From 956e015413d3da417c1058e3e72d97b3d1bc8170 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Robertson Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 12:40:00 +0100 Subject: Drop support for delegating email validation, round 2 (#13596) --- docs/upgrade.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/upgrade.md') diff --git a/docs/upgrade.md b/docs/upgrade.md index 47a74b67de..0ab5bfeaf0 100644 --- a/docs/upgrade.md +++ b/docs/upgrade.md @@ -89,6 +89,25 @@ process, for example: dpkg -i matrix-synapse-py3_1.3.0+stretch1_amd64.deb ``` +# Upgrading to v1.66.0 + +## Delegation of email validation no longer supported + +As of this version, Synapse no longer allows the tasks of verifying email address +ownership, and password reset confirmation, to be delegated to an identity server. +This removal was previously planned for Synapse 1.64.0, but was +[delayed](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13421) until now to give +homeserver administrators more notice of the change. + +To continue to allow users to add email addresses to their homeserver accounts, +and perform password resets, make sure that Synapse is configured with a working +email server in the [`email` configuration +section](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#email) +(including, at a minimum, a `notif_from` setting.) + +Specifying an `email` setting under `account_threepid_delegates` will now cause +an error at startup. + # Upgrading to v1.64.0 ## Deprecation of the ability to delegate e-mail verification to identity servers -- cgit 1.5.1