Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/develop' into send_sni_for_federation_requests

# Conflicts:
#	synapse/crypto/context_factory.py

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/initial_sync.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/initial_sync.py

index 478e21eea8..00a1a99feb 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/initial_sync.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/initial_sync.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
 from synapse.streams.config import PaginationConfig
+from synapse.http.servlet import parse_boolean
+
 from .base import ClientV1RestServlet, client_path_patterns
 
 
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ class InitialSyncRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
         requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
         as_client_event = "raw" not in request.args
         pagination_config = PaginationConfig.from_request(request)
-        include_archived = request.args.get("archived", None) == ["true"]
+        include_archived = parse_boolean(request, "archived", default=False)
         content = yield self.initial_sync_handler.snapshot_all_rooms(
             user_id=requester.user.to_string(),
             pagin_config=pagination_config,