Merge tag 'v1.38.0' into babolivier/dinsic_1.41.0

Synapse 1.38.0 (2021-07-13)
===========================

This release includes a database schema update which could result in elevated disk usage. See the [upgrade notes](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/develop/upgrade#upgrading-to-v1380) for more information.

No significant changes since 1.38.0rc3.

Synapse 1.38.0rc3 (2021-07-13)
==============================

Internal Changes
----------------

- Build the Debian packages in CI. ([\#10247](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10247), [\#10379](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10379))

Synapse 1.38.0rc2 (2021-07-09)
==============================

Bugfixes
--------

- Fix bug where inbound federation in a room could be delayed due to not correctly dropping a lock. Introduced in v1.37.1. ([\#10336](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10336))

Improved Documentation
----------------------

- Update links to documentation in the sample config. Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#10287](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10287))
- Fix broken links in [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md). Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#10331](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10331))

Synapse 1.38.0rc1 (2021-07-06)
==============================

Features
--------

- Implement refresh tokens as specified by [MSC2918](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2918). ([\#9450](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9450))
- Add support for evicting cache entries based on last access time. ([\#10205](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10205))
- Omit empty fields from the `/sync` response. Contributed by @deepbluev7. ([\#10214](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10214))
- Improve validation on federation `send_{join,leave,knock}` endpoints. ([\#10225](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10225), [\#10243](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10243))
- Add SSO `external_ids` to the Query User Account admin API. ([\#10261](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10261))
- Mark events received over federation which fail a spam check as "soft-failed". ([\#10263](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10263))
- Add metrics for new inbound federation staging area. ([\#10284](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10284))
- Add script to print information about recently registered users. ([\#10290](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10290))

Bugfixes
--------

- Fix a long-standing bug which meant that invite rejections and knocks were not sent out over federation in a timely manner. ([\#10223](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10223))
- Fix a bug introduced in v1.26.0 where only users who have set profile information could be deactivated with erasure enabled. ([\#10252](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10252))
- Fix a long-standing bug where Synapse would return errors after 2<sup>31</sup> events were handled by the server. ([\#10264](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10264), [\#10267](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10267), [\#10282](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10282), [\#10286](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10286), [\#10291](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10291), [\#10314](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10314), [\#10326](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10326))
- Fix the prometheus `synapse_federation_server_pdu_process_time` metric. Broke in v1.37.1. ([\#10279](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10279))
- Ensure that inbound events from federation that were being processed when Synapse was restarted get promptly processed on start up. ([\#10303](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10303))

Improved Documentation
----------------------

- Move the upgrade notes to [docs/upgrade.md](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/docs/upgrade.md) and convert them to markdown. ([\#10166](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10166))
- Choose Welcome & Overview as the default page for synapse documentation website. ([\#10242](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10242))
- Adjust the URL in the README.rst file to point to irc.libera.chat. ([\#10258](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10258))
- Fix homeserver config option name in presence router documentation. ([\#10288](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10288))
- Fix link pointing at the wrong section in the modules documentation page. ([\#10302](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10302))

Internal Changes
----------------

- Drop `Origin` and `Accept` from the value of the `Access-Control-Allow-Headers` response header. ([\#10114](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10114))
- Add type hints to the federation servlets. ([\#10213](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10213))
- Improve the reliability of auto-joining remote rooms. ([\#10237](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10237))
- Update the release script to use the semver terminology and determine the release branch based on the next version. ([\#10239](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10239))
- Fix type hints for computing auth events. ([\#10253](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10253))
- Improve the performance of the spaces summary endpoint by only recursing into spaces (and not rooms in general). ([\#10256](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10256))
- Move event authentication methods from `Auth` to `EventAuthHandler`. ([\#10268](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10268))
- Re-enable a SyTest after it has been fixed. ([\#10292](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10292))

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 45 deletions

diff --git a/debian/synapse_port_db.1 b/debian/synapse_port_db.1

index 4e6bc04827..0e7e20001c 100644
--- a/debian/synapse_port_db.1
+++ b/debian/synapse_port_db.1
@@ -1,83 +1,56 @@
-.\" generated with Ronn/v0.7.3
-.\" http://github.com/rtomayko/ronn/tree/0.7.3
-.
-.TH "SYNAPSE_PORT_DB" "1" "February 2017" "" ""
-.
+.\" generated with Ronn-NG/v0.8.0
+.\" http://github.com/apjanke/ronn-ng/tree/0.8.0
+.TH "SYNAPSE_PORT_DB" "1" "July 2021" "" ""
 .SH "NAME"
 \fBsynapse_port_db\fR \- A script to port an existing synapse SQLite database to a new PostgreSQL database\.
-.
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 \fBsynapse_port_db\fR [\-v] \-\-sqlite\-database=\fIdbfile\fR \-\-postgres\-config=\fIyamlconfig\fR [\-\-curses] [\-\-batch\-size=\fIbatch\-size\fR]
-.
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 \fBsynapse_port_db\fR ports an existing synapse SQLite database to a new PostgreSQL database\.
-.
 .P
 SQLite database is specified with \fB\-\-sqlite\-database\fR option and PostgreSQL configuration required to connect to PostgreSQL database is provided using \fB\-\-postgres\-config\fR configuration\. The configuration is specified in YAML format\.
-.
 .SH "OPTIONS"
-.
 .TP
 \fB\-v\fR
 Print log messages in \fBdebug\fR level instead of \fBinfo\fR level\.
-.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-sqlite\-database\fR
 The snapshot of the SQLite database file\. This must not be currently used by a running synapse server\.
-.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-postgres\-config\fR
 The database config file for the PostgreSQL database\.
-.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-curses\fR
 Display a curses based progress UI\.
-.
 .SH "CONFIG FILE"
 The postgres configuration file must be a valid YAML file with the following options\.
-.
-.IP "\(bu" 4
+.IP "\[ci]" 4
 \fBdatabase\fR: Database configuration section\. This section header can be ignored and the options below may be specified as top level keys\.
-.
-.IP "\(bu" 4
+.IP "\[ci]" 4
 \fBname\fR: Connector to use when connecting to the database\. This value must be \fBpsycopg2\fR\.
-.
-.IP "\(bu" 4
+.IP "\[ci]" 4
 \fBargs\fR: DB API 2\.0 compatible arguments to send to the \fBpsycopg2\fR module\.
-.
-.IP "\(bu" 4
+.IP "\[ci]" 4
 \fBdbname\fR \- the database name
-.
-.IP "\(bu" 4
+.IP "\[ci]" 4
 \fBuser\fR \- user name used to authenticate
-.
-.IP "\(bu" 4
+.IP "\[ci]" 4
 \fBpassword\fR \- password used to authenticate
-.
-.IP "\(bu" 4
+.IP "\[ci]" 4
 \fBhost\fR \- database host address (defaults to UNIX socket if not provided)
-.
-.IP "\(bu" 4
+.IP "\[ci]" 4
 \fBport\fR \- connection port number (defaults to 5432 if not provided)
-.
 .IP "" 0
 
-.
-.IP "\(bu" 4
+.IP "\[ci]" 4
 \fBsynchronous_commit\fR: Optional\. Default is True\. If the value is \fBFalse\fR, enable asynchronous commit and don\'t wait for the server to call fsync before ending the transaction\. See: https://www\.postgresql\.org/docs/current/static/wal\-async\-commit\.html
-.
 .IP "" 0
 
-.
 .IP "" 0
-.
 .P
 Following example illustrates the configuration file format\.
-.
 .IP "" 4
-.
 .nf
-
 database:
   name: psycopg2
   args:
@@ -86,13 +59,9 @@ database:
     password: ORohmi9Eet=ohphi
     host: localhost
   synchronous_commit: false
-.
 .fi
-.
 .IP "" 0
-.
 .SH "COPYRIGHT"
-This man page was written by Sunil Mohan Adapa <\fIsunil@medhas\.org\fR> for Debian GNU/Linux distribution\.
-.
+This man page was written by Sunil Mohan Adapa <\fI\%mailto:sunil@medhas\.org\fR> for Debian GNU/Linux distribution\.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-synctl(1), hash_password(1), register_new_matrix_user(1)
+synctl(1), hash_password(1), register_new_matrix_user(1), synapse_review_recent_signups(1)