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diff --git a/UPGRADE.rst b/UPGRADE.rst index cf228c7c52..dddcd75fda 100644 --- a/UPGRADE.rst +++ b/UPGRADE.rst @@ -49,6 +49,56 @@ returned by the Client-Server API: # configured on port 443. curl -kv https://<host.name>/_matrix/client/versions 2>&1 | grep "Server:" +Upgrading to v1.4.0 +=================== + +Config options +-------------- + +**Note: Registration by email address or phone number will not work in this release unless +some config options are changed from their defaults.** + +This is due to Synapse v1.4.0 now defaulting to sending registration and password reset tokens +itself. This is for security reasons as well as putting less reliance on identity servers. +However, currently Synapse only supports sending emails, and does not have support for +phone-based password reset or account registration. If Synapse is configured to handle these on +its own, phone-based password resets and registration will be disabled. For Synapse to send +emails, the ``email`` block of the config must be filled out. If not, then password resets and +registration via email will be disabled entirely. + +This release also deprecates the ``email.trust_identity_server_for_password_resets`` option and +replaces it with the ``account_threepid_delegates`` dictionary. This option defines whether the +homeserver should delegate an external server (typically an `identity server +<https://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/r0.2.1>`_) to handle sending password reset or +registration messages via email and SMS. + +If ``email.trust_identity_server_for_password_resets`` is set to ``true``, and +``account_threepid_delegates.email`` is not set, then the first entry in +``trusted_third_party_id_servers`` will be used as the account threepid delegate for email. +This is to ensure compatibility with existing Synapse installs that set up external server +handling for these tasks before v1.4.0. If ``email.trust_identity_server_for_password_resets`` +is ``true`` and no trusted identity server domains are configured, Synapse will throw an error. + +If ``email.trust_identity_server_for_password_resets`` is ``false`` or absent and a threepid +type in ``account_threepid_delegates`` is not set to a domain, then Synapse will attempt to +send password reset and registration messages for that type. + +Email templates +--------------- + +If you have configured a custom template directory with the ``email.template_dir`` option, be +aware that there are new templates regarding registration. ``registration.html`` and +``registration.txt`` have been added and contain the content that is sent to a client upon +registering via an email address. + +``registration_success.html`` and ``registration_failure.html`` are also new HTML templates +that will be shown to the user when they click the link in their registration emai , either +showing them a success or failure page (assuming a redirect URL is not configured). + +Synapse will expect these files to exist inside the configured template directory. To view the +default templates, see `synapse/res/templates +<https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/synapse/res/templates>`_. + Upgrading to v1.2.0 =================== @@ -132,6 +182,19 @@ server for password resets, set ``trust_identity_server_for_password_resets`` to See the `sample configuration file <docs/sample_config.yaml>`_ for more details on these settings. +New email templates +--------------- +Some new templates have been added to the default template directory for the purpose of the +homeserver sending its own password reset emails. If you have configured a custom +``template_dir`` in your Synapse config, these files will need to be added. + +``password_reset.html`` and ``password_reset.txt`` are HTML and plain text templates +respectively that contain the contents of what will be emailed to the user upon attempting to +reset their password via email. ``password_reset_success.html`` and +``password_reset_failure.html`` are HTML files that the content of which (assuming no redirect +URL is set) will be shown to the user after they attempt to click the link in the email sent +to them. + Upgrading to v0.99.0 ==================== |