From 6b99a66fe0260682fa95a0b19d3bee19c1e48876 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: santhoshivan23 <47689668+santhoshivan23@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:52:59 +0530
Subject: Remove unspecced DELETE endpoint that modifies room visibility
 (#13123)

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 changelog.d/13123.removal        |  1 +
 synapse/rest/client/directory.py | 11 -----------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/13123.removal

diff --git a/changelog.d/13123.removal b/changelog.d/13123.removal
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f013f16163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/13123.removal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove the unspecced `DELETE /directory/list/room/{roomId}` endpoint, which hid rooms from the [public room directory](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.3/client-server-api/#listing-rooms). Instead, `PUT` to the same URL with a visibility of `"private"`.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/directory.py b/synapse/rest/client/directory.py
index d6c89cb162..bc1b18c92d 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/directory.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/directory.py
@@ -151,17 +151,6 @@ class ClientDirectoryListServer(RestServlet):
 
         return 200, {}
 
-    async def on_DELETE(
-        self, request: SynapseRequest, room_id: str
-    ) -> Tuple[int, JsonDict]:
-        requester = await self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
-
-        await self.directory_handler.edit_published_room_list(
-            requester, room_id, "private"
-        )
-
-        return 200, {}
-
 
 class ClientAppserviceDirectoryListServer(RestServlet):
     PATTERNS = client_patterns(
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