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diff --git a/docs/workers.md b/docs/workers.md index 9eb4194e4d..8ac95e39bb 100644 --- a/docs/workers.md +++ b/docs/workers.md @@ -528,10 +528,19 @@ the following regular expressions: ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/user_directory/search$ -When using this worker you must also set `update_user_directory: False` in the +When using this worker you must also set `update_user_directory: false` in the shared configuration file to stop the main synapse running background jobs related to updating the user directory. +Above endpoint is not *required* to be routed to this worker. By default, +`update_user_directory` is set to `true`, which means the main process +will handle updates. All workers configured with `client` can handle the above +endpoint as long as either this worker or the main process are configured to +handle it, and are online. + +If `update_user_directory` is set to `false`, and this worker is not running, +the above endpoint may give outdated results. + ### `synapse.app.frontend_proxy` Proxies some frequently-requested client endpoints to add caching and remove |