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| author | DMRobertson <DMRobertson@users.noreply.github.com> | 2023-12-05 13:16:01 +0000 |
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| committer | DMRobertson <DMRobertson@users.noreply.github.com> | 2023-12-05 13:16:01 +0000 |
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The extra instructions that may be required are listed later in +this document.</p> +<ul> +<li> +<p>Check that your versions of Python and PostgreSQL are still +supported.</p> +<p>Synapse follows upstream lifecycles for <a href="https://endoflife.date/python">Python</a> and +<a href="https://endoflife.date/postgresql">PostgreSQL</a>, and removes support for versions +which are no longer maintained.</p> +<p>The website <a href="https://endoflife.date">https://endoflife.date</a> also offers convenient +summaries.</p> +</li> +<li> +<p>If Synapse was installed using <a href="setup/installation.html#prebuilt-packages">prebuilt packages</a>, +you will need to follow the normal process for upgrading those packages.</p> +</li> +<li> +<p>If Synapse was installed using pip then upgrade to the latest +version by running:</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash">pip install --upgrade matrix-synapse +</code></pre> +</li> +<li> +<p>If Synapse was installed from source, then:</p> +<ol> +<li> +<p>Obtain the latest version of the source code. Git users can run +<code>git pull</code> to do this.</p> +</li> +<li> +<p>If you're running Synapse in a virtualenv, make sure to activate it before +upgrading. For example, if Synapse is installed in a virtualenv in <code>~/synapse/env</code> then +run:</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash">source ~/synapse/env/bin/activate +pip install --upgrade . +</code></pre> +<p>Include any relevant extras between square brackets, e.g. <code>pip install --upgrade ".[postgres,oidc]"</code>.</p> +</li> +<li> +<p>If you're using <code>poetry</code> to manage a Synapse installation, run:</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash">poetry install +</code></pre> +<p>Include any relevant extras with <code>--extras</code>, e.g. <code>poetry install --extras postgres --extras oidc</code>. +It's probably easiest to run <code>poetry install --extras all</code>.</p> +</li> +<li> +<p>Restart Synapse:</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash">synctl restart +</code></pre> +</li> +</ol> +</li> +</ul> +<p>To check whether your update was successful, you can check the running +server version with:</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash"># you may need to replace 'localhost:8008' if synapse is not configured +# to listen on port 8008. + +curl http://localhost:8008/_synapse/admin/v1/server_version +</code></pre> +<h2 id="rolling-back-to-older-versions"><a class="header" href="#rolling-back-to-older-versions">Rolling back to older versions</a></h2> +<p>Rolling back to previous releases can be difficult, due to database +schema changes between releases. Where we have been able to test the +rollback process, this will be noted below.</p> +<p>In general, you will need to undo any changes made during the upgrade +process, for example:</p> +<ul> +<li> +<p>pip:</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash">source env/bin/activate +# replace `1.3.0` accordingly: +pip install matrix-synapse==1.3.0 +</code></pre> +</li> +<li> +<p>Debian:</p> +<pre><code class="language-bash"># replace `1.3.0` and `stretch` accordingly: +wget https://packages.matrix.org/debian/pool/main/m/matrix-synapse-py3/matrix-synapse-py3_1.3.0+stretch1_amd64.deb +dpkg -i matrix-synapse-py3_1.3.0+stretch1_amd64.deb +</code></pre> +</li> +</ul> +<p>Generally Synapse database schemas are compatible across multiple versions, once +a version of Synapse is deployed you may not be able to rollback automatically. +The following table gives the version ranges and the earliest version they can +be rolled back to. E.g. Synapse versions v1.58.0 through v1.61.1 can be rolled +back safely to v1.57.0, but starting with v1.62.0 it is only safe to rollback to +v1.61.0.</p> +<table><thead><tr><th>Versions</th><th>Compatible version</th></tr></thead><tbody> +<tr><td>v1.0.0 – v1.2.1</td><td>v1.0.0</td></tr> +<tr><td>v1.3.0 – v1.8.0</td><td>v1.3.0</td></tr> +<tr><td>v1.9.0 – v1.12.4</td><td>v1.9.0</td></tr> +<tr><td>v1.13.0 – v1.25.0</td><td>v1.13.0</td></tr> +<tr><td>v1.26.0 – v1.44.0</td><td>v1.26.0</td></tr> +<tr><td>v1.45.0 – v1.47.1</td><td>v1.38.0</td></tr> +<tr><td>v1.48.0 – v1.51.0</td><td>v1.39.0</td></tr> +<tr><td>v1.52.0 – v1.57.1</td><td>v1.49.0</td></tr> +<tr><td>v1.58.0 – v1.61.1</td><td>v1.57.0</td></tr> +<tr><td>v1.62.0 – v1.63.1</td><td>v1.61.0</td></tr> +<tr><td>v1.64.0 – v1.69.0</td><td>v1.62.0</td></tr> +<tr><td>v1.70.0 – v1.82.0</td><td>v1.68.0</td></tr> +<tr><td>v1.83.0 – v1.84.1</td><td>v1.77.0</td></tr> +<tr><td>v1.85.0 – v1.91.2</td><td>v1.83.0</td></tr> +<tr><td>v1.92.0 – v1.97.0</td><td>v1.90.0</td></tr> +</tbody></table> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1930"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1930">Upgrading to v1.93.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="minimum-supported-rust-version"><a class="header" href="#minimum-supported-rust-version">Minimum supported Rust version</a></h2> +<p>The minimum supported Rust version has been increased from v1.60.0 to v1.61.0. +Users building from source will need to ensure their <code>rustc</code> version is up to +date.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1900"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1900">Upgrading to v1.90.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="app-service-query-parameter-authorization-is-now-a-configuration-option"><a class="header" href="#app-service-query-parameter-authorization-is-now-a-configuration-option">App service query parameter authorization is now a configuration option</a></h2> +<p>Synapse v1.81.0 deprecated application service authorization via query parameters as this is +considered insecure - and from Synapse v1.71.0 forwards the application service token has also been sent via +<a href="https://spec.matrix.org/v1.6/application-service-api/#authorization">the <code>Authorization</code> header</a>], making the insecure +query parameter authorization redundant. Since removing the ability to continue to use query parameters could break +backwards compatibility it has now been put behind a configuration option, <code>use_appservice_legacy_authorization</code>.<br /> +This option defaults to false, but can be activated by adding </p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml">use_appservice_legacy_authorization: true +</code></pre> +<p>to your configuration.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1890"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1890">Upgrading to v1.89.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="removal-of-unspecced-user-property-for-register"><a class="header" href="#removal-of-unspecced-user-property-for-register">Removal of unspecced <code>user</code> property for <code>/register</code></a></h2> +<p>Application services can no longer call <code>/register</code> with a <code>user</code> property to create new users. +The standard <code>username</code> property should be used instead. See the +<a href="https://spec.matrix.org/v1.7/application-service-api/#server-admin-style-permissions">Application Service specification</a> +for more information.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1880"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1880">Upgrading to v1.88.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="minimum-supported-python-version"><a class="header" href="#minimum-supported-python-version">Minimum supported Python version</a></h2> +<p>The minimum supported Python version has been increased from v3.7 to v3.8. +You will need Python 3.8 to run Synapse v1.88.0 (due out July 18th, 2023).</p> +<p>If you use current versions of the Matrix.org-distributed Debian +packages or Docker images, no action is required.</p> +<h2 id="removal-of-worker_replication_-settings"><a class="header" href="#removal-of-worker_replication_-settings">Removal of <code>worker_replication_*</code> settings</a></h2> +<p>As mentioned previously in <a href="#upgrading-to-v1840">Upgrading to v1.84.0</a>, the following deprecated settings +are being removed in this release of Synapse:</p> +<ul> +<li><a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.86/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#worker_replication_host"><code>worker_replication_host</code></a></li> +<li><a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.86/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#worker_replication_http_port"><code>worker_replication_http_port</code></a></li> +<li><a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.86/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#worker_replication_http_tls"><code>worker_replication_http_tls</code></a></li> +</ul> +<p>Please ensure that you have migrated to using <code>main</code> on your shared configuration's <code>instance_map</code> +(or create one if necessary). This is required if you have <em><strong>any</strong></em> workers at all; +administrators of single-process (monolith) installations don't need to do anything.</p> +<p>For an illustrative example, please see <a href="#upgrading-to-v1840">Upgrading to v1.84.0</a> below.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1860"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1860">Upgrading to v1.86.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="minimum-supported-rust-version-1"><a class="header" href="#minimum-supported-rust-version-1">Minimum supported Rust version</a></h2> +<p>The minimum supported Rust version has been increased from v1.58.1 to v1.60.0. +Users building from source will need to ensure their <code>rustc</code> version is up to +date.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1850"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1850">Upgrading to v1.85.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="application-service-registration-with-user-property-deprecation"><a class="header" href="#application-service-registration-with-user-property-deprecation">Application service registration with "user" property deprecation</a></h2> +<p>Application services should ensure they call the <code>/register</code> endpoint with a +<code>username</code> property. The legacy <code>user</code> property is considered deprecated and +should no longer be included.</p> +<p>A future version of Synapse (v1.88.0 or later) will remove support for legacy +application service login.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1840"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1840">Upgrading to v1.84.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="deprecation-of-worker_replication_-configuration-settings"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-worker_replication_-configuration-settings">Deprecation of <code>worker_replication_*</code> configuration settings</a></h2> +<p>When using workers,</p> +<ul> +<li><code>worker_replication_host</code></li> +<li><code>worker_replication_http_port</code></li> +<li><code>worker_replication_http_tls</code></li> +</ul> +<p>should now be removed from individual worker YAML configurations and the main process should instead be added to the <code>instance_map</code> +in the shared YAML configuration, using the name <code>main</code>.</p> +<p>The old <code>worker_replication_*</code> settings are now considered deprecated and are expected to be removed in Synapse v1.88.0.</p> +<h3 id="example-change"><a class="header" href="#example-change">Example change</a></h3> +<h4 id="before"><a class="header" href="#before">Before:</a></h4> +<p>Shared YAML</p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml">instance_map: + generic_worker1: + host: localhost + port: 5678 + tls: false +</code></pre> +<p>Worker YAML</p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml">worker_app: synapse.app.generic_worker +worker_name: generic_worker1 + +worker_replication_host: localhost +worker_replication_http_port: 3456 +worker_replication_http_tls: false + +worker_listeners: + - type: http + port: 1234 + resources: + - names: [client, federation] + - type: http + port: 5678 + resources: + - names: [replication] + +worker_log_config: /etc/matrix-synapse/generic-worker-log.yaml +</code></pre> +<h4 id="after"><a class="header" href="#after">After:</a></h4> +<p>Shared YAML</p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml">instance_map: + main: + host: localhost + port: 3456 + tls: false + generic_worker1: + host: localhost + port: 5678 + tls: false +</code></pre> +<p>Worker YAML</p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml">worker_app: synapse.app.generic_worker +worker_name: generic_worker1 + +worker_listeners: + - type: http + port: 1234 + resources: + - names: [client, federation] + - type: http + port: 5678 + resources: + - names: [replication] + +worker_log_config: /etc/matrix-synapse/generic-worker-log.yaml + +</code></pre> +<p>Notes: </p> +<ul> +<li><code>tls</code> is optional but mirrors the functionality of <code>worker_replication_http_tls</code></li> +</ul> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1810"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1810">Upgrading to v1.81.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="application-service-path--authentication-deprecations"><a class="header" href="#application-service-path--authentication-deprecations">Application service path & authentication deprecations</a></h2> +<p>Synapse now attempts the versioned appservice paths before falling back to the +<a href="https://spec.matrix.org/v1.6/application-service-api/#legacy-routes">legacy paths</a>. +Usage of the legacy routes should be considered deprecated.</p> +<p>Additionally, Synapse has supported sending the application service access token +via <a href="https://spec.matrix.org/v1.6/application-service-api/#authorization">the <code>Authorization</code> header</a> +since v1.70.0. For backwards compatibility it is <em>also</em> sent as the <code>access_token</code> +query parameter. This is insecure and should be considered deprecated.</p> +<p>A future version of Synapse (v1.88.0 or later) will remove support for legacy +application service routes and query parameter authorization.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1800"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1800">Upgrading to v1.80.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="reporting-events-error-code-change"><a class="header" href="#reporting-events-error-code-change">Reporting events error code change</a></h2> +<p>Before this update, the +<a href="https://spec.matrix.org/v1.6/client-server-api/#post_matrixclientv3roomsroomidreporteventid"><code>POST /_matrix/client/v3/rooms/{roomId}/report/{eventId}</code></a> +endpoint would return a <code>403</code> if a user attempted to report an event that they did not have access to. +This endpoint will now return a <code>404</code> in this case instead.</p> +<p>Clients that implement event reporting should check that their error handling code will handle this +change.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1790"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1790">Upgrading to v1.79.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="the-on_threepid_bind-module-callback-method-has-been-deprecated"><a class="header" href="#the-on_threepid_bind-module-callback-method-has-been-deprecated">The <code>on_threepid_bind</code> module callback method has been deprecated</a></h2> +<p>Synapse v1.79.0 deprecates the +<a href="modules/third_party_rules_callbacks.html#on_threepid_bind"><code>on_threepid_bind</code></a> +"third-party rules" Synapse module callback method in favour of a new module method, +<a href="modules/third_party_rules_callbacks.html#on_add_user_third_party_identifier"><code>on_add_user_third_party_identifier</code></a>. +<code>on_threepid_bind</code> will be removed in a future version of Synapse. You should check whether any Synapse +modules in use in your deployment are making use of <code>on_threepid_bind</code>, and update them where possible.</p> +<p>The arguments and functionality of the new method are the same.</p> +<p>The justification behind the name change is that the old method's name, <code>on_threepid_bind</code>, was +misleading. A user is considered to "bind" their third-party ID to their Matrix ID only if they +do so via an <a href="https://spec.matrix.org/latest/identity-service-api/">identity server</a> +(so that users on other homeservers may find them). But this method was not called in that case - +it was only called when a user added a third-party identifier on the local homeserver.</p> +<p>Module developers may also be interested in the related +<a href="modules/third_party_rules_callbacks.html#on_remove_user_third_party_identifier"><code>on_remove_user_third_party_identifier</code></a> +module callback method that was also added in Synapse v1.79.0. This new method is called when a +user removes a third-party identifier from their account.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1780"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1780">Upgrading to v1.78.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="deprecate-the-_synapseadminv1mediaserver_namedelete-admin-api"><a class="header" href="#deprecate-the-_synapseadminv1mediaserver_namedelete-admin-api">Deprecate the <code>/_synapse/admin/v1/media/<server_name>/delete</code> admin API</a></h2> +<p>Synapse 1.78.0 replaces the <code>/_synapse/admin/v1/media/<server_name>/delete</code> +admin API with an identical endpoint at <code>/_synapse/admin/v1/media/delete</code>. Please +update your tooling to use the new endpoint. The deprecated version will be removed +in a future release.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1760"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1760">Upgrading to v1.76.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="faster-joins-are-enabled-by-default"><a class="header" href="#faster-joins-are-enabled-by-default">Faster joins are enabled by default</a></h2> +<p>When joining a room for the first time, Synapse 1.76.0 will request a partial join from the other server by default. Previously, server admins had to opt-in to this using an experimental config flag.</p> +<p>Server admins can opt out of this feature for the time being by setting</p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml">experimental: + faster_joins: false +</code></pre> +<p>in their server config.</p> +<h2 id="changes-to-the-account-data-replication-streams"><a class="header" href="#changes-to-the-account-data-replication-streams">Changes to the account data replication streams</a></h2> +<p>Synapse has changed the format of the account data and devices replication +streams (between workers). This is a forwards- and backwards-incompatible +change: v1.75 workers cannot process account data replicated by v1.76 workers, +and vice versa.</p> +<p>Once all workers are upgraded to v1.76 (or downgraded to v1.75), account data +and device replication will resume as normal.</p> +<h2 id="minimum-version-of-poetry-is-now-132"><a class="header" href="#minimum-version-of-poetry-is-now-132">Minimum version of Poetry is now 1.3.2</a></h2> +<p>The minimum supported version of Poetry is now 1.3.2 (previously 1.2.0, <a href="#upgrading-to-v1670">since +Synapse 1.67</a>). If you have used <code>poetry install</code> to +install Synapse from a source checkout, you should upgrade poetry: see its +<a href="https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installation">installation instructions</a>. +For all other installation methods, no acction is required.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1740"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1740">Upgrading to v1.74.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="unicode-support-in-user-search"><a class="header" href="#unicode-support-in-user-search">Unicode support in user search</a></h2> +<p>This version introduces optional support for an <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/14464">improved user search dealing with Unicode characters</a>.</p> +<p>If you want to take advantage of this feature you need to install PyICU, +the ICU native dependency and its development headers +so that PyICU can build since no prebuilt wheels are available.</p> +<p>You can follow <a href="https://pypi.org/project/PyICU/">the PyICU documentation</a> to do so, +and then do <code>pip install matrix-synapse[user-search]</code> for a PyPI install.</p> +<p>Docker images and Debian packages need nothing specific as they already +include or specify ICU as an explicit dependency.</p> +<h2 id="user-directory-rebuild"><a class="header" href="#user-directory-rebuild">User directory rebuild</a></h2> +<p>Synapse 1.74 queues a background update +<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/14643">to rebuild the user directory</a>, +in order to fix missing or erroneous entries.</p> +<p>When this update begins, the user directory will be cleared out and rebuilt from +scratch. User directory lookups will be incomplete until the rebuild completes. +Admins can monitor the rebuild's progress by using the +<a href="usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.html#status">Background update Admin API</a>.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1730"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1730">Upgrading to v1.73.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="legacy-prometheus-metric-names-have-now-been-removed"><a class="header" href="#legacy-prometheus-metric-names-have-now-been-removed">Legacy Prometheus metric names have now been removed</a></h2> +<p>Synapse v1.69.0 included the deprecation of legacy Prometheus metric names +and offered an option to disable them. +Synapse v1.71.0 disabled legacy Prometheus metric names by default.</p> +<p>This version, v1.73.0, removes those legacy Prometheus metric names entirely. +This also means that the <code>enable_legacy_metrics</code> configuration option has been +removed; it will no longer be possible to re-enable the legacy metric names.</p> +<p>If you use metrics and have not yet updated your Grafana dashboard(s), +Prometheus console(s) or alerting rule(s), please consider doing so when upgrading +to this version. +Note that the included Grafana dashboard was updated in v1.72.0 to correct some +metric names which were missed when legacy metrics were disabled by default.</p> +<p>See <a href="#deprecation-of-legacy-prometheus-metric-names">v1.69.0: Deprecation of legacy Prometheus metric names</a> +for more context.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1720"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1720">Upgrading to v1.72.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="dropping-support-for-postgresql-10"><a class="header" href="#dropping-support-for-postgresql-10">Dropping support for PostgreSQL 10</a></h2> +<p>In line with our <a href="deprecation_policy.html">deprecation policy</a>, we've dropped +support for PostgreSQL 10, as it is no longer supported upstream.</p> +<p>This release of Synapse requires PostgreSQL 11+.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1710"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1710">Upgrading to v1.71.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="removal-of-the-generate_short_term_login_token-module-api-method"><a class="header" href="#removal-of-the-generate_short_term_login_token-module-api-method">Removal of the <code>generate_short_term_login_token</code> module API method</a></h2> +<p>As announced with the release of <a href="#deprecation-of-the-generate_short_term_login_token-module-api-method">Synapse 1.69.0</a>, the deprecated <code>generate_short_term_login_token</code> module method has been removed.</p> +<p>Modules relying on it can instead use the <code>create_login_token</code> method.</p> +<h2 id="changes-to-the-events-received-by-application-services-interest"><a class="header" href="#changes-to-the-events-received-by-application-services-interest">Changes to the events received by application services (interest)</a></h2> +<p>To align with spec (changed in +<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3905">MSC3905</a>), Synapse now +only considers local users to be interesting. In other words, the <code>users</code> namespace +regex is only be applied against local users of the homeserver.</p> +<p>Please note, this probably doesn't affect the expected behavior of your application +service, since an interesting local user in a room still means all messages in the room +(from local or remote users) will still be considered interesting. And matching a room +with the <code>rooms</code> or <code>aliases</code> namespace regex will still consider all events sent in the +room to be interesting to the application service.</p> +<p>If one of your application service's <code>users</code> regex was intending to match a remote user, +this will no longer match as you expect. The behavioral mismatch between matching all +local users and some remote users is why the spec was changed/clarified and this +caveat is no longer supported.</p> +<h2 id="legacy-prometheus-metric-names-are-now-disabled-by-default"><a class="header" href="#legacy-prometheus-metric-names-are-now-disabled-by-default">Legacy Prometheus metric names are now disabled by default</a></h2> +<p>Synapse v1.71.0 disables legacy Prometheus metric names by default. +For administrators that still rely on them and have not yet had chance to update their +uses of the metrics, it's still possible to specify <code>enable_legacy_metrics: true</code> in +the configuration to re-enable them temporarily.</p> +<p>Synapse v1.73.0 will <strong>remove legacy metric names altogether</strong> and at that point, +it will no longer be possible to re-enable them.</p> +<p>If you do not use metrics or you have already updated your Grafana dashboard(s), +Prometheus console(s) and alerting rule(s), there is no action needed.</p> +<p>See <a href="#deprecation-of-legacy-prometheus-metric-names">v1.69.0: Deprecation of legacy Prometheus metric names</a>.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1690"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1690">Upgrading to v1.69.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="changes-to-the-receipts-replication-streams"><a class="header" href="#changes-to-the-receipts-replication-streams">Changes to the receipts replication streams</a></h2> +<p>Synapse now includes information indicating if a receipt applies to a thread when +replicating it to other workers. This is a forwards- and backwards-incompatible +change: v1.68 and workers cannot process receipts replicated by v1.69 workers, and +vice versa.</p> +<p>Once all workers are upgraded to v1.69 (or downgraded to v1.68), receipts +replication will resume as normal.</p> +<h2 id="deprecation-of-legacy-prometheus-metric-names"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-legacy-prometheus-metric-names">Deprecation of legacy Prometheus metric names</a></h2> +<p>In current versions of Synapse, some Prometheus metrics are emitted under two different names, +with one of the names being older but non-compliant with OpenMetrics and Prometheus conventions +and one of the names being newer but compliant.</p> +<p>Synapse v1.71.0 will turn the old metric names off <em>by default</em>. +For administrators that still rely on them and have not had chance to update their +uses of the metrics, it's possible to specify <code>enable_legacy_metrics: true</code> in +the configuration to re-enable them temporarily.</p> +<p>Synapse v1.73.0 will <strong>remove legacy metric names altogether</strong> and it will no longer +be possible to re-enable them.</p> +<p>The Grafana dashboard, Prometheus recording rules and Prometheus Consoles included +in the <code>contrib</code> directory in the Synapse repository have been updated to no longer +rely on the legacy names. These can be used on a current version of Synapse +because current versions of Synapse emit both old and new names.</p> +<p>You may need to update your alerting rules or any other rules that depend on +the names of Prometheus metrics. +If you want to test your changes before legacy names are disabled by default, +you may specify <code>enable_legacy_metrics: false</code> in your homeserver configuration.</p> +<p>A list of affected metrics is available on the <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.69/metrics-howto.html?highlight=metrics%20deprecated#renaming-of-metrics--deprecation-of-old-names-in-12">Metrics How-to page</a>.</p> +<h2 id="deprecation-of-the-generate_short_term_login_token-module-api-method"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-the-generate_short_term_login_token-module-api-method">Deprecation of the <code>generate_short_term_login_token</code> module API method</a></h2> +<p>The following method of the module API has been deprecated, and is scheduled to +be remove in v1.71.0:</p> +<pre><code class="language-python">def generate_short_term_login_token( + self, + user_id: str, + duration_in_ms: int = (2 * 60 * 1000), + auth_provider_id: str = "", + auth_provider_session_id: Optional[str] = None, +) -> str: + ... +</code></pre> +<p>It has been replaced by an asynchronous equivalent:</p> +<pre><code class="language-python">async def create_login_token( + self, + user_id: str, + duration_in_ms: int = (2 * 60 * 1000), + auth_provider_id: Optional[str] = None, + auth_provider_session_id: Optional[str] = None, +) -> str: + ... +</code></pre> +<p>Synapse will log a warning when a module uses the deprecated method, to help +administrators find modules using it.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1680"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1680">Upgrading to v1.68.0</a></h1> +<p>Two changes announced in the upgrade notes for v1.67.0 have now landed in v1.68.0.</p> +<h2 id="sqlite-version-requirement"><a class="header" href="#sqlite-version-requirement">SQLite version requirement</a></h2> +<p>Synapse now requires a SQLite version of 3.27.0 or higher if SQLite is configured as +Synapse's database.</p> +<p>Installations using</p> +<ul> +<li>Docker images <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/matrixdotorg/synapse">from <code>matrixdotorg</code></a>,</li> +<li>Debian packages <a href="https://packages.matrix.org/">from Matrix.org</a>, or</li> +<li>a PostgreSQL database</li> +</ul> +<p>are not affected.</p> +<h2 id="rust-requirement-when-building-from-source"><a class="header" href="#rust-requirement-when-building-from-source">Rust requirement when building from source.</a></h2> +<p>Building from a source checkout of Synapse now requires a recent Rust compiler +(currently Rust 1.58.1, but see also the +<a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/deprecation_policy.html">Platform Dependency Policy</a>).</p> +<p>Installations using</p> +<ul> +<li>Docker images <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/matrixdotorg/synapse">from <code>matrixdotorg</code></a>,</li> +<li>Debian packages <a href="https://packages.matrix.org/">from Matrix.org</a>, or</li> +<li>PyPI wheels via <code>pip install matrix-synapse</code> (on supported platforms and architectures)</li> +</ul> +<p>will not be affected.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1670"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1670">Upgrading to v1.67.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="direct-tcp-replication-is-no-longer-supported-migrate-to-redis"><a class="header" href="#direct-tcp-replication-is-no-longer-supported-migrate-to-redis">Direct TCP replication is no longer supported: migrate to Redis</a></h2> +<p>Redis support was added in v1.13.0 with it becoming the recommended method in +v1.18.0. It replaced the old direct TCP connections (which was deprecated as of +v1.18.0) to the main process. With Redis, rather than all the workers connecting +to the main process, all the workers and the main process connect to Redis, +which relays replication commands between processes. This can give a significant +CPU saving on the main process and is a prerequisite for upcoming +performance improvements.</p> +<p>To migrate to Redis add the <a href="./workers.html#shared-configuration"><code>redis</code> config</a>, +and remove the TCP <code>replication</code> listener from config of the master and +<code>worker_replication_port</code> from worker config. Note that a HTTP listener with a +<code>replication</code> resource is still required.</p> +<h2 id="minimum-version-of-poetry-is-now-v120"><a class="header" href="#minimum-version-of-poetry-is-now-v120">Minimum version of Poetry is now v1.2.0</a></h2> +<p>The minimum supported version of poetry is now 1.2. This should only affect +those installing from a source checkout.</p> +<h2 id="rust-requirement-in-the-next-release"><a class="header" href="#rust-requirement-in-the-next-release">Rust requirement in the next release</a></h2> +<p>From the next major release (v1.68.0) installing Synapse from a source checkout +will require a recent Rust compiler. Those using packages or +<code>pip install matrix-synapse</code> will not be affected.</p> +<p>The simplest way of installing Rust is via <a href="https://rustup.rs/">rustup.rs</a></p> +<h2 id="sqlite-version-requirement-in-the-next-release"><a class="header" href="#sqlite-version-requirement-in-the-next-release">SQLite version requirement in the next release</a></h2> +<p>From the next major release (v1.68.0) Synapse will require SQLite 3.27.0 or +higher. Synapse v1.67.0 will be the last major release supporting SQLite +versions 3.22 to 3.26.</p> +<p>Those using Docker images or Debian packages from Matrix.org will not be +affected. If you have installed from source, you should check the version of +SQLite used by Python with:</p> +<pre><code class="language-shell">python -c "import sqlite3; print(sqlite3.sqlite_version)" +</code></pre> +<p>If this is too old, refer to your distribution for advice on upgrading.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1660"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1660">Upgrading to v1.66.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="delegation-of-email-validation-no-longer-supported"><a class="header" href="#delegation-of-email-validation-no-longer-supported">Delegation of email validation no longer supported</a></h2> +<p>As of this version, Synapse no longer allows the tasks of verifying email address +ownership, and password reset confirmation, to be delegated to an identity server. +This removal was previously planned for Synapse 1.64.0, but was +<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13421">delayed</a> until now to give +homeserver administrators more notice of the change.</p> +<p>To continue to allow users to add email addresses to their homeserver accounts, +and perform password resets, make sure that Synapse is configured with a working +email server in the <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#email"><code>email</code> configuration +section</a> +(including, at a minimum, a <code>notif_from</code> setting.)</p> +<p>Specifying an <code>email</code> setting under <code>account_threepid_delegates</code> will now cause +an error at startup.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1640"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1640">Upgrading to v1.64.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="deprecation-of-the-ability-to-delegate-e-mail-verification-to-identity-servers"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-the-ability-to-delegate-e-mail-verification-to-identity-servers">Deprecation of the ability to delegate e-mail verification to identity servers</a></h2> +<p>Synapse v1.66.0 will remove the ability to delegate the tasks of verifying email address ownership, and password reset confirmation, to an identity server.</p> +<p>If you require your homeserver to verify e-mail addresses or to support password resets via e-mail, please configure your homeserver with SMTP access so that it can send e-mails on its own behalf. +<a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#email">Consult the configuration documentation for more information.</a></p> +<p>The option that will be removed is <code>account_threepid_delegates.email</code>.</p> +<h2 id="changes-to-the-event-replication-streams"><a class="header" href="#changes-to-the-event-replication-streams">Changes to the event replication streams</a></h2> +<p>Synapse now includes a flag indicating if an event is an outlier when +replicating it to other workers. This is a forwards- and backwards-incompatible +change: v1.63 and workers cannot process events replicated by v1.64 workers, and +vice versa.</p> +<p>Once all workers are upgraded to v1.64 (or downgraded to v1.63), event +replication will resume as normal.</p> +<h2 id="frozendict-release"><a class="header" href="#frozendict-release">frozendict release</a></h2> +<p><a href="https://github.com/Marco-Sulla/python-frozendict/releases/tag/v2.3.3">frozendict 2.3.3</a> +has recently been released, which fixes a memory leak that occurs during <code>/sync</code> +requests. We advise server administrators who installed Synapse via pip to upgrade +frozendict with <code>pip install --upgrade frozendict</code>. The Docker image +<code>matrixdotorg/synapse</code> and the Debian packages from <code>packages.matrix.org</code> already +include the updated library.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1620"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1620">Upgrading to v1.62.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="new-signatures-for-spam-checker-callbacks"><a class="header" href="#new-signatures-for-spam-checker-callbacks">New signatures for spam checker callbacks</a></h2> +<p>As a followup to changes in v1.60.0, the following spam-checker callbacks have changed signature:</p> +<ul> +<li><code>user_may_join_room</code></li> +<li><code>user_may_invite</code></li> +<li><code>user_may_send_3pid_invite</code></li> +<li><code>user_may_create_room</code></li> +<li><code>user_may_create_room_alias</code></li> +<li><code>user_may_publish_room</code></li> +<li><code>check_media_file_for_spam</code></li> +</ul> +<p>For each of these methods, the previous callback signature has been deprecated.</p> +<p>Whereas callbacks used to return <code>bool</code>, they should now return <code>Union["synapse.module_api.NOT_SPAM", "synapse.module_api.errors.Codes"]</code>.</p> +<p>For instance, if your module implements <code>user_may_join_room</code> as follows:</p> +<pre><code class="language-python">async def user_may_join_room(self, user_id: str, room_id: str, is_invited: bool) + if ...: + # Request is spam + return False + # Request is not spam + return True +</code></pre> +<p>you should rewrite it as follows:</p> +<pre><code class="language-python">async def user_may_join_room(self, user_id: str, room_id: str, is_invited: bool) + if ...: + # Request is spam, mark it as forbidden (you may use some more precise error + # code if it is useful). + return synapse.module_api.errors.Codes.FORBIDDEN + # Request is not spam, mark it as such. + return synapse.module_api.NOT_SPAM +</code></pre> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1610"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1610">Upgrading to v1.61.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="removal-of-deprecated-communitygroups"><a class="header" href="#removal-of-deprecated-communitygroups">Removal of deprecated community/groups</a></h2> +<p>This release of Synapse will remove deprecated community/groups from codebase.</p> +<h3 id="worker-endpoints"><a class="header" href="#worker-endpoints">Worker endpoints</a></h3> +<p>For those who have deployed workers, following worker endpoints will no longer +exist and they can be removed from the reverse proxy configuration:</p> +<ul> +<li><code>^/_matrix/federation/v1/get_groups_publicised$</code></li> +<li><code>^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/joined_groups$</code></li> +<li><code>^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/publicised_groups$</code></li> +<li><code>^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/publicised_groups/</code></li> +<li><code>^/_matrix/federation/v1/groups/</code></li> +<li><code>^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/groups/</code></li> +</ul> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1600"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1600">Upgrading to v1.60.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="adding-a-new-unique-index-to-state_group_edges-could-fail-if-your-database-is-corrupted"><a class="header" href="#adding-a-new-unique-index-to-state_group_edges-could-fail-if-your-database-is-corrupted">Adding a new unique index to <code>state_group_edges</code> could fail if your database is corrupted</a></h2> +<p>This release of Synapse will add a unique index to the <code>state_group_edges</code> table, in order +to prevent accidentally introducing duplicate information (for example, because a database +backup was restored multiple times).</p> +<p>Duplicate rows being present in this table could cause drastic performance problems; see +<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11779">issue 11779</a> for more details.</p> +<p>If your Synapse database already has had duplicate rows introduced into this table, +this could fail, with either of these errors:</p> +<p><strong>On Postgres:</strong></p> +<pre><code>synapse.storage.background_updates - 623 - INFO - background_updates-0 - Adding index state_group_edges_unique_idx to state_group_edges +synapse.storage.background_updates - 282 - ERROR - background_updates-0 - Error doing update +... +psycopg2.errors.UniqueViolation: could not create unique index "state_group_edges_unique_idx" +DETAIL: Key (state_group, prev_state_group)=(2, 1) is duplicated. +</code></pre> +<p>(The numbers may be different.)</p> +<p><strong>On SQLite:</strong></p> +<pre><code>synapse.storage.background_updates - 623 - INFO - background_updates-0 - Adding index state_group_edges_unique_idx to state_group_edges +synapse.storage.background_updates - 282 - ERROR - background_updates-0 - Error doing update +... +sqlite3.IntegrityError: UNIQUE constraint failed: state_group_edges.state_group, state_group_edges.prev_state_group +</code></pre> +<details> +<summary><b>Expand this section for steps to resolve this problem</b></summary> +<h3 id="on-postgres"><a class="header" href="#on-postgres">On Postgres</a></h3> +<p>Connect to your database with <code>psql</code>.</p> +<pre><code class="language-sql">BEGIN; +DELETE FROM state_group_edges WHERE (ctid, state_group, prev_state_group) IN ( + SELECT row_id, state_group, prev_state_group + FROM ( + SELECT + ctid AS row_id, + MIN(ctid) OVER (PARTITION BY state_group, prev_state_group) AS min_row_id, + state_group, + prev_state_group + FROM state_group_edges + ) AS t1 + WHERE row_id <> min_row_id +); +COMMIT; +</code></pre> +<h3 id="on-sqlite"><a class="header" href="#on-sqlite">On SQLite</a></h3> +<p>At the command-line, use <code>sqlite3 path/to/your-homeserver-database.db</code>:</p> +<pre><code class="language-sql">BEGIN; +DELETE FROM state_group_edges WHERE (rowid, state_group, prev_state_group) IN ( + SELECT row_id, state_group, prev_state_group + FROM ( + SELECT + rowid AS row_id, + MIN(rowid) OVER (PARTITION BY state_group, prev_state_group) AS min_row_id, + state_group, + prev_state_group + FROM state_group_edges + ) + WHERE row_id <> min_row_id +); +COMMIT; +</code></pre> +<h3 id="for-more-details"><a class="header" href="#for-more-details">For more details</a></h3> +<p><a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11779#issuecomment-1131545970">This comment on issue 11779</a> +has queries that can be used to check a database for this problem in advance.</p> +</details> +<h2 id="new-signature-for-the-spam-checker-callback-check_event_for_spam"><a class="header" href="#new-signature-for-the-spam-checker-callback-check_event_for_spam">New signature for the spam checker callback <code>check_event_for_spam</code></a></h2> +<p>The previous signature has been deprecated.</p> +<p>Whereas <code>check_event_for_spam</code> callbacks used to return <code>Union[str, bool]</code>, they should now return <code>Union["synapse.module_api.NOT_SPAM", "synapse.module_api.errors.Codes"]</code>.</p> +<p>This is part of an ongoing refactoring of the SpamChecker API to make it less ambiguous and more powerful.</p> +<p>If your module implements <code>check_event_for_spam</code> as follows:</p> +<pre><code class="language-python">async def check_event_for_spam(event): + if ...: + # Event is spam + return True + # Event is not spam + return False +</code></pre> +<p>you should rewrite it as follows:</p> +<pre><code class="language-python">async def check_event_for_spam(event): + if ...: + # Event is spam, mark it as forbidden (you may use some more precise error + # code if it is useful). + return synapse.module_api.errors.Codes.FORBIDDEN + # Event is not spam, mark it as such. + return synapse.module_api.NOT_SPAM +</code></pre> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1590"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1590">Upgrading to v1.59.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="device-name-lookup-over-federation-has-been-disabled-by-default"><a class="header" href="#device-name-lookup-over-federation-has-been-disabled-by-default">Device name lookup over federation has been disabled by default</a></h2> +<p>The names of user devices are no longer visible to users on other homeservers by default. +Device IDs are unaffected, as these are necessary to facilitate end-to-end encryption.</p> +<p>To re-enable this functionality, set the +<a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.59/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#federation"><code>allow_device_name_lookup_over_federation</code></a> +homeserver config option to <code>true</code>.</p> +<h2 id="deprecation-of-the-synapseappappservice-and-synapseappuser_dir-worker-application-types"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-the-synapseappappservice-and-synapseappuser_dir-worker-application-types">Deprecation of the <code>synapse.app.appservice</code> and <code>synapse.app.user_dir</code> worker application types</a></h2> +<p>The <code>synapse.app.appservice</code> worker application type allowed you to configure a +single worker to use to notify application services of new events, as long +as this functionality was disabled on the main process with <code>notify_appservices: False</code>. +Further, the <code>synapse.app.user_dir</code> worker application type allowed you to configure +a single worker to be responsible for updating the user directory, as long as this +was disabled on the main process with <code>update_user_directory: False</code>.</p> +<p>To unify Synapse's worker types, the <code>synapse.app.appservice</code> worker application +type and the <code>notify_appservices</code> configuration option have been deprecated. +The <code>synapse.app.user_dir</code> worker application type and <code>update_user_directory</code> +configuration option have also been deprecated.</p> +<p>To get the same functionality as was provided by the deprecated options, it's now recommended that the <code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code> +worker application type is used and that the <code>notify_appservices_from_worker</code> and/or +<code>update_user_directory_from_worker</code> options are set to the name of a worker.</p> +<p>For the time being, the old options can be used alongside the new options to make +it easier to transition between the two configurations, however please note that:</p> +<ul> +<li>the options must not contradict each other (otherwise Synapse won't start); and</li> +<li>the <code>notify_appservices</code> and <code>update_user_directory</code> options will be removed in a future release of Synapse.</li> +</ul> +<p>Please see the <a href="workers.html#notifying-application-services"><em>Notifying Application Services</em></a> and +<a href="workers.html#updating-the-user-directory"><em>Updating the User Directory</em></a> sections of the worker +documentation for more information.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1580"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1580">Upgrading to v1.58.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="groupscommunities-feature-has-been-disabled-by-default"><a class="header" href="#groupscommunities-feature-has-been-disabled-by-default">Groups/communities feature has been disabled by default</a></h2> +<p>The non-standard groups/communities feature in Synapse has been disabled by default +and will be removed in Synapse v1.61.0.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1570"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1570">Upgrading to v1.57.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="changes-to-database-schema-for-application-services"><a class="header" href="#changes-to-database-schema-for-application-services">Changes to database schema for application services</a></h2> +<p>Synapse v1.57.0 includes a <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/12209">change</a> to the +way transaction IDs are managed for application services. If your deployment uses a dedicated +worker for application service traffic, <strong>it must be stopped</strong> when the database is upgraded +(which normally happens when the main process is upgraded), to ensure the change is made safely +without any risk of reusing transaction IDs.</p> +<p>Deployments which do not use separate worker processes can be upgraded as normal. Similarly, +deployments where no application services are in use can be upgraded as normal.</p> +<details> +<summary><b>Recovering from an incorrect upgrade</b></summary> +<p>If the database schema is upgraded <em>without</em> stopping the worker responsible +for AS traffic, then the following error may be given when attempting to start +a Synapse worker or master process:</p> +<pre><code>********************************************************************************** + Error during initialisation: + + Postgres sequence 'application_services_txn_id_seq' is inconsistent with associated + table 'application_services_txns'. This can happen if Synapse has been downgraded and + then upgraded again, or due to a bad migration. + + To fix this error, shut down Synapse (including any and all workers) + and run the following SQL: + + SELECT setval('application_services_txn_id_seq', ( + SELECT GREATEST(MAX(txn_id), 0) FROM application_services_txns + )); + + See docs/postgres.md for more information. + + There may be more information in the logs. +********************************************************************************** +</code></pre> +<p>This error may also be seen if Synapse is <em>downgraded</em> to an earlier version, +and then upgraded again to v1.57.0 or later.</p> +<p>In either case:</p> +<ol> +<li>Ensure that the worker responsible for AS traffic is stopped.</li> +<li>Run the SQL command given in the error message via <code>psql</code>.</li> +</ol> +<p>Synapse should then start correctly.</p> +</details> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1560"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1560">Upgrading to v1.56.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="open-registration-without-verification-is-now-disabled-by-default"><a class="header" href="#open-registration-without-verification-is-now-disabled-by-default">Open registration without verification is now disabled by default</a></h2> +<p>Synapse will refuse to start if registration is enabled without email, captcha, or token-based verification unless the new config +flag <code>enable_registration_without_verification</code> is set to "true".</p> +<h2 id="groupscommunities-feature-has-been-deprecated"><a class="header" href="#groupscommunities-feature-has-been-deprecated">Groups/communities feature has been deprecated</a></h2> +<p>The non-standard groups/communities feature in Synapse has been deprecated and will +be disabled by default in Synapse v1.58.0.</p> +<p>You can test disabling it by adding the following to your homeserver configuration:</p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml">experimental_features: + groups_enabled: false +</code></pre> +<h2 id="change-in-behaviour-for-postgresql-databases-with-unsafe-locale"><a class="header" href="#change-in-behaviour-for-postgresql-databases-with-unsafe-locale">Change in behaviour for PostgreSQL databases with unsafe locale</a></h2> +<p>Synapse now refuses to start when using PostgreSQL with non-<code>C</code> values for <code>COLLATE</code> and +<code>CTYPE</code> unless the config flag <code>allow_unsafe_locale</code>, found in the database section of +the configuration file, is set to <code>true</code>. See the <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/postgres.html#fixing-incorrect-collate-or-ctype">PostgreSQL documentation</a> +for more information and instructions on how to fix a database with incorrect values.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1550"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1550">Upgrading to v1.55.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="synctl-script-has-been-moved"><a class="header" href="#synctl-script-has-been-moved"><code>synctl</code> script has been moved</a></h2> +<p>The <code>synctl</code> script +<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/12140">has been made</a> an +<a href="https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/entry-points/">entry point</a> +and no longer exists at the root of Synapse's source tree. If you wish to use +<code>synctl</code> to manage your homeserver, you should invoke <code>synctl</code> directly, e.g. +<code>synctl start</code> instead of <code>./synctl start</code> or <code>/path/to/synctl start</code>.</p> +<p>You will need to ensure <code>synctl</code> is on your <code>PATH</code>.</p> +<ul> +<li>This is automatically the case when using +<a href="https://packages.matrix.org/debian/">Debian packages</a> or +<a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/matrixdotorg/synapse">docker images</a> +provided by Matrix.org.</li> +<li>When installing from a wheel, sdist, or PyPI, a <code>synctl</code> executable is added +to your Python installation's <code>bin</code>. This should be on your <code>PATH</code> +automatically, though you might need to activate a virtual environment +depending on how you installed Synapse.</li> +</ul> +<h2 id="compatibility-dropped-for-mjolnir-131-and-earlier"><a class="header" href="#compatibility-dropped-for-mjolnir-131-and-earlier">Compatibility dropped for Mjolnir 1.3.1 and earlier</a></h2> +<p>Synapse v1.55.0 drops support for Mjolnir 1.3.1 and earlier. +If you use the Mjolnir module to moderate your homeserver, +please upgrade Mjolnir to version 1.3.2 or later before upgrading Synapse.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1540"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1540">Upgrading to v1.54.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="legacy-structured-logging-configuration-removal"><a class="header" href="#legacy-structured-logging-configuration-removal">Legacy structured logging configuration removal</a></h2> +<p>This release removes support for the <code>structured: true</code> logging configuration +which was deprecated in Synapse v1.23.0. If your logging configuration contains +<code>structured: true</code> then it should be modified based on the +<a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.56/structured_logging.html#upgrading-from-legacy-structured-logging-configuration">structured logging documentation</a>.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1530"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1530">Upgrading to v1.53.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="dropping-support-for-webclient-listeners-and-non-https-web_client_location"><a class="header" href="#dropping-support-for-webclient-listeners-and-non-https-web_client_location">Dropping support for <code>webclient</code> listeners and non-HTTP(S) <code>web_client_location</code></a></h2> +<p>Per the deprecation notice in Synapse v1.51.0, listeners of type <code>webclient</code> +are no longer supported and configuring them is a now a configuration error.</p> +<p>Configuring a non-HTTP(S) <code>web_client_location</code> configuration is is now a +configuration error. Since the <code>webclient</code> listener is no longer supported, this +setting only applies to the root path <code>/</code> of Synapse's web server and no longer +the <code>/_matrix/client/</code> path.</p> +<h2 id="stablisation-of-msc3231"><a class="header" href="#stablisation-of-msc3231">Stablisation of MSC3231</a></h2> +<p>The unstable validity-check endpoint for the +<a href="https://spec.matrix.org/v1.2/client-server-api/#get_matrixclientv1registermloginregistration_tokenvalidity">Registration Tokens</a> +feature has been stabilised and moved from:</p> +<p><code>/_matrix/client/unstable/org.matrix.msc3231/register/org.matrix.msc3231.login.registration_token/validity</code></p> +<p>to:</p> +<p><code>/_matrix/client/v1/register/m.login.registration_token/validity</code></p> +<p>Please update any relevant reverse proxy or firewall configurations appropriately.</p> +<h2 id="time-based-cache-expiry-is-now-enabled-by-default"><a class="header" href="#time-based-cache-expiry-is-now-enabled-by-default">Time-based cache expiry is now enabled by default</a></h2> +<p>Formerly, entries in the cache were not evicted regardless of whether they were accessed after storing. +This behavior has now changed. By default entries in the cache are now evicted after 30m of not being accessed. +To change the default behavior, go to the <code>caches</code> section of the config and change the <code>expire_caches</code> and +<code>cache_entry_ttl</code> flags as necessary. Please note that these flags replace the <code>expiry_time</code> flag in the config. +The <code>expiry_time</code> flag will still continue to work, but it has been deprecated and will be removed in the future.</p> +<h2 id="deprecation-of-capability-orgmatrixmsc3283"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-capability-orgmatrixmsc3283">Deprecation of <code>capability</code> <code>org.matrix.msc3283.*</code></a></h2> +<p>The <code>capabilities</code> of MSC3283 from the REST API <code>/_matrix/client/r0/capabilities</code> +becomes stable.</p> +<p>The old <code>capabilities</code></p> +<ul> +<li><code>org.matrix.msc3283.set_displayname</code>,</li> +<li><code>org.matrix.msc3283.set_avatar_url</code> and</li> +<li><code>org.matrix.msc3283.3pid_changes</code></li> +</ul> +<p>are deprecated and scheduled to be removed in Synapse v1.54.0.</p> +<p>The new <code>capabilities</code></p> +<ul> +<li><code>m.set_displayname</code>,</li> +<li><code>m.set_avatar_url</code> and</li> +<li><code>m.3pid_changes</code></li> +</ul> +<p>are now active by default.</p> +<h2 id="removal-of-user_may_create_room_with_invites"><a class="header" href="#removal-of-user_may_create_room_with_invites">Removal of <code>user_may_create_room_with_invites</code></a></h2> +<p>As announced with the release of <a href="#deprecation-of-the-user_may_create_room_with_invites-module-callback">Synapse 1.47.0</a>, +the deprecated <code>user_may_create_room_with_invites</code> module callback has been removed.</p> +<p>Modules relying on it can instead implement <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/modules/spam_checker_callbacks.html#user_may_invite"><code>user_may_invite</code></a> +and use the <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/872f23b95fa980a61b0866c1475e84491991fa20/synapse/module_api/__init__.py#L869-L876"><code>get_room_state</code></a> +module API to infer whether the invite is happening while creating a room (see <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse-domain-rule-checker/blob/e7d092dd9f2a7f844928771dbfd9fd24c2332e48/synapse_domain_rule_checker/__init__.py#L56-L89">this function</a> +as an example). Alternately, modules can also implement <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/modules/third_party_rules_callbacks.html#on_create_room"><code>on_create_room</code></a>.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1520"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1520">Upgrading to v1.52.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="twisted-security-release"><a class="header" href="#twisted-security-release">Twisted security release</a></h2> +<p>Note that <a href="https://github.com/twisted/twisted/releases/tag/twisted-22.1.0">Twisted 22.1.0</a> +has recently been released, which fixes a <a href="https://github.com/twisted/twisted/security/advisories/GHSA-92x2-jw7w-xvvx">security issue</a> +within the Twisted library. We do not believe Synapse is affected by this vulnerability, +though we advise server administrators who installed Synapse via pip to upgrade Twisted +with <code>pip install --upgrade Twisted treq</code> as a matter of good practice. The Docker image +<code>matrixdotorg/synapse</code> and the Debian packages from <code>packages.matrix.org</code> are using the +updated library.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1510"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1510">Upgrading to v1.51.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="deprecation-of-webclient-listeners-and-non-https-web_client_location"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-webclient-listeners-and-non-https-web_client_location">Deprecation of <code>webclient</code> listeners and non-HTTP(S) <code>web_client_location</code></a></h2> +<p>Listeners of type <code>webclient</code> are deprecated and scheduled to be removed in +Synapse v1.53.0.</p> +<p>Similarly, a non-HTTP(S) <code>web_client_location</code> configuration is deprecated and +will become a configuration error in Synapse v1.53.0.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1500"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1500">Upgrading to v1.50.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="dropping-support-for-old-python-and-postgres-versions"><a class="header" href="#dropping-support-for-old-python-and-postgres-versions">Dropping support for old Python and Postgres versions</a></h2> +<p>In line with our <a href="deprecation_policy.html">deprecation policy</a>, +we've dropped support for Python 3.6 and PostgreSQL 9.6, as they are no +longer supported upstream.</p> +<p>This release of Synapse requires Python 3.7+ and PostgreSQL 10+.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1470"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1470">Upgrading to v1.47.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="removal-of-old-room-admin-api"><a class="header" href="#removal-of-old-room-admin-api">Removal of old Room Admin API</a></h2> +<p>The following admin APIs were deprecated in <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/v1.34.0/CHANGES.md#deprecations-and-removals">Synapse 1.34</a> +(released on 2021-05-17) and have now been removed:</p> +<ul> +<li><code>POST /_synapse/admin/v1/<room_id>/delete</code></li> +</ul> +<p>Any scripts still using the above APIs should be converted to use the +<a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/rooms.html#delete-room-api">Delete Room API</a>.</p> +<h2 id="deprecation-of-the-user_may_create_room_with_invites-module-callback"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-the-user_may_create_room_with_invites-module-callback">Deprecation of the <code>user_may_create_room_with_invites</code> module callback</a></h2> +<p>The <code>user_may_create_room_with_invites</code> is deprecated and will be removed in a future +version of Synapse. Modules implementing this callback can instead implement +<a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/modules/spam_checker_callbacks.html#user_may_invite"><code>user_may_invite</code></a> +and use the <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/872f23b95fa980a61b0866c1475e84491991fa20/synapse/module_api/__init__.py#L869-L876"><code>get_room_state</code></a> +module API method to infer whether the invite is happening in the context of creating a +room.</p> +<p>We plan to remove this callback in January 2022.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1450"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1450">Upgrading to v1.45.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="changes-required-to-media-storage-provider-modules-when-reading-from-the-synapse-configuration-object"><a class="header" href="#changes-required-to-media-storage-provider-modules-when-reading-from-the-synapse-configuration-object">Changes required to media storage provider modules when reading from the Synapse configuration object</a></h2> +<p>Media storage provider modules that read from the Synapse configuration object (i.e. that +read the value of <code>hs.config.[...]</code>) now need to specify the configuration section they're +reading from. This means that if a module reads the value of e.g. <code>hs.config.media_store_path</code>, +it needs to replace it with <code>hs.config.media.media_store_path</code>.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1440"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1440">Upgrading to v1.44.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="the-url-preview-cache-is-no-longer-mirrored-to-storage-providers"><a class="header" href="#the-url-preview-cache-is-no-longer-mirrored-to-storage-providers">The URL preview cache is no longer mirrored to storage providers</a></h2> +<p>The <code>url_cache/</code> and <code>url_cache_thumbnails/</code> directories in the media store are +no longer mirrored to storage providers. These two directories can be safely +deleted from any configured storage providers to reclaim space.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1430"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1430">Upgrading to v1.43.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="the-spaces-summary-apis-can-now-be-handled-by-workers"><a class="header" href="#the-spaces-summary-apis-can-now-be-handled-by-workers">The spaces summary APIs can now be handled by workers</a></h2> +<p>The <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/workers.html#available-worker-applications">available worker applications documentation</a> +has been updated to reflect that calls to the <code>/spaces</code>, <code>/hierarchy</code>, and +<code>/summary</code> endpoints can now be routed to workers for both client API and +federation requests.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1420"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1420">Upgrading to v1.42.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="removal-of-old-room-admin-api-1"><a class="header" href="#removal-of-old-room-admin-api-1">Removal of old Room Admin API</a></h2> +<p>The following admin APIs were deprecated in <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/v1.25.0/CHANGES.md#removal-warning">Synapse 1.25</a> +(released on 2021-01-13) and have now been removed:</p> +<ul> +<li><code>POST /_synapse/admin/v1/purge_room</code></li> +<li><code>POST /_synapse/admin/v1/shutdown_room/<room_id></code></li> +</ul> +<p>Any scripts still using the above APIs should be converted to use the +<a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/rooms.html#delete-room-api">Delete Room API</a>.</p> +<h2 id="user-interactive-authentication-fallback-templates-can-now-display-errors"><a class="header" href="#user-interactive-authentication-fallback-templates-can-now-display-errors">User-interactive authentication fallback templates can now display errors</a></h2> +<p>This may affect you if you make use of custom HTML templates for the +<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/develop/synapse/res/templates/recaptcha.html">reCAPTCHA (<code>synapse/res/templates/recaptcha.html</code>)</a> or +<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/develop/synapse/res/templates/terms.html">terms (<code>synapse/res/templates/terms.html</code>)</a> fallback pages.</p> +<p>The template is now provided an <code>error</code> variable if the authentication +process failed. See the default templates linked above for an example.</p> +<h2 id="removal-of-out-of-date-email-pushers"><a class="header" href="#removal-of-out-of-date-email-pushers">Removal of out-of-date email pushers</a></h2> +<p>Users will stop receiving message updates via email for addresses that were +once, but not still, linked to their account.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1410"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1410">Upgrading to v1.41.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="add-support-for-routing-outbound-http-requests-via-a-proxy-for-federation"><a class="header" href="#add-support-for-routing-outbound-http-requests-via-a-proxy-for-federation">Add support for routing outbound HTTP requests via a proxy for federation</a></h2> +<p>Since Synapse 1.6.0 (2019-11-26) you can set a proxy for outbound HTTP requests via +http_proxy/https_proxy environment variables. This proxy was set for:</p> +<ul> +<li>push</li> +<li>url previews</li> +<li>phone-home stats</li> +<li>recaptcha validation</li> +<li>CAS auth validation</li> +<li>OpenID Connect</li> +<li>Federation (checking public key revocation)</li> +</ul> +<p>In this version we have added support for outbound requests for:</p> +<ul> +<li>Outbound federation</li> +<li>Downloading remote media</li> +<li>Fetching public keys of other servers</li> +</ul> +<p>These requests use the same proxy configuration. If you have a proxy configuration we +recommend to verify the configuration. It may be necessary to adjust the <code>no_proxy</code> +environment variable.</p> +<p>See <a href="setup/forward_proxy.html">using a forward proxy with Synapse documentation</a> for +details.</p> +<h2 id="deprecation-of-template_dir"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-template_dir">Deprecation of <code>template_dir</code></a></h2> +<p>The <code>template_dir</code> settings in the <code>sso</code>, <code>account_validity</code> and <code>email</code> sections of the +configuration file are now deprecated. Server admins should use the new +<code>templates.custom_template_directory</code> setting in the configuration file and use one single +custom template directory for all aforementioned features. Template file names remain +unchanged. See <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/templates.html">the related documentation</a> +for more information and examples.</p> +<p>We plan to remove support for these settings in October 2021.</p> +<h2 id="_synapseadminv1usersuseridmedia-must-be-handled-by-media-workers"><a class="header" href="#_synapseadminv1usersuseridmedia-must-be-handled-by-media-workers"><code>/_synapse/admin/v1/users/{userId}/media</code> must be handled by media workers</a></h2> +<p>The <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/workers.html#synapseappmedia_repository">media repository worker documentation</a> +has been updated to reflect that calls to <code>/_synapse/admin/v1/users/{userId}/media</code> +must now be handled by media repository workers. This is due to the new <code>DELETE</code> method +of this endpoint modifying the media store.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1390"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1390">Upgrading to v1.39.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="deprecation-of-the-current-third-party-rules-module-interface"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-the-current-third-party-rules-module-interface">Deprecation of the current third-party rules module interface</a></h2> +<p>The current third-party rules module interface is deprecated in favour of the new generic +modules system introduced in Synapse v1.37.0. Authors of third-party rules modules can refer +to <a href="modules/porting_legacy_module.html">this documentation</a> +to update their modules. Synapse administrators can refer to <a href="modules/index.html">this documentation</a> +to update their configuration once the modules they are using have been updated.</p> +<p>We plan to remove support for the current third-party rules interface in September 2021.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1380"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1380">Upgrading to v1.38.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="re-indexing-of-events-table-on-postgres-databases"><a class="header" href="#re-indexing-of-events-table-on-postgres-databases">Re-indexing of <code>events</code> table on Postgres databases</a></h2> +<p>This release includes a database schema update which requires re-indexing one of +the larger tables in the database, <code>events</code>. This could result in increased +disk I/O for several hours or days after upgrading while the migration +completes. Furthermore, because we have to keep the old indexes until the new +indexes are ready, it could result in a significant, temporary, increase in +disk space.</p> +<p>To get a rough idea of the disk space required, check the current size of one +of the indexes. For example, from a <code>psql</code> shell, run the following sql:</p> +<pre><code class="language-sql">SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size('events_order_room')); +</code></pre> +<p>We need to rebuild <strong>four</strong> indexes, so you will need to multiply this result +by four to give an estimate of the disk space required. For example, on one +particular server:</p> +<pre><code>synapse=# select pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size('events_order_room')); + pg_size_pretty +---------------- + 288 MB +(1 row) +</code></pre> +<p>On this server, it would be wise to ensure that at least 1152MB are free.</p> +<p>The additional disk space will be freed once the migration completes.</p> +<p>SQLite databases are unaffected by this change.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1370"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1370">Upgrading to v1.37.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="deprecation-of-the-current-spam-checker-interface"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-the-current-spam-checker-interface">Deprecation of the current spam checker interface</a></h2> +<p>The current spam checker interface is deprecated in favour of a new generic modules system. +Authors of spam checker modules can refer to [this +documentation](modules/porting_legacy_module.md +to update their modules. Synapse administrators can refer to <a href="modules/index.html">this +documentation</a> +to update their configuration once the modules they are using have been updated.</p> +<p>We plan to remove support for the current spam checker interface in August 2021.</p> +<p>More module interfaces will be ported over to this new generic system in future versions +of Synapse.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1340"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1340">Upgrading to v1.34.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="room_invite_state_types-configuration-setting"><a class="header" href="#room_invite_state_types-configuration-setting"><code>room_invite_state_types</code> configuration setting</a></h2> +<p>The <code>room_invite_state_types</code> configuration setting has been deprecated +and replaced with <code>room_prejoin_state</code>. See the <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/v1.34.0/docs/sample_config.yaml#L1515">sample configuration +file</a>.</p> +<p>If you have set <code>room_invite_state_types</code> to the default value you +should simply remove it from your configuration file. The default value +used to be:</p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml">room_invite_state_types: + - "m.room.join_rules" + - "m.room.canonical_alias" + - "m.room.avatar" + - "m.room.encryption" + - "m.room.name" +</code></pre> +<p>If you have customised this value, you should remove +<code>room_invite_state_types</code> and configure <code>room_prejoin_state</code> instead.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1330"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1330">Upgrading to v1.33.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="account-validity-html-templates-can-now-display-a-users-expiration-date"><a class="header" href="#account-validity-html-templates-can-now-display-a-users-expiration-date">Account Validity HTML templates can now display a user's expiration date</a></h2> +<p>This may affect you if you have enabled the account validity feature, +and have made use of a custom HTML template specified by the +<code>account_validity.template_dir</code> or +<code>account_validity.account_renewed_html_path</code> Synapse config options.</p> +<p>The template can now accept an <code>expiration_ts</code> variable, which +represents the unix timestamp in milliseconds for the future date of +which their account has been renewed until. See the <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/release-v1.33.0/synapse/res/templates/account_renewed.html">default +template</a> +for an example of usage.</p> +<p>ALso note that a new HTML template, <code>account_previously_renewed.html</code>, +has been added. This is is shown to users when they attempt to renew +their account with a valid renewal token that has already been used +before. The default template contents can been found +<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/release-v1.33.0/synapse/res/templates/account_previously_renewed.html">here</a>, +and can also accept an <code>expiration_ts</code> variable. This template replaces +the error message users would previously see upon attempting to use a +valid renewal token more than once.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1320"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1320">Upgrading to v1.32.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="regression-causing-connected-prometheus-instances-to-become-overwhelmed"><a class="header" href="#regression-causing-connected-prometheus-instances-to-become-overwhelmed">Regression causing connected Prometheus instances to become overwhelmed</a></h2> +<p>This release introduces <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9853">a +regression</a> that can +overwhelm connected Prometheus instances. This issue is not present in +Synapse v1.32.0rc1.</p> +<p>If you have been affected, please downgrade to 1.31.0. You then may need +to remove excess writeahead logs in order for Prometheus to recover. +Instructions for doing so are provided +<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/9854#issuecomment-823472183">here</a>.</p> +<h2 id="dropping-support-for-old-python-postgres-and-sqlite-versions"><a class="header" href="#dropping-support-for-old-python-postgres-and-sqlite-versions">Dropping support for old Python, Postgres and SQLite versions</a></h2> +<p>In line with our <a href="deprecation_policy.html">deprecation policy</a>, +we've dropped support for Python 3.5 and PostgreSQL 9.5, as they are no +longer supported upstream.</p> +<p>This release of Synapse requires Python 3.6+ and PostgreSQL 9.6+ or +SQLite 3.22+.</p> +<h2 id="removal-of-old-list-accounts-admin-api"><a class="header" href="#removal-of-old-list-accounts-admin-api">Removal of old List Accounts Admin API</a></h2> +<p>The deprecated v1 "list accounts" admin API +(<code>GET /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id></code>) has been removed in this +version.</p> +<p>The <a href="admin_api/user_admin_api.html#list-accounts">v2 list accounts API</a> +has been available since Synapse 1.7.0 (2019-12-13), and is accessible +under <code>GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users</code>.</p> +<p>The deprecation of the old endpoint was announced with Synapse 1.28.0 +(released on 2021-02-25).</p> +<h2 id="application-services-must-use-type-mloginapplication_service-when-registering-users"><a class="header" href="#application-services-must-use-type-mloginapplication_service-when-registering-users">Application Services must use type <code>m.login.application_service</code> when registering users</a></h2> +<p>In compliance with the <a href="https://matrix.org/docs/spec/application_service/r0.1.2#server-admin-style-permissions">Application Service +spec</a>, +Application Services are now required to use the +<code>m.login.application_service</code> type when registering users via the +<code>/_matrix/client/r0/register</code> endpoint. This behaviour was deprecated in +Synapse v1.30.0.</p> +<p>Please ensure your Application Services are up to date.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1290"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1290">Upgrading to v1.29.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="requirement-for-x-forwarded-proto-header"><a class="header" href="#requirement-for-x-forwarded-proto-header">Requirement for X-Forwarded-Proto header</a></h2> +<p>When using Synapse with a reverse proxy (in particular, when using the +<code>x_forwarded</code> option on an HTTP listener), Synapse now +expects to receive an <code>X-Forwarded-Proto</code> header on incoming +HTTP requests. If it is not set, Synapse will log a warning on each +received request.</p> +<p>To avoid the warning, administrators using a reverse proxy should ensure +that the reverse proxy sets <code>X-Forwarded-Proto</code> header to +<code>https</code> or <code>http</code> to indicate the protocol used +by the client.</p> +<p>Synapse also requires the <code>Host</code> header to be preserved.</p> +<p>See the <a href="reverse_proxy.html">reverse proxy documentation</a>, where the +example configurations have been updated to show how to set these +headers.</p> +<p>(Users of <a href="https://caddyserver.com/">Caddy</a> are unaffected, since we +believe it sets <code>X-Forwarded-Proto</code> by default.)</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1270"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1270">Upgrading to v1.27.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="changes-to-callback-uri-for-oauth2--openid-connect-and-saml2"><a class="header" href="#changes-to-callback-uri-for-oauth2--openid-connect-and-saml2">Changes to callback URI for OAuth2 / OpenID Connect and SAML2</a></h2> +<p>This version changes the URI used for callbacks from OAuth2 and SAML2 +identity providers:</p> +<ul> +<li> +<p>If your server is configured for single sign-on via an OpenID +Connect or OAuth2 identity provider, you will need to add +<code>[synapse public baseurl]/_synapse/client/oidc/callback</code> to the list +of permitted "redirect URIs" at the identity provider.</p> +<p>See the <a href="openid.html">OpenID docs</a> for more information on setting +up OpenID Connect.</p> +</li> +<li> +<p>If your server is configured for single sign-on via a SAML2 identity +provider, you will need to add +<code>[synapse public baseurl]/_synapse/client/saml2/authn_response</code> as a +permitted "ACS location" (also known as "allowed callback URLs") +at the identity provider.</p> +<p>The "Issuer" in the "AuthnRequest" to the SAML2 identity +provider is also updated to +<code>[synapse public baseurl]/_synapse/client/saml2/metadata.xml</code>. If +your SAML2 identity provider uses this property to validate or +otherwise identify Synapse, its configuration will need to be +updated to use the new URL. Alternatively you could create a new, +separate "EntityDescriptor" in your SAML2 identity provider with +the new URLs and leave the URLs in the existing "EntityDescriptor" +as they were.</p> +</li> +</ul> +<h2 id="changes-to-html-templates"><a class="header" href="#changes-to-html-templates">Changes to HTML templates</a></h2> +<p>The HTML templates for SSO and email notifications now have <a href="https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/2.11.x/api/#autoescaping">Jinja2's +autoescape</a> +enabled for files ending in <code>.html</code>, <code>.htm</code>, and <code>.xml</code>. If you have +customised these templates and see issues when viewing them you might +need to update them. It is expected that most configurations will need +no changes.</p> +<p>If you have customised the templates <em>names</em> for these templates, it is +recommended to verify they end in <code>.html</code> to ensure autoescape is +enabled.</p> +<p>The above applies to the following templates:</p> +<ul> +<li><code>add_threepid.html</code></li> +<li><code>add_threepid_failure.html</code></li> +<li><code>add_threepid_success.html</code></li> +<li><code>notice_expiry.html</code></li> +<li><code>notice_expiry.html</code></li> +<li><code>notif_mail.html</code> (which, by default, includes <code>room.html</code> and +<code>notif.html</code>)</li> +<li><code>password_reset.html</code></li> +<li><code>password_reset_confirmation.html</code></li> +<li><code>password_reset_failure.html</code></li> +<li><code>password_reset_success.html</code></li> +<li><code>registration.html</code></li> +<li><code>registration_failure.html</code></li> +<li><code>registration_success.html</code></li> +<li><code>sso_account_deactivated.html</code></li> +<li><code>sso_auth_bad_user.html</code></li> +<li><code>sso_auth_confirm.html</code></li> +<li><code>sso_auth_success.html</code></li> +<li><code>sso_error.html</code></li> +<li><code>sso_login_idp_picker.html</code></li> +<li><code>sso_redirect_confirm.html</code></li> +</ul> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1260"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1260">Upgrading to v1.26.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="rolling-back-to-v1250-after-a-failed-upgrade"><a class="header" href="#rolling-back-to-v1250-after-a-failed-upgrade">Rolling back to v1.25.0 after a failed upgrade</a></h2> +<p>v1.26.0 includes a lot of large changes. If something problematic +occurs, you may want to roll-back to a previous version of Synapse. +Because v1.26.0 also includes a new database schema version, reverting +that version is also required alongside the generic rollback +instructions mentioned above. In short, to roll back to v1.25.0 you need +to:</p> +<ol> +<li> +<p>Stop the server</p> +</li> +<li> +<p>Decrease the schema version in the database:</p> +<pre><code class="language-sql">UPDATE schema_version SET version = 58; +</code></pre> +</li> +<li> +<p>Delete the ignored users & chain cover data:</p> +<pre><code class="language-sql">DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ignored_users; +UPDATE rooms SET has_auth_chain_index = false; +</code></pre> +<p>For PostgreSQL run:</p> +<pre><code class="language-sql">TRUNCATE event_auth_chain_links; +TRUNCATE event_auth_chains; +</code></pre> +<p>For SQLite run:</p> +<pre><code class="language-sql">DELETE FROM event_auth_chain_links; +DELETE FROM event_auth_chains; +</code></pre> +</li> +<li> +<p>Mark the deltas as not run (so they will re-run on upgrade).</p> +<pre><code class="language-sql">DELETE FROM applied_schema_deltas WHERE version = 59 AND file = "59/01ignored_user.py"; +DELETE FROM applied_schema_deltas WHERE version = 59 AND file = "59/06chain_cover_index.sql"; +</code></pre> +</li> +<li> +<p>Downgrade Synapse by following the instructions for your +installation method in the "Rolling back to older versions" +section above.</p> +</li> +</ol> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1250"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1250">Upgrading to v1.25.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="last-release-supporting-python-35"><a class="header" href="#last-release-supporting-python-35">Last release supporting Python 3.5</a></h2> +<p>This is the last release of Synapse which guarantees support with Python +3.5, which passed its upstream End of Life date several months ago.</p> +<p>We will attempt to maintain support through March 2021, but without +guarantees.</p> +<p>In the future, Synapse will follow upstream schedules for ending support +of older versions of Python and PostgreSQL. Please upgrade to at least +Python 3.6 and PostgreSQL 9.6 as soon as possible.</p> +<h2 id="blacklisting-ip-ranges"><a class="header" href="#blacklisting-ip-ranges">Blacklisting IP ranges</a></h2> +<p>Synapse v1.25.0 includes new settings, <code>ip_range_blacklist</code> and +<code>ip_range_whitelist</code>, for controlling outgoing requests from Synapse for +federation, identity servers, push, and for checking key validity for +third-party invite events. The previous setting, +<code>federation_ip_range_blacklist</code>, is deprecated. The new +<code>ip_range_blacklist</code> defaults to private IP ranges if it is not defined.</p> +<p>If you have never customised <code>federation_ip_range_blacklist</code> it is +recommended that you remove that setting.</p> +<p>If you have customised <code>federation_ip_range_blacklist</code> you should update +the setting name to <code>ip_range_blacklist</code>.</p> +<p>If you have a custom push server that is reached via private IP space +you may need to customise <code>ip_range_blacklist</code> or <code>ip_range_whitelist</code>.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1240"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1240">Upgrading to v1.24.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="custom-openid-connect-mapping-provider-breaking-change"><a class="header" href="#custom-openid-connect-mapping-provider-breaking-change">Custom OpenID Connect mapping provider breaking change</a></h2> +<p>This release allows the OpenID Connect mapping provider to perform +normalisation of the localpart of the Matrix ID. This allows for the +mapping provider to specify different algorithms, instead of the +<a href="https://matrix.org/docs/spec/appendices#mapping-from-other-character-sets">default +way</a>.</p> +<p>If your Synapse configuration uses a custom mapping provider +(<code>oidc_config.user_mapping_provider.module</code> is specified and +not equal to +<code>synapse.handlers.oidc_handler.JinjaOidcMappingProvider</code>) +then you <em>must</em> ensure that <code>map_user_attributes</code> of the +mapping provider performs some normalisation of the +<code>localpart</code> returned. To match previous behaviour you can +use the <code>map_username_to_mxid_localpart</code> function provided +by Synapse. An example is shown below:</p> +<pre><code class="language-python">from synapse.types import map_username_to_mxid_localpart + +class MyMappingProvider: + def map_user_attributes(self, userinfo, token): + # ... your custom logic ... + sso_user_id = ... + localpart = map_username_to_mxid_localpart(sso_user_id) + + return {"localpart": localpart} +</code></pre> +<h2 id="removal-historical-synapse-admin-api"><a class="header" href="#removal-historical-synapse-admin-api">Removal historical Synapse Admin API</a></h2> +<p>Historically, the Synapse Admin API has been accessible under:</p> +<ul> +<li><code>/_matrix/client/api/v1/admin</code></li> +<li><code>/_matrix/client/unstable/admin</code></li> +<li><code>/_matrix/client/r0/admin</code></li> +<li><code>/_synapse/admin/v1</code></li> +</ul> +<p>The endpoints with <code>/_matrix/client/*</code> prefixes have been removed as of +v1.24.0. The Admin API is now only accessible under:</p> +<ul> +<li><code>/_synapse/admin/v1</code></li> +</ul> +<p>The only exception is the <code>/admin/whois</code> endpoint, which is +<a href="https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.1#get-matrix-client-r0-admin-whois-userid">also available via the client-server +API</a>.</p> +<p>The deprecation of the old endpoints was announced with Synapse 1.20.0 +(released on 2020-09-22) and makes it easier for homeserver admins to +lock down external access to the Admin API endpoints.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1230"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1230">Upgrading to v1.23.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="structured-logging-configuration-breaking-changes"><a class="header" href="#structured-logging-configuration-breaking-changes">Structured logging configuration breaking changes</a></h2> +<p>This release deprecates use of the <code>structured: true</code> logging +configuration for structured logging. If your logging configuration +contains <code>structured: true</code> then it should be modified based on the +<a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.56/structured_logging.html#upgrading-from-legacy-structured-logging-configuration">structured logging documentation</a>.</p> +<p>The <code>structured</code> and <code>drains</code> logging options are now deprecated and +should be replaced by standard logging configuration of <code>handlers</code> and +<code>formatters</code>.</p> +<p>A future will release of Synapse will make using <code>structured: true</code> an +error.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1220"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1220">Upgrading to v1.22.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="thirdpartyeventrules-breaking-changes"><a class="header" href="#thirdpartyeventrules-breaking-changes">ThirdPartyEventRules breaking changes</a></h2> +<p>This release introduces a backwards-incompatible change to modules +making use of <code>ThirdPartyEventRules</code> in Synapse. If you make use of a +module defined under the <code>third_party_event_rules</code> config option, please +make sure it is updated to handle the below change:</p> +<p>The <code>http_client</code> argument is no longer passed to modules as they are +initialised. Instead, modules are expected to make use of the +<code>http_client</code> property on the <code>ModuleApi</code> class. Modules are now passed +a <code>module_api</code> argument during initialisation, which is an instance of +<code>ModuleApi</code>. <code>ModuleApi</code> instances have a <code>http_client</code> property which +acts the same as the <code>http_client</code> argument previously passed to +<code>ThirdPartyEventRules</code> modules.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1210"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1210">Upgrading to v1.21.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="forwarding-_synapseclient-through-your-reverse-proxy"><a class="header" href="#forwarding-_synapseclient-through-your-reverse-proxy">Forwarding <code>/_synapse/client</code> through your reverse proxy</a></h2> +<p>The <a href="reverse_proxy.html">reverse proxy documentation</a> +has been updated to include reverse proxy directives for +<code>/_synapse/client/*</code> endpoints. As the user password reset flow now uses +endpoints under this prefix, <strong>you must update your reverse proxy +configurations for user password reset to work</strong>.</p> +<p>Additionally, note that the <a href="workers.html">Synapse worker documentation</a> has been updated to</p> +<p>: state that the <code>/_synapse/client/password_reset/email/submit_token</code> +endpoint can be handled</p> +<p>by all workers. If you make use of Synapse's worker feature, please +update your reverse proxy configuration to reflect this change.</p> +<h2 id="new-html-templates"><a class="header" href="#new-html-templates">New HTML templates</a></h2> +<p>A new HTML template, +<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/synapse/res/templates/password_reset_confirmation.html">password_reset_confirmation.html</a>, +has been added to the <code>synapse/res/templates</code> directory. If you are +using a custom template directory, you may want to copy the template +over and modify it.</p> +<p>Note that as of v1.20.0, templates do not need to be included in custom +template directories for Synapse to start. The default templates will be +used if a custom template cannot be found.</p> +<p>This page will appear to the user after clicking a password reset link +that has been emailed to them.</p> +<p>To complete password reset, the page must include a way to make a +<code>POST</code> request to +<code>/_synapse/client/password_reset/{medium}/submit_token</code> with the query +parameters from the original link, presented as a URL-encoded form. See +the file itself for more details.</p> +<h2 id="updated-single-sign-on-html-templates"><a class="header" href="#updated-single-sign-on-html-templates">Updated Single Sign-on HTML Templates</a></h2> +<p>The <code>saml_error.html</code> template was removed from Synapse and replaced +with the <code>sso_error.html</code> template. If your Synapse is configured to use +SAML and a custom <code>sso_redirect_confirm_template_dir</code> configuration then +any customisations of the <code>saml_error.html</code> template will need to be +merged into the <code>sso_error.html</code> template. These templates are similar, +but the parameters are slightly different:</p> +<ul> +<li>The <code>msg</code> parameter should be renamed to <code>error_description</code>.</li> +<li>There is no longer a <code>code</code> parameter for the response code.</li> +<li>A string <code>error</code> parameter is available that includes a short hint +of why a user is seeing the error page.</li> +</ul> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1180"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1180">Upgrading to v1.18.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="docker--py3-suffix-will-be-removed-in-future-versions"><a class="header" href="#docker--py3-suffix-will-be-removed-in-future-versions">Docker <code>-py3</code> suffix will be removed in future versions</a></h2> +<p>From 10th August 2020, we will no longer publish Docker images with the +<code>-py3</code> tag suffix. The images tagged with the +<code>-py3</code> suffix have been identical to the non-suffixed tags +since release 0.99.0, and the suffix is obsolete.</p> +<p>On 10th August, we will remove the <code>latest-py3</code> tag. +Existing per-release tags (such as <code>v1.18.0-py3</code> will not +be removed, but no new <code>-py3</code> tags will be added.</p> +<p>Scripts relying on the <code>-py3</code> suffix will need to be +updated.</p> +<h2 id="redis-replication-is-now-recommended-in-lieu-of-tcp-replication"><a class="header" href="#redis-replication-is-now-recommended-in-lieu-of-tcp-replication">Redis replication is now recommended in lieu of TCP replication</a></h2> +<p>When setting up worker processes, we now recommend the use of a Redis +server for replication. <strong>The old direct TCP connection method is +deprecated and will be removed in a future release.</strong> See +the <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.66/workers.html">worker documentation</a> for more details.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1140"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1140">Upgrading to v1.14.0</a></h1> +<p>This version includes a database update which is run as part of the +upgrade, and which may take a couple of minutes in the case of a large +server. Synapse will not respond to HTTP requests while this update is +taking place.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1130"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1130">Upgrading to v1.13.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="incorrect-database-migration-in-old-synapse-versions"><a class="header" href="#incorrect-database-migration-in-old-synapse-versions">Incorrect database migration in old synapse versions</a></h2> +<p>A bug was introduced in Synapse 1.4.0 which could cause the room +directory to be incomplete or empty if Synapse was upgraded directly +from v1.2.1 or earlier, to versions between v1.4.0 and v1.12.x.</p> +<p>This will <em>not</em> be a problem for Synapse installations which were:</p> +<p>: - created at v1.4.0 or later, +- upgraded via v1.3.x, or +- upgraded straight from v1.2.1 or earlier to v1.13.0 or later.</p> +<p>If completeness of the room directory is a concern, installations which +are affected can be repaired as follows:</p> +<ol> +<li> +<p>Run the following sql from a <code>psql</code> or +<code>sqlite3</code> console:</p> +<pre><code class="language-sql">INSERT INTO background_updates (update_name, progress_json, depends_on) VALUES + ('populate_stats_process_rooms', '{}', 'current_state_events_membership'); + +INSERT INTO background_updates (update_name, progress_json, depends_on) VALUES + ('populate_stats_process_users', '{}', 'populate_stats_process_rooms'); +</code></pre> +</li> +<li> +<p>Restart synapse.</p> +</li> +</ol> +<h2 id="new-single-sign-on-html-templates"><a class="header" href="#new-single-sign-on-html-templates">New Single Sign-on HTML Templates</a></h2> +<p>New templates (<code>sso_auth_confirm.html</code>, <code>sso_auth_success.html</code>, and +<code>sso_account_deactivated.html</code>) were added to Synapse. If your Synapse +is configured to use SSO and a custom +<code>sso_redirect_confirm_template_dir</code> configuration then these templates +will need to be copied from +<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/develop/synapse/res/templates"><code>synapse/res/templates</code></a> into that directory.</p> +<h2 id="synapse-sso-plugins-method-deprecation"><a class="header" href="#synapse-sso-plugins-method-deprecation">Synapse SSO Plugins Method Deprecation</a></h2> +<p>Plugins using the <code>complete_sso_login</code> method of +<code>synapse.module_api.ModuleApi</code> should update to using the async/await +version <code>complete_sso_login_async</code> which includes additional checks. The +non-async version is considered deprecated.</p> +<h2 id="rolling-back-to-v1124-after-a-failed-upgrade"><a class="header" href="#rolling-back-to-v1124-after-a-failed-upgrade">Rolling back to v1.12.4 after a failed upgrade</a></h2> +<p>v1.13.0 includes a lot of large changes. If something problematic +occurs, you may want to roll-back to a previous version of Synapse. +Because v1.13.0 also includes a new database schema version, reverting +that version is also required alongside the generic rollback +instructions mentioned above. In short, to roll back to v1.12.4 you need +to:</p> +<ol> +<li> +<p>Stop the server</p> +</li> +<li> +<p>Decrease the schema version in the database:</p> +<pre><code class="language-sql">UPDATE schema_version SET version = 57; +</code></pre> +</li> +<li> +<p>Downgrade Synapse by following the instructions for your +installation method in the "Rolling back to older versions" +section above.</p> +</li> +</ol> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1120"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1120">Upgrading to v1.12.0</a></h1> +<p>This version includes a database update which is run as part of the +upgrade, and which may take some time (several hours in the case of a +large server). Synapse will not respond to HTTP requests while this +update is taking place.</p> +<p>This is only likely to be a problem in the case of a server which is +participating in many rooms.</p> +<ol start="0"> +<li> +<p>As with all upgrades, it is recommended that you have a recent +backup of your database which can be used for recovery in the event +of any problems.</p> +</li> +<li> +<p>As an initial check to see if you will be affected, you can try +running the following query from the <code>psql</code> or +<code>sqlite3</code> console. It is safe to run it while Synapse is +still running.</p> +<pre><code class="language-sql">SELECT MAX(q.v) FROM ( + SELECT ( + SELECT ej.json AS v + FROM state_events se INNER JOIN event_json ej USING (event_id) + WHERE se.room_id=rooms.room_id AND se.type='m.room.create' AND se.state_key='' + LIMIT 1 + ) FROM rooms WHERE rooms.room_version IS NULL +) q; +</code></pre> +<p>This query will take about the same amount of time as the upgrade +process: ie, if it takes 5 minutes, then it is likely that Synapse +will be unresponsive for 5 minutes during the upgrade.</p> +<p>If you consider an outage of this duration to be acceptable, no +further action is necessary and you can simply start Synapse 1.12.0.</p> +<p>If you would prefer to reduce the downtime, continue with the steps +below.</p> +</li> +<li> +<p>The easiest workaround for this issue is to manually create a new +index before upgrading. On PostgreSQL, his can be done as follows:</p> +<pre><code class="language-sql">CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY tmp_upgrade_1_12_0_index +ON state_events(room_id) WHERE type = 'm.room.create'; +</code></pre> +<p>The above query may take some time, but is also safe to run while +Synapse is running.</p> +<p>We assume that no SQLite users have databases large enough to be +affected. If you <em>are</em> affected, you can run a similar query, +omitting the <code>CONCURRENTLY</code> keyword. Note however that this +operation may in itself cause Synapse to stop running for some time. +Synapse admins are reminded that <a href="postgres.html">SQLite is not recommended for use +outside a test environment</a>.</p> +</li> +<li> +<p>Once the index has been created, the <code>SELECT</code> query in step 1 above +should complete quickly. It is therefore safe to upgrade to Synapse +1.12.0.</p> +</li> +<li> +<p>Once Synapse 1.12.0 has successfully started and is responding to +HTTP requests, the temporary index can be removed:</p> +<pre><code class="language-sql">DROP INDEX tmp_upgrade_1_12_0_index; +</code></pre> +</li> +</ol> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v1100"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1100">Upgrading to v1.10.0</a></h1> +<p>Synapse will now log a warning on start up if used with a PostgreSQL +database that has a non-recommended locale set.</p> +<p>See <a href="postgres.html">Postgres</a> for details.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v180"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v180">Upgrading to v1.8.0</a></h1> +<p>Specifying a <code>log_file</code> config option will now cause Synapse to refuse +to start, and should be replaced by with the <code>log_config</code> option. +Support for the <code>log_file</code> option was removed in v1.3.0 and has since +had no effect.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v170"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v170">Upgrading to v1.7.0</a></h1> +<p>In an attempt to configure Synapse in a privacy preserving way, the +default behaviours of <code>allow_public_rooms_without_auth</code> and +<code>allow_public_rooms_over_federation</code> have been inverted. This means that +by default, only authenticated users querying the Client/Server API will +be able to query the room directory, and relatedly that the server will +not share room directory information with other servers over federation.</p> +<p>If your installation does not explicitly set these settings one way or +the other and you want either setting to be <code>true</code> then it will +necessary to update your homeserver configuration file accordingly.</p> +<p>For more details on the surrounding context see our +<a href="https://matrix.org/blog/2019/11/09/avoiding-unwelcome-visitors-on-private-matrix-servers">explainer</a>.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v150"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v150">Upgrading to v1.5.0</a></h1> +<p>This release includes a database migration which may take several +minutes to complete if there are a large number (more than a million or +so) of entries in the <code>devices</code> table. This is only likely to a be a +problem on very large installations.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v140"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v140">Upgrading to v1.4.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="new-custom-templates"><a class="header" href="#new-custom-templates">New custom templates</a></h2> +<p>If you have configured a custom template directory with the +<code>email.template_dir</code> option, be aware that there are new templates +regarding registration and threepid management (see below) that must be +included.</p> +<ul> +<li><code>registration.html</code> and <code>registration.txt</code></li> +<li><code>registration_success.html</code> and <code>registration_failure.html</code></li> +<li><code>add_threepid.html</code> and <code>add_threepid.txt</code></li> +<li><code>add_threepid_failure.html</code> and <code>add_threepid_success.html</code></li> +</ul> +<p>Synapse will expect these files to exist inside the configured template +directory, and <strong>will fail to start</strong> if they are absent. To view the +default templates, see +<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/synapse/res/templates">synapse/res/templates</a>.</p> +<h2 id="3pid-verification-changes"><a class="header" href="#3pid-verification-changes">3pid verification changes</a></h2> +<p><strong>Note: As of this release, users will be unable to add phone numbers or +email addresses to their accounts, without changes to the Synapse +configuration. This includes adding an email address during +registration.</strong></p> +<p>It is possible for a user to associate an email address or phone number +with their account, for a number of reasons:</p> +<ul> +<li>for use when logging in, as an alternative to the user id.</li> +<li>in the case of email, as an alternative contact to help with account +recovery.</li> +<li>in the case of email, to receive notifications of missed messages.</li> +</ul> +<p>Before an email address or phone number can be added to a user's +account, or before such an address is used to carry out a +password-reset, Synapse must confirm the operation with the owner of the +email address or phone number. It does this by sending an email or text +giving the user a link or token to confirm receipt. This process is +known as '3pid verification'. ('3pid', or 'threepid', stands for +third-party identifier, and we use it to refer to external identifiers +such as email addresses and phone numbers.)</p> +<p>Previous versions of Synapse delegated the task of 3pid verification to +an identity server by default. In most cases this server is <code>vector.im</code> +or <code>matrix.org</code>.</p> +<p>In Synapse 1.4.0, for security and privacy reasons, the homeserver will +no longer delegate this task to an identity server by default. Instead, +the server administrator will need to explicitly decide how they would +like the verification messages to be sent.</p> +<p>In the medium term, the <code>vector.im</code> and <code>matrix.org</code> identity servers +will disable support for delegated 3pid verification entirely. However, +in order to ease the transition, they will retain the capability for a +limited period. Delegated email verification will be disabled on Monday +2nd December 2019 (giving roughly 2 months notice). Disabling delegated +SMS verification will follow some time after that once SMS verification +support lands in Synapse.</p> +<p>Once delegated 3pid verification support has been disabled in the +<code>vector.im</code> and <code>matrix.org</code> identity servers, all Synapse versions that +depend on those instances will be unable to verify email and phone +numbers through them. There are no imminent plans to remove delegated +3pid verification from Sydent generally. (Sydent is the identity server +project that backs the <code>vector.im</code> and <code>matrix.org</code> instances).</p> +<h3 id="email"><a class="header" href="#email">Email</a></h3> +<p>Following upgrade, to continue verifying email (e.g. as part of the +registration process), admins can either:-</p> +<ul> +<li>Configure Synapse to use an email server.</li> +<li>Run or choose an identity server which allows delegated email +verification and delegate to it.</li> +</ul> +<h4 id="configure-smtp-in-synapse"><a class="header" href="#configure-smtp-in-synapse">Configure SMTP in Synapse</a></h4> +<p>To configure an SMTP server for Synapse, modify the configuration +section headed <code>email</code>, and be sure to have at least the +<code>smtp_host, smtp_port</code> and <code>notif_from</code> fields filled out.</p> +<p>You may also need to set <code>smtp_user</code>, <code>smtp_pass</code>, and +<code>require_transport_security</code>.</p> +<p>See the <a href="usage/configuration/homeserver_sample_config.html">sample configuration file</a> +for more details on these settings.</p> +<h4 id="delegate-email-to-an-identity-server"><a class="header" href="#delegate-email-to-an-identity-server">Delegate email to an identity server</a></h4> +<p>Some admins will wish to continue using email verification as part of +the registration process, but will not immediately have an appropriate +SMTP server at hand.</p> +<p>To this end, we will continue to support email verification delegation +via the <code>vector.im</code> and <code>matrix.org</code> identity servers for two months. +Support for delegated email verification will be disabled on Monday 2nd +December.</p> +<p>The <code>account_threepid_delegates</code> dictionary defines whether the +homeserver should delegate an external server (typically an <a href="https://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/r0.2.1">identity +server</a>) to handle +sending confirmation messages via email and SMS.</p> +<p>So to delegate email verification, in <code>homeserver.yaml</code>, set +<code>account_threepid_delegates.email</code> to the base URL of an identity +server. For example:</p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml">account_threepid_delegates: + email: https://example.com # Delegate email sending to example.com +</code></pre> +<p>Note that <code>account_threepid_delegates.email</code> replaces the deprecated +<code>email.trust_identity_server_for_password_resets</code>: if +<code>email.trust_identity_server_for_password_resets</code> is set to <code>true</code>, and +<code>account_threepid_delegates.email</code> is not set, then the first entry in +<code>trusted_third_party_id_servers</code> will be used as the +<code>account_threepid_delegate</code> for email. This is to ensure compatibility +with existing Synapse installs that set up external server handling for +these tasks before v1.4.0. If +<code>email.trust_identity_server_for_password_resets</code> is <code>true</code> and no +trusted identity server domains are configured, Synapse will report an +error and refuse to start.</p> +<p>If <code>email.trust_identity_server_for_password_resets</code> is <code>false</code> or +absent and no <code>email</code> delegate is configured in +<code>account_threepid_delegates</code>, then Synapse will send email verification +messages itself, using the configured SMTP server (see above). that +type.</p> +<h3 id="phone-numbers"><a class="header" href="#phone-numbers">Phone numbers</a></h3> +<p>Synapse does not support phone-number verification itself, so the only +way to maintain the ability for users to add phone numbers to their +accounts will be by continuing to delegate phone number verification to +the <code>matrix.org</code> and <code>vector.im</code> identity servers (or another identity +server that supports SMS sending).</p> +<p>The <code>account_threepid_delegates</code> dictionary defines whether the +homeserver should delegate an external server (typically an <a href="https://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/r0.2.1">identity +server</a>) to handle +sending confirmation messages via email and SMS.</p> +<p>So to delegate phone number verification, in <code>homeserver.yaml</code>, set +<code>account_threepid_delegates.msisdn</code> to the base URL of an identity +server. For example:</p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml">account_threepid_delegates: + msisdn: https://example.com # Delegate sms sending to example.com +</code></pre> +<p>The <code>matrix.org</code> and <code>vector.im</code> identity servers will continue to +support delegated phone number verification via SMS until such time as +it is possible for admins to configure their servers to perform phone +number verification directly. More details will follow in a future +release.</p> +<h2 id="rolling-back-to-v131"><a class="header" href="#rolling-back-to-v131">Rolling back to v1.3.1</a></h2> +<p>If you encounter problems with v1.4.0, it should be possible to roll +back to v1.3.1, subject to the following:</p> +<ul> +<li> +<p>The 'room statistics' engine was heavily reworked in this release +(see <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/5971">#5971</a>), +including significant changes to the database schema, which are not +easily reverted. This will cause the room statistics engine to stop +updating when you downgrade.</p> +<p>The room statistics are essentially unused in v1.3.1 (in future +versions of Synapse, they will be used to populate the room +directory), so there should be no loss of functionality. However, +the statistics engine will write errors to the logs, which can be +avoided by setting the following in <code>homeserver.yaml</code>:</p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml">stats: + enabled: false +</code></pre> +<p>Don't forget to re-enable it when you upgrade again, in preparation +for its use in the room directory!</p> +</li> +</ul> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v120"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v120">Upgrading to v1.2.0</a></h1> +<p>Some counter metrics have been renamed, with the old names deprecated. +See <a href="metrics-howto.html#renaming-of-metrics--deprecation-of-old-names-in-12">the metrics +documentation</a> +for details.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v110"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v110">Upgrading to v1.1.0</a></h1> +<p>Synapse v1.1.0 removes support for older Python and PostgreSQL versions, +as outlined in <a href="https://matrix.org/blog/2019/04/08/synapse-deprecating-postgres-9-4-and-python-2-x">our deprecation +notice</a>.</p> +<h2 id="minimum-python-version"><a class="header" href="#minimum-python-version">Minimum Python Version</a></h2> +<p>Synapse v1.1.0 has a minimum Python requirement of Python 3.5. Python +3.6 or Python 3.7 are recommended as they have improved internal string +handling, significantly reducing memory usage.</p> +<p>If you use current versions of the Matrix.org-distributed Debian +packages or Docker images, action is not required.</p> +<p>If you install Synapse in a Python virtual environment, please see +"Upgrading to v0.34.0" for notes on setting up a new virtualenv under +Python 3.</p> +<h2 id="minimum-postgresql-version"><a class="header" href="#minimum-postgresql-version">Minimum PostgreSQL Version</a></h2> +<p>If using PostgreSQL under Synapse, you will need to use PostgreSQL 9.5 +or above. Please see the <a href="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/upgrading.html">PostgreSQL +documentation</a> for +more details on upgrading your database.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v10"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v10">Upgrading to v1.0</a></h1> +<h2 id="validation-of-tls-certificates"><a class="header" href="#validation-of-tls-certificates">Validation of TLS certificates</a></h2> +<p>Synapse v1.0 is the first release to enforce validation of TLS +certificates for the federation API. It is therefore essential that your +certificates are correctly configured.</p> +<p>Note, v1.0 installations will also no longer be able to federate with +servers that have not correctly configured their certificates.</p> +<p>In rare cases, it may be desirable to disable certificate checking: for +example, it might be essential to be able to federate with a given +legacy server in a closed federation. This can be done in one of two +ways:-</p> +<ul> +<li>Configure the global switch <code>federation_verify_certificates</code> to +<code>false</code>.</li> +<li>Configure a whitelist of server domains to trust via +<code>federation_certificate_verification_whitelist</code>.</li> +</ul> +<p>See the <a href="usage/configuration/homeserver_sample_config.html">sample configuration file</a> +for more details on these settings.</p> +<h2 id="email-1"><a class="header" href="#email-1">Email</a></h2> +<p>When a user requests a password reset, Synapse will send an email to the +user to confirm the request.</p> +<p>Previous versions of Synapse delegated the job of sending this email to +an identity server. If the identity server was somehow malicious or +became compromised, it would be theoretically possible to hijack an +account through this means.</p> +<p>Therefore, by default, Synapse v1.0 will send the confirmation email +itself. If Synapse is not configured with an SMTP server, password reset +via email will be disabled.</p> +<p>To configure an SMTP server for Synapse, modify the configuration +section headed <code>email</code>, and be sure to have at least the <code>smtp_host</code>, +<code>smtp_port</code> and <code>notif_from</code> fields filled out. You may also need to set +<code>smtp_user</code>, <code>smtp_pass</code>, and <code>require_transport_security</code>.</p> +<p>If you are absolutely certain that you wish to continue using an +identity server for password resets, set +<code>trust_identity_server_for_password_resets</code> to <code>true</code>.</p> +<p>See the <a href="usage/configuration/homeserver_sample_config.html">sample configuration file</a> +for more details on these settings.</p> +<h2 id="new-email-templates"><a class="header" href="#new-email-templates">New email templates</a></h2> +<p>Some new templates have been added to the default template directory for the purpose of +the homeserver sending its own password reset emails. If you have configured a +custom <code>template_dir</code> in your Synapse config, these files will need to be added.</p> +<p><code>password_reset.html</code> and <code>password_reset.txt</code> are HTML and plain text +templates respectively that contain the contents of what will be emailed +to the user upon attempting to reset their password via email. +<code>password_reset_success.html</code> and <code>password_reset_failure.html</code> are HTML +files that the content of which (assuming no redirect URL is set) will +be shown to the user after they attempt to click the link in the email +sent to them.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v0990"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v0990">Upgrading to v0.99.0</a></h1> +<p>Please be aware that, before Synapse v1.0 is released around March 2019, +you will need to replace any self-signed certificates with those +verified by a root CA. Information on how to do so can be found at the +ACME docs.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v0340"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v0340">Upgrading to v0.34.0</a></h1> +<ol> +<li> +<p>This release is the first to fully support Python 3. Synapse will +now run on Python versions 3.5, or 3.6 (as well as 2.7). We +recommend switching to Python 3, as it has been shown to give +performance improvements.</p> +<p>For users who have installed Synapse into a virtualenv, we recommend +doing this by creating a new virtualenv. For example:</p> +<pre><code class="language-sh">virtualenv -p python3 ~/synapse/env3 +source ~/synapse/env3/bin/activate +pip install matrix-synapse +</code></pre> +<p>You can then start synapse as normal, having activated the new +virtualenv:</p> +<pre><code class="language-sh">cd ~/synapse +source env3/bin/activate +synctl start +</code></pre> +<p>Users who have installed from distribution packages should see the +relevant package documentation. See below for notes on Debian +packages.</p> +<ul> +<li> +<p>When upgrading to Python 3, you <strong>must</strong> make sure that your log +files are configured as UTF-8, by adding <code>encoding: utf8</code> to the +<code>RotatingFileHandler</code> configuration (if you have one) in your +<code><server>.log.config</code> file. For example, if your <code>log.config</code> +file contains:</p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml">handlers: + file: + class: logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler + formatter: precise + filename: homeserver.log + maxBytes: 104857600 + backupCount: 10 + filters: [context] + console: + class: logging.StreamHandler + formatter: precise + filters: [context] +</code></pre> +<p>Then you should update this to be:</p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml">handlers: + file: + class: logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler + formatter: precise + filename: homeserver.log + maxBytes: 104857600 + backupCount: 10 + filters: [context] + encoding: utf8 + console: + class: logging.StreamHandler + formatter: precise + filters: [context] +</code></pre> +<p>There is no need to revert this change if downgrading to +Python 2.</p> +</li> +</ul> +<p>We are also making available Debian packages which will run Synapse +on Python 3. You can switch to these packages with +<code>apt-get install matrix-synapse-py3</code>, however, please read +<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/release-v0.34.0/debian/NEWS">debian/NEWS</a> +before doing so. The existing <code>matrix-synapse</code> packages will +continue to use Python 2 for the time being.</p> +</li> +<li> +<p>This release removes the <code>riot.im</code> from the default list of trusted +identity servers.</p> +<p>If <code>riot.im</code> is in your homeserver's list of +<code>trusted_third_party_id_servers</code>, you should remove it. It was added +in case a hypothetical future identity server was put there. If you +don't remove it, users may be unable to deactivate their accounts.</p> +</li> +<li> +<p>This release no longer installs the (unmaintained) Matrix Console +web client as part of the default installation. It is possible to +re-enable it by installing it separately and setting the +<code>web_client_location</code> config option, but please consider switching +to another client.</p> +</li> +</ol> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v0337"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v0337">Upgrading to v0.33.7</a></h1> +<p>This release removes the example email notification templates from +<code>res/templates</code> (they are now internal to the python package). This +should only affect you if you (a) deploy your Synapse instance from a +git checkout or a github snapshot URL, and (b) have email notifications +enabled.</p> +<p>If you have email notifications enabled, you should ensure that +<code>email.template_dir</code> is either configured to point at a directory where +you have installed customised templates, or leave it unset to use the +default templates.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v0273"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v0273">Upgrading to v0.27.3</a></h1> +<p>This release expands the anonymous usage stats sent if the opt-in +<code>report_stats</code> configuration is set to <code>true</code>. We now capture RSS memory +and cpu use at a very coarse level. This requires administrators to +install the optional <code>psutil</code> python module.</p> +<p>We would appreciate it if you could assist by ensuring this module is +available and <code>report_stats</code> is enabled. This will let us see if +performance changes to synapse are having an impact to the general +community.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v0150"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v0150">Upgrading to v0.15.0</a></h1> +<p>If you want to use the new URL previewing API +(<code>/_matrix/media/r0/preview_url</code>) then you have to explicitly enable it +in the config and update your dependencies dependencies. See README.rst +for details.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v0110"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v0110">Upgrading to v0.11.0</a></h1> +<p>This release includes the option to send anonymous usage stats to +matrix.org, and requires that administrators explicitly opt in or out by +setting the <code>report_stats</code> option to either <code>true</code> or <code>false</code>.</p> +<p>We would really appreciate it if you could help our project out by +reporting anonymized usage statistics from your homeserver. Only very +basic aggregate data (e.g. number of users) will be reported, but it +helps us to track the growth of the Matrix community, and helps us to +make Matrix a success, as well as to convince other networks that they +should peer with us.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v090"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v090">Upgrading to v0.9.0</a></h1> +<p>Application services have had a breaking API change in this version.</p> +<p>They can no longer register themselves with a home server using the AS +HTTP API. This decision was made because a compromised application +service with free reign to register any regex in effect grants full +read/write access to the home server if a regex of <code>.*</code> is used. An +attack where a compromised AS re-registers itself with <code>.*</code> was deemed +too big of a security risk to ignore, and so the ability to register +with the HS remotely has been removed.</p> +<p>It has been replaced by specifying a list of application service +registrations in <code>homeserver.yaml</code>:</p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml">app_service_config_files: ["registration-01.yaml", "registration-02.yaml"] +</code></pre> +<p>Where <code>registration-01.yaml</code> looks like:</p> +<pre><code class="language-yaml">url: <String> # e.g. "https://my.application.service.com" +as_token: <String> +hs_token: <String> +sender_localpart: <String> # This is a new field which denotes the user_id localpart when using the AS token +namespaces: + users: + - exclusive: <Boolean> + regex: <String> # e.g. "@prefix_.*" + aliases: + - exclusive: <Boolean> + regex: <String> + rooms: + - exclusive: <Boolean> + regex: <String> +</code></pre> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v080"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v080">Upgrading to v0.8.0</a></h1> +<p>Servers which use captchas will need to add their public key to:</p> +<pre><code>static/client/register/register_config.js + + window.matrixRegistrationConfig = { + recaptcha_public_key: "YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY" + }; +</code></pre> +<p>This is required in order to support registration fallback (typically +used on mobile devices).</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v070"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v070">Upgrading to v0.7.0</a></h1> +<p>New dependencies are:</p> +<ul> +<li>pydenticon</li> +<li>simplejson</li> +<li>syutil</li> +<li>matrix-angular-sdk</li> +</ul> +<p>To pull in these dependencies in a virtual env, run:</p> +<pre><code>python synapse/python_dependencies.py | xargs -n 1 pip install +</code></pre> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v060"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v060">Upgrading to v0.6.0</a></h1> +<p>To pull in new dependencies, run:</p> +<pre><code>python setup.py develop --user +</code></pre> +<p>This update includes a change to the database schema. To upgrade you +first need to upgrade the database by running:</p> +<pre><code>python scripts/upgrade_db_to_v0.6.0.py <db> <server_name> <signing_key> +</code></pre> +<p>Where <code><db></code> is the location of the database, +<code><server_name></code> is the server name as specified in the +synapse configuration, and <code><signing_key></code> is the location +of the signing key as specified in the synapse configuration.</p> +<p>This may take some time to complete. Failures of signatures and content +hashes can safely be ignored.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v051"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v051">Upgrading to v0.5.1</a></h1> +<p>Depending on precisely when you installed v0.5.0 you may have ended up +with a stale release of the reference matrix webclient installed as a +python module. To uninstall it and ensure you are depending on the +latest module, please run:</p> +<pre><code>$ pip uninstall syweb +</code></pre> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v050"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v050">Upgrading to v0.5.0</a></h1> +<p>The webclient has been split out into a separate repository/package in +this release. Before you restart your homeserver you will need to pull +in the webclient package by running:</p> +<pre><code>python setup.py develop --user +</code></pre> +<p>This release completely changes the database schema and so requires +upgrading it before starting the new version of the homeserver.</p> +<p>The script "database-prepare-for-0.5.0.sh" should be used to upgrade +the database. This will save all user information, such as logins and +profiles, but will otherwise purge the database. This includes messages, +which rooms the home server was a member of and room alias mappings.</p> +<p>If you would like to keep your history, please take a copy of your +database file and ask for help in #matrix:matrix.org. The upgrade +process is, unfortunately, non trivial and requires human intervention +to resolve any resulting conflicts during the upgrade process.</p> +<p>Before running the command the homeserver should be first completely +shutdown. To run it, simply specify the location of the database, e.g.:</p> +<blockquote> +<p>./scripts/database-prepare-for-0.5.0.sh "homeserver.db"</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Once this has successfully completed it will be safe to restart the +homeserver. You may notice that the homeserver takes a few seconds +longer to restart than usual as it reinitializes the database.</p> +<p>On startup of the new version, users can either rejoin remote rooms +using room aliases or by being reinvited. Alternatively, if any other +homeserver sends a message to a room that the homeserver was previously +in the local HS will automatically rejoin the room.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v040"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v040">Upgrading to v0.4.0</a></h1> +<p>This release needs an updated syutil version. Run:</p> +<pre><code>python setup.py develop +</code></pre> +<p>You will also need to upgrade your configuration as the signing key +format has changed. Run:</p> +<pre><code>python -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path <CONFIG> --generate-config +</code></pre> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v030"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v030">Upgrading to v0.3.0</a></h1> +<p>This registration API now closely matches the login API. This introduces +a bit more backwards and forwards between the HS and the client, but +this improves the overall flexibility of the API. You can now GET on +/register to retrieve a list of valid registration flows. Upon choosing +one, they are submitted in the same way as login, e.g:</p> +<pre><code>{ + type: m.login.password, + user: foo, + password: bar +} +</code></pre> +<p>The default HS supports 2 flows, with and without Identity Server email +authentication. Enabling captcha on the HS will add in an extra step to +all flows: <code>m.login.recaptcha</code> which must be completed before you can +transition to the next stage. There is a new login type: +<code>m.login.email.identity</code> which contains the <code>threepidCreds</code> key which +were previously sent in the original register request. For more +information on this, see the specification.</p> +<h2 id="web-client"><a class="header" href="#web-client">Web Client</a></h2> +<p>The VoIP specification has changed between v0.2.0 and v0.3.0. Users +should refresh any browser tabs to get the latest web client code. Users +on v0.2.0 of the web client will not be able to call those on v0.3.0 and +vice versa.</p> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v020"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v020">Upgrading to v0.2.0</a></h1> +<p>The home server now requires setting up of SSL config before it can run. +To automatically generate default config use:</p> +<pre><code>$ python synapse/app/homeserver.py \ + --server-name machine.my.domain.name \ + --bind-port 8448 \ + --config-path homeserver.config \ + --generate-config +</code></pre> +<p>This config can be edited if desired, for example to specify a different +SSL certificate to use. Once done you can run the home server using:</p> +<pre><code>$ python synapse/app/homeserver.py --config-path homeserver.config +</code></pre> +<p>See the README.rst for more information.</p> +<p>Also note that some config options have been renamed, including:</p> +<ul> +<li>"host" to "server-name"</li> +<li>"database" to "database-path"</li> +<li>"port" to "bind-port" and "unsecure-port"</li> +</ul> +<h1 id="upgrading-to-v001"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v001">Upgrading to v0.0.1</a></h1> +<p>This release completely changes the database schema and so requires +upgrading it before starting the new version of the homeserver.</p> +<p>The script "database-prepare-for-0.0.1.sh" should be used to upgrade +the database. This will save all user information, such as logins and +profiles, but will otherwise purge the database. This includes messages, +which rooms the home server was a member of and room alias mappings.</p> +<p>Before running the command the homeserver should be first completely +shutdown. To run it, simply specify the location of the database, e.g.:</p> +<blockquote> +<p>./scripts/database-prepare-for-0.0.1.sh "homeserver.db"</p> +</blockquote> +<p>Once this has successfully completed it will be safe to restart the +homeserver. You may notice that the homeserver takes a few seconds +longer to restart than usual as it reinitializes the database.</p> +<p>On startup of the new version, users can either rejoin remote rooms +using room aliases or by being reinvited. 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