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+                        <h1 id="how-to-test-cas-as-a-developer-without-a-server"><a class="header" href="#how-to-test-cas-as-a-developer-without-a-server">How to test CAS as a developer without a server</a></h1>
+<p>The <a href="https://github.com/jbittel/django-mama-cas">django-mama-cas</a> project is an
+easy to run CAS implementation built on top of Django.</p>
+<h2 id="prerequisites"><a class="header" href="#prerequisites">Prerequisites</a></h2>
+<ol>
+<li>Create a new virtualenv: <code>python3 -m venv &lt;your virtualenv&gt;</code></li>
+<li>Activate your virtualenv: <code>source /path/to/your/virtualenv/bin/activate</code></li>
+<li>Install Django and django-mama-cas:
+<pre><code class="language-sh">python -m pip install &quot;django&lt;3&quot; &quot;django-mama-cas==2.4.0&quot;
+</code></pre>
+</li>
+<li>Create a Django project in the current directory:
+<pre><code class="language-sh">django-admin startproject cas_test .
+</code></pre>
+</li>
+<li>Follow the <a href="https://django-mama-cas.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#configuring">install directions</a> for django-mama-cas</li>
+<li>Setup the SQLite database: <code>python manage.py migrate</code></li>
+<li>Create a user:
+<pre><code class="language-sh">python manage.py createsuperuser
+</code></pre>
+<ol>
+<li>Use whatever you want as the username and password.</li>
+<li>Leave the other fields blank.</li>
+</ol>
+</li>
+<li>Use the built-in Django test server to serve the CAS endpoints on port 8000:
+<pre><code class="language-sh">python manage.py runserver
+</code></pre>
+</li>
+</ol>
+<p>You should now have a Django project configured to serve CAS authentication with
+a single user created.</p>
+<h2 id="configure-synapse-and-element-to-use-cas"><a class="header" href="#configure-synapse-and-element-to-use-cas">Configure Synapse (and Element) to use CAS</a></h2>
+<ol>
+<li>Modify your <code>homeserver.yaml</code> to enable CAS and point it to your locally
+running Django test server:
+<pre><code class="language-yaml">cas_config:
+  enabled: true
+  server_url: &quot;http://localhost:8000&quot;
+  service_url: &quot;http://localhost:8081&quot;
+  #displayname_attribute: name
+  #required_attributes:
+  #    name: value
+</code></pre>
+</li>
+<li>Restart Synapse.</li>
+</ol>
+<p>Note that the above configuration assumes the homeserver is running on port 8081
+and that the CAS server is on port 8000, both on localhost.</p>
+<h2 id="testing-the-configuration"><a class="header" href="#testing-the-configuration">Testing the configuration</a></h2>
+<p>Then in Element:</p>
+<ol>
+<li>Visit the login page with a Element pointing at your homeserver.</li>
+<li>Click the Single Sign-On button.</li>
+<li>Login using the credentials created with <code>createsuperuser</code>.</li>
+<li>You should be logged in.</li>
+</ol>
+<p>If you want to repeat this process you'll need to manually logout first:</p>
+<ol>
+<li>http://localhost:8000/admin/</li>
+<li>Click &quot;logout&quot; in the top right.</li>
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+                        <h1 id="contributing"><a class="header" href="#contributing">Contributing</a></h1>
+<p>This document aims to get you started with contributing to Synapse!</p>
+<h1 id="1-who-can-contribute-to-synapse"><a class="header" href="#1-who-can-contribute-to-synapse">1. Who can contribute to Synapse?</a></h1>
+<p>Everyone is welcome to contribute code to <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org">matrix.org
+projects</a>, provided that they are willing to
+license their contributions under the same license as the project itself. We
+follow a simple 'inbound=outbound' model for contributions: the act of
+submitting an 'inbound' contribution means that the contributor agrees to
+license the code under the same terms as the project's overall 'outbound'
+license - in our case, this is almost always Apache Software License v2 (see
+<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/LICENSE">LICENSE</a>).</p>
+<h1 id="2-what-do-i-need"><a class="header" href="#2-what-do-i-need">2. What do I need?</a></h1>
+<p>If you are running Windows, the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is strongly
+recommended for development. More information about WSL can be found at
+<a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install</a>. Running Synapse natively
+on Windows is not officially supported.</p>
+<p>The code of Synapse is written in Python 3. To do pretty much anything, you'll need <a href="https://www.python.org/downloads/">a recent version of Python 3</a>. Your Python also needs support for <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html">virtual environments</a>. This is usually built-in, but some Linux distributions like Debian and Ubuntu split it out into its own package. Running <code>sudo apt install python3-venv</code> should be enough.</p>
+<p>Synapse can connect to PostgreSQL via the <a href="https://pypi.org/project/psycopg2/">psycopg2</a> Python library. Building this library from source requires access to PostgreSQL's C header files. On Debian or Ubuntu Linux, these can be installed with <code>sudo apt install libpq-dev</code>.</p>
+<p>The source code of Synapse is hosted on GitHub. You will also need <a href="https://github.com/git-guides/install-git">a recent version of git</a>.</p>
+<p>For some tests, you will need <a href="https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/">a recent version of Docker</a>.</p>
+<p>A recent version of the Rust compiler is needed to build the native modules. The
+easiest way of installing the latest version is to use <a href="https://rustup.rs/">rustup</a>.</p>
+<h1 id="3-get-the-source"><a class="header" href="#3-get-the-source">3. Get the source.</a></h1>
+<p>The preferred and easiest way to contribute changes is to fork the relevant
+project on GitHub, and then <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/">create a pull request</a> to ask us to pull your
+changes into our repo.</p>
+<p>Please base your changes on the <code>develop</code> branch.</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">git clone git@github.com:YOUR_GITHUB_USER_NAME/synapse.git
+git checkout develop
+</code></pre>
+<p>If you need help getting started with git, this is beyond the scope of the document, but you
+can find many good git tutorials on the web.</p>
+<h1 id="4-install-the-dependencies"><a class="header" href="#4-install-the-dependencies">4. Install the dependencies</a></h1>
+<p>Synapse uses the <a href="https://python-poetry.org/">poetry</a> project to manage its dependencies
+and development environment. Once you have installed Python 3 and added the
+source, you should install <code>poetry</code>.
+Of their installation methods, we recommend
+<a href="https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installing-with-pipx">installing <code>poetry</code> using <code>pipx</code></a>,</p>
+<pre><code class="language-shell">pip install --user pipx
+pipx install poetry
+</code></pre>
+<p>but see poetry's <a href="https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installation">installation instructions</a>
+for other installation methods.</p>
+<p>Synapse requires Poetry version 1.2.0 or later.</p>
+<p>Next, open a terminal and install dependencies as follows:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">cd path/where/you/have/cloned/the/repository
+poetry install --extras all
+</code></pre>
+<p>This will install the runtime and developer dependencies for the project.</p>
+<h1 id="5-get-in-touch"><a class="header" href="#5-get-in-touch">5. Get in touch.</a></h1>
+<p>Join our developer community on Matrix: <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#synapse-dev:matrix.org">#synapse-dev:matrix.org</a>!</p>
+<h1 id="6-pick-an-issue"><a class="header" href="#6-pick-an-issue">6. Pick an issue.</a></h1>
+<p>Fix your favorite problem or perhaps find a <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22Good+First+Issue%22">Good First Issue</a>
+to work on.</p>
+<h1 id="7-turn-coffee-into-code-and-documentation"><a class="header" href="#7-turn-coffee-into-code-and-documentation">7. Turn coffee into code and documentation!</a></h1>
+<p>There is a growing amount of documentation located in the
+<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/develop/docs"><code>docs</code></a>
+directory, with a rendered version <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse">available online</a>.
+This documentation is intended primarily for sysadmins running their
+own Synapse instance, as well as developers interacting externally with
+Synapse.
+<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/develop/docs/development"><code>docs/development</code></a>
+exists primarily to house documentation for
+Synapse developers.
+<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/develop/docs/admin_api"><code>docs/admin_api</code></a> houses documentation
+regarding Synapse's Admin API, which is used mostly by sysadmins and external
+service developers.</p>
+<p>Synapse's code style is documented <a href="../code_style.html">here</a>. Please follow
+it, including the conventions for the <a href="../code_style.html#configuration-file-format">sample configuration
+file</a>.</p>
+<p>We welcome improvements and additions to our documentation itself! When
+writing new pages, please
+<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/develop/docs#adding-to-the-documentation">build <code>docs</code> to a book</a>
+to check that your contributions render correctly. The docs are written in
+<a href="https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/">GitHub-Flavoured Markdown</a>.</p>
+<p>Some documentation also exists in <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/wiki">Synapse's GitHub
+Wiki</a>, although this is primarily
+contributed to by community authors.</p>
+<p>When changes are made to any Rust code then you must call either <code>poetry install</code>
+or <code>maturin develop</code> (if installed) to rebuild the Rust code. Using <a href="https://github.com/PyO3/maturin"><code>maturin</code></a>
+is quicker than <code>poetry install</code>, so is recommended when making frequent
+changes to the Rust code.</p>
+<h1 id="8-test-test-test"><a class="header" href="#8-test-test-test">8. Test, test, test!</a></h1>
+<p><a name="test-test-test"></a></p>
+<p>While you're developing and before submitting a patch, you'll
+want to test your code.</p>
+<h2 id="run-the-linters"><a class="header" href="#run-the-linters">Run the linters.</a></h2>
+<p>The linters look at your code and do two things:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>ensure that your code follows the coding style adopted by the project;</li>
+<li>catch a number of errors in your code.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>The linter takes no time at all to run as soon as you've <a href="#4-install-the-dependencies">downloaded the dependencies</a>.</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">poetry run ./scripts-dev/lint.sh
+</code></pre>
+<p>Note that this script <em>will modify your files</em> to fix styling errors.
+Make sure that you have saved all your files.</p>
+<p>If you wish to restrict the linters to only the files changed since the last commit
+(much faster!), you can instead run:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">poetry run ./scripts-dev/lint.sh -d
+</code></pre>
+<p>Or if you know exactly which files you wish to lint, you can instead run:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">poetry run ./scripts-dev/lint.sh path/to/file1.py path/to/file2.py path/to/folder
+</code></pre>
+<h2 id="run-the-unit-tests-twisted-trial"><a class="header" href="#run-the-unit-tests-twisted-trial">Run the unit tests (Twisted trial).</a></h2>
+<p>The unit tests run parts of Synapse, including your changes, to see if anything
+was broken. They are slower than the linters but will typically catch more errors.</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">poetry run trial tests
+</code></pre>
+<p>If you wish to only run <em>some</em> unit tests, you may specify
+another module instead of <code>tests</code> - or a test class or a method:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">poetry run trial tests.rest.admin.test_room tests.handlers.test_admin.ExfiltrateData.test_invite
+</code></pre>
+<p>If your tests fail, you may wish to look at the logs (the default log level is <code>ERROR</code>):</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">less _trial_temp/test.log
+</code></pre>
+<p>To increase the log level for the tests, set <code>SYNAPSE_TEST_LOG_LEVEL</code>:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">SYNAPSE_TEST_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG poetry run trial tests
+</code></pre>
+<p>By default, tests will use an in-memory SQLite database for test data. For additional
+help with debugging, one can use an on-disk SQLite database file instead, in order to
+review database state during and after running tests. This can be done by setting
+the <code>SYNAPSE_TEST_PERSIST_SQLITE_DB</code> environment variable. Doing so will cause the
+database state to be stored in a file named <code>test.db</code> under the trial process'
+working directory. Typically, this ends up being <code>_trial_temp/test.db</code>. For example:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">SYNAPSE_TEST_PERSIST_SQLITE_DB=1 poetry run trial tests
+</code></pre>
+<p>The database file can then be inspected with:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">sqlite3 _trial_temp/test.db
+</code></pre>
+<p>Note that the database file is cleared at the beginning of each test run. Thus it
+will always only contain the data generated by the <em>last run test</em>. Though generally
+when debugging, one is only running a single test anyway.</p>
+<h3 id="running-tests-under-postgresql"><a class="header" href="#running-tests-under-postgresql">Running tests under PostgreSQL</a></h3>
+<p>Invoking <code>trial</code> as above will use an in-memory SQLite database. This is great for
+quick development and testing. However, we recommend using a PostgreSQL database
+in production (and indeed, we have some code paths specific to each database).
+This means that we need to run our unit tests against PostgreSQL too. Our CI does
+this automatically for pull requests and release candidates, but it's sometimes
+useful to reproduce this locally.</p>
+<h4 id="using-docker"><a class="header" href="#using-docker">Using Docker</a></h4>
+<p>The easiest way to do so is to run Postgres via a docker container. In one
+terminal:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-shell">docker run --rm -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword -e POSTGRES_USER=postgres -e POSTGRES_DB=postgress -p 5432:5432 postgres:14
+</code></pre>
+<p>If you see an error like</p>
+<pre><code>docker: Error response from daemon: driver failed programming external connectivity on endpoint nice_ride (b57bbe2e251b70015518d00c9981e8cb8346b5c785250341a6c53e3c899875f1): Error starting userland proxy: listen tcp4 0.0.0.0:5432: bind: address already in use.
+</code></pre>
+<p>then something is already bound to port 5432. You're probably already running postgres locally.</p>
+<p>Once you have a postgres server running, invoke <code>trial</code> in a second terminal:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-shell">SYNAPSE_POSTGRES=1 SYNAPSE_POSTGRES_HOST=127.0.0.1 SYNAPSE_POSTGRES_USER=postgres SYNAPSE_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword poetry run trial tests
+</code></pre>
+<h4 id="using-an-existing-postgres-installation"><a class="header" href="#using-an-existing-postgres-installation">Using an existing Postgres installation</a></h4>
+<p>If you have postgres already installed on your system, you can run <code>trial</code> with the
+following environment variables matching your configuration:</p>
+<ul>
+<li><code>SYNAPSE_POSTGRES</code> to anything nonempty</li>
+<li><code>SYNAPSE_POSTGRES_HOST</code> (optional if it's the default: UNIX socket)</li>
+<li><code>SYNAPSE_POSTGRES_PORT</code> (optional if it's the default: 5432)</li>
+<li><code>SYNAPSE_POSTGRES_USER</code> (optional if using a UNIX socket)</li>
+<li><code>SYNAPSE_POSTGRES_PASSWORD</code> (optional if using a UNIX socket)</li>
+</ul>
+<p>For example:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-shell">export SYNAPSE_POSTGRES=1
+export SYNAPSE_POSTGRES_HOST=localhost
+export SYNAPSE_POSTGRES_USER=postgres
+export SYNAPSE_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mydevenvpassword
+trial
+</code></pre>
+<p>You don't need to specify the host, user, port or password if your Postgres
+server is set to authenticate you over the UNIX socket (i.e. if the <code>psql</code> command
+works without further arguments).</p>
+<p>Your Postgres account needs to be able to create databases; see the postgres
+docs for <a href="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-alterrole.html"><code>ALTER ROLE</code></a>.</p>
+<h2 id="run-the-integration-tests-sytest"><a class="header" href="#run-the-integration-tests-sytest">Run the integration tests (<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/sytest">Sytest</a>).</a></h2>
+<p>The integration tests are a more comprehensive suite of tests. They
+run a full version of Synapse, including your changes, to check if
+anything was broken. They are slower than the unit tests but will
+typically catch more errors.</p>
+<p>The following command will let you run the integration test with the most common
+configuration:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">$ docker run --rm -it -v /path/where/you/have/cloned/the/repository\:/src:ro -v /path/to/where/you/want/logs\:/logs matrixdotorg/sytest-synapse:buster
+</code></pre>
+<p>(Note that the paths must be full paths! You could also write <code>$(realpath relative/path)</code> if needed.)</p>
+<p>This configuration should generally cover your needs.</p>
+<ul>
+<li>To run with Postgres, supply the <code>-e POSTGRES=1 -e MULTI_POSTGRES=1</code> environment flags.</li>
+<li>To run with Synapse in worker mode, supply the <code>-e WORKERS=1 -e REDIS=1</code> environment flags (in addition to the Postgres flags).</li>
+</ul>
+<p>For more details about other configurations, see the <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/sytest/blob/develop/docker/README.md">Docker-specific documentation in the SyTest repo</a>.</p>
+<h2 id="run-the-integration-tests-complement"><a class="header" href="#run-the-integration-tests-complement">Run the integration tests (<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/complement">Complement</a>).</a></h2>
+<p><a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/complement">Complement</a> is a suite of black box tests that can be run on any homeserver implementation. It can also be thought of as end-to-end (e2e) tests.</p>
+<p>It's often nice to develop on Synapse and write Complement tests at the same time.
+Here is how to run your local Synapse checkout against your local Complement checkout.</p>
+<p>(checkout <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/complement"><code>complement</code></a> alongside your <code>synapse</code> checkout)</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">COMPLEMENT_DIR=../complement ./scripts-dev/complement.sh
+</code></pre>
+<p>To run a specific test file, you can pass the test name at the end of the command. The name passed comes from the naming structure in your Complement tests. If you're unsure of the name, you can do a full run and copy it from the test output:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">COMPLEMENT_DIR=../complement ./scripts-dev/complement.sh -run TestImportHistoricalMessages
+</code></pre>
+<p>To run a specific test, you can specify the whole name structure:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">COMPLEMENT_DIR=../complement ./scripts-dev/complement.sh -run TestImportHistoricalMessages/parallel/Historical_events_resolve_in_the_correct_order
+</code></pre>
+<p>The above will run a monolithic (single-process) Synapse with SQLite as the database. For other configurations, try:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Passing <code>POSTGRES=1</code> as an environment variable to use the Postgres database instead.</li>
+<li>Passing <code>WORKERS=1</code> as an environment variable to use a workerised setup instead. This option implies the use of Postgres.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>To increase the log level for the tests, set <code>SYNAPSE_TEST_LOG_LEVEL</code>, e.g:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">SYNAPSE_TEST_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG COMPLEMENT_DIR=../complement ./scripts-dev/complement.sh -run TestImportHistoricalMessages
+</code></pre>
+<h3 id="prettier-formatting-with-gotestfmt"><a class="header" href="#prettier-formatting-with-gotestfmt">Prettier formatting with <code>gotestfmt</code></a></h3>
+<p>If you want to format the output of the tests the same way as it looks in CI,
+install <a href="https://github.com/haveyoudebuggedit/gotestfmt">gotestfmt</a>.</p>
+<p>You can then use this incantation to format the tests appropriately:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">COMPLEMENT_DIR=../complement ./scripts-dev/complement.sh -json | gotestfmt -hide successful-tests
+</code></pre>
+<p>(Remove <code>-hide successful-tests</code> if you don't want to hide successful tests.)</p>
+<h3 id="access-database-for-homeserver-after-complement-test-runs"><a class="header" href="#access-database-for-homeserver-after-complement-test-runs">Access database for homeserver after Complement test runs.</a></h3>
+<p>If you're curious what the database looks like after you run some tests, here are some steps to get you going in Synapse:</p>
+<ol>
+<li>In your Complement test comment out <code>defer deployment.Destroy(t)</code> and replace with <code>defer time.Sleep(2 * time.Hour)</code> to keep the homeserver running after the tests complete</li>
+<li>Start the Complement tests</li>
+<li>Find the name of the container, <code>docker ps -f name=complement_</code> (this will filter for just the Compelement related Docker containers)</li>
+<li>Access the container replacing the name with what you found in the previous step: <code>docker exec -it complement_1_hs_with_application_service.hs1_2 /bin/bash</code></li>
+<li>Install sqlite (database driver), <code>apt-get update &amp;&amp; apt-get install -y sqlite3</code></li>
+<li>Then run <code>sqlite3</code> and open the database <code>.open /conf/homeserver.db</code> (this db path comes from the Synapse homeserver.yaml)</li>
+</ol>
+<h1 id="9-submit-your-patch"><a class="header" href="#9-submit-your-patch">9. Submit your patch.</a></h1>
+<p>Once you're happy with your patch, it's time to prepare a Pull Request.</p>
+<p>To prepare a Pull Request, please:</p>
+<ol>
+<li>verify that <a href="#test-test-test">all the tests pass</a>, including the coding style;</li>
+<li><a href="#sign-off">sign off</a> your contribution;</li>
+<li><code>git push</code> your commit to your fork of Synapse;</li>
+<li>on GitHub, <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request">create the Pull Request</a>;</li>
+<li>add a <a href="#changelog">changelog entry</a> and push it to your Pull Request;</li>
+<li>that's it for now, a non-draft pull request will automatically request review from the team;</li>
+<li>if you need to update your PR, please avoid rebasing and just add new commits to your branch.</li>
+</ol>
+<h2 id="changelog"><a class="header" href="#changelog">Changelog</a></h2>
+<p>All changes, even minor ones, need a corresponding changelog / newsfragment
+entry. These are managed by <a href="https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier">Towncrier</a>.</p>
+<p>To create a changelog entry, make a new file in the <code>changelog.d</code> directory named
+in the format of <code>PRnumber.type</code>. The type can be one of the following:</p>
+<ul>
+<li><code>feature</code></li>
+<li><code>bugfix</code></li>
+<li><code>docker</code> (for updates to the Docker image)</li>
+<li><code>doc</code> (for updates to the documentation)</li>
+<li><code>removal</code> (also used for deprecations)</li>
+<li><code>misc</code> (for internal-only changes)</li>
+</ul>
+<p>This file will become part of our <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/CHANGES.md">changelog</a> at the next
+release, so the content of the file should be a short description of your
+change in the same style as the rest of the changelog. The file can contain Markdown
+formatting, and should end with a full stop (.) or an exclamation mark (!) for
+consistency.</p>
+<p>Adding credits to the changelog is encouraged, we value your
+contributions and would like to have you shouted out in the release notes!</p>
+<p>For example, a fix in PR #1234 would have its changelog entry in
+<code>changelog.d/1234.bugfix</code>, and contain content like:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>The security levels of Florbs are now validated when received
+via the <code>/federation/florb</code> endpoint. Contributed by Jane Matrix.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>If there are multiple pull requests involved in a single bugfix/feature/etc,
+then the content for each <code>changelog.d</code> file should be the same. Towncrier will
+merge the matching files together into a single changelog entry when we come to
+release.</p>
+<h3 id="how-do-i-know-what-to-call-the-changelog-file-before-i-create-the-pr"><a class="header" href="#how-do-i-know-what-to-call-the-changelog-file-before-i-create-the-pr">How do I know what to call the changelog file before I create the PR?</a></h3>
+<p>Obviously, you don't know if you should call your newsfile
+<code>1234.bugfix</code> or <code>5678.bugfix</code> until you create the PR, which leads to a
+chicken-and-egg problem.</p>
+<p>There are two options for solving this:</p>
+<ol>
+<li>
+<p>Open the PR without a changelog file, see what number you got, and <em>then</em>
+add the changelog file to your branch (see <a href="#updating-your-pull-request">Updating your pull
+request</a>), or:</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Look at the <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues?q=">list of all
+issues/PRs</a>, add one to the
+highest number you see, and quickly open the PR before somebody else claims
+your number.</p>
+<p><a href="https://github.com/richvdh/scripts/blob/master/next_github_number.sh">This
+script</a>
+might be helpful if you find yourself doing this a lot.</p>
+</li>
+</ol>
+<p>Sorry, we know it's a bit fiddly, but it's <em>really</em> helpful for us when we come
+to put together a release!</p>
+<h3 id="debian-changelog"><a class="header" href="#debian-changelog">Debian changelog</a></h3>
+<p>Changes which affect the debian packaging files (in <code>debian</code>) are an
+exception to the rule that all changes require a <code>changelog.d</code> file.</p>
+<p>In this case, you will need to add an entry to the debian changelog for the
+next release. For this, run the following command:</p>
+<pre><code>dch
+</code></pre>
+<p>This will make up a new version number (if there isn't already an unreleased
+version in flight), and open an editor where you can add a new changelog entry.
+(Our release process will ensure that the version number and maintainer name is
+corrected for the release.)</p>
+<p>If your change affects both the debian packaging <em>and</em> files outside the debian
+directory, you will need both a regular newsfragment <em>and</em> an entry in the
+debian changelog. (Though typically such changes should be submitted as two
+separate pull requests.)</p>
+<h2 id="sign-off"><a class="header" href="#sign-off">Sign off</a></h2>
+<p>In order to have a concrete record that your contribution is intentional
+and you agree to license it under the same terms as the project's license, we've adopted the
+same lightweight approach that the Linux Kernel
+<a href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#sign-your-work-the-developer-s-certificate-of-origin%3E">submitting patches process</a>,
+<a href="https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md">Docker</a>, and many other
+projects use: the DCO (<a href="http://developercertificate.org/">Developer Certificate of Origin</a>).
+This is a simple declaration that you wrote
+the contribution or otherwise have the right to contribute it to Matrix:</p>
+<pre><code>Developer Certificate of Origin
+Version 1.1
+
+Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
+660 York Street, Suite 102,
+San Francisco, CA 94110 USA
+
+Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
+license document, but changing it is not allowed.
+
+Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
+
+By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
+
+(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
+    have the right to submit it under the open source license
+    indicated in the file; or
+
+(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
+    of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
+    license and I have the right under that license to submit that
+    work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
+    by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
+    permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
+    in the file; or
+
+(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
+    person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
+    it.
+
+(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
+    are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
+    personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
+    maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
+    this project or the open source license(s) involved.
+</code></pre>
+<p>If you agree to this for your contribution, then all that's needed is to
+include the line in your commit or pull request comment:</p>
+<pre><code>Signed-off-by: Your Name &lt;your@email.example.org&gt;
+</code></pre>
+<p>We accept contributions under a legally identifiable name, such as
+your name on government documentation or common-law names (names
+claimed by legitimate usage or repute). Unfortunately, we cannot
+accept anonymous contributions at this time.</p>
+<p>Git allows you to add this signoff automatically when using the <code>-s</code>
+flag to <code>git commit</code>, which uses the name and email set in your
+<code>user.name</code> and <code>user.email</code> git configs.</p>
+<h3 id="private-sign-off"><a class="header" href="#private-sign-off">Private Sign off</a></h3>
+<p>If you would like to provide your legal name privately to the Matrix.org
+Foundation (instead of in a public commit or comment), you can do so
+by emailing your legal name and a link to the pull request to
+<a href="mailto:dco@matrix.org?subject=Private%20sign%20off">dco@matrix.org</a>.
+It helps to include &quot;sign off&quot; or similar in the subject line. You will then
+be instructed further.</p>
+<p>Once private sign off is complete, doing so for future contributions will not
+be required.</p>
+<h1 id="10-turn-feedback-into-better-code"><a class="header" href="#10-turn-feedback-into-better-code">10. Turn feedback into better code.</a></h1>
+<p>Once the Pull Request is opened, you will see a few things:</p>
+<ol>
+<li>our automated CI (Continuous Integration) pipeline will run (again) the linters, the unit tests, the integration tests and more;</li>
+<li>one or more of the developers will take a look at your Pull Request and offer feedback.</li>
+</ol>
+<p>From this point, you should:</p>
+<ol>
+<li>Look at the results of the CI pipeline.
+<ul>
+<li>If there is any error, fix the error.</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>If a developer has requested changes, make these changes and let us know if it is ready for a developer to review again.
+<ul>
+<li>A pull request is a conversation, if you disagree with the suggestions, please respond and discuss it.</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>Create a new commit with the changes.
+<ul>
+<li>Please do NOT overwrite the history. New commits make the reviewer's life easier.</li>
+<li>Push this commits to your Pull Request.</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>Back to 1.</li>
+<li>Once the pull request is ready for review again please re-request review from whichever developer did your initial
+review (or leave a comment in the pull request that you believe all required changes have been done).</li>
+</ol>
+<p>Once both the CI and the developers are happy, the patch will be merged into Synapse and released shortly!</p>
+<h1 id="11-find-a-new-issue"><a class="header" href="#11-find-a-new-issue">11. Find a new issue.</a></h1>
+<p>By now, you know the drill!</p>
+<h1 id="notes-for-maintainers-on-merging-prs-etc"><a class="header" href="#notes-for-maintainers-on-merging-prs-etc">Notes for maintainers on merging PRs etc</a></h1>
+<p>There are some notes for those with commit access to the project on how we
+manage git <a href="git.html">here</a>.</p>
+<h1 id="conclusion"><a class="header" href="#conclusion">Conclusion</a></h1>
+<p>That's it! Matrix is a very open and collaborative project as you might expect
+given our obsession with open communication. If we're going to successfully
+matrix together all the fragmented communication technologies out there we are
+reliant on contributions and collaboration from the community to do so. So
+please get involved - and we hope you have as much fun hacking on Matrix as we
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+                        <h1 id="synapse-database-schema-files"><a class="header" href="#synapse-database-schema-files">Synapse database schema files</a></h1>
+<p>Synapse's database schema is stored in the <code>synapse.storage.schema</code> module.</p>
+<h2 id="logical-databases"><a class="header" href="#logical-databases">Logical databases</a></h2>
+<p>Synapse supports splitting its datastore across multiple physical databases (which can
+be useful for large installations), and the schema files are therefore split according
+to the logical database they apply to.</p>
+<p>At the time of writing, the following &quot;logical&quot; databases are supported:</p>
+<ul>
+<li><code>state</code> - used to store Matrix room state (more specifically, <code>state_groups</code>,
+their relationships and contents).</li>
+<li><code>main</code> - stores everything else.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Additionally, the <code>common</code> directory contains schema files for tables which must be
+present on <em>all</em> physical databases.</p>
+<h2 id="synapse-schema-versions"><a class="header" href="#synapse-schema-versions">Synapse schema versions</a></h2>
+<p>Synapse manages its database schema via &quot;schema versions&quot;. These are mainly used to
+help avoid confusion if the Synapse codebase is rolled back after the database is
+updated. They work as follows:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>The Synapse codebase defines a constant <code>synapse.storage.schema.SCHEMA_VERSION</code>
+which represents the expectations made about the database by that version. For
+example, as of Synapse v1.36, this is <code>59</code>.</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>The database stores a &quot;compatibility version&quot; in
+<code>schema_compat_version.compat_version</code> which defines the <code>SCHEMA_VERSION</code> of the
+oldest version of Synapse which will work with the database. On startup, if
+<code>compat_version</code> is found to be newer than <code>SCHEMA_VERSION</code>, Synapse will refuse to
+start.</p>
+<p>Synapse automatically updates this field from
+<code>synapse.storage.schema.SCHEMA_COMPAT_VERSION</code>.</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Whenever a backwards-incompatible change is made to the database format (normally
+via a <code>delta</code> file), <code>synapse.storage.schema.SCHEMA_COMPAT_VERSION</code> is also updated
+so that administrators can not accidentally roll back to a too-old version of Synapse.</p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Generally, the goal is to maintain compatibility with at least one or two previous
+releases of Synapse, so any substantial change tends to require multiple releases and a
+bit of forward-planning to get right.</p>
+<p>As a worked example: we want to remove the <code>room_stats_historical</code> table. Here is how it
+might pan out.</p>
+<ol>
+<li>
+<p>Replace any code that <em>reads</em> from <code>room_stats_historical</code> with alternative
+implementations, but keep writing to it in case of rollback to an earlier version.
+Also, increase <code>synapse.storage.schema.SCHEMA_VERSION</code>.  In this
+instance, there is no existing code which reads from <code>room_stats_historical</code>, so
+our starting point is:</p>
+<p>v1.36.0: <code>SCHEMA_VERSION=59</code>, <code>SCHEMA_COMPAT_VERSION=59</code></p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Next (say in Synapse v1.37.0): remove the code that <em>writes</em> to
+<code>room_stats_historical</code>, but don’t yet remove the table in case of rollback to
+v1.36.0. Again, we increase <code>synapse.storage.schema.SCHEMA_VERSION</code>, but
+because we have not broken compatibility with v1.36, we do not yet update
+<code>SCHEMA_COMPAT_VERSION</code>. We now have:</p>
+<p>v1.37.0: <code>SCHEMA_VERSION=60</code>, <code>SCHEMA_COMPAT_VERSION=59</code>.</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Later (say in Synapse v1.38.0): we can remove the table altogether. This will
+break compatibility with v1.36.0, so we must update <code>SCHEMA_COMPAT_VERSION</code> accordingly.
+There is no need to update <code>synapse.storage.schema.SCHEMA_VERSION</code>, since there is no
+change to the Synapse codebase here. So we end up with:</p>
+<p>v1.38.0: <code>SCHEMA_VERSION=60</code>, <code>SCHEMA_COMPAT_VERSION=60</code>.</p>
+</li>
+</ol>
+<p>If in doubt about whether to update <code>SCHEMA_VERSION</code> or not, it is generally best to
+lean towards doing so.</p>
+<h2 id="full-schema-dumps"><a class="header" href="#full-schema-dumps">Full schema dumps</a></h2>
+<p>In the <code>full_schemas</code> directories, only the most recently-numbered snapshot is used
+(<code>54</code> at the time of writing). Older snapshots (eg, <code>16</code>) are present for historical
+reference only.</p>
+<h3 id="building-full-schema-dumps"><a class="header" href="#building-full-schema-dumps">Building full schema dumps</a></h3>
+<p>If you want to recreate these schemas, they need to be made from a database that
+has had all background updates run.</p>
+<p>To do so, use <code>scripts-dev/make_full_schema.sh</code>. This will produce new
+<code>full.sql.postgres</code> and <code>full.sql.sqlite</code> files.</p>
+<p>Ensure postgres is installed, then run:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">./scripts-dev/make_full_schema.sh -p postgres_username -o output_dir/
+</code></pre>
+<p>NB at the time of writing, this script predates the split into separate <code>state</code>/<code>main</code>
+databases so will require updates to handle that correctly.</p>
+<h2 id="delta-files"><a class="header" href="#delta-files">Delta files</a></h2>
+<p>Delta files define the steps required to upgrade the database from an earlier version.
+They can be written as either a file containing a series of SQL statements, or a Python
+module.</p>
+<p>Synapse remembers which delta files it has applied to a database (they are stored in the
+<code>applied_schema_deltas</code> table) and will not re-apply them (even if a given file is
+subsequently updated).</p>
+<p>Delta files should be placed in a directory named <code>synapse/storage/schema/&lt;database&gt;/delta/&lt;version&gt;/</code>.
+They are applied in alphanumeric order, so  by convention the first two characters
+of the filename should be an integer such as <code>01</code>, to put the file in the right order.</p>
+<h3 id="sql-delta-files"><a class="header" href="#sql-delta-files">SQL delta files</a></h3>
+<p>These should be named <code>*.sql</code>, or —  for changes which should only be applied for a
+given database engine — <code>*.sql.posgres</code> or <code>*.sql.sqlite</code>. For example, a delta which
+adds a new column to the <code>foo</code> table might be called <code>01add_bar_to_foo.sql</code>.</p>
+<p>Note that our SQL parser is a bit simple - it understands comments (<code>--</code> and <code>/*...*/</code>),
+but complex statements which require a <code>;</code> in the middle of them (such as <code>CREATE TRIGGER</code>) are beyond it and you'll have to use a Python delta file.</p>
+<h3 id="python-delta-files"><a class="header" href="#python-delta-files">Python delta files</a></h3>
+<p>For more flexibility, a delta file can take the form of a python module. These should
+be named <code>*.py</code>. Note that database-engine-specific modules are not supported here –
+instead you can write <code>if isinstance(database_engine, PostgresEngine)</code> or similar.</p>
+<p>A Python delta module should define either or both of the following functions:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-python">import synapse.config.homeserver
+import synapse.storage.engines
+import synapse.storage.types
+
+
+def run_create(
+    cur: synapse.storage.types.Cursor,
+    database_engine: synapse.storage.engines.BaseDatabaseEngine,
+) -&gt; None:
+    &quot;&quot;&quot;Called whenever an existing or new database is to be upgraded&quot;&quot;&quot;
+    ...
+
+def run_upgrade(
+    cur: synapse.storage.types.Cursor,
+    database_engine: synapse.storage.engines.BaseDatabaseEngine,
+    config: synapse.config.homeserver.HomeServerConfig,
+) -&gt; None:
+    &quot;&quot;&quot;Called whenever an existing database is to be upgraded.&quot;&quot;&quot;
+    ...
+</code></pre>
+<h2 id="boolean-columns"><a class="header" href="#boolean-columns">Boolean columns</a></h2>
+<p>Boolean columns require special treatment, since SQLite treats booleans the
+same as integers.</p>
+<p>There are three separate aspects to this:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>Any new boolean column must be added to the <code>BOOLEAN_COLUMNS</code> list in
+<code>synapse/_scripts/synapse_port_db.py</code>. This tells the port script to cast
+the integer value from SQLite to a boolean before writing the value to the
+postgres database.</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Before SQLite 3.23, <code>TRUE</code> and <code>FALSE</code> were not recognised as constants by
+SQLite, and the <code>IS [NOT] TRUE</code>/<code>IS [NOT] FALSE</code> operators were not
+supported. This makes it necessary to avoid using <code>TRUE</code> and <code>FALSE</code>
+constants in SQL commands.</p>
+<p>For example, to insert a <code>TRUE</code> value into the database, write:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-python">txn.execute(&quot;INSERT INTO tbl(col) VALUES (?)&quot;, (True, ))
+</code></pre>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Default values for new boolean columns present a particular
+difficulty. Generally it is best to create separate schema files for
+Postgres and SQLite. For example:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sql"># in 00delta.sql.postgres:
+ALTER TABLE tbl ADD COLUMN col BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE;
+</code></pre>
+<pre><code class="language-sql"># in 00delta.sql.sqlite:
+ALTER TABLE tbl ADD COLUMN col BOOLEAN DEFAULT 0;
+</code></pre>
+<p>Note that there is a particularly insidious failure mode here: the Postgres
+flavour will be accepted by SQLite 3.22, but will give a column whose
+default value is the <strong>string</strong> <code>&quot;FALSE&quot;</code> - which, when cast back to a boolean
+in Python, evaluates to <code>True</code>.</p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<h2 id="event_id-global-uniqueness"><a class="header" href="#event_id-global-uniqueness"><code>event_id</code> global uniqueness</a></h2>
+<p>In room versions <code>1</code> and <code>2</code> it's possible to end up with two events with the
+same <code>event_id</code> (in the same or different rooms). After room version <code>3</code>, that
+can only happen with a hash collision, which we basically hope will never
+happen.</p>
+<p>There are several places in Synapse and even Matrix APIs like <a href="https://spec.matrix.org/v1.1/server-server-api/#get_matrixfederationv1eventeventid"><code>GET /_matrix/federation/v1/event/{eventId}</code></a>
+where we assume that event IDs are globally unique.</p>
+<p>But hash collisions are still possible, and by treating event IDs as room
+scoped, we can reduce the possibility of a hash collision. When scoping
+<code>event_id</code> in the database schema, it should be also accompanied by <code>room_id</code>
+(<code>PRIMARY KEY (room_id, event_id)</code>) and lookups should be done through the pair
+<code>(room_id, event_id)</code>.</p>
+<p>There has been a lot of debate on this in places like
+https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/issues/2779 and
+<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/2848">MSC2848</a> which
+has no resolution yet (as of 2022-09-01).</p>
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+<p><strong>DO NOT USE THESE DEMO SERVERS IN PRODUCTION</strong></p>
+<p>Requires you to have a <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/develop/development/contributing_guide.html#4-install-the-dependencies">Synapse development environment setup</a>.</p>
+<p>The demo setup allows running three federation Synapse servers, with server
+names <code>localhost:8480</code>, <code>localhost:8481</code>, and <code>localhost:8482</code>.</p>
+<p>You can access them via any Matrix client over HTTP at <code>localhost:8080</code>,
+<code>localhost:8081</code>, and <code>localhost:8082</code> or over HTTPS at <code>localhost:8480</code>,
+<code>localhost:8481</code>, and <code>localhost:8482</code>.</p>
+<p>To enable the servers to communicate, self-signed SSL certificates are generated
+and the servers are configured in a highly insecure way, including:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Not checking certificates over federation.</li>
+<li>Not verifying keys.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>The servers are configured to store their data under <code>demo/8080</code>, <code>demo/8081</code>, and
+<code>demo/8082</code>. This includes configuration, logs, SQLite databases, and media.</p>
+<p>Note that when joining a public room on a different homeserver via &quot;#foo:bar.net&quot;,
+then you are (in the current implementation) joining a room with room_id &quot;foo&quot;.
+This means that it won't work if your homeserver already has a room with that
+name.</p>
+<h2 id="using-the-demo-scripts"><a class="header" href="#using-the-demo-scripts">Using the demo scripts</a></h2>
+<p>There's three main scripts with straightforward purposes:</p>
+<ul>
+<li><code>start.sh</code> will start the Synapse servers, generating any missing configuration.
+<ul>
+<li>This accepts a single parameter <code>--no-rate-limit</code> to &quot;disable&quot; rate limits
+(they actually still exist, but are very high).</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><code>stop.sh</code> will stop the Synapse servers.</li>
+<li><code>clean.sh</code> will delete the configuration, databases, log files, etc.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>To start a completely new set of servers, run:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-sh">./demo/stop.sh; ./demo/clean.sh &amp;&amp; ./demo/start.sh
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+                        <h1 id="managing-dependencies-with-poetry"><a class="header" href="#managing-dependencies-with-poetry">Managing dependencies with Poetry</a></h1>
+<p>This is a quick cheat sheet for developers on how to use <a href="https://python-poetry.org/"><code>poetry</code></a>.</p>
+<h1 id="background"><a class="header" href="#background">Background</a></h1>
+<p>Synapse uses a variety of third-party Python packages to function as a homeserver.
+Some of these are direct dependencies, listed in <code>pyproject.toml</code> under the
+<code>[tool.poetry.dependencies]</code> section. The rest are transitive dependencies (the
+things that our direct dependencies themselves depend on, and so on recursively.)</p>
+<p>We maintain a locked list of all our dependencies (transitive included) so that
+we can track exactly which version of each dependency appears in a given release.
+See <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11537#issue-1074469665">here</a>
+for discussion of why we wanted this for Synapse. We chose to use
+<a href="https://python-poetry.org/"><code>poetry</code></a> to manage this locked list; see
+<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11537#issuecomment-1015975819">this comment</a>
+for the reasoning.</p>
+<p>The locked dependencies get included in our &quot;self-contained&quot; releases: namely,
+our docker images and our debian packages. We also use the locked dependencies
+in development and our continuous integration.</p>
+<p>Separately, our &quot;broad&quot; dependencies—the version ranges specified in
+<code>pyproject.toml</code>—are included as metadata in our &quot;sdists&quot; and &quot;wheels&quot; <a href="https://pypi.org/project/matrix-synapse">uploaded
+to PyPI</a>. Installing from PyPI or from
+the Synapse source tree directly will <em>not</em> use the locked dependencies; instead,
+they'll pull in the latest version of each package available at install time.</p>
+<h2 id="example-dependency"><a class="header" href="#example-dependency">Example dependency</a></h2>
+<p>An example may help. We have a broad dependency on
+<a href="https://pypi.org/project/phonenumbers/"><code>phonenumbers</code></a>, as declared in
+this snippet from pyproject.toml <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/release-v1.57/pyproject.toml#L133">as of Synapse 1.57</a>:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-toml">[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+# ...
+phonenumbers = &quot;&gt;=8.2.0&quot;
+</code></pre>
+<p>In our lockfile this is
+<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/dfc7646504cef3e4ff396c36089e1c6f1b1634de/poetry.lock#L679-L685">pinned</a>
+to version 8.12.44, even though
+<a href="https://pypi.org/project/phonenumbers/#history">newer versions are available</a>.</p>
+<pre><code class="language-toml">[[package]]
+name = &quot;phonenumbers&quot;
+version = &quot;8.12.44&quot;
+description = &quot;Python version of Google's common library for parsing, formatting, storing and validating international phone numbers.&quot;
+category = &quot;main&quot;
+optional = false
+python-versions = &quot;*&quot;
+</code></pre>
+<p>The lockfile also includes a
+<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/release-v1.57/poetry.lock#L2178-L2181">cryptographic checksum</a>
+of the sdists and wheels provided for this version of <code>phonenumbers</code>.</p>
+<pre><code class="language-toml">[metadata.files]
+# ...
+phonenumbers = [
+    {file = &quot;phonenumbers-8.12.44-py2.py3-none-any.whl&quot;, hash = &quot;sha256:cc1299cf37b309ecab6214297663ab86cb3d64ae37fd5b88e904fe7983a874a6&quot;},
+    {file = &quot;phonenumbers-8.12.44.tar.gz&quot;, hash = &quot;sha256:26cfd0257d1704fe2f88caff2caabb70d16a877b1e65b6aae51f9fbbe10aa8ce&quot;},
+]
+</code></pre>
+<p>We can see this pinned version inside the docker image for that release:</p>
+<pre><code>$ docker pull matrixdotorg/synapse:v1.57.0
+...
+$ docker run --entrypoint pip matrixdotorg/synapse:v1.57.0 show phonenumbers
+Name: phonenumbers
+Version: 8.12.44
+Summary: Python version of Google's common library for parsing, formatting, storing and validating international phone numbers.
+Home-page: https://github.com/daviddrysdale/python-phonenumbers
+Author: David Drysdale
+Author-email: dmd@lurklurk.org
+License: Apache License 2.0
+Location: /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages
+Requires:
+Required-by: matrix-synapse
+</code></pre>
+<p>Whereas the wheel metadata just contains the broad dependencies:</p>
+<pre><code>$ cd /tmp
+$ wget https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ca/5e/d722d572cc5b3092402b783d6b7185901b444427633bd8a6b00ea0dd41b7/matrix_synapse-1.57.0rc1-py3-none-any.whl
+...
+$ unzip -c matrix_synapse-1.57.0rc1-py3-none-any.whl matrix_synapse-1.57.0rc1.dist-info/METADATA | grep phonenumbers
+Requires-Dist: phonenumbers (&gt;=8.2.0)
+</code></pre>
+<h1 id="tooling-recommendation-direnv"><a class="header" href="#tooling-recommendation-direnv">Tooling recommendation: direnv</a></h1>
+<p><a href="https://direnv.net/"><code>direnv</code></a> is a tool for activating environments in your
+shell inside a given directory. Its support for poetry is unofficial (a
+community wiki recipe only), but works solidly in our experience. We thoroughly
+recommend it for daily use. To use it:</p>
+<ol>
+<li><a href="https://direnv.net/docs/installation.html">Install <code>direnv</code></a> - it's likely
+packaged for your system already.</li>
+<li>Teach direnv about poetry. The <a href="https://github.com/direnv/direnv/wiki/Python#poetry">shell config here</a>
+needs to be added to <code>~/.config/direnv/direnvrc</code> (or more generally <code>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/direnv/direnvrc</code>).</li>
+<li>Mark the synapse checkout as a poetry project: <code>echo layout poetry &gt; .envrc</code>.</li>
+<li>Convince yourself that you trust this <code>.envrc</code> configuration and project.
+Then formally confirm this to <code>direnv</code> by running <code>direnv allow</code>.</li>
+</ol>
+<p>Then whenever you navigate to the synapse checkout, you should be able to run
+e.g. <code>mypy</code> instead of <code>poetry run mypy</code>; <code>python</code> instead of
+<code>poetry run python</code>; and your shell commands will automatically run in the
+context of poetry's venv, without having to run <code>poetry shell</code> beforehand.</p>
+<h1 id="how-do-i"><a class="header" href="#how-do-i">How do I...</a></h1>
+<h2 id="reset-my-venv-to-the-locked-environment"><a class="header" href="#reset-my-venv-to-the-locked-environment">...reset my venv to the locked environment?</a></h2>
+<pre><code class="language-shell">poetry install --extras all --remove-untracked
+</code></pre>
+<h2 id="delete-everything-and-start-over-from-scratch"><a class="header" href="#delete-everything-and-start-over-from-scratch">...delete everything and start over from scratch?</a></h2>
+<pre><code class="language-shell"># Stop the current virtualenv if active
+$ deactivate
+
+# Remove all of the files from the current environment.
+# Don't worry, even though it says &quot;all&quot;, this will only
+# remove the Poetry virtualenvs for the current project.
+$ poetry env remove --all
+
+# Reactivate Poetry shell to create the virtualenv again
+$ poetry shell
+# Install everything again
+$ poetry install --extras all
+</code></pre>
+<h2 id="run-a-command-in-the-poetry-virtualenv"><a class="header" href="#run-a-command-in-the-poetry-virtualenv">...run a command in the <code>poetry</code> virtualenv?</a></h2>
+<p>Use <code>poetry run cmd args</code> when you need the python virtualenv context.
+To avoid typing <code>poetry run</code> all the time, you can run  <code>poetry shell</code>
+to start a new shell in the poetry virtualenv context. Within <code>poetry shell</code>,
+<code>python</code>, <code>pip</code>, <code>mypy</code>, <code>trial</code>, etc. are all run inside the project virtualenv
+and isolated from the rest o the system.</p>
+<p>Roughly speaking, the translation from a traditional virtualenv is:</p>
+<ul>
+<li><code>env/bin/activate</code> -&gt; <code>poetry shell</code>, and</li>
+<li><code>deactivate</code> -&gt; close the terminal (Ctrl-D, <code>exit</code>, etc.)</li>
+</ul>
+<p>See also the direnv recommendation above, which makes <code>poetry run</code> and
+<code>poetry shell</code> unnecessary.</p>
+<h2 id="inspect-the-poetry-virtualenv"><a class="header" href="#inspect-the-poetry-virtualenv">...inspect the <code>poetry</code> virtualenv?</a></h2>
+<p>Some suggestions:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-shell"># Current env only
+poetry env info
+# All envs: this allows you to have e.g. a poetry managed venv for Python 3.7,
+# and another for Python 3.10.
+poetry env list --full-path
+poetry run pip list
+</code></pre>
+<p>Note that <code>poetry show</code> describes the abstract <em>lock file</em> rather than your
+on-disk environment. With that said, <code>poetry show --tree</code> can sometimes be
+useful.</p>
+<h2 id="add-a-new-dependency"><a class="header" href="#add-a-new-dependency">...add a new dependency?</a></h2>
+<p>Either:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>manually update <code>pyproject.toml</code>; then <code>poetry lock --no-update</code>; or else</li>
+<li><code>poetry add packagename</code>. See <code>poetry add --help</code>; note the <code>--dev</code>,
+<code>--extras</code> and <code>--optional</code> flags in particular.
+<ul>
+<li><strong>NB</strong>: this specifies the new package with a version given by a &quot;caret bound&quot;. This won't get forced to its lowest version in the old deps CI job: see <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/4e1374373857f2f7a911a31c50476342d9070681/.ci/scripts/test_old_deps.sh#L35-L39">this TODO</a>.</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Include the updated <code>pyproject.toml</code> and <code>poetry.lock</code> files in your commit.</p>
+<h2 id="remove-a-dependency"><a class="header" href="#remove-a-dependency">...remove a dependency?</a></h2>
+<p>This is not done often and is untested, but</p>
+<pre><code class="language-shell">poetry remove packagename
+</code></pre>
+<p>ought to do the trick. Alternatively, manually update <code>pyproject.toml</code> and
+<code>poetry lock --no-update</code>. Include the updated <code>pyproject.toml</code> and poetry.lock`
+files in your commit.</p>
+<h2 id="update-the-version-range-for-an-existing-dependency"><a class="header" href="#update-the-version-range-for-an-existing-dependency">...update the version range for an existing dependency?</a></h2>
+<p>Best done by manually editing <code>pyproject.toml</code>, then <code>poetry lock --no-update</code>.
+Include the updated <code>pyproject.toml</code> and <code>poetry.lock</code> in your commit.</p>
+<h2 id="update-a-dependency-in-the-locked-environment"><a class="header" href="#update-a-dependency-in-the-locked-environment">...update a dependency in the locked environment?</a></h2>
+<p>Use</p>
+<pre><code class="language-shell">poetry update packagename
+</code></pre>
+<p>to use the latest version of <code>packagename</code> in the locked environment, without
+affecting the broad dependencies listed in the wheel.</p>
+<p>There doesn't seem to be a way to do this whilst locking a <em>specific</em> version of
+<code>packagename</code>. We can workaround this (crudely) as follows:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-shell">poetry add packagename==1.2.3
+# This should update pyproject.lock.
+
+# Now undo the changes to pyproject.toml. For example
+# git restore pyproject.toml
+
+# Get poetry to recompute the content-hash of pyproject.toml without changing
+# the locked package versions.
+poetry lock --no-update
+</code></pre>
+<p>Either way, include the updated <code>poetry.lock</code> file in your commit.</p>
+<h2 id="export-a-requirementstxt-file"><a class="header" href="#export-a-requirementstxt-file">...export a <code>requirements.txt</code> file?</a></h2>
+<pre><code class="language-shell">poetry export --extras all
+</code></pre>
+<p>Be wary of bugs in <code>poetry export</code> and <code>pip install -r requirements.txt</code>.</p>
+<p>Note: <code>poetry export</code> will be made a plugin in Poetry 1.2. Additional config may
+be required.</p>
+<h2 id="build-a-test-wheel"><a class="header" href="#build-a-test-wheel">...build a test wheel?</a></h2>
+<p>I usually use</p>
+<pre><code class="language-shell">poetry run pip install build &amp;&amp; poetry run python -m build
+</code></pre>
+<p>because <a href="https://github.com/pypa/build"><code>build</code></a> is a standardish tool which
+doesn't require poetry. (It's what we use in CI too). However, you could try
+<code>poetry build</code> too.</p>
+<h1 id="troubleshooting"><a class="header" href="#troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a></h1>
+<h2 id="check-the-version-of-poetry-with-poetry---version"><a class="header" href="#check-the-version-of-poetry-with-poetry---version">Check the version of poetry with <code>poetry --version</code>.</a></h2>
+<p>The minimum version of poetry supported by Synapse is 1.2.</p>
+<p>It can also be useful to check the version of <code>poetry-core</code> in use. If you've
+installed <code>poetry</code> with <code>pipx</code>, try <code>pipx runpip poetry list | grep poetry-core</code>.</p>
+<h2 id="clear-caches-poetry-cache-clear---all-pypi"><a class="header" href="#clear-caches-poetry-cache-clear---all-pypi">Clear caches: <code>poetry cache clear --all pypi</code>.</a></h2>
+<p>Poetry caches a bunch of information about packages that isn't readily available
+from PyPI. (This is what makes poetry seem slow when doing the first
+<code>poetry install</code>.) Try <code>poetry cache list</code> and <code>poetry cache clear --all &lt;name of cache&gt;</code> to see if that fixes things.</p>
+<h2 id="remove-outdated-egg-info"><a class="header" href="#remove-outdated-egg-info">Remove outdated egg-info</a></h2>
+<p>Delete the <code>matrix_synapse.egg-info/</code> directory from the root of your Synapse
+install.</p>
+<p>This stores some cached information about dependencies and often conflicts with
+letting Poetry do the right thing.</p>
+<h2 id="try---verbose-or---dry-run-arguments"><a class="header" href="#try---verbose-or---dry-run-arguments">Try <code>--verbose</code> or <code>--dry-run</code> arguments.</a></h2>
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+                        <h1 id="implementing-experimental-features-in-synapse"><a class="header" href="#implementing-experimental-features-in-synapse">Implementing experimental features in Synapse</a></h1>
+<p>It can be desirable to implement &quot;experimental&quot; features which are disabled by
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+<li>Are unstable in the Matrix spec (e.g. those defined by an MSC that has not yet been merged).</li>
+<li>Developers are not confident in their use by general Synapse administrators/users
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+instead be investigated for non-standard features.</p>
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+aggressively (since only those who have opted-in will be affected).</li>
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+code changes. It also becomes possible to ask for wider testing, if desired.</li>
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+sense (from a product point-of-view) to enable features by default. This is
+expected and not an issue.</p>
+<p>It is not a requirement for experimental features to be behind a configuration flag,
+but one should be used if unsure.</p>
+<p>New experimental configuration flags should be added under the <code>experimental</code>
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+before. Here, by way of an arbitrary example, is the top of <code>git log --graph b2dba0607</code>:</p>
+<img src="img/git/clean.png" alt="clean git graph" width="500px">
+<p>Note how the commit comment explains clearly what is changing and why. Also
+note the <em>absence</em> of merge commits, as well as the absence of commits called
+things like (to pick a few culprits):
+<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/84691da6c">“pep8”</a>, <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/474810d9d">“fix broken
+test”</a>,
+<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/c9d72e457">“oops”</a>,
+<a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/836358823">“typo”</a>, or <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/707374d5d">“Who's
+the president?”</a>.</p>
+<p>There are a number of reasons why keeping a clean commit history is a good
+thing:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>From time to time, after a change lands, it turns out to be necessary to
+revert it, or to backport it to a release branch. Those operations are
+<em>much</em> easier when the change is contained in a single commit.</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Similarly, it's much easier to answer questions like “is the fix for
+<code>/publicRooms</code> on the release branch?” if that change consists of a single
+commit.</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Likewise: “what has changed on this branch in the last week?” is much
+clearer without merges and “pep8” commits everywhere.</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Sometimes we need to figure out where a bug got introduced, or some
+behaviour changed. One way of doing that is with <code>git bisect</code>: pick an
+arbitrary commit between the known good point and the known bad point, and
+see how the code behaves. However, that strategy fails if the commit you
+chose is the middle of someone's epic branch in which they broke the world
+before putting it back together again.</p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>One counterargument is that it is sometimes useful to see how a PR evolved as
+it went through review cycles. This is true, but that information is always
+available via the GitHub UI (or via the little-known <a href="https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/checking-out-pull-requests-locally">refs/pull
+namespace</a>).</p>
+<p>Of course, in reality, things are more complicated than that. We have release
+branches as well as <code>develop</code> and <code>master</code>, and we deliberately merge changes
+between them. Bugs often slip through and have to be fixed later. That's all
+fine: this not a cast-iron rule which must be obeyed, but an ideal to aim
+towards.</p>
+<h2 id="merges-squashes-rebases-wtf"><a class="header" href="#merges-squashes-rebases-wtf">Merges, squashes, rebases: wtf?</a></h2>
+<p>Ok, so that's what we'd like to achieve. How do we achieve it?</p>
+<p>The TL;DR is: when you come to merge a pull request, you <em>probably</em> want to
+“squash and merge”:</p>
+<p><img src="img/git/squash.png" alt="squash and merge" />.</p>
+<p>(This applies whether you are merging your own PR, or that of another
+contributor.)</p>
+<p>“Squash and merge”<sup id="a1"><a href="#f1">1</a></sup> takes all of the changes in the
+PR, and bundles them into a single commit. GitHub gives you the opportunity to
+edit the commit message before you confirm, and normally you should do so,
+because the default will be useless (again: <code>* woops typo</code> is not a useful
+thing to keep in the historical record).</p>
+<p>The main problem with this approach comes when you have a series of pull
+requests which build on top of one another: as soon as you squash-merge the
+first PR, you'll end up with a stack of conflicts to resolve in all of the
+others. In general, it's best to avoid this situation in the first place by
+trying not to have multiple related PRs in flight at the same time. Still,
+sometimes that's not possible and doing a regular merge is the lesser evil.</p>
+<p>Another occasion in which a regular merge makes more sense is a PR where you've
+deliberately created a series of commits each of which makes sense in its own
+right. For example: <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/6837">a PR which gradually propagates a refactoring operation
+through the codebase</a>, or <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/5987">a
+PR which is the culmination of several other
+PRs</a>. In this case the ability
+to figure out when a particular change/bug was introduced could be very useful.</p>
+<p>Ultimately: <strong>this is not a hard-and-fast-rule</strong>. If in doubt, ask yourself “do
+each of the commits I am about to merge make sense in their own right”, but
+remember that we're just doing our best to balance “keeping the commit history
+clean” with other factors.</p>
+<h2 id="git-branching-model"><a class="header" href="#git-branching-model">Git branching model</a></h2>
+<p>A <a href="https://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/">lot</a>
+<a href="http://scottchacon.com/2011/08/31/github-flow.html">of</a>
+<a href="https://www.endoflineblog.com/gitflow-considered-harmful">words</a> have been
+written in the past about git branching models (no really, <a href="https://martinfowler.com/articles/branching-patterns.html">a
+lot</a>). I tend to
+think the whole thing is overblown. Fundamentally, it's not that
+complicated. Here's how we do it.</p>
+<p>Let's start with a picture:</p>
+<p><img src="img/git/branches.jpg" alt="branching model" /></p>
+<p>It looks complicated, but it's really not. There's one basic rule: <em>anyone</em> is
+free to merge from <em>any</em> more-stable branch to <em>any</em> less-stable branch at
+<em>any</em> time<sup id="a2"><a href="#f2">2</a></sup>. (The principle behind this is that if a
+change is good enough for the more-stable branch, then it's also good enough go
+put in a less-stable branch.)</p>
+<p>Meanwhile, merging (or squashing, as per the above) from a less-stable to a
+more-stable branch is a deliberate action in which you want to publish a change
+or a set of changes to (some subset of) the world: for example, this happens
+when a PR is landed, or as part of our release process.</p>
+<p>So, what counts as a more- or less-stable branch? A little reflection will show
+that our active branches are ordered thus, from more-stable to less-stable:</p>
+<ul>
+<li><code>master</code> (tracks our last release).</li>
+<li><code>release-vX.Y</code> (the branch where we prepare the next release)<sup
+id="a3"><a href="#f3">3</a></sup>.</li>
+<li>PR branches which are targeting the release.</li>
+<li><code>develop</code> (our &quot;mainline&quot; branch containing our bleeding-edge).</li>
+<li>regular PR branches.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>The corollary is: if you have a bugfix that needs to land in both
+<code>release-vX.Y</code> <em>and</em> <code>develop</code>, then you should base your PR on
+<code>release-vX.Y</code>, get it merged there, and then merge from <code>release-vX.Y</code> to
+<code>develop</code>. (If a fix lands in <code>develop</code> and we later need it in a
+release-branch, we can of course cherry-pick it, but landing it in the release
+branch first helps reduce the chance of annoying conflicts.)</p>
+<hr />
+<p><b id="f1">[1]</b>: “Squash and merge” is GitHub's term for this
+operation. Given that there is no merge involved, I'm not convinced it's the
+most intuitive name. <a href="#a1">^</a></p>
+<p><b id="f2">[2]</b>: Well, anyone with commit access.<a href="#a2">^</a></p>
+<p><b id="f3">[3]</b>: Very, very occasionally (I think this has happened once in
+the history of Synapse), we've had two releases in flight at once. Obviously,
+<code>release-v1.2</code> is more-stable than <code>release-v1.3</code>. <a href="#a3">^</a></p>
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+                        <h1 id="synapse-release-cycle"><a class="header" href="#synapse-release-cycle">Synapse Release Cycle</a></h1>
+<p>Releases of Synapse follow a two week release cycle with new releases usually
+occurring on Tuesdays:</p>
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+<li>Day 0: Synapse <code>N - 1</code> is released.</li>
+<li>Day 7: Synapse <code>N</code> release candidate 1 is released.</li>
+<li>Days 7 - 13: Synapse <code>N</code> release candidates 2+ are released, if bugs are found.</li>
+<li>Day 14: Synapse <code>N</code> is released.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Note that this schedule might be modified depending on the availability of the
+Synapse team, e.g. releases may be skipped to avoid holidays.</p>
+<p>Release announcements can be found in the
+<a href="https://matrix.org/blog/category/releases">release category of the Matrix blog</a>.</p>
+<h2 id="bugfix-releases"><a class="header" href="#bugfix-releases">Bugfix releases</a></h2>
+<p>If a bug is found after release that is deemed severe enough (by a combination
+of the impacted users and the impact on those users) then a bugfix release may
+be issued. This may be at any point in the release cycle.</p>
+<h2 id="security-releases"><a class="header" href="#security-releases">Security releases</a></h2>
+<p>Security will sometimes be backported to the previous version and released
+immediately before the next release candidate. An example of this might be:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Day 0: Synapse N - 1 is released.</li>
+<li>Day 7: Synapse (N - 1).1 is released as Synapse N - 1 + the security fix.</li>
+<li>Day 7: Synapse N release candidate 1 is released (including the security fix).</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Depending on the impact and complexity of security fixes, multiple fixes might
+be held to be released together.</p>
+<p>In some cases, a pre-disclosure of a security release will be issued as a notice
+to Synapse operators that there is an upcoming security release. These can be
+found in the <a href="https://matrix.org/blog/category/security">security category of the Matrix blog</a>.</p>
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+                        <h1 id="room-dag-concepts"><a class="header" href="#room-dag-concepts">Room DAG concepts</a></h1>
+<h2 id="edges"><a class="header" href="#edges">Edges</a></h2>
+<p>The word &quot;edge&quot; comes from graph theory lingo. An edge is just a connection
+between two events. In Synapse, we connect events by specifying their
+<code>prev_events</code>. A subsequent event points back at a previous event.</p>
+<pre><code>A (oldest) &lt;---- B &lt;---- C (most recent)
+</code></pre>
+<h2 id="depth-and-stream-ordering"><a class="header" href="#depth-and-stream-ordering">Depth and stream ordering</a></h2>
+<p>Events are normally sorted by <code>(topological_ordering, stream_ordering)</code> where
+<code>topological_ordering</code> is just <code>depth</code>. In other words, we first sort by <code>depth</code>
+and then tie-break based on <code>stream_ordering</code>. <code>depth</code> is incremented as new
+messages are added to the DAG. Normally, <code>stream_ordering</code> is an auto
+incrementing integer, but backfilled events start with <code>stream_ordering=-1</code> and decrement.</p>
+<hr />
+<ul>
+<li><code>/sync</code> returns things in the order they arrive at the server (<code>stream_ordering</code>).</li>
+<li><code>/messages</code> (and <code>/backfill</code> in the federation API) return them in the order determined by the event graph <code>(topological_ordering, stream_ordering)</code>.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>The general idea is that, if you're following a room in real-time (i.e.
+<code>/sync</code>), you probably want to see the messages as they arrive at your server,
+rather than skipping any that arrived late; whereas if you're looking at a
+historical section of timeline (i.e. <code>/messages</code>), you want to see the best
+representation of the state of the room as others were seeing it at the time.</p>
+<h2 id="outliers"><a class="header" href="#outliers">Outliers</a></h2>
+<p>We mark an event as an <code>outlier</code> when we haven't figured out the state for the
+room at that point in the DAG yet. They are &quot;floating&quot; events that we haven't
+yet correlated to the DAG.</p>
+<p>Outliers typically arise when we fetch the auth chain or state for a given
+event. When that happens, we just grab the events in the state/auth chain,
+without calculating the state at those events, or backfilling their
+<code>prev_events</code>. Since we don't have the state at any events fetched in that
+way, we mark them as outliers.</p>
+<p>So, typically, we won't have the <code>prev_events</code> of an <code>outlier</code> in the database,
+(though it's entirely possible that we <em>might</em> have them for some other
+reason). Other things that make outliers different from regular events:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>We don't have state for them, so there should be no entry in
+<code>event_to_state_groups</code> for an outlier. (In practice this isn't always
+the case, though I'm not sure why: see https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12201).</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>We don't record entries for them in the <code>event_edges</code>,
+<code>event_forward_extremeties</code> or <code>event_backward_extremities</code> tables.</p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Since outliers are not tied into the DAG, they do not normally form part of the
+timeline sent down to clients via <code>/sync</code> or <code>/messages</code>; however there is an
+exception:</p>
+<h3 id="out-of-band-membership-events"><a class="header" href="#out-of-band-membership-events">Out-of-band membership events</a></h3>
+<p>A special case of outlier events are some membership events for federated rooms
+that we aren't full members of. For example:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>invites received over federation, before we join the room</li>
+<li><em>rejections</em> for said invites</li>
+<li>knock events for rooms that we would like to join but have not yet joined.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>In all the above cases, we don't have the state for the room, which is why they
+are treated as outliers. They are a bit special though, in that they are
+proactively sent to clients via <code>/sync</code>.</p>
+<h2 id="forward-extremity"><a class="header" href="#forward-extremity">Forward extremity</a></h2>
+<p>Most-recent-in-time events in the DAG which are not referenced by any other
+events' <code>prev_events</code> yet. (In this definition, outliers, rejected events, and
+soft-failed events don't count.)</p>
+<p>The forward extremities of a room (or at least, a subset of them, if there are
+more than ten) are used as the <code>prev_events</code> when the next event is sent.</p>
+<p>The &quot;current state&quot; of a room (ie: the state which would be used if we
+generated a new event) is, therefore, the resolution of the room states
+at each of the forward extremities.</p>
+<h2 id="backward-extremity"><a class="header" href="#backward-extremity">Backward extremity</a></h2>
+<p>The current marker of where we have backfilled up to and will generally be the
+<code>prev_events</code> of the oldest-in-time events we have in the DAG. This gives a starting point when
+backfilling history.</p>
+<p>Note that, unlike forward extremities, we typically don't have any backward
+extremity events themselves in the database - or, if we do, they will be &quot;outliers&quot; (see
+above). Either way, we don't expect to have the room state at a backward extremity.</p>
+<p>When we persist a non-outlier event, if it was previously a backward extremity,
+we clear it as a backward extremity and set all of its <code>prev_events</code> as the new
+backward extremities if they aren't already persisted as non-outliers. This
+therefore keeps the backward extremities up-to-date.</p>
+<h2 id="state-groups"><a class="header" href="#state-groups">State groups</a></h2>
+<p>For every non-outlier event we need to know the state at that event. Instead of
+storing the full state for each event in the DB (i.e. a <code>event_id -&gt; state</code>
+mapping), which is <em>very</em> space inefficient when state doesn't change, we
+instead assign each different set of state a &quot;state group&quot; and then have
+mappings of <code>event_id -&gt; state_group</code> and <code>state_group -&gt; state</code>.</p>
+<h3 id="stage-group-edges"><a class="header" href="#stage-group-edges">Stage group edges</a></h3>
+<p>TODO: <code>state_group_edges</code> is a further optimization...
+notes from @Azrenbeth, https://pastebin.com/seUGVGeT</p>
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+                        <h1 id="how-to-test-saml-as-a-developer-without-a-server"><a class="header" href="#how-to-test-saml-as-a-developer-without-a-server">How to test SAML as a developer without a server</a></h1>
+<p>https://fujifish.github.io/samling/samling.html (https://github.com/fujifish/samling) is a great resource for being able to tinker with the 
+SAML options within Synapse without needing to deploy and configure a complicated software stack.</p>
+<p>To make Synapse (and therefore Element) use it:</p>
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+<li>Use the samling.html URL above or deploy your own and visit the IdP Metadata tab.</li>
+<li>Copy the XML to your clipboard.</li>
+<li>On your Synapse server, create a new file <code>samling.xml</code> next to your <code>homeserver.yaml</code> with
+the XML from step 2 as the contents.</li>
+<li>Edit your <code>homeserver.yaml</code> to include:
+<pre><code class="language-yaml">saml2_config:
+  sp_config:
+    allow_unknown_attributes: true  # Works around a bug with AVA Hashes: https://github.com/IdentityPython/pysaml2/issues/388
+    metadata:
+      local: [&quot;samling.xml&quot;]
+</code></pre>
+</li>
+<li>Ensure that your <code>homeserver.yaml</code> has a setting for <code>public_baseurl</code>:
+<pre><code class="language-yaml">public_baseurl: http://localhost:8080/
+</code></pre>
+</li>
+<li>Run <code>apt-get install xmlsec1</code> and <code>pip install --upgrade --force 'pysaml2&gt;=4.5.0'</code> to ensure
+the dependencies are installed and ready to go.</li>
+<li>Restart Synapse.</li>
+</ol>
+<p>Then in Element:</p>
+<ol>
+<li>Visit the login page and point Element towards your homeserver using the <code>public_baseurl</code> above.</li>
+<li>Click the Single Sign-On button.</li>
+<li>On the samling page, enter a Name Identifier and add a SAML Attribute for <code>uid=your_localpart</code>.
+The response must also be signed.</li>
+<li>Click &quot;Next&quot;.</li>
+<li>Click &quot;Post Response&quot; (change nothing).</li>
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+</ol>
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+                        <h1 id="cancellation"><a class="header" href="#cancellation">Cancellation</a></h1>
+<p>Sometimes, requests take a long time to service and clients disconnect
+before Synapse produces a response. To avoid wasting resources, Synapse
+can cancel request processing for select endpoints marked with the
+<code>@cancellable</code> decorator.</p>
+<p>Synapse makes use of Twisted's <code>Deferred.cancel()</code> feature to make
+cancellation work. The <code>@cancellable</code> decorator does nothing by itself
+and merely acts as a flag, signalling to developers and other code alike
+that a method can be cancelled.</p>
+<h2 id="enabling-cancellation-for-an-endpoint"><a class="header" href="#enabling-cancellation-for-an-endpoint">Enabling cancellation for an endpoint</a></h2>
+<ol>
+<li>Check that the endpoint method, and any <code>async</code> functions in its call
+tree handle cancellation correctly. See
+<a href="#handling-cancellation-correctly">Handling cancellation correctly</a>
+for a list of things to look out for.</li>
+<li>Add the <code>@cancellable</code> decorator to the <code>on_GET/POST/PUT/DELETE</code>
+method. It's not recommended to make non-<code>GET</code> methods cancellable,
+since cancellation midway through some database updates is less
+likely to be handled correctly.</li>
+</ol>
+<h2 id="mechanics"><a class="header" href="#mechanics">Mechanics</a></h2>
+<p>There are two stages to cancellation: downward propagation of a
+<code>cancel()</code> call, followed by upwards propagation of a <code>CancelledError</code>
+out of a blocked <code>await</code>.
+Both Twisted and asyncio have a cancellation mechanism.</p>
+<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Method</th><th>Exception</th><th>Exception inherits from</th></tr></thead><tbody>
+<tr><td>Twisted</td><td><code>Deferred.cancel()</code></td><td><code>twisted.internet.defer.CancelledError</code></td><td><code>Exception</code> (!)</td></tr>
+<tr><td>asyncio</td><td><code>Task.cancel()</code></td><td><code>asyncio.CancelledError</code></td><td><code>BaseException</code></td></tr>
+</tbody></table>
+<h3 id="deferredcancel"><a class="header" href="#deferredcancel">Deferred.cancel()</a></h3>
+<p>When Synapse starts handling a request, it runs the async method
+responsible for handling it using <code>defer.ensureDeferred</code>, which returns
+a <code>Deferred</code>. For example:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-python">def do_something() -&gt; Deferred[None]:
+    ...
+
+@cancellable
+async def on_GET() -&gt; Tuple[int, JsonDict]:
+    d = make_deferred_yieldable(do_something())
+    await d
+    return 200, {}
+
+request = defer.ensureDeferred(on_GET())
+</code></pre>
+<p>When a client disconnects early, Synapse checks for the presence of the
+<code>@cancellable</code> decorator on <code>on_GET</code>. Since <code>on_GET</code> is cancellable,
+<code>Deferred.cancel()</code> is called on the <code>Deferred</code> from
+<code>defer.ensureDeferred</code>, ie. <code>request</code>. Twisted knows which <code>Deferred</code>
+<code>request</code> is waiting on and passes the <code>cancel()</code> call on to <code>d</code>.</p>
+<p>The <code>Deferred</code> being waited on, <code>d</code>, may have its own handling for
+<code>cancel()</code> and pass the call on to other <code>Deferred</code>s.</p>
+<p>Eventually, a <code>Deferred</code> handles the <code>cancel()</code> call by resolving itself
+with a <code>CancelledError</code>.</p>
+<h3 id="cancellederror"><a class="header" href="#cancellederror">CancelledError</a></h3>
+<p>The <code>CancelledError</code> gets raised out of the <code>await</code> and bubbles up, as
+per normal Python exception handling.</p>
+<h2 id="handling-cancellation-correctly"><a class="header" href="#handling-cancellation-correctly">Handling cancellation correctly</a></h2>
+<p>In general, when writing code that might be subject to cancellation, two
+things must be considered:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>The effect of <code>CancelledError</code>s raised out of <code>await</code>s.</li>
+<li>The effect of <code>Deferred</code>s being <code>cancel()</code>ed.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Examples of code that handles cancellation incorrectly include:</p>
+<ul>
+<li><code>try-except</code> blocks which swallow <code>CancelledError</code>s.</li>
+<li>Code that shares the same <code>Deferred</code>, which may be cancelled, between
+multiple requests.</li>
+<li>Code that starts some processing that's exempt from cancellation, but
+uses a logging context from cancellable code. The logging context
+will be finished upon cancellation, while the uncancelled processing
+is still using it.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Some common patterns are listed below in more detail.</p>
+<h3 id="async-function-calls"><a class="header" href="#async-function-calls"><code>async</code> function calls</a></h3>
+<p>Most functions in Synapse are relatively straightforward from a
+cancellation standpoint: they don't do anything with <code>Deferred</code>s and
+purely call and <code>await</code> other <code>async</code> functions.</p>
+<p>An <code>async</code> function handles cancellation correctly if its own code
+handles cancellation correctly and all the async function it calls
+handle cancellation correctly. For example:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-python">async def do_two_things() -&gt; None:
+    check_something()
+    await do_something()
+    await do_something_else()
+</code></pre>
+<p><code>do_two_things</code> handles cancellation correctly if <code>do_something</code> and
+<code>do_something_else</code> handle cancellation correctly.</p>
+<p>That is, when checking whether a function handles cancellation
+correctly, its implementation and all its <code>async</code> function calls need to
+be checked, recursively.</p>
+<p>As <code>check_something</code> is not <code>async</code>, it does not need to be checked.</p>
+<h3 id="cancellederrors"><a class="header" href="#cancellederrors">CancelledErrors</a></h3>
+<p>Because Twisted's <code>CancelledError</code>s are <code>Exception</code>s, it's easy to
+accidentally catch and suppress them. Care must be taken to ensure that
+<code>CancelledError</code>s are allowed to propagate upwards.</p>
+<table width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<p><strong>Bad</strong>:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-python">try:
+    await do_something()
+except Exception:
+    # `CancelledError` gets swallowed here.
+    logger.info(...)
+</code></pre>
+</td>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<p><strong>Good</strong>:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-python">try:
+    await do_something()
+except CancelledError:
+    raise
+except Exception:
+    logger.info(...)
+</code></pre>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<p><strong>OK</strong>:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-python">try:
+    check_something()
+    # A `CancelledError` won't ever be raised here.
+except Exception:
+    logger.info(...)
+</code></pre>
+</td>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<p><strong>Good</strong>:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-python">try:
+    await do_something()
+except ValueError:
+    logger.info(...)
+</code></pre>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+<h4 id="defergatherresults"><a class="header" href="#defergatherresults">defer.gatherResults</a></h4>
+<p><code>defer.gatherResults</code> produces a <code>Deferred</code> which:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>broadcasts <code>cancel()</code> calls to every <code>Deferred</code> being waited on.</li>
+<li>wraps the first exception it sees in a <code>FirstError</code>.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Together, this means that <code>CancelledError</code>s will be wrapped in
+a <code>FirstError</code> unless unwrapped. Such <code>FirstError</code>s are liable to be
+swallowed, so they must be unwrapped.</p>
+<table width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<p><strong>Bad</strong>:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-python">async def do_something() -&gt; None:
+    await make_deferred_yieldable(
+        defer.gatherResults([...], consumeErrors=True)
+    )
+
+try:
+    await do_something()
+except CancelledError:
+    raise
+except Exception:
+    # `FirstError(CancelledError)` gets swallowed here.
+    logger.info(...)
+</code></pre>
+</td>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<p><strong>Good</strong>:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-python">async def do_something() -&gt; None:
+    await make_deferred_yieldable(
+        defer.gatherResults([...], consumeErrors=True)
+    ).addErrback(unwrapFirstError)
+
+try:
+    await do_something()
+except CancelledError:
+    raise
+except Exception:
+    logger.info(...)
+</code></pre>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+<h3 id="creation-of-deferreds"><a class="header" href="#creation-of-deferreds">Creation of <code>Deferred</code>s</a></h3>
+<p>If a function creates a <code>Deferred</code>, the effect of cancelling it must be considered. <code>Deferred</code>s that get shared are likely to have unintended behaviour when cancelled.</p>
+<table width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<p><strong>Bad</strong>:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-python">cache: Dict[str, Deferred[None]] = {}
+
+def wait_for_room(room_id: str) -&gt; Deferred[None]:
+    deferred = cache.get(room_id)
+    if deferred is None:
+        deferred = Deferred()
+        cache[room_id] = deferred
+    # `deferred` can have multiple waiters.
+    # All of them will observe a `CancelledError`
+    # if any one of them is cancelled.
+    return make_deferred_yieldable(deferred)
+
+# Request 1
+await wait_for_room(&quot;!aAAaaAaaaAAAaAaAA:matrix.org&quot;)
+# Request 2
+await wait_for_room(&quot;!aAAaaAaaaAAAaAaAA:matrix.org&quot;)
+</code></pre>
+</td>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<p><strong>Good</strong>:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-python">cache: Dict[str, Deferred[None]] = {}
+
+def wait_for_room(room_id: str) -&gt; Deferred[None]:
+    deferred = cache.get(room_id)
+    if deferred is None:
+        deferred = Deferred()
+        cache[room_id] = deferred
+    # `deferred` will never be cancelled now.
+    # A `CancelledError` will still come out of
+    # the `await`.
+    # `delay_cancellation` may also be used.
+    return make_deferred_yieldable(stop_cancellation(deferred))
+
+# Request 1
+await wait_for_room(&quot;!aAAaaAaaaAAAaAaAA:matrix.org&quot;)
+# Request 2
+await wait_for_room(&quot;!aAAaaAaaaAAAaAaAA:matrix.org&quot;)
+</code></pre>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+</td>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<p><strong>Good</strong>:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-python">cache: Dict[str, List[Deferred[None]]] = {}
+
+def wait_for_room(room_id: str) -&gt; Deferred[None]:
+    if room_id not in cache:
+        cache[room_id] = []
+    # Each request gets its own `Deferred` to wait on.
+    deferred = Deferred()
+    cache[room_id]].append(deferred)
+    return make_deferred_yieldable(deferred)
+
+# Request 1
+await wait_for_room(&quot;!aAAaaAaaaAAAaAaAA:matrix.org&quot;)
+# Request 2
+await wait_for_room(&quot;!aAAaaAaaaAAAaAaAA:matrix.org&quot;)
+</code></pre>
+</td>
+</table>
+<h3 id="uncancelled-processing"><a class="header" href="#uncancelled-processing">Uncancelled processing</a></h3>
+<p>Some <code>async</code> functions may kick off some <code>async</code> processing which is
+intentionally protected from cancellation, by <code>stop_cancellation</code> or
+other means. If the <code>async</code> processing inherits the logcontext of the
+request which initiated it, care must be taken to ensure that the
+logcontext is not finished before the <code>async</code> processing completes.</p>
+<table width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<p><strong>Bad</strong>:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-python">cache: Optional[ObservableDeferred[None]] = None
+
+async def do_something_else(
+    to_resolve: Deferred[None]
+) -&gt; None:
+    await ...
+    logger.info(&quot;done!&quot;)
+    to_resolve.callback(None)
+
+async def do_something() -&gt; None:
+    if not cache:
+        to_resolve = Deferred()
+        cache = ObservableDeferred(to_resolve)
+        # `do_something_else` will never be cancelled and
+        # can outlive the `request-1` logging context.
+        run_in_background(do_something_else, to_resolve)
+
+    await make_deferred_yieldable(cache.observe())
+
+with LoggingContext(&quot;request-1&quot;):
+    await do_something()
+</code></pre>
+</td>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<p><strong>Good</strong>:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-python">cache: Optional[ObservableDeferred[None]] = None
+
+async def do_something_else(
+    to_resolve: Deferred[None]
+) -&gt; None:
+    await ...
+    logger.info(&quot;done!&quot;)
+    to_resolve.callback(None)
+
+async def do_something() -&gt; None:
+    if not cache:
+        to_resolve = Deferred()
+        cache = ObservableDeferred(to_resolve)
+        run_in_background(do_something_else, to_resolve)
+        # We'll wait until `do_something_else` is
+        # done before raising a `CancelledError`.
+        await make_deferred_yieldable(
+            delay_cancellation(cache.observe())
+        )
+    else:
+        await make_deferred_yieldable(cache.observe())
+
+with LoggingContext(&quot;request-1&quot;):
+    await do_something()
+</code></pre>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td width="50%">
+<p><strong>OK</strong>:</p>
+<pre><code class="language-python">cache: Optional[ObservableDeferred[None]] = None
+
+async def do_something_else(
+    to_resolve: Deferred[None]
+) -&gt; None:
+    await ...
+    logger.info(&quot;done!&quot;)
+    to_resolve.callback(None)
+
+async def do_something() -&gt; None:
+    if not cache:
+        to_resolve = Deferred()
+        cache = ObservableDeferred(to_resolve)
+        # `do_something_else` will get its own independent
+        # logging context. `request-1` will not count any
+        # metrics from `do_something_else`.
+        run_as_background_process(
+            &quot;do_something_else&quot;,
+            do_something_else,
+            to_resolve,
+        )
+
+    await make_deferred_yieldable(cache.observe())
+
+with LoggingContext(&quot;request-1&quot;):
+    await do_something()
+</code></pre>
+</td>
+<td width="50%">
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
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