1.79.0rc1

63 files changed, 102 insertions, 61 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,98 @@
+Synapse 1.79.0rc1 (2023-03-07)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Add two new Third Party Rules module API callbacks: [`on_add_user_third_party_identifier`](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.79/modules/third_party_rules_callbacks.html#on_add_user_third_party_identifier) and [`on_remove_user_third_party_identifier`](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.79/modules/third_party_rules_callbacks.html#on_remove_user_third_party_identifier). ([\#15044](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15044))
+- Experimental support for MSC3967 to not require UIA for setting up cross-signing on first use. ([\#15077](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15077))
+- Add media information to the command line [user data export tool](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.79/usage/administration/admin_faq.html#how-can-i-export-user-data). ([\#15107](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15107))
+- Add an [admin API](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/administration/admin_api/index.html) to delete a [specific event report](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.6/client-server-api/#reporting-content). ([\#15116](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15116))
+- Add support for knocking to workers. ([\#15133](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15133))
+- Allow use of the `/filter` Client-Server APIs on workers. ([\#15134](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15134))
+- Remove support for server-side aggregation of reactions. ([\#15172](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15172))
+- Stabilise support for [MSC3758](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3758): `event_property_is` push condition. ([\#15185](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15185))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.75 that caused experimental support for deleting account data to raise an internal server error while using an account data writer worker. ([\#14869](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14869))
+- Fix a long-standing bug where Synapse handled an unspecced field on push rules. ([\#15088](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15088))
+- Fix a long-standing bug where a URL preview would break if the discovered oEmbed failed to download. ([\#15092](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15092))
+- Remove the unspecced `room_alias` field from the [`/createRoom`](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.6/client-server-api/#post_matrixclientv3createroom) response. ([\#15093](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15093))
+- Fix a long-standing bug where an initial sync would not respond to changes to the list of ignored users if there was an initial sync cached. ([\#15163](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15163))
+- Add the `transaction_id` in the events included in many endpoints' responses. ([\#15174](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15174))
+- Fix `test_icu_word_boundary_punctuation` for Alpine acos installed ICU versions. ([\#15177](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15177))
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.78.0 where requests to claim dehydrated devices would fail with a `405` error. ([\#15180](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15180))
+- Stop applying edits when bundling aggregations, per [MSC3925](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3925). ([\#15193](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15193))
+- Fix a long-standing bug where the user directory search was not case-insensitive for accented characters. ([\#15143](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15143))
+
+
+Updates to the Docker image
+---------------------------
+
+- Improve startup logging in the with-workers Docker image. ([\#15186](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15186))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Document how to use caches in a module. ([\#14026](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14026))
+- Clarify which worker processes the ThirdPartyRules' [`on_new_event`](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.78/modules/third_party_rules_callbacks.html#on_new_event) module API callback runs on. ([\#15071](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15071))
+- Document using [Shibboleth](https://www.shibboleth.net/) as an OpenID Provider. ([\#15112](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15112))
+- Correct reference to `federation_verify_certificates` in configuration documentation. ([\#15139](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15139))
+- Correct small documentation errors in some `MatrixFederationHttpClient` methods. ([\#15148](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15148))
+- Correct the description of the behavior of `registration_shared_secret_path` on startup. ([\#15168](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15168))
+
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- Remove the undocumented and unspecced `type` parameter to the `/thumbnail` endpoint. ([\#15137](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15137))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Run the integration test suites with the asyncio reactor enabled in CI. ([\#14101](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14101))
+- Batch up storing state groups when creating a new room. ([\#14918](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14918))
+- Update [MSC3952](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3952) support based on changes to the MSC. ([\#15051](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15051))
+- Refactor writing json data in `FileExfiltrationWriter`. ([\#15095](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15095))
+- Tighten the login ratelimit defaults. ([\#15135](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15135))
+- Fix a typo in an experimental config setting. ([\#15138](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15138))
+- Refactor the media modules. ([\#15146](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15146), [\#15175](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15175))
+- Improve type hints. ([\#15164](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15164))
+- Move `get_event_report` and `get_event_reports_paginate` from `RoomStore` to `RoomWorkerStore`. ([\#15165](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15165))
+- Remove dangling reference to being a reference implementation in docstring. ([\#15167](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15167))
+- Add an option to force a rebuild of the "editable" complement image. ([\#15184](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15184))
+- Use nightly rustfmt in CI. ([\#15188](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15188))
+- Add a `get_next_txn` method to `StreamIdGenerator` to match `MultiWriterIdGenerator`. ([\#15191](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15191))
+- Combine `AbstractStreamIdTracker` and `AbstractStreamIdGenerator`. ([\#15192](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15192))
+- Automatically fix errors with `ruff`. ([\#15194](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15194))
+- Remove the unspecced `PUT` on the `/knock/{roomIdOrAlias}` endpoint. ([\#15189](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15189))
+- Remove unspecced and buggy `PUT` method on the unstable `/rooms/<room_id>/batch_send` endpoint. ([\#15199](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15199))
+- Refactor database transaction for query users' devices to reduce database pool contention. ([\#15215](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15215))
+- Correct `test_icu_word_boundary_punctuation` so that it passes with the ICU versions available in Alpine and macOS. ([\#15177](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15177))
+- <details><summary>Locked dependency updates</summary>
+    - Bump actions/checkout from 2 to 3. ([\#15155](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15155))
+    - Bump black from 22.12.0 to 23.1.0. ([\#15103](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15103))
+    - Bump dawidd6/action-download-artifact from 2.25.0 to 2.26.0. ([\#15152](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15152))
+    - Bump docker/login-action from 1 to 2. ([\#15154](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15154))
+    - Bump matrix-org/backend-meta from 1 to 2. ([\#15156](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15156))
+    - Bump ruff from 0.0.237 to 0.0.252. ([\#15159](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15159))
+    - Bump serde_json from 1.0.93 to 1.0.94. ([\#15214](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15214))
+    - Bump types-commonmark from 0.9.2.1 to 0.9.2.2. ([\#15209](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15209))
+    - Bump types-opentracing from 2.4.10.1 to 2.4.10.3. ([\#15158](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15158))
+    - Bump types-pillow from 9.4.0.13 to 9.4.0.17. ([\#15211](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15211))
+    - Bump types-psycopg2 from 2.9.21.4 to 2.9.21.8. ([\#15210](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15210))
+    - Bump types-pyopenssl from 22.1.0.2 to 23.0.0.4. ([\#15213](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15213))
+    - Bump types-setuptools from 67.3.0.1 to 67.4.0.3. ([\#15160](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15160))
+    - Bump types-setuptools from 67.4.0.3 to 67.5.0.0. ([\#15212](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15212))
+    - Bump typing-extensions from 4.4.0 to 4.5.0. ([\#15157](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15157))
+</details>
+
+
 Synapse 1.78.0 (2023-02-28)
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/14026.doc b/changelog.d/14026.doc
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-Document how to use caches in a module.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14101.misc b/changelog.d/14101.misc
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-Run the integration test suites with the asyncio reactor enabled in CI.
diff --git a/changelog.d/14869.bugfix b/changelog.d/14869.bugfix
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--- a/changelog.d/14869.bugfix
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-Fix a bug introduced in v1.75.0rc1 that caused experimental support for deleting account data to raise an internal server error while using an account data writer worker.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/14918.misc b/changelog.d/14918.misc
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-Batch up storing state groups when creating a new room.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/15044.feature b/changelog.d/15044.feature
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+++ /dev/null
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-Add two new Third Party Rules module API callbacks: [`on_add_user_third_party_identifier`](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.79/modules/third_party_rules_callbacks.html#on_add_user_third_party_identifier) and [`on_remove_user_third_party_identifier`](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.79/modules/third_party_rules_callbacks.html#on_remove_user_third_party_identifier).
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diff --git a/changelog.d/15051.misc b/changelog.d/15051.misc
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update [MSC3952](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3952) support based on changes to the MSC.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15071.doc b/changelog.d/15071.doc
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--- a/changelog.d/15071.doc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Clarify which worker processes the ThirdPartyRules' [`on_new_event`](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.78/modules/third_party_rules_callbacks.html#on_new_event) module API callback runs on.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/15077.feature b/changelog.d/15077.feature
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-Experimental support for MSC3967 to not require UIA for setting up cross-signing on first use.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15088.bugfix b/changelog.d/15088.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/changelog.d/15088.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a long-standing bug where Synapse handled an unspecced field on push rules.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15092.bugfix b/changelog.d/15092.bugfix
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-Fix a long-standing bug where a URL preview would break if the discovered oEmbed failed to download.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15093.bugfix b/changelog.d/15093.bugfix
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove the unspecced `room_alias` field from the [`/createRoom`](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.6/client-server-api/#post_matrixclientv3createroom) response.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15095.misc b/changelog.d/15095.misc
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-Refactor writing json data in `FileExfiltrationWriter`.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/15103.misc b/changelog.d/15103.misc
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-Bump black from 22.12.0 to 23.1.0.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15107.feature b/changelog.d/15107.feature
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-Add media information to the command line [user data export tool](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.79/usage/administration/admin_faq.html#how-can-i-export-user-data).
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diff --git a/changelog.d/15112.doc b/changelog.d/15112.doc
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-Document using [Shibboleth](https://www.shibboleth.net/) as an OpenID Provider.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15116.feature b/changelog.d/15116.feature
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add an [admin API](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/administration/admin_api/index.html) to delete a [specific event report](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.6/client-server-api/#reporting-content).
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diff --git a/changelog.d/15133.feature b/changelog.d/15133.feature
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-Add support for knocking to workers.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/15134.feature b/changelog.d/15134.feature
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-Allow use of the `/filter` Client-Server APIs on workers.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/15135.misc b/changelog.d/15135.misc
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-Tighten the login ratelimit defaults.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15137.removal b/changelog.d/15137.removal
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-Remove the undocumented and unspecced `type` parameter to the `/thumbnail` endpoint.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15138.misc b/changelog.d/15138.misc
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-Fix a typo in an experimental config setting.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15139.doc b/changelog.d/15139.doc
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-Correct reference to `federation_verify_certificates` in configuration documentation.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15143.misc b/changelog.d/15143.misc
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-Fix a long-standing bug where the user directory search was not case-insensitive for accented characters.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15146.misc b/changelog.d/15146.misc
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-Refactor the media modules.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15148.doc b/changelog.d/15148.doc
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-Correct small documentation errors in some `MatrixFederationHttpClient` methods.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/15152.misc b/changelog.d/15152.misc
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-Bump dawidd6/action-download-artifact from 2.25.0 to 2.26.0.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15154.misc b/changelog.d/15154.misc
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-Bump docker/login-action from 1 to 2.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15155.misc b/changelog.d/15155.misc
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-Bump actions/checkout from 2 to 3.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15156.misc b/changelog.d/15156.misc
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-Bump matrix-org/backend-meta from 1 to 2.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15157.misc b/changelog.d/15157.misc
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-Bump typing-extensions from 4.4.0 to 4.5.0.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15158.misc b/changelog.d/15158.misc
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-Bump types-opentracing from 2.4.10.1 to 2.4.10.3.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15159.misc b/changelog.d/15159.misc
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-Bump ruff from 0.0.237 to 0.0.252.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15160.misc b/changelog.d/15160.misc
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-Bump types-setuptools from 67.3.0.1 to 67.4.0.3.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15163.bugfix b/changelog.d/15163.bugfix
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-Fix a long-standing bug where an initial sync would not respond to changes to the list of ignored users if there was an initial sync cached.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/15164.misc b/changelog.d/15164.misc
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-Improve type hints.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15165.misc b/changelog.d/15165.misc
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-Move `get_event_report` and `get_event_reports_paginate` from `RoomStore` to `RoomWorkerStore`.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/15167.misc b/changelog.d/15167.misc
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-Remove dangling reference to being a reference implementation in docstring.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15168.doc b/changelog.d/15168.doc
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-Correct the description of the behavior of `registration_shared_secret_path` on startup.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15172.feature b/changelog.d/15172.feature
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-Remove support for server-side aggregation of reactions.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15174.bugfix b/changelog.d/15174.bugfix
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-Add the `transaction_id` in the events included in many endpoints responses.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15175.misc b/changelog.d/15175.misc
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-Refactor the media modules.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15177.bugfix b/changelog.d/15177.bugfix
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-Fix test_icu_word_boundary_punctuation for alpine / macos installed ICU versions.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15180.bugfix b/changelog.d/15180.bugfix
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-Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.78.0 where requests to claim dehydrated devices would fail with a `405` error.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15184.misc b/changelog.d/15184.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/15184.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add an option to force a rebuild of the "editable" complement image.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15185.feature b/changelog.d/15185.feature
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index 901900bdec..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/15185.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Stabilise support for [MSC3758](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3758): `event_property_is` push condition.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15186.docker b/changelog.d/15186.docker
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--- a/changelog.d/15186.docker
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve startup logging in the with-workers Docker image.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15188.misc b/changelog.d/15188.misc
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index e4e9472f01..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/15188.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Use nightly rustfmt in CI.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15189.misc b/changelog.d/15189.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/15189.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove the unspecced `PUT` on the `/knock/{roomIdOrAlias}` endpoint.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15191.misc b/changelog.d/15191.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/15191.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add a `get_next_txn` method to `StreamIdGenerator` to match `MultiWriterIdGenerator`.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/15192.misc b/changelog.d/15192.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/15192.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Combine `AbstractStreamIdTracker` and `AbstractStreamIdGenerator`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15193.bugfix b/changelog.d/15193.bugfix
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index ca781e9631..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/15193.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Stop applying edits when bundling aggregations, per [MSC3925](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3925).
diff --git a/changelog.d/15194.misc b/changelog.d/15194.misc
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index 931bf5448a..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/15194.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Automatically fix errors with `ruff`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15199.misc b/changelog.d/15199.misc
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index 145b03fe16..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/15199.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove unspecced and buggy `PUT` method on the unstable `/rooms/<room_id>/batch_send` endpoint.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15209.misc b/changelog.d/15209.misc
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index cb361353a8..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/15209.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump types-commonmark from 0.9.2.1 to 0.9.2.2.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15210.misc b/changelog.d/15210.misc
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index e1f64b6d63..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/15210.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump types-psycopg2 from 2.9.21.4 to 2.9.21.8.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15211.misc b/changelog.d/15211.misc
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index be7dfd8132..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/15211.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump types-pillow from 9.4.0.13 to 9.4.0.17.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15212.misc b/changelog.d/15212.misc
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index 36c593f67d..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/15212.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump types-setuptools from 67.4.0.3 to 67.5.0.0.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15213.misc b/changelog.d/15213.misc
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index 370aead769..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/15213.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump types-pyopenssl from 22.1.0.2 to 23.0.0.4.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15214.misc b/changelog.d/15214.misc
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index 91a8cb9d72..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/15214.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Bump serde_json from 1.0.93 to 1.0.94.
diff --git a/changelog.d/15215.misc b/changelog.d/15215.misc
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index fe52a56a7e..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/15215.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Refactor database transaction for query users' devices to reduce database pool contention.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0f094308c1..871c695f07 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.79.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New Synapse release 1.79.0rc1.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:03:49 +0000
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.78.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New Synapse release 1.78.0.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 27785b6e13..90a1187416 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ manifest-path = "rust/Cargo.toml"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "matrix-synapse"
-version = "1.78.0"
+version = "1.79.0rc1"
 description = "Homeserver for the Matrix decentralised comms protocol"
 authors = ["Matrix.org Team and Contributors <packages@matrix.org>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"