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authorAndrew Morgan <andrew@amorgan.xyz>2019-10-03 13:48:21 +0100
committerAndrew Morgan <andrew@amorgan.xyz>2019-10-03 13:48:21 +0100
commit782dd72037cf71fb3f9e4922b07c56df2f59de75 (patch)
treed8d74a1d411cd83a762880715f47b2f33351994a /synapse/config
parentUpdate the issue template for new way of getting server version (#6051) (diff)
parent1.4.0 (diff)
downloadsynapse-782dd72037cf71fb3f9e4922b07c56df2f59de75.tar.xz
Merge tag 'v1.4.0'
Synapse 1.4.0 (2019-10-03)
==========================

Bugfixes
--------

- Redact `client_secret` in server logs. ([\#6158](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6158))

Synapse 1.4.0rc2 (2019-10-02)
=============================

Bugfixes
--------

- Fix bug in background update that adds last seen information to the `devices` table, and improve its performance on Postgres. ([\#6135](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6135))
- Fix bad performance of censoring redactions background task. ([\#6141](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6141))
- Fix fetching censored redactions from DB, which caused APIs like initial sync to fail if it tried to include the censored redaction. ([\#6145](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6145))
- Fix exceptions when storing large retry intervals for down remote servers. ([\#6146](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6146))

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

- Fix up sample config entry for `redaction_retention_period` option. ([\#6117](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6117))

Synapse 1.4.0rc1 (2019-09-26)
=============================

Note that this release includes significant changes around 3pid
verification. Administrators are reminded to review the [upgrade notes](UPGRADE.rst#upgrading-to-v140).

Features
--------

- Changes to 3pid verification:
  - Add the ability to send registration emails from the homeserver rather than delegating to an identity server. ([\#5835](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5835), [\#5940](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5940), [\#5993](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5993), [\#5994](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5994), [\#5868](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5868))
  - Replace `trust_identity_server_for_password_resets` config option with `account_threepid_delegates`, and make the `id_server` parameteter optional on `*/requestToken` endpoints, as per [MSC2263](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2263). ([\#5876](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5876), [\#5969](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5969), [\#6028](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6028))
  - Switch to using the v2 Identity Service `/lookup` API where available, with fallback to v1. (Implements [MSC2134](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2134) plus `id_access_token authentication` for v2 Identity Service APIs from [MSC2140](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2140)). ([\#5897](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5897))
  - Remove `bind_email` and `bind_msisdn` parameters from `/register` ala [MSC2140](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2140). ([\#5964](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5964))
  - Add `m.id_access_token` to `unstable_features` in `/versions` as per [MSC2264](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2264). ([\#5974](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5974))
  - Use the v2 Identity Service API for 3PID invites. ([\#5979](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5979))
  - Add `POST /_matrix/client/unstable/account/3pid/unbind` endpoint from [MSC2140](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2140) for unbinding a 3PID from an identity server without removing it from the homeserver user account. ([\#5980](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5980), [\#6062](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6062))
  - Use `account_threepid_delegate.email` and `account_threepid_delegate.msisdn` for validating threepid sessions. ([\#6011](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6011))
  - Allow homeserver to handle or delegate email validation when adding an email to a user's account. ([\#6042](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6042))
  - Implement new Client Server API endpoints `/account/3pid/add` and `/account/3pid/bind` as per [MSC2290](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2290). ([\#6043](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6043))
  - Add an unstable feature flag for separate add/bind 3pid APIs. ([\#6044](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6044))
  - Remove `bind` parameter from Client Server POST `/account` endpoint as per [MSC2290](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2290/). ([\#6067](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6067))
  - Add `POST /add_threepid/msisdn/submit_token` endpoint for proxying submitToken on an `account_threepid_handler`. ([\#6078](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6078))
  - Add `submit_url` response parameter to `*/msisdn/requestToken` endpoints. ([\#6079](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6079))
  - Add `m.require_identity_server` flag to /version's unstable_features. ([\#5972](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5972))
- Enhancements to OpenTracing support:
  - Make OpenTracing work in worker mode. ([\#5771](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5771))
  - Pass OpenTracing contexts between servers when transmitting EDUs. ([\#5852](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5852))
  - OpenTracing for device list updates. ([\#5853](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5853))
  - Add a tag recording a request's authenticated entity and corresponding servlet in OpenTracing. ([\#5856](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5856))
  - Add minimum OpenTracing for client servlets. ([\#5983](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5983))
  - Check at setup that OpenTracing is installed if it's enabled in the config. ([\#5985](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5985))
  - Trace replication send times. ([\#5986](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5986))
  - Include missing OpenTracing contexts in outbout replication requests. ([\#5982](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5982))
  - Fix sending of EDUs when OpenTracing is enabled with an empty whitelist. ([\#5984](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5984))
  - Fix invalid references to None while OpenTracing if the log context slips. ([\#5988](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5988), [\#5991](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5991))
  - OpenTracing for room and e2e keys. ([\#5855](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5855))
  - Add OpenTracing span over HTTP push processing. ([\#6003](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6003))
- Add an admin API to purge old rooms from the database. ([\#5845](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5845))
- Retry well-known lookups if we have recently seen a valid well-known record for the server. ([\#5850](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5850))
- Add support for filtered room-directory search requests over federation ([MSC2197](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2197), in order to allow upcoming room directory query performance improvements. ([\#5859](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5859))
- Correctly retry all hosts returned from SRV when we fail to connect. ([\#5864](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5864))
- Add admin API endpoint for setting whether or not a user is a server administrator. ([\#5878](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5878))
- Enable cleaning up extremities with dummy events by default to prevent undue build up of forward extremities. ([\#5884](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5884))
- Add config option to sign remote key query responses with a separate key. ([\#5895](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5895))
- Add support for config templating. ([\#5900](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5900))
- Users with the type of "support" or "bot" are no longer required to consent. ([\#5902](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5902))
- Let synctl accept a directory of config files. ([\#5904](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5904))
- Increase max display name size to 256. ([\#5906](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5906))
- Add admin API endpoint for getting whether or not a user is a server administrator. ([\#5914](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5914))
- Redact events in the database that have been redacted for a week. ([\#5934](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5934))
- New prometheus metrics:
  - `synapse_federation_known_servers`: represents the total number of servers your server knows about (i.e. is in rooms with), including itself. Enable by setting `metrics_flags.known_servers` to True in the configuration.([\#5981](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5981))
  - `synapse_build_info`: exposes the Python version, OS version, and Synapse version of the running server. ([\#6005](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6005))
- Give appropriate exit codes when synctl fails. ([\#5992](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5992))
- Apply the federation blacklist to requests to identity servers. ([\#6000](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6000))
- Add `report_stats_endpoint` option to configure where stats are reported to, if enabled. Contributed by @Sorunome. ([\#6012](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6012))
- Add config option to increase ratelimits for room admins redacting messages. ([\#6015](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6015))
- Stop sending federation transactions to servers which have been down for a long time. ([\#6026](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6026))
- Make the process for mapping SAML2 users to matrix IDs more flexible. ([\#6037](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6037))
- Return a clearer error message when a timeout occurs when attempting to contact an identity server. ([\#6073](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6073))
- Prevent password reset's submit_token endpoint from accepting trailing slashes. ([\#6074](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6074))
- Return 403 on `/register/available` if registration has been disabled. ([\#6082](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6082))
- Explicitly log when a homeserver does not have the `trusted_key_servers` config field configured. ([\#6090](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6090))
- Add support for pruning old rows in `user_ips` table. ([\#6098](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6098))

Bugfixes
--------

- Don't create broken room when `power_level_content_override.users` does not contain `creator_id`. ([\#5633](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5633))
- Fix database index so that different backup versions can have the same sessions. ([\#5857](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5857))
- Fix Synapse looking for config options `password_reset_failure_template` and `password_reset_success_template`, when they are actually `password_reset_template_failure_html`, `password_reset_template_success_html`. ([\#5863](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5863))
- Fix stack overflow when recovering an appservice which had an outage. ([\#5885](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5885))
- Fix error message which referred to `public_base_url` instead of `public_baseurl`. Thanks to @aaronraimist for the fix! ([\#5909](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5909))
- Fix 404 for thumbnail download when `dynamic_thumbnails` is `false` and the thumbnail was dynamically generated. Fix reported by rkfg. ([\#5915](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5915))
- Fix a cache-invalidation bug for worker-based deployments. ([\#5920](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5920))
- Fix admin API for listing media in a room not being available with an external media repo. ([\#5966](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5966))
- Fix list media admin API always returning an error. ([\#5967](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5967))
- Fix room and user stats tracking. ([\#5971](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5971), [\#5998](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5998), [\#6029](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6029))
- Return a `M_MISSING_PARAM` if `sid` is not provided to `/account/3pid`. ([\#5995](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5995))
- `federation_certificate_verification_whitelist` now will not cause `TypeErrors` to be raised (a regression in 1.3). Additionally, it now supports internationalised domain names in their non-canonical representation. ([\#5996](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5996))
- Only count real users when checking for auto-creation of auto-join room. ([\#6004](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6004))
- Ensure support users can be registered even if MAU limit is reached. ([\#6020](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6020))
- Fix bug where login error was shown incorrectly on SSO fallback login. ([\#6024](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6024))
- Fix bug in calculating the federation retry backoff period. ([\#6025](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6025))
- Prevent exceptions being logged when extremity-cleanup events fail due to lack of user consent to the terms of service. ([\#6053](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6053))
- Remove POST method from password-reset `submit_token` endpoint until we implement `submit_url` functionality. ([\#6056](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6056))
- Fix logcontext spam on non-Linux platforms. ([\#6059](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6059))
- Ensure query parameters in email validation links are URL-encoded. ([\#6063](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6063))
- Fix a bug which caused SAML attribute maps to be overridden by defaults. ([\#6069](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6069))
- Fix the logged number of updated items for the `users_set_deactivated_flag` background update. ([\#6092](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6092))
- Add `sid` to `next_link` for email validation. ([\#6097](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6097))
- Threepid validity checks on msisdns should not be dependent on `threepid_behaviour_email`. ([\#6104](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6104))
- Ensure that servers which are not configured to support email address verification do not offer it in the registration flows. ([\#6107](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6107))

Updates to the Docker image
---------------------------

- Avoid changing `UID/GID` if they are already correct. ([\#5970](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5970))
- Provide `SYNAPSE_WORKER` envvar to specify python module. ([\#6058](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6058))

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

- Convert documentation to markdown (from rst) ([\#5849](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5849))
- Update `INSTALL.md` to say that Python 2 is no longer supported. ([\#5953](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5953))
- Add developer documentation for using SAML2. ([\#6032](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6032))
- Add some notes on rolling back to v1.3.1. ([\#6049](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6049))
- Update the upgrade notes. ([\#6050](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6050))

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

- Remove shared-secret registration from `/_matrix/client/r0/register` endpoint. Contributed by Awesome Technologies Innovationslabor GmbH. ([\#5877](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5877))
- Deprecate the `trusted_third_party_id_servers` option. ([\#5875](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5875))

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

- Lay the groundwork for structured logging output. ([\#5680](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5680))
- Retry well-known lookup before the cache expires, giving a grace period where the remote well-known can be down but we still use the old result. ([\#5844](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5844))
- Remove log line for debugging issue #5407. ([\#5860](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5860))
- Refactor the Appservice scheduler code. ([\#5886](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5886))
- Compatibility with v2 Identity Service APIs other than /lookup. ([\#5892](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5892), [\#6013](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6013))
- Stop populating some unused tables. ([\#5893](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5893), [\#6047](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6047))
- Add missing index on `users_in_public_rooms` to improve the performance of directory queries. ([\#5894](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5894))
- Improve the logging when we have an error when fetching signing keys. ([\#5896](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5896))
- Add support for database engine-specific schema deltas, based on file extension. ([\#5911](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5911))
- Update Buildkite pipeline to use plugins instead of buildkite-agent commands. ([\#5922](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5922))
- Add link in sample config to the logging config schema. ([\#5926](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5926))
- Remove unnecessary parentheses in return statements. ([\#5931](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5931))
- Remove unused `jenkins/prepare_sytest.sh` file. ([\#5938](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5938))
- Move Buildkite pipeline config to the pipelines repo. ([\#5943](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5943))
- Remove unnecessary return statements in the codebase which were the result of a regex run. ([\#5962](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5962))
- Remove left-over methods from v1 registration API. ([\#5963](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5963))
- Cleanup event auth type initialisation. ([\#5975](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5975))
- Clean up dependency checking at setup. ([\#5989](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5989))
- Update OpenTracing docs to use the unified `trace` method. ([\#5776](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5776))
- Small refactor of function arguments and docstrings in` RoomMemberHandler`. ([\#6009](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6009))
- Remove unused `origin` argument on `FederationHandler.add_display_name_to_third_party_invite`. ([\#6010](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6010))
- Add a `failure_ts` column to the `destinations` database table. ([\#6016](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6016), [\#6072](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6072))
- Clean up some code in the retry logic. ([\#6017](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6017))
- Fix the structured logging tests stomping on the global log configuration for subsequent tests. ([\#6023](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6023))
- Clean up the sample config for SAML authentication. ([\#6064](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6064))
- Change mailer logging to reflect Synapse doesn't just do chat notifications by email now. ([\#6075](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6075))
- Move last-seen info into devices table. ([\#6089](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6089))
- Remove unused parameter to `get_user_id_by_threepid`. ([\#6099](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6099))
- Refactor the user-interactive auth handling. ([\#6105](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6105))
- Refactor code for calculating registration flows. ([\#6106](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6106))
Diffstat (limited to 'synapse/config')
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/__init__.py7
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/_base.py37
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/database.py27
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/emailconfig.py174
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/key.py80
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/logger.py131
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/metrics.py50
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/ratelimiting.py13
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/registration.py38
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/repository.py29
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/saml2_config.py237
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/server.py147
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/stats.py13
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/tls.py59
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/tracer.py7
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/workers.py2
16 files changed, 810 insertions, 241 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/config/__init__.py b/synapse/config/__init__.py
index f2a5a41e92..1e76e9559d 100644
--- a/synapse/config/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/config/__init__.py
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from ._base import ConfigError
+from ._base import ConfigError, find_config_files
 
-# export ConfigError if somebody does import *
+# export ConfigError and find_config_files if somebody does
+# import *
 # this is largely a fudge to stop PEP8 moaning about the import
-__all__ = ["ConfigError"]
+__all__ = ["ConfigError", "find_config_files"]
diff --git a/synapse/config/_base.py b/synapse/config/_base.py
index 6ce5cd07fb..31f6530978 100644
--- a/synapse/config/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/config/_base.py
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ class Config(object):
         generate_secrets=False,
         report_stats=None,
         open_private_ports=False,
+        listeners=None,
+        database_conf=None,
+        tls_certificate_path=None,
+        tls_private_key_path=None,
+        acme_domain=None,
     ):
         """Build a default configuration file
 
@@ -207,6 +212,33 @@ class Config(object):
             open_private_ports (bool): True to leave private ports (such as the non-TLS
                 HTTP listener) open to the internet.
 
+            listeners (list(dict)|None): A list of descriptions of the listeners
+                synapse should start with each of which specifies a port (str), a list of
+                resources (list(str)), tls (bool) and type (str). For example:
+                [{
+                    "port": 8448,
+                    "resources": [{"names": ["federation"]}],
+                    "tls": True,
+                    "type": "http",
+                },
+                {
+                    "port": 443,
+                    "resources": [{"names": ["client"]}],
+                    "tls": False,
+                    "type": "http",
+                }],
+
+
+            database (str|None): The database type to configure, either `psycog2`
+                or `sqlite3`.
+
+            tls_certificate_path (str|None): The path to the tls certificate.
+
+            tls_private_key_path (str|None): The path to the tls private key.
+
+            acme_domain (str|None): The domain acme will try to validate. If
+                specified acme will be enabled.
+
         Returns:
             str: the yaml config file
         """
@@ -220,6 +252,11 @@ class Config(object):
                 generate_secrets=generate_secrets,
                 report_stats=report_stats,
                 open_private_ports=open_private_ports,
+                listeners=listeners,
+                database_conf=database_conf,
+                tls_certificate_path=tls_certificate_path,
+                tls_private_key_path=tls_private_key_path,
+                acme_domain=acme_domain,
             )
         )
 
diff --git a/synapse/config/database.py b/synapse/config/database.py
index 746a6cd1f4..118aafbd4a 100644
--- a/synapse/config/database.py
+++ b/synapse/config/database.py
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 import os
+from textwrap import indent
+
+import yaml
 
 from ._base import Config
 
@@ -38,20 +41,28 @@ class DatabaseConfig(Config):
 
         self.set_databasepath(config.get("database_path"))
 
-    def generate_config_section(self, data_dir_path, **kwargs):
-        database_path = os.path.join(data_dir_path, "homeserver.db")
-        return (
-            """\
-        ## Database ##
-
-        database:
-          # The database engine name
+    def generate_config_section(self, data_dir_path, database_conf, **kwargs):
+        if not database_conf:
+            database_path = os.path.join(data_dir_path, "homeserver.db")
+            database_conf = (
+                """# The database engine name
           name: "sqlite3"
           # Arguments to pass to the engine
           args:
             # Path to the database
             database: "%(database_path)s"
+            """
+                % locals()
+            )
+        else:
+            database_conf = indent(yaml.dump(database_conf), " " * 10).lstrip()
+
+        return (
+            """\
+        ## Database ##
 
+        database:
+          %(database_conf)s
         # Number of events to cache in memory.
         #
         #event_cache_size: 10K
diff --git a/synapse/config/emailconfig.py b/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
index 8381b8eb29..d9b43de660 100644
--- a/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
+++ b/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 # This file can't be called email.py because if it is, we cannot:
 import email.utils
 import os
+from enum import Enum
 
 import pkg_resources
 
@@ -74,19 +75,48 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
             "renew_at"
         )
 
-        email_trust_identity_server_for_password_resets = email_config.get(
-            "trust_identity_server_for_password_resets", False
+        self.threepid_behaviour_email = (
+            # Have Synapse handle the email sending if account_threepid_delegates.email
+            # is not defined
+            # msisdn is currently always remote while Synapse does not support any method of
+            # sending SMS messages
+            ThreepidBehaviour.REMOTE
+            if self.account_threepid_delegate_email
+            else ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL
         )
-        self.email_password_reset_behaviour = (
-            "remote" if email_trust_identity_server_for_password_resets else "local"
-        )
-        self.password_resets_were_disabled_due_to_email_config = False
-        if self.email_password_reset_behaviour == "local" and email_config == {}:
+        # Prior to Synapse v1.4.0, there was another option that defined whether Synapse would
+        # use an identity server to password reset tokens on its behalf. We now warn the user
+        # if they have this set and tell them to use the updated option, while using a default
+        # identity server in the process.
+        self.using_identity_server_from_trusted_list = False
+        if (
+            not self.account_threepid_delegate_email
+            and config.get("trust_identity_server_for_password_resets", False) is True
+        ):
+            # Use the first entry in self.trusted_third_party_id_servers instead
+            if self.trusted_third_party_id_servers:
+                # XXX: It's a little confusing that account_threepid_delegate_email is modified
+                # both in RegistrationConfig and here. We should factor this bit out
+                self.account_threepid_delegate_email = self.trusted_third_party_id_servers[
+                    0
+                ]
+                self.using_identity_server_from_trusted_list = True
+            else:
+                raise ConfigError(
+                    "Attempted to use an identity server from"
+                    '"trusted_third_party_id_servers" but it is empty.'
+                )
+
+        self.local_threepid_handling_disabled_due_to_email_config = False
+        if (
+            self.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL
+            and email_config == {}
+        ):
             # We cannot warn the user this has happened here
             # Instead do so when a user attempts to reset their password
-            self.password_resets_were_disabled_due_to_email_config = True
+            self.local_threepid_handling_disabled_due_to_email_config = True
 
-            self.email_password_reset_behaviour = "off"
+            self.threepid_behaviour_email = ThreepidBehaviour.OFF
 
         # Get lifetime of a validation token in milliseconds
         self.email_validation_token_lifetime = self.parse_duration(
@@ -96,7 +126,7 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
         if (
             self.email_enable_notifs
             or account_validity_renewal_enabled
-            or self.email_password_reset_behaviour == "local"
+            or self.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL
         ):
             # make sure we can import the required deps
             import jinja2
@@ -106,7 +136,7 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
             jinja2
             bleach
 
-        if self.email_password_reset_behaviour == "local":
+        if self.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL:
             required = ["smtp_host", "smtp_port", "notif_from"]
 
             missing = []
@@ -115,7 +145,7 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
                     missing.append("email." + k)
 
             if config.get("public_baseurl") is None:
-                missing.append("public_base_url")
+                missing.append("public_baseurl")
 
             if len(missing) > 0:
                 raise RuntimeError(
@@ -125,28 +155,63 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
                     % (", ".join(missing),)
                 )
 
-            # Templates for password reset emails
+            # These email templates have placeholders in them, and thus must be
+            # parsed using a templating engine during a request
             self.email_password_reset_template_html = email_config.get(
                 "password_reset_template_html", "password_reset.html"
             )
             self.email_password_reset_template_text = email_config.get(
                 "password_reset_template_text", "password_reset.txt"
             )
-            self.email_password_reset_failure_template = email_config.get(
-                "password_reset_failure_template", "password_reset_failure.html"
+            self.email_registration_template_html = email_config.get(
+                "registration_template_html", "registration.html"
+            )
+            self.email_registration_template_text = email_config.get(
+                "registration_template_text", "registration.txt"
+            )
+            self.email_add_threepid_template_html = email_config.get(
+                "add_threepid_template_html", "add_threepid.html"
+            )
+            self.email_add_threepid_template_text = email_config.get(
+                "add_threepid_template_text", "add_threepid.txt"
             )
-            # This template does not support any replaceable variables, so we will
-            # read it from the disk once during setup
-            email_password_reset_success_template = email_config.get(
-                "password_reset_success_template", "password_reset_success.html"
+
+            self.email_password_reset_template_failure_html = email_config.get(
+                "password_reset_template_failure_html", "password_reset_failure.html"
+            )
+            self.email_registration_template_failure_html = email_config.get(
+                "registration_template_failure_html", "registration_failure.html"
+            )
+            self.email_add_threepid_template_failure_html = email_config.get(
+                "add_threepid_template_failure_html", "add_threepid_failure.html"
+            )
+
+            # These templates do not support any placeholder variables, so we
+            # will read them from disk once during setup
+            email_password_reset_template_success_html = email_config.get(
+                "password_reset_template_success_html", "password_reset_success.html"
+            )
+            email_registration_template_success_html = email_config.get(
+                "registration_template_success_html", "registration_success.html"
+            )
+            email_add_threepid_template_success_html = email_config.get(
+                "add_threepid_template_success_html", "add_threepid_success.html"
             )
 
             # Check templates exist
             for f in [
                 self.email_password_reset_template_html,
                 self.email_password_reset_template_text,
-                self.email_password_reset_failure_template,
-                email_password_reset_success_template,
+                self.email_registration_template_html,
+                self.email_registration_template_text,
+                self.email_add_threepid_template_html,
+                self.email_add_threepid_template_text,
+                self.email_password_reset_template_failure_html,
+                self.email_registration_template_failure_html,
+                self.email_add_threepid_template_failure_html,
+                email_password_reset_template_success_html,
+                email_registration_template_success_html,
+                email_add_threepid_template_success_html,
             ]:
                 p = os.path.join(self.email_template_dir, f)
                 if not os.path.isfile(p):
@@ -154,11 +219,23 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
 
             # Retrieve content of web templates
             filepath = os.path.join(
-                self.email_template_dir, email_password_reset_success_template
+                self.email_template_dir, email_password_reset_template_success_html
             )
-            self.email_password_reset_success_html_content = self.read_file(
+            self.email_password_reset_template_success_html = self.read_file(
                 filepath, "email.password_reset_template_success_html"
             )
+            filepath = os.path.join(
+                self.email_template_dir, email_registration_template_success_html
+            )
+            self.email_registration_template_success_html_content = self.read_file(
+                filepath, "email.registration_template_success_html"
+            )
+            filepath = os.path.join(
+                self.email_template_dir, email_add_threepid_template_success_html
+            )
+            self.email_add_threepid_template_success_html_content = self.read_file(
+                filepath, "email.add_threepid_template_success_html"
+            )
 
         if self.email_enable_notifs:
             required = [
@@ -239,19 +316,6 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
         #   #
         #   riot_base_url: "http://localhost/riot"
         #
-        #   # Enable sending password reset emails via the configured, trusted
-        #   # identity servers
-        #   #
-        #   # IMPORTANT! This will give a malicious or overtaken identity server
-        #   # the ability to reset passwords for your users! Make absolutely sure
-        #   # that you want to do this! It is strongly recommended that password
-        #   # reset emails be sent by the homeserver instead
-        #   #
-        #   # If this option is set to false and SMTP options have not been
-        #   # configured, resetting user passwords via email will be disabled
-        #   #
-        #   #trust_identity_server_for_password_resets: false
-        #
         #   # Configure the time that a validation email or text message code
         #   # will expire after sending
         #   #
@@ -283,9 +347,47 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
         #   #password_reset_template_html: password_reset.html
         #   #password_reset_template_text: password_reset.txt
         #
+        #   # Templates for registration emails sent by the homeserver
+        #   #
+        #   #registration_template_html: registration.html
+        #   #registration_template_text: registration.txt
+        #
+        #   # Templates for validation emails sent by the homeserver when adding an email to
+        #   # your user account
+        #   #
+        #   #add_threepid_template_html: add_threepid.html
+        #   #add_threepid_template_text: add_threepid.txt
+        #
         #   # Templates for password reset success and failure pages that a user
         #   # will see after attempting to reset their password
         #   #
         #   #password_reset_template_success_html: password_reset_success.html
         #   #password_reset_template_failure_html: password_reset_failure.html
+        #
+        #   # Templates for registration success and failure pages that a user
+        #   # will see after attempting to register using an email or phone
+        #   #
+        #   #registration_template_success_html: registration_success.html
+        #   #registration_template_failure_html: registration_failure.html
+        #
+        #   # Templates for success and failure pages that a user will see after attempting
+        #   # to add an email or phone to their account
+        #   #
+        #   #add_threepid_success_html: add_threepid_success.html
+        #   #add_threepid_failure_html: add_threepid_failure.html
         """
+
+
+class ThreepidBehaviour(Enum):
+    """
+    Enum to define the behaviour of Synapse with regards to when it contacts an identity
+    server for 3pid registration and password resets
+
+    REMOTE = use an external server to send tokens
+    LOCAL = send tokens ourselves
+    OFF = disable registration via 3pid and password resets
+    """
+
+    REMOTE = "remote"
+    LOCAL = "local"
+    OFF = "off"
diff --git a/synapse/config/key.py b/synapse/config/key.py
index fe8386985c..f039f96e9c 100644
--- a/synapse/config/key.py
+++ b/synapse/config/key.py
@@ -50,6 +50,33 @@ and you should enable 'federation_verify_certificates' in your configuration.
 If you are *sure* you want to do this, set 'accept_keys_insecurely' on the
 trusted_key_server configuration."""
 
+TRUSTED_KEY_SERVER_NOT_CONFIGURED_WARN = """\
+Synapse requires that a list of trusted key servers are specified in order to
+provide signing keys for other servers in the federation.
+
+This homeserver does not have a trusted key server configured in
+homeserver.yaml and will fall back to the default of 'matrix.org'.
+
+Trusted key servers should be long-lived and stable which makes matrix.org a
+good choice for many admins, but some admins may wish to choose another. To
+suppress this warning, the admin should set 'trusted_key_servers' in
+homeserver.yaml to their desired key server and 'suppress_key_server_warning'
+to 'true'.
+
+In a future release the software-defined default will be removed entirely and
+the trusted key server will be defined exclusively by the value of
+'trusted_key_servers'.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"""
+
+TRUSTED_KEY_SERVER_CONFIGURED_AS_M_ORG_WARN = """\
+This server is configured to use 'matrix.org' as its trusted key server via the
+'trusted_key_servers' config option. 'matrix.org' is a good choice for a key
+server since it is long-lived, stable and trusted. However, some admins may
+wish to use another server for this purpose.
+
+To suppress this warning and continue using 'matrix.org', admins should set
+'suppress_key_server_warning' to 'true' in homeserver.yaml.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"""
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -76,7 +103,7 @@ class KeyConfig(Config):
                     config_dir_path, config["server_name"] + ".signing.key"
                 )
 
-            self.signing_key = self.read_signing_key(signing_key_path)
+            self.signing_key = self.read_signing_keys(signing_key_path, "signing_key")
 
         self.old_signing_keys = self.read_old_signing_keys(
             config.get("old_signing_keys", {})
@@ -85,8 +112,18 @@ class KeyConfig(Config):
             config.get("key_refresh_interval", "1d")
         )
 
+        suppress_key_server_warning = config.get("suppress_key_server_warning", False)
+        key_server_signing_keys_path = config.get("key_server_signing_keys_path")
+        if key_server_signing_keys_path:
+            self.key_server_signing_keys = self.read_signing_keys(
+                key_server_signing_keys_path, "key_server_signing_keys_path"
+            )
+        else:
+            self.key_server_signing_keys = list(self.signing_key)
+
         # if neither trusted_key_servers nor perspectives are given, use the default.
         if "perspectives" not in config and "trusted_key_servers" not in config:
+            logger.warn(TRUSTED_KEY_SERVER_NOT_CONFIGURED_WARN)
             key_servers = [{"server_name": "matrix.org"}]
         else:
             key_servers = config.get("trusted_key_servers", [])
@@ -100,6 +137,11 @@ class KeyConfig(Config):
             # merge the 'perspectives' config into the 'trusted_key_servers' config.
             key_servers.extend(_perspectives_to_key_servers(config))
 
+            if not suppress_key_server_warning and "matrix.org" in (
+                s["server_name"] for s in key_servers
+            ):
+                logger.warning(TRUSTED_KEY_SERVER_CONFIGURED_AS_M_ORG_WARN)
+
         # list of TrustedKeyServer objects
         self.key_servers = list(
             _parse_key_servers(key_servers, self.federation_verify_certificates)
@@ -182,6 +224,10 @@ class KeyConfig(Config):
         # This setting supercedes an older setting named `perspectives`. The old format
         # is still supported for backwards-compatibility, but it is deprecated.
         #
+        # 'trusted_key_servers' defaults to matrix.org, but using it will generate a
+        # warning on start-up. To suppress this warning, set
+        # 'suppress_key_server_warning' to true.
+        #
         # Options for each entry in the list include:
         #
         #    server_name: the name of the server. required.
@@ -206,20 +252,40 @@ class KeyConfig(Config):
         #      "ed25519:auto": "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmopqr"
         #  - server_name: "my_other_trusted_server.example.com"
         #
-        # The default configuration is:
+        trusted_key_servers:
+          - server_name: "matrix.org"
+
+        # Uncomment the following to disable the warning that is emitted when the
+        # trusted_key_servers include 'matrix.org'. See above.
         #
-        #trusted_key_servers:
-        #  - server_name: "matrix.org"
+        #suppress_key_server_warning: true
+
+        # The signing keys to use when acting as a trusted key server. If not specified
+        # defaults to the server signing key.
+        #
+        # Can contain multiple keys, one per line.
+        #
+        #key_server_signing_keys_path: "key_server_signing_keys.key"
         """
             % locals()
         )
 
-    def read_signing_key(self, signing_key_path):
-        signing_keys = self.read_file(signing_key_path, "signing_key")
+    def read_signing_keys(self, signing_key_path, name):
+        """Read the signing keys in the given path.
+
+        Args:
+            signing_key_path (str)
+            name (str): Associated config key name
+
+        Returns:
+            list[SigningKey]
+        """
+
+        signing_keys = self.read_file(signing_key_path, name)
         try:
             return read_signing_keys(signing_keys.splitlines(True))
         except Exception as e:
-            raise ConfigError("Error reading signing_key: %s" % (str(e)))
+            raise ConfigError("Error reading %s: %s" % (name, str(e)))
 
     def read_old_signing_keys(self, old_signing_keys):
         keys = {}
diff --git a/synapse/config/logger.py b/synapse/config/logger.py
index d321d00b80..767ecfdf09 100644
--- a/synapse/config/logger.py
+++ b/synapse/config/logger.py
@@ -21,10 +21,19 @@ from string import Template
 
 import yaml
 
-from twisted.logger import STDLibLogObserver, globalLogBeginner
+from twisted.logger import (
+    ILogObserver,
+    LogBeginner,
+    STDLibLogObserver,
+    globalLogBeginner,
+)
 
 import synapse
 from synapse.app import _base as appbase
+from synapse.logging._structured import (
+    reload_structured_logging,
+    setup_structured_logging,
+)
 from synapse.logging.context import LoggingContextFilter
 from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
 
@@ -85,7 +94,8 @@ class LoggingConfig(Config):
             """\
         ## Logging ##
 
-        # A yaml python logging config file
+        # A yaml python logging config file as described by
+        # https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/logging.config.html#configuration-dictionary-schema
         #
         log_config: "%(log_config)s"
         """
@@ -119,21 +129,10 @@ class LoggingConfig(Config):
                 log_config_file.write(DEFAULT_LOG_CONFIG.substitute(log_file=log_file))
 
 
-def setup_logging(config, use_worker_options=False):
-    """ Set up python logging
-
-    Args:
-        config (LoggingConfig | synapse.config.workers.WorkerConfig):
-            configuration data
-
-        use_worker_options (bool): True to use the 'worker_log_config' option
-            instead of 'log_config'.
-
-        register_sighup (func | None): Function to call to register a
-            sighup handler.
+def _setup_stdlib_logging(config, log_config, logBeginner: LogBeginner):
+    """
+    Set up Python stdlib logging.
     """
-    log_config = config.worker_log_config if use_worker_options else config.log_config
-
     if log_config is None:
         log_format = (
             "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(lineno)d - %(levelname)s - %(request)s"
@@ -151,35 +150,10 @@ def setup_logging(config, use_worker_options=False):
         handler.addFilter(LoggingContextFilter(request=""))
         logger.addHandler(handler)
     else:
+        logging.config.dictConfig(log_config)
 
-        def load_log_config():
-            with open(log_config, "r") as f:
-                logging.config.dictConfig(yaml.safe_load(f))
-
-        def sighup(*args):
-            # it might be better to use a file watcher or something for this.
-            load_log_config()
-            logging.info("Reloaded log config from %s due to SIGHUP", log_config)
-
-        load_log_config()
-        appbase.register_sighup(sighup)
-
-    # make sure that the first thing we log is a thing we can grep backwards
-    # for
-    logging.warn("***** STARTING SERVER *****")
-    logging.warn("Server %s version %s", sys.argv[0], get_version_string(synapse))
-    logging.info("Server hostname: %s", config.server_name)
-
-    # It's critical to point twisted's internal logging somewhere, otherwise it
-    # stacks up and leaks kup to 64K object;
-    # see: https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/8164
-    #
-    # Routing to the python logging framework could be a performance problem if
-    # the handlers blocked for a long time as python.logging is a blocking API
-    # see https://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/core/howto/logger.html
-    # filed as https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/1727
-    #
-    # However this may not be too much of a problem if we are just writing to a file.
+    # Route Twisted's native logging through to the standard library logging
+    # system.
     observer = STDLibLogObserver()
 
     def _log(event):
@@ -196,8 +170,71 @@ def setup_logging(config, use_worker_options=False):
 
         return observer(event)
 
-    globalLogBeginner.beginLoggingTo(
-        [_log], redirectStandardIO=not config.no_redirect_stdio
-    )
+    logBeginner.beginLoggingTo([_log], redirectStandardIO=not config.no_redirect_stdio)
     if not config.no_redirect_stdio:
         print("Redirected stdout/stderr to logs")
+
+    return observer
+
+
+def _reload_stdlib_logging(*args, log_config=None):
+    logger = logging.getLogger("")
+
+    if not log_config:
+        logger.warn("Reloaded a blank config?")
+
+    logging.config.dictConfig(log_config)
+
+
+def setup_logging(
+    hs, config, use_worker_options=False, logBeginner: LogBeginner = globalLogBeginner
+) -> ILogObserver:
+    """
+    Set up the logging subsystem.
+
+    Args:
+        config (LoggingConfig | synapse.config.workers.WorkerConfig):
+            configuration data
+
+        use_worker_options (bool): True to use the 'worker_log_config' option
+            instead of 'log_config'.
+
+        logBeginner: The Twisted logBeginner to use.
+
+    Returns:
+        The "root" Twisted Logger observer, suitable for sending logs to from a
+        Logger instance.
+    """
+    log_config = config.worker_log_config if use_worker_options else config.log_config
+
+    def read_config(*args, callback=None):
+        if log_config is None:
+            return None
+
+        with open(log_config, "rb") as f:
+            log_config_body = yaml.safe_load(f.read())
+
+        if callback:
+            callback(log_config=log_config_body)
+            logging.info("Reloaded log config from %s due to SIGHUP", log_config)
+
+        return log_config_body
+
+    log_config_body = read_config()
+
+    if log_config_body and log_config_body.get("structured") is True:
+        logger = setup_structured_logging(
+            hs, config, log_config_body, logBeginner=logBeginner
+        )
+        appbase.register_sighup(read_config, callback=reload_structured_logging)
+    else:
+        logger = _setup_stdlib_logging(config, log_config_body, logBeginner=logBeginner)
+        appbase.register_sighup(read_config, callback=_reload_stdlib_logging)
+
+    # make sure that the first thing we log is a thing we can grep backwards
+    # for
+    logging.warn("***** STARTING SERVER *****")
+    logging.warn("Server %s version %s", sys.argv[0], get_version_string(synapse))
+    logging.info("Server hostname: %s", config.server_name)
+
+    return logger
diff --git a/synapse/config/metrics.py b/synapse/config/metrics.py
index 3698441963..ec35a6b868 100644
--- a/synapse/config/metrics.py
+++ b/synapse/config/metrics.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,26 +14,47 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import attr
+
+from synapse.python_dependencies import DependencyException, check_requirements
+
 from ._base import Config, ConfigError
 
-MISSING_SENTRY = """Missing sentry-sdk library. This is required to enable sentry
-    integration.
-    """
+
+@attr.s
+class MetricsFlags(object):
+    known_servers = attr.ib(default=False, validator=attr.validators.instance_of(bool))
+
+    @classmethod
+    def all_off(cls):
+        """
+        Instantiate the flags with all options set to off.
+        """
+        return cls(**{x.name: False for x in attr.fields(cls)})
 
 
 class MetricsConfig(Config):
     def read_config(self, config, **kwargs):
         self.enable_metrics = config.get("enable_metrics", False)
         self.report_stats = config.get("report_stats", None)
+        self.report_stats_endpoint = config.get(
+            "report_stats_endpoint", "https://matrix.org/report-usage-stats/push"
+        )
         self.metrics_port = config.get("metrics_port")
         self.metrics_bind_host = config.get("metrics_bind_host", "127.0.0.1")
 
+        if self.enable_metrics:
+            _metrics_config = config.get("metrics_flags") or {}
+            self.metrics_flags = MetricsFlags(**_metrics_config)
+        else:
+            self.metrics_flags = MetricsFlags.all_off()
+
         self.sentry_enabled = "sentry" in config
         if self.sentry_enabled:
             try:
-                import sentry_sdk  # noqa F401
-            except ImportError:
-                raise ConfigError(MISSING_SENTRY)
+                check_requirements("sentry")
+            except DependencyException as e:
+                raise ConfigError(e.message)
 
             self.sentry_dsn = config["sentry"].get("dsn")
             if not self.sentry_dsn:
@@ -58,6 +80,16 @@ class MetricsConfig(Config):
         #sentry:
         #    dsn: "..."
 
+        # Flags to enable Prometheus metrics which are not suitable to be
+        # enabled by default, either for performance reasons or limited use.
+        #
+        metrics_flags:
+            # Publish synapse_federation_known_servers, a g auge of the number of
+            # servers this homeserver knows about, including itself. May cause
+            # performance problems on large homeservers.
+            #
+            #known_servers: true
+
         # Whether or not to report anonymized homeserver usage statistics.
         """
 
@@ -66,4 +98,10 @@ class MetricsConfig(Config):
         else:
             res += "report_stats: %s\n" % ("true" if report_stats else "false")
 
+        res += """
+        # The endpoint to report the anonymized homeserver usage statistics to.
+        # Defaults to https://matrix.org/report-usage-stats/push
+        #
+        #report_stats_endpoint: https://example.com/report-usage-stats/push
+        """
         return res
diff --git a/synapse/config/ratelimiting.py b/synapse/config/ratelimiting.py
index 33f31cf213..587e2862b7 100644
--- a/synapse/config/ratelimiting.py
+++ b/synapse/config/ratelimiting.py
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ class RatelimitConfig(Config):
             "federation_rr_transactions_per_room_per_second", 50
         )
 
+        rc_admin_redaction = config.get("rc_admin_redaction")
+        if rc_admin_redaction:
+            self.rc_admin_redaction = RateLimitConfig(rc_admin_redaction)
+        else:
+            self.rc_admin_redaction = None
+
     def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs):
         return """\
         ## Ratelimiting ##
@@ -102,6 +108,9 @@ class RatelimitConfig(Config):
         #   - one for login that ratelimits login requests based on the account the
         #     client is attempting to log into, based on the amount of failed login
         #     attempts for this account.
+        #   - one for ratelimiting redactions by room admins. If this is not explicitly
+        #     set then it uses the same ratelimiting as per rc_message. This is useful
+        #     to allow room admins to deal with abuse quickly.
         #
         # The defaults are as shown below.
         #
@@ -123,6 +132,10 @@ class RatelimitConfig(Config):
         #  failed_attempts:
         #    per_second: 0.17
         #    burst_count: 3
+        #
+        #rc_admin_redaction:
+        #  per_second: 1
+        #  burst_count: 50
 
 
         # Ratelimiting settings for incoming federation
diff --git a/synapse/config/registration.py b/synapse/config/registration.py
index e2bee3c116..bef89e2bf4 100644
--- a/synapse/config/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/config/registration.py
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
         self.trusted_third_party_id_servers = config.get(
             "trusted_third_party_id_servers", ["matrix.org", "vector.im"]
         )
+        account_threepid_delegates = config.get("account_threepid_delegates") or {}
+        self.account_threepid_delegate_email = account_threepid_delegates.get("email")
+        self.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn = account_threepid_delegates.get("msisdn")
+
         self.default_identity_server = config.get("default_identity_server")
         self.allow_guest_access = config.get("allow_guest_access", False)
 
@@ -257,10 +261,44 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
         # Also defines the ID server which will be called when an account is
         # deactivated (one will be picked arbitrarily).
         #
+        # Note: This option is deprecated. Since v0.99.4, Synapse has tracked which identity
+        # server a 3PID has been bound to. For 3PIDs bound before then, Synapse runs a
+        # background migration script, informing itself that the identity server all of its
+        # 3PIDs have been bound to is likely one of the below.
+        #
+        # As of Synapse v1.4.0, all other functionality of this option has been deprecated, and
+        # it is now solely used for the purposes of the background migration script, and can be
+        # removed once it has run.
         #trusted_third_party_id_servers:
         #  - matrix.org
         #  - vector.im
 
+        # Handle threepid (email/phone etc) registration and password resets through a set of
+        # *trusted* identity servers. Note that this allows the configured identity server to
+        # reset passwords for accounts!
+        #
+        # Be aware that if `email` is not set, and SMTP options have not been
+        # configured in the email config block, registration and user password resets via
+        # email will be globally disabled.
+        #
+        # Additionally, if `msisdn` is not set, registration and password resets via msisdn
+        # will be disabled regardless. This is due to Synapse currently not supporting any
+        # method of sending SMS messages on its own.
+        #
+        # To enable using an identity server for operations regarding a particular third-party
+        # identifier type, set the value to the URL of that identity server as shown in the
+        # examples below.
+        #
+        # Servers handling the these requests must answer the `/requestToken` endpoints defined
+        # by the Matrix Identity Service API specification:
+        # https://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/latest
+        #
+        # If a delegate is specified, the config option public_baseurl must also be filled out.
+        #
+        account_threepid_delegates:
+            #email: https://example.com     # Delegate email sending to example.org
+            #msisdn: http://localhost:8090  # Delegate SMS sending to this local process
+
         # Users who register on this homeserver will automatically be joined
         # to these rooms
         #
diff --git a/synapse/config/repository.py b/synapse/config/repository.py
index fdb1f246d0..52e014608a 100644
--- a/synapse/config/repository.py
+++ b/synapse/config/repository.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2014, 2015 matrix.org
+# Copyright 2014, 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import os
 from collections import namedtuple
 
+from synapse.python_dependencies import DependencyException, check_requirements
 from synapse.util.module_loader import load_module
 
 from ._base import Config, ConfigError
@@ -34,17 +35,6 @@ THUMBNAIL_SIZE_YAML = """\
         #    method: %(method)s
 """
 
-MISSING_NETADDR = "Missing netaddr library. This is required for URL preview API."
-
-MISSING_LXML = """Missing lxml library. This is required for URL preview API.
-
-    Install by running:
-        pip install lxml
-
-    Requires libxslt1-dev system package.
-    """
-
-
 ThumbnailRequirement = namedtuple(
     "ThumbnailRequirement", ["width", "height", "method", "media_type"]
 )
@@ -171,16 +161,10 @@ class ContentRepositoryConfig(Config):
         self.url_preview_enabled = config.get("url_preview_enabled", False)
         if self.url_preview_enabled:
             try:
-                import lxml
-
-                lxml  # To stop unused lint.
-            except ImportError:
-                raise ConfigError(MISSING_LXML)
+                check_requirements("url_preview")
 
-            try:
-                from netaddr import IPSet
-            except ImportError:
-                raise ConfigError(MISSING_NETADDR)
+            except DependencyException as e:
+                raise ConfigError(e.message)
 
             if "url_preview_ip_range_blacklist" not in config:
                 raise ConfigError(
@@ -189,6 +173,9 @@ class ContentRepositoryConfig(Config):
                     "to work"
                 )
 
+            # netaddr is a dependency for url_preview
+            from netaddr import IPSet
+
             self.url_preview_ip_range_blacklist = IPSet(
                 config["url_preview_ip_range_blacklist"]
             )
diff --git a/synapse/config/saml2_config.py b/synapse/config/saml2_config.py
index 6a8161547a..ab34b41ca8 100644
--- a/synapse/config/saml2_config.py
+++ b/synapse/config/saml2_config.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright 2018 New Vector Ltd
+# Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -12,11 +13,47 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+
+import re
+
 from synapse.python_dependencies import DependencyException, check_requirements
+from synapse.types import (
+    map_username_to_mxid_localpart,
+    mxid_localpart_allowed_characters,
+)
+from synapse.util.module_loader import load_python_module
 
 from ._base import Config, ConfigError
 
 
+def _dict_merge(merge_dict, into_dict):
+    """Do a deep merge of two dicts
+
+    Recursively merges `merge_dict` into `into_dict`:
+      * For keys where both `merge_dict` and `into_dict` have a dict value, the values
+        are recursively merged
+      * For all other keys, the values in `into_dict` (if any) are overwritten with
+        the value from `merge_dict`.
+
+    Args:
+        merge_dict (dict): dict to merge
+        into_dict (dict): target dict
+    """
+    for k, v in merge_dict.items():
+        if k not in into_dict:
+            into_dict[k] = v
+            continue
+
+        current_val = into_dict[k]
+
+        if isinstance(v, dict) and isinstance(current_val, dict):
+            _dict_merge(v, current_val)
+            continue
+
+        # otherwise we just overwrite
+        into_dict[k] = v
+
+
 class SAML2Config(Config):
     def read_config(self, config, **kwargs):
         self.saml2_enabled = False
@@ -26,6 +63,9 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
         if not saml2_config or not saml2_config.get("enabled", True):
             return
 
+        if not saml2_config.get("sp_config") and not saml2_config.get("config_path"):
+            return
+
         try:
             check_requirements("saml2")
         except DependencyException as e:
@@ -33,21 +73,40 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
 
         self.saml2_enabled = True
 
-        import saml2.config
+        self.saml2_mxid_source_attribute = saml2_config.get(
+            "mxid_source_attribute", "uid"
+        )
 
-        self.saml2_sp_config = saml2.config.SPConfig()
-        self.saml2_sp_config.load(self._default_saml_config_dict())
-        self.saml2_sp_config.load(saml2_config.get("sp_config", {}))
+        self.saml2_grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute = saml2_config.get(
+            "grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute", "uid"
+        )
+
+        saml2_config_dict = self._default_saml_config_dict()
+        _dict_merge(
+            merge_dict=saml2_config.get("sp_config", {}), into_dict=saml2_config_dict
+        )
 
         config_path = saml2_config.get("config_path", None)
         if config_path is not None:
-            self.saml2_sp_config.load_file(config_path)
+            mod = load_python_module(config_path)
+            _dict_merge(merge_dict=mod.CONFIG, into_dict=saml2_config_dict)
+
+        import saml2.config
+
+        self.saml2_sp_config = saml2.config.SPConfig()
+        self.saml2_sp_config.load(saml2_config_dict)
 
         # session lifetime: in milliseconds
         self.saml2_session_lifetime = self.parse_duration(
             saml2_config.get("saml_session_lifetime", "5m")
         )
 
+        mapping = saml2_config.get("mxid_mapping", "hexencode")
+        try:
+            self.saml2_mxid_mapper = MXID_MAPPER_MAP[mapping]
+        except KeyError:
+            raise ConfigError("%s is not a known mxid_mapping" % (mapping,))
+
     def _default_saml_config_dict(self):
         import saml2
 
@@ -55,6 +114,13 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
         if public_baseurl is None:
             raise ConfigError("saml2_config requires a public_baseurl to be set")
 
+        required_attributes = {"uid", self.saml2_mxid_source_attribute}
+
+        optional_attributes = {"displayName"}
+        if self.saml2_grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute:
+            optional_attributes.add(self.saml2_grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute)
+        optional_attributes -= required_attributes
+
         metadata_url = public_baseurl + "_matrix/saml2/metadata.xml"
         response_url = public_baseurl + "_matrix/saml2/authn_response"
         return {
@@ -66,8 +132,9 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
                             (response_url, saml2.BINDING_HTTP_POST)
                         ]
                     },
-                    "required_attributes": ["uid"],
-                    "optional_attributes": ["mail", "surname", "givenname"],
+                    "required_attributes": list(required_attributes),
+                    "optional_attributes": list(optional_attributes),
+                    # "name_id_format": saml2.saml.NAMEID_FORMAT_PERSISTENT,
                 }
             },
         }
@@ -76,12 +143,13 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
         return """\
         # Enable SAML2 for registration and login. Uses pysaml2.
         #
-        # `sp_config` is the configuration for the pysaml2 Service Provider.
-        # See pysaml2 docs for format of config.
+        # At least one of `sp_config` or `config_path` must be set in this section to
+        # enable SAML login.
         #
-        # Default values will be used for the 'entityid' and 'service' settings,
-        # so it is not normally necessary to specify them unless you need to
-        # override them.
+        # (You will probably also want to set the following options to `false` to
+        # disable the regular login/registration flows:
+        #   * enable_registration
+        #   * password_config.enabled
         #
         # Once SAML support is enabled, a metadata file will be exposed at
         # https://<server>:<port>/_matrix/saml2/metadata.xml, which you may be able to
@@ -89,52 +157,105 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
         # the IdP to use an ACS location of
         # https://<server>:<port>/_matrix/saml2/authn_response.
         #
-        #saml2_config:
-        #  sp_config:
-        #    # point this to the IdP's metadata. You can use either a local file or
-        #    # (preferably) a URL.
-        #    metadata:
-        #      #local: ["saml2/idp.xml"]
-        #      remote:
-        #        - url: https://our_idp/metadata.xml
-        #
-        #    # By default, the user has to go to our login page first. If you'd like to
-        #    # allow IdP-initiated login, set 'allow_unsolicited: True' in a
-        #    # 'service.sp' section:
-        #    #
-        #    #service:
-        #    #  sp:
-        #    #    allow_unsolicited: True
-        #
-        #    # The examples below are just used to generate our metadata xml, and you
-        #    # may well not need it, depending on your setup. Alternatively you
-        #    # may need a whole lot more detail - see the pysaml2 docs!
-        #
-        #    description: ["My awesome SP", "en"]
-        #    name: ["Test SP", "en"]
-        #
-        #    organization:
-        #      name: Example com
-        #      display_name:
-        #        - ["Example co", "en"]
-        #      url: "http://example.com"
-        #
-        #    contact_person:
-        #      - given_name: Bob
-        #        sur_name: "the Sysadmin"
-        #        email_address": ["admin@example.com"]
-        #        contact_type": technical
-        #
-        #  # Instead of putting the config inline as above, you can specify a
-        #  # separate pysaml2 configuration file:
-        #  #
-        #  config_path: "%(config_dir_path)s/sp_conf.py"
-        #
-        #  # the lifetime of a SAML session. This defines how long a user has to
-        #  # complete the authentication process, if allow_unsolicited is unset.
-        #  # The default is 5 minutes.
-        #  #
-        #  # saml_session_lifetime: 5m
+        saml2_config:
+          # `sp_config` is the configuration for the pysaml2 Service Provider.
+          # See pysaml2 docs for format of config.
+          #
+          # Default values will be used for the 'entityid' and 'service' settings,
+          # so it is not normally necessary to specify them unless you need to
+          # override them.
+          #
+          #sp_config:
+          #  # point this to the IdP's metadata. You can use either a local file or
+          #  # (preferably) a URL.
+          #  metadata:
+          #    #local: ["saml2/idp.xml"]
+          #    remote:
+          #      - url: https://our_idp/metadata.xml
+          #
+          #    # By default, the user has to go to our login page first. If you'd like
+          #    # to allow IdP-initiated login, set 'allow_unsolicited: True' in a
+          #    # 'service.sp' section:
+          #    #
+          #    #service:
+          #    #  sp:
+          #    #    allow_unsolicited: true
+          #
+          #    # The examples below are just used to generate our metadata xml, and you
+          #    # may well not need them, depending on your setup. Alternatively you
+          #    # may need a whole lot more detail - see the pysaml2 docs!
+          #
+          #    description: ["My awesome SP", "en"]
+          #    name: ["Test SP", "en"]
+          #
+          #    organization:
+          #      name: Example com
+          #      display_name:
+          #        - ["Example co", "en"]
+          #      url: "http://example.com"
+          #
+          #    contact_person:
+          #      - given_name: Bob
+          #        sur_name: "the Sysadmin"
+          #        email_address": ["admin@example.com"]
+          #        contact_type": technical
+
+          # Instead of putting the config inline as above, you can specify a
+          # separate pysaml2 configuration file:
+          #
+          #config_path: "%(config_dir_path)s/sp_conf.py"
+
+          # the lifetime of a SAML session. This defines how long a user has to
+          # complete the authentication process, if allow_unsolicited is unset.
+          # The default is 5 minutes.
+          #
+          #saml_session_lifetime: 5m
+
+          # The SAML attribute (after mapping via the attribute maps) to use to derive
+          # the Matrix ID from. 'uid' by default.
+          #
+          #mxid_source_attribute: displayName
+
+          # The mapping system to use for mapping the saml attribute onto a matrix ID.
+          # Options include:
+          #  * 'hexencode' (which maps unpermitted characters to '=xx')
+          #  * 'dotreplace' (which replaces unpermitted characters with '.').
+          # The default is 'hexencode'.
+          #
+          #mxid_mapping: dotreplace
+
+          # In previous versions of synapse, the mapping from SAML attribute to MXID was
+          # always calculated dynamically rather than stored in a table. For backwards-
+          # compatibility, we will look for user_ids matching such a pattern before
+          # creating a new account.
+          #
+          # This setting controls the SAML attribute which will be used for this
+          # backwards-compatibility lookup. Typically it should be 'uid', but if the
+          # attribute maps are changed, it may be necessary to change it.
+          #
+          # The default is 'uid'.
+          #
+          #grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute: upn
         """ % {
             "config_dir_path": config_dir_path
         }
+
+
+DOT_REPLACE_PATTERN = re.compile(
+    ("[^%s]" % (re.escape("".join(mxid_localpart_allowed_characters)),))
+)
+
+
+def dot_replace_for_mxid(username: str) -> str:
+    username = username.lower()
+    username = DOT_REPLACE_PATTERN.sub(".", username)
+
+    # regular mxids aren't allowed to start with an underscore either
+    username = re.sub("^_", "", username)
+    return username
+
+
+MXID_MAPPER_MAP = {
+    "hexencode": map_username_to_mxid_localpart,
+    "dotreplace": dot_replace_for_mxid,
+}
diff --git a/synapse/config/server.py b/synapse/config/server.py
index 15449695d1..536ee7f29c 100644
--- a/synapse/config/server.py
+++ b/synapse/config/server.py
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
 
 import logging
 import os.path
+import re
+from textwrap import indent
 
 import attr
+import yaml
 from netaddr import IPSet
 
 from synapse.api.room_versions import KNOWN_ROOM_VERSIONS
@@ -45,6 +48,13 @@ ROOM_COMPLEXITY_TOO_GREAT = (
     "to join this room."
 )
 
+METRICS_PORT_WARNING = """\
+The metrics_port configuration option is deprecated in Synapse 0.31 in favour of
+a listener. Please see
+https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/metrics-howto.md
+on how to configure the new listener.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"""
+
 
 class ServerConfig(Config):
     def read_config(self, config, **kwargs):
@@ -159,6 +169,23 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
 
         self.mau_trial_days = config.get("mau_trial_days", 0)
 
+        # How long to keep redacted events in the database in unredacted form
+        # before redacting them.
+        redaction_retention_period = config.get("redaction_retention_period", "7d")
+        if redaction_retention_period is not None:
+            self.redaction_retention_period = self.parse_duration(
+                redaction_retention_period
+            )
+        else:
+            self.redaction_retention_period = None
+
+        # How long to keep entries in the `users_ips` table.
+        user_ips_max_age = config.get("user_ips_max_age", "28d")
+        if user_ips_max_age is not None:
+            self.user_ips_max_age = self.parse_duration(user_ips_max_age)
+        else:
+            self.user_ips_max_age = None
+
         # Options to disable HS
         self.hs_disabled = config.get("hs_disabled", False)
         self.hs_disabled_message = config.get("hs_disabled_message", "")
@@ -321,14 +348,7 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
 
         metrics_port = config.get("metrics_port")
         if metrics_port:
-            logger.warn(
-                (
-                    "The metrics_port configuration option is deprecated in Synapse 0.31 "
-                    "in favour of a listener. Please see "
-                    "http://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/metrics-howto.rst"
-                    " on how to configure the new listener."
-                )
-            )
+            logger.warning(METRICS_PORT_WARNING)
 
             self.listeners.append(
                 {
@@ -342,17 +362,15 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
 
         _check_resource_config(self.listeners)
 
-        # An experimental option to try and periodically clean up extremities
-        # by sending dummy events.
         self.cleanup_extremities_with_dummy_events = config.get(
-            "cleanup_extremities_with_dummy_events", False
+            "cleanup_extremities_with_dummy_events", True
         )
 
     def has_tls_listener(self):
         return any(l["tls"] for l in self.listeners)
 
     def generate_config_section(
-        self, server_name, data_dir_path, open_private_ports, **kwargs
+        self, server_name, data_dir_path, open_private_ports, listeners, **kwargs
     ):
         _, bind_port = parse_and_validate_server_name(server_name)
         if bind_port is not None:
@@ -366,11 +384,68 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         # Bring DEFAULT_ROOM_VERSION into the local-scope for use in the
         # default config string
         default_room_version = DEFAULT_ROOM_VERSION
+        secure_listeners = []
+        unsecure_listeners = []
+        private_addresses = ["::1", "127.0.0.1"]
+        if listeners:
+            for listener in listeners:
+                if listener["tls"]:
+                    secure_listeners.append(listener)
+                else:
+                    # If we don't want open ports we need to bind the listeners
+                    # to some address other than 0.0.0.0. Here we chose to use
+                    # localhost.
+                    # If the addresses are already bound we won't overwrite them
+                    # however.
+                    if not open_private_ports:
+                        listener.setdefault("bind_addresses", private_addresses)
+
+                    unsecure_listeners.append(listener)
+
+            secure_http_bindings = indent(
+                yaml.dump(secure_listeners), " " * 10
+            ).lstrip()
+
+            unsecure_http_bindings = indent(
+                yaml.dump(unsecure_listeners), " " * 10
+            ).lstrip()
+
+        if not unsecure_listeners:
+            unsecure_http_bindings = (
+                """- port: %(unsecure_port)s
+            tls: false
+            type: http
+            x_forwarded: true"""
+                % locals()
+            )
+
+            if not open_private_ports:
+                unsecure_http_bindings += (
+                    "\n            bind_addresses: ['::1', '127.0.0.1']"
+                )
+
+            unsecure_http_bindings += """
+
+            resources:
+              - names: [client, federation]
+                compress: false"""
+
+            if listeners:
+                # comment out this block
+                unsecure_http_bindings = "#" + re.sub(
+                    "\n {10}",
+                    lambda match: match.group(0) + "#",
+                    unsecure_http_bindings,
+                )
 
-        unsecure_http_binding = "port: %i\n            tls: false" % (unsecure_port,)
-        if not open_private_ports:
-            unsecure_http_binding += (
-                "\n            bind_addresses: ['::1', '127.0.0.1']"
+        if not secure_listeners:
+            secure_http_bindings = (
+                """#- port: %(bind_port)s
+          #  type: http
+          #  tls: true
+          #  resources:
+          #    - names: [client, federation]"""
+                % locals()
             )
 
         return (
@@ -475,6 +550,9 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         # blacklist IP address CIDR ranges. If this option is not specified, or
         # specified with an empty list, no ip range blacklist will be enforced.
         #
+        # As of Synapse v1.4.0 this option also affects any outbound requests to identity
+        # servers provided by user input.
+        #
         # (0.0.0.0 and :: are always blacklisted, whether or not they are explicitly
         # listed here, since they correspond to unroutable addresses.)
         #
@@ -501,8 +579,8 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         #
         #   type: the type of listener. Normally 'http', but other valid options are:
         #       'manhole' (see docs/manhole.md),
-        #       'metrics' (see docs/metrics-howto.rst),
-        #       'replication' (see docs/workers.rst).
+        #       'metrics' (see docs/metrics-howto.md),
+        #       'replication' (see docs/workers.md).
         #
         #   tls: set to true to enable TLS for this listener. Will use the TLS
         #       key/cert specified in tls_private_key_path / tls_certificate_path.
@@ -537,12 +615,12 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         #
         #   media: the media API (/_matrix/media).
         #
-        #   metrics: the metrics interface. See docs/metrics-howto.rst.
+        #   metrics: the metrics interface. See docs/metrics-howto.md.
         #
         #   openid: OpenID authentication.
         #
         #   replication: the HTTP replication API (/_synapse/replication). See
-        #       docs/workers.rst.
+        #       docs/workers.md.
         #
         #   static: static resources under synapse/static (/_matrix/static). (Mostly
         #       useful for 'fallback authentication'.)
@@ -556,25 +634,15 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
           # will also need to give Synapse a TLS key and certificate: see the TLS section
           # below.)
           #
-          #- port: %(bind_port)s
-          #  type: http
-          #  tls: true
-          #  resources:
-          #    - names: [client, federation]
+          %(secure_http_bindings)s
 
           # Unsecure HTTP listener: for when matrix traffic passes through a reverse proxy
           # that unwraps TLS.
           #
           # If you plan to use a reverse proxy, please see
-          # https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/reverse_proxy.rst.
+          # https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/reverse_proxy.md.
           #
-          - %(unsecure_http_binding)s
-            type: http
-            x_forwarded: true
-
-            resources:
-              - names: [client, federation]
-                compress: false
+          %(unsecure_http_bindings)s
 
             # example additional_resources:
             #
@@ -668,6 +736,19 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         # Defaults to 'true'.
         #
         #allow_per_room_profiles: false
+
+        # How long to keep redacted events in unredacted form in the database. After
+        # this period redacted events get replaced with their redacted form in the DB.
+        #
+        # Defaults to `7d`. Set to `null` to disable.
+        #
+        #redaction_retention_period: 28d
+
+        # How long to track users' last seen time and IPs in the database.
+        #
+        # Defaults to `28d`. Set to `null` to disable clearing out of old rows.
+        #
+        #user_ips_max_age: 14d
         """
             % locals()
         )
diff --git a/synapse/config/stats.py b/synapse/config/stats.py
index b518a3ed9c..b18ddbd1fa 100644
--- a/synapse/config/stats.py
+++ b/synapse/config/stats.py
@@ -27,19 +27,16 @@ class StatsConfig(Config):
 
     def read_config(self, config, **kwargs):
         self.stats_enabled = True
-        self.stats_bucket_size = 86400
+        self.stats_bucket_size = 86400 * 1000
         self.stats_retention = sys.maxsize
         stats_config = config.get("stats", None)
         if stats_config:
             self.stats_enabled = stats_config.get("enabled", self.stats_enabled)
-            self.stats_bucket_size = (
-                self.parse_duration(stats_config.get("bucket_size", "1d")) / 1000
+            self.stats_bucket_size = self.parse_duration(
+                stats_config.get("bucket_size", "1d")
             )
-            self.stats_retention = (
-                self.parse_duration(
-                    stats_config.get("retention", "%ds" % (sys.maxsize,))
-                )
-                / 1000
+            self.stats_retention = self.parse_duration(
+                stats_config.get("retention", "%ds" % (sys.maxsize,))
             )
 
     def generate_config_section(self, config_dir_path, server_name, **kwargs):
diff --git a/synapse/config/tls.py b/synapse/config/tls.py
index ca508a224f..fc47ba3e9a 100644
--- a/synapse/config/tls.py
+++ b/synapse/config/tls.py
@@ -110,8 +110,15 @@ class TlsConfig(Config):
         # Support globs (*) in whitelist values
         self.federation_certificate_verification_whitelist = []
         for entry in fed_whitelist_entries:
+            try:
+                entry_regex = glob_to_regex(entry.encode("ascii").decode("ascii"))
+            except UnicodeEncodeError:
+                raise ConfigError(
+                    "IDNA domain names are not allowed in the "
+                    "federation_certificate_verification_whitelist: %s" % (entry,)
+                )
+
             # Convert globs to regex
-            entry_regex = glob_to_regex(entry)
             self.federation_certificate_verification_whitelist.append(entry_regex)
 
         # List of custom certificate authorities for federation traffic validation
@@ -239,12 +246,38 @@ class TlsConfig(Config):
                 self.tls_fingerprints.append({"sha256": sha256_fingerprint})
 
     def generate_config_section(
-        self, config_dir_path, server_name, data_dir_path, **kwargs
+        self,
+        config_dir_path,
+        server_name,
+        data_dir_path,
+        tls_certificate_path,
+        tls_private_key_path,
+        acme_domain,
+        **kwargs
     ):
+        """If the acme_domain is specified acme will be enabled.
+        If the TLS paths are not specified the default will be certs in the
+        config directory"""
+
         base_key_name = os.path.join(config_dir_path, server_name)
 
-        tls_certificate_path = base_key_name + ".tls.crt"
-        tls_private_key_path = base_key_name + ".tls.key"
+        if bool(tls_certificate_path) != bool(tls_private_key_path):
+            raise ConfigError(
+                "Please specify both a cert path and a key path or neither."
+            )
+
+        tls_enabled = (
+            "" if tls_certificate_path and tls_private_key_path or acme_domain else "#"
+        )
+
+        if not tls_certificate_path:
+            tls_certificate_path = base_key_name + ".tls.crt"
+        if not tls_private_key_path:
+            tls_private_key_path = base_key_name + ".tls.key"
+
+        acme_enabled = bool(acme_domain)
+        acme_domain = "matrix.example.com"
+
         default_acme_account_file = os.path.join(data_dir_path, "acme_account.key")
 
         # this is to avoid the max line length. Sorrynotsorry
@@ -269,11 +302,11 @@ class TlsConfig(Config):
         # instance, if using certbot, use `fullchain.pem` as your certificate,
         # not `cert.pem`).
         #
-        #tls_certificate_path: "%(tls_certificate_path)s"
+        %(tls_enabled)stls_certificate_path: "%(tls_certificate_path)s"
 
         # PEM-encoded private key for TLS
         #
-        #tls_private_key_path: "%(tls_private_key_path)s"
+        %(tls_enabled)stls_private_key_path: "%(tls_private_key_path)s"
 
         # Whether to verify TLS server certificates for outbound federation requests.
         #
@@ -340,10 +373,10 @@ class TlsConfig(Config):
         #    permission to listen on port 80.
         #
         acme:
-            # ACME support is disabled by default. Uncomment the following line
-            # (and tls_certificate_path and tls_private_key_path above) to enable it.
+            # ACME support is disabled by default. Set this to `true` and uncomment
+            # tls_certificate_path and tls_private_key_path above to enable it.
             #
-            #enabled: true
+            enabled: %(acme_enabled)s
 
             # Endpoint to use to request certificates. If you only want to test,
             # use Let's Encrypt's staging url:
@@ -354,17 +387,17 @@ class TlsConfig(Config):
             # Port number to listen on for the HTTP-01 challenge. Change this if
             # you are forwarding connections through Apache/Nginx/etc.
             #
-            #port: 80
+            port: 80
 
             # Local addresses to listen on for incoming connections.
             # Again, you may want to change this if you are forwarding connections
             # through Apache/Nginx/etc.
             #
-            #bind_addresses: ['::', '0.0.0.0']
+            bind_addresses: ['::', '0.0.0.0']
 
             # How many days remaining on a certificate before it is renewed.
             #
-            #reprovision_threshold: 30
+            reprovision_threshold: 30
 
             # The domain that the certificate should be for. Normally this
             # should be the same as your Matrix domain (i.e., 'server_name'), but,
@@ -378,7 +411,7 @@ class TlsConfig(Config):
             #
             # If not set, defaults to your 'server_name'.
             #
-            #domain: matrix.example.com
+            domain: %(acme_domain)s
 
             # file to use for the account key. This will be generated if it doesn't
             # exist.
diff --git a/synapse/config/tracer.py b/synapse/config/tracer.py
index 95e7ccb3a3..85d99a3166 100644
--- a/synapse/config/tracer.py
+++ b/synapse/config/tracer.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+from synapse.python_dependencies import DependencyException, check_requirements
+
 from ._base import Config, ConfigError
 
 
@@ -32,6 +34,11 @@ class TracerConfig(Config):
         if not self.opentracer_enabled:
             return
 
+        try:
+            check_requirements("opentracing")
+        except DependencyException as e:
+            raise ConfigError(e.message)
+
         # The tracer is enabled so sanitize the config
 
         self.opentracer_whitelist = opentracing_config.get("homeserver_whitelist", [])
diff --git a/synapse/config/workers.py b/synapse/config/workers.py
index bc0fc165e3..1ec4998625 100644
--- a/synapse/config/workers.py
+++ b/synapse/config/workers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2016 matrix.org
+# Copyright 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.