From 3c50192d3f564ecc2e70441157f309610bbee1cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Johnston <erik@matrix.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 13:42:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH]  1.44.0rc1

---
 CHANGES.md                | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 changelog.d/10659.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10690.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/10776.feature |  1 -
 changelog.d/10777.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10782.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/10785.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10796.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10807.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/10810.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/10812.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10814.feature |  1 -
 changelog.d/10815.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10816.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10817.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10819.feature |  1 -
 changelog.d/10820.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10823.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10826.misc    |  2 --
 changelog.d/10827.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/10829.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10831.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10833.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10834.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10835.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10838.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10839.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10843.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/10845.doc     |  1 -
 changelog.d/10856.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10859.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/10865.doc     |  1 -
 changelog.d/10867.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10868.feature |  1 -
 changelog.d/10869.doc     |  1 -
 changelog.d/10873.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/10875.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/10879.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10880.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10881.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/10883.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10884.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10885.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10887.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/10889.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10891.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10893.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10896.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10897.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10898.feature |  1 -
 changelog.d/10901.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10905.feature |  1 -
 changelog.d/10906.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10907.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/10911.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/10913.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/10917.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10925.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/10931.bugfix  |  1 -
 debian/changelog          |  6 ++++
 synapse/__init__.py       |  2 +-
 61 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 changelog.d/10659.misc
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 delete mode 100644 changelog.d/10777.misc
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 delete mode 100644 changelog.d/10796.misc
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diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 652f4b795..da4d98ac2 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,75 @@
+Synapse 1.44.0rc1 (2021-09-28)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Only allow the [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) `/batch_send?chunk_id=xxx` endpoint to connect to an already existing insertion event. ([\#10776](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10776))
+- Improve oEmbed previews by processing the author name, photo, and video information. ([\#10814](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10814), [\#10819](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10819))
+- Speed up responding with large JSON objects to requests. ([\#10868](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10868), [\#10905](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10905))
+- Add a `user_may_create_room_with_invites` spam checker callback to allow modules to allow or deny a room creation request based on the invites and/or 3PID invites it includes. ([\#10898](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10898))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix a long-standing bug that caused an `AssertionError` when purging history in certain rooms. Contributed by @Kokokokoka. ([\#10690](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10690))
+- Fix a long-standing bug which caused deactivated users that were later reactivated to be missing from the user directory. ([\#10782](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10782))
+- Allow sending a membership event to unban a user. Contributed by @aaronraimist. ([\#10807](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10807))
+- Fix a case where logging contexts would go missing when federation requests time out. ([\#10810](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10810))
+- Fix error in deprecated `/initialSync` endpoint when using the undocumented `from` and `to` parameters. ([\#10827](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10827))
+- Fix a bug causing the `remove_stale_pushers` background job to repeatedly fail and log errors. This bug affected Synapse servers that had been upgraded from version 1.28 or older and are using SQLite. ([\#10843](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10843))
+- Fix a bug in Unicode support of the room search admin API. It is now possible to search for rooms with non-ASCII characters. ([\#10859](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10859))
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.37.0 which caused `knock` events which we sent to remote servers to be incorrectly stored in the local database. ([\#10873](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10873))
+- Fix invalidating one-time key count cache after claiming keys. Contributed by Tulir at Beeper. ([\#10875](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10875))
+- Fix application service users being subject to MAU blocking if MAU had been reached, even if configured not to be blocked. ([\#10881](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10881))
+- Allow the `.` and `~` characters when creating registration tokens as per the change to [MSC3231](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3231). ([\#10887](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10887))
+- Fix a long-standing bug which could cause events pulled over federation to be incorrectly rejected. ([\#10907](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10907))
+- Avoid storing URL cache files in storage providers. Server admins may safely delete the `url_cache/` and `url_cache_thumbnails/` directories from any configured storage providers to reclaim space. ([\#10911](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10911))
+- Fix race conditions when creating media store and config directories. ([\#10913](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10913))
+- Fix debian builds due to dh-virtualenv no longer being able to build their docs. ([\#10931](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10931))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Fix some crashes in the Module API example code, by adding JSON encoding/decoding. ([\#10845](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10845))
+- Add developer documentation about experimental configuration flags. ([\#10865](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10865))
+- Properly remove deleted files from GitHub pages when generating the documentation. ([\#10869](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10869))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Fix GitHub Actions config so we can run sytest on synapse from parallel branches. ([\#10659](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10659))
+- Split out [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) meta events to their own fields in the `/batch_send` response. ([\#10777](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10777))
+- Add missing type hints to REST servlets. ([\#10785](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10785), [\#10817](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10817))
+- Simplify the internal logic which maintains the user directory database tables. ([\#10796](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10796))
+- Use direct references to config flags. ([\#10812](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10812), [\#10885](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10885), [\#10893](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10893), [\#10897](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10897))
+- Specify the type of token in generic "Invalid token" error messages. ([\#10815](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10815))
+- Make `StateFilter` frozen so it is hashable. ([\#10816](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10816))
+- Fix a long-standing bug where an `m.room.message` event containing a null byte would cause an internal server error. ([\#10820](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10820))
+- Add type hints to the state database. ([\#10823](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10823))
+- Opt out of cache expiry for `get_users_who_share_room_with_user`, to hopefully improve `/sync` performance when you
+  haven't synced recently. ([\#10826](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10826))
+- Track cache eviction rates more finely in Prometheus' monitoring. ([\#10829](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10829))
+- Add missing type hints to handlers. ([\#10831](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10831), [\#10856](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10856))
+- Extend the ModuleApi to let plug-ins check whether an ID is local and to access IP + User Agent data. ([\#10833](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10833))
+- Factor out PNG image data to a constant to be used in several tests. ([\#10834](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10834))
+- Add a test to ensure state events sent by modules get persisted correctly. ([\#10835](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10835))
+- Rename [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) fields and event types from `chunk` to `batch` to match the `/batch_send` endpoint. ([\#10838](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10838))
+- Rename [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) `/batch_send` query parameter from `?prev_event` to more obvious usage with `?prev_event_id`. ([\#10839](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10839))
+- Add type hints to `synapse.http.site`. ([\#10867](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10867))
+- Include outlier status when we log V2 or V3 events. ([\#10879](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10879))
+- Break down Grafana's cache expiry time series based on reason for eviction---see #10829. ([\#10880](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10880))
+- Clean up some of the federation event authentication code for clarity. ([\#10883](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10883), [\#10884](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10884), [\#10896](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10896), [\#10901](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10901))
+- Clean up some unnecessary parentheses in places around the codebase. ([\#10889](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10889))
+- Improve type hinting in the user directory code. ([\#10891](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10891))
+- Update development testing script `test_postgresql.sh` to use a supported Python version and make re-runs quicker. ([\#10906](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10906))
+- Document and summarize changes in schema version `61` - `64`. ([\#10917](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10917))
+- Update release script to sign the newly created git tags. ([\#10925](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10925))
+
+
 Synapse 1.43.0 (2021-09-21)
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/10659.misc b/changelog.d/10659.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index d677a521c..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10659.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix GitHub Actions config so we can run sytest on synapse from parallel branches.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/10690.bugfix b/changelog.d/10690.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 059eea746..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10690.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a long-standing bug that caused an `AssertionError` when purging history in certain rooms. Contributed by @Kokokokoka.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10776.feature b/changelog.d/10776.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index aec0685a3..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10776.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Only allow the [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) `/batch_send?chunk_id=xxx` endpoint to connect to an already existing insertion event.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10777.misc b/changelog.d/10777.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index aed78a16f..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10777.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Split out [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) meta events to their own fields in the `/batch_send` response.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10782.bugfix b/changelog.d/10782.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e410447c..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10782.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a long-standing bug which caused deactivated users that were later reactivated to be missing from the user directory.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/10785.misc b/changelog.d/10785.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 39a37b90b..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10785.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add missing type hints to REST servlets.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10796.misc b/changelog.d/10796.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 1873b2386..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10796.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Simplify the internal logic which maintains the user directory database tables.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/10807.bugfix b/changelog.d/10807.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index be03f5c73..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10807.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Allow sending a membership event to unban a user. Contributed by @aaronraimist.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/10810.bugfix b/changelog.d/10810.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 43e91f1f5..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10810.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a case where logging contexts would go missing when federation requests time out.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10812.misc b/changelog.d/10812.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 586a0b3a9..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10812.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Use direct references to config flags.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10814.feature b/changelog.d/10814.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fa95a6cc..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10814.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve oEmbed previews by processing the author name, photo, and video information.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10815.misc b/changelog.d/10815.misc
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index fc2534dc1..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10815.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Specify the type of token in generic "Invalid token" error messages.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/10816.misc b/changelog.d/10816.misc
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index 2ca55b334..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10816.misc
+++ /dev/null
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-Make `StateFilter` frozen so it is hashable.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10817.misc b/changelog.d/10817.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 39a37b90b..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10817.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add missing type hints to REST servlets.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10819.feature b/changelog.d/10819.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fa95a6cc..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10819.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve oEmbed previews by processing the author name, photo, and video information.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10820.misc b/changelog.d/10820.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 4373bf6f6..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10820.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a long-standing bug where an `m.room.message` event containing a null byte would cause an internal server error.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/10823.misc b/changelog.d/10823.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 053296990..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10823.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add type hints to the state database.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10826.misc b/changelog.d/10826.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 53e56fc36..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10826.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Opt out of cache expiry for `get_users_who_share_room_with_user`, to hopefully improve `/sync` performance when you
-haven't synced recently.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10827.bugfix b/changelog.d/10827.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 11a618bf8..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10827.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix error in deprecated `/initialSync` endpoint when using the undocumented `from` and `to` parameters.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10829.misc b/changelog.d/10829.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index ac5fd6b04..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10829.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Track cache eviction rates more finely in Prometheus' monitoring.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/10831.misc b/changelog.d/10831.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index f09af2e00..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10831.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add missing type hints to handlers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10833.misc b/changelog.d/10833.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index f23c0a1a0..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10833.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Extend the ModuleApi to let plug-ins check whether an ID is local and to access IP + User Agent data.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10834.misc b/changelog.d/10834.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 037695e6e..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10834.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Factor out PNG image data to a constant to be used in several tests.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10835.misc b/changelog.d/10835.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c3d13477..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10835.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add a test to ensure state events sent by modules get persisted correctly.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10838.misc b/changelog.d/10838.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index b1977d0a2..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10838.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Rename [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) fields and event types from `chunk` to `batch` to match the `/batch_send` endpoint.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10839.misc b/changelog.d/10839.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index d0e10f31d..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10839.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Rename [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) `/batch_send` query parameter from `?prev_event` to more obvious usage with `?prev_event_id`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10843.bugfix b/changelog.d/10843.bugfix
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index 5027a1dbe..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10843.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug causing the `remove_stale_pushers` background job to repeatedly fail and log errors. This bug affected Synapse servers that had been upgraded from version 1.28 or older and are using SQLite.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10845.doc b/changelog.d/10845.doc
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index a13c845ae..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10845.doc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix some crashes in the Module API example code, by adding JSON encoding/decoding.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10856.misc b/changelog.d/10856.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index f09af2e00..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10856.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add missing type hints to handlers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10859.bugfix b/changelog.d/10859.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index c1bfe22d5..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10859.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug in Unicode support of the room search admin API. It is now possible to search for rooms with non-ASCII characters.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/10865.doc b/changelog.d/10865.doc
deleted file mode 100644
index deeb0eedf..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10865.doc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add developer documentation about experimental configuration flags.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10867.misc b/changelog.d/10867.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 01e51fbc6..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10867.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add type hints to `synapse.http.site`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10868.feature b/changelog.d/10868.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 07e7b2c6a..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10868.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Speed up responding with large JSON objects to requests.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10869.doc b/changelog.d/10869.doc
deleted file mode 100644
index c11738607..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10869.doc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Properly remove deleted files from GitHub pages when generating the documentation.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10873.bugfix b/changelog.d/10873.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 32b2e50fd..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10873.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.37.0 which caused `knock` events which we sent to remote servers to be incorrectly stored in the local database.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10875.bugfix b/changelog.d/10875.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f370da5c..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10875.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix invalidating one-time key count cache after claiming keys. Contributed by Tulir at Beeper.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10879.misc b/changelog.d/10879.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index acc04930f..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10879.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Include outlier status when we log V2 or V3 events.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10880.misc b/changelog.d/10880.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f58d6198..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10880.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Break down Grafana's cache expiry time series based on reason for eviction---see #10829.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/10881.bugfix b/changelog.d/10881.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a8905cc4..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10881.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix application service users being subject to MAU blocking if MAU had been reached, even if configured not to be blocked.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10883.misc b/changelog.d/10883.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a765435d..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10883.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Clean up some of the federation event authentication code for clarity.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10884.misc b/changelog.d/10884.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a765435d..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10884.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Clean up some of the federation event authentication code for clarity.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10885.misc b/changelog.d/10885.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 586a0b3a9..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10885.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Use direct references to config flags.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10887.bugfix b/changelog.d/10887.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d1f67489..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10887.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Allow the `.` and `~` characters when creating registration tokens as per the change to [MSC3231](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3231).
diff --git a/changelog.d/10889.misc b/changelog.d/10889.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d60188f5..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10889.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Clean up some unnecessary parentheses in places around the codebase.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/10891.misc b/changelog.d/10891.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6eecea406..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10891.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve type hinting in the user directory code.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/10893.misc b/changelog.d/10893.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 586a0b3a9..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10893.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Use direct references to config flags.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10896.misc b/changelog.d/10896.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 41de99584..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10896.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
- Clean up some of the federation event authentication code for clarity.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10897.misc b/changelog.d/10897.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 586a0b3a9..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10897.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Use direct references to config flags.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10898.feature b/changelog.d/10898.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 97fa39fd0..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10898.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add a `user_may_create_room_with_invites` spam checker callback to allow modules to allow or deny a room creation request based on the invites and/or 3PID invites it includes.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10901.misc b/changelog.d/10901.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a765435d..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10901.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Clean up some of the federation event authentication code for clarity.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10905.feature b/changelog.d/10905.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 07e7b2c6a..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10905.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Speed up responding with large JSON objects to requests.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10906.misc b/changelog.d/10906.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 20a1cbfbd..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10906.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update development testing script `test_postgresql.sh` to use a supported Python version and make re-runs quicker.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/10907.bugfix b/changelog.d/10907.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 601b341f9..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10907.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a long-standing bug which could cause events pulled over federation to be incorrectly rejected.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10911.bugfix b/changelog.d/10911.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 96e36bb15..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10911.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Avoid storing URL cache files in storage providers. Server admins may safely delete the `url_cache/` and `url_cache_thumbnails/` directories from any configured storage providers to reclaim space.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10913.bugfix b/changelog.d/10913.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index a0015c824..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10913.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix race conditions when creating media store and config directories.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10917.misc b/changelog.d/10917.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ce6eef94..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10917.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Document and summarize changes in schema version `61` - `64`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10925.misc b/changelog.d/10925.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c8027ecc..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10925.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update release script to sign the newly created git tags.
diff --git a/changelog.d/10931.bugfix b/changelog.d/10931.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f30c9ccf..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/10931.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix debian builds due to dh-virtualenv no longer being able to build their docs.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4b07d0412..191bb97c5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.44.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.44.0~rc1.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 28 Sep 2021 13:41:28 +0100
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.43.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New synapse release 1.43.0.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 5f5cff1df..a1fec8ad2 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.43.0"
+__version__ = "1.44.0rc1"
 
 if bool(os.environ.get("SYNAPSE_TEST_PATCH_LOG_CONTEXTS", False)):
     # We import here so that we don't have to install a bunch of deps when