diff --git a/synapse/config/logger.py b/synapse/config/logger.py
index cfc20dcccf..3f187adfc8 100644
--- a/synapse/config/logger.py
+++ b/synapse/config/logger.py
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ def setup_logging(config, use_worker_options=False):
if log_file:
# TODO: Customisable file size / backup count
handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(
- log_file, maxBytes=(1000 * 1000 * 100), backupCount=3
+ log_file, maxBytes=(1000 * 1000 * 100), backupCount=3,
+ encoding='utf8'
)
def sighup(signum, stack):
diff --git a/synapse/config/server.py b/synapse/config/server.py
index a41c48e69c..68a612e594 100644
--- a/synapse/config/server.py
+++ b/synapse/config/server.py
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
# "disable" federation
self.send_federation = config.get("send_federation", True)
+ # Whether to enable user presence.
+ self.use_presence = config.get("use_presence", True)
+
# Whether to update the user directory or not. This should be set to
# false only if we are updating the user directory in a worker
self.update_user_directory = config.get("update_user_directory", True)
@@ -250,6 +253,9 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
# hard limit.
soft_file_limit: 0
+ # Set to false to disable presence tracking on this homeserver.
+ use_presence: true
+
# The GC threshold parameters to pass to `gc.set_threshold`, if defined
# gc_thresholds: [700, 10, 10]
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