diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 38372381ac..684c5c7883 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,58 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.27.3-rc2 (2018-04-09)
+==========================================
+v0.27.3-rc1 used a stale version of the develop branch so the changelog overstates
+the functionality. v0.27.3-rc2 is up to date, rc1 should be ignored.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.27.3-rc1 (2018-04-09)
+=======================================
+
+Notable changes include API support for joinability of groups. Also new metrics 
+and phone home stats. Phone home stats include better visibility of system usage
+so we can tweak synpase to work better for all users rather than our own experience
+with matrix.org. Also, recording 'r30' stat which is the measure we use to track 
+overal growth of the Matrix ecosystem. It is defined as:-
+
+Counts the number of native 30 day retained users, defined as:-
+         * Users who have created their accounts more than 30 days
+         * Where last seen at most 30 days ago
+         * Where account creation and last_seen are > 30 days"
+
+
+Features:
+
+* Add joinability for groups (PR #3045)
+* Implement group join API (PR #3046)
+* Add counter metrics for calculating state delta (PR #3033)
+* R30 stats (PR #3041)
+* Measure time it takes to calculate state group ID (PR #3043)
+* Add basic performance statistics to phone home (PR #3044)
+* Add response size metrics (PR #3071)
+* phone home cache size configurations (PR #3063)
+
+Changes:
+
+* Add a blurb explaining the main synapse worker (PR #2886) Thanks to @turt2live!
+* Replace old style error catching with 'as' keyword (PR #3000) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+* Use .iter* to avoid copies in StateHandler (PR #3006)
+* Linearize calls to _generate_user_id (PR #3029)
+* Remove last usage of ujson (PR #3030)
+* Use simplejson throughout (PR #3048)
+* Use static JSONEncoders (PR #3049)
+* Remove uses of events.content (PR #3060)
+* Improve database cache performance (PR #3068)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* Add room_id to the response of `rooms/{roomId}/join` (PR #2986) Thanks to @jplatte!
+* Fix replication after switch to simplejson (PR #3015)
+* Fix replication after switch to simplejson (PR #3015)
+* 404 correctly on missing paths via NoResource (PR #3022)
+* Fix error when claiming e2e keys from offline servers (PR #3034)
+* fix tests/storage/test_user_directory.py (PR #3042)
+* use PUT instead of POST for federating groups/m.join_policy (PR #3070) Thanks to @krombel!
+* postgres port script: fix state_groups_pkey error (PR #3072)
+
+
 Changes in synapse v0.27.2 (2018-03-26)
 =======================================
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index a9d5198aba..7f6090baf8 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.27.2"
+__version__ = "0.27.3-rc2"
diff --git a/synapse/storage/__init__.py b/synapse/storage/__init__.py
index 4800584b59..eacd49d6a5 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/__init__.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class DataStore(RoomMemberStore, RoomStore,
         """
         def _count_r30_users(txn):
             thirty_days_in_secs = 86400 * 30
-            now = int(self._clock.time_msec())
+            now = int(self._clock.time())
             thirty_days_ago_in_secs = now - thirty_days_in_secs
 
             sql = """
@@ -289,11 +289,11 @@ class DataStore(RoomMemberStore, RoomStore,
                          user_id,
                          last_seen,
                          CASE
-                             WHEN user_agent LIKE '%Android%' THEN 'android'
-                             WHEN user_agent LIKE '%iOS%' THEN 'ios'
-                             WHEN user_agent LIKE '%Electron%' THEN 'electron'
-                             WHEN user_agent LIKE '%Mozilla%' THEN 'web'
-                             WHEN user_agent LIKE '%Gecko%' THEN 'web'
+                             WHEN user_agent LIKE '%%Android%%' THEN 'android'
+                             WHEN user_agent LIKE '%%iOS%%' THEN 'ios'
+                             WHEN user_agent LIKE '%%Electron%%' THEN 'electron'
+                             WHEN user_agent LIKE '%%Mozilla%%' THEN 'web'
+                             WHEN user_agent LIKE '%%Gecko%%' THEN 'web'
                              ELSE 'unknown'
                          END
                          AS platform