diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 1ce58632b8..a1a0624674 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,31 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.18.4 (2016-11-22)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Add workaround for buggy clients that the fail to register (PR #1632)
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.4-rc1 (2016-11-14)
+===========================================
+
+Changes:
+
+* Various database efficiency improvements (PR #1188, #1192)
+* Update default config to blacklist more internal IPs, thanks to Euan Kemp (PR
+ #1198)
+* Allow specifying duration in minutes in config, thanks to Daniel Dent (PR
+ #1625)
+
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Fix media repo to set CORs headers on responses (PR #1190)
+* Fix registration to not error on non-ascii passwords (PR #1191)
+* Fix create event code to limit the number of prev_events (PR #1615)
+* Fix bug in transaction ID deduplication (PR #1624)
+
+
Changes in synapse v0.18.3 (2016-11-08)
=======================================
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index d366b69dab..432567a110 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
""" This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
"""
-__version__ = "0.18.3"
+__version__ = "0.18.4"
diff --git a/synapse/api/errors.py b/synapse/api/errors.py
index 0041646858..921c457738 100644
--- a/synapse/api/errors.py
+++ b/synapse/api/errors.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class Codes(object):
CAPTCHA_NEEDED = "M_CAPTCHA_NEEDED"
CAPTCHA_INVALID = "M_CAPTCHA_INVALID"
MISSING_PARAM = "M_MISSING_PARAM"
+ INVALID_PARAM = "M_INVALID_PARAM"
TOO_LARGE = "M_TOO_LARGE"
EXCLUSIVE = "M_EXCLUSIVE"
THREEPID_AUTH_FAILED = "M_THREEPID_AUTH_FAILED"
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
index 68d18a9b82..6cfb20866b 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
@@ -169,6 +169,17 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
guest_access_token = body.get("guest_access_token", None)
+ if (
+ 'initial_device_display_name' in body and
+ 'password' not in body
+ ):
+ # ignore 'initial_device_display_name' if sent without
+ # a password to work around a client bug where it sent
+ # the 'initial_device_display_name' param alone, wiping out
+ # the original registration params
+ logger.warn("Ignoring initial_device_display_name without password")
+ del body['initial_device_display_name']
+
session_id = self.auth_handler.get_session_id(body)
registered_user_id = None
if session_id:
diff --git a/synapse/storage/filtering.py b/synapse/storage/filtering.py
index 5248736816..a2ccc66ea7 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/filtering.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/filtering.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
from twisted.internet import defer
from ._base import SQLBaseStore
+from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError, Codes
from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cachedInlineCallbacks
import simplejson as json
@@ -24,6 +25,13 @@ import simplejson as json
class FilteringStore(SQLBaseStore):
@cachedInlineCallbacks(num_args=2)
def get_user_filter(self, user_localpart, filter_id):
+ # filter_id is BIGINT UNSIGNED, so if it isn't a number, fail
+ # with a coherent error message rather than 500 M_UNKNOWN.
+ try:
+ int(filter_id)
+ except ValueError:
+ raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid filter ID", Codes.INVALID_PARAM)
+
def_json = yield self._simple_select_one_onecol(
table="user_filters",
keyvalues={
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