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authorBrendan Abolivier <babolivier@matrix.org>2019-05-21 14:39:36 +0100
committerBrendan Abolivier <babolivier@matrix.org>2019-05-21 14:39:36 +0100
commit384122efa84ed419e4e18f6156ded3d4ea4f43da (patch)
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parentDo the select and insert in a single transaction (diff)
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diff --git a/synapse/config/registration.py b/synapse/config/registration.py
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--- a/synapse/config/registration.py
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@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
         # link. ``%%(app)s`` can be used as a placeholder for the ``app_name`` parameter
         # from the ``email`` section.
         #
+        # Once this feature is enabled, Synapse will look for registered users without an
+        # expiration date at startup and will add one to every account it found using the
+        # current settings at that time.
+        # This means that, if a validity period is set, and Synapse is restarted (it will
+        # then derive an expiration date from the current validity period), and some time
+        # after that the validity period changes and Synapse is restarted, the users'
+        # expiration dates won't be updated unless their account is manually renewed.
+        #
         #account_validity:
         #  enabled: True
         #  period: 6w