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|                         <h1 id="upgrading-synapse"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-synapse">Upgrading Synapse</a></h1>
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| <p>Before upgrading check if any special steps are required to upgrade from
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| the version you currently have installed to the current version of
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| Synapse. The extra instructions that may be required are listed later in
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| this document.</p>
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| <ul>
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| <li>
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| <p>Check that your versions of Python and PostgreSQL are still
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| supported.</p>
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| <p>Synapse follows upstream lifecycles for <a href="https://endoflife.date/python">Python</a> and
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| <a href="https://endoflife.date/postgresql">PostgreSQL</a>, and removes support for versions
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| which are no longer maintained.</p>
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| <p>The website <a href="https://endoflife.date">https://endoflife.date</a> also offers convenient
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| summaries.</p>
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| </li>
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| <p>If Synapse was installed using <a href="setup/installation.html#prebuilt-packages">prebuilt packages</a>,
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| you will need to follow the normal process for upgrading those packages.</p>
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| </li>
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| <p>If Synapse was installed using pip then upgrade to the latest
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| version by running:</p>
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| <pre><code class="language-bash">pip install --upgrade matrix-synapse
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| </code></pre>
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| <p>If Synapse was installed from source, then:</p>
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| <ol>
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| <li>
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| <p>Obtain the latest version of the source code. Git users can run
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| <code>git pull</code> to do this.</p>
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| <p>If you're running Synapse in a virtualenv, make sure to activate it before
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| upgrading. For example, if Synapse is installed in a virtualenv in <code>~/synapse/env</code> then
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| run:</p>
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| <pre><code class="language-bash">source ~/synapse/env/bin/activate
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| pip install --upgrade .
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| </code></pre>
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| <p>Include any relevant extras between square brackets, e.g. <code>pip install --upgrade ".[postgres,oidc]"</code>.</p>
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| <p>If you're using <code>poetry</code> to manage a Synapse installation, run:</p>
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| <pre><code class="language-bash">poetry install
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| </code></pre>
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| <p>Include any relevant extras with <code>--extras</code>, e.g. <code>poetry install --extras postgres --extras oidc</code>.
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| It's probably easiest to run <code>poetry install --extras all</code>.</p>
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| <p>Restart Synapse:</p>
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| <pre><code class="language-bash">synctl restart
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| </code></pre>
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| </li>
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| </ol>
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| </li>
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| </ul>
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| <p>To check whether your update was successful, you can check the running
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| server version with:</p>
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| <pre><code class="language-bash"># you may need to replace 'localhost:8008' if synapse is not configured
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| # to listen on port 8008.
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| 
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| curl http://localhost:8008/_synapse/admin/v1/server_version
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| </code></pre>
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| <h2 id="rolling-back-to-older-versions"><a class="header" href="#rolling-back-to-older-versions">Rolling back to older versions</a></h2>
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| <p>Rolling back to previous releases can be difficult, due to database
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| schema changes between releases. Where we have been able to test the
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| rollback process, this will be noted below.</p>
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| <p>In general, you will need to undo any changes made during the upgrade
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| process, for example:</p>
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| <ul>
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| <li>
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| <p>pip:</p>
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| <pre><code class="language-bash">source env/bin/activate
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| # replace `1.3.0` accordingly:
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| pip install matrix-synapse==1.3.0
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| </code></pre>
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| </li>
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| <li>
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| <p>Debian:</p>
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| <pre><code class="language-bash"># replace `1.3.0` and `stretch` accordingly:
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| wget https://packages.matrix.org/debian/pool/main/m/matrix-synapse-py3/matrix-synapse-py3_1.3.0+stretch1_amd64.deb
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| dpkg -i matrix-synapse-py3_1.3.0+stretch1_amd64.deb
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| </code></pre>
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| </ul>
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| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1710"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1710">Upgrading to v1.71.0</a></h1>
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| <h2 id="removal-of-the-generate_short_term_login_token-module-api-method"><a class="header" href="#removal-of-the-generate_short_term_login_token-module-api-method">Removal of the <code>generate_short_term_login_token</code> module API method</a></h2>
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| <p>As announced with the release of <a href="#deprecation-of-the-generate_short_term_login_token-module-api-method">Synapse 1.69.0</a>, the deprecated <code>generate_short_term_login_token</code> module method has been removed.</p>
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| <p>Modules relying on it can instead use the <code>create_login_token</code> method.</p>
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| <h2 id="changes-to-the-events-received-by-application-services-interest"><a class="header" href="#changes-to-the-events-received-by-application-services-interest">Changes to the events received by application services (interest)</a></h2>
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| <p>To align with spec (changed in
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| <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3905">MSC3905</a>), Synapse now
 | |
| only considers local users to be interesting. In other words, the <code>users</code> namespace
 | |
| regex is only be applied against local users of the homeserver.</p>
 | |
| <p>Please note, this probably doesn't affect the expected behavior of your application
 | |
| service, since an interesting local user in a room still means all messages in the room
 | |
| (from local or remote users) will still be considered interesting. And matching a room
 | |
| with the <code>rooms</code> or <code>aliases</code> namespace regex will still consider all events sent in the
 | |
| room to be interesting to the application service.</p>
 | |
| <p>If one of your application service's <code>users</code> regex was intending to match a remote user,
 | |
| this will no longer match as you expect. The behavioral mismatch between matching all
 | |
| local users and some remote users is why the spec was changed/clarified and this
 | |
| caveat is no longer supported.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1690"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1690">Upgrading to v1.69.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="changes-to-the-receipts-replication-streams"><a class="header" href="#changes-to-the-receipts-replication-streams">Changes to the receipts replication streams</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Synapse now includes information indicating if a receipt applies to a thread when
 | |
| replicating it to other workers. This is a forwards- and backwards-incompatible
 | |
| change: v1.68 and workers cannot process receipts replicated by v1.69 workers, and
 | |
| vice versa.</p>
 | |
| <p>Once all workers are upgraded to v1.69 (or downgraded to v1.68), receipts
 | |
| replication will resume as normal.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="deprecation-of-legacy-prometheus-metric-names"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-legacy-prometheus-metric-names">Deprecation of legacy Prometheus metric names</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>In current versions of Synapse, some Prometheus metrics are emitted under two different names,
 | |
| with one of the names being older but non-compliant with OpenMetrics and Prometheus conventions
 | |
| and one of the names being newer but compliant.</p>
 | |
| <p>Synapse v1.71.0 will turn the old metric names off <em>by default</em>.
 | |
| For administrators that still rely on them and have not had chance to update their
 | |
| uses of the metrics, it's possible to specify <code>enable_legacy_metrics: true</code> in
 | |
| the configuration to re-enable them temporarily.</p>
 | |
| <p>Synapse v1.73.0 will <strong>remove legacy metric names altogether</strong> and it will no longer
 | |
| be possible to re-enable them.</p>
 | |
| <p>The Grafana dashboard, Prometheus recording rules and Prometheus Consoles included
 | |
| in the <code>contrib</code> directory in the Synapse repository have been updated to no longer
 | |
| rely on the legacy names. These can be used on a current version of Synapse
 | |
| because current versions of Synapse emit both old and new names.</p>
 | |
| <p>You may need to update your alerting rules or any other rules that depend on
 | |
| the names of Prometheus metrics.
 | |
| If you want to test your changes before legacy names are disabled by default,
 | |
| you may specify <code>enable_legacy_metrics: false</code> in your homeserver configuration.</p>
 | |
| <p>A list of affected metrics is available on the <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.69/metrics-howto.html?highlight=metrics%20deprecated#renaming-of-metrics--deprecation-of-old-names-in-12">Metrics How-to page</a>.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="deprecation-of-the-generate_short_term_login_token-module-api-method"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-the-generate_short_term_login_token-module-api-method">Deprecation of the <code>generate_short_term_login_token</code> module API method</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The following method of the module API has been deprecated, and is scheduled to
 | |
| be remove in v1.71.0:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-python">def generate_short_term_login_token(
 | |
|     self,
 | |
|     user_id: str,
 | |
|     duration_in_ms: int = (2 * 60 * 1000),
 | |
|     auth_provider_id: str = "",
 | |
|     auth_provider_session_id: Optional[str] = None,
 | |
| ) -> str:
 | |
|     ...
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>It has been replaced by an asynchronous equivalent:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-python">async def create_login_token(
 | |
|     self,
 | |
|     user_id: str,
 | |
|     duration_in_ms: int = (2 * 60 * 1000),
 | |
|     auth_provider_id: Optional[str] = None,
 | |
|     auth_provider_session_id: Optional[str] = None,
 | |
| ) -> str:
 | |
|     ...
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>Synapse will log a warning when a module uses the deprecated method, to help
 | |
| administrators find modules using it.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1680"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1680">Upgrading to v1.68.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>Two changes announced in the upgrade notes for v1.67.0 have now landed in v1.68.0.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="sqlite-version-requirement"><a class="header" href="#sqlite-version-requirement">SQLite version requirement</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Synapse now requires a SQLite version of 3.27.0 or higher if SQLite is configured as
 | |
| Synapse's database.</p>
 | |
| <p>Installations using</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li>Docker images <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/matrixdotorg/synapse">from <code>matrixdotorg</code></a>,</li>
 | |
| <li>Debian packages <a href="https://packages.matrix.org/">from Matrix.org</a>, or</li>
 | |
| <li>a PostgreSQL database</li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>are not affected.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="rust-requirement-when-building-from-source"><a class="header" href="#rust-requirement-when-building-from-source">Rust requirement when building from source.</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Building from a source checkout of Synapse now requires a recent Rust compiler
 | |
| (currently Rust 1.58.1, but see also the
 | |
| <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/deprecation_policy.html">Platform Dependency Policy</a>).</p>
 | |
| <p>Installations using</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li>Docker images <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/matrixdotorg/synapse">from <code>matrixdotorg</code></a>,</li>
 | |
| <li>Debian packages <a href="https://packages.matrix.org/">from Matrix.org</a>, or</li>
 | |
| <li>PyPI wheels via <code>pip install matrix-synapse</code> (on supported platforms and architectures)</li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>will not be affected.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1670"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1670">Upgrading to v1.67.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="direct-tcp-replication-is-no-longer-supported-migrate-to-redis"><a class="header" href="#direct-tcp-replication-is-no-longer-supported-migrate-to-redis">Direct TCP replication is no longer supported: migrate to Redis</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Redis support was added in v1.13.0 with it becoming the recommended method in
 | |
| v1.18.0. It replaced the old direct TCP connections (which was deprecated as of
 | |
| v1.18.0) to the main process. With Redis, rather than all the workers connecting
 | |
| to the main process, all the workers and the main process connect to Redis,
 | |
| which relays replication commands between processes. This can give a significant
 | |
| CPU saving on the main process and is a prerequisite for upcoming
 | |
| performance improvements.</p>
 | |
| <p>To migrate to Redis add the <a href="./workers.html#shared-configuration"><code>redis</code> config</a>,
 | |
| and remove the TCP <code>replication</code> listener from config of the master and
 | |
| <code>worker_replication_port</code> from worker config. Note that a HTTP listener with a
 | |
| <code>replication</code> resource is still required.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="minimum-version-of-poetry-is-now-v120"><a class="header" href="#minimum-version-of-poetry-is-now-v120">Minimum version of Poetry is now v1.2.0</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The minimum supported version of poetry is now 1.2. This should only affect
 | |
| those installing from a source checkout.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="rust-requirement-in-the-next-release"><a class="header" href="#rust-requirement-in-the-next-release">Rust requirement in the next release</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>From the next major release (v1.68.0) installing Synapse from a source checkout
 | |
| will require a recent Rust compiler. Those using packages or
 | |
| <code>pip install matrix-synapse</code> will not be affected.</p>
 | |
| <p>The simplest way of installing Rust is via <a href="https://rustup.rs/">rustup.rs</a></p>
 | |
| <h2 id="sqlite-version-requirement-in-the-next-release"><a class="header" href="#sqlite-version-requirement-in-the-next-release">SQLite version requirement in the next release</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>From the next major release (v1.68.0) Synapse will require SQLite 3.27.0 or
 | |
| higher. Synapse v1.67.0 will be the last major release supporting SQLite
 | |
| versions 3.22 to 3.26.</p>
 | |
| <p>Those using Docker images or Debian packages from Matrix.org will not be
 | |
| affected. If you have installed from source, you should check the version of
 | |
| SQLite used by Python with:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-shell">python -c "import sqlite3; print(sqlite3.sqlite_version)"
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>If this is too old, refer to your distribution for advice on upgrading.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1660"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1660">Upgrading to v1.66.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="delegation-of-email-validation-no-longer-supported"><a class="header" href="#delegation-of-email-validation-no-longer-supported">Delegation of email validation no longer supported</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>As of this version, Synapse no longer allows the tasks of verifying email address
 | |
| ownership, and password reset confirmation, to be delegated to an identity server.
 | |
| This removal was previously planned for Synapse 1.64.0, but was
 | |
| <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13421">delayed</a> until now to give
 | |
| homeserver administrators more notice of the change.</p>
 | |
| <p>To continue to allow users to add email addresses to their homeserver accounts,
 | |
| and perform password resets, make sure that Synapse is configured with a working
 | |
| email server in the <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#email"><code>email</code> configuration
 | |
| section</a>
 | |
| (including, at a minimum, a <code>notif_from</code> setting.)</p>
 | |
| <p>Specifying an <code>email</code> setting under <code>account_threepid_delegates</code> will now cause
 | |
| an error at startup.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1640"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1640">Upgrading to v1.64.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="deprecation-of-the-ability-to-delegate-e-mail-verification-to-identity-servers"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-the-ability-to-delegate-e-mail-verification-to-identity-servers">Deprecation of the ability to delegate e-mail verification to identity servers</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Synapse v1.66.0 will remove the ability to delegate the tasks of verifying email address ownership, and password reset confirmation, to an identity server.</p>
 | |
| <p>If you require your homeserver to verify e-mail addresses or to support password resets via e-mail, please configure your homeserver with SMTP access so that it can send e-mails on its own behalf.
 | |
| <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#email">Consult the configuration documentation for more information.</a></p>
 | |
| <p>The option that will be removed is <code>account_threepid_delegates.email</code>.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="changes-to-the-event-replication-streams"><a class="header" href="#changes-to-the-event-replication-streams">Changes to the event replication streams</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Synapse now includes a flag indicating if an event is an outlier when
 | |
| replicating it to other workers. This is a forwards- and backwards-incompatible
 | |
| change: v1.63 and workers cannot process events replicated by v1.64 workers, and
 | |
| vice versa.</p>
 | |
| <p>Once all workers are upgraded to v1.64 (or downgraded to v1.63), event
 | |
| replication will resume as normal.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="frozendict-release"><a class="header" href="#frozendict-release">frozendict release</a></h2>
 | |
| <p><a href="https://github.com/Marco-Sulla/python-frozendict/releases/tag/v2.3.3">frozendict 2.3.3</a>
 | |
| has recently been released, which fixes a memory leak that occurs during <code>/sync</code>
 | |
| requests. We advise server administrators who installed Synapse via pip to upgrade
 | |
| frozendict with <code>pip install --upgrade frozendict</code>. The Docker image
 | |
| <code>matrixdotorg/synapse</code> and the Debian packages from <code>packages.matrix.org</code> already
 | |
| include the updated library.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1620"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1620">Upgrading to v1.62.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="new-signatures-for-spam-checker-callbacks"><a class="header" href="#new-signatures-for-spam-checker-callbacks">New signatures for spam checker callbacks</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>As a followup to changes in v1.60.0, the following spam-checker callbacks have changed signature:</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li><code>user_may_join_room</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>user_may_invite</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>user_may_send_3pid_invite</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>user_may_create_room</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>user_may_create_room_alias</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>user_may_publish_room</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>check_media_file_for_spam</code></li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>For each of these methods, the previous callback signature has been deprecated.</p>
 | |
| <p>Whereas callbacks used to return <code>bool</code>, they should now return <code>Union["synapse.module_api.NOT_SPAM", "synapse.module_api.errors.Codes"]</code>.</p>
 | |
| <p>For instance, if your module implements <code>user_may_join_room</code> as follows:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-python">async def user_may_join_room(self, user_id: str, room_id: str, is_invited: bool)
 | |
|     if ...:
 | |
|         # Request is spam
 | |
|         return False
 | |
|     # Request is not spam
 | |
|     return True
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>you should rewrite it as follows:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-python">async def user_may_join_room(self, user_id: str, room_id: str, is_invited: bool)
 | |
|     if ...:
 | |
|         # Request is spam, mark it as forbidden (you may use some more precise error
 | |
|         # code if it is useful).
 | |
|         return synapse.module_api.errors.Codes.FORBIDDEN
 | |
|     # Request is not spam, mark it as such.
 | |
|     return synapse.module_api.NOT_SPAM
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1610"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1610">Upgrading to v1.61.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="removal-of-deprecated-communitygroups"><a class="header" href="#removal-of-deprecated-communitygroups">Removal of deprecated community/groups</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>This release of Synapse will remove deprecated community/groups from codebase.</p>
 | |
| <h3 id="worker-endpoints"><a class="header" href="#worker-endpoints">Worker endpoints</a></h3>
 | |
| <p>For those who have deployed workers, following worker endpoints will no longer
 | |
| exist and they can be removed from the reverse proxy configuration:</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li><code>^/_matrix/federation/v1/get_groups_publicised$</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/joined_groups$</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/publicised_groups$</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/publicised_groups/</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>^/_matrix/federation/v1/groups/</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/groups/</code></li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1600"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1600">Upgrading to v1.60.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="adding-a-new-unique-index-to-state_group_edges-could-fail-if-your-database-is-corrupted"><a class="header" href="#adding-a-new-unique-index-to-state_group_edges-could-fail-if-your-database-is-corrupted">Adding a new unique index to <code>state_group_edges</code> could fail if your database is corrupted</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>This release of Synapse will add a unique index to the <code>state_group_edges</code> table, in order
 | |
| to prevent accidentally introducing duplicate information (for example, because a database
 | |
| backup was restored multiple times).</p>
 | |
| <p>Duplicate rows being present in this table could cause drastic performance problems; see
 | |
| <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11779">issue 11779</a> for more details.</p>
 | |
| <p>If your Synapse database already has had duplicate rows introduced into this table,
 | |
| this could fail, with either of these errors:</p>
 | |
| <p><strong>On Postgres:</strong></p>
 | |
| <pre><code>synapse.storage.background_updates - 623 - INFO - background_updates-0 - Adding index state_group_edges_unique_idx to state_group_edges
 | |
| synapse.storage.background_updates - 282 - ERROR - background_updates-0 - Error doing update
 | |
| ...
 | |
| psycopg2.errors.UniqueViolation: could not create unique index "state_group_edges_unique_idx"
 | |
| DETAIL:  Key (state_group, prev_state_group)=(2, 1) is duplicated.
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>(The numbers may be different.)</p>
 | |
| <p><strong>On SQLite:</strong></p>
 | |
| <pre><code>synapse.storage.background_updates - 623 - INFO - background_updates-0 - Adding index state_group_edges_unique_idx to state_group_edges
 | |
| synapse.storage.background_updates - 282 - ERROR - background_updates-0 - Error doing update
 | |
| ...
 | |
| sqlite3.IntegrityError: UNIQUE constraint failed: state_group_edges.state_group, state_group_edges.prev_state_group
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <details>
 | |
| <summary><b>Expand this section for steps to resolve this problem</b></summary>
 | |
| <h3 id="on-postgres"><a class="header" href="#on-postgres">On Postgres</a></h3>
 | |
| <p>Connect to your database with <code>psql</code>.</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-sql">BEGIN;
 | |
| DELETE FROM state_group_edges WHERE (ctid, state_group, prev_state_group) IN (
 | |
|   SELECT row_id, state_group, prev_state_group
 | |
|   FROM (
 | |
|     SELECT
 | |
|       ctid AS row_id,
 | |
|       MIN(ctid) OVER (PARTITION BY state_group, prev_state_group) AS min_row_id,
 | |
|       state_group,
 | |
|       prev_state_group
 | |
|     FROM state_group_edges
 | |
|   ) AS t1
 | |
|   WHERE row_id <> min_row_id
 | |
| );
 | |
| COMMIT;
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <h3 id="on-sqlite"><a class="header" href="#on-sqlite">On SQLite</a></h3>
 | |
| <p>At the command-line, use <code>sqlite3 path/to/your-homeserver-database.db</code>:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-sql">BEGIN;
 | |
| DELETE FROM state_group_edges WHERE (rowid, state_group, prev_state_group) IN (
 | |
|   SELECT row_id, state_group, prev_state_group
 | |
|   FROM (
 | |
|     SELECT
 | |
|       rowid AS row_id,
 | |
|       MIN(rowid) OVER (PARTITION BY state_group, prev_state_group) AS min_row_id,
 | |
|       state_group,
 | |
|       prev_state_group
 | |
|     FROM state_group_edges
 | |
|   )
 | |
|   WHERE row_id <> min_row_id
 | |
| );
 | |
| COMMIT;
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <h3 id="for-more-details"><a class="header" href="#for-more-details">For more details</a></h3>
 | |
| <p><a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11779#issuecomment-1131545970">This comment on issue 11779</a>
 | |
| has queries that can be used to check a database for this problem in advance.</p>
 | |
| </details>
 | |
| <h2 id="new-signature-for-the-spam-checker-callback-check_event_for_spam"><a class="header" href="#new-signature-for-the-spam-checker-callback-check_event_for_spam">New signature for the spam checker callback <code>check_event_for_spam</code></a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The previous signature has been deprecated.</p>
 | |
| <p>Whereas <code>check_event_for_spam</code> callbacks used to return <code>Union[str, bool]</code>, they should now return <code>Union["synapse.module_api.NOT_SPAM", "synapse.module_api.errors.Codes"]</code>.</p>
 | |
| <p>This is part of an ongoing refactoring of the SpamChecker API to make it less ambiguous and more powerful.</p>
 | |
| <p>If your module implements <code>check_event_for_spam</code> as follows:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-python">async def check_event_for_spam(event):
 | |
|     if ...:
 | |
|         # Event is spam
 | |
|         return True
 | |
|     # Event is not spam
 | |
|     return False
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>you should rewrite it as follows:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-python">async def check_event_for_spam(event):
 | |
|     if ...:
 | |
|         # Event is spam, mark it as forbidden (you may use some more precise error
 | |
|         # code if it is useful).
 | |
|         return synapse.module_api.errors.Codes.FORBIDDEN
 | |
|     # Event is not spam, mark it as such.
 | |
|     return synapse.module_api.NOT_SPAM
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1590"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1590">Upgrading to v1.59.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="device-name-lookup-over-federation-has-been-disabled-by-default"><a class="header" href="#device-name-lookup-over-federation-has-been-disabled-by-default">Device name lookup over federation has been disabled by default</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The names of user devices are no longer visible to users on other homeservers by default.
 | |
| Device IDs are unaffected, as these are necessary to facilitate end-to-end encryption.</p>
 | |
| <p>To re-enable this functionality, set the
 | |
| <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.59/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#federation"><code>allow_device_name_lookup_over_federation</code></a>
 | |
| homeserver config option to <code>true</code>.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="deprecation-of-the-synapseappappservice-and-synapseappuser_dir-worker-application-types"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-the-synapseappappservice-and-synapseappuser_dir-worker-application-types">Deprecation of the <code>synapse.app.appservice</code> and <code>synapse.app.user_dir</code> worker application types</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The <code>synapse.app.appservice</code> worker application type allowed you to configure a
 | |
| single worker to use to notify application services of new events, as long
 | |
| as this functionality was disabled on the main process with <code>notify_appservices: False</code>.
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| Further, the <code>synapse.app.user_dir</code> worker application type allowed you to configure
 | |
| a single worker to be responsible for updating the user directory, as long as this
 | |
| was disabled on the main process with <code>update_user_directory: False</code>.</p>
 | |
| <p>To unify Synapse's worker types, the <code>synapse.app.appservice</code> worker application
 | |
| type and the <code>notify_appservices</code> configuration option have been deprecated.
 | |
| The <code>synapse.app.user_dir</code> worker application type and <code>update_user_directory</code>
 | |
| configuration option have also been deprecated.</p>
 | |
| <p>To get the same functionality as was provided by the deprecated options, it's now recommended that the <code>synapse.app.generic_worker</code>
 | |
| worker application type is used and that the <code>notify_appservices_from_worker</code> and/or
 | |
| <code>update_user_directory_from_worker</code> options are set to the name of a worker.</p>
 | |
| <p>For the time being, the old options can be used alongside the new options to make
 | |
| it easier to transition between the two configurations, however please note that:</p>
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| <ul>
 | |
| <li>the options must not contradict each other (otherwise Synapse won't start); and</li>
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| <li>the <code>notify_appservices</code> and <code>update_user_directory</code> options will be removed in a future release of Synapse.</li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>Please see the <a href="workers.html#notifying-application-services"><em>Notifying Application Services</em></a> and
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| <a href="workers.html#updating-the-user-directory"><em>Updating the User Directory</em></a> sections of the worker
 | |
| documentation for more information.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1580"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1580">Upgrading to v1.58.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="groupscommunities-feature-has-been-disabled-by-default"><a class="header" href="#groupscommunities-feature-has-been-disabled-by-default">Groups/communities feature has been disabled by default</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The non-standard groups/communities feature in Synapse has been disabled by default
 | |
| and will be removed in Synapse v1.61.0.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1570"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1570">Upgrading to v1.57.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="changes-to-database-schema-for-application-services"><a class="header" href="#changes-to-database-schema-for-application-services">Changes to database schema for application services</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Synapse v1.57.0 includes a <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/12209">change</a> to the
 | |
| way transaction IDs are managed for application services. If your deployment uses a dedicated
 | |
| worker for application service traffic, <strong>it must be stopped</strong> when the database is upgraded
 | |
| (which normally happens when the main process is upgraded), to ensure the change is made safely
 | |
| without any risk of reusing transaction IDs.</p>
 | |
| <p>Deployments which do not use separate worker processes can be upgraded as normal. Similarly,
 | |
| deployments where no application services are in use can be upgraded as normal.</p>
 | |
| <details>
 | |
| <summary><b>Recovering from an incorrect upgrade</b></summary>
 | |
| <p>If the database schema is upgraded <em>without</em> stopping the worker responsible
 | |
| for AS traffic, then the following error may be given when attempting to start
 | |
| a Synapse worker or master process:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code>**********************************************************************************
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|  Error during initialisation:
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| 
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|  Postgres sequence 'application_services_txn_id_seq' is inconsistent with associated
 | |
|  table 'application_services_txns'. This can happen if Synapse has been downgraded and
 | |
|  then upgraded again, or due to a bad migration.
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| 
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|  To fix this error, shut down Synapse (including any and all workers)
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|  and run the following SQL:
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| 
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|      SELECT setval('application_services_txn_id_seq', (
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|          SELECT GREATEST(MAX(txn_id), 0) FROM application_services_txns
 | |
|      ));
 | |
| 
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|  See docs/postgres.md for more information.
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| 
 | |
|  There may be more information in the logs.
 | |
| **********************************************************************************
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>This error may also be seen if Synapse is <em>downgraded</em> to an earlier version,
 | |
| and then upgraded again to v1.57.0 or later.</p>
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| <p>In either case:</p>
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| <ol>
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| <li>Ensure that the worker responsible for AS traffic is stopped.</li>
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| <li>Run the SQL command given in the error message via <code>psql</code>.</li>
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| </ol>
 | |
| <p>Synapse should then start correctly.</p>
 | |
| </details>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1560"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1560">Upgrading to v1.56.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="open-registration-without-verification-is-now-disabled-by-default"><a class="header" href="#open-registration-without-verification-is-now-disabled-by-default">Open registration without verification is now disabled by default</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Synapse will refuse to start if registration is enabled without email, captcha, or token-based verification unless the new config
 | |
| flag <code>enable_registration_without_verification</code> is set to "true".</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="groupscommunities-feature-has-been-deprecated"><a class="header" href="#groupscommunities-feature-has-been-deprecated">Groups/communities feature has been deprecated</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The non-standard groups/communities feature in Synapse has been deprecated and will
 | |
| be disabled by default in Synapse v1.58.0.</p>
 | |
| <p>You can test disabling it by adding the following to your homeserver configuration:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-yaml">experimental_features:
 | |
|   groups_enabled: false
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <h2 id="change-in-behaviour-for-postgresql-databases-with-unsafe-locale"><a class="header" href="#change-in-behaviour-for-postgresql-databases-with-unsafe-locale">Change in behaviour for PostgreSQL databases with unsafe locale</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Synapse now refuses to start when using PostgreSQL with non-<code>C</code> values for <code>COLLATE</code> and
 | |
| <code>CTYPE</code> unless the config flag <code>allow_unsafe_locale</code>, found in the database section of
 | |
| the configuration file, is set to <code>true</code>. See the <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/postgres.html#fixing-incorrect-collate-or-ctype">PostgreSQL documentation</a>
 | |
| for more information and instructions on how to fix a database with incorrect values.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1550"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1550">Upgrading to v1.55.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="synctl-script-has-been-moved"><a class="header" href="#synctl-script-has-been-moved"><code>synctl</code> script has been moved</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The <code>synctl</code> script
 | |
| <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/12140">has been made</a> an
 | |
| <a href="https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/entry-points/">entry point</a>
 | |
| and no longer exists at the root of Synapse's source tree. If you wish to use
 | |
| <code>synctl</code> to manage your homeserver, you should invoke <code>synctl</code> directly, e.g.
 | |
| <code>synctl start</code> instead of <code>./synctl start</code> or <code>/path/to/synctl start</code>.</p>
 | |
| <p>You will need to ensure <code>synctl</code> is on your <code>PATH</code>.</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li>This is automatically the case when using
 | |
| <a href="https://packages.matrix.org/debian/">Debian packages</a> or
 | |
| <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/matrixdotorg/synapse">docker images</a>
 | |
| provided by Matrix.org.</li>
 | |
| <li>When installing from a wheel, sdist, or PyPI, a <code>synctl</code> executable is added
 | |
| to your Python installation's <code>bin</code>. This should be on your <code>PATH</code>
 | |
| automatically, though you might need to activate a virtual environment
 | |
| depending on how you installed Synapse.</li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <h2 id="compatibility-dropped-for-mjolnir-131-and-earlier"><a class="header" href="#compatibility-dropped-for-mjolnir-131-and-earlier">Compatibility dropped for Mjolnir 1.3.1 and earlier</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Synapse v1.55.0 drops support for Mjolnir 1.3.1 and earlier.
 | |
| If you use the Mjolnir module to moderate your homeserver,
 | |
| please upgrade Mjolnir to version 1.3.2 or later before upgrading Synapse.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1540"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1540">Upgrading to v1.54.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="legacy-structured-logging-configuration-removal"><a class="header" href="#legacy-structured-logging-configuration-removal">Legacy structured logging configuration removal</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>This release removes support for the <code>structured: true</code> logging configuration
 | |
| which was deprecated in Synapse v1.23.0. If your logging configuration contains
 | |
| <code>structured: true</code> then it should be modified based on the
 | |
| <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.56/structured_logging.html#upgrading-from-legacy-structured-logging-configuration">structured logging documentation</a>.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1530"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1530">Upgrading to v1.53.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="dropping-support-for-webclient-listeners-and-non-https-web_client_location"><a class="header" href="#dropping-support-for-webclient-listeners-and-non-https-web_client_location">Dropping support for <code>webclient</code> listeners and non-HTTP(S) <code>web_client_location</code></a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Per the deprecation notice in Synapse v1.51.0, listeners of type  <code>webclient</code>
 | |
| are no longer supported and configuring them is a now a configuration error.</p>
 | |
| <p>Configuring a non-HTTP(S) <code>web_client_location</code> configuration is is now a
 | |
| configuration error. Since the <code>webclient</code> listener is no longer supported, this
 | |
| setting only applies to the root path <code>/</code> of Synapse's web server and no longer
 | |
| the <code>/_matrix/client/</code> path.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="stablisation-of-msc3231"><a class="header" href="#stablisation-of-msc3231">Stablisation of MSC3231</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The unstable validity-check endpoint for the
 | |
| <a href="https://spec.matrix.org/v1.2/client-server-api/#get_matrixclientv1registermloginregistration_tokenvalidity">Registration Tokens</a>
 | |
| feature has been stabilised and moved from:</p>
 | |
| <p><code>/_matrix/client/unstable/org.matrix.msc3231/register/org.matrix.msc3231.login.registration_token/validity</code></p>
 | |
| <p>to:</p>
 | |
| <p><code>/_matrix/client/v1/register/m.login.registration_token/validity</code></p>
 | |
| <p>Please update any relevant reverse proxy or firewall configurations appropriately.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="time-based-cache-expiry-is-now-enabled-by-default"><a class="header" href="#time-based-cache-expiry-is-now-enabled-by-default">Time-based cache expiry is now enabled by default</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Formerly, entries in the cache were not evicted regardless of whether they were accessed after storing.
 | |
| This behavior has now changed. By default entries in the cache are now evicted after 30m of not being accessed.
 | |
| To change the default behavior, go to the <code>caches</code> section of the config and change the <code>expire_caches</code> and
 | |
| <code>cache_entry_ttl</code> flags as necessary. Please note that these flags replace the <code>expiry_time</code> flag in the config.
 | |
| The <code>expiry_time</code> flag will still continue to work, but it has been deprecated and will be removed in the future.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="deprecation-of-capability-orgmatrixmsc3283"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-capability-orgmatrixmsc3283">Deprecation of <code>capability</code> <code>org.matrix.msc3283.*</code></a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The <code>capabilities</code> of MSC3283 from the REST API <code>/_matrix/client/r0/capabilities</code>
 | |
| becomes stable.</p>
 | |
| <p>The old <code>capabilities</code></p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li><code>org.matrix.msc3283.set_displayname</code>,</li>
 | |
| <li><code>org.matrix.msc3283.set_avatar_url</code> and</li>
 | |
| <li><code>org.matrix.msc3283.3pid_changes</code></li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>are deprecated and scheduled to be removed in Synapse v1.54.0.</p>
 | |
| <p>The new <code>capabilities</code></p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li><code>m.set_displayname</code>,</li>
 | |
| <li><code>m.set_avatar_url</code> and</li>
 | |
| <li><code>m.3pid_changes</code></li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>are now active by default.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="removal-of-user_may_create_room_with_invites"><a class="header" href="#removal-of-user_may_create_room_with_invites">Removal of <code>user_may_create_room_with_invites</code></a></h2>
 | |
| <p>As announced with the release of <a href="#deprecation-of-the-user_may_create_room_with_invites-module-callback">Synapse 1.47.0</a>,
 | |
| the deprecated <code>user_may_create_room_with_invites</code> module callback has been removed.</p>
 | |
| <p>Modules relying on it can instead implement <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/modules/spam_checker_callbacks.html#user_may_invite"><code>user_may_invite</code></a>
 | |
| and use the <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/872f23b95fa980a61b0866c1475e84491991fa20/synapse/module_api/__init__.py#L869-L876"><code>get_room_state</code></a>
 | |
| module API to infer whether the invite is happening while creating a room (see <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse-domain-rule-checker/blob/e7d092dd9f2a7f844928771dbfd9fd24c2332e48/synapse_domain_rule_checker/__init__.py#L56-L89">this function</a>
 | |
| as an example). Alternately, modules can also implement <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/modules/third_party_rules_callbacks.html#on_create_room"><code>on_create_room</code></a>.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1520"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1520">Upgrading to v1.52.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="twisted-security-release"><a class="header" href="#twisted-security-release">Twisted security release</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Note that <a href="https://github.com/twisted/twisted/releases/tag/twisted-22.1.0">Twisted 22.1.0</a>
 | |
| has recently been released, which fixes a <a href="https://github.com/twisted/twisted/security/advisories/GHSA-92x2-jw7w-xvvx">security issue</a>
 | |
| within the Twisted library. We do not believe Synapse is affected by this vulnerability,
 | |
| though we advise server administrators who installed Synapse via pip to upgrade Twisted
 | |
| with <code>pip install --upgrade Twisted treq</code> as a matter of good practice. The Docker image
 | |
| <code>matrixdotorg/synapse</code> and the Debian packages from <code>packages.matrix.org</code> are using the
 | |
| updated library.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1510"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1510">Upgrading to v1.51.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="deprecation-of-webclient-listeners-and-non-https-web_client_location"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-webclient-listeners-and-non-https-web_client_location">Deprecation of <code>webclient</code> listeners and non-HTTP(S) <code>web_client_location</code></a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Listeners of type  <code>webclient</code> are deprecated and scheduled to be removed in
 | |
| Synapse v1.53.0.</p>
 | |
| <p>Similarly, a non-HTTP(S) <code>web_client_location</code> configuration is deprecated and
 | |
| will become a configuration error in Synapse v1.53.0.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1500"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1500">Upgrading to v1.50.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="dropping-support-for-old-python-and-postgres-versions"><a class="header" href="#dropping-support-for-old-python-and-postgres-versions">Dropping support for old Python and Postgres versions</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>In line with our <a href="deprecation_policy.html">deprecation policy</a>,
 | |
| we've dropped support for Python 3.6 and PostgreSQL 9.6, as they are no
 | |
| longer supported upstream.</p>
 | |
| <p>This release of Synapse requires Python 3.7+ and PostgreSQL 10+.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1470"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1470">Upgrading to v1.47.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="removal-of-old-room-admin-api"><a class="header" href="#removal-of-old-room-admin-api">Removal of old Room Admin API</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The following admin APIs were deprecated in <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/v1.34.0/CHANGES.md#deprecations-and-removals">Synapse 1.34</a>
 | |
| (released on 2021-05-17) and have now been removed:</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li><code>POST /_synapse/admin/v1/<room_id>/delete</code></li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>Any scripts still using the above APIs should be converted to use the
 | |
| <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/rooms.html#delete-room-api">Delete Room API</a>.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="deprecation-of-the-user_may_create_room_with_invites-module-callback"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-the-user_may_create_room_with_invites-module-callback">Deprecation of the <code>user_may_create_room_with_invites</code> module callback</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The <code>user_may_create_room_with_invites</code> is deprecated and will be removed in a future
 | |
| version of Synapse. Modules implementing this callback can instead implement
 | |
| <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/modules/spam_checker_callbacks.html#user_may_invite"><code>user_may_invite</code></a>
 | |
| and use the <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/872f23b95fa980a61b0866c1475e84491991fa20/synapse/module_api/__init__.py#L869-L876"><code>get_room_state</code></a>
 | |
| module API method to infer whether the invite is happening in the context of creating a
 | |
| room.</p>
 | |
| <p>We plan to remove this callback in January 2022.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1450"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1450">Upgrading to v1.45.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="changes-required-to-media-storage-provider-modules-when-reading-from-the-synapse-configuration-object"><a class="header" href="#changes-required-to-media-storage-provider-modules-when-reading-from-the-synapse-configuration-object">Changes required to media storage provider modules when reading from the Synapse configuration object</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Media storage provider modules that read from the Synapse configuration object (i.e. that
 | |
| read the value of <code>hs.config.[...]</code>) now need to specify the configuration section they're
 | |
| reading from. This means that if a module reads the value of e.g. <code>hs.config.media_store_path</code>,
 | |
| it needs to replace it with <code>hs.config.media.media_store_path</code>.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1440"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1440">Upgrading to v1.44.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="the-url-preview-cache-is-no-longer-mirrored-to-storage-providers"><a class="header" href="#the-url-preview-cache-is-no-longer-mirrored-to-storage-providers">The URL preview cache is no longer mirrored to storage providers</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The <code>url_cache/</code> and <code>url_cache_thumbnails/</code> directories in the media store are
 | |
| no longer mirrored to storage providers. These two directories can be safely
 | |
| deleted from any configured storage providers to reclaim space.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1430"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1430">Upgrading to v1.43.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="the-spaces-summary-apis-can-now-be-handled-by-workers"><a class="header" href="#the-spaces-summary-apis-can-now-be-handled-by-workers">The spaces summary APIs can now be handled by workers</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/workers.html#available-worker-applications">available worker applications documentation</a>
 | |
| has been updated to reflect that calls to the <code>/spaces</code>, <code>/hierarchy</code>, and
 | |
| <code>/summary</code> endpoints can now be routed to workers for both client API and
 | |
| federation requests.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1420"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1420">Upgrading to v1.42.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="removal-of-old-room-admin-api-1"><a class="header" href="#removal-of-old-room-admin-api-1">Removal of old Room Admin API</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The following admin APIs were deprecated in <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/v1.25.0/CHANGES.md#removal-warning">Synapse 1.25</a>
 | |
| (released on 2021-01-13) and have now been removed:</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li><code>POST /_synapse/admin/v1/purge_room</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>POST /_synapse/admin/v1/shutdown_room/<room_id></code></li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>Any scripts still using the above APIs should be converted to use the
 | |
| <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/rooms.html#delete-room-api">Delete Room API</a>.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="user-interactive-authentication-fallback-templates-can-now-display-errors"><a class="header" href="#user-interactive-authentication-fallback-templates-can-now-display-errors">User-interactive authentication fallback templates can now display errors</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>This may affect you if you make use of custom HTML templates for the
 | |
| <a href="../synapse/res/templates/recaptcha.html">reCAPTCHA</a> or
 | |
| <a href="../synapse/res/templates/terms.html">terms</a> fallback pages.</p>
 | |
| <p>The template is now provided an <code>error</code> variable if the authentication
 | |
| process failed. See the default templates linked above for an example.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="removal-of-out-of-date-email-pushers"><a class="header" href="#removal-of-out-of-date-email-pushers">Removal of out-of-date email pushers</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Users will stop receiving message updates via email for addresses that were
 | |
| once, but not still, linked to their account.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1410"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1410">Upgrading to v1.41.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="add-support-for-routing-outbound-http-requests-via-a-proxy-for-federation"><a class="header" href="#add-support-for-routing-outbound-http-requests-via-a-proxy-for-federation">Add support for routing outbound HTTP requests via a proxy for federation</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Since Synapse 1.6.0 (2019-11-26) you can set a proxy for outbound HTTP requests via
 | |
| http_proxy/https_proxy environment variables. This proxy was set for:</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li>push</li>
 | |
| <li>url previews</li>
 | |
| <li>phone-home stats</li>
 | |
| <li>recaptcha validation</li>
 | |
| <li>CAS auth validation</li>
 | |
| <li>OpenID Connect</li>
 | |
| <li>Federation (checking public key revocation)</li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>In this version we have added support for outbound requests for:</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li>Outbound federation</li>
 | |
| <li>Downloading remote media</li>
 | |
| <li>Fetching public keys of other servers</li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>These requests use the same proxy configuration. If you have a proxy configuration we
 | |
| recommend to verify the configuration. It may be necessary to adjust the <code>no_proxy</code>
 | |
| environment variable.</p>
 | |
| <p>See <a href="setup/forward_proxy.html">using a forward proxy with Synapse documentation</a> for
 | |
| details.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="deprecation-of-template_dir"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-template_dir">Deprecation of <code>template_dir</code></a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The <code>template_dir</code> settings in the <code>sso</code>, <code>account_validity</code> and <code>email</code> sections of the
 | |
| configuration file are now deprecated. Server admins should use the new
 | |
| <code>templates.custom_template_directory</code> setting in the configuration file and use one single
 | |
| custom template directory for all aforementioned features. Template file names remain
 | |
| unchanged. See <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/templates.html">the related documentation</a>
 | |
| for more information and examples.</p>
 | |
| <p>We plan to remove support for these settings in October 2021.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="_synapseadminv1usersuseridmedia-must-be-handled-by-media-workers"><a class="header" href="#_synapseadminv1usersuseridmedia-must-be-handled-by-media-workers"><code>/_synapse/admin/v1/users/{userId}/media</code> must be handled by media workers</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/workers.html#synapseappmedia_repository">media repository worker documentation</a>
 | |
| has been updated to reflect that calls to <code>/_synapse/admin/v1/users/{userId}/media</code>
 | |
| must now be handled by media repository workers. This is due to the new <code>DELETE</code> method
 | |
| of this endpoint modifying the media store.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1390"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1390">Upgrading to v1.39.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="deprecation-of-the-current-third-party-rules-module-interface"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-the-current-third-party-rules-module-interface">Deprecation of the current third-party rules module interface</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The current third-party rules module interface is deprecated in favour of the new generic
 | |
| modules system introduced in Synapse v1.37.0. Authors of third-party rules modules can refer
 | |
| to <a href="modules/porting_legacy_module.html">this documentation</a>
 | |
| to update their modules. Synapse administrators can refer to <a href="modules/index.html">this documentation</a>
 | |
| to update their configuration once the modules they are using have been updated.</p>
 | |
| <p>We plan to remove support for the current third-party rules interface in September 2021.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1380"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1380">Upgrading to v1.38.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="re-indexing-of-events-table-on-postgres-databases"><a class="header" href="#re-indexing-of-events-table-on-postgres-databases">Re-indexing of <code>events</code> table on Postgres databases</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>This release includes a database schema update which requires re-indexing one of
 | |
| the larger tables in the database, <code>events</code>. This could result in increased
 | |
| disk I/O for several hours or days after upgrading while the migration
 | |
| completes. Furthermore, because we have to keep the old indexes until the new
 | |
| indexes are ready, it could result in a significant, temporary, increase in
 | |
| disk space.</p>
 | |
| <p>To get a rough idea of the disk space required, check the current size of one
 | |
| of the indexes. For example, from a <code>psql</code> shell, run the following sql:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-sql">SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size('events_order_room'));
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>We need to rebuild <strong>four</strong> indexes, so you will need to multiply this result
 | |
| by four to give an estimate of the disk space required. For example, on one
 | |
| particular server:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code>synapse=# select pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size('events_order_room'));
 | |
|  pg_size_pretty
 | |
| ----------------
 | |
|  288 MB
 | |
| (1 row)
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>On this server, it would be wise to ensure that at least 1152MB are free.</p>
 | |
| <p>The additional disk space will be freed once the migration completes.</p>
 | |
| <p>SQLite databases are unaffected by this change.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1370"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1370">Upgrading to v1.37.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="deprecation-of-the-current-spam-checker-interface"><a class="header" href="#deprecation-of-the-current-spam-checker-interface">Deprecation of the current spam checker interface</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The current spam checker interface is deprecated in favour of a new generic modules system.
 | |
| Authors of spam checker modules can refer to [this
 | |
| documentation](modules/porting_legacy_module.md
 | |
| to update their modules. Synapse administrators can refer to <a href="modules/index.html">this
 | |
| documentation</a>
 | |
| to update their configuration once the modules they are using have been updated.</p>
 | |
| <p>We plan to remove support for the current spam checker interface in August 2021.</p>
 | |
| <p>More module interfaces will be ported over to this new generic system in future versions
 | |
| of Synapse.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1340"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1340">Upgrading to v1.34.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="room_invite_state_types-configuration-setting"><a class="header" href="#room_invite_state_types-configuration-setting"><code>room_invite_state_types</code> configuration setting</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The <code>room_invite_state_types</code> configuration setting has been deprecated
 | |
| and replaced with <code>room_prejoin_state</code>. See the <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/v1.34.0/docs/sample_config.yaml#L1515">sample configuration
 | |
| file</a>.</p>
 | |
| <p>If you have set <code>room_invite_state_types</code> to the default value you
 | |
| should simply remove it from your configuration file. The default value
 | |
| used to be:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-yaml">room_invite_state_types:
 | |
|    - "m.room.join_rules"
 | |
|    - "m.room.canonical_alias"
 | |
|    - "m.room.avatar"
 | |
|    - "m.room.encryption"
 | |
|    - "m.room.name"
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>If you have customised this value, you should remove
 | |
| <code>room_invite_state_types</code> and configure <code>room_prejoin_state</code> instead.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1330"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1330">Upgrading to v1.33.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="account-validity-html-templates-can-now-display-a-users-expiration-date"><a class="header" href="#account-validity-html-templates-can-now-display-a-users-expiration-date">Account Validity HTML templates can now display a user's expiration date</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>This may affect you if you have enabled the account validity feature,
 | |
| and have made use of a custom HTML template specified by the
 | |
| <code>account_validity.template_dir</code> or
 | |
| <code>account_validity.account_renewed_html_path</code> Synapse config options.</p>
 | |
| <p>The template can now accept an <code>expiration_ts</code> variable, which
 | |
| represents the unix timestamp in milliseconds for the future date of
 | |
| which their account has been renewed until. See the <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/release-v1.33.0/synapse/res/templates/account_renewed.html">default
 | |
| template</a>
 | |
| for an example of usage.</p>
 | |
| <p>ALso note that a new HTML template, <code>account_previously_renewed.html</code>,
 | |
| has been added. This is is shown to users when they attempt to renew
 | |
| their account with a valid renewal token that has already been used
 | |
| before. The default template contents can been found
 | |
| <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/release-v1.33.0/synapse/res/templates/account_previously_renewed.html">here</a>,
 | |
| and can also accept an <code>expiration_ts</code> variable. This template replaces
 | |
| the error message users would previously see upon attempting to use a
 | |
| valid renewal token more than once.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1320"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1320">Upgrading to v1.32.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="regression-causing-connected-prometheus-instances-to-become-overwhelmed"><a class="header" href="#regression-causing-connected-prometheus-instances-to-become-overwhelmed">Regression causing connected Prometheus instances to become overwhelmed</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>This release introduces <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9853">a
 | |
| regression</a> that can
 | |
| overwhelm connected Prometheus instances. This issue is not present in
 | |
| Synapse v1.32.0rc1.</p>
 | |
| <p>If you have been affected, please downgrade to 1.31.0. You then may need
 | |
| to remove excess writeahead logs in order for Prometheus to recover.
 | |
| Instructions for doing so are provided
 | |
| <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/9854#issuecomment-823472183">here</a>.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="dropping-support-for-old-python-postgres-and-sqlite-versions"><a class="header" href="#dropping-support-for-old-python-postgres-and-sqlite-versions">Dropping support for old Python, Postgres and SQLite versions</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>In line with our <a href="deprecation_policy.html">deprecation policy</a>,
 | |
| we've dropped support for Python 3.5 and PostgreSQL 9.5, as they are no
 | |
| longer supported upstream.</p>
 | |
| <p>This release of Synapse requires Python 3.6+ and PostgresSQL 9.6+ or
 | |
| SQLite 3.22+.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="removal-of-old-list-accounts-admin-api"><a class="header" href="#removal-of-old-list-accounts-admin-api">Removal of old List Accounts Admin API</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The deprecated v1 "list accounts" admin API
 | |
| (<code>GET /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id></code>) has been removed in this
 | |
| version.</p>
 | |
| <p>The <a href="admin_api/user_admin_api.html#list-accounts">v2 list accounts API</a>
 | |
| has been available since Synapse 1.7.0 (2019-12-13), and is accessible
 | |
| under <code>GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users</code>.</p>
 | |
| <p>The deprecation of the old endpoint was announced with Synapse 1.28.0
 | |
| (released on 2021-02-25).</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="application-services-must-use-type-mloginapplication_service-when-registering-users"><a class="header" href="#application-services-must-use-type-mloginapplication_service-when-registering-users">Application Services must use type <code>m.login.application_service</code> when registering users</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>In compliance with the <a href="https://matrix.org/docs/spec/application_service/r0.1.2#server-admin-style-permissions">Application Service
 | |
| spec</a>,
 | |
| Application Services are now required to use the
 | |
| <code>m.login.application_service</code> type when registering users via the
 | |
| <code>/_matrix/client/r0/register</code> endpoint. This behaviour was deprecated in
 | |
| Synapse v1.30.0.</p>
 | |
| <p>Please ensure your Application Services are up to date.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1290"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1290">Upgrading to v1.29.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="requirement-for-x-forwarded-proto-header"><a class="header" href="#requirement-for-x-forwarded-proto-header">Requirement for X-Forwarded-Proto header</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>When using Synapse with a reverse proxy (in particular, when using the
 | |
| <code>x_forwarded</code> option on an HTTP listener), Synapse now
 | |
| expects to receive an <code>X-Forwarded-Proto</code> header on incoming
 | |
| HTTP requests. If it is not set, Synapse will log a warning on each
 | |
| received request.</p>
 | |
| <p>To avoid the warning, administrators using a reverse proxy should ensure
 | |
| that the reverse proxy sets <code>X-Forwarded-Proto</code> header to
 | |
| <code>https</code> or <code>http</code> to indicate the protocol used
 | |
| by the client.</p>
 | |
| <p>Synapse also requires the <code>Host</code> header to be preserved.</p>
 | |
| <p>See the <a href="reverse_proxy.html">reverse proxy documentation</a>, where the
 | |
| example configurations have been updated to show how to set these
 | |
| headers.</p>
 | |
| <p>(Users of <a href="https://caddyserver.com/">Caddy</a> are unaffected, since we
 | |
| believe it sets <code>X-Forwarded-Proto</code> by default.)</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1270"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1270">Upgrading to v1.27.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="changes-to-callback-uri-for-oauth2--openid-connect-and-saml2"><a class="header" href="#changes-to-callback-uri-for-oauth2--openid-connect-and-saml2">Changes to callback URI for OAuth2 / OpenID Connect and SAML2</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>This version changes the URI used for callbacks from OAuth2 and SAML2
 | |
| identity providers:</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>If your server is configured for single sign-on via an OpenID
 | |
| Connect or OAuth2 identity provider, you will need to add
 | |
| <code>[synapse public baseurl]/_synapse/client/oidc/callback</code> to the list
 | |
| of permitted "redirect URIs" at the identity provider.</p>
 | |
| <p>See the <a href="openid.html">OpenID docs</a> for more information on setting
 | |
| up OpenID Connect.</p>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>If your server is configured for single sign-on via a SAML2 identity
 | |
| provider, you will need to add
 | |
| <code>[synapse public baseurl]/_synapse/client/saml2/authn_response</code> as a
 | |
| permitted "ACS location" (also known as "allowed callback URLs")
 | |
| at the identity provider.</p>
 | |
| <p>The "Issuer" in the "AuthnRequest" to the SAML2 identity
 | |
| provider is also updated to
 | |
| <code>[synapse public baseurl]/_synapse/client/saml2/metadata.xml</code>. If
 | |
| your SAML2 identity provider uses this property to validate or
 | |
| otherwise identify Synapse, its configuration will need to be
 | |
| updated to use the new URL. Alternatively you could create a new,
 | |
| separate "EntityDescriptor" in your SAML2 identity provider with
 | |
| the new URLs and leave the URLs in the existing "EntityDescriptor"
 | |
| as they were.</p>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <h2 id="changes-to-html-templates"><a class="header" href="#changes-to-html-templates">Changes to HTML templates</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The HTML templates for SSO and email notifications now have <a href="https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/2.11.x/api/#autoescaping">Jinja2's
 | |
| autoescape</a>
 | |
| enabled for files ending in <code>.html</code>, <code>.htm</code>, and <code>.xml</code>. If you have
 | |
| customised these templates and see issues when viewing them you might
 | |
| need to update them. It is expected that most configurations will need
 | |
| no changes.</p>
 | |
| <p>If you have customised the templates <em>names</em> for these templates, it is
 | |
| recommended to verify they end in <code>.html</code> to ensure autoescape is
 | |
| enabled.</p>
 | |
| <p>The above applies to the following templates:</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li><code>add_threepid.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>add_threepid_failure.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>add_threepid_success.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>notice_expiry.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>notice_expiry.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>notif_mail.html</code> (which, by default, includes <code>room.html</code> and
 | |
| <code>notif.html</code>)</li>
 | |
| <li><code>password_reset.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>password_reset_confirmation.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>password_reset_failure.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>password_reset_success.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>registration.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>registration_failure.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>registration_success.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>sso_account_deactivated.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>sso_auth_bad_user.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>sso_auth_confirm.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>sso_auth_success.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>sso_error.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>sso_login_idp_picker.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>sso_redirect_confirm.html</code></li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1260"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1260">Upgrading to v1.26.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="rolling-back-to-v1250-after-a-failed-upgrade"><a class="header" href="#rolling-back-to-v1250-after-a-failed-upgrade">Rolling back to v1.25.0 after a failed upgrade</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>v1.26.0 includes a lot of large changes. If something problematic
 | |
| occurs, you may want to roll-back to a previous version of Synapse.
 | |
| Because v1.26.0 also includes a new database schema version, reverting
 | |
| that version is also required alongside the generic rollback
 | |
| instructions mentioned above. In short, to roll back to v1.25.0 you need
 | |
| to:</p>
 | |
| <ol>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>Stop the server</p>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>Decrease the schema version in the database:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-sql">UPDATE schema_version SET version = 58;
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>Delete the ignored users & chain cover data:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-sql">DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ignored_users;
 | |
| UPDATE rooms SET has_auth_chain_index = false;
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>For PostgreSQL run:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-sql">TRUNCATE event_auth_chain_links;
 | |
| TRUNCATE event_auth_chains;
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>For SQLite run:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-sql">DELETE FROM event_auth_chain_links;
 | |
| DELETE FROM event_auth_chains;
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>Mark the deltas as not run (so they will re-run on upgrade).</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-sql">DELETE FROM applied_schema_deltas WHERE version = 59 AND file = "59/01ignored_user.py";
 | |
| DELETE FROM applied_schema_deltas WHERE version = 59 AND file = "59/06chain_cover_index.sql";
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>Downgrade Synapse by following the instructions for your
 | |
| installation method in the "Rolling back to older versions"
 | |
| section above.</p>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| </ol>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1250"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1250">Upgrading to v1.25.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="last-release-supporting-python-35"><a class="header" href="#last-release-supporting-python-35">Last release supporting Python 3.5</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>This is the last release of Synapse which guarantees support with Python
 | |
| 3.5, which passed its upstream End of Life date several months ago.</p>
 | |
| <p>We will attempt to maintain support through March 2021, but without
 | |
| guarantees.</p>
 | |
| <p>In the future, Synapse will follow upstream schedules for ending support
 | |
| of older versions of Python and PostgreSQL. Please upgrade to at least
 | |
| Python 3.6 and PostgreSQL 9.6 as soon as possible.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="blacklisting-ip-ranges"><a class="header" href="#blacklisting-ip-ranges">Blacklisting IP ranges</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Synapse v1.25.0 includes new settings, <code>ip_range_blacklist</code> and
 | |
| <code>ip_range_whitelist</code>, for controlling outgoing requests from Synapse for
 | |
| federation, identity servers, push, and for checking key validity for
 | |
| third-party invite events. The previous setting,
 | |
| <code>federation_ip_range_blacklist</code>, is deprecated. The new
 | |
| <code>ip_range_blacklist</code> defaults to private IP ranges if it is not defined.</p>
 | |
| <p>If you have never customised <code>federation_ip_range_blacklist</code> it is
 | |
| recommended that you remove that setting.</p>
 | |
| <p>If you have customised <code>federation_ip_range_blacklist</code> you should update
 | |
| the setting name to <code>ip_range_blacklist</code>.</p>
 | |
| <p>If you have a custom push server that is reached via private IP space
 | |
| you may need to customise <code>ip_range_blacklist</code> or <code>ip_range_whitelist</code>.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1240"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1240">Upgrading to v1.24.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="custom-openid-connect-mapping-provider-breaking-change"><a class="header" href="#custom-openid-connect-mapping-provider-breaking-change">Custom OpenID Connect mapping provider breaking change</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>This release allows the OpenID Connect mapping provider to perform
 | |
| normalisation of the localpart of the Matrix ID. This allows for the
 | |
| mapping provider to specify different algorithms, instead of the
 | |
| <a href="https://matrix.org/docs/spec/appendices#mapping-from-other-character-sets">default
 | |
| way</a>.</p>
 | |
| <p>If your Synapse configuration uses a custom mapping provider
 | |
| (<code>oidc_config.user_mapping_provider.module</code> is specified and
 | |
| not equal to
 | |
| <code>synapse.handlers.oidc_handler.JinjaOidcMappingProvider</code>)
 | |
| then you <em>must</em> ensure that <code>map_user_attributes</code> of the
 | |
| mapping provider performs some normalisation of the
 | |
| <code>localpart</code> returned. To match previous behaviour you can
 | |
| use the <code>map_username_to_mxid_localpart</code> function provided
 | |
| by Synapse. An example is shown below:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-python">from synapse.types import map_username_to_mxid_localpart
 | |
| 
 | |
| class MyMappingProvider:
 | |
|     def map_user_attributes(self, userinfo, token):
 | |
|         # ... your custom logic ...
 | |
|         sso_user_id = ...
 | |
|         localpart = map_username_to_mxid_localpart(sso_user_id)
 | |
| 
 | |
|         return {"localpart": localpart}
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <h2 id="removal-historical-synapse-admin-api"><a class="header" href="#removal-historical-synapse-admin-api">Removal historical Synapse Admin API</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Historically, the Synapse Admin API has been accessible under:</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li><code>/_matrix/client/api/v1/admin</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>/_matrix/client/unstable/admin</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>/_matrix/client/r0/admin</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>/_synapse/admin/v1</code></li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>The endpoints with <code>/_matrix/client/*</code> prefixes have been removed as of
 | |
| v1.24.0. The Admin API is now only accessible under:</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li><code>/_synapse/admin/v1</code></li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>The only exception is the <code>/admin/whois</code> endpoint, which is
 | |
| <a href="https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.1#get-matrix-client-r0-admin-whois-userid">also available via the client-server
 | |
| API</a>.</p>
 | |
| <p>The deprecation of the old endpoints was announced with Synapse 1.20.0
 | |
| (released on 2020-09-22) and makes it easier for homeserver admins to
 | |
| lock down external access to the Admin API endpoints.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1230"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1230">Upgrading to v1.23.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="structured-logging-configuration-breaking-changes"><a class="header" href="#structured-logging-configuration-breaking-changes">Structured logging configuration breaking changes</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>This release deprecates use of the <code>structured: true</code> logging
 | |
| configuration for structured logging. If your logging configuration
 | |
| contains <code>structured: true</code> then it should be modified based on the
 | |
| <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.56/structured_logging.html#upgrading-from-legacy-structured-logging-configuration">structured logging documentation</a>.</p>
 | |
| <p>The <code>structured</code> and <code>drains</code> logging options are now deprecated and
 | |
| should be replaced by standard logging configuration of <code>handlers</code> and
 | |
| <code>formatters</code>.</p>
 | |
| <p>A future will release of Synapse will make using <code>structured: true</code> an
 | |
| error.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1220"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1220">Upgrading to v1.22.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="thirdpartyeventrules-breaking-changes"><a class="header" href="#thirdpartyeventrules-breaking-changes">ThirdPartyEventRules breaking changes</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>This release introduces a backwards-incompatible change to modules
 | |
| making use of <code>ThirdPartyEventRules</code> in Synapse. If you make use of a
 | |
| module defined under the <code>third_party_event_rules</code> config option, please
 | |
| make sure it is updated to handle the below change:</p>
 | |
| <p>The <code>http_client</code> argument is no longer passed to modules as they are
 | |
| initialised. Instead, modules are expected to make use of the
 | |
| <code>http_client</code> property on the <code>ModuleApi</code> class. Modules are now passed
 | |
| a <code>module_api</code> argument during initialisation, which is an instance of
 | |
| <code>ModuleApi</code>. <code>ModuleApi</code> instances have a <code>http_client</code> property which
 | |
| acts the same as the <code>http_client</code> argument previously passed to
 | |
| <code>ThirdPartyEventRules</code> modules.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1210"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1210">Upgrading to v1.21.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="forwarding-_synapseclient-through-your-reverse-proxy"><a class="header" href="#forwarding-_synapseclient-through-your-reverse-proxy">Forwarding <code>/_synapse/client</code> through your reverse proxy</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The <a href="reverse_proxy.html">reverse proxy documentation</a>
 | |
| has been updated to include reverse proxy directives for
 | |
| <code>/_synapse/client/*</code> endpoints. As the user password reset flow now uses
 | |
| endpoints under this prefix, <strong>you must update your reverse proxy
 | |
| configurations for user password reset to work</strong>.</p>
 | |
| <p>Additionally, note that the <a href="workers.html">Synapse worker documentation</a> has been updated to</p>
 | |
| <p>:   state that the <code>/_synapse/client/password_reset/email/submit_token</code>
 | |
| endpoint can be handled</p>
 | |
| <p>by all workers. If you make use of Synapse's worker feature, please
 | |
| update your reverse proxy configuration to reflect this change.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="new-html-templates"><a class="header" href="#new-html-templates">New HTML templates</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>A new HTML template,
 | |
| <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/synapse/res/templates/password_reset_confirmation.html">password_reset_confirmation.html</a>,
 | |
| has been added to the <code>synapse/res/templates</code> directory. If you are
 | |
| using a custom template directory, you may want to copy the template
 | |
| over and modify it.</p>
 | |
| <p>Note that as of v1.20.0, templates do not need to be included in custom
 | |
| template directories for Synapse to start. The default templates will be
 | |
| used if a custom template cannot be found.</p>
 | |
| <p>This page will appear to the user after clicking a password reset link
 | |
| that has been emailed to them.</p>
 | |
| <p>To complete password reset, the page must include a way to make a
 | |
| <code>POST</code> request to
 | |
| <code>/_synapse/client/password_reset/{medium}/submit_token</code> with the query
 | |
| parameters from the original link, presented as a URL-encoded form. See
 | |
| the file itself for more details.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="updated-single-sign-on-html-templates"><a class="header" href="#updated-single-sign-on-html-templates">Updated Single Sign-on HTML Templates</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>The <code>saml_error.html</code> template was removed from Synapse and replaced
 | |
| with the <code>sso_error.html</code> template. If your Synapse is configured to use
 | |
| SAML and a custom <code>sso_redirect_confirm_template_dir</code> configuration then
 | |
| any customisations of the <code>saml_error.html</code> template will need to be
 | |
| merged into the <code>sso_error.html</code> template. These templates are similar,
 | |
| but the parameters are slightly different:</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li>The <code>msg</code> parameter should be renamed to <code>error_description</code>.</li>
 | |
| <li>There is no longer a <code>code</code> parameter for the response code.</li>
 | |
| <li>A string <code>error</code> parameter is available that includes a short hint
 | |
| of why a user is seeing the error page.</li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1180"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1180">Upgrading to v1.18.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="docker--py3-suffix-will-be-removed-in-future-versions"><a class="header" href="#docker--py3-suffix-will-be-removed-in-future-versions">Docker <code>-py3</code> suffix will be removed in future versions</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>From 10th August 2020, we will no longer publish Docker images with the
 | |
| <code>-py3</code> tag suffix. The images tagged with the
 | |
| <code>-py3</code> suffix have been identical to the non-suffixed tags
 | |
| since release 0.99.0, and the suffix is obsolete.</p>
 | |
| <p>On 10th August, we will remove the <code>latest-py3</code> tag.
 | |
| Existing per-release tags (such as <code>v1.18.0-py3</code> will not
 | |
| be removed, but no new <code>-py3</code> tags will be added.</p>
 | |
| <p>Scripts relying on the <code>-py3</code> suffix will need to be
 | |
| updated.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="redis-replication-is-now-recommended-in-lieu-of-tcp-replication"><a class="header" href="#redis-replication-is-now-recommended-in-lieu-of-tcp-replication">Redis replication is now recommended in lieu of TCP replication</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>When setting up worker processes, we now recommend the use of a Redis
 | |
| server for replication. <strong>The old direct TCP connection method is
 | |
| deprecated and will be removed in a future release.</strong> See
 | |
| the <a href="https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.66/workers.html">worker documentation</a> for more details.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1140"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1140">Upgrading to v1.14.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>This version includes a database update which is run as part of the
 | |
| upgrade, and which may take a couple of minutes in the case of a large
 | |
| server. Synapse will not respond to HTTP requests while this update is
 | |
| taking place.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1130"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1130">Upgrading to v1.13.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="incorrect-database-migration-in-old-synapse-versions"><a class="header" href="#incorrect-database-migration-in-old-synapse-versions">Incorrect database migration in old synapse versions</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>A bug was introduced in Synapse 1.4.0 which could cause the room
 | |
| directory to be incomplete or empty if Synapse was upgraded directly
 | |
| from v1.2.1 or earlier, to versions between v1.4.0 and v1.12.x.</p>
 | |
| <p>This will <em>not</em> be a problem for Synapse installations which were:</p>
 | |
| <p>:   -   created at v1.4.0 or later,
 | |
| -   upgraded via v1.3.x, or
 | |
| -   upgraded straight from v1.2.1 or earlier to v1.13.0 or later.</p>
 | |
| <p>If completeness of the room directory is a concern, installations which
 | |
| are affected can be repaired as follows:</p>
 | |
| <ol>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>Run the following sql from a <code>psql</code> or
 | |
| <code>sqlite3</code> console:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-sql">INSERT INTO background_updates (update_name, progress_json, depends_on) VALUES
 | |
|    ('populate_stats_process_rooms', '{}', 'current_state_events_membership');
 | |
| 
 | |
| INSERT INTO background_updates (update_name, progress_json, depends_on) VALUES
 | |
|    ('populate_stats_process_users', '{}', 'populate_stats_process_rooms');
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>Restart synapse.</p>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| </ol>
 | |
| <h2 id="new-single-sign-on-html-templates"><a class="header" href="#new-single-sign-on-html-templates">New Single Sign-on HTML Templates</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>New templates (<code>sso_auth_confirm.html</code>, <code>sso_auth_success.html</code>, and
 | |
| <code>sso_account_deactivated.html</code>) were added to Synapse. If your Synapse
 | |
| is configured to use SSO and a custom
 | |
| <code>sso_redirect_confirm_template_dir</code> configuration then these templates
 | |
| will need to be copied from
 | |
| <a href="synapse/res/templates">synapse/res/templates</a> into that directory.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="synapse-sso-plugins-method-deprecation"><a class="header" href="#synapse-sso-plugins-method-deprecation">Synapse SSO Plugins Method Deprecation</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Plugins using the <code>complete_sso_login</code> method of
 | |
| <code>synapse.module_api.ModuleApi</code> should update to using the async/await
 | |
| version <code>complete_sso_login_async</code> which includes additional checks. The
 | |
| non-async version is considered deprecated.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="rolling-back-to-v1124-after-a-failed-upgrade"><a class="header" href="#rolling-back-to-v1124-after-a-failed-upgrade">Rolling back to v1.12.4 after a failed upgrade</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>v1.13.0 includes a lot of large changes. If something problematic
 | |
| occurs, you may want to roll-back to a previous version of Synapse.
 | |
| Because v1.13.0 also includes a new database schema version, reverting
 | |
| that version is also required alongside the generic rollback
 | |
| instructions mentioned above. In short, to roll back to v1.12.4 you need
 | |
| to:</p>
 | |
| <ol>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>Stop the server</p>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>Decrease the schema version in the database:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-sql">UPDATE schema_version SET version = 57;
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>Downgrade Synapse by following the instructions for your
 | |
| installation method in the "Rolling back to older versions"
 | |
| section above.</p>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| </ol>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1120"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1120">Upgrading to v1.12.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>This version includes a database update which is run as part of the
 | |
| upgrade, and which may take some time (several hours in the case of a
 | |
| large server). Synapse will not respond to HTTP requests while this
 | |
| update is taking place.</p>
 | |
| <p>This is only likely to be a problem in the case of a server which is
 | |
| participating in many rooms.</p>
 | |
| <ol start="0">
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>As with all upgrades, it is recommended that you have a recent
 | |
| backup of your database which can be used for recovery in the event
 | |
| of any problems.</p>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>As an initial check to see if you will be affected, you can try
 | |
| running the following query from the <code>psql</code> or
 | |
| <code>sqlite3</code> console. It is safe to run it while Synapse is
 | |
| still running.</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-sql">SELECT MAX(q.v) FROM (
 | |
|   SELECT (
 | |
|     SELECT ej.json AS v
 | |
|     FROM state_events se INNER JOIN event_json ej USING (event_id)
 | |
|     WHERE se.room_id=rooms.room_id AND se.type='m.room.create' AND se.state_key=''
 | |
|     LIMIT 1
 | |
|   ) FROM rooms WHERE rooms.room_version IS NULL
 | |
| ) q;
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>This query will take about the same amount of time as the upgrade
 | |
| process: ie, if it takes 5 minutes, then it is likely that Synapse
 | |
| will be unresponsive for 5 minutes during the upgrade.</p>
 | |
| <p>If you consider an outage of this duration to be acceptable, no
 | |
| further action is necessary and you can simply start Synapse 1.12.0.</p>
 | |
| <p>If you would prefer to reduce the downtime, continue with the steps
 | |
| below.</p>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>The easiest workaround for this issue is to manually create a new
 | |
| index before upgrading. On PostgreSQL, his can be done as follows:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-sql">CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY tmp_upgrade_1_12_0_index
 | |
| ON state_events(room_id) WHERE type = 'm.room.create';
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>The above query may take some time, but is also safe to run while
 | |
| Synapse is running.</p>
 | |
| <p>We assume that no SQLite users have databases large enough to be
 | |
| affected. If you <em>are</em> affected, you can run a similar query,
 | |
| omitting the <code>CONCURRENTLY</code> keyword. Note however that this
 | |
| operation may in itself cause Synapse to stop running for some time.
 | |
| Synapse admins are reminded that <a href="postgres.html">SQLite is not recommended for use
 | |
| outside a test environment</a>.</p>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>Once the index has been created, the <code>SELECT</code> query in step 1 above
 | |
| should complete quickly. It is therefore safe to upgrade to Synapse
 | |
| 1.12.0.</p>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>Once Synapse 1.12.0 has successfully started and is responding to
 | |
| HTTP requests, the temporary index can be removed:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-sql">DROP INDEX tmp_upgrade_1_12_0_index;
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| </ol>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v1100"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v1100">Upgrading to v1.10.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>Synapse will now log a warning on start up if used with a PostgreSQL
 | |
| database that has a non-recommended locale set.</p>
 | |
| <p>See <a href="postgres.html">Postgres</a> for details.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v180"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v180">Upgrading to v1.8.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>Specifying a <code>log_file</code> config option will now cause Synapse to refuse
 | |
| to start, and should be replaced by with the <code>log_config</code> option.
 | |
| Support for the <code>log_file</code> option was removed in v1.3.0 and has since
 | |
| had no effect.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v170"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v170">Upgrading to v1.7.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>In an attempt to configure Synapse in a privacy preserving way, the
 | |
| default behaviours of <code>allow_public_rooms_without_auth</code> and
 | |
| <code>allow_public_rooms_over_federation</code> have been inverted. This means that
 | |
| by default, only authenticated users querying the Client/Server API will
 | |
| be able to query the room directory, and relatedly that the server will
 | |
| not share room directory information with other servers over federation.</p>
 | |
| <p>If your installation does not explicitly set these settings one way or
 | |
| the other and you want either setting to be <code>true</code> then it will
 | |
| necessary to update your homeserver configuration file accordingly.</p>
 | |
| <p>For more details on the surrounding context see our
 | |
| <a href="https://matrix.org/blog/2019/11/09/avoiding-unwelcome-visitors-on-private-matrix-servers">explainer</a>.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v150"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v150">Upgrading to v1.5.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>This release includes a database migration which may take several
 | |
| minutes to complete if there are a large number (more than a million or
 | |
| so) of entries in the <code>devices</code> table. This is only likely to a be a
 | |
| problem on very large installations.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v140"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v140">Upgrading to v1.4.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="new-custom-templates"><a class="header" href="#new-custom-templates">New custom templates</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>If you have configured a custom template directory with the
 | |
| <code>email.template_dir</code> option, be aware that there are new templates
 | |
| regarding registration and threepid management (see below) that must be
 | |
| included.</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li><code>registration.html</code> and <code>registration.txt</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>registration_success.html</code> and <code>registration_failure.html</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>add_threepid.html</code> and <code>add_threepid.txt</code></li>
 | |
| <li><code>add_threepid_failure.html</code> and <code>add_threepid_success.html</code></li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>Synapse will expect these files to exist inside the configured template
 | |
| directory, and <strong>will fail to start</strong> if they are absent. To view the
 | |
| default templates, see
 | |
| <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tree/master/synapse/res/templates">synapse/res/templates</a>.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="3pid-verification-changes"><a class="header" href="#3pid-verification-changes">3pid verification changes</a></h2>
 | |
| <p><strong>Note: As of this release, users will be unable to add phone numbers or
 | |
| email addresses to their accounts, without changes to the Synapse
 | |
| configuration. This includes adding an email address during
 | |
| registration.</strong></p>
 | |
| <p>It is possible for a user to associate an email address or phone number
 | |
| with their account, for a number of reasons:</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li>for use when logging in, as an alternative to the user id.</li>
 | |
| <li>in the case of email, as an alternative contact to help with account
 | |
| recovery.</li>
 | |
| <li>in the case of email, to receive notifications of missed messages.</li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>Before an email address or phone number can be added to a user's
 | |
| account, or before such an address is used to carry out a
 | |
| password-reset, Synapse must confirm the operation with the owner of the
 | |
| email address or phone number. It does this by sending an email or text
 | |
| giving the user a link or token to confirm receipt. This process is
 | |
| known as '3pid verification'. ('3pid', or 'threepid', stands for
 | |
| third-party identifier, and we use it to refer to external identifiers
 | |
| such as email addresses and phone numbers.)</p>
 | |
| <p>Previous versions of Synapse delegated the task of 3pid verification to
 | |
| an identity server by default. In most cases this server is <code>vector.im</code>
 | |
| or <code>matrix.org</code>.</p>
 | |
| <p>In Synapse 1.4.0, for security and privacy reasons, the homeserver will
 | |
| no longer delegate this task to an identity server by default. Instead,
 | |
| the server administrator will need to explicitly decide how they would
 | |
| like the verification messages to be sent.</p>
 | |
| <p>In the medium term, the <code>vector.im</code> and <code>matrix.org</code> identity servers
 | |
| will disable support for delegated 3pid verification entirely. However,
 | |
| in order to ease the transition, they will retain the capability for a
 | |
| limited period. Delegated email verification will be disabled on Monday
 | |
| 2nd December 2019 (giving roughly 2 months notice). Disabling delegated
 | |
| SMS verification will follow some time after that once SMS verification
 | |
| support lands in Synapse.</p>
 | |
| <p>Once delegated 3pid verification support has been disabled in the
 | |
| <code>vector.im</code> and <code>matrix.org</code> identity servers, all Synapse versions that
 | |
| depend on those instances will be unable to verify email and phone
 | |
| numbers through them. There are no imminent plans to remove delegated
 | |
| 3pid verification from Sydent generally. (Sydent is the identity server
 | |
| project that backs the <code>vector.im</code> and <code>matrix.org</code> instances).</p>
 | |
| <h3 id="email"><a class="header" href="#email">Email</a></h3>
 | |
| <p>Following upgrade, to continue verifying email (e.g. as part of the
 | |
| registration process), admins can either:-</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li>Configure Synapse to use an email server.</li>
 | |
| <li>Run or choose an identity server which allows delegated email
 | |
| verification and delegate to it.</li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <h4 id="configure-smtp-in-synapse"><a class="header" href="#configure-smtp-in-synapse">Configure SMTP in Synapse</a></h4>
 | |
| <p>To configure an SMTP server for Synapse, modify the configuration
 | |
| section headed <code>email</code>, and be sure to have at least the
 | |
| <code>smtp_host, smtp_port</code> and <code>notif_from</code> fields filled out.</p>
 | |
| <p>You may also need to set <code>smtp_user</code>, <code>smtp_pass</code>, and
 | |
| <code>require_transport_security</code>.</p>
 | |
| <p>See the <a href="usage/configuration/homeserver_sample_config.html">sample configuration file</a>
 | |
| for more details on these settings.</p>
 | |
| <h4 id="delegate-email-to-an-identity-server"><a class="header" href="#delegate-email-to-an-identity-server">Delegate email to an identity server</a></h4>
 | |
| <p>Some admins will wish to continue using email verification as part of
 | |
| the registration process, but will not immediately have an appropriate
 | |
| SMTP server at hand.</p>
 | |
| <p>To this end, we will continue to support email verification delegation
 | |
| via the <code>vector.im</code> and <code>matrix.org</code> identity servers for two months.
 | |
| Support for delegated email verification will be disabled on Monday 2nd
 | |
| December.</p>
 | |
| <p>The <code>account_threepid_delegates</code> dictionary defines whether the
 | |
| homeserver should delegate an external server (typically an <a href="https://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/r0.2.1">identity
 | |
| server</a>) to handle
 | |
| sending confirmation messages via email and SMS.</p>
 | |
| <p>So to delegate email verification, in <code>homeserver.yaml</code>, set
 | |
| <code>account_threepid_delegates.email</code> to the base URL of an identity
 | |
| server. For example:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-yaml">account_threepid_delegates:
 | |
|     email: https://example.com     # Delegate email sending to example.com
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>Note that <code>account_threepid_delegates.email</code> replaces the deprecated
 | |
| <code>email.trust_identity_server_for_password_resets</code>: if
 | |
| <code>email.trust_identity_server_for_password_resets</code> is set to <code>true</code>, and
 | |
| <code>account_threepid_delegates.email</code> is not set, then the first entry in
 | |
| <code>trusted_third_party_id_servers</code> will be used as the
 | |
| <code>account_threepid_delegate</code> for email. This is to ensure compatibility
 | |
| with existing Synapse installs that set up external server handling for
 | |
| these tasks before v1.4.0. If
 | |
| <code>email.trust_identity_server_for_password_resets</code> is <code>true</code> and no
 | |
| trusted identity server domains are configured, Synapse will report an
 | |
| error and refuse to start.</p>
 | |
| <p>If <code>email.trust_identity_server_for_password_resets</code> is <code>false</code> or
 | |
| absent and no <code>email</code> delegate is configured in
 | |
| <code>account_threepid_delegates</code>, then Synapse will send email verification
 | |
| messages itself, using the configured SMTP server (see above). that
 | |
| type.</p>
 | |
| <h3 id="phone-numbers"><a class="header" href="#phone-numbers">Phone numbers</a></h3>
 | |
| <p>Synapse does not support phone-number verification itself, so the only
 | |
| way to maintain the ability for users to add phone numbers to their
 | |
| accounts will be by continuing to delegate phone number verification to
 | |
| the <code>matrix.org</code> and <code>vector.im</code> identity servers (or another identity
 | |
| server that supports SMS sending).</p>
 | |
| <p>The <code>account_threepid_delegates</code> dictionary defines whether the
 | |
| homeserver should delegate an external server (typically an <a href="https://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/r0.2.1">identity
 | |
| server</a>) to handle
 | |
| sending confirmation messages via email and SMS.</p>
 | |
| <p>So to delegate phone number verification, in <code>homeserver.yaml</code>, set
 | |
| <code>account_threepid_delegates.msisdn</code> to the base URL of an identity
 | |
| server. For example:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-yaml">account_threepid_delegates:
 | |
|     msisdn: https://example.com     # Delegate sms sending to example.com
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>The <code>matrix.org</code> and <code>vector.im</code> identity servers will continue to
 | |
| support delegated phone number verification via SMS until such time as
 | |
| it is possible for admins to configure their servers to perform phone
 | |
| number verification directly. More details will follow in a future
 | |
| release.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="rolling-back-to-v131"><a class="header" href="#rolling-back-to-v131">Rolling back to v1.3.1</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>If you encounter problems with v1.4.0, it should be possible to roll
 | |
| back to v1.3.1, subject to the following:</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>The 'room statistics' engine was heavily reworked in this release
 | |
| (see <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/5971">#5971</a>),
 | |
| including significant changes to the database schema, which are not
 | |
| easily reverted. This will cause the room statistics engine to stop
 | |
| updating when you downgrade.</p>
 | |
| <p>The room statistics are essentially unused in v1.3.1 (in future
 | |
| versions of Synapse, they will be used to populate the room
 | |
| directory), so there should be no loss of functionality. However,
 | |
| the statistics engine will write errors to the logs, which can be
 | |
| avoided by setting the following in <code>homeserver.yaml</code>:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-yaml">stats:
 | |
|   enabled: false
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>Don't forget to re-enable it when you upgrade again, in preparation
 | |
| for its use in the room directory!</p>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v120"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v120">Upgrading to v1.2.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>Some counter metrics have been renamed, with the old names deprecated.
 | |
| See <a href="metrics-howto.html#renaming-of-metrics--deprecation-of-old-names-in-12">the metrics
 | |
| documentation</a>
 | |
| for details.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v110"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v110">Upgrading to v1.1.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>Synapse v1.1.0 removes support for older Python and PostgreSQL versions,
 | |
| as outlined in <a href="https://matrix.org/blog/2019/04/08/synapse-deprecating-postgres-9-4-and-python-2-x">our deprecation
 | |
| notice</a>.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="minimum-python-version"><a class="header" href="#minimum-python-version">Minimum Python Version</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Synapse v1.1.0 has a minimum Python requirement of Python 3.5. Python
 | |
| 3.6 or Python 3.7 are recommended as they have improved internal string
 | |
| handling, significantly reducing memory usage.</p>
 | |
| <p>If you use current versions of the Matrix.org-distributed Debian
 | |
| packages or Docker images, action is not required.</p>
 | |
| <p>If you install Synapse in a Python virtual environment, please see
 | |
| "Upgrading to v0.34.0" for notes on setting up a new virtualenv under
 | |
| Python 3.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="minimum-postgresql-version"><a class="header" href="#minimum-postgresql-version">Minimum PostgreSQL Version</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>If using PostgreSQL under Synapse, you will need to use PostgreSQL 9.5
 | |
| or above. Please see the <a href="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/upgrading.html">PostgreSQL
 | |
| documentation</a> for
 | |
| more details on upgrading your database.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v10"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v10">Upgrading to v1.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <h2 id="validation-of-tls-certificates"><a class="header" href="#validation-of-tls-certificates">Validation of TLS certificates</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Synapse v1.0 is the first release to enforce validation of TLS
 | |
| certificates for the federation API. It is therefore essential that your
 | |
| certificates are correctly configured.</p>
 | |
| <p>Note, v1.0 installations will also no longer be able to federate with
 | |
| servers that have not correctly configured their certificates.</p>
 | |
| <p>In rare cases, it may be desirable to disable certificate checking: for
 | |
| example, it might be essential to be able to federate with a given
 | |
| legacy server in a closed federation. This can be done in one of two
 | |
| ways:-</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li>Configure the global switch <code>federation_verify_certificates</code> to
 | |
| <code>false</code>.</li>
 | |
| <li>Configure a whitelist of server domains to trust via
 | |
| <code>federation_certificate_verification_whitelist</code>.</li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>See the <a href="usage/configuration/homeserver_sample_config.html">sample configuration file</a>
 | |
| for more details on these settings.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="email-1"><a class="header" href="#email-1">Email</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>When a user requests a password reset, Synapse will send an email to the
 | |
| user to confirm the request.</p>
 | |
| <p>Previous versions of Synapse delegated the job of sending this email to
 | |
| an identity server. If the identity server was somehow malicious or
 | |
| became compromised, it would be theoretically possible to hijack an
 | |
| account through this means.</p>
 | |
| <p>Therefore, by default, Synapse v1.0 will send the confirmation email
 | |
| itself. If Synapse is not configured with an SMTP server, password reset
 | |
| via email will be disabled.</p>
 | |
| <p>To configure an SMTP server for Synapse, modify the configuration
 | |
| section headed <code>email</code>, and be sure to have at least the <code>smtp_host</code>,
 | |
| <code>smtp_port</code> and <code>notif_from</code> fields filled out. You may also need to set
 | |
| <code>smtp_user</code>, <code>smtp_pass</code>, and <code>require_transport_security</code>.</p>
 | |
| <p>If you are absolutely certain that you wish to continue using an
 | |
| identity server for password resets, set
 | |
| <code>trust_identity_server_for_password_resets</code> to <code>true</code>.</p>
 | |
| <p>See the <a href="usage/configuration/homeserver_sample_config.html">sample configuration file</a>
 | |
| for more details on these settings.</p>
 | |
| <h2 id="new-email-templates"><a class="header" href="#new-email-templates">New email templates</a></h2>
 | |
| <p>Some new templates have been added to the default template directory for the purpose of
 | |
| the homeserver sending its own password reset emails. If you have configured a
 | |
| custom <code>template_dir</code> in your Synapse config, these files will need to be added.</p>
 | |
| <p><code>password_reset.html</code> and <code>password_reset.txt</code> are HTML and plain text
 | |
| templates respectively that contain the contents of what will be emailed
 | |
| to the user upon attempting to reset their password via email.
 | |
| <code>password_reset_success.html</code> and <code>password_reset_failure.html</code> are HTML
 | |
| files that the content of which (assuming no redirect URL is set) will
 | |
| be shown to the user after they attempt to click the link in the email
 | |
| sent to them.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v0990"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v0990">Upgrading to v0.99.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>Please be aware that, before Synapse v1.0 is released around March 2019,
 | |
| you will need to replace any self-signed certificates with those
 | |
| verified by a root CA. Information on how to do so can be found at the
 | |
| ACME docs.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v0340"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v0340">Upgrading to v0.34.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <ol>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>This release is the first to fully support Python 3. Synapse will
 | |
| now run on Python versions 3.5, or 3.6 (as well as 2.7). We
 | |
| recommend switching to Python 3, as it has been shown to give
 | |
| performance improvements.</p>
 | |
| <p>For users who have installed Synapse into a virtualenv, we recommend
 | |
| doing this by creating a new virtualenv. For example:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-sh">virtualenv -p python3 ~/synapse/env3
 | |
| source ~/synapse/env3/bin/activate
 | |
| pip install matrix-synapse
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>You can then start synapse as normal, having activated the new
 | |
| virtualenv:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-sh">cd ~/synapse
 | |
| source env3/bin/activate
 | |
| synctl start
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>Users who have installed from distribution packages should see the
 | |
| relevant package documentation. See below for notes on Debian
 | |
| packages.</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>When upgrading to Python 3, you <strong>must</strong> make sure that your log
 | |
| files are configured as UTF-8, by adding <code>encoding: utf8</code> to the
 | |
| <code>RotatingFileHandler</code> configuration (if you have one) in your
 | |
| <code><server>.log.config</code> file. For example, if your <code>log.config</code>
 | |
| file contains:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-yaml">handlers:
 | |
|   file:
 | |
|     class: logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler
 | |
|     formatter: precise
 | |
|     filename: homeserver.log
 | |
|     maxBytes: 104857600
 | |
|     backupCount: 10
 | |
|     filters: [context]
 | |
|   console:
 | |
|     class: logging.StreamHandler
 | |
|     formatter: precise
 | |
|     filters: [context]
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>Then you should update this to be:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-yaml">handlers:
 | |
|   file:
 | |
|     class: logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler
 | |
|     formatter: precise
 | |
|     filename: homeserver.log
 | |
|     maxBytes: 104857600
 | |
|     backupCount: 10
 | |
|     filters: [context]
 | |
|     encoding: utf8
 | |
|   console:
 | |
|     class: logging.StreamHandler
 | |
|     formatter: precise
 | |
|     filters: [context]
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>There is no need to revert this change if downgrading to
 | |
| Python 2.</p>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>We are also making available Debian packages which will run Synapse
 | |
| on Python 3. You can switch to these packages with
 | |
| <code>apt-get install matrix-synapse-py3</code>, however, please read
 | |
| <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/release-v0.34.0/debian/NEWS">debian/NEWS</a>
 | |
| before doing so. The existing <code>matrix-synapse</code> packages will
 | |
| continue to use Python 2 for the time being.</p>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>This release removes the <code>riot.im</code> from the default list of trusted
 | |
| identity servers.</p>
 | |
| <p>If <code>riot.im</code> is in your homeserver's list of
 | |
| <code>trusted_third_party_id_servers</code>, you should remove it. It was added
 | |
| in case a hypothetical future identity server was put there. If you
 | |
| don't remove it, users may be unable to deactivate their accounts.</p>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| <li>
 | |
| <p>This release no longer installs the (unmaintained) Matrix Console
 | |
| web client as part of the default installation. It is possible to
 | |
| re-enable it by installing it separately and setting the
 | |
| <code>web_client_location</code> config option, but please consider switching
 | |
| to another client.</p>
 | |
| </li>
 | |
| </ol>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v0337"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v0337">Upgrading to v0.33.7</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>This release removes the example email notification templates from
 | |
| <code>res/templates</code> (they are now internal to the python package). This
 | |
| should only affect you if you (a) deploy your Synapse instance from a
 | |
| git checkout or a github snapshot URL, and (b) have email notifications
 | |
| enabled.</p>
 | |
| <p>If you have email notifications enabled, you should ensure that
 | |
| <code>email.template_dir</code> is either configured to point at a directory where
 | |
| you have installed customised templates, or leave it unset to use the
 | |
| default templates.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v0273"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v0273">Upgrading to v0.27.3</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>This release expands the anonymous usage stats sent if the opt-in
 | |
| <code>report_stats</code> configuration is set to <code>true</code>. We now capture RSS memory
 | |
| and cpu use at a very coarse level. This requires administrators to
 | |
| install the optional <code>psutil</code> python module.</p>
 | |
| <p>We would appreciate it if you could assist by ensuring this module is
 | |
| available and <code>report_stats</code> is enabled. This will let us see if
 | |
| performance changes to synapse are having an impact to the general
 | |
| community.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v0150"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v0150">Upgrading to v0.15.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>If you want to use the new URL previewing API
 | |
| (<code>/_matrix/media/r0/preview_url</code>) then you have to explicitly enable it
 | |
| in the config and update your dependencies dependencies. See README.rst
 | |
| for details.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v0110"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v0110">Upgrading to v0.11.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>This release includes the option to send anonymous usage stats to
 | |
| matrix.org, and requires that administrators explictly opt in or out by
 | |
| setting the <code>report_stats</code> option to either <code>true</code> or <code>false</code>.</p>
 | |
| <p>We would really appreciate it if you could help our project out by
 | |
| reporting anonymized usage statistics from your homeserver. Only very
 | |
| basic aggregate data (e.g. number of users) will be reported, but it
 | |
| helps us to track the growth of the Matrix community, and helps us to
 | |
| make Matrix a success, as well as to convince other networks that they
 | |
| should peer with us.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v090"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v090">Upgrading to v0.9.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>Application services have had a breaking API change in this version.</p>
 | |
| <p>They can no longer register themselves with a home server using the AS
 | |
| HTTP API. This decision was made because a compromised application
 | |
| service with free reign to register any regex in effect grants full
 | |
| read/write access to the home server if a regex of <code>.*</code> is used. An
 | |
| attack where a compromised AS re-registers itself with <code>.*</code> was deemed
 | |
| too big of a security risk to ignore, and so the ability to register
 | |
| with the HS remotely has been removed.</p>
 | |
| <p>It has been replaced by specifying a list of application service
 | |
| registrations in <code>homeserver.yaml</code>:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-yaml">app_service_config_files: ["registration-01.yaml", "registration-02.yaml"]
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>Where <code>registration-01.yaml</code> looks like:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code class="language-yaml">url: <String>  # e.g. "https://my.application.service.com"
 | |
| as_token: <String>
 | |
| hs_token: <String>
 | |
| sender_localpart: <String>  # This is a new field which denotes the user_id localpart when using the AS token
 | |
| namespaces:
 | |
|   users:
 | |
|     - exclusive: <Boolean>
 | |
|       regex: <String>  # e.g. "@prefix_.*"
 | |
|   aliases:
 | |
|     - exclusive: <Boolean>
 | |
|       regex: <String>
 | |
|   rooms:
 | |
|     - exclusive: <Boolean>
 | |
|       regex: <String>
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v080"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v080">Upgrading to v0.8.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>Servers which use captchas will need to add their public key to:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code>static/client/register/register_config.js
 | |
| 
 | |
|   window.matrixRegistrationConfig = {
 | |
|       recaptcha_public_key: "YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY"
 | |
|   };
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>This is required in order to support registration fallback (typically
 | |
| used on mobile devices).</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v070"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v070">Upgrading to v0.7.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>New dependencies are:</p>
 | |
| <ul>
 | |
| <li>pydenticon</li>
 | |
| <li>simplejson</li>
 | |
| <li>syutil</li>
 | |
| <li>matrix-angular-sdk</li>
 | |
| </ul>
 | |
| <p>To pull in these dependencies in a virtual env, run:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code>python synapse/python_dependencies.py | xargs -n 1 pip install
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v060"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v060">Upgrading to v0.6.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>To pull in new dependencies, run:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code>python setup.py develop --user
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>This update includes a change to the database schema. To upgrade you
 | |
| first need to upgrade the database by running:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code>python scripts/upgrade_db_to_v0.6.0.py <db> <server_name> <signing_key>
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>Where <code><db></code> is the location of the database,
 | |
| <code><server_name></code> is the server name as specified in the
 | |
| synapse configuration, and <code><signing_key></code> is the location
 | |
| of the signing key as specified in the synapse configuration.</p>
 | |
| <p>This may take some time to complete. Failures of signatures and content
 | |
| hashes can safely be ignored.</p>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v051"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v051">Upgrading to v0.5.1</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>Depending on precisely when you installed v0.5.0 you may have ended up
 | |
| with a stale release of the reference matrix webclient installed as a
 | |
| python module. To uninstall it and ensure you are depending on the
 | |
| latest module, please run:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code>$ pip uninstall syweb
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v050"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v050">Upgrading to v0.5.0</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>The webclient has been split out into a seperate repository/pacakage in
 | |
| this release. Before you restart your homeserver you will need to pull
 | |
| in the webclient package by running:</p>
 | |
| <pre><code>python setup.py develop --user
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>This release completely changes the database schema and so requires
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| upgrading it before starting the new version of the homeserver.</p>
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| <p>The script "database-prepare-for-0.5.0.sh" should be used to upgrade
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| the database. This will save all user information, such as logins and
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| profiles, but will otherwise purge the database. This includes messages,
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| which rooms the home server was a member of and room alias mappings.</p>
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| <p>If you would like to keep your history, please take a copy of your
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| database file and ask for help in #matrix:matrix.org. The upgrade
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| process is, unfortunately, non trivial and requires human intervention
 | |
| to resolve any resulting conflicts during the upgrade process.</p>
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| <p>Before running the command the homeserver should be first completely
 | |
| shutdown. To run it, simply specify the location of the database, e.g.:</p>
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| <blockquote>
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| <p>./scripts/database-prepare-for-0.5.0.sh "homeserver.db"</p>
 | |
| </blockquote>
 | |
| <p>Once this has successfully completed it will be safe to restart the
 | |
| homeserver. You may notice that the homeserver takes a few seconds
 | |
| longer to restart than usual as it reinitializes the database.</p>
 | |
| <p>On startup of the new version, users can either rejoin remote rooms
 | |
| using room aliases or by being reinvited. Alternatively, if any other
 | |
| homeserver sends a message to a room that the homeserver was previously
 | |
| in the local HS will automatically rejoin the room.</p>
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| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v040"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v040">Upgrading to v0.4.0</a></h1>
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| <p>This release needs an updated syutil version. Run:</p>
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| <pre><code>python setup.py develop
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| </code></pre>
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| <p>You will also need to upgrade your configuration as the signing key
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| format has changed. Run:</p>
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| <pre><code>python -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path <CONFIG> --generate-config
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| </code></pre>
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| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v030"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v030">Upgrading to v0.3.0</a></h1>
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| <p>This registration API now closely matches the login API. This introduces
 | |
| a bit more backwards and forwards between the HS and the client, but
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| this improves the overall flexibility of the API. You can now GET on
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| /register to retrieve a list of valid registration flows. Upon choosing
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| one, they are submitted in the same way as login, e.g:</p>
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| <pre><code>{
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|   type: m.login.password,
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|   user: foo,
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|   password: bar
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| }
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| </code></pre>
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| <p>The default HS supports 2 flows, with and without Identity Server email
 | |
| authentication. Enabling captcha on the HS will add in an extra step to
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| all flows: <code>m.login.recaptcha</code> which must be completed before you can
 | |
| transition to the next stage. There is a new login type:
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| <code>m.login.email.identity</code> which contains the <code>threepidCreds</code> key which
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| were previously sent in the original register request. For more
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| information on this, see the specification.</p>
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| <h2 id="web-client"><a class="header" href="#web-client">Web Client</a></h2>
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| <p>The VoIP specification has changed between v0.2.0 and v0.3.0. Users
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| should refresh any browser tabs to get the latest web client code. Users
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| on v0.2.0 of the web client will not be able to call those on v0.3.0 and
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| vice versa.</p>
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| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v020"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v020">Upgrading to v0.2.0</a></h1>
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| <p>The home server now requires setting up of SSL config before it can run.
 | |
| To automatically generate default config use:</p>
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| <pre><code>$ python synapse/app/homeserver.py \
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|     --server-name machine.my.domain.name \
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|     --bind-port 8448 \
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|     --config-path homeserver.config \
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|     --generate-config
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| </code></pre>
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| <p>This config can be edited if desired, for example to specify a different
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| SSL certificate to use. Once done you can run the home server using:</p>
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| <pre><code>$ python synapse/app/homeserver.py --config-path homeserver.config
 | |
| </code></pre>
 | |
| <p>See the README.rst for more information.</p>
 | |
| <p>Also note that some config options have been renamed, including:</p>
 | |
| <ul>
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| <li>"host" to "server-name"</li>
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| <li>"database" to "database-path"</li>
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| <li>"port" to "bind-port" and "unsecure-port"</li>
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| </ul>
 | |
| <h1 id="upgrading-to-v001"><a class="header" href="#upgrading-to-v001">Upgrading to v0.0.1</a></h1>
 | |
| <p>This release completely changes the database schema and so requires
 | |
| upgrading it before starting the new version of the homeserver.</p>
 | |
| <p>The script "database-prepare-for-0.0.1.sh" should be used to upgrade
 | |
| the database. This will save all user information, such as logins and
 | |
| profiles, but will otherwise purge the database. This includes messages,
 | |
| which rooms the home server was a member of and room alias mappings.</p>
 | |
| <p>Before running the command the homeserver should be first completely
 | |
| shutdown. To run it, simply specify the location of the database, e.g.:</p>
 | |
| <blockquote>
 | |
| <p>./scripts/database-prepare-for-0.0.1.sh "homeserver.db"</p>
 | |
| </blockquote>
 | |
| <p>Once this has successfully completed it will be safe to restart the
 | |
| homeserver. You may notice that the homeserver takes a few seconds
 | |
| longer to restart than usual as it reinitializes the database.</p>
 | |
| <p>On startup of the new version, users can either rejoin remote rooms
 | |
| using room aliases or by being reinvited. Alternatively, if any other
 | |
| homeserver sends a message to a room that the homeserver was previously
 | |
| in the local HS will automatically rejoin the room.</p>
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