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+Synapse 1.50.0rc1 (2022-01-05)
+==============================
+
+Please note that we now only support Python 3.7+ and PostgreSQL 10+ (if applicable), because Python 3.6 and PostgreSQL 9.6 have reached end-of-life.
+
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Allow guests to send state events per [MSC3419](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3419). ([\#11378](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11378))
+- Add experimental support for part of [MSC3202](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3202): allowing application services to masquerade as specific devices. ([\#11538](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11538))
+- Add admin API to get users' account data. ([\#11664](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11664))
+- Include the room topic in the stripped state included with invites and knocking. ([\#11666](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11666))
+- Send and handle cross-signing messages using the stable prefix. ([\#10520](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10520))
+- Support unprefixed versions of fallback key property names. ([\#11541](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11541))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix a long-standing bug where relations from other rooms could be included in the bundled aggregations of an event. ([\#11516](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11516))
+- Fix a long-standing bug which could cause `AssertionError`s to be written to the log when Synapse was restarted after purging events from the database. ([\#11536](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11536), [\#11642](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11642))
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.17.0 where a pusher created for an email with capital letters would fail to be created. ([\#11547](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11547))
+- Fix a long-standing bug where responses included bundled aggregations when they should not, per [MSC2675](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2675). ([\#11592](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11592), [\#11623](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11623))
+- Fix a long-standing bug that some unknown endpoints would return HTML error pages instead of JSON `M_UNRECOGNIZED` errors. ([\#11602](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11602))
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.19.3 which could sometimes cause `AssertionError`s when backfilling rooms over federation. ([\#11632](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11632))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Update Synapse install command for FreeBSD as the package is now prefixed with `py38`. Contributed by @itchychips. ([\#11267](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11267))
+- Document the usage of refresh tokens. ([\#11427](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11427))
+- Add details for how to configure a TURN server when behind a NAT. Contibuted by @AndrewFerr. ([\#11553](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11553))
+- Add references for using Postgres to the Docker documentation. ([\#11640](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11640))
+- Fix the documentation link in newly-generated configuration files. ([\#11678](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11678))
+- Correct the documentation for `nginx` to use a case-sensitive url pattern. Fixes an error introduced in v1.21.0. ([\#11680](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11680))
+- Clarify SSO mapping provider documentation by writing `def` or `async def` before the names of methods, as appropriate. ([\#11681](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11681))
+
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- Replace `mock` package by its standard library version. ([\#11588](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11588))
+- Drop support for Python 3.6 and Ubuntu 18.04. ([\#11633](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11633))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Allow specific, experimental events to be created without `prev_events`. Used by [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716). ([\#11243](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11243))
+- A test helper (`wait_for_background_updates`) no longer depends on classes defining a `store` property. ([\#11331](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11331))
+- Add type hints to `synapse.appservice`. ([\#11360](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11360))
+- Add missing type hints to `synapse.config` module. ([\#11480](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11480))
+- Add test to ensure we share the same `state_group` across the whole historical batch when using the [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) `/batch_send` endpoint. ([\#11487](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11487))
+- Refactor `tests.util.setup_test_homeserver` and `tests.server.setup_test_homeserver`. ([\#11503](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11503))
+- Move `glob_to_regex` and `re_word_boundary` to `matrix-python-common`. ([\#11505](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11505), [\#11687](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11687))
+- Use `HTTPStatus` constants in place of literals in `tests.rest.client.test_auth`. ([\#11520](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11520))
+- Add a receipt types constant for `m.read`. ([\#11531](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11531))
+- Clean up `synapse.rest.admin`. ([\#11535](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11535))
+- Add missing `errcode` to `parse_string` and `parse_boolean`. ([\#11542](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11542))
+- Use `HTTPStatus` constants in place of literals in `synapse.http`. ([\#11543](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11543))
+- Add missing type hints to storage classes. ([\#11546](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11546), [\#11549](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11549), [\#11551](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11551), [\#11555](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11555), [\#11575](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11575), [\#11589](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11589), [\#11594](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11594), [\#11652](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11652), [\#11653](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11653), [\#11654](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11654), [\#11657](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11657))
+- Fix an inaccurate and misleading comment in the `/sync` code. ([\#11550](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11550))
+- Add missing type hints to `synapse.logging.context`. ([\#11556](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11556))
+- Stop populating unused database column `state_events.prev_state`. ([\#11558](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11558))
+- Minor efficiency improvements in event persistence. ([\#11560](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11560))
+- Add some safety checks that storage functions are used correctly. ([\#11564](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11564), [\#11580](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11580))
+- Make `get_device` return `None` if the device doesn't exist rather than raising an exception. ([\#11565](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11565))
+- Split the HTML parsing code from the URL preview resource code. ([\#11566](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11566))
+- Remove redundant `COALESCE()`s around `COUNT()`s in database queries. ([\#11570](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11570))
+- Add missing type hints to `synapse.http`. ([\#11571](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11571))
+- Add [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) and [MSC3030](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3030) to `/versions` -> `unstable_features` to detect server support. ([\#11582](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11582))
+- Add type hints to `synapse/tests/rest/admin`. ([\#11590](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11590))
+- Drop end-of-life Python 3.6 and Postgres 9.6 from CI. ([\#11595](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11595))
+- Update black version and run it on all the files. ([\#11596](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11596))
+- Add opentracing type stubs and fix associated mypy errors. ([\#11603](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11603), [\#11622](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11622))
+- Improve OpenTracing support for requests which use a `ResponseCache`. ([\#11607](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11607))
+- Improve OpenTracing support for incoming HTTP requests. ([\#11618](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11618))
+- A number of improvements to opentracing support. ([\#11619](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11619))
+- Refactor the way that the `outlier` flag is set on events received over federation. ([\#11634](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11634))
+- Improve the error messages from  `get_create_event_for_room`. ([\#11638](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11638))
+- Remove redundant `get_current_events_token` method. ([\#11643](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11643))
+- Convert `namedtuples` to `attrs`. ([\#11665](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11665), [\#11574](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11574))
+- Update the `/capabilities` response to include whether support for [MSC3440](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3440) is available. ([\#11690](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11690))
+- Send the `Accept` header in HTTP requests made using `SimpleHttpClient.get_json`. ([\#11677](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11677))
+- Work around Mjolnir compatibility issue by adding an import for `glob_to_regex` in `synapse.util`, where it moved from. ([\#11696](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11696))
+
+
 Synapse 1.49.2 (2021-12-21)
 ===========================