Synapse 1.52.0rc1 (2022-02-01)

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Features
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- Remove account data (including client config, push rules and ignored users) upon user deactivation. ([\#11621](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11621), [\#11788](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11788), [\#11789](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11789))
- Add an admin API to reset connection timeouts for remote server. ([\#11639](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11639))
- Add an admin API to get a list of rooms that federate with a given remote homeserver. ([\#11658](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11658))
- Add a config flag to inhibit M_USER_IN_USE during registration. ([\#11743](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11743))
- Add a module callback to set username at registration. ([\#11790](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11790))
- Allow configuring a maximum file size as well as a list of allowed content types for avatars. ([\#11846](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11846))

Bugfixes
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- Include the bundled aggregations in the `/sync` response, per [MSC2675](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2675). ([\#11612](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11612))
- Fix a long-standing bug when previewing Reddit URLs which do not contain an image. ([\#11767](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11767))
- Fix a long-standing bug that media streams could cause long-lived connections when generating URL previews. ([\#11784](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11784))
- Include a `prev_content` field in state events sent to Application Services. Contributed by @totallynotvaishnav. ([\#11798](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11798))
- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 0.33.3 causing requests to sometimes log strings such as `HTTPStatus.OK` instead of integer status codes. ([\#11827](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11827))

Improved Documentation
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- Update pypi installation docs to indicate that we now support Python 3.10. ([\#11820](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11820))
- Add missing steps to the contribution submission process in the documentation.  Contributed by @sequentialread. ([\#11821](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11821))
- Remove not needed old table of contents in documentation. ([\#11860](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11860))
- Consolidate the `access_token` information at the top of each relevant page in the Admin API documentation. ([\#11861](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11861))

Deprecations and Removals
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- Drop support for Python 3.6, which is EOL. ([\#11683](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11683))
- Remove the `experimental_msc1849_support_enabled` flag as the features are now stable. ([\#11843](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11843))

Internal Changes
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- Preparation for database schema simplifications: add `state_key` and `rejection_reason` columns to `events` table. ([\#11792](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11792))
- Add `FrozenEvent.get_state_key` and use it in a couple of places. ([\#11793](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11793))
- Preparation for database schema simplifications: stop reading from `event_reference_hashes`. ([\#11794](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11794))
- Drop unused table `public_room_list_stream`. ([\#11795](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11795))
- Preparation for reducing Postgres serialization errors: allow setting transaction isolation level. Contributed by Nick @ Beeper. ([\#11799](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11799), [\#11847](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11847))
- Docker: skip the initial amd64-only build and go straight to multiarch. ([\#11810](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11810))
- Run Complement on the Github Actions VM and not inside a Docker container. ([\#11811](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11811))
- Log module names at startup. ([\#11813](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11813))
- Improve type safety of bundled aggregations code. ([\#11815](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11815))
- Correct a type annotation in the event validation logic. ([\#11817](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11817), [\#11830](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11830))
- Minor updates and documentation for database schema delta files. ([\#11823](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11823))
- Workaround a type annotation problem in `prometheus_client` 0.13.0. ([\#11834](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11834))
- Minor performance improvement in room state lookup. ([\#11836](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11836))
- Fix some indentation inconsistencies in the sample config. ([\#11838](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11838))
- Add type hints to `tests/rest/admin`. ([\#11851](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11851))
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