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diff --git a/docs/user_directory.md b/docs/user_directory.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4c8ee44f37 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/user_directory.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +User Directory API Implementation +================================= + +The user directory is currently maintained based on the 'visible' users +on this particular server - i.e. ones which your account shares a room with, or +who are present in a publicly viewable room present on the server. + +The directory info is stored in various tables, which can (typically after +DB corruption) get stale or out of sync. If this happens, for now the +quickest solution to fix it is: + +``` +UPDATE user_directory_stream_pos SET stream_id = NULL; +``` + +and restart the synapse, which should then start a background task to +flush the current tables and regenerate the directory. |