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diff --git a/docs/upgrade.md b/docs/upgrade.md index 18c33a4198..fa4b3ef590 100644 --- a/docs/upgrade.md +++ b/docs/upgrade.md @@ -101,29 +101,36 @@ To re-enable this functionality, set the homeserver config option to `true`. -## Deprecation of the `synapse.app.appservice` worker application type +## Deprecation of the `synapse.app.appservice` and `synapse.app.user_dir` worker application types The `synapse.app.appservice` worker application type allowed you to configure a single worker to use to notify application services of new events, as long as this functionality was disabled on the main process with `notify_appservices: False`. +Further, the `synapse.app.user_dir` worker application type allowed you to configure +a single worker to be responsible for updating the user directory, as long as this +was disabled on the main process with `update_user_directory: False`. To unify Synapse's worker types, the `synapse.app.appservice` worker application type and the `notify_appservices` configuration option have been deprecated. +The `synapse.app.user_dir` worker application type and `update_user_directory` +configuration option have also been deprecated. -To get the same functionality, it's now recommended that the `synapse.app.generic_worker` -worker application type is used and that the `notify_appservices_from_worker` option -is set to the name of a worker. +To get the same functionality as was provided by the deprecated options, it's now recommended that the `synapse.app.generic_worker` +worker application type is used and that the `notify_appservices_from_worker` and/or +`update_user_directory_from_worker` options are set to the name of a worker. -For the time being, `notify_appservices_from_worker` can be used alongside -`synapse.app.appservice` and `notify_appservices` to make it easier to transition -between the two configurations, however please note that: +For the time being, the old options can be used alongside the new options to make +it easier to transition between the two configurations, however please note that: - the options must not contradict each other (otherwise Synapse won't start); and -- the `notify_appservices` option will be removed in a future release of Synapse. +- the `notify_appservices` and `update_user_directory` options will be removed in a future release of Synapse. -Please see [the relevant section of the worker documentation][v1_59_notify_ases_from] for more information. +Please see the [*Notifying Application Services*][v1_59_notify_ases_from] and +[*Updating the User Directory*][v1_59_update_user_dir] sections of the worker +documentation for more information. [v1_59_notify_ases_from]: workers.md#notifying-application-services +[v1_59_update_user_dir]: workers.md#updating-the-user-directory # Upgrading to v1.58.0 |