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';
@@ -306,9 +316,6 @@ 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

@@ -75,34 +75,10 @@ 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
-====================
-
-This version includes a database update which is run as part of the upgrade,
-and which may take a couple of minutes in the case of a large server. Synapse
-will not respond to HTTP requests while this update is taking place.
-
 Upgrading to v1.13.0
 ====================
 
+
 Incorrect database migration in old synapse versions
 ----------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -160,12 +136,12 @@ back to v1.12.4 you need to:
 2. Decrease the schema version in the database:
 
    .. code:: sql
-
+    
       UPDATE schema_version SET version = 57;
 
 3. Downgrade Synapse by following the instructions for your installation method
    in the "Rolling back to older versions" section above.
-
+    
 
 Upgrading to v1.12.0
 ====================

changelog.d/6391.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Synapse's cache factor can now be configured in `homeserver.yaml` by the `caches.global_factor` setting. Additionally, `caches.per_cache_factors` controls the cache factors for individual caches.

changelog.d/7256.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add OpenID Connect login/registration support. Contributed by Quentin Gliech, on behalf of [les Connecteurs](https://connecteu.rs).

changelog.d/7281.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add MultiWriterIdGenerator to support multiple concurrent writers of streams.

changelog.d/7314.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Allow guest access to the `GET /_matrix/client/r0/rooms/{room_id}/members` endpoint, according to MSC2689. Contributed by Awesome Technologies Innovationslabor GmbH.

changelog.d/7317.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add room details admin endpoint. Contributed by Awesome Technologies Innovationslabor GmbH.

changelog.d/7374.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Move catchup of replication streams logic to worker.

changelog.d/7382.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add typing annotations in `synapse.federation`.

changelog.d/7396.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Convert the room handler to async/await.

changelog.d/7398.docker

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update docker runtime image to Alpine v3.11. Contributed by @Starbix.

changelog.d/7428.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improve performance of `get_e2e_cross_signing_key`.

changelog.d/7429.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improve performance of `mark_as_sent_devices_by_remote`.

changelog.d/7435.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow for using more than one spam checker module at once.

changelog.d/7436.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Support any process writing to cache invalidation stream.

changelog.d/7440.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Refactor event persistence database functions in preparation for allowing them to be run on non-master processes.

changelog.d/7445.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add type hints to the SAML handler.

changelog.d/7448.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove storage method `get_hosts_in_room` that is no longer called anywhere.

changelog.d/7449.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix some typos in the notice_expiry templates.

changelog.d/7458.doc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update information about mapping providers for SAML and OpenID.

changelog.d/7459.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Convert the federation handler to async/await.

changelog.d/7460.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Convert the search handler to async/await.

changelog.d/7470.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix linting errors in new version of Flake8.

changelog.d/7475.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Have all instance correctly respond to REPLICATE command.

changelog.d/7477.doc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix copy-paste error in `ServerNoticesConfig` docstring. Contributed by @ptman.

changelog.d/7482.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix Redis reconnection logic that can result in missed updates over replication if master reconnects to Redis without restarting.

changelog.d/7490.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Clean up replication unit tests.

changelog.d/7491.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Move event stream handling out of slave store.

changelog.d/7492.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow censoring of events to happen on workers.

changelog.d/7493.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Move EventStream handling into default ReplicationDataHandler.

changelog.d/7495.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add `instance_map` config and route replication calls.

changelog.d/7736.feature

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add unread messages count to sync responses, as specified in [MSC2654](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2654).

changelog.d/7899.doc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Document how to set up a Client Well-Known file and fix several pieces of outdated documentation.

changelog.d/7902.feature

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add option to allow server admins to join rooms which fail complexity checks. Contributed by @lugino-emeritus.

changelog.d/7936.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Switch to the JSON implementation from the standard library and bump the minimum version of the canonicaljson library to 1.2.0.

changelog.d/7947.misc

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

changelog.d/7948.misc

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

changelog.d/7949.misc

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

changelog.d/7951.misc

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

changelog.d/7952.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Move some database-related log lines from the default logger to the database/transaction loggers.

changelog.d/7963.misc

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

changelog.d/7964.feature

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add an option to purge room or not with delete room admin endpoint (`POST /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/<room_id>/delete`). Contributed by @dklimpel.

changelog.d/7965.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add a script to detect source code files using non-unix line terminators.

changelog.d/7970.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add a script to detect source code files using non-unix line terminators.

changelog.d/7971.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Log the SAML session ID during creation.

changelog.d/7973.misc

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

changelog.d/7975.misc

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

changelog.d/7976.misc

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

changelog.d/7977.bugfix

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.7.2 which caused inaccurate membership counts in the room directory.

changelog.d/7978.bugfix

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a long standing bug: 'Duplicate key value violates unique constraint "event_relations_id"' when message retention is configured.

changelog.d/7979.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Switch to the JSON implementation from the standard library and bump the minimum version of the canonicaljson library to 1.2.0.

changelog.d/7980.bugfix

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix "no create event in auth events" when trying to reject invitation after inviter leaves. Bug introduced in Synapse v1.10.0.

changelog.d/7981.misc

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

changelog.d/7987.misc

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

changelog.d/7989.misc

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

changelog.d/7990.doc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve workers docs.

changelog.d/7992.doc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix typo in `docs/workers.md`.

changelog.d/7996.bugfix

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix various comments and minor discrepencies in server notices code.

changelog.d/7998.doc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add documentation for how to undo a room shutdown.

changelog.d/7999.bugfix

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a long standing bug where HTTP HEAD requests resulted in a 400 error.

changelog.d/8001.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove redundant and unreliable signature check for v1 Identity Service lookup responses.

changelog.d/8003.misc

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

changelog.d/8008.feature

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add rate limiting to users joining rooms.

changelog.d/8025.bugfix

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix bug where state (e.g. power levels) would reset incorrectly when receiving an event from a remote server.

contrib/cmdclient/console.py

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 """ 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
@@ -25,14 +28,12 @@ import shlex
 import sys
 import time
 import urllib
-from http import TwistedHttpClient
-
-import nacl.encoding
-import nacl.signing
 import urlparse
-from signedjson.sign import SignatureVerifyException, verify_signed_json
 
-from twisted.internet import defer, reactor, threads
+import nacl.signing
+import nacl.encoding
+
+from signedjson.sign import verify_signed_json, SignatureVerifyException
 
 CONFIG_JSON = "cmdclient_config.json"
 
@@ -492,7 +493,7 @@ class SynapseCmd(cmd.Cmd):
         "list messages <roomid> from=END&to=START&limit=3"
         """
         args = self._parse(line, ["type", "roomid", "qp"])
-        if "type" not in args or "roomid" not in args:
+        if not "type" in args or not "roomid" in args:
             print("Must specify type and room ID.")
             return
         if args["type"] not in ["members", "messages"]:
@@ -507,7 +508,7 @@ class SynapseCmd(cmd.Cmd):
                 try:
                     key_value = key_value_str.split("=")
                     qp[key_value[0]] = key_value[1]
-                except Exception:
+                except:
                     print("Bad query param: %s" % key_value)
                     return
 
@@ -584,7 +585,7 @@ class SynapseCmd(cmd.Cmd):
                 parsed_url = urlparse.urlparse(args["path"])
                 qp.update(urlparse.parse_qs(parsed_url.query))
                 args["path"] = parsed_url.path
-            except Exception:
+            except:
                 pass
 
         reactor.callFromThread(
@@ -609,15 +610,13 @@ class SynapseCmd(cmd.Cmd):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _do_event_stream(self, timeout):
-        res = yield defer.ensureDeferred(
-            self.http_client.get_json(
-                self._url() + "/events",
-                {
-                    "access_token": self._tok(),
-                    "timeout": str(timeout),
-                    "from": self.event_stream_token,
-                },
-            )
+        res = yield 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))
 
@@ -773,10 +772,10 @@ 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 Exception:
+            except:
                 pass
             print("Loaded config from %s" % config_path)
-    except Exception:
+    except:
         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:12-alpine
+    image: docker.io/postgres:10-alpine
     # Change that password, of course!
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_USER=synapse

contrib/experiments/test_messaging.py

@@ -28,24 +28,27 @@ 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
-
-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
+import curses.wrapper
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("example")
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ class InputOutput(object):
         """
 
         try:
-            m = re.match(r"^join (\S+)$", line)
+            m = re.match("^join (\S+)$", line)
             if m:
                 # The `sender` wants to join a room.
                 (room_name,) = m.groups()
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ class InputOutput(object):
                 # self.print_line("OK.")
                 return
 
-            m = re.match(r"^invite (\S+) (\S+)$", line)
+            m = re.match("^invite (\S+) (\S+)$", line)
             if m:
                 # `sender` wants to invite someone to a room
                 room_name, invitee = m.groups()
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ class InputOutput(object):
                 # self.print_line("OK.")
                 return
 
-            m = re.match(r"^send (\S+) (.*)$", line)
+            m = re.match("^send (\S+) (.*)$", line)
             if m:
                 # `sender` wants to message a room
                 room_name, body = m.groups()
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ class InputOutput(object):
                 # self.print_line("OK.")
                 return
 
-            m = re.match(r"^backfill (\S+)$", line)
+            m = re.match("^backfill (\S+)$", line)
             if m:
                 # we want to backfill a room
                 (room_name,) = m.groups()
@@ -198,6 +201,16 @@ 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
         """
@@ -301,7 +314,7 @@ class HomeServer(ReplicationHandler):
         return self.replication_layer.backfill(dest, room_name, limit)
 
     def _get_room_remote_servers(self, room_name):
-        return list(self.joined_rooms.setdefault(room_name).servers)
+        return [i for i in 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))
@@ -321,7 +334,7 @@ def main(stdscr):
     user = args.user
     server_name = origin_from_ucid(user)
 
-    # Set up logging
+    ## Set up logging ##
 
     root_logger = logging.getLogger()
 
@@ -341,7 +354,7 @@ 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)
@@ -355,16 +368,16 @@ 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 Exception:
+    except:
         port = 12345
 
     app_hs.get_http_server().start_listening(port)

contrib/graph/graph.py

@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 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");
@@ -23,6 +15,15 @@ import urllib2
 # 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)
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ def make_graph(pdus, room, filename_prefix):
     node_map = {}
 
     origins = set()
-    colors = {"red", "green", "blue", "yellow", "purple"}
+    colors = set(("red", "green", "blue", "yellow", "purple"))
 
     for pdu in pdus:
         origins.add(pdu.get("origin"))
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ def make_graph(pdus, room, filename_prefix):
         try:
             c = colors.pop()
             color_map[o] = c
-        except Exception:
+        except:
             print("Run out of colours!")
             color_map[o] = "black"
 

contrib/graph/graph2.py

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

contrib/graph/graph3.py

@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 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");
@@ -25,6 +15,18 @@ from synapse.util.frozenutils import unfreeze
 # 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:
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ 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, str):
+            elif isinstance(value, string_types):
                 pass
             else:
                 value = json.dumps(value)
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ 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 Exception:
+            except:
                 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 json
-import subprocess
-import time
-
 import gevent
 import grequests
 from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
+import json
+import urllib
+import subprocess
+import time
 
-ACCESS_TOKEN = ""
+# ACCESS_TOKEN="" #
 
 MATRIXBASE = "https://matrix.org/_matrix/client/api/v1/"
 MYUSERNAME = "@davetest:matrix.org"

contrib/scripts/kick_users.py

@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 #!/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

@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
 
 [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/build_virtualenv

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ esac
 dh_virtualenv \
     --install-suffix "matrix-synapse" \
     --builtin-venv \
+    --setuptools \
     --python "$SNAKE" \
     --upgrade-pip \
     --preinstall="lxml" \

debian/changelog

@@ -1,82 +1,16 @@
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.xx.0) stable; urgency=medium
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.12.3ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
-  [ Synapse Packaging team ]
-  * New synapse release 1.xx.0.
-
-  [ Aaron Raimist ]
-  * Fix outdated documentation for SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  XXXXX
-
-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 ]
   * Add information about .well-known files to Debian installation scripts.
 
-  [ Synapse Packaging team ]
-  * New synapse release 1.13.0.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 19 May 2020 09:16:56 -0400
-
+ -- Patrick Cloke <patrickc@matrix.org>  Mon, 06 Apr 2020 10:10:38 -0400
+=======
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.12.4) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New synapse release 1.12.4.
 
  -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:58:14 -0400
+>>>>>>> master
 
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.12.3) stable; urgency=medium
 

debian/matrix-synapse.default

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

debian/synctl.ronn

@@ -46,20 +46,19 @@ Configuration file may be generated as follows:
 ## ENVIRONMENT
 
   * `SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR`:
-    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.
+    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.
 
 ## COPYRIGHT
 

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -16,31 +16,34 @@ ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.7
 ###
 ### Stage 0: builder
 ###
-FROM docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-slim as builder
+FROM docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-alpine3.11 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
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-    build-essential \
-    libpq-dev \
- && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+# 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.)
 
-# Build dependencies that are not available as wheels, to speed up rebuilds
 RUN pip install --prefix="/install" --no-warn-script-location \
-        frozendict \
-        jaeger-client \
-        opentracing \
-        prometheus-client \
-        psycopg2 \
-        pycparser \
-        pyrsistent \
-        pyyaml \
-        simplejson \
-        threadloop \
-        thrift
+        cryptography \
+        msgpack-python \
+        pillow \
+        pynacl
 
 # 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/
@@ -52,13 +55,19 @@ RUN pip install --prefix="/install" --no-warn-script-location \
 ### Stage 1: runtime
 ###
 
-FROM docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-slim
+FROM docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-alpine3.11
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-    libpq5 \
-    xmlsec1 \
-    gosu \
- && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+# 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
 
 COPY --from=builder /install /usr/local
 COPY ./docker/start.py /start.py

docker/Dockerfile-dhvirtualenv

@@ -27,18 +27,15 @@ RUN env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install \
         wget
 
 # fetch and unpack the package
-RUN mkdir /dh-virtualenv
-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
+RUN wget -q -O /dh-virtuenv-1.1.tar.gz https://github.com/spotify/dh-virtualenv/archive/1.1.tar.gz
+RUN tar xvf /dh-virtuenv-1.1.tar.gz
 
-# install its build deps. We do another apt-cache-update here, because we might
-# be using a stale cache from docker build.
-RUN apt-get update -qq -o Acquire::Languages=none \
-    && cd /dh-virtualenv \
-    && env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive mk-build-deps -ri -t "apt-get -y --no-install-recommends"
+# install its build deps
+RUN cd dh-virtualenv-1.1/ \
+    && env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive mk-build-deps -ri -t "apt-get -yqq --no-install-recommends"
 
 # build it
-RUN cd /dh-virtualenv && dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b
+RUN cd dh-virtualenv-1.1 && dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b
 
 ###
 ### Stage 1
@@ -71,12 +68,12 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq -o Acquire::Languages=none \
         sqlite3 \
         libpq-dev
 
-COPY --from=builder /dh-virtualenv_1.2~dev-1_all.deb /
+COPY --from=builder /dh-virtualenv_1.1-1_all.deb /
 
 # install dhvirtualenv. Update the apt cache again first, in case we got a
 # cached cache from docker the first time.
 RUN apt-get update -qq -o Acquire::Languages=none \
-    && apt-get install -yq /dh-virtualenv_1.2~dev-1_all.deb
+    && apt-get install -yq /dh-virtualenv_1.1-1_all.deb
 
 WORKDIR /synapse/source
 ENTRYPOINT ["bash","/synapse/source/docker/build_debian.sh"]

docker/README.md

@@ -94,21 +94,6 @@ 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

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 = ["gosu", ownership] + args
+        args = ["su-exec", 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 = ["gosu", ownership] + args
-        os.execv("/usr/sbin/gosu", args)
+        args = ["su-exec", ownership] + args
+        os.execv("/sbin/su-exec", 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/gosu as UserID already matches request")
+        log("Will not perform chmod/su-exec 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 = ["gosu", ownership] + args
-        os.execv("/usr/sbin/gosu", args)
+        args = ["su-exec", ownership] + args
+        os.execv("/sbin/su-exec", args)
     else:
         os.execv("/usr/local/bin/python", args)
 

docs/.sample_config_header.yaml

@@ -10,16 +10,5 @@
 # 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

@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@ 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, for new domains in June 2020, and for existing accounts and
-domains in June 2021.
+November 2019, and for existing accounts in June 2020.
 
 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 2021.
+  to work until June 2020.
 * 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

@@ -4,21 +4,17 @@ Admin APIs
 This directory includes documentation for the various synapse specific admin
 APIs available.
 
-Authenticating as a server admin
---------------------------------
+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.:
 
-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.)
+``UPDATE users SET admin = 1 WHERE name = '@foo:bar.com'``
 
-A user can be marked as a server admin by updating the database directly, e.g.:
+Restarting may be required for the changes to register.
 
-.. 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.
+Using an admin access_token
+###########################
 
+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>
 ```
 
-To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
-server admin: see [README.rst](README.rst).
+including an `access_token` of a server admin.

docs/admin_api/media_admin_api.md

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

docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst

@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ The API is:
 
 ``POST /_synapse/admin/v1/purge_history/<room_id>[/<event_id>]``
 
-To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
-server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
+including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
 
 By default, events sent by local users are not deleted, as they may represent
 the only copies of this content in existence. (Events sent by remote users are
@@ -55,10 +54,8 @@ It is possible to poll for updates on recent purges with a second API;
 
 ``GET /_synapse/admin/v1/purge_history_status/<purge_id>``
 
-Again, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
-server admin.
-
-This API returns a JSON body like the following:
+(again, with a suitable ``access_token``). This API returns a JSON body like
+the following:
 
 .. code:: json
 

docs/admin_api/purge_remote_media.rst

@@ -6,15 +6,12 @@ media.
 
 The API is::
 
-    POST /_synapse/admin/v1/purge_media_cache?before_ts=<unix_timestamp_in_ms>
+    POST /_synapse/admin/v1/purge_media_cache?before_ts=<unix_timestamp_in_ms>&access_token=<access_token>
 
     {}
 
-\... 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

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ 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

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

docs/admin_api/rooms.md

@@ -318,134 +318,3 @@ 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

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ 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.
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ 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."
@@ -72,23 +70,3 @@ 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.
-
-1. For safety reasons, it is recommended to shut down Synapse prior to continuing.
-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 (required).
-
-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

@@ -1,47 +1,9 @@
-.. 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``.
+specific ``user_id``. Be aware that ``user_id`` is fully qualified: for example,
+``@user:server.com``.
 
 This api is::
 
@@ -69,36 +31,26 @@ with a body of:
         "deactivated": false
     }
 
-To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
-server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
+including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
 
-URL parameters:
+The parameter ``displayname`` is optional and defaults to the value of
+``user_id``.
 
-- ``user_id``: fully-qualified user id: for example, ``@user:server.com``.
+The parameter ``threepids`` is optional and allows setting the third-party IDs
+(email, msisdn) belonging to a user.
 
-Body parameters:
+The parameter ``avatar_url`` is optional. Must be a [MXC
+URI](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.0#matrix-content-mxc-uris).
 
-- ``password``, optional. If provided, the user's password is updated and all
-  devices are logged out.
+The parameter ``admin`` is optional and defaults to ``false``.
 
-- ``displayname``, optional, defaults to the value of ``user_id``.
+The parameter ``deactivated`` is optional and defaults to ``false``.
 
-- ``threepids``, optional, allows setting the third-party IDs (email, msisdn)
-  belonging to a user.
-
-- ``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. If unspecified, deactivation state will be left
-  unchanged on existing accounts and set to ``false`` for new accounts.
+The parameter ``password`` is optional. If provided, the user's password is
+updated and all devices are logged out.
 
 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
 =============
 
@@ -108,8 +60,7 @@ The api is::
 
     GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users?from=0&limit=10&guests=false
 
-To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
-server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
+including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
 
 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
@@ -164,17 +115,17 @@ 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 current sessions for a user
-=================================
+Query Account
+=============
 
-This API returns information about the active sessions for a specific user.
+This API returns information about a specific user account.
 
 The api is::
 
-    GET /_synapse/admin/v1/whois/<user_id>
+    GET /_synapse/admin/v1/whois/<user_id> (deprecated)
+    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>`_.
+including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
 
 It returns a JSON body like the following:
 
@@ -227,10 +178,9 @@ with a body of:
         "erase": true
     }
 
-To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
-server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
+including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
 
-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.
 
 
@@ -252,8 +202,7 @@ with a body of:
        "logout_devices": true,
    }
 
-To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
-server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
+including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
 
 The parameter ``new_password`` is required.
 The parameter ``logout_devices`` is optional and defaults to ``true``.
@@ -266,8 +215,7 @@ The api is::
 
     GET /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/admin
 
-To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a
-server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_.
+including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.
 
 A response body like the following is returned:
 
@@ -295,191 +243,4 @@ with a body of:
         "admin": true
     }
 
-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.
+including an ``access_token`` of a server admin.