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authorOlivier Wilkinson (reivilibre) <oliverw@matrix.org>2022-12-14 13:24:38 +0000
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Merge tag 'v1.74.0rc1' into rei/uvloop github/rei/uvloop rei/uvloop
Synapse 1.74.0rc1 (2022-12-13)
==============================

Features
--------

- Improve user search for international display names. ([\#14464](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14464))
- Stop using deprecated `keyIds` parameter when calling `/_matrix/key/v2/server`. ([\#14490](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14490), [\#14525](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14525))
- Add new `push.enabled` config option to allow opting out of push notification calculation. ([\#14551](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14551), [\#14619](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14619))
- Advertise support for Matrix 1.5 on `/_matrix/client/versions`. ([\#14576](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14576))
- Improve opentracing and logging for to-device message handling. ([\#14598](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14598))
- Allow selecting "prejoin" events by state keys in addition to event types. ([\#14642](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14642))

Bugfixes
--------

- Fix a long-standing bug where a device list update might not be sent to clients in certain circumstances. ([\#14435](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14435), [\#14592](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14592), [\#14604](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14604))
- Suppress a spurious warning when `POST /rooms/<room_id>/<membership>/`, `POST /join/<room_id_or_alias`, or the unspecced `PUT /join/<room_id_or_alias>/<txn_id>` receive an empty HTTP request body. ([\#14600](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14600))
- Return spec-compliant JSON errors when unknown endpoints are requested. ([\#14620](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14620), [\#14621](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14621))
- Update html templates to load images over HTTPS. Contributed by @ashfame. ([\#14625](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14625))
- Fix a long-standing bug where the user directory would return 1 more row than requested. ([\#14631](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14631))
- Reject invalid read receipt requests with empty room or event IDs. Contributed by Nick @ Beeper (@fizzadar). ([\#14632](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14632))
- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.67.0 where not specifying a config file or a server URL would lead to the `register_new_matrix_user` script failing. ([\#14637](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14637))
- Fix a long-standing bug where the user directory and room/user stats might be out of sync. ([\#14639](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14639), [\#14643](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14643))
- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.72.0 where the background updates to add non-thread unique indexes on receipts would fail if they were previously interrupted. ([\#14650](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14650))
- Improve validation of field size limits in events. ([\#14664](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14664))
- Fix bugs introduced in Synapse 1.55.0 and 1.69.0 where application services would not be notified of events in the correct rooms, due to stale caches. ([\#14670](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14670))

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

- Update worker settings for `pusher` and `federation_sender` functionality. ([\#14493](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14493))
- Add links to third party package repositories, and point to the bug which highlights Ubuntu's out-of-date packages. ([\#14517](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14517))
- Remove old, incorrect minimum postgres version note and replace with a link to the [Dependency Deprecation Policy](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.73/deprecation_policy.html). ([\#14590](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14590))
- Add Single-Sign On setup instructions for Mastodon-based instances. ([\#14594](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14594))
- Change `turn_allow_guests` example value to lowercase `true`. ([\#14634](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14634))

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

- Optimise push badge count calculations. Contributed by Nick @ Beeper (@fizzadar). ([\#14255](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14255))
- Faster remote room joins: stream the un-partial-stating of rooms over replication. ([\#14473](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14473), [\#14474](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14474))
- Share the `ClientRestResource` for both workers and the main process. ([\#14528](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14528))
- Add `--editable` flag to `complement.sh` which uses an editable install of Synapse for faster turn-around times whilst developing iteratively. ([\#14548](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14548))
- Faster joins: use servers list approximation to send read receipts when in partial state instead of waiting for the full state of the room. ([\#14549](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14549))
- Modernize unit tests configuration related to workers. ([\#14568](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14568))
- Bump jsonschema from 4.17.0 to 4.17.3. ([\#14591](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14591))
- Fix Rust lint CI. ([\#14602](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14602))
- Bump JasonEtco/create-an-issue from 2.5.0 to 2.8.1. ([\#14607](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14607))
- Alter some unit test environment parameters to decrease time spent running tests. ([\#14610](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14610))
- Switch to Go recommended installation method for `gotestfmt` template in CI. ([\#14611](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14611))
- Bump phonenumbers from 8.13.0 to 8.13.1. ([\#14612](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14612))
- Bump types-setuptools from 65.5.0.3 to 65.6.0.1. ([\#14613](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14613))
- Bump twine from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2. ([\#14614](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14614))
- Bump types-requests from 2.28.11.2 to 2.28.11.5. ([\#14615](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14615))
- Bump cryptography from 38.0.3 to 38.0.4. ([\#14616](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14616))
- Remove useless cargo install with apt from Dockerfile. ([\#14636](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14636))
- Bump certifi from 2021.10.8 to 2022.12.7. ([\#14645](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14645))
- Bump flake8-bugbear from 22.10.27 to 22.12.6. ([\#14656](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14656))
- Bump packaging from 21.3 to 22.0. ([\#14657](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14657))
- Bump types-pillow from 9.3.0.1 to 9.3.0.4. ([\#14658](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14658))
- Bump serde from 1.0.148 to 1.0.150. ([\#14659](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14659))
- Bump phonenumbers from 8.13.1 to 8.13.2. ([\#14660](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14660))
- Bump authlib from 1.1.0 to 1.2.0. ([\#14661](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14661))
- Move `StateFilter` to `synapse.types`. ([\#14668](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14668))
- Improve type hints. ([\#14597](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14597), [\#14646](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14646), [\#14671](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14671))
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@@ -88,6 +88,82 @@ process, for example: dpkg -i matrix-synapse-py3_1.3.0+stretch1_amd64.deb ``` +# Upgrading to v1.73.0 + +## Legacy Prometheus metric names have now been removed + +Synapse v1.69.0 included the deprecation of legacy Prometheus metric names +and offered an option to disable them. +Synapse v1.71.0 disabled legacy Prometheus metric names by default. + +This version, v1.73.0, removes those legacy Prometheus metric names entirely. +This also means that the `enable_legacy_metrics` configuration option has been +removed; it will no longer be possible to re-enable the legacy metric names. + +If you use metrics and have not yet updated your Grafana dashboard(s), +Prometheus console(s) or alerting rule(s), please consider doing so when upgrading +to this version. +Note that the included Grafana dashboard was updated in v1.72.0 to correct some +metric names which were missed when legacy metrics were disabled by default. + +See [v1.69.0: Deprecation of legacy Prometheus metric names](#deprecation-of-legacy-prometheus-metric-names) +for more context. + + +# Upgrading to v1.72.0 + +## Dropping support for PostgreSQL 10 + +In line with our [deprecation policy](deprecation_policy.md), we've dropped +support for PostgreSQL 10, as it is no longer supported upstream. + +This release of Synapse requires PostgreSQL 11+. + + +# Upgrading to v1.71.0 + +## Removal of the `generate_short_term_login_token` module API method + +As announced with the release of [Synapse 1.69.0](#deprecation-of-the-generate_short_term_login_token-module-api-method), the deprecated `generate_short_term_login_token` module method has been removed. + +Modules relying on it can instead use the `create_login_token` method. + + +## Changes to the events received by application services (interest) + +To align with spec (changed in +[MSC3905](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3905)), Synapse now +only considers local users to be interesting. In other words, the `users` namespace +regex is only be applied against local users of the homeserver. + +Please note, this probably doesn't affect the expected behavior of your application +service, since an interesting local user in a room still means all messages in the room +(from local or remote users) will still be considered interesting. And matching a room +with the `rooms` or `aliases` namespace regex will still consider all events sent in the +room to be interesting to the application service. + +If one of your application service's `users` regex was intending to match a remote user, +this will no longer match as you expect. The behavioral mismatch between matching all +local users and some remote users is why the spec was changed/clarified and this +caveat is no longer supported. + + +## Legacy Prometheus metric names are now disabled by default + +Synapse v1.71.0 disables legacy Prometheus metric names by default. +For administrators that still rely on them and have not yet had chance to update their +uses of the metrics, it's still possible to specify `enable_legacy_metrics: true` in +the configuration to re-enable them temporarily. + +Synapse v1.73.0 will **remove legacy metric names altogether** and at that point, +it will no longer be possible to re-enable them. + +If you do not use metrics or you have already updated your Grafana dashboard(s), +Prometheus console(s) and alerting rule(s), there is no action needed. + +See [v1.69.0: Deprecation of legacy Prometheus metric names](#deprecation-of-legacy-prometheus-metric-names). + + # Upgrading to v1.69.0 ## Changes to the receipts replication streams