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diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md index 3f048ba881..e74544f489 100644 --- a/CHANGES.md +++ b/CHANGES.md @@ -1,3 +1,223 @@ +Synapse 1.46.0 (2021-11-02) +=========================== + +The cause of the [performance regression affecting Synapse 1.44](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11049) has been identified and fixed. ([\#11177](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11177)) + +Bugfixes +-------- + +- Fix a bug introduced in v1.46.0rc1 where URL previews of some XML documents would fail. ([\#11196](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11196)) + + +Synapse 1.46.0rc1 (2021-10-27) +============================== + +Features +-------- + +- Add support for Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri". ([\#11024](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11024)) +- Port the Password Auth Providers module interface to the new generic interface. ([\#10548](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10548), [\#11180](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11180)) +- Experimental support for the thread relation defined in [MSC3440](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3440). ([\#11088](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11088), [\#11181](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11181), [\#11192](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11192)) +- Users admin API can now also modify user type in addition to allowing it to be set on user creation. ([\#11174](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11174)) + + +Bugfixes +-------- + +- Newly-created public rooms are now only assigned an alias if the room's creation has not been blocked by permission settings. Contributed by @AndrewFerr. ([\#10930](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10930)) +- Fix a long-standing bug which meant that events received over federation were sometimes incorrectly accepted into the room state. ([\#11001](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11001), [\#11009](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11009), [\#11012](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11012)) +- Fix 500 error on `/messages` when the server accumulates more than 5 backwards extremities at a given depth for a room. ([\#11027](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11027)) +- Fix a bug where setting a user's `external_id` via the admin API returns 500 and deletes user's existing external mappings if that external ID is already mapped. ([\#11051](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11051)) +- Fix a long-standing bug where users excluded from the user directory were added into the directory if they belonged to a room which became public or private. ([\#11075](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11075)) +- Fix a long-standing bug when attempting to preview URLs which are in the `windows-1252` character encoding. ([\#11077](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11077), [\#11089](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11089)) +- Fix broken export-data admin command and add test script checking the command to CI. ([\#11078](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11078)) +- Show an error when timestamp in seconds is provided to the `/purge_media_cache` Admin API. ([\#11101](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11101)) +- Fix local users who left all their rooms being removed from the user directory, even if the `search_all_users` config option was enabled. ([\#11103](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11103)) +- Fix a bug which caused the module API's `get_user_ip_and_agents` function to always fail on workers. `get_user_ip_and_agents` was introduced in 1.44.0 and did not function correctly on worker processes at the time. ([\#11112](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11112)) +- Identity server connection is no longer ignoring `ip_range_whitelist`. ([\#11120](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11120)) +- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.45.0 breaking the configuration file parsing script. ([\#11145](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11145)) +- Fix a performance regression introduced in 1.44.0 which could cause client requests to time out when making large numbers of outbound requests. ([\#11177](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11177), [\#11190](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11190)) +- Resolve and share `state_groups` for all [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) historical events in batch. ([\#10975](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10975)) + + +Improved Documentation +---------------------- + +- Fix broken links relating to module API deprecation in the upgrade notes. ([\#11069](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11069)) +- Add more information about what happens when a user is deactivated. ([\#11083](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11083)) +- Clarify the the sample log config can be copied from the documentation without issue. ([\#11092](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11092)) +- Update the admin API documentation with an updated list of the characters allowed in registration tokens. ([\#11093](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11093)) +- Document Synapse's behaviour when dealing with multiple modules registering the same callbacks and/or handlers for the same HTTP endpoints. ([\#11096](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11096)) +- Fix instances of `[example]{.title-ref}` in the upgrade documentation as a result of prior RST to Markdown conversion. ([\#11118](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11118)) +- Document the version of Synapse each module callback was introduced in. ([\#11132](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11132)) +- Document the version of Synapse that introduced each module API method. ([\#11183](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11183)) + + +Internal Changes +---------------- +- Fix spurious warnings about losing the logging context on the `ReplicationCommandHandler` when losing the replication connection. ([\#10984](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10984)) +- Include rejected status when we log events. ([\#11008](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11008)) +- Add some extra logging to the event persistence code. ([\#11014](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11014)) +- Rearrange the internal workings of the incremental user directory updates. ([\#11035](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11035)) +- Fix a long-standing bug where users excluded from the directory could still be added to the `users_who_share_private_rooms` table after a regular user joins a private room. ([\#11143](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11143)) +- Add and improve type hints. ([\#10972](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10972), [\#11055](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11055), [\#11066](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11066), [\#11076](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11076), [\#11095](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11095), [\#11109](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11109), [\#11121](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11121), [\#11146](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11146)) +- Mark the Synapse package as containing type annotations and fix export declarations so that Synapse pluggable modules may be type checked against Synapse. ([\#11054](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11054)) +- Remove dead code from `MediaFilePaths`. ([\#11056](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11056)) +- Be more lenient when parsing oEmbed response versions. ([\#11065](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11065)) +- Create a separate module for the retention configuration. ([\#11070](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11070)) +- Clean up some of the federation event authentication code for clarity. ([\#11115](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11115), [\#11116](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11116), [\#11122](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11122)) +- Add docstrings and comments to the application service ephemeral event sending code. ([\#11138](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11138)) +- Update the `sign_json` script to support inline configuration of the signing key. ([\#11139](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11139)) +- Fix broken link in the docker image README. ([\#11144](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11144)) +- Always dump logs from unit tests during CI runs. ([\#11068](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11068)) +- Add tests for `MediaFilePaths` class. ([\#11057](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11057)) +- Simplify the user admin API tests. ([\#11048](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11048)) +- Add a test for the workaround introduced in [\#11042](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/11042) concerning the behaviour of third-party rule modules and `SynapseError`s. ([\#11071](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11071)) + + +Synapse 1.45.1 (2021-10-20) +=========================== + +Bugfixes +-------- + +- Revert change to counting of deactivated users towards the monthly active users limit, introduced in 1.45.0rc1. ([\#11127](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11127)) + + +Synapse 1.45.0 (2021-10-19) +=========================== + +No functional changes since Synapse 1.45.0rc2. + +Known Issues +------------ + +- A suspected [performance regression](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11049) which was first reported after the release of 1.44.0 remains unresolved. + + We have not been able to identify a probable cause. Affected users report that setting up a federation sender worker appears to alleviate symptoms of the regression. + +Improved Documentation +---------------------- + +- Reword changelog to clarify concerns about a suspected performance regression in 1.44.0. ([\#11117](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11117)) + + +Synapse 1.45.0rc2 (2021-10-14) +============================== + +This release candidate [fixes](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11053) a user directory [bug](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11025) present in 1.45.0rc1. + +Known Issues +------------ + +- A suspected [performance regression](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11049) which was first reported after the release of 1.44.0 remains unresolved. + + We have not been able to identify a probable cause. Affected users report that setting up a federation sender worker appears to alleviate symptoms of the regression. + +Bugfixes +-------- + +- Fix a long-standing bug when using multiple event persister workers where events were not correctly sent down `/sync` due to a race. ([\#11045](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11045)) +- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.45.0rc1 where the user directory would stop updating if it processed an event from a + user not in the `users` table. ([\#11053](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11053)) +- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.44.0 when logging errors during oEmbed processing. ([\#11061](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11061)) + + +Internal Changes +---------------- + +- Add an 'approximate difference' method to `StateFilter`. ([\#10825](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10825)) +- Fix inconsistent behavior of `get_last_client_by_ip` when reporting data that has not been stored in the database yet. ([\#10970](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10970)) +- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.21.0 that causes opentracing and Prometheus metrics for replication requests to be measured incorrectly. ([\#10996](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10996)) +- Ensure that cache config tests do not share state. ([\#11036](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11036)) + + +Synapse 1.45.0rc1 (2021-10-12) +============================== + +**Note:** Media storage providers module that read from Synapse's configuration need changes as of this version, see the [upgrade notes](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/develop/upgrade#upgrading-to-v1450) for more information. + +Known Issues +------------ + +- We are investigating [a performance issue](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11049) which was reported after the release of 1.44.0. +- We are aware of [a bug](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11025) with the user directory when using application services. A second release candidate is expected which will resolve this. + +Features +-------- + +- Add [MSC3069](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3069) support to `/account/whoami`. ([\#9655](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9655)) +- Support autodiscovery of oEmbed previews. ([\#10822](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10822)) +- Add a `user_may_send_3pid_invite` spam checker callback for modules to allow or deny 3PID invites. ([\#10894](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10894)) +- Add a spam checker callback to allow or deny room joins. ([\#10910](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10910)) +- Include an `update_synapse_database` script in the distribution. Contributed by @Fizzadar at Beeper. ([\#10954](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10954)) +- Include exception information in JSON logging output. Contributed by @Fizzadar at Beeper. ([\#11028](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11028)) + + +Bugfixes +-------- + +- Fix a minor bug in the response to `/_matrix/client/r0/voip/turnServer`. Contributed by @lukaslihotzki. ([\#10922](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10922)) +- Fix a bug where empty `yyyy-mm-dd/` directories would be left behind in the media store's `url_cache_thumbnails/` directory. ([\#10924](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10924)) +- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.40.0 where the signature checks for room version 8 and 9 could be applied to earlier room versions in some situations. ([\#10927](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10927)) +- Fix a long-standing bug wherein deactivated users still count towards the monthly active users limit. ([\#10947](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10947)) +- Fix a long-standing bug which meant that events received over federation were sometimes incorrectly accepted into the room state. ([\#10956](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10956)) +- Fix a long-standing bug where rebuilding the user directory wouldn't exclude support and deactivated users. ([\#10960](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10960)) +- Fix [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) `/batch_send` endpoint rejecting subsequent batches with unknown batch ID error in existing room versions from the room creator. ([\#10962](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10962)) +- Fix a bug that could leak local users' per-room nicknames and avatars when the user directory is rebuilt. ([\#10981](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10981)) +- Fix a long-standing bug where the remainder of a batch of user directory changes would be silently dropped if the server left a room early in the batch. ([\#10982](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10982)) +- Correct a bugfix introduced in Synapse v1.44.0 that would catch the wrong error if a connection is lost before a response could be written to it. ([\#10995](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10995)) +- Fix a long-standing bug where local users' per-room nicknames/avatars were visible to anyone who could see you in the user directory. ([\#11002](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11002)) +- Fix a long-standing bug where a user's per-room nickname/avatar would overwrite their profile in the user directory when a room was made public. ([\#11003](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11003)) +- Work around a regression, introduced in Synapse v1.39.0, that caused `SynapseError`s raised by the experimental third-party rules module callback `check_event_allowed` to be ignored. ([\#11042](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11042)) +- Fix a bug in [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) insertion events in rooms that could cause cross-talk/conflicts between batches. ([\#10877](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10877)) + + +Improved Documentation +---------------------- + +- Change wording ("reference homeserver") in Synapse repository documentation. Contributed by @maxkratz. ([\#10971](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10971)) +- Fix a dead URL in development documentation (SAML) and change wording from "Riot" to "Element". Contributed by @maxkratz. ([\#10973](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10973)) +- Add additional content to the Welcome and Overview page of the documentation. ([\#10990](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10990)) +- Update links to MSCs in documentation. Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#10991](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10991)) + + +Internal Changes +---------------- + +- Improve type hinting in `synapse.util`. ([\#10888](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10888)) +- Add further type hints to `synapse.storage.util`. ([\#10892](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10892)) +- Fix type hints to be compatible with an upcoming change to Twisted. ([\#10895](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10895)) +- Update utility code to handle C implementations of frozendict. ([\#10902](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10902)) +- Drop old functionality which maintained database compatibility with Synapse versions before v1.31. ([\#10903](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10903)) +- Clean-up configuration helper classes for the `ServerConfig` class. ([\#10915](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10915)) +- Use direct references to config flags. ([\#10916](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10916), [\#10959](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10959), [\#10985](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10985)) +- Clean up some of the federation event authentication code for clarity. ([\#10926](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10926), [\#10940](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10940), [\#10986](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10986), [\#10987](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10987), [\#10988](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10988), [\#11010](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11010), [\#11011](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11011)) +- Refactor various parts of the codebase to use `RoomVersion` objects instead of room version identifier strings. ([\#10934](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10934)) +- Refactor user directory tests in preparation for upcoming changes. ([\#10935](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10935)) +- Include the event id in the logcontext when handling PDUs received over federation. ([\#10936](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10936)) +- Fix logged errors in unit tests. ([\#10939](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10939)) +- Fix a broken test to ensure that consent configuration works during registration. ([\#10945](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10945)) +- Add type hints to filtering classes. ([\#10958](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10958)) +- Add type-hint to `HomeserverTestcase.setup_test_homeserver`. ([\#10961](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10961)) +- Fix the test utility function `create_room_as` so that `is_public=True` will explicitly set the `visibility` parameter of room creation requests to `public`. Contributed by @AndrewFerr. ([\#10963](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10963)) +- Make the release script more robust and transparent. ([\#10966](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10966)) +- Refactor [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) `/batch_send` mega function into smaller handler functions. ([\#10974](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10974)) +- Log stack traces when a missing opentracing span is detected. ([\#10983](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10983)) +- Update GHA config to run tests against Python 3.10 and PostgreSQL 14. ([\#10992](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10992)) +- Fix a long-standing bug where `ReadWriteLock`s could drop logging contexts on exit. ([\#10993](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10993)) +- Add a `CODEOWNERS` file to automatically request reviews from the `@matrix-org/synapse-core` team on new pull requests. ([\#10994](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10994)) +- Add further type hints to `synapse.state`. ([\#11004](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11004)) +- Remove the deprecated `BaseHandler` object. ([\#11005](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11005)) +- Bump mypy version for CI to 0.910, and pull in new type stubs for dependencies. ([\#11006](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11006)) +- Fix CI to run the unit tests without optional deps. ([\#11017](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11017)) +- Ensure that cache config tests do not share state. ([\#11019](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11019)) +- Add additional type hints to `synapse.server_notices`. ([\#11021](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11021)) +- Add additional type hints for `synapse.push`. ([\#11023](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11023)) +- When installing the optional developer dependencies, also include the dependencies needed for type-checking and unit testing. ([\#11034](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11034)) +- Remove unnecessary list comprehension from `synapse_port_db` to satisfy code style requirements. ([\#11043](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11043)) + + Synapse 1.44.0 (2021-10-05) =========================== |