Get rid of my home dir, whoops

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

.ci/scripts/test_old_deps.sh

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

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

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

.github/workflows/docker.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ name: Build docker images
 on:
   push:
     tags: ["v*"]
-    branches: [ master, main, develop ]
+    branches: [ master, main ]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
@@ -34,15 +34,10 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      # TODO: consider using https://github.com/docker/metadata-action instead of this
-      # custom magic
       - name: Calculate docker image tag
         id: set-tag
         run: |
           case "${GITHUB_REF}" in
-              refs/heads/develop)
-                  tag=develop
-                  ;;
               refs/heads/master|refs/heads/main)
                   tag=latest
                   ;;
@@ -55,6 +50,18 @@ jobs:
           esac
           echo "::set-output name=tag::$tag"
 
+        # for release builds, we want to get the amd64 image out asap, so first
+        # we do an amd64-only build, before following up with a multiarch build.
+      - name: Build and push amd64
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        if: "${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}"
+        with:
+          push: true
+          labels: "gitsha1=${{ github.sha }}"
+          tags: "matrixdotorg/synapse:${{ steps.set-tag.outputs.tag }}"
+          file: "docker/Dockerfile"
+          platforms: linux/amd64
+
       - name: Build and push all platforms
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
         with:
@@ -63,69 +70,3 @@ jobs:
           tags: "matrixdotorg/synapse:${{ steps.set-tag.outputs.tag }}"
           file: "docker/Dockerfile"
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
-
-  build_workers_test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    # The worker test image depends on the base image, so we must build the base
-    # first.
-    needs: build
-
-    permissions:
-      packages: write
-      contents: read
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Set up QEMU
-        id: qemu
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
-        with:
-          platforms: arm64
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        id: buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
-
-      - name: Inspect builder
-        run: docker buildx inspect
-
-      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry (for worker-testing-only image)
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-        uses: docker/login-action@v1
-        with:
-          registry: ghcr.io
-          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      # This must match EXACTLY the one in the `build` pipeline.
-      - name: Calculate docker image tag
-        id: set-tag
-        run: |
-          case "${GITHUB_REF}" in
-              refs/heads/develop)
-                  tag=develop
-                  ;;
-              refs/heads/master|refs/heads/main)
-                  tag=latest
-                  ;;
-              refs/tags/*)
-                  tag=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
-                  ;;
-              *)
-                  tag=${GITHUB_SHA}
-                  ;;
-          esac
-          echo "::set-output name=tag::$tag"
-
-      # This image is solely intended to be used for automated test tools,
-      # such as mx-tester.
-      - name: Build and push worker-testing-only image for all platforms
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
-        with:
-          push: true
-          build-args: |
-            "base_version=${{ steps.set-tag.outputs.tag }}"
-          labels: "gitsha1=${{ github.sha }}"
-          tags: "ghcr.io/matrix-org/synapse-workers-testing-only:${{ steps.set-tag.outputs.tag }}"
-          file: "docker/Dockerfile-workers"
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64

.github/workflows/tests.yml

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

.github/workflows/twisted_trunk.yml

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

.gitignore

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

CHANGES.md

@@ -1,503 +1,3 @@
-Synapse 1.51.0 (2022-01-25)
-===========================
-
-No significant changes since 1.51.0rc2.
-
-Synapse 1.51.0 deprecates `webclient` listeners and non-HTTP(S) `web_client_location`s. Support for these will be removed in Synapse 1.53.0, at which point Synapse will not be capable of directly serving a web client for Matrix. See the [upgrade notes](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/develop/upgrade#upgrading-to-v1510).
-
-Synapse 1.51.0rc2 (2022-01-24)
-==============================
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.40.0 that caused Synapse to fail to process incoming federation traffic after handling a large amount of events in a v1 room. ([\#11806](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11806))
-
-
-Synapse 1.50.2 (2022-01-24)
-===========================
-
-This release includes the same bugfix as Synapse 1.51.0rc2.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.40.0 that caused Synapse to fail to process incoming federation traffic after handling a large amount of events in a v1 room. ([\#11806](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11806))
-
-
-Synapse 1.51.0rc1 (2022-01-21)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Add `track_puppeted_user_ips` config flag to record client IP addresses against puppeted users, and include the puppeted users in monthly active user counts. ([\#11561](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11561), [\#11749](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11749), [\#11757](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11757))
-- Include whether the requesting user has participated in a thread when generating a summary for [MSC3440](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3440). ([\#11577](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11577))
-- Return an `M_FORBIDDEN` error code instead of `M_UNKNOWN` when a spam checker module prevents a user from creating a room. ([\#11672](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11672))
-- Add a flag to the `synapse_review_recent_signups` script to ignore and filter appservice users. ([\#11675](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11675), [\#11770](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11770))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a long-standing issue which could cause Synapse to incorrectly accept data in the unsigned field of events
-  received over federation. ([\#11530](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11530))
-- Fix a long-standing bug where Synapse wouldn't cache a response indicating that a remote user has no devices. ([\#11587](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11587))
-- Fix an error that occurs whilst trying to get the federation status of a destination server that was working normally. This admin API was newly introduced in Synapse v1.49.0. ([\#11593](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11593))
-- Fix bundled aggregations not being included in the `/sync` response, per [MSC2675](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2675). ([\#11612](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11612), [\#11659](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11659), [\#11791](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11791))
-- Fix the `/_matrix/client/v1/room/{roomId}/hierarchy` endpoint returning incorrect fields which have been present since Synapse 1.49.0. ([\#11667](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11667))
-- Fix preview of some GIF URLs (like tenor.com). Contributed by Philippe Daouadi. ([\#11669](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11669))
-- Fix a bug where only the first 50 rooms from a space were returned from the `/hierarchy` API. This has existed since the introduction of the API in Synapse v1.41.0. ([\#11695](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11695))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.18.0 where password reset and address validation emails would not be sent if their subject was configured to use the 'app' template variable. Contributed by @br4nnigan. ([\#11710](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11710), [\#11745](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11745))
-- Make the 'List Rooms' Admin API sort stable. Contributed by Daniël Sonck. ([\#11737](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11737))
-- Fix a long-standing bug where space hierarchy over federation would only work correctly some of the time. ([\#11775](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11775))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.46.0 that prevented `on_logged_out` module callbacks from being correctly awaited by Synapse. ([\#11786](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11786))
-
-
-Improved Documentation
-----------------------
-
-- Warn against using a Let's Encrypt certificate for TLS/DTLS TURN server client connections, and suggest using ZeroSSL certificate instead. This works around client-side connectivity errors caused by WebRTC libraries that reject Let's Encrypt certificates. Contibuted by @AndrewFerr. ([\#11686](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11686))
-- Document the new `SYNAPSE_TEST_PERSIST_SQLITE_DB` environment variable in the contributing guide. ([\#11715](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11715))
-- Document that the minimum supported PostgreSQL version is now 10. ([\#11725](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11725))
-- Fix typo in demo docs: differnt. ([\#11735](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11735))
-- Update room spec URL in config files. ([\#11739](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11739))
-- Mention `python3-venv` and `libpq-dev` dependencies in the contribution guide. ([\#11740](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11740))
-- Update documentation for configuring login with Facebook. ([\#11755](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11755))
-- Update installation instructions to note that Python 3.6 is no longer supported. ([\#11781](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11781))
-
-
-Deprecations and Removals
--------------------------
-
-- Remove the unstable `/send_relation` endpoint. ([\#11682](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11682))
-- Remove `python_twisted_reactor_pending_calls` Prometheus metric. ([\#11724](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11724))
-- Remove the `password_hash` field from the response dictionaries of the [Users Admin API](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/user_admin_api.html). ([\#11576](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11576))
-- **Deprecate support for `webclient` listeners and non-HTTP(S) `web_client_location` configuration. ([\#11774](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11774), [\#11783](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11783))**
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Run `pyupgrade --py37-plus --keep-percent-format` on Synapse. ([\#11685](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11685))
-- Use buildkit's cache feature to speed up docker builds. ([\#11691](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11691))
-- Use `auto_attribs` and native type hints for attrs classes. ([\#11692](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11692), [\#11768](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11768))
-- Remove debug logging for #4422, which has been closed since Synapse 0.99. ([\#11693](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11693))
-- Remove fallback code for Python 2. ([\#11699](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11699))
-- Add a test for [an edge case](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/11532#discussion_r769104461) in the `/sync` logic. ([\#11701](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11701))
-- Add the option to write SQLite test dbs to disk when running tests. ([\#11702](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11702))
-- Improve Complement test output for Gitub Actions. ([\#11707](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11707))
-- Fix docstring on `add_account_data_for_user`. ([\#11716](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11716))
-- Complement environment variable name change and update `.gitignore`. ([\#11718](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11718))
-- Simplify calculation of Prometheus metrics for garbage collection. ([\#11723](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11723))
-- Improve accuracy of `python_twisted_reactor_tick_time` Prometheus metric. ([\#11724](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11724), [\#11771](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11771))
-- Minor efficiency improvements when inserting many values into the database. ([\#11742](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11742))
-- Invite PR authors to give themselves credit in the changelog. ([\#11744](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11744))
-- Add optional debugging to investigate [issue 8631](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8631). ([\#11760](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11760))
-- Remove `log_function` utility function and its uses. ([\#11761](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11761))
-- Add a unit test that checks both `client` and `webclient` resources will function when simultaneously enabled. ([\#11765](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11765))
-- Allow overriding complement commit using `COMPLEMENT_REF`. ([\#11766](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11766))
-- Add some comments and type annotations for `_update_outliers_txn`. ([\#11776](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11776))
-
-
-Synapse 1.50.1 (2022-01-18)
-===========================
-
-This release fixes a bug in Synapse 1.50.0 that could prevent clients from being able to connect to Synapse if the `webclient` resource was enabled. Further details are available in [this issue](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11763).
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.50.0rc1 that could cause Matrix clients to be unable to connect to Synapse instances with the `webclient` resource enabled. ([\#11764](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11764))
-
-
-Synapse 1.50.0 (2022-01-18)
-===========================
-
-**This release contains a critical bug that may prevent clients from being able to connect. 
-As such, it is not recommended to upgrade to 1.50.0. Instead, please upgrade straight to
-to 1.50.1. Further details are available in [this issue](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11763).**
-
-Please note that we now only support Python 3.7+ and PostgreSQL 10+ (if applicable), because Python 3.6 and PostgreSQL 9.6 have reached end-of-life.
-
-No significant changes since 1.50.0rc2.
-
-
-Synapse 1.50.0rc2 (2022-01-14)
-==============================
-
-This release candidate fixes a federation-breaking regression introduced in Synapse 1.50.0rc1.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.0.0 whereby some device list updates would not be sent to remote homeservers if there were too many to send at once. ([\#11729](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11729))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.50.0rc1 whereby outbound federation could fail because too many EDUs were produced for device updates. ([\#11730](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11730))
-
-
-Improved Documentation
-----------------------
-
-- Document that now the minimum supported PostgreSQL version is 10. ([\#11725](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11725))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Fix a typechecker problem related to our (ab)use of `nacl.signing.SigningKey`s. ([\#11714](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11714))
-
-
-Synapse 1.50.0rc1 (2022-01-05)
-==============================
-
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Allow guests to send state events per [MSC3419](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3419). ([\#11378](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11378))
-- Add experimental support for part of [MSC3202](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3202): allowing application services to masquerade as specific devices. ([\#11538](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11538))
-- Add admin API to get users' account data. ([\#11664](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11664))
-- Include the room topic in the stripped state included with invites and knocking. ([\#11666](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11666))
-- Send and handle cross-signing messages using the stable prefix. ([\#10520](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10520))
-- Support unprefixed versions of fallback key property names. ([\#11541](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11541))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a long-standing bug where relations from other rooms could be included in the bundled aggregations of an event. ([\#11516](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11516))
-- Fix a long-standing bug which could cause `AssertionError`s to be written to the log when Synapse was restarted after purging events from the database. ([\#11536](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11536), [\#11642](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11642))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.17.0 where a pusher created for an email with capital letters would fail to be created. ([\#11547](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11547))
-- Fix a long-standing bug where responses included bundled aggregations when they should not, per [MSC2675](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2675). ([\#11592](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11592), [\#11623](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11623))
-- Fix a long-standing bug that some unknown endpoints would return HTML error pages instead of JSON `M_UNRECOGNIZED` errors. ([\#11602](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11602))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.19.3 which could sometimes cause `AssertionError`s when backfilling rooms over federation. ([\#11632](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11632))
-
-
-Improved Documentation
-----------------------
-
-- Update Synapse install command for FreeBSD as the package is now prefixed with `py38`. Contributed by @itchychips. ([\#11267](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11267))
-- Document the usage of refresh tokens. ([\#11427](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11427))
-- Add details for how to configure a TURN server when behind a NAT. Contibuted by @AndrewFerr. ([\#11553](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11553))
-- Add references for using Postgres to the Docker documentation. ([\#11640](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11640))
-- Fix the documentation link in newly-generated configuration files. ([\#11678](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11678))
-- Correct the documentation for `nginx` to use a case-sensitive url pattern. Fixes an error introduced in v1.21.0. ([\#11680](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11680))
-- Clarify SSO mapping provider documentation by writing `def` or `async def` before the names of methods, as appropriate. ([\#11681](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11681))
-
-
-Deprecations and Removals
--------------------------
-
-- Replace `mock` package by its standard library version. ([\#11588](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11588))
-- Drop support for Python 3.6 and Ubuntu 18.04. ([\#11633](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11633))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Allow specific, experimental events to be created without `prev_events`. Used by [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716). ([\#11243](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11243))
-- A test helper (`wait_for_background_updates`) no longer depends on classes defining a `store` property. ([\#11331](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11331))
-- Add type hints to `synapse.appservice`. ([\#11360](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11360))
-- Add missing type hints to `synapse.config` module. ([\#11480](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11480))
-- Add test to ensure we share the same `state_group` across the whole historical batch when using the [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) `/batch_send` endpoint. ([\#11487](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11487))
-- Refactor `tests.util.setup_test_homeserver` and `tests.server.setup_test_homeserver`. ([\#11503](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11503))
-- Move `glob_to_regex` and `re_word_boundary` to `matrix-python-common`. ([\#11505](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11505), [\#11687](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11687))
-- Use `HTTPStatus` constants in place of literals in `tests.rest.client.test_auth`. ([\#11520](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11520))
-- Add a receipt types constant for `m.read`. ([\#11531](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11531))
-- Clean up `synapse.rest.admin`. ([\#11535](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11535))
-- Add missing `errcode` to `parse_string` and `parse_boolean`. ([\#11542](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11542))
-- Use `HTTPStatus` constants in place of literals in `synapse.http`. ([\#11543](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11543))
-- Add missing type hints to storage classes. ([\#11546](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11546), [\#11549](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11549), [\#11551](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11551), [\#11555](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11555), [\#11575](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11575), [\#11589](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11589), [\#11594](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11594), [\#11652](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11652), [\#11653](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11653), [\#11654](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11654), [\#11657](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11657))
-- Fix an inaccurate and misleading comment in the `/sync` code. ([\#11550](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11550))
-- Add missing type hints to `synapse.logging.context`. ([\#11556](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11556))
-- Stop populating unused database column `state_events.prev_state`. ([\#11558](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11558))
-- Minor efficiency improvements in event persistence. ([\#11560](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11560))
-- Add some safety checks that storage functions are used correctly. ([\#11564](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11564), [\#11580](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11580))
-- Make `get_device` return `None` if the device doesn't exist rather than raising an exception. ([\#11565](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11565))
-- Split the HTML parsing code from the URL preview resource code. ([\#11566](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11566))
-- Remove redundant `COALESCE()`s around `COUNT()`s in database queries. ([\#11570](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11570))
-- Add missing type hints to `synapse.http`. ([\#11571](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11571))
-- Add [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) and [MSC3030](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3030) to `/versions` -> `unstable_features` to detect server support. ([\#11582](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11582))
-- Add type hints to `synapse/tests/rest/admin`. ([\#11590](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11590))
-- Drop end-of-life Python 3.6 and Postgres 9.6 from CI. ([\#11595](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11595))
-- Update black version and run it on all the files. ([\#11596](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11596))
-- Add opentracing type stubs and fix associated mypy errors. ([\#11603](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11603), [\#11622](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11622))
-- Improve OpenTracing support for requests which use a `ResponseCache`. ([\#11607](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11607))
-- Improve OpenTracing support for incoming HTTP requests. ([\#11618](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11618))
-- A number of improvements to opentracing support. ([\#11619](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11619))
-- Refactor the way that the `outlier` flag is set on events received over federation. ([\#11634](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11634))
-- Improve the error messages from  `get_create_event_for_room`. ([\#11638](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11638))
-- Remove redundant `get_current_events_token` method. ([\#11643](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11643))
-- Convert `namedtuples` to `attrs`. ([\#11665](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11665), [\#11574](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11574))
-- Update the `/capabilities` response to include whether support for [MSC3440](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3440) is available. ([\#11690](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11690))
-- Send the `Accept` header in HTTP requests made using `SimpleHttpClient.get_json`. ([\#11677](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11677))
-- Work around Mjolnir compatibility issue by adding an import for `glob_to_regex` in `synapse.util`, where it moved from. ([\#11696](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11696))
-
-
-Synapse 1.49.2 (2021-12-21)
-===========================
-
-This release fixes a regression introduced in Synapse 1.49.0 which could cause `/sync` requests to take significantly longer. This would particularly affect "initial" syncs for users participating in a large number of rooms, and in extreme cases, could make it impossible for such users to log in on a new client.
-
-**Note:** in line with our [deprecation policy](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/deprecation_policy.html) for platform dependencies, this will be the last release to support Python 3.6 and PostgreSQL 9.6, both of which have now reached upstream end-of-life. Synapse will require Python 3.7+ and PostgreSQL 10+.
-
-**Note:** We will also stop producing packages for Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) after this release, as it uses Python 3.6.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a performance regression in `/sync` handling, introduced in 1.49.0. ([\#11583](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11583))
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Work around a build problem on Debian Buster. ([\#11625](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11625))
-
-
-Synapse 1.49.1 (2021-12-21)
-===========================
-
-Not released due to problems building the debian packages.
-
-
-Synapse 1.49.0 (2021-12-14)
-===========================
-
-No significant changes since version 1.49.0rc1.
-
-
-Support for Ubuntu 21.04 ends next month on the 20th of January
----------------------------------------------------------------
-
-For users of Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo), please be aware that [upstream support for this version of Ubuntu will end next month][Ubuntu2104EOL].
-We will stop producing packages for Ubuntu 21.04 after upstream support ends.
-
-[Ubuntu2104EOL]: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2021-December/000275.html
-
-
-The wiki has been migrated to the documentation website
--------------------------------------------------------
-
-We've decided to move the existing, somewhat stagnant pages from the GitHub wiki
-to the [documentation website](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/).
-
-This was done for two reasons. The first was to ensure that changes are checked by
-multiple authors before being committed (everyone makes mistakes!) and the second
-was visibility of the documentation. Not everyone knows that Synapse has some very
-useful information hidden away in its GitHub wiki pages. Bringing them to the
-documentation website should help with visibility, as well as keep all Synapse documentation
-in one, easily-searchable location.
-
-Note that contributions to the documentation website happen through [GitHub pull
-requests](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pulls). Please visit [#synapse-dev:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#synapse-dev:matrix.org)
-if you need help with the process!
-
-
-Synapse 1.49.0rc1 (2021-12-07)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Add [MSC3030](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3030) experimental client and federation API endpoints to get the closest event to a given timestamp. ([\#9445](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9445))
-- Include bundled relation aggregations during a limited `/sync` request and `/relations` request, per [MSC2675](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2675). ([\#11284](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11284), [\#11478](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11478))
-- Add plugin support for controlling database background updates. ([\#11306](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11306), [\#11475](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11475), [\#11479](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11479))
-- Support the stable API endpoints for [MSC2946](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2946): the room `/hierarchy` endpoint. ([\#11329](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11329))
-- Add admin API to get some information about federation status with remote servers. ([\#11407](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11407))
-- Support expiry of refresh tokens and expiry of the overall session when refresh tokens are in use. ([\#11425](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11425))
-- Stabilise support for [MSC2918](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/main/proposals/2918-refreshtokens.md#msc2918-refresh-tokens) refresh tokens as they have now been merged into the Matrix specification. ([\#11435](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11435), [\#11522](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11522))
-- Update [MSC2918 refresh token](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/main/proposals/2918-refreshtokens.md#msc2918-refresh-tokens) support to confirm with the latest revision: accept the `refresh_tokens` parameter in the request body rather than in the URL parameters. ([\#11430](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11430))
-- Support configuring the lifetime of non-refreshable access tokens separately to refreshable access tokens. ([\#11445](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11445))
-- Expose `synapse_homeserver` and `synapse_worker` commands as entry points to run Synapse's main process and worker processes, respectively. Contributed by @Ma27. ([\#11449](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11449))
-- `synctl stop` will now wait for Synapse to exit before returning. ([\#11459](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11459), [\#11490](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11490))
-- Extend the "delete room" admin api to work correctly on rooms which have previously been partially deleted. ([\#11523](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11523))
-- Add support for the `/_matrix/client/v3/login/sso/redirect/{idpId}` API from Matrix v1.1. This endpoint was overlooked when support for v3 endpoints was added in Synapse 1.48.0rc1. ([\#11451](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11451))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix using [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) batch sending in combination with event persistence workers. Contributed by @tulir at Beeper. ([\#11220](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11220))
-- Fix a long-standing bug where all requests that read events from the database could get stuck as a result of losing the database connection, properly this time. Also fix a race condition introduced in the previous insufficient fix in Synapse 1.47.0. ([\#11376](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11376))
-- The `/send_join` response now includes the stable `event` field instead of the unstable field from [MSC3083](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3083). ([\#11413](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11413))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.47.0 where `send_join` could fail due to an outdated `ijson` version. ([\#11439](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11439), [\#11441](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11441), [\#11460](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11460))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.36.0 which could cause problems fetching event-signing keys from trusted key servers. ([\#11440](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11440))
-- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.47.1 where the media repository would fail to work if the media store path contained any symbolic links. ([\#11446](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11446))
-- Fix an `LruCache` corruption bug, introduced in Synapse 1.38.0, that would cause certain requests to fail until the next Synapse restart. ([\#11454](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11454))
-- Fix a long-standing bug where invites from ignored users were included in incremental syncs. ([\#11511](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11511))
-- Fix a regression in Synapse 1.48.0 where presence workers would not clear their presence updates over replication on shutdown. ([\#11518](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11518))
-- Fix a regression in Synapse 1.48.0 where the module API's `looping_background_call` method would spam errors to the logs when given a non-async function. ([\#11524](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11524))
-
-
-Updates to the Docker image
----------------------------
-
-- Update `Dockerfile-workers` to healthcheck all workers in the container. ([\#11429](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11429))
-
-
-Improved Documentation
-----------------------
-
-- Update the media repository documentation. ([\#11415](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11415))
-- Update section about backward extremities in the room DAG concepts doc to correct the misconception about backward extremities indicating whether we have fetched an events' `prev_events`. ([\#11469](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11469))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Add `Final` annotation to string constants in `synapse.api.constants` so that they get typed as `Literal`s. ([\#11356](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11356))
-- Add a check to ensure that users cannot start the Synapse master process when `worker_app` is set. ([\#11416](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11416))
-- Add a note about postgres memory management and hugepages to postgres doc. ([\#11467](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11467))
-- Add missing type hints to `synapse.config` module. ([\#11465](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11465))
-- Add missing type hints to `synapse.federation`. ([\#11483](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11483))
-- Add type annotations to `tests.storage.test_appservice`. ([\#11488](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11488), [\#11492](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11492))
-- Add type annotations to some of the configuration surrounding refresh tokens. ([\#11428](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11428))
-- Add type hints to `synapse/tests/rest/admin`. ([\#11501](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11501))
-- Add type hints to storage classes. ([\#11411](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11411))
-- Add wiki pages to documentation website. ([\#11402](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11402))
-- Clean up `tests.storage.test_main` to remove use of legacy code. ([\#11493](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11493))
-- Clean up `tests.test_visibility` to remove legacy code. ([\#11495](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11495))
-- Convert status codes to `HTTPStatus` in `synapse.rest.admin`. ([\#11452](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11452), [\#11455](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11455))
-- Extend the `scripts-dev/sign_json` script to support signing events. ([\#11486](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11486))
-- Improve internal types in push code. ([\#11409](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11409))
-- Improve type annotations in `synapse.module_api`. ([\#11029](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11029))
-- Improve type hints for `LruCache`. ([\#11453](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11453))
-- Preparation for database schema simplifications: disambiguate queries on `state_key`. ([\#11497](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11497))
-- Refactor `backfilled` into specific behavior function arguments (`_persist_events_and_state_updates` and downstream calls). ([\#11417](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11417))
-- Refactor `get_version_string` to fix-up types and duplicated code. ([\#11468](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11468))
-- Refactor various parts of the `/sync` handler. ([\#11494](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11494), [\#11515](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11515))
-- Remove unnecessary `json.dumps` from `tests.rest.admin`. ([\#11461](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11461))
-- Save the OpenID Connect session ID on login. ([\#11482](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11482))
-- Update and clean up recently ported documentation pages. ([\#11466](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11466))
-
-
-Synapse 1.48.0 (2021-11-30)
-===========================
-
-This release removes support for the long-deprecated `trust_identity_server_for_password_resets` configuration flag.
-
-This release also fixes some performance issues with some background database updates introduced in Synapse 1.47.0.
-
-No significant changes since 1.48.0rc1.
-
-Synapse 1.48.0rc1 (2021-11-25)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Experimental support for the thread relation defined in [MSC3440](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3440). ([\#11161](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11161))
-- Support filtering by relation senders & types per [MSC3440](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3440). ([\#11236](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11236))
-- Add support for the `/_matrix/client/v3` and `/_matrix/media/v3` APIs from Matrix v1.1. ([\#11318](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11318), [\#11371](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11371))
-- Support the stable version of [MSC2778](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2778): the `m.login.application_service` login type. Contributed by @tulir. ([\#11335](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11335))
-- Add a new version of delete room admin API `DELETE /_synapse/admin/v2/rooms/<room_id>` to run it in the background. Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#11223](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11223))
-- Allow the admin [Delete Room API](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/rooms.html#delete-room-api) to block a room without the need to join it. ([\#11228](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11228))
-- Add an admin API to un-shadow-ban a user. ([\#11347](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11347))
-- Add an admin API to run background database schema updates. ([\#11352](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11352))
-- Add an admin API for blocking a room. ([\#11324](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11324))
-- Update the JWT login type to support custom a `sub` claim. ([\#11361](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11361))
-- Store and allow querying of arbitrary event relations. ([\#11391](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11391))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a long-standing bug wherein display names or avatar URLs containing null bytes cause an internal server error when stored in the DB. ([\#11230](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11230))
-- Prevent [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) historical state events from being pushed to an application service via `/transactions`. ([\#11265](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11265))
-- Fix a long-standing bug where uploading extremely thin images (e.g. 1000x1) would fail. Contributed by @Neeeflix. ([\#11288](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11288))
-- Fix a bug, introduced in Synapse 1.46.0, which caused the `check_3pid_auth` and `on_logged_out` callbacks in legacy password authentication provider modules to not be registered. Modules using the generic module interface were not affected. ([\#11340](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11340))
-- Fix a bug introduced in 1.41.0 where space hierarchy responses would be incorrectly reused if multiple users were to make the same request at the same time. ([\#11355](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11355))
-- Fix a bug introduced in 1.45.0 where the `read_templates` method of the module API would error. ([\#11377](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11377))
-- Fix an issue introduced in 1.47.0 which prevented servers re-joining rooms they had previously left, if their signing keys were replaced. ([\#11379](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11379))
-- Fix a bug introduced in 1.13.0 where creating and publishing a room could cause errors if `room_list_publication_rules` is configured. ([\#11392](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11392))
-- Improve performance of various background database updates. ([\#11421](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11421), [\#11422](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11422))
-
-
-Improved Documentation
-----------------------
-
-- Suggest users of the Debian packages add configuration to `/etc/matrix-synapse/conf.d/` to prevent, upon upgrade, being asked to choose between their configuration and the maintainer's. ([\#11281](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11281))
-- Fix typos in the documentation for the `username_available` admin API. Contributed by Stanislav Motylkov. ([\#11286](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11286))
-- Add Single Sign-On, SAML and CAS pages to the documentation. ([\#11298](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11298))
-- Change the word 'Home server' as one word 'homeserver' in documentation. ([\#11320](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11320))
-- Fix missing quotes for wildcard domains in `federation_certificate_verification_whitelist`. ([\#11381](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11381))
-
-
-Deprecations and Removals
--------------------------
-
-- Remove deprecated `trust_identity_server_for_password_resets` configuration flag. ([\#11333](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11333), [\#11395](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11395))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Add type annotations to `synapse.metrics`. ([\#10847](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10847))
-- Split out federated PDU retrieval function into a non-cached version. ([\#11242](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11242))
-- Clean up code relating to to-device messages and sending ephemeral events to application services. ([\#11247](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11247))
-- Fix a small typo in the error response when a relation type other than 'm.annotation' is passed to `GET /rooms/{room_id}/aggregations/{event_id}`. ([\#11278](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11278))
-- Drop unused database tables `room_stats_historical` and `user_stats_historical`. ([\#11280](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11280))
-- Require all files in synapse/ and tests/ to pass mypy unless specifically excluded. ([\#11282](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11282), [\#11285](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11285), [\#11359](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11359))
-- Add missing type hints to `synapse.app`. ([\#11287](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11287))
-- Remove unused parameters on `FederationEventHandler._check_event_auth`. ([\#11292](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11292))
-- Add type hints to `synapse._scripts`. ([\#11297](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11297))
-- Fix an issue which prevented the `remove_deleted_devices_from_device_inbox` background database schema update from running when updating from a recent Synapse version. ([\#11303](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11303))
-- Add type hints to storage classes. ([\#11307](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11307), [\#11310](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11310), [\#11311](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11311), [\#11312](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11312), [\#11313](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11313), [\#11314](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11314), [\#11316](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11316), [\#11322](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11322), [\#11332](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11332), [\#11339](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11339), [\#11342](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11342))
-- Add type hints to `synapse.util`. ([\#11321](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11321), [\#11328](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11328))
-- Improve type annotations in Synapse's test suite. ([\#11323](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11323), [\#11330](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11330))
-- Test that room alias deletion works as intended. ([\#11327](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11327))
-- Add type annotations for some methods and properties in the module API. ([\#11341](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11341))
-- Fix running `scripts-dev/complement.sh`, which was broken in v1.47.0rc1. ([\#11368](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11368))
-- Rename internal functions for token generation to better reflect what they do. ([\#11369](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11369), [\#11370](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11370))
-- Add type hints to configuration classes. ([\#11377](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11377))
-- Publish a `develop` image to Docker Hub. ([\#11380](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11380))
-- Keep fallback key marked as used if it's re-uploaded. ([\#11382](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11382))
-- Use `auto_attribs` on the `attrs` class `RefreshTokenLookupResult`. ([\#11386](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11386))
-- Rename unstable `access_token_lifetime` configuration option to `refreshable_access_token_lifetime` to make it clear it only concerns refreshable access tokens. ([\#11388](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11388))
-- Do not run the broken MSC2716 tests when running `scripts-dev/complement.sh`. ([\#11389](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11389))
-- Remove dead code from supporting ACME. ([\#11393](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11393))
-- Refactor including the bundled relations when serializing an event. ([\#11408](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11408))
-
-
-Synapse 1.47.1 (2021-11-23)
-===========================
-
-This release fixes a security issue in the media store, affecting all prior releases of Synapse. Server administrators are encouraged to update Synapse as soon as possible. We are not aware of these vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild.
-
-Server administrators who are unable to update Synapse may use the workarounds described in the linked GitHub Security Advisory below.
-
-Security advisory
------------------
-
-The following issue is fixed in 1.47.1.
-
-- **[GHSA-3hfw-x7gx-437c](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-3hfw-x7gx-437c) / [CVE-2021-41281](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-41281): Path traversal when downloading remote media.**
-
-  Synapse instances with the media repository enabled can be tricked into downloading a file from a remote server into an arbitrary directory, potentially outside the media store directory.
-
-  The last two directories and file name of the path are chosen randomly by Synapse and cannot be controlled by an attacker, which limits the impact.
-
-  Homeservers with the media repository disabled are unaffected. Homeservers configured with a federation whitelist are also unaffected.
-
-  Fixed by [91f2bd090](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/91f2bd090).
-
-
-Synapse 1.47.0 (2021-11-17)
-===========================
-
-No significant changes since 1.47.0rc3.
-
-
-Synapse 1.47.0rc3 (2021-11-16)
-==============================
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a bug introduced in 1.47.0rc1 which caused worker processes to not halt startup in the presence of outstanding database migrations. ([\#11346](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11346))
-- Fix a bug introduced in 1.47.0rc1 which prevented the 'remove deleted devices from `device_inbox` column' background process from running when updating from a recent Synapse version. ([\#11303](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11303), [\#11353](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11353))
-
-
 Synapse 1.47.0rc2 (2021-11-10)
 ==============================
 
@@ -9178,14 +8678,14 @@ General:
 
 Federation:
 
--   Add key distribution mechanisms for fetching public keys of unavailable remote homeservers. See [Retrieving Server Keys](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/6f2698/specification/30_server_server_api.rst#retrieving-server-keys) in the spec.
+-   Add key distribution mechanisms for fetching public keys of unavailable remote home servers. See [Retrieving Server Keys](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/6f2698/specification/30_server_server_api.rst#retrieving-server-keys) in the spec.
 
 Configuration:
 
 -   Add support for multiple config files.
 -   Add support for dictionaries in config files.
 -   Remove support for specifying config options on the command line, except for:
-    -   `--daemonize` - Daemonize the homeserver.
+    -   `--daemonize` - Daemonize the home server.
     -   `--manhole` - Turn on the twisted telnet manhole service on the given port.
     -   `--database-path` - The path to a sqlite database to use.
     -   `--verbose` - The verbosity level.
@@ -9390,7 +8890,7 @@ This version adds support for using a TURN server. See docs/turn-howto.rst on ho
 Homeserver:
 
 -   Add support for redaction of messages.
--   Fix bug where inviting a user on a remote homeserver could take up to 20-30s.
+-   Fix bug where inviting a user on a remote home server could take up to 20-30s.
 -   Implement a get current room state API.
 -   Add support specifying and retrieving turn server configuration.
 
@@ -9480,7 +8980,7 @@ Changes in synapse 0.2.3 (2014-09-12)
 
 Homeserver:
 
--   Fix bug where we stopped sending events to remote homeservers if a user from that homeserver left, even if there were some still in the room.
+-   Fix bug where we stopped sending events to remote home servers if a user from that home server left, even if there were some still in the room.
 -   Fix bugs in the state conflict resolution where it was incorrectly rejecting events.
 
 Webclient:

changelog.d/11223.feature

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

changelog.d/11228.feature

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

changelog.d/11230.bugfix

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

changelog.d/11236.feature

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

changelog.d/11242.misc

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

changelog.d/11247.misc

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

changelog.d/11278.misc

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

changelog.d/11280.misc

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

changelog.d/11281.doc

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

changelog.d/11282.misc

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

changelog.d/11285.misc

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

changelog.d/11286.doc

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

changelog.d/11287.misc

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

changelog.d/11288.bugfix

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

changelog.d/11292.misc

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

changelog.d/11297.misc

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

changelog.d/11298.doc

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

changelog.d/11303.misc

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

changelog.d/11307.misc

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

changelog.d/11310.misc

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

changelog.d/11311.misc

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

changelog.d/11312.misc

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

changelog.d/11313.misc

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

changelog.d/11314.misc

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

changelog.d/11316.misc

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

changelog.d/11321.misc

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

changelog.d/11322.misc

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

changelog.d/11323.misc

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

changelog.d/11327.misc

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

changelog.d/11332.misc

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

changelog.d/11335.feature

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

changelog.d/11339.misc

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

changelog.d/11342.misc

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

changelog.d/11357.misc

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

changelog.d/11612.bugfix

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Include the bundled aggregations in the `/sync` response, per [MSC2675](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2675).

changelog.d/11621.feature

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove account data (including client config, push rules and ignored users) upon user deactivation.

changelog.d/11639.feature

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add admin API to reset connection timeouts for remote server.

changelog.d/11658.feature

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add an admin API to get a list of rooms that federate with a given remote homeserver.

changelog.d/11683.removal

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Drop support for Python 3.6, which is EOL.

changelog.d/11743.feature

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add a config flag to inhibit M_USER_IN_USE during registration.

changelog.d/11767.bugfix

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a long-standing bug when previewing Reddit URLs which do not contain an image.

changelog.d/11784.bugfix

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a long-standing bug that media streams could cause long-lived connections when generating URL previews.

changelog.d/11788.feature

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove account data (including client config, push rules and ignored users) upon user deactivation.

changelog.d/11789.feature

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove account data (including client config, push rules and ignored users) upon user deactivation.

changelog.d/11790.feature

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add a module callback to set username at registration.

changelog.d/11792.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Preparation for database schema simplifications: add `state_key` and `rejection_reason` columns to `events` table.

changelog.d/11793.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add `FrozenEvent.get_state_key` and use it in a couple of places.

changelog.d/11794.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Preparation for database schema simplifications: stop reading from `event_reference_hashes`.

changelog.d/11795.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Drop unused table `public_room_list_stream`.

changelog.d/11798.bugfix

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Include a `prev_content` field in state events sent to Application Services. Contributed by @totallynotvaishnav.

changelog.d/11799.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Preparation for reducing Postgres serialization errors: allow setting transaction isolation level. Contributed by Nick @ Beeper.

changelog.d/11810.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Docker: skip the initial amd64-only build and go straight to multiarch.

changelog.d/11811.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Run Complement on the Github Actions VM and not inside a Docker container.

changelog.d/11813.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Log module names at startup.

changelog.d/11815.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve type safety of bundled aggregations code.

changelog.d/11816.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Drop support for Python 3.6, which is EOL.

changelog.d/11817.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Correct a type annotation in the event validation logic.

changelog.d/11820.doc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update pypi installation docs to indicate that we now support Python 3.10.

changelog.d/11821.doc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add missing steps to the contribution submission process in the documentation.  Contributed by @sequentialread.

changelog.d/11823.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Minor updates and documentation for database schema delta files.

changelog.d/11827.bugfix

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 0.33.3 causing requests to sometimes log strings such as `HTTPStatus.OK` instead of integer status codes.

changelog.d/11830.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Correct a type annotation in the event validation logic.

changelog.d/11834.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Workaround a type annotation problem in `prometheus_client` 0.13.0.

changelog.d/11836.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Minor performance improvement in room state lookup.

changelog.d/11838.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix some indentation inconsistencies in the sample config.

changelog.d/11847.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Preparation for reducing Postgres serialization errors: allow setting transaction isolation level. Contributed by Nick @ Beeper.

changelog.d/11852.misc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Build Docker images for using worker-mode Synapse in automated test tools.

contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml

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

contrib/prometheus/consoles/synapse.html

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

debian/changelog

@@ -1,105 +1,3 @@
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.51.0) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.51.0.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:28:51 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.51.0~rc2) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.51.0~rc2.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:25:00 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.51.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.51.0~rc1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Fri, 21 Jan 2022 10:46:02 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.50.2) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.50.2.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:37:11 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.50.1) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.50.1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:06:26 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.50.0) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.50.0.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:40:38 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.50.0~rc2) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.50.0~rc2.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:18:06 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.50.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.50.0~rc1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Wed, 05 Jan 2022 12:36:17 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.49.2) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.49.2.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 21 Dec 2021 17:31:03 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.49.1) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.49.1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:07:30 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.49.0) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.49.0.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 14 Dec 2021 12:39:46 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.49.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.49.0~rc1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 07 Dec 2021 13:52:21 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.48.0) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.48.0.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:24:15 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.48.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.48.0~rc1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Thu, 25 Nov 2021 15:56:03 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.47.1) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.47.1.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:44:32 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.47.0) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.47.0.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:09:43 +0000
-
-matrix-synapse-py3 (1.47.0~rc3) stable; urgency=medium
-
-  * New synapse release 1.47.0~rc3.
-
- -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:32:47 +0000
-
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.47.0~rc2) stable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Dan Callahan ]

demo/README

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

docker/Dockerfile

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

docker/Dockerfile-dhvirtualenv

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

docker/Dockerfile-pgtests

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

docker/Dockerfile-workers

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-ARG base_version=latest
-
 # Inherit from the official Synapse docker image
-
-FROM matrixdotorg/synapse:$base_version
+FROM matrixdotorg/synapse
 
 # Install deps
 RUN apt-get update
@@ -24,6 +21,3 @@ VOLUME ["/data"]
 # files to run the desired worker configuration. Will start supervisord.
 COPY ./docker/configure_workers_and_start.py /configure_workers_and_start.py
 ENTRYPOINT ["/configure_workers_and_start.py"]
-
-HEALTHCHECK --start-period=5s --interval=15s --timeout=5s \
-    CMD /bin/sh /healthcheck.sh

docker/README.md

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

docker/conf-workers/healthcheck.sh.j2

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

docker/conf/homeserver.yaml

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

docker/configure_workers_and_start.py

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

docker/run_pg_tests.sh

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

docs/README.md

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

docs/SUMMARY.md

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

docs/admin_api/rooms.md

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 - [Room Details API](#room-details-api)
 - [Room Members API](#room-members-api)
 - [Room State API](#room-state-api)
-- [Block Room API](#block-room-api)
 - [Delete Room API](#delete-room-api)
   * [Version 1 (old version)](#version-1-old-version)
   * [Version 2 (new version)](#version-2-new-version)
@@ -387,83 +386,6 @@ A response body like the following is returned:
 }
 ```
 
-# Block Room API
-The Block Room admin API allows server admins to block and unblock rooms,
-and query to see if a given room is blocked.
-This API can be used to pre-emptively block a room, even if it's unknown to this
-homeserver. Users will be prevented from joining a blocked room.
-
-## Block or unblock a room
-
-The API is:
-
-```
-PUT /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/<room_id>/block
-```
-
-with a body of:
-
-```json
-{
-    "block": true
-}
-```
-
-A response body like the following is returned:
-
-```json
-{
-    "block": true
-}
-```
-
-**Parameters**
-
-The following parameters should be set in the URL:
-
-- `room_id` - The ID of the room.
-
-The following JSON body parameters are available:
-
-- `block` - If `true` the room will be blocked and if `false` the room will be unblocked.
-
-**Response**
-
-The following fields are possible in the JSON response body:
-
-- `block` - A boolean. `true` if the room is blocked, otherwise `false`
-
-## Get block status
-
-The API is:
-
-```
-GET /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/<room_id>/block
-```
-
-A response body like the following is returned:
-
-```json
-{
-    "block": true,
-    "user_id": "<user_id>"
-}
-```
-
-**Parameters**
-
-The following parameters should be set in the URL:
-
-- `room_id` - The ID of the room.
-
-**Response**
-
-The following fields are possible in the JSON response body:
-
-- `block` - A boolean. `true` if the room is blocked, otherwise `false`
-- `user_id` - An optional string. If the room is blocked (`block` is `true`) shows
-  the user who has add the room to blocking list. Otherwise it is not displayed.
-
 # Delete Room API
 
 The Delete Room admin API allows server admins to remove rooms from the server

docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.md

@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
 
 It returns a JSON body like the following:
 
-```jsonc
+```json
 {
-    "name": "@user:example.com",
-    "displayname": "User", // can be null if not set
+    "displayname": "User",
     "threepids": [
         {
             "medium": "email",
@@ -33,11 +32,11 @@ It returns a JSON body like the following:
             "validated_at": 1586458409743
         }
     ],
-    "avatar_url": "<avatar_url>",  // can be null if not set
-    "is_guest": 0,
+    "avatar_url": "<avatar_url>",
     "admin": 0,
     "deactivated": 0,
     "shadow_banned": 0,
+    "password_hash": "$2b$12$p9B4GkqYdRTPGD",
     "creation_ts": 1560432506,
     "appservice_id": null,
     "consent_server_notice_sent": null,
@@ -353,11 +352,6 @@ The following actions are performed when deactivating an user:
 - Remove the user from the user directory
 - Reject all pending invites
 - Remove all account validity information related to the user
-- Remove the arbitrary data store known as *account data*. For example, this includes:
-    - list of ignored users;
-    - push rules;
-    - secret storage keys; and
-    - cross-signing keys.
 
 The following additional actions are performed during deactivation if `erase`
 is set to `true`:
@@ -371,6 +365,7 @@ The following actions are **NOT** performed. The list may be incomplete.
 - Remove mappings of SSO IDs
 - [Delete media uploaded](#delete-media-uploaded-by-a-user) by user (included avatar images)
 - Delete sent and received messages
+- Delete E2E cross-signing keys
 - Remove the user's creation (registration) timestamp
 - [Remove rate limit overrides](#override-ratelimiting-for-users)
 - Remove from monthly active users
@@ -485,81 +480,6 @@ The following fields are returned in the JSON response body:
 - `joined_rooms` - An array of `room_id`.
 - `total` - Number of rooms.
 
-## Account Data
-Gets information about account data for a specific `user_id`.
-
-The API is:
-
-```
-GET /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/accountdata
-```
-
-A response body like the following is returned:
-
-```json
-{
-    "account_data": {
-        "global": {
-            "m.secret_storage.key.LmIGHTg5W": {
-                "algorithm": "m.secret_storage.v1.aes-hmac-sha2",
-                "iv": "fwjNZatxg==",
-                "mac": "eWh9kNnLWZUNOgnc="
-            },
-            "im.vector.hide_profile": {
-                "hide_profile": true
-            },
-            "org.matrix.preview_urls": {
-                "disable": false
-            },
-            "im.vector.riot.breadcrumb_rooms": {
-                "rooms": [
-                    "!LxcBDAsDUVAfJDEo:matrix.org",
-                    "!MAhRxqasbItjOqxu:matrix.org"
-                ]
-            },
-            "m.accepted_terms": {
-                "accepted": [
-                    "https://example.org/somewhere/privacy-1.2-en.html",
-                    "https://example.org/somewhere/terms-2.0-en.html"
-                ]
-            },
-            "im.vector.setting.breadcrumbs": {
-                "recent_rooms": [
-                    "!MAhRxqasbItqxuEt:matrix.org",
-                    "!ZtSaPCawyWtxiImy:matrix.org"
-                ]
-            }
-        },
-        "rooms": {
-            "!GUdfZSHUJibpiVqHYd:matrix.org": {
-                "m.fully_read": {
-                    "event_id": "$156334540fYIhZ:matrix.org"
-                }
-            },
-            "!tOZwOOiqwCYQkLhV:matrix.org": {
-                "m.fully_read": {
-                    "event_id": "$xjsIyp4_NaVl2yPvIZs_k1Jl8tsC_Sp23wjqXPno"
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-```
-
-**Parameters**
-
-The following parameters should be set in the URL:
-
-- `user_id` - fully qualified: for example, `@user:server.com`.
-
-**Response**
-
-The following fields are returned in the JSON response body:
-
-- `account_data` - A map containing the account data for the user
-  - `global` - A map containing the global account data for the user
-  - `rooms` - A map containing the account data per room for the user
-
 ## User media
 
 ### List media uploaded by a user
@@ -1028,7 +948,7 @@ The following fields are returned in the JSON response body:
 See also the
 [Client-Server API Spec on pushers](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/latest#get-matrix-client-r0-pushers).
 
-## Controlling whether a user is shadow-banned
+## Shadow-banning users
 
 Shadow-banning is a useful tool for moderating malicious or egregiously abusive users.
 A shadow-banned users receives successful responses to their client-server API requests,
@@ -1041,22 +961,16 @@ or broken behaviour for the client. A shadow-banned user will not receive any
 notification and it is generally more appropriate to ban or kick abusive users.
 A shadow-banned user will be unable to contact anyone on the server.
 
-To shadow-ban a user the API is:
+The API is:
 
 ```
 POST /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/shadow_ban
 ```
 
-To un-shadow-ban a user the API is:
-
-```
-DELETE /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/shadow_ban
-```
-
 To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an `access_token` for a
 server admin: [Admin API](../usage/administration/admin_api)
 
-An empty JSON dict is returned in both cases.
+An empty JSON dict is returned.
 
 **Parameters**
 

docs/admin_api/version_api.md

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

docs/ancient_architecture_notes.md

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

docs/deprecation_policy.md

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

docs/development/contributing_guide.md

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

docs/development/database_schema.md

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

docs/development/room-dag-concepts.md

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

docs/development/url_previews.md

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

docs/jwt.md

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

docs/media_repository.md

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