Merge tag 'v1.51.0'

Synapse 1.51.0 (2022-01-25)
===========================

No significant changes since 1.51.0rc2.

Synapse 1.51.0 deprecates `webclient` listeners and non-HTTP(S) `web_client_location`s. Support for these will be removed in Synapse 1.53.0, at which point Synapse will not be capable of directly serving a web client for Matrix.

Synapse 1.51.0rc2 (2022-01-24)
==============================

Bugfixes
--------

- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.40.0 that caused Synapse to fail to process incoming federation traffic after handling a large amount of events in a v1 room. ([\#11806](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11806))

Synapse 1.51.0rc1 (2022-01-21)
==============================

Features
--------

- Add `track_puppeted_user_ips` config flag to record client IP addresses against puppeted users, and include the puppeted users in monthly active user counts. ([\#11561](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11561), [\#11749](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11749), [\#11757](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11757))
- Include whether the requesting user has participated in a thread when generating a summary for [MSC3440](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3440). ([\#11577](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11577))
- Return an `M_FORBIDDEN` error code instead of `M_UNKNOWN` when a spam checker module prevents a user from creating a room. ([\#11672](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11672))
- Add a flag to the `synapse_review_recent_signups` script to ignore and filter appservice users. ([\#11675](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11675), [\#11770](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11770))

Bugfixes
--------

- Fix a long-standing issue which could cause Synapse to incorrectly accept data in the unsigned field of events
  received over federation. ([\#11530](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11530))
- Fix a long-standing bug where Synapse wouldn't cache a response indicating that a remote user has no devices. ([\#11587](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11587))
- Fix an error that occurs whilst trying to get the federation status of a destination server that was working normally. This admin API was newly introduced in Synapse v1.49.0. ([\#11593](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11593))
- Fix bundled aggregations not being included in the `/sync` response, per [MSC2675](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2675). ([\#11612](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11612), [\#11659](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11659), [\#11791](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11791))
- Fix the `/_matrix/client/v1/room/{roomId}/hierarchy` endpoint returning incorrect fields which have been present since Synapse 1.49.0. ([\#11667](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11667))
- Fix preview of some GIF URLs (like tenor.com). Contributed by Philippe Daouadi. ([\#11669](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11669))
- Fix a bug where only the first 50 rooms from a space were returned from the `/hierarchy` API. This has existed since the introduction of the API in Synapse v1.41.0. ([\#11695](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11695))
- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.18.0 where password reset and address validation emails would not be sent if their subject was configured to use the 'app' template variable. Contributed by @br4nnigan. ([\#11710](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11710), [\#11745](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11745))
- Make the 'List Rooms' Admin API sort stable. Contributed by Daniël Sonck. ([\#11737](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11737))
- Fix a long-standing bug where space hierarchy over federation would only work correctly some of the time. ([\#11775](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11775))
- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.46.0 that prevented `on_logged_out` module callbacks from being correctly awaited by Synapse. ([\#11786](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11786))

Improved Documentation
----------------------

- Warn against using a Let's Encrypt certificate for TLS/DTLS TURN server client connections, and suggest using ZeroSSL certificate instead. This works around client-side connectivity errors caused by WebRTC libraries that reject Let's Encrypt certificates. Contibuted by @AndrewFerr. ([\#11686](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11686))
- Document the new `SYNAPSE_TEST_PERSIST_SQLITE_DB` environment variable in the contributing guide. ([\#11715](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11715))
- Document that the minimum supported PostgreSQL version is now 10. ([\#11725](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11725))
- Fix typo in demo docs: differnt. ([\#11735](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11735))
- Update room spec URL in config files. ([\#11739](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11739))
- Mention `python3-venv` and `libpq-dev` dependencies in the contribution guide. ([\#11740](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11740))
- Update documentation for configuring login with Facebook. ([\#11755](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11755))
- Update installation instructions to note that Python 3.6 is no longer supported. ([\#11781](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11781))

Deprecations and Removals
-------------------------

- Remove the unstable `/send_relation` endpoint. ([\#11682](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11682))
- Remove `python_twisted_reactor_pending_calls` Prometheus metric. ([\#11724](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11724))
- Remove the `password_hash` field from the response dictionaries of the [Users Admin API](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/user_admin_api.html). ([\#11576](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11576))
- **Deprecate support for `webclient` listeners and non-HTTP(S) `web_client_location` configuration. ([\#11774](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11774), [\#11783](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11783))**

Internal Changes
----------------

- Run `pyupgrade --py37-plus --keep-percent-format` on Synapse. ([\#11685](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11685))
- Use buildkit's cache feature to speed up docker builds. ([\#11691](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11691))
- Use `auto_attribs` and native type hints for attrs classes. ([\#11692](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11692), [\#11768](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11768))
- Remove debug logging for #4422, which has been closed since Synapse 0.99. ([\#11693](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11693))
- Remove fallback code for Python 2. ([\#11699](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11699))
- Add a test for [an edge case](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/11532#discussion_r769104461) in the `/sync` logic. ([\#11701](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11701))
- Add the option to write SQLite test dbs to disk when running tests. ([\#11702](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11702))
- Improve Complement test output for Gitub Actions. ([\#11707](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11707))
- Fix docstring on `add_account_data_for_user`. ([\#11716](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11716))
- Complement environment variable name change and update `.gitignore`. ([\#11718](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11718))
- Simplify calculation of Prometheus metrics for garbage collection. ([\#11723](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11723))
- Improve accuracy of `python_twisted_reactor_tick_time` Prometheus metric. ([\#11724](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11724), [\#11771](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11771))
- Minor efficiency improvements when inserting many values into the database. ([\#11742](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11742))
- Invite PR authors to give themselves credit in the changelog. ([\#11744](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11744))
- Add optional debugging to investigate [issue 8631](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8631). ([\#11760](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11760))
- Remove `log_function` utility function and its uses. ([\#11761](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11761))
- Add a unit test that checks both `client` and `webclient` resources will function when simultaneously enabled. ([\#11765](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11765))
- Allow overriding complement commit using `COMPLEMENT_REF`. ([\#11766](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11766))
- Add some comments and type annotations for `_update_outliers_txn`. ([\#11776](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11776))

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml
index 810a14b077..1b86d0295d 100644
--- a/docs/sample_config.yaml
+++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml
@@ -74,13 +74,7 @@ server_name: "SERVERNAME"
 #
 pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid
 
-# The absolute URL to the web client which /_matrix/client will redirect
-# to if 'webclient' is configured under the 'listeners' configuration.
-#
-# This option can be also set to the filesystem path to the web client
-# which will be served at /_matrix/client/ if 'webclient' is configured
-# under the 'listeners' configuration, however this is a security risk:
-# https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse#security-note
+# The absolute URL to the web client which / will redirect to.
 #
 #web_client_location: https://riot.example.com/
 
@@ -164,7 +158,7 @@ presence:
 # The default room version for newly created rooms.
 #
 # Known room versions are listed here:
-# https://matrix.org/docs/spec/#complete-list-of-room-versions
+# https://spec.matrix.org/latest/rooms/#complete-list-of-room-versions
 #
 # For example, for room version 1, default_room_version should be set
 # to "1".
@@ -310,8 +304,6 @@ presence:
 #   static: static resources under synapse/static (/_matrix/static). (Mostly
 #       useful for 'fallback authentication'.)
 #
-#   webclient: A web client. Requires web_client_location to be set.
-#
 listeners:
   # TLS-enabled listener: for when matrix traffic is sent directly to synapse.
   #
@@ -1503,6 +1495,21 @@ room_prejoin_state:
    #additional_event_types:
    #  - org.example.custom.event.type
 
+# We record the IP address of clients used to access the API for various
+# reasons, including displaying it to the user in the "Where you're signed in"
+# dialog.
+#
+# By default, when puppeting another user via the admin API, the client IP
+# address is recorded against the user who created the access token (ie, the
+# admin user), and *not* the puppeted user.
+#
+# Uncomment the following to also record the IP address against the puppeted
+# user. (This also means that the puppeted user will count as an "active" user
+# for the purpose of monthly active user tracking - see 'limit_usage_by_mau' etc
+# above.)
+#
+#track_puppeted_user_ips: true
+
 
 # A list of application service config files to use
 #
@@ -1870,10 +1877,13 @@ saml2_config:
 #       Defaults to false. Avoid this in production.
 #
 #   user_profile_method: Whether to fetch the user profile from the userinfo
-#       endpoint. Valid values are: 'auto' or 'userinfo_endpoint'.
+#       endpoint, or to rely on the data returned in the id_token from the
+#       token_endpoint.
+#
+#       Valid values are: 'auto' or 'userinfo_endpoint'.
 #
-#       Defaults to 'auto', which fetches the userinfo endpoint if 'openid' is
-#       included in 'scopes'. Set to 'userinfo_endpoint' to always fetch the
+#       Defaults to 'auto', which uses the userinfo endpoint if 'openid' is
+#       not included in 'scopes'. Set to 'userinfo_endpoint' to always use the
 #       userinfo endpoint.
 #
 #   allow_existing_users: set to 'true' to allow a user logging in via OIDC to