Synapse 1.26.0rc1 (2021-01-20) ============================== This release brings a new schema version for Synapse and rolling back to a previous verious is not trivial. Please review [UPGRADE.rst](UPGRADE.rst) for more details on these changes and for general upgrade guidance. Features -------- - Add support for multiple SSO Identity Providers. ([\#9015](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9015), [\#9017](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9017), [\#9036](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9036), [\#9067](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9067), [\#9081](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9081), [\#9082](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9082), [\#9105](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9105), [\#9107](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9107), [\#9109](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9109), [\#9110](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9110), [\#9127](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9127), [\#9153](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9153), [\#9154](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9154), [\#9177](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9177)) - During user-interactive authentication via single-sign-on, give a better error if the user uses the wrong account on the SSO IdP. ([\#9091](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9091)) - Give the `public_baseurl` a default value, if it is not explicitly set in the configuration file. ([\#9159](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9159)) - Improve performance when calculating ignored users in large rooms. ([\#9024](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9024)) - Implement [MSC2176](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2176) in an experimental room version. ([\#8984](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8984)) - Add an admin API for protecting local media from quarantine. ([\#9086](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9086)) - Remove a user's avatar URL and display name when deactivated with the Admin API. ([\#8932](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8932)) - Update `/_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/joined_rooms` to work for both local and remote users. ([\#8948](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8948)) - Add experimental support for handling to-device messages on worker processes. ([\#9042](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9042), [\#9043](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9043), [\#9044](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9044), [\#9130](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9130)) - Add experimental support for handling `/keys/claim` and `/room_keys` APIs on worker processes. ([\#9068](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9068)) - Add experimental support for handling `/devices` API on worker processes. ([\#9092](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9092)) - Add experimental support for moving off receipts and account data persistence off master. ([\#9104](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9104), [\#9166](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9166)) Bugfixes -------- - Fix a long-standing issue where an internal server error would occur when requesting a profile over federation that did not include a display name / avatar URL. ([\#9023](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9023)) - Fix a long-standing bug where some caches could grow larger than configured. ([\#9028](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9028)) - Fix error handling during insertion of client IPs into the database. ([\#9051](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9051)) - Fix bug where we didn't correctly record CPU time spent in `on_new_event` block. ([\#9053](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9053)) - Fix a minor bug which could cause confusing error messages from invalid configurations. ([\#9054](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9054)) - Fix incorrect exit code when there is an error at startup. ([\#9059](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9059)) - Fix `JSONDecodeError` spamming the logs when sending transactions to remote servers. ([\#9070](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9070)) - Fix "Failed to send request" errors when a client provides an invalid room alias. ([\#9071](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9071)) - Fix bugs in federation catchup logic that caused outbound federation to be delayed for large servers after start up. Introduced in v1.8.0 and v1.21.0. ([\#9114](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9114), [\#9116](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9116)) - Fix corruption of `pushers` data when a postgres bouncer is used. ([\#9117](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9117)) - Fix minor bugs in handling the `clientRedirectUrl` parameter for SSO login. ([\#9128](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9128)) - Fix "Unhandled error in Deferred: BodyExceededMaxSize" errors when .well-known files that are too large. ([\#9108](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9108)) - Fix "UnboundLocalError: local variable 'length' referenced before assignment" errors when the response body exceeds the expected size. This bug was introduced in v1.25.0. ([\#9145](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9145)) - Fix a long-standing bug "ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10" when `/publicRooms` is requested with an invalid `server` parameter. ([\#9161](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9161)) Improved Documentation ---------------------- - Add some extra docs for getting Synapse running on macOS. ([\#8997](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8997)) - Correct a typo in the `systemd-with-workers` documentation. ([\#9035](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9035)) - Correct a typo in `INSTALL.md`. ([\#9040](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9040)) - Add missing `user_mapping_provider` configuration to the Keycloak OIDC example. Contributed by @chris-ruecker. ([\#9057](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9057)) - Quote `pip install` packages when extras are used to avoid shells interpreting bracket characters. ([\#9151](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9151)) Deprecations and Removals ------------------------- - Remove broken and unmaintained `demo/webserver.py` script. ([\#9039](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9039)) Internal Changes ---------------- - Improve efficiency of large state resolutions. ([\#8868](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8868), [\#9029](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9029), [\#9115](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9115), [\#9118](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9118), [\#9124](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9124)) - Various clean-ups to the structured logging and logging context code. ([\#8939](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8939)) - Ensure rejected events get added to some metadata tables. ([\#9016](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9016)) - Ignore date-rotated homeserver logs saved to disk. ([\#9018](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9018)) - Remove an unused column from `access_tokens` table. ([\#9025](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9025)) - Add a `-noextras` factor to `tox.ini`, to support running the tests with no optional dependencies. ([\#9030](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9030)) - Fix running unit tests when optional dependencies are not installed. ([\#9031](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9031)) - Allow bumping schema version when using split out state database. ([\#9033](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9033)) - Configure the linters to run on a consistent set of files. ([\#9038](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9038)) - Various cleanups to device inbox store. ([\#9041](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9041)) - Drop unused database tables. ([\#9055](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9055)) - Remove unused `SynapseService` class. ([\#9058](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9058)) - Remove unnecessary declarations in the tests for the admin API. ([\#9063](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9063)) - Remove `SynapseRequest.get_user_agent`. ([\#9069](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9069)) - Remove redundant `Homeserver.get_ip_from_request` method. ([\#9080](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9080)) - Add type hints to media repository. ([\#9093](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9093)) - Fix the wrong arguments being passed to `BlacklistingAgentWrapper` from `MatrixFederationAgent`. Contributed by Timothy Leung. ([\#9098](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9098)) - Reduce the scope of caught exceptions in `BlacklistingAgentWrapper`. ([\#9106](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9106)) - Improve `UsernamePickerTestCase`. ([\#9112](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9112)) - Remove dependency on `distutils`. ([\#9125](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9125)) - Enforce that replication HTTP clients are called with keyword arguments only. ([\#9144](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9144)) - Fix the Python 3.5 / old dependencies build in CI. ([\#9146](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9146)) - Replace the old `perspectives` option in the Synapse docker config file template with `trusted_key_servers`. ([\#9157](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9157))