diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
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+Synapse 1.72.0rc1 (2022-11-16)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Add experimental support for [MSC3912](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3912): Relation-based redactions. ([\#14260](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14260))
+- Build Debian packages for Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu). ([\#14396](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14396))
+- Add an [Admin API](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/administration/admin_api/index.html) endpoint for user lookup based on third-party ID (3PID). Contributed by @ashfame. ([\#14405](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14405))
+- Faster joins: include heroes' membership events in the partial join response, for rooms without a name or canonical alias. ([\#14442](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14442))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Faster joins: do not block creation of or queries for room aliases during the resync. ([\#14292](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14292))
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.64.0rc1 which could cause log spam when fetching events from other homeservers. ([\#14347](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14347))
+- Fix a bug introduced in 1.66 which would not send certain pushrules to clients. Contributed by Nico. ([\#14356](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14356))
+- Fix a bug introduced in v1.71.0rc1 where the power level event was incorrectly created during initial room creation. ([\#14361](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14361))
+- Fix refresh token endpoint to be under /r0 and /v3 instead of /v1. Contributed by Tulir @ Beeper. ([\#14364](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14364))
+- Fix a long-standing bug where Synapse would raise an error when encountering an unrecognised field in a `/sync` filter, instead of ignoring it for forward compatibility. ([\#14369](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14369))
+- Fix a background database update, introduced in Synapse 1.64.0, which could cause poor database performance. ([\#14374](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14374))
+- Fix PostgreSQL sometimes using table scans for queries against the `event_search` table, taking a long time and a large amount of IO. ([\#14409](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14409))
+- Fix rendering of some HTML templates (including emails). Introduced in v1.71.0. ([\#14448](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14448))
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.70.0 where the background updates to add non-thread unique indexes on receipts could fail when upgrading from 1.67.0 or earlier. ([\#14453](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14453))
+
+
+Updates to the Docker image
+---------------------------
+
+- Add all Stream Writer worker types to configure_workers_and_start.py. ([\#14197](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14197))
+- Remove references to legacy worker types in the multi-worker Dockerfile. ([\#14294](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14294))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Upload documentation PRs to Netlify. ([\#12947](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12947), [\#14370](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14370))
+- Add addtional TURN server configuration example based on [eturnal](https://github.com/processone/eturnal) and adjust general TURN server doc structure. ([\#14293](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14293))
+- Add example on how to load balance /sync requests. Contributed by [aceArt](https://aceart.de). ([\#14297](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14297))
+- Edit sample Nginx reverse proxy configuration to use HTTP/1.1. Contributed by Brad Jones. ([\#14414](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14414))
+
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- Remove support for PostgreSQL 10. ([\#14392](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14392), [\#14397](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14397))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Run unit tests against Python 3.11. ([\#13812](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13812))
+- Add TLS support for generic worker endpoints. ([\#14128](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14128), [\#14455](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14455))
+- Switch to a maintained action for installing Rust in CI. ([\#14313](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14313))
+- Add override ability to `complement.sh` command line script to request certain types of workers. ([\#14324](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14324))
+- Bump flake8-bugbear from 22.9.23 to 22.10.27. ([\#14329](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14329))
+- Enabling testing of [MSC3874](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3874) (filtering of `/messages` by relation type) in complement. ([\#14339](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14339))
+- Bump twisted from 22.8.0 to 22.10.0. ([\#14340](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14340))
+- Concisely log a failure to resolve state due to missing `prev_events`. ([\#14346](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14346))
+- Use a maintained Github action to install Rust. ([\#14351](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14351))
+- Cleanup old worker datastore classes. Contributed by Nick @ Beeper (@fizzadar). ([\#14375](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14375))
+- Bump dawidd6/action-download-artifact from 2.15.0 to 2.24.0. ([\#14378](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14378))
+- Bump peaceiris/actions-mdbook from 1.1.14 to 1.2.0. ([\#14379](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14379))
+- Bump regex from 1.6.0 to 1.7.0. ([\#14380](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14380))
+- Bump pyo3 from 0.17.2 to 0.17.3. ([\#14381](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14381))
+- Bump types-setuptools from 65.5.0.1 to 65.5.0.2. ([\#14382](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14382))
+- Bump pillow from 9.2.0 to 9.3.0. ([\#14383](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14383))
+- Bump cryptography from 36.0.1 to 38.0.3. ([\#14384](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14384))
+- Bump types-pyyaml from 6.0.12 to 6.0.12.1. ([\#14385](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14385))
+- Bump types-jsonschema from 4.4.6 to 4.17.0.0. ([\#14386](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14386))
+- Test against PostgreSQL 15 in CI. ([\#14394](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14394))
+- Bump dawidd6/action-download-artifact from 2.24.0 to 2.24.1. ([\#14398](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14398))
+- Remove unreachable code. ([\#14410](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14410))
+- Clean-up event persistence code. ([\#14411](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14411))
+- Update docstring to clarify that `get_partial_state_events_batch` does not just give you completely arbitrary partial-state events. ([\#14417](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14417))
+- Bump dawidd6/action-download-artifact from 2.24.1 to 2.24.2. ([\#14424](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14424))
+- Bump actions/upload-artifact from 2 to 3. ([\#14425](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14425))
+- Bump blake2 from 0.10.4 to 0.10.5. ([\#14426](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14426))
+- Bump attrs from 21.4.0 to 22.1.0. ([\#14427](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14427))
+- Bump types-pyyaml from 6.0.12.1 to 6.0.12.2. ([\#14428](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14428))
+- Bump gitpython from 3.1.27 to 3.1.29. ([\#14429](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14429))
+- Bump types-jsonschema from 4.17.0.0 to 4.17.0.1. ([\#14430](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14430))
+- Bump flake8 from 4.0.1 to 5.0.4. ([\#14431](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14431))
+- Fix mypy errors introduced by bumping the locked version of `attrs` and `gitpython`. ([\#14433](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14433))
+- Make Dependabot only bump Rust deps in the lock file. ([\#14434](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14434))
+- Bump types-setuptools from 65.5.0.2 to 65.5.0.3. ([\#14436](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14436))
+- Bump types-pyopenssl from 22.0.10 to 22.1.0.2. ([\#14437](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14437))
+- Bump flake8-comprehensions from 3.8.0 to 3.10.1. ([\#14438](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14438))
+- Bump jsonschema from 4.16.0 to 4.17.0. ([\#14439](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14439))
+- Bump canonicaljson from 1.6.3 to 1.6.4. ([\#14440](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14440))
+- Fix an incorrect stub return type for `PushRuleEvaluator.run`. ([\#14451](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14451))
+- Improve performance of `/context` in large rooms. ([\#14461](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14461))
+
+
 Synapse 1.71.0 (2022-11-08)
 ===========================
 
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-Upload documentation PRs to Netlify.
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-Run unit tests against Python 3.11.
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-Add TLS support for generic worker endpoints.
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-Add all Stream Writer worker types to configure_workers_and_start.py.
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-Add experimental support for [MSC3912](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3912): Relation-based redactions.
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-Faster joins: do not block creation of or queries for room aliases during the resync.
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-Add addtional TURN server configuration example based on [eturnal](https://github.com/processone/eturnal) and adjust general TURN server doc structure.
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-Remove references to legacy worker types in the multi-worker Dockerfile.
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-Add example on how to load balance /sync requests. Contributed by [aceArt](https://aceart.de).
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-Switch to a maintained action for installing Rust in CI.
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-Add override ability to `complement.sh` command line script to request certain types of workers.
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-Enabling testing of [MSC3874](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3874) (filtering of `/messages` by relation type) in complement.
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-Concisely log a failure to resolve state due to missing `prev_events`.
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-Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.64.0rc1 which could cause log spam when fetching events from other homeservers.
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-Fix a bug introduced in 1.66 which would not send certain pushrules to clients. Contributed by Nico.
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-Fix a bug introduced in v1.71.0rc1 where the power level event was incorrectly created during initial room creation.
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-Fix refresh token endpoint to be under /r0 and /v3 instead of /v1. Contributed by Tulir @ Beeper.
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-Fix a long-standing bug where Synapse would raise an error when encountering an unrecognised field in a `/sync` filter, instead of ignoring it for forward compatibility.
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-Upload documentation PRs to Netlify.
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-Fix a background database update, introduced in Synapse 1.64.0, which could cause poor database performance.
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-Cleanup old worker datastore classes. Contributed by Nick @ Beeper (@fizzadar).
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-Bump peaceiris/actions-mdbook from 1.1.14 to 1.2.0.
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-Bump types-setuptools from 65.5.0.1 to 65.5.0.2.
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-Remove support for PostgreSQL 10.
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-Test against PostgreSQL 15 in CI.
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-Build Debian packages for Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu).
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-Remove support for PostgreSQL 10.
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-Bump dawidd6/action-download-artifact from 2.24.0 to 2.24.1.
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-Add an [Admin API](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/administration/admin_api/index.html) endpoint for user lookup based on third-party ID (3PID). Contributed by @ashfame.
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-Fix PostgreSQL sometimes using table scans for queries against the `event_search` table, taking a long time and a large amount of IO.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14410.misc b/changelog.d/14410.misc
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-Remove unreachable code.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14411.misc b/changelog.d/14411.misc
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-Clean-up event persistence code.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14414.doc b/changelog.d/14414.doc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Edit sample Nginx reverse proxy configuration to use HTTP/1.1. Contributed by Brad Jones.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14417.misc b/changelog.d/14417.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update docstring to clarify that `get_partial_state_events_batch` does not just give you completely arbitrary partial-state events.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/14424.misc b/changelog.d/14424.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump dawidd6/action-download-artifact from 2.24.1 to 2.24.2.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14425.misc b/changelog.d/14425.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump actions/upload-artifact from 2 to 3.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14426.misc b/changelog.d/14426.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump blake2 from 0.10.4 to 0.10.5.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14427.misc b/changelog.d/14427.misc
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump attrs from 21.4.0 to 22.1.0.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14428.misc b/changelog.d/14428.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump types-pyyaml from 6.0.12.1 to 6.0.12.2.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14429.misc b/changelog.d/14429.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump gitpython from 3.1.27 to 3.1.29.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14430.misc b/changelog.d/14430.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/14430.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump types-jsonschema from 4.17.0.0 to 4.17.0.1.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14431.misc b/changelog.d/14431.misc
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index 15b6d4f2eee726e032b17643dfb41f25c2ca69a6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/14431.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump flake8 from 4.0.1 to 5.0.4.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14433.misc b/changelog.d/14433.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/14433.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix mypy errors introduced by bumping the locked version of `attrs` and `gitpython`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14434.misc b/changelog.d/14434.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/14434.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Make Dependabot only bump Rust deps in the lock file.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14436.misc b/changelog.d/14436.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/14436.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump types-setuptools from 65.5.0.2 to 65.5.0.3.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14437.misc b/changelog.d/14437.misc
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump types-pyopenssl from 22.0.10 to 22.1.0.2.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14438.misc b/changelog.d/14438.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/14438.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump flake8-comprehensions from 3.8.0 to 3.10.1.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14439.misc b/changelog.d/14439.misc
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump jsonschema from 4.16.0 to 4.17.0.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14440.misc b/changelog.d/14440.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/14440.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump canonicaljson from 1.6.3 to 1.6.4.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14442.feature b/changelog.d/14442.feature
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--- a/changelog.d/14442.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Faster joins: include heroes' membership events in the partial join response, for rooms without a name or canonical alias.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14448.bugfix b/changelog.d/14448.bugfix
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix rendering of some HTML templates (including emails). Introduced in v1.71.0.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14451.misc b/changelog.d/14451.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix an incorrect stub return type for `PushRuleEvaluator.run`.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/14453.bugfix b/changelog.d/14453.bugfix
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.70.0 where the background updates to add non-thread unique indexes on receipts could fail when upgrading from 1.67.0 or earlier.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14455.misc b/changelog.d/14455.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/14455.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add TLS support for generic worker endpoints.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14461.misc b/changelog.d/14461.misc
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index cdfa577a4c37ad56aea87c40249c3081688d9dac..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/14461.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve performance of `/context` in large rooms.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 74ae2870bb30947a092043b33c318b1f0236ed0f..57d7b180789207c876a0c8229df3a980aee28e8d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.72.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New Synapse release 1.72.0rc1.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Wed, 16 Nov 2022 15:10:59 +0000
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.71.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New Synapse release 1.71.0.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e07a208e67b66db69628e4504f97f4553591255b..7695ebc252c43d830d9b48ca640758d6cd4997cd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ manifest-path = "rust/Cargo.toml"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "matrix-synapse"
-version = "1.71.0"
+version = "1.72.0rc1"
 description = "Homeserver for the Matrix decentralised comms protocol"
 authors = ["Matrix.org Team and Contributors <packages@matrix.org>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"