Add deprecation warnings for `webclient` listener and non-HTTP(S) `web_client_location`. (#11774)

This changes the behaviour of the root endpoint to redirect
directly to the configuration of `web_client_location` if it is
given an HTTP(S) URL.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/app/homeserver.py b/synapse/app/homeserver.py

index dd76e07321..7ef0fdf272 100644
--- a/synapse/app/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
@@ -132,8 +132,10 @@ class SynapseHomeServer(HomeServer):
         self._module_web_resources_consumed = True
 
         # try to find something useful to redirect '/' to
-        if WEB_CLIENT_PREFIX in resources:
-            root_resource: Resource = RootOptionsRedirectResource(WEB_CLIENT_PREFIX)
+        if self.config.server.web_client_location_is_redirect:
+            root_resource: Resource = RootOptionsRedirectResource(
+                self.config.server.web_client_location
+            )
         elif STATIC_PREFIX in resources:
             root_resource = RootOptionsRedirectResource(STATIC_PREFIX)
         else:
@@ -262,15 +264,15 @@ class SynapseHomeServer(HomeServer):
             resources[SERVER_KEY_V2_PREFIX] = KeyApiV2Resource(self)
 
         if name == "webclient":
+            # webclient listeners are deprecated as of Synapse v1.51.0, remove it
+            # in > v1.53.0.
             webclient_loc = self.config.server.web_client_location
 
             if webclient_loc is None:
                 logger.warning(
                     "Not enabling webclient resource, as web_client_location is unset."
                 )
-            elif webclient_loc.startswith("http://") or webclient_loc.startswith(
-                "https://"
-            ):
+            elif self.config.server.web_client_location_is_redirect:
                 resources[WEB_CLIENT_PREFIX] = RootRedirect(webclient_loc)
             else:
                 logger.warning(