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-Synapse 0.33.0rc1 (2018-07-18)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Enforce the specified API for report_event (`#3316 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3316>`_)
-- Include CPU time from database threads in request/block metrics. (`#3496 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3496>`_)
-- Add CPU metrics for _fetch_event_list (`#3497 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3497>`_)
-- Reduce database consumption when processing large numbers of receipts (`#3505 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3505>`_)
-- Cache optimisation for /sync requests (`#3521 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3521>`_)
-- Optimisation to make handling incoming federation requests more efficient. (`#3541 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3541>`_)
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix queued federation requests being processed in the wrong order (`#3533 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3533>`_)
-- Ensure that erasure requests are correctly honoured for publicly accessible rooms when accessed over federation. (`#3546 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3546>`_)
-
-
-Misc
-----
-
-- `#3351 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3351>`_, `#3463 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3463>`_, `#3464 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3464>`_, `#3498 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3498>`_, `#3499 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3499>`_, `#3501 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3501>`_, `#3530 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3530>`_, `#3534 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3534>`_, `#3535 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3535>`_, `#3540 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3540>`_, `#3544 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3544>`_
-
-
 Synapse 0.32.2 (2018-07-07)
 ===========================
 
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+Enforce the specified API for report_event
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+Include CPU time from database threads in request/block metrics.
diff --git a/changelog.d/3497.feature b/changelog.d/3497.feature
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+Add CPU metrics for _fetch_event_list
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+Reduce database consumption when processing large numbers of receipts
diff --git a/changelog.d/3521.feature b/changelog.d/3521.feature
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+Cache optimisation for /sync requests
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+Fix queued federation requests being processed in the wrong order
diff --git a/changelog.d/3534.misc b/changelog.d/3534.misc
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+refactor: use parse_{string,integer} and assert's from http.servlet for deduplication
diff --git a/changelog.d/3535.misc b/changelog.d/3535.misc
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+check isort for each PR
diff --git a/changelog.d/3541.feature b/changelog.d/3541.feature
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+Optimisation to make handling incoming federation requests more efficient.
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+Ensure that erasure requests are correctly honoured for publicly accessible rooms when accessed over federation.
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