- Faster joins: use stable identifiers from [MSC3706](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3706). ([\#14832](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14832), [\#14841](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14841))
- Add a parameter to control whether the federation client performs a partial state join. ([\#14843](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14843))
- Add check to avoid starting duplicate partial state syncs. ([\#14844](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14844))
- Bump regex from 1.7.0 to 1.7.1. ([\#14848](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14848))
- Add an early return when handling no-op presence updates. ([\#14855](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14855))
- Fix `wait_for_stream_position` to correctly wait for the right instance to advance its token. ([\#14856](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14856), [\#14872](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14872))
- Always notify replication when a stream advances automatically. ([\#14877](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14877))
- Reduce max time we wait for stream positions. ([\#14881](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14881))
- Faster joins: allow the resync process more time to fetch `/state` ids. ([\#14912](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14912))
- Bump regex from 1.7.0 to 1.7.1. ([\#14848](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14848))
- Bump peaceiris/actions-gh-pages from 3.9.1 to 3.9.2. ([\#14861](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14861))
- Bump ruff from 0.0.215 to 0.0.224. ([\#14862](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14862))
- Bump types-pillow from 9.4.0.0 to 9.4.0.3. ([\#14863](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14863))
- Always notify replication when a stream advances automatically. ([\#14877](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14877))
- Reduce max time we wait for stream positions. ([\#14881](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14881))
- Bump types-opentracing from 2.4.10 to 2.4.10.1. ([\#14896](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14896))
- Bump ruff from 0.0.224 to 0.0.230. ([\#14897](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14897))
- Bump types-requests from 2.28.11.7 to 2.28.11.8. ([\#14899](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14899))
- Bump types-psycopg2 from 2.9.21.2 to 2.9.21.4. ([\#14900](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14900))
- Bump types-commonmark from 0.9.2 to 0.9.2.1. ([\#14901](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14901))
- Faster joins: allow the resync process more time to fetch `/state` ids. ([\#14912](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14912))
