Merge branch 'release-v0.24.1' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse v0.24.1

4 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/filter.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/filter.py
index d2b2fd66e6..1b9dc4528d 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/filter.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/filter.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class GetFilterRestServlet(RestServlet):
 
         try:
             filter_id = int(filter_id)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid filter_id")
 
         try:
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/groups.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/groups.py
index d11bccc1da..100f47ca9e 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/groups.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/groups.py
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ class GroupCreateServlet(RestServlet):
         # TODO: Create group on remote server
         content = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
         localpart = content.pop("localpart")
-        group_id = GroupID.create(localpart, self.server_name).to_string()
+        group_id = GroupID(localpart, self.server_name).to_string()
 
         result = yield self.groups_handler.create_group(group_id, user_id, content)
 
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py
index a1e0e53b33..a0a8e4b8e4 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class SyncRestServlet(RestServlet):
                     filter_object = json.loads(filter_id)
                     set_timeline_upper_limit(filter_object,
                                              self.hs.config.filter_timeline_limit)
-                except:
+                except Exception:
                     raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid filter JSON")
                 self.filtering.check_valid_filter(filter_object)
                 filter = FilterCollection(filter_object)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/user_directory.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/user_directory.py
index 6e012da4aa..2d4a43c353 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/user_directory.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/user_directory.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class UserDirectorySearchRestServlet(RestServlet):
 
         try:
             search_term = body["search_term"]
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             raise SynapseError(400, "`search_term` is required field")
 
         results = yield self.user_directory_handler.search_users(