diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
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--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,98 @@
+Synapse 1.62.0rc1 (2022-06-28)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Port the spam-checker API callbacks to a new, richer API. This is part of an ongoing change to let spam-checker modules inform users of the reason their event or operation is rejected. ([\#12857](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12857), [\#13047](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13047))
+- Allow server admins to customise the response of the `/.well-known/matrix/client` endpoint. ([\#13035](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13035))
+- Add metrics measuring the CPU and DB time spent in state resolution. ([\#13036](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13036))
+- Speed up fetching of device list changes in `/sync` and `/keys/changes`. ([\#13045](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13045), [\#13098](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13098))
+- Improve URL previews for sites which only provide Twitter Card metadata, e.g. LWN.net. ([\#13056](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13056))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Update [MSC3786](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3786) implementation to check `state_key`. ([\#12939](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12939))
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.58 where Synapse would not report full version information when installed from a git checkout. This is a best-effort affair and not guaranteed to be stable. ([\#12973](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12973))
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.60 where Synapse would fail to start if the `sqlite3` module was not available. ([\#12979](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12979))
+- Fix a bug where non-standard information was required when requesting the `/hierarchy` API over federation. Introduced 
+  in Synapse v1.41.0. ([\#12991](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12991))
+- Fix a long-standing bug which meant that rate limiting was not restrictive enough in some cases. ([\#13018](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13018))
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.58 where profile requests for a malformed user ID would ccause an internal error. Synapse now returns 400 Bad Request in this situation. ([\#13041](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13041))
+- Fix some inconsistencies in the event authentication code. ([\#13087](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13087), [\#13088](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13088))
+- Fix a long-standing bug where room directory requests would cause an internal server error if given a malformed room alias. ([\#13106](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13106))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Add documentation for how to configure Synapse with Workers using Docker Compose. Includes example worker config and docker-compose.yaml. Contributed by @Thumbscrew. ([\#12737](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12737))
+- Ensure the [Poetry cheat sheet](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/develop/development/dependencies.html) is available in the online documentation. ([\#13022](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13022))
+- Mention removed community/group worker endpoints in upgrade.md. Contributed by @olmari. ([\#13023](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13023))
+- Add instructions for running Complement with `gotestfmt`-formatted output locally. ([\#13073](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13073))
+- Update OpenTracing docs to reference the configuration manual rather than the configuration file. ([\#13076](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13076))
+- Update information on downstream Debian packages. ([\#13095](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13095))
+- Remove documentation for the Delete Group Admin API which no longer exists. ([\#13112](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13112))
+
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- 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"`. ([\#13123](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13123))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Add tests for cancellation of `GET /rooms/$room_id/members` and `GET /rooms/$room_id/state` requests. ([\#12674](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12674))
+- Report login failures due to unknown third party identifiers in the same way as failures due to invalid passwords. This prevents an attacker from using the error response to determine if the identifier exists. Contributed by Daniel Aloni. ([\#12738](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12738))
+- Merge the Complement testing Docker images into a single, multi-purpose image. ([\#12881](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12881), [\#13075](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13075))
+- Simplify the database schema for `event_edges`. ([\#12893](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12893))
+- Clean up the test code for client disconnection. ([\#12929](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12929))
+- Remove code generating comments in configuration. ([\#12941](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12941))
+- Add `Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy: cross-origin` header to content repository's thumbnail and download endpoints. ([\#12944](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12944))
+- Replace noop background updates with `DELETE` delta. ([\#12954](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12954), [\#13050](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13050))
+- Use lower isolation level when inserting read receipts to avoid serialization errors. Contributed by Nick @ Beeper. ([\#12957](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12957))
+- Reduce the amount of state we pull from the DB. ([\#12963](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12963))
+- Enable testing against PostgreSQL databases in Complement CI. ([\#12965](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12965), [\#13034](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13034))
+- Fix an inaccurate comment. ([\#12969](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12969))
+- Remove the `delete_device` method and always call `delete_devices`. ([\#12970](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12970))
+- Use a GitHub form for issues rather than a hard-to-read, easy-to-ignore template. ([\#12982](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12982))
+- Move [MSC3715](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3715) behind an experimental config flag. ([\#12984](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12984))
+- Add type hints to tests. ([\#12985](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12985), [\#13099](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13099))
+- Refactor macaroon tokens generation and move the unsubscribe link in notification emails to `/_synapse/client/unsubscribe`. ([\#12986](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12986))
+- Fix documentation for running complement tests. ([\#12990](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12990))
+- Faster joins: add issue links to the TODO comments in the code. ([\#13004](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13004))
+- Reduce DB usage of `/sync` when a large number of unread messages have recently been sent in a room. ([\#13005](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13005), [\#13096](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13096), [\#13118](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13118))
+- Replaced usage of PyJWT with methods from Authlib in `org.matrix.login.jwt`. Contributed by Hannes Lerchl. ([\#13011](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13011))
+- Modernize the `contrib/graph/` scripts. ([\#13013](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13013))
+- Remove redundant `room_version` parameters from event auth functions. ([\#13017](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13017))
+- Decouple `synapse.api.auth_blocking.AuthBlocking` from `synapse.api.auth.Auth`. ([\#13021](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13021))
+- Add type annotations to `synapse.storage.databases.main.devices`. ([\#13025](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13025))
+- Set default `sync_response_cache_duration` to two minutes. ([\#13042](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13042))
+- Rename CI test runs. ([\#13046](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13046))
+- Increase timeout of complement CI test runs. ([\#13048](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13048))
+- Refactor entry points so that they all have a `main` function. ([\#13052](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13052))
+- Refactor the Dockerfile-workers configuration script to use Jinja2 templates in Synapse workers' Supervisord blocks. ([\#13054](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13054))
+- Add headers to individual options in config documentation to allow for linking. ([\#13055](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13055))
+- Make Complement CI logs easier to read. ([\#13057](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13057), [\#13058](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13058), [\#13069](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13069))
+- Don't instantiate modules with keyword arguments. ([\#13060](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13060))
+- Fix type checking errors against Twisted trunk. ([\#13061](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13061))
+- Allow MSC3030 `timestamp_to_event` calls from anyone on world-readable rooms. ([\#13062](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13062))
+- Add a CI job to check that schema deltas are in the correct folder. ([\#13063](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13063))
+- Avoid rechecking event auth rules which are independent of room state. ([\#13065](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13065))
+- Reduce the duplication of code that invokes the rate limiter. ([\#13070](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13070))
+- Add a Subject Alternative Name to the certificate generated for Complement tests. ([\#13071](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13071))
+- Add more tests for room upgrades. ([\#13074](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13074))
+- Pin dependencies maintained by matrix.org to [semantic version](https://semver.org/) bounds. ([\#13082](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13082))
+- Correctly report prometheus DB stats for `get_earliest_token_for_stats`. ([\#13085](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13085))
+- Fix a long-standing bug where a finished logging context would be re-started when Synapse failed to persist an event from federation. ([\#13089](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13089))
+- Simplify the alias deletion logic as an application service. ([\#13093](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13093))
+- Add type annotations to `tests.test_server`. ([\#13124](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13124))
+
+
 Synapse 1.61.1 (2022-06-28)
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/12674.misc b/changelog.d/12674.misc
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-Add tests for cancellation of `GET /rooms/$room_id/members` and `GET /rooms/$room_id/state` requests.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12737.doc b/changelog.d/12737.doc
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-Add documentation for how to configure Synapse with Workers using Docker Compose. Includes example worker config and docker-compose.yaml. Contributed by @Thumbscrew.
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-Report login failures due to unknown third party identifiers in the same way as failures due to invalid passwords. This prevents an attacker from using the error response to determine if the identifier exists. Contributed by Daniel Aloni.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/12857.feature b/changelog.d/12857.feature
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+++ /dev/null
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-Port spam-checker API callbacks to a new, richer API. This is part of an ongoing change to let spam-checker modules inform users of the reason their event or operation is rejected.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12881.misc b/changelog.d/12881.misc
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-Merge the Complement testing Docker images into a single, multi-purpose image.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/12893.misc b/changelog.d/12893.misc
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-Simplify the database schema for `event_edges`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12929.misc b/changelog.d/12929.misc
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-Clean up the test code for client disconnection.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12939.bugfix b/changelog.d/12939.bugfix
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update [MSC3786](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3786) implementation to check `state_key`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12941.misc b/changelog.d/12941.misc
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-Remove code generating comments in configuration.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12944.misc b/changelog.d/12944.misc
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-Add `Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy: cross-origin` header to content repository's thumbnail and download endpoints.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/12954.misc b/changelog.d/12954.misc
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-Replace noop background updates with `DELETE` delta.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12957.misc b/changelog.d/12957.misc
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-Use lower isolation level when inserting read receipts to avoid serialization errors. Contributed by Nick @ Beeper.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12963.misc b/changelog.d/12963.misc
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-Reduce the amount of state we pull from the DB.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12965.misc b/changelog.d/12965.misc
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-Enable testing against PostgreSQL databases in Complement CI.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/12969.misc b/changelog.d/12969.misc
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-Fix an inaccurate comment.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12970.misc b/changelog.d/12970.misc
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-Remove the `delete_device` method and always call `delete_devices`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12973.bugfix b/changelog.d/12973.bugfix
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-Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.58 where Synapse would not report full version information when installed from a git checkout. This is a best-effort affair and not guaranteed to be stable.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12979.bugfix b/changelog.d/12979.bugfix
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-Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.60 where Synapse would fail to start if the `sqlite3` module was not available.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12982.misc b/changelog.d/12982.misc
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-Use a GitHub form for issues rather than a hard-to-read, easy-to-ignore template.
\ No newline at end of file
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-Move [MSC3715](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3715) behind an experimental config flag.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12985.misc b/changelog.d/12985.misc
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-Add type hints to tests.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12986.misc b/changelog.d/12986.misc
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-Refactor macaroon tokens generation and move the unsubscribe link in notification emails to `/_synapse/client/unsubscribe`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12990.misc b/changelog.d/12990.misc
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-Fix documentation for running complement tests.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12991.bugfix b/changelog.d/12991.bugfix
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-Fix a bug where non-standard information was required when requesting the `/hierarchy` API over federation. Introduced 
-in Synapse v1.41.0.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13004.misc b/changelog.d/13004.misc
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-Faster joins: add issue links to the TODO comments in the code.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13005.misc b/changelog.d/13005.misc
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-Reduce DB usage of `/sync` when a large number of unread messages have recently been sent in a room.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13011.misc b/changelog.d/13011.misc
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-Replaced usage of PyJWT with methods from Authlib in `org.matrix.login.jwt`. Contributed by Hannes Lerchl.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13013.misc b/changelog.d/13013.misc
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-Modernize the `contrib/graph/` scripts.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13017.misc b/changelog.d/13017.misc
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-Remove redundant `room_version` parameters from event auth functions.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13018.bugfix b/changelog.d/13018.bugfix
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-Fix a long-standing bug which meant that rate limiting was not restrictive enough in some cases.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/13021.misc b/changelog.d/13021.misc
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-Decouple `synapse.api.auth_blocking.AuthBlocking` from `synapse.api.auth.Auth`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13022.doc b/changelog.d/13022.doc
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-Ensure the [Poetry cheat sheet](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/develop/development/dependencies.html) is available in the online documentation.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13023.doc b/changelog.d/13023.doc
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-Mention removed community/group worker endpoints in upgrade.md. Contributed by @olmari.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/13025.misc b/changelog.d/13025.misc
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-Add type annotations to `synapse.storage.databases.main.devices`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13034.misc b/changelog.d/13034.misc
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-Enable testing against PostgreSQL databases in Complement CI.
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-Allow server admins to customise the response of the `/.well-known/matrix/client` endpoint.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13036.feature b/changelog.d/13036.feature
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-Add metrics measuring the CPU and DB time spent in state resolution.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13041.bugfix b/changelog.d/13041.bugfix
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-Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.58 where profile requests for a malformed user ID would ccause an internal error. Synapse now returns 400 Bad Request in this situation.
-
diff --git a/changelog.d/13042.misc b/changelog.d/13042.misc
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-Set default `sync_response_cache_duration` to two minutes.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13045.feature b/changelog.d/13045.feature
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-Speed up fetching of device list changes in `/sync` and `/keys/changes`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13046.misc b/changelog.d/13046.misc
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-Rename CI test runs.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13047.feature b/changelog.d/13047.feature
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-Port spam-checker API callbacks to a new, richer API. This is part of an ongoing change to let spam-checker modules inform users of the reason their event or operation is rejected.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13048.misc b/changelog.d/13048.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Increase timeout of complement CI test runs.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13050.misc b/changelog.d/13050.misc
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-Replace noop background updates with `DELETE` delta.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13052.misc b/changelog.d/13052.misc
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-Refactor entry points so that they all have a `main` function.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/13054.misc b/changelog.d/13054.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Refactor the Dockerfile-workers configuration script to use Jinja2 templates in Synapse workers' Supervisord blocks.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/13055.misc b/changelog.d/13055.misc
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-Add headers to individual options in config documentation to allow for linking.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13056.feature b/changelog.d/13056.feature
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve URL previews for sites which only provide Twitter Card metadata, e.g. LWN.net.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13057.misc b/changelog.d/13057.misc
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-Make Complement CI logs easier to read.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/13058.misc b/changelog.d/13058.misc
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-Make Complement CI logs easier to read.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/13060.misc b/changelog.d/13060.misc
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-Don't instantiate modules with keyword arguments.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13061.misc b/changelog.d/13061.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix type checking errors against Twisted trunk.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13062.misc b/changelog.d/13062.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/13062.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Allow MSC3030 'timestamp_to_event' calls from anyone on world-readable rooms.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13063.misc b/changelog.d/13063.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/13063.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add a CI job to check that schema deltas are in the correct folder.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13065.misc b/changelog.d/13065.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Avoid rechecking event auth rules which are independent of room state.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13069.misc b/changelog.d/13069.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Make Complement CI logs easier to read.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/13070.misc b/changelog.d/13070.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/13070.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Reduce the duplication of code that invokes the rate limiter.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/13071.misc b/changelog.d/13071.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add a Subject Alternative Name to the certificate generated for Complement tests.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/13073.doc b/changelog.d/13073.doc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add instructions for running Complement with `gotestfmt`-formatted output locally.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/13074.misc b/changelog.d/13074.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/13074.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add more tests for room upgrades.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13075.misc b/changelog.d/13075.misc
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index 2311629f7b..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/13075.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Merge the Complement testing Docker images into a single, multi-purpose image.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13076.doc b/changelog.d/13076.doc
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--- a/changelog.d/13076.doc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update OpenTracing docs to reference the configuration manual rather than the configuration file.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13082.misc b/changelog.d/13082.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/13082.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Pin dependencies maintained by matrix.org to [semantic version](https://semver.org/) bounds.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13085.misc b/changelog.d/13085.misc
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index 2401d4f388..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/13085.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Correctly report prometheus DB stats for `get_earliest_token_for_stats`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13087.bugfix b/changelog.d/13087.bugfix
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--- a/changelog.d/13087.bugfix
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix some inconsistencies in the event authentication code.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13088.bugfix b/changelog.d/13088.bugfix
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--- a/changelog.d/13088.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix some inconsistencies in the event authentication code.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13089.misc b/changelog.d/13089.misc
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index 5868507cb7..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/13089.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a long-standing bug where a finished logging context would be re-started when Synapse failed to persist an event from federation.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13093.misc b/changelog.d/13093.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 2547c87fa4..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/13093.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Simplify the alias deletion logic as an application service.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13095.doc b/changelog.d/13095.doc
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--- a/changelog.d/13095.doc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update information on downstream Debian packages.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13096.misc b/changelog.d/13096.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bb51962e7..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/13096.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Reduce DB usage of `/sync` when a large number of unread messages have recently been sent in a room.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13098.feature b/changelog.d/13098.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b0667ba95..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/13098.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Speed up fetching of device list changes in `/sync` and `/keys/changes`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13099.misc b/changelog.d/13099.misc
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index 7f6492d587..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/13099.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add type hints to tests.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13106.bugfix b/changelog.d/13106.bugfix
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--- a/changelog.d/13106.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a long-standing bug where room directory requests would cause an internal server error if given a malformed room alias.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/13112.doc b/changelog.d/13112.doc
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--- a/changelog.d/13112.doc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove documentation for the Delete Group Admin API which no longer exists.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/13118.misc b/changelog.d/13118.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/13118.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Reduce DB usage of `/sync` when a large number of unread messages have recently been sent in a room.
diff --git a/changelog.d/13123.removal b/changelog.d/13123.removal
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index f013f16163..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/13123.removal
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-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"`.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/13124.misc b/changelog.d/13124.misc
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index 513078f8d6..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/13124.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add type annotations to `tests.test_server`.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2ca565a157..7fbd9baef6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.62.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New Synapse release 1.62.0rc1.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:34:57 +0100
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.61.1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New Synapse release 1.61.1.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index df44ee3140..8b66d3a9e4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ skip_gitignore = true
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "matrix-synapse"
-version = "1.61.1"
+version = "1.62.0rc1"
 description = "Homeserver for the Matrix decentralised comms protocol"
 authors = ["Matrix.org Team and Contributors <packages@matrix.org>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"