2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/5906.feature b/changelog.d/5906.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c789510a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/5906.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Increase max display name size to 256.
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/profile.py b/synapse/handlers/profile.py
index 2cc237e6a5..8690f69d45 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/profile.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/profile.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from ._base import BaseHandler
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-MAX_DISPLAYNAME_LEN = 100
+MAX_DISPLAYNAME_LEN = 256
MAX_AVATAR_URL_LEN = 1000
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