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diff --git a/changelog.d/7998.doc b/changelog.d/7998.doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..fc8b3f0c3d --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/7998.doc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Add documentation for how to undo a room shutdown. diff --git a/docs/admin_api/shutdown_room.md b/docs/admin_api/shutdown_room.md index 808caeec79..2ff552bcb3 100644 --- a/docs/admin_api/shutdown_room.md +++ b/docs/admin_api/shutdown_room.md @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ You will need to authenticate with an access token for an admin user. * `message` - Optional. A string containing the first message that will be sent as `new_room_user_id` in the new room. Ideally this will clearly convey why the original room was shut down. - + If not specified, the default value of `room_name` is "Content Violation Notification". The default value of `message` is "Sharing illegal content on othis server is not permitted and rooms in violation will be blocked." @@ -72,3 +72,23 @@ Response: "new_room_id": "!newroomid:example.com", }, ``` + +## Undoing room shutdowns + +*Note*: This guide may be outdated by the time you read it. By nature of room shutdowns being performed at the database level, +the structure can and does change without notice. + +First, it's important to understand that a room shutdown is very destructive. Undoing a shutdown is not as simple as pretending it +never happened - work has to be done to move forward instead of resetting the past. + +1. For safety reasons, it is recommended to shut down Synapse prior to continuing. +2. In the database, run `DELETE FROM blocked_rooms WHERE room_id = '!example:example.org';` + * For caution: it's recommended to run this in a transaction: `BEGIN; DELETE ...;`, verify you got 1 result, then `COMMIT;`. + * The room ID is the same one supplied to the shutdown room API, not the Content Violation room. +3. Restart Synapse (required). + +You will have to manually handle, if you so choose, the following: + +* Aliases that would have been redirected to the Content Violation room. +* Users that would have been booted from the room (and will have been force-joined to the Content Violation room). +* Removal of the Content Violation room if desired. |