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Patrick Cloke f81d02d75b Synapse 1.26.0rc1 (2021-01-20) 
==============================
 
 This release brings a new schema version for Synapse and rolling back to a previous
 verious is not trivial.  Please review [UPGRADE.rst](UPGRADE.rst) for more details
 on these changes  and for general upgrade guidance.
 
 Features
 --------
 
 - Add support for multiple SSO Identity Providers. ([\#9015](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9015), [\#9017](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9017), [\#9036](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9036), [\#9067](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9067), [\#9081](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9081), [\#9082](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9082), [\#9105](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9105), [\#9107](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9107), [\#9109](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9109), [\#9110](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9110), [\#9127](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9127), [\#9153](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9153), [\#9154](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9154), [\#9177](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9177))
 - During user-interactive authentication via single-sign-on, give a better error if the user uses the wrong account on the SSO IdP. ([\#9091](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9091))
 - Give the `public_baseurl` a default value, if it is not explicitly set in the configuration file. ([\#9159](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9159))
 - Improve performance when calculating ignored users in large rooms. ([\#9024](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9024))
 - Implement [MSC2176](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2176) in an experimental room version. ([\#8984](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8984))
 - Add an admin API for protecting local media from quarantine. ([\#9086](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9086))
 - Remove a user's avatar URL and display name when deactivated with the Admin API. ([\#8932](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8932))
 - Update `/_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/joined_rooms` to work for both local and remote users. ([\#8948](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8948))
 - Add experimental support for handling to-device messages on worker processes. ([\#9042](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9042), [\#9043](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9043), [\#9044](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9044), [\#9130](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9130))
 - Add experimental support for handling `/keys/claim` and `/room_keys` APIs on worker processes. ([\#9068](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9068))
 - Add experimental support for handling `/devices` API on worker processes. ([\#9092](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9092))
 - Add experimental support for moving off receipts and account data persistence off master. ([\#9104](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9104), [\#9166](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9166))
 
 Bugfixes
 --------
 
 - Fix a long-standing issue where an internal server error would occur when requesting a profile over federation that did not include a display name / avatar URL. ([\#9023](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9023))
 - Fix a long-standing bug where some caches could grow larger than configured. ([\#9028](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9028))
 - Fix error handling during insertion of client IPs into the database. ([\#9051](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9051))
 - Fix bug where we didn't correctly record CPU time spent in `on_new_event` block. ([\#9053](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9053))
 - Fix a minor bug which could cause confusing error messages from invalid configurations. ([\#9054](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9054))
 - Fix incorrect exit code when there is an error at startup. ([\#9059](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9059))
 - Fix `JSONDecodeError` spamming the logs when sending transactions to remote servers. ([\#9070](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9070))
 - Fix "Failed to send request" errors when a client provides an invalid room alias. ([\#9071](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9071))
 - Fix bugs in federation catchup logic that caused outbound federation to be delayed for large servers after start up. Introduced in v1.8.0 and v1.21.0. ([\#9114](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9114), [\#9116](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9116))
 - Fix corruption of `pushers` data when a postgres bouncer is used. ([\#9117](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9117))
 - Fix minor bugs in handling the `clientRedirectUrl` parameter for SSO login. ([\#9128](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9128))
 - Fix "Unhandled error in Deferred: BodyExceededMaxSize" errors when .well-known files that are too large. ([\#9108](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9108))
 - Fix "UnboundLocalError: local variable 'length' referenced before assignment" errors when the response body exceeds the expected size. This bug was introduced in v1.25.0. ([\#9145](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9145))
 - Fix a long-standing bug "ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10" when `/publicRooms` is requested with an invalid `server` parameter. ([\#9161](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9161))
 
 Improved Documentation
 ----------------------
 
 - Add some extra docs for getting Synapse running on macOS. ([\#8997](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8997))
 - Correct a typo in the `systemd-with-workers` documentation. ([\#9035](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9035))
 - Correct a typo in `INSTALL.md`. ([\#9040](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9040))
 - Add missing `user_mapping_provider` configuration to the Keycloak OIDC example. Contributed by @chris-ruecker. ([\#9057](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9057))
 - Quote `pip install` packages when extras are used to avoid shells interpreting bracket characters. ([\#9151](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9151))
 
 Deprecations and Removals
 -------------------------
 
 - Remove broken and unmaintained `demo/webserver.py` script. ([\#9039](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9039))
 
 Internal Changes
 ----------------
 
 - Improve efficiency of large state resolutions. ([\#8868](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8868), [\#9029](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9029), [\#9115](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9115), [\#9118](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9118), [\#9124](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9124))
 - Various clean-ups to the structured logging and logging context code. ([\#8939](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8939))
 - Ensure rejected events get added to some metadata tables. ([\#9016](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9016))
 - Ignore date-rotated homeserver logs saved to disk. ([\#9018](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9018))
 - Remove an unused column from `access_tokens` table. ([\#9025](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9025))
 - Add a `-noextras` factor to `tox.ini`, to support running the tests with no optional dependencies. ([\#9030](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9030))
 - Fix running unit tests when optional dependencies are not installed. ([\#9031](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9031))
 - Allow bumping schema version when using split out state database. ([\#9033](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9033))
 - Configure the linters to run on a consistent set of files. ([\#9038](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9038))
 - Various cleanups to device inbox store. ([\#9041](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9041))
 - Drop unused database tables. ([\#9055](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9055))
 - Remove unused `SynapseService` class. ([\#9058](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9058))
 - Remove unnecessary declarations in the tests for the admin API. ([\#9063](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9063))
 - Remove `SynapseRequest.get_user_agent`. ([\#9069](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9069))
 - Remove redundant `Homeserver.get_ip_from_request` method. ([\#9080](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9080))
 - Add type hints to media repository. ([\#9093](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9093))
 - Fix the wrong arguments being passed to `BlacklistingAgentWrapper` from `MatrixFederationAgent`. Contributed by Timothy Leung. ([\#9098](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9098))
 - Reduce the scope of caught exceptions in `BlacklistingAgentWrapper`. ([\#9106](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9106))
 - Improve `UsernamePickerTestCase`. ([\#9112](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9112))
 - Remove dependency on `distutils`. ([\#9125](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9125))
 - Enforce that replication HTTP clients are called with keyword arguments only. ([\#9144](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9144))
 - Fix the Python 3.5 / old dependencies build in CI. ([\#9146](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9146))
 - Replace the old `perspectives` option in the Synapse docker config file template with `trusted_key_servers`. ([\#9157](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9157))
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Merge tag 'v1.26.0rc1' into develop

Synapse 1.26.0rc1 (2021-01-20)
==============================

This release brings a new schema version for Synapse and rolling back to a previous
verious is not trivial.  Please review [UPGRADE.rst](UPGRADE.rst) for more details
on these changes  and for general upgrade guidance.

Features
--------

- Add support for multiple SSO Identity Providers. ([\#9015](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9015), [\#9017](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9017), [\#9036](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9036), [\#9067](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9067), [\#9081](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9081), [\#9082](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9082), [\#9105](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9105), [\#9107](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9107), [\#9109](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9109), [\#9110](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9110), [\#9127](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9127), [\#9153](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9153), [\#9154](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9154), [\#9177](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9177))
- During user-interactive authentication via single-sign-on, give a better error if the user uses the wrong account on the SSO IdP. ([\#9091](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9091))
- Give the `public_baseurl` a default value, if it is not explicitly set in the configuration file. ([\#9159](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9159))
- Improve performance when calculating ignored users in large rooms. ([\#9024](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9024))
- Implement [MSC2176](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2176) in an experimental room version. ([\#8984](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8984))
- Add an admin API for protecting local media from quarantine. ([\#9086](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9086))
- Remove a user's avatar URL and display name when deactivated with the Admin API. ([\#8932](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8932))
- Update `/_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/joined_rooms` to work for both local and remote users. ([\#8948](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8948))
- Add experimental support for handling to-device messages on worker processes. ([\#9042](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9042), [\#9043](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9043), [\#9044](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9044), [\#9130](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9130))
- Add experimental support for handling `/keys/claim` and `/room_keys` APIs on worker processes. ([\#9068](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9068))
- Add experimental support for handling `/devices` API on worker processes. ([\#9092](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9092))
- Add experimental support for moving off receipts and account data persistence off master. ([\#9104](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9104), [\#9166](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9166))

Bugfixes
--------

- Fix a long-standing issue where an internal server error would occur when requesting a profile over federation that did not include a display name / avatar URL. ([\#9023](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9023))
- Fix a long-standing bug where some caches could grow larger than configured. ([\#9028](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9028))
- Fix error handling during insertion of client IPs into the database. ([\#9051](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9051))
- Fix bug where we didn't correctly record CPU time spent in `on_new_event` block. ([\#9053](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9053))
- Fix a minor bug which could cause confusing error messages from invalid configurations. ([\#9054](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9054))
- Fix incorrect exit code when there is an error at startup. ([\#9059](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9059))
- Fix `JSONDecodeError` spamming the logs when sending transactions to remote servers. ([\#9070](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9070))
- Fix "Failed to send request" errors when a client provides an invalid room alias. ([\#9071](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9071))
- Fix bugs in federation catchup logic that caused outbound federation to be delayed for large servers after start up. Introduced in v1.8.0 and v1.21.0. ([\#9114](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9114), [\#9116](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9116))
- Fix corruption of `pushers` data when a postgres bouncer is used. ([\#9117](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9117))
- Fix minor bugs in handling the `clientRedirectUrl` parameter for SSO login. ([\#9128](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9128))
- Fix "Unhandled error in Deferred: BodyExceededMaxSize" errors when .well-known files that are too large. ([\#9108](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9108))
- Fix "UnboundLocalError: local variable 'length' referenced before assignment" errors when the response body exceeds the expected size. This bug was introduced in v1.25.0. ([\#9145](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9145))
- Fix a long-standing bug "ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10" when `/publicRooms` is requested with an invalid `server` parameter. ([\#9161](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9161))

Improved Documentation
----------------------

- Add some extra docs for getting Synapse running on macOS. ([\#8997](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8997))
- Correct a typo in the `systemd-with-workers` documentation. ([\#9035](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9035))
- Correct a typo in `INSTALL.md`. ([\#9040](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9040))
- Add missing `user_mapping_provider` configuration to the Keycloak OIDC example. Contributed by @chris-ruecker. ([\#9057](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9057))
- Quote `pip install` packages when extras are used to avoid shells interpreting bracket characters. ([\#9151](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9151))

Deprecations and Removals
-------------------------

- Remove broken and unmaintained `demo/webserver.py` script. ([\#9039](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9039))

Internal Changes
----------------

- Improve efficiency of large state resolutions. ([\#8868](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8868), [\#9029](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9029), [\#9115](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9115), [\#9118](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9118), [\#9124](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9124))
- Various clean-ups to the structured logging and logging context code. ([\#8939](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8939))
- Ensure rejected events get added to some metadata tables. ([\#9016](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9016))
- Ignore date-rotated homeserver logs saved to disk. ([\#9018](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9018))
- Remove an unused column from `access_tokens` table. ([\#9025](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9025))
- Add a `-noextras` factor to `tox.ini`, to support running the tests with no optional dependencies. ([\#9030](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9030))
- Fix running unit tests when optional dependencies are not installed. ([\#9031](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9031))
- Allow bumping schema version when using split out state database. ([\#9033](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9033))
- Configure the linters to run on a consistent set of files. ([\#9038](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9038))
- Various cleanups to device inbox store. ([\#9041](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9041))
- Drop unused database tables. ([\#9055](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9055))
- Remove unused `SynapseService` class. ([\#9058](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9058))
- Remove unnecessary declarations in the tests for the admin API. ([\#9063](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9063))
- Remove `SynapseRequest.get_user_agent`. ([\#9069](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9069))
- Remove redundant `Homeserver.get_ip_from_request` method. ([\#9080](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9080))
- Add type hints to media repository. ([\#9093](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9093))
- Fix the wrong arguments being passed to `BlacklistingAgentWrapper` from `MatrixFederationAgent`. Contributed by Timothy Leung. ([\#9098](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9098))
- Reduce the scope of caught exceptions in `BlacklistingAgentWrapper`. ([\#9106](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9106))
- Improve `UsernamePickerTestCase`. ([\#9112](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9112))
- Remove dependency on `distutils`. ([\#9125](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9125))
- Enforce that replication HTTP clients are called with keyword arguments only. ([\#9144](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9144))
- Fix the Python 3.5 / old dependencies build in CI. ([\#9146](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9146))
- Replace the old `perspectives` option in the Synapse docker config file template with `trusted_key_servers`. ([\#9157](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9157))
2021-01-20 11:27:39 -05:00
..
admin_api Add an admin API endpoint to protect media. (#9086) 2021-01-15 11:18:09 -05:00
dev Refactor the CAS handler in prep for using the abstracted SSO code. (#8958) 2020-12-18 13:09:45 -05:00
privacy_policy_templates/en
systemd-with-workers Fix typo in docs/systemd-with-workers/README.md (#9035) 2021-01-07 15:31:01 +00:00
.sample_config_header.yaml
ACME.md
ancient_architecture_notes.md
application_services.md
architecture.md
auth_chain_diff.dot Use a chain cover index to efficiently calculate auth chain difference (#8868) 2021-01-11 16:09:22 +00:00
auth_chain_diff.dot.png Use a chain cover index to efficiently calculate auth chain difference (#8868) 2021-01-11 16:09:22 +00:00
auth_chain_difference_algorithm.md Use a chain cover index to efficiently calculate auth chain difference (#8868) 2021-01-11 16:09:22 +00:00
CAPTCHA_SETUP.md
code_style.md
consent_tracking.md
delegate.md
federate.md
jwt.md
log_contexts.md
manhole.md Add note to manhole.md about bind_address when using with docker (#8526) 2020-10-14 15:28:59 +01:00
media_repository.md
message_retention_policies.md Update documentation on retention policies limits (#8529) 2020-10-14 15:00:49 +01:00
metrics-howto.md Improve documentation how to configure prometheus for workers (#8822) 2020-11-26 10:42:55 +00:00
MSC1711_certificates_FAQ.md
openid.md Land support for multiple OIDC providers (#9110) 2021-01-15 16:55:29 +00:00
opentracing.md
password_auth_providers.md Fix typo in password_auth_providers doc 2020-12-01 10:34:52 +00:00
postgres.md Quote pip install with brackets to avoid shell interpretation. (#9151) 2021-01-18 11:12:20 -05:00
README.md
replication.md
reverse_proxy.md
room_and_user_statistics.md
sample_config.yaml Support icons for Identity Providers (#9154) 2021-01-20 08:15:14 -05:00
sample_log_config.yaml Support generating structured logs in addition to standard logs. (#8607) 2020-10-29 07:27:37 -04:00
server_notices.md
spam_checker.md Allow spam-checker modules to be provide async methods. (#8890) 2020-12-11 14:05:15 -05:00
sso_mapping_providers.md Implement a username picker for synapse (#8942) 2020-12-18 14:19:46 +00:00
structured_logging.md Support generating structured logs in addition to standard logs. (#8607) 2020-10-29 07:27:37 -04:00
synctl_workers.md
tcp_replication.md Make event persisters periodically announce position over replication. (#8499) 2020-10-12 15:51:41 +01:00
turn-howto.md docs: Add link to Matrix VoIP tester for turn-howto (#9135) 2021-01-20 12:41:57 +00:00
url_previews.md
user_directory.md
workers.md Quote pip install with brackets to avoid shell interpretation. (#9151) 2021-01-18 11:12:20 -05:00

README.md

Synapse Documentation

This directory contains documentation specific to the synapse homeserver.

All matrix-generic documentation now lives in its own project, located at matrix-org/matrix-doc

(Note: some items here may be moved to matrix-org/matrix-doc at some point in the future.)