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| author | Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com> | 2018-07-24 17:17:46 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com> | 2018-07-24 17:17:46 +0100 |
| commit | 87951d3891efb5bccedf72c12b3da0d6ab482253 (patch) | |
| tree | de7d997567c66c5a4d8743c1f3b9d6b474f5cfd9 /docs/user_directory.md | |
| parent | if inviter_display_name == ""||None then default to inviter MXID (diff) | |
| parent | Merge pull request #3595 from matrix-org/erikj/use_deltas (diff) | |
| download | synapse-87951d3891efb5bccedf72c12b3da0d6ab482253.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse into t3chguy/default_inviter_display_name_3pid
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diff --git a/docs/user_directory.md b/docs/user_directory.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4c8ee44f37 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/user_directory.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +User Directory API Implementation +================================= + +The user directory is currently maintained based on the 'visible' users +on this particular server - i.e. ones which your account shares a room with, or +who are present in a publicly viewable room present on the server. + +The directory info is stored in various tables, which can (typically after +DB corruption) get stale or out of sync. If this happens, for now the +quickest solution to fix it is: + +``` +UPDATE user_directory_stream_pos SET stream_id = NULL; +``` + +and restart the synapse, which should then start a background task to +flush the current tables and regenerate the directory. |