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-rw-r--r--CHANGES.rst76
-rw-r--r--README.rst3
-rw-r--r--docs/admin_api/purge_remote_media.rst8
-rw-r--r--synapse/__init__.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/api/auth.py581
-rw-r--r--synapse/app/appservice.py46
-rw-r--r--synapse/app/client_reader.py46
-rw-r--r--synapse/app/federation_reader.py46
-rw-r--r--synapse/app/federation_sender.py49
-rwxr-xr-xsynapse/app/homeserver.py68
-rw-r--r--synapse/app/media_repository.py46
-rw-r--r--synapse/app/pusher.py46
-rw-r--r--synapse/app/synchrotron.py72
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/emailconfig.py7
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/logger.py8
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/server.py30
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/voip.py9
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/workers.py10
-rw-r--r--synapse/event_auth.py678
-rw-r--r--synapse/events/__init__.py8
-rw-r--r--synapse/events/builder.py6
-rw-r--r--synapse/federation/federation_client.py16
-rw-r--r--synapse/federation/federation_server.py7
-rw-r--r--synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py138
-rw-r--r--synapse/federation/transport/client.py26
-rw-r--r--synapse/federation/transport/server.py8
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/_base.py8
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/auth.py97
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/device.py201
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/e2e_keys.py52
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/federation.py7
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/message.py10
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/presence.py48
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/register.py10
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/room.py1
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/room_list.py7
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/room_member.py22
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/sync.py34
-rw-r--r--synapse/http/client.py31
-rw-r--r--synapse/http/endpoint.py14
-rw-r--r--synapse/notifier.py1
-rw-r--r--synapse/push/mailer.py24
-rw-r--r--synapse/push/push_tools.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/python_dependencies.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/replication/resource.py23
-rw-r--r--synapse/replication/slave/storage/devices.py72
-rw-r--r--synapse/replication/slave/storage/events.py34
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/transactions.py6
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py13
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py28
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v1/voip.py26
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py41
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/keys.py49
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py3
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py6
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/media/v1/media_repository.py6
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/media/v1/thumbnailer.py5
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/media/v1/upload_resource.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/server.py6
-rw-r--r--synapse/state.py436
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/__init__.py15
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/_base.py13
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/deviceinbox.py35
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/devices.py474
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/end_to_end_keys.py91
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/event_federation.py78
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/events.py397
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/prepare_database.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/registration.py11
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/roommember.py30
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/schema/delta/40/current_state_idx.sql17
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/schema/delta/40/device_inbox.sql21
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/schema/delta/40/device_list_streams.sql59
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/state.py62
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/stream.py14
-rw-r--r--synapse/streams/events.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/types.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/async.py7
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/__init__.py11
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py114
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/dictionary_cache.py6
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py41
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/lrucache.py63
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/caches/treecache.py17
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/debug.py71
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/retryutils.py21
-rw-r--r--tests/api/test_filtering.py5
-rw-r--r--tests/events/test_utils.py22
-rw-r--r--tests/handlers/test_auth.py12
-rw-r--r--tests/handlers/test_device.py18
-rw-r--r--tests/handlers/test_directory.py1
-rw-r--r--tests/handlers/test_profile.py1
-rw-r--r--tests/handlers/test_register.py7
-rw-r--r--tests/handlers/test_typing.py3
-rw-r--r--tests/replication/slave/storage/test_events.py111
-rw-r--r--tests/rest/client/v1/test_rooms.py8
-rw-r--r--tests/rest/client/v1/utils.py5
-rw-r--r--tests/storage/test__base.py6
-rw-r--r--tests/storage/test_appservice.py21
-rw-r--r--tests/storage/test_end_to_end_keys.py25
-rw-r--r--tests/util/test_expiring_cache.py84
-rw-r--r--tests/util/test_lrucache.py55
102 files changed, 3629 insertions, 1798 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 68e9d8c671..da241666d6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,78 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.19.0 (2017-02-04)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since RC 4.
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.19.0-rc4 (2017-02-02)
+===========================================
+
+* Bump cache sizes for common membership queries (PR #1879)
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.19.0-rc3 (2017-02-02)
+===========================================
+
+* Fix email push in pusher worker (PR #1875)
+* Make presence.get_new_events a bit faster (PR #1876)
+* Make /keys/changes a bit more performant (PR #1877)
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.19.0-rc2 (2017-02-02)
+===========================================
+
+* Include newly joined users in /keys/changes API (PR #1872)
+
+
+Changes in synapse v0.19.0-rc1 (2017-02-02)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+* Add support for specifying multiple bind addresses (PR #1709, #1712, #1795,
+  #1835). Thanks to @kyrias!
+* Add /account/3pid/delete endpoint (PR #1714)
+* Add config option to configure the Riot URL used in notification emails (PR
+  #1811). Thanks to @aperezdc!
+* Add username and password config options for turn server (PR #1832). Thanks
+  to @xsteadfastx!
+* Implement device lists updates over federation (PR #1857, #1861, #1864)
+* Implement /keys/changes (PR #1869, #1872)
+
+
+Changes:
+
+* Improve IPv6 support (PR #1696). Thanks to @kyrias and @glyph!
+* Log which files we saved attachments to in the media_repository (PR #1791)
+* Linearize updates to membership via PUT /state/ to better handle multiple
+  joins (PR #1787)
+* Limit number of entries to prefill from cache on startup (PR #1792)
+* Remove full_twisted_stacktraces option (PR #1802)
+* Measure size of some caches by sum of the size of cached values (PR #1815)
+* Measure metrics of string_cache (PR #1821)
+* Reduce logging verbosity (PR #1822, #1823, #1824)
+* Don't clobber a displayname or avatar_url if provided by an m.room.member
+  event (PR #1852)
+* Better handle 401/404 response for federation /send/ (PR #1866, #1871)
+
+
+Fixes:
+
+* Fix ability to change password to a non-ascii one (PR #1711)
+* Fix push getting stuck due to looking at the wrong view of state (PR #1820)
+* Fix email address comparison to be case insensitive (PR #1827)
+* Fix occasional inconsistencies of room membership (PR #1836, #1840)
+
+
+Performance:
+
+* Don't block messages sending on bumping presence (PR #1789)
+* Change device_inbox stream index to include user (PR #1793)
+* Optimise state resolution (PR #1818)
+* Use DB cache of joined users for presence (PR #1862)
+* Add an index to make membership queries faster (PR #1867)
+
+
 Changes in synapse v0.18.7 (2017-01-09)
 =======================================
 
@@ -30,6 +105,7 @@ Changes in synapse v0.18.6 (2017-01-06)
 Bug fixes:
 
 * Fix bug when checking if a guest user is allowed to join a room (PR #1772)
+  Thanks to Patrik Oldsberg for diagnosing and the fix!
 
 
 Changes in synapse v0.18.6-rc3 (2017-01-05)
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5ffcff22cd..77e0b470a3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ Installing prerequisites on openSUSE::
                    python-devel libffi-devel libopenssl-devel libjpeg62-devel
 
 Installing prerequisites on OpenBSD::
+
     doas pkg_add python libffi py-pip py-setuptools sqlite3 py-virtualenv \
                  libxslt
 
@@ -658,7 +659,7 @@ configuration might look like::
       }
   }
 
-You will also want to set ``bind_address: 127.0.0.1`` and ``x_forwarded: true``
+You will also want to set ``bind_addresses: ['127.0.0.1']`` and ``x_forwarded: true``
 for port 8008 in ``homeserver.yaml`` to ensure that client IP addresses are
 recorded correctly.
 
diff --git a/docs/admin_api/purge_remote_media.rst b/docs/admin_api/purge_remote_media.rst
index b26c6a9e7b..5deb02a3df 100644
--- a/docs/admin_api/purge_remote_media.rst
+++ b/docs/admin_api/purge_remote_media.rst
@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@ Purge Remote Media API
 ======================
 
 The purge remote media API allows server admins to purge old cached remote
-media. 
+media.
 
 The API is::
 
-    POST /_matrix/client/r0/admin/purge_media_cache
+    POST /_matrix/client/r0/admin/purge_media_cache?before_ts=<unix_timestamp_in_ms>&access_token=<access_token>
 
-    {
-        "before_ts": <unix_timestamp_in_ms>
-    }
+    {}
 
 Which will remove all cached media that was last accessed before
 ``<unix_timestamp_in_ms>``.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 498ded38c0..d3f445be9c 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.18.7"
+__version__ = "0.19.0"
diff --git a/synapse/api/auth.py b/synapse/api/auth.py
index f93e45a744..03a215ab1b 100644
--- a/synapse/api/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/api/auth.py
@@ -16,18 +16,14 @@
 import logging
 
 import pymacaroons
-from canonicaljson import encode_canonical_json
-from signedjson.key import decode_verify_key_bytes
-from signedjson.sign import verify_signed_json, SignatureVerifyException
 from twisted.internet import defer
-from unpaddedbase64 import decode_base64
 
 import synapse.types
+from synapse import event_auth
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership, JoinRules
-from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, Codes, SynapseError, EventSizeError
-from synapse.types import UserID, get_domain_from_id
+from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, Codes
+from synapse.types import UserID
 from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_context_over_fn
-from synapse.util.logutils import log_function
 from synapse.util.metrics import Measure
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -78,147 +74,7 @@ class Auth(object):
             True if the auth checks pass.
         """
         with Measure(self.clock, "auth.check"):
-            self.check_size_limits(event)
-
-            if not hasattr(event, "room_id"):
-                raise AuthError(500, "Event has no room_id: %s" % event)
-
-            if do_sig_check:
-                sender_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.sender)
-                event_id_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.event_id)
-
-                is_invite_via_3pid = (
-                    event.type == EventTypes.Member
-                    and event.membership == Membership.INVITE
-                    and "third_party_invite" in event.content
-                )
-
-                # Check the sender's domain has signed the event
-                if not event.signatures.get(sender_domain):
-                    # We allow invites via 3pid to have a sender from a different
-                    # HS, as the sender must match the sender of the original
-                    # 3pid invite. This is checked further down with the
-                    # other dedicated membership checks.
-                    if not is_invite_via_3pid:
-                        raise AuthError(403, "Event not signed by sender's server")
-
-                # Check the event_id's domain has signed the event
-                if not event.signatures.get(event_id_domain):
-                    raise AuthError(403, "Event not signed by sending server")
-
-            if auth_events is None:
-                # Oh, we don't know what the state of the room was, so we
-                # are trusting that this is allowed (at least for now)
-                logger.warn("Trusting event: %s", event.event_id)
-                return True
-
-            if event.type == EventTypes.Create:
-                room_id_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.room_id)
-                if room_id_domain != sender_domain:
-                    raise AuthError(
-                        403,
-                        "Creation event's room_id domain does not match sender's"
-                    )
-                # FIXME
-                return True
-
-            creation_event = auth_events.get((EventTypes.Create, ""), None)
-
-            if not creation_event:
-                raise SynapseError(
-                    403,
-                    "Room %r does not exist" % (event.room_id,)
-                )
-
-            creating_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.room_id)
-            originating_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.sender)
-            if creating_domain != originating_domain:
-                if not self.can_federate(event, auth_events):
-                    raise AuthError(
-                        403,
-                        "This room has been marked as unfederatable."
-                    )
-
-            # FIXME: Temp hack
-            if event.type == EventTypes.Aliases:
-                if not event.is_state():
-                    raise AuthError(
-                        403,
-                        "Alias event must be a state event",
-                    )
-                if not event.state_key:
-                    raise AuthError(
-                        403,
-                        "Alias event must have non-empty state_key"
-                    )
-                sender_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.sender)
-                if event.state_key != sender_domain:
-                    raise AuthError(
-                        403,
-                        "Alias event's state_key does not match sender's domain"
-                    )
-                return True
-
-            logger.debug(
-                "Auth events: %s",
-                [a.event_id for a in auth_events.values()]
-            )
-
-            if event.type == EventTypes.Member:
-                allowed = self.is_membership_change_allowed(
-                    event, auth_events
-                )
-                if allowed:
-                    logger.debug("Allowing! %s", event)
-                else:
-                    logger.debug("Denying! %s", event)
-                return allowed
-
-            self.check_event_sender_in_room(event, auth_events)
-
-            # Special case to allow m.room.third_party_invite events wherever
-            # a user is allowed to issue invites.  Fixes
-            # https://github.com/vector-im/vector-web/issues/1208 hopefully
-            if event.type == EventTypes.ThirdPartyInvite:
-                user_level = self._get_user_power_level(event.user_id, auth_events)
-                invite_level = self._get_named_level(auth_events, "invite", 0)
-
-                if user_level < invite_level:
-                    raise AuthError(
-                        403, (
-                            "You cannot issue a third party invite for %s." %
-                            (event.content.display_name,)
-                        )
-                    )
-                else:
-                    return True
-
-            self._can_send_event(event, auth_events)
-
-            if event.type == EventTypes.PowerLevels:
-                self._check_power_levels(event, auth_events)
-
-            if event.type == EventTypes.Redaction:
-                self.check_redaction(event, auth_events)
-
-            logger.debug("Allowing! %s", event)
-
-    def check_size_limits(self, event):
-        def too_big(field):
-            raise EventSizeError("%s too large" % (field,))
-
-        if len(event.user_id) > 255:
-            too_big("user_id")
-        if len(event.room_id) > 255:
-            too_big("room_id")
-        if event.is_state() and len(event.state_key) > 255:
-            too_big("state_key")
-        if len(event.type) > 255:
-            too_big("type")
-        if len(event.event_id) > 255:
-            too_big("event_id")
-        if len(encode_canonical_json(event.get_pdu_json())) > 65536:
-            too_big("event")
+            event_auth.check(event, auth_events, do_sig_check=do_sig_check)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def check_joined_room(self, room_id, user_id, current_state=None):
@@ -290,7 +146,7 @@ class Auth(object):
         with Measure(self.clock, "check_host_in_room"):
             latest_event_ids = yield self.store.get_latest_event_ids_in_room(room_id)
 
-            logger.info("calling resolve_state_groups from check_host_in_room")
+            logger.debug("calling resolve_state_groups from check_host_in_room")
             entry = yield self.state.resolve_state_groups(
                 room_id, latest_event_ids
             )
@@ -300,16 +156,6 @@ class Auth(object):
             )
             defer.returnValue(ret)
 
-    def check_event_sender_in_room(self, event, auth_events):
-        key = (EventTypes.Member, event.user_id, )
-        member_event = auth_events.get(key)
-
-        return self._check_joined_room(
-            member_event,
-            event.user_id,
-            event.room_id
-        )
-
     def _check_joined_room(self, member, user_id, room_id):
         if not member or member.membership != Membership.JOIN:
             raise AuthError(403, "User %s not in room %s (%s)" % (
@@ -321,267 +167,8 @@ class Auth(object):
 
         return creation_event.content.get("m.federate", True) is True
 
-    @log_function
-    def is_membership_change_allowed(self, event, auth_events):
-        membership = event.content["membership"]
-
-        # Check if this is the room creator joining:
-        if len(event.prev_events) == 1 and Membership.JOIN == membership:
-            # Get room creation event:
-            key = (EventTypes.Create, "", )
-            create = auth_events.get(key)
-            if create and event.prev_events[0][0] == create.event_id:
-                if create.content["creator"] == event.state_key:
-                    return True
-
-        target_user_id = event.state_key
-
-        creating_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.room_id)
-        target_domain = get_domain_from_id(target_user_id)
-        if creating_domain != target_domain:
-            if not self.can_federate(event, auth_events):
-                raise AuthError(
-                    403,
-                    "This room has been marked as unfederatable."
-                )
-
-        # get info about the caller
-        key = (EventTypes.Member, event.user_id, )
-        caller = auth_events.get(key)
-
-        caller_in_room = caller and caller.membership == Membership.JOIN
-        caller_invited = caller and caller.membership == Membership.INVITE
-
-        # get info about the target
-        key = (EventTypes.Member, target_user_id, )
-        target = auth_events.get(key)
-
-        target_in_room = target and target.membership == Membership.JOIN
-        target_banned = target and target.membership == Membership.BAN
-
-        key = (EventTypes.JoinRules, "", )
-        join_rule_event = auth_events.get(key)
-        if join_rule_event:
-            join_rule = join_rule_event.content.get(
-                "join_rule", JoinRules.INVITE
-            )
-        else:
-            join_rule = JoinRules.INVITE
-
-        user_level = self._get_user_power_level(event.user_id, auth_events)
-        target_level = self._get_user_power_level(
-            target_user_id, auth_events
-        )
-
-        # FIXME (erikj): What should we do here as the default?
-        ban_level = self._get_named_level(auth_events, "ban", 50)
-
-        logger.debug(
-            "is_membership_change_allowed: %s",
-            {
-                "caller_in_room": caller_in_room,
-                "caller_invited": caller_invited,
-                "target_banned": target_banned,
-                "target_in_room": target_in_room,
-                "membership": membership,
-                "join_rule": join_rule,
-                "target_user_id": target_user_id,
-                "event.user_id": event.user_id,
-            }
-        )
-
-        if Membership.INVITE == membership and "third_party_invite" in event.content:
-            if not self._verify_third_party_invite(event, auth_events):
-                raise AuthError(403, "You are not invited to this room.")
-            if target_banned:
-                raise AuthError(
-                    403, "%s is banned from the room" % (target_user_id,)
-                )
-            return True
-
-        if Membership.JOIN != membership:
-            if (caller_invited
-                    and Membership.LEAVE == membership
-                    and target_user_id == event.user_id):
-                return True
-
-            if not caller_in_room:  # caller isn't joined
-                raise AuthError(
-                    403,
-                    "%s not in room %s." % (event.user_id, event.room_id,)
-                )
-
-        if Membership.INVITE == membership:
-            # TODO (erikj): We should probably handle this more intelligently
-            # PRIVATE join rules.
-
-            # Invites are valid iff caller is in the room and target isn't.
-            if target_banned:
-                raise AuthError(
-                    403, "%s is banned from the room" % (target_user_id,)
-                )
-            elif target_in_room:  # the target is already in the room.
-                raise AuthError(403, "%s is already in the room." %
-                                     target_user_id)
-            else:
-                invite_level = self._get_named_level(auth_events, "invite", 0)
-
-                if user_level < invite_level:
-                    raise AuthError(
-                        403, "You cannot invite user %s." % target_user_id
-                    )
-        elif Membership.JOIN == membership:
-            # Joins are valid iff caller == target and they were:
-            # invited: They are accepting the invitation
-            # joined: It's a NOOP
-            if event.user_id != target_user_id:
-                raise AuthError(403, "Cannot force another user to join.")
-            elif target_banned:
-                raise AuthError(403, "You are banned from this room")
-            elif join_rule == JoinRules.PUBLIC:
-                pass
-            elif join_rule == JoinRules.INVITE:
-                if not caller_in_room and not caller_invited:
-                    raise AuthError(403, "You are not invited to this room.")
-            else:
-                # TODO (erikj): may_join list
-                # TODO (erikj): private rooms
-                raise AuthError(403, "You are not allowed to join this room")
-        elif Membership.LEAVE == membership:
-            # TODO (erikj): Implement kicks.
-            if target_banned and user_level < ban_level:
-                raise AuthError(
-                    403, "You cannot unban user &s." % (target_user_id,)
-                )
-            elif target_user_id != event.user_id:
-                kick_level = self._get_named_level(auth_events, "kick", 50)
-
-                if user_level < kick_level or user_level <= target_level:
-                    raise AuthError(
-                        403, "You cannot kick user %s." % target_user_id
-                    )
-        elif Membership.BAN == membership:
-            if user_level < ban_level or user_level <= target_level:
-                raise AuthError(403, "You don't have permission to ban")
-        else:
-            raise AuthError(500, "Unknown membership %s" % membership)
-
-        return True
-
-    def _verify_third_party_invite(self, event, auth_events):
-        """
-        Validates that the invite event is authorized by a previous third-party invite.
-
-        Checks that the public key, and keyserver, match those in the third party invite,
-        and that the invite event has a signature issued using that public key.
-
-        Args:
-            event: The m.room.member join event being validated.
-            auth_events: All relevant previous context events which may be used
-                for authorization decisions.
-
-        Return:
-            True if the event fulfills the expectations of a previous third party
-            invite event.
-        """
-        if "third_party_invite" not in event.content:
-            return False
-        if "signed" not in event.content["third_party_invite"]:
-            return False
-        signed = event.content["third_party_invite"]["signed"]
-        for key in {"mxid", "token"}:
-            if key not in signed:
-                return False
-
-        token = signed["token"]
-
-        invite_event = auth_events.get(
-            (EventTypes.ThirdPartyInvite, token,)
-        )
-        if not invite_event:
-            return False
-
-        if invite_event.sender != event.sender:
-            return False
-
-        if event.user_id != invite_event.user_id:
-            return False
-
-        if signed["mxid"] != event.state_key:
-            return False
-        if signed["token"] != token:
-            return False
-
-        for public_key_object in self.get_public_keys(invite_event):
-            public_key = public_key_object["public_key"]
-            try:
-                for server, signature_block in signed["signatures"].items():
-                    for key_name, encoded_signature in signature_block.items():
-                        if not key_name.startswith("ed25519:"):
-                            continue
-                        verify_key = decode_verify_key_bytes(
-                            key_name,
-                            decode_base64(public_key)
-                        )
-                        verify_signed_json(signed, server, verify_key)
-
-                        # We got the public key from the invite, so we know that the
-                        # correct server signed the signed bundle.
-                        # The caller is responsible for checking that the signing
-                        # server has not revoked that public key.
-                        return True
-            except (KeyError, SignatureVerifyException,):
-                continue
-        return False
-
     def get_public_keys(self, invite_event):
-        public_keys = []
-        if "public_key" in invite_event.content:
-            o = {
-                "public_key": invite_event.content["public_key"],
-            }
-            if "key_validity_url" in invite_event.content:
-                o["key_validity_url"] = invite_event.content["key_validity_url"]
-            public_keys.append(o)
-        public_keys.extend(invite_event.content.get("public_keys", []))
-        return public_keys
-
-    def _get_power_level_event(self, auth_events):
-        key = (EventTypes.PowerLevels, "", )
-        return auth_events.get(key)
-
-    def _get_user_power_level(self, user_id, auth_events):
-        power_level_event = self._get_power_level_event(auth_events)
-
-        if power_level_event:
-            level = power_level_event.content.get("users", {}).get(user_id)
-            if not level:
-                level = power_level_event.content.get("users_default", 0)
-
-            if level is None:
-                return 0
-            else:
-                return int(level)
-        else:
-            key = (EventTypes.Create, "", )
-            create_event = auth_events.get(key)
-            if (create_event is not None and
-                    create_event.content["creator"] == user_id):
-                return 100
-            else:
-                return 0
-
-    def _get_named_level(self, auth_events, name, default):
-        power_level_event = self._get_power_level_event(auth_events)
-
-        if not power_level_event:
-            return default
-
-        level = power_level_event.content.get(name, None)
-        if level is not None:
-            return int(level)
-        else:
-            return default
+        return event_auth.get_public_keys(invite_event)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def get_user_by_req(self, request, allow_guest=False, rights="access"):
@@ -974,56 +561,6 @@ class Auth(object):
 
         defer.returnValue(auth_ids)
 
-    def _get_send_level(self, etype, state_key, auth_events):
-        key = (EventTypes.PowerLevels, "", )
-        send_level_event = auth_events.get(key)
-        send_level = None
-        if send_level_event:
-            send_level = send_level_event.content.get("events", {}).get(
-                etype
-            )
-            if send_level is None:
-                if state_key is not None:
-                    send_level = send_level_event.content.get(
-                        "state_default", 50
-                    )
-                else:
-                    send_level = send_level_event.content.get(
-                        "events_default", 0
-                    )
-
-        if send_level:
-            send_level = int(send_level)
-        else:
-            send_level = 0
-
-        return send_level
-
-    @log_function
-    def _can_send_event(self, event, auth_events):
-        send_level = self._get_send_level(
-            event.type, event.get("state_key", None), auth_events
-        )
-        user_level = self._get_user_power_level(event.user_id, auth_events)
-
-        if user_level < send_level:
-            raise AuthError(
-                403,
-                "You don't have permission to post that to the room. " +
-                "user_level (%d) < send_level (%d)" % (user_level, send_level)
-            )
-
-        # Check state_key
-        if hasattr(event, "state_key"):
-            if event.state_key.startswith("@"):
-                if event.state_key != event.user_id:
-                    raise AuthError(
-                        403,
-                        "You are not allowed to set others state"
-                    )
-
-        return True
-
     def check_redaction(self, event, auth_events):
         """Check whether the event sender is allowed to redact the target event.
 
@@ -1037,107 +574,7 @@ class Auth(object):
             AuthError if the event sender is definitely not allowed to redact
             the target event.
         """
-        user_level = self._get_user_power_level(event.user_id, auth_events)
-
-        redact_level = self._get_named_level(auth_events, "redact", 50)
-
-        if user_level >= redact_level:
-            return False
-
-        redacter_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.event_id)
-        redactee_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.redacts)
-        if redacter_domain == redactee_domain:
-            return True
-
-        raise AuthError(
-            403,
-            "You don't have permission to redact events"
-        )
-
-    def _check_power_levels(self, event, auth_events):
-        user_list = event.content.get("users", {})
-        # Validate users
-        for k, v in user_list.items():
-            try:
-                UserID.from_string(k)
-            except:
-                raise SynapseError(400, "Not a valid user_id: %s" % (k,))
-
-            try:
-                int(v)
-            except:
-                raise SynapseError(400, "Not a valid power level: %s" % (v,))
-
-        key = (event.type, event.state_key, )
-        current_state = auth_events.get(key)
-
-        if not current_state:
-            return
-
-        user_level = self._get_user_power_level(event.user_id, auth_events)
-
-        # Check other levels:
-        levels_to_check = [
-            ("users_default", None),
-            ("events_default", None),
-            ("state_default", None),
-            ("ban", None),
-            ("redact", None),
-            ("kick", None),
-            ("invite", None),
-        ]
-
-        old_list = current_state.content.get("users")
-        for user in set(old_list.keys() + user_list.keys()):
-            levels_to_check.append(
-                (user, "users")
-            )
-
-        old_list = current_state.content.get("events")
-        new_list = event.content.get("events")
-        for ev_id in set(old_list.keys() + new_list.keys()):
-            levels_to_check.append(
-                (ev_id, "events")
-            )
-
-        old_state = current_state.content
-        new_state = event.content
-
-        for level_to_check, dir in levels_to_check:
-            old_loc = old_state
-            new_loc = new_state
-            if dir:
-                old_loc = old_loc.get(dir, {})
-                new_loc = new_loc.get(dir, {})
-
-            if level_to_check in old_loc:
-                old_level = int(old_loc[level_to_check])
-            else:
-                old_level = None
-
-            if level_to_check in new_loc:
-                new_level = int(new_loc[level_to_check])
-            else:
-                new_level = None
-
-            if new_level is not None and old_level is not None:
-                if new_level == old_level:
-                    continue
-
-            if dir == "users" and level_to_check != event.user_id:
-                if old_level == user_level:
-                    raise AuthError(
-                        403,
-                        "You don't have permission to remove ops level equal "
-                        "to your own"
-                    )
-
-            if old_level > user_level or new_level > user_level:
-                raise AuthError(
-                    403,
-                    "You don't have permission to add ops level greater "
-                    "than your own"
-                )
+        return event_auth.check_redaction(event, auth_events)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def check_can_change_room_list(self, room_id, user):
@@ -1167,10 +604,10 @@ class Auth(object):
         if power_level_event:
             auth_events[(EventTypes.PowerLevels, "")] = power_level_event
 
-        send_level = self._get_send_level(
+        send_level = event_auth.get_send_level(
             EventTypes.Aliases, "", auth_events
         )
-        user_level = self._get_user_power_level(user_id, auth_events)
+        user_level = event_auth.get_user_power_level(user_id, auth_events)
 
         if user_level < send_level:
             raise AuthError(
diff --git a/synapse/app/appservice.py b/synapse/app/appservice.py
index dd9ee406a1..1900930053 100644
--- a/synapse/app/appservice.py
+++ b/synapse/app/appservice.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class AppserviceServer(HomeServer):
 
     def _listen_http(self, listener_config):
         port = listener_config["port"]
-        bind_address = listener_config.get("bind_address", "")
+        bind_addresses = listener_config["bind_addresses"]
         site_tag = listener_config.get("tag", port)
         resources = {}
         for res in listener_config["resources"]:
@@ -85,16 +85,19 @@ class AppserviceServer(HomeServer):
                     resources[METRICS_PREFIX] = MetricsResource(self)
 
         root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, Resource())
-        reactor.listenTCP(
-            port,
-            SynapseSite(
-                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                site_tag,
-                listener_config,
-                root_resource,
-            ),
-            interface=bind_address
-        )
+
+        for address in bind_addresses:
+            reactor.listenTCP(
+                port,
+                SynapseSite(
+                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                    site_tag,
+                    listener_config,
+                    root_resource,
+                ),
+                interface=address
+            )
+
         logger.info("Synapse appservice now listening on port %d", port)
 
     def start_listening(self, listeners):
@@ -102,15 +105,18 @@ class AppserviceServer(HomeServer):
             if listener["type"] == "http":
                 self._listen_http(listener)
             elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                reactor.listenTCP(
-                    listener["port"],
-                    manhole(
-                        username="matrix",
-                        password="rabbithole",
-                        globals={"hs": self},
-                    ),
-                    interface=listener.get("bind_address", '127.0.0.1')
-                )
+                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
+
+                for address in bind_addresses:
+                    reactor.listenTCP(
+                        listener["port"],
+                        manhole(
+                            username="matrix",
+                            password="rabbithole",
+                            globals={"hs": self},
+                        ),
+                        interface=address
+                    )
             else:
                 logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])
 
diff --git a/synapse/app/client_reader.py b/synapse/app/client_reader.py
index 0086a2977e..4d081eccd1 100644
--- a/synapse/app/client_reader.py
+++ b/synapse/app/client_reader.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class ClientReaderServer(HomeServer):
 
     def _listen_http(self, listener_config):
         port = listener_config["port"]
-        bind_address = listener_config.get("bind_address", "")
+        bind_addresses = listener_config["bind_addresses"]
         site_tag = listener_config.get("tag", port)
         resources = {}
         for res in listener_config["resources"]:
@@ -108,16 +108,19 @@ class ClientReaderServer(HomeServer):
                     })
 
         root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, Resource())
-        reactor.listenTCP(
-            port,
-            SynapseSite(
-                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                site_tag,
-                listener_config,
-                root_resource,
-            ),
-            interface=bind_address
-        )
+
+        for address in bind_addresses:
+            reactor.listenTCP(
+                port,
+                SynapseSite(
+                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                    site_tag,
+                    listener_config,
+                    root_resource,
+                ),
+                interface=address
+            )
+
         logger.info("Synapse client reader now listening on port %d", port)
 
     def start_listening(self, listeners):
@@ -125,15 +128,18 @@ class ClientReaderServer(HomeServer):
             if listener["type"] == "http":
                 self._listen_http(listener)
             elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                reactor.listenTCP(
-                    listener["port"],
-                    manhole(
-                        username="matrix",
-                        password="rabbithole",
-                        globals={"hs": self},
-                    ),
-                    interface=listener.get("bind_address", '127.0.0.1')
-                )
+                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
+
+                for address in bind_addresses:
+                    reactor.listenTCP(
+                        listener["port"],
+                        manhole(
+                            username="matrix",
+                            password="rabbithole",
+                            globals={"hs": self},
+                        ),
+                        interface=address
+                    )
             else:
                 logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])
 
diff --git a/synapse/app/federation_reader.py b/synapse/app/federation_reader.py
index b5f59a9931..90a4816753 100644
--- a/synapse/app/federation_reader.py
+++ b/synapse/app/federation_reader.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class FederationReaderServer(HomeServer):
 
     def _listen_http(self, listener_config):
         port = listener_config["port"]
-        bind_address = listener_config.get("bind_address", "")
+        bind_addresses = listener_config["bind_addresses"]
         site_tag = listener_config.get("tag", port)
         resources = {}
         for res in listener_config["resources"]:
@@ -99,16 +99,19 @@ class FederationReaderServer(HomeServer):
                     })
 
         root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, Resource())
-        reactor.listenTCP(
-            port,
-            SynapseSite(
-                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                site_tag,
-                listener_config,
-                root_resource,
-            ),
-            interface=bind_address
-        )
+
+        for address in bind_addresses:
+            reactor.listenTCP(
+                port,
+                SynapseSite(
+                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                    site_tag,
+                    listener_config,
+                    root_resource,
+                ),
+                interface=address
+            )
+
         logger.info("Synapse federation reader now listening on port %d", port)
 
     def start_listening(self, listeners):
@@ -116,15 +119,18 @@ class FederationReaderServer(HomeServer):
             if listener["type"] == "http":
                 self._listen_http(listener)
             elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                reactor.listenTCP(
-                    listener["port"],
-                    manhole(
-                        username="matrix",
-                        password="rabbithole",
-                        globals={"hs": self},
-                    ),
-                    interface=listener.get("bind_address", '127.0.0.1')
-                )
+                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
+
+                for address in bind_addresses:
+                    reactor.listenTCP(
+                        listener["port"],
+                        manhole(
+                            username="matrix",
+                            password="rabbithole",
+                            globals={"hs": self},
+                        ),
+                        interface=address
+                    )
             else:
                 logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])
 
diff --git a/synapse/app/federation_sender.py b/synapse/app/federation_sender.py
index 80ea4c8062..411e47d98d 100644
--- a/synapse/app/federation_sender.py
+++ b/synapse/app/federation_sender.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from synapse.replication.slave.storage.events import SlavedEventStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.receipts import SlavedReceiptsStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.registration import SlavedRegistrationStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.transactions import TransactionStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.devices import SlavedDeviceStore
 from synapse.storage.engines import create_engine
 from synapse.storage.presence import UserPresenceState
 from synapse.util.async import sleep
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger("synapse.app.appservice")
 
 class FederationSenderSlaveStore(
     SlavedDeviceInboxStore, TransactionStore, SlavedReceiptsStore, SlavedEventStore,
-    SlavedRegistrationStore,
+    SlavedRegistrationStore, SlavedDeviceStore,
 ):
     pass
 
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ class FederationSenderServer(HomeServer):
 
     def _listen_http(self, listener_config):
         port = listener_config["port"]
-        bind_address = listener_config.get("bind_address", "")
+        bind_addresses = listener_config["bind_addresses"]
         site_tag = listener_config.get("tag", port)
         resources = {}
         for res in listener_config["resources"]:
@@ -91,16 +92,19 @@ class FederationSenderServer(HomeServer):
                     resources[METRICS_PREFIX] = MetricsResource(self)
 
         root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, Resource())
-        reactor.listenTCP(
-            port,
-            SynapseSite(
-                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                site_tag,
-                listener_config,
-                root_resource,
-            ),
-            interface=bind_address
-        )
+
+        for address in bind_addresses:
+            reactor.listenTCP(
+                port,
+                SynapseSite(
+                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                    site_tag,
+                    listener_config,
+                    root_resource,
+                ),
+                interface=address
+            )
+
         logger.info("Synapse federation_sender now listening on port %d", port)
 
     def start_listening(self, listeners):
@@ -108,15 +112,18 @@ class FederationSenderServer(HomeServer):
             if listener["type"] == "http":
                 self._listen_http(listener)
             elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                reactor.listenTCP(
-                    listener["port"],
-                    manhole(
-                        username="matrix",
-                        password="rabbithole",
-                        globals={"hs": self},
-                    ),
-                    interface=listener.get("bind_address", '127.0.0.1')
-                )
+                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
+
+                for address in bind_addresses:
+                    reactor.listenTCP(
+                        listener["port"],
+                        manhole(
+                            username="matrix",
+                            password="rabbithole",
+                            globals={"hs": self},
+                        ),
+                        interface=address
+                    )
             else:
                 logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])
 
diff --git a/synapse/app/homeserver.py b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
index 54f35900f8..e0b87468fe 100755
--- a/synapse/app/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def build_resource_for_web_client(hs):
 class SynapseHomeServer(HomeServer):
     def _listener_http(self, config, listener_config):
         port = listener_config["port"]
-        bind_address = listener_config.get("bind_address", "")
+        bind_addresses = listener_config["bind_addresses"]
         tls = listener_config.get("tls", False)
         site_tag = listener_config.get("tag", port)
 
@@ -173,29 +173,32 @@ class SynapseHomeServer(HomeServer):
             root_resource = Resource()
 
         root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, root_resource)
+
         if tls:
-            reactor.listenSSL(
-                port,
-                SynapseSite(
-                    "synapse.access.https.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                    site_tag,
-                    listener_config,
-                    root_resource,
-                ),
-                self.tls_server_context_factory,
-                interface=bind_address
-            )
+            for address in bind_addresses:
+                reactor.listenSSL(
+                    port,
+                    SynapseSite(
+                        "synapse.access.https.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                        site_tag,
+                        listener_config,
+                        root_resource,
+                    ),
+                    self.tls_server_context_factory,
+                    interface=address
+                )
         else:
-            reactor.listenTCP(
-                port,
-                SynapseSite(
-                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                    site_tag,
-                    listener_config,
-                    root_resource,
-                ),
-                interface=bind_address
-            )
+            for address in bind_addresses:
+                reactor.listenTCP(
+                    port,
+                    SynapseSite(
+                        "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                        site_tag,
+                        listener_config,
+                        root_resource,
+                    ),
+                    interface=address
+                )
         logger.info("Synapse now listening on port %d", port)
 
     def start_listening(self):
@@ -205,15 +208,18 @@ class SynapseHomeServer(HomeServer):
             if listener["type"] == "http":
                 self._listener_http(config, listener)
             elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                reactor.listenTCP(
-                    listener["port"],
-                    manhole(
-                        username="matrix",
-                        password="rabbithole",
-                        globals={"hs": self},
-                    ),
-                    interface=listener.get("bind_address", '127.0.0.1')
-                )
+                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
+
+                for address in bind_addresses:
+                    reactor.listenTCP(
+                        listener["port"],
+                        manhole(
+                            username="matrix",
+                            password="rabbithole",
+                            globals={"hs": self},
+                        ),
+                        interface=address
+                    )
             else:
                 logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])
 
diff --git a/synapse/app/media_repository.py b/synapse/app/media_repository.py
index 44c19a1bef..ef17b158a5 100644
--- a/synapse/app/media_repository.py
+++ b/synapse/app/media_repository.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class MediaRepositoryServer(HomeServer):
 
     def _listen_http(self, listener_config):
         port = listener_config["port"]
-        bind_address = listener_config.get("bind_address", "")
+        bind_addresses = listener_config["bind_addresses"]
         site_tag = listener_config.get("tag", port)
         resources = {}
         for res in listener_config["resources"]:
@@ -105,16 +105,19 @@ class MediaRepositoryServer(HomeServer):
                     })
 
         root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, Resource())
-        reactor.listenTCP(
-            port,
-            SynapseSite(
-                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                site_tag,
-                listener_config,
-                root_resource,
-            ),
-            interface=bind_address
-        )
+
+        for address in bind_addresses:
+            reactor.listenTCP(
+                port,
+                SynapseSite(
+                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                    site_tag,
+                    listener_config,
+                    root_resource,
+                ),
+                interface=address
+            )
+
         logger.info("Synapse media repository now listening on port %d", port)
 
     def start_listening(self, listeners):
@@ -122,15 +125,18 @@ class MediaRepositoryServer(HomeServer):
             if listener["type"] == "http":
                 self._listen_http(listener)
             elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                reactor.listenTCP(
-                    listener["port"],
-                    manhole(
-                        username="matrix",
-                        password="rabbithole",
-                        globals={"hs": self},
-                    ),
-                    interface=listener.get("bind_address", '127.0.0.1')
-                )
+                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
+
+                for address in bind_addresses:
+                    reactor.listenTCP(
+                        listener["port"],
+                        manhole(
+                            username="matrix",
+                            password="rabbithole",
+                            globals={"hs": self},
+                        ),
+                        interface=address
+                    )
             else:
                 logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])
 
diff --git a/synapse/app/pusher.py b/synapse/app/pusher.py
index a0e765c54f..073f2c2489 100644
--- a/synapse/app/pusher.py
+++ b/synapse/app/pusher.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class PusherServer(HomeServer):
 
     def _listen_http(self, listener_config):
         port = listener_config["port"]
-        bind_address = listener_config.get("bind_address", "")
+        bind_addresses = listener_config["bind_addresses"]
         site_tag = listener_config.get("tag", port)
         resources = {}
         for res in listener_config["resources"]:
@@ -130,16 +130,19 @@ class PusherServer(HomeServer):
                     resources[METRICS_PREFIX] = MetricsResource(self)
 
         root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, Resource())
-        reactor.listenTCP(
-            port,
-            SynapseSite(
-                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                site_tag,
-                listener_config,
-                root_resource,
-            ),
-            interface=bind_address
-        )
+
+        for address in bind_addresses:
+            reactor.listenTCP(
+                port,
+                SynapseSite(
+                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                    site_tag,
+                    listener_config,
+                    root_resource,
+                ),
+                interface=address
+            )
+
         logger.info("Synapse pusher now listening on port %d", port)
 
     def start_listening(self, listeners):
@@ -147,15 +150,18 @@ class PusherServer(HomeServer):
             if listener["type"] == "http":
                 self._listen_http(listener)
             elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                reactor.listenTCP(
-                    listener["port"],
-                    manhole(
-                        username="matrix",
-                        password="rabbithole",
-                        globals={"hs": self},
-                    ),
-                    interface=listener.get("bind_address", '127.0.0.1')
-                )
+                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
+
+                for address in bind_addresses:
+                    reactor.listenTCP(
+                        listener["port"],
+                        manhole(
+                            username="matrix",
+                            password="rabbithole",
+                            globals={"hs": self},
+                        ),
+                        interface=address
+                    )
             else:
                 logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])
 
diff --git a/synapse/app/synchrotron.py b/synapse/app/synchrotron.py
index bf1b995dc2..b3fb408cfd 100644
--- a/synapse/app/synchrotron.py
+++ b/synapse/app/synchrotron.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from synapse.replication.slave.storage.filtering import SlavedFilteringStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.push_rule import SlavedPushRuleStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.presence import SlavedPresenceStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.deviceinbox import SlavedDeviceInboxStore
+from synapse.replication.slave.storage.devices import SlavedDeviceStore
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage.room import RoomStore
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.storage.client_ips import ClientIpStore
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ class SynchrotronSlavedStore(
     SlavedFilteringStore,
     SlavedPresenceStore,
     SlavedDeviceInboxStore,
+    SlavedDeviceStore,
     RoomStore,
     BaseSlavedStore,
     ClientIpStore,  # After BaseSlavedStore because the constructor is different
@@ -289,7 +291,7 @@ class SynchrotronServer(HomeServer):
 
     def _listen_http(self, listener_config):
         port = listener_config["port"]
-        bind_address = listener_config.get("bind_address", "")
+        bind_addresses = listener_config["bind_addresses"]
         site_tag = listener_config.get("tag", port)
         resources = {}
         for res in listener_config["resources"]:
@@ -310,16 +312,19 @@ class SynchrotronServer(HomeServer):
                     })
 
         root_resource = create_resource_tree(resources, Resource())
-        reactor.listenTCP(
-            port,
-            SynapseSite(
-                "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
-                site_tag,
-                listener_config,
-                root_resource,
-            ),
-            interface=bind_address
-        )
+
+        for address in bind_addresses:
+            reactor.listenTCP(
+                port,
+                SynapseSite(
+                    "synapse.access.http.%s" % (site_tag,),
+                    site_tag,
+                    listener_config,
+                    root_resource,
+                ),
+                interface=address
+            )
+
         logger.info("Synapse synchrotron now listening on port %d", port)
 
     def start_listening(self, listeners):
@@ -327,15 +332,18 @@ class SynchrotronServer(HomeServer):
             if listener["type"] == "http":
                 self._listen_http(listener)
             elif listener["type"] == "manhole":
-                reactor.listenTCP(
-                    listener["port"],
-                    manhole(
-                        username="matrix",
-                        password="rabbithole",
-                        globals={"hs": self},
-                    ),
-                    interface=listener.get("bind_address", '127.0.0.1')
-                )
+                bind_addresses = listener["bind_addresses"]
+
+                for address in bind_addresses:
+                    reactor.listenTCP(
+                        listener["port"],
+                        manhole(
+                            username="matrix",
+                            password="rabbithole",
+                            globals={"hs": self},
+                        ),
+                        interface=address
+                    )
             else:
                 logger.warn("Unrecognized listener type: %s", listener["type"])
 
@@ -374,6 +382,27 @@ class SynchrotronServer(HomeServer):
                         stream_key, position, users=users, rooms=rooms
                     )
 
+        @defer.inlineCallbacks
+        def notify_device_list_update(result):
+            stream = result.get("device_lists")
+            if not stream:
+                return
+
+            position_index = stream["field_names"].index("position")
+            user_index = stream["field_names"].index("user_id")
+
+            for row in stream["rows"]:
+                position = row[position_index]
+                user_id = row[user_index]
+
+                rooms = yield store.get_rooms_for_user(user_id)
+                room_ids = [r.room_id for r in rooms]
+
+                notifier.on_new_event(
+                    "device_list_key", position, rooms=room_ids,
+                )
+
+        @defer.inlineCallbacks
         def notify(result):
             stream = result.get("events")
             if stream:
@@ -411,6 +440,7 @@ class SynchrotronServer(HomeServer):
             notify_from_stream(
                 result, "to_device", "to_device_key", user="user_id"
             )
+            yield notify_device_list_update(result)
 
         while True:
             try:
@@ -421,7 +451,7 @@ class SynchrotronServer(HomeServer):
                 yield store.process_replication(result)
                 typing_handler.process_replication(result)
                 yield presence_handler.process_replication(result)
-                notify(result)
+                yield notify(result)
             except:
                 logger.exception("Error replicating from %r", replication_url)
                 yield sleep(5)
diff --git a/synapse/config/emailconfig.py b/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
index a187161272..0030b5db1e 100644
--- a/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
+++ b/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
             self.email_notif_for_new_users = email_config.get(
                 "notif_for_new_users", True
             )
+            self.email_riot_base_url = email_config.get(
+                "riot_base_url", None
+            )
             if "app_name" in email_config:
                 self.email_app_name = email_config["app_name"]
             else:
@@ -85,6 +88,9 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
     def default_config(self, config_dir_path, server_name, **kwargs):
         return """
         # Enable sending emails for notification events
+        # Defining a custom URL for Riot is only needed if email notifications
+        # should contain links to a self-hosted installation of Riot; when set
+        # the "app_name" setting is ignored.
         #email:
         #   enable_notifs: false
         #   smtp_host: "localhost"
@@ -95,4 +101,5 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
         #   notif_template_html: notif_mail.html
         #   notif_template_text: notif_mail.txt
         #   notif_for_new_users: True
+        #   riot_base_url: "http://localhost/riot"
         """
diff --git a/synapse/config/logger.py b/synapse/config/logger.py
index 63e69a7e0c..77ded0ad25 100644
--- a/synapse/config/logger.py
+++ b/synapse/config/logger.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import yaml
 from string import Template
 import os
 import signal
-from synapse.util.debug import debug_deferreds
 
 
 DEFAULT_LOG_CONFIG = Template("""
@@ -71,8 +70,6 @@ class LoggingConfig(Config):
         self.verbosity = config.get("verbose", 0)
         self.log_config = self.abspath(config.get("log_config"))
         self.log_file = self.abspath(config.get("log_file"))
-        if config.get("full_twisted_stacktraces"):
-            debug_deferreds()
 
     def default_config(self, config_dir_path, server_name, **kwargs):
         log_file = self.abspath("homeserver.log")
@@ -88,11 +85,6 @@ class LoggingConfig(Config):
 
         # A yaml python logging config file
         log_config: "%(log_config)s"
-
-        # Stop twisted from discarding the stack traces of exceptions in
-        # deferreds by waiting a reactor tick before running a deferred's
-        # callbacks.
-        # full_twisted_stacktraces: true
         """ % locals()
 
     def read_arguments(self, args):
diff --git a/synapse/config/server.py b/synapse/config/server.py
index 634d8e6fe5..1f9999d57a 100644
--- a/synapse/config/server.py
+++ b/synapse/config/server.py
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
 
         self.listeners = config.get("listeners", [])
 
+        for listener in self.listeners:
+            bind_address = listener.pop("bind_address", None)
+            bind_addresses = listener.setdefault("bind_addresses", [])
+
+            if bind_address:
+                bind_addresses.append(bind_address)
+            elif not bind_addresses:
+                bind_addresses.append('')
+
         self.gc_thresholds = read_gc_thresholds(config.get("gc_thresholds", None))
 
         bind_port = config.get("bind_port")
@@ -54,7 +63,7 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
 
             self.listeners.append({
                 "port": bind_port,
-                "bind_address": bind_host,
+                "bind_addresses": [bind_host],
                 "tls": True,
                 "type": "http",
                 "resources": [
@@ -73,7 +82,7 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
             if unsecure_port:
                 self.listeners.append({
                     "port": unsecure_port,
-                    "bind_address": bind_host,
+                    "bind_addresses": [bind_host],
                     "tls": False,
                     "type": "http",
                     "resources": [
@@ -92,7 +101,7 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         if manhole:
             self.listeners.append({
                 "port": manhole,
-                "bind_address": "127.0.0.1",
+                "bind_addresses": ["127.0.0.1"],
                 "type": "manhole",
             })
 
@@ -100,7 +109,7 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         if metrics_port:
             self.listeners.append({
                 "port": metrics_port,
-                "bind_address": config.get("metrics_bind_host", "127.0.0.1"),
+                "bind_addresses": [config.get("metrics_bind_host", "127.0.0.1")],
                 "tls": False,
                 "type": "http",
                 "resources": [
@@ -155,9 +164,14 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
             # The port to listen for HTTPS requests on.
             port: %(bind_port)s
 
-            # Local interface to listen on.
-            # The empty string will cause synapse to listen on all interfaces.
-            bind_address: ''
+            # Local addresses to listen on.
+            # This will listen on all IPv4 addresses by default.
+            bind_addresses:
+              - '0.0.0.0'
+              # Uncomment to listen on all IPv6 interfaces
+              # N.B: On at least Linux this will also listen on all IPv4
+              # addresses, so you will need to comment out the line above.
+              # - '::'
 
             # This is a 'http' listener, allows us to specify 'resources'.
             type: http
@@ -188,7 +202,7 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
           # For when matrix traffic passes through loadbalancer that unwraps TLS.
           - port: %(unsecure_port)s
             tls: false
-            bind_address: ''
+            bind_addresses: ['0.0.0.0']
             type: http
 
             x_forwarded: false
diff --git a/synapse/config/voip.py b/synapse/config/voip.py
index 169980f60d..eeb693027b 100644
--- a/synapse/config/voip.py
+++ b/synapse/config/voip.py
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ class VoipConfig(Config):
 
     def read_config(self, config):
         self.turn_uris = config.get("turn_uris", [])
-        self.turn_shared_secret = config["turn_shared_secret"]
+        self.turn_shared_secret = config.get("turn_shared_secret")
+        self.turn_username = config.get("turn_username")
+        self.turn_password = config.get("turn_password")
         self.turn_user_lifetime = self.parse_duration(config["turn_user_lifetime"])
 
     def default_config(self, **kwargs):
@@ -32,6 +34,11 @@ class VoipConfig(Config):
         # The shared secret used to compute passwords for the TURN server
         turn_shared_secret: "YOUR_SHARED_SECRET"
 
+        # The Username and password if the TURN server needs them and
+        # does not use a token
+        #turn_username: "TURNSERVER_USERNAME"
+        #turn_password: "TURNSERVER_PASSWORD"
+
         # How long generated TURN credentials last
         turn_user_lifetime: "1h"
         """
diff --git a/synapse/config/workers.py b/synapse/config/workers.py
index 904789d155..b165c67ee7 100644
--- a/synapse/config/workers.py
+++ b/synapse/config/workers.py
@@ -29,3 +29,13 @@ class WorkerConfig(Config):
         self.worker_log_file = config.get("worker_log_file")
         self.worker_log_config = config.get("worker_log_config")
         self.worker_replication_url = config.get("worker_replication_url")
+
+        if self.worker_listeners:
+            for listener in self.worker_listeners:
+                bind_address = listener.pop("bind_address", None)
+                bind_addresses = listener.setdefault("bind_addresses", [])
+
+                if bind_address:
+                    bind_addresses.append(bind_address)
+                elif not bind_addresses:
+                    bind_addresses.append('')
diff --git a/synapse/event_auth.py b/synapse/event_auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4096c606f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/event_auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,678 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2014 - 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.
+# 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.
+
+import logging
+
+from canonicaljson import encode_canonical_json
+from signedjson.key import decode_verify_key_bytes
+from signedjson.sign import verify_signed_json, SignatureVerifyException
+from unpaddedbase64 import decode_base64
+
+from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership, JoinRules
+from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, SynapseError, EventSizeError
+from synapse.types import UserID, get_domain_from_id
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def check(event, auth_events, do_sig_check=True, do_size_check=True):
+    """ Checks if this event is correctly authed.
+
+    Args:
+        event: the event being checked.
+        auth_events (dict: event-key -> event): the existing room state.
+
+
+    Returns:
+        True if the auth checks pass.
+    """
+    if do_size_check:
+        _check_size_limits(event)
+
+    if not hasattr(event, "room_id"):
+        raise AuthError(500, "Event has no room_id: %s" % event)
+
+    if do_sig_check:
+        sender_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.sender)
+        event_id_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.event_id)
+
+        is_invite_via_3pid = (
+            event.type == EventTypes.Member
+            and event.membership == Membership.INVITE
+            and "third_party_invite" in event.content
+        )
+
+        # Check the sender's domain has signed the event
+        if not event.signatures.get(sender_domain):
+            # We allow invites via 3pid to have a sender from a different
+            # HS, as the sender must match the sender of the original
+            # 3pid invite. This is checked further down with the
+            # other dedicated membership checks.
+            if not is_invite_via_3pid:
+                raise AuthError(403, "Event not signed by sender's server")
+
+        # Check the event_id's domain has signed the event
+        if not event.signatures.get(event_id_domain):
+            raise AuthError(403, "Event not signed by sending server")
+
+    if auth_events is None:
+        # Oh, we don't know what the state of the room was, so we
+        # are trusting that this is allowed (at least for now)
+        logger.warn("Trusting event: %s", event.event_id)
+        return True
+
+    if event.type == EventTypes.Create:
+        room_id_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.room_id)
+        if room_id_domain != sender_domain:
+            raise AuthError(
+                403,
+                "Creation event's room_id domain does not match sender's"
+            )
+        # FIXME
+        return True
+
+    creation_event = auth_events.get((EventTypes.Create, ""), None)
+
+    if not creation_event:
+        raise SynapseError(
+            403,
+            "Room %r does not exist" % (event.room_id,)
+        )
+
+    creating_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.room_id)
+    originating_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.sender)
+    if creating_domain != originating_domain:
+        if not _can_federate(event, auth_events):
+            raise AuthError(
+                403,
+                "This room has been marked as unfederatable."
+            )
+
+    # FIXME: Temp hack
+    if event.type == EventTypes.Aliases:
+        if not event.is_state():
+            raise AuthError(
+                403,
+                "Alias event must be a state event",
+            )
+        if not event.state_key:
+            raise AuthError(
+                403,
+                "Alias event must have non-empty state_key"
+            )
+        sender_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.sender)
+        if event.state_key != sender_domain:
+            raise AuthError(
+                403,
+                "Alias event's state_key does not match sender's domain"
+            )
+        return True
+
+    if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
+        logger.debug(
+            "Auth events: %s",
+            [a.event_id for a in auth_events.values()]
+        )
+
+    if event.type == EventTypes.Member:
+        allowed = _is_membership_change_allowed(
+            event, auth_events
+        )
+        if allowed:
+            logger.debug("Allowing! %s", event)
+        else:
+            logger.debug("Denying! %s", event)
+        return allowed
+
+    _check_event_sender_in_room(event, auth_events)
+
+    # Special case to allow m.room.third_party_invite events wherever
+    # a user is allowed to issue invites.  Fixes
+    # https://github.com/vector-im/vector-web/issues/1208 hopefully
+    if event.type == EventTypes.ThirdPartyInvite:
+        user_level = get_user_power_level(event.user_id, auth_events)
+        invite_level = _get_named_level(auth_events, "invite", 0)
+
+        if user_level < invite_level:
+            raise AuthError(
+                403, (
+                    "You cannot issue a third party invite for %s." %
+                    (event.content.display_name,)
+                )
+            )
+        else:
+            return True
+
+    _can_send_event(event, auth_events)
+
+    if event.type == EventTypes.PowerLevels:
+        _check_power_levels(event, auth_events)
+
+    if event.type == EventTypes.Redaction:
+        check_redaction(event, auth_events)
+
+    logger.debug("Allowing! %s", event)
+
+
+def _check_size_limits(event):
+    def too_big(field):
+        raise EventSizeError("%s too large" % (field,))
+
+    if len(event.user_id) > 255:
+        too_big("user_id")
+    if len(event.room_id) > 255:
+        too_big("room_id")
+    if event.is_state() and len(event.state_key) > 255:
+        too_big("state_key")
+    if len(event.type) > 255:
+        too_big("type")
+    if len(event.event_id) > 255:
+        too_big("event_id")
+    if len(encode_canonical_json(event.get_pdu_json())) > 65536:
+        too_big("event")
+
+
+def _can_federate(event, auth_events):
+    creation_event = auth_events.get((EventTypes.Create, ""))
+
+    return creation_event.content.get("m.federate", True) is True
+
+
+def _is_membership_change_allowed(event, auth_events):
+    membership = event.content["membership"]
+
+    # Check if this is the room creator joining:
+    if len(event.prev_events) == 1 and Membership.JOIN == membership:
+        # Get room creation event:
+        key = (EventTypes.Create, "", )
+        create = auth_events.get(key)
+        if create and event.prev_events[0][0] == create.event_id:
+            if create.content["creator"] == event.state_key:
+                return True
+
+    target_user_id = event.state_key
+
+    creating_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.room_id)
+    target_domain = get_domain_from_id(target_user_id)
+    if creating_domain != target_domain:
+        if not _can_federate(event, auth_events):
+            raise AuthError(
+                403,
+                "This room has been marked as unfederatable."
+            )
+
+    # get info about the caller
+    key = (EventTypes.Member, event.user_id, )
+    caller = auth_events.get(key)
+
+    caller_in_room = caller and caller.membership == Membership.JOIN
+    caller_invited = caller and caller.membership == Membership.INVITE
+
+    # get info about the target
+    key = (EventTypes.Member, target_user_id, )
+    target = auth_events.get(key)
+
+    target_in_room = target and target.membership == Membership.JOIN
+    target_banned = target and target.membership == Membership.BAN
+
+    key = (EventTypes.JoinRules, "", )
+    join_rule_event = auth_events.get(key)
+    if join_rule_event:
+        join_rule = join_rule_event.content.get(
+            "join_rule", JoinRules.INVITE
+        )
+    else:
+        join_rule = JoinRules.INVITE
+
+    user_level = get_user_power_level(event.user_id, auth_events)
+    target_level = get_user_power_level(
+        target_user_id, auth_events
+    )
+
+    # FIXME (erikj): What should we do here as the default?
+    ban_level = _get_named_level(auth_events, "ban", 50)
+
+    logger.debug(
+        "_is_membership_change_allowed: %s",
+        {
+            "caller_in_room": caller_in_room,
+            "caller_invited": caller_invited,
+            "target_banned": target_banned,
+            "target_in_room": target_in_room,
+            "membership": membership,
+            "join_rule": join_rule,
+            "target_user_id": target_user_id,
+            "event.user_id": event.user_id,
+        }
+    )
+
+    if Membership.INVITE == membership and "third_party_invite" in event.content:
+        if not _verify_third_party_invite(event, auth_events):
+            raise AuthError(403, "You are not invited to this room.")
+        if target_banned:
+            raise AuthError(
+                403, "%s is banned from the room" % (target_user_id,)
+            )
+        return True
+
+    if Membership.JOIN != membership:
+        if (caller_invited
+                and Membership.LEAVE == membership
+                and target_user_id == event.user_id):
+            return True
+
+        if not caller_in_room:  # caller isn't joined
+            raise AuthError(
+                403,
+                "%s not in room %s." % (event.user_id, event.room_id,)
+            )
+
+    if Membership.INVITE == membership:
+        # TODO (erikj): We should probably handle this more intelligently
+        # PRIVATE join rules.
+
+        # Invites are valid iff caller is in the room and target isn't.
+        if target_banned:
+            raise AuthError(
+                403, "%s is banned from the room" % (target_user_id,)
+            )
+        elif target_in_room:  # the target is already in the room.
+            raise AuthError(403, "%s is already in the room." %
+                                 target_user_id)
+        else:
+            invite_level = _get_named_level(auth_events, "invite", 0)
+
+            if user_level < invite_level:
+                raise AuthError(
+                    403, "You cannot invite user %s." % target_user_id
+                )
+    elif Membership.JOIN == membership:
+        # Joins are valid iff caller == target and they were:
+        # invited: They are accepting the invitation
+        # joined: It's a NOOP
+        if event.user_id != target_user_id:
+            raise AuthError(403, "Cannot force another user to join.")
+        elif target_banned:
+            raise AuthError(403, "You are banned from this room")
+        elif join_rule == JoinRules.PUBLIC:
+            pass
+        elif join_rule == JoinRules.INVITE:
+            if not caller_in_room and not caller_invited:
+                raise AuthError(403, "You are not invited to this room.")
+        else:
+            # TODO (erikj): may_join list
+            # TODO (erikj): private rooms
+            raise AuthError(403, "You are not allowed to join this room")
+    elif Membership.LEAVE == membership:
+        # TODO (erikj): Implement kicks.
+        if target_banned and user_level < ban_level:
+            raise AuthError(
+                403, "You cannot unban user &s." % (target_user_id,)
+            )
+        elif target_user_id != event.user_id:
+            kick_level = _get_named_level(auth_events, "kick", 50)
+
+            if user_level < kick_level or user_level <= target_level:
+                raise AuthError(
+                    403, "You cannot kick user %s." % target_user_id
+                )
+    elif Membership.BAN == membership:
+        if user_level < ban_level or user_level <= target_level:
+            raise AuthError(403, "You don't have permission to ban")
+    else:
+        raise AuthError(500, "Unknown membership %s" % membership)
+
+    return True
+
+
+def _check_event_sender_in_room(event, auth_events):
+    key = (EventTypes.Member, event.user_id, )
+    member_event = auth_events.get(key)
+
+    return _check_joined_room(
+        member_event,
+        event.user_id,
+        event.room_id
+    )
+
+
+def _check_joined_room(member, user_id, room_id):
+    if not member or member.membership != Membership.JOIN:
+        raise AuthError(403, "User %s not in room %s (%s)" % (
+            user_id, room_id, repr(member)
+        ))
+
+
+def get_send_level(etype, state_key, auth_events):
+    key = (EventTypes.PowerLevels, "", )
+    send_level_event = auth_events.get(key)
+    send_level = None
+    if send_level_event:
+        send_level = send_level_event.content.get("events", {}).get(
+            etype
+        )
+        if send_level is None:
+            if state_key is not None:
+                send_level = send_level_event.content.get(
+                    "state_default", 50
+                )
+            else:
+                send_level = send_level_event.content.get(
+                    "events_default", 0
+                )
+
+    if send_level:
+        send_level = int(send_level)
+    else:
+        send_level = 0
+
+    return send_level
+
+
+def _can_send_event(event, auth_events):
+    send_level = get_send_level(
+        event.type, event.get("state_key", None), auth_events
+    )
+    user_level = get_user_power_level(event.user_id, auth_events)
+
+    if user_level < send_level:
+        raise AuthError(
+            403,
+            "You don't have permission to post that to the room. " +
+            "user_level (%d) < send_level (%d)" % (user_level, send_level)
+        )
+
+    # Check state_key
+    if hasattr(event, "state_key"):
+        if event.state_key.startswith("@"):
+            if event.state_key != event.user_id:
+                raise AuthError(
+                    403,
+                    "You are not allowed to set others state"
+                )
+
+    return True
+
+
+def check_redaction(event, auth_events):
+    """Check whether the event sender is allowed to redact the target event.
+
+    Returns:
+        True if the the sender is allowed to redact the target event if the
+        target event was created by them.
+        False if the sender is allowed to redact the target event with no
+        further checks.
+
+    Raises:
+        AuthError if the event sender is definitely not allowed to redact
+        the target event.
+    """
+    user_level = get_user_power_level(event.user_id, auth_events)
+
+    redact_level = _get_named_level(auth_events, "redact", 50)
+
+    if user_level >= redact_level:
+        return False
+
+    redacter_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.event_id)
+    redactee_domain = get_domain_from_id(event.redacts)
+    if redacter_domain == redactee_domain:
+        return True
+
+    raise AuthError(
+        403,
+        "You don't have permission to redact events"
+    )
+
+
+def _check_power_levels(event, auth_events):
+    user_list = event.content.get("users", {})
+    # Validate users
+    for k, v in user_list.items():
+        try:
+            UserID.from_string(k)
+        except:
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Not a valid user_id: %s" % (k,))
+
+        try:
+            int(v)
+        except:
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Not a valid power level: %s" % (v,))
+
+    key = (event.type, event.state_key, )
+    current_state = auth_events.get(key)
+
+    if not current_state:
+        return
+
+    user_level = get_user_power_level(event.user_id, auth_events)
+
+    # Check other levels:
+    levels_to_check = [
+        ("users_default", None),
+        ("events_default", None),
+        ("state_default", None),
+        ("ban", None),
+        ("redact", None),
+        ("kick", None),
+        ("invite", None),
+    ]
+
+    old_list = current_state.content.get("users")
+    for user in set(old_list.keys() + user_list.keys()):
+        levels_to_check.append(
+            (user, "users")
+        )
+
+    old_list = current_state.content.get("events")
+    new_list = event.content.get("events")
+    for ev_id in set(old_list.keys() + new_list.keys()):
+        levels_to_check.append(
+            (ev_id, "events")
+        )
+
+    old_state = current_state.content
+    new_state = event.content
+
+    for level_to_check, dir in levels_to_check:
+        old_loc = old_state
+        new_loc = new_state
+        if dir:
+            old_loc = old_loc.get(dir, {})
+            new_loc = new_loc.get(dir, {})
+
+        if level_to_check in old_loc:
+            old_level = int(old_loc[level_to_check])
+        else:
+            old_level = None
+
+        if level_to_check in new_loc:
+            new_level = int(new_loc[level_to_check])
+        else:
+            new_level = None
+
+        if new_level is not None and old_level is not None:
+            if new_level == old_level:
+                continue
+
+        if dir == "users" and level_to_check != event.user_id:
+            if old_level == user_level:
+                raise AuthError(
+                    403,
+                    "You don't have permission to remove ops level equal "
+                    "to your own"
+                )
+
+        if old_level > user_level or new_level > user_level:
+            raise AuthError(
+                403,
+                "You don't have permission to add ops level greater "
+                "than your own"
+            )
+
+
+def _get_power_level_event(auth_events):
+    key = (EventTypes.PowerLevels, "", )
+    return auth_events.get(key)
+
+
+def get_user_power_level(user_id, auth_events):
+    power_level_event = _get_power_level_event(auth_events)
+
+    if power_level_event:
+        level = power_level_event.content.get("users", {}).get(user_id)
+        if not level:
+            level = power_level_event.content.get("users_default", 0)
+
+        if level is None:
+            return 0
+        else:
+            return int(level)
+    else:
+        key = (EventTypes.Create, "", )
+        create_event = auth_events.get(key)
+        if (create_event is not None and
+                create_event.content["creator"] == user_id):
+            return 100
+        else:
+            return 0
+
+
+def _get_named_level(auth_events, name, default):
+    power_level_event = _get_power_level_event(auth_events)
+
+    if not power_level_event:
+        return default
+
+    level = power_level_event.content.get(name, None)
+    if level is not None:
+        return int(level)
+    else:
+        return default
+
+
+def _verify_third_party_invite(event, auth_events):
+    """
+    Validates that the invite event is authorized by a previous third-party invite.
+
+    Checks that the public key, and keyserver, match those in the third party invite,
+    and that the invite event has a signature issued using that public key.
+
+    Args:
+        event: The m.room.member join event being validated.
+        auth_events: All relevant previous context events which may be used
+            for authorization decisions.
+
+    Return:
+        True if the event fulfills the expectations of a previous third party
+        invite event.
+    """
+    if "third_party_invite" not in event.content:
+        return False
+    if "signed" not in event.content["third_party_invite"]:
+        return False
+    signed = event.content["third_party_invite"]["signed"]
+    for key in {"mxid", "token"}:
+        if key not in signed:
+            return False
+
+    token = signed["token"]
+
+    invite_event = auth_events.get(
+        (EventTypes.ThirdPartyInvite, token,)
+    )
+    if not invite_event:
+        return False
+
+    if invite_event.sender != event.sender:
+        return False
+
+    if event.user_id != invite_event.user_id:
+        return False
+
+    if signed["mxid"] != event.state_key:
+        return False
+    if signed["token"] != token:
+        return False
+
+    for public_key_object in get_public_keys(invite_event):
+        public_key = public_key_object["public_key"]
+        try:
+            for server, signature_block in signed["signatures"].items():
+                for key_name, encoded_signature in signature_block.items():
+                    if not key_name.startswith("ed25519:"):
+                        continue
+                    verify_key = decode_verify_key_bytes(
+                        key_name,
+                        decode_base64(public_key)
+                    )
+                    verify_signed_json(signed, server, verify_key)
+
+                    # We got the public key from the invite, so we know that the
+                    # correct server signed the signed bundle.
+                    # The caller is responsible for checking that the signing
+                    # server has not revoked that public key.
+                    return True
+        except (KeyError, SignatureVerifyException,):
+            continue
+    return False
+
+
+def get_public_keys(invite_event):
+    public_keys = []
+    if "public_key" in invite_event.content:
+        o = {
+            "public_key": invite_event.content["public_key"],
+        }
+        if "key_validity_url" in invite_event.content:
+            o["key_validity_url"] = invite_event.content["key_validity_url"]
+        public_keys.append(o)
+    public_keys.extend(invite_event.content.get("public_keys", []))
+    return public_keys
+
+
+def auth_types_for_event(event):
+    """Given an event, return a list of (EventType, StateKey) that may be
+    needed to auth the event. The returned list may be a superset of what
+    would actually be required depending on the full state of the room.
+
+    Used to limit the number of events to fetch from the database to
+    actually auth the event.
+    """
+    if event.type == EventTypes.Create:
+        return []
+
+    auth_types = []
+
+    auth_types.append((EventTypes.PowerLevels, "", ))
+    auth_types.append((EventTypes.Member, event.user_id, ))
+    auth_types.append((EventTypes.Create, "", ))
+
+    if event.type == EventTypes.Member:
+        membership = event.content["membership"]
+        if membership in [Membership.JOIN, Membership.INVITE]:
+            auth_types.append((EventTypes.JoinRules, "", ))
+
+        auth_types.append((EventTypes.Member, event.state_key, ))
+
+        if membership == Membership.INVITE:
+            if "third_party_invite" in event.content:
+                key = (
+                    EventTypes.ThirdPartyInvite,
+                    event.content["third_party_invite"]["signed"]["token"]
+                )
+                auth_types.append(key)
+
+    return auth_types
diff --git a/synapse/events/__init__.py b/synapse/events/__init__.py
index da9f3ad436..e673e96cc0 100644
--- a/synapse/events/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/events/__init__.py
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ class EventBase(object):
     auth_events = _event_dict_property("auth_events")
     depth = _event_dict_property("depth")
     content = _event_dict_property("content")
-    event_id = _event_dict_property("event_id")
     hashes = _event_dict_property("hashes")
     origin = _event_dict_property("origin")
     origin_server_ts = _event_dict_property("origin_server_ts")
@@ -88,8 +87,6 @@ class EventBase(object):
     redacts = _event_dict_property("redacts")
     room_id = _event_dict_property("room_id")
     sender = _event_dict_property("sender")
-    state_key = _event_dict_property("state_key")
-    type = _event_dict_property("type")
     user_id = _event_dict_property("sender")
 
     @property
@@ -162,6 +159,11 @@ class FrozenEvent(EventBase):
         else:
             frozen_dict = event_dict
 
+        self.event_id = event_dict["event_id"]
+        self.type = event_dict["type"]
+        if "state_key" in event_dict:
+            self.state_key = event_dict["state_key"]
+
         super(FrozenEvent, self).__init__(
             frozen_dict,
             signatures=signatures,
diff --git a/synapse/events/builder.py b/synapse/events/builder.py
index 7369d70980..365fd96bd2 100644
--- a/synapse/events/builder.py
+++ b/synapse/events/builder.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from . import EventBase, FrozenEvent
+from . import EventBase, FrozenEvent, _event_dict_property
 
 from synapse.types import EventID
 
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ class EventBuilder(EventBase):
             internal_metadata_dict=internal_metadata_dict,
         )
 
+    event_id = _event_dict_property("event_id")
+    state_key = _event_dict_property("state_key")
+    type = _event_dict_property("type")
+
     def build(self):
         return FrozenEvent.from_event(self)
 
diff --git a/synapse/federation/federation_client.py b/synapse/federation/federation_client.py
index b4bcec77ed..b5bcfd705a 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/federation_client.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/federation_client.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError
 from synapse.util.caches.expiringcache import ExpiringCache
 from synapse.util.logutils import log_function
 from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_fn, preserve_context_over_deferred
-from synapse.events import FrozenEvent
+from synapse.events import FrozenEvent, builder
 import synapse.metrics
 
 from synapse.util.retryutils import get_retry_limiter, NotRetryingDestination
@@ -127,6 +127,16 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
         )
 
     @log_function
+    def query_user_devices(self, destination, user_id, timeout=30000):
+        """Query the device keys for a list of user ids hosted on a remote
+        server.
+        """
+        sent_queries_counter.inc("user_devices")
+        return self.transport_layer.query_user_devices(
+            destination, user_id, timeout
+        )
+
+    @log_function
     def claim_client_keys(self, destination, content, timeout):
         """Claims one-time keys for a device hosted on a remote server.
 
@@ -499,8 +509,10 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
                 if "prev_state" not in pdu_dict:
                     pdu_dict["prev_state"] = []
 
+                ev = builder.EventBuilder(pdu_dict)
+
                 defer.returnValue(
-                    (destination, self.event_from_pdu_json(pdu_dict))
+                    (destination, ev)
                 )
                 break
             except CodeMessageException as e:
diff --git a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
index 1fee4e83a6..e922b7ff4a 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
 
         self.auth = hs.get_auth()
 
-        self._room_pdu_linearizer = Linearizer()
-        self._server_linearizer = Linearizer()
+        self._room_pdu_linearizer = Linearizer("fed_room_pdu")
+        self._server_linearizer = Linearizer("fed_server")
 
         # We cache responses to state queries, as they take a while and often
         # come in waves.
@@ -416,6 +416,9 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
     def on_query_client_keys(self, origin, content):
         return self.on_query_request("client_keys", content)
 
+    def on_query_user_devices(self, origin, user_id):
+        return self.on_query_request("user_devices", user_id)
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     @log_function
     def on_claim_client_keys(self, origin, content):
diff --git a/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py b/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py
index 7db7b806dc..bb3d9258a6 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
         self.pending_failures_by_dest = {}
 
         self.last_device_stream_id_by_dest = {}
+        self.last_device_list_stream_id_by_dest = {}
 
         # HACK to get unique tx id
         self._next_txn_id = int(self.clock.time_msec())
@@ -305,64 +306,77 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
             yield run_on_reactor()
 
             while True:
-                    pending_pdus = self.pending_pdus_by_dest.pop(destination, [])
-                    pending_edus = self.pending_edus_by_dest.pop(destination, [])
-                    pending_presence = self.pending_presence_by_dest.pop(destination, {})
-                    pending_failures = self.pending_failures_by_dest.pop(destination, [])
+                pending_pdus = self.pending_pdus_by_dest.pop(destination, [])
+                pending_edus = self.pending_edus_by_dest.pop(destination, [])
+                pending_presence = self.pending_presence_by_dest.pop(destination, {})
+                pending_failures = self.pending_failures_by_dest.pop(destination, [])
 
-                    pending_edus.extend(
-                        self.pending_edus_keyed_by_dest.pop(destination, {}).values()
-                    )
+                pending_edus.extend(
+                    self.pending_edus_keyed_by_dest.pop(destination, {}).values()
+                )
 
-                    limiter = yield get_retry_limiter(
-                        destination,
-                        self.clock,
-                        self.store,
-                    )
+                limiter = yield get_retry_limiter(
+                    destination,
+                    self.clock,
+                    self.store,
+                    backoff_on_404=True,  # If we get a 404 the other side has gone
+                )
 
-                    device_message_edus, device_stream_id = (
-                        yield self._get_new_device_messages(destination)
-                    )
+                device_message_edus, device_stream_id, dev_list_id = (
+                    yield self._get_new_device_messages(destination)
+                )
 
-                    pending_edus.extend(device_message_edus)
-                    if pending_presence:
-                        pending_edus.append(
-                            Edu(
-                                origin=self.server_name,
-                                destination=destination,
-                                edu_type="m.presence",
-                                content={
-                                    "push": [
-                                        format_user_presence_state(
-                                            presence, self.clock.time_msec()
-                                        )
-                                        for presence in pending_presence.values()
-                                    ]
-                                },
-                            )
+                pending_edus.extend(device_message_edus)
+                if pending_presence:
+                    pending_edus.append(
+                        Edu(
+                            origin=self.server_name,
+                            destination=destination,
+                            edu_type="m.presence",
+                            content={
+                                "push": [
+                                    format_user_presence_state(
+                                        presence, self.clock.time_msec()
+                                    )
+                                    for presence in pending_presence.values()
+                                ]
+                            },
                         )
+                    )
+
+                if pending_pdus:
+                    logger.debug("TX [%s] len(pending_pdus_by_dest[dest]) = %d",
+                                 destination, len(pending_pdus))
 
-                    if pending_pdus:
-                        logger.debug("TX [%s] len(pending_pdus_by_dest[dest]) = %d",
-                                     destination, len(pending_pdus))
+                if not pending_pdus and not pending_edus and not pending_failures:
+                    logger.debug("TX [%s] Nothing to send", destination)
+                    self.last_device_stream_id_by_dest[destination] = (
+                        device_stream_id
+                    )
+                    return
 
-                    if not pending_pdus and not pending_edus and not pending_failures:
-                        logger.debug("TX [%s] Nothing to send", destination)
-                        self.last_device_stream_id_by_dest[destination] = (
-                            device_stream_id
+                success = yield self._send_new_transaction(
+                    destination, pending_pdus, pending_edus, pending_failures,
+                    limiter=limiter,
+                )
+                if success:
+                    # Remove the acknowledged device messages from the database
+                    # Only bother if we actually sent some device messages
+                    if device_message_edus:
+                        yield self.store.delete_device_msgs_for_remote(
+                            destination, device_stream_id
+                        )
+                        logger.info("Marking as sent %r %r", destination, dev_list_id)
+                        yield self.store.mark_as_sent_devices_by_remote(
+                            destination, dev_list_id
                         )
-                        return
 
-                    success = yield self._send_new_transaction(
-                        destination, pending_pdus, pending_edus, pending_failures,
-                        device_stream_id,
-                        should_delete_from_device_stream=bool(device_message_edus),
-                        limiter=limiter,
-                    )
-                    if not success:
-                        break
+                    self.last_device_stream_id_by_dest[destination] = device_stream_id
+                    self.last_device_list_stream_id_by_dest[destination] = dev_list_id
+                else:
+                    break
         except NotRetryingDestination:
-            logger.info(
+            logger.debug(
                 "TX [%s] not ready for retry yet - "
                 "dropping transaction for now",
                 destination,
@@ -387,13 +401,26 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
             )
             for content in contents
         ]
-        defer.returnValue((edus, stream_id))
+
+        last_device_list = self.last_device_list_stream_id_by_dest.get(destination, 0)
+        now_stream_id, results = yield self.store.get_devices_by_remote(
+            destination, last_device_list
+        )
+        edus.extend(
+            Edu(
+                origin=self.server_name,
+                destination=destination,
+                edu_type="m.device_list_update",
+                content=content,
+            )
+            for content in results
+        )
+        defer.returnValue((edus, stream_id, now_stream_id))
 
     @measure_func("_send_new_transaction")
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _send_new_transaction(self, destination, pending_pdus, pending_edus,
-                              pending_failures, device_stream_id,
-                              should_delete_from_device_stream, limiter):
+                              pending_failures, limiter):
 
         # Sort based on the order field
         pending_pdus.sort(key=lambda t: t[1])
@@ -477,7 +504,7 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
                     code = e.code
                     response = e.response
 
-                    if e.code == 429 or 500 <= e.code:
+                    if e.code in (401, 404, 429) or 500 <= e.code:
                         logger.info(
                             "TX [%s] {%s} got %d response",
                             destination, txn_id, code
@@ -504,13 +531,6 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
                         "Failed to send event %s to %s", p.event_id, destination
                     )
                 success = False
-            else:
-                # Remove the acknowledged device messages from the database
-                if should_delete_from_device_stream:
-                    yield self.store.delete_device_msgs_for_remote(
-                        destination, device_stream_id
-                    )
-                self.last_device_stream_id_by_dest[destination] = device_stream_id
         except RuntimeError as e:
             # We capture this here as there as nothing actually listens
             # for this finishing functions deferred.
diff --git a/synapse/federation/transport/client.py b/synapse/federation/transport/client.py
index 915af34409..f49e8a2cc4 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transport/client.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transport/client.py
@@ -348,6 +348,32 @@ class TransportLayerClient(object):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     @log_function
+    def query_user_devices(self, destination, user_id, timeout):
+        """Query the devices for a user id hosted on a remote server.
+
+        Response:
+            {
+              "stream_id": "...",
+              "devices": [ { ... } ]
+            }
+
+        Args:
+            destination(str): The server to query.
+            query_content(dict): The user ids to query.
+        Returns:
+            A dict containg the device keys.
+        """
+        path = PREFIX + "/user/devices/" + user_id
+
+        content = yield self.client.get_json(
+            destination=destination,
+            path=path,
+            timeout=timeout,
+        )
+        defer.returnValue(content)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    @log_function
     def claim_client_keys(self, destination, query_content, timeout):
         """Claim one-time keys for a list of devices hosted on a remote server.
 
diff --git a/synapse/federation/transport/server.py b/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
index 159dbd1747..c840da834c 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
@@ -409,6 +409,13 @@ class FederationClientKeysQueryServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
         return self.handler.on_query_client_keys(origin, content)
 
 
+class FederationUserDevicesQueryServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
+    PATH = "/user/devices/(?P<user_id>[^/]*)"
+
+    def on_GET(self, origin, content, query, user_id):
+        return self.handler.on_query_user_devices(origin, user_id)
+
+
 class FederationClientKeysClaimServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
     PATH = "/user/keys/claim"
 
@@ -613,6 +620,7 @@ SERVLET_CLASSES = (
     FederationGetMissingEventsServlet,
     FederationEventAuthServlet,
     FederationClientKeysQueryServlet,
+    FederationUserDevicesQueryServlet,
     FederationClientKeysClaimServlet,
     FederationThirdPartyInviteExchangeServlet,
     On3pidBindServlet,
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/_base.py b/synapse/handlers/_base.py
index 90f96209f8..e83adc8339 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/_base.py
@@ -88,9 +88,13 @@ class BaseHandler(object):
                     current_state = yield self.store.get_events(
                         context.current_state_ids.values()
                     )
-                    current_state = current_state.values()
                 else:
-                    current_state = yield self.store.get_current_state(event.room_id)
+                    current_state = yield self.state_handler.get_current_state(
+                        event.room_id
+                    )
+
+                current_state = current_state.values()
+
                 logger.info("maybe_kick_guest_users %r", current_state)
                 yield self.kick_guest_users(current_state)
 
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/auth.py b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
index 3b146f09d6..fffba34383 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         self.hs = hs  # FIXME better possibility to access registrationHandler later?
         self.device_handler = hs.get_device_handler()
+        self.macaroon_gen = hs.get_macaroon_generator()
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def check_auth(self, flows, clientdict, clientip):
@@ -529,37 +530,11 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def issue_access_token(self, user_id, device_id=None):
-        access_token = self.generate_access_token(user_id)
+        access_token = self.macaroon_gen.generate_access_token(user_id)
         yield self.store.add_access_token_to_user(user_id, access_token,
                                                   device_id)
         defer.returnValue(access_token)
 
-    def generate_access_token(self, user_id, extra_caveats=None):
-        extra_caveats = extra_caveats or []
-        macaroon = self._generate_base_macaroon(user_id)
-        macaroon.add_first_party_caveat("type = access")
-        # Include a nonce, to make sure that each login gets a different
-        # access token.
-        macaroon.add_first_party_caveat("nonce = %s" % (
-            stringutils.random_string_with_symbols(16),
-        ))
-        for caveat in extra_caveats:
-            macaroon.add_first_party_caveat(caveat)
-        return macaroon.serialize()
-
-    def generate_short_term_login_token(self, user_id, duration_in_ms=(2 * 60 * 1000)):
-        macaroon = self._generate_base_macaroon(user_id)
-        macaroon.add_first_party_caveat("type = login")
-        now = self.hs.get_clock().time_msec()
-        expiry = now + duration_in_ms
-        macaroon.add_first_party_caveat("time < %d" % (expiry,))
-        return macaroon.serialize()
-
-    def generate_delete_pusher_token(self, user_id):
-        macaroon = self._generate_base_macaroon(user_id)
-        macaroon.add_first_party_caveat("type = delete_pusher")
-        return macaroon.serialize()
-
     def validate_short_term_login_token_and_get_user_id(self, login_token):
         auth_api = self.hs.get_auth()
         try:
@@ -570,15 +545,6 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
         except Exception:
             raise AuthError(403, "Invalid token", errcode=Codes.FORBIDDEN)
 
-    def _generate_base_macaroon(self, user_id):
-        macaroon = pymacaroons.Macaroon(
-            location=self.hs.config.server_name,
-            identifier="key",
-            key=self.hs.config.macaroon_secret_key)
-        macaroon.add_first_party_caveat("gen = 1")
-        macaroon.add_first_party_caveat("user_id = %s" % (user_id,))
-        return macaroon
-
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def set_password(self, user_id, newpassword, requester=None):
         password_hash = self.hash(newpassword)
@@ -607,7 +573,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
         # types (mediums) of threepid. For now, we still use the existing
         # infrastructure, but this is the start of synapse gaining knowledge
         # of specific types of threepid (and fixes the fact that checking
-        # for the presenc eof an email address during password reset was
+        # for the presence of an email address during password reset was
         # case sensitive).
         if medium == 'email':
             address = address.lower()
@@ -617,6 +583,17 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
             self.hs.get_clock().time_msec()
         )
 
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def delete_threepid(self, user_id, medium, address):
+        # 'Canonicalise' email addresses as per above
+        if medium == 'email':
+            address = address.lower()
+
+        ret = yield self.store.user_delete_threepid(
+            user_id, medium, address,
+        )
+        defer.returnValue(ret)
+
     def _save_session(self, session):
         # TODO: Persistent storage
         logger.debug("Saving session %s", session)
@@ -656,12 +633,54 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
             Whether self.hash(password) == stored_hash (bool).
         """
         if stored_hash:
-            return bcrypt.hashpw(password + self.hs.config.password_pepper,
-                                 stored_hash.encode('utf-8')) == stored_hash
+            return bcrypt.hashpw(password.encode('utf8') + self.hs.config.password_pepper,
+                                 stored_hash.encode('utf8')) == stored_hash
         else:
             return False
 
 
+class MacaroonGeneartor(object):
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        self.clock = hs.get_clock()
+        self.server_name = hs.config.server_name
+        self.macaroon_secret_key = hs.config.macaroon_secret_key
+
+    def generate_access_token(self, user_id, extra_caveats=None):
+        extra_caveats = extra_caveats or []
+        macaroon = self._generate_base_macaroon(user_id)
+        macaroon.add_first_party_caveat("type = access")
+        # Include a nonce, to make sure that each login gets a different
+        # access token.
+        macaroon.add_first_party_caveat("nonce = %s" % (
+            stringutils.random_string_with_symbols(16),
+        ))
+        for caveat in extra_caveats:
+            macaroon.add_first_party_caveat(caveat)
+        return macaroon.serialize()
+
+    def generate_short_term_login_token(self, user_id, duration_in_ms=(2 * 60 * 1000)):
+        macaroon = self._generate_base_macaroon(user_id)
+        macaroon.add_first_party_caveat("type = login")
+        now = self.clock.time_msec()
+        expiry = now + duration_in_ms
+        macaroon.add_first_party_caveat("time < %d" % (expiry,))
+        return macaroon.serialize()
+
+    def generate_delete_pusher_token(self, user_id):
+        macaroon = self._generate_base_macaroon(user_id)
+        macaroon.add_first_party_caveat("type = delete_pusher")
+        return macaroon.serialize()
+
+    def _generate_base_macaroon(self, user_id):
+        macaroon = pymacaroons.Macaroon(
+            location=self.server_name,
+            identifier="key",
+            key=self.macaroon_secret_key)
+        macaroon.add_first_party_caveat("gen = 1")
+        macaroon.add_first_party_caveat("user_id = %s" % (user_id,))
+        return macaroon
+
+
 class _AccountHandler(object):
     """A proxy object that gets passed to password auth providers so they
     can register new users etc if necessary.
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/device.py b/synapse/handlers/device.py
index aa68755936..8cb47ac417 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/device.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/device.py
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 from synapse.api import errors
+from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
 from synapse.util import stringutils
+from synapse.util.async import Linearizer
+from synapse.util.metrics import measure_func
+from synapse.types import get_domain_from_id, RoomStreamToken
 from twisted.internet import defer
 from ._base import BaseHandler
 
@@ -27,6 +31,21 @@ class DeviceHandler(BaseHandler):
     def __init__(self, hs):
         super(DeviceHandler, self).__init__(hs)
 
+        self.hs = hs
+        self.state = hs.get_state_handler()
+        self.federation_sender = hs.get_federation_sender()
+        self.federation = hs.get_replication_layer()
+        self._remote_edue_linearizer = Linearizer(name="remote_device_list")
+
+        self.federation.register_edu_handler(
+            "m.device_list_update", self._incoming_device_list_update,
+        )
+        self.federation.register_query_handler(
+            "user_devices", self.on_federation_query_user_devices,
+        )
+
+        hs.get_distributor().observe("user_left_room", self.user_left_room)
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def check_device_registered(self, user_id, device_id,
                                 initial_device_display_name=None):
@@ -45,29 +64,29 @@ class DeviceHandler(BaseHandler):
             str: device id (generated if none was supplied)
         """
         if device_id is not None:
-            yield self.store.store_device(
+            new_device = yield self.store.store_device(
                 user_id=user_id,
                 device_id=device_id,
                 initial_device_display_name=initial_device_display_name,
-                ignore_if_known=True,
             )
+            if new_device:
+                yield self.notify_device_update(user_id, [device_id])
             defer.returnValue(device_id)
 
         # if the device id is not specified, we'll autogen one, but loop a few
         # times in case of a clash.
         attempts = 0
         while attempts < 5:
-            try:
-                device_id = stringutils.random_string(10).upper()
-                yield self.store.store_device(
-                    user_id=user_id,
-                    device_id=device_id,
-                    initial_device_display_name=initial_device_display_name,
-                    ignore_if_known=False,
-                )
+            device_id = stringutils.random_string(10).upper()
+            new_device = yield self.store.store_device(
+                user_id=user_id,
+                device_id=device_id,
+                initial_device_display_name=initial_device_display_name,
+            )
+            if new_device:
+                yield self.notify_device_update(user_id, [device_id])
                 defer.returnValue(device_id)
-            except errors.StoreError:
-                attempts += 1
+            attempts += 1
 
         raise errors.StoreError(500, "Couldn't generate a device ID.")
 
@@ -147,6 +166,8 @@ class DeviceHandler(BaseHandler):
             user_id=user_id, device_id=device_id
         )
 
+        yield self.notify_device_update(user_id, [device_id])
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def update_device(self, user_id, device_id, content):
         """ Update the given device
@@ -166,12 +187,168 @@ class DeviceHandler(BaseHandler):
                 device_id,
                 new_display_name=content.get("display_name")
             )
+            yield self.notify_device_update(user_id, [device_id])
         except errors.StoreError, e:
             if e.code == 404:
                 raise errors.NotFoundError()
             else:
                 raise
 
+    @measure_func("notify_device_update")
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def notify_device_update(self, user_id, device_ids):
+        """Notify that a user's device(s) has changed. Pokes the notifier, and
+        remote servers if the user is local.
+        """
+        users_who_share_room = yield self.store.get_users_who_share_room_with_user(
+            user_id
+        )
+
+        hosts = set()
+        if self.hs.is_mine_id(user_id):
+            hosts.update(get_domain_from_id(u) for u in users_who_share_room)
+            hosts.discard(self.server_name)
+
+        position = yield self.store.add_device_change_to_streams(
+            user_id, device_ids, list(hosts)
+        )
+
+        rooms = yield self.store.get_rooms_for_user(user_id)
+        room_ids = [r.room_id for r in rooms]
+
+        yield self.notifier.on_new_event(
+            "device_list_key", position, rooms=room_ids,
+        )
+
+        if hosts:
+            logger.info("Sending device list update notif to: %r", hosts)
+            for host in hosts:
+                self.federation_sender.send_device_messages(host)
+
+    @measure_func("device.get_user_ids_changed")
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_user_ids_changed(self, user_id, from_token):
+        """Get list of users that have had the devices updated, or have newly
+        joined a room, that `user_id` may be interested in.
+
+        Args:
+            user_id (str)
+            from_token (StreamToken)
+        """
+        rooms = yield self.store.get_rooms_for_user(user_id)
+        room_ids = set(r.room_id for r in rooms)
+
+        # First we check if any devices have changed
+        changed = yield self.store.get_user_whose_devices_changed(
+            from_token.device_list_key
+        )
+
+        # Then work out if any users have since joined
+        rooms_changed = self.store.get_rooms_that_changed(room_ids, from_token.room_key)
+
+        possibly_changed = set(changed)
+        for room_id in rooms_changed:
+            # Fetch  the current state at the time.
+            stream_ordering = RoomStreamToken.parse_stream_token(from_token.room_key)
+
+            try:
+                event_ids = yield self.store.get_forward_extremeties_for_room(
+                    room_id, stream_ordering=stream_ordering
+                )
+                prev_state_ids = yield self.store.get_state_ids_for_events(event_ids)
+            except:
+                prev_state_ids = {}
+
+            current_state_ids = yield self.state.get_current_state_ids(room_id)
+
+            # If there has been any change in membership, include them in the
+            # possibly changed list. We'll check if they are joined below,
+            # and we're not toooo worried about spuriously adding users.
+            for key, event_id in current_state_ids.iteritems():
+                etype, state_key = key
+                if etype == EventTypes.Member:
+                    prev_event_id = prev_state_ids.get(key, None)
+                    if not prev_event_id or prev_event_id != event_id:
+                        possibly_changed.add(state_key)
+
+        users_who_share_room = yield self.store.get_users_who_share_room_with_user(
+            user_id
+        )
+
+        # Take the intersection of the users whose devices may have changed
+        # and those that actually still share a room with the user
+        defer.returnValue(users_who_share_room & possibly_changed)
+
+    @measure_func("_incoming_device_list_update")
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _incoming_device_list_update(self, origin, edu_content):
+        user_id = edu_content["user_id"]
+        device_id = edu_content["device_id"]
+        stream_id = edu_content["stream_id"]
+        prev_ids = edu_content.get("prev_id", [])
+
+        if get_domain_from_id(user_id) != origin:
+            # TODO: Raise?
+            logger.warning("Got device list update edu for %r from %r", user_id, origin)
+            return
+
+        rooms = yield self.store.get_rooms_for_user(user_id)
+        if not rooms:
+            # We don't share any rooms with this user. Ignore update, as we
+            # probably won't get any further updates.
+            return
+
+        with (yield self._remote_edue_linearizer.queue(user_id)):
+            # If the prev id matches whats in our cache table, then we don't need
+            # to resync the users device list, otherwise we do.
+            resync = True
+            if len(prev_ids) == 1:
+                extremity = yield self.store.get_device_list_last_stream_id_for_remote(
+                    user_id
+                )
+                logger.info("Extrem: %r, prev_ids: %r", extremity, prev_ids)
+                if str(extremity) == str(prev_ids[0]):
+                    resync = False
+
+            if resync:
+                # Fetch all devices for the user.
+                result = yield self.federation.query_user_devices(origin, user_id)
+                stream_id = result["stream_id"]
+                devices = result["devices"]
+                yield self.store.update_remote_device_list_cache(
+                    user_id, devices, stream_id,
+                )
+                device_ids = [device["device_id"] for device in devices]
+                yield self.notify_device_update(user_id, device_ids)
+            else:
+                # Simply update the single device, since we know that is the only
+                # change (becuase of the single prev_id matching the current cache)
+                content = dict(edu_content)
+                for key in ("user_id", "device_id", "stream_id", "prev_ids"):
+                    content.pop(key, None)
+                yield self.store.update_remote_device_list_cache_entry(
+                    user_id, device_id, content, stream_id,
+                )
+                yield self.notify_device_update(user_id, [device_id])
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_federation_query_user_devices(self, user_id):
+        stream_id, devices = yield self.store.get_devices_with_keys_by_user(user_id)
+        defer.returnValue({
+            "user_id": user_id,
+            "stream_id": stream_id,
+            "devices": devices,
+        })
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def user_left_room(self, user, room_id):
+        user_id = user.to_string()
+        rooms = yield self.store.get_rooms_for_user(user_id)
+        if not rooms:
+            # We no longer share rooms with this user, so we'll no longer
+            # receive device updates. Mark this in DB.
+            yield self.store.mark_remote_user_device_list_as_unsubscribed(user_id)
+
 
 def _update_device_from_client_ips(device, client_ips):
     ip = client_ips.get((device["user_id"], device["device_id"]), {})
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/e2e_keys.py b/synapse/handlers/e2e_keys.py
index b63a660c06..e40495d1ab 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/e2e_keys.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/e2e_keys.py
@@ -73,10 +73,9 @@ class E2eKeysHandler(object):
             if self.is_mine_id(user_id):
                 local_query[user_id] = device_ids
             else:
-                domain = get_domain_from_id(user_id)
-                remote_queries.setdefault(domain, {})[user_id] = device_ids
+                remote_queries[user_id] = device_ids
 
-        # do the queries
+        # Firt get local devices.
         failures = {}
         results = {}
         if local_query:
@@ -85,9 +84,42 @@ class E2eKeysHandler(object):
                 if user_id in local_query:
                     results[user_id] = keys
 
+        # Now attempt to get any remote devices from our local cache.
+        remote_queries_not_in_cache = {}
+        if remote_queries:
+            query_list = []
+            for user_id, device_ids in remote_queries.iteritems():
+                if device_ids:
+                    query_list.extend((user_id, device_id) for device_id in device_ids)
+                else:
+                    query_list.append((user_id, None))
+
+            user_ids_not_in_cache, remote_results = (
+                yield self.store.get_user_devices_from_cache(
+                    query_list
+                )
+            )
+            for user_id, devices in remote_results.iteritems():
+                user_devices = results.setdefault(user_id, {})
+                for device_id, device in devices.iteritems():
+                    keys = device.get("keys", None)
+                    device_display_name = device.get("device_display_name", None)
+                    if keys:
+                        result = dict(keys)
+                        unsigned = result.setdefault("unsigned", {})
+                        if device_display_name:
+                            unsigned["device_display_name"] = device_display_name
+                        user_devices[device_id] = result
+
+            for user_id in user_ids_not_in_cache:
+                domain = get_domain_from_id(user_id)
+                r = remote_queries_not_in_cache.setdefault(domain, {})
+                r[user_id] = remote_queries[user_id]
+
+        # Now fetch any devices that we don't have in our cache
         @defer.inlineCallbacks
         def do_remote_query(destination):
-            destination_query = remote_queries[destination]
+            destination_query = remote_queries_not_in_cache[destination]
             try:
                 limiter = yield get_retry_limiter(
                     destination, self.clock, self.store
@@ -119,7 +151,7 @@ class E2eKeysHandler(object):
 
         yield preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.gatherResults([
             preserve_fn(do_remote_query)(destination)
-            for destination in remote_queries
+            for destination in remote_queries_not_in_cache
         ]))
 
         defer.returnValue({
@@ -162,7 +194,7 @@ class E2eKeysHandler(object):
         # "unsigned" section
         for user_id, device_keys in results.items():
             for device_id, device_info in device_keys.items():
-                r = json.loads(device_info["key_json"])
+                r = dict(device_info["keys"])
                 r["unsigned"] = {}
                 display_name = device_info["device_display_name"]
                 if display_name is not None:
@@ -255,10 +287,12 @@ class E2eKeysHandler(object):
                 device_id, user_id, time_now
             )
             # TODO: Sign the JSON with the server key
-            yield self.store.set_e2e_device_keys(
-                user_id, device_id, time_now,
-                encode_canonical_json(device_keys)
+            changed = yield self.store.set_e2e_device_keys(
+                user_id, device_id, time_now, device_keys,
             )
+            if changed:
+                # Only notify about device updates *if* the keys actually changed
+                yield self.device_handler.notify_device_update(user_id, [device_id])
 
         one_time_keys = keys.get("one_time_keys", None)
         if one_time_keys:
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/federation.py b/synapse/handlers/federation.py
index 1021bcc405..996bfd0e23 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/federation.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/federation.py
@@ -591,12 +591,12 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         event_ids = list(extremities.keys())
 
-        logger.info("calling resolve_state_groups in _maybe_backfill")
+        logger.debug("calling resolve_state_groups in _maybe_backfill")
         states = yield preserve_context_over_deferred(defer.gatherResults([
             preserve_fn(self.state_handler.resolve_state_groups)(room_id, [e])
             for e in event_ids
         ]))
-        states = dict(zip(event_ids, [s[1] for s in states]))
+        states = dict(zip(event_ids, [s.state for s in states]))
 
         state_map = yield self.store.get_events(
             [e_id for ids in states.values() for e_id in ids],
@@ -1319,7 +1319,6 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         event_stream_id, max_stream_id = yield self.store.persist_event(
             event, new_event_context,
-            current_state=state,
         )
 
         defer.returnValue((event_stream_id, max_stream_id))
@@ -1530,7 +1529,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
                     (d.type, d.state_key): d for d in different_events if d
                 })
 
-                new_state, prev_state = self.state_handler.resolve_events(
+                new_state = self.state_handler.resolve_events(
                     [local_view.values(), remote_view.values()],
                     event
                 )
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/message.py b/synapse/handlers/message.py
index 7a57a69bd3..7a498af5a2 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -208,8 +208,10 @@ class MessageHandler(BaseHandler):
                     content = builder.content
 
                     try:
-                        content["displayname"] = yield profile.get_displayname(target)
-                        content["avatar_url"] = yield profile.get_avatar_url(target)
+                        if "displayname" not in content:
+                            content["displayname"] = yield profile.get_displayname(target)
+                        if "avatar_url" not in content:
+                            content["avatar_url"] = yield profile.get_avatar_url(target)
                     except Exception as e:
                         logger.info(
                             "Failed to get profile information for %r: %s",
@@ -279,7 +281,9 @@ class MessageHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         if event.type == EventTypes.Message:
             presence = self.hs.get_presence_handler()
-            yield presence.bump_presence_active_time(user)
+            # We don't want to block sending messages on any presence code. This
+            # matters as sometimes presence code can take a while.
+            preserve_fn(presence.bump_presence_active_time)(user)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def deduplicate_state_event(self, event, context):
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/presence.py b/synapse/handlers/presence.py
index 1b89dc6274..fdfce2a88c 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/presence.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/presence.py
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ class PresenceHandler(object):
                 if not local_states:
                     continue
 
-                users = yield self.state.get_current_user_in_room(room_id)
+                users = yield self.store.get_users_in_room(room_id)
                 hosts = set(get_domain_from_id(u) for u in users)
 
                 for host in hosts:
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ class PresenceHandler(object):
         # don't need to send to local clients here, as that is done as part
         # of the event stream/sync.
         # TODO: Only send to servers not already in the room.
-        user_ids = yield self.state.get_current_user_in_room(room_id)
+        user_ids = yield self.store.get_users_in_room(room_id)
         if self.is_mine(user):
             state = yield self.current_state_for_user(user.to_string())
 
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ class PresenceEventSource(object):
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     @log_function
     def get_new_events(self, user, from_key, room_ids=None, include_offline=True,
-                       **kwargs):
+                       explicit_room_id=None, **kwargs):
         # The process for getting presence events are:
         #  1. Get the rooms the user is in.
         #  2. Get the list of user in the rooms.
@@ -1028,22 +1028,24 @@ class PresenceEventSource(object):
             user_id = user.to_string()
             if from_key is not None:
                 from_key = int(from_key)
-            room_ids = room_ids or []
 
             presence = self.get_presence_handler()
             stream_change_cache = self.store.presence_stream_cache
 
-            if not room_ids:
-                rooms = yield self.store.get_rooms_for_user(user_id)
-                room_ids = set(e.room_id for e in rooms)
-            else:
-                room_ids = set(room_ids)
-
             max_token = self.store.get_current_presence_token()
 
             plist = yield self.store.get_presence_list_accepted(user.localpart)
-            friends = set(row["observed_user_id"] for row in plist)
-            friends.add(user_id)  # So that we receive our own presence
+            users_interested_in = set(row["observed_user_id"] for row in plist)
+            users_interested_in.add(user_id)  # So that we receive our own presence
+
+            users_who_share_room = yield self.store.get_users_who_share_room_with_user(
+                user_id
+            )
+            users_interested_in.update(users_who_share_room)
+
+            if explicit_room_id:
+                user_ids = yield self.store.get_users_in_room(explicit_room_id)
+                users_interested_in.update(user_ids)
 
             user_ids_changed = set()
             changed = None
@@ -1055,35 +1057,19 @@ class PresenceEventSource(object):
                 # work out if we share a room or they're in our presence list
                 get_updates_counter.inc("stream")
                 for other_user_id in changed:
-                    if other_user_id in friends:
+                    if other_user_id in users_interested_in:
                         user_ids_changed.add(other_user_id)
-                        continue
-                    other_rooms = yield self.store.get_rooms_for_user(other_user_id)
-                    if room_ids.intersection(e.room_id for e in other_rooms):
-                        user_ids_changed.add(other_user_id)
-                        continue
             else:
                 # Too many possible updates. Find all users we can see and check
                 # if any of them have changed.
                 get_updates_counter.inc("full")
 
-                user_ids_to_check = set()
-                for room_id in room_ids:
-                    users = yield self.state.get_current_user_in_room(room_id)
-                    user_ids_to_check.update(users)
-
-                user_ids_to_check.update(friends)
-
-                # Always include yourself. Only really matters for when the user is
-                # not in any rooms, but still.
-                user_ids_to_check.add(user_id)
-
                 if from_key:
                     user_ids_changed = stream_change_cache.get_entities_changed(
-                        user_ids_to_check, from_key,
+                        users_interested_in, from_key,
                     )
                 else:
-                    user_ids_changed = user_ids_to_check
+                    user_ids_changed = users_interested_in
 
             updates = yield presence.current_state_for_users(user_ids_changed)
 
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/register.py b/synapse/handlers/register.py
index 286f0cef0a..03c6a85fc6 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/register.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/register.py
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         self._next_generated_user_id = None
 
+        self.macaroon_gen = hs.get_macaroon_generator()
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def check_username(self, localpart, guest_access_token=None,
                        assigned_user_id=None):
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
 
             token = None
             if generate_token:
-                token = self.auth_handler().generate_access_token(user_id)
+                token = self.macaroon_gen.generate_access_token(user_id)
             yield self.store.register(
                 user_id=user_id,
                 token=token,
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
                 user_id = user.to_string()
                 yield self.check_user_id_not_appservice_exclusive(user_id)
                 if generate_token:
-                    token = self.auth_handler().generate_access_token(user_id)
+                    token = self.macaroon_gen.generate_access_token(user_id)
                 try:
                     yield self.store.register(
                         user_id=user_id,
@@ -254,7 +256,7 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
         user_id = user.to_string()
 
         yield self.check_user_id_not_appservice_exclusive(user_id)
-        token = self.auth_handler().generate_access_token(user_id)
+        token = self.macaroon_gen.generate_access_token(user_id)
         try:
             yield self.store.register(
                 user_id=user_id,
@@ -399,7 +401,7 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         user = UserID(localpart, self.hs.hostname)
         user_id = user.to_string()
-        token = self.auth_handler().generate_access_token(user_id)
+        token = self.macaroon_gen.generate_access_token(user_id)
 
         if need_register:
             yield self.store.register(
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room.py b/synapse/handlers/room.py
index 5f18007e90..7e7671c9a2 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room.py
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ class RoomEventSource(object):
             limit,
             room_ids,
             is_guest,
+            explicit_room_id=None,
     ):
         # We just ignore the key for now.
 
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room_list.py b/synapse/handlers/room_list.py
index 667223df0c..19eebbd43f 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room_list.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room_list.py
@@ -62,17 +62,18 @@ class RoomListHandler(BaseHandler):
                 appservice and network id to use an appservice specific one.
                 Setting to None returns all public rooms across all lists.
         """
-        if search_filter or (network_tuple and network_tuple.appservice_id is not None):
+        if search_filter:
             # We explicitly don't bother caching searches or requests for
             # appservice specific lists.
             return self._get_public_room_list(
                 limit, since_token, search_filter, network_tuple=network_tuple,
             )
 
-        result = self.response_cache.get((limit, since_token))
+        key = (limit, since_token, network_tuple)
+        result = self.response_cache.get(key)
         if not result:
             result = self.response_cache.set(
-                (limit, since_token),
+                key,
                 self._get_public_room_list(
                     limit, since_token, network_tuple=network_tuple
                 )
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room_member.py b/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
index 2f8782e522..b2806555cf 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(BaseHandler):
     def __init__(self, hs):
         super(RoomMemberHandler, self).__init__(hs)
 
-        self.member_linearizer = Linearizer()
+        self.member_linearizer = Linearizer(name="member")
 
         self.clock = hs.get_clock()
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(BaseHandler):
         duplicate = yield msg_handler.deduplicate_state_event(event, context)
         if duplicate is not None:
             # Discard the new event since this membership change is a no-op.
-            return
+            defer.returnValue(duplicate)
 
         yield msg_handler.handle_new_client_event(
             requester,
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(BaseHandler):
                 if prev_member_event.membership == Membership.JOIN:
                     user_left_room(self.distributor, target, room_id)
 
+        defer.returnValue(event)
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def remote_join(self, remote_room_hosts, room_id, user, content):
         if len(remote_room_hosts) == 0:
@@ -187,6 +189,7 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(BaseHandler):
             ratelimit=True,
             content=None,
     ):
+        content_specified = bool(content)
         if content is None:
             content = {}
 
@@ -229,6 +232,13 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(BaseHandler):
                     errcode=Codes.BAD_STATE
                 )
 
+            if old_state:
+                same_content = content == old_state.content
+                same_membership = old_membership == effective_membership_state
+                same_sender = requester.user.to_string() == old_state.sender
+                if same_sender and same_membership and same_content:
+                    defer.returnValue(old_state)
+
         is_host_in_room = yield self._is_host_in_room(current_state_ids)
 
         if effective_membership_state == Membership.JOIN:
@@ -247,8 +257,9 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(BaseHandler):
                 content["membership"] = Membership.JOIN
 
                 profile = self.hs.get_handlers().profile_handler
-                content["displayname"] = yield profile.get_displayname(target)
-                content["avatar_url"] = yield profile.get_avatar_url(target)
+                if not content_specified:
+                    content["displayname"] = yield profile.get_displayname(target)
+                    content["avatar_url"] = yield profile.get_avatar_url(target)
 
                 if requester.is_guest:
                     content["kind"] = "guest"
@@ -290,7 +301,7 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(BaseHandler):
 
                         defer.returnValue({})
 
-        yield self._local_membership_update(
+        res = yield self._local_membership_update(
             requester=requester,
             target=target,
             room_id=room_id,
@@ -300,6 +311,7 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(BaseHandler):
             prev_event_ids=latest_event_ids,
             content=content,
         )
+        defer.returnValue(res)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def send_membership_event(
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/sync.py b/synapse/handlers/sync.py
index c880f61685..d7dcd1ce5b 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/sync.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/sync.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from synapse.api.constants import Membership, EventTypes
 from synapse.util.async import concurrently_execute
 from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext
-from synapse.util.metrics import Measure
+from synapse.util.metrics import Measure, measure_func
 from synapse.util.caches.response_cache import ResponseCache
 from synapse.push.clientformat import format_push_rules_for_user
 from synapse.visibility import filter_events_for_client
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ class SyncResult(collections.namedtuple("SyncResult", [
     "invited",  # InvitedSyncResult for each invited room.
     "archived",  # ArchivedSyncResult for each archived room.
     "to_device",  # List of direct messages for the device.
+    "device_lists",  # List of user_ids whose devices have chanegd
 ])):
     __slots__ = []
 
@@ -129,7 +130,8 @@ class SyncResult(collections.namedtuple("SyncResult", [
             self.invited or
             self.archived or
             self.account_data or
-            self.to_device
+            self.to_device or
+            self.device_lists
         )
 
 
@@ -544,6 +546,10 @@ class SyncHandler(object):
 
         yield self._generate_sync_entry_for_to_device(sync_result_builder)
 
+        device_lists = yield self._generate_sync_entry_for_device_list(
+            sync_result_builder
+        )
+
         defer.returnValue(SyncResult(
             presence=sync_result_builder.presence,
             account_data=sync_result_builder.account_data,
@@ -551,9 +557,33 @@ class SyncHandler(object):
             invited=sync_result_builder.invited,
             archived=sync_result_builder.archived,
             to_device=sync_result_builder.to_device,
+            device_lists=device_lists,
             next_batch=sync_result_builder.now_token,
         ))
 
+    @measure_func("_generate_sync_entry_for_device_list")
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _generate_sync_entry_for_device_list(self, sync_result_builder):
+        user_id = sync_result_builder.sync_config.user.to_string()
+        since_token = sync_result_builder.since_token
+
+        if since_token and since_token.device_list_key:
+            rooms = yield self.store.get_rooms_for_user(user_id)
+            room_ids = set(r.room_id for r in rooms)
+
+            user_ids_changed = set()
+            changed = yield self.store.get_user_whose_devices_changed(
+                since_token.device_list_key
+            )
+            for other_user_id in changed:
+                other_rooms = yield self.store.get_rooms_for_user(other_user_id)
+                if room_ids.intersection(e.room_id for e in other_rooms):
+                    user_ids_changed.add(other_user_id)
+
+            defer.returnValue(user_ids_changed)
+        else:
+            defer.returnValue([])
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _generate_sync_entry_for_to_device(self, sync_result_builder):
         """Generates the portion of the sync response. Populates
diff --git a/synapse/http/client.py b/synapse/http/client.py
index 3ec9bc7faf..ca2f770f5d 100644
--- a/synapse/http/client.py
+++ b/synapse/http/client.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from synapse.http.endpoint import SpiderEndpoint
 from canonicaljson import encode_canonical_json
 
 from twisted.internet import defer, reactor, ssl, protocol, task
-from twisted.internet.endpoints import SSL4ClientEndpoint, TCP4ClientEndpoint
+from twisted.internet.endpoints import HostnameEndpoint, wrapClientTLS
 from twisted.web.client import (
     BrowserLikeRedirectAgent, ContentDecoderAgent, GzipDecoder, Agent,
     readBody, PartialDownloadError,
@@ -386,26 +386,23 @@ class SpiderEndpointFactory(object):
 
     def endpointForURI(self, uri):
         logger.info("Getting endpoint for %s", uri.toBytes())
+
         if uri.scheme == "http":
-            return SpiderEndpoint(
-                reactor, uri.host, uri.port, self.blacklist, self.whitelist,
-                endpoint=TCP4ClientEndpoint,
-                endpoint_kw_args={
-                    'timeout': 15
-                },
-            )
+            endpoint_factory = HostnameEndpoint
         elif uri.scheme == "https":
-            tlsPolicy = self.policyForHTTPS.creatorForNetloc(uri.host, uri.port)
-            return SpiderEndpoint(
-                reactor, uri.host, uri.port, self.blacklist, self.whitelist,
-                endpoint=SSL4ClientEndpoint,
-                endpoint_kw_args={
-                    'sslContextFactory': tlsPolicy,
-                    'timeout': 15
-                },
-            )
+            tlsCreator = self.policyForHTTPS.creatorForNetloc(uri.host, uri.port)
+
+            def endpoint_factory(reactor, host, port, **kw):
+                return wrapClientTLS(
+                    tlsCreator,
+                    HostnameEndpoint(reactor, host, port, **kw))
         else:
             logger.warn("Can't get endpoint for unrecognised scheme %s", uri.scheme)
+            return None
+        return SpiderEndpoint(
+            reactor, uri.host, uri.port, self.blacklist, self.whitelist,
+            endpoint=endpoint_factory, endpoint_kw_args=dict(timeout=15),
+        )
 
 
 class SpiderHttpClient(SimpleHttpClient):
diff --git a/synapse/http/endpoint.py b/synapse/http/endpoint.py
index 8c64339a7c..d8923c9abb 100644
--- a/synapse/http/endpoint.py
+++ b/synapse/http/endpoint.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from twisted.internet.endpoints import SSL4ClientEndpoint, TCP4ClientEndpoint
+from twisted.internet.endpoints import HostnameEndpoint, wrapClientTLS
 from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
 from twisted.internet.error import ConnectError
 from twisted.names import client, dns
@@ -58,11 +58,13 @@ def matrix_federation_endpoint(reactor, destination, ssl_context_factory=None,
         endpoint_kw_args.update(timeout=timeout)
 
     if ssl_context_factory is None:
-        transport_endpoint = TCP4ClientEndpoint
+        transport_endpoint = HostnameEndpoint
         default_port = 8008
     else:
-        transport_endpoint = SSL4ClientEndpoint
-        endpoint_kw_args.update(sslContextFactory=ssl_context_factory)
+        def transport_endpoint(reactor, host, port, timeout):
+            return wrapClientTLS(
+                ssl_context_factory,
+                HostnameEndpoint(reactor, host, port, timeout=timeout))
         default_port = 8448
 
     if port is None:
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ class SpiderEndpoint(object):
     Implements twisted.internet.interfaces.IStreamClientEndpoint.
     """
     def __init__(self, reactor, host, port, blacklist, whitelist,
-                 endpoint=TCP4ClientEndpoint, endpoint_kw_args={}):
+                 endpoint=HostnameEndpoint, endpoint_kw_args={}):
         self.reactor = reactor
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
@@ -180,7 +182,7 @@ class SRVClientEndpoint(object):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, reactor, service, domain, protocol="tcp",
-                 default_port=None, endpoint=TCP4ClientEndpoint,
+                 default_port=None, endpoint=HostnameEndpoint,
                  endpoint_kw_args={}):
         self.reactor = reactor
         self.service_name = "_%s._%s.%s" % (service, protocol, domain)
diff --git a/synapse/notifier.py b/synapse/notifier.py
index acbd4bb5ae..8051a7a842 100644
--- a/synapse/notifier.py
+++ b/synapse/notifier.py
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ class Notifier(object):
                     limit=limit,
                     is_guest=is_peeking,
                     room_ids=room_ids,
+                    explicit_room_id=explicit_room_id,
                 )
 
                 if name == "room":
diff --git a/synapse/push/mailer.py b/synapse/push/mailer.py
index 53551632b6..62d794f22b 100644
--- a/synapse/push/mailer.py
+++ b/synapse/push/mailer.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class Mailer(object):
     def __init__(self, hs, app_name):
         self.hs = hs
         self.store = self.hs.get_datastore()
-        self.auth_handler = self.hs.get_auth_handler()
+        self.macaroon_gen = self.hs.get_macaroon_generator()
         self.state_handler = self.hs.get_state_handler()
         loader = jinja2.FileSystemLoader(self.hs.config.email_template_dir)
         self.app_name = app_name
@@ -439,15 +439,23 @@ class Mailer(object):
                 })
 
     def make_room_link(self, room_id):
-        # need /beta for Universal Links to work on iOS
-        if self.app_name == "Vector":
-            return "https://vector.im/beta/#/room/%s" % (room_id,)
+        if self.hs.config.email_riot_base_url:
+            base_url = self.hs.config.email_riot_base_url
+        elif self.app_name == "Vector":
+            # need /beta for Universal Links to work on iOS
+            base_url = "https://vector.im/beta/#/room"
         else:
-            return "https://matrix.to/#/%s" % (room_id,)
+            base_url = "https://matrix.to/#"
+        return "%s/%s" % (base_url, room_id)
 
     def make_notif_link(self, notif):
-        # need /beta for Universal Links to work on iOS
-        if self.app_name == "Vector":
+        if self.hs.config.email_riot_base_url:
+            return "%s/#/room/%s/%s" % (
+                self.hs.config.email_riot_base_url,
+                notif['room_id'], notif['event_id']
+            )
+        elif self.app_name == "Vector":
+            # need /beta for Universal Links to work on iOS
             return "https://vector.im/beta/#/room/%s/%s" % (
                 notif['room_id'], notif['event_id']
             )
@@ -458,7 +466,7 @@ class Mailer(object):
 
     def make_unsubscribe_link(self, user_id, app_id, email_address):
         params = {
-            "access_token": self.auth_handler.generate_delete_pusher_token(user_id),
+            "access_token": self.macaroon_gen.generate_delete_pusher_token(user_id),
             "app_id": app_id,
             "pushkey": email_address,
         }
diff --git a/synapse/push/push_tools.py b/synapse/push/push_tools.py
index b47bf1f92b..a27476bbad 100644
--- a/synapse/push/push_tools.py
+++ b/synapse/push/push_tools.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def get_badge_count(store, user_id):
 def get_context_for_event(store, state_handler, ev, user_id):
     ctx = {}
 
-    room_state_ids = yield state_handler.get_current_state_ids(ev.room_id)
+    room_state_ids = yield store.get_state_ids_for_event(ev.event_id)
 
     # we no longer bother setting room_alias, and make room_name the
     # human-readable name instead, be that m.room.name, an alias or
diff --git a/synapse/python_dependencies.py b/synapse/python_dependencies.py
index 3742a25b37..7817b0cd91 100644
--- a/synapse/python_dependencies.py
+++ b/synapse/python_dependencies.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS = {
     "signedjson>=1.0.0": ["signedjson>=1.0.0"],
     "pynacl==0.3.0": ["nacl==0.3.0", "nacl.bindings"],
     "service_identity>=1.0.0": ["service_identity>=1.0.0"],
-    "Twisted>=15.1.0": ["twisted>=15.1.0"],
+    "Twisted>=16.0.0": ["twisted>=16.0.0"],
     "pyopenssl>=0.14": ["OpenSSL>=0.14"],
     "pyyaml": ["yaml"],
     "pyasn1": ["pyasn1"],
diff --git a/synapse/replication/resource.py b/synapse/replication/resource.py
index 4616e9b34a..d8eb14592b 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/resource.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/resource.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ STREAM_NAMES = (
     ("to_device",),
     ("public_rooms",),
     ("federation",),
+    ("device_lists",),
 )
 
 
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ class ReplicationResource(Resource):
         caches_token = self.store.get_cache_stream_token()
         public_rooms_token = self.store.get_current_public_room_stream_id()
         federation_token = self.federation_sender.get_current_token()
+        device_list_token = self.store.get_device_stream_token()
 
         defer.returnValue(_ReplicationToken(
             room_stream_token,
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ class ReplicationResource(Resource):
             int(stream_token.to_device_key),
             int(public_rooms_token),
             int(federation_token),
+            int(device_list_token),
         ))
 
     @request_handler()
@@ -214,6 +217,7 @@ class ReplicationResource(Resource):
         yield self.caches(writer, current_token, limit, request_streams)
         yield self.to_device(writer, current_token, limit, request_streams)
         yield self.public_rooms(writer, current_token, limit, request_streams)
+        yield self.device_lists(writer, current_token, limit, request_streams)
         self.federation(writer, current_token, limit, request_streams, federation_ack)
         self.streams(writer, current_token, request_streams)
 
@@ -295,9 +299,6 @@ class ReplicationResource(Resource):
                 "backward_ex_outliers", res.backward_ex_outliers,
                 ("position", "event_id", "state_group"),
             )
-            writer.write_header_and_rows(
-                "state_resets", res.state_resets, ("position",),
-            )
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def presence(self, writer, current_token, request_streams):
@@ -495,6 +496,20 @@ class ReplicationResource(Resource):
                 "position", "type", "content",
             ), position=upto_token)
 
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def device_lists(self, writer, current_token, limit, request_streams):
+        current_position = current_token.device_lists
+
+        device_lists = request_streams.get("device_lists")
+
+        if device_lists is not None and device_lists != current_position:
+            changes = yield self.store.get_all_device_list_changes_for_remotes(
+                device_lists,
+            )
+            writer.write_header_and_rows("device_lists", changes, (
+                "position", "user_id", "destination",
+            ), position=current_position)
+
 
 class _Writer(object):
     """Writes the streams as a JSON object as the response to the request"""
@@ -527,7 +542,7 @@ class _Writer(object):
 class _ReplicationToken(collections.namedtuple("_ReplicationToken", (
     "events", "presence", "typing", "receipts", "account_data", "backfill",
     "push_rules", "pushers", "state", "caches", "to_device", "public_rooms",
-    "federation",
+    "federation", "device_lists",
 ))):
     __slots__ = []
 
diff --git a/synapse/replication/slave/storage/devices.py b/synapse/replication/slave/storage/devices.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca46aa17b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/replication/slave/storage/devices.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# 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.
+# 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.
+
+from ._base import BaseSlavedStore
+from ._slaved_id_tracker import SlavedIdTracker
+from synapse.storage import DataStore
+from synapse.util.caches.stream_change_cache import StreamChangeCache
+
+
+class SlavedDeviceStore(BaseSlavedStore):
+    def __init__(self, db_conn, hs):
+        super(SlavedDeviceStore, self).__init__(db_conn, hs)
+
+        self.hs = hs
+
+        self._device_list_id_gen = SlavedIdTracker(
+            db_conn, "device_lists_stream", "stream_id",
+        )
+        device_list_max = self._device_list_id_gen.get_current_token()
+        self._device_list_stream_cache = StreamChangeCache(
+            "DeviceListStreamChangeCache", device_list_max,
+        )
+        self._device_list_federation_stream_cache = StreamChangeCache(
+            "DeviceListFederationStreamChangeCache", device_list_max,
+        )
+
+    get_device_stream_token = DataStore.get_device_stream_token.__func__
+    get_user_whose_devices_changed = DataStore.get_user_whose_devices_changed.__func__
+    get_devices_by_remote = DataStore.get_devices_by_remote.__func__
+    _get_devices_by_remote_txn = DataStore._get_devices_by_remote_txn.__func__
+    _get_e2e_device_keys_txn = DataStore._get_e2e_device_keys_txn.__func__
+    mark_as_sent_devices_by_remote = DataStore.mark_as_sent_devices_by_remote.__func__
+    _mark_as_sent_devices_by_remote_txn = (
+        DataStore._mark_as_sent_devices_by_remote_txn.__func__
+    )
+
+    def stream_positions(self):
+        result = super(SlavedDeviceStore, self).stream_positions()
+        result["device_lists"] = self._device_list_id_gen.get_current_token()
+        return result
+
+    def process_replication(self, result):
+        stream = result.get("device_lists")
+        if stream:
+            self._device_list_id_gen.advance(int(stream["position"]))
+            for row in stream["rows"]:
+                stream_id = row[0]
+                user_id = row[1]
+                destination = row[2]
+
+                self._device_list_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(
+                    user_id, stream_id
+                )
+
+                if destination:
+                    self._device_list_federation_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(
+                        destination, stream_id
+                    )
+
+        return super(SlavedDeviceStore, self).process_replication(result)
diff --git a/synapse/replication/slave/storage/events.py b/synapse/replication/slave/storage/events.py
index 64f18bbb3e..d72ff6055c 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/slave/storage/events.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/slave/storage/events.py
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ class SlavedEventStore(BaseSlavedStore):
     # to reach inside the __dict__ to extract them.
     get_rooms_for_user = RoomMemberStore.__dict__["get_rooms_for_user"]
     get_users_in_room = RoomMemberStore.__dict__["get_users_in_room"]
+    get_users_who_share_room_with_user = (
+        RoomMemberStore.__dict__["get_users_who_share_room_with_user"]
+    )
     get_latest_event_ids_in_room = EventFederationStore.__dict__[
         "get_latest_event_ids_in_room"
     ]
-    _get_current_state_for_key = StateStore.__dict__[
-        "_get_current_state_for_key"
-    ]
     get_invited_rooms_for_user = RoomMemberStore.__dict__[
         "get_invited_rooms_for_user"
     ]
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ class SlavedEventStore(BaseSlavedStore):
     )
     get_event = DataStore.get_event.__func__
     get_events = DataStore.get_events.__func__
-    get_current_state = DataStore.get_current_state.__func__
-    get_current_state_for_key = DataStore.get_current_state_for_key.__func__
     get_rooms_for_user_where_membership_is = (
         DataStore.get_rooms_for_user_where_membership_is.__func__
     )
@@ -197,10 +195,6 @@ class SlavedEventStore(BaseSlavedStore):
         return result
 
     def process_replication(self, result):
-        state_resets = set(
-            r[0] for r in result.get("state_resets", {"rows": []})["rows"]
-        )
-
         stream = result.get("events")
         if stream:
             self._stream_id_gen.advance(int(stream["position"]))
@@ -210,7 +204,7 @@ class SlavedEventStore(BaseSlavedStore):
 
             for row in stream["rows"]:
                 self._process_replication_row(
-                    row, backfilled=False, state_resets=state_resets
+                    row, backfilled=False,
                 )
 
         stream = result.get("backfill")
@@ -218,7 +212,7 @@ class SlavedEventStore(BaseSlavedStore):
             self._backfill_id_gen.advance(-int(stream["position"]))
             for row in stream["rows"]:
                 self._process_replication_row(
-                    row, backfilled=True, state_resets=state_resets
+                    row, backfilled=True,
                 )
 
         stream = result.get("forward_ex_outliers")
@@ -237,21 +231,15 @@ class SlavedEventStore(BaseSlavedStore):
 
         return super(SlavedEventStore, self).process_replication(result)
 
-    def _process_replication_row(self, row, backfilled, state_resets):
-        position = row[0]
+    def _process_replication_row(self, row, backfilled):
         internal = json.loads(row[1])
         event_json = json.loads(row[2])
         event = FrozenEvent(event_json, internal_metadata_dict=internal)
         self.invalidate_caches_for_event(
-            event, backfilled, reset_state=position in state_resets
+            event, backfilled,
         )
 
-    def invalidate_caches_for_event(self, event, backfilled, reset_state):
-        if reset_state:
-            self._get_current_state_for_key.invalidate_all()
-            self.get_rooms_for_user.invalidate_all()
-            self.get_users_in_room.invalidate((event.room_id,))
-
+    def invalidate_caches_for_event(self, event, backfilled):
         self._invalidate_get_event_cache(event.event_id)
 
         self.get_latest_event_ids_in_room.invalidate((event.room_id,))
@@ -273,8 +261,6 @@ class SlavedEventStore(BaseSlavedStore):
             self._invalidate_get_event_cache(event.redacts)
 
         if event.type == EventTypes.Member:
-            self.get_rooms_for_user.invalidate((event.state_key,))
-            self.get_users_in_room.invalidate((event.room_id,))
             self._membership_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(
                 event.state_key, event.internal_metadata.stream_ordering
             )
@@ -289,7 +275,3 @@ class SlavedEventStore(BaseSlavedStore):
         if (not event.internal_metadata.is_invite_from_remote()
                 and event.internal_metadata.is_outlier()):
             return
-
-        self._get_current_state_for_key.invalidate((
-            event.room_id, event.type, event.state_key
-        ))
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/transactions.py b/synapse/rest/client/transactions.py
index 351170edbc..efa77b8c51 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/transactions.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/transactions.py
@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ class HttpTransactionCache(object):
             pass  # execute the function instead.
 
         deferred = fn(*args, **kwargs)
-        observable = ObservableDeferred(deferred)
+
+        # We don't add an errback to the raw deferred, so we ask ObservableDeferred
+        # to swallow the error. This is fine as the error will still be reported
+        # to the observers.
+        observable = ObservableDeferred(deferred, consumeErrors=True)
         self.transactions[txn_key] = (observable, self.clock.time_msec())
         return observable.observe()
 
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
index 093bc072f4..72057f1b0c 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
@@ -118,8 +118,14 @@ class LoginRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def do_password_login(self, login_submission):
         if 'medium' in login_submission and 'address' in login_submission:
+            address = login_submission['address']
+            if login_submission['medium'] == 'email':
+                # For emails, transform the address to lowercase.
+                # We store all email addreses as lowercase in the DB.
+                # (See add_threepid in synapse/handlers/auth.py)
+                address = address.lower()
             user_id = yield self.hs.get_datastore().get_user_id_by_threepid(
-                login_submission['medium'], login_submission['address']
+                login_submission['medium'], address
             )
             if not user_id:
                 raise LoginError(403, "", errcode=Codes.FORBIDDEN)
@@ -324,6 +330,7 @@ class CasTicketServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
         self.cas_required_attributes = hs.config.cas_required_attributes
         self.auth_handler = hs.get_auth_handler()
         self.handlers = hs.get_handlers()
+        self.macaroon_gen = hs.get_macaroon_generator()
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def on_GET(self, request):
@@ -362,7 +369,9 @@ class CasTicketServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
                 yield self.handlers.registration_handler.register(localpart=user)
             )
 
-        login_token = auth_handler.generate_short_term_login_token(registered_user_id)
+        login_token = self.macaroon_gen.generate_short_term_login_token(
+            registered_user_id
+        )
         redirect_url = self.add_login_token_to_redirect_url(client_redirect_url,
                                                             login_token)
         request.redirect(redirect_url)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py
index eead435bfd..2ebf5e59a0 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py
@@ -152,23 +152,29 @@ class RoomStateEventRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
         if state_key is not None:
             event_dict["state_key"] = state_key
 
-        msg_handler = self.handlers.message_handler
-        event, context = yield msg_handler.create_event(
-            event_dict,
-            token_id=requester.access_token_id,
-            txn_id=txn_id,
-        )
-
         if event_type == EventTypes.Member:
-            yield self.handlers.room_member_handler.send_membership_event(
+            membership = content.get("membership", None)
+            event = yield self.handlers.room_member_handler.update_membership(
                 requester,
-                event,
-                context,
+                target=UserID.from_string(state_key),
+                room_id=room_id,
+                action=membership,
+                content=content,
             )
         else:
+            msg_handler = self.handlers.message_handler
+            event, context = yield msg_handler.create_event(
+                event_dict,
+                token_id=requester.access_token_id,
+                txn_id=txn_id,
+            )
+
             yield msg_handler.send_nonmember_event(requester, event, context)
 
-        defer.returnValue((200, {"event_id": event.event_id}))
+        ret = {}
+        if event:
+            ret = {"event_id": event.event_id}
+        defer.returnValue((200, ret))
 
 
 # TODO: Needs unit testing for generic events + feedback
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/voip.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/voip.py
index c40442f958..03141c623c 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/voip.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/voip.py
@@ -32,18 +32,26 @@ class VoipRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
 
         turnUris = self.hs.config.turn_uris
         turnSecret = self.hs.config.turn_shared_secret
+        turnUsername = self.hs.config.turn_username
+        turnPassword = self.hs.config.turn_password
         userLifetime = self.hs.config.turn_user_lifetime
-        if not turnUris or not turnSecret or not userLifetime:
-            defer.returnValue((200, {}))
 
-        expiry = (self.hs.get_clock().time_msec() + userLifetime) / 1000
-        username = "%d:%s" % (expiry, requester.user.to_string())
+        if turnUris and turnSecret and userLifetime:
+            expiry = (self.hs.get_clock().time_msec() + userLifetime) / 1000
+            username = "%d:%s" % (expiry, requester.user.to_string())
+
+            mac = hmac.new(turnSecret, msg=username, digestmod=hashlib.sha1)
+            # We need to use standard padded base64 encoding here
+            # encode_base64 because we need to add the standard padding to get the
+            # same result as the TURN server.
+            password = base64.b64encode(mac.digest())
 
-        mac = hmac.new(turnSecret, msg=username, digestmod=hashlib.sha1)
-        # We need to use standard padded base64 encoding here
-        # encode_base64 because we need to add the standard padding to get the
-        # same result as the TURN server.
-        password = base64.b64encode(mac.digest())
+        elif turnUris and turnUsername and turnPassword and userLifetime:
+            username = turnUsername
+            password = turnPassword
+
+        else:
+            defer.returnValue((200, {}))
 
         defer.returnValue((200, {
             'username': username,
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py
index eb49ad62e9..398e7f5eb0 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ class PasswordRestServlet(RestServlet):
             threepid = result[LoginType.EMAIL_IDENTITY]
             if 'medium' not in threepid or 'address' not in threepid:
                 raise SynapseError(500, "Malformed threepid")
+            if threepid['medium'] == 'email':
+                # For emails, transform the address to lowercase.
+                # We store all email addreses as lowercase in the DB.
+                # (See add_threepid in synapse/handlers/auth.py)
+                threepid['address'] = threepid['address'].lower()
             # if using email, we must know about the email they're authing with!
             threepid_user_id = yield self.hs.get_datastore().get_user_id_by_threepid(
                 threepid['medium'], threepid['address']
@@ -241,7 +246,7 @@ class ThreepidRestServlet(RestServlet):
 
         for reqd in ['medium', 'address', 'validated_at']:
             if reqd not in threepid:
-                logger.warn("Couldn't add 3pid: invalid response from ID sevrer")
+                logger.warn("Couldn't add 3pid: invalid response from ID server")
                 raise SynapseError(500, "Invalid response from ID Server")
 
         yield self.auth_handler.add_threepid(
@@ -263,9 +268,43 @@ class ThreepidRestServlet(RestServlet):
         defer.returnValue((200, {}))
 
 
+class ThreepidDeleteRestServlet(RestServlet):
+    PATTERNS = client_v2_patterns("/account/3pid/delete$", releases=())
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        super(ThreepidDeleteRestServlet, self).__init__()
+        self.auth = hs.get_auth()
+        self.auth_handler = hs.get_auth_handler()
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, request):
+        yield run_on_reactor()
+
+        body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
+
+        required = ['medium', 'address']
+        absent = []
+        for k in required:
+            if k not in body:
+                absent.append(k)
+
+        if absent:
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Missing params: %r" % absent, Codes.MISSING_PARAM)
+
+        requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
+        user_id = requester.user.to_string()
+
+        yield self.auth_handler.delete_threepid(
+            user_id, body['medium'], body['address']
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, {}))
+
+
 def register_servlets(hs, http_server):
     PasswordRequestTokenRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     PasswordRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     DeactivateAccountRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     ThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     ThreepidRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+    ThreepidDeleteRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/keys.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/keys.py
index 46789775b9..6a3cfe84f8 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/keys.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/keys.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
     RestServlet, parse_json_object_from_request, parse_integer
 )
+from synapse.http.servlet import parse_string
+from synapse.types import StreamToken
 from ._base import client_v2_patterns
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -149,6 +151,52 @@ class KeyQueryServlet(RestServlet):
         defer.returnValue((200, result))
 
 
+class KeyChangesServlet(RestServlet):
+    """Returns the list of changes of keys between two stream tokens (may return
+    spurious extra results, since we currently ignore the `to` param).
+
+        GET /keys/changes?from=...&to=...
+
+        200 OK
+        { "changed": ["@foo:example.com"] }
+    """
+    PATTERNS = client_v2_patterns(
+        "/keys/changes$",
+        releases=()
+    )
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        """
+        Args:
+            hs (synapse.server.HomeServer):
+        """
+        super(KeyChangesServlet, self).__init__()
+        self.auth = hs.get_auth()
+        self.device_handler = hs.get_device_handler()
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_GET(self, request):
+        requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request, allow_guest=True)
+
+        from_token_string = parse_string(request, "from")
+
+        # We want to enforce they do pass us one, but we ignore it and return
+        # changes after the "to" as well as before.
+        parse_string(request, "to")
+
+        from_token = StreamToken.from_string(from_token_string)
+
+        user_id = requester.user.to_string()
+
+        changed = yield self.device_handler.get_user_ids_changed(
+            user_id, from_token,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, {
+            "changed": list(changed),
+        }))
+
+
 class OneTimeKeyServlet(RestServlet):
     """
     POST /keys/claim HTTP/1.1
@@ -192,4 +240,5 @@ class OneTimeKeyServlet(RestServlet):
 def register_servlets(hs, http_server):
     KeyUploadServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     KeyQueryServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+    KeyChangesServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     OneTimeKeyServlet(hs).register(http_server)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
index 3e7a285e10..ccca5a12d5 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
         self.registration_handler = hs.get_handlers().registration_handler
         self.identity_handler = hs.get_handlers().identity_handler
         self.device_handler = hs.get_device_handler()
+        self.macaroon_gen = hs.get_macaroon_generator()
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def on_POST(self, request):
@@ -436,7 +437,7 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
             user_id, device_id, initial_display_name
         )
 
-        access_token = self.auth_handler.generate_access_token(
+        access_token = self.macaroon_gen.generate_access_token(
             user_id, ["guest = true"]
         )
         defer.returnValue((200, {
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py
index 7199ec883a..b3d8001638 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py
@@ -170,12 +170,16 @@ class SyncRestServlet(RestServlet):
         )
 
         archived = self.encode_archived(
-            sync_result.archived, time_now, requester.access_token_id, filter.event_fields
+            sync_result.archived, time_now, requester.access_token_id,
+            filter.event_fields,
         )
 
         response_content = {
             "account_data": {"events": sync_result.account_data},
             "to_device": {"events": sync_result.to_device},
+            "device_lists": {
+                "changed": list(sync_result.device_lists),
+            },
             "presence": self.encode_presence(
                 sync_result.presence, time_now
             ),
diff --git a/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_repository.py b/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_repository.py
index 692e078419..3cbeca503c 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_repository.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_repository.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class MediaRepository(object):
         self.dynamic_thumbnails = hs.config.dynamic_thumbnails
         self.thumbnail_requirements = hs.config.thumbnail_requirements
 
-        self.remote_media_linearizer = Linearizer()
+        self.remote_media_linearizer = Linearizer(name="media_remote")
 
         self.recently_accessed_remotes = set()
 
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ class MediaRepository(object):
         with open(fname, "wb") as f:
             f.write(content)
 
+        logger.info("Stored local media in file %r", fname)
+
         yield self.store.store_local_media(
             media_id=media_id,
             media_type=media_type,
@@ -190,6 +192,8 @@ class MediaRepository(object):
             else:
                 upload_name = None
 
+            logger.info("Stored remote media in file %r", fname)
+
             yield self.store.store_cached_remote_media(
                 origin=server_name,
                 media_id=media_id,
diff --git a/synapse/rest/media/v1/thumbnailer.py b/synapse/rest/media/v1/thumbnailer.py
index 0bb3676844..3868d4f65f 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/media/v1/thumbnailer.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/media/v1/thumbnailer.py
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 import PIL.Image as Image
 from io import BytesIO
 
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class Thumbnailer(object):
 
@@ -86,4 +90,5 @@ class Thumbnailer(object):
         output_bytes = output_bytes_io.getvalue()
         with open(output_path, "wb") as output_file:
             output_file.write(output_bytes)
+        logger.info("Stored thumbnail in file %r", output_path)
         return len(output_bytes)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/media/v1/upload_resource.py b/synapse/rest/media/v1/upload_resource.py
index b716d1d892..4ab33f73bf 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/media/v1/upload_resource.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/media/v1/upload_resource.py
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ class UploadResource(Resource):
             content_length, requester.user
         )
 
+        logger.info("Uploaded content with URI %r", content_uri)
+
         respond_with_json(
             request, 200, {"content_uri": content_uri}, send_cors=True
         )
diff --git a/synapse/server.py b/synapse/server.py
index 0bfb411269..c577032041 100644
--- a/synapse/server.py
+++ b/synapse/server.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ from synapse.federation.transport.client import TransportLayerClient
 from synapse.federation.transaction_queue import TransactionQueue
 from synapse.handlers import Handlers
 from synapse.handlers.appservice import ApplicationServicesHandler
-from synapse.handlers.auth import AuthHandler
+from synapse.handlers.auth import AuthHandler, MacaroonGeneartor
 from synapse.handlers.devicemessage import DeviceMessageHandler
 from synapse.handlers.device import DeviceHandler
 from synapse.handlers.e2e_keys import E2eKeysHandler
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ class HomeServer(object):
         'federation_transport_client',
         'federation_sender',
         'receipts_handler',
+        'macaroon_generator',
     ]
 
     def __init__(self, hostname, **kwargs):
@@ -213,6 +214,9 @@ class HomeServer(object):
     def build_auth_handler(self):
         return AuthHandler(self)
 
+    def build_macaroon_generator(self):
+        return MacaroonGeneartor(self)
+
     def build_device_handler(self):
         return DeviceHandler(self)
 
diff --git a/synapse/state.py b/synapse/state.py
index 8003099c88..383d32b163 100644
--- a/synapse/state.py
+++ b/synapse/state.py
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
+from synapse import event_auth
 from synapse.util.logutils import log_function
 from synapse.util.caches.expiringcache import ExpiringCache
 from synapse.util.metrics import Measure
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
 from synapse.api.errors import AuthError
-from synapse.api.auth import AuthEventTypes
 from synapse.events.snapshot import EventContext
 from synapse.util.async import Linearizer
 
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ KeyStateTuple = namedtuple("KeyStateTuple", ("context", "type", "state_key"))
 CACHE_SIZE_FACTOR = float(os.environ.get("SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR", 0.1))
 
 
-SIZE_OF_CACHE = int(1000 * CACHE_SIZE_FACTOR)
+SIZE_OF_CACHE = int(100000 * CACHE_SIZE_FACTOR)
 EVICTION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 60 * 60
 
 
 _NEXT_STATE_ID = 1
 
+POWER_KEY = (EventTypes.PowerLevels, "")
+
 
 def _gen_state_id():
     global _NEXT_STATE_ID
@@ -77,6 +79,9 @@ class _StateCacheEntry(object):
         else:
             self.state_id = _gen_state_id()
 
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.state)
+
 
 class StateHandler(object):
     """ Responsible for doing state conflict resolution.
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@ class StateHandler(object):
 
         # dict of set of event_ids -> _StateCacheEntry.
         self._state_cache = None
-        self.resolve_linearizer = Linearizer()
+        self.resolve_linearizer = Linearizer(name="state_resolve_lock")
 
     def start_caching(self):
         logger.debug("start_caching")
@@ -99,6 +104,7 @@ class StateHandler(object):
             clock=self.clock,
             max_len=SIZE_OF_CACHE,
             expiry_ms=EVICTION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS * 1000,
+            iterable=True,
             reset_expiry_on_get=True,
         )
 
@@ -123,7 +129,7 @@ class StateHandler(object):
         if not latest_event_ids:
             latest_event_ids = yield self.store.get_latest_event_ids_in_room(room_id)
 
-        logger.info("calling resolve_state_groups from get_current_state")
+        logger.debug("calling resolve_state_groups from get_current_state")
         ret = yield self.resolve_state_groups(room_id, latest_event_ids)
         state = ret.state
 
@@ -148,7 +154,7 @@ class StateHandler(object):
         if not latest_event_ids:
             latest_event_ids = yield self.store.get_latest_event_ids_in_room(room_id)
 
-        logger.info("calling resolve_state_groups from get_current_state_ids")
+        logger.debug("calling resolve_state_groups from get_current_state_ids")
         ret = yield self.resolve_state_groups(room_id, latest_event_ids)
         state = ret.state
 
@@ -162,7 +168,7 @@ class StateHandler(object):
     def get_current_user_in_room(self, room_id, latest_event_ids=None):
         if not latest_event_ids:
             latest_event_ids = yield self.store.get_latest_event_ids_in_room(room_id)
-        logger.info("calling resolve_state_groups from get_current_user_in_room")
+        logger.debug("calling resolve_state_groups from get_current_user_in_room")
         entry = yield self.resolve_state_groups(room_id, latest_event_ids)
         joined_users = yield self.store.get_joined_users_from_state(
             room_id, entry.state_id, entry.state
@@ -226,7 +232,7 @@ class StateHandler(object):
             context.prev_state_events = []
             defer.returnValue(context)
 
-        logger.info("calling resolve_state_groups from compute_event_context")
+        logger.debug("calling resolve_state_groups from compute_event_context")
         if event.is_state():
             entry = yield self.resolve_state_groups(
                 event.room_id, [e for e, _ in event.prev_events],
@@ -327,20 +333,13 @@ class StateHandler(object):
 
             if conflicted_state:
                 logger.info("Resolving conflicted state for %r", room_id)
-                state_map = yield self.store.get_events(
-                    [e_id for st in state_groups_ids.values() for e_id in st.values()],
-                    get_prev_content=False
-                )
-                state_sets = [
-                    [state_map[e_id] for key, e_id in st.items() if e_id in state_map]
-                    for st in state_groups_ids.values()
-                ]
-                new_state, _ = self._resolve_events(
-                    state_sets, event_type, state_key
-                )
-                new_state = {
-                    key: e.event_id for key, e in new_state.items()
-                }
+                with Measure(self.clock, "state._resolve_events"):
+                    new_state = yield resolve_events(
+                        state_groups_ids.values(),
+                        state_map_factory=lambda ev_ids: self.store.get_events(
+                            ev_ids, get_prev_content=False, check_redacted=False,
+                        ),
+                    )
             else:
                 new_state = {
                     key: e_ids.pop() for key, e_ids in state.items()
@@ -388,152 +387,267 @@ class StateHandler(object):
         logger.info(
             "Resolving state for %s with %d groups", event.room_id, len(state_sets)
         )
-        if event.is_state():
-            return self._resolve_events(
-                state_sets, event.type, event.state_key
-            )
-        else:
-            return self._resolve_events(state_sets)
+        state_set_ids = [{
+            (ev.type, ev.state_key): ev.event_id
+            for ev in st
+        } for st in state_sets]
+
+        state_map = {
+            ev.event_id: ev
+            for st in state_sets
+            for ev in st
+        }
 
-    def _resolve_events(self, state_sets, event_type=None, state_key=""):
-        """
-        Returns
-            (dict[(str, str), synapse.events.FrozenEvent], list[str]): a tuple
-            (new_state, prev_states). new_state is a map from (type, state_key)
-            to event. prev_states is a list of event_ids.
-        """
         with Measure(self.clock, "state._resolve_events"):
-            state = {}
-            for st in state_sets:
-                for e in st:
-                    state.setdefault(
-                        (e.type, e.state_key),
-                        {}
-                    )[e.event_id] = e
-
-            unconflicted_state = {
-                k: v.values()[0] for k, v in state.items()
-                if len(v.values()) == 1
-            }
+            new_state = resolve_events(state_set_ids, state_map)
 
-            conflicted_state = {
-                k: v.values()
-                for k, v in state.items()
-                if len(v.values()) > 1
-            }
+        new_state = {
+            key: state_map[ev_id] for key, ev_id in new_state.items()
+        }
 
-            if event_type:
-                prev_states_events = conflicted_state.get(
-                    (event_type, state_key), []
-                )
-                prev_states = [s.event_id for s in prev_states_events]
-            else:
-                prev_states = []
+        return new_state
 
-            auth_events = {
-                k: e for k, e in unconflicted_state.items()
-                if k[0] in AuthEventTypes
-            }
 
-            try:
-                resolved_state = self._resolve_state_events(
-                    conflicted_state, auth_events
-                )
-            except:
-                logger.exception("Failed to resolve state")
-                raise
+def _ordered_events(events):
+    def key_func(e):
+        return -int(e.depth), hashlib.sha1(e.event_id).hexdigest()
 
-            new_state = unconflicted_state
-            new_state.update(resolved_state)
+    return sorted(events, key=key_func)
 
-        return new_state, prev_states
 
-    @log_function
-    def _resolve_state_events(self, conflicted_state, auth_events):
-        """ This is where we actually decide which of the conflicted state to
-        use.
-
-        We resolve conflicts in the following order:
-            1. power levels
-            2. join rules
-            3. memberships
-            4. other events.
-        """
-        resolved_state = {}
-        power_key = (EventTypes.PowerLevels, "")
-        if power_key in conflicted_state:
-            events = conflicted_state[power_key]
-            logger.debug("Resolving conflicted power levels %r", events)
-            resolved_state[power_key] = self._resolve_auth_events(
-                events, auth_events)
-
-        auth_events.update(resolved_state)
-
-        for key, events in conflicted_state.items():
-            if key[0] == EventTypes.JoinRules:
-                logger.debug("Resolving conflicted join rules %r", events)
-                resolved_state[key] = self._resolve_auth_events(
-                    events,
-                    auth_events
-                )
-
-        auth_events.update(resolved_state)
-
-        for key, events in conflicted_state.items():
-            if key[0] == EventTypes.Member:
-                logger.debug("Resolving conflicted member lists %r", events)
-                resolved_state[key] = self._resolve_auth_events(
-                    events,
-                    auth_events
-                )
-
-        auth_events.update(resolved_state)
-
-        for key, events in conflicted_state.items():
-            if key not in resolved_state:
-                logger.debug("Resolving conflicted state %r:%r", key, events)
-                resolved_state[key] = self._resolve_normal_events(
-                    events, auth_events
-                )
-
-        return resolved_state
-
-    def _resolve_auth_events(self, events, auth_events):
-        reverse = [i for i in reversed(self._ordered_events(events))]
-
-        auth_events = dict(auth_events)
-
-        prev_event = reverse[0]
-        for event in reverse[1:]:
-            auth_events[(prev_event.type, prev_event.state_key)] = prev_event
-            try:
-                # FIXME: hs.get_auth() is bad style, but we need to do it to
-                # get around circular deps.
-                # The signatures have already been checked at this point
-                self.hs.get_auth().check(event, auth_events, do_sig_check=False)
-                prev_event = event
-            except AuthError:
-                return prev_event
-
-        return event
-
-    def _resolve_normal_events(self, events, auth_events):
-        for event in self._ordered_events(events):
-            try:
-                # FIXME: hs.get_auth() is bad style, but we need to do it to
-                # get around circular deps.
-                # The signatures have already been checked at this point
-                self.hs.get_auth().check(event, auth_events, do_sig_check=False)
-                return event
-            except AuthError:
-                pass
-
-        # Use the last event (the one with the least depth) if they all fail
-        # the auth check.
-        return event
-
-    def _ordered_events(self, events):
-        def key_func(e):
-            return -int(e.depth), hashlib.sha1(e.event_id).hexdigest()
-
-        return sorted(events, key=key_func)
+def resolve_events(state_sets, state_map_factory):
+    """
+    Args:
+        state_sets(list): List of dicts of (type, state_key) -> event_id,
+            which are the different state groups to resolve.
+        state_map_factory(dict|callable): If callable, then will be called
+            with a list of event_ids that are needed, and should return with
+            a Deferred of dict of event_id to event. Otherwise, should be
+            a dict from event_id to event of all events in state_sets.
+
+    Returns
+        dict[(str, str), synapse.events.FrozenEvent] is a map from
+        (type, state_key) to event.
+    """
+    if len(state_sets) == 1:
+        return state_sets[0]
+
+    unconflicted_state, conflicted_state = _seperate(
+        state_sets,
+    )
+
+    if callable(state_map_factory):
+        return _resolve_with_state_fac(
+            unconflicted_state, conflicted_state, state_map_factory
+        )
+
+    state_map = state_map_factory
+
+    auth_events = _create_auth_events_from_maps(
+        unconflicted_state, conflicted_state, state_map
+    )
+
+    return _resolve_with_state(
+        unconflicted_state, conflicted_state, auth_events, state_map
+    )
+
+
+def _seperate(state_sets):
+    """Takes the state_sets and figures out which keys are conflicted and
+    which aren't. i.e., which have multiple different event_ids associated
+    with them in different state sets.
+    """
+    unconflicted_state = dict(state_sets[0])
+    conflicted_state = {}
+
+    for state_set in state_sets[1:]:
+        for key, value in state_set.iteritems():
+            # Check if there is an unconflicted entry for the state key.
+            unconflicted_value = unconflicted_state.get(key)
+            if unconflicted_value is None:
+                # There isn't an unconflicted entry so check if there is a
+                # conflicted entry.
+                ls = conflicted_state.get(key)
+                if ls is None:
+                    # There wasn't a conflicted entry so haven't seen this key before.
+                    # Therefore it isn't conflicted yet.
+                    unconflicted_state[key] = value
+                else:
+                    # This key is already conflicted, add our value to the conflict set.
+                    ls.add(value)
+            elif unconflicted_value != value:
+                # If the unconflicted value is not the same as our value then we
+                # have a new conflict. So move the key from the unconflicted_state
+                # to the conflicted state.
+                conflicted_state[key] = {value, unconflicted_value}
+                unconflicted_state.pop(key, None)
+
+    return unconflicted_state, conflicted_state
+
+
+@defer.inlineCallbacks
+def _resolve_with_state_fac(unconflicted_state, conflicted_state,
+                            state_map_factory):
+    needed_events = set(
+        event_id
+        for event_ids in conflicted_state.itervalues()
+        for event_id in event_ids
+    )
+
+    logger.info("Asking for %d conflicted events", len(needed_events))
+
+    state_map = yield state_map_factory(needed_events)
+
+    auth_events = _create_auth_events_from_maps(
+        unconflicted_state, conflicted_state, state_map
+    )
+
+    new_needed_events = set(auth_events.itervalues())
+    new_needed_events -= needed_events
+
+    logger.info("Asking for %d auth events", len(new_needed_events))
+
+    state_map_new = yield state_map_factory(new_needed_events)
+    state_map.update(state_map_new)
+
+    defer.returnValue(_resolve_with_state(
+        unconflicted_state, conflicted_state, auth_events, state_map
+    ))
+
+
+def _create_auth_events_from_maps(unconflicted_state, conflicted_state, state_map):
+    auth_events = {}
+    for event_ids in conflicted_state.itervalues():
+        for event_id in event_ids:
+            if event_id in state_map:
+                keys = event_auth.auth_types_for_event(state_map[event_id])
+                for key in keys:
+                    if key not in auth_events:
+                        event_id = unconflicted_state.get(key, None)
+                        if event_id:
+                            auth_events[key] = event_id
+    return auth_events
+
+
+def _resolve_with_state(unconflicted_state_ids, conflicted_state_ds, auth_event_ids,
+                        state_map):
+    conflicted_state = {}
+    for key, event_ids in conflicted_state_ds.iteritems():
+        events = [state_map[ev_id] for ev_id in event_ids if ev_id in state_map]
+        if len(events) > 1:
+            conflicted_state[key] = events
+        elif len(events) == 1:
+            unconflicted_state_ids[key] = events[0].event_id
+
+    auth_events = {
+        key: state_map[ev_id]
+        for key, ev_id in auth_event_ids.items()
+        if ev_id in state_map
+    }
+
+    try:
+        resolved_state = _resolve_state_events(
+            conflicted_state, auth_events
+        )
+    except:
+        logger.exception("Failed to resolve state")
+        raise
+
+    new_state = unconflicted_state_ids
+    for key, event in resolved_state.iteritems():
+        new_state[key] = event.event_id
+
+    return new_state
+
+
+def _resolve_state_events(conflicted_state, auth_events):
+    """ This is where we actually decide which of the conflicted state to
+    use.
+
+    We resolve conflicts in the following order:
+        1. power levels
+        2. join rules
+        3. memberships
+        4. other events.
+    """
+    resolved_state = {}
+    if POWER_KEY in conflicted_state:
+        events = conflicted_state[POWER_KEY]
+        logger.debug("Resolving conflicted power levels %r", events)
+        resolved_state[POWER_KEY] = _resolve_auth_events(
+            events, auth_events)
+
+    auth_events.update(resolved_state)
+
+    for key, events in conflicted_state.items():
+        if key[0] == EventTypes.JoinRules:
+            logger.debug("Resolving conflicted join rules %r", events)
+            resolved_state[key] = _resolve_auth_events(
+                events,
+                auth_events
+            )
+
+    auth_events.update(resolved_state)
+
+    for key, events in conflicted_state.items():
+        if key[0] == EventTypes.Member:
+            logger.debug("Resolving conflicted member lists %r", events)
+            resolved_state[key] = _resolve_auth_events(
+                events,
+                auth_events
+            )
+
+    auth_events.update(resolved_state)
+
+    for key, events in conflicted_state.items():
+        if key not in resolved_state:
+            logger.debug("Resolving conflicted state %r:%r", key, events)
+            resolved_state[key] = _resolve_normal_events(
+                events, auth_events
+            )
+
+    return resolved_state
+
+
+def _resolve_auth_events(events, auth_events):
+    reverse = [i for i in reversed(_ordered_events(events))]
+
+    auth_keys = set(
+        key
+        for event in events
+        for key in event_auth.auth_types_for_event(event)
+    )
+
+    new_auth_events = {}
+    for key in auth_keys:
+        auth_event = auth_events.get(key, None)
+        if auth_event:
+            new_auth_events[key] = auth_event
+
+    auth_events = new_auth_events
+
+    prev_event = reverse[0]
+    for event in reverse[1:]:
+        auth_events[(prev_event.type, prev_event.state_key)] = prev_event
+        try:
+            # The signatures have already been checked at this point
+            event_auth.check(event, auth_events, do_sig_check=False, do_size_check=False)
+            prev_event = event
+        except AuthError:
+            return prev_event
+
+    return event
+
+
+def _resolve_normal_events(events, auth_events):
+    for event in _ordered_events(events):
+        try:
+            # The signatures have already been checked at this point
+            event_auth.check(event, auth_events, do_sig_check=False, do_size_check=False)
+            return event
+        except AuthError:
+            pass
+
+    # Use the last event (the one with the least depth) if they all fail
+    # the auth check.
+    return event
diff --git a/synapse/storage/__init__.py b/synapse/storage/__init__.py
index fe936b3e62..b9968debe5 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/__init__.py
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ class DataStore(RoomMemberStore, RoomStore,
         self._public_room_id_gen = StreamIdGenerator(
             db_conn, "public_room_list_stream", "stream_id"
         )
+        self._device_list_id_gen = StreamIdGenerator(
+            db_conn, "device_lists_stream", "stream_id",
+        )
 
         self._transaction_id_gen = IdGenerator(db_conn, "sent_transactions", "id")
         self._state_groups_id_gen = IdGenerator(db_conn, "state_groups", "id")
@@ -189,7 +192,8 @@ class DataStore(RoomMemberStore, RoomStore,
             db_conn, "device_inbox",
             entity_column="user_id",
             stream_column="stream_id",
-            max_value=max_device_inbox_id
+            max_value=max_device_inbox_id,
+            limit=1000,
         )
         self._device_inbox_stream_cache = StreamChangeCache(
             "DeviceInboxStreamChangeCache", min_device_inbox_id,
@@ -202,12 +206,21 @@ class DataStore(RoomMemberStore, RoomStore,
             entity_column="destination",
             stream_column="stream_id",
             max_value=max_device_inbox_id,
+            limit=1000,
         )
         self._device_federation_outbox_stream_cache = StreamChangeCache(
             "DeviceFederationOutboxStreamChangeCache", min_device_outbox_id,
             prefilled_cache=device_outbox_prefill,
         )
 
+        device_list_max = self._device_list_id_gen.get_current_token()
+        self._device_list_stream_cache = StreamChangeCache(
+            "DeviceListStreamChangeCache", device_list_max,
+        )
+        self._device_list_federation_stream_cache = StreamChangeCache(
+            "DeviceListFederationStreamChangeCache", device_list_max,
+        )
+
         cur = LoggingTransaction(
             db_conn.cursor(),
             name="_find_stream_orderings_for_times_txn",
diff --git a/synapse/storage/_base.py b/synapse/storage/_base.py
index b62c459d8b..05374682fd 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/_base.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
                                       max_entries=hs.config.event_cache_size)
 
         self._state_group_cache = DictionaryCache(
-            "*stateGroupCache*", 2000 * CACHE_SIZE_FACTOR
+            "*stateGroupCache*", 100000 * CACHE_SIZE_FACTOR
         )
 
         self._event_fetch_lock = threading.Condition()
@@ -387,6 +387,10 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
         Args:
             table : string giving the table name
             values : dict of new column names and values for them
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: Whether the row was inserted or not. Only useful when
+            `or_ignore` is True
         """
         try:
             yield self.runInteraction(
@@ -398,6 +402,8 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
             # a cursor after we receive an error from the db.
             if not or_ignore:
                 raise
+            defer.returnValue(False)
+        defer.returnValue(True)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _simple_insert_txn(txn, table, values):
@@ -838,18 +844,19 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
         return txn.execute(sql, keyvalues.values())
 
     def _get_cache_dict(self, db_conn, table, entity_column, stream_column,
-                        max_value):
+                        max_value, limit=100000):
         # Fetch a mapping of room_id -> max stream position for "recent" rooms.
         # It doesn't really matter how many we get, the StreamChangeCache will
         # do the right thing to ensure it respects the max size of cache.
         sql = (
             "SELECT %(entity)s, MAX(%(stream)s) FROM %(table)s"
-            " WHERE %(stream)s > ? - 100000"
+            " WHERE %(stream)s > ? - %(limit)s"
             " GROUP BY %(entity)s"
         ) % {
             "table": table,
             "entity": entity_column,
             "stream": stream_column,
+            "limit": limit,
         }
 
         sql = self.database_engine.convert_param_style(sql)
diff --git a/synapse/storage/deviceinbox.py b/synapse/storage/deviceinbox.py
index 2821eb89c9..bde3b5cbbc 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/deviceinbox.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/deviceinbox.py
@@ -18,13 +18,29 @@ import ujson
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
-from ._base import SQLBaseStore
+from .background_updates import BackgroundUpdateStore
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class DeviceInboxStore(SQLBaseStore):
+class DeviceInboxStore(BackgroundUpdateStore):
+    DEVICE_INBOX_STREAM_ID = "device_inbox_stream_drop"
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        super(DeviceInboxStore, self).__init__(hs)
+
+        self.register_background_index_update(
+            "device_inbox_stream_index",
+            index_name="device_inbox_stream_id_user_id",
+            table="device_inbox",
+            columns=["stream_id", "user_id"],
+        )
+
+        self.register_background_update_handler(
+            self.DEVICE_INBOX_STREAM_ID,
+            self._background_drop_index_device_inbox,
+        )
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def add_messages_to_device_inbox(self, local_messages_by_user_then_device,
@@ -368,3 +384,18 @@ class DeviceInboxStore(SQLBaseStore):
             "delete_device_msgs_for_remote",
             delete_messages_for_remote_destination_txn
         )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _background_drop_index_device_inbox(self, progress, batch_size):
+        def reindex_txn(conn):
+            txn = conn.cursor()
+            txn.execute(
+                "DROP INDEX IF EXISTS device_inbox_stream_id"
+            )
+            txn.close()
+
+        yield self.runWithConnection(reindex_txn)
+
+        yield self._end_background_update(self.DEVICE_INBOX_STREAM_ID)
+
+        defer.returnValue(1)
diff --git a/synapse/storage/devices.py b/synapse/storage/devices.py
index 17920d4480..8e17800364 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/devices.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/devices.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 import logging
+import ujson as json
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
@@ -23,27 +24,29 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class DeviceStore(SQLBaseStore):
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        super(DeviceStore, self).__init__(hs)
+
+        self._clock.looping_call(
+            self._prune_old_outbound_device_pokes, 60 * 60 * 1000
+        )
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def store_device(self, user_id, device_id,
-                     initial_device_display_name,
-                     ignore_if_known=True):
+                     initial_device_display_name):
         """Ensure the given device is known; add it to the store if not
 
         Args:
             user_id (str): id of user associated with the device
             device_id (str): id of device
             initial_device_display_name (str): initial displayname of the
-               device
-            ignore_if_known (bool): ignore integrity errors which mean the
-               device is already known
+               device. Ignored if device exists.
         Returns:
-            defer.Deferred
-        Raises:
-            StoreError: if ignore_if_known is False and the device was already
-               known
+            defer.Deferred: boolean whether the device was inserted or an
+                existing device existed with that ID.
         """
         try:
-            yield self._simple_insert(
+            inserted = yield self._simple_insert(
                 "devices",
                 values={
                     "user_id": user_id,
@@ -51,8 +54,9 @@ class DeviceStore(SQLBaseStore):
                     "display_name": initial_device_display_name
                 },
                 desc="store_device",
-                or_ignore=ignore_if_known,
+                or_ignore=True,
             )
+            defer.returnValue(inserted)
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error("store_device with device_id=%s(%r) user_id=%s(%r)"
                          " display_name=%s(%r) failed: %s",
@@ -139,3 +143,451 @@ class DeviceStore(SQLBaseStore):
         )
 
         defer.returnValue({d["device_id"]: d for d in devices})
+
+    def get_device_list_last_stream_id_for_remote(self, user_id):
+        """Get the last stream_id we got for a user. May be None if we haven't
+        got any information for them.
+        """
+        return self._simple_select_one_onecol(
+            table="device_lists_remote_extremeties",
+            keyvalues={"user_id": user_id},
+            retcol="stream_id",
+            desc="get_device_list_remote_extremity",
+            allow_none=True,
+        )
+
+    def mark_remote_user_device_list_as_unsubscribed(self, user_id):
+        """Mark that we no longer track device lists for remote user.
+        """
+        return self._simple_delete(
+            table="device_lists_remote_extremeties",
+            keyvalues={
+                "user_id": user_id,
+            },
+            desc="mark_remote_user_device_list_as_unsubscribed",
+        )
+
+    def update_remote_device_list_cache_entry(self, user_id, device_id, content,
+                                              stream_id):
+        """Updates a single user's device in the cache.
+        """
+        return self.runInteraction(
+            "update_remote_device_list_cache_entry",
+            self._update_remote_device_list_cache_entry_txn,
+            user_id, device_id, content, stream_id,
+        )
+
+    def _update_remote_device_list_cache_entry_txn(self, txn, user_id, device_id,
+                                                   content, stream_id):
+        self._simple_upsert_txn(
+            txn,
+            table="device_lists_remote_cache",
+            keyvalues={
+                "user_id": user_id,
+                "device_id": device_id,
+            },
+            values={
+                "content": json.dumps(content),
+            }
+        )
+
+        self._simple_upsert_txn(
+            txn,
+            table="device_lists_remote_extremeties",
+            keyvalues={
+                "user_id": user_id,
+            },
+            values={
+                "stream_id": stream_id,
+            }
+        )
+
+    def update_remote_device_list_cache(self, user_id, devices, stream_id):
+        """Replace the cache of the remote user's devices.
+        """
+        return self.runInteraction(
+            "update_remote_device_list_cache",
+            self._update_remote_device_list_cache_txn,
+            user_id, devices, stream_id,
+        )
+
+    def _update_remote_device_list_cache_txn(self, txn, user_id, devices,
+                                             stream_id):
+        self._simple_delete_txn(
+            txn,
+            table="device_lists_remote_cache",
+            keyvalues={
+                "user_id": user_id,
+            },
+        )
+
+        self._simple_insert_many_txn(
+            txn,
+            table="device_lists_remote_cache",
+            values=[
+                {
+                    "user_id": user_id,
+                    "device_id": content["device_id"],
+                    "content": json.dumps(content),
+                }
+                for content in devices
+            ]
+        )
+
+        self._simple_upsert_txn(
+            txn,
+            table="device_lists_remote_extremeties",
+            keyvalues={
+                "user_id": user_id,
+            },
+            values={
+                "stream_id": stream_id,
+            }
+        )
+
+    def get_devices_by_remote(self, destination, from_stream_id):
+        """Get stream of updates to send to remote servers
+
+        Returns:
+            (now_stream_id, [ { updates }, .. ])
+        """
+        now_stream_id = self._device_list_id_gen.get_current_token()
+
+        has_changed = self._device_list_federation_stream_cache.has_entity_changed(
+            destination, int(from_stream_id)
+        )
+        if not has_changed:
+            return (now_stream_id, [])
+
+        return self.runInteraction(
+            "get_devices_by_remote", self._get_devices_by_remote_txn,
+            destination, from_stream_id, now_stream_id,
+        )
+
+    def _get_devices_by_remote_txn(self, txn, destination, from_stream_id,
+                                   now_stream_id):
+        sql = """
+            SELECT user_id, device_id, max(stream_id) FROM device_lists_outbound_pokes
+            WHERE destination = ? AND ? < stream_id AND stream_id <= ? AND sent = ?
+            GROUP BY user_id, device_id
+        """
+        txn.execute(
+            sql, (destination, from_stream_id, now_stream_id, False)
+        )
+        rows = txn.fetchall()
+
+        if not rows:
+            return (now_stream_id, [])
+
+        # maps (user_id, device_id) -> stream_id
+        query_map = {(r[0], r[1]): r[2] for r in rows}
+        devices = self._get_e2e_device_keys_txn(
+            txn, query_map.keys(), include_all_devices=True
+        )
+
+        prev_sent_id_sql = """
+            SELECT coalesce(max(stream_id), 0) as stream_id
+            FROM device_lists_outbound_pokes
+            WHERE destination = ? AND user_id = ? AND stream_id <= ?
+        """
+
+        results = []
+        for user_id, user_devices in devices.iteritems():
+            # The prev_id for the first row is always the last row before
+            # `from_stream_id`
+            txn.execute(prev_sent_id_sql, (destination, user_id, from_stream_id))
+            rows = txn.fetchall()
+            prev_id = rows[0][0]
+            for device_id, device in user_devices.iteritems():
+                stream_id = query_map[(user_id, device_id)]
+                result = {
+                    "user_id": user_id,
+                    "device_id": device_id,
+                    "prev_id": [prev_id] if prev_id else [],
+                    "stream_id": stream_id,
+                }
+
+                prev_id = stream_id
+
+                key_json = device.get("key_json", None)
+                if key_json:
+                    result["keys"] = json.loads(key_json)
+                device_display_name = device.get("device_display_name", None)
+                if device_display_name:
+                    result["device_display_name"] = device_display_name
+
+                results.append(result)
+
+        return (now_stream_id, results)
+
+    def get_user_devices_from_cache(self, query_list):
+        """Get the devices (and keys if any) for remote users from the cache.
+
+        Args:
+            query_list(list): List of (user_id, device_ids), if device_ids is
+                falsey then return all device ids for that user.
+
+        Returns:
+            (user_ids_not_in_cache, results_map), where user_ids_not_in_cache is
+            a set of user_ids and results_map is a mapping of
+            user_id -> device_id -> device_info
+        """
+        return self.runInteraction(
+            "get_user_devices_from_cache", self._get_user_devices_from_cache_txn,
+            query_list,
+        )
+
+    def _get_user_devices_from_cache_txn(self, txn, query_list):
+        user_ids = {user_id for user_id, _ in query_list}
+
+        user_ids_in_cache = set()
+        for user_id in user_ids:
+            stream_ids = self._simple_select_onecol_txn(
+                txn,
+                table="device_lists_remote_extremeties",
+                keyvalues={
+                    "user_id": user_id,
+                },
+                retcol="stream_id",
+            )
+            if stream_ids:
+                user_ids_in_cache.add(user_id)
+
+        user_ids_not_in_cache = user_ids - user_ids_in_cache
+
+        results = {}
+        for user_id, device_id in query_list:
+            if user_id not in user_ids_in_cache:
+                continue
+
+            if device_id:
+                content = self._simple_select_one_onecol_txn(
+                    txn,
+                    table="device_lists_remote_cache",
+                    keyvalues={
+                        "user_id": user_id,
+                        "device_id": device_id,
+                    },
+                    retcol="content",
+                )
+                results.setdefault(user_id, {})[device_id] = json.loads(content)
+            else:
+                devices = self._simple_select_list_txn(
+                    txn,
+                    table="device_lists_remote_cache",
+                    keyvalues={
+                        "user_id": user_id,
+                    },
+                    retcols=("device_id", "content"),
+                )
+                results[user_id] = {
+                    device["device_id"]: json.loads(device["content"])
+                    for device in devices
+                }
+                user_ids_in_cache.discard(user_id)
+
+        return user_ids_not_in_cache, results
+
+    def get_devices_with_keys_by_user(self, user_id):
+        """Get all devices (with any device keys) for a user
+
+        Returns:
+            (stream_id, devices)
+        """
+        return self.runInteraction(
+            "get_devices_with_keys_by_user",
+            self._get_devices_with_keys_by_user_txn, user_id,
+        )
+
+    def _get_devices_with_keys_by_user_txn(self, txn, user_id):
+        now_stream_id = self._device_list_id_gen.get_current_token()
+
+        devices = self._get_e2e_device_keys_txn(
+            txn, [(user_id, None)], include_all_devices=True
+        )
+
+        if devices:
+            user_devices = devices[user_id]
+            results = []
+            for device_id, device in user_devices.iteritems():
+                result = {
+                    "device_id": device_id,
+                }
+
+                key_json = device.get("key_json", None)
+                if key_json:
+                    result["keys"] = json.loads(key_json)
+                device_display_name = device.get("device_display_name", None)
+                if device_display_name:
+                    result["device_display_name"] = device_display_name
+
+                results.append(result)
+
+            return now_stream_id, results
+
+        return now_stream_id, []
+
+    def mark_as_sent_devices_by_remote(self, destination, stream_id):
+        """Mark that updates have successfully been sent to the destination.
+        """
+        return self.runInteraction(
+            "mark_as_sent_devices_by_remote", self._mark_as_sent_devices_by_remote_txn,
+            destination, stream_id,
+        )
+
+    def _mark_as_sent_devices_by_remote_txn(self, txn, destination, stream_id):
+        # First we DELETE all rows such that only the latest row for each
+        # (destination, user_id is left. We do this by selecting first and
+        # deleting.
+        sql = """
+            SELECT user_id, coalesce(max(stream_id), 0) FROM device_lists_outbound_pokes
+            WHERE destination = ? AND stream_id <= ?
+            GROUP BY user_id
+            HAVING count(*) > 1
+        """
+        txn.execute(sql, (destination, stream_id,))
+        rows = txn.fetchall()
+
+        sql = """
+            DELETE FROM device_lists_outbound_pokes
+            WHERE destination = ? AND user_id = ? AND stream_id < ?
+        """
+        txn.executemany(
+            sql, ((destination, row[0], row[1],) for row in rows)
+        )
+
+        # Mark everything that is left as sent
+        sql = """
+            UPDATE device_lists_outbound_pokes SET sent = ?
+            WHERE destination = ? AND stream_id <= ?
+        """
+        txn.execute(sql, (True, destination, stream_id,))
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_user_whose_devices_changed(self, from_key):
+        """Get set of users whose devices have changed since `from_key`.
+        """
+        from_key = int(from_key)
+        changed = self._device_list_stream_cache.get_all_entities_changed(from_key)
+        if changed is not None:
+            defer.returnValue(set(changed))
+
+        sql = """
+            SELECT user_id FROM device_lists_stream WHERE stream_id > ?
+        """
+        rows = yield self._execute("get_user_whose_devices_changed", None, sql, from_key)
+        defer.returnValue(set(row[0] for row in rows))
+
+    def get_all_device_list_changes_for_remotes(self, from_key):
+        """Return a list of `(stream_id, user_id, destination)` which is the
+        combined list of changes to devices, and which destinations need to be
+        poked. `destination` may be None if no destinations need to be poked.
+        """
+        sql = """
+            SELECT stream_id, user_id, destination FROM device_lists_stream
+            LEFT JOIN device_lists_outbound_pokes USING (stream_id, user_id, device_id)
+            WHERE stream_id > ?
+        """
+        return self._execute(
+            "get_users_and_hosts_device_list", None,
+            sql, from_key,
+        )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def add_device_change_to_streams(self, user_id, device_ids, hosts):
+        """Persist that a user's devices have been updated, and which hosts
+        (if any) should be poked.
+        """
+        with self._device_list_id_gen.get_next() as stream_id:
+            yield self.runInteraction(
+                "add_device_change_to_streams", self._add_device_change_txn,
+                user_id, device_ids, hosts, stream_id,
+            )
+        defer.returnValue(stream_id)
+
+    def _add_device_change_txn(self, txn, user_id, device_ids, hosts, stream_id):
+        now = self._clock.time_msec()
+
+        txn.call_after(
+            self._device_list_stream_cache.entity_has_changed,
+            user_id, stream_id,
+        )
+        for host in hosts:
+            txn.call_after(
+                self._device_list_federation_stream_cache.entity_has_changed,
+                host, stream_id,
+            )
+
+        self._simple_insert_many_txn(
+            txn,
+            table="device_lists_stream",
+            values=[
+                {
+                    "stream_id": stream_id,
+                    "user_id": user_id,
+                    "device_id": device_id,
+                }
+                for device_id in device_ids
+            ]
+        )
+
+        self._simple_insert_many_txn(
+            txn,
+            table="device_lists_outbound_pokes",
+            values=[
+                {
+                    "destination": destination,
+                    "stream_id": stream_id,
+                    "user_id": user_id,
+                    "device_id": device_id,
+                    "sent": False,
+                    "ts": now,
+                }
+                for destination in hosts
+                for device_id in device_ids
+            ]
+        )
+
+    def get_device_stream_token(self):
+        return self._device_list_id_gen.get_current_token()
+
+    def _prune_old_outbound_device_pokes(self):
+        """Delete old entries out of the device_lists_outbound_pokes to ensure
+        that we don't fill up due to dead servers. We keep one entry per
+        (destination, user_id) tuple to ensure that the prev_ids remain correct
+        if the server does come back.
+        """
+        yesterday = self._clock.time_msec() - 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
+
+        def _prune_txn(txn):
+            select_sql = """
+                SELECT destination, user_id, max(stream_id) as stream_id
+                FROM device_lists_outbound_pokes
+                GROUP BY destination, user_id
+                HAVING min(ts) < ? AND count(*) > 1
+            """
+
+            txn.execute(select_sql, (yesterday,))
+            rows = txn.fetchall()
+
+            if not rows:
+                return
+
+            delete_sql = """
+                DELETE FROM device_lists_outbound_pokes
+                WHERE ts < ? AND destination = ? AND user_id = ? AND stream_id < ?
+            """
+
+            txn.executemany(
+                delete_sql,
+                (
+                    (yesterday, row[0], row[1], row[2])
+                    for row in rows
+                )
+            )
+
+            logger.info("Pruned %d device list outbound pokes", txn.rowcount)
+
+        return self.runInteraction(
+            "_prune_old_outbound_device_pokes", _prune_txn
+        )
diff --git a/synapse/storage/end_to_end_keys.py b/synapse/storage/end_to_end_keys.py
index 385d607056..2040e022fa 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/end_to_end_keys.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/end_to_end_keys.py
@@ -12,74 +12,111 @@
 # 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.
-import collections
+from twisted.internet import defer
 
-import twisted.internet.defer
+from canonicaljson import encode_canonical_json
+import ujson as json
 
 from ._base import SQLBaseStore
 
 
 class EndToEndKeyStore(SQLBaseStore):
-    def set_e2e_device_keys(self, user_id, device_id, time_now, json_bytes):
-        return self._simple_upsert(
-            table="e2e_device_keys_json",
-            keyvalues={
-                "user_id": user_id,
-                "device_id": device_id,
-            },
-            values={
-                "ts_added_ms": time_now,
-                "key_json": json_bytes,
-            }
+    def set_e2e_device_keys(self, user_id, device_id, time_now, device_keys):
+        """Stores device keys for a device. Returns whether there was a change
+        or the keys were already in the database.
+        """
+        def _set_e2e_device_keys_txn(txn):
+            old_key_json = self._simple_select_one_onecol_txn(
+                txn,
+                table="e2e_device_keys_json",
+                keyvalues={
+                    "user_id": user_id,
+                    "device_id": device_id,
+                },
+                retcol="key_json",
+                allow_none=True,
+            )
+
+            new_key_json = encode_canonical_json(device_keys)
+            if old_key_json == new_key_json:
+                return False
+
+            self._simple_upsert_txn(
+                txn,
+                table="e2e_device_keys_json",
+                keyvalues={
+                    "user_id": user_id,
+                    "device_id": device_id,
+                },
+                values={
+                    "ts_added_ms": time_now,
+                    "key_json": new_key_json,
+                }
+            )
+
+            return True
+
+        return self.runInteraction(
+            "set_e2e_device_keys", _set_e2e_device_keys_txn
         )
 
-    def get_e2e_device_keys(self, query_list):
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_e2e_device_keys(self, query_list, include_all_devices=False):
         """Fetch a list of device keys.
         Args:
             query_list(list): List of pairs of user_ids and device_ids.
+            include_all_devices (bool): whether to include entries for devices
+                that don't have device keys
         Returns:
             Dict mapping from user-id to dict mapping from device_id to
             dict containing "key_json", "device_display_name".
         """
         if not query_list:
-            return {}
+            defer.returnValue({})
 
-        return self.runInteraction(
-            "get_e2e_device_keys", self._get_e2e_device_keys_txn, query_list
+        results = yield self.runInteraction(
+            "get_e2e_device_keys", self._get_e2e_device_keys_txn,
+            query_list, include_all_devices,
         )
 
-    def _get_e2e_device_keys_txn(self, txn, query_list):
+        for user_id, device_keys in results.iteritems():
+            for device_id, device_info in device_keys.iteritems():
+                device_info["keys"] = json.loads(device_info.pop("key_json"))
+
+        defer.returnValue(results)
+
+    def _get_e2e_device_keys_txn(self, txn, query_list, include_all_devices):
         query_clauses = []
         query_params = []
 
         for (user_id, device_id) in query_list:
-            query_clause = "k.user_id = ?"
+            query_clause = "user_id = ?"
             query_params.append(user_id)
 
             if device_id:
-                query_clause += " AND k.device_id = ?"
+                query_clause += " AND device_id = ?"
                 query_params.append(device_id)
 
             query_clauses.append(query_clause)
 
         sql = (
-            "SELECT k.user_id, k.device_id, "
+            "SELECT user_id, device_id, "
             "    d.display_name AS device_display_name, "
             "    k.key_json"
-            " FROM e2e_device_keys_json k"
-            "    LEFT JOIN devices d ON d.user_id = k.user_id"
-            "      AND d.device_id = k.device_id"
+            " FROM devices d"
+            "    %s JOIN e2e_device_keys_json k USING (user_id, device_id)"
             " WHERE %s"
         ) % (
+            "LEFT" if include_all_devices else "INNER",
             " OR ".join("(" + q + ")" for q in query_clauses)
         )
 
         txn.execute(sql, query_params)
         rows = self.cursor_to_dict(txn)
 
-        result = collections.defaultdict(dict)
+        result = {}
         for row in rows:
-            result[row["user_id"]][row["device_id"]] = row
+            result.setdefault(row["user_id"], {})[row["device_id"]] = row
 
         return result
 
@@ -152,7 +189,7 @@ class EndToEndKeyStore(SQLBaseStore):
             "claim_e2e_one_time_keys", _claim_e2e_one_time_keys
         )
 
-    @twisted.internet.defer.inlineCallbacks
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def delete_e2e_keys_by_device(self, user_id, device_id):
         yield self._simple_delete(
             table="e2e_device_keys_json",
diff --git a/synapse/storage/event_federation.py b/synapse/storage/event_federation.py
index 53feaa1960..ee88c61954 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/event_federation.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/event_federation.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class EventFederationStore(SQLBaseStore):
             room_id,
         )
 
-    @cached()
+    @cached(max_entries=5000, iterable=True)
     def get_latest_event_ids_in_room(self, room_id):
         return self._simple_select_onecol(
             table="event_forward_extremities",
@@ -235,80 +235,21 @@ class EventFederationStore(SQLBaseStore):
             ],
         )
 
-        self._update_extremeties(txn, events)
+        self._update_backward_extremeties(txn, events)
 
-    def _update_extremeties(self, txn, events):
-        """Updates the event_*_extremities tables based on the new/updated
+    def _update_backward_extremeties(self, txn, events):
+        """Updates the event_backward_extremities tables based on the new/updated
         events being persisted.
 
         This is called for new events *and* for events that were outliers, but
-        are are now being persisted as non-outliers.
+        are now being persisted as non-outliers.
+
+        Forward extremities are handled when we first start persisting the events.
         """
         events_by_room = {}
         for ev in events:
             events_by_room.setdefault(ev.room_id, []).append(ev)
 
-        for room_id, room_events in events_by_room.items():
-            prevs = [
-                e_id for ev in room_events for e_id, _ in ev.prev_events
-                if not ev.internal_metadata.is_outlier()
-            ]
-            if prevs:
-                txn.execute(
-                    "DELETE FROM event_forward_extremities"
-                    " WHERE room_id = ?"
-                    " AND event_id in (%s)" % (
-                        ",".join(["?"] * len(prevs)),
-                    ),
-                    [room_id] + prevs,
-                )
-
-        query = (
-            "INSERT INTO event_forward_extremities (event_id, room_id)"
-            " SELECT ?, ? WHERE NOT EXISTS ("
-            " SELECT 1 FROM event_edges WHERE prev_event_id = ?"
-            " )"
-        )
-
-        txn.executemany(
-            query,
-            [
-                (ev.event_id, ev.room_id, ev.event_id) for ev in events
-                if not ev.internal_metadata.is_outlier()
-            ]
-        )
-
-        # We now insert into stream_ordering_to_exterm a mapping from room_id,
-        # new stream_ordering to new forward extremeties in the room.
-        # This allows us to later efficiently look up the forward extremeties
-        # for a room before a given stream_ordering
-        max_stream_ord = max(
-            ev.internal_metadata.stream_ordering for ev in events
-        )
-        new_extrem = {}
-        for room_id in events_by_room:
-            event_ids = self._simple_select_onecol_txn(
-                txn,
-                table="event_forward_extremities",
-                keyvalues={"room_id": room_id},
-                retcol="event_id",
-            )
-            new_extrem[room_id] = event_ids
-
-        self._simple_insert_many_txn(
-            txn,
-            table="stream_ordering_to_exterm",
-            values=[
-                {
-                    "room_id": room_id,
-                    "event_id": event_id,
-                    "stream_ordering": max_stream_ord,
-                }
-                for room_id, extrem_evs in new_extrem.items()
-                for event_id in extrem_evs
-            ]
-        )
-
         query = (
             "INSERT INTO event_backward_extremities (event_id, room_id)"
             " SELECT ?, ? WHERE NOT EXISTS ("
@@ -339,11 +280,6 @@ class EventFederationStore(SQLBaseStore):
             ]
         )
 
-        for room_id in events_by_room:
-            txn.call_after(
-                self.get_latest_event_ids_in_room.invalidate, (room_id,)
-            )
-
     def get_forward_extremeties_for_room(self, room_id, stream_ordering):
         # We want to make the cache more effective, so we clamp to the last
         # change before the given ordering.
diff --git a/synapse/storage/events.py b/synapse/storage/events.py
index 04dbdac3f8..8659f605a5 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/events.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/events.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # 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.
-from ._base import SQLBaseStore, _RollbackButIsFineException
+from ._base import SQLBaseStore
 
 from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
 
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ from synapse.util.logutils import log_function
 from synapse.util.metrics import Measure
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
 from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
+from synapse.state import resolve_events
+from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cached
 
 from canonicaljson import encode_canonical_json
 from collections import deque, namedtuple, OrderedDict
@@ -71,22 +73,19 @@ class _EventPeristenceQueue(object):
     """
 
     _EventPersistQueueItem = namedtuple("_EventPersistQueueItem", (
-        "events_and_contexts", "current_state", "backfilled", "deferred",
+        "events_and_contexts", "backfilled", "deferred",
     ))
 
     def __init__(self):
         self._event_persist_queues = {}
         self._currently_persisting_rooms = set()
 
-    def add_to_queue(self, room_id, events_and_contexts, backfilled, current_state):
+    def add_to_queue(self, room_id, events_and_contexts, backfilled):
         """Add events to the queue, with the given persist_event options.
         """
         queue = self._event_persist_queues.setdefault(room_id, deque())
         if queue:
             end_item = queue[-1]
-            if end_item.current_state or current_state:
-                # We perist events with current_state set to True one at a time
-                pass
             if end_item.backfilled == backfilled:
                 end_item.events_and_contexts.extend(events_and_contexts)
                 return end_item.deferred.observe()
@@ -96,7 +95,6 @@ class _EventPeristenceQueue(object):
         queue.append(self._EventPersistQueueItem(
             events_and_contexts=events_and_contexts,
             backfilled=backfilled,
-            current_state=current_state,
             deferred=deferred,
         ))
 
@@ -216,7 +214,6 @@ class EventsStore(SQLBaseStore):
             d = preserve_fn(self._event_persist_queue.add_to_queue)(
                 room_id, evs_ctxs,
                 backfilled=backfilled,
-                current_state=None,
             )
             deferreds.append(d)
 
@@ -229,11 +226,10 @@ class EventsStore(SQLBaseStore):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     @log_function
-    def persist_event(self, event, context, current_state=None, backfilled=False):
+    def persist_event(self, event, context, backfilled=False):
         deferred = self._event_persist_queue.add_to_queue(
             event.room_id, [(event, context)],
             backfilled=backfilled,
-            current_state=current_state,
         )
 
         self._maybe_start_persisting(event.room_id)
@@ -246,21 +242,10 @@ class EventsStore(SQLBaseStore):
     def _maybe_start_persisting(self, room_id):
         @defer.inlineCallbacks
         def persisting_queue(item):
-            if item.current_state:
-                for event, context in item.events_and_contexts:
-                    # There should only ever be one item in
-                    # events_and_contexts when current_state is
-                    # not None
-                    yield self._persist_event(
-                        event, context,
-                        current_state=item.current_state,
-                        backfilled=item.backfilled,
-                    )
-            else:
-                yield self._persist_events(
-                    item.events_and_contexts,
-                    backfilled=item.backfilled,
-                )
+            yield self._persist_events(
+                item.events_and_contexts,
+                backfilled=item.backfilled,
+            )
 
         self._event_persist_queue.handle_queue(room_id, persisting_queue)
 
@@ -294,35 +279,183 @@ class EventsStore(SQLBaseStore):
             for chunk in chunks:
                 # We can't easily parallelize these since different chunks
                 # might contain the same event. :(
+
+                # NB: Assumes that we are only persisting events for one room
+                # at a time.
+                new_forward_extremeties = {}
+                current_state_for_room = {}
+                if not backfilled:
+                    with Measure(self._clock, "_calculate_state_and_extrem"):
+                        # Work out the new "current state" for each room.
+                        # We do this by working out what the new extremities are and then
+                        # calculating the state from that.
+                        events_by_room = {}
+                        for event, context in chunk:
+                            events_by_room.setdefault(event.room_id, []).append(
+                                (event, context)
+                            )
+
+                        for room_id, ev_ctx_rm in events_by_room.items():
+                            # Work out new extremities by recursively adding and removing
+                            # the new events.
+                            latest_event_ids = yield self.get_latest_event_ids_in_room(
+                                room_id
+                            )
+                            new_latest_event_ids = yield self._calculate_new_extremeties(
+                                room_id, [ev for ev, _ in ev_ctx_rm]
+                            )
+
+                            if new_latest_event_ids == set(latest_event_ids):
+                                # No change in extremities, so no change in state
+                                continue
+
+                            new_forward_extremeties[room_id] = new_latest_event_ids
+
+                            state = yield self._calculate_state_delta(
+                                room_id, ev_ctx_rm, new_latest_event_ids
+                            )
+                            if state:
+                                current_state_for_room[room_id] = state
+
                 yield self.runInteraction(
                     "persist_events",
                     self._persist_events_txn,
                     events_and_contexts=chunk,
                     backfilled=backfilled,
                     delete_existing=delete_existing,
+                    current_state_for_room=current_state_for_room,
+                    new_forward_extremeties=new_forward_extremeties,
                 )
                 persist_event_counter.inc_by(len(chunk))
 
-    @_retry_on_integrity_error
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    @log_function
-    def _persist_event(self, event, context, current_state=None, backfilled=False,
-                       delete_existing=False):
-        try:
-            with self._stream_id_gen.get_next() as stream_ordering:
-                event.internal_metadata.stream_ordering = stream_ordering
-                yield self.runInteraction(
-                    "persist_event",
-                    self._persist_event_txn,
-                    event=event,
-                    context=context,
-                    current_state=current_state,
-                    backfilled=backfilled,
-                    delete_existing=delete_existing,
-                )
-                persist_event_counter.inc()
-        except _RollbackButIsFineException:
-            pass
+    def _calculate_new_extremeties(self, room_id, events):
+        """Calculates the new forward extremeties for a room given events to
+        persist.
+
+        Assumes that we are only persisting events for one room at a time.
+        """
+        latest_event_ids = yield self.get_latest_event_ids_in_room(
+            room_id
+        )
+        new_latest_event_ids = set(latest_event_ids)
+        # First, add all the new events to the list
+        new_latest_event_ids.update(
+            event.event_id for event in events
+            if not event.internal_metadata.is_outlier()
+        )
+        # Now remove all events that are referenced by the to-be-added events
+        new_latest_event_ids.difference_update(
+            e_id
+            for event in events
+            for e_id, _ in event.prev_events
+            if not event.internal_metadata.is_outlier()
+        )
+
+        # And finally remove any events that are referenced by previously added
+        # events.
+        rows = yield self._simple_select_many_batch(
+            table="event_edges",
+            column="prev_event_id",
+            iterable=list(new_latest_event_ids),
+            retcols=["prev_event_id"],
+            keyvalues={
+                "room_id": room_id,
+                "is_state": False,
+            },
+            desc="_calculate_new_extremeties",
+        )
+
+        new_latest_event_ids.difference_update(
+            row["prev_event_id"] for row in rows
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue(new_latest_event_ids)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _calculate_state_delta(self, room_id, events_context, new_latest_event_ids):
+        """Calculate the new state deltas for a room.
+
+        Assumes that we are only persisting events for one room at a time.
+
+        Returns:
+            2-tuple (to_delete, to_insert) where both are state dicts, i.e.
+            (type, state_key) -> event_id. `to_delete` are the entries to
+            first be deleted from current_state_events, `to_insert` are entries
+            to insert.
+            May return None if there are no changes to be applied.
+        """
+        # Now we need to work out the different state sets for
+        # each state extremities
+        state_sets = []
+        missing_event_ids = []
+        was_updated = False
+        for event_id in new_latest_event_ids:
+            # First search in the list of new events we're adding,
+            # and then use the current state from that
+            for ev, ctx in events_context:
+                if event_id == ev.event_id:
+                    if ctx.current_state_ids is None:
+                        raise Exception("Unknown current state")
+                    state_sets.append(ctx.current_state_ids)
+                    if ctx.delta_ids or hasattr(ev, "state_key"):
+                        was_updated = True
+                    break
+            else:
+                # If we couldn't find it, then we'll need to pull
+                # the state from the database
+                was_updated = True
+                missing_event_ids.append(event_id)
+
+        if missing_event_ids:
+            # Now pull out the state for any missing events from DB
+            event_to_groups = yield self._get_state_group_for_events(
+                missing_event_ids,
+            )
+
+            groups = set(event_to_groups.values())
+            group_to_state = yield self._get_state_for_groups(groups)
+
+            state_sets.extend(group_to_state.values())
+
+        if not new_latest_event_ids:
+            current_state = {}
+        elif was_updated:
+            current_state = yield resolve_events(
+                state_sets,
+                state_map_factory=lambda ev_ids: self.get_events(
+                    ev_ids, get_prev_content=False, check_redacted=False,
+                ),
+            )
+        else:
+            return
+
+        existing_state_rows = yield self._simple_select_list(
+            table="current_state_events",
+            keyvalues={"room_id": room_id},
+            retcols=["event_id", "type", "state_key"],
+            desc="_calculate_state_delta",
+        )
+
+        existing_events = set(row["event_id"] for row in existing_state_rows)
+        new_events = set(ev_id for ev_id in current_state.itervalues())
+        changed_events = existing_events ^ new_events
+
+        if not changed_events:
+            return
+
+        to_delete = {
+            (row["type"], row["state_key"]): row["event_id"]
+            for row in existing_state_rows
+            if row["event_id"] in changed_events
+        }
+        events_to_insert = (new_events - existing_events)
+        to_insert = {
+            key: ev_id for key, ev_id in current_state.iteritems()
+            if ev_id in events_to_insert
+        }
+
+        defer.returnValue((to_delete, to_insert))
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def get_event(self, event_id, check_redacted=True,
@@ -381,52 +514,9 @@ class EventsStore(SQLBaseStore):
         defer.returnValue({e.event_id: e for e in events})
 
     @log_function
-    def _persist_event_txn(self, txn, event, context, current_state, backfilled=False,
-                           delete_existing=False):
-        # We purposefully do this first since if we include a `current_state`
-        # key, we *want* to update the `current_state_events` table
-        if current_state:
-            txn.call_after(self._get_current_state_for_key.invalidate_all)
-            txn.call_after(self.get_rooms_for_user.invalidate_all)
-            txn.call_after(self.get_users_in_room.invalidate, (event.room_id,))
-
-            # Add an entry to the current_state_resets table to record the point
-            # where we clobbered the current state
-            stream_order = event.internal_metadata.stream_ordering
-            self._simple_insert_txn(
-                txn,
-                table="current_state_resets",
-                values={"event_stream_ordering": stream_order}
-            )
-
-            self._simple_delete_txn(
-                txn,
-                table="current_state_events",
-                keyvalues={"room_id": event.room_id},
-            )
-
-            for s in current_state:
-                self._simple_insert_txn(
-                    txn,
-                    "current_state_events",
-                    {
-                        "event_id": s.event_id,
-                        "room_id": s.room_id,
-                        "type": s.type,
-                        "state_key": s.state_key,
-                    }
-                )
-
-        return self._persist_events_txn(
-            txn,
-            [(event, context)],
-            backfilled=backfilled,
-            delete_existing=delete_existing,
-        )
-
-    @log_function
     def _persist_events_txn(self, txn, events_and_contexts, backfilled,
-                            delete_existing=False):
+                            delete_existing=False, current_state_for_room={},
+                            new_forward_extremeties={}):
         """Insert some number of room events into the necessary database tables.
 
         Rejected events are only inserted into the events table, the events_json table,
@@ -436,6 +526,93 @@ class EventsStore(SQLBaseStore):
         If delete_existing is True then existing events will be purged from the
         database before insertion. This is useful when retrying due to IntegrityError.
         """
+        max_stream_order = events_and_contexts[-1][0].internal_metadata.stream_ordering
+        for room_id, current_state_tuple in current_state_for_room.iteritems():
+                to_delete, to_insert = current_state_tuple
+                txn.executemany(
+                    "DELETE FROM current_state_events WHERE event_id = ?",
+                    [(ev_id,) for ev_id in to_delete.itervalues()],
+                )
+
+                self._simple_insert_many_txn(
+                    txn,
+                    table="current_state_events",
+                    values=[
+                        {
+                            "event_id": ev_id,
+                            "room_id": room_id,
+                            "type": key[0],
+                            "state_key": key[1],
+                        }
+                        for key, ev_id in to_insert.iteritems()
+                    ],
+                )
+
+                # Invalidate the various caches
+
+                # Figure out the changes of membership to invalidate the
+                # `get_rooms_for_user` cache.
+                # We find out which membership events we may have deleted
+                # and which we have added, then we invlidate the caches for all
+                # those users.
+                members_changed = set(
+                    state_key for ev_type, state_key in to_delete.iterkeys()
+                    if ev_type == EventTypes.Member
+                )
+                members_changed.update(
+                    state_key for ev_type, state_key in to_insert.iterkeys()
+                    if ev_type == EventTypes.Member
+                )
+
+                for member in members_changed:
+                    self._invalidate_cache_and_stream(
+                        txn, self.get_rooms_for_user, (member,)
+                    )
+
+                self._invalidate_cache_and_stream(
+                    txn, self.get_users_in_room, (room_id,)
+                )
+
+        for room_id, new_extrem in new_forward_extremeties.items():
+            self._simple_delete_txn(
+                txn,
+                table="event_forward_extremities",
+                keyvalues={"room_id": room_id},
+            )
+            txn.call_after(
+                self.get_latest_event_ids_in_room.invalidate, (room_id,)
+            )
+
+        self._simple_insert_many_txn(
+            txn,
+            table="event_forward_extremities",
+            values=[
+                {
+                    "event_id": ev_id,
+                    "room_id": room_id,
+                }
+                for room_id, new_extrem in new_forward_extremeties.items()
+                for ev_id in new_extrem
+            ],
+        )
+        # We now insert into stream_ordering_to_exterm a mapping from room_id,
+        # new stream_ordering to new forward extremeties in the room.
+        # This allows us to later efficiently look up the forward extremeties
+        # for a room before a given stream_ordering
+        self._simple_insert_many_txn(
+            txn,
+            table="stream_ordering_to_exterm",
+            values=[
+                {
+                    "room_id": room_id,
+                    "event_id": event_id,
+                    "stream_ordering": max_stream_order,
+                }
+                for room_id, new_extrem in new_forward_extremeties.items()
+                for event_id in new_extrem
+            ]
+        )
+
         # Ensure that we don't have the same event twice.
         # Pick the earliest non-outlier if there is one, else the earliest one.
         new_events_and_contexts = OrderedDict()
@@ -550,7 +727,7 @@ class EventsStore(SQLBaseStore):
 
                 # Update the event_backward_extremities table now that this
                 # event isn't an outlier any more.
-                self._update_extremeties(txn, [event])
+                self._update_backward_extremeties(txn, [event])
 
         events_and_contexts = [
             ec for ec in events_and_contexts if ec[0] not in to_remove
@@ -798,29 +975,6 @@ class EventsStore(SQLBaseStore):
             # to update the current state table
             return
 
-        for event, _ in state_events_and_contexts:
-            if event.internal_metadata.is_outlier():
-                # Outlier events shouldn't clobber the current state.
-                continue
-
-            txn.call_after(
-                self._get_current_state_for_key.invalidate,
-                (event.room_id, event.type, event.state_key,)
-            )
-
-            self._simple_upsert_txn(
-                txn,
-                "current_state_events",
-                keyvalues={
-                    "room_id": event.room_id,
-                    "type": event.type,
-                    "state_key": event.state_key,
-                },
-                values={
-                    "event_id": event.event_id,
-                }
-            )
-
         return
 
     def _add_to_cache(self, txn, events_and_contexts):
@@ -1084,10 +1238,10 @@ class EventsStore(SQLBaseStore):
                     self._do_fetch
                 )
 
-        logger.info("Loading %d events", len(events))
+        logger.debug("Loading %d events", len(events))
         with PreserveLoggingContext():
             rows = yield events_d
-        logger.info("Loaded %d events (%d rows)", len(events), len(rows))
+        logger.debug("Loaded %d events (%d rows)", len(events), len(rows))
 
         if not allow_rejected:
             rows[:] = [r for r in rows if not r["rejects"]]
@@ -1418,6 +1572,7 @@ class EventsStore(SQLBaseStore):
         """The current minimum token that backfilled events have reached"""
         return -self._backfill_id_gen.get_current_token()
 
+    @cached(num_args=5, max_entries=10)
     def get_all_new_events(self, last_backfill_id, last_forward_id,
                            current_backfill_id, current_forward_id, limit):
         """Get all the new events that have arrived at the server either as
@@ -1450,15 +1605,6 @@ class EventsStore(SQLBaseStore):
                     upper_bound = current_forward_id
 
                 sql = (
-                    "SELECT event_stream_ordering FROM current_state_resets"
-                    " WHERE ? < event_stream_ordering"
-                    " AND event_stream_ordering <= ?"
-                    " ORDER BY event_stream_ordering ASC"
-                )
-                txn.execute(sql, (last_forward_id, upper_bound))
-                state_resets = txn.fetchall()
-
-                sql = (
                     "SELECT event_stream_ordering, event_id, state_group"
                     " FROM ex_outlier_stream"
                     " WHERE ? > event_stream_ordering"
@@ -1469,7 +1615,6 @@ class EventsStore(SQLBaseStore):
                 forward_ex_outliers = txn.fetchall()
             else:
                 new_forward_events = []
-                state_resets = []
                 forward_ex_outliers = []
 
             sql = (
@@ -1509,7 +1654,6 @@ class EventsStore(SQLBaseStore):
             return AllNewEventsResult(
                 new_forward_events, new_backfill_events,
                 forward_ex_outliers, backward_ex_outliers,
-                state_resets,
             )
         return self.runInteraction("get_all_new_events", get_all_new_events_txn)
 
@@ -1735,5 +1879,4 @@ class EventsStore(SQLBaseStore):
 AllNewEventsResult = namedtuple("AllNewEventsResult", [
     "new_forward_events", "new_backfill_events",
     "forward_ex_outliers", "backward_ex_outliers",
-    "state_resets"
 ])
diff --git a/synapse/storage/prepare_database.py b/synapse/storage/prepare_database.py
index e46ae6502e..b357f22be7 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/prepare_database.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/prepare_database.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Remember to update this number every time a change is made to database
 # schema files, so the users will be informed on server restarts.
-SCHEMA_VERSION = 39
+SCHEMA_VERSION = 40
 
 dir_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/registration.py b/synapse/storage/registration.py
index 983a8ec52b..26be6060c3 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/registration.py
@@ -413,6 +413,17 @@ class RegistrationStore(background_updates.BackgroundUpdateStore):
             desc="user_delete_threepids",
         )
 
+    def user_delete_threepid(self, user_id, medium, address):
+        return self._simple_delete(
+            "user_threepids",
+            keyvalues={
+                "user_id": user_id,
+                "medium": medium,
+                "address": address,
+            },
+            desc="user_delete_threepids",
+        )
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def count_all_users(self):
         """Counts all users registered on the homeserver."""
diff --git a/synapse/storage/roommember.py b/synapse/storage/roommember.py
index 5d18037c7c..545d3d3a99 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/roommember.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/roommember.py
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ class RoomMemberStore(SQLBaseStore):
         )
 
         for event in events:
-            txn.call_after(self.get_rooms_for_user.invalidate, (event.state_key,))
-            txn.call_after(self.get_users_in_room.invalidate, (event.room_id,))
             txn.call_after(
                 self._membership_stream_cache.entity_has_changed,
                 event.state_key, event.internal_metadata.stream_ordering
@@ -131,7 +129,7 @@ class RoomMemberStore(SQLBaseStore):
         with self._stream_id_gen.get_next() as stream_ordering:
             yield self.runInteraction("locally_reject_invite", f, stream_ordering)
 
-    @cached(max_entries=5000)
+    @cached(max_entries=500000, iterable=True)
     def get_users_in_room(self, room_id):
         def f(txn):
 
@@ -220,7 +218,7 @@ class RoomMemberStore(SQLBaseStore):
                 " ON e.event_id = c.event_id"
                 " AND m.room_id = c.room_id"
                 " AND m.user_id = c.state_key"
-                " WHERE %s"
+                " WHERE c.type = 'm.room.member' AND %s"
             ) % (where_clause,)
 
             txn.execute(sql, args)
@@ -266,7 +264,7 @@ class RoomMemberStore(SQLBaseStore):
             " ON m.event_id = c.event_id "
             " AND m.room_id = c.room_id "
             " AND m.user_id = c.state_key"
-            " WHERE %(where)s"
+            " WHERE c.type = 'm.room.member' AND %(where)s"
         ) % {
             "where": where_clause,
         }
@@ -276,12 +274,29 @@ class RoomMemberStore(SQLBaseStore):
 
         return rows
 
-    @cached(max_entries=5000)
+    @cached(max_entries=500000, iterable=True)
     def get_rooms_for_user(self, user_id):
         return self.get_rooms_for_user_where_membership_is(
             user_id, membership_list=[Membership.JOIN],
         )
 
+    @cachedInlineCallbacks(max_entries=500000, cache_context=True, iterable=True)
+    def get_users_who_share_room_with_user(self, user_id, cache_context):
+        """Returns the set of users who share a room with `user_id`
+        """
+        rooms = yield self.get_rooms_for_user(
+            user_id, on_invalidate=cache_context.invalidate,
+        )
+
+        user_who_share_room = set()
+        for room in rooms:
+            user_ids = yield self.get_users_in_room(
+                room.room_id, on_invalidate=cache_context.invalidate,
+            )
+            user_who_share_room.update(user_ids)
+
+        defer.returnValue(user_who_share_room)
+
     def forget(self, user_id, room_id):
         """Indicate that user_id wishes to discard history for room_id."""
         def f(txn):
@@ -390,7 +405,8 @@ class RoomMemberStore(SQLBaseStore):
             room_id, state_group, state_ids,
         )
 
-    @cachedInlineCallbacks(num_args=2, cache_context=True)
+    @cachedInlineCallbacks(num_args=2, cache_context=True, iterable=True,
+                           max_entries=100000)
     def _get_joined_users_from_context(self, room_id, state_group, current_state_ids,
                                        cache_context, event=None):
         # We don't use `state_group`, it's there so that we can cache based
diff --git a/synapse/storage/schema/delta/40/current_state_idx.sql b/synapse/storage/schema/delta/40/current_state_idx.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ffa189f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/storage/schema/delta/40/current_state_idx.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* Copyright 2017 OpenMarket Ltd
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+INSERT INTO background_updates (update_name, progress_json) VALUES
+  ('current_state_members_idx', '{}');
diff --git a/synapse/storage/schema/delta/40/device_inbox.sql b/synapse/storage/schema/delta/40/device_inbox.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9fe1f0480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/storage/schema/delta/40/device_inbox.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* 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.
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+-- turn the pre-fill startup query into a index-only scan on postgresql.
+INSERT into background_updates (update_name, progress_json)
+    VALUES ('device_inbox_stream_index', '{}');
+
+INSERT into background_updates (update_name, progress_json, depends_on)
+    VALUES ('device_inbox_stream_drop', '{}', 'device_inbox_stream_index');
diff --git a/synapse/storage/schema/delta/40/device_list_streams.sql b/synapse/storage/schema/delta/40/device_list_streams.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54841b3843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/storage/schema/delta/40/device_list_streams.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* Copyright 2017 OpenMarket Ltd
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+-- Cache of remote devices.
+CREATE TABLE device_lists_remote_cache (
+    user_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    device_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    content TEXT NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX device_lists_remote_cache_id ON device_lists_remote_cache(user_id, device_id);
+
+
+-- The last update we got for a user. Empty if we're not receiving updates for
+-- that user.
+CREATE TABLE device_lists_remote_extremeties (
+    user_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    stream_id TEXT NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX device_lists_remote_extremeties_id ON device_lists_remote_extremeties(user_id, stream_id);
+
+
+-- Stream of device lists updates. Includes both local and remotes
+CREATE TABLE device_lists_stream (
+    stream_id BIGINT NOT NULL,
+    user_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    device_id TEXT NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX device_lists_stream_id ON device_lists_stream(stream_id, user_id);
+
+
+-- The stream of updates to send to other servers. We keep at least one row
+-- per user that was sent so that the prev_id for any new updates can be
+-- calculated
+CREATE TABLE device_lists_outbound_pokes (
+    destination TEXT NOT NULL,
+    stream_id BIGINT NOT NULL,
+    user_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    device_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    sent BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
+    ts BIGINT NOT NULL  -- So that in future we can clear out pokes to dead servers
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX device_lists_outbound_pokes_id ON device_lists_outbound_pokes(destination, stream_id);
+CREATE INDEX device_lists_outbound_pokes_user ON device_lists_outbound_pokes(destination, user_id);
diff --git a/synapse/storage/state.py b/synapse/storage/state.py
index 7f466c40ac..1b3800eb6a 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/state.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/state.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class StateStore(SQLBaseStore):
 
     STATE_GROUP_DEDUPLICATION_UPDATE_NAME = "state_group_state_deduplication"
     STATE_GROUP_INDEX_UPDATE_NAME = "state_group_state_type_index"
+    CURRENT_STATE_INDEX_UPDATE_NAME = "current_state_members_idx"
 
     def __init__(self, hs):
         super(StateStore, self).__init__(hs)
@@ -60,6 +61,13 @@ class StateStore(SQLBaseStore):
             self.STATE_GROUP_INDEX_UPDATE_NAME,
             self._background_index_state,
         )
+        self.register_background_index_update(
+            self.CURRENT_STATE_INDEX_UPDATE_NAME,
+            index_name="current_state_events_member_index",
+            table="current_state_events",
+            columns=["state_key"],
+            where_clause="type='m.room.member'",
+        )
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def get_state_groups_ids(self, room_id, event_ids):
@@ -232,59 +240,7 @@ class StateStore(SQLBaseStore):
 
             return count
 
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def get_current_state(self, room_id, event_type=None, state_key=""):
-        if event_type and state_key is not None:
-            result = yield self.get_current_state_for_key(
-                room_id, event_type, state_key
-            )
-            defer.returnValue(result)
-
-        def f(txn):
-            sql = (
-                "SELECT event_id FROM current_state_events"
-                " WHERE room_id = ? "
-            )
-
-            if event_type and state_key is not None:
-                sql += " AND type = ? AND state_key = ? "
-                args = (room_id, event_type, state_key)
-            elif event_type:
-                sql += " AND type = ?"
-                args = (room_id, event_type)
-            else:
-                args = (room_id, )
-
-            txn.execute(sql, args)
-            results = txn.fetchall()
-
-            return [r[0] for r in results]
-
-        event_ids = yield self.runInteraction("get_current_state", f)
-        events = yield self._get_events(event_ids, get_prev_content=False)
-        defer.returnValue(events)
-
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def get_current_state_for_key(self, room_id, event_type, state_key):
-        event_ids = yield self._get_current_state_for_key(room_id, event_type, state_key)
-        events = yield self._get_events(event_ids, get_prev_content=False)
-        defer.returnValue(events)
-
-    @cached(num_args=3)
-    def _get_current_state_for_key(self, room_id, event_type, state_key):
-        def f(txn):
-            sql = (
-                "SELECT event_id FROM current_state_events"
-                " WHERE room_id = ? AND type = ? AND state_key = ?"
-            )
-
-            args = (room_id, event_type, state_key)
-            txn.execute(sql, args)
-            results = txn.fetchall()
-            return [r[0] for r in results]
-        return self.runInteraction("get_current_state_for_key", f)
-
-    @cached(num_args=2, max_entries=1000)
+    @cached(num_args=2, max_entries=100000, iterable=True)
     def _get_state_group_from_group(self, group, types):
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/stream.py b/synapse/storage/stream.py
index 2dc24951c4..200d124632 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/stream.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/stream.py
@@ -244,6 +244,20 @@ class StreamStore(SQLBaseStore):
 
         defer.returnValue(results)
 
+    def get_rooms_that_changed(self, room_ids, from_key):
+        """Given a list of rooms and a token, return rooms where there may have
+        been changes.
+
+        Args:
+            room_ids (list)
+            from_key (str): The room_key portion of a StreamToken
+        """
+        from_key = RoomStreamToken.parse_stream_token(from_key).stream
+        return set(
+            room_id for room_id in room_ids
+            if self._events_stream_cache.has_entity_changed(room_id, from_key)
+        )
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def get_room_events_stream_for_room(self, room_id, from_key, to_key, limit=0,
                                         order='DESC'):
diff --git a/synapse/streams/events.py b/synapse/streams/events.py
index 4d44c3d4ca..91a59b0bae 100644
--- a/synapse/streams/events.py
+++ b/synapse/streams/events.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class EventSources(object):
     def get_current_token(self):
         push_rules_key, _ = self.store.get_push_rules_stream_token()
         to_device_key = self.store.get_to_device_stream_token()
+        device_list_key = self.store.get_device_stream_token()
 
         token = StreamToken(
             room_key=(
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ class EventSources(object):
             ),
             push_rules_key=push_rules_key,
             to_device_key=to_device_key,
+            device_list_key=device_list_key,
         )
         defer.returnValue(token)
 
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ class EventSources(object):
     def get_current_token_for_room(self, room_id):
         push_rules_key, _ = self.store.get_push_rules_stream_token()
         to_device_key = self.store.get_to_device_stream_token()
+        device_list_key = self.store.get_device_stream_token()
 
         token = StreamToken(
             room_key=(
@@ -89,5 +92,6 @@ class EventSources(object):
             ),
             push_rules_key=push_rules_key,
             to_device_key=to_device_key,
+            device_list_key=device_list_key,
         )
         defer.returnValue(token)
diff --git a/synapse/types.py b/synapse/types.py
index 3a3ab21d17..9666f9d73f 100644
--- a/synapse/types.py
+++ b/synapse/types.py
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class StreamToken(
         "account_data_key",
         "push_rules_key",
         "to_device_key",
+        "device_list_key",
     ))
 ):
     _SEPARATOR = "_"
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ class StreamToken(
             or (int(other.account_data_key) < int(self.account_data_key))
             or (int(other.push_rules_key) < int(self.push_rules_key))
             or (int(other.to_device_key) < int(self.to_device_key))
+            or (int(other.device_list_key) < int(self.device_list_key))
         )
 
     def copy_and_advance(self, key, new_value):
diff --git a/synapse/util/async.py b/synapse/util/async.py
index 83875edc85..35380bf8ed 100644
--- a/synapse/util/async.py
+++ b/synapse/util/async.py
@@ -192,8 +192,11 @@ class Linearizer(object):
             logger.info(
                 "Waiting to acquire linearizer lock %r for key %r", self.name, key
             )
-            with PreserveLoggingContext():
-                yield current_defer
+            try:
+                with PreserveLoggingContext():
+                    yield current_defer
+            except:
+                logger.exception("Unexpected exception in Linearizer")
 
         logger.info("Acquired linearizer lock %r for key %r", self.name, key)
 
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/__init__.py b/synapse/util/caches/__init__.py
index ebd715c5dc..8a7774a88e 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/__init__.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ def register_cache(name, cache):
     )
 
 
-_string_cache = LruCache(int(5000 * CACHE_SIZE_FACTOR))
-caches_by_name["string_cache"] = _string_cache
+_string_cache = LruCache(int(100000 * CACHE_SIZE_FACTOR))
+_stirng_cache_metrics = register_cache("string_cache", _string_cache)
 
 
 KNOWN_KEYS = {
@@ -69,7 +69,12 @@ KNOWN_KEYS = {
 def intern_string(string):
     """Takes a (potentially) unicode string and interns using custom cache
     """
-    return _string_cache.setdefault(string, string)
+    new_str = _string_cache.setdefault(string, string)
+    if new_str is string:
+        _stirng_cache_metrics.inc_hits()
+    else:
+        _stirng_cache_metrics.inc_misses()
+    return new_str
 
 
 def intern_dict(dictionary):
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py b/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
index 8dba61d49f..998de70d29 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import logging
 from synapse.util.async import ObservableDeferred
 from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError
 from synapse.util.caches.lrucache import LruCache
-from synapse.util.caches.treecache import TreeCache
+from synapse.util.caches.treecache import TreeCache, iterate_tree_cache_entry
 from synapse.util.logcontext import (
     PreserveLoggingContext, preserve_context_over_deferred, preserve_context_over_fn
 )
@@ -42,6 +42,25 @@ _CacheSentinel = object()
 CACHE_SIZE_FACTOR = float(os.environ.get("SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR", 0.1))
 
 
+class CacheEntry(object):
+    __slots__ = [
+        "deferred", "sequence", "callbacks", "invalidated"
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(self, deferred, sequence, callbacks):
+        self.deferred = deferred
+        self.sequence = sequence
+        self.callbacks = set(callbacks)
+        self.invalidated = False
+
+    def invalidate(self):
+        if not self.invalidated:
+            self.invalidated = True
+            for callback in self.callbacks:
+                callback()
+            self.callbacks.clear()
+
+
 class Cache(object):
     __slots__ = (
         "cache",
@@ -51,12 +70,16 @@ class Cache(object):
         "sequence",
         "thread",
         "metrics",
+        "_pending_deferred_cache",
     )
 
-    def __init__(self, name, max_entries=1000, keylen=1, tree=False):
+    def __init__(self, name, max_entries=1000, keylen=1, tree=False, iterable=False):
         cache_type = TreeCache if tree else dict
+        self._pending_deferred_cache = cache_type()
+
         self.cache = LruCache(
-            max_size=max_entries, keylen=keylen, cache_type=cache_type
+            max_size=max_entries, keylen=keylen, cache_type=cache_type,
+            size_callback=(lambda d: len(d.result)) if iterable else None,
         )
 
         self.name = name
@@ -76,7 +99,15 @@ class Cache(object):
                 )
 
     def get(self, key, default=_CacheSentinel, callback=None):
-        val = self.cache.get(key, _CacheSentinel, callback=callback)
+        callbacks = [callback] if callback else []
+        val = self._pending_deferred_cache.get(key, _CacheSentinel)
+        if val is not _CacheSentinel:
+            if val.sequence == self.sequence:
+                val.callbacks.update(callbacks)
+                self.metrics.inc_hits()
+                return val.deferred
+
+        val = self.cache.get(key, _CacheSentinel, callbacks=callbacks)
         if val is not _CacheSentinel:
             self.metrics.inc_hits()
             return val
@@ -88,15 +119,39 @@ class Cache(object):
         else:
             return default
 
-    def update(self, sequence, key, value, callback=None):
+    def set(self, key, value, callback=None):
+        callbacks = [callback] if callback else []
         self.check_thread()
-        if self.sequence == sequence:
-            # Only update the cache if the caches sequence number matches the
-            # number that the cache had before the SELECT was started (SYN-369)
-            self.prefill(key, value, callback=callback)
+        entry = CacheEntry(
+            deferred=value,
+            sequence=self.sequence,
+            callbacks=callbacks,
+        )
+
+        entry.callbacks.update(callbacks)
+
+        existing_entry = self._pending_deferred_cache.pop(key, None)
+        if existing_entry:
+            existing_entry.invalidate()
+
+        self._pending_deferred_cache[key] = entry
+
+        def shuffle(result):
+            if self.sequence == entry.sequence:
+                existing_entry = self._pending_deferred_cache.pop(key, None)
+                if existing_entry is entry:
+                    self.cache.set(key, entry.deferred, entry.callbacks)
+                else:
+                    entry.invalidate()
+            else:
+                entry.invalidate()
+            return result
+
+        entry.deferred.addCallback(shuffle)
 
     def prefill(self, key, value, callback=None):
-        self.cache.set(key, value, callback=callback)
+        callbacks = [callback] if callback else []
+        self.cache.set(key, value, callbacks=callbacks)
 
     def invalidate(self, key):
         self.check_thread()
@@ -108,6 +163,10 @@ class Cache(object):
         # Increment the sequence number so that any SELECT statements that
         # raced with the INSERT don't update the cache (SYN-369)
         self.sequence += 1
+        entry = self._pending_deferred_cache.pop(key, None)
+        if entry:
+            entry.invalidate()
+
         self.cache.pop(key, None)
 
     def invalidate_many(self, key):
@@ -119,6 +178,11 @@ class Cache(object):
         self.sequence += 1
         self.cache.del_multi(key)
 
+        entry_dict = self._pending_deferred_cache.pop(key, None)
+        if entry_dict is not None:
+            for entry in iterate_tree_cache_entry(entry_dict):
+                entry.invalidate()
+
     def invalidate_all(self):
         self.check_thread()
         self.sequence += 1
@@ -155,7 +219,7 @@ class CacheDescriptor(object):
 
     """
     def __init__(self, orig, max_entries=1000, num_args=1, tree=False,
-                 inlineCallbacks=False, cache_context=False):
+                 inlineCallbacks=False, cache_context=False, iterable=False):
         max_entries = int(max_entries * CACHE_SIZE_FACTOR)
 
         self.orig = orig
@@ -169,6 +233,8 @@ class CacheDescriptor(object):
         self.num_args = num_args
         self.tree = tree
 
+        self.iterable = iterable
+
         all_args = inspect.getargspec(orig)
         self.arg_names = all_args.args[1:num_args + 1]
 
@@ -203,6 +269,7 @@ class CacheDescriptor(object):
             max_entries=self.max_entries,
             keylen=self.num_args,
             tree=self.tree,
+            iterable=self.iterable,
         )
 
         @functools.wraps(self.orig)
@@ -243,11 +310,6 @@ class CacheDescriptor(object):
 
                 return preserve_context_over_deferred(observer)
             except KeyError:
-                # Get the sequence number of the cache before reading from the
-                # database so that we can tell if the cache is invalidated
-                # while the SELECT is executing (SYN-369)
-                sequence = cache.sequence
-
                 ret = defer.maybeDeferred(
                     preserve_context_over_fn,
                     self.function_to_call,
@@ -261,7 +323,7 @@ class CacheDescriptor(object):
                 ret.addErrback(onErr)
 
                 ret = ObservableDeferred(ret, consumeErrors=True)
-                cache.update(sequence, cache_key, ret, callback=invalidate_callback)
+                cache.set(cache_key, ret, callback=invalidate_callback)
 
                 return preserve_context_over_deferred(ret.observe())
 
@@ -359,7 +421,6 @@ class CacheListDescriptor(object):
                     missing.append(arg)
 
             if missing:
-                sequence = cache.sequence
                 args_to_call = dict(arg_dict)
                 args_to_call[self.list_name] = missing
 
@@ -382,8 +443,8 @@ class CacheListDescriptor(object):
 
                     key = list(keyargs)
                     key[self.list_pos] = arg
-                    cache.update(
-                        sequence, tuple(key), observer,
+                    cache.set(
+                        tuple(key), observer,
                         callback=invalidate_callback
                     )
 
@@ -417,21 +478,29 @@ class CacheListDescriptor(object):
 
 
 class _CacheContext(namedtuple("_CacheContext", ("cache", "key"))):
+    # We rely on _CacheContext implementing __eq__ and __hash__ sensibly,
+    # which namedtuple does for us (i.e. two _CacheContext are the same if
+    # their caches and keys match). This is important in particular to
+    # dedupe when we add callbacks to lru cache nodes, otherwise the number
+    # of callbacks would grow.
     def invalidate(self):
         self.cache.invalidate(self.key)
 
 
-def cached(max_entries=1000, num_args=1, tree=False, cache_context=False):
+def cached(max_entries=1000, num_args=1, tree=False, cache_context=False,
+           iterable=False):
     return lambda orig: CacheDescriptor(
         orig,
         max_entries=max_entries,
         num_args=num_args,
         tree=tree,
         cache_context=cache_context,
+        iterable=iterable,
     )
 
 
-def cachedInlineCallbacks(max_entries=1000, num_args=1, tree=False, cache_context=False):
+def cachedInlineCallbacks(max_entries=1000, num_args=1, tree=False, cache_context=False,
+                          iterable=False):
     return lambda orig: CacheDescriptor(
         orig,
         max_entries=max_entries,
@@ -439,6 +508,7 @@ def cachedInlineCallbacks(max_entries=1000, num_args=1, tree=False, cache_contex
         tree=tree,
         inlineCallbacks=True,
         cache_context=cache_context,
+        iterable=iterable,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/dictionary_cache.py b/synapse/util/caches/dictionary_cache.py
index b0ca1bb79d..cb6933c61c 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/dictionary_cache.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/dictionary_cache.py
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ import logging
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-DictionaryEntry = namedtuple("DictionaryEntry", ("full", "value"))
+class DictionaryEntry(namedtuple("DictionaryEntry", ("full", "value"))):
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.value)
 
 
 class DictionaryCache(object):
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ class DictionaryCache(object):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, name, max_entries=1000):
-        self.cache = LruCache(max_size=max_entries)
+        self.cache = LruCache(max_size=max_entries, size_callback=len)
 
         self.name = name
         self.sequence = 0
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py b/synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py
index 080388958f..2987c38a2d 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/expiringcache.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 from synapse.util.caches import register_cache
 
+from collections import OrderedDict
 import logging
 
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class ExpiringCache(object):
     def __init__(self, cache_name, clock, max_len=0, expiry_ms=0,
-                 reset_expiry_on_get=False):
+                 reset_expiry_on_get=False, iterable=False):
         """
         Args:
             cache_name (str): Name of this cache, used for logging.
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ class ExpiringCache(object):
                 evicted based on time.
             reset_expiry_on_get (bool): If true, will reset the expiry time for
                 an item on access. Defaults to False.
+            iterable (bool): If true, the size is calculated by summing the
+                sizes of all entries, rather than the number of entries.
 
         """
         self._cache_name = cache_name
@@ -47,9 +50,13 @@ class ExpiringCache(object):
 
         self._reset_expiry_on_get = reset_expiry_on_get
 
-        self._cache = {}
+        self._cache = OrderedDict()
 
-        self.metrics = register_cache(cache_name, self._cache)
+        self.metrics = register_cache(cache_name, self)
+
+        self.iterable = iterable
+
+        self._size_estimate = 0
 
     def start(self):
         if not self._expiry_ms:
@@ -65,15 +72,14 @@ class ExpiringCache(object):
         now = self._clock.time_msec()
         self._cache[key] = _CacheEntry(now, value)
 
-        # Evict if there are now too many items
-        if self._max_len and len(self._cache.keys()) > self._max_len:
-            sorted_entries = sorted(
-                self._cache.items(),
-                key=lambda item: item[1].time,
-            )
+        if self.iterable:
+            self._size_estimate += len(value)
 
-            for k, _ in sorted_entries[self._max_len:]:
-                self._cache.pop(k)
+        # Evict if there are now too many items
+        while self._max_len and len(self) > self._max_len:
+            _key, value = self._cache.popitem(last=False)
+            if self.iterable:
+                self._size_estimate -= len(value.value)
 
     def __getitem__(self, key):
         try:
@@ -99,7 +105,7 @@ class ExpiringCache(object):
             # zero expiry time means don't expire. This should never get called
             # since we have this check in start too.
             return
-        begin_length = len(self._cache)
+        begin_length = len(self)
 
         now = self._clock.time_msec()
 
@@ -110,15 +116,20 @@ class ExpiringCache(object):
                 keys_to_delete.add(key)
 
         for k in keys_to_delete:
-            self._cache.pop(k)
+            value = self._cache.pop(k)
+            if self.iterable:
+                self._size_estimate -= len(value.value)
 
         logger.debug(
             "[%s] _prune_cache before: %d, after len: %d",
-            self._cache_name, begin_length, len(self._cache)
+            self._cache_name, begin_length, len(self)
         )
 
     def __len__(self):
-        return len(self._cache)
+        if self.iterable:
+            return self._size_estimate
+        else:
+            return len(self._cache)
 
 
 class _CacheEntry(object):
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/lrucache.py b/synapse/util/caches/lrucache.py
index 9c4c679175..cf5fbb679c 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/lrucache.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/lrucache.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class LruCache(object):
     Can also set callbacks on objects when getting/setting which are fired
     when that key gets invalidated/evicted.
     """
-    def __init__(self, max_size, keylen=1, cache_type=dict):
+    def __init__(self, max_size, keylen=1, cache_type=dict, size_callback=None):
         cache = cache_type()
         self.cache = cache  # Used for introspection.
         list_root = _Node(None, None, None, None)
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ class LruCache(object):
 
         lock = threading.Lock()
 
+        def evict():
+            while cache_len() > max_size:
+                todelete = list_root.prev_node
+                delete_node(todelete)
+                cache.pop(todelete.key, None)
+
         def synchronized(f):
             @wraps(f)
             def inner(*args, **kwargs):
@@ -66,6 +72,16 @@ class LruCache(object):
 
             return inner
 
+        cached_cache_len = [0]
+        if size_callback is not None:
+            def cache_len():
+                return cached_cache_len[0]
+        else:
+            def cache_len():
+                return len(cache)
+
+        self.len = synchronized(cache_len)
+
         def add_node(key, value, callbacks=set()):
             prev_node = list_root
             next_node = prev_node.next_node
@@ -74,6 +90,9 @@ class LruCache(object):
             next_node.prev_node = node
             cache[key] = node
 
+            if size_callback:
+                cached_cache_len[0] += size_callback(node.value)
+
         def move_node_to_front(node):
             prev_node = node.prev_node
             next_node = node.next_node
@@ -92,23 +111,25 @@ class LruCache(object):
             prev_node.next_node = next_node
             next_node.prev_node = prev_node
 
+            if size_callback:
+                cached_cache_len[0] -= size_callback(node.value)
+
             for cb in node.callbacks:
                 cb()
             node.callbacks.clear()
 
         @synchronized
-        def cache_get(key, default=None, callback=None):
+        def cache_get(key, default=None, callbacks=[]):
             node = cache.get(key, None)
             if node is not None:
                 move_node_to_front(node)
-                if callback:
-                    node.callbacks.add(callback)
+                node.callbacks.update(callbacks)
                 return node.value
             else:
                 return default
 
         @synchronized
-        def cache_set(key, value, callback=None):
+        def cache_set(key, value, callbacks=[]):
             node = cache.get(key, None)
             if node is not None:
                 if value != node.value:
@@ -116,21 +137,18 @@ class LruCache(object):
                         cb()
                     node.callbacks.clear()
 
-                if callback:
-                    node.callbacks.add(callback)
+                    if size_callback:
+                        cached_cache_len[0] -= size_callback(node.value)
+                        cached_cache_len[0] += size_callback(value)
+
+                node.callbacks.update(callbacks)
 
                 move_node_to_front(node)
                 node.value = value
             else:
-                if callback:
-                    callbacks = set([callback])
-                else:
-                    callbacks = set()
-                add_node(key, value, callbacks)
-                if len(cache) > max_size:
-                    todelete = list_root.prev_node
-                    delete_node(todelete)
-                    cache.pop(todelete.key, None)
+                add_node(key, value, set(callbacks))
+
+            evict()
 
         @synchronized
         def cache_set_default(key, value):
@@ -139,10 +157,7 @@ class LruCache(object):
                 return node.value
             else:
                 add_node(key, value)
-                if len(cache) > max_size:
-                    todelete = list_root.prev_node
-                    delete_node(todelete)
-                    cache.pop(todelete.key, None)
+                evict()
                 return value
 
         @synchronized
@@ -174,10 +189,8 @@ class LruCache(object):
                 for cb in node.callbacks:
                     cb()
             cache.clear()
-
-        @synchronized
-        def cache_len():
-            return len(cache)
+            if size_callback:
+                cached_cache_len[0] = 0
 
         @synchronized
         def cache_contains(key):
@@ -190,7 +203,7 @@ class LruCache(object):
         self.pop = cache_pop
         if cache_type is TreeCache:
             self.del_multi = cache_del_multi
-        self.len = cache_len
+        self.len = synchronized(cache_len)
         self.contains = cache_contains
         self.clear = cache_clear
 
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/treecache.py b/synapse/util/caches/treecache.py
index c31585aea3..fcc341a6b7 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/treecache.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/treecache.py
@@ -65,12 +65,27 @@ class TreeCache(object):
         return popped
 
     def values(self):
-        return [e.value for e in self.root.values()]
+        return list(iterate_tree_cache_entry(self.root))
 
     def __len__(self):
         return self.size
 
 
+def iterate_tree_cache_entry(d):
+    """Helper function to iterate over the leaves of a tree, i.e. a dict of that
+    can contain dicts.
+    """
+    if isinstance(d, dict):
+        for value_d in d.itervalues():
+            for value in iterate_tree_cache_entry(value_d):
+                yield value
+    else:
+        if isinstance(d, _Entry):
+            yield d.value
+        else:
+            yield d
+
+
 class _Entry(object):
     __slots__ = ["value"]
 
diff --git a/synapse/util/debug.py b/synapse/util/debug.py
deleted file mode 100644
index dc49162e6a..0000000000
--- a/synapse/util/debug.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2015, 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.
-# 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.
-
-from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
-from functools import wraps
-from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, PreserveLoggingContext
-
-
-def debug_deferreds():
-    """Cause all deferreds to wait for a reactor tick before running their
-    callbacks. This increases the chance of getting a stack trace out of
-    a defer.inlineCallback since the code waiting on the deferred will get
-    a chance to add an errback before the deferred runs."""
-
-    # Helper method for retrieving and restoring the current logging context
-    # around a callback.
-    def with_logging_context(fn):
-        context = LoggingContext.current_context()
-
-        def restore_context_callback(x):
-            with PreserveLoggingContext(context):
-                return fn(x)
-
-        return restore_context_callback
-
-    # We are going to modify the __init__ method of defer.Deferred so we
-    # need to get a copy of the old method so we can still call it.
-    old__init__ = defer.Deferred.__init__
-
-    # We need to create a deferred to bounce the callbacks through the reactor
-    # but we don't want to add a callback when we create that deferred so we
-    # we create a new type of deferred that uses the old __init__ method.
-    # This is safe as long as the old __init__ method doesn't invoke an
-    # __init__ using super.
-    class Bouncer(defer.Deferred):
-        __init__ = old__init__
-
-    # We'll add this as a callback to all Deferreds. Twisted will wait until
-    # the bouncer deferred resolves before calling the callbacks of the
-    # original deferred.
-    def bounce_callback(x):
-        bouncer = Bouncer()
-        reactor.callLater(0, with_logging_context(bouncer.callback), x)
-        return bouncer
-
-    # We'll add this as an errback to all Deferreds. Twisted will wait until
-    # the bouncer deferred resolves before calling the errbacks of the
-    # original deferred.
-    def bounce_errback(x):
-        bouncer = Bouncer()
-        reactor.callLater(0, with_logging_context(bouncer.errback), x)
-        return bouncer
-
-    @wraps(old__init__)
-    def new__init__(self, *args, **kargs):
-        old__init__(self, *args, **kargs)
-        self.addCallbacks(bounce_callback, bounce_errback)
-
-    defer.Deferred.__init__ = new__init__
diff --git a/synapse/util/retryutils.py b/synapse/util/retryutils.py
index e2de7fce91..153ef001ad 100644
--- a/synapse/util/retryutils.py
+++ b/synapse/util/retryutils.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class RetryDestinationLimiter(object):
     def __init__(self, destination, clock, store, retry_interval,
                  min_retry_interval=10 * 60 * 1000,
                  max_retry_interval=24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
-                 multiplier_retry_interval=5,):
+                 multiplier_retry_interval=5, backoff_on_404=False):
         """Marks the destination as "down" if an exception is thrown in the
         context, except for CodeMessageException with code < 500.
 
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class RetryDestinationLimiter(object):
                 a failed request, in milliseconds.
             multiplier_retry_interval (int): The multiplier to use to increase
                 the retry interval after a failed request.
+            backoff_on_404 (bool): Back off if we get a 404
         """
         self.clock = clock
         self.store = store
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ class RetryDestinationLimiter(object):
         self.min_retry_interval = min_retry_interval
         self.max_retry_interval = max_retry_interval
         self.multiplier_retry_interval = multiplier_retry_interval
+        self.backoff_on_404 = backoff_on_404
 
     def __enter__(self):
         pass
@@ -123,7 +125,22 @@ class RetryDestinationLimiter(object):
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
         valid_err_code = False
         if exc_type is not None and issubclass(exc_type, CodeMessageException):
-            valid_err_code = exc_val.code != 429 and 0 <= exc_val.code < 500
+            # Some error codes are perfectly fine for some APIs, whereas other
+            # APIs may expect to never received e.g. a 404. It's important to
+            # handle 404 as some remote servers will return a 404 when the HS
+            # has been decommissioned.
+            # If we get a 401, then we should probably back off since they
+            # won't accept our requests for at least a while.
+            # 429 is us being aggresively rate limited, so lets rate limit
+            # ourselves.
+            if exc_val.code == 404 and self.backoff_on_404:
+                valid_err_code = False
+            elif exc_val.code in (401, 429):
+                valid_err_code = False
+            elif exc_val.code < 500:
+                valid_err_code = True
+            else:
+                valid_err_code = False
 
         if exc_type is None or valid_err_code:
             # We connected successfully.
diff --git a/tests/api/test_filtering.py b/tests/api/test_filtering.py
index dcb6c5bc31..50e8607c14 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_filtering.py
+++ b/tests/api/test_filtering.py
@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@ from synapse.api.filtering import Filter
 from synapse.events import FrozenEvent
 
 user_localpart = "test_user"
-# MockEvent = namedtuple("MockEvent", "sender type room_id")
 
 
 def MockEvent(**kwargs):
+    if "event_id" not in kwargs:
+        kwargs["event_id"] = "fake_event_id"
+    if "type" not in kwargs:
+        kwargs["type"] = "fake_type"
     return FrozenEvent(kwargs)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/events/test_utils.py b/tests/events/test_utils.py
index 29f068d1f1..dfc870066e 100644
--- a/tests/events/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/events/test_utils.py
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ from synapse.events.utils import prune_event, serialize_event
 
 
 def MockEvent(**kwargs):
+    if "event_id" not in kwargs:
+        kwargs["event_id"] = "fake_event_id"
+    if "type" not in kwargs:
+        kwargs["type"] = "fake_type"
     return FrozenEvent(kwargs)
 
 
@@ -35,9 +39,13 @@ class PruneEventTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_minimal(self):
         self.run_test(
-            {'type': 'A'},
             {
                 'type': 'A',
+                'event_id': '$test:domain',
+            },
+            {
+                'type': 'A',
+                'event_id': '$test:domain',
                 'content': {},
                 'signatures': {},
                 'unsigned': {},
@@ -69,10 +77,12 @@ class PruneEventTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.run_test(
             {
                 'type': 'B',
+                'event_id': '$test:domain',
                 'unsigned': {'age_ts': 20},
             },
             {
                 'type': 'B',
+                'event_id': '$test:domain',
                 'content': {},
                 'signatures': {},
                 'unsigned': {'age_ts': 20},
@@ -82,10 +92,12 @@ class PruneEventTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.run_test(
             {
                 'type': 'B',
+                'event_id': '$test:domain',
                 'unsigned': {'other_key': 'here'},
             },
             {
                 'type': 'B',
+                'event_id': '$test:domain',
                 'content': {},
                 'signatures': {},
                 'unsigned': {},
@@ -96,10 +108,12 @@ class PruneEventTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.run_test(
             {
                 'type': 'C',
+                'event_id': '$test:domain',
                 'content': {'things': 'here'},
             },
             {
                 'type': 'C',
+                'event_id': '$test:domain',
                 'content': {},
                 'signatures': {},
                 'unsigned': {},
@@ -109,10 +123,12 @@ class PruneEventTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.run_test(
             {
                 'type': 'm.room.create',
+                'event_id': '$test:domain',
                 'content': {'creator': '@2:domain', 'other_field': 'here'},
             },
             {
                 'type': 'm.room.create',
+                'event_id': '$test:domain',
                 'content': {'creator': '@2:domain'},
                 'signatures': {},
                 'unsigned': {},
@@ -255,6 +271,8 @@ class SerializeEventTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(
             self.serialize(
                 MockEvent(
+                    type="foo",
+                    event_id="test",
                     room_id="!foo:bar",
                     content={
                         "foo": "bar",
@@ -263,6 +281,8 @@ class SerializeEventTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
                 []
             ),
             {
+                "type": "foo",
+                "event_id": "test",
                 "room_id": "!foo:bar",
                 "content": {
                     "foo": "bar",
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_auth.py b/tests/handlers/test_auth.py
index 9d013e5ca7..1822dcf1e0 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_auth.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_auth.py
@@ -34,11 +34,10 @@ class AuthTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.hs = yield setup_test_homeserver(handlers=None)
         self.hs.handlers = AuthHandlers(self.hs)
         self.auth_handler = self.hs.handlers.auth_handler
+        self.macaroon_generator = self.hs.get_macaroon_generator()
 
     def test_token_is_a_macaroon(self):
-        self.hs.config.macaroon_secret_key = "this key is a huge secret"
-
-        token = self.auth_handler.generate_access_token("some_user")
+        token = self.macaroon_generator.generate_access_token("some_user")
         # Check that we can parse the thing with pymacaroons
         macaroon = pymacaroons.Macaroon.deserialize(token)
         # The most basic of sanity checks
@@ -46,10 +45,9 @@ class AuthTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             self.fail("some_user was not in %s" % macaroon.inspect())
 
     def test_macaroon_caveats(self):
-        self.hs.config.macaroon_secret_key = "this key is a massive secret"
         self.hs.clock.now = 5000
 
-        token = self.auth_handler.generate_access_token("a_user")
+        token = self.macaroon_generator.generate_access_token("a_user")
         macaroon = pymacaroons.Macaroon.deserialize(token)
 
         def verify_gen(caveat):
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ class AuthTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_short_term_login_token_gives_user_id(self):
         self.hs.clock.now = 1000
 
-        token = self.auth_handler.generate_short_term_login_token(
+        token = self.macaroon_generator.generate_short_term_login_token(
             "a_user", 5000
         )
 
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ class AuthTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             )
 
     def test_short_term_login_token_cannot_replace_user_id(self):
-        token = self.auth_handler.generate_short_term_login_token(
+        token = self.macaroon_generator.generate_short_term_login_token(
             "a_user", 5000
         )
         macaroon = pymacaroons.Macaroon.deserialize(token)
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_device.py b/tests/handlers/test_device.py
index 85a970a6c9..2eaaa8253c 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_device.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_device.py
@@ -35,51 +35,51 @@ class DeviceTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def setUp(self):
-        hs = yield utils.setup_test_homeserver(handlers=None)
-        self.handler = synapse.handlers.device.DeviceHandler(hs)
+        hs = yield utils.setup_test_homeserver()
+        self.handler = hs.get_device_handler()
         self.store = hs.get_datastore()
         self.clock = hs.get_clock()
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def test_device_is_created_if_doesnt_exist(self):
         res = yield self.handler.check_device_registered(
-            user_id="boris",
+            user_id="@boris:foo",
             device_id="fco",
             initial_device_display_name="display name"
         )
         self.assertEqual(res, "fco")
 
-        dev = yield self.handler.store.get_device("boris", "fco")
+        dev = yield self.handler.store.get_device("@boris:foo", "fco")
         self.assertEqual(dev["display_name"], "display name")
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def test_device_is_preserved_if_exists(self):
         res1 = yield self.handler.check_device_registered(
-            user_id="boris",
+            user_id="@boris:foo",
             device_id="fco",
             initial_device_display_name="display name"
         )
         self.assertEqual(res1, "fco")
 
         res2 = yield self.handler.check_device_registered(
-            user_id="boris",
+            user_id="@boris:foo",
             device_id="fco",
             initial_device_display_name="new display name"
         )
         self.assertEqual(res2, "fco")
 
-        dev = yield self.handler.store.get_device("boris", "fco")
+        dev = yield self.handler.store.get_device("@boris:foo", "fco")
         self.assertEqual(dev["display_name"], "display name")
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def test_device_id_is_made_up_if_unspecified(self):
         device_id = yield self.handler.check_device_registered(
-            user_id="theresa",
+            user_id="@theresa:foo",
             device_id=None,
             initial_device_display_name="display"
         )
 
-        dev = yield self.handler.store.get_device("theresa", device_id)
+        dev = yield self.handler.store.get_device("@theresa:foo", device_id)
         self.assertEqual(dev["display_name"], "display")
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_directory.py b/tests/handlers/test_directory.py
index 5d602c1531..ceb9aa5765 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_directory.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_directory.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class DirectoryTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.mock_federation = Mock(spec=[
             "make_query",
+            "register_edu_handler",
         ])
 
         self.query_handlers = {}
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_profile.py b/tests/handlers/test_profile.py
index f1f664275f..979cebf600 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_profile.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_profile.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class ProfileTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.mock_federation = Mock(spec=[
             "make_query",
+            "register_edu_handler",
         ])
 
         self.query_handlers = {}
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_register.py b/tests/handlers/test_register.py
index a4380c48b4..c8cf9a63ec 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_register.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_register.py
@@ -41,15 +41,12 @@ class RegistrationTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             handlers=None,
             http_client=None,
             expire_access_token=True)
-        self.auth_handler = Mock(
+        self.macaroon_generator = Mock(
             generate_access_token=Mock(return_value='secret'))
+        self.hs.get_macaroon_generator = Mock(return_value=self.macaroon_generator)
         self.hs.handlers = RegistrationHandlers(self.hs)
         self.handler = self.hs.get_handlers().registration_handler
         self.hs.get_handlers().profile_handler = Mock()
-        self.mock_handler = Mock(spec=[
-            "generate_access_token",
-        ])
-        self.hs.get_auth_handler = Mock(return_value=self.auth_handler)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def test_user_is_created_and_logged_in_if_doesnt_exist(self):
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_typing.py b/tests/handlers/test_typing.py
index c718d1f98f..f88d2be7c5 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_typing.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_typing.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class TypingNotificationsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
                 "get_received_txn_response",
                 "set_received_txn_response",
                 "get_destination_retry_timings",
+                "get_devices_by_remote",
             ]),
             state_handler=self.state_handler,
             handlers=None,
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ class TypingNotificationsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             defer.succeed(retry_timings_res)
         )
 
+        self.datastore.get_devices_by_remote.return_value = (0, [])
+
         def get_received_txn_response(*args):
             return defer.succeed(None)
         self.datastore.get_received_txn_response = get_received_txn_response
diff --git a/tests/replication/slave/storage/test_events.py b/tests/replication/slave/storage/test_events.py
index 44e859b5d1..105e1228bb 100644
--- a/tests/replication/slave/storage/test_events.py
+++ b/tests/replication/slave/storage/test_events.py
@@ -59,53 +59,6 @@ class SlavedEventStoreTestCase(BaseSlavedStoreTestCase):
         [unpatch() for unpatch in self.unpatches]
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def test_room_members(self):
-        create = yield self.persist(type="m.room.create", key="", creator=USER_ID)
-        yield self.replicate()
-        yield self.check("get_rooms_for_user", (USER_ID,), [])
-        yield self.check("get_users_in_room", (ROOM_ID,), [])
-
-        # Join the room.
-        join = yield self.persist(type="m.room.member", key=USER_ID, membership="join")
-        yield self.replicate()
-        yield self.check("get_rooms_for_user", (USER_ID,), [RoomsForUser(
-            room_id=ROOM_ID,
-            sender=USER_ID,
-            membership="join",
-            event_id=join.event_id,
-            stream_ordering=join.internal_metadata.stream_ordering,
-        )])
-        yield self.check("get_users_in_room", (ROOM_ID,), [USER_ID])
-
-        # Leave the room.
-        yield self.persist(type="m.room.member", key=USER_ID, membership="leave")
-        yield self.replicate()
-        yield self.check("get_rooms_for_user", (USER_ID,), [])
-        yield self.check("get_users_in_room", (ROOM_ID,), [])
-
-        # Add some other user to the room.
-        join = yield self.persist(type="m.room.member", key=USER_ID_2, membership="join")
-        yield self.replicate()
-        yield self.check("get_rooms_for_user", (USER_ID_2,), [RoomsForUser(
-            room_id=ROOM_ID,
-            sender=USER_ID,
-            membership="join",
-            event_id=join.event_id,
-            stream_ordering=join.internal_metadata.stream_ordering,
-        )])
-        yield self.check("get_users_in_room", (ROOM_ID,), [USER_ID_2])
-
-        # Join the room clobbering the state.
-        # This should remove any evidence of the other user being in the room.
-        yield self.persist(
-            type="m.room.member", key=USER_ID, membership="join",
-            reset_state=[create]
-        )
-        yield self.replicate()
-        yield self.check("get_users_in_room", (ROOM_ID,), [USER_ID])
-        yield self.check("get_rooms_for_user", (USER_ID_2,), [])
-
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def test_get_latest_event_ids_in_room(self):
         create = yield self.persist(type="m.room.create", key="", creator=USER_ID)
         yield self.replicate()
@@ -123,51 +76,6 @@ class SlavedEventStoreTestCase(BaseSlavedStoreTestCase):
         )
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def test_get_current_state(self):
-        # Create the room.
-        create = yield self.persist(type="m.room.create", key="", creator=USER_ID)
-        yield self.replicate()
-        yield self.check(
-            "get_current_state_for_key", (ROOM_ID, "m.room.member", USER_ID), []
-        )
-
-        # Join the room.
-        join1 = yield self.persist(
-            type="m.room.member", key=USER_ID, membership="join",
-        )
-        yield self.replicate()
-        yield self.check(
-            "get_current_state_for_key", (ROOM_ID, "m.room.member", USER_ID),
-            [join1]
-        )
-
-        # Add some other user to the room.
-        join2 = yield self.persist(
-            type="m.room.member", key=USER_ID_2, membership="join",
-        )
-        yield self.replicate()
-        yield self.check(
-            "get_current_state_for_key", (ROOM_ID, "m.room.member", USER_ID_2),
-            [join2]
-        )
-
-        # Leave the room, then rejoin the room clobbering state.
-        yield self.persist(type="m.room.member", key=USER_ID, membership="leave")
-        join3 = yield self.persist(
-            type="m.room.member", key=USER_ID, membership="join",
-            reset_state=[create]
-        )
-        yield self.replicate()
-        yield self.check(
-            "get_current_state_for_key", (ROOM_ID, "m.room.member", USER_ID_2),
-            []
-        )
-        yield self.check(
-            "get_current_state_for_key", (ROOM_ID, "m.room.member", USER_ID),
-            [join3]
-        )
-
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def test_redactions(self):
         yield self.persist(type="m.room.create", key="", creator=USER_ID)
         yield self.persist(type="m.room.member", key=USER_ID, membership="join")
@@ -283,6 +191,12 @@ class SlavedEventStoreTestCase(BaseSlavedStoreTestCase):
         if depth is None:
             depth = self.event_id
 
+        if not prev_events:
+            latest_event_ids = yield self.master_store.get_latest_event_ids_in_room(
+                room_id
+            )
+            prev_events = [(ev_id, {}) for ev_id in latest_event_ids]
+
         event_dict = {
             "sender": sender,
             "type": type,
@@ -309,12 +223,15 @@ class SlavedEventStoreTestCase(BaseSlavedStoreTestCase):
             state_ids = {
                 key: e.event_id for key, e in state.items()
             }
+            context = EventContext()
+            context.current_state_ids = state_ids
+            context.prev_state_ids = state_ids
+        elif not backfill:
+            state_handler = self.hs.get_state_handler()
+            context = yield state_handler.compute_event_context(event)
         else:
-            state_ids = None
+            context = EventContext()
 
-        context = EventContext()
-        context.current_state_ids = state_ids
-        context.prev_state_ids = state_ids
         context.push_actions = push_actions
 
         ordering = None
@@ -324,7 +241,7 @@ class SlavedEventStoreTestCase(BaseSlavedStoreTestCase):
             )
         else:
             ordering, _ = yield self.master_store.persist_event(
-                event, context, current_state=reset_state
+                event, context,
             )
 
         if ordering:
diff --git a/tests/rest/client/v1/test_rooms.py b/tests/rest/client/v1/test_rooms.py
index 4fe99ebc0b..d746ea8568 100644
--- a/tests/rest/client/v1/test_rooms.py
+++ b/tests/rest/client/v1/test_rooms.py
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ class RoomPermissionsTestCase(RestTestCase):
         # set [invite/join/left] of self, set [invite/join/left] of other,
         # expect all 404s because room doesn't exist on any server
         for usr in [self.user_id, self.rmcreator_id]:
-            yield self.join(room=room, user=usr, expect_code=403)
-            yield self.leave(room=room, user=usr, expect_code=403)
+            yield self.join(room=room, user=usr, expect_code=404)
+            yield self.leave(room=room, user=usr, expect_code=404)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def test_membership_private_room_perms(self):
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ class RoomMessageListTestCase(RestTestCase):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def test_topo_token_is_accepted(self):
-        token = "t1-0_0_0_0_0_0_0"
+        token = "t1-0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0"
         (code, response) = yield self.mock_resource.trigger_get(
             "/rooms/%s/messages?access_token=x&from=%s" %
             (self.room_id, token))
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ class RoomMessageListTestCase(RestTestCase):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def test_stream_token_is_accepted_for_fwd_pagianation(self):
-        token = "s0_0_0_0_0_0_0"
+        token = "s0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0"
         (code, response) = yield self.mock_resource.trigger_get(
             "/rooms/%s/messages?access_token=x&from=%s" %
             (self.room_id, token))
diff --git a/tests/rest/client/v1/utils.py b/tests/rest/client/v1/utils.py
index 17524b2e23..3bb1dd003a 100644
--- a/tests/rest/client/v1/utils.py
+++ b/tests/rest/client/v1/utils.py
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ class RestTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         (code, response) = yield self.mock_resource.trigger(
             "PUT", path, json.dumps(data)
         )
-        self.assertEquals(expect_code, code, msg=str(response))
+        self.assertEquals(
+            expect_code, code,
+            msg="Expected: %d, got: %d, resp: %r" % (expect_code, code, response)
+        )
 
         self.auth_user_id = temp_id
 
diff --git a/tests/storage/test__base.py b/tests/storage/test__base.py
index ab6095564a..8361dd8cee 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test__base.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test__base.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class CacheDecoratorTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         callcount2 = [0]
 
         class A(object):
-            @cached(max_entries=2)
+            @cached(max_entries=20)  # HACK: This makes it 2 due to cache factor
             def func(self, key):
                 callcount[0] += 1
                 return key
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ class CacheDecoratorTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(callcount[0], 2)
         self.assertEquals(callcount2[0], 2)
 
+        yield a.func2("foo")
+        self.assertEquals(callcount[0], 2)
+        self.assertEquals(callcount2[0], 2)
+
         yield a.func("foo3")
 
         self.assertEquals(callcount[0], 3)
diff --git a/tests/storage/test_appservice.py b/tests/storage/test_appservice.py
index 9ff1abcd80..9e98d0e330 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test_appservice.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test_appservice.py
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ class ApplicationServiceStoreTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             event_cache_size=1,
             password_providers=[],
         )
-        hs = yield setup_test_homeserver(config=config, federation_sender=Mock())
+        hs = yield setup_test_homeserver(
+            config=config,
+            federation_sender=Mock(),
+            replication_layer=Mock(),
+        )
 
         self.as_token = "token1"
         self.as_url = "some_url"
@@ -112,7 +116,11 @@ class ApplicationServiceTransactionStoreTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             event_cache_size=1,
             password_providers=[],
         )
-        hs = yield setup_test_homeserver(config=config, federation_sender=Mock())
+        hs = yield setup_test_homeserver(
+            config=config,
+            federation_sender=Mock(),
+            replication_layer=Mock(),
+        )
         self.db_pool = hs.get_db_pool()
 
         self.as_list = [
@@ -446,7 +454,8 @@ class ApplicationServiceStoreConfigTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         hs = yield setup_test_homeserver(
             config=config,
             datastore=Mock(),
-            federation_sender=Mock()
+            federation_sender=Mock(),
+            replication_layer=Mock(),
         )
 
         ApplicationServiceStore(hs)
@@ -463,7 +472,8 @@ class ApplicationServiceStoreConfigTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         hs = yield setup_test_homeserver(
             config=config,
             datastore=Mock(),
-            federation_sender=Mock()
+            federation_sender=Mock(),
+            replication_layer=Mock(),
         )
 
         with self.assertRaises(ConfigError) as cm:
@@ -486,7 +496,8 @@ class ApplicationServiceStoreConfigTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         hs = yield setup_test_homeserver(
             config=config,
             datastore=Mock(),
-            federation_sender=Mock()
+            federation_sender=Mock(),
+            replication_layer=Mock(),
         )
 
         with self.assertRaises(ConfigError) as cm:
diff --git a/tests/storage/test_end_to_end_keys.py b/tests/storage/test_end_to_end_keys.py
index 453bc61438..84ce492a2c 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test_end_to_end_keys.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test_end_to_end_keys.py
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ class EndToEndKeyStoreTestCase(tests.unittest.TestCase):
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def test_key_without_device_name(self):
         now = 1470174257070
-        json = '{ "key": "value" }'
+        json = {"key": "value"}
+
+        yield self.store.store_device(
+            "user", "device", None
+        )
 
         yield self.store.set_e2e_device_keys(
             "user", "device", now, json)
@@ -43,14 +47,14 @@ class EndToEndKeyStoreTestCase(tests.unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("device", res["user"])
         dev = res["user"]["device"]
         self.assertDictContainsSubset({
-            "key_json": json,
+            "keys": json,
             "device_display_name": None,
         }, dev)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def test_get_key_with_device_name(self):
         now = 1470174257070
-        json = '{ "key": "value" }'
+        json = {"key": "value"}
 
         yield self.store.set_e2e_device_keys(
             "user", "device", now, json)
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ class EndToEndKeyStoreTestCase(tests.unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("device", res["user"])
         dev = res["user"]["device"]
         self.assertDictContainsSubset({
-            "key_json": json,
+            "keys": json,
             "device_display_name": "display_name",
         }, dev)
 
@@ -71,6 +75,19 @@ class EndToEndKeyStoreTestCase(tests.unittest.TestCase):
     def test_multiple_devices(self):
         now = 1470174257070
 
+        yield self.store.store_device(
+            "user1", "device1", None
+        )
+        yield self.store.store_device(
+            "user1", "device2", None
+        )
+        yield self.store.store_device(
+            "user2", "device1", None
+        )
+        yield self.store.store_device(
+            "user2", "device2", None
+        )
+
         yield self.store.set_e2e_device_keys(
             "user1", "device1", now, 'json11')
         yield self.store.set_e2e_device_keys(
diff --git a/tests/util/test_expiring_cache.py b/tests/util/test_expiring_cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31d24adb8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/util/test_expiring_cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 OpenMarket Ltd
+#
+# 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.
+
+
+from .. import unittest
+
+from synapse.util.caches.expiringcache import ExpiringCache
+
+from tests.utils import MockClock
+
+
+class ExpiringCacheTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_get_set(self):
+        clock = MockClock()
+        cache = ExpiringCache("test", clock, max_len=1)
+
+        cache["key"] = "value"
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key"), "value")
+        self.assertEquals(cache["key"], "value")
+
+    def test_eviction(self):
+        clock = MockClock()
+        cache = ExpiringCache("test", clock, max_len=2)
+
+        cache["key"] = "value"
+        cache["key2"] = "value2"
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key"), "value")
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key2"), "value2")
+
+        cache["key3"] = "value3"
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key"), None)
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key2"), "value2")
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key3"), "value3")
+
+    def test_iterable_eviction(self):
+        clock = MockClock()
+        cache = ExpiringCache("test", clock, max_len=5, iterable=True)
+
+        cache["key"] = [1]
+        cache["key2"] = [2, 3]
+        cache["key3"] = [4, 5]
+
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key"), [1])
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key2"), [2, 3])
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key3"), [4, 5])
+
+        cache["key4"] = [6, 7]
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key"), None)
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key2"), None)
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key3"), [4, 5])
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key4"), [6, 7])
+
+    def test_time_eviction(self):
+        clock = MockClock()
+        cache = ExpiringCache("test", clock, expiry_ms=1000)
+        cache.start()
+
+        cache["key"] = 1
+        clock.advance_time(0.5)
+        cache["key2"] = 2
+
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key"), 1)
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key2"), 2)
+
+        clock.advance_time(0.9)
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key"), None)
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key2"), 2)
+
+        clock.advance_time(1)
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key"), None)
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key2"), None)
diff --git a/tests/util/test_lrucache.py b/tests/util/test_lrucache.py
index 1eba5b535e..dfb78cb8bd 100644
--- a/tests/util/test_lrucache.py
+++ b/tests/util/test_lrucache.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class LruCacheCallbacksTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         cache.set("key", "value")
         self.assertFalse(m.called)
 
-        cache.get("key", callback=m)
+        cache.get("key", callbacks=[m])
         self.assertFalse(m.called)
 
         cache.get("key", "value")
@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ class LruCacheCallbacksTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         cache.set("key", "value")
         self.assertFalse(m.called)
 
-        cache.get("key", callback=m)
+        cache.get("key", callbacks=[m])
         self.assertFalse(m.called)
 
-        cache.get("key", callback=m)
+        cache.get("key", callbacks=[m])
         self.assertFalse(m.called)
 
         cache.set("key", "value2")
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class LruCacheCallbacksTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         m = Mock()
         cache = LruCache(1)
 
-        cache.set("key", "value", m)
+        cache.set("key", "value", callbacks=[m])
         self.assertFalse(m.called)
 
         cache.set("key", "value")
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class LruCacheCallbacksTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         m = Mock()
         cache = LruCache(1)
 
-        cache.set("key", "value", m)
+        cache.set("key", "value", callbacks=[m])
         self.assertFalse(m.called)
 
         cache.pop("key")
@@ -163,10 +163,10 @@ class LruCacheCallbacksTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         m4 = Mock()
         cache = LruCache(4, 2, cache_type=TreeCache)
 
-        cache.set(("a", "1"), "value", m1)
-        cache.set(("a", "2"), "value", m2)
-        cache.set(("b", "1"), "value", m3)
-        cache.set(("b", "2"), "value", m4)
+        cache.set(("a", "1"), "value", callbacks=[m1])
+        cache.set(("a", "2"), "value", callbacks=[m2])
+        cache.set(("b", "1"), "value", callbacks=[m3])
+        cache.set(("b", "2"), "value", callbacks=[m4])
 
         self.assertEquals(m1.call_count, 0)
         self.assertEquals(m2.call_count, 0)
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ class LruCacheCallbacksTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         m2 = Mock()
         cache = LruCache(5)
 
-        cache.set("key1", "value", m1)
-        cache.set("key2", "value", m2)
+        cache.set("key1", "value", callbacks=[m1])
+        cache.set("key2", "value", callbacks=[m2])
 
         self.assertEquals(m1.call_count, 0)
         self.assertEquals(m2.call_count, 0)
@@ -202,14 +202,14 @@ class LruCacheCallbacksTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         m3 = Mock(name="m3")
         cache = LruCache(2)
 
-        cache.set("key1", "value", m1)
-        cache.set("key2", "value", m2)
+        cache.set("key1", "value", callbacks=[m1])
+        cache.set("key2", "value", callbacks=[m2])
 
         self.assertEquals(m1.call_count, 0)
         self.assertEquals(m2.call_count, 0)
         self.assertEquals(m3.call_count, 0)
 
-        cache.set("key3", "value", m3)
+        cache.set("key3", "value", callbacks=[m3])
 
         self.assertEquals(m1.call_count, 1)
         self.assertEquals(m2.call_count, 0)
@@ -227,8 +227,33 @@ class LruCacheCallbacksTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(m2.call_count, 0)
         self.assertEquals(m3.call_count, 0)
 
-        cache.set("key1", "value", m1)
+        cache.set("key1", "value", callbacks=[m1])
 
         self.assertEquals(m1.call_count, 1)
         self.assertEquals(m2.call_count, 0)
         self.assertEquals(m3.call_count, 1)
+
+
+class LruCacheSizedTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_evict(self):
+        cache = LruCache(5, size_callback=len)
+        cache["key1"] = [0]
+        cache["key2"] = [1, 2]
+        cache["key3"] = [3]
+        cache["key4"] = [4]
+
+        self.assertEquals(cache["key1"], [0])
+        self.assertEquals(cache["key2"], [1, 2])
+        self.assertEquals(cache["key3"], [3])
+        self.assertEquals(cache["key4"], [4])
+        self.assertEquals(len(cache), 5)
+
+        cache["key5"] = [5, 6]
+
+        self.assertEquals(len(cache), 4)
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key1"), None)
+        self.assertEquals(cache.get("key2"), None)
+        self.assertEquals(cache["key3"], [3])
+        self.assertEquals(cache["key4"], [4])
+        self.assertEquals(cache["key5"], [5, 6])