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@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ The following fields are returned in the JSON response body: - `next_token`: string representing a positive integer - Indication for pagination. See above. - `total` - integer - Total number of destinations. -# Destination Details API +## Destination Details API This API gets the retry timing info for a specific remote server. @@ -108,7 +108,105 @@ A response body like the following is returned: } ``` +**Parameters** + +The following parameters should be set in the URL: + +- `destination` - Name of the remote server. + **Response** The response fields are the same like in the `destinations` array in [List of destinations](#list-of-destinations) response. + +## Destination rooms + +This API gets the rooms that federate with a specific remote server. + +The API is: + +``` +GET /_synapse/admin/v1/federation/destinations/<destination>/rooms +``` + +A response body like the following is returned: + +```json +{ + "rooms":[ + { + "room_id": "!OGEhHVWSdvArJzumhm:matrix.org", + "stream_ordering": 8326 + }, + { + "room_id": "!xYvNcQPhnkrdUmYczI:matrix.org", + "stream_ordering": 93534 + } + ], + "total": 2 +} +``` + +To paginate, check for `next_token` and if present, call the endpoint again +with `from` set to the value of `next_token`. This will return a new page. + +If the endpoint does not return a `next_token` then there are no more destinations +to paginate through. + +**Parameters** + +The following parameters should be set in the URL: + +- `destination` - Name of the remote server. + +The following query parameters are available: + +- `from` - Offset in the returned list. Defaults to `0`. +- `limit` - Maximum amount of destinations to return. Defaults to `100`. +- `dir` - Direction of room order by `room_id`. Either `f` for forwards or `b` for + backwards. Defaults to `f`. + +**Response** + +The following fields are returned in the JSON response body: + +- `rooms` - An array of objects, each containing information about a room. + Room objects contain the following fields: + - `room_id` - string - The ID of the room. + - `stream_ordering` - integer - The stream ordering of the most recent + successfully-sent [PDU](understanding_synapse_through_grafana_graphs.md#federation) + to this destination in this room. +- `next_token`: string representing a positive integer - Indication for pagination. See above. +- `total` - integer - Total number of destinations. + +## Reset connection timeout + +Synapse makes federation requests to other homeservers. If a federation request fails, +Synapse will mark the destination homeserver as offline, preventing any future requests +to that server for a "cooldown" period. This period grows over time if the server +continues to fail its responses +([exponential backoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_backoff)). + +Admins can cancel the cooldown period with this API. + +This API resets the retry timing for a specific remote server and tries to connect to +the remote server again. It does not wait for the next `retry_interval`. +The connection must have previously run into an error and `retry_last_ts` +([Destination Details API](#destination-details-api)) must not be equal to `0`. + +The connection attempt is carried out in the background and can take a while +even if the API already returns the http status 200. + +The API is: + +``` +POST /_synapse/admin/v1/federation/destinations/<destination>/reset_connection + +{} +``` + +**Parameters** + +The following parameters should be set in the URL: + +- `destination` - Name of the remote server.