- When rolling back to a previous Synapse version and then forwards again to this release, don't require server operators to manually run SQL. ([\#17305](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17305), [\#17309](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17309)) - Use the release branch for sytest in release-branch PRs. ([\#17306](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17306))