Synapse 1.40.0 (2021-08-10) =========================== No significant changes. Synapse 1.40.0rc3 (2021-08-09) ============================== Features -------- - Support [MSC3289: room version 8](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3289). ([\#10449](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10449)) Bugfixes -------- - Mark the experimental room version from [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) as unstable. ([\#10449](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10449)) Improved Documentation ---------------------- - Fix broken links in `upgrade.md`. Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#10543](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10543)) Synapse 1.40.0rc2 (2021-08-04) ============================== Bugfixes -------- - Fix the `PeriodicallyFlushingMemoryHandler` inhibiting application shutdown because of its background thread. ([\#10517](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10517)) - Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.40.0rc1 that could cause Synapse to respond with an error when clients would update read receipts. ([\#10531](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10531)) Internal Changes ---------------- - Fix release script to open the correct URL for the release. ([\#10516](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10516)) Synapse 1.40.0rc1 (2021-08-03) ============================== Features -------- - Add support for [MSC2033](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2033): `device_id` on `/account/whoami`. ([\#9918](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9918)) - Update support for [MSC2716 - Incrementally importing history into existing rooms](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716). ([\#10245](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10245), [\#10432](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10432), [\#10463](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10463)) - Update support for [MSC3083](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3083) to consider changes in the MSC around which servers can issue join events. ([\#10254](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10254), [\#10447](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10447), [\#10489](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10489)) - Initial support for [MSC3244](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3244), Room version capabilities over the /capabilities API. ([\#10283](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10283)) - Add a buffered logging handler which periodically flushes itself. ([\#10407](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10407), [\#10515](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10515)) - Add support for https connections to a proxy server. Contributed by @Bubu and @dklimpel. ([\#10411](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10411)) - Support for [MSC2285 (hidden read receipts)](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2285). Contributed by @SimonBrandner. ([\#10413](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10413)) - Email notifications now state whether an invitation is to a room or a space. ([\#10426](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10426)) - Allow setting transaction limit for database connections. ([\#10440](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10440), [\#10511](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10511)) - Add `creation_ts` to "list users" admin API. ([\#10448](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10448)) Bugfixes -------- - Improve character set detection in URL previews by supporting underscores (in addition to hyphens). Contributed by @srividyut. ([\#10410](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10410)) - Fix events being incorrectly rejected over federation if they reference auth events that the server needed to fetch. ([\#10439](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10439)) - Fix `synapse_federation_server_oldest_inbound_pdu_in_staging` Prometheus metric to not report a max age of 51 years when the queue is empty. ([\#10455](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10455)) - Fix a bug which caused an explicit assignment of power-level 0 to a user to be misinterpreted in rare circumstances. ([\#10499](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10499)) Improved Documentation ---------------------- - Fix hierarchy of providers on the OpenID page. ([\#10445](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10445)) - Consolidate development documentation to `docs/development/`. ([\#10453](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10453)) - Add some developer docs to explain room DAG concepts like `outliers`, `state_groups`, `depth`, etc. ([\#10464](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10464)) - Document how to use Complement while developing a new Synapse feature. ([\#10483](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10483)) Internal Changes ---------------- - Prune inbound federation queues for a room if they get too large. ([\#10390](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10390)) - Add type hints to `synapse.federation.transport.client` module. ([\#10408](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10408)) - Remove shebang line from module files. ([\#10415](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10415)) - Drop backwards-compatibility code that was required to support Ubuntu Xenial. ([\#10429](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10429)) - Use a docker image cache for the prerequisites for the debian package build. ([\#10431](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10431)) - Improve servlet type hints. ([\#10437](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10437), [\#10438](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10438)) - Replace usage of `or_ignore` in `simple_insert` with `simple_upsert` usage, to stop spamming postgres logs with spurious ERROR messages. ([\#10442](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10442)) - Update the `tests-done` Github Actions status. ([\#10444](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10444), [\#10512](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10512)) - Update type annotations to work with forthcoming Twisted 21.7.0 release. ([\#10446](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10446), [\#10450](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10450)) - Cancel redundant GHA workflows when a new commit is pushed. ([\#10451](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10451)) - Mitigate media repo XSS attacks on IE11 via the non-standard X-Content-Security-Policy header. ([\#10468](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10468)) - Additional type hints in the state handler. ([\#10482](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10482)) - Update syntax used to run complement tests. ([\#10488](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10488)) - Fix up type annotations to work with Twisted 21.7. ([\#10490](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10490)) - Improve type annotations for `ObservableDeferred`. ([\#10491](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10491)) - Extend release script to also tag and create GitHub releases. ([\#10496](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10496)) - Fix a bug which caused production debian packages to be incorrectly marked as 'prerelease'. ([\#10500](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10500))