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-rw-r--r--changelog.d/5884.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/5972.misc1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/5974.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6000.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6037.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6043.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6044.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6064.misc1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6069.bugfix1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6078.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6079.feature1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6092.bugfix1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6097.bugfix1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6099.misc1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6104.bugfix1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6105.misc1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6106.misc1
-rw-r--r--changelog.d/6107.bugfix1
-rw-r--r--docs/sample_config.yaml141
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/registration.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/saml2_config.py237
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/server.py7
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/auth.py150
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/deactivate_account.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/identity.py208
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/room_member.py7
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/saml_handler.py106
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/ui_auth/__init__.py22
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/ui_auth/checkers.py247
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py14
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py208
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py156
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/versions.py19
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/background_updates.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/client_ips.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/registration.py75
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/schema/delta/56/user_external_ids.sql24
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/module_loader.py20
-rw-r--r--sytest-blacklist9
-rw-r--r--tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_auth.py26
-rw-r--r--tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_register.py84
-rw-r--r--tests/test_terms_auth.py24
42 files changed, 1317 insertions, 495 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/5884.feature b/changelog.d/5884.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfd0489392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/5884.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Enable cleaning up extremities with dummy events by default to prevent undue build up of forward extremities.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5972.misc b/changelog.d/5972.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1dc217e899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/5972.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add m.require_identity_server flag to /version's unstable_features.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/5974.feature b/changelog.d/5974.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..387a444fc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/5974.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add m.id_access_token to unstable_features in /versions as per MSC2264.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/6000.feature b/changelog.d/6000.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a159bd10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6000.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Apply the federation blacklist to requests to identity servers.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/6037.feature b/changelog.d/6037.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85553d2da0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6037.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Make the process for mapping SAML2 users to matrix IDs more flexible.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6043.feature b/changelog.d/6043.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd27b0400b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6043.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Implement new Client Server API endpoints `/account/3pid/add` and `/account/3pid/bind` as per [MSC2290](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2290).
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diff --git a/changelog.d/6044.feature b/changelog.d/6044.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7dc05d4845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6044.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add an unstable feature flag for separate add/bind 3pid APIs.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/6064.misc b/changelog.d/6064.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28dc89111b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6064.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Clean up the sample config for SAML authentication.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6069.bugfix b/changelog.d/6069.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a437ac41a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6069.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a bug which caused SAML attribute maps to be overridden by defaults.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6078.feature b/changelog.d/6078.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fae1e52322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6078.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add `POST /add_threepid/msisdn/submit_token` endpoint for proxying submitToken on an account_threepid_handler.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/6079.feature b/changelog.d/6079.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcbb49ac58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6079.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add `submit_url` response parameter to `*/msisdn/requestToken` endpoints.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6092.bugfix b/changelog.d/6092.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01a7498ec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6092.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix the logged number of updated items for the users_set_deactivated_flag background update.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6097.bugfix b/changelog.d/6097.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..750a8ecf0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6097.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add sid to next_link for email validation.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6099.misc b/changelog.d/6099.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8415c6759b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6099.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove unused parameter to get_user_id_by_threepid.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6104.bugfix b/changelog.d/6104.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41114a66ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6104.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Threepid validity checks on msisdns should not be dependent on 'threepid_behaviour_email'.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6105.misc b/changelog.d/6105.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e838a35c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6105.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Refactor the user-interactive auth handling.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6106.misc b/changelog.d/6106.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d732091779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6106.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Refactor code for calculating registration flows.
diff --git a/changelog.d/6107.bugfix b/changelog.d/6107.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4b9516ac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6107.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Ensure that servers which are not configured to support email address verification do not offer it in the registration flows.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml
index 7902d9ed6f..8f801daf35 100644
--- a/docs/sample_config.yaml
+++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid
 # blacklist IP address CIDR ranges. If this option is not specified, or
 # specified with an empty list, no ip range blacklist will be enforced.
 #
+# As of Synapse v1.4.0 this option also affects any outbound requests to identity
+# servers provided by user input.
+#
 # (0.0.0.0 and :: are always blacklisted, whether or not they are explicitly
 # listed here, since they correspond to unroutable addresses.)
 #
@@ -943,6 +946,8 @@ uploads_path: "DATADIR/uploads"
 # by the Matrix Identity Service API specification:
 # https://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/latest
 #
+# If a delegate is specified, the config option public_baseurl must also be filled out.
+#
 account_threepid_delegates:
     #email: https://example.com     # Delegate email sending to example.org
     #msisdn: http://localhost:8090  # Delegate SMS sending to this local process
@@ -1107,12 +1112,13 @@ signing_key_path: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.signing.key"
 
 # Enable SAML2 for registration and login. Uses pysaml2.
 #
-# `sp_config` is the configuration for the pysaml2 Service Provider.
-# See pysaml2 docs for format of config.
+# At least one of `sp_config` or `config_path` must be set in this section to
+# enable SAML login.
 #
-# Default values will be used for the 'entityid' and 'service' settings,
-# so it is not normally necessary to specify them unless you need to
-# override them.
+# (You will probably also want to set the following options to `false` to
+# disable the regular login/registration flows:
+#   * enable_registration
+#   * password_config.enabled
 #
 # Once SAML support is enabled, a metadata file will be exposed at
 # https://<server>:<port>/_matrix/saml2/metadata.xml, which you may be able to
@@ -1120,52 +1126,85 @@ signing_key_path: "CONFDIR/SERVERNAME.signing.key"
 # the IdP to use an ACS location of
 # https://<server>:<port>/_matrix/saml2/authn_response.
 #
-#saml2_config:
-#  sp_config:
-#    # point this to the IdP's metadata. You can use either a local file or
-#    # (preferably) a URL.
-#    metadata:
-#      #local: ["saml2/idp.xml"]
-#      remote:
-#        - url: https://our_idp/metadata.xml
-#
-#    # By default, the user has to go to our login page first. If you'd like to
-#    # allow IdP-initiated login, set 'allow_unsolicited: True' in a
-#    # 'service.sp' section:
-#    #
-#    #service:
-#    #  sp:
-#    #    allow_unsolicited: True
-#
-#    # The examples below are just used to generate our metadata xml, and you
-#    # may well not need it, depending on your setup. Alternatively you
-#    # may need a whole lot more detail - see the pysaml2 docs!
-#
-#    description: ["My awesome SP", "en"]
-#    name: ["Test SP", "en"]
-#
-#    organization:
-#      name: Example com
-#      display_name:
-#        - ["Example co", "en"]
-#      url: "http://example.com"
-#
-#    contact_person:
-#      - given_name: Bob
-#        sur_name: "the Sysadmin"
-#        email_address": ["admin@example.com"]
-#        contact_type": technical
-#
-#  # Instead of putting the config inline as above, you can specify a
-#  # separate pysaml2 configuration file:
-#  #
-#  config_path: "CONFDIR/sp_conf.py"
-#
-#  # the lifetime of a SAML session. This defines how long a user has to
-#  # complete the authentication process, if allow_unsolicited is unset.
-#  # The default is 5 minutes.
-#  #
-#  # saml_session_lifetime: 5m
+saml2_config:
+  # `sp_config` is the configuration for the pysaml2 Service Provider.
+  # See pysaml2 docs for format of config.
+  #
+  # Default values will be used for the 'entityid' and 'service' settings,
+  # so it is not normally necessary to specify them unless you need to
+  # override them.
+  #
+  #sp_config:
+  #  # point this to the IdP's metadata. You can use either a local file or
+  #  # (preferably) a URL.
+  #  metadata:
+  #    #local: ["saml2/idp.xml"]
+  #    remote:
+  #      - url: https://our_idp/metadata.xml
+  #
+  #    # By default, the user has to go to our login page first. If you'd like
+  #    # to allow IdP-initiated login, set 'allow_unsolicited: True' in a
+  #    # 'service.sp' section:
+  #    #
+  #    #service:
+  #    #  sp:
+  #    #    allow_unsolicited: true
+  #
+  #    # The examples below are just used to generate our metadata xml, and you
+  #    # may well not need them, depending on your setup. Alternatively you
+  #    # may need a whole lot more detail - see the pysaml2 docs!
+  #
+  #    description: ["My awesome SP", "en"]
+  #    name: ["Test SP", "en"]
+  #
+  #    organization:
+  #      name: Example com
+  #      display_name:
+  #        - ["Example co", "en"]
+  #      url: "http://example.com"
+  #
+  #    contact_person:
+  #      - given_name: Bob
+  #        sur_name: "the Sysadmin"
+  #        email_address": ["admin@example.com"]
+  #        contact_type": technical
+
+  # Instead of putting the config inline as above, you can specify a
+  # separate pysaml2 configuration file:
+  #
+  #config_path: "CONFDIR/sp_conf.py"
+
+  # the lifetime of a SAML session. This defines how long a user has to
+  # complete the authentication process, if allow_unsolicited is unset.
+  # The default is 5 minutes.
+  #
+  #saml_session_lifetime: 5m
+
+  # The SAML attribute (after mapping via the attribute maps) to use to derive
+  # the Matrix ID from. 'uid' by default.
+  #
+  #mxid_source_attribute: displayName
+
+  # The mapping system to use for mapping the saml attribute onto a matrix ID.
+  # Options include:
+  #  * 'hexencode' (which maps unpermitted characters to '=xx')
+  #  * 'dotreplace' (which replaces unpermitted characters with '.').
+  # The default is 'hexencode'.
+  #
+  #mxid_mapping: dotreplace
+
+  # In previous versions of synapse, the mapping from SAML attribute to MXID was
+  # always calculated dynamically rather than stored in a table. For backwards-
+  # compatibility, we will look for user_ids matching such a pattern before
+  # creating a new account.
+  #
+  # This setting controls the SAML attribute which will be used for this
+  # backwards-compatibility lookup. Typically it should be 'uid', but if the
+  # attribute maps are changed, it may be necessary to change it.
+  #
+  # The default is 'uid'.
+  #
+  #grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute: upn
 
 
 
diff --git a/synapse/config/registration.py b/synapse/config/registration.py
index d4654e99b3..bef89e2bf4 100644
--- a/synapse/config/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/config/registration.py
@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
         # by the Matrix Identity Service API specification:
         # https://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/latest
         #
+        # If a delegate is specified, the config option public_baseurl must also be filled out.
+        #
         account_threepid_delegates:
             #email: https://example.com     # Delegate email sending to example.org
             #msisdn: http://localhost:8090  # Delegate SMS sending to this local process
diff --git a/synapse/config/saml2_config.py b/synapse/config/saml2_config.py
index 6a8161547a..ab34b41ca8 100644
--- a/synapse/config/saml2_config.py
+++ b/synapse/config/saml2_config.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright 2018 New Vector Ltd
+# Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -12,11 +13,47 @@
 # 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 re
+
 from synapse.python_dependencies import DependencyException, check_requirements
+from synapse.types import (
+    map_username_to_mxid_localpart,
+    mxid_localpart_allowed_characters,
+)
+from synapse.util.module_loader import load_python_module
 
 from ._base import Config, ConfigError
 
 
+def _dict_merge(merge_dict, into_dict):
+    """Do a deep merge of two dicts
+
+    Recursively merges `merge_dict` into `into_dict`:
+      * For keys where both `merge_dict` and `into_dict` have a dict value, the values
+        are recursively merged
+      * For all other keys, the values in `into_dict` (if any) are overwritten with
+        the value from `merge_dict`.
+
+    Args:
+        merge_dict (dict): dict to merge
+        into_dict (dict): target dict
+    """
+    for k, v in merge_dict.items():
+        if k not in into_dict:
+            into_dict[k] = v
+            continue
+
+        current_val = into_dict[k]
+
+        if isinstance(v, dict) and isinstance(current_val, dict):
+            _dict_merge(v, current_val)
+            continue
+
+        # otherwise we just overwrite
+        into_dict[k] = v
+
+
 class SAML2Config(Config):
     def read_config(self, config, **kwargs):
         self.saml2_enabled = False
@@ -26,6 +63,9 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
         if not saml2_config or not saml2_config.get("enabled", True):
             return
 
+        if not saml2_config.get("sp_config") and not saml2_config.get("config_path"):
+            return
+
         try:
             check_requirements("saml2")
         except DependencyException as e:
@@ -33,21 +73,40 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
 
         self.saml2_enabled = True
 
-        import saml2.config
+        self.saml2_mxid_source_attribute = saml2_config.get(
+            "mxid_source_attribute", "uid"
+        )
 
-        self.saml2_sp_config = saml2.config.SPConfig()
-        self.saml2_sp_config.load(self._default_saml_config_dict())
-        self.saml2_sp_config.load(saml2_config.get("sp_config", {}))
+        self.saml2_grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute = saml2_config.get(
+            "grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute", "uid"
+        )
+
+        saml2_config_dict = self._default_saml_config_dict()
+        _dict_merge(
+            merge_dict=saml2_config.get("sp_config", {}), into_dict=saml2_config_dict
+        )
 
         config_path = saml2_config.get("config_path", None)
         if config_path is not None:
-            self.saml2_sp_config.load_file(config_path)
+            mod = load_python_module(config_path)
+            _dict_merge(merge_dict=mod.CONFIG, into_dict=saml2_config_dict)
+
+        import saml2.config
+
+        self.saml2_sp_config = saml2.config.SPConfig()
+        self.saml2_sp_config.load(saml2_config_dict)
 
         # session lifetime: in milliseconds
         self.saml2_session_lifetime = self.parse_duration(
             saml2_config.get("saml_session_lifetime", "5m")
         )
 
+        mapping = saml2_config.get("mxid_mapping", "hexencode")
+        try:
+            self.saml2_mxid_mapper = MXID_MAPPER_MAP[mapping]
+        except KeyError:
+            raise ConfigError("%s is not a known mxid_mapping" % (mapping,))
+
     def _default_saml_config_dict(self):
         import saml2
 
@@ -55,6 +114,13 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
         if public_baseurl is None:
             raise ConfigError("saml2_config requires a public_baseurl to be set")
 
+        required_attributes = {"uid", self.saml2_mxid_source_attribute}
+
+        optional_attributes = {"displayName"}
+        if self.saml2_grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute:
+            optional_attributes.add(self.saml2_grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute)
+        optional_attributes -= required_attributes
+
         metadata_url = public_baseurl + "_matrix/saml2/metadata.xml"
         response_url = public_baseurl + "_matrix/saml2/authn_response"
         return {
@@ -66,8 +132,9 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
                             (response_url, saml2.BINDING_HTTP_POST)
                         ]
                     },
-                    "required_attributes": ["uid"],
-                    "optional_attributes": ["mail", "surname", "givenname"],
+                    "required_attributes": list(required_attributes),
+                    "optional_attributes": list(optional_attributes),
+                    # "name_id_format": saml2.saml.NAMEID_FORMAT_PERSISTENT,
                 }
             },
         }
@@ -76,12 +143,13 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
         return """\
         # Enable SAML2 for registration and login. Uses pysaml2.
         #
-        # `sp_config` is the configuration for the pysaml2 Service Provider.
-        # See pysaml2 docs for format of config.
+        # At least one of `sp_config` or `config_path` must be set in this section to
+        # enable SAML login.
         #
-        # Default values will be used for the 'entityid' and 'service' settings,
-        # so it is not normally necessary to specify them unless you need to
-        # override them.
+        # (You will probably also want to set the following options to `false` to
+        # disable the regular login/registration flows:
+        #   * enable_registration
+        #   * password_config.enabled
         #
         # Once SAML support is enabled, a metadata file will be exposed at
         # https://<server>:<port>/_matrix/saml2/metadata.xml, which you may be able to
@@ -89,52 +157,105 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
         # the IdP to use an ACS location of
         # https://<server>:<port>/_matrix/saml2/authn_response.
         #
-        #saml2_config:
-        #  sp_config:
-        #    # point this to the IdP's metadata. You can use either a local file or
-        #    # (preferably) a URL.
-        #    metadata:
-        #      #local: ["saml2/idp.xml"]
-        #      remote:
-        #        - url: https://our_idp/metadata.xml
-        #
-        #    # By default, the user has to go to our login page first. If you'd like to
-        #    # allow IdP-initiated login, set 'allow_unsolicited: True' in a
-        #    # 'service.sp' section:
-        #    #
-        #    #service:
-        #    #  sp:
-        #    #    allow_unsolicited: True
-        #
-        #    # The examples below are just used to generate our metadata xml, and you
-        #    # may well not need it, depending on your setup. Alternatively you
-        #    # may need a whole lot more detail - see the pysaml2 docs!
-        #
-        #    description: ["My awesome SP", "en"]
-        #    name: ["Test SP", "en"]
-        #
-        #    organization:
-        #      name: Example com
-        #      display_name:
-        #        - ["Example co", "en"]
-        #      url: "http://example.com"
-        #
-        #    contact_person:
-        #      - given_name: Bob
-        #        sur_name: "the Sysadmin"
-        #        email_address": ["admin@example.com"]
-        #        contact_type": technical
-        #
-        #  # Instead of putting the config inline as above, you can specify a
-        #  # separate pysaml2 configuration file:
-        #  #
-        #  config_path: "%(config_dir_path)s/sp_conf.py"
-        #
-        #  # the lifetime of a SAML session. This defines how long a user has to
-        #  # complete the authentication process, if allow_unsolicited is unset.
-        #  # The default is 5 minutes.
-        #  #
-        #  # saml_session_lifetime: 5m
+        saml2_config:
+          # `sp_config` is the configuration for the pysaml2 Service Provider.
+          # See pysaml2 docs for format of config.
+          #
+          # Default values will be used for the 'entityid' and 'service' settings,
+          # so it is not normally necessary to specify them unless you need to
+          # override them.
+          #
+          #sp_config:
+          #  # point this to the IdP's metadata. You can use either a local file or
+          #  # (preferably) a URL.
+          #  metadata:
+          #    #local: ["saml2/idp.xml"]
+          #    remote:
+          #      - url: https://our_idp/metadata.xml
+          #
+          #    # By default, the user has to go to our login page first. If you'd like
+          #    # to allow IdP-initiated login, set 'allow_unsolicited: True' in a
+          #    # 'service.sp' section:
+          #    #
+          #    #service:
+          #    #  sp:
+          #    #    allow_unsolicited: true
+          #
+          #    # The examples below are just used to generate our metadata xml, and you
+          #    # may well not need them, depending on your setup. Alternatively you
+          #    # may need a whole lot more detail - see the pysaml2 docs!
+          #
+          #    description: ["My awesome SP", "en"]
+          #    name: ["Test SP", "en"]
+          #
+          #    organization:
+          #      name: Example com
+          #      display_name:
+          #        - ["Example co", "en"]
+          #      url: "http://example.com"
+          #
+          #    contact_person:
+          #      - given_name: Bob
+          #        sur_name: "the Sysadmin"
+          #        email_address": ["admin@example.com"]
+          #        contact_type": technical
+
+          # Instead of putting the config inline as above, you can specify a
+          # separate pysaml2 configuration file:
+          #
+          #config_path: "%(config_dir_path)s/sp_conf.py"
+
+          # the lifetime of a SAML session. This defines how long a user has to
+          # complete the authentication process, if allow_unsolicited is unset.
+          # The default is 5 minutes.
+          #
+          #saml_session_lifetime: 5m
+
+          # The SAML attribute (after mapping via the attribute maps) to use to derive
+          # the Matrix ID from. 'uid' by default.
+          #
+          #mxid_source_attribute: displayName
+
+          # The mapping system to use for mapping the saml attribute onto a matrix ID.
+          # Options include:
+          #  * 'hexencode' (which maps unpermitted characters to '=xx')
+          #  * 'dotreplace' (which replaces unpermitted characters with '.').
+          # The default is 'hexencode'.
+          #
+          #mxid_mapping: dotreplace
+
+          # In previous versions of synapse, the mapping from SAML attribute to MXID was
+          # always calculated dynamically rather than stored in a table. For backwards-
+          # compatibility, we will look for user_ids matching such a pattern before
+          # creating a new account.
+          #
+          # This setting controls the SAML attribute which will be used for this
+          # backwards-compatibility lookup. Typically it should be 'uid', but if the
+          # attribute maps are changed, it may be necessary to change it.
+          #
+          # The default is 'uid'.
+          #
+          #grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute: upn
         """ % {
             "config_dir_path": config_dir_path
         }
+
+
+DOT_REPLACE_PATTERN = re.compile(
+    ("[^%s]" % (re.escape("".join(mxid_localpart_allowed_characters)),))
+)
+
+
+def dot_replace_for_mxid(username: str) -> str:
+    username = username.lower()
+    username = DOT_REPLACE_PATTERN.sub(".", username)
+
+    # regular mxids aren't allowed to start with an underscore either
+    username = re.sub("^_", "", username)
+    return username
+
+
+MXID_MAPPER_MAP = {
+    "hexencode": map_username_to_mxid_localpart,
+    "dotreplace": dot_replace_for_mxid,
+}
diff --git a/synapse/config/server.py b/synapse/config/server.py
index f8b7b4bef9..9d3f1b5bfc 100644
--- a/synapse/config/server.py
+++ b/synapse/config/server.py
@@ -362,10 +362,8 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
 
         _check_resource_config(self.listeners)
 
-        # An experimental option to try and periodically clean up extremities
-        # by sending dummy events.
         self.cleanup_extremities_with_dummy_events = config.get(
-            "cleanup_extremities_with_dummy_events", False
+            "cleanup_extremities_with_dummy_events", True
         )
 
     def has_tls_listener(self):
@@ -552,6 +550,9 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         # blacklist IP address CIDR ranges. If this option is not specified, or
         # specified with an empty list, no ip range blacklist will be enforced.
         #
+        # As of Synapse v1.4.0 this option also affects any outbound requests to identity
+        # servers provided by user input.
+        #
         # (0.0.0.0 and :: are always blacklisted, whether or not they are explicitly
         # listed here, since they correspond to unroutable addresses.)
         #
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/auth.py b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
index 374372b69e..333eb30625 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/auth.py
@@ -21,10 +21,8 @@ import unicodedata
 import attr
 import bcrypt
 import pymacaroons
-from canonicaljson import json
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
-from twisted.web.client import PartialDownloadError
 
 import synapse.util.stringutils as stringutils
 from synapse.api.constants import LoginType
@@ -38,7 +36,8 @@ from synapse.api.errors import (
     UserDeactivatedError,
 )
 from synapse.api.ratelimiting import Ratelimiter
-from synapse.config.emailconfig import ThreepidBehaviour
+from synapse.handlers.ui_auth import INTERACTIVE_AUTH_CHECKERS
+from synapse.handlers.ui_auth.checkers import UserInteractiveAuthChecker
 from synapse.logging.context import defer_to_thread
 from synapse.module_api import ModuleApi
 from synapse.types import UserID
@@ -58,13 +57,13 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
             hs (synapse.server.HomeServer):
         """
         super(AuthHandler, self).__init__(hs)
-        self.checkers = {
-            LoginType.RECAPTCHA: self._check_recaptcha,
-            LoginType.EMAIL_IDENTITY: self._check_email_identity,
-            LoginType.MSISDN: self._check_msisdn,
-            LoginType.DUMMY: self._check_dummy_auth,
-            LoginType.TERMS: self._check_terms_auth,
-        }
+
+        self.checkers = {}  # type: dict[str, UserInteractiveAuthChecker]
+        for auth_checker_class in INTERACTIVE_AUTH_CHECKERS:
+            inst = auth_checker_class(hs)
+            if inst.is_enabled():
+                self.checkers[inst.AUTH_TYPE] = inst
+
         self.bcrypt_rounds = hs.config.bcrypt_rounds
 
         # This is not a cache per se, but a store of all current sessions that
@@ -158,6 +157,14 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         return params
 
+    def get_enabled_auth_types(self):
+        """Return the enabled user-interactive authentication types
+
+        Returns the UI-Auth types which are supported by the homeserver's current
+        config.
+        """
+        return self.checkers.keys()
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def check_auth(self, flows, clientdict, clientip):
         """
@@ -292,7 +299,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
             sess["creds"] = {}
         creds = sess["creds"]
 
-        result = yield self.checkers[stagetype](authdict, clientip)
+        result = yield self.checkers[stagetype].check_auth(authdict, clientip)
         if result:
             creds[stagetype] = result
             self._save_session(sess)
@@ -363,7 +370,7 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
         login_type = authdict["type"]
         checker = self.checkers.get(login_type)
         if checker is not None:
-            res = yield checker(authdict, clientip=clientip)
+            res = yield checker.check_auth(authdict, clientip=clientip)
             return res
 
         # build a v1-login-style dict out of the authdict and fall back to the
@@ -376,125 +383,6 @@ class AuthHandler(BaseHandler):
         (canonical_id, callback) = yield self.validate_login(user_id, authdict)
         return canonical_id
 
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def _check_recaptcha(self, authdict, clientip, **kwargs):
-        try:
-            user_response = authdict["response"]
-        except KeyError:
-            # Client tried to provide captcha but didn't give the parameter:
-            # bad request.
-            raise LoginError(
-                400, "Captcha response is required", errcode=Codes.CAPTCHA_NEEDED
-            )
-
-        logger.info(
-            "Submitting recaptcha response %s with remoteip %s", user_response, clientip
-        )
-
-        # TODO: get this from the homeserver rather than creating a new one for
-        # each request
-        try:
-            client = self.hs.get_simple_http_client()
-            resp_body = yield client.post_urlencoded_get_json(
-                self.hs.config.recaptcha_siteverify_api,
-                args={
-                    "secret": self.hs.config.recaptcha_private_key,
-                    "response": user_response,
-                    "remoteip": clientip,
-                },
-            )
-        except PartialDownloadError as pde:
-            # Twisted is silly
-            data = pde.response
-            resp_body = json.loads(data)
-
-        if "success" in resp_body:
-            # Note that we do NOT check the hostname here: we explicitly
-            # intend the CAPTCHA to be presented by whatever client the
-            # user is using, we just care that they have completed a CAPTCHA.
-            logger.info(
-                "%s reCAPTCHA from hostname %s",
-                "Successful" if resp_body["success"] else "Failed",
-                resp_body.get("hostname"),
-            )
-            if resp_body["success"]:
-                return True
-        raise LoginError(401, "", errcode=Codes.UNAUTHORIZED)
-
-    def _check_email_identity(self, authdict, **kwargs):
-        return self._check_threepid("email", authdict, **kwargs)
-
-    def _check_msisdn(self, authdict, **kwargs):
-        return self._check_threepid("msisdn", authdict)
-
-    def _check_dummy_auth(self, authdict, **kwargs):
-        return defer.succeed(True)
-
-    def _check_terms_auth(self, authdict, **kwargs):
-        return defer.succeed(True)
-
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def _check_threepid(self, medium, authdict, **kwargs):
-        if "threepid_creds" not in authdict:
-            raise LoginError(400, "Missing threepid_creds", Codes.MISSING_PARAM)
-
-        threepid_creds = authdict["threepid_creds"]
-
-        identity_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().identity_handler
-
-        logger.info("Getting validated threepid. threepidcreds: %r", (threepid_creds,))
-        if self.hs.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.REMOTE:
-            if medium == "email":
-                threepid = yield identity_handler.threepid_from_creds(
-                    self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_email, threepid_creds
-                )
-            elif medium == "msisdn":
-                threepid = yield identity_handler.threepid_from_creds(
-                    self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn, threepid_creds
-                )
-            else:
-                raise SynapseError(400, "Unrecognized threepid medium: %s" % (medium,))
-        elif self.hs.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL:
-            row = yield self.store.get_threepid_validation_session(
-                medium,
-                threepid_creds["client_secret"],
-                sid=threepid_creds["sid"],
-                validated=True,
-            )
-
-            threepid = (
-                {
-                    "medium": row["medium"],
-                    "address": row["address"],
-                    "validated_at": row["validated_at"],
-                }
-                if row
-                else None
-            )
-
-            if row:
-                # Valid threepid returned, delete from the db
-                yield self.store.delete_threepid_session(threepid_creds["sid"])
-        else:
-            raise SynapseError(
-                400, "Password resets are not enabled on this homeserver"
-            )
-
-        if not threepid:
-            raise LoginError(401, "", errcode=Codes.UNAUTHORIZED)
-
-        if threepid["medium"] != medium:
-            raise LoginError(
-                401,
-                "Expecting threepid of type '%s', got '%s'"
-                % (medium, threepid["medium"]),
-                errcode=Codes.UNAUTHORIZED,
-            )
-
-        threepid["threepid_creds"] = authdict["threepid_creds"]
-
-        return threepid
-
     def _get_params_recaptcha(self):
         return {"public_key": self.hs.config.recaptcha_public_key}
 
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/deactivate_account.py b/synapse/handlers/deactivate_account.py
index 5f804d1f13..d83912c9a4 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/deactivate_account.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/deactivate_account.py
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ class DeactivateAccountHandler(BaseHandler):
         # unbinding
         identity_server_supports_unbinding = True
 
-        threepids = yield self.store.user_get_threepids(user_id)
+        # Retrieve the 3PIDs this user has bound to an identity server
+        threepids = yield self.store.user_get_bound_threepids(user_id)
+
         for threepid in threepids:
             try:
                 result = yield self._identity_handler.try_unbind_threepid(
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/identity.py b/synapse/handlers/identity.py
index cd4700b521..6d42a1aed8 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/identity.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/identity.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 """Utilities for interacting with Identity Servers"""
 
 import logging
+import urllib
 
 from canonicaljson import json
 
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ from synapse.api.errors import (
     HttpResponseException,
     SynapseError,
 )
+from synapse.config.emailconfig import ThreepidBehaviour
+from synapse.http.client import SimpleHttpClient
 from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string
 
 from ._base import BaseHandler
@@ -41,40 +44,15 @@ class IdentityHandler(BaseHandler):
     def __init__(self, hs):
         super(IdentityHandler, self).__init__(hs)
 
-        self.http_client = hs.get_simple_http_client()
+        self.http_client = SimpleHttpClient(hs)
+        # We create a blacklisting instance of SimpleHttpClient for contacting identity
+        # servers specified by clients
+        self.blacklisting_http_client = SimpleHttpClient(
+            hs, ip_blacklist=hs.config.federation_ip_range_blacklist
+        )
         self.federation_http_client = hs.get_http_client()
         self.hs = hs
 
-    def _extract_items_from_creds_dict(self, creds):
-        """
-        Retrieve entries from a "credentials" dictionary
-
-        Args:
-            creds (dict[str, str]): Dictionary of credentials that contain the following keys:
-                * client_secret|clientSecret: A unique secret str provided by the client
-                * id_server|idServer: the domain of the identity server to query
-                * id_access_token: The access token to authenticate to the identity
-                    server with.
-
-        Returns:
-            tuple(str, str, str|None): A tuple containing the client_secret, the id_server,
-                and the id_access_token value if available.
-        """
-        client_secret = creds.get("client_secret") or creds.get("clientSecret")
-        if not client_secret:
-            raise SynapseError(
-                400, "No client_secret in creds", errcode=Codes.MISSING_PARAM
-            )
-
-        id_server = creds.get("id_server") or creds.get("idServer")
-        if not id_server:
-            raise SynapseError(
-                400, "No id_server in creds", errcode=Codes.MISSING_PARAM
-            )
-
-        id_access_token = creds.get("id_access_token")
-        return client_secret, id_server, id_access_token
-
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def threepid_from_creds(self, id_server, creds):
         """
@@ -113,35 +91,50 @@ class IdentityHandler(BaseHandler):
             data = yield self.http_client.get_json(url, query_params)
         except TimeoutError:
             raise SynapseError(500, "Timed out contacting identity server")
-        return data if "medium" in data else None
+        except HttpResponseException as e:
+            logger.info(
+                "%s returned %i for threepid validation for: %s",
+                id_server,
+                e.code,
+                creds,
+            )
+            return None
+
+        # Old versions of Sydent return a 200 http code even on a failed validation
+        # check. Thus, in addition to the HttpResponseException check above (which
+        # checks for non-200 errors), we need to make sure validation_session isn't
+        # actually an error, identified by the absence of a "medium" key
+        # See https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/issues/215 for details
+        if "medium" in data:
+            return data
+
+        logger.info("%s reported non-validated threepid: %s", id_server, creds)
+        return None
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def bind_threepid(self, creds, mxid, use_v2=True):
+    def bind_threepid(
+        self, client_secret, sid, mxid, id_server, id_access_token=None, use_v2=True
+    ):
         """Bind a 3PID to an identity server
 
         Args:
-            creds (dict[str, str]): Dictionary of credentials that contain the following keys:
-                * client_secret|clientSecret: A unique secret str provided by the client
-                * id_server|idServer: the domain of the identity server to query
-                * id_access_token: The access token to authenticate to the identity
-                    server with. Required if use_v2 is true
+            client_secret (str): A unique secret provided by the client
+
+            sid (str): The ID of the validation session
+
             mxid (str): The MXID to bind the 3PID to
-            use_v2 (bool): Whether to use v2 Identity Service API endpoints
+
+            id_server (str): The domain of the identity server to query
+
+            id_access_token (str): The access token to authenticate to the identity
+                server with, if necessary. Required if use_v2 is true
+
+            use_v2 (bool): Whether to use v2 Identity Service API endpoints. Defaults to True
 
         Returns:
             Deferred[dict]: The response from the identity server
         """
-        logger.debug("binding threepid %r to %s", creds, mxid)
-
-        client_secret, id_server, id_access_token = self._extract_items_from_creds_dict(
-            creds
-        )
-
-        sid = creds.get("sid")
-        if not sid:
-            raise SynapseError(
-                400, "No sid in three_pid_creds", errcode=Codes.MISSING_PARAM
-            )
+        logger.debug("Proxying threepid bind request for %s to %s", mxid, id_server)
 
         # If an id_access_token is not supplied, force usage of v1
         if id_access_token is None:
@@ -157,10 +150,11 @@ class IdentityHandler(BaseHandler):
             bind_url = "https://%s/_matrix/identity/api/v1/3pid/bind" % (id_server,)
 
         try:
-            data = yield self.http_client.post_json_get_json(
+            # Use the blacklisting http client as this call is only to identity servers
+            # provided by a client
+            data = yield self.blacklisting_http_client.post_json_get_json(
                 bind_url, bind_data, headers=headers
             )
-            logger.debug("bound threepid %r to %s", creds, mxid)
 
             # Remember where we bound the threepid
             yield self.store.add_user_bound_threepid(
@@ -182,7 +176,10 @@ class IdentityHandler(BaseHandler):
             return data
 
         logger.info("Got 404 when POSTing JSON %s, falling back to v1 URL", bind_url)
-        return (yield self.bind_threepid(creds, mxid, use_v2=False))
+        res = yield self.bind_threepid(
+            client_secret, sid, mxid, id_server, id_access_token, use_v2=False
+        )
+        return res
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def try_unbind_threepid(self, mxid, threepid):
@@ -258,7 +255,11 @@ class IdentityHandler(BaseHandler):
         headers = {b"Authorization": auth_headers}
 
         try:
-            yield self.http_client.post_json_get_json(url, content, headers)
+            # Use the blacklisting http client as this call is only to identity servers
+            # provided by a client
+            yield self.blacklisting_http_client.post_json_get_json(
+                url, content, headers
+            )
             changed = True
         except HttpResponseException as e:
             changed = False
@@ -328,6 +329,15 @@ class IdentityHandler(BaseHandler):
             # Generate a session id
             session_id = random_string(16)
 
+        if next_link:
+            # Manipulate the next_link to add the sid, because the caller won't get
+            # it until we send a response, by which time we've sent the mail.
+            if "?" in next_link:
+                next_link += "&"
+            else:
+                next_link += "?"
+            next_link += "sid=" + urllib.parse.quote(session_id)
+
         # Generate a new validation token
         token = random_string(32)
 
@@ -452,13 +462,101 @@ class IdentityHandler(BaseHandler):
                 id_server + "/_matrix/identity/api/v1/validate/msisdn/requestToken",
                 params,
             )
-            return data
         except HttpResponseException as e:
             logger.info("Proxied requestToken failed: %r", e)
             raise e.to_synapse_error()
         except TimeoutError:
             raise SynapseError(500, "Timed out contacting identity server")
 
+        assert self.hs.config.public_baseurl
+
+        # we need to tell the client to send the token back to us, since it doesn't
+        # otherwise know where to send it, so add submit_url response parameter
+        # (see also MSC2078)
+        data["submit_url"] = (
+            self.hs.config.public_baseurl
+            + "_matrix/client/unstable/add_threepid/msisdn/submit_token"
+        )
+        return data
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def validate_threepid_session(self, client_secret, sid):
+        """Validates a threepid session with only the client secret and session ID
+        Tries validating against any configured account_threepid_delegates as well as locally.
+
+        Args:
+            client_secret (str): A secret provided by the client
+
+            sid (str): The ID of the session
+
+        Returns:
+            Dict[str, str|int] if validation was successful, otherwise None
+        """
+        # XXX: We shouldn't need to keep wrapping and unwrapping this value
+        threepid_creds = {"client_secret": client_secret, "sid": sid}
+
+        # We don't actually know which medium this 3PID is. Thus we first assume it's email,
+        # and if validation fails we try msisdn
+        validation_session = None
+
+        # Try to validate as email
+        if self.hs.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.REMOTE:
+            # Ask our delegated email identity server
+            validation_session = yield self.threepid_from_creds(
+                self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_email, threepid_creds
+            )
+        elif self.hs.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL:
+            # Get a validated session matching these details
+            validation_session = yield self.store.get_threepid_validation_session(
+                "email", client_secret, sid=sid, validated=True
+            )
+
+        if validation_session:
+            return validation_session
+
+        # Try to validate as msisdn
+        if self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn:
+            # Ask our delegated msisdn identity server
+            validation_session = yield self.threepid_from_creds(
+                self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn, threepid_creds
+            )
+
+        return validation_session
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def proxy_msisdn_submit_token(self, id_server, client_secret, sid, token):
+        """Proxy a POST submitToken request to an identity server for verification purposes
+
+        Args:
+            id_server (str): The identity server URL to contact
+
+            client_secret (str): Secret provided by the client
+
+            sid (str): The ID of the session
+
+            token (str): The verification token
+
+        Raises:
+            SynapseError: If we failed to contact the identity server
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[dict]: The response dict from the identity server
+        """
+        body = {"client_secret": client_secret, "sid": sid, "token": token}
+
+        try:
+            return (
+                yield self.http_client.post_json_get_json(
+                    id_server + "/_matrix/identity/api/v1/validate/msisdn/submitToken",
+                    body,
+                )
+            )
+        except TimeoutError:
+            raise SynapseError(500, "Timed out contacting identity server")
+        except HttpResponseException as e:
+            logger.warning("Error contacting msisdn account_threepid_delegate: %s", e)
+            raise SynapseError(400, "Error contacting the identity server")
+
 
 def create_id_access_token_header(id_access_token):
     """Create an Authorization header for passing to SimpleHttpClient as the header value
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room_member.py b/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
index 39df0f128d..94cd0cf3ef 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from synapse import types
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership
 from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, Codes, HttpResponseException, SynapseError
 from synapse.handlers.identity import LookupAlgorithm, create_id_access_token_header
+from synapse.http.client import SimpleHttpClient
 from synapse.types import RoomID, UserID
 from synapse.util.async_helpers import Linearizer
 from synapse.util.distributor import user_joined_room, user_left_room
@@ -62,7 +63,11 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(object):
         self.auth = hs.get_auth()
         self.state_handler = hs.get_state_handler()
         self.config = hs.config
-        self.simple_http_client = hs.get_simple_http_client()
+        # We create a blacklisting instance of SimpleHttpClient for contacting identity
+        # servers specified by clients
+        self.simple_http_client = SimpleHttpClient(
+            hs, ip_blacklist=hs.config.federation_ip_range_blacklist
+        )
 
         self.federation_handler = hs.get_handlers().federation_handler
         self.directory_handler = hs.get_handlers().directory_handler
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/saml_handler.py b/synapse/handlers/saml_handler.py
index a1ce6929cf..cc9e6b9bd0 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/saml_handler.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/saml_handler.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ from saml2.client import Saml2Client
 from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
 from synapse.http.servlet import parse_string
 from synapse.rest.client.v1.login import SSOAuthHandler
+from synapse.types import UserID, map_username_to_mxid_localpart
+from synapse.util.async_helpers import Linearizer
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -29,12 +31,26 @@ class SamlHandler:
     def __init__(self, hs):
         self._saml_client = Saml2Client(hs.config.saml2_sp_config)
         self._sso_auth_handler = SSOAuthHandler(hs)
+        self._registration_handler = hs.get_registration_handler()
+
+        self._clock = hs.get_clock()
+        self._datastore = hs.get_datastore()
+        self._hostname = hs.hostname
+        self._saml2_session_lifetime = hs.config.saml2_session_lifetime
+        self._mxid_source_attribute = hs.config.saml2_mxid_source_attribute
+        self._grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute = (
+            hs.config.saml2_grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute
+        )
+        self._mxid_mapper = hs.config.saml2_mxid_mapper
+
+        # identifier for the external_ids table
+        self._auth_provider_id = "saml"
 
         # a map from saml session id to Saml2SessionData object
         self._outstanding_requests_dict = {}
 
-        self._clock = hs.get_clock()
-        self._saml2_session_lifetime = hs.config.saml2_session_lifetime
+        # a lock on the mappings
+        self._mapping_lock = Linearizer(name="saml_mapping", clock=self._clock)
 
     def handle_redirect_request(self, client_redirect_url):
         """Handle an incoming request to /login/sso/redirect
@@ -60,7 +76,7 @@ class SamlHandler:
         # this shouldn't happen!
         raise Exception("prepare_for_authenticate didn't return a Location header")
 
-    def handle_saml_response(self, request):
+    async def handle_saml_response(self, request):
         """Handle an incoming request to /_matrix/saml2/authn_response
 
         Args:
@@ -77,6 +93,10 @@ class SamlHandler:
         # the dict.
         self.expire_sessions()
 
+        user_id = await self._map_saml_response_to_user(resp_bytes)
+        self._sso_auth_handler.complete_sso_login(user_id, request, relay_state)
+
+    async def _map_saml_response_to_user(self, resp_bytes):
         try:
             saml2_auth = self._saml_client.parse_authn_request_response(
                 resp_bytes,
@@ -91,18 +111,88 @@ class SamlHandler:
             logger.warning("SAML2 response was not signed")
             raise SynapseError(400, "SAML2 response was not signed")
 
-        if "uid" not in saml2_auth.ava:
+        logger.info("SAML2 response: %s", saml2_auth.origxml)
+        logger.info("SAML2 mapped attributes: %s", saml2_auth.ava)
+
+        try:
+            remote_user_id = saml2_auth.ava["uid"][0]
+        except KeyError:
             logger.warning("SAML2 response lacks a 'uid' attestation")
             raise SynapseError(400, "uid not in SAML2 response")
 
+        try:
+            mxid_source = saml2_auth.ava[self._mxid_source_attribute][0]
+        except KeyError:
+            logger.warning(
+                "SAML2 response lacks a '%s' attestation", self._mxid_source_attribute
+            )
+            raise SynapseError(
+                400, "%s not in SAML2 response" % (self._mxid_source_attribute,)
+            )
+
         self._outstanding_requests_dict.pop(saml2_auth.in_response_to, None)
 
-        username = saml2_auth.ava["uid"][0]
         displayName = saml2_auth.ava.get("displayName", [None])[0]
 
-        return self._sso_auth_handler.on_successful_auth(
-            username, request, relay_state, user_display_name=displayName
-        )
+        with (await self._mapping_lock.queue(self._auth_provider_id)):
+            # first of all, check if we already have a mapping for this user
+            logger.info(
+                "Looking for existing mapping for user %s:%s",
+                self._auth_provider_id,
+                remote_user_id,
+            )
+            registered_user_id = await self._datastore.get_user_by_external_id(
+                self._auth_provider_id, remote_user_id
+            )
+            if registered_user_id is not None:
+                logger.info("Found existing mapping %s", registered_user_id)
+                return registered_user_id
+
+            # backwards-compatibility hack: see if there is an existing user with a
+            # suitable mapping from the uid
+            if (
+                self._grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute
+                and self._grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute in saml2_auth.ava
+            ):
+                attrval = saml2_auth.ava[self._grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute][0]
+                user_id = UserID(
+                    map_username_to_mxid_localpart(attrval), self._hostname
+                ).to_string()
+                logger.info(
+                    "Looking for existing account based on mapped %s %s",
+                    self._grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute,
+                    user_id,
+                )
+
+                users = await self._datastore.get_users_by_id_case_insensitive(user_id)
+                if users:
+                    registered_user_id = list(users.keys())[0]
+                    logger.info("Grandfathering mapping to %s", registered_user_id)
+                    await self._datastore.record_user_external_id(
+                        self._auth_provider_id, remote_user_id, registered_user_id
+                    )
+                    return registered_user_id
+
+            # figure out a new mxid for this user
+            base_mxid_localpart = self._mxid_mapper(mxid_source)
+
+            suffix = 0
+            while True:
+                localpart = base_mxid_localpart + (str(suffix) if suffix else "")
+                if not await self._datastore.get_users_by_id_case_insensitive(
+                    UserID(localpart, self._hostname).to_string()
+                ):
+                    break
+                suffix += 1
+            logger.info("Allocating mxid for new user with localpart %s", localpart)
+
+            registered_user_id = await self._registration_handler.register_user(
+                localpart=localpart, default_display_name=displayName
+            )
+            await self._datastore.record_user_external_id(
+                self._auth_provider_id, remote_user_id, registered_user_id
+            )
+            return registered_user_id
 
     def expire_sessions(self):
         expire_before = self._clock.time_msec() - self._saml2_session_lifetime
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/ui_auth/__init__.py b/synapse/handlers/ui_auth/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..824f37f8f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/handlers/ui_auth/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""This module implements user-interactive auth verification.
+
+TODO: move more stuff out of AuthHandler in here.
+
+"""
+
+from synapse.handlers.ui_auth.checkers import INTERACTIVE_AUTH_CHECKERS  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/ui_auth/checkers.py b/synapse/handlers/ui_auth/checkers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29aa1e5aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/handlers/ui_auth/checkers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import logging
+
+from canonicaljson import json
+
+from twisted.internet import defer
+from twisted.web.client import PartialDownloadError
+
+from synapse.api.constants import LoginType
+from synapse.api.errors import Codes, LoginError, SynapseError
+from synapse.config.emailconfig import ThreepidBehaviour
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class UserInteractiveAuthChecker:
+    """Abstract base class for an interactive auth checker"""
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        pass
+
+    def is_enabled(self):
+        """Check if the configuration of the homeserver allows this checker to work
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: True if this login type is enabled.
+        """
+
+    def check_auth(self, authdict, clientip):
+        """Given the authentication dict from the client, attempt to check this step
+
+        Args:
+            authdict (dict): authentication dictionary from the client
+            clientip (str): The IP address of the client.
+
+        Raises:
+            SynapseError if authentication failed
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred: the result of authentication (to pass back to the client?)
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class DummyAuthChecker(UserInteractiveAuthChecker):
+    AUTH_TYPE = LoginType.DUMMY
+
+    def is_enabled(self):
+        return True
+
+    def check_auth(self, authdict, clientip):
+        return defer.succeed(True)
+
+
+class TermsAuthChecker(UserInteractiveAuthChecker):
+    AUTH_TYPE = LoginType.TERMS
+
+    def is_enabled(self):
+        return True
+
+    def check_auth(self, authdict, clientip):
+        return defer.succeed(True)
+
+
+class RecaptchaAuthChecker(UserInteractiveAuthChecker):
+    AUTH_TYPE = LoginType.RECAPTCHA
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        super().__init__(hs)
+        self._enabled = bool(hs.config.recaptcha_private_key)
+        self._http_client = hs.get_simple_http_client()
+        self._url = hs.config.recaptcha_siteverify_api
+        self._secret = hs.config.recaptcha_private_key
+
+    def is_enabled(self):
+        return self._enabled
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def check_auth(self, authdict, clientip):
+        try:
+            user_response = authdict["response"]
+        except KeyError:
+            # Client tried to provide captcha but didn't give the parameter:
+            # bad request.
+            raise LoginError(
+                400, "Captcha response is required", errcode=Codes.CAPTCHA_NEEDED
+            )
+
+        logger.info(
+            "Submitting recaptcha response %s with remoteip %s", user_response, clientip
+        )
+
+        # TODO: get this from the homeserver rather than creating a new one for
+        # each request
+        try:
+            resp_body = yield self._http_client.post_urlencoded_get_json(
+                self._url,
+                args={
+                    "secret": self._secret,
+                    "response": user_response,
+                    "remoteip": clientip,
+                },
+            )
+        except PartialDownloadError as pde:
+            # Twisted is silly
+            data = pde.response
+            resp_body = json.loads(data)
+
+        if "success" in resp_body:
+            # Note that we do NOT check the hostname here: we explicitly
+            # intend the CAPTCHA to be presented by whatever client the
+            # user is using, we just care that they have completed a CAPTCHA.
+            logger.info(
+                "%s reCAPTCHA from hostname %s",
+                "Successful" if resp_body["success"] else "Failed",
+                resp_body.get("hostname"),
+            )
+            if resp_body["success"]:
+                return True
+        raise LoginError(401, "", errcode=Codes.UNAUTHORIZED)
+
+
+class _BaseThreepidAuthChecker:
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        self.hs = hs
+        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _check_threepid(self, medium, authdict):
+        if "threepid_creds" not in authdict:
+            raise LoginError(400, "Missing threepid_creds", Codes.MISSING_PARAM)
+
+        threepid_creds = authdict["threepid_creds"]
+
+        identity_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().identity_handler
+
+        logger.info("Getting validated threepid. threepidcreds: %r", (threepid_creds,))
+
+        # msisdns are currently always ThreepidBehaviour.REMOTE
+        if medium == "msisdn":
+            if not self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn:
+                raise SynapseError(
+                    400, "Phone number verification is not enabled on this homeserver"
+                )
+            threepid = yield identity_handler.threepid_from_creds(
+                self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn, threepid_creds
+            )
+        elif medium == "email":
+            if self.hs.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.REMOTE:
+                assert self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_email
+                threepid = yield identity_handler.threepid_from_creds(
+                    self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_email, threepid_creds
+                )
+            elif self.hs.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL:
+                threepid = None
+                row = yield self.store.get_threepid_validation_session(
+                    medium,
+                    threepid_creds["client_secret"],
+                    sid=threepid_creds["sid"],
+                    validated=True,
+                )
+
+                if row:
+                    threepid = {
+                        "medium": row["medium"],
+                        "address": row["address"],
+                        "validated_at": row["validated_at"],
+                    }
+
+                    # Valid threepid returned, delete from the db
+                    yield self.store.delete_threepid_session(threepid_creds["sid"])
+            else:
+                raise SynapseError(
+                    400, "Email address verification is not enabled on this homeserver"
+                )
+        else:
+            # this can't happen!
+            raise AssertionError("Unrecognized threepid medium: %s" % (medium,))
+
+        if not threepid:
+            raise LoginError(401, "", errcode=Codes.UNAUTHORIZED)
+
+        if threepid["medium"] != medium:
+            raise LoginError(
+                401,
+                "Expecting threepid of type '%s', got '%s'"
+                % (medium, threepid["medium"]),
+                errcode=Codes.UNAUTHORIZED,
+            )
+
+        threepid["threepid_creds"] = authdict["threepid_creds"]
+
+        return threepid
+
+
+class EmailIdentityAuthChecker(UserInteractiveAuthChecker, _BaseThreepidAuthChecker):
+    AUTH_TYPE = LoginType.EMAIL_IDENTITY
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        UserInteractiveAuthChecker.__init__(self, hs)
+        _BaseThreepidAuthChecker.__init__(self, hs)
+
+    def is_enabled(self):
+        return self.hs.config.threepid_behaviour_email in (
+            ThreepidBehaviour.REMOTE,
+            ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL,
+        )
+
+    def check_auth(self, authdict, clientip):
+        return self._check_threepid("email", authdict)
+
+
+class MsisdnAuthChecker(UserInteractiveAuthChecker, _BaseThreepidAuthChecker):
+    AUTH_TYPE = LoginType.MSISDN
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        UserInteractiveAuthChecker.__init__(self, hs)
+        _BaseThreepidAuthChecker.__init__(self, hs)
+
+    def is_enabled(self):
+        return bool(self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn)
+
+    def check_auth(self, authdict, clientip):
+        return self._check_threepid("msisdn", authdict)
+
+
+INTERACTIVE_AUTH_CHECKERS = [
+    DummyAuthChecker,
+    TermsAuthChecker,
+    RecaptchaAuthChecker,
+    EmailIdentityAuthChecker,
+    MsisdnAuthChecker,
+]
+"""A list of UserInteractiveAuthChecker classes"""
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
index 25a1b67092..9cddbc752a 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from synapse.http.servlet import (
     parse_json_object_from_request,
     parse_string,
 )
+from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
 from synapse.rest.client.v2_alpha._base import client_patterns
 from synapse.rest.well_known import WellKnownBuilder
 from synapse.types import UserID, map_username_to_mxid_localpart
@@ -507,6 +508,19 @@ class SSOAuthHandler(object):
                 localpart=localpart, default_display_name=user_display_name
             )
 
+        self.complete_sso_login(registered_user_id, request, client_redirect_url)
+
+    def complete_sso_login(
+        self, registered_user_id: str, request: SynapseRequest, client_redirect_url: str
+    ):
+        """Having figured out a mxid for this user, complete the HTTP request
+
+        Args:
+            registered_user_id:
+            request:
+            client_redirect_url:
+        """
+
         login_token = self._macaroon_gen.generate_short_term_login_token(
             registered_user_id
         )
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py
index 1139bb156c..f99676fd30 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/account.py
@@ -21,12 +21,7 @@ from six.moves import http_client
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
 from synapse.api.constants import LoginType
-from synapse.api.errors import (
-    Codes,
-    HttpResponseException,
-    SynapseError,
-    ThreepidValidationError,
-)
+from synapse.api.errors import Codes, SynapseError, ThreepidValidationError
 from synapse.config.emailconfig import ThreepidBehaviour
 from synapse.http.server import finish_request
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
@@ -485,10 +480,8 @@ class MsisdnThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet(RestServlet):
     def on_POST(self, request):
         body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
         assert_params_in_dict(
-            body,
-            ["id_server", "client_secret", "country", "phone_number", "send_attempt"],
+            body, ["client_secret", "country", "phone_number", "send_attempt"]
         )
-        id_server = "https://" + body["id_server"]  # Assume https
         client_secret = body["client_secret"]
         country = body["country"]
         phone_number = body["phone_number"]
@@ -509,14 +502,29 @@ class MsisdnThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet(RestServlet):
         if existing_user_id is not None:
             raise SynapseError(400, "MSISDN is already in use", Codes.THREEPID_IN_USE)
 
+        if not self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn:
+            logger.warn(
+                "No upstream msisdn account_threepid_delegate configured on the server to "
+                "handle this request"
+            )
+            raise SynapseError(
+                400,
+                "Adding phone numbers to user account is not supported by this homeserver",
+            )
+
         ret = yield self.identity_handler.requestMsisdnToken(
-            id_server, country, phone_number, client_secret, send_attempt, next_link
+            self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn,
+            country,
+            phone_number,
+            client_secret,
+            send_attempt,
+            next_link,
         )
 
         return 200, ret
 
 
-class AddThreepidSubmitTokenServlet(RestServlet):
+class AddThreepidEmailSubmitTokenServlet(RestServlet):
     """Handles 3PID validation token submission for adding an email to a user's account"""
 
     PATTERNS = client_patterns(
@@ -592,6 +600,48 @@ class AddThreepidSubmitTokenServlet(RestServlet):
         finish_request(request)
 
 
+class AddThreepidMsisdnSubmitTokenServlet(RestServlet):
+    """Handles 3PID validation token submission for adding a phone number to a user's
+    account
+    """
+
+    PATTERNS = client_patterns(
+        "/add_threepid/msisdn/submit_token$", releases=(), unstable=True
+    )
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        """
+        Args:
+            hs (synapse.server.HomeServer): server
+        """
+        super().__init__()
+        self.config = hs.config
+        self.clock = hs.get_clock()
+        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+        self.identity_handler = hs.get_handlers().identity_handler
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, request):
+        if not self.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn:
+            raise SynapseError(
+                400,
+                "This homeserver is not validating phone numbers. Use an identity server "
+                "instead.",
+            )
+
+        body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
+        assert_params_in_dict(body, ["client_secret", "sid", "token"])
+
+        # Proxy submit_token request to msisdn threepid delegate
+        response = yield self.identity_handler.proxy_msisdn_submit_token(
+            self.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn,
+            body["client_secret"],
+            body["sid"],
+            body["token"],
+        )
+        return 200, response
+
+
 class ThreepidRestServlet(RestServlet):
     PATTERNS = client_patterns("/account/3pid$")
 
@@ -627,81 +677,88 @@ class ThreepidRestServlet(RestServlet):
         client_secret = threepid_creds["client_secret"]
         sid = threepid_creds["sid"]
 
-        # We don't actually know which medium this 3PID is. Thus we first assume it's email,
-        # and if validation fails we try msisdn
-        validation_session = None
-
-        # Try to validate as email
-        if self.hs.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.REMOTE:
-            # Ask our delegated email identity server
-            try:
-                validation_session = yield self.identity_handler.threepid_from_creds(
-                    self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_email, threepid_creds
-                )
-            except HttpResponseException:
-                logger.debug(
-                    "%s reported non-validated threepid: %s",
-                    self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_email,
-                    threepid_creds,
-                )
-        elif self.hs.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL:
-            # Get a validated session matching these details
-            validation_session = yield self.datastore.get_threepid_validation_session(
-                "email", client_secret, sid=sid, validated=True
-            )
-
-        # Old versions of Sydent return a 200 http code even on a failed validation check.
-        # Thus, in addition to the HttpResponseException check above (which checks for
-        # non-200 errors), we need to make sure validation_session isn't actually an error,
-        # identified by containing an "error" key
-        # See https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/issues/215 for details
-        if validation_session and "error" not in validation_session:
-            yield self._add_threepid_to_account(user_id, validation_session)
+        validation_session = yield self.identity_handler.validate_threepid_session(
+            client_secret, sid
+        )
+        if validation_session:
+            yield self.auth_handler.add_threepid(
+                user_id,
+                validation_session["medium"],
+                validation_session["address"],
+                validation_session["validated_at"],
+            )
             return 200, {}
 
-        # Try to validate as msisdn
-        if self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn:
-            # Ask our delegated msisdn identity server
-            try:
-                validation_session = yield self.identity_handler.threepid_from_creds(
-                    self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_msisdn, threepid_creds
-                )
-            except HttpResponseException:
-                logger.debug(
-                    "%s reported non-validated threepid: %s",
-                    self.hs.config.account_threepid_delegate_email,
-                    threepid_creds,
-                )
+        raise SynapseError(
+            400, "No validated 3pid session found", Codes.THREEPID_AUTH_FAILED
+        )
+
+
+class ThreepidAddRestServlet(RestServlet):
+    PATTERNS = client_patterns("/account/3pid/add$", releases=(), unstable=True)
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        super(ThreepidAddRestServlet, self).__init__()
+        self.hs = hs
+        self.identity_handler = hs.get_handlers().identity_handler
+        self.auth = hs.get_auth()
+        self.auth_handler = hs.get_auth_handler()
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_POST(self, request):
+        requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
+        user_id = requester.user.to_string()
+        body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
 
-            # Check that validation_session isn't actually an error due to old Sydent instances
-            # See explanatory comment above
-            if validation_session and "error" not in validation_session:
-                yield self._add_threepid_to_account(user_id, validation_session)
-                return 200, {}
+        assert_params_in_dict(body, ["client_secret", "sid"])
+        client_secret = body["client_secret"]
+        sid = body["sid"]
+
+        validation_session = yield self.identity_handler.validate_threepid_session(
+            client_secret, sid
+        )
+        if validation_session:
+            yield self.auth_handler.add_threepid(
+                user_id,
+                validation_session["medium"],
+                validation_session["address"],
+                validation_session["validated_at"],
+            )
+            return 200, {}
 
         raise SynapseError(
             400, "No validated 3pid session found", Codes.THREEPID_AUTH_FAILED
         )
 
+
+class ThreepidBindRestServlet(RestServlet):
+    PATTERNS = client_patterns("/account/3pid/bind$", releases=(), unstable=True)
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        super(ThreepidBindRestServlet, self).__init__()
+        self.hs = hs
+        self.identity_handler = hs.get_handlers().identity_handler
+        self.auth = hs.get_auth()
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def _add_threepid_to_account(self, user_id, validation_session):
-        """Add a threepid wrapped in a validation_session dict to an account
+    def on_POST(self, request):
+        body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
 
-        Args:
-            user_id (str): The mxid of the user to add this 3PID to
+        assert_params_in_dict(body, ["id_server", "sid", "client_secret"])
+        id_server = body["id_server"]
+        sid = body["sid"]
+        client_secret = body["client_secret"]
+        id_access_token = body.get("id_access_token")  # optional
 
-            validation_session (dict): A dict containing the following:
-                * medium       - medium of the threepid
-                * address      - address of the threepid
-                * validated_at - timestamp of when the validation occurred
-        """
-        yield self.auth_handler.add_threepid(
-            user_id,
-            validation_session["medium"],
-            validation_session["address"],
-            validation_session["validated_at"],
+        requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
+        user_id = requester.user.to_string()
+
+        yield self.identity_handler.bind_threepid(
+            client_secret, sid, user_id, id_server, id_access_token
         )
 
+        return 200, {}
+
 
 class ThreepidUnbindRestServlet(RestServlet):
     PATTERNS = client_patterns("/account/3pid/unbind$", releases=(), unstable=True)
@@ -792,8 +849,11 @@ def register_servlets(hs, http_server):
     DeactivateAccountRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     EmailThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     MsisdnThreepidRequestTokenRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
-    AddThreepidSubmitTokenServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+    AddThreepidEmailSubmitTokenServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+    AddThreepidMsisdnSubmitTokenServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     ThreepidRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+    ThreepidAddRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+    ThreepidBindRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     ThreepidUnbindRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     ThreepidDeleteRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     WhoamiRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
index e99b1f5c45..4f24a124a6 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import hmac
 import logging
+from typing import List, Union
 
 from six import string_types
 
@@ -31,9 +32,14 @@ from synapse.api.errors import (
     ThreepidValidationError,
     UnrecognizedRequestError,
 )
+from synapse.config import ConfigError
+from synapse.config.captcha import CaptchaConfig
+from synapse.config.consent_config import ConsentConfig
 from synapse.config.emailconfig import ThreepidBehaviour
 from synapse.config.ratelimiting import FederationRateLimitConfig
+from synapse.config.registration import RegistrationConfig
 from synapse.config.server import is_threepid_reserved
+from synapse.handlers.auth import AuthHandler
 from synapse.http.server import finish_request
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
     RestServlet,
@@ -246,6 +252,12 @@ class RegistrationSubmitTokenServlet(RestServlet):
                 [self.config.email_registration_template_failure_html],
             )
 
+        if self.config.threepid_behaviour_email == ThreepidBehaviour.LOCAL:
+            self.failure_email_template, = load_jinja2_templates(
+                self.config.email_template_dir,
+                [self.config.email_registration_template_failure_html],
+            )
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def on_GET(self, request, medium):
         if medium != "email":
@@ -365,6 +377,10 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
         self.ratelimiter = hs.get_registration_ratelimiter()
         self.clock = hs.get_clock()
 
+        self._registration_flows = _calculate_registration_flows(
+            hs.config, self.auth_handler
+        )
+
     @interactive_auth_handler
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def on_POST(self, request):
@@ -485,69 +501,8 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
                 assigned_user_id=registered_user_id,
             )
 
-        # FIXME: need a better error than "no auth flow found" for scenarios
-        # where we required 3PID for registration but the user didn't give one
-        require_email = "email" in self.hs.config.registrations_require_3pid
-        require_msisdn = "msisdn" in self.hs.config.registrations_require_3pid
-
-        show_msisdn = True
-        if self.hs.config.disable_msisdn_registration:
-            show_msisdn = False
-            require_msisdn = False
-
-        flows = []
-        if self.hs.config.enable_registration_captcha:
-            # only support 3PIDless registration if no 3PIDs are required
-            if not require_email and not require_msisdn:
-                # Also add a dummy flow here, otherwise if a client completes
-                # recaptcha first we'll assume they were going for this flow
-                # and complete the request, when they could have been trying to
-                # complete one of the flows with email/msisdn auth.
-                flows.extend([[LoginType.RECAPTCHA, LoginType.DUMMY]])
-            # only support the email-only flow if we don't require MSISDN 3PIDs
-            if not require_msisdn:
-                flows.extend([[LoginType.RECAPTCHA, LoginType.EMAIL_IDENTITY]])
-
-            if show_msisdn:
-                # only support the MSISDN-only flow if we don't require email 3PIDs
-                if not require_email:
-                    flows.extend([[LoginType.RECAPTCHA, LoginType.MSISDN]])
-                # always let users provide both MSISDN & email
-                flows.extend(
-                    [[LoginType.RECAPTCHA, LoginType.MSISDN, LoginType.EMAIL_IDENTITY]]
-                )
-        else:
-            # only support 3PIDless registration if no 3PIDs are required
-            if not require_email and not require_msisdn:
-                flows.extend([[LoginType.DUMMY]])
-            # only support the email-only flow if we don't require MSISDN 3PIDs
-            if not require_msisdn:
-                flows.extend([[LoginType.EMAIL_IDENTITY]])
-
-            if show_msisdn:
-                # only support the MSISDN-only flow if we don't require email 3PIDs
-                if not require_email or require_msisdn:
-                    flows.extend([[LoginType.MSISDN]])
-                # always let users provide both MSISDN & email
-                flows.extend([[LoginType.MSISDN, LoginType.EMAIL_IDENTITY]])
-
-        # Append m.login.terms to all flows if we're requiring consent
-        if self.hs.config.user_consent_at_registration:
-            new_flows = []
-            for flow in flows:
-                inserted = False
-                # m.login.terms should go near the end but before msisdn or email auth
-                for i, stage in enumerate(flow):
-                    if stage == LoginType.EMAIL_IDENTITY or stage == LoginType.MSISDN:
-                        flow.insert(i, LoginType.TERMS)
-                        inserted = True
-                        break
-                if not inserted:
-                    flow.append(LoginType.TERMS)
-            flows.extend(new_flows)
-
         auth_result, params, session_id = yield self.auth_handler.check_auth(
-            flows, body, self.hs.get_ip_from_request(request)
+            self._registration_flows, body, self.hs.get_ip_from_request(request)
         )
 
         # Check that we're not trying to register a denied 3pid.
@@ -710,6 +665,83 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
         )
 
 
+def _calculate_registration_flows(
+    # technically `config` has to provide *all* of these interfaces, not just one
+    config: Union[RegistrationConfig, ConsentConfig, CaptchaConfig],
+    auth_handler: AuthHandler,
+) -> List[List[str]]:
+    """Get a suitable flows list for registration
+
+    Args:
+        config: server configuration
+        auth_handler: authorization handler
+
+    Returns: a list of supported flows
+    """
+    # FIXME: need a better error than "no auth flow found" for scenarios
+    # where we required 3PID for registration but the user didn't give one
+    require_email = "email" in config.registrations_require_3pid
+    require_msisdn = "msisdn" in config.registrations_require_3pid
+
+    show_msisdn = True
+    show_email = True
+
+    if config.disable_msisdn_registration:
+        show_msisdn = False
+        require_msisdn = False
+
+    enabled_auth_types = auth_handler.get_enabled_auth_types()
+    if LoginType.EMAIL_IDENTITY not in enabled_auth_types:
+        show_email = False
+        if require_email:
+            raise ConfigError(
+                "Configuration requires email address at registration, but email "
+                "validation is not configured"
+            )
+
+    if LoginType.MSISDN not in enabled_auth_types:
+        show_msisdn = False
+        if require_msisdn:
+            raise ConfigError(
+                "Configuration requires msisdn at registration, but msisdn "
+                "validation is not configured"
+            )
+
+    flows = []
+
+    # only support 3PIDless registration if no 3PIDs are required
+    if not require_email and not require_msisdn:
+        # Add a dummy step here, otherwise if a client completes
+        # recaptcha first we'll assume they were going for this flow
+        # and complete the request, when they could have been trying to
+        # complete one of the flows with email/msisdn auth.
+        flows.append([LoginType.DUMMY])
+
+    # only support the email-only flow if we don't require MSISDN 3PIDs
+    if show_email and not require_msisdn:
+        flows.append([LoginType.EMAIL_IDENTITY])
+
+    # only support the MSISDN-only flow if we don't require email 3PIDs
+    if show_msisdn and not require_email:
+        flows.append([LoginType.MSISDN])
+
+    if show_email and show_msisdn:
+        # always let users provide both MSISDN & email
+        flows.append([LoginType.MSISDN, LoginType.EMAIL_IDENTITY])
+
+    # Prepend m.login.terms to all flows if we're requiring consent
+    if config.user_consent_at_registration:
+        for flow in flows:
+            flow.insert(0, LoginType.TERMS)
+
+    # Prepend recaptcha to all flows if we're requiring captcha
+    if config.enable_registration_captcha:
+        for flow in flows:
+            flow.insert(0, LoginType.RECAPTCHA)
+
+    return flows
+
+
 def register_servlets(hs, http_server):
     EmailRegisterRequestTokenRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     MsisdnRegisterRequestTokenRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/versions.py b/synapse/rest/client/versions.py
index 0058b6b459..1044ae7b4e 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/versions.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/versions.py
@@ -48,7 +48,24 @@ class VersionsRestServlet(RestServlet):
                     "r0.5.0",
                 ],
                 # as per MSC1497:
-                "unstable_features": {"m.lazy_load_members": True},
+                "unstable_features": {
+                    "m.lazy_load_members": True,
+                    # as per MSC2190, as amended by MSC2264
+                    # to be removed in r0.6.0
+                    "m.id_access_token": True,
+                    # Advertise to clients that they need not include an `id_server`
+                    # parameter during registration or password reset, as Synapse now decides
+                    # itself which identity server to use (or none at all).
+                    #
+                    # This is also used by a client when they wish to bind a 3PID to their
+                    # account, but not bind it to an identity server, the endpoint for which
+                    # also requires `id_server`. If the homeserver is handling 3PID
+                    # verification itself, there is no need to ask the user for `id_server` to
+                    # be supplied.
+                    "m.require_identity_server": False,
+                    # as per MSC2290
+                    "m.separate_add_and_bind": True,
+                },
             },
         )
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/background_updates.py b/synapse/storage/background_updates.py
index 30788137a8..80b57a948c 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/background_updates.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/background_updates.py
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class BackgroundUpdateStore(SQLBaseStore):
         duration_ms = time_stop - time_start
 
         logger.info(
-            "Updating %r. Updated %r items in %rms."
+            "Running background update %r. Processed %r items in %rms."
             " (total_rate=%r/ms, current_rate=%r/ms, total_updated=%r, batch_size=%r)",
             update_name,
             items_updated,
diff --git a/synapse/storage/client_ips.py b/synapse/storage/client_ips.py
index a4d40dfa1e..539584288d 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/client_ips.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/client_ips.py
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ class ClientIpStore(background_updates.BackgroundUpdateStore):
         """
 
         keyvalues = {"user_id": user_id}
-        if device_id:
+        if device_id is not None:
             keyvalues["device_id"] = device_id
 
         res = yield self._simple_select_list(
diff --git a/synapse/storage/registration.py b/synapse/storage/registration.py
index da27ad76b6..241a7be51e 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/registration.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from six import iterkeys
 from six.moves import range
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
+from twisted.internet.defer import Deferred
 
 from synapse.api.constants import UserTypes
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes, StoreError, SynapseError, ThreepidValidationError
@@ -384,6 +385,26 @@ class RegistrationWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
 
         return self.runInteraction("get_users_by_id_case_insensitive", f)
 
+    async def get_user_by_external_id(
+        self, auth_provider: str, external_id: str
+    ) -> str:
+        """Look up a user by their external auth id
+
+        Args:
+            auth_provider: identifier for the remote auth provider
+            external_id: id on that system
+
+        Returns:
+            str|None: the mxid of the user, or None if they are not known
+        """
+        return await self._simple_select_one_onecol(
+            table="user_external_ids",
+            keyvalues={"auth_provider": auth_provider, "external_id": external_id},
+            retcol="user_id",
+            allow_none=True,
+            desc="get_user_by_external_id",
+        )
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def count_all_users(self):
         """Counts all users registered on the homeserver."""
@@ -495,7 +516,7 @@ class RegistrationWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
         )
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def get_user_id_by_threepid(self, medium, address, require_verified=False):
+    def get_user_id_by_threepid(self, medium, address):
         """Returns user id from threepid
 
         Args:
@@ -586,6 +607,26 @@ class RegistrationWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
             desc="add_user_bound_threepid",
         )
 
+    def user_get_bound_threepids(self, user_id):
+        """Get the threepids that a user has bound to an identity server through the homeserver
+        The homeserver remembers where binds to an identity server occurred. Using this
+        method can retrieve those threepids.
+
+        Args:
+            user_id (str): The ID of the user to retrieve threepids for
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[list[dict]]: List of dictionaries containing the following:
+                medium (str): The medium of the threepid (e.g "email")
+                address (str): The address of the threepid (e.g "bob@example.com")
+        """
+        return self._simple_select_list(
+            table="user_threepid_id_server",
+            keyvalues={"user_id": user_id},
+            retcols=["medium", "address"],
+            desc="user_get_bound_threepids",
+        )
+
     def remove_user_bound_threepid(self, user_id, medium, address, id_server):
         """The server proxied an unbind request to the given identity server on
         behalf of the given user, so we remove the mapping of threepid to
@@ -655,7 +696,7 @@ class RegistrationWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
         self, medium, client_secret, address=None, sid=None, validated=True
     ):
         """Gets a session_id and last_send_attempt (if available) for a
-        client_secret/medium/(address|session_id) combo
+        combination of validation metadata
 
         Args:
             medium (str|None): The medium of the 3PID
@@ -824,7 +865,7 @@ class RegistrationStore(
             rows = self.cursor_to_dict(txn)
 
             if not rows:
-                return True
+                return True, 0
 
             rows_processed_nb = 0
 
@@ -840,18 +881,18 @@ class RegistrationStore(
             )
 
             if batch_size > len(rows):
-                return True
+                return True, len(rows)
             else:
-                return False
+                return False, len(rows)
 
-        end = yield self.runInteraction(
+        end, nb_processed = yield self.runInteraction(
             "users_set_deactivated_flag", _background_update_set_deactivated_flag_txn
         )
 
         if end:
             yield self._end_background_update("users_set_deactivated_flag")
 
-        return batch_size
+        return nb_processed
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def add_access_token_to_user(self, user_id, token, device_id, valid_until_ms):
@@ -1012,6 +1053,26 @@ class RegistrationStore(
         self._invalidate_cache_and_stream(txn, self.get_user_by_id, (user_id,))
         txn.call_after(self.is_guest.invalidate, (user_id,))
 
+    def record_user_external_id(
+        self, auth_provider: str, external_id: str, user_id: str
+    ) -> Deferred:
+        """Record a mapping from an external user id to a mxid
+
+        Args:
+            auth_provider: identifier for the remote auth provider
+            external_id: id on that system
+            user_id: complete mxid that it is mapped to
+        """
+        return self._simple_insert(
+            table="user_external_ids",
+            values={
+                "auth_provider": auth_provider,
+                "external_id": external_id,
+                "user_id": user_id,
+            },
+            desc="record_user_external_id",
+        )
+
     def user_set_password_hash(self, user_id, password_hash):
         """
         NB. This does *not* evict any cache because the one use for this
diff --git a/synapse/storage/schema/delta/56/user_external_ids.sql b/synapse/storage/schema/delta/56/user_external_ids.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91390c4527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/storage/schema/delta/56/user_external_ids.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* Copyright 2019 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * a table which records mappings from external auth providers to mxids
+ */
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS user_external_ids (
+    auth_provider TEXT NOT NULL,
+    external_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    user_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+    UNIQUE (auth_provider, external_id)
+);
diff --git a/synapse/util/module_loader.py b/synapse/util/module_loader.py
index 522acd5aa8..7ff7eb1e4d 100644
--- a/synapse/util/module_loader.py
+++ b/synapse/util/module_loader.py
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import importlib
+import importlib.util
 
 from synapse.config._base import ConfigError
 
 
 def load_module(provider):
-    """ Loads a module with its config
+    """ Loads a synapse module with its config
     Take a dict with keys 'module' (the module name) and 'config'
     (the config dict).
 
@@ -38,3 +39,20 @@ def load_module(provider):
         raise ConfigError("Failed to parse config for %r: %r" % (provider["module"], e))
 
     return provider_class, provider_config
+
+
+def load_python_module(location: str):
+    """Load a python module, and return a reference to its global namespace
+
+    Args:
+        location (str): path to the module
+
+    Returns:
+        python module object
+    """
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(location, location)
+    if spec is None:
+        raise Exception("Unable to load module at %s" % (location,))
+    mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(mod)
+    return mod
diff --git a/sytest-blacklist b/sytest-blacklist
index 04698cb068..11785fd43f 100644
--- a/sytest-blacklist
+++ b/sytest-blacklist
@@ -29,12 +29,3 @@ Enabling an unknown default rule fails with 404
 
 # Blacklisted due to https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/1663
 New federated private chats get full presence information (SYN-115)
-
-# Blacklisted temporarily due to https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2290
-# These sytests need to be updated with new endpoints, which will come in a later PR
-# That PR will also remove this blacklist
-Can bind 3PID via home server
-Can bind and unbind 3PID via homeserver
-3PIDs are unbound after account deactivation
-Can bind and unbind 3PID via /unbind by specifying the identity server
-Can bind and unbind 3PID via /unbind without specifying the identity server
diff --git a/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_auth.py b/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_auth.py
index b9ef46e8fb..b6df1396ad 100644
--- a/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_auth.py
+++ b/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_auth.py
@@ -18,11 +18,22 @@ from twisted.internet.defer import succeed
 
 import synapse.rest.admin
 from synapse.api.constants import LoginType
+from synapse.handlers.ui_auth.checkers import UserInteractiveAuthChecker
 from synapse.rest.client.v2_alpha import auth, register
 
 from tests import unittest
 
 
+class DummyRecaptchaChecker(UserInteractiveAuthChecker):
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        super().__init__(hs)
+        self.recaptcha_attempts = []
+
+    def check_auth(self, authdict, clientip):
+        self.recaptcha_attempts.append((authdict, clientip))
+        return succeed(True)
+
+
 class FallbackAuthTests(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
 
     servlets = [
@@ -44,15 +55,9 @@ class FallbackAuthTests(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         return hs
 
     def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
+        self.recaptcha_checker = DummyRecaptchaChecker(hs)
         auth_handler = hs.get_auth_handler()
-
-        self.recaptcha_attempts = []
-
-        def _recaptcha(authdict, clientip):
-            self.recaptcha_attempts.append((authdict, clientip))
-            return succeed(True)
-
-        auth_handler.checkers[LoginType.RECAPTCHA] = _recaptcha
+        auth_handler.checkers[LoginType.RECAPTCHA] = self.recaptcha_checker
 
     @unittest.INFO
     def test_fallback_captcha(self):
@@ -89,8 +94,9 @@ class FallbackAuthTests(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(request.code, 200)
 
         # The recaptcha handler is called with the response given
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.recaptcha_attempts), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(self.recaptcha_attempts[0][0]["response"], "a")
+        attempts = self.recaptcha_checker.recaptcha_attempts
+        self.assertEqual(len(attempts), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(attempts[0][0]["response"], "a")
 
         # also complete the dummy auth
         request, channel = self.make_request(
diff --git a/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_register.py b/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_register.py
index ab4d7d70d0..dab87e5edf 100644
--- a/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_register.py
+++ b/tests/rest/client/v2_alpha/test_register.py
@@ -34,19 +34,12 @@ from tests import unittest
 class RegisterRestServletTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
 
     servlets = [register.register_servlets]
+    url = b"/_matrix/client/r0/register"
 
-    def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
-
-        self.url = b"/_matrix/client/r0/register"
-
-        self.hs = self.setup_test_homeserver()
-        self.hs.config.enable_registration = True
-        self.hs.config.registrations_require_3pid = []
-        self.hs.config.auto_join_rooms = []
-        self.hs.config.enable_registration_captcha = False
-        self.hs.config.allow_guest_access = True
-
-        return self.hs
+    def default_config(self, name="test"):
+        config = super().default_config(name)
+        config["allow_guest_access"] = True
+        return config
 
     def test_POST_appservice_registration_valid(self):
         user_id = "@as_user_kermit:test"
@@ -199,6 +192,73 @@ class RegisterRestServletTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
 
         self.assertEquals(channel.result["code"], b"200", channel.result)
 
+    def test_advertised_flows(self):
+        request, channel = self.make_request(b"POST", self.url, b"{}")
+        self.render(request)
+        self.assertEquals(channel.result["code"], b"401", channel.result)
+        flows = channel.json_body["flows"]
+
+        # with the stock config, we only expect the dummy flow
+        self.assertCountEqual([["m.login.dummy"]], (f["stages"] for f in flows))
+
+    @unittest.override_config(
+        {
+            "enable_registration_captcha": True,
+            "user_consent": {
+                "version": "1",
+                "template_dir": "/",
+                "require_at_registration": True,
+            },
+            "account_threepid_delegates": {
+                "email": "https://id_server",
+                "msisdn": "https://id_server",
+            },
+        }
+    )
+    def test_advertised_flows_captcha_and_terms_and_3pids(self):
+        request, channel = self.make_request(b"POST", self.url, b"{}")
+        self.render(request)
+        self.assertEquals(channel.result["code"], b"401", channel.result)
+        flows = channel.json_body["flows"]
+
+        self.assertCountEqual(
+            [
+                ["m.login.recaptcha", "m.login.terms", "m.login.dummy"],
+                ["m.login.recaptcha", "m.login.terms", "m.login.email.identity"],
+                ["m.login.recaptcha", "m.login.terms", "m.login.msisdn"],
+                [
+                    "m.login.recaptcha",
+                    "m.login.terms",
+                    "m.login.msisdn",
+                    "m.login.email.identity",
+                ],
+            ],
+            (f["stages"] for f in flows),
+        )
+
+    @unittest.override_config(
+        {
+            "public_baseurl": "https://test_server",
+            "registrations_require_3pid": ["email"],
+            "disable_msisdn_registration": True,
+            "email": {
+                "smtp_host": "mail_server",
+                "smtp_port": 2525,
+                "notif_from": "sender@host",
+            },
+        }
+    )
+    def test_advertised_flows_no_msisdn_email_required(self):
+        request, channel = self.make_request(b"POST", self.url, b"{}")
+        self.render(request)
+        self.assertEquals(channel.result["code"], b"401", channel.result)
+        flows = channel.json_body["flows"]
+
+        # with the stock config, we expect all four combinations of 3pid
+        self.assertCountEqual(
+            [["m.login.email.identity"]], (f["stages"] for f in flows)
+        )
+
 
 class AccountValidityTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
 
diff --git a/tests/test_terms_auth.py b/tests/test_terms_auth.py
index 52739fbabc..5ec5d2b358 100644
--- a/tests/test_terms_auth.py
+++ b/tests/test_terms_auth.py
@@ -28,6 +28,21 @@ from tests import unittest
 class TermsTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
     servlets = [register_servlets]
 
+    def default_config(self, name="test"):
+        config = super().default_config(name)
+        config.update(
+            {
+                "public_baseurl": "https://example.org/",
+                "user_consent": {
+                    "version": "1.0",
+                    "policy_name": "My Cool Privacy Policy",
+                    "template_dir": "/",
+                    "require_at_registration": True,
+                },
+            }
+        )
+        return config
+
     def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
         self.clock = MemoryReactorClock()
         self.hs_clock = Clock(self.clock)
@@ -35,17 +50,8 @@ class TermsTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         self.registration_handler = Mock()
         self.auth_handler = Mock()
         self.device_handler = Mock()
-        hs.config.enable_registration = True
-        hs.config.registrations_require_3pid = []
-        hs.config.auto_join_rooms = []
-        hs.config.enable_registration_captcha = False
 
     def test_ui_auth(self):
-        self.hs.config.user_consent_at_registration = True
-        self.hs.config.user_consent_policy_name = "My Cool Privacy Policy"
-        self.hs.config.public_baseurl = "https://example.org/"
-        self.hs.config.user_consent_version = "1.0"
-
         # Do a UI auth request
         request, channel = self.make_request(b"POST", self.url, b"{}")
         self.render(request)