diff --git a/dev-docs/Makefile b/dev-docs/Makefile
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-# Minimal makefile for Sphinx documentation
-#
-
-# You can set these variables from the command line, and also
-# from the environment for the first two.
-SPHINXOPTS ?=
-SPHINXBUILD ?= sphinx-build
-SOURCEDIR = .
-BUILDDIR = _build
-
-# Put it first so that "make" without argument is like "make help".
-help:
- @$(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
-
-.PHONY: help Makefile
-
-# Catch-all target: route all unknown targets to Sphinx using the new
-# "make mode" option. $(O) is meant as a shortcut for $(SPHINXOPTS).
-%: Makefile
- @$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
diff --git a/dev-docs/conf.py b/dev-docs/conf.py
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-# Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
-#
-# For the full list of built-in configuration values, see the documentation:
-# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html
-
-# -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
-# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#project-information
-
-project = "Synapse development"
-copyright = "2023, The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C."
-author = "The Synapse Maintainers and Community"
-
-# -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
-# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration
-
-extensions = [
- "autodoc2",
- "myst_parser",
-]
-
-templates_path = ["_templates"]
-exclude_patterns = ["_build", "Thumbs.db", ".DS_Store"]
-
-
-# -- Options for Autodoc2 ----------------------------------------------------
-
-autodoc2_docstring_parser_regexes = [
- # this will render all docstrings as 'MyST' Markdown
- (r".*", "myst"),
-]
-
-autodoc2_packages = [
- {
- "path": "../synapse",
- # Don't render documentation for everything as a matter of course
- "auto_mode": False,
- },
-]
-
-
-# -- Options for MyST (Markdown) ---------------------------------------------
-
-# myst_heading_anchors = 2
-
-
-# -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------
-# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-html-output
-
-html_theme = "furo"
-html_static_path = ["_static"]
diff --git a/dev-docs/index.rst b/dev-docs/index.rst
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-.. Synapse Developer Documentation documentation master file, created by
- sphinx-quickstart on Mon Mar 13 08:59:51 2023.
- You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
- contain the root `toctree` directive.
-
-Welcome to the Synapse Developer Documentation!
-===========================================================
-
-.. toctree::
- :maxdepth: 2
- :caption: Contents:
-
- modules/federation_sender
-
-
-
-Indices and tables
-==================
-
-* :ref:`genindex`
-* :ref:`modindex`
-* :ref:`search`
diff --git a/dev-docs/modules/federation_sender.md b/dev-docs/modules/federation_sender.md
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-Federation Sender
-=================
-
-```{autodoc2-docstring} synapse.federation.sender
-```
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