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| author | Andrew Morgan <1342360+anoadragon453@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-05-04 16:41:40 +0100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-05-04 16:41:40 +0100 |
| commit | 332cce8dcf9c28314f568c290b57e98036a0e723 (patch) | |
| tree | c9cc1cf8e377502fcaadbdf16e22393dc33c89e8 /docs/upgrade.md | |
| parent | Remove unstable/unspecced login types. (#12597) (diff) | |
| download | synapse-332cce8dcf9c28314f568c290b57e98036a0e723.tar.xz | |
Disable device name lookup over federation by default (#12616)
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diff --git a/docs/upgrade.md b/docs/upgrade.md index 3a8aeb0395..b40cac86f0 100644 --- a/docs/upgrade.md +++ b/docs/upgrade.md @@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ process, for example: dpkg -i matrix-synapse-py3_1.3.0+stretch1_amd64.deb ``` +# Upgrading to v1.59.0 + +## Device name lookup over federation has been disabled by default + +The names of user devices are no longer visible to users on other homeservers by default. +Device IDs are unaffected, as these are necessary to facilitate end-to-end encryption. + +To re-enable this functionality, set the +[`allow_device_name_lookup_over_federation`](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.59/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#federation) +homeserver config option to `true`. + # Upgrading to v1.58.0 ## Groups/communities feature has been disabled by default |