Merge commit 'de119063f' into anoa/dinsic_release_1_18_x

* commit 'de119063f': (31 commits)
  Convert room list handler to async/await. (#7912)
  Element CSS and logo in email templates (#7919)
  Lint the contrib/ directory in CI and linting scripts, add synctl to linting script (#7914)
  Remove unused code from synapse.logging.utils. (#7897)
  Fix a typo in the sample config. (#7890)
  Fix deprecation warning: import ABC from collections.abc (#7892)
  Change sample config's postgres user to synapse_user (#7889)
  Fix deprecation warning due to invalid escape sequences (#7895)
  Remove Ubuntu Eoan that is now EOL (#7888)
  Fix the trace function for async functions. (#7872)
  Add help for creating a user via docker (#7885)
  Switch to Debian:Slim from Alpine for the docker image (#7839)
  Stop using 'device_max_stream_id' (#7882)
  Fix TypeError in synapse.notifier (#7880)
  Add a default limit (of 100) to get/sync operations. (#7858)
  Change "unknown room ver" logging to warning. (#7881)
  Convert device handler to async/await (#7871)
  Convert synapse.app to async/await. (#7868)
  Convert _base, profile, and _receipts handlers to async/await (#7860)
  Add admin endpoint to get members in a room. (#7842)
  ...

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/config/server.py b/synapse/config/server.py

index 9f406e471e..35687f427e 100644
--- a/synapse/config/server.py
+++ b/synapse/config/server.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         # errors when attempting to search for messages.
         self.enable_search = config.get("enable_search", True)
 
-        self.filter_timeline_limit = config.get("filter_timeline_limit", -1)
+        self.filter_timeline_limit = config.get("filter_timeline_limit", 100)
 
         # Whether we should block invites sent to users on this server
         # (other than those sent by local server admins)
@@ -699,7 +699,9 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         #gc_thresholds: [700, 10, 10]
 
         # Set the limit on the returned events in the timeline in the get
-        # and sync operations. The default value is -1, means no upper limit.
+        # and sync operations. The default value is 100. -1 means no upper limit.
+        #
+        # Uncomment the following to increase the limit to 5000.
         #
         #filter_timeline_limit: 5000
 
@@ -743,7 +745,7 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         #       names: a list of names of HTTP resources. See below for a list of
         #           valid resource names.
         #
-        #       compress: set to true to enable HTTP comression for this resource.
+        #       compress: set to true to enable HTTP compression for this resource.
         #
         #   additional_resources: Only valid for an 'http' listener. A map of
         #        additional endpoints which should be loaded via dynamic modules.