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 ### Features
 
-- Add automatic purge after all users forgotten a room. Also add restore of purge/shutdown rooms after a synapse restart. ([\#15488](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15488))
+- Add automatic purge after all users have forgotten a room. Also restores purge/shutdown rooms after a Synapse restart. ([\#15488](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/15488))
 - Support resolving homeservers using `matrix-fed` DNS SRV records from [MSC4040](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/4040). ([\#16137](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16137))
 - Add the ability to use `G` (GiB) and `T` (TiB) suffixes in configuration options that refer to numbers of bytes. ([\#16219](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16219))
 - Add span information to requests sent to appservices. Contributed by MTRNord. ([\#16227](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16227))
-- Add the ability to enable/disable registrations when in the CAS flow. Contributed by Aurélien Grimpard. ([\#16262](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16262))
+- Add the ability to enable/disable registrations when using CAS. Contributed by Aurélien Grimpard. ([\#16262](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16262))
 - Allow `/notifications` endpoint to be routed to workers. ([\#16265](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16265))
 - Enable users to easily unsubscribe to notifications emails via the `List-Unsubscribe` header. ([\#16274](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16274))
 - Report whether a user is `locked` in the [List Accounts admin API](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/user_admin_api.html#list-accounts), and exclude locked users by default. ([\#16328](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16328))
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 ### Bugfixes
 
 - Fix a long-standing bug where multi-device accounts could cause high load due to presence. ([\#16066](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16066), [\#16170](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16170), [\#16171](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16171), [\#16172](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16172), [\#16174](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16174))
-- Fix a long-standing bug where appservices using MSC2409 to receive to_device messages, would only get messages for one user. ([\#16251](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16251))
+- Fix a long-standing bug where appservices using [MSC2409](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/2409) to receive `to_device` messages would only get messages for one user. ([\#16251](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16251))
 - Fix bug when using workers where Synapse could end up re-requesting the same remote device repeatedly. ([\#16252](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16252))
 - Fix long-standing bug where we kept re-requesting a remote server's key repeatedly, potentially causing delays in receiving events over federation. ([\#16257](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16257))
 - Avoid temporary storage of sensitive information. ([\#16272](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16272))
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 - Fix typos in the documentation. ([\#16282](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16282))
 - Link to the Alpine Linux community package for Synapse. ([\#16304](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16304))
-- Use string for federation_client_minimum_tls_version documentation examples. Contributed by @jcgruenhage. ([\#16353](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16353))
+- Use string for `federation_client_minimum_tls_version` documentation examples. Contributed by @jcgruenhage. ([\#16353](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16353))
 
 ### Internal Changes
 
@@ -40,39 +40,36 @@
 - Reduce CPU overhead of change password endpoint. ([\#16264](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16264))
 - Stop purging from tables slated for removal. ([\#16273](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16273))
 - Improve type hints. ([\#16276](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16276), [\#16301](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16301), [\#16325](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16325), [\#16326](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16326))
-- Raise setuptools_rust version cap to 1.7.0. ([\#16277](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16277))
+- Raise `setuptools_rust` version cap to 1.7.0. ([\#16277](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16277))
 - Fix using the new task scheduler causing lots of CPU to be used. ([\#16278](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16278))
 - Upgrade CI run of Python 3.12 from rc1 to rc2. ([\#16280](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16280))
 - Include values in SQL debug when using `execute_values` with Postgres. ([\#16281](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16281))
 - Enable additional linting checks. ([\#16283](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16283))
 - Don't try refetching device lists for users on remote hosts that are marked as "down". ([\#16298](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16298))
 - Refactor `receipts_graph` Postgres transactions to stop error messages. ([\#16299](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16299))
-- Bump mypy from 1.4.1 to 1.5.1. ([\#16300](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16300))
 - Small improvements to logging in replication code. ([\#16309](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16309))
 - Remove a reference cycle for in background processes. ([\#16314](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16314))
 - Only use literal strings for background process names. ([\#16315](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16315))
 - Refactor `get_user_by_id`. ([\#16316](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16316))
 - Speed up task to delete to-device messages. ([\#16318](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16318))
-- Pillow 10.0.1 is now mandatory because of libwebp CVE-2023-4863, since Pillow provides libwebp in the wheels. ([\#16347](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16347))
 - Avoid patching code in tests. ([\#16349](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16349))
 - Test against PostgreSQL 16. ([\#16351](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16351))
 
 ### Updates to locked dependencies
 
+* Bump mypy from 1.4.1 to 1.5.1. ([\#16300](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16300))
 * Bump black from 23.7.0 to 23.9.1. ([\#16295](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16295))
 * Bump docker/build-push-action from 4 to 5. ([\#16336](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16336))
 * Bump docker/login-action from 2 to 3. ([\#16339](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16339))
 * Bump docker/metadata-action from 4 to 5. ([\#16337](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16337))
 * Bump docker/setup-qemu-action from 2 to 3. ([\#16338](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16338))
 * Bump furo from 2023.8.19 to 2023.9.10. ([\#16340](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16340))
-* Bump gitpython from 3.1.32 to 3.1.34. ([\#16267](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16267))
-* Bump gitpython from 3.1.34 to 3.1.35. ([\#16279](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16279))
+* Bump gitpython from 3.1.32 to 3.1.35. ([\#16267](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16267), [\#16279](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16279))
 * Bump mypy-zope from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1. ([\#16291](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16291))
 * Bump pillow from 10.0.0 to 10.0.1. ([\#16344](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16344))
 * Bump regex from 1.9.4 to 1.9.5. ([\#16233](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16233))
 * Bump ruff from 0.0.286 to 0.0.290. ([\#16342](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16342))
-* Bump serde_json from 1.0.105 to 1.0.106. ([\#16296](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16296))
-* Bump serde_json from 1.0.106 to 1.0.107. ([\#16345](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16345))
+* Bump serde_json from 1.0.105 to 1.0.107. ([\#16296](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16296), [\#16345](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16345))
 * Bump twisted from 22.10.0 to 23.8.0. ([\#16235](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16235))
 * Bump types-pillow from 10.0.0.2 to 10.0.0.3. ([\#16293](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16293))
 * Bump types-setuptools from 68.0.0.3 to 68.2.0.0. ([\#16292](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/16292))