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diff --git a/docs/admin_api/rooms.md b/docs/admin_api/rooms.md index 9e560003a9..f34cec1ff7 100644 --- a/docs/admin_api/rooms.md +++ b/docs/admin_api/rooms.md @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ * [Response](#response) * [Undoing room shutdowns](#undoing-room-shutdowns) - [Make Room Admin API](#make-room-admin-api) +- [Forward Extremities Admin API](#forward-extremities-admin-api) # List Room API @@ -511,3 +512,55 @@ optionally be specified, e.g.: "user_id": "@foo:example.com" } ``` + +# Forward Extremities Admin API + +Enables querying and deleting forward extremities from rooms. When a lot of forward +extremities accumulate in a room, performance can become degraded. For details, see +[#1760](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/1760). + +## Check for forward extremities + +To check the status of forward extremities for a room: + +``` + GET /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/<room_id_or_alias>/forward_extremities +``` + +A response as follows will be returned: + +```json +{ + "count": 1, + "results": [ + { + "event_id": "$M5SP266vsnxctfwFgFLNceaCo3ujhRtg_NiiHabcdefgh", + "state_group": 439, + "depth": 123, + "received_ts": 1611263016761 + } + ] +} +``` + +## Deleting forward extremities + +**WARNING**: Please ensure you know what you're doing and have read +the related issue [#1760](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/1760). +Under no situations should this API be executed as an automated maintenance task! + +If a room has lots of forward extremities, the extra can be +deleted as follows: + +``` + DELETE /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/<room_id_or_alias>/forward_extremities +``` + +A response as follows will be returned, indicating the amount of forward extremities +that were deleted. + +```json +{ + "deleted": 1 +} +``` |