synapse/docs
Sean Quah 053ca5f3ca Synapse 1.60.0rc2 (2022-05-27)
==============================
 
 This release of Synapse adds a unique index to the `state_group_edges` table, in
 order to prevent accidentally introducing duplicate information (for example,
 because a database backup was restored multiple times). If your Synapse database
 already has duplicate rows in this table, this could fail with an error and
 require manual remediation.
 
 Additionally, the signature of the `check_event_for_spam` module callback has changed.
 The previous signature has been deprecated and remains working for now. Module authors
 should update their modules to use the new signature where possible.
 
 See [the upgrade notes](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/docs/upgrade.md#upgrading-to-v1600)
 for more details.
 
 Features
 --------
 
 - Add an option allowing users to use their password to reauthenticate for privileged actions even though password login is disabled. ([\#12883](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12883))
 
 Bugfixes
 --------
 
 - Explicitly close `ijson` coroutines once we are done with them, instead of leaving the garbage collector to close them. ([\#12875](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12875))
 
 Internal Changes
 ----------------
 
 - Improve URL previews by not including the content of media tags in the generated description. ([\#12887](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12887))
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Merge tag 'v1.60.0rc2' into develop

Synapse 1.60.0rc2 (2022-05-27)
==============================

This release of Synapse adds a unique index to the `state_group_edges` table, in
order to prevent accidentally introducing duplicate information (for example,
because a database backup was restored multiple times). If your Synapse database
already has duplicate rows in this table, this could fail with an error and
require manual remediation.

Additionally, the signature of the `check_event_for_spam` module callback has changed.
The previous signature has been deprecated and remains working for now. Module authors
should update their modules to use the new signature where possible.

See [the upgrade notes](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/docs/upgrade.md#upgrading-to-v1600)
for more details.

Features
--------

- Add an option allowing users to use their password to reauthenticate for privileged actions even though password login is disabled. ([\#12883](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12883))

Bugfixes
--------

- Explicitly close `ijson` coroutines once we are done with them, instead of leaving the garbage collector to close them. ([\#12875](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12875))

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

- Improve URL previews by not including the content of media tags in the generated description. ([\#12887](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12887))
2022-05-27 12:07:18 +01:00
..
admin_api Fix reference to the wrong symbol in the media admin api docs (#12715) 2022-05-12 09:29:37 +01:00
changelogs Split changelogs by year 2022-04-12 13:54:36 +01:00
development contributing_guide.md: fix link to DCO 2022-05-24 11:48:11 +01:00
modules Uniformize spam-checker API, part 2: check_event_for_spam (#12808) 2022-05-23 17:27:39 +00:00
other Enable complexity checking in complexity checking docs example (#11998) 2022-03-02 16:11:16 +00:00
privacy_policy_templates/en Update documentation and templates for new consent 2018-10-12 17:53:14 -06:00
setup Update installation docs to indicate that we support Python 3.10 (#11820) 2022-01-26 16:05:29 -08:00
systemd-with-workers Add some example configurations for worker (#12492) 2022-04-25 13:17:03 +01:00
usage Synapse 1.60.0rc2 (2022-05-27) 2022-05-27 12:07:18 +01:00
website_files docs: Don't render the table of contents on the print page (#12340) 2022-04-13 08:27:51 -07:00
.sample_config_header.yaml Fix broken links in INSTALL.md (#10331) 2021-07-08 15:46:13 +01:00
ancient_architecture_notes.md change 'Home Server' to one word 'homeserver' (#11320) 2021-11-16 10:21:01 +00:00
application_services.md Add some explanation to application_services.md (#7091) 2020-04-27 15:03:09 +01:00
architecture.md (#5849) Convert rst to markdown (#6040) 2019-09-17 12:55:29 +01:00
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 Improve code formatting and fix a few typos in docs (#11221) 2021-11-01 11:35:55 +00:00
code_style.md Reintroduce the lint targets in the linter script (#12455) 2022-04-14 11:33:06 +01:00
consent_tracking.md Improve code formatting and fix a few typos in docs (#11221) 2021-11-01 11:35:55 +00:00
delegate.md Support for serving server well-known files (#11211) 2021-11-01 15:10:16 +00:00
deprecation_policy.md Add notes about dropping support for Python 3.6 and Postgres 9.6. 2021-12-21 12:06:31 +00:00
favicon.png Compile and render Synapse's docs into a browsable, mobile-friendly and searchable website (#10086) 2021-06-03 17:20:40 +01:00
favicon.svg Compile and render Synapse's docs into a browsable, mobile-friendly and searchable website (#10086) 2021-06-03 17:20:40 +01:00
federate.md Clean-up demo scripts & documentation (#12143) 2022-03-08 15:02:59 -05:00
jwt.md Remove unstable/unspecced login types. (#12597) 2022-05-04 13:53:21 +00:00
log_contexts.md Fix 2 typos in docs/log_contexts.md (#10795) 2021-09-10 16:33:36 +01:00
manhole.md Remove HomeServer.get_datastore() (#12031) 2022-02-23 11:04:02 +00:00
media_repository.md Update the media repository documentation (#11415) 2021-11-29 15:37:56 +00:00
message_retention_policies.md Fix typos in documentation (#12863) 2022-05-25 10:14:03 +01:00
metrics-howto.md Fix broken links in documentation (#10180) 2021-06-16 13:15:52 +01:00
openid.md openid.md: fix some links 2022-05-19 10:28:18 +01:00
opentracing.md Support enabling opentracing by user (#9978) 2021-05-14 10:51:08 +01:00
password_auth_providers.md Correct target of link to the modules page from the Password Auth Providers page (#11309) 2021-11-12 12:58:39 +00:00
postgres.md Refuse to start if DB has an unsafe locale (#12262) 2022-03-23 10:23:05 -07:00
presence_router_module.md Port the PresenceRouter module interface to the new generic interface (#10524) 2021-08-17 13:22:45 +00:00
README.md Update README.md 2021-11-19 14:01:55 -08:00
replication.md Update replication.md with info on TCP module structure (#12621) 2022-05-09 14:46:43 -07:00
reverse_proxy.md Add HAProxy delegation example to docs (#12501) 2022-04-25 13:18:18 +01:00
room_and_user_statistics.md Remove functionality associated with unused historical stats tables (#9721) 2021-07-08 16:57:13 +01:00
sample_config.yaml Synapse 1.60.0rc2 (2022-05-27) 2022-05-27 12:07:18 +01:00
sample_log_config.yaml Remove special-case for twisted logger (#12589) 2022-04-29 22:05:18 +01:00
server_notices.md Docs: Use something other than the document name to describe a page (#10399) 2021-07-15 12:47:55 +01:00
spam_checker.md Make deprecation notice of the spam checker doc more obvious (#10395) 2021-07-15 15:54:22 +02:00
sso_mapping_providers.md Clarify SSO mapping provider documentation by writing def or async def before the names of methods, as appropriate. (#11681) 2022-01-05 11:25:32 +00:00
structured_logging.md Fix typos in documentation (#12863) 2022-05-25 10:14:03 +01:00
SUMMARY.md Add documentation for cancellation of request processing (#12761) 2022-05-18 17:56:23 +01:00
synctl_workers.md Improve code formatting and fix a few typos in docs (#11221) 2021-11-01 11:35:55 +00:00
tcp_replication.md Fix deleting pushers when using sharded pushers. (#9465) 2021-02-22 21:14:42 +00:00
templates.md Implement a Jinja2 filter to extract localparts from email addresses (#12212) 2022-03-11 15:15:11 +00:00
turn-howto.md turn-howto: fix some links 2022-04-22 14:23:40 +01:00
upgrade.md Uniformize spam-checker API, part 2: check_event_for_spam (#12808) 2022-05-23 17:27:39 +00:00
user_directory.md Add an admin API to run background jobs. (#11352) 2021-11-19 19:39:46 +00:00
welcome_and_overview.md Switch the 'Configuration' link in the docs homepage to the config manual (#12748) 2022-05-18 11:29:32 +00:00
workers.md Remove unstable APIs for /hierarchy. (#12851) 2022-05-26 07:10:28 -04:00

Synapse Documentation

The documentation is currently hosted here. Please update any links to point to the new website instead.

About

This directory currently holds a series of markdown files documenting how to install, use and develop Synapse. The documentation is readable directly from this repository, but it is recommended to instead browse through the website for easier discoverability.

Adding to the documentation

Most of the documentation currently exists as top-level files, as when organising them into a structured website, these files were kept in place so that existing links would not break. The rest of the documentation is stored in folders, such as setup, usage, and development etc. All new documentation files should be placed in structured folders. For example:

To create a new user-facing documentation page about a new Single Sign-On protocol named "MyCoolProtocol", one should create a new file with a relevant name, such as "my_cool_protocol.md". This file might fit into the documentation structure at:

  • Usage
    • Configuration
      • User Authentication
        • Single Sign-On
          • My Cool Protocol

Given that, one would place the new file under usage/configuration/user_authentication/single_sign_on/my_cool_protocol.md.

Note that the structure of the documentation (and thus the left sidebar on the website) is determined by the list in SUMMARY.md. The final thing to do when adding a new page is to add a new line linking to the new documentation file:

- [My Cool Protocol](usage/configuration/user_authentication/single_sign_on/my_cool_protocol.md)

Building the documentation

The documentation is built with mdbook, and the outline of the documentation is determined by the structure of SUMMARY.md.

First, get mdbook. Then, from the root of the repository, build the documentation with:

mdbook build

The rendered contents will be outputted to a new book/ directory at the root of the repository. Please note that index.html is not built by default, it is created by copying over the file welcome_and_overview.html to index.html during deployment. Thus, when running mdbook serve locally the book will initially show a 404 in place of the index due to the above. Do not be alarmed!

You can also have mdbook host the docs on a local webserver with hot-reload functionality via:

mdbook serve

The URL at which the docs can be viewed at will be logged.

Configuration and theming

The look and behaviour of the website is configured by the book.toml file at the root of the repository. See mdbook's documentation on configuration for available options.

The site can be themed and additionally extended with extra UI and features. See website_files/README.md for details.