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-rw-r--r--UPGRADE.rst105
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/5893.misc2
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/5972.misc1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/5974.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/5980.feature2
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/5992.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6000.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6028.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6042.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6043.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6044.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6047.misc2
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6049.doc1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6050.doc1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6056.bugfix1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6058.docker1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6059.bugfix1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6062.bugfix1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6063.bugfix1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6067.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6072.misc1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6073.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6074.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6075.misc1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6078.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6079.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6082.feature1
-rw-r--r--docker/README.md2
-rwxr-xr-xdocker/start.py3
-rw-r--r--docs/sample_config.yaml19
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/emailconfig.py36
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/registration.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/repository.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/server.py3
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/workers.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/federation/transport/server.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/deactivate_account.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/identity.py231
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/room_member.py39
-rw-r--r--synapse/logging/context.py13
-rw-r--r--synapse/push/mailer.py41
-rw-r--r--synapse/res/templates/add_threepid.html9
-rw-r--r--synapse/res/templates/add_threepid.txt6
-rw-r--r--synapse/res/templates/add_threepid_failure.html8
-rw-r--r--synapse/res/templates/add_threepid_success.html6
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py337
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py35
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/versions.py19
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/registration.py53
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/schema/delta/56/drop_unused_event_tables.sql20
-rwxr-xr-xsynctl43
51 files changed, 840 insertions, 231 deletions
diff --git a/UPGRADE.rst b/UPGRADE.rst
index 5aaf804902..4ede973a08 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.rst
+++ b/UPGRADE.rst
@@ -2,52 +2,78 @@ Upgrading Synapse
 =================
 
 Before upgrading check if any special steps are required to upgrade from the
-what you currently have installed to current version of synapse. The extra
+what you currently have installed to current version of Synapse. The extra
 instructions that may be required are listed later in this document.
 
-1. If synapse was installed in a virtualenv then activate that virtualenv before
-   upgrading. If synapse is installed in a virtualenv in ``~/synapse/env`` then
-   run:
+* If Synapse was installed using `prebuilt packages
+  <INSTALL.md#prebuilt-packages>`_, you will need to follow the normal process
+  for upgrading those packages.
 
-   .. code:: bash
+* If Synapse was installed from source, then:
 
-       source ~/synapse/env/bin/activate
-
-2. If synapse was installed using pip then upgrade to the latest version by
-   running:
+  1. Activate the virtualenv before upgrading. For example, if Synapse is
+     installed in a virtualenv in ``~/synapse/env`` then run:
 
-   .. code:: bash
+     .. code:: bash
 
-       pip install --upgrade matrix-synapse[all]
+       source ~/synapse/env/bin/activate
 
-       # restart synapse
-       synctl restart
+  2. If Synapse was installed using pip then upgrade to the latest version by
+     running:
 
+     .. code:: bash
 
-   If synapse was installed using git then upgrade to the latest version by
-   running:
+       pip install --upgrade matrix-synapse
 
-   .. code:: bash
+     If Synapse was installed using git then upgrade to the latest version by
+     running:
 
-       # Pull the latest version of the master branch.
+     .. code:: bash
+     
        git pull
+       pip install --upgrade .
 
-       # Update synapse and its python dependencies.
-       pip install --upgrade .[all]
+  3. Restart Synapse:
 
-       # restart synapse
-       ./synctl restart
+     .. code:: bash
 
+       ./synctl restart
 
-To check whether your update was successful, you can check the Server header
-returned by the Client-Server API:
+To check whether your update was successful, you can check the running server
+version with:
 
 .. code:: bash
 
-    # replace <host.name> with the hostname of your synapse homeserver.
-    # You may need to specify a port (eg, :8448) if your server is not
-    # configured on port 443.
-    curl -kv https://<host.name>/_matrix/client/versions 2>&1 | grep "Server:"
+    # 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
+
+Rolling back to older versions
+------------------------------
+
+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.
+
+In general, you will need to undo any changes made during the upgrade process,
+for example:
+
+* pip:
+
+  .. code:: bash
+
+     source env/bin/activate
+     # replace `1.3.0` accordingly:
+     pip install matrix-synapse==1.3.0
+
+* Debian:
+
+  .. code:: 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
 
 Upgrading to v1.4.0
 ===================
@@ -99,6 +125,31 @@ Synapse will expect these files to exist inside the configured template director
 default templates, see `synapse/res/templates
 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/synapse/res/templates>`_.
 
+Rolling back to v1.3.1
+----------------------
+
+If you encounter problems with v1.4.0, it should be possible to roll back to
+v1.3.1, subject to the following:
+
+* The 'room statistics' engine was heavily reworked in this release (see
+  `#5971 <https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/5971>`_), 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.
+
+  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 `homeserver.yaml`:
+
+  .. code:: yaml
+
+    stats:
+      enabled: false
+
+  Don't forget to re-enable it when you upgrade again, in preparation for its
+  use in the room directory!
+
 Upgrading to v1.2.0
 ===================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/5893.misc b/changelog.d/5893.misc
index 07ee4888dc..5ef171cb3e 100644
--- a/changelog.d/5893.misc
+++ b/changelog.d/5893.misc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Drop some unused tables.
+Stop populating some unused tables.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5972.misc b/changelog.d/5972.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1dc217e899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/5972.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add m.require_identity_server flag to /version's unstable_features.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/5974.feature b/changelog.d/5974.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..387a444fc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/5974.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add m.id_access_token to unstable_features in /versions as per MSC2264.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/5980.feature b/changelog.d/5980.feature
index f25d8d81d9..e20117cf1c 100644
--- a/changelog.d/5980.feature
+++ b/changelog.d/5980.feature
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Add POST /_matrix/client/r0/account/3pid/unbind endpoint from MSC2140 for unbinding a 3PID from an identity server without removing it from the homeserver user account.
\ No newline at end of file
+Add POST /_matrix/client/unstable/account/3pid/unbind endpoint from MSC2140 for unbinding a 3PID from an identity server without removing it from the homeserver user account.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5992.feature b/changelog.d/5992.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31866c2925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/5992.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Give appropriate exit codes when synctl fails.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6000.feature b/changelog.d/6000.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a159bd10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6000.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Apply the federation blacklist to requests to identity servers.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/6028.feature b/changelog.d/6028.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf603fa0c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6028.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Replace `trust_identity_server_for_password_resets` config option with `account_threepid_delegates`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6042.feature b/changelog.d/6042.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a737760363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6042.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow homeserver to handle or delegate email validation when adding an email to a user's account.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6043.feature b/changelog.d/6043.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd27b0400b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6043.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Implement new Client Server API endpoints `/account/3pid/add` and `/account/3pid/bind` as per [MSC2290](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2290).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/6044.feature b/changelog.d/6044.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7dc05d4845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6044.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add an unstable feature flag for separate add/bind 3pid APIs.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/6047.misc b/changelog.d/6047.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4cdb8abb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6047.misc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Stop populating some unused tables.
+
diff --git a/changelog.d/6049.doc b/changelog.d/6049.doc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0307bf5c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6049.doc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add some notes on rolling back to v1.3.1.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6050.doc b/changelog.d/6050.doc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d19c69bc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6050.doc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update the upgrade notes.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6056.bugfix b/changelog.d/6056.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d9573a58d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6056.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove POST method from password reset submit_token endpoint until we implement submit_url functionality.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/6058.docker b/changelog.d/6058.docker
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30be6933c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6058.docker
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Provide SYNAPSE_WORKER envvar to specify python module.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6059.bugfix b/changelog.d/6059.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49d5bd3fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6059.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix logcontext spam on non-Linux platforms.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6062.bugfix b/changelog.d/6062.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e20117cf1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6062.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add POST /_matrix/client/unstable/account/3pid/unbind endpoint from MSC2140 for unbinding a 3PID from an identity server without removing it from the homeserver user account.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6063.bugfix b/changelog.d/6063.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7485e32a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6063.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Ensure query parameters in email validation links are URL-encoded.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/6067.feature b/changelog.d/6067.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72685961c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6067.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove `bind` parameter from Client Server POST `/account` endpoint as per [MSC2290](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2290/).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/6072.misc b/changelog.d/6072.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91cf164714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6072.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add a 'failure_ts' column to the 'destinations' database table.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6073.feature b/changelog.d/6073.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15d9933891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6073.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Return a clearer error message when a timeout occurs when attempting to contact an identity server.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/6074.feature b/changelog.d/6074.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7aa9c99d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6074.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Prevent password reset's submit_token endpoint from accepting trailing slashes.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/6075.misc b/changelog.d/6075.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..914e56bcfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6075.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Change mailer logging to reflect Synapse doesn't just do chat notifications by email now.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/6078.feature b/changelog.d/6078.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fae1e52322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6078.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add `POST /add_threepid/msisdn/submit_token` endpoint for proxying submitToken on an account_threepid_handler.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/6079.feature b/changelog.d/6079.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcbb49ac58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6079.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add `submit_url` response parameter to `*/msisdn/requestToken` endpoints.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6082.feature b/changelog.d/6082.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c30662b608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6082.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Return 403 on `/register/available` if registration has been disabled.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index d5879c2f2c..4b712f3f5c 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ The following environment variables are supported in run mode:
   `/data`.
 * `SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH`: path to the config file. Defaults to
   `<SYNAPSE_CONFIG_DIR>/homeserver.yaml`.
+* `SYNAPSE_WORKER`: module to execute, used when running synapse with workers.
+   Defaults to `synapse.app.homeserver`, which is suitable for non-worker mode.
 * `UID`, `GID`: the user and group id to run Synapse as. Defaults to `991`, `991`.
 * `TZ`: the [timezone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones) the container will run with. Defaults to `UTC`.
 
diff --git a/docker/start.py b/docker/start.py
index 260f2d9943..e41ea20e70 100755
--- a/docker/start.py
+++ b/docker/start.py
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ def main(args, environ):
     mode = args[1] if len(args) > 1 else None
     desired_uid = int(environ.get("UID", "991"))
     desired_gid = int(environ.get("GID", "991"))
+    synapse_worker = environ.get("SYNAPSE_WORKER", "synapse.app.homeserver")
     if (desired_uid == os.getuid()) and (desired_gid == os.getgid()):
         ownership = None
     else:
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ def main(args, environ):
 
     log("Starting synapse with config file " + config_path)
 
-    args = ["python", "-m", "synapse.app.homeserver", "--config-path", config_path]
+    args = ["python", "-m", synapse_worker, "--config-path", config_path]
     if ownership is not None:
         args = ["su-exec", ownership] + args
         os.execv("/sbin/su-exec", args)
diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml
index 81f74b83ff..da31728037 100644
--- a/docs/sample_config.yaml
+++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid
 # blacklist IP address CIDR ranges. If this option is not specified, or
 # specified with an empty list, no ip range blacklist will be enforced.
 #
+# As of Synapse v1.4.0 this option also affects any outbound requests to identity
+# servers provided by user input.
+#
 # (0.0.0.0 and :: are always blacklisted, whether or not they are explicitly
 # listed here, since they correspond to unroutable addresses.)
 #
@@ -937,8 +940,10 @@ uploads_path: "DATADIR/uploads"
 # by the Matrix Identity Service API specification:
 # https://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/latest
 #
+# If a delegate is specified, the config option public_baseurl must also be filled out.
+#
 account_threepid_delegates:
-    #email: https://example.com     # Delegate email sending to matrix.org
+    #email: https://example.com     # Delegate email sending to example.org
     #msisdn: http://localhost:8090  # Delegate SMS sending to this local process
 
 # Users who register on this homeserver will automatically be joined
@@ -1295,6 +1300,12 @@ password_config:
 #   #registration_template_html: registration.html
 #   #registration_template_text: registration.txt
 #
+#   # Templates for validation emails sent by the homeserver when adding an email to
+#   # your user account
+#   #
+#   #add_threepid_template_html: add_threepid.html
+#   #add_threepid_template_text: add_threepid.txt
+#
 #   # Templates for password reset success and failure pages that a user
 #   # will see after attempting to reset their password
 #   #
@@ -1306,6 +1317,12 @@ password_config:
 #   #
 #   #registration_template_success_html: registration_success.html
 #   #registration_template_failure_html: registration_failure.html
+#
+#   # Templates for success and failure pages that a user will see after attempting
+#   # to add an email or phone to their account
+#   #
+#   #add_threepid_success_html: add_threepid_success.html
+#   #add_threepid_failure_html: add_threepid_failure.html
 
 
 #password_providers:
diff --git a/synapse/config/emailconfig.py b/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
index e5de768b0c..d9b43de660 100644
--- a/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
+++ b/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
@@ -169,12 +169,22 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
             self.email_registration_template_text = email_config.get(
                 "registration_template_text", "registration.txt"
             )
+            self.email_add_threepid_template_html = email_config.get(
+                "add_threepid_template_html", "add_threepid.html"
+            )
+            self.email_add_threepid_template_text = email_config.get(
+                "add_threepid_template_text", "add_threepid.txt"
+            )
+
             self.email_password_reset_template_failure_html = email_config.get(
                 "password_reset_template_failure_html", "password_reset_failure.html"
             )
             self.email_registration_template_failure_html = email_config.get(
                 "registration_template_failure_html", "registration_failure.html"
             )
+            self.email_add_threepid_template_failure_html = email_config.get(
+                "add_threepid_template_failure_html", "add_threepid_failure.html"
+            )
 
             # These templates do not support any placeholder variables, so we
             # will read them from disk once during setup
@@ -184,6 +194,9 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
             email_registration_template_success_html = email_config.get(
                 "registration_template_success_html", "registration_success.html"
             )
+            email_add_threepid_template_success_html = email_config.get(
+                "add_threepid_template_success_html", "add_threepid_success.html"
+            )
 
             # Check templates exist
             for f in [
@@ -191,9 +204,14 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
                 self.email_password_reset_template_text,
                 self.email_registration_template_html,
                 self.email_registration_template_text,
+                self.email_add_threepid_template_html,
+                self.email_add_threepid_template_text,
                 self.email_password_reset_template_failure_html,
+                self.email_registration_template_failure_html,
+                self.email_add_threepid_template_failure_html,
                 email_password_reset_template_success_html,
                 email_registration_template_success_html,
+                email_add_threepid_template_success_html,
             ]:
                 p = os.path.join(self.email_template_dir, f)
                 if not os.path.isfile(p):
@@ -212,6 +230,12 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
             self.email_registration_template_success_html_content = self.read_file(
                 filepath, "email.registration_template_success_html"
             )
+            filepath = os.path.join(
+                self.email_template_dir, email_add_threepid_template_success_html
+            )
+            self.email_add_threepid_template_success_html_content = self.read_file(
+                filepath, "email.add_threepid_template_success_html"
+            )
 
         if self.email_enable_notifs:
             required = [
@@ -328,6 +352,12 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
         #   #registration_template_html: registration.html
         #   #registration_template_text: registration.txt
         #
+        #   # Templates for validation emails sent by the homeserver when adding an email to
+        #   # your user account
+        #   #
+        #   #add_threepid_template_html: add_threepid.html
+        #   #add_threepid_template_text: add_threepid.txt
+        #
         #   # Templates for password reset success and failure pages that a user
         #   # will see after attempting to reset their password
         #   #
@@ -339,6 +369,12 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
         #   #
         #   #registration_template_success_html: registration_success.html
         #   #registration_template_failure_html: registration_failure.html
+        #
+        #   # Templates for success and failure pages that a user will see after attempting
+        #   # to add an email or phone to their account
+        #   #
+        #   #add_threepid_success_html: add_threepid_success.html
+        #   #add_threepid_failure_html: add_threepid_failure.html
         """
 
 
diff --git a/synapse/config/registration.py b/synapse/config/registration.py
index 9548560edb..bef89e2bf4 100644
--- a/synapse/config/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/config/registration.py
@@ -293,8 +293,10 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
         # by the Matrix Identity Service API specification:
         # https://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/latest
         #
+        # If a delegate is specified, the config option public_baseurl must also be filled out.
+        #
         account_threepid_delegates:
-            #email: https://example.com     # Delegate email sending to matrix.org
+            #email: https://example.com     # Delegate email sending to example.org
             #msisdn: http://localhost:8090  # Delegate SMS sending to this local process
 
         # Users who register on this homeserver will automatically be joined
diff --git a/synapse/config/repository.py b/synapse/config/repository.py
index 34f1a9a92d..52e014608a 100644
--- a/synapse/config/repository.py
+++ b/synapse/config/repository.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2014, 2015 matrix.org
+# Copyright 2014, 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/synapse/config/server.py b/synapse/config/server.py
index 7f8d315954..419787a89c 100644
--- a/synapse/config/server.py
+++ b/synapse/config/server.py
@@ -545,6 +545,9 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         # blacklist IP address CIDR ranges. If this option is not specified, or
         # specified with an empty list, no ip range blacklist will be enforced.
         #
+        # As of Synapse v1.4.0 this option also affects any outbound requests to identity
+        # servers provided by user input.
+        #
         # (0.0.0.0 and :: are always blacklisted, whether or not they are explicitly
         # listed here, since they correspond to unroutable addresses.)
         #
diff --git a/synapse/config/workers.py b/synapse/config/workers.py
index bc0fc165e3..1ec4998625 100644
--- a/synapse/config/workers.py
+++ b/synapse/config/workers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2016 matrix.org
+# Copyright 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/synapse/federation/transport/server.py b/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
index 7dc696c7ae..7f8a16e355 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class Authenticator(object):
     async def _reset_retry_timings(self, origin):
         try:
             logger.info("Marking origin %r as up", origin)
-            await self.store.set_destination_retry_timings(origin, 0, 0)
+            await self.store.set_destination_retry_timings(origin, None, 0, 0)
         except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error resetting retry timings on %s", origin)
 
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/deactivate_account.py b/synapse/handlers/deactivate_account.py
index 5f804d1f13..d83912c9a4 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/deactivate_account.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/deactivate_account.py
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ class DeactivateAccountHandler(BaseHandler):
         # unbinding
         identity_server_supports_unbinding = True
 
-        threepids = yield self.store.user_get_threepids(user_id)
+        # Retrieve the 3PIDs this user has bound to an identity server
+        threepids = yield self.store.user_get_bound_threepids(user_id)
+
         for threepid in threepids:
             try:
                 result = yield self._identity_handler.try_unbind_threepid(
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/identity.py b/synapse/handlers/identity.py
index 512f38e5a6..1f16afd14e 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/identity.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/identity.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import logging
 from canonicaljson import json
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
+from twisted.internet.error import TimeoutError
 
 from synapse.api.errors import (
     CodeMessageException,
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ from synapse.api.errors import (
     HttpResponseException,
     SynapseError,
 )
+from synapse.config.emailconfig import ThreepidBehaviour
+from synapse.http.client import SimpleHttpClient
 from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string
 
 from ._base import BaseHandler
@@ -40,40 +43,15 @@ class IdentityHandler(BaseHandler):
     def __init__(self, hs):
         super(IdentityHandler, self).__init__(hs)
 
-        self.http_client = hs.get_simple_http_client()
+        self.http_client = SimpleHttpClient(hs)
+        # We create a blacklisting instance of SimpleHttpClient for contacting identity
+        # servers specified by clients
+        self.blacklisting_http_client = SimpleHttpClient(
+            hs, ip_blacklist=hs.config.federation_ip_range_blacklist
+        )
         self.federation_http_client = hs.get_http_client()
         self.hs = hs
 
-    def _extract_items_from_creds_dict(self, creds):
-        """
-        Retrieve entries from a "credentials" dictionary
-
-        Args:
-            creds (dict[str, str]): Dictionary of credentials that contain the following keys:
-                * client_secret|clientSecret: A unique secret str provided by the client
-                * id_server|idServer: the domain of the identity server to query
-                * id_access_token: The access token to authenticate to the identity
-                    server with.
-
-        Returns:
-            tuple(str, str, str|None): A tuple containing the client_secret, the id_server,
-                and the id_access_token value if available.
-        """
-        client_secret = creds.get("client_secret") or creds.get("clientSecret")
-        if not client_secret:
-            raise SynapseError(
-                400, "No client_secret in creds", errcode=Codes.MISSING_PARAM
-            )
-
-        id_server = creds.get("id_server") or creds.get("idServer")
-        if not id_server:
-            raise SynapseError(
-                400, "No id_server in creds", errcode=Codes.MISSING_PARAM
-            )
-
-        id_access_token = creds.get("id_access_token")
-        return client_secret, id_server, id_access_token
-
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def threepid_from_creds(self, id_server, creds):
         """
@@ -81,11 +59,10 @@ class IdentityHandler(BaseHandler):
         given identity server
 
         Args:
-            id_server (str|None): The identity server to validate 3PIDs against. If None,
-                we will attempt to extract id_server creds
+            id_server (str): The identity server to validate 3PIDs against. Must be a
+                complete URL including the protocol (http(s)://)
 
             creds (dict[str, str]): Dictionary containing the following keys:
-                * id_server|idServer: An optional domain name of an identity server
                 * client_secret|clientSecret: A unique secret str provided by the client
                 * sid: The ID of the validation session
 
@@ -104,51 +81,59 @@ class IdentityHandler(BaseHandler):
             raise SynapseError(
                 400, "Missing param session_id in creds", errcode=Codes.MISSING_PARAM
             )
-        if not id_server:
-            # Attempt to get the id_server from the creds dict
-            id_server = creds.get("id_server") or creds.get("idServer")
-            if not id_server:
-                raise SynapseError(
-                    400, "Missing param id_server in creds", errcode=Codes.MISSING_PARAM
-                )
 
         query_params = {"sid": session_id, "client_secret": client_secret}
 
-        url = "https://%s%s" % (
-            id_server,
-            "/_matrix/identity/api/v1/3pid/getValidated3pid",
-        )
+        url = id_server + "/_matrix/identity/api/v1/3pid/getValidated3pid"
 
-        data = yield self.http_client.get_json(url, query_params)
-        return data if "medium" in data else None
+        try:
+            data = yield self.http_client.get_json(url, query_params)
+        except TimeoutError:
+            raise SynapseError(500, "Timed out contacting identity server")
+        except HttpResponseException as e:
+            logger.info(
+                "%s returned %i for threepid validation for: %s",
+                id_server,
+                e.code,
+                creds,
+            )
+            return None
+
+        # Old versions of Sydent return a 200 http code even on a failed validation
+        # check. Thus, in addition to the HttpResponseException check above (which
+        # checks for non-200 errors), we need to make sure validation_session isn't
+        # actually an error, identified by the absence of a "medium" key
+        # See https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/issues/215 for details
+        if "medium" in data:
+            return data
+
+        logger.info("%s reported non-validated threepid: %s", id_server, creds)
+        return None
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def bind_threepid(self, creds, mxid, use_v2=True):
+    def bind_threepid(
+        self, client_secret, sid, mxid, id_server, id_access_token=None, use_v2=True
+    ):
         """Bind a 3PID to an identity server
 
         Args:
-            creds (dict[str, str]): Dictionary of credentials that contain the following keys:
-                * client_secret|clientSecret: A unique secret str provided by the client
-                * id_server|idServer: the domain of the identity server to query
-                * id_access_token: The access token to authenticate to the identity
-                    server with. Required if use_v2 is true
+            client_secret (str): A unique secret provided by the client
+
+            sid (str): The ID of the validation session
+
             mxid (str): The MXID to bind the 3PID to
-            use_v2 (bool): Whether to use v2 Identity Service API endpoints
+
+            id_server (str): The domain of the identity server to query
+
+            id_access_token (str): The access token to authenticate to the identity
+                server with, if necessary. Required if use_v2 is true
+
+            use_v2 (bool): Whether to use v2 Identity Service API endpoints. Defaults to True
 
         Returns:
             Deferred[dict]: The response from the identity server
         """
-        logger.debug("binding threepid %r to %s", creds, mxid)
-
-        client_secret, id_server, id_access_token = self._extract_items_from_creds_dict(
-            creds
-        )
-
-        sid = creds.get("sid")
-        if not sid:
-            raise SynapseError(
-                400, "No sid in three_pid_creds", errcode=Codes.MISSING_PARAM
-            )
+        logger.debug("Proxying threepid bind request for %s to %s", mxid, id_server)
 
         # If an id_access_token is not supplied, force usage of v1
         if id_access_token is None:
@@ -164,10 +149,11 @@ class IdentityHandler(BaseHandler):
             bind_url = "https://%s/_matrix/identity/api/v1/3pid/bind" % (id_server,)
 
         try:
-            data = yield self.http_client.post_json_get_json(
+            # Use the blacklisting http client as this call is only to identity servers
+            # provided by a client
+            data = yield self.blacklisting_http_client.post_json_get_json(
                 bind_url, bind_data, headers=headers
             )
-            logger.debug("bound threepid %r to %s", creds, mxid)
 
             # Remember where we bound the threepid
             yield self.store.add_user_bound_threepid(
@@ -182,12 +168,17 @@ class IdentityHandler(BaseHandler):
             if e.code != 404 or not use_v2:
                 logger.error("3PID bind failed with Matrix error: %r", e)
                 raise e.to_synapse_error()
+        except TimeoutError:
+            raise SynapseError(500, "Timed out contacting identity server")
         except CodeMessageException as e:
             data = json.loads(e.msg)  # XXX WAT?
             return data
 
         logger.info("Got 404 when POSTing JSON %s, falling back to v1 URL", bind_url)
-        return (yield self.bind_threepid(creds, mxid, use_v2=False))
+        res = yield self.bind_threepid(
+            client_secret, sid, mxid, id_server, id_access_token, use_v2=False
+        )
+        return res
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def try_unbind_threepid(self, mxid, threepid):
@@ -263,7 +254,11 @@ class IdentityHandler(BaseHandler):
         headers = {b"Authorization": auth_headers}
 
         try:
-            yield self.http_client.post_json_get_json(url, content, headers)
+            # Use the blacklisting http client as this call is only to identity servers
+            # provided by a client
+            yield self.blacklisting_http_client.post_json_get_json(
+                url, content, headers
+            )
             changed = True
         except HttpResponseException as e:
             changed = False
@@ -272,7 +267,9 @@ class IdentityHandler(BaseHandler):
                 logger.warn("Received %d response while unbinding threepid", e.code)
             else:
                 logger.error("Failed to unbind threepid on identity server: %s", e)
-                raise SynapseError(502, "Failed to contact identity server")
+                raise SynapseError(500, "Failed to contact identity server")
+        except TimeoutError:
+            raise SynapseError(500, "Timed out contacting identity server")
 
         yield self.store.remove_user_bound_threepid(
             user_id=mxid,
@@ -405,6 +402,8 @@ class IdentityHandler(BaseHandler):
         except HttpResponseException as e:
             logger.info("Proxied requestToken failed: %r", e)
             raise e.to_synapse_error()
+        except TimeoutError:
+            raise SynapseError(500, "Timed out contacting identity server")
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def requestMsisdnToken(
@@ -453,10 +452,100 @@ class IdentityHandler(BaseHandler):
                 id_server + "/_matrix/identity/api/v1/validate/msisdn/requestToken",
                 params,
             )
-            return data
         except HttpResponseException as e:
             logger.info("Proxied requestToken failed: %r", e)
             raise e.to_synapse_error()
+        except TimeoutError:
+            raise SynapseError(500, "Timed out contacting identity server")
+
+        assert self.hs.config.public_baseurl
+
+        # we need to tell the client to send the token back to us, since it doesn't
+        # otherwise know where to send it, so add submit_url response parameter
+        # (see also MSC2078)
+        data["submit_url"] = (
+            self.hs.config.public_baseurl
+            + "_matrix/client/unstable/add_threepid/msisdn/submit_token"
+        )
+        return data
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def validate_threepid_session(self, client_secret, sid):
+        """Validates a threepid session with only the client secret and session ID
+        Tries validating against any configured account_threepid_delegates as well as locally.
+
+        Args:
+            client_secret (str): A secret provided by the client
+
+            sid (str): The ID of the session
+
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, str|int] if validation was successful, otherwise None
+        """
+        # XXX: We shouldn't need to keep wrapping and unwrapping this value
+        threepid_creds = {"client_secret": client_secret, "sid": sid}
+
+        # We don't actually know which medium this 3PID is. Thus we first assume it's email,
+        # and if validation fails we try msisdn
+        validation_session = None
+
+        # Try to validate as email
+        if self.hs.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.REMOTE:
+            # Ask our delegated email identity server
+            validation_session = yield self.threepid_from_creds(
+                self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_email, threepid_creds
+            )
+        elif self.hs.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL:
+            # Get a validated session matching these details
+            validation_session = yield self.store.get_threepid_validation_session(
+                "email", client_secret, sid=sid, validated=True
+            )
+
+        if validation_session:
+            return validation_session
+
+        # Try to validate as msisdn
+        if self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn:
+            # Ask our delegated msisdn identity server
+            validation_session = yield self.threepid_from_creds(
+                self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn, threepid_creds
+            )
+
+        return validation_session
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def proxy_msisdn_submit_token(self, id_server, client_secret, sid, token):
+        """Proxy a POST submitToken request to an identity server for verification purposes
+
+        Args:
+            id_server (str): The identity server URL to contact
+
+            client_secret (str): Secret provided by the client
+
+            sid (str): The ID of the session
+
+            token (str): The verification token
+
+        Raises:
+            SynapseError: If we failed to contact the identity server
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[dict]: The response dict from the identity server
+        """
+        body = {"client_secret": client_secret, "sid": sid, "token": token}
+
+        try:
+            return (
+                yield self.http_client.post_json_get_json(
+                    id_server + "/_matrix/identity/api/v1/validate/msisdn/submitToken",
+                    body,
+                )
+            )
+        except TimeoutError:
+            raise SynapseError(500, "Timed out contacting identity server")
+        except HttpResponseException as e:
+            logger.warning("Error contacting msisdn account_threepid_delegate: %s", e)
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Error contacting the identity server")
 
 
 def create_id_access_token_header(id_access_token):
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room_member.py b/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
index 35450feb6f..94cd0cf3ef 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ from signedjson.sign import verify_signed_json
 from unpaddedbase64 import decode_base64
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
+from twisted.internet.error import TimeoutError
 
 from synapse import types
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership
 from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, Codes, HttpResponseException, SynapseError
 from synapse.handlers.identity import LookupAlgorithm, create_id_access_token_header
+from synapse.http.client import SimpleHttpClient
 from synapse.types import RoomID, UserID
 from synapse.util.async_helpers import Linearizer
 from synapse.util.distributor import user_joined_room, user_left_room
@@ -61,7 +63,11 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(object):
         self.auth = hs.get_auth()
         self.state_handler = hs.get_state_handler()
         self.config = hs.config
-        self.simple_http_client = hs.get_simple_http_client()
+        # We create a blacklisting instance of SimpleHttpClient for contacting identity
+        # servers specified by clients
+        self.simple_http_client = SimpleHttpClient(
+            hs, ip_blacklist=hs.config.federation_ip_range_blacklist
+        )
 
         self.federation_handler = hs.get_handlers().federation_handler
         self.directory_handler = hs.get_handlers().directory_handler
@@ -756,7 +762,8 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(object):
                     raise AuthError(401, "No signatures on 3pid binding")
                 yield self._verify_any_signature(data, id_server)
                 return data["mxid"]
-
+        except TimeoutError:
+            raise SynapseError(500, "Timed out contacting identity server")
         except IOError as e:
             logger.warning("Error from v1 identity server lookup: %s" % (e,))
 
@@ -777,10 +784,13 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(object):
             Deferred[str|None]: the matrix ID of the 3pid, or None if it is not recognised.
         """
         # Check what hashing details are supported by this identity server
-        hash_details = yield self.simple_http_client.get_json(
-            "%s%s/_matrix/identity/v2/hash_details" % (id_server_scheme, id_server),
-            {"access_token": id_access_token},
-        )
+        try:
+            hash_details = yield self.simple_http_client.get_json(
+                "%s%s/_matrix/identity/v2/hash_details" % (id_server_scheme, id_server),
+                {"access_token": id_access_token},
+            )
+        except TimeoutError:
+            raise SynapseError(500, "Timed out contacting identity server")
 
         if not isinstance(hash_details, dict):
             logger.warning(
@@ -851,6 +861,8 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(object):
                 },
                 headers=headers,
             )
+        except TimeoutError:
+            raise SynapseError(500, "Timed out contacting identity server")
         except Exception as e:
             logger.warning("Error when performing a v2 3pid lookup: %s", e)
             raise SynapseError(
@@ -873,10 +885,13 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(object):
         if server_hostname not in data["signatures"]:
             raise AuthError(401, "No signature from server %s" % (server_hostname,))
         for key_name, signature in data["signatures"][server_hostname].items():
-            key_data = yield self.simple_http_client.get_json(
-                "%s%s/_matrix/identity/api/v1/pubkey/%s"
-                % (id_server_scheme, server_hostname, key_name)
-            )
+            try:
+                key_data = yield self.simple_http_client.get_json(
+                    "%s%s/_matrix/identity/api/v1/pubkey/%s"
+                    % (id_server_scheme, server_hostname, key_name)
+                )
+            except TimeoutError:
+                raise SynapseError(500, "Timed out contacting identity server")
             if "public_key" not in key_data:
                 raise AuthError(
                     401, "No public key named %s from %s" % (key_name, server_hostname)
@@ -1051,6 +1066,8 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(object):
                     invite_config,
                     {"Authorization": create_id_access_token_header(id_access_token)},
                 )
+            except TimeoutError:
+                raise SynapseError(500, "Timed out contacting identity server")
             except HttpResponseException as e:
                 if e.code != 404:
                     logger.info("Failed to POST %s with JSON: %s", url, e)
@@ -1067,6 +1084,8 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(object):
                 data = yield self.simple_http_client.post_json_get_json(
                     url, invite_config
                 )
+            except TimeoutError:
+                raise SynapseError(500, "Timed out contacting identity server")
             except HttpResponseException as e:
                 logger.warning(
                     "Error trying to call /store-invite on %s%s: %s",
diff --git a/synapse/logging/context.py b/synapse/logging/context.py
index 63379bfb93..370000e377 100644
--- a/synapse/logging/context.py
+++ b/synapse/logging/context.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright 2014-2016 OpenMarket Ltd
+# Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -42,13 +43,17 @@ try:
     # exception.
     resource.getrusage(RUSAGE_THREAD)
 
+    is_thread_resource_usage_supported = True
+
     def get_thread_resource_usage():
         return resource.getrusage(RUSAGE_THREAD)
 
 
 except Exception:
     # If the system doesn't support resource.getrusage(RUSAGE_THREAD) then we
-    # won't track resource usage by returning None.
+    # won't track resource usage.
+    is_thread_resource_usage_supported = False
+
     def get_thread_resource_usage():
         return None
 
@@ -359,7 +364,11 @@ class LoggingContext(object):
 
         # When we stop, let's record the cpu used since we started
         if not self.usage_start:
-            logger.warning("Called stop on logcontext %s without calling start", self)
+            # Log a warning on platforms that support thread usage tracking
+            if is_thread_resource_usage_supported:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Called stop on logcontext %s without calling start", self
+                )
             return
 
         utime_delta, stime_delta = self._get_cputime()
diff --git a/synapse/push/mailer.py b/synapse/push/mailer.py
index 3dfd527849..5b16ab4ae8 100644
--- a/synapse/push/mailer.py
+++ b/synapse/push/mailer.py
@@ -136,10 +136,11 @@ class Mailer(object):
                 group together multiple email sending attempts
             sid (str): The generated session ID
         """
+        params = {"token": token, "client_secret": client_secret, "sid": sid}
         link = (
             self.hs.config.public_baseurl
-            + "_matrix/client/unstable/password_reset/email/submit_token"
-            "?token=%s&client_secret=%s&sid=%s" % (token, client_secret, sid)
+            + "_matrix/client/unstable/password_reset/email/submit_token?%s"
+            % urllib.parse.urlencode(params)
         )
 
         template_vars = {"link": link}
@@ -163,10 +164,11 @@ class Mailer(object):
                 group together multiple email sending attempts
             sid (str): The generated session ID
         """
+        params = {"token": token, "client_secret": client_secret, "sid": sid}
         link = (
             self.hs.config.public_baseurl
-            + "_matrix/client/unstable/registration/email/submit_token"
-            "?token=%s&client_secret=%s&sid=%s" % (token, client_secret, sid)
+            + "_matrix/client/unstable/registration/email/submit_token?%s"
+            % urllib.parse.urlencode(params)
         )
 
         template_vars = {"link": link}
@@ -178,6 +180,35 @@ class Mailer(object):
         )
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def send_add_threepid_mail(self, email_address, token, client_secret, sid):
+        """Send an email with a validation link to a user for adding a 3pid to their account
+
+        Args:
+            email_address (str): Email address we're sending the validation link to
+
+            token (str): Unique token generated by the server to verify the email was received
+
+            client_secret (str): Unique token generated by the client to group together
+                multiple email sending attempts
+
+            sid (str): The generated session ID
+        """
+        params = {"token": token, "client_secret": client_secret, "sid": sid}
+        link = (
+            self.hs.config.public_baseurl
+            + "_matrix/client/unstable/add_threepid/email/submit_token?%s"
+            % urllib.parse.urlencode(params)
+        )
+
+        template_vars = {"link": link}
+
+        yield self.send_email(
+            email_address,
+            "[%s] Validate Your Email" % self.hs.config.server_name,
+            template_vars,
+        )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def send_notification_mail(
         self, app_id, user_id, email_address, push_actions, reason
     ):
@@ -280,7 +311,7 @@ class Mailer(object):
         multipart_msg.attach(text_part)
         multipart_msg.attach(html_part)
 
-        logger.info("Sending email notification to %s" % email_address)
+        logger.info("Sending email to %s" % email_address)
 
         yield make_deferred_yieldable(
             self.sendmail(
diff --git a/synapse/res/templates/add_threepid.html b/synapse/res/templates/add_threepid.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc4ab07e09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/res/templates/add_threepid.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<html>
+<body>
+    <p>A request to add an email address to your Matrix account has been received. If this was you, please click the link below to confirm adding this email:</p>
+
+    <a href="{{ link }}">{{ link }}</a>
+
+    <p>If this was not you, you can safely ignore this email. Thank you.</p>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/synapse/res/templates/add_threepid.txt b/synapse/res/templates/add_threepid.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a60c1ff659
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/res/templates/add_threepid.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+A request to add an email address to your Matrix account has been received. If this was you,
+please click the link below to confirm adding this email:
+
+{{ link }}
+
+If this was not you, you can safely ignore this email. Thank you.
diff --git a/synapse/res/templates/add_threepid_failure.html b/synapse/res/templates/add_threepid_failure.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..441d11c846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/res/templates/add_threepid_failure.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<html>
+<head></head>
+<body>
+<p>The request failed for the following reason: {{ failure_reason }}.</p>
+
+<p>No changes have been made to your account.</p>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/synapse/res/templates/add_threepid_success.html b/synapse/res/templates/add_threepid_success.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbd6e4018f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/res/templates/add_threepid_success.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<html>
+<head></head>
+<body>
+<p>Your email has now been validated, please return to your client. You may now close this window.</p>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py
index 2ea515d2f6..f99676fd30 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py
@@ -103,16 +103,9 @@ class EmailPasswordRequestTokenRestServlet(RestServlet):
             raise SynapseError(400, "Email not found", Codes.THREEPID_NOT_FOUND)
 
         if self.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.REMOTE:
-            # Have the configured identity server handle the request
-            if not self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_email:
-                logger.warn(
-                    "No upstream email account_threepid_delegate configured on the server to "
-                    "handle this request"
-                )
-                raise SynapseError(
-                    400, "Password reset by email is not supported on this homeserver"
-                )
+            assert self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_email
 
+            # Have the configured identity server handle the request
             ret = yield self.identity_handler.requestEmailToken(
                 self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_email,
                 email,
@@ -200,7 +193,7 @@ class PasswordResetSubmitTokenServlet(RestServlet):
     """Handles 3PID validation token submission"""
 
     PATTERNS = client_patterns(
-        "/password_reset/(?P<medium>[^/]*)/submit_token/*$", releases=(), unstable=True
+        "/password_reset/(?P<medium>[^/]*)/submit_token$", releases=(), unstable=True
     )
 
     def __init__(self, hs):
@@ -214,6 +207,11 @@ class PasswordResetSubmitTokenServlet(RestServlet):
         self.config = hs.config
         self.clock = hs.get_clock()
         self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+        if self.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL:
+            self.failure_email_template, = load_jinja2_templates(
+                self.config.email_template_dir,
+                [self.config.email_password_reset_template_failure_html],
+            )
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def on_GET(self, request, medium):
@@ -261,34 +259,12 @@ class PasswordResetSubmitTokenServlet(RestServlet):
             request.setResponseCode(e.code)
 
             # Show a failure page with a reason
-            html_template, = load_jinja2_templates(
-                self.config.email_template_dir,
-                [self.config.email_password_reset_template_failure_html],
-            )
-
             template_vars = {"failure_reason": e.msg}
-            html = html_template.render(**template_vars)
+            html = self.failure_email_template.render(**template_vars)
 
         request.write(html.encode("utf-8"))
         finish_request(request)
 
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def on_POST(self, request, medium):
-        if medium != "email":
-            raise SynapseError(
-                400, "This medium is currently not supported for password resets"
-            )
-
-        body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
-        assert_params_in_dict(body, ["sid", "client_secret", "token"])
-
-        valid, _ = yield self.store.validate_threepid_session(
-            body["sid"], body["client_secret"], body["token"], self.clock.time_msec()
-        )
-        response_code = 200 if valid else 400
-
-        return response_code, {"success": valid}
-
 
 class PasswordRestServlet(RestServlet):
     PATTERNS = client_patterns("/account/password$")
@@ -416,13 +392,35 @@ class EmailThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet(RestServlet):
         self.identity_handler = hs.get_handlers().identity_handler
         self.store = self.hs.get_datastore()
 
+        if self.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL:
+            template_html, template_text = load_jinja2_templates(
+                self.config.email_template_dir,
+                [
+                    self.config.email_add_threepid_template_html,
+                    self.config.email_add_threepid_template_text,
+                ],
+                public_baseurl=self.config.public_baseurl,
+            )
+            self.mailer = Mailer(
+                hs=self.hs,
+                app_name=self.config.email_app_name,
+                template_html=template_html,
+                template_text=template_text,
+            )
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def on_POST(self, request):
+        if self.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.OFF:
+            if self.config.local_threepid_handling_disabled_due_to_email_config:
+                logger.warn(
+                    "Adding emails have been disabled due to lack of an email config"
+                )
+            raise SynapseError(
+                400, "Adding an email to your account is disabled on this server"
+            )
+
         body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
-        assert_params_in_dict(
-            body, ["id_server", "client_secret", "email", "send_attempt"]
-        )
-        id_server = "https://" + body["id_server"]  # Assume https
+        assert_params_in_dict(body, ["client_secret", "email", "send_attempt"])
         client_secret = body["client_secret"]
         email = body["email"]
         send_attempt = body["send_attempt"]
@@ -442,9 +440,30 @@ class EmailThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet(RestServlet):
         if existing_user_id is not None:
             raise SynapseError(400, "Email is already in use", Codes.THREEPID_IN_USE)
 
-        ret = yield self.identity_handler.requestEmailToken(
-            id_server, email, client_secret, send_attempt, next_link
-        )
+        if self.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.REMOTE:
+            assert self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_email
+
+            # Have the configured identity server handle the request
+            ret = yield self.identity_handler.requestEmailToken(
+                self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_email,
+                email,
+                client_secret,
+                send_attempt,
+                next_link,
+            )
+        else:
+            # Send threepid validation emails from Synapse
+            sid = yield self.identity_handler.send_threepid_validation(
+                email,
+                client_secret,
+                send_attempt,
+                self.mailer.send_add_threepid_mail,
+                next_link,
+            )
+
+            # Wrap the session id in a JSON object
+            ret = {"sid": sid}
+
         return 200, ret
 
 
@@ -461,10 +480,8 @@ class MsisdnThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet(RestServlet):
     def on_POST(self, request):
         body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
         assert_params_in_dict(
-            body,
-            ["id_server", "client_secret", "country", "phone_number", "send_attempt"],
+            body, ["client_secret", "country", "phone_number", "send_attempt"]
         )
-        id_server = "https://" + body["id_server"]  # Assume https
         client_secret = body["client_secret"]
         country = body["country"]
         phone_number = body["phone_number"]
@@ -485,12 +502,146 @@ class MsisdnThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet(RestServlet):
         if existing_user_id is not None:
             raise SynapseError(400, "MSISDN is already in use", Codes.THREEPID_IN_USE)
 
+        if not self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn:
+            logger.warn(
+                "No upstream msisdn account_threepid_delegate configured on the server to "
+                "handle this request"
+            )
+            raise SynapseError(
+                400,
+                "Adding phone numbers to user account is not supported by this homeserver",
+            )
+
         ret = yield self.identity_handler.requestMsisdnToken(
-            id_server, country, phone_number, client_secret, send_attempt, next_link
+            self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn,
+            country,
+            phone_number,
+            client_secret,
+            send_attempt,
+            next_link,
         )
+
         return 200, ret
 
 
+class AddThreepidEmailSubmitTokenServlet(RestServlet):
+    """Handles 3PID validation token submission for adding an email to a user's account"""
+
+    PATTERNS = client_patterns(
+        "/add_threepid/email/submit_token$", releases=(), unstable=True
+    )
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        """
+        Args:
+            hs (synapse.server.HomeServer): server
+        """
+        super().__init__()
+        self.config = hs.config
+        self.clock = hs.get_clock()
+        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+        if self.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL:
+            self.failure_email_template, = load_jinja2_templates(
+                self.config.email_template_dir,
+                [self.config.email_add_threepid_template_failure_html],
+            )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_GET(self, request):
+        if self.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.OFF:
+            if self.config.local_threepid_handling_disabled_due_to_email_config:
+                logger.warn(
+                    "Adding emails have been disabled due to lack of an email config"
+                )
+            raise SynapseError(
+                400, "Adding an email to your account is disabled on this server"
+            )
+        elif self.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.REMOTE:
+            raise SynapseError(
+                400,
+                "This homeserver is not validating threepids. Use an identity server "
+                "instead.",
+            )
+
+        sid = parse_string(request, "sid", required=True)
+        client_secret = parse_string(request, "client_secret", required=True)
+        token = parse_string(request, "token", required=True)
+
+        # Attempt to validate a 3PID session
+        try:
+            # Mark the session as valid
+            next_link = yield self.store.validate_threepid_session(
+                sid, client_secret, token, self.clock.time_msec()
+            )
+
+            # Perform a 302 redirect if next_link is set
+            if next_link:
+                if next_link.startswith("file:///"):
+                    logger.warn(
+                        "Not redirecting to next_link as it is a local file: address"
+                    )
+                else:
+                    request.setResponseCode(302)
+                    request.setHeader("Location", next_link)
+                    finish_request(request)
+                    return None
+
+            # Otherwise show the success template
+            html = self.config.email_add_threepid_template_success_html_content
+            request.setResponseCode(200)
+        except ThreepidValidationError as e:
+            request.setResponseCode(e.code)
+
+            # Show a failure page with a reason
+            template_vars = {"failure_reason": e.msg}
+            html = self.failure_email_template.render(**template_vars)
+
+        request.write(html.encode("utf-8"))
+        finish_request(request)
+
+
+class AddThreepidMsisdnSubmitTokenServlet(RestServlet):
+    """Handles 3PID validation token submission for adding a phone number to a user's
+    account
+    """
+
+    PATTERNS = client_patterns(
+        "/add_threepid/msisdn/submit_token$", releases=(), unstable=True
+    )
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        """
+        Args:
+            hs (synapse.server.HomeServer): server
+        """
+        super().__init__()
+        self.config = hs.config
+        self.clock = hs.get_clock()
+        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+        self.identity_handler = hs.get_handlers().identity_handler
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, request):
+        if not self.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn:
+            raise SynapseError(
+                400,
+                "This homeserver is not validating phone numbers. Use an identity server "
+                "instead.",
+            )
+
+        body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
+        assert_params_in_dict(body, ["client_secret", "sid", "token"])
+
+        # Proxy submit_token request to msisdn threepid delegate
+        response = yield self.identity_handler.proxy_msisdn_submit_token(
+            self.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn,
+            body["client_secret"],
+            body["sid"],
+            body["token"],
+        )
+        return 200, response
+
+
 class ThreepidRestServlet(RestServlet):
     PATTERNS = client_patterns("/account/3pid$")
 
@@ -512,6 +663,8 @@ class ThreepidRestServlet(RestServlet):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def on_POST(self, request):
+        requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
+        user_id = requester.user.to_string()
         body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
 
         threepid_creds = body.get("threePidCreds") or body.get("three_pid_creds")
@@ -519,34 +672,96 @@ class ThreepidRestServlet(RestServlet):
             raise SynapseError(
                 400, "Missing param three_pid_creds", Codes.MISSING_PARAM
             )
+        assert_params_in_dict(threepid_creds, ["client_secret", "sid"])
+
+        client_secret = threepid_creds["client_secret"]
+        sid = threepid_creds["sid"]
+
+        validation_session = yield self.identity_handler.validate_threepid_session(
+            client_secret, sid
+        )
+        if validation_session:
+            yield self.auth_handler.add_threepid(
+                user_id,
+                validation_session["medium"],
+                validation_session["address"],
+                validation_session["validated_at"],
+            )
+            return 200, {}
+
+        raise SynapseError(
+            400, "No validated 3pid session found", Codes.THREEPID_AUTH_FAILED
+        )
+
+
+class ThreepidAddRestServlet(RestServlet):
+    PATTERNS = client_patterns("/account/3pid/add$", releases=(), unstable=True)
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        super(ThreepidAddRestServlet, self).__init__()
+        self.hs = hs
+        self.identity_handler = hs.get_handlers().identity_handler
+        self.auth = hs.get_auth()
+        self.auth_handler = hs.get_auth_handler()
 
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, request):
         requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
         user_id = requester.user.to_string()
+        body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
 
-        # Specify None as the identity server to retrieve it from the request body instead
-        threepid = yield self.identity_handler.threepid_from_creds(None, threepid_creds)
-
-        if not threepid:
-            raise SynapseError(400, "Failed to auth 3pid", Codes.THREEPID_AUTH_FAILED)
+        assert_params_in_dict(body, ["client_secret", "sid"])
+        client_secret = body["client_secret"]
+        sid = body["sid"]
 
-        for reqd in ["medium", "address", "validated_at"]:
-            if reqd not in threepid:
-                logger.warn("Couldn't add 3pid: invalid response from ID server")
-                raise SynapseError(500, "Invalid response from ID Server")
+        validation_session = yield self.identity_handler.validate_threepid_session(
+            client_secret, sid
+        )
+        if validation_session:
+            yield self.auth_handler.add_threepid(
+                user_id,
+                validation_session["medium"],
+                validation_session["address"],
+                validation_session["validated_at"],
+            )
+            return 200, {}
 
-        yield self.auth_handler.add_threepid(
-            user_id, threepid["medium"], threepid["address"], threepid["validated_at"]
+        raise SynapseError(
+            400, "No validated 3pid session found", Codes.THREEPID_AUTH_FAILED
         )
 
-        if "bind" in body and body["bind"]:
-            logger.debug("Binding threepid %s to %s", threepid, user_id)
-            yield self.identity_handler.bind_threepid(threepid_creds, user_id)
+
+class ThreepidBindRestServlet(RestServlet):
+    PATTERNS = client_patterns("/account/3pid/bind$", releases=(), unstable=True)
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        super(ThreepidBindRestServlet, self).__init__()
+        self.hs = hs
+        self.identity_handler = hs.get_handlers().identity_handler
+        self.auth = hs.get_auth()
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, request):
+        body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
+
+        assert_params_in_dict(body, ["id_server", "sid", "client_secret"])
+        id_server = body["id_server"]
+        sid = body["sid"]
+        client_secret = body["client_secret"]
+        id_access_token = body.get("id_access_token")  # optional
+
+        requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
+        user_id = requester.user.to_string()
+
+        yield self.identity_handler.bind_threepid(
+            client_secret, sid, user_id, id_server, id_access_token
+        )
 
         return 200, {}
 
 
 class ThreepidUnbindRestServlet(RestServlet):
-    PATTERNS = client_patterns("/account/3pid/unbind$")
+    PATTERNS = client_patterns("/account/3pid/unbind$", releases=(), unstable=True)
 
     def __init__(self, hs):
         super(ThreepidUnbindRestServlet, self).__init__()
@@ -634,7 +849,11 @@ def register_servlets(hs, http_server):
     DeactivateAccountRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     EmailThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     MsisdnThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+    AddThreepidEmailSubmitTokenServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+    AddThreepidMsisdnSubmitTokenServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     ThreepidRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+    ThreepidAddRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+    ThreepidBindRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     ThreepidUnbindRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     ThreepidDeleteRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     WhoamiRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
index 5c7a5f3579..135a70808f 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
@@ -131,15 +131,9 @@ class EmailRegisterRequestTokenRestServlet(RestServlet):
             raise SynapseError(400, "Email is already in use", Codes.THREEPID_IN_USE)
 
         if self.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.REMOTE:
-            if not self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_email:
-                logger.warn(
-                    "No upstream email account_threepid_delegate configured on the server to "
-                    "handle this request"
-                )
-                raise SynapseError(
-                    400, "Registration by email is not supported on this homeserver"
-                )
+            assert self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_email
 
+            # Have the configured identity server handle the request
             ret = yield self.identity_handler.requestEmailToken(
                 self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_email,
                 email,
@@ -246,6 +240,18 @@ class RegistrationSubmitTokenServlet(RestServlet):
         self.clock = hs.get_clock()
         self.store = hs.get_datastore()
 
+        if self.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL:
+            self.failure_email_template, = load_jinja2_templates(
+                self.config.email_template_dir,
+                [self.config.email_registration_template_failure_html],
+            )
+
+        if self.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL:
+            self.failure_email_template, = load_jinja2_templates(
+                self.config.email_template_dir,
+                [self.config.email_registration_template_failure_html],
+            )
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def on_GET(self, request, medium):
         if medium != "email":
@@ -289,17 +295,11 @@ class RegistrationSubmitTokenServlet(RestServlet):
 
             request.setResponseCode(200)
         except ThreepidValidationError as e:
-            # Show a failure page with a reason
             request.setResponseCode(e.code)
 
             # Show a failure page with a reason
-            html_template, = load_jinja2_templates(
-                self.config.email_template_dir,
-                [self.config.email_registration_template_failure_html],
-            )
-
             template_vars = {"failure_reason": e.msg}
-            html = html_template.render(**template_vars)
+            html = self.failure_email_template.render(**template_vars)
 
         request.write(html.encode("utf-8"))
         finish_request(request)
@@ -334,6 +334,11 @@ class UsernameAvailabilityRestServlet(RestServlet):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def on_GET(self, request):
+        if not self.hs.config.enable_registration:
+            raise SynapseError(
+                403, "Registration has been disabled", errcode=Codes.FORBIDDEN
+            )
+
         ip = self.hs.get_ip_from_request(request)
         with self.ratelimiter.ratelimit(ip) as wait_deferred:
             yield wait_deferred
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/versions.py b/synapse/rest/client/versions.py
index 0058b6b459..1044ae7b4e 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/versions.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/versions.py
@@ -48,7 +48,24 @@ class VersionsRestServlet(RestServlet):
                     "r0.5.0",
                 ],
                 # as per MSC1497:
-                "unstable_features": {"m.lazy_load_members": True},
+                "unstable_features": {
+                    "m.lazy_load_members": True,
+                    # as per MSC2190, as amended by MSC2264
+                    # to be removed in r0.6.0
+                    "m.id_access_token": True,
+                    # Advertise to clients that they need not include an `id_server`
+                    # parameter during registration or password reset, as Synapse now decides
+                    # itself which identity server to use (or none at all).
+                    #
+                    # This is also used by a client when they wish to bind a 3PID to their
+                    # account, but not bind it to an identity server, the endpoint for which
+                    # also requires `id_server`. If the homeserver is handling 3PID
+                    # verification itself, there is no need to ask the user for `id_server` to
+                    # be supplied.
+                    "m.require_identity_server": False,
+                    # as per MSC2290
+                    "m.separate_add_and_bind": True,
+                },
             },
         )
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/registration.py b/synapse/storage/registration.py
index cc1b1b73c9..c7783151f6 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/registration.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from twisted.internet import defer
 from twisted.internet.defer import Deferred
 
 from synapse.api.constants import UserTypes
-from synapse.api.errors import Codes, StoreError, ThreepidValidationError
+from synapse.api.errors import Codes, StoreError, SynapseError, ThreepidValidationError
 from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
 from synapse.storage import background_updates
 from synapse.storage._base import SQLBaseStore
@@ -607,6 +607,26 @@ class RegistrationWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
             desc="add_user_bound_threepid",
         )
 
+    def user_get_bound_threepids(self, user_id):
+        """Get the threepids that a user has bound to an identity server through the homeserver
+        The homeserver remembers where binds to an identity server occurred. Using this
+        method can retrieve those threepids.
+
+        Args:
+            user_id (str): The ID of the user to retrieve threepids for
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[list[dict]]: List of dictionaries containing the following:
+                medium (str): The medium of the threepid (e.g "email")
+                address (str): The address of the threepid (e.g "bob@example.com")
+        """
+        return self._simple_select_list(
+            table="user_threepid_id_server",
+            keyvalues={"user_id": user_id},
+            retcols=["medium", "address"],
+            desc="user_get_bound_threepids",
+        )
+
     def remove_user_bound_threepid(self, user_id, medium, address, id_server):
         """The server proxied an unbind request to the given identity server on
         behalf of the given user, so we remove the mapping of threepid to
@@ -676,24 +696,37 @@ class RegistrationWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
         self, medium, client_secret, address=None, sid=None, validated=True
     ):
         """Gets a session_id and last_send_attempt (if available) for a
-        client_secret/medium/(address|session_id) combo
+        combination of validation metadata
 
         Args:
             medium (str|None): The medium of the 3PID
             address (str|None): The address of the 3PID
             sid (str|None): The ID of the validation session
-            client_secret (str|None): A unique string provided by the client to
-                help identify this validation attempt
+            client_secret (str): A unique string provided by the client to help identify this
+                validation attempt
             validated (bool|None): Whether sessions should be filtered by
                 whether they have been validated already or not. None to
                 perform no filtering
 
         Returns:
-            deferred {str, int}|None: A dict containing the
-                latest session_id and send_attempt count for this 3PID.
-                Otherwise None if there hasn't been a previous attempt
+            Deferred[dict|None]: A dict containing the following:
+                * address - address of the 3pid
+                * medium - medium of the 3pid
+                * client_secret - a secret provided by the client for this validation session
+                * session_id - ID of the validation session
+                * send_attempt - a number serving to dedupe send attempts for this session
+                * validated_at - timestamp of when this session was validated if so
+
+                Otherwise None if a validation session is not found
         """
-        keyvalues = {"medium": medium, "client_secret": client_secret}
+        if not client_secret:
+            raise SynapseError(
+                400, "Missing parameter: client_secret", errcode=Codes.MISSING_PARAM
+            )
+
+        keyvalues = {"client_secret": client_secret}
+        if medium:
+            keyvalues["medium"] = medium
         if address:
             keyvalues["address"] = address
         if sid:
@@ -1250,6 +1283,10 @@ class RegistrationStore(
             current_ts (int): The current unix time in milliseconds. Used for
                 checking token expiry status
 
+        Raises:
+            ThreepidValidationError: if a matching validation token was not found or has
+                expired
+
         Returns:
             deferred str|None: A str representing a link to redirect the user
             to if there is one.
diff --git a/synapse/storage/schema/delta/56/drop_unused_event_tables.sql b/synapse/storage/schema/delta/56/drop_unused_event_tables.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f09922c67..0000000000
--- a/synapse/storage/schema/delta/56/drop_unused_event_tables.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
--- these tables are never used.
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS room_names;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS topics;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS history_visibility;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS guest_access;
diff --git a/synctl b/synctl
index a9629cf0e8..45acece30b 100755
--- a/synctl
+++ b/synctl
@@ -71,7 +71,20 @@ def abort(message, colour=RED, stream=sys.stderr):
     sys.exit(1)
 
 
-def start(configfile, daemonize=True):
+def start(configfile: str, daemonize: bool = True) -> bool:
+    """Attempts to start synapse.
+    Args:
+        configfile: path to a yaml synapse config file
+        daemonize: whether to daemonize synapse or keep it attached to the current
+            session
+
+    Returns:
+        True if the process started successfully
+        False if there was an error starting the process
+
+        If deamonize is False it will only return once synapse exits.
+    """
+
     write("Starting ...")
     args = SYNAPSE
 
@@ -83,25 +96,40 @@ def start(configfile, daemonize=True):
     try:
         subprocess.check_call(args)
         write("started synapse.app.homeserver(%r)" % (configfile,), colour=GREEN)
+        return True
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         write(
             "error starting (exit code: %d); see above for logs" % e.returncode,
             colour=RED,
         )
+        return False
+
 
+def start_worker(app: str, configfile: str, worker_configfile: str) -> bool:
+    """Attempts to start a synapse worker.
+    Args:
+        app: name of the worker's appservice
+        configfile: path to a yaml synapse config file
+        worker_configfile: path to worker specific yaml synapse file
+
+    Returns:
+        True if the process started successfully
+        False if there was an error starting the process
+    """
 
-def start_worker(app, configfile, worker_configfile):
     args = [sys.executable, "-B", "-m", app, "-c", configfile, "-c", worker_configfile]
 
     try:
         subprocess.check_call(args)
         write("started %s(%r)" % (app, worker_configfile), colour=GREEN)
+        return True
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         write(
             "error starting %s(%r) (exit code: %d); see above for logs"
             % (app, worker_configfile, e.returncode),
             colour=RED,
         )
+        return False
 
 
 def stop(pidfile, app):
@@ -292,11 +320,14 @@ def main():
             write("All processes exited; now restarting...")
 
     if action == "start" or action == "restart":
+        error = False
         if start_stop_synapse:
             # Check if synapse is already running
             if os.path.exists(pidfile) and pid_running(int(open(pidfile).read())):
                 abort("synapse.app.homeserver already running")
-            start(configfile, bool(options.daemonize))
+
+            if not start(configfile, bool(options.daemonize)):
+                error = True
 
         for worker in workers:
             env = os.environ.copy()
@@ -307,12 +338,16 @@ def main():
             for cache_name, factor in iteritems(worker.cache_factors):
                 os.environ["SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR_" + cache_name.upper()] = str(factor)
 
-            start_worker(worker.app, configfile, worker.configfile)
+            if not start_worker(worker.app, configfile, worker.configfile):
+                error = True
 
             # Reset env back to the original
             os.environ.clear()
             os.environ.update(env)
 
+        if error:
+            exit(1)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()