From 2e1129b5f7aae4f74b23ad063b12ab34a5c82eb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brendan Abolivier <babolivier@matrix.org>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 16:11:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] 0.99.4rc1

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 changelog.d/5124.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/5128.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/5138.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/5142.feature |  1 -
 changelog.d/5154.bugfix  |  1 -
 changelog.d/5155.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/5170.misc    |  1 -
 changelog.d/5179.misc    |  1 -
 synapse/__init__.py      |  2 +-
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diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index d8cfbbebe..3cacca5a6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,85 @@
+Synapse 0.99.4rc1 (2019-05-13)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Add systemd-python to the optional dependencies to enable logging to the systemd journal. Install with `pip install matrix-synapse[systemd]`. ([\#4339](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4339))
+- Add a default .m.rule.tombstone push rule. ([\#4867](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4867))
+- Add ability for password provider modules to bind email addresses to users upon registration. ([\#4947](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4947))
+- Implementation of [MSC1711](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1711) including config options for requiring valid TLS certificates for federation traffic, the ability to disable TLS validation for specific domains, and the ability to specify your own list of CA certificates. ([\#4967](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4967))
+- Remove presence list support as per MSC 1819. ([\#4989](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4989))
+- Reduce CPU usage starting pushers during start up. ([\#4991](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4991))
+- Add a delete group admin API. ([\#5002](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5002))
+- Add config option to block users from looking up 3PIDs. ([\#5010](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5010))
+- Add context to phonehome stats. ([\#5020](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5020))
+- Configure the example systemd units to have a log identifier of `matrix-synapse`
+  instead of the executable name, `python`.
+  Contributed by Christoph Müller. ([\#5023](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5023))
+- Add time-based account expiration. ([\#5027](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5027), [\#5047](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5047), [\#5073](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5073), [\#5116](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5116))
+- Add support for handling /verions, /voip and /push_rules client endpoints to client_reader worker. ([\#5063](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5063), [\#5065](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5065), [\#5070](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5070))
+- Add an configuration option to require authentication on /publicRooms and /profile endpoints. ([\#5083](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5083))
+- Move admin APIs to `/_synapse/admin/v1`. (The old paths are retained for backwards-compatibility, for now). ([\#5119](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5119))
+- Implement an admin API for sending server notices. Many thanks to @krombel who provided a foundation for this work. ([\#5121](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5121), [\#5142](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5142))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Avoid redundant URL encoding of redirect URL for SSO login in the fallback login page. Fixes a regression introduced in [#4220](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/4220). Contributed by Marcel Fabian Krüger ("[zaugin](https://github.com/zauguin)"). ([\#4555](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4555))
+- Fix bug where presence updates were sent to all servers in a room when a new server joined, rather than to just the new server. ([\#4942](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4942), [\#5103](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5103))
+- Fix sync bug which made accepting invites unreliable in worker-mode synapses. ([\#4955](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4955), [\#4956](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4956))
+- start.sh: Fix the --no-rate-limit option for messages and make it bypass rate limit on registration and login too. ([\#4981](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4981))
+- Transfer related groups on room upgrade. ([\#4990](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4990))
+- Prevent the ability to kick users from a room they aren't in. ([\#4999](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4999))
+- Fix issue #4596 so synapse_port_db script works with --curses option on Python 3. Contributed by Anders Jensen-Waud <anders@jensenwaud.com>. ([\#5003](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5003))
+- Clients timing out/disappearing while downloading from the media repository will now no longer log a spurious "Producer was not unregistered" message. ([\#5009](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5009))
+- Fix "cannot import name execute_batch" error with postgres. ([\#5032](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5032))
+- Fix disappearing exceptions in manhole. ([\#5035](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5035))
+- Workaround bug in twisted where attempting too many concurrent DNS requests could cause it to hang due to running out of file descriptors. ([\#5037](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5037))
+- Make sure we're not registering the same 3pid twice on registration. ([\#5071](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5071))
+- Don't crash on lack of expiry templates. ([\#5077](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5077))
+- Fix the ratelimting on third party invites. ([\#5104](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5104))
+- Add some missing limitations to room alias creation. ([\#5124](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5124), [\#5128](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5128))
+- Limit the number of EDUs in transactions to 100 as expected by synapse. Thanks to @superboum for this work! ([\#5138](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5138))
+- Fix bogus imports in unit tests. ([\#5154](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5154))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Add test to verify threepid auth check added in #4435. ([\#4474](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4474))
+- Fix/improve some docstrings in the replication code. ([\#4949](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4949))
+- Split synapse.replication.tcp.streams into smaller files. ([\#4953](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4953))
+- Refactor replication row generation/parsing. ([\#4954](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4954))
+- Run `black` to clean up formatting on `synapse/storage/roommember.py` and `synapse/storage/events.py`. ([\#4959](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4959))
+- Remove log line for password via the admin API. ([\#4965](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4965))
+- Fix typo in TLS filenames in docker/README.md. Also add the '-p' commandline option to the 'docker run' example. Contributed by Jurrie Overgoor. ([\#4968](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4968))
+- Refactor room version definitions. ([\#4969](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4969))
+- Reduce log level of .well-known/matrix/client responses. ([\#4972](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4972))
+- Add `config.signing_key_path` that can be read by `synapse.config` utility. ([\#4974](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4974))
+- Track which identity server is used when binding a threepid and use that for unbinding, as per MSC1915. ([\#4982](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4982))
+- Rewrite KeyringTestCase as a HomeserverTestCase. ([\#4985](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4985))
+- README updates: Corrected the default POSTGRES_USER. Added port forwarding hint in TLS section. ([\#4987](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4987))
+- Remove a number of unused tables from the database schema. ([\#4992](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4992), [\#5028](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5028), [\#5033](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5033))
+- Run `black` on the remainder of `synapse/storage/`. ([\#4996](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4996))
+- Fix grammar in get_current_users_in_room and give it a docstring. ([\#4998](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4998))
+- Clean up some code in the server-key Keyring. ([\#5001](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5001))
+- Convert SYNAPSE_NO_TLS Docker variable to boolean for user friendliness. Contributed by Gabriel Eckerson. ([\#5005](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5005))
+- Refactor synapse.storage._base._simple_select_list_paginate. ([\#5007](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5007))
+- Store the notary server name correctly in server_keys_json. ([\#5024](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5024))
+- Rewrite Datastore.get_server_verify_keys to reduce the number of database transactions. ([\#5030](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5030))
+- Remove extraneous period from copyright headers. ([\#5046](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5046))
+- Update documentation for where to get Synapse packages. ([\#5067](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5067))
+- Add workarounds for pep-517 install errors. ([\#5098](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5098))
+- Improve logging when event-signature checks fail. ([\#5100](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5100))
+- Factor out an "assert_requester_is_admin" function. ([\#5120](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5120))
+- Remove the requirement to authenticate for /admin/server_version. ([\#5122](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5122))
+- Prevent an exception from being raised in a IResolutionReceiver and use a more generic error message for blacklisted URL previews. ([\#5155](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5155))
+- Run `black` on the tests directory. ([\#5170](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5170))
+- Fix CI after new release of isort. ([\#5179](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5179))
+
+
 Synapse 0.99.3.2 (2019-05-03)
 =============================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/4339.feature b/changelog.d/4339.feature
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-Add systemd-python to the optional dependencies to enable logging to the systemd journal. Install with `pip install matrix-synapse[systemd]`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4474.misc b/changelog.d/4474.misc
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-Add test to verify threepid auth check added in #4435.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4555.bugfix b/changelog.d/4555.bugfix
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-Avoid redundant URL encoding of redirect URL for SSO login in the fallback login page. Fixes a regression introduced in [#4220](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/4220). Contributed by Marcel Fabian Krüger ("[zaugin](https://github.com/zauguin)").
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-Add a default .m.rule.tombstone push rule.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4942.bugfix b/changelog.d/4942.bugfix
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-Fix bug where presence updates were sent to all servers in a room when a new server joined, rather than to just the new server.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4947.feature b/changelog.d/4947.feature
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-Add ability for password provider modules to bind email addresses to users upon registration.
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-Fix/improve some docstrings in the replication code.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4953.misc b/changelog.d/4953.misc
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-Split synapse.replication.tcp.streams into smaller files.
-
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-Refactor replication row generation/parsing.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4955.bugfix b/changelog.d/4955.bugfix
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-Fix sync bug which made accepting invites unreliable in worker-mode synapses.
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-Fix sync bug which made accepting invites unreliable in worker-mode synapses.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4959.misc b/changelog.d/4959.misc
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-Run `black` to clean up formatting on `synapse/storage/roommember.py` and `synapse/storage/events.py`.
\ No newline at end of file
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-Remove log line for password via the admin API.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4967.feature b/changelog.d/4967.feature
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-Implementation of [MSC1711](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1711) including config options for requiring valid TLS certificates for federation traffic, the ability to disable TLS validation for specific domains, and the ability to specify your own list of CA certificates.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4968.misc b/changelog.d/4968.misc
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-Fix typo in TLS filenames in docker/README.md. Also add the '-p' commandline option to the 'docker run' example. Contributed by Jurrie Overgoor.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4969.misc b/changelog.d/4969.misc
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-Refactor room version definitions.
-
diff --git a/changelog.d/4972.misc b/changelog.d/4972.misc
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-Reduce log level of .well-known/matrix/client responses.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4974.misc b/changelog.d/4974.misc
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-Add `config.signing_key_path` that can be read by `synapse.config` utility.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4981.bugfix b/changelog.d/4981.bugfix
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-start.sh: Fix the --no-rate-limit option for messages and make it bypass rate limit on registration and login too.
\ No newline at end of file
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-Track which identity server is used when binding a threepid and use that for unbinding, as per MSC1915.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4985.misc b/changelog.d/4985.misc
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-Rewrite KeyringTestCase as a HomeserverTestCase.
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-README updates: Corrected the default POSTGRES_USER. Added port forwarding hint in TLS section.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4989.feature b/changelog.d/4989.feature
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index a5138f561..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/4989.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove presence list support as per MSC 1819.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4990.bugfix b/changelog.d/4990.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b69d058f..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/4990.bugfix
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Transfer related groups on room upgrade.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/4991.feature b/changelog.d/4991.feature
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index 034bf3239..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/4991.feature
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Reduce CPU usage starting pushers during start up.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4992.misc b/changelog.d/4992.misc
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index 3ee4228c0..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/4992.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove a number of unused tables from the database schema.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4996.misc b/changelog.d/4996.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index ecac24e2b..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/4996.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Run `black` on the remainder of `synapse/storage/`.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/4998.misc b/changelog.d/4998.misc
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index 7caf95913..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/4998.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix grammar in get_current_users_in_room and give it a docstring.
diff --git a/changelog.d/4999.bugfix b/changelog.d/4999.bugfix
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index acbc19196..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/4999.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Prevent the ability to kick users from a room they aren't in.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5001.misc b/changelog.d/5001.misc
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index bf590a016..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5001.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Clean up some code in the server-key Keyring.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/5002.feature b/changelog.d/5002.feature
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index d8f50e963..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5002.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add a delete group admin API.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5003.bugfix b/changelog.d/5003.bugfix
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index 9955dc871..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5003.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix issue #4596 so synapse_port_db script works with --curses option on Python 3. Contributed by Anders Jensen-Waud <anders@jensenwaud.com>.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5005.misc b/changelog.d/5005.misc
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index f74147b35..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5005.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Convert SYNAPSE_NO_TLS Docker variable to boolean for user friendliness. Contributed by Gabriel Eckerson.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5007.misc b/changelog.d/5007.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 05b6ce2c2..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5007.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Refactor synapse.storage._base._simple_select_list_paginate.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/5009.bugfix b/changelog.d/5009.bugfix
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--- a/changelog.d/5009.bugfix
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Clients timing out/disappearing while downloading from the media repository will now no longer log a spurious "Producer was not unregistered" message.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/5010.feature b/changelog.d/5010.feature
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index 65ab198b7..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5010.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add config option to block users from looking up 3PIDs.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5020.feature b/changelog.d/5020.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 71f7a8db2..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5020.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add context to phonehome stats.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5023.feature b/changelog.d/5023.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 98551f79a..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5023.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Configure the example systemd units to have a log identifier of `matrix-synapse`
-instead of the executable name, `python`.
-Contributed by Christoph Müller.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5024.misc b/changelog.d/5024.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 07c13f28d..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5024.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Store the notary server name correctly in server_keys_json.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5027.feature b/changelog.d/5027.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 12766a82a..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5027.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add time-based account expiration.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5028.misc b/changelog.d/5028.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ee4228c0..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5028.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove a number of unused tables from the database schema.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5030.misc b/changelog.d/5030.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 3456eb538..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5030.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Rewrite Datastore.get_server_verify_keys to reduce the number of database transactions.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5032.bugfix b/changelog.d/5032.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index cd71180ce..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5032.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix "cannot import name execute_batch" error with postgres.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5033.misc b/changelog.d/5033.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ee4228c0..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5033.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove a number of unused tables from the database schema.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5035.bugfix b/changelog.d/5035.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 85e154027..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5035.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix disappearing exceptions in manhole.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5037.bugfix b/changelog.d/5037.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index c3af418dd..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5037.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Workaround bug in twisted where attempting too many concurrent DNS requests could cause it to hang due to running out of file descriptors.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5046.misc b/changelog.d/5046.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index eb966a5ae..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5046.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove extraneous period from copyright headers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5047.feature b/changelog.d/5047.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 12766a82a..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5047.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add time-based account expiration.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5063.feature b/changelog.d/5063.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index fd7b80018..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5063.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add support for handling /verions, /voip and /push_rules client endpoints to client_reader worker.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5065.feature b/changelog.d/5065.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index fd7b80018..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5065.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add support for handling /verions, /voip and /push_rules client endpoints to client_reader worker.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5067.misc b/changelog.d/5067.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index bbb4337db..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5067.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update documentation for where to get Synapse packages.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5070.feature b/changelog.d/5070.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index fd7b80018..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5070.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add support for handling /verions, /voip and /push_rules client endpoints to client_reader worker.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5071.bugfix b/changelog.d/5071.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index ddf7ab5fa..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5071.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Make sure we're not registering the same 3pid twice on registration.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5073.feature b/changelog.d/5073.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 12766a82a..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5073.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add time-based account expiration.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5077.bugfix b/changelog.d/5077.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index f3345a635..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5077.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Don't crash on lack of expiry templates.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5083.feature b/changelog.d/5083.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 55d114b3f..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5083.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add an configuration option to require authentication on /publicRooms and /profile endpoints.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5098.misc b/changelog.d/5098.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cd83bf22..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5098.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add workarounds for pep-517 install errors.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5100.misc b/changelog.d/5100.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index db5eb1b15..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5100.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve logging when event-signature checks fail.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5103.bugfix b/changelog.d/5103.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 590d80d58..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5103.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix bug where presence updates were sent to all servers in a room when a new server joined, rather than to just the new server.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5104.bugfix b/changelog.d/5104.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index f88aca8a4..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5104.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix the ratelimting on third party invites.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5116.feature b/changelog.d/5116.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index dcbf7c1fb..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5116.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
- Add time-based account expiration.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5119.feature b/changelog.d/5119.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index a3a73f09d..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5119.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Move admin APIs to `/_synapse/admin/v1`. (The old paths are retained for backwards-compatibility, for now).
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diff --git a/changelog.d/5120.misc b/changelog.d/5120.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6575f2932..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5120.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Factor out an "assert_requester_is_admin" function.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5121.feature b/changelog.d/5121.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 54b228680..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5121.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Implement an admin API for sending server notices. Many thanks to @krombel who provided a foundation for this work.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5122.misc b/changelog.d/5122.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index e1be8a621..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5122.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove the requirement to authenticate for /admin/server_version.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5124.bugfix b/changelog.d/5124.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 46df1e9fd..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5124.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add some missing limitations to room alias creation.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5128.bugfix b/changelog.d/5128.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 46df1e9fd..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5128.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add some missing limitations to room alias creation.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5138.bugfix b/changelog.d/5138.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index c1945a8eb..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5138.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Limit the number of EDUs in transactions to 100 as expected by synapse. Thanks to @superboum for this work!
diff --git a/changelog.d/5142.feature b/changelog.d/5142.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 54b228680..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5142.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Implement an admin API for sending server notices. Many thanks to @krombel who provided a foundation for this work.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5154.bugfix b/changelog.d/5154.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index c7bd5ee6c..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5154.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix bogus imports in unit tests.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5155.misc b/changelog.d/5155.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index a81dbae67..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5155.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Prevent an exception from being raised in a IResolutionReceiver and use a more generic error message for blacklisted URL previews.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/5170.misc b/changelog.d/5170.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 7919dac55..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5170.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Run `black` on the tests directory.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5179.misc b/changelog.d/5179.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 92369cb2f..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5179.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix CI after new release of isort.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 315fa9655..cd9cfb240 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "0.99.3.2"
+__version__ = "0.99.4rc1"