Andrew Morgan
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Synapse 1.4.0 (2019-10-03)
...
==========================
Bugfixes
--------
- Redact `client_secret` in server logs. ([\#6158](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6158 ))
Synapse 1.4.0rc2 (2019-10-02)
=============================
Bugfixes
--------
- Fix bug in background update that adds last seen information to the `devices` table, and improve its performance on Postgres. ([\#6135](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6135 ))
- Fix bad performance of censoring redactions background task. ([\#6141](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6141 ))
- Fix fetching censored redactions from DB, which caused APIs like initial sync to fail if it tried to include the censored redaction. ([\#6145](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6145 ))
- Fix exceptions when storing large retry intervals for down remote servers. ([\#6146](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6146 ))
Internal Changes
----------------
- Fix up sample config entry for `redaction_retention_period` option. ([\#6117](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6117 ))
Synapse 1.4.0rc1 (2019-09-26)
=============================
Note that this release includes significant changes around 3pid
verification. Administrators are reminded to review the [upgrade notes](UPGRADE.rst#upgrading-to-v140).
Features
--------
- Changes to 3pid verification:
- Add the ability to send registration emails from the homeserver rather than delegating to an identity server. ([\#5835](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5835 ), [\#5940](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5940 ), [\#5993](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5993 ), [\#5994](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5994 ), [\#5868](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5868 ))
- Replace `trust_identity_server_for_password_resets` config option with `account_threepid_delegates`, and make the `id_server` parameteter optional on `*/requestToken` endpoints, as per [MSC2263](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2263 ). ([\#5876](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5876 ), [\#5969](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5969 ), [\#6028](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6028 ))
- Switch to using the v2 Identity Service `/lookup` API where available, with fallback to v1. (Implements [MSC2134](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2134 ) plus `id_access_token authentication` for v2 Identity Service APIs from [MSC2140](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2140 )). ([\#5897](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5897 ))
- Remove `bind_email` and `bind_msisdn` parameters from `/register` ala [MSC2140](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2140 ). ([\#5964](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5964 ))
- Add `m.id_access_token` to `unstable_features` in `/versions` as per [MSC2264](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2264 ). ([\#5974](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5974 ))
- Use the v2 Identity Service API for 3PID invites. ([\#5979](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5979 ))
- Add `POST /_matrix/client/unstable/account/3pid/unbind` endpoint from [MSC2140](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2140 ) for unbinding a 3PID from an identity server without removing it from the homeserver user account. ([\#5980](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5980 ), [\#6062](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6062 ))
- Use `account_threepid_delegate.email` and `account_threepid_delegate.msisdn` for validating threepid sessions. ([\#6011](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6011 ))
- Allow homeserver to handle or delegate email validation when adding an email to a user's account. ([\#6042](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6042 ))
- Implement new Client Server API endpoints `/account/3pid/add` and `/account/3pid/bind` as per [MSC2290](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2290 ). ([\#6043](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6043 ))
- Add an unstable feature flag for separate add/bind 3pid APIs. ([\#6044](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6044 ))
- Remove `bind` parameter from Client Server POST `/account` endpoint as per [MSC2290](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2290/ ). ([\#6067](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6067 ))
- Add `POST /add_threepid/msisdn/submit_token` endpoint for proxying submitToken on an `account_threepid_handler`. ([\#6078](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6078 ))
- Add `submit_url` response parameter to `*/msisdn/requestToken` endpoints. ([\#6079](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6079 ))
- Add `m.require_identity_server` flag to /version's unstable_features. ([\#5972](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5972 ))
- Enhancements to OpenTracing support:
- Make OpenTracing work in worker mode. ([\#5771](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5771 ))
- Pass OpenTracing contexts between servers when transmitting EDUs. ([\#5852](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5852 ))
- OpenTracing for device list updates. ([\#5853](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5853 ))
- Add a tag recording a request's authenticated entity and corresponding servlet in OpenTracing. ([\#5856](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5856 ))
- Add minimum OpenTracing for client servlets. ([\#5983](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5983 ))
- Check at setup that OpenTracing is installed if it's enabled in the config. ([\#5985](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5985 ))
- Trace replication send times. ([\#5986](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5986 ))
- Include missing OpenTracing contexts in outbout replication requests. ([\#5982](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5982 ))
- Fix sending of EDUs when OpenTracing is enabled with an empty whitelist. ([\#5984](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5984 ))
- Fix invalid references to None while OpenTracing if the log context slips. ([\#5988](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5988 ), [\#5991](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5991 ))
- OpenTracing for room and e2e keys. ([\#5855](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5855 ))
- Add OpenTracing span over HTTP push processing. ([\#6003](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6003 ))
- Add an admin API to purge old rooms from the database. ([\#5845](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5845 ))
- Retry well-known lookups if we have recently seen a valid well-known record for the server. ([\#5850](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5850 ))
- Add support for filtered room-directory search requests over federation ([MSC2197](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2197 ), in order to allow upcoming room directory query performance improvements. ([\#5859](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5859 ))
- Correctly retry all hosts returned from SRV when we fail to connect. ([\#5864](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5864 ))
- Add admin API endpoint for setting whether or not a user is a server administrator. ([\#5878](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5878 ))
- Enable cleaning up extremities with dummy events by default to prevent undue build up of forward extremities. ([\#5884](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5884 ))
- Add config option to sign remote key query responses with a separate key. ([\#5895](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5895 ))
- Add support for config templating. ([\#5900](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5900 ))
- Users with the type of "support" or "bot" are no longer required to consent. ([\#5902](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5902 ))
- Let synctl accept a directory of config files. ([\#5904](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5904 ))
- Increase max display name size to 256. ([\#5906](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5906 ))
- Add admin API endpoint for getting whether or not a user is a server administrator. ([\#5914](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5914 ))
- Redact events in the database that have been redacted for a week. ([\#5934](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5934 ))
- New prometheus metrics:
- `synapse_federation_known_servers`: represents the total number of servers your server knows about (i.e. is in rooms with), including itself. Enable by setting `metrics_flags.known_servers` to True in the configuration.([\#5981](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5981 ))
- `synapse_build_info`: exposes the Python version, OS version, and Synapse version of the running server. ([\#6005](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6005 ))
- Give appropriate exit codes when synctl fails. ([\#5992](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5992 ))
- Apply the federation blacklist to requests to identity servers. ([\#6000](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6000 ))
- Add `report_stats_endpoint` option to configure where stats are reported to, if enabled. Contributed by @Sorunome. ([\#6012](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6012 ))
- Add config option to increase ratelimits for room admins redacting messages. ([\#6015](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6015 ))
- Stop sending federation transactions to servers which have been down for a long time. ([\#6026](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6026 ))
- Make the process for mapping SAML2 users to matrix IDs more flexible. ([\#6037](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6037 ))
- Return a clearer error message when a timeout occurs when attempting to contact an identity server. ([\#6073](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6073 ))
- Prevent password reset's submit_token endpoint from accepting trailing slashes. ([\#6074](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6074 ))
- Return 403 on `/register/available` if registration has been disabled. ([\#6082](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6082 ))
- Explicitly log when a homeserver does not have the `trusted_key_servers` config field configured. ([\#6090](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6090 ))
- Add support for pruning old rows in `user_ips` table. ([\#6098](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6098 ))
Bugfixes
--------
- Don't create broken room when `power_level_content_override.users` does not contain `creator_id`. ([\#5633](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5633 ))
- Fix database index so that different backup versions can have the same sessions. ([\#5857](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5857 ))
- Fix Synapse looking for config options `password_reset_failure_template` and `password_reset_success_template`, when they are actually `password_reset_template_failure_html`, `password_reset_template_success_html`. ([\#5863](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5863 ))
- Fix stack overflow when recovering an appservice which had an outage. ([\#5885](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5885 ))
- Fix error message which referred to `public_base_url` instead of `public_baseurl`. Thanks to @aaronraimist for the fix! ([\#5909](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5909 ))
- Fix 404 for thumbnail download when `dynamic_thumbnails` is `false` and the thumbnail was dynamically generated. Fix reported by rkfg. ([\#5915](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5915 ))
- Fix a cache-invalidation bug for worker-based deployments. ([\#5920](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5920 ))
- Fix admin API for listing media in a room not being available with an external media repo. ([\#5966](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5966 ))
- Fix list media admin API always returning an error. ([\#5967](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5967 ))
- Fix room and user stats tracking. ([\#5971](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5971 ), [\#5998](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5998 ), [\#6029](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6029 ))
- Return a `M_MISSING_PARAM` if `sid` is not provided to `/account/3pid`. ([\#5995](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5995 ))
- `federation_certificate_verification_whitelist` now will not cause `TypeErrors` to be raised (a regression in 1.3). Additionally, it now supports internationalised domain names in their non-canonical representation. ([\#5996](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5996 ))
- Only count real users when checking for auto-creation of auto-join room. ([\#6004](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6004 ))
- Ensure support users can be registered even if MAU limit is reached. ([\#6020](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6020 ))
- Fix bug where login error was shown incorrectly on SSO fallback login. ([\#6024](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6024 ))
- Fix bug in calculating the federation retry backoff period. ([\#6025](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6025 ))
- Prevent exceptions being logged when extremity-cleanup events fail due to lack of user consent to the terms of service. ([\#6053](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6053 ))
- Remove POST method from password-reset `submit_token` endpoint until we implement `submit_url` functionality. ([\#6056](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6056 ))
- Fix logcontext spam on non-Linux platforms. ([\#6059](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6059 ))
- Ensure query parameters in email validation links are URL-encoded. ([\#6063](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6063 ))
- Fix a bug which caused SAML attribute maps to be overridden by defaults. ([\#6069](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6069 ))
- Fix the logged number of updated items for the `users_set_deactivated_flag` background update. ([\#6092](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6092 ))
- Add `sid` to `next_link` for email validation. ([\#6097](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6097 ))
- Threepid validity checks on msisdns should not be dependent on `threepid_behaviour_email`. ([\#6104](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6104 ))
- Ensure that servers which are not configured to support email address verification do not offer it in the registration flows. ([\#6107](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6107 ))
Updates to the Docker image
---------------------------
- Avoid changing `UID/GID` if they are already correct. ([\#5970](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5970 ))
- Provide `SYNAPSE_WORKER` envvar to specify python module. ([\#6058](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6058 ))
Improved Documentation
----------------------
- Convert documentation to markdown (from rst) ([\#5849](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5849 ))
- Update `INSTALL.md` to say that Python 2 is no longer supported. ([\#5953](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5953 ))
- Add developer documentation for using SAML2. ([\#6032](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6032 ))
- Add some notes on rolling back to v1.3.1. ([\#6049](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6049 ))
- Update the upgrade notes. ([\#6050](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6050 ))
Deprecations and Removals
-------------------------
- Remove shared-secret registration from `/_matrix/client/r0/register` endpoint. Contributed by Awesome Technologies Innovationslabor GmbH. ([\#5877](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5877 ))
- Deprecate the `trusted_third_party_id_servers` option. ([\#5875](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5875 ))
Internal Changes
----------------
- Lay the groundwork for structured logging output. ([\#5680](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5680 ))
- Retry well-known lookup before the cache expires, giving a grace period where the remote well-known can be down but we still use the old result. ([\#5844](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5844 ))
- Remove log line for debugging issue #5407 . ([\#5860](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5860 ))
- Refactor the Appservice scheduler code. ([\#5886](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5886 ))
- Compatibility with v2 Identity Service APIs other than /lookup. ([\#5892](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5892 ), [\#6013](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6013 ))
- Stop populating some unused tables. ([\#5893](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5893 ), [\#6047](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6047 ))
- Add missing index on `users_in_public_rooms` to improve the performance of directory queries. ([\#5894](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5894 ))
- Improve the logging when we have an error when fetching signing keys. ([\#5896](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5896 ))
- Add support for database engine-specific schema deltas, based on file extension. ([\#5911](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5911 ))
- Update Buildkite pipeline to use plugins instead of buildkite-agent commands. ([\#5922](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5922 ))
- Add link in sample config to the logging config schema. ([\#5926](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5926 ))
- Remove unnecessary parentheses in return statements. ([\#5931](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5931 ))
- Remove unused `jenkins/prepare_sytest.sh` file. ([\#5938](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5938 ))
- Move Buildkite pipeline config to the pipelines repo. ([\#5943](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5943 ))
- Remove unnecessary return statements in the codebase which were the result of a regex run. ([\#5962](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5962 ))
- Remove left-over methods from v1 registration API. ([\#5963](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5963 ))
- Cleanup event auth type initialisation. ([\#5975](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5975 ))
- Clean up dependency checking at setup. ([\#5989](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5989 ))
- Update OpenTracing docs to use the unified `trace` method. ([\#5776](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5776 ))
- Small refactor of function arguments and docstrings in` RoomMemberHandler`. ([\#6009](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6009 ))
- Remove unused `origin` argument on `FederationHandler.add_display_name_to_third_party_invite`. ([\#6010](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6010 ))
- Add a `failure_ts` column to the `destinations` database table. ([\#6016](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6016 ), [\#6072](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6072 ))
- Clean up some code in the retry logic. ([\#6017](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6017 ))
- Fix the structured logging tests stomping on the global log configuration for subsequent tests. ([\#6023](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6023 ))
- Clean up the sample config for SAML authentication. ([\#6064](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6064 ))
- Change mailer logging to reflect Synapse doesn't just do chat notifications by email now. ([\#6075](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6075 ))
- Move last-seen info into devices table. ([\#6089](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6089 ))
- Remove unused parameter to `get_user_id_by_threepid`. ([\#6099](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6099 ))
- Refactor the user-interactive auth handling. ([\#6105](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6105 ))
- Refactor code for calculating registration flows. ([\#6106](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6106 ))
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Merge tag 'v1.4.0'
Synapse 1.4.0 (2019-10-03)
==========================
Bugfixes
--------
- Redact `client_secret` in server logs. ([\#6158](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6158 ))
Synapse 1.4.0rc2 (2019-10-02)
=============================
Bugfixes
--------
- Fix bug in background update that adds last seen information to the `devices` table, and improve its performance on Postgres. ([\#6135](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6135 ))
- Fix bad performance of censoring redactions background task. ([\#6141](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6141 ))
- Fix fetching censored redactions from DB, which caused APIs like initial sync to fail if it tried to include the censored redaction. ([\#6145](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6145 ))
- Fix exceptions when storing large retry intervals for down remote servers. ([\#6146](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6146 ))
Internal Changes
----------------
- Fix up sample config entry for `redaction_retention_period` option. ([\#6117](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6117 ))
Synapse 1.4.0rc1 (2019-09-26)
=============================
Note that this release includes significant changes around 3pid
verification. Administrators are reminded to review the [upgrade notes](UPGRADE.rst#upgrading-to-v140).
Features
--------
- Changes to 3pid verification:
- Add the ability to send registration emails from the homeserver rather than delegating to an identity server. ([\#5835](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5835 ), [\#5940](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5940 ), [\#5993](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5993 ), [\#5994](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5994 ), [\#5868](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5868 ))
- Replace `trust_identity_server_for_password_resets` config option with `account_threepid_delegates`, and make the `id_server` parameteter optional on `*/requestToken` endpoints, as per [MSC2263](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2263 ). ([\#5876](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5876 ), [\#5969](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5969 ), [\#6028](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6028 ))
- Switch to using the v2 Identity Service `/lookup` API where available, with fallback to v1. (Implements [MSC2134](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2134 ) plus `id_access_token authentication` for v2 Identity Service APIs from [MSC2140](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2140 )). ([\#5897](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5897 ))
- Remove `bind_email` and `bind_msisdn` parameters from `/register` ala [MSC2140](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2140 ). ([\#5964](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5964 ))
- Add `m.id_access_token` to `unstable_features` in `/versions` as per [MSC2264](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2264 ). ([\#5974](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5974 ))
- Use the v2 Identity Service API for 3PID invites. ([\#5979](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5979 ))
- Add `POST /_matrix/client/unstable/account/3pid/unbind` endpoint from [MSC2140](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2140 ) for unbinding a 3PID from an identity server without removing it from the homeserver user account. ([\#5980](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5980 ), [\#6062](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6062 ))
- Use `account_threepid_delegate.email` and `account_threepid_delegate.msisdn` for validating threepid sessions. ([\#6011](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6011 ))
- Allow homeserver to handle or delegate email validation when adding an email to a user's account. ([\#6042](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6042 ))
- Implement new Client Server API endpoints `/account/3pid/add` and `/account/3pid/bind` as per [MSC2290](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2290 ). ([\#6043](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6043 ))
- Add an unstable feature flag for separate add/bind 3pid APIs. ([\#6044](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6044 ))
- Remove `bind` parameter from Client Server POST `/account` endpoint as per [MSC2290](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2290/ ). ([\#6067](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6067 ))
- Add `POST /add_threepid/msisdn/submit_token` endpoint for proxying submitToken on an `account_threepid_handler`. ([\#6078](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6078 ))
- Add `submit_url` response parameter to `*/msisdn/requestToken` endpoints. ([\#6079](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6079 ))
- Add `m.require_identity_server` flag to /version's unstable_features. ([\#5972](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5972 ))
- Enhancements to OpenTracing support:
- Make OpenTracing work in worker mode. ([\#5771](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5771 ))
- Pass OpenTracing contexts between servers when transmitting EDUs. ([\#5852](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5852 ))
- OpenTracing for device list updates. ([\#5853](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5853 ))
- Add a tag recording a request's authenticated entity and corresponding servlet in OpenTracing. ([\#5856](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5856 ))
- Add minimum OpenTracing for client servlets. ([\#5983](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5983 ))
- Check at setup that OpenTracing is installed if it's enabled in the config. ([\#5985](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5985 ))
- Trace replication send times. ([\#5986](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5986 ))
- Include missing OpenTracing contexts in outbout replication requests. ([\#5982](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5982 ))
- Fix sending of EDUs when OpenTracing is enabled with an empty whitelist. ([\#5984](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5984 ))
- Fix invalid references to None while OpenTracing if the log context slips. ([\#5988](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5988 ), [\#5991](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5991 ))
- OpenTracing for room and e2e keys. ([\#5855](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5855 ))
- Add OpenTracing span over HTTP push processing. ([\#6003](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6003 ))
- Add an admin API to purge old rooms from the database. ([\#5845](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5845 ))
- Retry well-known lookups if we have recently seen a valid well-known record for the server. ([\#5850](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5850 ))
- Add support for filtered room-directory search requests over federation ([MSC2197](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2197 ), in order to allow upcoming room directory query performance improvements. ([\#5859](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5859 ))
- Correctly retry all hosts returned from SRV when we fail to connect. ([\#5864](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5864 ))
- Add admin API endpoint for setting whether or not a user is a server administrator. ([\#5878](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5878 ))
- Enable cleaning up extremities with dummy events by default to prevent undue build up of forward extremities. ([\#5884](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5884 ))
- Add config option to sign remote key query responses with a separate key. ([\#5895](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5895 ))
- Add support for config templating. ([\#5900](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5900 ))
- Users with the type of "support" or "bot" are no longer required to consent. ([\#5902](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5902 ))
- Let synctl accept a directory of config files. ([\#5904](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5904 ))
- Increase max display name size to 256. ([\#5906](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5906 ))
- Add admin API endpoint for getting whether or not a user is a server administrator. ([\#5914](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5914 ))
- Redact events in the database that have been redacted for a week. ([\#5934](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5934 ))
- New prometheus metrics:
- `synapse_federation_known_servers`: represents the total number of servers your server knows about (i.e. is in rooms with), including itself. Enable by setting `metrics_flags.known_servers` to True in the configuration.([\#5981](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5981 ))
- `synapse_build_info`: exposes the Python version, OS version, and Synapse version of the running server. ([\#6005](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6005 ))
- Give appropriate exit codes when synctl fails. ([\#5992](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5992 ))
- Apply the federation blacklist to requests to identity servers. ([\#6000](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6000 ))
- Add `report_stats_endpoint` option to configure where stats are reported to, if enabled. Contributed by @Sorunome. ([\#6012](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6012 ))
- Add config option to increase ratelimits for room admins redacting messages. ([\#6015](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6015 ))
- Stop sending federation transactions to servers which have been down for a long time. ([\#6026](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6026 ))
- Make the process for mapping SAML2 users to matrix IDs more flexible. ([\#6037](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6037 ))
- Return a clearer error message when a timeout occurs when attempting to contact an identity server. ([\#6073](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6073 ))
- Prevent password reset's submit_token endpoint from accepting trailing slashes. ([\#6074](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6074 ))
- Return 403 on `/register/available` if registration has been disabled. ([\#6082](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6082 ))
- Explicitly log when a homeserver does not have the `trusted_key_servers` config field configured. ([\#6090](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6090 ))
- Add support for pruning old rows in `user_ips` table. ([\#6098](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6098 ))
Bugfixes
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- Don't create broken room when `power_level_content_override.users` does not contain `creator_id`. ([\#5633](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5633 ))
- Fix database index so that different backup versions can have the same sessions. ([\#5857](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5857 ))
- Fix Synapse looking for config options `password_reset_failure_template` and `password_reset_success_template`, when they are actually `password_reset_template_failure_html`, `password_reset_template_success_html`. ([\#5863](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5863 ))
- Fix stack overflow when recovering an appservice which had an outage. ([\#5885](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5885 ))
- Fix error message which referred to `public_base_url` instead of `public_baseurl`. Thanks to @aaronraimist for the fix! ([\#5909](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5909 ))
- Fix 404 for thumbnail download when `dynamic_thumbnails` is `false` and the thumbnail was dynamically generated. Fix reported by rkfg. ([\#5915](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5915 ))
- Fix a cache-invalidation bug for worker-based deployments. ([\#5920](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5920 ))
- Fix admin API for listing media in a room not being available with an external media repo. ([\#5966](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5966 ))
- Fix list media admin API always returning an error. ([\#5967](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5967 ))
- Fix room and user stats tracking. ([\#5971](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5971 ), [\#5998](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5998 ), [\#6029](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6029 ))
- Return a `M_MISSING_PARAM` if `sid` is not provided to `/account/3pid`. ([\#5995](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5995 ))
- `federation_certificate_verification_whitelist` now will not cause `TypeErrors` to be raised (a regression in 1.3). Additionally, it now supports internationalised domain names in their non-canonical representation. ([\#5996](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5996 ))
- Only count real users when checking for auto-creation of auto-join room. ([\#6004](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6004 ))
- Ensure support users can be registered even if MAU limit is reached. ([\#6020](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6020 ))
- Fix bug where login error was shown incorrectly on SSO fallback login. ([\#6024](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6024 ))
- Fix bug in calculating the federation retry backoff period. ([\#6025](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6025 ))
- Prevent exceptions being logged when extremity-cleanup events fail due to lack of user consent to the terms of service. ([\#6053](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6053 ))
- Remove POST method from password-reset `submit_token` endpoint until we implement `submit_url` functionality. ([\#6056](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6056 ))
- Fix logcontext spam on non-Linux platforms. ([\#6059](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6059 ))
- Ensure query parameters in email validation links are URL-encoded. ([\#6063](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6063 ))
- Fix a bug which caused SAML attribute maps to be overridden by defaults. ([\#6069](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6069 ))
- Fix the logged number of updated items for the `users_set_deactivated_flag` background update. ([\#6092](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6092 ))
- Add `sid` to `next_link` for email validation. ([\#6097](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6097 ))
- Threepid validity checks on msisdns should not be dependent on `threepid_behaviour_email`. ([\#6104](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6104 ))
- Ensure that servers which are not configured to support email address verification do not offer it in the registration flows. ([\#6107](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6107 ))
Updates to the Docker image
---------------------------
- Avoid changing `UID/GID` if they are already correct. ([\#5970](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5970 ))
- Provide `SYNAPSE_WORKER` envvar to specify python module. ([\#6058](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6058 ))
Improved Documentation
----------------------
- Convert documentation to markdown (from rst) ([\#5849](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5849 ))
- Update `INSTALL.md` to say that Python 2 is no longer supported. ([\#5953](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5953 ))
- Add developer documentation for using SAML2. ([\#6032](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6032 ))
- Add some notes on rolling back to v1.3.1. ([\#6049](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6049 ))
- Update the upgrade notes. ([\#6050](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6050 ))
Deprecations and Removals
-------------------------
- Remove shared-secret registration from `/_matrix/client/r0/register` endpoint. Contributed by Awesome Technologies Innovationslabor GmbH. ([\#5877](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5877 ))
- Deprecate the `trusted_third_party_id_servers` option. ([\#5875](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5875 ))
Internal Changes
----------------
- Lay the groundwork for structured logging output. ([\#5680](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5680 ))
- Retry well-known lookup before the cache expires, giving a grace period where the remote well-known can be down but we still use the old result. ([\#5844](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5844 ))
- Remove log line for debugging issue #5407 . ([\#5860](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5860 ))
- Refactor the Appservice scheduler code. ([\#5886](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5886 ))
- Compatibility with v2 Identity Service APIs other than /lookup. ([\#5892](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5892 ), [\#6013](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6013 ))
- Stop populating some unused tables. ([\#5893](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5893 ), [\#6047](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6047 ))
- Add missing index on `users_in_public_rooms` to improve the performance of directory queries. ([\#5894](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5894 ))
- Improve the logging when we have an error when fetching signing keys. ([\#5896](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5896 ))
- Add support for database engine-specific schema deltas, based on file extension. ([\#5911](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5911 ))
- Update Buildkite pipeline to use plugins instead of buildkite-agent commands. ([\#5922](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5922 ))
- Add link in sample config to the logging config schema. ([\#5926](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5926 ))
- Remove unnecessary parentheses in return statements. ([\#5931](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5931 ))
- Remove unused `jenkins/prepare_sytest.sh` file. ([\#5938](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5938 ))
- Move Buildkite pipeline config to the pipelines repo. ([\#5943](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5943 ))
- Remove unnecessary return statements in the codebase which were the result of a regex run. ([\#5962](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5962 ))
- Remove left-over methods from v1 registration API. ([\#5963](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5963 ))
- Cleanup event auth type initialisation. ([\#5975](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5975 ))
- Clean up dependency checking at setup. ([\#5989](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5989 ))
- Update OpenTracing docs to use the unified `trace` method. ([\#5776](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5776 ))
- Small refactor of function arguments and docstrings in` RoomMemberHandler`. ([\#6009](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6009 ))
- Remove unused `origin` argument on `FederationHandler.add_display_name_to_third_party_invite`. ([\#6010](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6010 ))
- Add a `failure_ts` column to the `destinations` database table. ([\#6016](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6016 ), [\#6072](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6072 ))
- Clean up some code in the retry logic. ([\#6017](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6017 ))
- Fix the structured logging tests stomping on the global log configuration for subsequent tests. ([\#6023](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6023 ))
- Clean up the sample config for SAML authentication. ([\#6064](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6064 ))
- Change mailer logging to reflect Synapse doesn't just do chat notifications by email now. ([\#6075](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6075 ))
- Move last-seen info into devices table. ([\#6089](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6089 ))
- Remove unused parameter to `get_user_id_by_threepid`. ([\#6099](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6099 ))
- Refactor the user-interactive auth handling. ([\#6105](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6105 ))
- Refactor code for calculating registration flows. ([\#6106](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6106 ))
2019-10-03 13:48:21 +01:00
axel simon
1c7df13e7b
add explanations on how to actually include an access_token ( #6031 )
2019-09-13 08:50:17 +01:00
Olivier Wilkinson (reivilibre)
1b959b6977
Document GET method for retrieving admin bit of user in admin API
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Signed-off-by: Olivier Wilkinson (reivilibre) <olivier@librepush.net>
2019-08-27 13:19:19 +01:00
reivilibre
1a7e6eb633
Add Admin API capability to set adminship of a user ( #5878 )
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Admin API: Set adminship of a user
2019-08-27 10:14:00 +01:00
Richard van der Hoff
119aa31b10
Servlet to purge old rooms ( #5845 )
2019-08-22 10:42:59 +01:00
Travis Ralston
3e1af5109c
Clarify that the admin change password endpoint logs them out ( #5303 )
2019-05-31 09:45:46 +01:00
Richard van der Hoff
59e2d2694d
Remove the requirement to authenticate for /admin/server_version. ( #5122 )
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This endpoint isn't much use for its intended purpose if you first need to get
yourself an admin's auth token.
I've restricted it to the `/_synapse/admin` path to make it a bit easier to
lock down for those concerned about exposing this information. I don't imagine
anyone is using it in anger currently.
2019-05-07 09:29:30 +01:00
Travis Ralston
3fdff14207
Fix spelling in server notices admin API docs ( #5142 )
2019-05-06 22:15:02 +01:00
Richard van der Hoff
12f9d51e82
Add admin api for sending server_notices ( #5121 )
2019-05-02 11:59:16 +01:00
Richard van der Hoff
8e9ca83537
Move admin API to a new prefix
2019-05-01 15:44:30 +01:00
Brendan Abolivier
031919dafb
Fix whole path for admin route
2019-05-01 11:38:27 +01:00
Brendan Abolivier
d8e357b7cf
Fix typo in account validity admin route
2019-05-01 11:34:22 +01:00
Erik Johnston
ca90336a69
Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse into babolivier/account_expiration
2019-04-17 19:44:40 +01:00
Brendan Abolivier
eaf41a943b
Add management endpoints for account validity
2019-04-17 19:34:45 +01:00
Erik Johnston
c192bf8970
Add admin API for group deletion
2019-04-03 16:29:52 +01:00
Joseph Weston
144cbfd650
add API documentation
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Signed-off-by: Joseph Weston <joseph@weston.cloud>
2019-03-02 03:07:04 +01:00
Neil Johnson
d2f7c4e6b1
create support user ( #4141 )
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Allow for the creation of a support user.
A support user can access the server, join rooms, interact with other users, but does not appear in the user directory nor does it contribute to monthly active user limits.
2018-12-14 18:20:59 +00:00
Aaron Raimist
f6cbef6332
Add a note saying you need to manually reclaim disk space
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People keep asking why their database hasn't gotten smaller after using this API.
Signed-off-by: Aaron Raimist <aaron@raim.ist>
2018-11-18 12:38:04 -06:00
Travis Ralston
a8ffc27db7
Update the admin register documentation to return a real user ID
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Presumably this is the intention anyways. I've also updated the domain part to be something more along the lines of what people might expect.
2018-08-17 02:46:25 -06:00
Amber Brown
e1a237eaab
Admin API for creating new users ( #3415 )
2018-07-20 22:41:13 +10:00
Matthew Hodgson
9570aa82eb
update doc for deactivate API
2018-06-26 10:42:50 +01:00
Richard van der Hoff
0ad5125814
Update purge_history_api.rst
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clarify that `purge_history` will not purge state
2018-03-15 11:05:42 +00:00
Richard van der Hoff
e48c7aac4d
Add transactional API to history purge
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Make the purge request return quickly, and allow scripts to poll for updates.
2018-03-12 16:22:55 +00:00
Richard van der Hoff
f8bfcd7e0d
Provide a means to pass a timestamp to purge_history
2018-03-05 14:37:23 +00:00
Richard van der Hoff
8fd1a32456
Fix typos in purge api & doc
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* It's supposed to be purge_local_events, not ..._history
* Fix the doc to have valid json
2018-02-13 13:09:39 +00:00
Richard van der Hoff
10b34dbb9a
Merge pull request #2858 from matrix-org/rav/purge_updates
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delete_local_events for purge_room_history
2018-02-09 14:11:00 +00:00
Richard van der Hoff
74fcbf741b
delete_local_events for purge_history
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Add a flag which makes the purger delete local events
2018-02-09 13:07:41 +00:00
Travis Ralston
3af53c183a
Add admin api documentation for list media endpoint
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Signed-off-by: Travis Ralston <travpc@gmail.com>
2018-01-31 08:15:59 -07:00
Ander Punnar
b2e02084b8
make it absolutely clear that Purge History API does not remove all traces of events and message contents
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because this topic pops up too often
#890 #1621 #1730 #2260 #2315 and so on
2017-10-14 13:25:42 +03:00
Richard van der Hoff
cea7839911
Document some of the admin APIs ( #2143 )
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I haven't (yet) documented all of the user-list APIs introduced in
https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/1784 because the API shape seems
very odd, given the functionality.
2017-04-21 11:55:07 +01:00
Richard van der Hoff
83333498a5
fix doc for purge_media_cache
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purge_media_cache takes its arg from a query-param, not the POST body, for some
reason.
2017-01-20 12:15:50 +00:00
Erik Johnston
3c3246c078
Use correct path
2016-07-28 15:08:37 +01:00
Erik Johnston
367b594183
Add some basic admin API docs
2016-07-28 14:56:09 +01:00