diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 613a773775a2..2afddf58d1cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ jobs:
       # Run Complement
       - run: |
           set -o pipefail
-          go test -v -json -p 1 -tags synapse_blacklist,msc2403,msc2716,msc3030 ./tests/... 2>&1 | gotestfmt
+          go test -v -json -tags synapse_blacklist,msc2403,msc2716,msc3030 ./tests/... 2>&1 | gotestfmt
         shell: bash
         name: Run Complement Tests
         env:
diff --git a/CHANGES-pre-1.0.md b/CHANGES-pre-1.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bcd33d2256f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES-pre-1.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3640 @@
+Synapse 0.99.5.2 (2019-05-30)
+=============================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix bug where we leaked extremities when we soft failed events, leading to performance degradation. ([\#5274](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5274), [\#5278](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5278), [\#5291](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5291))
+
+
+Synapse 0.99.5.1 (2019-05-22)
+=============================
+
+0.99.5.1 supersedes 0.99.5 due to malformed debian changelog - no functional changes.
+
+Synapse 0.99.5 (2019-05-22)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
+Synapse 0.99.5rc1 (2019-05-21)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Add ability to blacklist IP ranges for the federation client. ([\#5043](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5043))
+- Ratelimiting configuration for clients sending messages and the federation server has been altered to match login ratelimiting. The old configuration names will continue working. Check the sample config for details of the new names. ([\#5181](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5181))
+- Drop support for the undocumented /_matrix/client/v2_alpha API prefix. ([\#5190](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5190))
+- Add an option to disable per-room profiles. ([\#5196](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5196))
+- Stick an expiration date to any registered user missing one at startup if account validity is enabled. ([\#5204](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5204))
+- Add experimental support for relations (aka reactions and edits). ([\#5209](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5209), [\#5211](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5211), [\#5203](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5203), [\#5212](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5212))
+- Add a room version 4 which uses a new event ID format, as per [MSC2002](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2002). ([\#5210](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5210), [\#5217](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5217))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix image orientation when generating thumbnails (needs pillow>=4.3.0). Contributed by Pau Rodriguez-Estivill. ([\#5039](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5039))
+- Exclude soft-failed events from forward-extremity candidates: fixes "No forward extremities left!" error. ([\#5146](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5146))
+- Re-order stages in registration flows such that msisdn and email verification are done last. ([\#5174](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5174))
+- Fix 3pid guest invites. ([\#5177](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5177))
+- Fix a bug where the register endpoint would fail with M_THREEPID_IN_USE instead of returning an account previously registered in the same session. ([\#5187](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5187))
+- Prevent registration for user ids that are too long to fit into a state key. Contributed by Reid Anderson. ([\#5198](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5198))
+- Fix incompatibility between ACME support and Python 3.5.2. ([\#5218](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5218))
+- Fix error handling for rooms whose versions are unknown. ([\#5219](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5219))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Make /sync attempt to return device updates for both joined and invited users. Note that this doesn't currently work correctly due to other bugs. ([\#3484](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3484))
+- Update tests to consistently be configured via the same code that is used when loading from configuration files. ([\#5171](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5171), [\#5185](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5185))
+- Allow client event serialization to be async. ([\#5183](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5183))
+- Expose DataStore._get_events as get_events_as_list. ([\#5184](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5184))
+- Make generating SQL bounds for pagination generic. ([\#5191](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5191))
+- Stop telling people to install the optional dependencies by default. ([\#5197](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5197))
+
+
+Synapse 0.99.4 (2019-05-15)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
+Synapse 0.99.4rc1 (2019-05-13)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Add systemd-python to the optional dependencies to enable logging to the systemd journal. Install with `pip install matrix-synapse[systemd]`. ([\#4339](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4339))
+- Add a default .m.rule.tombstone push rule. ([\#4867](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4867))
+- Add ability for password provider modules to bind email addresses to users upon registration. ([\#4947](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4947))
+- Implementation of [MSC1711](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1711) including config options for requiring valid TLS certificates for federation traffic, the ability to disable TLS validation for specific domains, and the ability to specify your own list of CA certificates. ([\#4967](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4967))
+- Remove presence list support as per MSC 1819. ([\#4989](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4989))
+- Reduce CPU usage starting pushers during start up. ([\#4991](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4991))
+- Add a delete group admin API. ([\#5002](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5002))
+- Add config option to block users from looking up 3PIDs. ([\#5010](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5010))
+- Add context to phonehome stats. ([\#5020](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5020))
+- Configure the example systemd units to have a log identifier of `matrix-synapse`
+  instead of the executable name, `python`.
+  Contributed by Christoph Müller. ([\#5023](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5023))
+- Add time-based account expiration. ([\#5027](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5027), [\#5047](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5047), [\#5073](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5073), [\#5116](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5116))
+- Add support for handling `/versions`, `/voip` and `/push_rules` client endpoints to client_reader worker. ([\#5063](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5063), [\#5065](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5065), [\#5070](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5070))
+- Add a configuration option to require authentication on /publicRooms and /profile endpoints. ([\#5083](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5083))
+- Move admin APIs to `/_synapse/admin/v1`. (The old paths are retained for backwards-compatibility, for now). ([\#5119](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5119))
+- Implement an admin API for sending server notices. Many thanks to @krombel who provided a foundation for this work. ([\#5121](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5121), [\#5142](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5142))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Avoid redundant URL encoding of redirect URL for SSO login in the fallback login page. Fixes a regression introduced in [#4220](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/4220). Contributed by Marcel Fabian Krüger ("[zaugin](https://github.com/zauguin)"). ([\#4555](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4555))
+- Fix bug where presence updates were sent to all servers in a room when a new server joined, rather than to just the new server. ([\#4942](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4942), [\#5103](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5103))
+- Fix sync bug which made accepting invites unreliable in worker-mode synapses. ([\#4955](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4955), [\#4956](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4956))
+- start.sh: Fix the --no-rate-limit option for messages and make it bypass rate limit on registration and login too. ([\#4981](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4981))
+- Transfer related groups on room upgrade. ([\#4990](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4990))
+- Prevent the ability to kick users from a room they aren't in. ([\#4999](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4999))
+- Fix issue #4596 so synapse_port_db script works with --curses option on Python 3. Contributed by Anders Jensen-Waud <anders@jensenwaud.com>. ([\#5003](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5003))
+- Clients timing out/disappearing while downloading from the media repository will now no longer log a spurious "Producer was not unregistered" message. ([\#5009](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5009))
+- Fix "cannot import name execute_batch" error with postgres. ([\#5032](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5032))
+- Fix disappearing exceptions in manhole. ([\#5035](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5035))
+- Workaround bug in twisted where attempting too many concurrent DNS requests could cause it to hang due to running out of file descriptors. ([\#5037](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5037))
+- Make sure we're not registering the same 3pid twice on registration. ([\#5071](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5071))
+- Don't crash on lack of expiry templates. ([\#5077](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5077))
+- Fix the ratelimiting on third party invites. ([\#5104](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5104))
+- Add some missing limitations to room alias creation. ([\#5124](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5124), [\#5128](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5128))
+- Limit the number of EDUs in transactions to 100 as expected by synapse. Thanks to @superboum for this work! ([\#5138](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5138))
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Add test to verify threepid auth check added in #4435. ([\#4474](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4474))
+- Fix/improve some docstrings in the replication code. ([\#4949](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4949))
+- Split synapse.replication.tcp.streams into smaller files. ([\#4953](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4953))
+- Refactor replication row generation/parsing. ([\#4954](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4954))
+- Run `black` to clean up formatting on `synapse/storage/roommember.py` and `synapse/storage/events.py`. ([\#4959](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4959))
+- Remove log line for password via the admin API. ([\#4965](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4965))
+- Fix typo in TLS filenames in docker/README.md. Also add the '-p' commandline option to the 'docker run' example. Contributed by Jurrie Overgoor. ([\#4968](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4968))
+- Refactor room version definitions. ([\#4969](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4969))
+- Reduce log level of .well-known/matrix/client responses. ([\#4972](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4972))
+- Add `config.signing_key_path` that can be read by `synapse.config` utility. ([\#4974](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4974))
+- Track which identity server is used when binding a threepid and use that for unbinding, as per MSC1915. ([\#4982](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4982))
+- Rewrite KeyringTestCase as a HomeserverTestCase. ([\#4985](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4985))
+- README updates: Corrected the default POSTGRES_USER. Added port forwarding hint in TLS section. ([\#4987](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4987))
+- Remove a number of unused tables from the database schema. ([\#4992](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4992), [\#5028](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5028), [\#5033](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5033))
+- Run `black` on the remainder of `synapse/storage/`. ([\#4996](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4996))
+- Fix grammar in get_current_users_in_room and give it a docstring. ([\#4998](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4998))
+- Clean up some code in the server-key Keyring. ([\#5001](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5001))
+- Convert SYNAPSE_NO_TLS Docker variable to boolean for user friendliness. Contributed by Gabriel Eckerson. ([\#5005](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5005))
+- Refactor synapse.storage._base._simple_select_list_paginate. ([\#5007](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5007))
+- Store the notary server name correctly in server_keys_json. ([\#5024](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5024))
+- Rewrite Datastore.get_server_verify_keys to reduce the number of database transactions. ([\#5030](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5030))
+- Remove extraneous period from copyright headers. ([\#5046](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5046))
+- Update documentation for where to get Synapse packages. ([\#5067](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5067))
+- Add workarounds for pep-517 install errors. ([\#5098](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5098))
+- Improve logging when event-signature checks fail. ([\#5100](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5100))
+- Factor out an "assert_requester_is_admin" function. ([\#5120](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5120))
+- Remove the requirement to authenticate for /admin/server_version. ([\#5122](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5122))
+- Prevent an exception from being raised in a IResolutionReceiver and use a more generic error message for blacklisted URL previews. ([\#5155](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5155))
+- Run `black` on the tests directory. ([\#5170](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5170))
+- Fix CI after new release of isort. ([\#5179](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5179))
+- Fix bogus imports in unit tests. ([\#5154](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5154))
+
+
+Synapse 0.99.3.2 (2019-05-03)
+=============================
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Ensure that we have `urllib3` <1.25, to resolve incompatibility with `requests`. ([\#5135](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5135))
+
+
+Synapse 0.99.3.1 (2019-05-03)
+=============================
+
+Security update
+---------------
+
+This release includes two security fixes:
+
+- Switch to using a cryptographically-secure random number generator for token strings, ensuring they cannot be predicted by an attacker. Thanks to @opnsec for identifying and responsibly disclosing this issue! ([\#5133](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5133))
+- Blacklist 0.0.0.0 and :: by default for URL previews. Thanks to @opnsec for identifying and responsibly disclosing this issue too! ([\#5134](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5134))
+
+Synapse 0.99.3 (2019-04-01)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
+Synapse 0.99.3rc1 (2019-03-27)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- The user directory has been rewritten to make it faster, with less chance of falling behind on a large server. ([\#4537](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4537), [\#4846](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4846), [\#4864](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4864), [\#4887](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4887), [\#4900](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4900), [\#4944](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4944))
+- Add configurable rate limiting to the /register endpoint. ([\#4735](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4735), [\#4804](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4804))
+- Move server key queries to federation reader. ([\#4757](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4757))
+- Add support for /account/3pid REST endpoint to client_reader worker. ([\#4759](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4759))
+- Add an endpoint to the admin API for querying the server version. Contributed by Joseph Weston. ([\#4772](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4772))
+- Include a default configuration file in the 'docs' directory. ([\#4791](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4791), [\#4801](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4801))
+- Synapse is now permissive about trailing slashes on some of its federation endpoints, allowing zero or more to be present. ([\#4793](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4793))
+- Add support for /keys/query and /keys/changes REST endpoints to client_reader worker. ([\#4796](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4796))
+- Add checks to incoming events over federation for events evading auth (aka "soft fail"). ([\#4814](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4814))
+- Add configurable rate limiting to the /login endpoint. ([\#4821](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4821), [\#4865](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4865))
+- Remove trailing slashes from certain outbound federation requests. Retry if receiving a 404. Context: #3622. ([\#4840](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4840))
+- Allow passing --daemonize flags to workers in the same way as with master. ([\#4853](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4853))
+- Batch up outgoing read-receipts to reduce federation traffic. ([\#4890](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4890), [\#4927](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4927))
+- Add option to disable searching the user directory. ([\#4895](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4895))
+- Add option to disable searching of local and remote public room lists. ([\#4896](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4896))
+- Add ability for password providers to login/register a user via 3PID (email, phone). ([\#4931](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4931))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix a bug where media with spaces in the name would get a corrupted name. ([\#2090](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/2090))
+- Fix attempting to paginate in rooms where server cannot see any events, to avoid unnecessarily pulling in lots of redacted events. ([\#4699](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4699))
+- 'event_id' is now a required parameter in federated state requests, as per the matrix spec. ([\#4740](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4740))
+- Fix tightloop over connecting to replication server. ([\#4749](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4749))
+- Fix parsing of Content-Disposition headers on remote media requests and URL previews. ([\#4763](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4763))
+- Fix incorrect log about not persisting duplicate state event. ([\#4776](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4776))
+- Fix v4v6 option in HAProxy example config. Contributed by Flakebi. ([\#4790](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4790))
+- Handle batch updates in worker replication protocol. ([\#4792](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4792))
+- Fix bug where we didn't correctly throttle sending of USER_IP commands over replication. ([\#4818](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4818))
+- Fix potential race in handling missing updates in device list updates. ([\#4829](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4829))
+- Fix bug where synapse expected an un-specced `prev_state` field on state events. ([\#4837](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4837))
+- Transfer a user's notification settings (push rules) on room upgrade. ([\#4838](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4838))
+- fix test_auto_create_auto_join_where_no_consent. ([\#4886](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4886))
+- Fix a bug where hs_disabled_message was sometimes not correctly enforced. ([\#4888](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4888))
+- Fix bug in shutdown room admin API where it would fail if a user in the room hadn't consented to the privacy policy. ([\#4904](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4904))
+- Fix bug where blocked world-readable rooms were still peekable. ([\#4908](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4908))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Add a systemd setup that supports synapse workers. Contributed by Luca Corbatto. ([\#4662](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4662))
+- Change from TravisCI to Buildkite for CI. ([\#4752](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4752))
+- When presence is disabled don't send over replication. ([\#4757](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4757))
+- Minor docstring fixes for MatrixFederationAgent. ([\#4765](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4765))
+- Optimise EDU transmission for the federation_sender worker. ([\#4770](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4770))
+- Update test_typing to use HomeserverTestCase. ([\#4771](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4771))
+- Update URLs for riot.im icons and logos in the default notification templates. ([\#4779](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4779))
+- Removed unnecessary $ from some federation endpoint path regexes. ([\#4794](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4794))
+- Remove link to deleted title in README. ([\#4795](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4795))
+- Clean up read-receipt handling. ([\#4797](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4797))
+- Add some debug about processing read receipts. ([\#4798](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4798))
+- Clean up some replication code. ([\#4799](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4799))
+- Add some docstrings. ([\#4815](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4815))
+- Add debug logger to try and track down #4422. ([\#4816](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4816))
+- Make shutdown API send explanation message to room after users have been forced joined. ([\#4817](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4817))
+- Update example_log_config.yaml. ([\#4820](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4820))
+- Document the `generate` option for the docker image. ([\#4824](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4824))
+- Fix check-newsfragment for debian-only changes. ([\#4825](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4825))
+- Add some debug logging for device list updates to help with #4828. ([\#4828](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4828))
+- Improve federation documentation, specifically .well-known support. Many thanks to @vaab. ([\#4832](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4832))
+- Disable captcha registration by default in unit tests. ([\#4839](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4839))
+- Add stuff back to the .gitignore. ([\#4843](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4843))
+- Clarify what registration_shared_secret allows for. ([\#4844](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4844))
+- Correctly log expected errors when fetching server keys. ([\#4847](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4847))
+- Update install docs to explicitly state a full-chain (not just the top-level) TLS certificate must be provided to Synapse. This caused some people's Synapse ports to appear correct in a browser but still (rightfully so) upset the federation tester. ([\#4849](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4849))
+- Move client read-receipt processing to federation sender worker. ([\#4852](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4852))
+- Refactor federation TransactionQueue. ([\#4855](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4855))
+- Comment out most options in the generated config. ([\#4863](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4863))
+- Fix yaml library warnings by using safe_load. ([\#4869](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4869))
+- Update Apache setup to remove location syntax. Thanks to @cwmke! ([\#4870](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4870))
+- Reinstate test case that runs unit tests against oldest supported dependencies. ([\#4879](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4879))
+- Update link to federation docs. ([\#4881](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4881))
+- fix test_auto_create_auto_join_where_no_consent. ([\#4886](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4886))
+- Use a regular HomeServerConfig object for unit tests rater than a Mock. ([\#4889](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4889))
+- Add some notes about tuning postgres for larger deployments. ([\#4895](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4895))
+- Add a config option for torture-testing worker replication. ([\#4902](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4902))
+- Log requests which are simulated by the unit tests. ([\#4905](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4905))
+- Allow newsfragments to end with exclamation marks. Exciting! ([\#4912](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4912))
+- Refactor some more tests to use HomeserverTestCase. ([\#4913](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4913))
+- Refactor out the state deltas portion of the user directory store and handler. ([\#4917](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4917))
+- Fix nginx example in ACME doc. ([\#4923](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4923))
+- Use an explicit dbname for postgres connections in the tests. ([\#4928](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4928))
+- Fix `ClientReplicationStreamProtocol.__str__()`. ([\#4929](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4929))
+
+
+Synapse 0.99.2 (2019-03-01)
+===========================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Added an HAProxy example in the reverse proxy documentation. Contributed by Benoît S. (“Benpro”). ([\#4541](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4541))
+- Add basic optional sentry integration. ([\#4632](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4632), [\#4694](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4694))
+- Transfer bans on room upgrade. ([\#4642](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4642))
+- Add configurable room list publishing rules. ([\#4647](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4647))
+- Support .well-known delegation when issuing certificates through ACME. ([\#4652](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4652))
+- Allow registration and login to be handled by a worker instance. ([\#4666](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4666), [\#4670](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4670), [\#4682](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4682))
+- Reduce the overhead of creating outbound federation connections over TLS by caching the TLS client options. ([\#4674](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4674))
+- Add prometheus metrics for number of outgoing EDUs, by type. ([\#4695](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4695))
+- Return correct error code when inviting a remote user to a room whose homeserver does not support the room version. ([\#4721](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4721))
+- Prevent showing rooms to other servers that were set to not federate. ([\#4746](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4746))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix possible exception when paginating. ([\#4263](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4263))
+- The dependency checker now correctly reports a version mismatch for optional
+  dependencies, instead of reporting the dependency missing. ([\#4450](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4450))
+- Set CORS headers on .well-known requests. ([\#4651](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4651))
+- Fix kicking guest users on guest access revocation in worker mode. ([\#4667](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4667))
+- Fix an issue in the database migration script where the
+  `e2e_room_keys.is_verified` column wasn't considered as
+  a boolean. ([\#4680](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4680))
+- Fix TaskStopped exceptions in logs when outbound requests time out. ([\#4690](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4690))
+- Fix ACME config for python 2. ([\#4717](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4717))
+- Fix paginating over federation persisting incorrect state. ([\#4718](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4718))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Run `black` to reformat user directory code. ([\#4635](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4635))
+- Reduce number of exceptions we log. ([\#4643](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4643), [\#4668](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4668))
+- Introduce upsert batching functionality in the database layer. ([\#4644](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4644))
+- Fix various spelling mistakes. ([\#4657](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4657))
+- Cleanup request exception logging. ([\#4669](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4669), [\#4737](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4737), [\#4738](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4738))
+- Improve replication performance by reducing cache invalidation traffic. ([\#4671](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4671), [\#4715](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4715), [\#4748](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4748))
+- Test against Postgres 9.5 as well as 9.4. ([\#4676](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4676))
+- Run unit tests against python 3.7. ([\#4677](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4677))
+- Attempt to clarify installation instructions/config. ([\#4681](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4681))
+- Clean up gitignores. ([\#4688](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4688))
+- Minor tweaks to acme docs. ([\#4689](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4689))
+- Improve the logging in the pusher process. ([\#4691](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4691))
+- Better checks on newsfragments. ([\#4698](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4698), [\#4750](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4750))
+- Avoid some redundant work when processing read receipts. ([\#4706](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4706))
+- Run `push_receipts_to_remotes` as background job. ([\#4707](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4707))
+- Add prometheus metrics for number of badge update pushes. ([\#4709](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4709))
+- Reduce pusher logging on startup ([\#4716](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4716))
+- Don't log exceptions when failing to fetch remote server keys. ([\#4722](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4722))
+- Correctly proxy exception in frontend_proxy worker. ([\#4723](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4723))
+- Add database version to phonehome stats. ([\#4753](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4753))
+
+
+Synapse 0.99.1.1 (2019-02-14)
+=============================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix "TypeError: '>' not supported" when starting without an existing certificate.
+  Fix a bug where an existing certificate would be reprovisoned every day. ([\#4648](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4648))
+
+
+Synapse 0.99.1 (2019-02-14)
+===========================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Include m.room.encryption on invites by default ([\#3902](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3902))
+- Federation OpenID listener resource can now be activated even if federation is disabled ([\#4420](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4420))
+- Synapse's ACME support will now correctly reprovision a certificate that approaches its expiry while Synapse is running. ([\#4522](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4522))
+- Add ability to update backup versions ([\#4580](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4580))
+- Allow the "unavailable" presence status for /sync.
+  This change makes Synapse compliant with r0.4.0 of the Client-Server specification. ([\#4592](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4592))
+- There is no longer any need to specify `no_tls`: it is inferred from the absence of TLS listeners ([\#4613](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4613), [\#4615](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4615), [\#4617](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4617), [\#4636](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4636))
+- The default configuration no longer requires TLS certificates. ([\#4614](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4614))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Copy over room federation ability on room upgrade. ([\#4530](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4530))
+- Fix noisy "twisted.internet.task.TaskStopped" errors in logs ([\#4546](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4546))
+- Synapse is now tolerant of the `tls_fingerprints` option being None or not specified. ([\#4589](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4589))
+- Fix 'no unique or exclusion constraint' error ([\#4591](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4591))
+- Transfer Server ACLs on room upgrade. ([\#4608](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4608))
+- Fix failure to start when not TLS certificate was given even if TLS was disabled. ([\#4618](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4618))
+- Fix self-signed cert notice from generate-config. ([\#4625](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4625))
+- Fix performance of `user_ips` table deduplication background update ([\#4626](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4626), [\#4627](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4627))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Change the user directory state query to use a filtered call to the db instead of a generic one. ([\#4462](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4462))
+- Reject federation transactions if they include more than 50 PDUs or 100 EDUs. ([\#4513](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4513))
+- Reduce duplication of ``synapse.app`` code. ([\#4567](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4567))
+- Fix docker upload job to push -py2 images. ([\#4576](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4576))
+- Add port configuration information to ACME instructions. ([\#4578](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4578))
+- Update MSC1711 FAQ to calrify .well-known usage ([\#4584](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4584))
+- Clean up default listener configuration ([\#4586](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4586))
+- Clarifications for reverse proxy docs ([\#4607](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4607))
+- Move ClientTLSOptionsFactory init out of `refresh_certificates` ([\#4611](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4611))
+- Fail cleanly if listener config lacks a 'port' ([\#4616](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4616))
+- Remove redundant entries from docker config ([\#4619](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4619))
+- README updates ([\#4621](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4621))
+
+
+Synapse 0.99.0 (2019-02-05)
+===========================
+
+Synapse v0.99.x is a precursor to the upcoming Synapse v1.0 release. It contains foundational changes to room architecture and the federation security model necessary to support the upcoming r0 release of the Server to Server API.
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Synapse's cipher string has been updated to require ECDH key exchange. Configuring and generating dh_params is no longer required, and they will be ignored. ([\#4229](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4229))
+- Synapse can now automatically provision TLS certificates via ACME (the protocol used by CAs like Let's Encrypt). ([\#4384](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4384), [\#4492](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4492), [\#4525](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4525), [\#4572](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4572), [\#4564](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4564), [\#4566](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4566), [\#4547](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4547), [\#4557](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4557))
+- Implement MSC1708 (.well-known routing for server-server federation) ([\#4408](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4408), [\#4409](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4409), [\#4426](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4426), [\#4427](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4427), [\#4428](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4428), [\#4464](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4464), [\#4468](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4468), [\#4487](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4487), [\#4488](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4488), [\#4489](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4489), [\#4497](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4497), [\#4511](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4511), [\#4516](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4516), [\#4520](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4520), [\#4521](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4521), [\#4539](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4539), [\#4542](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4542), [\#4544](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4544))
+- Search now includes results from predecessor rooms after a room upgrade. ([\#4415](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4415))
+- Config option to disable requesting MSISDN on registration. ([\#4423](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4423))
+- Add a metric for tracking event stream position of the user directory. ([\#4445](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4445))
+- Support exposing server capabilities in CS API (MSC1753, MSC1804) ([\#4472](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4472), [81b7e7eed](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/81b7e7eed323f55d6550e7a270a9dc2c4c7b0fe0)))
+- Add support for room version 3 ([\#4483](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4483), [\#4499](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4499), [\#4515](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4515), [\#4523](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4523), [\#4535](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4535))
+- Synapse will now reload TLS certificates from disk upon SIGHUP. ([\#4495](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4495), [\#4524](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4524))
+- The matrixdotorg/synapse Docker images now use Python 3 by default. ([\#4558](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4558))
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Prevent users with access tokens predating the introduction of device IDs from creating spurious entries in the user_ips table. ([\#4369](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4369))
+- Fix typo in ALL_USER_TYPES definition to ensure type is a tuple ([\#4392](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4392))
+- Fix high CPU usage due to remote devicelist updates ([\#4397](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4397))
+- Fix potential bug where creating or joining a room could fail ([\#4404](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4404))
+- Fix bug when rejecting remote invites ([\#4405](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4405), [\#4527](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4527))
+- Fix incorrect logcontexts after a Deferred was cancelled ([\#4407](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4407))
+- Ensure encrypted room state is persisted across room upgrades. ([\#4411](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4411))
+- Copy over whether a room is a direct message and any associated room tags on room upgrade. ([\#4412](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4412))
+- Fix None guard in calling config.server.is_threepid_reserved ([\#4435](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4435))
+- Don't send IP addresses as SNI ([\#4452](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4452))
+- Fix UnboundLocalError in post_urlencoded_get_json ([\#4460](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4460))
+- Add a timeout to filtered room directory queries. ([\#4461](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4461))
+- Workaround for login error when using both LDAP and internal authentication. ([\#4486](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4486))
+- Fix a bug where setting a relative consent directory path would cause a crash. ([\#4512](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4512))
+
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- Synapse no longer generates self-signed TLS certificates when generating a configuration file. ([\#4509](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4509))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Update debian installation instructions ([\#4526](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4526))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Synapse will now take advantage of native UPSERT functionality in PostgreSQL 9.5+ and SQLite 3.24+. ([\#4306](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4306), [\#4459](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4459), [\#4466](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4466), [\#4471](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4471), [\#4477](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4477), [\#4505](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4505))
+- Update README to use the new virtualenv everywhere ([\#4342](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4342))
+- Add better logging for unexpected errors while sending transactions ([\#4368](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4368))
+- Apply a unique index to the user_ips table, preventing duplicates. ([\#4370](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4370), [\#4432](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4432), [\#4434](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4434))
+- Silence travis-ci build warnings by removing non-functional python3.6 ([\#4377](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4377))
+- Fix a comment in the generated config file ([\#4387](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4387))
+- Add ground work for implementing future federation API versions ([\#4390](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4390))
+- Update dependencies on msgpack and pymacaroons to use the up-to-date packages. ([\#4399](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4399))
+- Tweak codecov settings to make them less loud. ([\#4400](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4400))
+- Implement server support for MSC1794 - Federation v2 Invite API ([\#4402](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4402))
+- debian package: symlink to explicit python version ([\#4433](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4433))
+- Add infrastructure to support different event formats ([\#4437](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4437), [\#4447](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4447), [\#4448](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4448), [\#4470](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4470), [\#4481](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4481), [\#4482](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4482), [\#4493](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4493), [\#4494](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4494), [\#4496](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4496), [\#4510](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4510), [\#4514](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4514))
+- Generate the debian config during build ([\#4444](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4444))
+- Clarify documentation for the `public_baseurl` config param ([\#4458](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4458), [\#4498](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4498))
+- Fix quoting for allowed_local_3pids example config ([\#4476](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4476))
+- Remove deprecated --process-dependency-links option from UPGRADE.rst ([\#4485](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4485))
+- Make it possible to set the log level for tests via an environment variable ([\#4506](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4506))
+- Reduce the log level of linearizer lock acquirement to DEBUG. ([\#4507](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4507))
+- Fix code to comply with linting in PyFlakes 3.7.1. ([\#4519](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4519))
+- Add some debug for membership syncing issues ([\#4538](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4538))
+- Docker: only copy what we need to the build image ([\#4562](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4562))
+
+
+Synapse 0.34.1.1 (2019-01-11)
+=============================
+
+This release fixes CVE-2019-5885 and is recommended for all users of Synapse 0.34.1.
+
+This release is compatible with Python 2.7 and 3.5+. Python 3.7 is fully supported.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix spontaneous logout on upgrade
+  ([\#4374](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4374))
+
+
+Synapse 0.34.1 (2019-01-09)
+===========================
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Add better logging for unexpected errors while sending transactions ([\#4361](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4361), [\#4362](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4362))
+
+
+Synapse 0.34.1rc1 (2019-01-08)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Special-case a support user for use in verifying behaviour of a given server. The support user does not appear in user directory or monthly active user counts. ([\#4141](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4141), [\#4344](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4344))
+- Support for serving .well-known files ([\#4262](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4262))
+- Rework SAML2 authentication ([\#4265](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4265), [\#4267](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4267))
+- SAML2 authentication: Initialise user display name from SAML2 data ([\#4272](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4272))
+- Synapse can now have its conditional/extra dependencies installed by pip. This functionality can be used by using `pip install matrix-synapse[feature]`, where feature is a comma separated list with the possible values `email.enable_notifs`, `matrix-synapse-ldap3`, `postgres`, `resources.consent`, `saml2`, `url_preview`, and `test`. If you want to install all optional dependencies, you can use "all" instead. ([\#4298](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4298), [\#4325](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4325), [\#4327](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4327))
+- Add routes for reading account data. ([\#4303](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4303))
+- Add opt-in support for v2 rooms ([\#4307](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4307))
+- Add a script to generate a clean config file ([\#4315](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4315))
+- Return server data in /login response ([\#4319](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4319))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix contains_url check to be consistent with other instances in code-base and check that value is an instance of string. ([\#3405](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3405))
+- Fix CAS login when username is not valid in an MXID ([\#4264](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4264))
+- Send CORS headers for /media/config ([\#4279](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4279))
+- Add 'sandbox' to CSP for media reprository ([\#4284](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4284))
+- Make the new landing page prettier. ([\#4294](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4294))
+- Fix deleting E2E room keys when using old SQLite versions. ([\#4295](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4295))
+- The metric synapse_admin_mau:current previously did not update when config.mau_stats_only was set to True ([\#4305](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4305))
+- Fixed per-room account data filters ([\#4309](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4309))
+- Fix indentation in default config ([\#4313](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4313))
+- Fix synapse:latest docker upload ([\#4316](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4316))
+- Fix test_metric.py compatibility with prometheus_client 0.5. Contributed by Maarten de Vries <maarten@de-vri.es>. ([\#4317](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4317))
+- Avoid packaging _trial_temp directory in -py3 debian packages ([\#4326](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4326))
+- Check jinja version for consent resource ([\#4327](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4327))
+- fix NPE in /messages by checking if all events were filtered out ([\#4330](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4330))
+- Fix `python -m synapse.config` on Python 3. ([\#4356](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4356))
+
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- Remove the deprecated v1/register API on Python 2. It was never ported to Python 3. ([\#4334](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4334))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Getting URL previews of IP addresses no longer fails on Python 3. ([\#4215](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4215))
+- drop undocumented dependency on dateutil ([\#4266](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4266))
+- Update the example systemd config to use a virtualenv ([\#4273](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4273))
+- Update link to kernel DCO guide ([\#4274](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4274))
+- Make isort tox check print diff when it fails ([\#4283](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4283))
+- Log room_id in Unknown room errors ([\#4297](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4297))
+- Documentation improvements for coturn setup. Contributed by Krithin Sitaram. ([\#4333](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4333))
+- Update pull request template to use absolute links ([\#4341](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4341))
+- Update README to not lie about required restart when updating TLS certificates ([\#4343](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4343))
+- Update debian packaging for compatibility with transitional package ([\#4349](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4349))
+- Fix command hint to generate a config file when trying to start without a config file ([\#4353](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4353))
+- Add better logging for unexpected errors while sending transactions ([\#4358](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4358))
+
+
+Synapse 0.34.0 (2018-12-20)
+===========================
+
+Synapse 0.34.0 is the first release to fully support Python 3. Synapse will now
+run on Python versions 3.5 or 3.6 (as well as 2.7). Support for Python 3.7
+remains experimental.
+
+We recommend upgrading to Python 3, but make sure to read the [upgrade
+notes](docs/upgrade.md#upgrading-to-v0340) when doing so.
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Add 'sandbox' to CSP for media reprository ([\#4284](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4284))
+- Make the new landing page prettier. ([\#4294](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4294))
+- Fix deleting E2E room keys when using old SQLite versions. ([\#4295](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4295))
+- Add a welcome page for the client API port. Credit to @krombel! ([\#4289](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4289))
+- Remove Matrix console from the default distribution ([\#4290](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4290))
+- Add option to track MAU stats (but not limit people) ([\#3830](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3830))
+- Add an option to enable recording IPs for appservice users ([\#3831](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3831))
+- Rename login type `m.login.cas` to `m.login.sso` ([\#4220](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4220))
+- Add an option to disable search for homeservers that may not be interested in it. ([\#4230](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4230))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Pushrules can now again be made with non-ASCII rule IDs. ([\#4165](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4165))
+- The media repository now no longer fails to decode UTF-8 filenames when downloading remote media. ([\#4176](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4176))
+- URL previews now correctly decode non-UTF-8 text if the header contains a `<meta http-equiv="Content-Type"` header. ([\#4183](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4183))
+- Fix an issue where public consent URLs had two slashes. ([\#4192](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4192))
+- Fallback auth now accepts the session parameter on Python 3. ([\#4197](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4197))
+- Remove riot.im from the list of trusted Identity Servers in the default configuration ([\#4207](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4207))
+- fix start up failure when mau_limit_reserved_threepids set and db is postgres ([\#4211](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4211))
+- Fix auto join failures for servers that require user consent ([\#4223](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4223))
+- Fix exception caused by non-ascii event IDs ([\#4241](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4241))
+- Pushers can now be unsubscribed from on Python 3. ([\#4250](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4250))
+- Fix UnicodeDecodeError when postgres is configured to give non-English errors ([\#4253](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4253))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Debian packages utilising a virtualenv with bundled dependencies can now be built. ([\#4212](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4212))
+- Disable pager when running git-show in CI ([\#4291](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4291))
+- A coveragerc file has been added. ([\#4180](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4180))
+- Add a GitHub pull request template and add multiple issue templates ([\#4182](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4182))
+- Update README to reflect the fact that [\#1491](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/1491) is fixed ([\#4188](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4188))
+- Run the AS senders as background processes to fix warnings ([\#4189](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4189))
+- Add some diagnostics to the tests to detect logcontext problems ([\#4190](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4190))
+- Add missing `jpeg` package prerequisite for OpenBSD in README. ([\#4193](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4193))
+- Add a note saying you need to manually reclaim disk space after using the Purge History API ([\#4200](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4200))
+- More logcontext checking in unittests ([\#4205](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4205))
+- Ignore `__pycache__` directories in the database schema folder ([\#4214](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4214))
+- Add note to UPGRADE.rst about removing riot.im from list of trusted identity servers ([\#4224](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4224))
+- Added automated coverage reporting to CI. ([\#4225](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4225))
+- Garbage-collect after each unit test to fix logcontext leaks ([\#4227](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4227))
+- add more detail to logging regarding "More than one row matched" error ([\#4234](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4234))
+- Drop sent_transactions table ([\#4244](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4244))
+- Add a basic .editorconfig ([\#4257](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4257))
+- Update README.rst and UPGRADE.rst for Python 3. ([\#4260](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4260))
+- Remove obsolete `verbose` and `log_file` settings from `homeserver.yaml` for Docker image. ([\#4261](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4261))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.9 (2018-11-19)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.9rc1 (2018-11-14)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Include flags to optionally add `m.login.terms` to the registration flow when consent tracking is enabled. ([\#4004](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4004), [\#4133](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4133), [\#4142](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4142), [\#4184](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4184))
+- Support for replacing rooms with new ones ([\#4091](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4091), [\#4099](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4099), [\#4100](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4100), [\#4101](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4101))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix exceptions when using the email mailer on Python 3. ([\#4095](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4095))
+- Fix e2e key backup with more than 9 backup versions ([\#4113](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4113))
+- Searches that request profile info now no longer fail with a 500. ([\#4122](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4122))
+- fix return code of empty key backups ([\#4123](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4123))
+- If the typing stream ID goes backwards (as on a worker when the master restarts), the worker's typing handler will no longer erroneously report rooms containing new typing events. ([\#4127](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4127))
+- Fix table lock of device_lists_remote_cache which could freeze the application ([\#4132](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4132))
+- Fix exception when using state res v2 algorithm ([\#4135](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4135))
+- Generating the user consent URI no longer fails on Python 3. ([\#4140](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4140), [\#4163](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4163))
+- Loading URL previews from the DB cache on Postgres will no longer cause Unicode type errors when responding to the request, and URL previews will no longer fail if the remote server returns a Content-Type header with the chartype in quotes. ([\#4157](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4157))
+- The hash_password script now works on Python 3. ([\#4161](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4161))
+- Fix noop checks when updating device keys, reducing spurious device list update notifications. ([\#4164](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4164))
+
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- The disused and un-specced identicon generator has been removed. ([\#4106](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4106))
+- The obsolete and non-functional /pull federation endpoint has been removed. ([\#4118](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4118))
+- The deprecated v1 key exchange endpoints have been removed. ([\#4119](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4119))
+- Synapse will no longer fetch keys using the fallback deprecated v1 key exchange method and will now always use v2. ([\#4120](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4120))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Fix build of Docker image with docker-compose ([\#3778](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3778))
+- Delete unreferenced state groups during history purge ([\#4006](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4006))
+- The "Received rdata" log messages on workers is now logged at DEBUG, not INFO. ([\#4108](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4108))
+- Reduce replication traffic for device lists ([\#4109](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4109))
+- Fix `synapse_replication_tcp_protocol_*_commands` metric label to be full command name, rather than just the first character ([\#4110](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4110))
+- Log some bits about room creation ([\#4121](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4121))
+- Fix `tox` failure on old systems ([\#4124](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4124))
+- Add STATE_V2_TEST room version ([\#4128](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4128))
+- Clean up event accesses and tests ([\#4137](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4137))
+- The default logging config will now set an explicit log file encoding of UTF-8. ([\#4138](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4138))
+- Add helpers functions for getting prev and auth events of an event ([\#4139](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4139))
+- Add some tests for the HTTP pusher. ([\#4149](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4149))
+- add purge_history.sh and purge_remote_media.sh scripts to contrib/ ([\#4155](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4155))
+- HTTP tests have been refactored to contain less boilerplate. ([\#4156](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4156))
+- Drop incoming events from federation for unknown rooms ([\#4165](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4165))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.8 (2018-11-01)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.8rc2 (2018-10-31)
+==============================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Searches that request profile info now no longer fail with a 500. Fixes
+  a regression in 0.33.8rc1. ([\#4122](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4122))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.8rc1 (2018-10-29)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Servers with auto-join rooms will now automatically create those rooms when the first user registers ([\#3975](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3975))
+- Add config option to control alias creation ([\#4051](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4051))
+- The register_new_matrix_user script is now ported to Python 3. ([\#4085](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4085))
+- Configure Docker image to listen on both ipv4 and ipv6. ([\#4089](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4089))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix HTTP error response codes for federated group requests. ([\#3969](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3969))
+- Fix issue where Python 3 users couldn't paginate /publicRooms ([\#4046](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4046))
+- Fix URL previewing to work in Python 3.7 ([\#4050](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4050))
+- synctl will use the right python executable to run worker processes ([\#4057](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4057))
+- Manhole now works again on Python 3, instead of failing with a "couldn't match all kex parts" when connecting. ([\#4060](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4060), [\#4067](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4067))
+- Fix some metrics being racy and causing exceptions when polled by Prometheus. ([\#4061](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4061))
+- Fix bug which prevented email notifications from being sent unless an absolute path was given for `email_templates`. ([\#4068](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4068))
+- Correctly account for cpu usage by background threads ([\#4074](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4074))
+- Fix race condition where config defined reserved users were not being added to
+  the monthly active user list prior to the homeserver reactor firing up ([\#4081](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4081))
+- Fix bug which prevented backslashes being used in event field filters ([\#4083](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4083))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Add information about the [matrix-docker-ansible-deploy](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy) playbook ([\#3698](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3698))
+- Add initial implementation of new state resolution algorithm ([\#3786](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3786))
+- Reduce database load when fetching state groups ([\#4011](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4011))
+- Various cleanups in the federation client code ([\#4031](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4031))
+- Run the CircleCI builds in docker containers ([\#4041](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4041))
+- Only colourise synctl output when attached to tty ([\#4049](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4049))
+- Refactor room alias creation code ([\#4063](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4063))
+- Make the Python scripts in the top-level scripts folders meet pep8 and pass flake8. ([\#4068](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4068))
+- The README now contains example for the Caddy web server. Contributed by steamp0rt. ([\#4072](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4072))
+- Add psutil as an explicit dependency ([\#4073](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4073))
+- Clean up threading and logcontexts in pushers ([\#4075](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4075))
+- Correctly manage logcontexts during startup to fix some "Unexpected logging context" warnings ([\#4076](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4076))
+- Give some more things logcontexts ([\#4077](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4077))
+- Clean up some bits of code which were flagged by the linter ([\#4082](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4082))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.7 (2018-10-18)
+===========================
+
+**Warning**: This release removes the example email notification templates from
+`res/templates` (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.
+
+If you have email notifications enabled, you should ensure that
+`email.template_dir` is either configured to point at a directory where you
+have installed customised templates, or leave it unset to use the default
+templates.
+
+Synapse 0.33.7rc2 (2018-10-17)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Ship the example email templates as part of the package ([\#4052](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4052))
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix bug which made get_missing_events return too few events ([\#4045](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4045))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.7rc1 (2018-10-15)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Add support for end-to-end key backup (MSC1687) ([\#4019](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4019))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix bug in event persistence logic which caused 'NoneType is not iterable' ([\#3995](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3995))
+- Fix exception in background metrics collection ([\#3996](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3996))
+- Fix exception handling in fetching remote profiles ([\#3997](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3997))
+- Fix handling of rejected threepid invites ([\#3999](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3999))
+- Workers now start on Python 3. ([\#4027](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4027))
+- Synapse now starts on Python 3.7. ([\#4033](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4033))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Log exceptions in looping calls ([\#4008](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4008))
+- Optimisation for serving federation requests ([\#4017](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4017))
+- Add metric to count number of non-empty sync responses ([\#4022](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4022))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.6 (2018-10-04)
+===========================
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Pin to prometheus_client<0.4 to avoid renaming all of our metrics ([\#4002](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4002))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.6rc1 (2018-10-03)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Adding the ability to change MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE for the docker container variables. ([\#3883](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3883))
+- Report "python_version" in the phone home stats ([\#3894](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3894))
+- Always LL ourselves if we're in a room ([\#3916](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3916))
+- Include eventid in log lines when processing incoming federation transactions ([\#3959](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3959))
+- Remove spurious check which made 'localhost' servers not work ([\#3964](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3964))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix problem when playing media from Chrome using direct URL (thanks @remjey!) ([\#3578](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3578))
+- support registering regular users non-interactively with register_new_matrix_user script ([\#3836](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3836))
+- Fix broken invite email links for self hosted riots ([\#3868](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3868))
+- Don't ratelimit autojoins ([\#3879](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3879))
+- Fix 500 error when deleting unknown room alias ([\#3889](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3889))
+- Fix some b'abcd' noise in logs and metrics ([\#3892](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3892), [\#3895](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3895))
+- When we join a room, always try the server we used for the alias lookup first, to avoid unresponsive and out-of-date servers. ([\#3899](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3899))
+- Fix incorrect server-name indication for outgoing federation requests ([\#3907](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3907))
+- Fix adding client IPs to the database failing on Python 3. ([\#3908](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3908))
+- Fix bug where things occaisonally were not being timed out correctly. ([\#3910](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3910))
+- Fix bug where outbound federation would stop talking to some servers when using workers ([\#3914](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3914))
+- Fix some instances of ExpiringCache not expiring cache items ([\#3932](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3932), [\#3980](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3980))
+- Fix out-of-bounds error when LLing yourself ([\#3936](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3936))
+- Sending server notices regarding user consent now works on Python 3. ([\#3938](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3938))
+- Fix exceptions from metrics handler ([\#3956](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3956))
+- Fix error message for events with m.room.create missing from auth_events ([\#3960](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3960))
+- Fix errors due to concurrent monthly_active_user upserts ([\#3961](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3961))
+- Fix exceptions when processing incoming events over federation ([\#3968](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3968))
+- Replaced all occurences of e.message with str(e). Contributed by Schnuffle ([\#3970](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3970))
+- Fix lazy loaded sync in the presence of rejected state events ([\#3986](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3986))
+- Fix error when logging incomplete HTTP requests ([\#3990](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3990))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Unit tests can now be run under PostgreSQL in Docker using ``test_postgresql.sh``. ([\#3699](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3699))
+- Speed up calculation of typing updates for replication ([\#3794](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3794))
+- Remove documentation regarding installation on Cygwin, the use of WSL is recommended instead. ([\#3873](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3873))
+- Fix typo in README, synaspse -> synapse ([\#3897](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3897))
+- Increase the timeout when filling missing events in federation requests ([\#3903](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3903))
+- Improve the logging when handling a federation transaction ([\#3904](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3904), [\#3966](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3966))
+- Improve logging of outbound federation requests ([\#3906](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3906), [\#3909](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3909))
+- Fix the docker image building on python 3 ([\#3911](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3911))
+- Add a regression test for logging failed HTTP requests on Python 3. ([\#3912](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3912))
+- Comments and interface cleanup for on_receive_pdu ([\#3924](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3924))
+- Fix spurious exceptions when remote http client closes conncetion ([\#3925](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3925))
+- Log exceptions thrown by background tasks ([\#3927](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3927))
+- Add a cache to get_destination_retry_timings ([\#3933](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3933), [\#3991](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3991))
+- Automate pushes to docker hub ([\#3946](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3946))
+- Require attrs 16.0.0 or later ([\#3947](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3947))
+- Fix incompatibility with python3 on alpine ([\#3948](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3948))
+- Run the test suite on the oldest supported versions of our dependencies in CI. ([\#3952](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3952))
+- CircleCI now only runs merged jobs on PRs, and commit jobs on develop, master, and release branches. ([\#3957](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3957))
+- Fix docstrings and add tests for state store methods ([\#3958](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3958))
+- fix docstring for FederationClient.get_state_for_room ([\#3963](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3963))
+- Run notify_app_services as a bg process ([\#3965](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3965))
+- Clarifications in FederationHandler ([\#3967](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3967))
+- Further reduce the docker image size ([\#3972](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3972))
+- Build py3 docker images for docker hub too ([\#3976](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3976))
+- Updated the installation instructions to point to the matrix-synapse package on PyPI. ([\#3985](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3985))
+- Disable USE_FROZEN_DICTS for unittests by default. ([\#3987](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3987))
+- Remove unused Jenkins and development related files from the repo. ([\#3988](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3988))
+- Improve stacktraces in certain exceptions in the logs ([\#3989](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3989))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.5.1 (2018-09-25)
+=============================
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Fix incompatibility with older Twisted version in tests. Thanks @OlegGirko! ([\#3940](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3940))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.5 (2018-09-24)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.5rc1 (2018-09-17)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Python 3.5 and 3.6 support is now in beta. ([\#3576](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3576))
+- Implement `event_format` filter param in `/sync` ([\#3790](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3790))
+- Add synapse_admin_mau:registered_reserved_users metric to expose number of real reaserved users ([\#3846](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3846))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Remove connection ID for replication prometheus metrics, as it creates a large number of new series. ([\#3788](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3788))
+- guest users should not be part of mau total ([\#3800](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3800))
+- Bump dependency on pyopenssl 16.x, to avoid incompatibility with recent Twisted. ([\#3804](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3804))
+- Fix existing room tags not coming down sync when joining a room ([\#3810](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3810))
+- Fix jwt import check ([\#3824](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3824))
+- fix VOIP crashes under Python 3 (#3821) ([\#3835](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3835))
+- Fix manhole so that it works with latest openssh clients ([\#3841](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3841))
+- Fix outbound requests occasionally wedging, which can result in federation breaking between servers. ([\#3845](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3845))
+- Show heroes if room name/canonical alias has been deleted ([\#3851](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3851))
+- Fix handling of redacted events from federation ([\#3859](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3859))
+-  ([\#3874](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3874))
+- Mitigate outbound federation randomly becoming wedged ([\#3875](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3875))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- CircleCI tests now run on the potential merge of a PR. ([\#3704](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3704))
+- http/ is now ported to Python 3. ([\#3771](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3771))
+- Improve human readable error messages for threepid registration/account update ([\#3789](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3789))
+- Make /sync slightly faster by avoiding needless copies ([\#3795](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3795))
+- handlers/ is now ported to Python 3. ([\#3803](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3803))
+- Limit the number of PDUs/EDUs per federation transaction ([\#3805](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3805))
+- Only start postgres instance for postgres tests on Travis CI ([\#3806](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3806))
+- tests/ is now ported to Python 3. ([\#3808](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3808))
+- crypto/ is now ported to Python 3. ([\#3822](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3822))
+- rest/ is now ported to Python 3. ([\#3823](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3823))
+- add some logging for the keyring queue ([\#3826](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3826))
+- speed up lazy loading by 2-3x ([\#3827](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3827))
+- Improved Dockerfile to remove build requirements after building reducing the image size. ([\#3834](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3834))
+- Disable lazy loading for incremental syncs for now ([\#3840](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3840))
+- federation/ is now ported to Python 3. ([\#3847](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3847))
+- Log when we retry outbound requests ([\#3853](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3853))
+- Removed some excess logging messages. ([\#3855](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3855))
+- Speed up purge history for rooms that have been previously purged ([\#3856](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3856))
+- Refactor some HTTP timeout code. ([\#3857](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3857))
+- Fix running merged builds on CircleCI ([\#3858](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3858))
+- Fix typo in replication stream exception. ([\#3860](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3860))
+- Add in flight real time metrics for Measure blocks ([\#3871](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3871))
+- Disable buffering and automatic retrying in treq requests to prevent timeouts. ([\#3872](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3872))
+- mention jemalloc in the README ([\#3877](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3877))
+- Remove unmaintained "nuke-room-from-db.sh" script ([\#3888](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3888))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.4 (2018-09-07)
+===========================
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Unignore synctl in .dockerignore to fix docker builds ([\#3802](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3802))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.4rc2 (2018-09-06)
+==============================
+
+Pull in security fixes from v0.33.3.1
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.3.1 (2018-09-06)
+=============================
+
+SECURITY FIXES
+--------------
+
+- Fix an issue where event signatures were not always correctly validated ([\#3796](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3796))
+- Fix an issue where server_acls could be circumvented for incoming events ([\#3796](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3796))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Unignore synctl in .dockerignore to fix docker builds ([\#3802](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3802))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.4rc1 (2018-09-04)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Support profile API endpoints on workers ([\#3659](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3659))
+- Server notices for resource limit blocking ([\#3680](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3680))
+- Allow guests to use /rooms/:roomId/event/:eventId ([\#3724](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3724))
+- Add mau_trial_days config param, so that users only get counted as MAU after N days. ([\#3749](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3749))
+- Require twisted 17.1 or later (fixes [#3741](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3741)). ([\#3751](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3751))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix error collecting prometheus metrics when run on dedicated thread due to threading concurrency issues ([\#3722](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3722))
+- Fix bug where we resent "limit exceeded" server notices repeatedly ([\#3747](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3747))
+- Fix bug where we broke sync when using limit_usage_by_mau but hadn't configured server notices ([\#3753](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3753))
+- Fix 'federation_domain_whitelist' such that an empty list correctly blocks all outbound federation traffic ([\#3754](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3754))
+- Fix tagging of server notice rooms ([\#3755](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3755), [\#3756](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3756))
+- Fix 'admin_uri' config variable and error parameter to be 'admin_contact' to match the spec. ([\#3758](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3758))
+- Don't return non-LL-member state in incremental sync state blocks ([\#3760](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3760))
+- Fix bug in sending presence over federation ([\#3768](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3768))
+- Fix bug where preserved threepid user comes to sign up and server is mau blocked ([\#3777](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3777))
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Removed the link to the unmaintained matrix-synapse-auto-deploy project from the readme. ([\#3378](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3378))
+- Refactor state module to support multiple room versions ([\#3673](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3673))
+- The synapse.storage module has been ported to Python 3. ([\#3725](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3725))
+- Split the state_group_cache into member and non-member state events (and so speed up LL /sync) ([\#3726](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3726))
+- Log failure to authenticate remote servers as warnings (without stack traces) ([\#3727](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3727))
+- The CONTRIBUTING guidelines have been updated to mention our use of Markdown and that .misc files have content. ([\#3730](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3730))
+- Reference the need for an HTTP replication port when using the federation_reader worker ([\#3734](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3734))
+- Fix minor spelling error in federation client documentation. ([\#3735](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3735))
+- Remove redundant state resolution function ([\#3737](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3737))
+- The test suite now passes on PostgreSQL. ([\#3740](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3740))
+- Fix MAU cache invalidation due to missing yield ([\#3746](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3746))
+- Make sure that we close db connections opened during init ([\#3764](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3764))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.3 (2018-08-22)
+===========================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix bug introduced in v0.33.3rc1 which made the ToS give a 500 error ([\#3732](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3732))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.3rc2 (2018-08-21)
+==============================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix bug in v0.33.3rc1 which caused infinite loops and OOMs ([\#3723](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3723))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.3rc1 (2018-08-21)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Add support for the SNI extension to federation TLS connections. Thanks to @vojeroen! ([\#3439](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3439))
+- Add /_media/r0/config ([\#3184](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3184))
+- speed up /members API and add `at` and `membership` params as per MSC1227 ([\#3568](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3568))
+- implement `summary` block in /sync response as per MSC688 ([\#3574](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3574))
+- Add lazy-loading support to /messages as per MSC1227 ([\#3589](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3589))
+- Add ability to limit number of monthly active users on the server ([\#3633](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3633))
+- Support more federation endpoints on workers ([\#3653](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3653))
+- Basic support for room versioning ([\#3654](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3654))
+- Ability to disable client/server Synapse via conf toggle ([\#3655](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3655))
+- Ability to whitelist specific threepids against monthly active user limiting ([\#3662](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3662))
+- Add some metrics for the appservice and federation event sending loops ([\#3664](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3664))
+- Where server is disabled, block ability for locked out users to read new messages ([\#3670](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3670))
+- set admin uri via config, to be used in error messages where the user should contact the administrator ([\#3687](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3687))
+- Synapse's presence functionality can now be disabled with the "use_presence" configuration option. ([\#3694](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3694))
+- For resource limit blocked users, prevent writing into rooms ([\#3708](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3708))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix occasional glitches in the synapse_event_persisted_position metric ([\#3658](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3658))
+- Fix bug on deleting 3pid when using identity servers that don't support unbind API ([\#3661](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3661))
+- Make the tests pass on Twisted < 18.7.0 ([\#3676](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3676))
+- Don’t ship recaptcha_ajax.js, use it directly from Google ([\#3677](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3677))
+- Fixes test_reap_monthly_active_users so it passes under postgres ([\#3681](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3681))
+- Fix mau blocking calulation bug on login ([\#3689](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3689))
+- Fix missing yield in synapse.storage.monthly_active_users.initialise_reserved_users ([\#3692](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3692))
+- Improve HTTP request logging to include all requests ([\#3700](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3700))
+- Avoid timing out requests while we are streaming back the response ([\#3701](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3701))
+- Support more federation endpoints on workers ([\#3705](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3705), [\#3713](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3713))
+- Fix "Starting db txn 'get_all_updated_receipts' from sentinel context" warning ([\#3710](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3710))
+- Fix bug where `state_cache` cache factor ignored environment variables ([\#3719](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3719))
+
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- The Shared-Secret registration method of the legacy v1/register REST endpoint has been removed. For a replacement, please see [the admin/register API documentation](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/admin_api/register_api.rst). ([\#3703](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3703))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- The test suite now can run under PostgreSQL. ([\#3423](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3423))
+- Refactor HTTP replication endpoints to reduce code duplication ([\#3632](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3632))
+- Tests now correctly execute on Python 3. ([\#3647](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3647))
+- Sytests can now be run inside a Docker container. ([\#3660](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3660))
+- Port over enough to Python 3 to allow the sytests to start. ([\#3668](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3668))
+- Update docker base image from alpine 3.7 to 3.8. ([\#3669](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3669))
+- Rename synapse.util.async to synapse.util.async_helpers to mitigate async becoming a keyword on Python 3.7. ([\#3678](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3678))
+- Synapse's tests are now formatted with the black autoformatter. ([\#3679](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3679))
+- Implemented a new testing base class to reduce test boilerplate. ([\#3684](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3684))
+- Rename MAU prometheus metrics ([\#3690](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3690))
+- add new error type ResourceLimit ([\#3707](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3707))
+- Logcontexts for replication command handlers ([\#3709](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3709))
+- Update admin register API documentation to reference a real user ID. ([\#3712](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3712))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.2 (2018-08-09)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.2rc1 (2018-08-07)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- add support for the lazy_loaded_members filter as per MSC1227 ([\#2970](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/2970))
+- add support for the include_redundant_members filter param as per MSC1227 ([\#3331](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3331))
+- Add metrics to track resource usage by background processes ([\#3553](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3553), [\#3556](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3556), [\#3604](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3604), [\#3610](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3610))
+- Add `code` label to `synapse_http_server_response_time_seconds` prometheus metric ([\#3554](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3554))
+- Add support for client_reader to handle more APIs ([\#3555](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3555), [\#3597](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3597))
+- make the /context API filter & lazy-load aware as per MSC1227 ([\#3567](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3567))
+- Add ability to limit number of monthly active users on the server ([\#3630](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3630))
+- When we fail to join a room over federation, pass the error code back to the client. ([\#3639](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3639))
+- Add a new /admin/register API for non-interactively creating users. ([\#3415](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3415))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Make /directory/list API return 404 for room not found instead of 400. Thanks to @fuzzmz! ([\#3620](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3620))
+- Default inviter_display_name to mxid for email invites ([\#3391](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3391))
+- Don't generate TURN credentials if no TURN config options are set ([\#3514](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3514))
+- Correctly announce deleted devices over federation ([\#3520](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3520))
+- Catch failures saving metrics captured by Measure, and instead log the faulty metrics information for further analysis. ([\#3548](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3548))
+- Unicode passwords are now normalised before hashing, preventing the instance where two different devices or browsers might send a different UTF-8 sequence for the password. ([\#3569](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3569))
+- Fix potential stack overflow and deadlock under heavy load ([\#3570](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3570))
+- Respond with M_NOT_FOUND when profiles are not found locally or over federation. Fixes #3585 ([\#3585](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3585))
+- Fix failure to persist events over federation under load ([\#3601](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3601))
+- Fix updating of cached remote profiles ([\#3605](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3605))
+- Fix 'tuple index out of range' error ([\#3607](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3607))
+- Only import secrets when available (fix for py < 3.6) ([\#3626](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3626))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Remove redundant checks on who_forgot_in_room ([\#3350](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3350))
+- Remove unnecessary event re-signing hacks ([\#3367](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3367))
+- Rewrite cache list decorator ([\#3384](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3384))
+- Move v1-only REST APIs into their own module. ([\#3460](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3460))
+- Replace more instances of Python 2-only iteritems and itervalues uses. ([\#3562](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3562))
+- Refactor EventContext to accept state during init ([\#3577](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3577))
+- Improve Dockerfile and docker-compose instructions ([\#3543](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3543))
+- Release notes are now in the Markdown format. ([\#3552](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3552))
+- add config for pep8 ([\#3559](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3559))
+- Merge Linearizer and Limiter ([\#3571](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3571), [\#3572](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3572))
+- Lazily load state on master process when using workers to reduce DB consumption ([\#3579](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3579), [\#3581](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3581), [\#3582](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3582), [\#3584](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3584))
+- Fixes and optimisations for resolve_state_groups ([\#3586](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3586))
+- Improve logging for exceptions when handling PDUs ([\#3587](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3587))
+- Add some measure blocks to persist_events ([\#3590](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3590))
+- Fix some random logcontext leaks. ([\#3591](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3591), [\#3606](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3606))
+- Speed up calculating state deltas in persist_event loop ([\#3592](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3592))
+- Attempt to reduce amount of state pulled out of DB during persist_events ([\#3595](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3595))
+- Fix a documentation typo in on_make_leave_request ([\#3609](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3609))
+- Make EventStore inherit from EventFederationStore ([\#3612](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3612))
+- Remove some redundant joins on event_edges.room_id ([\#3613](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3613))
+- Stop populating events.content ([\#3614](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3614))
+- Update the /send_leave path registration to use event_id rather than a transaction ID. ([\#3616](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3616))
+- Refactor FederationHandler to move DB writes into separate functions ([\#3621](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3621))
+- Remove unused field "pdu_failures" from transactions. ([\#3628](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3628))
+- rename replication_layer to federation_client ([\#3634](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3634))
+- Factor out exception handling in federation_client ([\#3638](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3638))
+- Refactor location of docker build script. ([\#3644](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3644))
+- Update CONTRIBUTING to mention newsfragments. ([\#3645](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3645))
+
+
+Synapse 0.33.1 (2018-08-02)
+===========================
+
+SECURITY FIXES
+--------------
+
+- Fix a potential issue where servers could request events for rooms they have not joined. ([\#3641](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3641))
+- Fix a potential issue where users could see events in private rooms before they joined. ([\#3642](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3642))
+
+Synapse 0.33.0 (2018-07-19)
+===========================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+-   Disable a noisy warning about logcontexts. ([\#3561](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3561))
+
+Synapse 0.33.0rc1 (2018-07-18)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+-   Enforce the specified API for report\_event. ([\#3316](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3316))
+-   Include CPU time from database threads in request/block metrics. ([\#3496](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3496), [\#3501](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3501))
+-   Add CPU metrics for \_fetch\_event\_list. ([\#3497](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3497))
+-   Optimisation to make handling incoming federation requests more efficient. ([\#3541](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3541))
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+-   Fix a significant performance regression in /sync. ([\#3505](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3505), [\#3521](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3521), [\#3530](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3530), [\#3544](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3544))
+-   Use more portable syntax in our use of the attrs package, widening the supported versions. ([\#3498](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3498))
+-   Fix queued federation requests being processed in the wrong order. ([\#3533](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3533))
+-   Ensure that erasure requests are correctly honoured for publicly accessible rooms when accessed over federation. ([\#3546](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3546))
+
+Misc
+----
+
+-   Refactoring to improve testability. ([\#3351](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3351), [\#3499](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3499))
+-   Use `isort` to sort imports. ([\#3463](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3463), [\#3464](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3464), [\#3540](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3540))
+-   Use parse and asserts from http.servlet. ([\#3534](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3534), [\#3535](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3535)).
+
+Synapse 0.32.2 (2018-07-07)
+===========================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+-   Amend the Python dependencies to depend on attrs from PyPI, not attr ([\#3492](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3492))
+
+Synapse 0.32.1 (2018-07-06)
+===========================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+-   Add explicit dependency on netaddr ([\#3488](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3488))
+
+Changes in synapse v0.32.0 (2018-07-06)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since 0.32.0rc1
+
+Synapse 0.32.0rc1 (2018-07-05)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+-   Add blacklist & whitelist of servers allowed to send events to a room via `m.room.server_acl` event.
+-   Cache factor override system for specific caches ([\#3334](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3334))
+-   Add metrics to track appservice transactions ([\#3344](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3344))
+-   Try to log more helpful info when a sig verification fails ([\#3372](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3372))
+-   Synapse now uses the best performing JSON encoder/decoder according to your runtime (simplejson on CPython, stdlib json on PyPy). ([\#3462](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3462))
+-   Add optional ip\_range\_whitelist param to AS registration files to lock AS IP access ([\#3465](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3465))
+-   Reject invalid server names in federation requests ([\#3480](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3480))
+-   Reject invalid server names in homeserver.yaml ([\#3483](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3483))
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+-   Strip access\_token from outgoing requests ([\#3327](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3327))
+-   Redact AS tokens in logs ([\#3349](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3349))
+-   Fix federation backfill from SQLite servers ([\#3355](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3355))
+-   Fix event-purge-by-ts admin API ([\#3363](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3363))
+-   Fix event filtering in get\_missing\_events handler ([\#3371](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3371))
+-   Synapse is now stricter regarding accepting events which it cannot retrieve the prev\_events for. ([\#3456](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3456))
+-   Fix bug where synapse would explode when receiving unicode in HTTP User-Agent header ([\#3470](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3470))
+-   Invalidate cache on correct thread to avoid race ([\#3473](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3473))
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+-   `doc/postgres.rst`: fix display of the last command block. Thanks to @ArchangeGabriel! ([\#3340](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3340))
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+-   Remove was\_forgotten\_at ([\#3324](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3324))
+
+Misc
+----
+
+-   [\#3332](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3332), [\#3341](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3341), [\#3347](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3347), [\#3348](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3348), [\#3356](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3356), [\#3385](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3385), [\#3446](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3446), [\#3447](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3447), [\#3467](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3467), [\#3474](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3474)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.31.2 (2018-06-14)
+=======================================
+
+SECURITY UPDATE: Prevent unauthorised users from setting state events in a room when there is no `m.room.power_levels` event in force in the room. (PR #3397)
+
+Discussion around the Matrix Spec change proposal for this change can be followed at <https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/1304>.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.31.1 (2018-06-08)
+=======================================
+
+v0.31.1 fixes a security bug in the `get_missing_events` federation API where event visibility rules were not applied correctly.
+
+We are not aware of it being actively exploited but please upgrade asap.
+
+Bug Fixes:
+
+-   Fix event filtering in get\_missing\_events handler (PR #3371)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.31.0 (2018-06-06)
+=======================================
+
+Most notable change from v0.30.0 is to switch to the python prometheus library to improve system stats reporting. WARNING: this changes a number of prometheus metrics in a backwards-incompatible manner. For more details, see [docs/metrics-howto.rst](docs/metrics-howto.rst#removal-of-deprecated-metrics--time-based-counters-becoming-histograms-in-0310).
+
+Bug Fixes:
+
+-   Fix metric documentation tables (PR #3341)
+-   Fix LaterGauge error handling (694968f)
+-   Fix replication metrics (b7e7fd2)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.31.0-rc1 (2018-06-04)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Switch to the Python Prometheus library (PR #3256, #3274)
+-   Let users leave the server notice room after joining (PR #3287)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   daily user type phone home stats (PR #3264)
+-   Use iter\* methods for \_filter\_events\_for\_server (PR #3267)
+-   Docs on consent bits (PR #3268)
+-   Remove users from user directory on deactivate (PR #3277)
+-   Avoid sending consent notice to guest users (PR #3288)
+-   disable CPUMetrics if no /proc/self/stat (PR #3299)
+-   Consistently use six\'s iteritems and wrap lazy keys/values in list() if they\'re not meant to be lazy (PR #3307)
+-   Add private IPv6 addresses to example config for url preview blacklist (PR #3317) Thanks to @thegcat!
+-   Reduce stuck read-receipts: ignore depth when updating (PR #3318)
+-   Put python\'s logs into Trial when running unit tests (PR #3319)
+
+Changes, python 3 migration:
+
+-   Replace some more comparisons with six (PR #3243) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   replace some iteritems with six (PR #3244) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   Add batch\_iter to utils (PR #3245) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   use repr, not str (PR #3246) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   Misc Python3 fixes (PR #3247) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   Py3 storage/\_base.py (PR #3278) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   more six iteritems (PR #3279) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   More Misc. py3 fixes (PR #3280) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   remaining isintance fixes (PR #3281) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   py3-ize state.py (PR #3283) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   extend tox testing for py3 to avoid regressions (PR #3302) Thanks to @krombel!
+-   use memoryview in py3 (PR #3303) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+
+Bugs:
+
+-   Fix federation backfill bugs (PR #3261)
+-   federation: fix LaterGauge usage (PR #3328) Thanks to @intelfx!
+
+Changes in synapse v0.30.0 (2018-05-24)
+=======================================
+
+\'Server Notices\' are a new feature introduced in Synapse 0.30. They provide a channel whereby server administrators can send messages to users on the server.
+
+They are used as part of communication of the server policies (see `docs/consent_tracking.md`), however the intention is that they may also find a use for features such as \"Message of the day\".
+
+This feature is specific to Synapse, but uses standard Matrix communication mechanisms, so should work with any Matrix client. For more details see `docs/server_notices.md`
+
+Further Server Notices/Consent Tracking Support:
+
+-   Allow overriding the server\_notices user\'s avatar (PR #3273)
+-   Use the localpart in the consent uri (PR #3272)
+-   Support for putting %(consent\_uri)s in messages (PR #3271)
+-   Block attempts to send server notices to remote users (PR #3270)
+-   Docs on consent bits (PR #3268)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.30.0-rc1 (2018-05-23)
+===========================================
+
+Server Notices/Consent Tracking Support:
+
+-   ConsentResource to gather policy consent from users (PR #3213)
+-   Move RoomCreationHandler out of synapse.handlers.Handlers (PR #3225)
+-   Infrastructure for a server notices room (PR #3232)
+-   Send users a server notice about consent (PR #3236)
+-   Reject attempts to send event before privacy consent is given (PR #3257)
+-   Add a \'has\_consented\' template var to consent forms (PR #3262)
+-   Fix dependency on jinja2 (PR #3263)
+
+Features:
+
+-   Cohort analytics (PR #3163, #3241, #3251)
+-   Add lxml to docker image for web previews (PR #3239) Thanks to @ptman!
+-   Add in flight request metrics (PR #3252)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Remove unused update\_external\_syncs (PR #3233)
+-   Use stream rather depth ordering for push actions (PR #3212)
+-   Make purge\_history operate on tokens (PR #3221)
+-   Don\'t support limitless pagination (PR #3265)
+
+Bug Fixes:
+
+-   Fix logcontext resource usage tracking (PR #3258)
+-   Fix error in handling receipts (PR #3235)
+-   Stop the transaction cache caching failures (PR #3255)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.29.1 (2018-05-17)
+=======================================
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Update docker documentation (PR #3222)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.29.0 (2018-05-16)
+=======================================
+
+Not changes since v0.29.0-rc1
+
+Changes in synapse v0.29.0-rc1 (2018-05-14)
+===========================================
+
+Notable changes, a docker file for running Synapse (Thanks to @kaiyou!) and a closed spec bug in the Client Server API. Additionally further prep for Python 3 migration.
+
+Potentially breaking change:
+
+-   Make Client-Server API return 401 for invalid token (PR #3161).
+
+    This changes the Client-server spec to return a 401 error code instead of 403 when the access token is unrecognised. This is the behaviour required by the specification, but some clients may be relying on the old, incorrect behaviour.
+
+    Thanks to @NotAFile for fixing this.
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add a Dockerfile for synapse (PR #2846) Thanks to @kaiyou!
+
+Changes - General:
+
+-   nuke-room-from-db.sh: added postgresql option and help (PR #2337) Thanks to @rubo77!
+-   Part user from rooms on account deactivate (PR #3201)
+-   Make \'unexpected logging context\' into warnings (PR #3007)
+-   Set Server header in SynapseRequest (PR #3208)
+-   remove duplicates from groups tables (PR #3129)
+-   Improve exception handling for background processes (PR #3138)
+-   Add missing consumeErrors to improve exception handling (PR #3139)
+-   reraise exceptions more carefully (PR #3142)
+-   Remove redundant call to preserve\_fn (PR #3143)
+-   Trap exceptions thrown within run\_in\_background (PR #3144)
+
+Changes - Refactors:
+
+-   Refactor /context to reuse pagination storage functions (PR #3193)
+-   Refactor recent events func to use pagination func (PR #3195)
+-   Refactor pagination DB API to return concrete type (PR #3196)
+-   Refactor get\_recent\_events\_for\_room return type (PR #3198)
+-   Refactor sync APIs to reuse pagination API (PR #3199)
+-   Remove unused code path from member change DB func (PR #3200)
+-   Refactor request handling wrappers (PR #3203)
+-   transaction\_id, destination defined twice (PR #3209) Thanks to @damir-manapov!
+-   Refactor event storage to prepare for changes in state calculations (PR #3141)
+-   Set Server header in SynapseRequest (PR #3208)
+-   Use deferred.addTimeout instead of time\_bound\_deferred (PR #3127, #3178)
+-   Use run\_in\_background in preference to preserve\_fn (PR #3140)
+
+Changes - Python 3 migration:
+
+-   Construct HMAC as bytes on py3 (PR #3156) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   run config tests on py3 (PR #3159) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   Open certificate files as bytes (PR #3084) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   Open config file in non-bytes mode (PR #3085) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   Make event properties raise AttributeError instead (PR #3102) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   Use six.moves.urlparse (PR #3108) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   Add py3 tests to tox with folders that work (PR #3145) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   Don\'t yield in list comprehensions (PR #3150) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   Move more xrange to six (PR #3151) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   make imports local (PR #3152) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   move httplib import to six (PR #3153) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   Replace stringIO imports with six (PR #3154, #3168) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   more bytes strings (PR #3155) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+
+Bug Fixes:
+
+-   synapse fails to start under Twisted \>= 18.4 (PR #3157)
+-   Fix a class of logcontext leaks (PR #3170)
+-   Fix a couple of logcontext leaks in unit tests (PR #3172)
+-   Fix logcontext leak in media repo (PR #3174)
+-   Escape label values in prometheus metrics (PR #3175, #3186)
+-   Fix \'Unhandled Error\' logs with Twisted 18.4 (PR #3182) Thanks to @Half-Shot!
+-   Fix logcontext leaks in rate limiter (PR #3183)
+-   notifications: Convert next\_token to string according to the spec (PR #3190) Thanks to @mujx!
+-   nuke-room-from-db.sh: fix deletion from search table (PR #3194) Thanks to @rubo77!
+-   add guard for None on purge\_history api (PR #3160) Thanks to @krombel!
+
+Changes in synapse v0.28.1 (2018-05-01)
+=======================================
+
+SECURITY UPDATE
+
+-   Clamp the allowed values of event depth received over federation to be \[0, 2\^63 - 1\]. This mitigates an attack where malicious events injected with depth = 2\^63 - 1 render rooms unusable. Depth is used to determine the cosmetic ordering of events within a room, and so the ordering of events in such a room will default to using stream\_ordering rather than depth (topological\_ordering).
+
+    This is a temporary solution to mitigate abuse in the wild, whilst a long term solution is being implemented to improve how the depth parameter is used.
+
+    Full details at <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I3fi2S-XnpO45qrpCsowZv8P8dHcNZ4fsBsbOW7KABI>
+
+-   Pin Twisted to \<18.4 until we stop using the private \_OpenSSLECCurve API.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.28.0 (2018-04-26)
+=======================================
+
+Bug Fixes:
+
+-   Fix quarantine media admin API and search reindex (PR #3130)
+-   Fix media admin APIs (PR #3134)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.28.0-rc1 (2018-04-24)
+===========================================
+
+Minor performance improvement to federation sending and bug fixes.
+
+(Note: This release does not include the delta state resolution implementation discussed in matrix live)
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add metrics for event processing lag (PR #3090)
+-   Add metrics for ResponseCache (PR #3092)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Synapse on PyPy (PR #2760) Thanks to @Valodim!
+-   move handling of auto\_join\_rooms to RegisterHandler (PR #2996) Thanks to @krombel!
+-   Improve handling of SRV records for federation connections (PR #3016) Thanks to @silkeh!
+-   Document the behaviour of ResponseCache (PR #3059)
+-   Preparation for py3 (PR #3061, #3073, #3074, #3075, #3103, #3104, #3106, #3107, #3109, #3110) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   update prometheus dashboard to use new metric names (PR #3069) Thanks to @krombel!
+-   use python3-compatible prints (PR #3074) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   Send federation events concurrently (PR #3078)
+-   Limit concurrent event sends for a room (PR #3079)
+-   Improve R30 stat definition (PR #3086)
+-   Send events to ASes concurrently (PR #3088)
+-   Refactor ResponseCache usage (PR #3093)
+-   Clarify that SRV may not point to a CNAME (PR #3100) Thanks to @silkeh!
+-   Use str(e) instead of e.message (PR #3103) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   Use six.itervalues in some places (PR #3106) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   Refactor store.have\_events (PR #3117)
+
+Bug Fixes:
+
+-   Return 401 for invalid access\_token on logout (PR #2938) Thanks to @dklug!
+-   Return a 404 rather than a 500 on rejoining empty rooms (PR #3080)
+-   fix federation\_domain\_whitelist (PR #3099)
+-   Avoid creating events with huge numbers of prev\_events (PR #3113)
+-   Reject events which have lots of prev\_events (PR #3118)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.27.4 (2018-04-13)
+=======================================
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Update canonicaljson dependency (\#3095)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.27.3 (2018-04-11)
+======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   URL quote path segments over federation (\#3082)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.27.3-rc2 (2018-04-09)
+===========================================
+
+v0.27.3-rc1 used a stale version of the develop branch so the changelog overstates the functionality. v0.27.3-rc2 is up to date, rc1 should be ignored.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.27.3-rc1 (2018-04-09)
+===========================================
+
+Notable changes include API support for joinability of groups. Also new metrics and phone home stats. Phone home stats include better visibility of system usage so we can tweak synpase to work better for all users rather than our own experience with matrix.org. Also, recording \'r30\' stat which is the measure we use to track overal growth of the Matrix ecosystem. It is defined as:-
+
+Counts the number of native 30 day retained users, defined as:- \* Users who have created their accounts more than 30 days
+
+:   -   Where last seen at most 30 days ago
+    -   Where account creation and last\_seen are \> 30 days\"
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add joinability for groups (PR #3045)
+-   Implement group join API (PR #3046)
+-   Add counter metrics for calculating state delta (PR #3033)
+-   R30 stats (PR #3041)
+-   Measure time it takes to calculate state group ID (PR #3043)
+-   Add basic performance statistics to phone home (PR #3044)
+-   Add response size metrics (PR #3071)
+-   phone home cache size configurations (PR #3063)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Add a blurb explaining the main synapse worker (PR #2886) Thanks to @turt2live!
+-   Replace old style error catching with \'as\' keyword (PR #3000) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   Use .iter\* to avoid copies in StateHandler (PR #3006)
+-   Linearize calls to \_generate\_user\_id (PR #3029)
+-   Remove last usage of ujson (PR #3030)
+-   Use simplejson throughout (PR #3048)
+-   Use static JSONEncoders (PR #3049)
+-   Remove uses of events.content (PR #3060)
+-   Improve database cache performance (PR #3068)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Add room\_id to the response of rooms/{roomId}/join (PR #2986) Thanks to @jplatte!
+-   Fix replication after switch to simplejson (PR #3015)
+-   404 correctly on missing paths via NoResource (PR #3022)
+-   Fix error when claiming e2e keys from offline servers (PR #3034)
+-   fix tests/storage/test\_user\_directory.py (PR #3042)
+-   use PUT instead of POST for federating groups/m.join\_policy (PR #3070) Thanks to @krombel!
+-   postgres port script: fix state\_groups\_pkey error (PR #3072)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.27.2 (2018-03-26)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug which broke TCP replication between workers (PR #3015)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.27.1 (2018-03-26)
+=======================================
+
+Meta release as v0.27.0 temporarily pointed to the wrong commit
+
+Changes in synapse v0.27.0 (2018-03-26)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since v0.27.0-rc2
+
+Changes in synapse v0.27.0-rc2 (2018-03-19)
+===========================================
+
+Pulls in v0.26.1
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug introduced in v0.27.0-rc1 that causes much increased memory usage in state cache (PR #3005)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.26.1 (2018-03-15)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug where an invalid event caused server to stop functioning correctly, due to parsing and serializing bugs in ujson library (PR #3008)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.27.0-rc1 (2018-03-14)
+===========================================
+
+The common case for running Synapse is not to run separate workers, but for those that do, be aware that synctl no longer starts the main synapse when using `-a` option with workers. A new worker file should be added with `worker_app: synapse.app.homeserver`.
+
+This release also begins the process of renaming a number of the metrics reported to prometheus. See [docs/metrics-howto.rst](docs/metrics-howto.rst#block-and-response-metrics-renamed-for-0-27-0). Note that the v0.28.0 release will remove the deprecated metric names.
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add ability for ASes to override message send time (PR #2754)
+-   Add support for custom storage providers for media repository (PR #2867, #2777, #2783, #2789, #2791, #2804, #2812, #2814, #2857, #2868, #2767)
+-   Add purge API features, see [docs/admin\_api/purge\_history\_api.rst](docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst) for full details (PR #2858, #2867, #2882, #2946, #2962, #2943)
+-   Add support for whitelisting 3PIDs that users can register. (PR #2813)
+-   Add `/room/{id}/event/{id}` API (PR #2766)
+-   Add an admin API to get all the media in a room (PR #2818) Thanks to @turt2live!
+-   Add `federation_domain_whitelist` option (PR #2820, #2821)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Continue to factor out processing from main process and into worker processes. See updated [docs/workers.rst](docs/workers.rst) (PR #2892 - \#2904, #2913, #2920 - \#2926, #2947, #2847, #2854, #2872, #2873, #2874, #2928, #2929, #2934, #2856, #2976 - \#2984, #2987 - \#2989, #2991 - \#2993, #2995, #2784)
+-   Ensure state cache is used when persisting events (PR #2864, #2871, #2802, #2835, #2836, #2841, #2842, #2849)
+-   Change the default config to bind on both IPv4 and IPv6 on all platforms (PR #2435) Thanks to @silkeh!
+-   No longer require a specific version of saml2 (PR #2695) Thanks to @okurz!
+-   Remove `verbosity`/`log_file` from generated config (PR #2755)
+-   Add and improve metrics and logging (PR #2770, #2778, #2785, #2786, #2787, #2793, #2794, #2795, #2809, #2810, #2833, #2834, #2844, #2965, #2927, #2975, #2790, #2796, #2838)
+-   When using synctl with workers, don\'t start the main synapse automatically (PR #2774)
+-   Minor performance improvements (PR #2773, #2792)
+-   Use a connection pool for non-federation outbound connections (PR #2817)
+-   Make it possible to run unit tests against postgres (PR #2829)
+-   Update pynacl dependency to 1.2.1 or higher (PR #2888) Thanks to @bachp!
+-   Remove ability for AS users to call /events and /sync (PR #2948)
+-   Use bcrypt.checkpw (PR #2949) Thanks to @krombel!
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix broken `ldap_config` config option (PR #2683) Thanks to @seckrv!
+-   Fix error message when user is not allowed to unban (PR #2761) Thanks to @turt2live!
+-   Fix publicised groups GET API (singular) over federation (PR #2772)
+-   Fix user directory when using `user_directory_search_all_users` config option (PR #2803, #2831)
+-   Fix error on `/publicRooms` when no rooms exist (PR #2827)
+-   Fix bug in quarantine\_media (PR #2837)
+-   Fix url\_previews when no Content-Type is returned from URL (PR #2845)
+-   Fix rare race in sync API when joining room (PR #2944)
+-   Fix slow event search, switch back from GIST to GIN indexes (PR #2769, #2848)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.26.0 (2018-01-05)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since v0.26.0-rc1
+
+Changes in synapse v0.26.0-rc1 (2017-12-13)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add ability for ASes to publicise groups for their users (PR #2686)
+-   Add all local users to the user\_directory and optionally search them (PR #2723)
+-   Add support for custom login types for validating users (PR #2729)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Update example Prometheus config to new format (PR #2648) Thanks to @krombel!
+-   Rename redact\_content option to include\_content in Push API (PR #2650)
+-   Declare support for r0.3.0 (PR #2677)
+-   Improve upserts (PR #2684, #2688, #2689, #2713)
+-   Improve documentation of workers (PR #2700)
+-   Improve tracebacks on exceptions (PR #2705)
+-   Allow guest access to group APIs for reading (PR #2715)
+-   Support for posting content in federation\_client script (PR #2716)
+-   Delete devices and pushers on logouts etc (PR #2722)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix database port script (PR #2673)
+-   Fix internal server error on login with ldap\_auth\_provider (PR #2678) Thanks to @jkolo!
+-   Fix error on sqlite 3.7 (PR #2697)
+-   Fix OPTIONS on preview\_url (PR #2707)
+-   Fix error handling on dns lookup (PR #2711)
+-   Fix wrong avatars when inviting multiple users when creating room (PR #2717)
+-   Fix 500 when joining matrix-dev (PR #2719)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.25.1 (2017-11-17)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix login with LDAP and other password provider modules (PR #2678). Thanks to @jkolo!
+
+Changes in synapse v0.25.0 (2017-11-15)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix port script (PR #2673)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.25.0-rc1 (2017-11-14)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add is\_public to groups table to allow for private groups (PR #2582)
+-   Add a route for determining who you are (PR #2668) Thanks to @turt2live!
+-   Add more features to the password providers (PR #2608, #2610, #2620, #2622, #2623, #2624, #2626, #2628, #2629)
+-   Add a hook for custom rest endpoints (PR #2627)
+-   Add API to update group room visibility (PR #2651)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Ignore \<noscript\> tags when generating URL preview descriptions (PR #2576) Thanks to @maximevaillancourt!
+-   Register some /unstable endpoints in /r0 as well (PR #2579) Thanks to @krombel!
+-   Support /keys/upload on /r0 as well as /unstable (PR #2585)
+-   Front-end proxy: pass through auth header (PR #2586)
+-   Allow ASes to deactivate their own users (PR #2589)
+-   Remove refresh tokens (PR #2613)
+-   Automatically set default displayname on register (PR #2617)
+-   Log login requests (PR #2618)
+-   Always return is\_public in the /groups/:group\_id/rooms API (PR #2630)
+-   Avoid no-op media deletes (PR #2637) Thanks to @spantaleev!
+-   Fix various embarrassing typos around user\_directory and add some doc. (PR #2643)
+-   Return whether a user is an admin within a group (PR #2647)
+-   Namespace visibility options for groups (PR #2657)
+-   Downcase UserIDs on registration (PR #2662)
+-   Cache failures when fetching URL previews (PR #2669)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix port script (PR #2577)
+-   Fix error when running synapse with no logfile (PR #2581)
+-   Fix UI auth when deleting devices (PR #2591)
+-   Fix typo when checking if user is invited to group (PR #2599)
+-   Fix the port script to drop NUL values in all tables (PR #2611)
+-   Fix appservices being backlogged and not receiving new events due to a bug in notify\_interested\_services (PR #2631) Thanks to @xyzz!
+-   Fix updating rooms avatar/display name when modified by admin (PR #2636) Thanks to @farialima!
+-   Fix bug in state group storage (PR #2649)
+-   Fix 500 on invalid utf-8 in request (PR #2663)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.24.1 (2017-10-24)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix updating group profiles over federation (PR #2567)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.24.0 (2017-10-23)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since v0.24.0-rc1
+
+Changes in synapse v0.24.0-rc1 (2017-10-19)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add Group Server (PR #2352, #2363, #2374, #2377, #2378, #2382, #2410, #2426, #2430, #2454, #2471, #2472, #2544)
+-   Add support for channel notifications (PR #2501)
+-   Add basic implementation of backup media store (PR #2538)
+-   Add config option to auto-join new users to rooms (PR #2545)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Make the spam checker a module (PR #2474)
+-   Delete expired url cache data (PR #2478)
+-   Ignore incoming events for rooms that we have left (PR #2490)
+-   Allow spam checker to reject invites too (PR #2492)
+-   Add room creation checks to spam checker (PR #2495)
+-   Spam checking: add the invitee to user\_may\_invite (PR #2502)
+-   Process events from federation for different rooms in parallel (PR #2520)
+-   Allow error strings from spam checker (PR #2531)
+-   Improve error handling for missing files in config (PR #2551)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix handling SERVFAILs when doing AAAA lookups for federation (PR #2477)
+-   Fix incompatibility with newer versions of ujson (PR #2483) Thanks to @jeremycline!
+-   Fix notification keywords that start/end with non-word chars (PR #2500)
+-   Fix stack overflow and logcontexts from linearizer (PR #2532)
+-   Fix 500 error when fields missing from power\_levels event (PR #2552)
+-   Fix 500 error when we get an error handling a PDU (PR #2553)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.23.1 (2017-10-02)
+=======================================
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Make \'affinity\' package optional, as it is not supported on some platforms
+
+Changes in synapse v0.23.0 (2017-10-02)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since v0.23.0-rc2
+
+Changes in synapse v0.23.0-rc2 (2017-09-26)
+===========================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix regression in performance of syncs (PR #2470)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.23.0-rc1 (2017-09-25)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add a frontend proxy worker (PR #2344)
+-   Add support for event\_id\_only push format (PR #2450)
+-   Add a PoC for filtering spammy events (PR #2456)
+-   Add a config option to block all room invites (PR #2457)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Use bcrypt module instead of py-bcrypt (PR #2288) Thanks to @kyrias!
+-   Improve performance of generating push notifications (PR #2343, #2357, #2365, #2366, #2371)
+-   Improve DB performance for device list handling in sync (PR #2362)
+-   Include a sample prometheus config (PR #2416)
+-   Document known to work postgres version (PR #2433) Thanks to @ptman!
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix caching error in the push evaluator (PR #2332)
+-   Fix bug where pusherpool didn\'t start and broke some rooms (PR #2342)
+-   Fix port script for user directory tables (PR #2375)
+-   Fix device lists notifications when user rejoins a room (PR #2443, #2449)
+-   Fix sync to always send down current state events in timeline (PR #2451)
+-   Fix bug where guest users were incorrectly kicked (PR #2453)
+-   Fix bug talking to IPv6 only servers using SRV records (PR #2462)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.22.1 (2017-07-06)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug where pusher pool didn\'t start and caused issues when interacting with some rooms (PR #2342)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.22.0 (2017-07-06)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since v0.22.0-rc2
+
+Changes in synapse v0.22.0-rc2 (2017-07-04)
+===========================================
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Improve performance of storing user IPs (PR #2307, #2308)
+-   Slightly improve performance of verifying access tokens (PR #2320)
+-   Slightly improve performance of event persistence (PR #2321)
+-   Increase default cache factor size from 0.1 to 0.5 (PR #2330)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug with storing registration sessions that caused frequent CPU churn (PR #2319)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.22.0-rc1 (2017-06-26)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add a user directory API (PR #2252, and many more)
+-   Add shutdown room API to remove room from local server (PR #2291)
+-   Add API to quarantine media (PR #2292)
+-   Add new config option to not send event contents to push servers (PR #2301) Thanks to @cjdelisle!
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Various performance fixes (PR #2177, #2233, #2230, #2238, #2248, #2256, #2274)
+-   Deduplicate sync filters (PR #2219) Thanks to @krombel!
+-   Correct a typo in UPGRADE.rst (PR #2231) Thanks to @aaronraimist!
+-   Add count of one time keys to sync stream (PR #2237)
+-   Only store event\_auth for state events (PR #2247)
+-   Store URL cache preview downloads separately (PR #2299)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix users not getting notifications when AS listened to that user\_id (PR #2216) Thanks to @slipeer!
+-   Fix users without push set up not getting notifications after joining rooms (PR #2236)
+-   Fix preview url API to trim long descriptions (PR #2243)
+-   Fix bug where we used cached but unpersisted state group as prev group, resulting in broken state of restart (PR #2263)
+-   Fix removing of pushers when using workers (PR #2267)
+-   Fix CORS headers to allow Authorization header (PR #2285) Thanks to @krombel!
+
+Changes in synapse v0.21.1 (2017-06-15)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug in anonymous usage statistic reporting (PR #2281)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.21.0 (2017-05-18)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since v0.21.0-rc3
+
+Changes in synapse v0.21.0-rc3 (2017-05-17)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add per user rate-limiting overrides (PR #2208)
+-   Add config option to limit maximum number of events requested by `/sync` and `/messages` (PR #2221) Thanks to @psaavedra!
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Various small performance fixes (PR #2201, #2202, #2224, #2226, #2227, #2228, #2229)
+-   Update username availability checker API (PR #2209, #2213)
+-   When purging, don\'t de-delta state groups we\'re about to delete (PR #2214)
+-   Documentation to check synapse version (PR #2215) Thanks to @hamber-dick!
+-   Add an index to event\_search to speed up purge history API (PR #2218)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix API to allow clients to upload one-time-keys with new sigs (PR #2206)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.21.0-rc2 (2017-05-08)
+===========================================
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Always mark remotes as up if we receive a signed request from them (PR #2190)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug where users got pushed for rooms they had muted (PR #2200)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.21.0-rc1 (2017-05-08)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add username availability checker API (PR #2183)
+-   Add read marker API (PR #2120)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Enable guest access for the 3pl/3pid APIs (PR #1986)
+-   Add setting to support TURN for guests (PR #2011)
+-   Various performance improvements (PR #2075, #2076, #2080, #2083, #2108, #2158, #2176, #2185)
+-   Make synctl a bit more user friendly (PR #2078, #2127) Thanks @APwhitehat!
+-   Replace HTTP replication with TCP replication (PR #2082, #2097, #2098, #2099, #2103, #2014, #2016, #2115, #2116, #2117)
+-   Support authenticated SMTP (PR #2102) Thanks @DanielDent!
+-   Add a counter metric for successfully-sent transactions (PR #2121)
+-   Propagate errors sensibly from proxied IS requests (PR #2147)
+-   Add more granular event send metrics (PR #2178)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix nuke-room script to work with current schema (PR #1927) Thanks @zuckschwerdt!
+-   Fix db port script to not assume postgres tables are in the public schema (PR #2024) Thanks @jerrykan!
+-   Fix getting latest device IP for user with no devices (PR #2118)
+-   Fix rejection of invites to unreachable servers (PR #2145)
+-   Fix code for reporting old verify keys in synapse (PR #2156)
+-   Fix invite state to always include all events (PR #2163)
+-   Fix bug where synapse would always fetch state for any missing event (PR #2170)
+-   Fix a leak with timed out HTTP connections (PR #2180)
+-   Fix bug where we didn\'t time out HTTP requests to ASes (PR #2192)
+
+Docs:
+
+-   Clarify doc for SQLite to PostgreSQL port (PR #1961) Thanks @benhylau!
+-   Fix typo in synctl help (PR #2107) Thanks @HarHarLinks!
+-   `web_client_location` documentation fix (PR #2131) Thanks @matthewjwolff!
+-   Update README.rst with FreeBSD changes (PR #2132) Thanks @feld!
+-   Clarify setting up metrics (PR #2149) Thanks @encks!
+
+Changes in synapse v0.20.0 (2017-04-11)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix joining rooms over federation where not all servers in the room saw the new server had joined (PR #2094)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.20.0-rc1 (2017-03-30)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add delete\_devices API (PR #1993)
+-   Add phone number registration/login support (PR #1994, #2055)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Use JSONSchema for validation of filters. Thanks @pik! (PR #1783)
+-   Reread log config on SIGHUP (PR #1982)
+-   Speed up public room list (PR #1989)
+-   Add helpful texts to logger config options (PR #1990)
+-   Minor `/sync` performance improvements. (PR #2002, #2013, #2022)
+-   Add some debug to help diagnose weird federation issue (PR #2035)
+-   Correctly limit retries for all federation requests (PR #2050, #2061)
+-   Don\'t lock table when persisting new one time keys (PR #2053)
+-   Reduce some CPU work on DB threads (PR #2054)
+-   Cache hosts in room (PR #2060)
+-   Batch sending of device list pokes (PR #2063)
+-   Speed up persist event path in certain edge cases (PR #2070)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug where current\_state\_events renamed to current\_state\_ids (PR #1849)
+-   Fix routing loop when fetching remote media (PR #1992)
+-   Fix current\_state\_events table to not lie (PR #1996)
+-   Fix CAS login to handle PartialDownloadError (PR #1997)
+-   Fix assertion to stop transaction queue getting wedged (PR #2010)
+-   Fix presence to fallback to last\_active\_ts if it beats the last sync time. Thanks @Half-Shot! (PR #2014)
+-   Fix bug when federation received a PDU while a room join is in progress (PR #2016)
+-   Fix resetting state on rejected events (PR #2025)
+-   Fix installation issues in readme. Thanks @ricco386 (PR #2037)
+-   Fix caching of remote servers\' signature keys (PR #2042)
+-   Fix some leaking log context (PR #2048, #2049, #2057, #2058)
+-   Fix rejection of invites not reaching sync (PR #2056)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.19.3 (2017-03-20)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since v0.19.3-rc2
+
+Changes in synapse v0.19.3-rc2 (2017-03-13)
+===========================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug in handling of incoming device list updates over federation.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.19.3-rc1 (2017-03-08)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add some administration functionalities. Thanks to morteza-araby! (PR #1784)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Reduce database table sizes (PR #1873, #1916, #1923, #1963)
+-   Update contrib/ to not use syutil. Thanks to andrewshadura! (PR #1907)
+-   Don\'t fetch current state when sending an event in common case (PR #1955)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix synapse\_port\_db failure. Thanks to Pneumaticat! (PR #1904)
+-   Fix caching to not cache error responses (PR #1913)
+-   Fix APIs to make kick & ban reasons work (PR #1917)
+-   Fix bugs in the /keys/changes api (PR #1921)
+-   Fix bug where users couldn\'t forget rooms they were banned from (PR #1922)
+-   Fix issue with long language values in pushers API (PR #1925)
+-   Fix a race in transaction queue (PR #1930)
+-   Fix dynamic thumbnailing to preserve aspect ratio. Thanks to jkolo! (PR #1945)
+-   Fix device list update to not constantly resync (PR #1964)
+-   Fix potential for huge memory usage when getting device that have changed (PR #1969)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.19.2 (2017-02-20)
+=======================================
+
+-   Fix bug with event visibility check in /context/ API. Thanks to Tokodomo for pointing it out! (PR #1929)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.19.1 (2017-02-09)
+=======================================
+
+-   Fix bug where state was incorrectly reset in a room when synapse received an event over federation that did not pass auth checks (PR #1892)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.19.0 (2017-02-04)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since RC 4.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.19.0-rc4 (2017-02-02)
+===========================================
+
+-   Bump cache sizes for common membership queries (PR #1879)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.19.0-rc3 (2017-02-02)
+===========================================
+
+-   Fix email push in pusher worker (PR #1875)
+-   Make presence.get\_new\_events a bit faster (PR #1876)
+-   Make /keys/changes a bit more performant (PR #1877)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.19.0-rc2 (2017-02-02)
+===========================================
+
+-   Include newly joined users in /keys/changes API (PR #1872)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.19.0-rc1 (2017-02-02)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add support for specifying multiple bind addresses (PR #1709, #1712, #1795, #1835). Thanks to @kyrias!
+-   Add /account/3pid/delete endpoint (PR #1714)
+-   Add config option to configure the Riot URL used in notification emails (PR #1811). Thanks to @aperezdc!
+-   Add username and password config options for turn server (PR #1832). Thanks to @xsteadfastx!
+-   Implement device lists updates over federation (PR #1857, #1861, #1864)
+-   Implement /keys/changes (PR #1869, #1872)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Improve IPv6 support (PR #1696). Thanks to @kyrias and @glyph!
+-   Log which files we saved attachments to in the media\_repository (PR #1791)
+-   Linearize updates to membership via PUT /state/ to better handle multiple joins (PR #1787)
+-   Limit number of entries to prefill from cache on startup (PR #1792)
+-   Remove full\_twisted\_stacktraces option (PR #1802)
+-   Measure size of some caches by sum of the size of cached values (PR #1815)
+-   Measure metrics of string\_cache (PR #1821)
+-   Reduce logging verbosity (PR #1822, #1823, #1824)
+-   Don\'t clobber a displayname or avatar\_url if provided by an m.room.member event (PR #1852)
+-   Better handle 401/404 response for federation /send/ (PR #1866, #1871)
+
+Fixes:
+
+-   Fix ability to change password to a non-ascii one (PR #1711)
+-   Fix push getting stuck due to looking at the wrong view of state (PR #1820)
+-   Fix email address comparison to be case insensitive (PR #1827)
+-   Fix occasional inconsistencies of room membership (PR #1836, #1840)
+
+Performance:
+
+-   Don\'t block messages sending on bumping presence (PR #1789)
+-   Change device\_inbox stream index to include user (PR #1793)
+-   Optimise state resolution (PR #1818)
+-   Use DB cache of joined users for presence (PR #1862)
+-   Add an index to make membership queries faster (PR #1867)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.7 (2017-01-09)
+=======================================
+
+No changes from v0.18.7-rc2
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.7-rc2 (2017-01-07)
+===========================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix error in rc1\'s discarding invalid inbound traffic logic that was incorrectly discarding missing events
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.7-rc1 (2017-01-06)
+===========================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix error in \#PR 1764 to actually fix the nightmare \#1753 bug.
+-   Improve deadlock logging further
+-   Discard inbound federation traffic from invalid domains, to immunise against \#1753
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.6 (2017-01-06)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug when checking if a guest user is allowed to join a room (PR #1772) Thanks to Patrik Oldsberg for diagnosing and the fix!
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.6-rc3 (2017-01-05)
+===========================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug where we failed to send ban events to the banned server (PR #1758)
+-   Fix bug where we sent event that didn\'t originate on this server to other servers (PR #1764)
+-   Fix bug where processing an event from a remote server took a long time because we were making long HTTP requests (PR #1765, PR #1744)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Improve logging for debugging deadlocks (PR #1766, PR #1767)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.6-rc2 (2016-12-30)
+===========================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix memory leak in twisted by initialising logging correctly (PR #1731)
+-   Fix bug where fetching missing events took an unacceptable amount of time in large rooms (PR #1734)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.6-rc1 (2016-12-29)
+===========================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Make sure that outbound connections are closed (PR #1725)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.5 (2016-12-16)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix federation /backfill returning events it shouldn\'t (PR #1700)
+-   Fix crash in url preview (PR #1701)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.5-rc3 (2016-12-13)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add support for E2E for guests (PR #1653)
+-   Add new API appservice specific public room list (PR #1676)
+-   Add new room membership APIs (PR #1680)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Enable guest access for private rooms by default (PR #653)
+-   Limit the number of events that can be created on a given room concurrently (PR #1620)
+-   Log the args that we have on UI auth completion (PR #1649)
+-   Stop generating refresh\_tokens (PR #1654)
+-   Stop putting a time caveat on access tokens (PR #1656)
+-   Remove unspecced GET endpoints for e2e keys (PR #1694)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix handling of 500 and 429\'s over federation (PR #1650)
+-   Fix Content-Type header parsing (PR #1660)
+-   Fix error when previewing sites that include unicode, thanks to kyrias (PR #1664)
+-   Fix some cases where we drop read receipts (PR #1678)
+-   Fix bug where calls to `/sync` didn\'t correctly timeout (PR #1683)
+-   Fix bug where E2E key query would fail if a single remote host failed (PR #1686)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.5-rc2 (2016-11-24)
+===========================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Don\'t send old events over federation, fixes bug in -rc1.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.5-rc1 (2016-11-24)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Implement \"event\_fields\" in filters (PR #1638)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Use external ldap auth pacakge (PR #1628)
+-   Split out federation transaction sending to a worker (PR #1635)
+-   Fail with a coherent error message if /sync?filter= is invalid (PR #1636)
+-   More efficient notif count queries (PR #1644)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.4 (2016-11-22)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Add workaround for buggy clients that the fail to register (PR #1632)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.4-rc1 (2016-11-14)
+===========================================
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Various database efficiency improvements (PR #1188, #1192)
+-   Update default config to blacklist more internal IPs, thanks to Euan Kemp (PR #1198)
+-   Allow specifying duration in minutes in config, thanks to Daniel Dent (PR #1625)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix media repo to set CORs headers on responses (PR #1190)
+-   Fix registration to not error on non-ascii passwords (PR #1191)
+-   Fix create event code to limit the number of prev\_events (PR #1615)
+-   Fix bug in transaction ID deduplication (PR #1624)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.3 (2016-11-08)
+=======================================
+
+SECURITY UPDATE
+
+Explicitly require authentication when using LDAP3. This is the default on versions of `ldap3` above 1.0, but some distributions will package an older version.
+
+If you are using LDAP3 login and have a version of `ldap3` older than 1.0 it is **CRITICAL to updgrade**.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.2 (2016-11-01)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since v0.18.2-rc5
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.2-rc5 (2016-10-28)
+===========================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix prometheus process metrics in worker processes (PR #1184)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.2-rc4 (2016-10-27)
+===========================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix `user_threepids` schema delta, which in some instances prevented startup after upgrade (PR #1183)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.2-rc3 (2016-10-27)
+===========================================
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Allow clients to supply access tokens as headers (PR #1098)
+-   Clarify error codes for GET /filter/, thanks to Alexander Maznev (PR #1164)
+-   Make password reset email field case insensitive (PR #1170)
+-   Reduce redundant database work in email pusher (PR #1174)
+-   Allow configurable rate limiting per AS (PR #1175)
+-   Check whether to ratelimit sooner to avoid work (PR #1176)
+-   Standardise prometheus metrics (PR #1177)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix incredibly slow back pagination query (PR #1178)
+-   Fix infinite typing bug (PR #1179)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.2-rc2 (2016-10-25)
+===========================================
+
+(This release did not include the changes advertised and was identical to RC1)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.2-rc1 (2016-10-17)
+===========================================
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Remove redundant event\_auth index (PR #1113)
+-   Reduce DB hits for replication (PR #1141)
+-   Implement pluggable password auth (PR #1155)
+-   Remove rate limiting from app service senders and fix get\_or\_create\_user requester, thanks to Patrik Oldsberg (PR #1157)
+-   window.postmessage for Interactive Auth fallback (PR #1159)
+-   Use sys.executable instead of hardcoded python, thanks to Pedro Larroy (PR #1162)
+-   Add config option for adding additional TLS fingerprints (PR #1167)
+-   User-interactive auth on delete device (PR #1168)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix not being allowed to set your own state\_key, thanks to Patrik Oldsberg (PR #1150)
+-   Fix interactive auth to return 401 from for incorrect password (PR #1160, #1166)
+-   Fix email push notifs being dropped (PR #1169)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.1 (2016-10-05)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since v0.18.1-rc1
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.1-rc1 (2016-09-30)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add total\_room\_count\_estimate to `/publicRooms` (PR #1133)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Time out typing over federation (PR #1140)
+-   Restructure LDAP authentication (PR #1153)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix 3pid invites when server is already in the room (PR #1136)
+-   Fix upgrading with SQLite taking lots of CPU for a few days after upgrade (PR #1144)
+-   Fix upgrading from very old database versions (PR #1145)
+-   Fix port script to work with recently added tables (PR #1146)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.0 (2016-09-19)
+=======================================
+
+The release includes major changes to the state storage database schemas, which significantly reduce database size. Synapse will attempt to upgrade the current data in the background. Servers with large SQLite database may experience degradation of performance while this upgrade is in progress, therefore you may want to consider migrating to using Postgres before upgrading very large SQLite databases
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Make public room search case insensitive (PR #1127)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix and clean up publicRooms pagination (PR #1129)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.18.0-rc1 (2016-09-16)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add `only=highlight` on `/notifications` (PR #1081)
+-   Add server param to /publicRooms (PR #1082)
+-   Allow clients to ask for the whole of a single state event (PR #1094)
+-   Add is\_direct param to /createRoom (PR #1108)
+-   Add pagination support to publicRooms (PR #1121)
+-   Add very basic filter API to /publicRooms (PR #1126)
+-   Add basic direct to device messaging support for E2E (PR #1074, #1084, #1104, #1111)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Move to storing state\_groups\_state as deltas, greatly reducing DB size (PR #1065)
+-   Reduce amount of state pulled out of the DB during common requests (PR #1069)
+-   Allow PDF to be rendered from media repo (PR #1071)
+-   Reindex state\_groups\_state after pruning (PR #1085)
+-   Clobber EDUs in send queue (PR #1095)
+-   Conform better to the CAS protocol specification (PR #1100)
+-   Limit how often we ask for keys from dead servers (PR #1114)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix /notifications API when used with `from` param (PR #1080)
+-   Fix backfill when cannot find an event. (PR #1107)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.17.3 (2016-09-09)
+=======================================
+
+This release fixes a major bug that stopped servers from handling rooms with over 1000 members.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.17.2 (2016-09-08)
+=======================================
+
+This release contains security bug fixes. Please upgrade.
+
+No changes since v0.17.2-rc1
+
+Changes in synapse v0.17.2-rc1 (2016-09-05)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Start adding store-and-forward direct-to-device messaging (PR #1046, #1050, #1062, #1066)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Avoid pulling the full state of a room out so often (PR #1047, #1049, #1063, #1068)
+-   Don\'t notify for online to online presence transitions. (PR #1054)
+-   Occasionally persist unpersisted presence updates (PR #1055)
+-   Allow application services to have an optional \'url\' (PR #1056)
+-   Clean up old sent transactions from DB (PR #1059)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix None check in backfill (PR #1043)
+-   Fix membership changes to be idempotent (PR #1067)
+-   Fix bug in get\_pdu where it would sometimes return events with incorrect signature
+
+Changes in synapse v0.17.1 (2016-08-24)
+=======================================
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Delete old received\_transactions rows (PR #1038)
+-   Pass through user-supplied content in /join/\$room\_id (PR #1039)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug with backfill (PR #1040)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.17.1-rc1 (2016-08-22)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add notification API (PR #1028)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Don\'t print stack traces when failing to get remote keys (PR #996)
+-   Various federation /event/ perf improvements (PR #998)
+-   Only process one local membership event per room at a time (PR #1005)
+-   Move default display name push rule (PR #1011, #1023)
+-   Fix up preview URL API. Add tests. (PR #1015)
+-   Set `Content-Security-Policy` on media repo (PR #1021)
+-   Make notify\_interested\_services faster (PR #1022)
+-   Add usage stats to prometheus monitoring (PR #1037)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix token login (PR #993)
+-   Fix CAS login (PR #994, #995)
+-   Fix /sync to not clobber status\_msg (PR #997)
+-   Fix redacted state events to include prev\_content (PR #1003)
+-   Fix some bugs in the auth/ldap handler (PR #1007)
+-   Fix backfill request to limit URI length, so that remotes don\'t reject the requests due to path length limits (PR #1012)
+-   Fix AS push code to not send duplicate events (PR #1025)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.17.0 (2016-08-08)
+=======================================
+
+This release contains significant security bug fixes regarding authenticating events received over federation. PLEASE UPGRADE.
+
+This release changes the LDAP configuration format in a backwards incompatible way, see PR #843 for details.
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Add federation /version API (PR #990)
+-   Make psutil dependency optional (PR #992)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix URL preview API to exclude HTML comments in description (PR #988)
+-   Fix error handling of remote joins (PR #991)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.17.0-rc4 (2016-08-05)
+===========================================
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Change the way we summarize URLs when previewing (PR #973)
+-   Add new `/state_ids/` federation API (PR #979)
+-   Speed up processing of `/state/` response (PR #986)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix event persistence when event has already been partially persisted (PR #975, #983, #985)
+-   Fix port script to also copy across backfilled events (PR #982)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.17.0-rc3 (2016-08-02)
+===========================================
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Forbid non-ASes from registering users whose names begin with \'\_\' (PR #958)
+-   Add some basic admin API docs (PR #963)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Send the correct host header when fetching keys (PR #941)
+-   Fix joining a room that has missing auth events (PR #964)
+-   Fix various push bugs (PR #966, #970)
+-   Fix adding emails on registration (PR #968)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.17.0-rc2 (2016-08-02)
+===========================================
+
+(This release did not include the changes advertised and was identical to RC1)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.17.0-rc1 (2016-07-28)
+===========================================
+
+This release changes the LDAP configuration format in a backwards incompatible way, see PR #843 for details.
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add purge\_media\_cache admin API (PR #902)
+-   Add deactivate account admin API (PR #903)
+-   Add optional pepper to password hashing (PR #907, #910 by KentShikama)
+-   Add an admin option to shared secret registration (breaks backwards compat) (PR #909)
+-   Add purge local room history API (PR #911, #923, #924)
+-   Add requestToken endpoints (PR #915)
+-   Add an /account/deactivate endpoint (PR #921)
+-   Add filter param to /messages. Add \'contains\_url\' to filter. (PR #922)
+-   Add device\_id support to /login (PR #929)
+-   Add device\_id support to /v2/register flow. (PR #937, #942)
+-   Add GET /devices endpoint (PR #939, #944)
+-   Add GET /device/{deviceId} (PR #943)
+-   Add update and delete APIs for devices (PR #949)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Rewrite LDAP Authentication against ldap3 (PR #843 by mweinelt)
+-   Linearize some federation endpoints based on (origin, room\_id) (PR #879)
+-   Remove the legacy v0 content upload API. (PR #888)
+-   Use similar naming we use in email notifs for push (PR #894)
+-   Optionally include password hash in createUser endpoint (PR #905 by KentShikama)
+-   Use a query that postgresql optimises better for get\_events\_around (PR #906)
+-   Fall back to \'username\' if \'user\' is not given for appservice registration. (PR #927 by Half-Shot)
+-   Add metrics for psutil derived memory usage (PR #936)
+-   Record device\_id in client\_ips (PR #938)
+-   Send the correct host header when fetching keys (PR #941)
+-   Log the hostname the reCAPTCHA was completed on (PR #946)
+-   Make the device id on e2e key upload optional (PR #956)
+-   Add r0.2.0 to the \"supported versions\" list (PR #960)
+-   Don\'t include name of room for invites in push (PR #961)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix substitution failure in mail template (PR #887)
+-   Put most recent 20 messages in email notif (PR #892)
+-   Ensure that the guest user is in the database when upgrading accounts (PR #914)
+-   Fix various edge cases in auth handling (PR #919)
+-   Fix 500 ISE when sending alias event without a state\_key (PR #925)
+-   Fix bug where we stored rejections in the state\_group, persist all rejections (PR #948)
+-   Fix lack of check of if the user is banned when handling 3pid invites (PR #952)
+-   Fix a couple of bugs in the transaction and keyring code (PR #954, #955)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.16.1-r1 (2016-07-08)
+==========================================
+
+THIS IS A CRITICAL SECURITY UPDATE.
+
+This fixes a bug which allowed users\' accounts to be accessed by unauthorised users.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.16.1 (2016-06-20)
+=======================================
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix assorted bugs in `/preview_url` (PR #872)
+-   Fix TypeError when setting unicode passwords (PR #873)
+
+Performance improvements:
+
+-   Turn `use_frozen_events` off by default (PR #877)
+-   Disable responding with canonical json for federation (PR #878)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.16.1-rc1 (2016-06-15)
+===========================================
+
+Features: None
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Log requester for `/publicRoom` endpoints when possible (PR #856)
+-   502 on `/thumbnail` when can\'t connect to remote server (PR #862)
+-   Linearize fetching of gaps on incoming events (PR #871)
+
+Bugs fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug where rooms where marked as published by default (PR #857)
+-   Fix bug where joining room with an event with invalid sender (PR #868)
+-   Fix bug where backfilled events were sent down sync streams (PR #869)
+-   Fix bug where outgoing connections could wedge indefinitely, causing push notifications to be unreliable (PR #870)
+
+Performance improvements:
+
+-   Improve `/publicRooms` performance(PR #859)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.16.0 (2016-06-09)
+=======================================
+
+NB: As of v0.14 all AS config files must have an ID field.
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Don\'t make rooms published by default (PR #857)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.16.0-rc2 (2016-06-08)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add configuration option for tuning GC via `gc.set_threshold` (PR #849)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Record metrics about GC (PR #771, #847, #852)
+-   Add metric counter for number of persisted events (PR #841)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix \'From\' header in email notifications (PR #843)
+-   Fix presence where timeouts were not being fired for the first 8h after restarts (PR #842)
+-   Fix bug where synapse sent malformed transactions to AS\'s when retrying transactions (Commits 310197b, 8437906)
+
+Performance improvements:
+
+-   Remove event fetching from DB threads (PR #835)
+-   Change the way we cache events (PR #836)
+-   Add events to cache when we persist them (PR #840)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.16.0-rc1 (2016-06-03)
+===========================================
+
+Version 0.15 was not released. See v0.15.0-rc1 below for additional changes.
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add email notifications for missed messages (PR #759, #786, #799, #810, #815, #821)
+-   Add a `url_preview_ip_range_whitelist` config param (PR #760)
+-   Add /report endpoint (PR #762)
+-   Add basic ignore user API (PR #763)
+-   Add an openidish mechanism for proving that you own a given user\_id (PR #765)
+-   Allow clients to specify a server\_name to avoid \'No known servers\' (PR #794)
+-   Add secondary\_directory\_servers option to fetch room list from other servers (PR #808, #813)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Report per request metrics for all of the things using request\_handler (PR #756)
+-   Correctly handle `NULL` password hashes from the database (PR #775)
+-   Allow receipts for events we haven\'t seen in the db (PR #784)
+-   Make synctl read a cache factor from config file (PR #785)
+-   Increment badge count per missed convo, not per msg (PR #793)
+-   Special case m.room.third\_party\_invite event auth to match invites (PR #814)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix typo in event\_auth servlet path (PR #757)
+-   Fix password reset (PR #758)
+
+Performance improvements:
+
+-   Reduce database inserts when sending transactions (PR #767)
+-   Queue events by room for persistence (PR #768)
+-   Add cache to `get_user_by_id` (PR #772)
+-   Add and use `get_domain_from_id` (PR #773)
+-   Use tree cache for `get_linearized_receipts_for_room` (PR #779)
+-   Remove unused indices (PR #782)
+-   Add caches to `bulk_get_push_rules*` (PR #804)
+-   Cache `get_event_reference_hashes` (PR #806)
+-   Add `get_users_with_read_receipts_in_room` cache (PR #809)
+-   Use state to calculate `get_users_in_room` (PR #811)
+-   Load push rules in storage layer so that they get cached (PR #825)
+-   Make `get_joined_hosts_for_room` use get\_users\_in\_room (PR #828)
+-   Poke notifier on next reactor tick (PR #829)
+-   Change CacheMetrics to be quicker (PR #830)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.15.0-rc1 (2016-04-26)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add login support for Javascript Web Tokens, thanks to Niklas Riekenbrauck (PR #671,\#687)
+-   Add URL previewing support (PR #688)
+-   Add login support for LDAP, thanks to Christoph Witzany (PR #701)
+-   Add GET endpoint for pushers (PR #716)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Never notify for member events (PR #667)
+-   Deduplicate identical `/sync` requests (PR #668)
+-   Require user to have left room to forget room (PR #673)
+-   Use DNS cache if within TTL (PR #677)
+-   Let users see their own leave events (PR #699)
+-   Deduplicate membership changes (PR #700)
+-   Increase performance of pusher code (PR #705)
+-   Respond with error status 504 if failed to talk to remote server (PR #731)
+-   Increase search performance on postgres (PR #745)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug where disabling all notifications still resulted in push (PR #678)
+-   Fix bug where users couldn\'t reject remote invites if remote refused (PR #691)
+-   Fix bug where synapse attempted to backfill from itself (PR #693)
+-   Fix bug where profile information was not correctly added when joining remote rooms (PR #703)
+-   Fix bug where register API required incorrect key name for AS registration (PR #727)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.14.0 (2016-03-30)
+=======================================
+
+No changes from v0.14.0-rc2
+
+Changes in synapse v0.14.0-rc2 (2016-03-23)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add published room list API (PR #657)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Change various caches to consume less memory (PR #656, #658, #660, #662, #663, #665)
+-   Allow rooms to be published without requiring an alias (PR #664)
+-   Intern common strings in caches to reduce memory footprint (\#666)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix reject invites over federation (PR #646)
+-   Fix bug where registration was not idempotent (PR #649)
+-   Update aliases event after deleting aliases (PR #652)
+-   Fix unread notification count, which was sometimes wrong (PR #661)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.14.0-rc1 (2016-03-14)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add event\_id to response to state event PUT (PR #581)
+-   Allow guest users access to messages in rooms they have joined (PR #587)
+-   Add config for what state is included in a room invite (PR #598)
+-   Send the inviter\'s member event in room invite state (PR #607)
+-   Add error codes for malformed/bad JSON in /login (PR #608)
+-   Add support for changing the actions for default rules (PR #609)
+-   Add environment variable SYNAPSE\_CACHE\_FACTOR, default it to 0.1 (PR #612)
+-   Add ability for alias creators to delete aliases (PR #614)
+-   Add profile information to invites (PR #624)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Enforce user\_id exclusivity for AS registrations (PR #572)
+-   Make adding push rules idempotent (PR #587)
+-   Improve presence performance (PR #582, #586)
+-   Change presence semantics for `last_active_ago` (PR #582, #586)
+-   Don\'t allow `m.room.create` to be changed (PR #596)
+-   Add 800x600 to default list of valid thumbnail sizes (PR #616)
+-   Always include kicks and bans in full /sync (PR #625)
+-   Send history visibility on boundary changes (PR #626)
+-   Register endpoint now returns a refresh\_token (PR #637)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug where we returned incorrect state in /sync (PR #573)
+-   Always return a JSON object from push rule API (PR #606)
+-   Fix bug where registering without a user id sometimes failed (PR #610)
+-   Report size of ExpiringCache in cache size metrics (PR #611)
+-   Fix rejection of invites to empty rooms (PR #615)
+-   Fix usage of `bcrypt` to not use `checkpw` (PR #619)
+-   Pin `pysaml2` dependency (PR #634)
+-   Fix bug in `/sync` where timeline order was incorrect for backfilled events (PR #635)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.13.3 (2016-02-11)
+=======================================
+
+-   Fix bug where `/sync` would occasionally return events in the wrong room.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.13.2 (2016-02-11)
+=======================================
+
+-   Fix bug where `/events` would fail to skip some events if there had been more events than the limit specified since the last request (PR #570)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.13.1 (2016-02-10)
+=======================================
+
+-   Bump matrix-angular-sdk (matrix web console) dependency to 0.6.8 to pull in the fix for SYWEB-361 so that the default client can display HTML messages again(!)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.13.0 (2016-02-10)
+=======================================
+
+This version includes an upgrade of the schema, specifically adding an index to the `events` table. This may cause synapse to pause for several minutes the first time it is started after the upgrade.
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Improve general performance (PR #540, #543. \#544, #54, #549, #567)
+-   Change guest user ids to be incrementing integers (PR #550)
+-   Improve performance of public room list API (PR #552)
+-   Change profile API to omit keys rather than return null (PR #557)
+-   Add `/media/r0` endpoint prefix, which is equivalent to `/media/v1/` (PR #595)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug with upgrading guest accounts where it would fail if you opened the registration email on a different device (PR #547)
+-   Fix bug where unread count could be wrong (PR #568)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.12.1-rc1 (2016-01-29)
+===========================================
+
+Features:
+
+-   Add unread notification counts in `/sync` (PR #456)
+-   Add support for inviting 3pids in `/createRoom` (PR #460)
+-   Add ability for guest accounts to upgrade (PR #462)
+-   Add `/versions` API (PR #468)
+-   Add `event` to `/context` API (PR #492)
+-   Add specific error code for invalid user names in `/register` (PR #499)
+-   Add support for push badge counts (PR #507)
+-   Add support for non-guest users to peek in rooms using `/events` (PR #510)
+
+Changes:
+
+-   Change `/sync` so that guest users only get rooms they\'ve joined (PR #469)
+-   Change to require unbanning before other membership changes (PR #501)
+-   Change default push rules to notify for all messages (PR #486)
+-   Change default push rules to not notify on membership changes (PR #514)
+-   Change default push rules in one to one rooms to only notify for events that are messages (PR #529)
+-   Change `/sync` to reject requests with a `from` query param (PR #512)
+-   Change server manhole to use SSH rather than telnet (PR #473)
+-   Change server to require AS users to be registered before use (PR #487)
+-   Change server not to start when ASes are invalidly configured (PR #494)
+-   Change server to require ID and `as_token` to be unique for AS\'s (PR #496)
+-   Change maximum pagination limit to 1000 (PR #497)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+-   Fix bug where `/sync` didn\'t return when something under the leave key changed (PR #461)
+-   Fix bug where we returned smaller rather than larger than requested thumbnails when `method=crop` (PR #464)
+-   Fix thumbnails API to only return cropped thumbnails when asking for a cropped thumbnail (PR #475)
+-   Fix bug where we occasionally still logged access tokens (PR #477)
+-   Fix bug where `/events` would always return immediately for guest users (PR #480)
+-   Fix bug where `/sync` unexpectedly returned old left rooms (PR #481)
+-   Fix enabling and disabling push rules (PR #498)
+-   Fix bug where `/register` returned 500 when given unicode username (PR #513)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.12.0 (2016-01-04)
+=======================================
+
+-   Expose `/login` under `r0` (PR #459)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.12.0-rc3 (2015-12-23)
+===========================================
+
+-   Allow guest accounts access to `/sync` (PR #455)
+-   Allow filters to include/exclude rooms at the room level rather than just from the components of the sync for each room. (PR #454)
+-   Include urls for room avatars in the response to `/publicRooms` (PR #453)
+-   Don\'t set a identicon as the avatar for a user when they register (PR #450)
+-   Add a `display_name` to third-party invites (PR #449)
+-   Send more information to the identity server for third-party invites so that it can send richer messages to the invitee (PR #446)
+-   Cache the responses to `/initialSync` for 5 minutes. If a client retries a request to `/initialSync` before the a response was computed to the first request then the same response is used for both requests (PR #457)
+-   Fix a bug where synapse would always request the signing keys of remote servers even when the key was cached locally (PR #452)
+-   Fix 500 when pagination search results (PR #447)
+-   Fix a bug where synapse was leaking raw email address in third-party invites (PR #448)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.12.0-rc2 (2015-12-14)
+===========================================
+
+-   Add caches for whether rooms have been forgotten by a user (PR #434)
+-   Remove instructions to use `--process-dependency-link` since all of the dependencies of synapse are on PyPI (PR #436)
+-   Parallelise the processing of `/sync` requests (PR #437)
+-   Fix race updating presence in `/events` (PR #444)
+-   Fix bug back-populating search results (PR #441)
+-   Fix bug calculating state in `/sync` requests (PR #442)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.12.0-rc1 (2015-12-10)
+===========================================
+
+-   Host the client APIs released as r0 by <https://matrix.org/docs/spec/r0.0.0/client_server.html> on paths prefixed by `/_matrix/client/r0`. (PR #430, PR #415, PR #400)
+-   Updates the client APIs to match r0 of the matrix specification.
+    -   All APIs return events in the new event format, old APIs also include the fields needed to parse the event using the old format for compatibility. (PR #402)
+    -   Search results are now given as a JSON array rather than a JSON object (PR #405)
+    -   Miscellaneous changes to search (PR #403, PR #406, PR #412)
+    -   Filter JSON objects may now be passed as query parameters to `/sync` (PR #431)
+    -   Fix implementation of `/admin/whois` (PR #418)
+    -   Only include the rooms that user has left in `/sync` if the client requests them in the filter (PR #423)
+    -   Don\'t push for `m.room.message` by default (PR #411)
+    -   Add API for setting per account user data (PR #392)
+    -   Allow users to forget rooms (PR #385)
+-   Performance improvements and monitoring:
+    -   Add per-request counters for CPU time spent on the main python thread. (PR #421, PR #420)
+    -   Add per-request counters for time spent in the database (PR #429)
+    -   Make state updates in the C+S API idempotent (PR #416)
+    -   Only fire `user_joined_room` if the user has actually joined. (PR #410)
+    -   Reuse a single http client, rather than creating new ones (PR #413)
+-   Fixed a bug upgrading from older versions of synapse on postgresql (PR #417)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.11.1 (2015-11-20)
+=======================================
+
+-   Add extra options to search API (PR #394)
+-   Fix bug where we did not correctly cap federation retry timers. This meant it could take several hours for servers to start talking to ressurected servers, even when they were receiving traffic from them (PR #393)
+-   Don\'t advertise login token flow unless CAS is enabled. This caused issues where some clients would always use the fallback API if they did not recognize all login flows (PR #391)
+-   Change /v2 sync API to rename `private_user_data` to `account_data` (PR #386)
+-   Change /v2 sync API to remove the `event_map` and rename keys in `rooms` object (PR #389)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.11.0-r2 (2015-11-19)
+==========================================
+
+-   Fix bug in database port script (PR #387)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.11.0-r1 (2015-11-18)
+==========================================
+
+-   Retry and fail federation requests more aggressively for requests that block client side requests (PR #384)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.11.0 (2015-11-17)
+=======================================
+
+-   Change CAS login API (PR #349)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.11.0-rc2 (2015-11-13)
+===========================================
+
+-   Various changes to /sync API response format (PR #373)
+-   Fix regression when setting display name in newly joined room over federation (PR #368)
+-   Fix problem where /search was slow when using SQLite (PR #366)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.11.0-rc1 (2015-11-11)
+===========================================
+
+-   Add Search API (PR #307, #324, #327, #336, #350, #359)
+-   Add \'archived\' state to v2 /sync API (PR #316)
+-   Add ability to reject invites (PR #317)
+-   Add config option to disable password login (PR #322)
+-   Add the login fallback API (PR #330)
+-   Add room context API (PR #334)
+-   Add room tagging support (PR #335)
+-   Update v2 /sync API to match spec (PR #305, #316, #321, #332, #337, #341)
+-   Change retry schedule for application services (PR #320)
+-   Change retry schedule for remote servers (PR #340)
+-   Fix bug where we hosted static content in the incorrect place (PR #329)
+-   Fix bug where we didn\'t increment retry interval for remote servers (PR #343)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.10.1-rc1 (2015-10-15)
+===========================================
+
+-   Add support for CAS, thanks to Steven Hammerton (PR #295, #296)
+-   Add support for using macaroons for `access_token` (PR #256, #229)
+-   Add support for `m.room.canonical_alias` (PR #287)
+-   Add support for viewing the history of rooms that they have left. (PR #276, #294)
+-   Add support for refresh tokens (PR #240)
+-   Add flag on creation which disables federation of the room (PR #279)
+-   Add some room state to invites. (PR #275)
+-   Atomically persist events when joining a room over federation (PR #283)
+-   Change default history visibility for private rooms (PR #271)
+-   Allow users to redact their own sent events (PR #262)
+-   Use tox for tests (PR #247)
+-   Split up syutil into separate libraries (PR #243)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.10.0-r2 (2015-09-16)
+==========================================
+
+-   Fix bug where we always fetched remote server signing keys instead of using ones in our cache.
+-   Fix adding threepids to an existing account.
+-   Fix bug with invinting over federation where remote server was already in the room. (PR #281, SYN-392)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.10.0-r1 (2015-09-08)
+==========================================
+
+-   Fix bug with python packaging
+
+Changes in synapse v0.10.0 (2015-09-03)
+=======================================
+
+No change from release candidate.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.10.0-rc6 (2015-09-02)
+===========================================
+
+-   Remove some of the old database upgrade scripts.
+-   Fix database port script to work with newly created sqlite databases.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.10.0-rc5 (2015-08-27)
+===========================================
+
+-   Fix bug that broke downloading files with ascii filenames across federation.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.10.0-rc4 (2015-08-27)
+===========================================
+
+-   Allow UTF-8 filenames for upload. (PR #259)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.10.0-rc3 (2015-08-25)
+===========================================
+
+-   Add `--keys-directory` config option to specify where files such as certs and signing keys should be stored in, when using `--generate-config` or `--generate-keys`. (PR #250)
+-   Allow `--config-path` to specify a directory, causing synapse to use all \*.yaml files in the directory as config files. (PR #249)
+-   Add `web_client_location` config option to specify static files to be hosted by synapse under `/_matrix/client`. (PR #245)
+-   Add helper utility to synapse to read and parse the config files and extract the value of a given key. For example:
+
+        $ python -m synapse.config read server_name -c homeserver.yaml
+        localhost
+
+    (PR #246)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.10.0-rc2 (2015-08-24)
+===========================================
+
+-   Fix bug where we incorrectly populated the `event_forward_extremities` table, resulting in problems joining large remote rooms (e.g. `#matrix:matrix.org`)
+-   Reduce the number of times we wake up pushers by not listening for presence or typing events, reducing the CPU cost of each pusher.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.10.0-rc1 (2015-08-21)
+===========================================
+
+Also see v0.9.4-rc1 changelog, which has been amalgamated into this release.
+
+General:
+
+-   Upgrade to Twisted 15 (PR #173)
+-   Add support for serving and fetching encryption keys over federation. (PR #208)
+-   Add support for logging in with email address (PR #234)
+-   Add support for new `m.room.canonical_alias` event. (PR #233)
+-   Change synapse to treat user IDs case insensitively during registration and login. (If two users already exist with case insensitive matching user ids, synapse will continue to require them to specify their user ids exactly.)
+-   Error if a user tries to register with an email already in use. (PR #211)
+-   Add extra and improve existing caches (PR #212, #219, #226, #228)
+-   Batch various storage request (PR #226, #228)
+-   Fix bug where we didn\'t correctly log the entity that triggered the request if the request came in via an application service (PR #230)
+-   Fix bug where we needlessly regenerated the full list of rooms an AS is interested in. (PR #232)
+-   Add support for AS\'s to use v2\_alpha registration API (PR #210)
+
+Configuration:
+
+-   Add `--generate-keys` that will generate any missing cert and key files in the configuration files. This is equivalent to running `--generate-config` on an existing configuration file. (PR #220)
+-   `--generate-config` now no longer requires a `--server-name` parameter when used on existing configuration files. (PR #220)
+-   Add `--print-pidfile` flag that controls the printing of the pid to stdout of the demonised process. (PR #213)
+
+Media Repository:
+
+-   Fix bug where we picked a lower resolution image than requested. (PR #205)
+-   Add support for specifying if a the media repository should dynamically thumbnail images or not. (PR #206)
+
+Metrics:
+
+-   Add statistics from the reactor to the metrics API. (PR #224, #225)
+
+Demo Homeservers:
+
+-   Fix starting the demo homeservers without rate-limiting enabled. (PR #182)
+-   Fix enabling registration on demo homeservers (PR #223)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.9.4-rc1 (2015-07-21)
+==========================================
+
+General:
+
+-   Add basic implementation of receipts. (SPEC-99)
+-   Add support for configuration presets in room creation API. (PR #203)
+-   Add auth event that limits the visibility of history for new users. (SPEC-134)
+-   Add SAML2 login/registration support. (PR #201. Thanks Muthu Subramanian!)
+-   Add client side key management APIs for end to end encryption. (PR #198)
+-   Change power level semantics so that you cannot kick, ban or change power levels of users that have equal or greater power level than you. (SYN-192)
+-   Improve performance by bulk inserting events where possible. (PR #193)
+-   Improve performance by bulk verifying signatures where possible. (PR #194)
+
+Configuration:
+
+-   Add support for including TLS certificate chains.
+
+Media Repository:
+
+-   Add Content-Disposition headers to content repository responses. (SYN-150)
+
+Changes in synapse v0.9.3 (2015-07-01)
+======================================
+
+No changes from v0.9.3 Release Candidate 1.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.9.3-rc1 (2015-06-23)
+==========================================
+
+General:
+
+-   Fix a memory leak in the notifier. (SYN-412)
+-   Improve performance of room initial sync. (SYN-418)
+-   General improvements to logging.
+-   Remove `access_token` query params from `INFO` level logging.
+
+Configuration:
+
+-   Add support for specifying and configuring multiple listeners. (SYN-389)
+
+Application services:
+
+-   Fix bug where synapse failed to send user queries to application services.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.9.2-r2 (2015-06-15)
+=========================================
+
+Fix packaging so that schema delta python files get included in the package.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.9.2 (2015-06-12)
+======================================
+
+General:
+
+-   Use ultrajson for json (de)serialisation when a canonical encoding is not required. Ultrajson is significantly faster than simplejson in certain circumstances.
+-   Use connection pools for outgoing HTTP connections.
+-   Process thumbnails on separate threads.
+
+Configuration:
+
+-   Add option, `gzip_responses`, to disable HTTP response compression.
+
+Federation:
+
+-   Improve resilience of backfill by ensuring we fetch any missing auth events.
+-   Improve performance of backfill and joining remote rooms by removing unnecessary computations. This included handling events we\'d previously handled as well as attempting to compute the current state for outliers.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.9.1 (2015-05-26)
+======================================
+
+General:
+
+-   Add support for backfilling when a client paginates. This allows servers to request history for a room from remote servers when a client tries to paginate history the server does not have - SYN-36
+-   Fix bug where you couldn\'t disable non-default pushrules - SYN-378
+-   Fix `register_new_user` script - SYN-359
+-   Improve performance of fetching events from the database, this improves both initialSync and sending of events.
+-   Improve performance of event streams, allowing synapse to handle more simultaneous connected clients.
+
+Federation:
+
+-   Fix bug with existing backfill implementation where it returned the wrong selection of events in some circumstances.
+-   Improve performance of joining remote rooms.
+
+Configuration:
+
+-   Add support for changing the bind host of the metrics listener via the `metrics_bind_host` option.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.9.0-r5 (2015-05-21)
+=========================================
+
+-   Add more database caches to reduce amount of work done for each pusher. This radically reduces CPU usage when multiple pushers are set up in the same room.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.9.0 (2015-05-07)
+======================================
+
+General:
+
+-   Add support for using a PostgreSQL database instead of SQLite. See [docs/postgres.rst](docs/postgres.rst) for details.
+-   Add password change and reset APIs. See [Registration](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/master/specification/10_client_server_api.rst#registration) in the spec.
+-   Fix memory leak due to not releasing stale notifiers - SYN-339.
+-   Fix race in caches that occasionally caused some presence updates to be dropped - SYN-369.
+-   Check server name has not changed on restart.
+-   Add a sample systemd unit file and a logger configuration in contrib/systemd. Contributed Ivan Shapovalov.
+
+Federation:
+
+-   Add key distribution mechanisms for fetching public keys of unavailable remote homeservers. See [Retrieving Server Keys](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/6f2698/specification/30_server_server_api.rst#retrieving-server-keys) in the spec.
+
+Configuration:
+
+-   Add support for multiple config files.
+-   Add support for dictionaries in config files.
+-   Remove support for specifying config options on the command line, except for:
+    -   `--daemonize` - Daemonize the homeserver.
+    -   `--manhole` - Turn on the twisted telnet manhole service on the given port.
+    -   `--database-path` - The path to a sqlite database to use.
+    -   `--verbose` - The verbosity level.
+    -   `--log-file` - File to log to.
+    -   `--log-config` - Python logging config file.
+    -   `--enable-registration` - Enable registration for new users.
+
+Application services:
+
+-   Reliably retry sending of events from Synapse to application services, as per [Application Services](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/0c6bd9/specification/25_application_service_api.rst#home-server---application-service-api) spec.
+-   Application services can no longer register via the `/register` API, instead their configuration should be saved to a file and listed in the synapse `app_service_config_files` config option. The AS configuration file has the same format as the old `/register` request. See [docs/application\_services.rst](docs/application_services.rst) for more information.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.8.1 (2015-03-18)
+======================================
+
+-   Disable registration by default. New users can be added using the command `register_new_matrix_user` or by enabling registration in the config.
+-   Add metrics to synapse. To enable metrics use config options `enable_metrics` and `metrics_port`.
+-   Fix bug where banning only kicked the user.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.8.0 (2015-03-06)
+======================================
+
+General:
+
+-   Add support for registration fallback. This is a page hosted on the server which allows a user to register for an account, regardless of what client they are using (e.g. mobile devices).
+-   Added new default push rules and made them configurable by clients:
+    -   Suppress all notice messages.
+    -   Notify when invited to a new room.
+    -   Notify for messages that don\'t match any rule.
+    -   Notify on incoming call.
+
+Federation:
+
+-   Added per host server side rate-limiting of incoming federation requests.
+-   Added a `/get_missing_events/` API to federation to reduce number of `/events/` requests.
+
+Configuration:
+
+-   Added configuration option to disable registration: `disable_registration`.
+-   Added configuration option to change soft limit of number of open file descriptors: `soft_file_limit`.
+-   Make `tls_private_key_path` optional when running with `no_tls`.
+
+Application services:
+
+-   Application services can now poll on the CS API `/events` for their events, by providing their application service `access_token`.
+-   Added exclusive namespace support to application services API.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.7.1 (2015-02-19)
+======================================
+
+-   Initial alpha implementation of parts of the Application Services API. Including:
+    -   AS Registration / Unregistration
+    -   User Query API
+    -   Room Alias Query API
+    -   Push transport for receiving events.
+    -   User/Alias namespace admin control
+-   Add cache when fetching events from remote servers to stop repeatedly fetching events with bad signatures.
+-   Respect the per remote server retry scheme when fetching both events and server keys to reduce the number of times we send requests to dead servers.
+-   Inform remote servers when the local server fails to handle a received event.
+-   Turn off python bytecode generation due to problems experienced when upgrading from previous versions.
+
+Changes in synapse v0.7.0 (2015-02-12)
+======================================
+
+-   Add initial implementation of the query auth federation API, allowing servers to agree on whether an event should be allowed or rejected.
+-   Persist events we have rejected from federation, fixing the bug where servers would keep requesting the same events.
+-   Various federation performance improvements, including:
+    -   Add in memory caches on queries such as:
+
+        > -   Computing the state of a room at a point in time, used for authorization on federation requests.
+        > -   Fetching events from the database.
+        > -   User\'s room membership, used for authorizing presence updates.
+
+    -   Upgraded JSON library to improve parsing and serialisation speeds.
+
+-   Add default avatars to new user accounts using pydenticon library.
+-   Correctly time out federation requests.
+-   Retry federation requests against different servers.
+-   Add support for push and push rules.
+-   Add alpha versions of proposed new CSv2 APIs, including `/sync` API.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.6.1 (2015-01-07)
+=====================================
+
+-   Major optimizations to improve performance of initial sync and event sending in large rooms (by up to 10x)
+-   Media repository now includes a Content-Length header on media downloads.
+-   Improve quality of thumbnails by changing resizing algorithm.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.6.0 (2014-12-16)
+=====================================
+
+-   Add new API for media upload and download that supports thumbnailing.
+-   Replicate media uploads over multiple homeservers so media is always served to clients from their local homeserver. This obsoletes the \--content-addr parameter and confusion over accessing content directly from remote homeservers.
+-   Implement exponential backoff when retrying federation requests when sending to remote homeservers which are offline.
+-   Implement typing notifications.
+-   Fix bugs where we sent events with invalid signatures due to bugs where we incorrectly persisted events.
+-   Improve performance of database queries involving retrieving events.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.5.4a (2014-12-13)
+======================================
+
+-   Fix bug while generating the error message when a file path specified in the config doesn\'t exist.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.5.4 (2014-12-03)
+=====================================
+
+-   Fix presence bug where some rooms did not display presence updates for remote users.
+-   Do not log SQL timing log lines when started with \"-v\"
+-   Fix potential memory leak.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.5.3c (2014-12-02)
+======================================
+
+-   Change the default value for the content\_addr option to use the HTTP listener, as by default the HTTPS listener will be using a self-signed certificate.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.5.3 (2014-11-27)
+=====================================
+
+-   Fix bug that caused joining a remote room to fail if a single event was not signed correctly.
+-   Fix bug which caused servers to continuously try and fetch events from other servers.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.5.2 (2014-11-26)
+=====================================
+
+Fix major bug that caused rooms to disappear from peoples initial sync.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.5.1 (2014-11-26)
+=====================================
+
+See UPGRADES.rst for specific instructions on how to upgrade.
+
+-   Fix bug where we served up an Event that did not match its signatures.
+-   Fix regression where we no longer correctly handled the case where a homeserver receives an event for a room it doesn\'t recognise (but is in.)
+
+Changes in synapse 0.5.0 (2014-11-19)
+=====================================
+
+This release includes changes to the federation protocol and client-server API that is not backwards compatible.
+
+This release also changes the internal database schemas and so requires servers to drop their current history. See UPGRADES.rst for details.
+
+Homeserver:
+
+-   Add authentication and authorization to the federation protocol. Events are now signed by their originating homeservers.
+-   Implement the new authorization model for rooms.
+-   Split out web client into a seperate repository: matrix-angular-sdk.
+-   Change the structure of PDUs.
+-   Fix bug where user could not join rooms via an alias containing 4-byte UTF-8 characters.
+-   Merge concept of PDUs and Events internally.
+-   Improve logging by adding request ids to log lines.
+-   Implement a very basic room initial sync API.
+-   Implement the new invite/join federation APIs.
+
+Webclient:
+
+-   The webclient has been moved to a seperate repository.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.4.2 (2014-10-31)
+=====================================
+
+Homeserver:
+
+-   Fix bugs where we did not notify users of correct presence updates.
+-   Fix bug where we did not handle sub second event stream timeouts.
+
+Webclient:
+
+-   Add ability to click on messages to see JSON.
+-   Add ability to redact messages.
+-   Add ability to view and edit all room state JSON.
+-   Handle incoming redactions.
+-   Improve feedback on errors.
+-   Fix bugs in mobile CSS.
+-   Fix bugs with desktop notifications.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.4.1 (2014-10-17)
+=====================================
+
+Webclient:
+
+-   Fix bug with display of timestamps.
+
+Changes in synpase 0.4.0 (2014-10-17)
+=====================================
+
+This release includes changes to the federation protocol and client-server API that is not backwards compatible.
+
+The Matrix specification has been moved to a separate git repository: <http://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc>
+
+You will also need an updated syutil and config. See UPGRADES.rst.
+
+Homeserver:
+
+-   Sign federation transactions to assert strong identity over federation.
+-   Rename timestamp keys in PDUs and events from \'ts\' and \'hsob\_ts\' to \'origin\_server\_ts\'.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.3.4 (2014-09-25)
+=====================================
+
+This version adds support for using a TURN server. See docs/turn-howto.rst on how to set one up.
+
+Homeserver:
+
+-   Add support for redaction of messages.
+-   Fix bug where inviting a user on a remote homeserver could take up to 20-30s.
+-   Implement a get current room state API.
+-   Add support specifying and retrieving turn server configuration.
+
+Webclient:
+
+-   Add button to send messages to users from the home page.
+-   Add support for using TURN for VoIP calls.
+-   Show display name change messages.
+-   Fix bug where the client didn\'t get the state of a newly joined room until after it has been refreshed.
+-   Fix bugs with tab complete.
+-   Fix bug where holding down the down arrow caused chrome to chew 100% CPU.
+-   Fix bug where desktop notifications occasionally used \"Undefined\" as the display name.
+-   Fix more places where we sometimes saw room IDs incorrectly.
+-   Fix bug which caused lag when entering text in the text box.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.3.3 (2014-09-22)
+=====================================
+
+Homeserver:
+
+-   Fix bug where you continued to get events for rooms you had left.
+
+Webclient:
+
+-   Add support for video calls with basic UI.
+-   Fix bug where one to one chats were named after your display name rather than the other person\'s.
+-   Fix bug which caused lag when typing in the textarea.
+-   Refuse to run on browsers we know won\'t work.
+-   Trigger pagination when joining new rooms.
+-   Fix bug where we sometimes didn\'t display invitations in recents.
+-   Automatically join room when accepting a VoIP call.
+-   Disable outgoing and reject incoming calls on browsers we don\'t support VoIP in.
+-   Don\'t display desktop notifications for messages in the room you are non-idle and speaking in.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.3.2 (2014-09-18)
+=====================================
+
+Webclient:
+
+-   Fix bug where an empty \"bing words\" list in old accounts didn\'t send notifications when it should have done.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.3.1 (2014-09-18)
+=====================================
+
+This is a release to hotfix v0.3.0 to fix two regressions.
+
+Webclient:
+
+-   Fix a regression where we sometimes displayed duplicate events.
+-   Fix a regression where we didn\'t immediately remove rooms you were banned in from the recents list.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.3.0 (2014-09-18)
+=====================================
+
+See UPGRADE for information about changes to the client server API, including breaking backwards compatibility with VoIP calls and registration API.
+
+Homeserver:
+
+-   When a user changes their displayname or avatar the server will now update all their join states to reflect this.
+-   The server now adds \"age\" key to events to indicate how old they are. This is clock independent, so at no point does any server or webclient have to assume their clock is in sync with everyone else.
+-   Fix bug where we didn\'t correctly pull in missing PDUs.
+-   Fix bug where prev\_content key wasn\'t always returned.
+-   Add support for password resets.
+
+Webclient:
+
+-   Improve page content loading.
+-   Join/parts now trigger desktop notifications.
+-   Always show room aliases in the UI if one is present.
+-   No longer show user-count in the recents side panel.
+-   Add up & down arrow support to the text box for message sending to step through your sent history.
+-   Don\'t display notifications for our own messages.
+-   Emotes are now formatted correctly in desktop notifications.
+-   The recents list now differentiates between public & private rooms.
+-   Fix bug where when switching between rooms the pagination flickered before the view jumped to the bottom of the screen.
+-   Add bing word support.
+
+Registration API:
+
+-   The registration API has been overhauled to function like the login API. In practice, this means registration requests must now include the following: \'type\':\'m.login.password\'. See UPGRADE for more information on this.
+-   The \'user\_id\' key has been renamed to \'user\' to better match the login API.
+-   There is an additional login type: \'m.login.email.identity\'.
+-   The command client and web client have been updated to reflect these changes.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.2.3 (2014-09-12)
+=====================================
+
+Homeserver:
+
+-   Fix bug where we stopped sending events to remote homeservers if a user from that homeserver left, even if there were some still in the room.
+-   Fix bugs in the state conflict resolution where it was incorrectly rejecting events.
+
+Webclient:
+
+-   Display room names and topics.
+-   Allow setting/editing of room names and topics.
+-   Display information about rooms on the main page.
+-   Handle ban and kick events in real time.
+-   VoIP UI and reliability improvements.
+-   Add glare support for VoIP.
+-   Improvements to initial startup speed.
+-   Don\'t display duplicate join events.
+-   Local echo of messages.
+-   Differentiate sending and sent of local echo.
+-   Various minor bug fixes.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.2.2 (2014-09-06)
+=====================================
+
+Homeserver:
+
+-   When the server returns state events it now also includes the previous content.
+-   Add support for inviting people when creating a new room.
+-   Make the homeserver inform the room via m.room.aliases when a new alias is added for a room.
+-   Validate m.room.power\_level events.
+
+Webclient:
+
+-   Add support for captchas on registration.
+-   Handle m.room.aliases events.
+-   Asynchronously send messages and show a local echo.
+-   Inform the UI when a message failed to send.
+-   Only autoscroll on receiving a new message if the user was already at the bottom of the screen.
+-   Add support for ban/kick reasons.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.2.1 (2014-09-03)
+=====================================
+
+Homeserver:
+
+-   Added support for signing up with a third party id.
+-   Add synctl scripts.
+-   Added rate limiting.
+-   Add option to change the external address the content repo uses.
+-   Presence bug fixes.
+
+Webclient:
+
+-   Added support for signing up with a third party id.
+-   Added support for banning and kicking users.
+-   Added support for displaying and setting ops.
+-   Added support for room names.
+-   Fix bugs with room membership event display.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.2.0 (2014-09-02)
+=====================================
+
+This update changes many configuration options, updates the database schema and mandates SSL for server-server connections.
+
+Homeserver:
+
+-   Require SSL for server-server connections.
+-   Add SSL listener for client-server connections.
+-   Add ability to use config files.
+-   Add support for kicking/banning and power levels.
+-   Allow setting of room names and topics on creation.
+-   Change presence to include last seen time of the user.
+-   Change url path prefix to /\_matrix/\...
+-   Bug fixes to presence.
+
+Webclient:
+
+-   Reskin the CSS for registration and login.
+-   Various improvements to rooms CSS.
+-   Support changes in client-server API.
+-   Bug fixes to VOIP UI.
+-   Various bug fixes to handling of changes to room member list.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.1.2 (2014-08-29)
+=====================================
+
+Webclient:
+
+-   Add basic call state UI for VoIP calls.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.1.1 (2014-08-29)
+=====================================
+
+Homeserver:
+
+-   Fix bug that caused the event stream to not notify some clients about changes.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.1.0 (2014-08-29)
+=====================================
+
+Presence has been reenabled in this release.
+
+Homeserver:
+
+-   Update client to server API, including:
+    -   Use a more consistent url scheme.
+    -   Provide more useful information in the initial sync api.
+-   Change the presence handling to be much more efficient.
+-   Change the presence server to server API to not require explicit polling of all users who share a room with a user.
+-   Fix races in the event streaming logic.
+
+Webclient:
+
+-   Update to use new client to server API.
+-   Add basic VOIP support.
+-   Add idle timers that change your status to away.
+-   Add recent rooms column when viewing a room.
+-   Various network efficiency improvements.
+-   Add basic mobile browser support.
+-   Add a settings page.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.0.1 (2014-08-22)
+=====================================
+
+Presence has been disabled in this release due to a bug that caused the homeserver to spam other remote homeservers.
+
+Homeserver:
+
+-   Completely change the database schema to support generic event types.
+-   Improve presence reliability.
+-   Improve reliability of joining remote rooms.
+-   Fix bug where room join events were duplicated.
+-   Improve initial sync API to return more information to the client.
+-   Stop generating fake messages for room membership events.
+
+Webclient:
+
+-   Add tab completion of names.
+-   Add ability to upload and send images.
+-   Add profile pages.
+-   Improve CSS layout of room.
+-   Disambiguate identical display names.
+-   Don\'t get remote users display names and avatars individually.
+-   Use the new initial sync API to reduce number of round trips to the homeserver.
+-   Change url scheme to use room aliases instead of room ids where known.
+-   Increase longpoll timeout.
+
+Changes in synapse 0.0.0 (2014-08-13)
+=====================================
+
+-   Initial alpha release
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b0244a16f062..518781f9314a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,86 @@
+Synapse 1.56.0 (2022-04-05)
+===========================
+
+Synapse will now refuse to start up if open registration is enabled, in order to help mitigate
+abuse across the federation. If you would like
+to provide registration to anyone, consider adding [email](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/8a519f8abc6de772167c2cca101d22ee2052fafc/docs/sample_config.yaml#L1285),
+[recaptcha](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.56/CAPTCHA_SETUP.html)
+or [token-based](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.56/usage/administration/admin_api/registration_tokens.html) verification
+in order to prevent automated registration from bad actors.
+This check can be disabled by setting the `enable_registration_without_verification` option in your
+homeserver configuration file to `true`. More details are available in the
+[upgrade notes](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.56/upgrade.html#open-registration-without-verification-is-now-disabled-by-default).
+
+Synapse will additionally now refuse to start when using PostgreSQL with a non-`C` values for `COLLATE` and `CTYPE`, unless
+the config flag `allow_unsafe_locale`, found in the database section of the configuration file, is set to `true`. See the
+[upgrade notes](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.56/upgrade#change-in-behaviour-for-postgresql-databases-with-unsafe-locale)
+for details.
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Bump the version of `black` for compatibility with the latest `click` release. ([\#12320](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12320))
+
+
+Synapse 1.56.0rc1 (2022-03-29)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Allow modules to store already existing 3PID associations. ([\#12195](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12195))
+- Allow registering server administrators using the module API. Contributed by Famedly. ([\#12250](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12250))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix a long-standing bug which caused the `/_matrix/federation/v1/state` and `/_matrix/federation/v1/state_ids` endpoints to return incorrect or invalid data when called for an event which we have stored as an "outlier". ([\#12087](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12087))
+- Fix a long-standing bug where events from ignored users would still be considered for relations. ([\#12227](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12227), [\#12232](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12232), [\#12285](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12285))
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.53.0 where an unnecessary query could be performed when fetching bundled aggregations for threads. ([\#12228](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12228))
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.52.0 where admins could not deactivate and GDPR-erase a user if Synapse was configured with limits on avatars. ([\#12261](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12261))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Fix the link to the module documentation in the legacy spam checker warning message. ([\#12231](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12231))
+- Remove incorrect prefixes in the worker documentation for some endpoints. ([\#12243](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12243))
+- Correct `check_username_for_spam` annotations and docs. ([\#12246](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12246))
+- Correct Authentik OpenID typo, and add notes on troubleshooting. Contributed by @IronTooch. ([\#12275](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12275))
+- HAProxy reverse proxy guide update to stop sending IPv4-mapped address to homeserver. Contributed by @villepeh. ([\#12279](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12279))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Rename `shared_rooms` to `mutual_rooms` ([MSC2666](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2666)), as per proposal changes. ([\#12036](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12036))
+- Remove check on `update_user_directory` for shared rooms handler ([MSC2666](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2666)), and update/expand documentation. ([\#12038](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12038))
+- Refactor `create_new_client_event` to use a new parameter, `state_event_ids`, which accurately describes the usage with [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) instead of abusing `auth_event_ids`. ([\#12083](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12083), [\#12304](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12304))
+- Refuse to start if registration is enabled without email, captcha, or token-based verification unless the new config flag `enable_registration_without_verification` is set to `true`. ([\#12091](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12091), [\#12322](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12322))
+- Add tests for database transaction callbacks. ([\#12198](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12198))
+- Handle cancellation in `DatabasePool.runInteraction`. ([\#12199](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12199))
+- Add missing type hints for cache storage. ([\#12216](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12216))
+- Add missing type hints for storage. ([\#12248](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12248), [\#12255](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12255))
+- Add type hints to tests files. ([\#12224](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12224), [\#12240](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12240), [\#12256](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12256))
+- Use type stubs for `psycopg2`. ([\#12269](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12269))
+- Improve type annotations for `execute_values`. ([\#12311](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12311))
+- Clean-up logic around rebasing URLs for URL image previews. ([\#12219](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12219))
+- Use the `ignored_users` table in additional places instead of re-parsing the account data. ([\#12225](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12225))
+- Refactor the relations endpoints to add a `RelationsHandler`. ([\#12237](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12237))
+- Generate announcement links in the release script. ([\#12242](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12242))
+- Improve error message when dependencies check finds a broken installation. ([\#12244](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12244))
+- Compress metrics HTTP resource when enabled. Contributed by Nick @ Beeper. ([\#12258](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12258))
+- Refuse to start if the PostgreSQL database has a non-`C` locale, unless the config flag `allow_unsafe_db_locale` is set to true. ([\#12262](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12262), [\#12288](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12288))
+- Optionally include account validity expiration information to experimental [MSC3720](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3720) account status responses. ([\#12266](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12266))
+- Add a new cache `_get_membership_from_event_id` to speed up push rule calculations in large rooms. ([\#12272](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12272))
+- Re-enable Complement concurrency in CI. ([\#12283](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12283))
+- Remove unused test utilities. ([\#12291](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12291))
+- Enhance logging for inbound federation events. ([\#12301](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12301))
+- Fix compatibility with the recently-released Jinja 3.1. ([\#12313](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12313))
+- Avoid trying to calculate the state at outlier events. ([\#12314](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12314))
+
+
 Synapse 1.55.2 (2022-03-24)
 ===========================
 
@@ -6382,3644 +6465,4 @@ Internal Changes
 - Don't run CI build checks until sample config check has passed. ([\#5370](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5370))
 - Automatically retry buildkite builds (max twice) when an agent is lost. ([\#5380](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5380))
 
-
-Synapse 0.99.5.2 (2019-05-30)
-=============================
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix bug where we leaked extremities when we soft failed events, leading to performance degradation. ([\#5274](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5274), [\#5278](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5278), [\#5291](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5291))
-
-
-Synapse 0.99.5.1 (2019-05-22)
-=============================
-
-0.99.5.1 supersedes 0.99.5 due to malformed debian changelog - no functional changes.
-
-Synapse 0.99.5 (2019-05-22)
-===========================
-
-No significant changes.
-
-
-Synapse 0.99.5rc1 (2019-05-21)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Add ability to blacklist IP ranges for the federation client. ([\#5043](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5043))
-- Ratelimiting configuration for clients sending messages and the federation server has been altered to match login ratelimiting. The old configuration names will continue working. Check the sample config for details of the new names. ([\#5181](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5181))
-- Drop support for the undocumented /_matrix/client/v2_alpha API prefix. ([\#5190](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5190))
-- Add an option to disable per-room profiles. ([\#5196](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5196))
-- Stick an expiration date to any registered user missing one at startup if account validity is enabled. ([\#5204](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5204))
-- Add experimental support for relations (aka reactions and edits). ([\#5209](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5209), [\#5211](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5211), [\#5203](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5203), [\#5212](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5212))
-- Add a room version 4 which uses a new event ID format, as per [MSC2002](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2002). ([\#5210](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5210), [\#5217](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5217))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix image orientation when generating thumbnails (needs pillow>=4.3.0). Contributed by Pau Rodriguez-Estivill. ([\#5039](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5039))
-- Exclude soft-failed events from forward-extremity candidates: fixes "No forward extremities left!" error. ([\#5146](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5146))
-- Re-order stages in registration flows such that msisdn and email verification are done last. ([\#5174](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5174))
-- Fix 3pid guest invites. ([\#5177](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5177))
-- Fix a bug where the register endpoint would fail with M_THREEPID_IN_USE instead of returning an account previously registered in the same session. ([\#5187](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5187))
-- Prevent registration for user ids that are too long to fit into a state key. Contributed by Reid Anderson. ([\#5198](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5198))
-- Fix incompatibility between ACME support and Python 3.5.2. ([\#5218](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5218))
-- Fix error handling for rooms whose versions are unknown. ([\#5219](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5219))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Make /sync attempt to return device updates for both joined and invited users. Note that this doesn't currently work correctly due to other bugs. ([\#3484](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3484))
-- Update tests to consistently be configured via the same code that is used when loading from configuration files. ([\#5171](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5171), [\#5185](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5185))
-- Allow client event serialization to be async. ([\#5183](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5183))
-- Expose DataStore._get_events as get_events_as_list. ([\#5184](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5184))
-- Make generating SQL bounds for pagination generic. ([\#5191](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5191))
-- Stop telling people to install the optional dependencies by default. ([\#5197](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5197))
-
-
-Synapse 0.99.4 (2019-05-15)
-===========================
-
-No significant changes.
-
-
-Synapse 0.99.4rc1 (2019-05-13)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Add systemd-python to the optional dependencies to enable logging to the systemd journal. Install with `pip install matrix-synapse[systemd]`. ([\#4339](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4339))
-- Add a default .m.rule.tombstone push rule. ([\#4867](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4867))
-- Add ability for password provider modules to bind email addresses to users upon registration. ([\#4947](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4947))
-- Implementation of [MSC1711](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1711) including config options for requiring valid TLS certificates for federation traffic, the ability to disable TLS validation for specific domains, and the ability to specify your own list of CA certificates. ([\#4967](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4967))
-- Remove presence list support as per MSC 1819. ([\#4989](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4989))
-- Reduce CPU usage starting pushers during start up. ([\#4991](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4991))
-- Add a delete group admin API. ([\#5002](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5002))
-- Add config option to block users from looking up 3PIDs. ([\#5010](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5010))
-- Add context to phonehome stats. ([\#5020](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5020))
-- Configure the example systemd units to have a log identifier of `matrix-synapse`
-  instead of the executable name, `python`.
-  Contributed by Christoph Müller. ([\#5023](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5023))
-- Add time-based account expiration. ([\#5027](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5027), [\#5047](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5047), [\#5073](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5073), [\#5116](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5116))
-- Add support for handling `/versions`, `/voip` and `/push_rules` client endpoints to client_reader worker. ([\#5063](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5063), [\#5065](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5065), [\#5070](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5070))
-- Add a configuration option to require authentication on /publicRooms and /profile endpoints. ([\#5083](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5083))
-- Move admin APIs to `/_synapse/admin/v1`. (The old paths are retained for backwards-compatibility, for now). ([\#5119](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5119))
-- Implement an admin API for sending server notices. Many thanks to @krombel who provided a foundation for this work. ([\#5121](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5121), [\#5142](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5142))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Avoid redundant URL encoding of redirect URL for SSO login in the fallback login page. Fixes a regression introduced in [#4220](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/4220). Contributed by Marcel Fabian Krüger ("[zaugin](https://github.com/zauguin)"). ([\#4555](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4555))
-- Fix bug where presence updates were sent to all servers in a room when a new server joined, rather than to just the new server. ([\#4942](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4942), [\#5103](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5103))
-- Fix sync bug which made accepting invites unreliable in worker-mode synapses. ([\#4955](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4955), [\#4956](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4956))
-- start.sh: Fix the --no-rate-limit option for messages and make it bypass rate limit on registration and login too. ([\#4981](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4981))
-- Transfer related groups on room upgrade. ([\#4990](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4990))
-- Prevent the ability to kick users from a room they aren't in. ([\#4999](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4999))
-- Fix issue #4596 so synapse_port_db script works with --curses option on Python 3. Contributed by Anders Jensen-Waud <anders@jensenwaud.com>. ([\#5003](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5003))
-- Clients timing out/disappearing while downloading from the media repository will now no longer log a spurious "Producer was not unregistered" message. ([\#5009](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5009))
-- Fix "cannot import name execute_batch" error with postgres. ([\#5032](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5032))
-- Fix disappearing exceptions in manhole. ([\#5035](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5035))
-- Workaround bug in twisted where attempting too many concurrent DNS requests could cause it to hang due to running out of file descriptors. ([\#5037](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5037))
-- Make sure we're not registering the same 3pid twice on registration. ([\#5071](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5071))
-- Don't crash on lack of expiry templates. ([\#5077](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5077))
-- Fix the ratelimiting on third party invites. ([\#5104](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5104))
-- Add some missing limitations to room alias creation. ([\#5124](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5124), [\#5128](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5128))
-- Limit the number of EDUs in transactions to 100 as expected by synapse. Thanks to @superboum for this work! ([\#5138](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5138))
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Add test to verify threepid auth check added in #4435. ([\#4474](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4474))
-- Fix/improve some docstrings in the replication code. ([\#4949](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4949))
-- Split synapse.replication.tcp.streams into smaller files. ([\#4953](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4953))
-- Refactor replication row generation/parsing. ([\#4954](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4954))
-- Run `black` to clean up formatting on `synapse/storage/roommember.py` and `synapse/storage/events.py`. ([\#4959](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4959))
-- Remove log line for password via the admin API. ([\#4965](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4965))
-- Fix typo in TLS filenames in docker/README.md. Also add the '-p' commandline option to the 'docker run' example. Contributed by Jurrie Overgoor. ([\#4968](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4968))
-- Refactor room version definitions. ([\#4969](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4969))
-- Reduce log level of .well-known/matrix/client responses. ([\#4972](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4972))
-- Add `config.signing_key_path` that can be read by `synapse.config` utility. ([\#4974](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4974))
-- Track which identity server is used when binding a threepid and use that for unbinding, as per MSC1915. ([\#4982](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4982))
-- Rewrite KeyringTestCase as a HomeserverTestCase. ([\#4985](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4985))
-- README updates: Corrected the default POSTGRES_USER. Added port forwarding hint in TLS section. ([\#4987](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4987))
-- Remove a number of unused tables from the database schema. ([\#4992](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4992), [\#5028](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5028), [\#5033](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5033))
-- Run `black` on the remainder of `synapse/storage/`. ([\#4996](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4996))
-- Fix grammar in get_current_users_in_room and give it a docstring. ([\#4998](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4998))
-- Clean up some code in the server-key Keyring. ([\#5001](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5001))
-- Convert SYNAPSE_NO_TLS Docker variable to boolean for user friendliness. Contributed by Gabriel Eckerson. ([\#5005](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5005))
-- Refactor synapse.storage._base._simple_select_list_paginate. ([\#5007](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5007))
-- Store the notary server name correctly in server_keys_json. ([\#5024](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5024))
-- Rewrite Datastore.get_server_verify_keys to reduce the number of database transactions. ([\#5030](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5030))
-- Remove extraneous period from copyright headers. ([\#5046](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5046))
-- Update documentation for where to get Synapse packages. ([\#5067](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5067))
-- Add workarounds for pep-517 install errors. ([\#5098](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5098))
-- Improve logging when event-signature checks fail. ([\#5100](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5100))
-- Factor out an "assert_requester_is_admin" function. ([\#5120](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5120))
-- Remove the requirement to authenticate for /admin/server_version. ([\#5122](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5122))
-- Prevent an exception from being raised in a IResolutionReceiver and use a more generic error message for blacklisted URL previews. ([\#5155](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5155))
-- Run `black` on the tests directory. ([\#5170](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5170))
-- Fix CI after new release of isort. ([\#5179](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5179))
-- Fix bogus imports in unit tests. ([\#5154](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5154))
-
-
-Synapse 0.99.3.2 (2019-05-03)
-=============================
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Ensure that we have `urllib3` <1.25, to resolve incompatibility with `requests`. ([\#5135](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5135))
-
-
-Synapse 0.99.3.1 (2019-05-03)
-=============================
-
-Security update
----------------
-
-This release includes two security fixes:
-
-- Switch to using a cryptographically-secure random number generator for token strings, ensuring they cannot be predicted by an attacker. Thanks to @opnsec for identifying and responsibly disclosing this issue! ([\#5133](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5133))
-- Blacklist 0.0.0.0 and :: by default for URL previews. Thanks to @opnsec for identifying and responsibly disclosing this issue too! ([\#5134](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5134))
-
-Synapse 0.99.3 (2019-04-01)
-===========================
-
-No significant changes.
-
-
-Synapse 0.99.3rc1 (2019-03-27)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- The user directory has been rewritten to make it faster, with less chance of falling behind on a large server. ([\#4537](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4537), [\#4846](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4846), [\#4864](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4864), [\#4887](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4887), [\#4900](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4900), [\#4944](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4944))
-- Add configurable rate limiting to the /register endpoint. ([\#4735](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4735), [\#4804](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4804))
-- Move server key queries to federation reader. ([\#4757](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4757))
-- Add support for /account/3pid REST endpoint to client_reader worker. ([\#4759](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4759))
-- Add an endpoint to the admin API for querying the server version. Contributed by Joseph Weston. ([\#4772](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4772))
-- Include a default configuration file in the 'docs' directory. ([\#4791](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4791), [\#4801](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4801))
-- Synapse is now permissive about trailing slashes on some of its federation endpoints, allowing zero or more to be present. ([\#4793](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4793))
-- Add support for /keys/query and /keys/changes REST endpoints to client_reader worker. ([\#4796](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4796))
-- Add checks to incoming events over federation for events evading auth (aka "soft fail"). ([\#4814](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4814))
-- Add configurable rate limiting to the /login endpoint. ([\#4821](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4821), [\#4865](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4865))
-- Remove trailing slashes from certain outbound federation requests. Retry if receiving a 404. Context: #3622. ([\#4840](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4840))
-- Allow passing --daemonize flags to workers in the same way as with master. ([\#4853](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4853))
-- Batch up outgoing read-receipts to reduce federation traffic. ([\#4890](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4890), [\#4927](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4927))
-- Add option to disable searching the user directory. ([\#4895](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4895))
-- Add option to disable searching of local and remote public room lists. ([\#4896](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4896))
-- Add ability for password providers to login/register a user via 3PID (email, phone). ([\#4931](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4931))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix a bug where media with spaces in the name would get a corrupted name. ([\#2090](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/2090))
-- Fix attempting to paginate in rooms where server cannot see any events, to avoid unnecessarily pulling in lots of redacted events. ([\#4699](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4699))
-- 'event_id' is now a required parameter in federated state requests, as per the matrix spec. ([\#4740](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4740))
-- Fix tightloop over connecting to replication server. ([\#4749](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4749))
-- Fix parsing of Content-Disposition headers on remote media requests and URL previews. ([\#4763](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4763))
-- Fix incorrect log about not persisting duplicate state event. ([\#4776](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4776))
-- Fix v4v6 option in HAProxy example config. Contributed by Flakebi. ([\#4790](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4790))
-- Handle batch updates in worker replication protocol. ([\#4792](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4792))
-- Fix bug where we didn't correctly throttle sending of USER_IP commands over replication. ([\#4818](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4818))
-- Fix potential race in handling missing updates in device list updates. ([\#4829](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4829))
-- Fix bug where synapse expected an un-specced `prev_state` field on state events. ([\#4837](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4837))
-- Transfer a user's notification settings (push rules) on room upgrade. ([\#4838](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4838))
-- fix test_auto_create_auto_join_where_no_consent. ([\#4886](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4886))
-- Fix a bug where hs_disabled_message was sometimes not correctly enforced. ([\#4888](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4888))
-- Fix bug in shutdown room admin API where it would fail if a user in the room hadn't consented to the privacy policy. ([\#4904](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4904))
-- Fix bug where blocked world-readable rooms were still peekable. ([\#4908](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4908))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Add a systemd setup that supports synapse workers. Contributed by Luca Corbatto. ([\#4662](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4662))
-- Change from TravisCI to Buildkite for CI. ([\#4752](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4752))
-- When presence is disabled don't send over replication. ([\#4757](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4757))
-- Minor docstring fixes for MatrixFederationAgent. ([\#4765](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4765))
-- Optimise EDU transmission for the federation_sender worker. ([\#4770](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4770))
-- Update test_typing to use HomeserverTestCase. ([\#4771](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4771))
-- Update URLs for riot.im icons and logos in the default notification templates. ([\#4779](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4779))
-- Removed unnecessary $ from some federation endpoint path regexes. ([\#4794](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4794))
-- Remove link to deleted title in README. ([\#4795](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4795))
-- Clean up read-receipt handling. ([\#4797](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4797))
-- Add some debug about processing read receipts. ([\#4798](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4798))
-- Clean up some replication code. ([\#4799](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4799))
-- Add some docstrings. ([\#4815](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4815))
-- Add debug logger to try and track down #4422. ([\#4816](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4816))
-- Make shutdown API send explanation message to room after users have been forced joined. ([\#4817](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4817))
-- Update example_log_config.yaml. ([\#4820](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4820))
-- Document the `generate` option for the docker image. ([\#4824](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4824))
-- Fix check-newsfragment for debian-only changes. ([\#4825](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4825))
-- Add some debug logging for device list updates to help with #4828. ([\#4828](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4828))
-- Improve federation documentation, specifically .well-known support. Many thanks to @vaab. ([\#4832](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4832))
-- Disable captcha registration by default in unit tests. ([\#4839](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4839))
-- Add stuff back to the .gitignore. ([\#4843](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4843))
-- Clarify what registration_shared_secret allows for. ([\#4844](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4844))
-- Correctly log expected errors when fetching server keys. ([\#4847](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4847))
-- Update install docs to explicitly state a full-chain (not just the top-level) TLS certificate must be provided to Synapse. This caused some people's Synapse ports to appear correct in a browser but still (rightfully so) upset the federation tester. ([\#4849](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4849))
-- Move client read-receipt processing to federation sender worker. ([\#4852](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4852))
-- Refactor federation TransactionQueue. ([\#4855](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4855))
-- Comment out most options in the generated config. ([\#4863](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4863))
-- Fix yaml library warnings by using safe_load. ([\#4869](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4869))
-- Update Apache setup to remove location syntax. Thanks to @cwmke! ([\#4870](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4870))
-- Reinstate test case that runs unit tests against oldest supported dependencies. ([\#4879](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4879))
-- Update link to federation docs. ([\#4881](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4881))
-- fix test_auto_create_auto_join_where_no_consent. ([\#4886](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4886))
-- Use a regular HomeServerConfig object for unit tests rater than a Mock. ([\#4889](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4889))
-- Add some notes about tuning postgres for larger deployments. ([\#4895](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4895))
-- Add a config option for torture-testing worker replication. ([\#4902](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4902))
-- Log requests which are simulated by the unit tests. ([\#4905](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4905))
-- Allow newsfragments to end with exclamation marks. Exciting! ([\#4912](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4912))
-- Refactor some more tests to use HomeserverTestCase. ([\#4913](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4913))
-- Refactor out the state deltas portion of the user directory store and handler. ([\#4917](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4917))
-- Fix nginx example in ACME doc. ([\#4923](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4923))
-- Use an explicit dbname for postgres connections in the tests. ([\#4928](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4928))
-- Fix `ClientReplicationStreamProtocol.__str__()`. ([\#4929](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4929))
-
-
-Synapse 0.99.2 (2019-03-01)
-===========================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Added an HAProxy example in the reverse proxy documentation. Contributed by Benoît S. (“Benpro”). ([\#4541](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4541))
-- Add basic optional sentry integration. ([\#4632](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4632), [\#4694](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4694))
-- Transfer bans on room upgrade. ([\#4642](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4642))
-- Add configurable room list publishing rules. ([\#4647](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4647))
-- Support .well-known delegation when issuing certificates through ACME. ([\#4652](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4652))
-- Allow registration and login to be handled by a worker instance. ([\#4666](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4666), [\#4670](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4670), [\#4682](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4682))
-- Reduce the overhead of creating outbound federation connections over TLS by caching the TLS client options. ([\#4674](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4674))
-- Add prometheus metrics for number of outgoing EDUs, by type. ([\#4695](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4695))
-- Return correct error code when inviting a remote user to a room whose homeserver does not support the room version. ([\#4721](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4721))
-- Prevent showing rooms to other servers that were set to not federate. ([\#4746](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4746))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix possible exception when paginating. ([\#4263](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4263))
-- The dependency checker now correctly reports a version mismatch for optional
-  dependencies, instead of reporting the dependency missing. ([\#4450](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4450))
-- Set CORS headers on .well-known requests. ([\#4651](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4651))
-- Fix kicking guest users on guest access revocation in worker mode. ([\#4667](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4667))
-- Fix an issue in the database migration script where the
-  `e2e_room_keys.is_verified` column wasn't considered as
-  a boolean. ([\#4680](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4680))
-- Fix TaskStopped exceptions in logs when outbound requests time out. ([\#4690](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4690))
-- Fix ACME config for python 2. ([\#4717](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4717))
-- Fix paginating over federation persisting incorrect state. ([\#4718](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4718))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Run `black` to reformat user directory code. ([\#4635](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4635))
-- Reduce number of exceptions we log. ([\#4643](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4643), [\#4668](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4668))
-- Introduce upsert batching functionality in the database layer. ([\#4644](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4644))
-- Fix various spelling mistakes. ([\#4657](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4657))
-- Cleanup request exception logging. ([\#4669](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4669), [\#4737](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4737), [\#4738](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4738))
-- Improve replication performance by reducing cache invalidation traffic. ([\#4671](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4671), [\#4715](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4715), [\#4748](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4748))
-- Test against Postgres 9.5 as well as 9.4. ([\#4676](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4676))
-- Run unit tests against python 3.7. ([\#4677](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4677))
-- Attempt to clarify installation instructions/config. ([\#4681](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4681))
-- Clean up gitignores. ([\#4688](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4688))
-- Minor tweaks to acme docs. ([\#4689](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4689))
-- Improve the logging in the pusher process. ([\#4691](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4691))
-- Better checks on newsfragments. ([\#4698](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4698), [\#4750](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4750))
-- Avoid some redundant work when processing read receipts. ([\#4706](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4706))
-- Run `push_receipts_to_remotes` as background job. ([\#4707](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4707))
-- Add prometheus metrics for number of badge update pushes. ([\#4709](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4709))
-- Reduce pusher logging on startup ([\#4716](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4716))
-- Don't log exceptions when failing to fetch remote server keys. ([\#4722](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4722))
-- Correctly proxy exception in frontend_proxy worker. ([\#4723](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4723))
-- Add database version to phonehome stats. ([\#4753](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4753))
-
-
-Synapse 0.99.1.1 (2019-02-14)
-=============================
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix "TypeError: '>' not supported" when starting without an existing certificate.
-  Fix a bug where an existing certificate would be reprovisoned every day. ([\#4648](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4648))
-
-
-Synapse 0.99.1 (2019-02-14)
-===========================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Include m.room.encryption on invites by default ([\#3902](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3902))
-- Federation OpenID listener resource can now be activated even if federation is disabled ([\#4420](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4420))
-- Synapse's ACME support will now correctly reprovision a certificate that approaches its expiry while Synapse is running. ([\#4522](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4522))
-- Add ability to update backup versions ([\#4580](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4580))
-- Allow the "unavailable" presence status for /sync.
-  This change makes Synapse compliant with r0.4.0 of the Client-Server specification. ([\#4592](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4592))
-- There is no longer any need to specify `no_tls`: it is inferred from the absence of TLS listeners ([\#4613](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4613), [\#4615](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4615), [\#4617](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4617), [\#4636](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4636))
-- The default configuration no longer requires TLS certificates. ([\#4614](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4614))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Copy over room federation ability on room upgrade. ([\#4530](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4530))
-- Fix noisy "twisted.internet.task.TaskStopped" errors in logs ([\#4546](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4546))
-- Synapse is now tolerant of the `tls_fingerprints` option being None or not specified. ([\#4589](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4589))
-- Fix 'no unique or exclusion constraint' error ([\#4591](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4591))
-- Transfer Server ACLs on room upgrade. ([\#4608](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4608))
-- Fix failure to start when not TLS certificate was given even if TLS was disabled. ([\#4618](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4618))
-- Fix self-signed cert notice from generate-config. ([\#4625](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4625))
-- Fix performance of `user_ips` table deduplication background update ([\#4626](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4626), [\#4627](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4627))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Change the user directory state query to use a filtered call to the db instead of a generic one. ([\#4462](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4462))
-- Reject federation transactions if they include more than 50 PDUs or 100 EDUs. ([\#4513](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4513))
-- Reduce duplication of ``synapse.app`` code. ([\#4567](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4567))
-- Fix docker upload job to push -py2 images. ([\#4576](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4576))
-- Add port configuration information to ACME instructions. ([\#4578](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4578))
-- Update MSC1711 FAQ to calrify .well-known usage ([\#4584](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4584))
-- Clean up default listener configuration ([\#4586](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4586))
-- Clarifications for reverse proxy docs ([\#4607](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4607))
-- Move ClientTLSOptionsFactory init out of `refresh_certificates` ([\#4611](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4611))
-- Fail cleanly if listener config lacks a 'port' ([\#4616](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4616))
-- Remove redundant entries from docker config ([\#4619](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4619))
-- README updates ([\#4621](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4621))
-
-
-Synapse 0.99.0 (2019-02-05)
-===========================
-
-Synapse v0.99.x is a precursor to the upcoming Synapse v1.0 release. It contains foundational changes to room architecture and the federation security model necessary to support the upcoming r0 release of the Server to Server API.
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Synapse's cipher string has been updated to require ECDH key exchange. Configuring and generating dh_params is no longer required, and they will be ignored. ([\#4229](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4229))
-- Synapse can now automatically provision TLS certificates via ACME (the protocol used by CAs like Let's Encrypt). ([\#4384](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4384), [\#4492](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4492), [\#4525](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4525), [\#4572](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4572), [\#4564](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4564), [\#4566](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4566), [\#4547](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4547), [\#4557](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4557))
-- Implement MSC1708 (.well-known routing for server-server federation) ([\#4408](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4408), [\#4409](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4409), [\#4426](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4426), [\#4427](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4427), [\#4428](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4428), [\#4464](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4464), [\#4468](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4468), [\#4487](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4487), [\#4488](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4488), [\#4489](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4489), [\#4497](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4497), [\#4511](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4511), [\#4516](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4516), [\#4520](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4520), [\#4521](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4521), [\#4539](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4539), [\#4542](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4542), [\#4544](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4544))
-- Search now includes results from predecessor rooms after a room upgrade. ([\#4415](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4415))
-- Config option to disable requesting MSISDN on registration. ([\#4423](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4423))
-- Add a metric for tracking event stream position of the user directory. ([\#4445](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4445))
-- Support exposing server capabilities in CS API (MSC1753, MSC1804) ([\#4472](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4472), [81b7e7eed](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/81b7e7eed323f55d6550e7a270a9dc2c4c7b0fe0)))
-- Add support for room version 3 ([\#4483](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4483), [\#4499](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4499), [\#4515](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4515), [\#4523](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4523), [\#4535](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4535))
-- Synapse will now reload TLS certificates from disk upon SIGHUP. ([\#4495](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4495), [\#4524](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4524))
-- The matrixdotorg/synapse Docker images now use Python 3 by default. ([\#4558](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4558))
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Prevent users with access tokens predating the introduction of device IDs from creating spurious entries in the user_ips table. ([\#4369](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4369))
-- Fix typo in ALL_USER_TYPES definition to ensure type is a tuple ([\#4392](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4392))
-- Fix high CPU usage due to remote devicelist updates ([\#4397](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4397))
-- Fix potential bug where creating or joining a room could fail ([\#4404](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4404))
-- Fix bug when rejecting remote invites ([\#4405](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4405), [\#4527](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4527))
-- Fix incorrect logcontexts after a Deferred was cancelled ([\#4407](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4407))
-- Ensure encrypted room state is persisted across room upgrades. ([\#4411](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4411))
-- Copy over whether a room is a direct message and any associated room tags on room upgrade. ([\#4412](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4412))
-- Fix None guard in calling config.server.is_threepid_reserved ([\#4435](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4435))
-- Don't send IP addresses as SNI ([\#4452](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4452))
-- Fix UnboundLocalError in post_urlencoded_get_json ([\#4460](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4460))
-- Add a timeout to filtered room directory queries. ([\#4461](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4461))
-- Workaround for login error when using both LDAP and internal authentication. ([\#4486](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4486))
-- Fix a bug where setting a relative consent directory path would cause a crash. ([\#4512](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4512))
-
-
-Deprecations and Removals
--------------------------
-
-- Synapse no longer generates self-signed TLS certificates when generating a configuration file. ([\#4509](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4509))
-
-
-Improved Documentation
-----------------------
-
-- Update debian installation instructions ([\#4526](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4526))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Synapse will now take advantage of native UPSERT functionality in PostgreSQL 9.5+ and SQLite 3.24+. ([\#4306](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4306), [\#4459](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4459), [\#4466](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4466), [\#4471](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4471), [\#4477](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4477), [\#4505](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4505))
-- Update README to use the new virtualenv everywhere ([\#4342](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4342))
-- Add better logging for unexpected errors while sending transactions ([\#4368](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4368))
-- Apply a unique index to the user_ips table, preventing duplicates. ([\#4370](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4370), [\#4432](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4432), [\#4434](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4434))
-- Silence travis-ci build warnings by removing non-functional python3.6 ([\#4377](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4377))
-- Fix a comment in the generated config file ([\#4387](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4387))
-- Add ground work for implementing future federation API versions ([\#4390](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4390))
-- Update dependencies on msgpack and pymacaroons to use the up-to-date packages. ([\#4399](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4399))
-- Tweak codecov settings to make them less loud. ([\#4400](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4400))
-- Implement server support for MSC1794 - Federation v2 Invite API ([\#4402](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4402))
-- debian package: symlink to explicit python version ([\#4433](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4433))
-- Add infrastructure to support different event formats ([\#4437](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4437), [\#4447](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4447), [\#4448](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4448), [\#4470](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4470), [\#4481](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4481), [\#4482](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4482), [\#4493](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4493), [\#4494](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4494), [\#4496](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4496), [\#4510](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4510), [\#4514](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4514))
-- Generate the debian config during build ([\#4444](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4444))
-- Clarify documentation for the `public_baseurl` config param ([\#4458](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4458), [\#4498](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4498))
-- Fix quoting for allowed_local_3pids example config ([\#4476](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4476))
-- Remove deprecated --process-dependency-links option from UPGRADE.rst ([\#4485](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4485))
-- Make it possible to set the log level for tests via an environment variable ([\#4506](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4506))
-- Reduce the log level of linearizer lock acquirement to DEBUG. ([\#4507](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4507))
-- Fix code to comply with linting in PyFlakes 3.7.1. ([\#4519](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4519))
-- Add some debug for membership syncing issues ([\#4538](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4538))
-- Docker: only copy what we need to the build image ([\#4562](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4562))
-
-
-Synapse 0.34.1.1 (2019-01-11)
-=============================
-
-This release fixes CVE-2019-5885 and is recommended for all users of Synapse 0.34.1.
-
-This release is compatible with Python 2.7 and 3.5+. Python 3.7 is fully supported.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix spontaneous logout on upgrade
-  ([\#4374](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4374))
-
-
-Synapse 0.34.1 (2019-01-09)
-===========================
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Add better logging for unexpected errors while sending transactions ([\#4361](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4361), [\#4362](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4362))
-
-
-Synapse 0.34.1rc1 (2019-01-08)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Special-case a support user for use in verifying behaviour of a given server. The support user does not appear in user directory or monthly active user counts. ([\#4141](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4141), [\#4344](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4344))
-- Support for serving .well-known files ([\#4262](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4262))
-- Rework SAML2 authentication ([\#4265](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4265), [\#4267](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4267))
-- SAML2 authentication: Initialise user display name from SAML2 data ([\#4272](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4272))
-- Synapse can now have its conditional/extra dependencies installed by pip. This functionality can be used by using `pip install matrix-synapse[feature]`, where feature is a comma separated list with the possible values `email.enable_notifs`, `matrix-synapse-ldap3`, `postgres`, `resources.consent`, `saml2`, `url_preview`, and `test`. If you want to install all optional dependencies, you can use "all" instead. ([\#4298](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4298), [\#4325](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4325), [\#4327](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4327))
-- Add routes for reading account data. ([\#4303](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4303))
-- Add opt-in support for v2 rooms ([\#4307](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4307))
-- Add a script to generate a clean config file ([\#4315](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4315))
-- Return server data in /login response ([\#4319](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4319))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix contains_url check to be consistent with other instances in code-base and check that value is an instance of string. ([\#3405](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3405))
-- Fix CAS login when username is not valid in an MXID ([\#4264](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4264))
-- Send CORS headers for /media/config ([\#4279](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4279))
-- Add 'sandbox' to CSP for media reprository ([\#4284](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4284))
-- Make the new landing page prettier. ([\#4294](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4294))
-- Fix deleting E2E room keys when using old SQLite versions. ([\#4295](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4295))
-- The metric synapse_admin_mau:current previously did not update when config.mau_stats_only was set to True ([\#4305](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4305))
-- Fixed per-room account data filters ([\#4309](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4309))
-- Fix indentation in default config ([\#4313](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4313))
-- Fix synapse:latest docker upload ([\#4316](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4316))
-- Fix test_metric.py compatibility with prometheus_client 0.5. Contributed by Maarten de Vries <maarten@de-vri.es>. ([\#4317](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4317))
-- Avoid packaging _trial_temp directory in -py3 debian packages ([\#4326](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4326))
-- Check jinja version for consent resource ([\#4327](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4327))
-- fix NPE in /messages by checking if all events were filtered out ([\#4330](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4330))
-- Fix `python -m synapse.config` on Python 3. ([\#4356](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4356))
-
-
-Deprecations and Removals
--------------------------
-
-- Remove the deprecated v1/register API on Python 2. It was never ported to Python 3. ([\#4334](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4334))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Getting URL previews of IP addresses no longer fails on Python 3. ([\#4215](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4215))
-- drop undocumented dependency on dateutil ([\#4266](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4266))
-- Update the example systemd config to use a virtualenv ([\#4273](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4273))
-- Update link to kernel DCO guide ([\#4274](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4274))
-- Make isort tox check print diff when it fails ([\#4283](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4283))
-- Log room_id in Unknown room errors ([\#4297](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4297))
-- Documentation improvements for coturn setup. Contributed by Krithin Sitaram. ([\#4333](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4333))
-- Update pull request template to use absolute links ([\#4341](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4341))
-- Update README to not lie about required restart when updating TLS certificates ([\#4343](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4343))
-- Update debian packaging for compatibility with transitional package ([\#4349](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4349))
-- Fix command hint to generate a config file when trying to start without a config file ([\#4353](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4353))
-- Add better logging for unexpected errors while sending transactions ([\#4358](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4358))
-
-
-Synapse 0.34.0 (2018-12-20)
-===========================
-
-Synapse 0.34.0 is the first release to fully support Python 3. Synapse will now
-run on Python versions 3.5 or 3.6 (as well as 2.7). Support for Python 3.7
-remains experimental.
-
-We recommend upgrading to Python 3, but make sure to read the [upgrade
-notes](docs/upgrade.md#upgrading-to-v0340) when doing so.
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Add 'sandbox' to CSP for media reprository ([\#4284](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4284))
-- Make the new landing page prettier. ([\#4294](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4294))
-- Fix deleting E2E room keys when using old SQLite versions. ([\#4295](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4295))
-- Add a welcome page for the client API port. Credit to @krombel! ([\#4289](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4289))
-- Remove Matrix console from the default distribution ([\#4290](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4290))
-- Add option to track MAU stats (but not limit people) ([\#3830](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3830))
-- Add an option to enable recording IPs for appservice users ([\#3831](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3831))
-- Rename login type `m.login.cas` to `m.login.sso` ([\#4220](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4220))
-- Add an option to disable search for homeservers that may not be interested in it. ([\#4230](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4230))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Pushrules can now again be made with non-ASCII rule IDs. ([\#4165](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4165))
-- The media repository now no longer fails to decode UTF-8 filenames when downloading remote media. ([\#4176](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4176))
-- URL previews now correctly decode non-UTF-8 text if the header contains a `<meta http-equiv="Content-Type"` header. ([\#4183](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4183))
-- Fix an issue where public consent URLs had two slashes. ([\#4192](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4192))
-- Fallback auth now accepts the session parameter on Python 3. ([\#4197](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4197))
-- Remove riot.im from the list of trusted Identity Servers in the default configuration ([\#4207](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4207))
-- fix start up failure when mau_limit_reserved_threepids set and db is postgres ([\#4211](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4211))
-- Fix auto join failures for servers that require user consent ([\#4223](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4223))
-- Fix exception caused by non-ascii event IDs ([\#4241](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4241))
-- Pushers can now be unsubscribed from on Python 3. ([\#4250](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4250))
-- Fix UnicodeDecodeError when postgres is configured to give non-English errors ([\#4253](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4253))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Debian packages utilising a virtualenv with bundled dependencies can now be built. ([\#4212](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4212))
-- Disable pager when running git-show in CI ([\#4291](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4291))
-- A coveragerc file has been added. ([\#4180](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4180))
-- Add a GitHub pull request template and add multiple issue templates ([\#4182](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4182))
-- Update README to reflect the fact that [\#1491](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/1491) is fixed ([\#4188](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4188))
-- Run the AS senders as background processes to fix warnings ([\#4189](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4189))
-- Add some diagnostics to the tests to detect logcontext problems ([\#4190](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4190))
-- Add missing `jpeg` package prerequisite for OpenBSD in README. ([\#4193](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4193))
-- Add a note saying you need to manually reclaim disk space after using the Purge History API ([\#4200](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4200))
-- More logcontext checking in unittests ([\#4205](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4205))
-- Ignore `__pycache__` directories in the database schema folder ([\#4214](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4214))
-- Add note to UPGRADE.rst about removing riot.im from list of trusted identity servers ([\#4224](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4224))
-- Added automated coverage reporting to CI. ([\#4225](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4225))
-- Garbage-collect after each unit test to fix logcontext leaks ([\#4227](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4227))
-- add more detail to logging regarding "More than one row matched" error ([\#4234](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4234))
-- Drop sent_transactions table ([\#4244](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4244))
-- Add a basic .editorconfig ([\#4257](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4257))
-- Update README.rst and UPGRADE.rst for Python 3. ([\#4260](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4260))
-- Remove obsolete `verbose` and `log_file` settings from `homeserver.yaml` for Docker image. ([\#4261](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4261))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.9 (2018-11-19)
-===========================
-
-No significant changes.
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.9rc1 (2018-11-14)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Include flags to optionally add `m.login.terms` to the registration flow when consent tracking is enabled. ([\#4004](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4004), [\#4133](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4133), [\#4142](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4142), [\#4184](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4184))
-- Support for replacing rooms with new ones ([\#4091](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4091), [\#4099](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4099), [\#4100](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4100), [\#4101](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4101))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix exceptions when using the email mailer on Python 3. ([\#4095](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4095))
-- Fix e2e key backup with more than 9 backup versions ([\#4113](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4113))
-- Searches that request profile info now no longer fail with a 500. ([\#4122](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4122))
-- fix return code of empty key backups ([\#4123](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4123))
-- If the typing stream ID goes backwards (as on a worker when the master restarts), the worker's typing handler will no longer erroneously report rooms containing new typing events. ([\#4127](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4127))
-- Fix table lock of device_lists_remote_cache which could freeze the application ([\#4132](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4132))
-- Fix exception when using state res v2 algorithm ([\#4135](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4135))
-- Generating the user consent URI no longer fails on Python 3. ([\#4140](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4140), [\#4163](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4163))
-- Loading URL previews from the DB cache on Postgres will no longer cause Unicode type errors when responding to the request, and URL previews will no longer fail if the remote server returns a Content-Type header with the chartype in quotes. ([\#4157](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4157))
-- The hash_password script now works on Python 3. ([\#4161](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4161))
-- Fix noop checks when updating device keys, reducing spurious device list update notifications. ([\#4164](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4164))
-
-
-Deprecations and Removals
--------------------------
-
-- The disused and un-specced identicon generator has been removed. ([\#4106](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4106))
-- The obsolete and non-functional /pull federation endpoint has been removed. ([\#4118](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4118))
-- The deprecated v1 key exchange endpoints have been removed. ([\#4119](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4119))
-- Synapse will no longer fetch keys using the fallback deprecated v1 key exchange method and will now always use v2. ([\#4120](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4120))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Fix build of Docker image with docker-compose ([\#3778](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3778))
-- Delete unreferenced state groups during history purge ([\#4006](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4006))
-- The "Received rdata" log messages on workers is now logged at DEBUG, not INFO. ([\#4108](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4108))
-- Reduce replication traffic for device lists ([\#4109](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4109))
-- Fix `synapse_replication_tcp_protocol_*_commands` metric label to be full command name, rather than just the first character ([\#4110](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4110))
-- Log some bits about room creation ([\#4121](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4121))
-- Fix `tox` failure on old systems ([\#4124](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4124))
-- Add STATE_V2_TEST room version ([\#4128](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4128))
-- Clean up event accesses and tests ([\#4137](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4137))
-- The default logging config will now set an explicit log file encoding of UTF-8. ([\#4138](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4138))
-- Add helpers functions for getting prev and auth events of an event ([\#4139](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4139))
-- Add some tests for the HTTP pusher. ([\#4149](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4149))
-- add purge_history.sh and purge_remote_media.sh scripts to contrib/ ([\#4155](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4155))
-- HTTP tests have been refactored to contain less boilerplate. ([\#4156](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4156))
-- Drop incoming events from federation for unknown rooms ([\#4165](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4165))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.8 (2018-11-01)
-===========================
-
-No significant changes.
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.8rc2 (2018-10-31)
-==============================
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Searches that request profile info now no longer fail with a 500. Fixes
-  a regression in 0.33.8rc1. ([\#4122](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4122))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.8rc1 (2018-10-29)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Servers with auto-join rooms will now automatically create those rooms when the first user registers ([\#3975](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3975))
-- Add config option to control alias creation ([\#4051](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4051))
-- The register_new_matrix_user script is now ported to Python 3. ([\#4085](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4085))
-- Configure Docker image to listen on both ipv4 and ipv6. ([\#4089](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4089))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix HTTP error response codes for federated group requests. ([\#3969](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3969))
-- Fix issue where Python 3 users couldn't paginate /publicRooms ([\#4046](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4046))
-- Fix URL previewing to work in Python 3.7 ([\#4050](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4050))
-- synctl will use the right python executable to run worker processes ([\#4057](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4057))
-- Manhole now works again on Python 3, instead of failing with a "couldn't match all kex parts" when connecting. ([\#4060](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4060), [\#4067](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4067))
-- Fix some metrics being racy and causing exceptions when polled by Prometheus. ([\#4061](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4061))
-- Fix bug which prevented email notifications from being sent unless an absolute path was given for `email_templates`. ([\#4068](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4068))
-- Correctly account for cpu usage by background threads ([\#4074](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4074))
-- Fix race condition where config defined reserved users were not being added to
-  the monthly active user list prior to the homeserver reactor firing up ([\#4081](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4081))
-- Fix bug which prevented backslashes being used in event field filters ([\#4083](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4083))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Add information about the [matrix-docker-ansible-deploy](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy) playbook ([\#3698](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3698))
-- Add initial implementation of new state resolution algorithm ([\#3786](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3786))
-- Reduce database load when fetching state groups ([\#4011](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4011))
-- Various cleanups in the federation client code ([\#4031](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4031))
-- Run the CircleCI builds in docker containers ([\#4041](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4041))
-- Only colourise synctl output when attached to tty ([\#4049](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4049))
-- Refactor room alias creation code ([\#4063](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4063))
-- Make the Python scripts in the top-level scripts folders meet pep8 and pass flake8. ([\#4068](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4068))
-- The README now contains example for the Caddy web server. Contributed by steamp0rt. ([\#4072](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4072))
-- Add psutil as an explicit dependency ([\#4073](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4073))
-- Clean up threading and logcontexts in pushers ([\#4075](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4075))
-- Correctly manage logcontexts during startup to fix some "Unexpected logging context" warnings ([\#4076](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4076))
-- Give some more things logcontexts ([\#4077](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4077))
-- Clean up some bits of code which were flagged by the linter ([\#4082](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4082))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.7 (2018-10-18)
-===========================
-
-**Warning**: This release removes the example email notification templates from
-`res/templates` (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.
-
-If you have email notifications enabled, you should ensure that
-`email.template_dir` is either configured to point at a directory where you
-have installed customised templates, or leave it unset to use the default
-templates.
-
-Synapse 0.33.7rc2 (2018-10-17)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Ship the example email templates as part of the package ([\#4052](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4052))
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix bug which made get_missing_events return too few events ([\#4045](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4045))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.7rc1 (2018-10-15)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Add support for end-to-end key backup (MSC1687) ([\#4019](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4019))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix bug in event persistence logic which caused 'NoneType is not iterable' ([\#3995](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3995))
-- Fix exception in background metrics collection ([\#3996](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3996))
-- Fix exception handling in fetching remote profiles ([\#3997](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3997))
-- Fix handling of rejected threepid invites ([\#3999](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3999))
-- Workers now start on Python 3. ([\#4027](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4027))
-- Synapse now starts on Python 3.7. ([\#4033](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4033))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Log exceptions in looping calls ([\#4008](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4008))
-- Optimisation for serving federation requests ([\#4017](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4017))
-- Add metric to count number of non-empty sync responses ([\#4022](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4022))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.6 (2018-10-04)
-===========================
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Pin to prometheus_client<0.4 to avoid renaming all of our metrics ([\#4002](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4002))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.6rc1 (2018-10-03)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Adding the ability to change MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE for the docker container variables. ([\#3883](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3883))
-- Report "python_version" in the phone home stats ([\#3894](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3894))
-- Always LL ourselves if we're in a room ([\#3916](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3916))
-- Include eventid in log lines when processing incoming federation transactions ([\#3959](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3959))
-- Remove spurious check which made 'localhost' servers not work ([\#3964](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3964))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix problem when playing media from Chrome using direct URL (thanks @remjey!) ([\#3578](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3578))
-- support registering regular users non-interactively with register_new_matrix_user script ([\#3836](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3836))
-- Fix broken invite email links for self hosted riots ([\#3868](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3868))
-- Don't ratelimit autojoins ([\#3879](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3879))
-- Fix 500 error when deleting unknown room alias ([\#3889](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3889))
-- Fix some b'abcd' noise in logs and metrics ([\#3892](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3892), [\#3895](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3895))
-- When we join a room, always try the server we used for the alias lookup first, to avoid unresponsive and out-of-date servers. ([\#3899](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3899))
-- Fix incorrect server-name indication for outgoing federation requests ([\#3907](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3907))
-- Fix adding client IPs to the database failing on Python 3. ([\#3908](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3908))
-- Fix bug where things occaisonally were not being timed out correctly. ([\#3910](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3910))
-- Fix bug where outbound federation would stop talking to some servers when using workers ([\#3914](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3914))
-- Fix some instances of ExpiringCache not expiring cache items ([\#3932](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3932), [\#3980](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3980))
-- Fix out-of-bounds error when LLing yourself ([\#3936](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3936))
-- Sending server notices regarding user consent now works on Python 3. ([\#3938](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3938))
-- Fix exceptions from metrics handler ([\#3956](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3956))
-- Fix error message for events with m.room.create missing from auth_events ([\#3960](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3960))
-- Fix errors due to concurrent monthly_active_user upserts ([\#3961](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3961))
-- Fix exceptions when processing incoming events over federation ([\#3968](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3968))
-- Replaced all occurences of e.message with str(e). Contributed by Schnuffle ([\#3970](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3970))
-- Fix lazy loaded sync in the presence of rejected state events ([\#3986](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3986))
-- Fix error when logging incomplete HTTP requests ([\#3990](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3990))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Unit tests can now be run under PostgreSQL in Docker using ``test_postgresql.sh``. ([\#3699](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3699))
-- Speed up calculation of typing updates for replication ([\#3794](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3794))
-- Remove documentation regarding installation on Cygwin, the use of WSL is recommended instead. ([\#3873](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3873))
-- Fix typo in README, synaspse -> synapse ([\#3897](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3897))
-- Increase the timeout when filling missing events in federation requests ([\#3903](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3903))
-- Improve the logging when handling a federation transaction ([\#3904](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3904), [\#3966](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3966))
-- Improve logging of outbound federation requests ([\#3906](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3906), [\#3909](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3909))
-- Fix the docker image building on python 3 ([\#3911](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3911))
-- Add a regression test for logging failed HTTP requests on Python 3. ([\#3912](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3912))
-- Comments and interface cleanup for on_receive_pdu ([\#3924](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3924))
-- Fix spurious exceptions when remote http client closes conncetion ([\#3925](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3925))
-- Log exceptions thrown by background tasks ([\#3927](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3927))
-- Add a cache to get_destination_retry_timings ([\#3933](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3933), [\#3991](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3991))
-- Automate pushes to docker hub ([\#3946](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3946))
-- Require attrs 16.0.0 or later ([\#3947](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3947))
-- Fix incompatibility with python3 on alpine ([\#3948](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3948))
-- Run the test suite on the oldest supported versions of our dependencies in CI. ([\#3952](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3952))
-- CircleCI now only runs merged jobs on PRs, and commit jobs on develop, master, and release branches. ([\#3957](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3957))
-- Fix docstrings and add tests for state store methods ([\#3958](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3958))
-- fix docstring for FederationClient.get_state_for_room ([\#3963](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3963))
-- Run notify_app_services as a bg process ([\#3965](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3965))
-- Clarifications in FederationHandler ([\#3967](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3967))
-- Further reduce the docker image size ([\#3972](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3972))
-- Build py3 docker images for docker hub too ([\#3976](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3976))
-- Updated the installation instructions to point to the matrix-synapse package on PyPI. ([\#3985](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3985))
-- Disable USE_FROZEN_DICTS for unittests by default. ([\#3987](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3987))
-- Remove unused Jenkins and development related files from the repo. ([\#3988](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3988))
-- Improve stacktraces in certain exceptions in the logs ([\#3989](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3989))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.5.1 (2018-09-25)
-=============================
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Fix incompatibility with older Twisted version in tests. Thanks @OlegGirko! ([\#3940](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3940))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.5 (2018-09-24)
-===========================
-
-No significant changes.
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.5rc1 (2018-09-17)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Python 3.5 and 3.6 support is now in beta. ([\#3576](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3576))
-- Implement `event_format` filter param in `/sync` ([\#3790](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3790))
-- Add synapse_admin_mau:registered_reserved_users metric to expose number of real reaserved users ([\#3846](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3846))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Remove connection ID for replication prometheus metrics, as it creates a large number of new series. ([\#3788](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3788))
-- guest users should not be part of mau total ([\#3800](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3800))
-- Bump dependency on pyopenssl 16.x, to avoid incompatibility with recent Twisted. ([\#3804](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3804))
-- Fix existing room tags not coming down sync when joining a room ([\#3810](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3810))
-- Fix jwt import check ([\#3824](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3824))
-- fix VOIP crashes under Python 3 (#3821) ([\#3835](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3835))
-- Fix manhole so that it works with latest openssh clients ([\#3841](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3841))
-- Fix outbound requests occasionally wedging, which can result in federation breaking between servers. ([\#3845](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3845))
-- Show heroes if room name/canonical alias has been deleted ([\#3851](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3851))
-- Fix handling of redacted events from federation ([\#3859](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3859))
--  ([\#3874](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3874))
-- Mitigate outbound federation randomly becoming wedged ([\#3875](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3875))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- CircleCI tests now run on the potential merge of a PR. ([\#3704](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3704))
-- http/ is now ported to Python 3. ([\#3771](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3771))
-- Improve human readable error messages for threepid registration/account update ([\#3789](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3789))
-- Make /sync slightly faster by avoiding needless copies ([\#3795](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3795))
-- handlers/ is now ported to Python 3. ([\#3803](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3803))
-- Limit the number of PDUs/EDUs per federation transaction ([\#3805](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3805))
-- Only start postgres instance for postgres tests on Travis CI ([\#3806](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3806))
-- tests/ is now ported to Python 3. ([\#3808](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3808))
-- crypto/ is now ported to Python 3. ([\#3822](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3822))
-- rest/ is now ported to Python 3. ([\#3823](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3823))
-- add some logging for the keyring queue ([\#3826](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3826))
-- speed up lazy loading by 2-3x ([\#3827](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3827))
-- Improved Dockerfile to remove build requirements after building reducing the image size. ([\#3834](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3834))
-- Disable lazy loading for incremental syncs for now ([\#3840](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3840))
-- federation/ is now ported to Python 3. ([\#3847](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3847))
-- Log when we retry outbound requests ([\#3853](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3853))
-- Removed some excess logging messages. ([\#3855](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3855))
-- Speed up purge history for rooms that have been previously purged ([\#3856](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3856))
-- Refactor some HTTP timeout code. ([\#3857](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3857))
-- Fix running merged builds on CircleCI ([\#3858](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3858))
-- Fix typo in replication stream exception. ([\#3860](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3860))
-- Add in flight real time metrics for Measure blocks ([\#3871](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3871))
-- Disable buffering and automatic retrying in treq requests to prevent timeouts. ([\#3872](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3872))
-- mention jemalloc in the README ([\#3877](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3877))
-- Remove unmaintained "nuke-room-from-db.sh" script ([\#3888](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3888))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.4 (2018-09-07)
-===========================
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Unignore synctl in .dockerignore to fix docker builds ([\#3802](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3802))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.4rc2 (2018-09-06)
-==============================
-
-Pull in security fixes from v0.33.3.1
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.3.1 (2018-09-06)
-=============================
-
-SECURITY FIXES
---------------
-
-- Fix an issue where event signatures were not always correctly validated ([\#3796](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3796))
-- Fix an issue where server_acls could be circumvented for incoming events ([\#3796](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3796))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Unignore synctl in .dockerignore to fix docker builds ([\#3802](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3802))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.4rc1 (2018-09-04)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Support profile API endpoints on workers ([\#3659](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3659))
-- Server notices for resource limit blocking ([\#3680](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3680))
-- Allow guests to use /rooms/:roomId/event/:eventId ([\#3724](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3724))
-- Add mau_trial_days config param, so that users only get counted as MAU after N days. ([\#3749](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3749))
-- Require twisted 17.1 or later (fixes [#3741](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3741)). ([\#3751](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3751))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix error collecting prometheus metrics when run on dedicated thread due to threading concurrency issues ([\#3722](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3722))
-- Fix bug where we resent "limit exceeded" server notices repeatedly ([\#3747](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3747))
-- Fix bug where we broke sync when using limit_usage_by_mau but hadn't configured server notices ([\#3753](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3753))
-- Fix 'federation_domain_whitelist' such that an empty list correctly blocks all outbound federation traffic ([\#3754](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3754))
-- Fix tagging of server notice rooms ([\#3755](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3755), [\#3756](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3756))
-- Fix 'admin_uri' config variable and error parameter to be 'admin_contact' to match the spec. ([\#3758](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3758))
-- Don't return non-LL-member state in incremental sync state blocks ([\#3760](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3760))
-- Fix bug in sending presence over federation ([\#3768](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3768))
-- Fix bug where preserved threepid user comes to sign up and server is mau blocked ([\#3777](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3777))
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Removed the link to the unmaintained matrix-synapse-auto-deploy project from the readme. ([\#3378](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3378))
-- Refactor state module to support multiple room versions ([\#3673](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3673))
-- The synapse.storage module has been ported to Python 3. ([\#3725](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3725))
-- Split the state_group_cache into member and non-member state events (and so speed up LL /sync) ([\#3726](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3726))
-- Log failure to authenticate remote servers as warnings (without stack traces) ([\#3727](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3727))
-- The CONTRIBUTING guidelines have been updated to mention our use of Markdown and that .misc files have content. ([\#3730](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3730))
-- Reference the need for an HTTP replication port when using the federation_reader worker ([\#3734](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3734))
-- Fix minor spelling error in federation client documentation. ([\#3735](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3735))
-- Remove redundant state resolution function ([\#3737](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3737))
-- The test suite now passes on PostgreSQL. ([\#3740](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3740))
-- Fix MAU cache invalidation due to missing yield ([\#3746](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3746))
-- Make sure that we close db connections opened during init ([\#3764](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3764))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.3 (2018-08-22)
-===========================
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix bug introduced in v0.33.3rc1 which made the ToS give a 500 error ([\#3732](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3732))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.3rc2 (2018-08-21)
-==============================
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix bug in v0.33.3rc1 which caused infinite loops and OOMs ([\#3723](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3723))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.3rc1 (2018-08-21)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- Add support for the SNI extension to federation TLS connections. Thanks to @vojeroen! ([\#3439](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3439))
-- Add /_media/r0/config ([\#3184](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3184))
-- speed up /members API and add `at` and `membership` params as per MSC1227 ([\#3568](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3568))
-- implement `summary` block in /sync response as per MSC688 ([\#3574](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3574))
-- Add lazy-loading support to /messages as per MSC1227 ([\#3589](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3589))
-- Add ability to limit number of monthly active users on the server ([\#3633](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3633))
-- Support more federation endpoints on workers ([\#3653](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3653))
-- Basic support for room versioning ([\#3654](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3654))
-- Ability to disable client/server Synapse via conf toggle ([\#3655](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3655))
-- Ability to whitelist specific threepids against monthly active user limiting ([\#3662](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3662))
-- Add some metrics for the appservice and federation event sending loops ([\#3664](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3664))
-- Where server is disabled, block ability for locked out users to read new messages ([\#3670](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3670))
-- set admin uri via config, to be used in error messages where the user should contact the administrator ([\#3687](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3687))
-- Synapse's presence functionality can now be disabled with the "use_presence" configuration option. ([\#3694](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3694))
-- For resource limit blocked users, prevent writing into rooms ([\#3708](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3708))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix occasional glitches in the synapse_event_persisted_position metric ([\#3658](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3658))
-- Fix bug on deleting 3pid when using identity servers that don't support unbind API ([\#3661](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3661))
-- Make the tests pass on Twisted < 18.7.0 ([\#3676](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3676))
-- Don’t ship recaptcha_ajax.js, use it directly from Google ([\#3677](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3677))
-- Fixes test_reap_monthly_active_users so it passes under postgres ([\#3681](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3681))
-- Fix mau blocking calulation bug on login ([\#3689](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3689))
-- Fix missing yield in synapse.storage.monthly_active_users.initialise_reserved_users ([\#3692](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3692))
-- Improve HTTP request logging to include all requests ([\#3700](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3700))
-- Avoid timing out requests while we are streaming back the response ([\#3701](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3701))
-- Support more federation endpoints on workers ([\#3705](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3705), [\#3713](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3713))
-- Fix "Starting db txn 'get_all_updated_receipts' from sentinel context" warning ([\#3710](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3710))
-- Fix bug where `state_cache` cache factor ignored environment variables ([\#3719](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3719))
-
-
-Deprecations and Removals
--------------------------
-
-- The Shared-Secret registration method of the legacy v1/register REST endpoint has been removed. For a replacement, please see [the admin/register API documentation](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/admin_api/register_api.rst). ([\#3703](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3703))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- The test suite now can run under PostgreSQL. ([\#3423](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3423))
-- Refactor HTTP replication endpoints to reduce code duplication ([\#3632](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3632))
-- Tests now correctly execute on Python 3. ([\#3647](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3647))
-- Sytests can now be run inside a Docker container. ([\#3660](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3660))
-- Port over enough to Python 3 to allow the sytests to start. ([\#3668](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3668))
-- Update docker base image from alpine 3.7 to 3.8. ([\#3669](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3669))
-- Rename synapse.util.async to synapse.util.async_helpers to mitigate async becoming a keyword on Python 3.7. ([\#3678](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3678))
-- Synapse's tests are now formatted with the black autoformatter. ([\#3679](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3679))
-- Implemented a new testing base class to reduce test boilerplate. ([\#3684](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3684))
-- Rename MAU prometheus metrics ([\#3690](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3690))
-- add new error type ResourceLimit ([\#3707](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3707))
-- Logcontexts for replication command handlers ([\#3709](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3709))
-- Update admin register API documentation to reference a real user ID. ([\#3712](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3712))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.2 (2018-08-09)
-===========================
-
-No significant changes.
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.2rc1 (2018-08-07)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
-- add support for the lazy_loaded_members filter as per MSC1227 ([\#2970](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/2970))
-- add support for the include_redundant_members filter param as per MSC1227 ([\#3331](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3331))
-- Add metrics to track resource usage by background processes ([\#3553](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3553), [\#3556](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3556), [\#3604](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3604), [\#3610](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3610))
-- Add `code` label to `synapse_http_server_response_time_seconds` prometheus metric ([\#3554](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3554))
-- Add support for client_reader to handle more APIs ([\#3555](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3555), [\#3597](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3597))
-- make the /context API filter & lazy-load aware as per MSC1227 ([\#3567](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3567))
-- Add ability to limit number of monthly active users on the server ([\#3630](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3630))
-- When we fail to join a room over federation, pass the error code back to the client. ([\#3639](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3639))
-- Add a new /admin/register API for non-interactively creating users. ([\#3415](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3415))
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Make /directory/list API return 404 for room not found instead of 400. Thanks to @fuzzmz! ([\#3620](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3620))
-- Default inviter_display_name to mxid for email invites ([\#3391](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3391))
-- Don't generate TURN credentials if no TURN config options are set ([\#3514](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3514))
-- Correctly announce deleted devices over federation ([\#3520](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3520))
-- Catch failures saving metrics captured by Measure, and instead log the faulty metrics information for further analysis. ([\#3548](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3548))
-- Unicode passwords are now normalised before hashing, preventing the instance where two different devices or browsers might send a different UTF-8 sequence for the password. ([\#3569](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3569))
-- Fix potential stack overflow and deadlock under heavy load ([\#3570](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3570))
-- Respond with M_NOT_FOUND when profiles are not found locally or over federation. Fixes #3585 ([\#3585](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3585))
-- Fix failure to persist events over federation under load ([\#3601](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3601))
-- Fix updating of cached remote profiles ([\#3605](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3605))
-- Fix 'tuple index out of range' error ([\#3607](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3607))
-- Only import secrets when available (fix for py < 3.6) ([\#3626](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3626))
-
-
-Internal Changes
-----------------
-
-- Remove redundant checks on who_forgot_in_room ([\#3350](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3350))
-- Remove unnecessary event re-signing hacks ([\#3367](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3367))
-- Rewrite cache list decorator ([\#3384](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3384))
-- Move v1-only REST APIs into their own module. ([\#3460](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3460))
-- Replace more instances of Python 2-only iteritems and itervalues uses. ([\#3562](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3562))
-- Refactor EventContext to accept state during init ([\#3577](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3577))
-- Improve Dockerfile and docker-compose instructions ([\#3543](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3543))
-- Release notes are now in the Markdown format. ([\#3552](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3552))
-- add config for pep8 ([\#3559](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3559))
-- Merge Linearizer and Limiter ([\#3571](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3571), [\#3572](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3572))
-- Lazily load state on master process when using workers to reduce DB consumption ([\#3579](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3579), [\#3581](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3581), [\#3582](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3582), [\#3584](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3584))
-- Fixes and optimisations for resolve_state_groups ([\#3586](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3586))
-- Improve logging for exceptions when handling PDUs ([\#3587](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3587))
-- Add some measure blocks to persist_events ([\#3590](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3590))
-- Fix some random logcontext leaks. ([\#3591](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3591), [\#3606](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3606))
-- Speed up calculating state deltas in persist_event loop ([\#3592](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3592))
-- Attempt to reduce amount of state pulled out of DB during persist_events ([\#3595](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3595))
-- Fix a documentation typo in on_make_leave_request ([\#3609](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3609))
-- Make EventStore inherit from EventFederationStore ([\#3612](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3612))
-- Remove some redundant joins on event_edges.room_id ([\#3613](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3613))
-- Stop populating events.content ([\#3614](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3614))
-- Update the /send_leave path registration to use event_id rather than a transaction ID. ([\#3616](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3616))
-- Refactor FederationHandler to move DB writes into separate functions ([\#3621](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3621))
-- Remove unused field "pdu_failures" from transactions. ([\#3628](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3628))
-- rename replication_layer to federation_client ([\#3634](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3634))
-- Factor out exception handling in federation_client ([\#3638](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3638))
-- Refactor location of docker build script. ([\#3644](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3644))
-- Update CONTRIBUTING to mention newsfragments. ([\#3645](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3645))
-
-
-Synapse 0.33.1 (2018-08-02)
-===========================
-
-SECURITY FIXES
---------------
-
-- Fix a potential issue where servers could request events for rooms they have not joined. ([\#3641](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3641))
-- Fix a potential issue where users could see events in private rooms before they joined. ([\#3642](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3642))
-
-Synapse 0.33.0 (2018-07-19)
-===========================
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
--   Disable a noisy warning about logcontexts. ([\#3561](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3561))
-
-Synapse 0.33.0rc1 (2018-07-18)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
--   Enforce the specified API for report\_event. ([\#3316](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3316))
--   Include CPU time from database threads in request/block metrics. ([\#3496](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3496), [\#3501](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3501))
--   Add CPU metrics for \_fetch\_event\_list. ([\#3497](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3497))
--   Optimisation to make handling incoming federation requests more efficient. ([\#3541](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3541))
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
--   Fix a significant performance regression in /sync. ([\#3505](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3505), [\#3521](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3521), [\#3530](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3530), [\#3544](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3544))
--   Use more portable syntax in our use of the attrs package, widening the supported versions. ([\#3498](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3498))
--   Fix queued federation requests being processed in the wrong order. ([\#3533](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3533))
--   Ensure that erasure requests are correctly honoured for publicly accessible rooms when accessed over federation. ([\#3546](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3546))
-
-Misc
-----
-
--   Refactoring to improve testability. ([\#3351](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3351), [\#3499](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3499))
--   Use `isort` to sort imports. ([\#3463](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3463), [\#3464](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3464), [\#3540](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3540))
--   Use parse and asserts from http.servlet. ([\#3534](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3534), [\#3535](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3535)).
-
-Synapse 0.32.2 (2018-07-07)
-===========================
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
--   Amend the Python dependencies to depend on attrs from PyPI, not attr ([\#3492](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3492))
-
-Synapse 0.32.1 (2018-07-06)
-===========================
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
--   Add explicit dependency on netaddr ([\#3488](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3488))
-
-Changes in synapse v0.32.0 (2018-07-06)
-=======================================
-
-No changes since 0.32.0rc1
-
-Synapse 0.32.0rc1 (2018-07-05)
-==============================
-
-Features
---------
-
--   Add blacklist & whitelist of servers allowed to send events to a room via `m.room.server_acl` event.
--   Cache factor override system for specific caches ([\#3334](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3334))
--   Add metrics to track appservice transactions ([\#3344](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3344))
--   Try to log more helpful info when a sig verification fails ([\#3372](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3372))
--   Synapse now uses the best performing JSON encoder/decoder according to your runtime (simplejson on CPython, stdlib json on PyPy). ([\#3462](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3462))
--   Add optional ip\_range\_whitelist param to AS registration files to lock AS IP access ([\#3465](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3465))
--   Reject invalid server names in federation requests ([\#3480](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3480))
--   Reject invalid server names in homeserver.yaml ([\#3483](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3483))
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
--   Strip access\_token from outgoing requests ([\#3327](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3327))
--   Redact AS tokens in logs ([\#3349](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3349))
--   Fix federation backfill from SQLite servers ([\#3355](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3355))
--   Fix event-purge-by-ts admin API ([\#3363](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3363))
--   Fix event filtering in get\_missing\_events handler ([\#3371](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3371))
--   Synapse is now stricter regarding accepting events which it cannot retrieve the prev\_events for. ([\#3456](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3456))
--   Fix bug where synapse would explode when receiving unicode in HTTP User-Agent header ([\#3470](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3470))
--   Invalidate cache on correct thread to avoid race ([\#3473](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3473))
-
-Improved Documentation
-----------------------
-
--   `doc/postgres.rst`: fix display of the last command block. Thanks to @ArchangeGabriel! ([\#3340](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3340))
-
-Deprecations and Removals
--------------------------
-
--   Remove was\_forgotten\_at ([\#3324](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3324))
-
-Misc
-----
-
--   [\#3332](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3332), [\#3341](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3341), [\#3347](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3347), [\#3348](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3348), [\#3356](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3356), [\#3385](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3385), [\#3446](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3446), [\#3447](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3447), [\#3467](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3467), [\#3474](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3474)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.31.2 (2018-06-14)
-=======================================
-
-SECURITY UPDATE: Prevent unauthorised users from setting state events in a room when there is no `m.room.power_levels` event in force in the room. (PR #3397)
-
-Discussion around the Matrix Spec change proposal for this change can be followed at <https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/1304>.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.31.1 (2018-06-08)
-=======================================
-
-v0.31.1 fixes a security bug in the `get_missing_events` federation API where event visibility rules were not applied correctly.
-
-We are not aware of it being actively exploited but please upgrade asap.
-
-Bug Fixes:
-
--   Fix event filtering in get\_missing\_events handler (PR #3371)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.31.0 (2018-06-06)
-=======================================
-
-Most notable change from v0.30.0 is to switch to the python prometheus library to improve system stats reporting. WARNING: this changes a number of prometheus metrics in a backwards-incompatible manner. For more details, see [docs/metrics-howto.rst](docs/metrics-howto.rst#removal-of-deprecated-metrics--time-based-counters-becoming-histograms-in-0310).
-
-Bug Fixes:
-
--   Fix metric documentation tables (PR #3341)
--   Fix LaterGauge error handling (694968f)
--   Fix replication metrics (b7e7fd2)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.31.0-rc1 (2018-06-04)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Switch to the Python Prometheus library (PR #3256, #3274)
--   Let users leave the server notice room after joining (PR #3287)
-
-Changes:
-
--   daily user type phone home stats (PR #3264)
--   Use iter\* methods for \_filter\_events\_for\_server (PR #3267)
--   Docs on consent bits (PR #3268)
--   Remove users from user directory on deactivate (PR #3277)
--   Avoid sending consent notice to guest users (PR #3288)
--   disable CPUMetrics if no /proc/self/stat (PR #3299)
--   Consistently use six\'s iteritems and wrap lazy keys/values in list() if they\'re not meant to be lazy (PR #3307)
--   Add private IPv6 addresses to example config for url preview blacklist (PR #3317) Thanks to @thegcat!
--   Reduce stuck read-receipts: ignore depth when updating (PR #3318)
--   Put python\'s logs into Trial when running unit tests (PR #3319)
-
-Changes, python 3 migration:
-
--   Replace some more comparisons with six (PR #3243) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   replace some iteritems with six (PR #3244) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   Add batch\_iter to utils (PR #3245) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   use repr, not str (PR #3246) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   Misc Python3 fixes (PR #3247) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   Py3 storage/\_base.py (PR #3278) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   more six iteritems (PR #3279) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   More Misc. py3 fixes (PR #3280) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   remaining isintance fixes (PR #3281) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   py3-ize state.py (PR #3283) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   extend tox testing for py3 to avoid regressions (PR #3302) Thanks to @krombel!
--   use memoryview in py3 (PR #3303) Thanks to @NotAFile!
-
-Bugs:
-
--   Fix federation backfill bugs (PR #3261)
--   federation: fix LaterGauge usage (PR #3328) Thanks to @intelfx!
-
-Changes in synapse v0.30.0 (2018-05-24)
-=======================================
-
-\'Server Notices\' are a new feature introduced in Synapse 0.30. They provide a channel whereby server administrators can send messages to users on the server.
-
-They are used as part of communication of the server policies (see `docs/consent_tracking.md`), however the intention is that they may also find a use for features such as \"Message of the day\".
-
-This feature is specific to Synapse, but uses standard Matrix communication mechanisms, so should work with any Matrix client. For more details see `docs/server_notices.md`
-
-Further Server Notices/Consent Tracking Support:
-
--   Allow overriding the server\_notices user\'s avatar (PR #3273)
--   Use the localpart in the consent uri (PR #3272)
--   Support for putting %(consent\_uri)s in messages (PR #3271)
--   Block attempts to send server notices to remote users (PR #3270)
--   Docs on consent bits (PR #3268)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.30.0-rc1 (2018-05-23)
-===========================================
-
-Server Notices/Consent Tracking Support:
-
--   ConsentResource to gather policy consent from users (PR #3213)
--   Move RoomCreationHandler out of synapse.handlers.Handlers (PR #3225)
--   Infrastructure for a server notices room (PR #3232)
--   Send users a server notice about consent (PR #3236)
--   Reject attempts to send event before privacy consent is given (PR #3257)
--   Add a \'has\_consented\' template var to consent forms (PR #3262)
--   Fix dependency on jinja2 (PR #3263)
-
-Features:
-
--   Cohort analytics (PR #3163, #3241, #3251)
--   Add lxml to docker image for web previews (PR #3239) Thanks to @ptman!
--   Add in flight request metrics (PR #3252)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Remove unused update\_external\_syncs (PR #3233)
--   Use stream rather depth ordering for push actions (PR #3212)
--   Make purge\_history operate on tokens (PR #3221)
--   Don\'t support limitless pagination (PR #3265)
-
-Bug Fixes:
-
--   Fix logcontext resource usage tracking (PR #3258)
--   Fix error in handling receipts (PR #3235)
--   Stop the transaction cache caching failures (PR #3255)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.29.1 (2018-05-17)
-=======================================
-
-Changes:
-
--   Update docker documentation (PR #3222)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.29.0 (2018-05-16)
-=======================================
-
-Not changes since v0.29.0-rc1
-
-Changes in synapse v0.29.0-rc1 (2018-05-14)
-===========================================
-
-Notable changes, a docker file for running Synapse (Thanks to @kaiyou!) and a closed spec bug in the Client Server API. Additionally further prep for Python 3 migration.
-
-Potentially breaking change:
-
--   Make Client-Server API return 401 for invalid token (PR #3161).
-
-    This changes the Client-server spec to return a 401 error code instead of 403 when the access token is unrecognised. This is the behaviour required by the specification, but some clients may be relying on the old, incorrect behaviour.
-
-    Thanks to @NotAFile for fixing this.
-
-Features:
-
--   Add a Dockerfile for synapse (PR #2846) Thanks to @kaiyou!
-
-Changes - General:
-
--   nuke-room-from-db.sh: added postgresql option and help (PR #2337) Thanks to @rubo77!
--   Part user from rooms on account deactivate (PR #3201)
--   Make \'unexpected logging context\' into warnings (PR #3007)
--   Set Server header in SynapseRequest (PR #3208)
--   remove duplicates from groups tables (PR #3129)
--   Improve exception handling for background processes (PR #3138)
--   Add missing consumeErrors to improve exception handling (PR #3139)
--   reraise exceptions more carefully (PR #3142)
--   Remove redundant call to preserve\_fn (PR #3143)
--   Trap exceptions thrown within run\_in\_background (PR #3144)
-
-Changes - Refactors:
-
--   Refactor /context to reuse pagination storage functions (PR #3193)
--   Refactor recent events func to use pagination func (PR #3195)
--   Refactor pagination DB API to return concrete type (PR #3196)
--   Refactor get\_recent\_events\_for\_room return type (PR #3198)
--   Refactor sync APIs to reuse pagination API (PR #3199)
--   Remove unused code path from member change DB func (PR #3200)
--   Refactor request handling wrappers (PR #3203)
--   transaction\_id, destination defined twice (PR #3209) Thanks to @damir-manapov!
--   Refactor event storage to prepare for changes in state calculations (PR #3141)
--   Set Server header in SynapseRequest (PR #3208)
--   Use deferred.addTimeout instead of time\_bound\_deferred (PR #3127, #3178)
--   Use run\_in\_background in preference to preserve\_fn (PR #3140)
-
-Changes - Python 3 migration:
-
--   Construct HMAC as bytes on py3 (PR #3156) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   run config tests on py3 (PR #3159) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   Open certificate files as bytes (PR #3084) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   Open config file in non-bytes mode (PR #3085) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   Make event properties raise AttributeError instead (PR #3102) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   Use six.moves.urlparse (PR #3108) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   Add py3 tests to tox with folders that work (PR #3145) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   Don\'t yield in list comprehensions (PR #3150) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   Move more xrange to six (PR #3151) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   make imports local (PR #3152) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   move httplib import to six (PR #3153) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   Replace stringIO imports with six (PR #3154, #3168) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   more bytes strings (PR #3155) Thanks to @NotAFile!
-
-Bug Fixes:
-
--   synapse fails to start under Twisted \>= 18.4 (PR #3157)
--   Fix a class of logcontext leaks (PR #3170)
--   Fix a couple of logcontext leaks in unit tests (PR #3172)
--   Fix logcontext leak in media repo (PR #3174)
--   Escape label values in prometheus metrics (PR #3175, #3186)
--   Fix \'Unhandled Error\' logs with Twisted 18.4 (PR #3182) Thanks to @Half-Shot!
--   Fix logcontext leaks in rate limiter (PR #3183)
--   notifications: Convert next\_token to string according to the spec (PR #3190) Thanks to @mujx!
--   nuke-room-from-db.sh: fix deletion from search table (PR #3194) Thanks to @rubo77!
--   add guard for None on purge\_history api (PR #3160) Thanks to @krombel!
-
-Changes in synapse v0.28.1 (2018-05-01)
-=======================================
-
-SECURITY UPDATE
-
--   Clamp the allowed values of event depth received over federation to be \[0, 2\^63 - 1\]. This mitigates an attack where malicious events injected with depth = 2\^63 - 1 render rooms unusable. Depth is used to determine the cosmetic ordering of events within a room, and so the ordering of events in such a room will default to using stream\_ordering rather than depth (topological\_ordering).
-
-    This is a temporary solution to mitigate abuse in the wild, whilst a long term solution is being implemented to improve how the depth parameter is used.
-
-    Full details at <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I3fi2S-XnpO45qrpCsowZv8P8dHcNZ4fsBsbOW7KABI>
-
--   Pin Twisted to \<18.4 until we stop using the private \_OpenSSLECCurve API.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.28.0 (2018-04-26)
-=======================================
-
-Bug Fixes:
-
--   Fix quarantine media admin API and search reindex (PR #3130)
--   Fix media admin APIs (PR #3134)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.28.0-rc1 (2018-04-24)
-===========================================
-
-Minor performance improvement to federation sending and bug fixes.
-
-(Note: This release does not include the delta state resolution implementation discussed in matrix live)
-
-Features:
-
--   Add metrics for event processing lag (PR #3090)
--   Add metrics for ResponseCache (PR #3092)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Synapse on PyPy (PR #2760) Thanks to @Valodim!
--   move handling of auto\_join\_rooms to RegisterHandler (PR #2996) Thanks to @krombel!
--   Improve handling of SRV records for federation connections (PR #3016) Thanks to @silkeh!
--   Document the behaviour of ResponseCache (PR #3059)
--   Preparation for py3 (PR #3061, #3073, #3074, #3075, #3103, #3104, #3106, #3107, #3109, #3110) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   update prometheus dashboard to use new metric names (PR #3069) Thanks to @krombel!
--   use python3-compatible prints (PR #3074) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   Send federation events concurrently (PR #3078)
--   Limit concurrent event sends for a room (PR #3079)
--   Improve R30 stat definition (PR #3086)
--   Send events to ASes concurrently (PR #3088)
--   Refactor ResponseCache usage (PR #3093)
--   Clarify that SRV may not point to a CNAME (PR #3100) Thanks to @silkeh!
--   Use str(e) instead of e.message (PR #3103) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   Use six.itervalues in some places (PR #3106) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   Refactor store.have\_events (PR #3117)
-
-Bug Fixes:
-
--   Return 401 for invalid access\_token on logout (PR #2938) Thanks to @dklug!
--   Return a 404 rather than a 500 on rejoining empty rooms (PR #3080)
--   fix federation\_domain\_whitelist (PR #3099)
--   Avoid creating events with huge numbers of prev\_events (PR #3113)
--   Reject events which have lots of prev\_events (PR #3118)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.27.4 (2018-04-13)
-=======================================
-
-Changes:
-
--   Update canonicaljson dependency (\#3095)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.27.3 (2018-04-11)
-======================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   URL quote path segments over federation (\#3082)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.27.3-rc2 (2018-04-09)
-===========================================
-
-v0.27.3-rc1 used a stale version of the develop branch so the changelog overstates the functionality. v0.27.3-rc2 is up to date, rc1 should be ignored.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.27.3-rc1 (2018-04-09)
-===========================================
-
-Notable changes include API support for joinability of groups. Also new metrics and phone home stats. Phone home stats include better visibility of system usage so we can tweak synpase to work better for all users rather than our own experience with matrix.org. Also, recording \'r30\' stat which is the measure we use to track overal growth of the Matrix ecosystem. It is defined as:-
-
-Counts the number of native 30 day retained users, defined as:- \* Users who have created their accounts more than 30 days
-
-:   -   Where last seen at most 30 days ago
-    -   Where account creation and last\_seen are \> 30 days\"
-
-Features:
-
--   Add joinability for groups (PR #3045)
--   Implement group join API (PR #3046)
--   Add counter metrics for calculating state delta (PR #3033)
--   R30 stats (PR #3041)
--   Measure time it takes to calculate state group ID (PR #3043)
--   Add basic performance statistics to phone home (PR #3044)
--   Add response size metrics (PR #3071)
--   phone home cache size configurations (PR #3063)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Add a blurb explaining the main synapse worker (PR #2886) Thanks to @turt2live!
--   Replace old style error catching with \'as\' keyword (PR #3000) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   Use .iter\* to avoid copies in StateHandler (PR #3006)
--   Linearize calls to \_generate\_user\_id (PR #3029)
--   Remove last usage of ujson (PR #3030)
--   Use simplejson throughout (PR #3048)
--   Use static JSONEncoders (PR #3049)
--   Remove uses of events.content (PR #3060)
--   Improve database cache performance (PR #3068)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Add room\_id to the response of rooms/{roomId}/join (PR #2986) Thanks to @jplatte!
--   Fix replication after switch to simplejson (PR #3015)
--   404 correctly on missing paths via NoResource (PR #3022)
--   Fix error when claiming e2e keys from offline servers (PR #3034)
--   fix tests/storage/test\_user\_directory.py (PR #3042)
--   use PUT instead of POST for federating groups/m.join\_policy (PR #3070) Thanks to @krombel!
--   postgres port script: fix state\_groups\_pkey error (PR #3072)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.27.2 (2018-03-26)
-=======================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix bug which broke TCP replication between workers (PR #3015)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.27.1 (2018-03-26)
-=======================================
-
-Meta release as v0.27.0 temporarily pointed to the wrong commit
-
-Changes in synapse v0.27.0 (2018-03-26)
-=======================================
-
-No changes since v0.27.0-rc2
-
-Changes in synapse v0.27.0-rc2 (2018-03-19)
-===========================================
-
-Pulls in v0.26.1
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix bug introduced in v0.27.0-rc1 that causes much increased memory usage in state cache (PR #3005)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.26.1 (2018-03-15)
-=======================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix bug where an invalid event caused server to stop functioning correctly, due to parsing and serializing bugs in ujson library (PR #3008)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.27.0-rc1 (2018-03-14)
-===========================================
-
-The common case for running Synapse is not to run separate workers, but for those that do, be aware that synctl no longer starts the main synapse when using `-a` option with workers. A new worker file should be added with `worker_app: synapse.app.homeserver`.
-
-This release also begins the process of renaming a number of the metrics reported to prometheus. See [docs/metrics-howto.rst](docs/metrics-howto.rst#block-and-response-metrics-renamed-for-0-27-0). Note that the v0.28.0 release will remove the deprecated metric names.
-
-Features:
-
--   Add ability for ASes to override message send time (PR #2754)
--   Add support for custom storage providers for media repository (PR #2867, #2777, #2783, #2789, #2791, #2804, #2812, #2814, #2857, #2868, #2767)
--   Add purge API features, see [docs/admin\_api/purge\_history\_api.rst](docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst) for full details (PR #2858, #2867, #2882, #2946, #2962, #2943)
--   Add support for whitelisting 3PIDs that users can register. (PR #2813)
--   Add `/room/{id}/event/{id}` API (PR #2766)
--   Add an admin API to get all the media in a room (PR #2818) Thanks to @turt2live!
--   Add `federation_domain_whitelist` option (PR #2820, #2821)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Continue to factor out processing from main process and into worker processes. See updated [docs/workers.rst](docs/workers.rst) (PR #2892 - \#2904, #2913, #2920 - \#2926, #2947, #2847, #2854, #2872, #2873, #2874, #2928, #2929, #2934, #2856, #2976 - \#2984, #2987 - \#2989, #2991 - \#2993, #2995, #2784)
--   Ensure state cache is used when persisting events (PR #2864, #2871, #2802, #2835, #2836, #2841, #2842, #2849)
--   Change the default config to bind on both IPv4 and IPv6 on all platforms (PR #2435) Thanks to @silkeh!
--   No longer require a specific version of saml2 (PR #2695) Thanks to @okurz!
--   Remove `verbosity`/`log_file` from generated config (PR #2755)
--   Add and improve metrics and logging (PR #2770, #2778, #2785, #2786, #2787, #2793, #2794, #2795, #2809, #2810, #2833, #2834, #2844, #2965, #2927, #2975, #2790, #2796, #2838)
--   When using synctl with workers, don\'t start the main synapse automatically (PR #2774)
--   Minor performance improvements (PR #2773, #2792)
--   Use a connection pool for non-federation outbound connections (PR #2817)
--   Make it possible to run unit tests against postgres (PR #2829)
--   Update pynacl dependency to 1.2.1 or higher (PR #2888) Thanks to @bachp!
--   Remove ability for AS users to call /events and /sync (PR #2948)
--   Use bcrypt.checkpw (PR #2949) Thanks to @krombel!
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix broken `ldap_config` config option (PR #2683) Thanks to @seckrv!
--   Fix error message when user is not allowed to unban (PR #2761) Thanks to @turt2live!
--   Fix publicised groups GET API (singular) over federation (PR #2772)
--   Fix user directory when using `user_directory_search_all_users` config option (PR #2803, #2831)
--   Fix error on `/publicRooms` when no rooms exist (PR #2827)
--   Fix bug in quarantine\_media (PR #2837)
--   Fix url\_previews when no Content-Type is returned from URL (PR #2845)
--   Fix rare race in sync API when joining room (PR #2944)
--   Fix slow event search, switch back from GIST to GIN indexes (PR #2769, #2848)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.26.0 (2018-01-05)
-=======================================
-
-No changes since v0.26.0-rc1
-
-Changes in synapse v0.26.0-rc1 (2017-12-13)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add ability for ASes to publicise groups for their users (PR #2686)
--   Add all local users to the user\_directory and optionally search them (PR #2723)
--   Add support for custom login types for validating users (PR #2729)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Update example Prometheus config to new format (PR #2648) Thanks to @krombel!
--   Rename redact\_content option to include\_content in Push API (PR #2650)
--   Declare support for r0.3.0 (PR #2677)
--   Improve upserts (PR #2684, #2688, #2689, #2713)
--   Improve documentation of workers (PR #2700)
--   Improve tracebacks on exceptions (PR #2705)
--   Allow guest access to group APIs for reading (PR #2715)
--   Support for posting content in federation\_client script (PR #2716)
--   Delete devices and pushers on logouts etc (PR #2722)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix database port script (PR #2673)
--   Fix internal server error on login with ldap\_auth\_provider (PR #2678) Thanks to @jkolo!
--   Fix error on sqlite 3.7 (PR #2697)
--   Fix OPTIONS on preview\_url (PR #2707)
--   Fix error handling on dns lookup (PR #2711)
--   Fix wrong avatars when inviting multiple users when creating room (PR #2717)
--   Fix 500 when joining matrix-dev (PR #2719)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.25.1 (2017-11-17)
-=======================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix login with LDAP and other password provider modules (PR #2678). Thanks to @jkolo!
-
-Changes in synapse v0.25.0 (2017-11-15)
-=======================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix port script (PR #2673)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.25.0-rc1 (2017-11-14)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add is\_public to groups table to allow for private groups (PR #2582)
--   Add a route for determining who you are (PR #2668) Thanks to @turt2live!
--   Add more features to the password providers (PR #2608, #2610, #2620, #2622, #2623, #2624, #2626, #2628, #2629)
--   Add a hook for custom rest endpoints (PR #2627)
--   Add API to update group room visibility (PR #2651)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Ignore \<noscript\> tags when generating URL preview descriptions (PR #2576) Thanks to @maximevaillancourt!
--   Register some /unstable endpoints in /r0 as well (PR #2579) Thanks to @krombel!
--   Support /keys/upload on /r0 as well as /unstable (PR #2585)
--   Front-end proxy: pass through auth header (PR #2586)
--   Allow ASes to deactivate their own users (PR #2589)
--   Remove refresh tokens (PR #2613)
--   Automatically set default displayname on register (PR #2617)
--   Log login requests (PR #2618)
--   Always return is\_public in the /groups/:group\_id/rooms API (PR #2630)
--   Avoid no-op media deletes (PR #2637) Thanks to @spantaleev!
--   Fix various embarrassing typos around user\_directory and add some doc. (PR #2643)
--   Return whether a user is an admin within a group (PR #2647)
--   Namespace visibility options for groups (PR #2657)
--   Downcase UserIDs on registration (PR #2662)
--   Cache failures when fetching URL previews (PR #2669)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix port script (PR #2577)
--   Fix error when running synapse with no logfile (PR #2581)
--   Fix UI auth when deleting devices (PR #2591)
--   Fix typo when checking if user is invited to group (PR #2599)
--   Fix the port script to drop NUL values in all tables (PR #2611)
--   Fix appservices being backlogged and not receiving new events due to a bug in notify\_interested\_services (PR #2631) Thanks to @xyzz!
--   Fix updating rooms avatar/display name when modified by admin (PR #2636) Thanks to @farialima!
--   Fix bug in state group storage (PR #2649)
--   Fix 500 on invalid utf-8 in request (PR #2663)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.24.1 (2017-10-24)
-=======================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix updating group profiles over federation (PR #2567)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.24.0 (2017-10-23)
-=======================================
-
-No changes since v0.24.0-rc1
-
-Changes in synapse v0.24.0-rc1 (2017-10-19)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add Group Server (PR #2352, #2363, #2374, #2377, #2378, #2382, #2410, #2426, #2430, #2454, #2471, #2472, #2544)
--   Add support for channel notifications (PR #2501)
--   Add basic implementation of backup media store (PR #2538)
--   Add config option to auto-join new users to rooms (PR #2545)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Make the spam checker a module (PR #2474)
--   Delete expired url cache data (PR #2478)
--   Ignore incoming events for rooms that we have left (PR #2490)
--   Allow spam checker to reject invites too (PR #2492)
--   Add room creation checks to spam checker (PR #2495)
--   Spam checking: add the invitee to user\_may\_invite (PR #2502)
--   Process events from federation for different rooms in parallel (PR #2520)
--   Allow error strings from spam checker (PR #2531)
--   Improve error handling for missing files in config (PR #2551)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix handling SERVFAILs when doing AAAA lookups for federation (PR #2477)
--   Fix incompatibility with newer versions of ujson (PR #2483) Thanks to @jeremycline!
--   Fix notification keywords that start/end with non-word chars (PR #2500)
--   Fix stack overflow and logcontexts from linearizer (PR #2532)
--   Fix 500 error when fields missing from power\_levels event (PR #2552)
--   Fix 500 error when we get an error handling a PDU (PR #2553)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.23.1 (2017-10-02)
-=======================================
-
-Changes:
-
--   Make \'affinity\' package optional, as it is not supported on some platforms
-
-Changes in synapse v0.23.0 (2017-10-02)
-=======================================
-
-No changes since v0.23.0-rc2
-
-Changes in synapse v0.23.0-rc2 (2017-09-26)
-===========================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix regression in performance of syncs (PR #2470)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.23.0-rc1 (2017-09-25)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add a frontend proxy worker (PR #2344)
--   Add support for event\_id\_only push format (PR #2450)
--   Add a PoC for filtering spammy events (PR #2456)
--   Add a config option to block all room invites (PR #2457)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Use bcrypt module instead of py-bcrypt (PR #2288) Thanks to @kyrias!
--   Improve performance of generating push notifications (PR #2343, #2357, #2365, #2366, #2371)
--   Improve DB performance for device list handling in sync (PR #2362)
--   Include a sample prometheus config (PR #2416)
--   Document known to work postgres version (PR #2433) Thanks to @ptman!
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix caching error in the push evaluator (PR #2332)
--   Fix bug where pusherpool didn\'t start and broke some rooms (PR #2342)
--   Fix port script for user directory tables (PR #2375)
--   Fix device lists notifications when user rejoins a room (PR #2443, #2449)
--   Fix sync to always send down current state events in timeline (PR #2451)
--   Fix bug where guest users were incorrectly kicked (PR #2453)
--   Fix bug talking to IPv6 only servers using SRV records (PR #2462)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.22.1 (2017-07-06)
-=======================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix bug where pusher pool didn\'t start and caused issues when interacting with some rooms (PR #2342)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.22.0 (2017-07-06)
-=======================================
-
-No changes since v0.22.0-rc2
-
-Changes in synapse v0.22.0-rc2 (2017-07-04)
-===========================================
-
-Changes:
-
--   Improve performance of storing user IPs (PR #2307, #2308)
--   Slightly improve performance of verifying access tokens (PR #2320)
--   Slightly improve performance of event persistence (PR #2321)
--   Increase default cache factor size from 0.1 to 0.5 (PR #2330)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix bug with storing registration sessions that caused frequent CPU churn (PR #2319)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.22.0-rc1 (2017-06-26)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add a user directory API (PR #2252, and many more)
--   Add shutdown room API to remove room from local server (PR #2291)
--   Add API to quarantine media (PR #2292)
--   Add new config option to not send event contents to push servers (PR #2301) Thanks to @cjdelisle!
-
-Changes:
-
--   Various performance fixes (PR #2177, #2233, #2230, #2238, #2248, #2256, #2274)
--   Deduplicate sync filters (PR #2219) Thanks to @krombel!
--   Correct a typo in UPGRADE.rst (PR #2231) Thanks to @aaronraimist!
--   Add count of one time keys to sync stream (PR #2237)
--   Only store event\_auth for state events (PR #2247)
--   Store URL cache preview downloads separately (PR #2299)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix users not getting notifications when AS listened to that user\_id (PR #2216) Thanks to @slipeer!
--   Fix users without push set up not getting notifications after joining rooms (PR #2236)
--   Fix preview url API to trim long descriptions (PR #2243)
--   Fix bug where we used cached but unpersisted state group as prev group, resulting in broken state of restart (PR #2263)
--   Fix removing of pushers when using workers (PR #2267)
--   Fix CORS headers to allow Authorization header (PR #2285) Thanks to @krombel!
-
-Changes in synapse v0.21.1 (2017-06-15)
-=======================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix bug in anonymous usage statistic reporting (PR #2281)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.21.0 (2017-05-18)
-=======================================
-
-No changes since v0.21.0-rc3
-
-Changes in synapse v0.21.0-rc3 (2017-05-17)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add per user rate-limiting overrides (PR #2208)
--   Add config option to limit maximum number of events requested by `/sync` and `/messages` (PR #2221) Thanks to @psaavedra!
-
-Changes:
-
--   Various small performance fixes (PR #2201, #2202, #2224, #2226, #2227, #2228, #2229)
--   Update username availability checker API (PR #2209, #2213)
--   When purging, don\'t de-delta state groups we\'re about to delete (PR #2214)
--   Documentation to check synapse version (PR #2215) Thanks to @hamber-dick!
--   Add an index to event\_search to speed up purge history API (PR #2218)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix API to allow clients to upload one-time-keys with new sigs (PR #2206)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.21.0-rc2 (2017-05-08)
-===========================================
-
-Changes:
-
--   Always mark remotes as up if we receive a signed request from them (PR #2190)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix bug where users got pushed for rooms they had muted (PR #2200)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.21.0-rc1 (2017-05-08)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add username availability checker API (PR #2183)
--   Add read marker API (PR #2120)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Enable guest access for the 3pl/3pid APIs (PR #1986)
--   Add setting to support TURN for guests (PR #2011)
--   Various performance improvements (PR #2075, #2076, #2080, #2083, #2108, #2158, #2176, #2185)
--   Make synctl a bit more user friendly (PR #2078, #2127) Thanks @APwhitehat!
--   Replace HTTP replication with TCP replication (PR #2082, #2097, #2098, #2099, #2103, #2014, #2016, #2115, #2116, #2117)
--   Support authenticated SMTP (PR #2102) Thanks @DanielDent!
--   Add a counter metric for successfully-sent transactions (PR #2121)
--   Propagate errors sensibly from proxied IS requests (PR #2147)
--   Add more granular event send metrics (PR #2178)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix nuke-room script to work with current schema (PR #1927) Thanks @zuckschwerdt!
--   Fix db port script to not assume postgres tables are in the public schema (PR #2024) Thanks @jerrykan!
--   Fix getting latest device IP for user with no devices (PR #2118)
--   Fix rejection of invites to unreachable servers (PR #2145)
--   Fix code for reporting old verify keys in synapse (PR #2156)
--   Fix invite state to always include all events (PR #2163)
--   Fix bug where synapse would always fetch state for any missing event (PR #2170)
--   Fix a leak with timed out HTTP connections (PR #2180)
--   Fix bug where we didn\'t time out HTTP requests to ASes (PR #2192)
-
-Docs:
-
--   Clarify doc for SQLite to PostgreSQL port (PR #1961) Thanks @benhylau!
--   Fix typo in synctl help (PR #2107) Thanks @HarHarLinks!
--   `web_client_location` documentation fix (PR #2131) Thanks @matthewjwolff!
--   Update README.rst with FreeBSD changes (PR #2132) Thanks @feld!
--   Clarify setting up metrics (PR #2149) Thanks @encks!
-
-Changes in synapse v0.20.0 (2017-04-11)
-=======================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix joining rooms over federation where not all servers in the room saw the new server had joined (PR #2094)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.20.0-rc1 (2017-03-30)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add delete\_devices API (PR #1993)
--   Add phone number registration/login support (PR #1994, #2055)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Use JSONSchema for validation of filters. Thanks @pik! (PR #1783)
--   Reread log config on SIGHUP (PR #1982)
--   Speed up public room list (PR #1989)
--   Add helpful texts to logger config options (PR #1990)
--   Minor `/sync` performance improvements. (PR #2002, #2013, #2022)
--   Add some debug to help diagnose weird federation issue (PR #2035)
--   Correctly limit retries for all federation requests (PR #2050, #2061)
--   Don\'t lock table when persisting new one time keys (PR #2053)
--   Reduce some CPU work on DB threads (PR #2054)
--   Cache hosts in room (PR #2060)
--   Batch sending of device list pokes (PR #2063)
--   Speed up persist event path in certain edge cases (PR #2070)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix bug where current\_state\_events renamed to current\_state\_ids (PR #1849)
--   Fix routing loop when fetching remote media (PR #1992)
--   Fix current\_state\_events table to not lie (PR #1996)
--   Fix CAS login to handle PartialDownloadError (PR #1997)
--   Fix assertion to stop transaction queue getting wedged (PR #2010)
--   Fix presence to fallback to last\_active\_ts if it beats the last sync time. Thanks @Half-Shot! (PR #2014)
--   Fix bug when federation received a PDU while a room join is in progress (PR #2016)
--   Fix resetting state on rejected events (PR #2025)
--   Fix installation issues in readme. Thanks @ricco386 (PR #2037)
--   Fix caching of remote servers\' signature keys (PR #2042)
--   Fix some leaking log context (PR #2048, #2049, #2057, #2058)
--   Fix rejection of invites not reaching sync (PR #2056)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.19.3 (2017-03-20)
-=======================================
-
-No changes since v0.19.3-rc2
-
-Changes in synapse v0.19.3-rc2 (2017-03-13)
-===========================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix bug in handling of incoming device list updates over federation.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.19.3-rc1 (2017-03-08)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add some administration functionalities. Thanks to morteza-araby! (PR #1784)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Reduce database table sizes (PR #1873, #1916, #1923, #1963)
--   Update contrib/ to not use syutil. Thanks to andrewshadura! (PR #1907)
--   Don\'t fetch current state when sending an event in common case (PR #1955)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix synapse\_port\_db failure. Thanks to Pneumaticat! (PR #1904)
--   Fix caching to not cache error responses (PR #1913)
--   Fix APIs to make kick & ban reasons work (PR #1917)
--   Fix bugs in the /keys/changes api (PR #1921)
--   Fix bug where users couldn\'t forget rooms they were banned from (PR #1922)
--   Fix issue with long language values in pushers API (PR #1925)
--   Fix a race in transaction queue (PR #1930)
--   Fix dynamic thumbnailing to preserve aspect ratio. Thanks to jkolo! (PR #1945)
--   Fix device list update to not constantly resync (PR #1964)
--   Fix potential for huge memory usage when getting device that have changed (PR #1969)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.19.2 (2017-02-20)
-=======================================
-
--   Fix bug with event visibility check in /context/ API. Thanks to Tokodomo for pointing it out! (PR #1929)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.19.1 (2017-02-09)
-=======================================
-
--   Fix bug where state was incorrectly reset in a room when synapse received an event over federation that did not pass auth checks (PR #1892)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.19.0 (2017-02-04)
-=======================================
-
-No changes since RC 4.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.19.0-rc4 (2017-02-02)
-===========================================
-
--   Bump cache sizes for common membership queries (PR #1879)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.19.0-rc3 (2017-02-02)
-===========================================
-
--   Fix email push in pusher worker (PR #1875)
--   Make presence.get\_new\_events a bit faster (PR #1876)
--   Make /keys/changes a bit more performant (PR #1877)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.19.0-rc2 (2017-02-02)
-===========================================
-
--   Include newly joined users in /keys/changes API (PR #1872)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.19.0-rc1 (2017-02-02)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add support for specifying multiple bind addresses (PR #1709, #1712, #1795, #1835). Thanks to @kyrias!
--   Add /account/3pid/delete endpoint (PR #1714)
--   Add config option to configure the Riot URL used in notification emails (PR #1811). Thanks to @aperezdc!
--   Add username and password config options for turn server (PR #1832). Thanks to @xsteadfastx!
--   Implement device lists updates over federation (PR #1857, #1861, #1864)
--   Implement /keys/changes (PR #1869, #1872)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Improve IPv6 support (PR #1696). Thanks to @kyrias and @glyph!
--   Log which files we saved attachments to in the media\_repository (PR #1791)
--   Linearize updates to membership via PUT /state/ to better handle multiple joins (PR #1787)
--   Limit number of entries to prefill from cache on startup (PR #1792)
--   Remove full\_twisted\_stacktraces option (PR #1802)
--   Measure size of some caches by sum of the size of cached values (PR #1815)
--   Measure metrics of string\_cache (PR #1821)
--   Reduce logging verbosity (PR #1822, #1823, #1824)
--   Don\'t clobber a displayname or avatar\_url if provided by an m.room.member event (PR #1852)
--   Better handle 401/404 response for federation /send/ (PR #1866, #1871)
-
-Fixes:
-
--   Fix ability to change password to a non-ascii one (PR #1711)
--   Fix push getting stuck due to looking at the wrong view of state (PR #1820)
--   Fix email address comparison to be case insensitive (PR #1827)
--   Fix occasional inconsistencies of room membership (PR #1836, #1840)
-
-Performance:
-
--   Don\'t block messages sending on bumping presence (PR #1789)
--   Change device\_inbox stream index to include user (PR #1793)
--   Optimise state resolution (PR #1818)
--   Use DB cache of joined users for presence (PR #1862)
--   Add an index to make membership queries faster (PR #1867)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.7 (2017-01-09)
-=======================================
-
-No changes from v0.18.7-rc2
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.7-rc2 (2017-01-07)
-===========================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix error in rc1\'s discarding invalid inbound traffic logic that was incorrectly discarding missing events
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.7-rc1 (2017-01-06)
-===========================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix error in \#PR 1764 to actually fix the nightmare \#1753 bug.
--   Improve deadlock logging further
--   Discard inbound federation traffic from invalid domains, to immunise against \#1753
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.6 (2017-01-06)
-=======================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix bug when checking if a guest user is allowed to join a room (PR #1772) Thanks to Patrik Oldsberg for diagnosing and the fix!
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.6-rc3 (2017-01-05)
-===========================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix bug where we failed to send ban events to the banned server (PR #1758)
--   Fix bug where we sent event that didn\'t originate on this server to other servers (PR #1764)
--   Fix bug where processing an event from a remote server took a long time because we were making long HTTP requests (PR #1765, PR #1744)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Improve logging for debugging deadlocks (PR #1766, PR #1767)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.6-rc2 (2016-12-30)
-===========================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix memory leak in twisted by initialising logging correctly (PR #1731)
--   Fix bug where fetching missing events took an unacceptable amount of time in large rooms (PR #1734)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.6-rc1 (2016-12-29)
-===========================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Make sure that outbound connections are closed (PR #1725)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.5 (2016-12-16)
-=======================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix federation /backfill returning events it shouldn\'t (PR #1700)
--   Fix crash in url preview (PR #1701)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.5-rc3 (2016-12-13)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add support for E2E for guests (PR #1653)
--   Add new API appservice specific public room list (PR #1676)
--   Add new room membership APIs (PR #1680)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Enable guest access for private rooms by default (PR #653)
--   Limit the number of events that can be created on a given room concurrently (PR #1620)
--   Log the args that we have on UI auth completion (PR #1649)
--   Stop generating refresh\_tokens (PR #1654)
--   Stop putting a time caveat on access tokens (PR #1656)
--   Remove unspecced GET endpoints for e2e keys (PR #1694)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix handling of 500 and 429\'s over federation (PR #1650)
--   Fix Content-Type header parsing (PR #1660)
--   Fix error when previewing sites that include unicode, thanks to kyrias (PR #1664)
--   Fix some cases where we drop read receipts (PR #1678)
--   Fix bug where calls to `/sync` didn\'t correctly timeout (PR #1683)
--   Fix bug where E2E key query would fail if a single remote host failed (PR #1686)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.5-rc2 (2016-11-24)
-===========================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Don\'t send old events over federation, fixes bug in -rc1.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.5-rc1 (2016-11-24)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Implement \"event\_fields\" in filters (PR #1638)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Use external ldap auth pacakge (PR #1628)
--   Split out federation transaction sending to a worker (PR #1635)
--   Fail with a coherent error message if /sync?filter= is invalid (PR #1636)
--   More efficient notif count queries (PR #1644)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.4 (2016-11-22)
-=======================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Add workaround for buggy clients that the fail to register (PR #1632)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.4-rc1 (2016-11-14)
-===========================================
-
-Changes:
-
--   Various database efficiency improvements (PR #1188, #1192)
--   Update default config to blacklist more internal IPs, thanks to Euan Kemp (PR #1198)
--   Allow specifying duration in minutes in config, thanks to Daniel Dent (PR #1625)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix media repo to set CORs headers on responses (PR #1190)
--   Fix registration to not error on non-ascii passwords (PR #1191)
--   Fix create event code to limit the number of prev\_events (PR #1615)
--   Fix bug in transaction ID deduplication (PR #1624)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.3 (2016-11-08)
-=======================================
-
-SECURITY UPDATE
-
-Explicitly require authentication when using LDAP3. This is the default on versions of `ldap3` above 1.0, but some distributions will package an older version.
-
-If you are using LDAP3 login and have a version of `ldap3` older than 1.0 it is **CRITICAL to updgrade**.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.2 (2016-11-01)
-=======================================
-
-No changes since v0.18.2-rc5
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.2-rc5 (2016-10-28)
-===========================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix prometheus process metrics in worker processes (PR #1184)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.2-rc4 (2016-10-27)
-===========================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix `user_threepids` schema delta, which in some instances prevented startup after upgrade (PR #1183)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.2-rc3 (2016-10-27)
-===========================================
-
-Changes:
-
--   Allow clients to supply access tokens as headers (PR #1098)
--   Clarify error codes for GET /filter/, thanks to Alexander Maznev (PR #1164)
--   Make password reset email field case insensitive (PR #1170)
--   Reduce redundant database work in email pusher (PR #1174)
--   Allow configurable rate limiting per AS (PR #1175)
--   Check whether to ratelimit sooner to avoid work (PR #1176)
--   Standardise prometheus metrics (PR #1177)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix incredibly slow back pagination query (PR #1178)
--   Fix infinite typing bug (PR #1179)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.2-rc2 (2016-10-25)
-===========================================
-
-(This release did not include the changes advertised and was identical to RC1)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.2-rc1 (2016-10-17)
-===========================================
-
-Changes:
-
--   Remove redundant event\_auth index (PR #1113)
--   Reduce DB hits for replication (PR #1141)
--   Implement pluggable password auth (PR #1155)
--   Remove rate limiting from app service senders and fix get\_or\_create\_user requester, thanks to Patrik Oldsberg (PR #1157)
--   window.postmessage for Interactive Auth fallback (PR #1159)
--   Use sys.executable instead of hardcoded python, thanks to Pedro Larroy (PR #1162)
--   Add config option for adding additional TLS fingerprints (PR #1167)
--   User-interactive auth on delete device (PR #1168)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix not being allowed to set your own state\_key, thanks to Patrik Oldsberg (PR #1150)
--   Fix interactive auth to return 401 from for incorrect password (PR #1160, #1166)
--   Fix email push notifs being dropped (PR #1169)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.1 (2016-10-05)
-=======================================
-
-No changes since v0.18.1-rc1
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.1-rc1 (2016-09-30)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add total\_room\_count\_estimate to `/publicRooms` (PR #1133)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Time out typing over federation (PR #1140)
--   Restructure LDAP authentication (PR #1153)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix 3pid invites when server is already in the room (PR #1136)
--   Fix upgrading with SQLite taking lots of CPU for a few days after upgrade (PR #1144)
--   Fix upgrading from very old database versions (PR #1145)
--   Fix port script to work with recently added tables (PR #1146)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.0 (2016-09-19)
-=======================================
-
-The release includes major changes to the state storage database schemas, which significantly reduce database size. Synapse will attempt to upgrade the current data in the background. Servers with large SQLite database may experience degradation of performance while this upgrade is in progress, therefore you may want to consider migrating to using Postgres before upgrading very large SQLite databases
-
-Changes:
-
--   Make public room search case insensitive (PR #1127)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix and clean up publicRooms pagination (PR #1129)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.18.0-rc1 (2016-09-16)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add `only=highlight` on `/notifications` (PR #1081)
--   Add server param to /publicRooms (PR #1082)
--   Allow clients to ask for the whole of a single state event (PR #1094)
--   Add is\_direct param to /createRoom (PR #1108)
--   Add pagination support to publicRooms (PR #1121)
--   Add very basic filter API to /publicRooms (PR #1126)
--   Add basic direct to device messaging support for E2E (PR #1074, #1084, #1104, #1111)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Move to storing state\_groups\_state as deltas, greatly reducing DB size (PR #1065)
--   Reduce amount of state pulled out of the DB during common requests (PR #1069)
--   Allow PDF to be rendered from media repo (PR #1071)
--   Reindex state\_groups\_state after pruning (PR #1085)
--   Clobber EDUs in send queue (PR #1095)
--   Conform better to the CAS protocol specification (PR #1100)
--   Limit how often we ask for keys from dead servers (PR #1114)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix /notifications API when used with `from` param (PR #1080)
--   Fix backfill when cannot find an event. (PR #1107)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.17.3 (2016-09-09)
-=======================================
-
-This release fixes a major bug that stopped servers from handling rooms with over 1000 members.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.17.2 (2016-09-08)
-=======================================
-
-This release contains security bug fixes. Please upgrade.
-
-No changes since v0.17.2-rc1
-
-Changes in synapse v0.17.2-rc1 (2016-09-05)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Start adding store-and-forward direct-to-device messaging (PR #1046, #1050, #1062, #1066)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Avoid pulling the full state of a room out so often (PR #1047, #1049, #1063, #1068)
--   Don\'t notify for online to online presence transitions. (PR #1054)
--   Occasionally persist unpersisted presence updates (PR #1055)
--   Allow application services to have an optional \'url\' (PR #1056)
--   Clean up old sent transactions from DB (PR #1059)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix None check in backfill (PR #1043)
--   Fix membership changes to be idempotent (PR #1067)
--   Fix bug in get\_pdu where it would sometimes return events with incorrect signature
-
-Changes in synapse v0.17.1 (2016-08-24)
-=======================================
-
-Changes:
-
--   Delete old received\_transactions rows (PR #1038)
--   Pass through user-supplied content in /join/\$room\_id (PR #1039)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix bug with backfill (PR #1040)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.17.1-rc1 (2016-08-22)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add notification API (PR #1028)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Don\'t print stack traces when failing to get remote keys (PR #996)
--   Various federation /event/ perf improvements (PR #998)
--   Only process one local membership event per room at a time (PR #1005)
--   Move default display name push rule (PR #1011, #1023)
--   Fix up preview URL API. Add tests. (PR #1015)
--   Set `Content-Security-Policy` on media repo (PR #1021)
--   Make notify\_interested\_services faster (PR #1022)
--   Add usage stats to prometheus monitoring (PR #1037)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix token login (PR #993)
--   Fix CAS login (PR #994, #995)
--   Fix /sync to not clobber status\_msg (PR #997)
--   Fix redacted state events to include prev\_content (PR #1003)
--   Fix some bugs in the auth/ldap handler (PR #1007)
--   Fix backfill request to limit URI length, so that remotes don\'t reject the requests due to path length limits (PR #1012)
--   Fix AS push code to not send duplicate events (PR #1025)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.17.0 (2016-08-08)
-=======================================
-
-This release contains significant security bug fixes regarding authenticating events received over federation. PLEASE UPGRADE.
-
-This release changes the LDAP configuration format in a backwards incompatible way, see PR #843 for details.
-
-Changes:
-
--   Add federation /version API (PR #990)
--   Make psutil dependency optional (PR #992)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix URL preview API to exclude HTML comments in description (PR #988)
--   Fix error handling of remote joins (PR #991)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.17.0-rc4 (2016-08-05)
-===========================================
-
-Changes:
-
--   Change the way we summarize URLs when previewing (PR #973)
--   Add new `/state_ids/` federation API (PR #979)
--   Speed up processing of `/state/` response (PR #986)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix event persistence when event has already been partially persisted (PR #975, #983, #985)
--   Fix port script to also copy across backfilled events (PR #982)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.17.0-rc3 (2016-08-02)
-===========================================
-
-Changes:
-
--   Forbid non-ASes from registering users whose names begin with \'\_\' (PR #958)
--   Add some basic admin API docs (PR #963)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Send the correct host header when fetching keys (PR #941)
--   Fix joining a room that has missing auth events (PR #964)
--   Fix various push bugs (PR #966, #970)
--   Fix adding emails on registration (PR #968)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.17.0-rc2 (2016-08-02)
-===========================================
-
-(This release did not include the changes advertised and was identical to RC1)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.17.0-rc1 (2016-07-28)
-===========================================
-
-This release changes the LDAP configuration format in a backwards incompatible way, see PR #843 for details.
-
-Features:
-
--   Add purge\_media\_cache admin API (PR #902)
--   Add deactivate account admin API (PR #903)
--   Add optional pepper to password hashing (PR #907, #910 by KentShikama)
--   Add an admin option to shared secret registration (breaks backwards compat) (PR #909)
--   Add purge local room history API (PR #911, #923, #924)
--   Add requestToken endpoints (PR #915)
--   Add an /account/deactivate endpoint (PR #921)
--   Add filter param to /messages. Add \'contains\_url\' to filter. (PR #922)
--   Add device\_id support to /login (PR #929)
--   Add device\_id support to /v2/register flow. (PR #937, #942)
--   Add GET /devices endpoint (PR #939, #944)
--   Add GET /device/{deviceId} (PR #943)
--   Add update and delete APIs for devices (PR #949)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Rewrite LDAP Authentication against ldap3 (PR #843 by mweinelt)
--   Linearize some federation endpoints based on (origin, room\_id) (PR #879)
--   Remove the legacy v0 content upload API. (PR #888)
--   Use similar naming we use in email notifs for push (PR #894)
--   Optionally include password hash in createUser endpoint (PR #905 by KentShikama)
--   Use a query that postgresql optimises better for get\_events\_around (PR #906)
--   Fall back to \'username\' if \'user\' is not given for appservice registration. (PR #927 by Half-Shot)
--   Add metrics for psutil derived memory usage (PR #936)
--   Record device\_id in client\_ips (PR #938)
--   Send the correct host header when fetching keys (PR #941)
--   Log the hostname the reCAPTCHA was completed on (PR #946)
--   Make the device id on e2e key upload optional (PR #956)
--   Add r0.2.0 to the \"supported versions\" list (PR #960)
--   Don\'t include name of room for invites in push (PR #961)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix substitution failure in mail template (PR #887)
--   Put most recent 20 messages in email notif (PR #892)
--   Ensure that the guest user is in the database when upgrading accounts (PR #914)
--   Fix various edge cases in auth handling (PR #919)
--   Fix 500 ISE when sending alias event without a state\_key (PR #925)
--   Fix bug where we stored rejections in the state\_group, persist all rejections (PR #948)
--   Fix lack of check of if the user is banned when handling 3pid invites (PR #952)
--   Fix a couple of bugs in the transaction and keyring code (PR #954, #955)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.16.1-r1 (2016-07-08)
-==========================================
-
-THIS IS A CRITICAL SECURITY UPDATE.
-
-This fixes a bug which allowed users\' accounts to be accessed by unauthorised users.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.16.1 (2016-06-20)
-=======================================
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix assorted bugs in `/preview_url` (PR #872)
--   Fix TypeError when setting unicode passwords (PR #873)
-
-Performance improvements:
-
--   Turn `use_frozen_events` off by default (PR #877)
--   Disable responding with canonical json for federation (PR #878)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.16.1-rc1 (2016-06-15)
-===========================================
-
-Features: None
-
-Changes:
-
--   Log requester for `/publicRoom` endpoints when possible (PR #856)
--   502 on `/thumbnail` when can\'t connect to remote server (PR #862)
--   Linearize fetching of gaps on incoming events (PR #871)
-
-Bugs fixes:
-
--   Fix bug where rooms where marked as published by default (PR #857)
--   Fix bug where joining room with an event with invalid sender (PR #868)
--   Fix bug where backfilled events were sent down sync streams (PR #869)
--   Fix bug where outgoing connections could wedge indefinitely, causing push notifications to be unreliable (PR #870)
-
-Performance improvements:
-
--   Improve `/publicRooms` performance(PR #859)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.16.0 (2016-06-09)
-=======================================
-
-NB: As of v0.14 all AS config files must have an ID field.
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Don\'t make rooms published by default (PR #857)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.16.0-rc2 (2016-06-08)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add configuration option for tuning GC via `gc.set_threshold` (PR #849)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Record metrics about GC (PR #771, #847, #852)
--   Add metric counter for number of persisted events (PR #841)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix \'From\' header in email notifications (PR #843)
--   Fix presence where timeouts were not being fired for the first 8h after restarts (PR #842)
--   Fix bug where synapse sent malformed transactions to AS\'s when retrying transactions (Commits 310197b, 8437906)
-
-Performance improvements:
-
--   Remove event fetching from DB threads (PR #835)
--   Change the way we cache events (PR #836)
--   Add events to cache when we persist them (PR #840)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.16.0-rc1 (2016-06-03)
-===========================================
-
-Version 0.15 was not released. See v0.15.0-rc1 below for additional changes.
-
-Features:
-
--   Add email notifications for missed messages (PR #759, #786, #799, #810, #815, #821)
--   Add a `url_preview_ip_range_whitelist` config param (PR #760)
--   Add /report endpoint (PR #762)
--   Add basic ignore user API (PR #763)
--   Add an openidish mechanism for proving that you own a given user\_id (PR #765)
--   Allow clients to specify a server\_name to avoid \'No known servers\' (PR #794)
--   Add secondary\_directory\_servers option to fetch room list from other servers (PR #808, #813)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Report per request metrics for all of the things using request\_handler (PR #756)
--   Correctly handle `NULL` password hashes from the database (PR #775)
--   Allow receipts for events we haven\'t seen in the db (PR #784)
--   Make synctl read a cache factor from config file (PR #785)
--   Increment badge count per missed convo, not per msg (PR #793)
--   Special case m.room.third\_party\_invite event auth to match invites (PR #814)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix typo in event\_auth servlet path (PR #757)
--   Fix password reset (PR #758)
-
-Performance improvements:
-
--   Reduce database inserts when sending transactions (PR #767)
--   Queue events by room for persistence (PR #768)
--   Add cache to `get_user_by_id` (PR #772)
--   Add and use `get_domain_from_id` (PR #773)
--   Use tree cache for `get_linearized_receipts_for_room` (PR #779)
--   Remove unused indices (PR #782)
--   Add caches to `bulk_get_push_rules*` (PR #804)
--   Cache `get_event_reference_hashes` (PR #806)
--   Add `get_users_with_read_receipts_in_room` cache (PR #809)
--   Use state to calculate `get_users_in_room` (PR #811)
--   Load push rules in storage layer so that they get cached (PR #825)
--   Make `get_joined_hosts_for_room` use get\_users\_in\_room (PR #828)
--   Poke notifier on next reactor tick (PR #829)
--   Change CacheMetrics to be quicker (PR #830)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.15.0-rc1 (2016-04-26)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add login support for Javascript Web Tokens, thanks to Niklas Riekenbrauck (PR #671,\#687)
--   Add URL previewing support (PR #688)
--   Add login support for LDAP, thanks to Christoph Witzany (PR #701)
--   Add GET endpoint for pushers (PR #716)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Never notify for member events (PR #667)
--   Deduplicate identical `/sync` requests (PR #668)
--   Require user to have left room to forget room (PR #673)
--   Use DNS cache if within TTL (PR #677)
--   Let users see their own leave events (PR #699)
--   Deduplicate membership changes (PR #700)
--   Increase performance of pusher code (PR #705)
--   Respond with error status 504 if failed to talk to remote server (PR #731)
--   Increase search performance on postgres (PR #745)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix bug where disabling all notifications still resulted in push (PR #678)
--   Fix bug where users couldn\'t reject remote invites if remote refused (PR #691)
--   Fix bug where synapse attempted to backfill from itself (PR #693)
--   Fix bug where profile information was not correctly added when joining remote rooms (PR #703)
--   Fix bug where register API required incorrect key name for AS registration (PR #727)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.14.0 (2016-03-30)
-=======================================
-
-No changes from v0.14.0-rc2
-
-Changes in synapse v0.14.0-rc2 (2016-03-23)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add published room list API (PR #657)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Change various caches to consume less memory (PR #656, #658, #660, #662, #663, #665)
--   Allow rooms to be published without requiring an alias (PR #664)
--   Intern common strings in caches to reduce memory footprint (\#666)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix reject invites over federation (PR #646)
--   Fix bug where registration was not idempotent (PR #649)
--   Update aliases event after deleting aliases (PR #652)
--   Fix unread notification count, which was sometimes wrong (PR #661)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.14.0-rc1 (2016-03-14)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add event\_id to response to state event PUT (PR #581)
--   Allow guest users access to messages in rooms they have joined (PR #587)
--   Add config for what state is included in a room invite (PR #598)
--   Send the inviter\'s member event in room invite state (PR #607)
--   Add error codes for malformed/bad JSON in /login (PR #608)
--   Add support for changing the actions for default rules (PR #609)
--   Add environment variable SYNAPSE\_CACHE\_FACTOR, default it to 0.1 (PR #612)
--   Add ability for alias creators to delete aliases (PR #614)
--   Add profile information to invites (PR #624)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Enforce user\_id exclusivity for AS registrations (PR #572)
--   Make adding push rules idempotent (PR #587)
--   Improve presence performance (PR #582, #586)
--   Change presence semantics for `last_active_ago` (PR #582, #586)
--   Don\'t allow `m.room.create` to be changed (PR #596)
--   Add 800x600 to default list of valid thumbnail sizes (PR #616)
--   Always include kicks and bans in full /sync (PR #625)
--   Send history visibility on boundary changes (PR #626)
--   Register endpoint now returns a refresh\_token (PR #637)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix bug where we returned incorrect state in /sync (PR #573)
--   Always return a JSON object from push rule API (PR #606)
--   Fix bug where registering without a user id sometimes failed (PR #610)
--   Report size of ExpiringCache in cache size metrics (PR #611)
--   Fix rejection of invites to empty rooms (PR #615)
--   Fix usage of `bcrypt` to not use `checkpw` (PR #619)
--   Pin `pysaml2` dependency (PR #634)
--   Fix bug in `/sync` where timeline order was incorrect for backfilled events (PR #635)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.13.3 (2016-02-11)
-=======================================
-
--   Fix bug where `/sync` would occasionally return events in the wrong room.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.13.2 (2016-02-11)
-=======================================
-
--   Fix bug where `/events` would fail to skip some events if there had been more events than the limit specified since the last request (PR #570)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.13.1 (2016-02-10)
-=======================================
-
--   Bump matrix-angular-sdk (matrix web console) dependency to 0.6.8 to pull in the fix for SYWEB-361 so that the default client can display HTML messages again(!)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.13.0 (2016-02-10)
-=======================================
-
-This version includes an upgrade of the schema, specifically adding an index to the `events` table. This may cause synapse to pause for several minutes the first time it is started after the upgrade.
-
-Changes:
-
--   Improve general performance (PR #540, #543. \#544, #54, #549, #567)
--   Change guest user ids to be incrementing integers (PR #550)
--   Improve performance of public room list API (PR #552)
--   Change profile API to omit keys rather than return null (PR #557)
--   Add `/media/r0` endpoint prefix, which is equivalent to `/media/v1/` (PR #595)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix bug with upgrading guest accounts where it would fail if you opened the registration email on a different device (PR #547)
--   Fix bug where unread count could be wrong (PR #568)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.12.1-rc1 (2016-01-29)
-===========================================
-
-Features:
-
--   Add unread notification counts in `/sync` (PR #456)
--   Add support for inviting 3pids in `/createRoom` (PR #460)
--   Add ability for guest accounts to upgrade (PR #462)
--   Add `/versions` API (PR #468)
--   Add `event` to `/context` API (PR #492)
--   Add specific error code for invalid user names in `/register` (PR #499)
--   Add support for push badge counts (PR #507)
--   Add support for non-guest users to peek in rooms using `/events` (PR #510)
-
-Changes:
-
--   Change `/sync` so that guest users only get rooms they\'ve joined (PR #469)
--   Change to require unbanning before other membership changes (PR #501)
--   Change default push rules to notify for all messages (PR #486)
--   Change default push rules to not notify on membership changes (PR #514)
--   Change default push rules in one to one rooms to only notify for events that are messages (PR #529)
--   Change `/sync` to reject requests with a `from` query param (PR #512)
--   Change server manhole to use SSH rather than telnet (PR #473)
--   Change server to require AS users to be registered before use (PR #487)
--   Change server not to start when ASes are invalidly configured (PR #494)
--   Change server to require ID and `as_token` to be unique for AS\'s (PR #496)
--   Change maximum pagination limit to 1000 (PR #497)
-
-Bug fixes:
-
--   Fix bug where `/sync` didn\'t return when something under the leave key changed (PR #461)
--   Fix bug where we returned smaller rather than larger than requested thumbnails when `method=crop` (PR #464)
--   Fix thumbnails API to only return cropped thumbnails when asking for a cropped thumbnail (PR #475)
--   Fix bug where we occasionally still logged access tokens (PR #477)
--   Fix bug where `/events` would always return immediately for guest users (PR #480)
--   Fix bug where `/sync` unexpectedly returned old left rooms (PR #481)
--   Fix enabling and disabling push rules (PR #498)
--   Fix bug where `/register` returned 500 when given unicode username (PR #513)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.12.0 (2016-01-04)
-=======================================
-
--   Expose `/login` under `r0` (PR #459)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.12.0-rc3 (2015-12-23)
-===========================================
-
--   Allow guest accounts access to `/sync` (PR #455)
--   Allow filters to include/exclude rooms at the room level rather than just from the components of the sync for each room. (PR #454)
--   Include urls for room avatars in the response to `/publicRooms` (PR #453)
--   Don\'t set a identicon as the avatar for a user when they register (PR #450)
--   Add a `display_name` to third-party invites (PR #449)
--   Send more information to the identity server for third-party invites so that it can send richer messages to the invitee (PR #446)
--   Cache the responses to `/initialSync` for 5 minutes. If a client retries a request to `/initialSync` before the a response was computed to the first request then the same response is used for both requests (PR #457)
--   Fix a bug where synapse would always request the signing keys of remote servers even when the key was cached locally (PR #452)
--   Fix 500 when pagination search results (PR #447)
--   Fix a bug where synapse was leaking raw email address in third-party invites (PR #448)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.12.0-rc2 (2015-12-14)
-===========================================
-
--   Add caches for whether rooms have been forgotten by a user (PR #434)
--   Remove instructions to use `--process-dependency-link` since all of the dependencies of synapse are on PyPI (PR #436)
--   Parallelise the processing of `/sync` requests (PR #437)
--   Fix race updating presence in `/events` (PR #444)
--   Fix bug back-populating search results (PR #441)
--   Fix bug calculating state in `/sync` requests (PR #442)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.12.0-rc1 (2015-12-10)
-===========================================
-
--   Host the client APIs released as r0 by <https://matrix.org/docs/spec/r0.0.0/client_server.html> on paths prefixed by `/_matrix/client/r0`. (PR #430, PR #415, PR #400)
--   Updates the client APIs to match r0 of the matrix specification.
-    -   All APIs return events in the new event format, old APIs also include the fields needed to parse the event using the old format for compatibility. (PR #402)
-    -   Search results are now given as a JSON array rather than a JSON object (PR #405)
-    -   Miscellaneous changes to search (PR #403, PR #406, PR #412)
-    -   Filter JSON objects may now be passed as query parameters to `/sync` (PR #431)
-    -   Fix implementation of `/admin/whois` (PR #418)
-    -   Only include the rooms that user has left in `/sync` if the client requests them in the filter (PR #423)
-    -   Don\'t push for `m.room.message` by default (PR #411)
-    -   Add API for setting per account user data (PR #392)
-    -   Allow users to forget rooms (PR #385)
--   Performance improvements and monitoring:
-    -   Add per-request counters for CPU time spent on the main python thread. (PR #421, PR #420)
-    -   Add per-request counters for time spent in the database (PR #429)
-    -   Make state updates in the C+S API idempotent (PR #416)
-    -   Only fire `user_joined_room` if the user has actually joined. (PR #410)
-    -   Reuse a single http client, rather than creating new ones (PR #413)
--   Fixed a bug upgrading from older versions of synapse on postgresql (PR #417)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.11.1 (2015-11-20)
-=======================================
-
--   Add extra options to search API (PR #394)
--   Fix bug where we did not correctly cap federation retry timers. This meant it could take several hours for servers to start talking to ressurected servers, even when they were receiving traffic from them (PR #393)
--   Don\'t advertise login token flow unless CAS is enabled. This caused issues where some clients would always use the fallback API if they did not recognize all login flows (PR #391)
--   Change /v2 sync API to rename `private_user_data` to `account_data` (PR #386)
--   Change /v2 sync API to remove the `event_map` and rename keys in `rooms` object (PR #389)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.11.0-r2 (2015-11-19)
-==========================================
-
--   Fix bug in database port script (PR #387)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.11.0-r1 (2015-11-18)
-==========================================
-
--   Retry and fail federation requests more aggressively for requests that block client side requests (PR #384)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.11.0 (2015-11-17)
-=======================================
-
--   Change CAS login API (PR #349)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.11.0-rc2 (2015-11-13)
-===========================================
-
--   Various changes to /sync API response format (PR #373)
--   Fix regression when setting display name in newly joined room over federation (PR #368)
--   Fix problem where /search was slow when using SQLite (PR #366)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.11.0-rc1 (2015-11-11)
-===========================================
-
--   Add Search API (PR #307, #324, #327, #336, #350, #359)
--   Add \'archived\' state to v2 /sync API (PR #316)
--   Add ability to reject invites (PR #317)
--   Add config option to disable password login (PR #322)
--   Add the login fallback API (PR #330)
--   Add room context API (PR #334)
--   Add room tagging support (PR #335)
--   Update v2 /sync API to match spec (PR #305, #316, #321, #332, #337, #341)
--   Change retry schedule for application services (PR #320)
--   Change retry schedule for remote servers (PR #340)
--   Fix bug where we hosted static content in the incorrect place (PR #329)
--   Fix bug where we didn\'t increment retry interval for remote servers (PR #343)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.10.1-rc1 (2015-10-15)
-===========================================
-
--   Add support for CAS, thanks to Steven Hammerton (PR #295, #296)
--   Add support for using macaroons for `access_token` (PR #256, #229)
--   Add support for `m.room.canonical_alias` (PR #287)
--   Add support for viewing the history of rooms that they have left. (PR #276, #294)
--   Add support for refresh tokens (PR #240)
--   Add flag on creation which disables federation of the room (PR #279)
--   Add some room state to invites. (PR #275)
--   Atomically persist events when joining a room over federation (PR #283)
--   Change default history visibility for private rooms (PR #271)
--   Allow users to redact their own sent events (PR #262)
--   Use tox for tests (PR #247)
--   Split up syutil into separate libraries (PR #243)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.10.0-r2 (2015-09-16)
-==========================================
-
--   Fix bug where we always fetched remote server signing keys instead of using ones in our cache.
--   Fix adding threepids to an existing account.
--   Fix bug with invinting over federation where remote server was already in the room. (PR #281, SYN-392)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.10.0-r1 (2015-09-08)
-==========================================
-
--   Fix bug with python packaging
-
-Changes in synapse v0.10.0 (2015-09-03)
-=======================================
-
-No change from release candidate.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.10.0-rc6 (2015-09-02)
-===========================================
-
--   Remove some of the old database upgrade scripts.
--   Fix database port script to work with newly created sqlite databases.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.10.0-rc5 (2015-08-27)
-===========================================
-
--   Fix bug that broke downloading files with ascii filenames across federation.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.10.0-rc4 (2015-08-27)
-===========================================
-
--   Allow UTF-8 filenames for upload. (PR #259)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.10.0-rc3 (2015-08-25)
-===========================================
-
--   Add `--keys-directory` config option to specify where files such as certs and signing keys should be stored in, when using `--generate-config` or `--generate-keys`. (PR #250)
--   Allow `--config-path` to specify a directory, causing synapse to use all \*.yaml files in the directory as config files. (PR #249)
--   Add `web_client_location` config option to specify static files to be hosted by synapse under `/_matrix/client`. (PR #245)
--   Add helper utility to synapse to read and parse the config files and extract the value of a given key. For example:
-
-        $ python -m synapse.config read server_name -c homeserver.yaml
-        localhost
-
-    (PR #246)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.10.0-rc2 (2015-08-24)
-===========================================
-
--   Fix bug where we incorrectly populated the `event_forward_extremities` table, resulting in problems joining large remote rooms (e.g. `#matrix:matrix.org`)
--   Reduce the number of times we wake up pushers by not listening for presence or typing events, reducing the CPU cost of each pusher.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.10.0-rc1 (2015-08-21)
-===========================================
-
-Also see v0.9.4-rc1 changelog, which has been amalgamated into this release.
-
-General:
-
--   Upgrade to Twisted 15 (PR #173)
--   Add support for serving and fetching encryption keys over federation. (PR #208)
--   Add support for logging in with email address (PR #234)
--   Add support for new `m.room.canonical_alias` event. (PR #233)
--   Change synapse to treat user IDs case insensitively during registration and login. (If two users already exist with case insensitive matching user ids, synapse will continue to require them to specify their user ids exactly.)
--   Error if a user tries to register with an email already in use. (PR #211)
--   Add extra and improve existing caches (PR #212, #219, #226, #228)
--   Batch various storage request (PR #226, #228)
--   Fix bug where we didn\'t correctly log the entity that triggered the request if the request came in via an application service (PR #230)
--   Fix bug where we needlessly regenerated the full list of rooms an AS is interested in. (PR #232)
--   Add support for AS\'s to use v2\_alpha registration API (PR #210)
-
-Configuration:
-
--   Add `--generate-keys` that will generate any missing cert and key files in the configuration files. This is equivalent to running `--generate-config` on an existing configuration file. (PR #220)
--   `--generate-config` now no longer requires a `--server-name` parameter when used on existing configuration files. (PR #220)
--   Add `--print-pidfile` flag that controls the printing of the pid to stdout of the demonised process. (PR #213)
-
-Media Repository:
-
--   Fix bug where we picked a lower resolution image than requested. (PR #205)
--   Add support for specifying if a the media repository should dynamically thumbnail images or not. (PR #206)
-
-Metrics:
-
--   Add statistics from the reactor to the metrics API. (PR #224, #225)
-
-Demo Homeservers:
-
--   Fix starting the demo homeservers without rate-limiting enabled. (PR #182)
--   Fix enabling registration on demo homeservers (PR #223)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.9.4-rc1 (2015-07-21)
-==========================================
-
-General:
-
--   Add basic implementation of receipts. (SPEC-99)
--   Add support for configuration presets in room creation API. (PR #203)
--   Add auth event that limits the visibility of history for new users. (SPEC-134)
--   Add SAML2 login/registration support. (PR #201. Thanks Muthu Subramanian!)
--   Add client side key management APIs for end to end encryption. (PR #198)
--   Change power level semantics so that you cannot kick, ban or change power levels of users that have equal or greater power level than you. (SYN-192)
--   Improve performance by bulk inserting events where possible. (PR #193)
--   Improve performance by bulk verifying signatures where possible. (PR #194)
-
-Configuration:
-
--   Add support for including TLS certificate chains.
-
-Media Repository:
-
--   Add Content-Disposition headers to content repository responses. (SYN-150)
-
-Changes in synapse v0.9.3 (2015-07-01)
-======================================
-
-No changes from v0.9.3 Release Candidate 1.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.9.3-rc1 (2015-06-23)
-==========================================
-
-General:
-
--   Fix a memory leak in the notifier. (SYN-412)
--   Improve performance of room initial sync. (SYN-418)
--   General improvements to logging.
--   Remove `access_token` query params from `INFO` level logging.
-
-Configuration:
-
--   Add support for specifying and configuring multiple listeners. (SYN-389)
-
-Application services:
-
--   Fix bug where synapse failed to send user queries to application services.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.9.2-r2 (2015-06-15)
-=========================================
-
-Fix packaging so that schema delta python files get included in the package.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.9.2 (2015-06-12)
-======================================
-
-General:
-
--   Use ultrajson for json (de)serialisation when a canonical encoding is not required. Ultrajson is significantly faster than simplejson in certain circumstances.
--   Use connection pools for outgoing HTTP connections.
--   Process thumbnails on separate threads.
-
-Configuration:
-
--   Add option, `gzip_responses`, to disable HTTP response compression.
-
-Federation:
-
--   Improve resilience of backfill by ensuring we fetch any missing auth events.
--   Improve performance of backfill and joining remote rooms by removing unnecessary computations. This included handling events we\'d previously handled as well as attempting to compute the current state for outliers.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.9.1 (2015-05-26)
-======================================
-
-General:
-
--   Add support for backfilling when a client paginates. This allows servers to request history for a room from remote servers when a client tries to paginate history the server does not have - SYN-36
--   Fix bug where you couldn\'t disable non-default pushrules - SYN-378
--   Fix `register_new_user` script - SYN-359
--   Improve performance of fetching events from the database, this improves both initialSync and sending of events.
--   Improve performance of event streams, allowing synapse to handle more simultaneous connected clients.
-
-Federation:
-
--   Fix bug with existing backfill implementation where it returned the wrong selection of events in some circumstances.
--   Improve performance of joining remote rooms.
-
-Configuration:
-
--   Add support for changing the bind host of the metrics listener via the `metrics_bind_host` option.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.9.0-r5 (2015-05-21)
-=========================================
-
--   Add more database caches to reduce amount of work done for each pusher. This radically reduces CPU usage when multiple pushers are set up in the same room.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.9.0 (2015-05-07)
-======================================
-
-General:
-
--   Add support for using a PostgreSQL database instead of SQLite. See [docs/postgres.rst](docs/postgres.rst) for details.
--   Add password change and reset APIs. See [Registration](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/master/specification/10_client_server_api.rst#registration) in the spec.
--   Fix memory leak due to not releasing stale notifiers - SYN-339.
--   Fix race in caches that occasionally caused some presence updates to be dropped - SYN-369.
--   Check server name has not changed on restart.
--   Add a sample systemd unit file and a logger configuration in contrib/systemd. Contributed Ivan Shapovalov.
-
-Federation:
-
--   Add key distribution mechanisms for fetching public keys of unavailable remote homeservers. See [Retrieving Server Keys](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/6f2698/specification/30_server_server_api.rst#retrieving-server-keys) in the spec.
-
-Configuration:
-
--   Add support for multiple config files.
--   Add support for dictionaries in config files.
--   Remove support for specifying config options on the command line, except for:
-    -   `--daemonize` - Daemonize the homeserver.
-    -   `--manhole` - Turn on the twisted telnet manhole service on the given port.
-    -   `--database-path` - The path to a sqlite database to use.
-    -   `--verbose` - The verbosity level.
-    -   `--log-file` - File to log to.
-    -   `--log-config` - Python logging config file.
-    -   `--enable-registration` - Enable registration for new users.
-
-Application services:
-
--   Reliably retry sending of events from Synapse to application services, as per [Application Services](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/0c6bd9/specification/25_application_service_api.rst#home-server---application-service-api) spec.
--   Application services can no longer register via the `/register` API, instead their configuration should be saved to a file and listed in the synapse `app_service_config_files` config option. The AS configuration file has the same format as the old `/register` request. See [docs/application\_services.rst](docs/application_services.rst) for more information.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.8.1 (2015-03-18)
-======================================
-
--   Disable registration by default. New users can be added using the command `register_new_matrix_user` or by enabling registration in the config.
--   Add metrics to synapse. To enable metrics use config options `enable_metrics` and `metrics_port`.
--   Fix bug where banning only kicked the user.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.8.0 (2015-03-06)
-======================================
-
-General:
-
--   Add support for registration fallback. This is a page hosted on the server which allows a user to register for an account, regardless of what client they are using (e.g. mobile devices).
--   Added new default push rules and made them configurable by clients:
-    -   Suppress all notice messages.
-    -   Notify when invited to a new room.
-    -   Notify for messages that don\'t match any rule.
-    -   Notify on incoming call.
-
-Federation:
-
--   Added per host server side rate-limiting of incoming federation requests.
--   Added a `/get_missing_events/` API to federation to reduce number of `/events/` requests.
-
-Configuration:
-
--   Added configuration option to disable registration: `disable_registration`.
--   Added configuration option to change soft limit of number of open file descriptors: `soft_file_limit`.
--   Make `tls_private_key_path` optional when running with `no_tls`.
-
-Application services:
-
--   Application services can now poll on the CS API `/events` for their events, by providing their application service `access_token`.
--   Added exclusive namespace support to application services API.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.7.1 (2015-02-19)
-======================================
-
--   Initial alpha implementation of parts of the Application Services API. Including:
-    -   AS Registration / Unregistration
-    -   User Query API
-    -   Room Alias Query API
-    -   Push transport for receiving events.
-    -   User/Alias namespace admin control
--   Add cache when fetching events from remote servers to stop repeatedly fetching events with bad signatures.
--   Respect the per remote server retry scheme when fetching both events and server keys to reduce the number of times we send requests to dead servers.
--   Inform remote servers when the local server fails to handle a received event.
--   Turn off python bytecode generation due to problems experienced when upgrading from previous versions.
-
-Changes in synapse v0.7.0 (2015-02-12)
-======================================
-
--   Add initial implementation of the query auth federation API, allowing servers to agree on whether an event should be allowed or rejected.
--   Persist events we have rejected from federation, fixing the bug where servers would keep requesting the same events.
--   Various federation performance improvements, including:
-    -   Add in memory caches on queries such as:
-
-        > -   Computing the state of a room at a point in time, used for authorization on federation requests.
-        > -   Fetching events from the database.
-        > -   User\'s room membership, used for authorizing presence updates.
-
-    -   Upgraded JSON library to improve parsing and serialisation speeds.
-
--   Add default avatars to new user accounts using pydenticon library.
--   Correctly time out federation requests.
--   Retry federation requests against different servers.
--   Add support for push and push rules.
--   Add alpha versions of proposed new CSv2 APIs, including `/sync` API.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.6.1 (2015-01-07)
-=====================================
-
--   Major optimizations to improve performance of initial sync and event sending in large rooms (by up to 10x)
--   Media repository now includes a Content-Length header on media downloads.
--   Improve quality of thumbnails by changing resizing algorithm.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.6.0 (2014-12-16)
-=====================================
-
--   Add new API for media upload and download that supports thumbnailing.
--   Replicate media uploads over multiple homeservers so media is always served to clients from their local homeserver. This obsoletes the \--content-addr parameter and confusion over accessing content directly from remote homeservers.
--   Implement exponential backoff when retrying federation requests when sending to remote homeservers which are offline.
--   Implement typing notifications.
--   Fix bugs where we sent events with invalid signatures due to bugs where we incorrectly persisted events.
--   Improve performance of database queries involving retrieving events.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.5.4a (2014-12-13)
-======================================
-
--   Fix bug while generating the error message when a file path specified in the config doesn\'t exist.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.5.4 (2014-12-03)
-=====================================
-
--   Fix presence bug where some rooms did not display presence updates for remote users.
--   Do not log SQL timing log lines when started with \"-v\"
--   Fix potential memory leak.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.5.3c (2014-12-02)
-======================================
-
--   Change the default value for the content\_addr option to use the HTTP listener, as by default the HTTPS listener will be using a self-signed certificate.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.5.3 (2014-11-27)
-=====================================
-
--   Fix bug that caused joining a remote room to fail if a single event was not signed correctly.
--   Fix bug which caused servers to continuously try and fetch events from other servers.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.5.2 (2014-11-26)
-=====================================
-
-Fix major bug that caused rooms to disappear from peoples initial sync.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.5.1 (2014-11-26)
-=====================================
-
-See UPGRADES.rst for specific instructions on how to upgrade.
-
--   Fix bug where we served up an Event that did not match its signatures.
--   Fix regression where we no longer correctly handled the case where a homeserver receives an event for a room it doesn\'t recognise (but is in.)
-
-Changes in synapse 0.5.0 (2014-11-19)
-=====================================
-
-This release includes changes to the federation protocol and client-server API that is not backwards compatible.
-
-This release also changes the internal database schemas and so requires servers to drop their current history. See UPGRADES.rst for details.
-
-Homeserver:
-
--   Add authentication and authorization to the federation protocol. Events are now signed by their originating homeservers.
--   Implement the new authorization model for rooms.
--   Split out web client into a seperate repository: matrix-angular-sdk.
--   Change the structure of PDUs.
--   Fix bug where user could not join rooms via an alias containing 4-byte UTF-8 characters.
--   Merge concept of PDUs and Events internally.
--   Improve logging by adding request ids to log lines.
--   Implement a very basic room initial sync API.
--   Implement the new invite/join federation APIs.
-
-Webclient:
-
--   The webclient has been moved to a seperate repository.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.4.2 (2014-10-31)
-=====================================
-
-Homeserver:
-
--   Fix bugs where we did not notify users of correct presence updates.
--   Fix bug where we did not handle sub second event stream timeouts.
-
-Webclient:
-
--   Add ability to click on messages to see JSON.
--   Add ability to redact messages.
--   Add ability to view and edit all room state JSON.
--   Handle incoming redactions.
--   Improve feedback on errors.
--   Fix bugs in mobile CSS.
--   Fix bugs with desktop notifications.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.4.1 (2014-10-17)
-=====================================
-
-Webclient:
-
--   Fix bug with display of timestamps.
-
-Changes in synpase 0.4.0 (2014-10-17)
-=====================================
-
-This release includes changes to the federation protocol and client-server API that is not backwards compatible.
-
-The Matrix specification has been moved to a separate git repository: <http://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc>
-
-You will also need an updated syutil and config. See UPGRADES.rst.
-
-Homeserver:
-
--   Sign federation transactions to assert strong identity over federation.
--   Rename timestamp keys in PDUs and events from \'ts\' and \'hsob\_ts\' to \'origin\_server\_ts\'.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.3.4 (2014-09-25)
-=====================================
-
-This version adds support for using a TURN server. See docs/turn-howto.rst on how to set one up.
-
-Homeserver:
-
--   Add support for redaction of messages.
--   Fix bug where inviting a user on a remote homeserver could take up to 20-30s.
--   Implement a get current room state API.
--   Add support specifying and retrieving turn server configuration.
-
-Webclient:
-
--   Add button to send messages to users from the home page.
--   Add support for using TURN for VoIP calls.
--   Show display name change messages.
--   Fix bug where the client didn\'t get the state of a newly joined room until after it has been refreshed.
--   Fix bugs with tab complete.
--   Fix bug where holding down the down arrow caused chrome to chew 100% CPU.
--   Fix bug where desktop notifications occasionally used \"Undefined\" as the display name.
--   Fix more places where we sometimes saw room IDs incorrectly.
--   Fix bug which caused lag when entering text in the text box.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.3.3 (2014-09-22)
-=====================================
-
-Homeserver:
-
--   Fix bug where you continued to get events for rooms you had left.
-
-Webclient:
-
--   Add support for video calls with basic UI.
--   Fix bug where one to one chats were named after your display name rather than the other person\'s.
--   Fix bug which caused lag when typing in the textarea.
--   Refuse to run on browsers we know won\'t work.
--   Trigger pagination when joining new rooms.
--   Fix bug where we sometimes didn\'t display invitations in recents.
--   Automatically join room when accepting a VoIP call.
--   Disable outgoing and reject incoming calls on browsers we don\'t support VoIP in.
--   Don\'t display desktop notifications for messages in the room you are non-idle and speaking in.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.3.2 (2014-09-18)
-=====================================
-
-Webclient:
-
--   Fix bug where an empty \"bing words\" list in old accounts didn\'t send notifications when it should have done.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.3.1 (2014-09-18)
-=====================================
-
-This is a release to hotfix v0.3.0 to fix two regressions.
-
-Webclient:
-
--   Fix a regression where we sometimes displayed duplicate events.
--   Fix a regression where we didn\'t immediately remove rooms you were banned in from the recents list.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.3.0 (2014-09-18)
-=====================================
-
-See UPGRADE for information about changes to the client server API, including breaking backwards compatibility with VoIP calls and registration API.
-
-Homeserver:
-
--   When a user changes their displayname or avatar the server will now update all their join states to reflect this.
--   The server now adds \"age\" key to events to indicate how old they are. This is clock independent, so at no point does any server or webclient have to assume their clock is in sync with everyone else.
--   Fix bug where we didn\'t correctly pull in missing PDUs.
--   Fix bug where prev\_content key wasn\'t always returned.
--   Add support for password resets.
-
-Webclient:
-
--   Improve page content loading.
--   Join/parts now trigger desktop notifications.
--   Always show room aliases in the UI if one is present.
--   No longer show user-count in the recents side panel.
--   Add up & down arrow support to the text box for message sending to step through your sent history.
--   Don\'t display notifications for our own messages.
--   Emotes are now formatted correctly in desktop notifications.
--   The recents list now differentiates between public & private rooms.
--   Fix bug where when switching between rooms the pagination flickered before the view jumped to the bottom of the screen.
--   Add bing word support.
-
-Registration API:
-
--   The registration API has been overhauled to function like the login API. In practice, this means registration requests must now include the following: \'type\':\'m.login.password\'. See UPGRADE for more information on this.
--   The \'user\_id\' key has been renamed to \'user\' to better match the login API.
--   There is an additional login type: \'m.login.email.identity\'.
--   The command client and web client have been updated to reflect these changes.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.2.3 (2014-09-12)
-=====================================
-
-Homeserver:
-
--   Fix bug where we stopped sending events to remote homeservers if a user from that homeserver left, even if there were some still in the room.
--   Fix bugs in the state conflict resolution where it was incorrectly rejecting events.
-
-Webclient:
-
--   Display room names and topics.
--   Allow setting/editing of room names and topics.
--   Display information about rooms on the main page.
--   Handle ban and kick events in real time.
--   VoIP UI and reliability improvements.
--   Add glare support for VoIP.
--   Improvements to initial startup speed.
--   Don\'t display duplicate join events.
--   Local echo of messages.
--   Differentiate sending and sent of local echo.
--   Various minor bug fixes.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.2.2 (2014-09-06)
-=====================================
-
-Homeserver:
-
--   When the server returns state events it now also includes the previous content.
--   Add support for inviting people when creating a new room.
--   Make the homeserver inform the room via m.room.aliases when a new alias is added for a room.
--   Validate m.room.power\_level events.
-
-Webclient:
-
--   Add support for captchas on registration.
--   Handle m.room.aliases events.
--   Asynchronously send messages and show a local echo.
--   Inform the UI when a message failed to send.
--   Only autoscroll on receiving a new message if the user was already at the bottom of the screen.
--   Add support for ban/kick reasons.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.2.1 (2014-09-03)
-=====================================
-
-Homeserver:
-
--   Added support for signing up with a third party id.
--   Add synctl scripts.
--   Added rate limiting.
--   Add option to change the external address the content repo uses.
--   Presence bug fixes.
-
-Webclient:
-
--   Added support for signing up with a third party id.
--   Added support for banning and kicking users.
--   Added support for displaying and setting ops.
--   Added support for room names.
--   Fix bugs with room membership event display.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.2.0 (2014-09-02)
-=====================================
-
-This update changes many configuration options, updates the database schema and mandates SSL for server-server connections.
-
-Homeserver:
-
--   Require SSL for server-server connections.
--   Add SSL listener for client-server connections.
--   Add ability to use config files.
--   Add support for kicking/banning and power levels.
--   Allow setting of room names and topics on creation.
--   Change presence to include last seen time of the user.
--   Change url path prefix to /\_matrix/\...
--   Bug fixes to presence.
-
-Webclient:
-
--   Reskin the CSS for registration and login.
--   Various improvements to rooms CSS.
--   Support changes in client-server API.
--   Bug fixes to VOIP UI.
--   Various bug fixes to handling of changes to room member list.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.1.2 (2014-08-29)
-=====================================
-
-Webclient:
-
--   Add basic call state UI for VoIP calls.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.1.1 (2014-08-29)
-=====================================
-
-Homeserver:
-
--   Fix bug that caused the event stream to not notify some clients about changes.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.1.0 (2014-08-29)
-=====================================
-
-Presence has been reenabled in this release.
-
-Homeserver:
-
--   Update client to server API, including:
-    -   Use a more consistent url scheme.
-    -   Provide more useful information in the initial sync api.
--   Change the presence handling to be much more efficient.
--   Change the presence server to server API to not require explicit polling of all users who share a room with a user.
--   Fix races in the event streaming logic.
-
-Webclient:
-
--   Update to use new client to server API.
--   Add basic VOIP support.
--   Add idle timers that change your status to away.
--   Add recent rooms column when viewing a room.
--   Various network efficiency improvements.
--   Add basic mobile browser support.
--   Add a settings page.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.0.1 (2014-08-22)
-=====================================
-
-Presence has been disabled in this release due to a bug that caused the homeserver to spam other remote homeservers.
-
-Homeserver:
-
--   Completely change the database schema to support generic event types.
--   Improve presence reliability.
--   Improve reliability of joining remote rooms.
--   Fix bug where room join events were duplicated.
--   Improve initial sync API to return more information to the client.
--   Stop generating fake messages for room membership events.
-
-Webclient:
-
--   Add tab completion of names.
--   Add ability to upload and send images.
--   Add profile pages.
--   Improve CSS layout of room.
--   Disambiguate identical display names.
--   Don\'t get remote users display names and avatars individually.
--   Use the new initial sync API to reduce number of round trips to the homeserver.
--   Change url scheme to use room aliases instead of room ids where known.
--   Increase longpoll timeout.
-
-Changes in synapse 0.0.0 (2014-08-13)
-=====================================
-
--   Initial alpha release
+**Changelogs for versions older than 1.0.0 can be found [here](CHANGES-pre-1.0.md).**
diff --git a/contrib/jitsimeetbridge/jitsimeetbridge.py b/contrib/jitsimeetbridge/jitsimeetbridge.py
index 495fd4e10a91..b3de468687a6 100644
--- a/contrib/jitsimeetbridge/jitsimeetbridge.py
+++ b/contrib/jitsimeetbridge/jitsimeetbridge.py
@@ -193,12 +193,15 @@ def advertiseSsrcs(self):
         time.sleep(7)
         print("SSRC spammer started")
         while self.running:
-            ssrcMsg = "<presence to='%(tojid)s' xmlns='jabber:client'><x xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/muc'/><c xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/caps' hash='sha-1' node='http://jitsi.org/jitsimeet' ver='0WkSdhFnAUxrz4ImQQLdB80GFlE='/><nick xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/nick'>%(nick)s</nick><stats xmlns='http://jitsi.org/jitmeet/stats'><stat name='bitrate_download' value='175'/><stat name='bitrate_upload' value='176'/><stat name='packetLoss_total' value='0'/><stat name='packetLoss_download' value='0'/><stat name='packetLoss_upload' value='0'/></stats><media xmlns='http://estos.de/ns/mjs'><source type='audio' ssrc='%(assrc)s' direction='sendre'/><source type='video' ssrc='%(vssrc)s' direction='sendre'/></media></presence>" % {
-                "tojid": "%s@%s/%s" % (ROOMNAME, ROOMDOMAIN, self.shortJid),
-                "nick": self.userId,
-                "assrc": self.ssrcs["audio"],
-                "vssrc": self.ssrcs["video"],
-            }
+            ssrcMsg = (
+                "<presence to='%(tojid)s' xmlns='jabber:client'><x xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/muc'/><c xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/caps' hash='sha-1' node='http://jitsi.org/jitsimeet' ver='0WkSdhFnAUxrz4ImQQLdB80GFlE='/><nick xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/nick'>%(nick)s</nick><stats xmlns='http://jitsi.org/jitmeet/stats'><stat name='bitrate_download' value='175'/><stat name='bitrate_upload' value='176'/><stat name='packetLoss_total' value='0'/><stat name='packetLoss_download' value='0'/><stat name='packetLoss_upload' value='0'/></stats><media xmlns='http://estos.de/ns/mjs'><source type='audio' ssrc='%(assrc)s' direction='sendre'/><source type='video' ssrc='%(vssrc)s' direction='sendre'/></media></presence>"
+                % {
+                    "tojid": "%s@%s/%s" % (ROOMNAME, ROOMDOMAIN, self.shortJid),
+                    "nick": self.userId,
+                    "assrc": self.ssrcs["audio"],
+                    "vssrc": self.ssrcs["video"],
+                }
+            )
             res = self.sendIq(ssrcMsg)
             print("reply from ssrc announce: ", res)
             time.sleep(10)
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3c899e602447..903d98af02b4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.56.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.56.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 05 Apr 2022 12:38:39 +0100
+
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.56.0~rc1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.56.0~rc1.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:40:50 +0100
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.55.2) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New synapse release 1.55.2.
diff --git a/demo/start.sh b/demo/start.sh
index 55e69685e3c2..5a9972d24c2c 100755
--- a/demo/start.sh
+++ b/demo/start.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ for port in 8080 8081 8082; do
             printf '\n\n# Customisation made by demo/start.sh\n\n'
             echo "public_baseurl: http://localhost:$port/"
             echo 'enable_registration: true'
+            echo 'enable_registration_without_verification: true'
             echo ''
 
 			# Warning, this heredoc depends on the interaction of tabs and spaces.
diff --git a/docs/modules/spam_checker_callbacks.md b/docs/modules/spam_checker_callbacks.md
index 2b672b78f9ae..472d95718087 100644
--- a/docs/modules/spam_checker_callbacks.md
+++ b/docs/modules/spam_checker_callbacks.md
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ any of the subsequent implementations of this callback.
 _First introduced in Synapse v1.37.0_
 
 ```python
-async def check_username_for_spam(user_profile: Dict[str, str]) -> bool
+async def check_username_for_spam(user_profile: synapse.module_api.UserProfile) -> bool
 ```
 
 Called when computing search results in the user directory. The module must return a
@@ -182,9 +182,11 @@ search results; otherwise return `False`.
 
 The profile is represented as a dictionary with the following keys:
 
-* `user_id`: The Matrix ID for this user.
-* `display_name`: The user's display name.
-* `avatar_url`: The `mxc://` URL to the user's avatar.
+* `user_id: str`. The Matrix ID for this user.
+* `display_name: Optional[str]`. The user's display name, or `None` if this user
+  has not set a display name.
+* `avatar_url: Optional[str]`. The `mxc://` URL to the user's avatar, or `None`
+  if this user has not set an avatar.
 
 The module is given a copy of the original dictionary, so modifying it from within the
 module cannot modify a user's profile when included in user directory search results.
diff --git a/docs/openid.md b/docs/openid.md
index 171ea3b7128b..19cacaafefe0 100644
--- a/docs/openid.md
+++ b/docs/openid.md
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ oidc_providers:
 3. Create an application for synapse in Authentik and link it to the provider.
 4. Note the slug of your application, Client ID and Client Secret.
 
+Note: RSA keys must be used for signing for Authentik, ECC keys do not work.
+
 Synapse config:
 ```yaml
 oidc_providers:
@@ -240,7 +242,7 @@ oidc_providers:
       - "email"
     user_mapping_provider:
       config:
-        localpart_template: "{{ user.preferred_username }}}"
+        localpart_template: "{{ user.preferred_username }}"
         display_name_template: "{{ user.preferred_username|capitalize }}" # TO BE FILLED: If your users have names in Authentik and you want those in Synapse, this should be replaced with user.name|capitalize.
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/postgres.md b/docs/postgres.md
index de4e2ba4b756..cbc32e1836ae 100644
--- a/docs/postgres.md
+++ b/docs/postgres.md
@@ -234,12 +234,13 @@ host    all         all             ::1/128     ident
 ### Fixing incorrect `COLLATE` or `CTYPE`
 
 Synapse will refuse to set up a new database if it has the wrong values of
-`COLLATE` and `CTYPE` set, and will log warnings on existing databases. Using
-different locales can cause issues if the locale library is updated from
+`COLLATE` and `CTYPE` set. Synapse will also refuse to start an existing database with incorrect values
+of `COLLATE` and `CTYPE` unless the config flag `allow_unsafe_locale`, found in the 
+`database` section of the config, is set to true. Using different locales can cause issues if the locale library is updated from
 underneath the database, or if a different version of the locale is used on any
 replicas.
 
-The safest way to fix the issue is to dump the database and recreate it with
+If you have a databse with an unsafe locale, the safest way to fix the issue is to dump the database and recreate it with
 the correct locale parameter (as shown above). It is also possible to change the
 parameters on a live database and run a `REINDEX` on the entire database,
 however extreme care must be taken to avoid database corruption.
diff --git a/docs/reverse_proxy.md b/docs/reverse_proxy.md
index 1a89da50fd97..5a0c847951a6 100644
--- a/docs/reverse_proxy.md
+++ b/docs/reverse_proxy.md
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ matrix.example.com {
 
 ```
 frontend https
-  bind :::443 v4v6 ssl crt /etc/ssl/haproxy/ strict-sni alpn h2,http/1.1
+  bind *:443,[::]:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/haproxy/ strict-sni alpn h2,http/1.1
   http-request set-header X-Forwarded-Proto https if { ssl_fc }
   http-request set-header X-Forwarded-Proto http if !{ ssl_fc }
   http-request set-header X-Forwarded-For %[src]
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ frontend https
   use_backend matrix if matrix-host matrix-path
 
 frontend matrix-federation
-  bind :::8448 v4v6 ssl crt /etc/ssl/haproxy/synapse.pem alpn h2,http/1.1
+  bind *:8448,[::]:8448 ssl crt /etc/ssl/haproxy/synapse.pem alpn h2,http/1.1
   http-request set-header X-Forwarded-Proto https if { ssl_fc }
   http-request set-header X-Forwarded-Proto http if !{ ssl_fc }
   http-request set-header X-Forwarded-For %[src]
diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml
index 36c6c56e58f7..a21b48ab2e63 100644
--- a/docs/sample_config.yaml
+++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml
@@ -783,6 +783,12 @@ caches:
 # 'txn_limit' gives the maximum number of transactions to run per connection
 # before reconnecting. Defaults to 0, which means no limit.
 #
+# 'allow_unsafe_locale' is an option specific to Postgres. Under the default behavior, Synapse will refuse to
+# start if the postgres db is set to a non-C locale. You can override this behavior (which is *not* recommended)
+# by setting 'allow_unsafe_locale' to true. Note that doing so may corrupt your database. You can find more information
+# here: https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/postgres.html#fixing-incorrect-collate-or-ctype and here:
+# https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Locale_data_changes
+#
 # 'args' gives options which are passed through to the database engine,
 # except for options starting 'cp_', which are used to configure the Twisted
 # connection pool. For a reference to valid arguments, see:
@@ -1212,10 +1218,18 @@ oembed:
 # Registration can be rate-limited using the parameters in the "Ratelimiting"
 # section of this file.
 
-# Enable registration for new users.
+# Enable registration for new users. Defaults to 'false'. It is highly recommended that if you enable registration,
+# you use either captcha, email, or token-based verification to verify that new users are not bots. In order to enable registration
+# without any verification, you must also set `enable_registration_without_verification`, found below.
 #
 #enable_registration: false
 
+# Enable registration without email or captcha verification. Note: this option is *not* recommended,
+# as registration without verification is a known vector for spam and abuse. Defaults to false. Has no effect
+# unless `enable_registration` is also enabled.
+#
+#enable_registration_without_verification: true
+
 # Time that a user's session remains valid for, after they log in.
 #
 # Note that this is not currently compatible with guest logins.
diff --git a/docs/upgrade.md b/docs/upgrade.md
index f9ac605e7b29..10d81b949c13 100644
--- a/docs/upgrade.md
+++ b/docs/upgrade.md
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ process, for example:
 
 # Upgrading to v1.56.0
 
+## Open registration without verification is now disabled by default
+
+Synapse will refuse to start if registration is enabled without email, captcha, or token-based verification unless the new config
+flag `enable_registration_without_verification` is set to "true".
+
 ## Groups/communities feature has been deprecated
 
 The non-standard groups/communities feature in Synapse has been deprecated and will
@@ -99,6 +104,13 @@ experimental_features:
   groups_enabled: false
 ```
 
+## Change in behaviour for PostgreSQL databases with unsafe locale
+
+Synapse now refuses to start when using PostgreSQL with non-`C` values for `COLLATE` and
+`CTYPE` unless the config flag `allow_unsafe_locale`, found in the database section of
+the configuration file, is set to `true`. See the [PostgreSQL documentation](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/postgres.html#fixing-incorrect-collate-or-ctype)
+for more information and instructions on how to fix a database with incorrect values.
+
 # Upgrading to v1.55.0
 
 ## `synctl` script has been moved
diff --git a/docs/workers.md b/docs/workers.md
index 8751134e654d..8ac95e39bb8c 100644
--- a/docs/workers.md
+++ b/docs/workers.md
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ worker: refer to the [stream writers](#stream-writers) section below for further
 information.
 
     # Sync requests
-    ^/_matrix/client/(v2_alpha|r0|v3)/sync$
-    ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|v2_alpha|r0|v3)/events$
+    ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3)/sync$
+    ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3)/events$
     ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3)/initialSync$
     ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3)/rooms/[^/]+/initialSync$
 
@@ -200,13 +200,9 @@ information.
     ^/_matrix/federation/v1/query/
     ^/_matrix/federation/v1/make_join/
     ^/_matrix/federation/v1/make_leave/
-    ^/_matrix/federation/v1/send_join/
-    ^/_matrix/federation/v2/send_join/
-    ^/_matrix/federation/v1/send_leave/
-    ^/_matrix/federation/v2/send_leave/
-    ^/_matrix/federation/v1/invite/
-    ^/_matrix/federation/v2/invite/
-    ^/_matrix/federation/v1/query_auth/
+    ^/_matrix/federation/(v1|v2)/send_join/
+    ^/_matrix/federation/(v1|v2)/send_leave/
+    ^/_matrix/federation/(v1|v2)/invite/
     ^/_matrix/federation/v1/event_auth/
     ^/_matrix/federation/v1/exchange_third_party_invite/
     ^/_matrix/federation/v1/user/devices/
@@ -274,6 +270,8 @@ information.
 Additionally, the following REST endpoints can be handled for GET requests:
 
     ^/_matrix/federation/v1/groups/
+    ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/pushrules/
+    ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/groups/
 
 Pagination requests can also be handled, but all requests for a given
 room must be routed to the same instance. Additionally, care must be taken to
@@ -397,23 +395,23 @@ the stream writer for the `typing` stream:
 The following endpoints should be routed directly to the worker configured as
 the stream writer for the `to_device` stream:
 
-    ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/sendToDevice/
+    ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/sendToDevice/
 
 ##### The `account_data` stream
 
 The following endpoints should be routed directly to the worker configured as
 the stream writer for the `account_data` stream:
 
-    ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/.*/tags
-    ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/.*/account_data
+    ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/.*/tags
+    ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/.*/account_data
 
 ##### The `receipts` stream
 
 The following endpoints should be routed directly to the worker configured as
 the stream writer for the `receipts` stream:
 
-    ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/receipt
-    ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/read_markers
+    ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/receipt
+    ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/rooms/.*/read_markers
 
 ##### The `presence` stream
 
@@ -528,19 +526,28 @@ Note that if a reverse proxy is used , then `/_matrix/media/` must be routed for
 Handles searches in the user directory. It can handle REST endpoints matching
 the following regular expressions:
 
-    ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/user_directory/search$
+    ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/user_directory/search$
 
-When using this worker you must also set `update_user_directory: False` in the
+When using this worker you must also set `update_user_directory: false` in the
 shared configuration file to stop the main synapse running background
 jobs related to updating the user directory.
 
+Above endpoint is not *required* to be routed to this worker. By default,
+`update_user_directory` is set to `true`, which means the main process
+will handle updates. All workers configured with `client` can handle the above
+endpoint as long as either this worker or the main process are configured to
+handle it, and are online.
+
+If `update_user_directory` is set to `false`, and this worker is not running,
+the above endpoint may give outdated results.
+
 ### `synapse.app.frontend_proxy`
 
 Proxies some frequently-requested client endpoints to add caching and remove
 load from the main synapse. It can handle REST endpoints matching the following
 regular expressions:
 
-    ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/keys/upload
+    ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/keys/upload
 
 If `use_presence` is False in the homeserver config, it can also handle REST
 endpoints matching the following regular expressions:
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index f9c39fcaaee3..4781ce56f264 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -38,17 +38,11 @@ exclude = (?x)
    |synapse/_scripts/update_synapse_database.py
 
    |synapse/storage/databases/__init__.py
-   |synapse/storage/databases/main/__init__.py
    |synapse/storage/databases/main/cache.py
    |synapse/storage/databases/main/devices.py
    |synapse/storage/databases/main/event_federation.py
-   |synapse/storage/databases/main/group_server.py
-   |synapse/storage/databases/main/metrics.py
-   |synapse/storage/databases/main/monthly_active_users.py
    |synapse/storage/databases/main/push_rule.py
-   |synapse/storage/databases/main/receipts.py
    |synapse/storage/databases/main/roommember.py
-   |synapse/storage/databases/main/search.py
    |synapse/storage/databases/main/state.py
    |synapse/storage/schema/
 
@@ -66,14 +60,6 @@ exclude = (?x)
    |tests/federation/test_federation_server.py
    |tests/federation/transport/test_knocking.py
    |tests/federation/transport/test_server.py
-   |tests/handlers/test_cas.py
-   |tests/handlers/test_directory.py
-   |tests/handlers/test_e2e_keys.py
-   |tests/handlers/test_federation.py
-   |tests/handlers/test_oidc.py
-   |tests/handlers/test_presence.py
-   |tests/handlers/test_profile.py
-   |tests/handlers/test_saml.py
    |tests/handlers/test_typing.py
    |tests/http/federation/test_matrix_federation_agent.py
    |tests/http/federation/test_srv_resolver.py
@@ -85,7 +71,6 @@ exclude = (?x)
    |tests/logging/test_terse_json.py
    |tests/module_api/test_api.py
    |tests/push/test_email.py
-   |tests/push/test_http.py
    |tests/push/test_presentable_names.py
    |tests/push/test_push_rule_evaluator.py
    |tests/rest/client/test_transactions.py
@@ -94,12 +79,7 @@ exclude = (?x)
    |tests/server.py
    |tests/server_notices/test_resource_limits_server_notices.py
    |tests/state/test_v2.py
-   |tests/storage/test_background_update.py
    |tests/storage/test_base.py
-   |tests/storage/test_client_ips.py
-   |tests/storage/test_database.py
-   |tests/storage/test_event_federation.py
-   |tests/storage/test_id_generators.py
    |tests/storage/test_roommember.py
    |tests/test_metrics.py
    |tests/test_phone_home.py
diff --git a/scripts-dev/release.py b/scripts-dev/release.py
index 046453e65ff8..685fa32b03f4 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/release.py
+++ b/scripts-dev/release.py
@@ -66,11 +66,15 @@ def cli():
 
         ./scripts-dev/release.py tag
 
-        # ... wait for asssets to build ...
+        # ... wait for assets to build ...
 
         ./scripts-dev/release.py publish
         ./scripts-dev/release.py upload
 
+        # Optional: generate some nice links for the announcement
+
+        ./scripts-dev/release.py upload
+
     If the env var GH_TOKEN (or GITHUB_TOKEN) is set, or passed into the
     `tag`/`publish` command, then a new draft release will be created/published.
     """
@@ -415,6 +419,41 @@ def upload():
     )
 
 
+@cli.command()
+def announce():
+    """Generate markdown to announce the release."""
+
+    current_version, _, _ = parse_version_from_module()
+    tag_name = f"v{current_version}"
+
+    click.echo(
+        f"""
+Hi everyone. Synapse {current_version} has just been released.
+
+[notes](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/{tag_name}) |\
+[docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/matrixdotorg/synapse/tags?name={tag_name}) | \
+[debs](https://packages.matrix.org/debian/) | \
+[pypi](https://pypi.org/project/matrix-synapse/{current_version}/)"""
+    )
+
+    if "rc" in tag_name:
+        click.echo(
+            """
+Announce the RC in
+- #homeowners:matrix.org (Synapse Announcements)
+- #synapse-dev:matrix.org"""
+        )
+    else:
+        click.echo(
+            """
+Announce the release in
+- #homeowners:matrix.org (Synapse Announcements), bumping the version in the topic
+- #synapse:matrix.org (Synapse Admins), bumping the version in the topic
+- #synapse-dev:matrix.org
+- #synapse-package-maintainers:matrix.org"""
+        )
+
+
 def parse_version_from_module() -> Tuple[
     version.Version, redbaron.RedBaron, redbaron.Node
 ]:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 439ed75d7282..48bd418bb83a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def exec_file(path_segments):
 # We pin black so that our tests don't start failing on new releases.
 CONDITIONAL_REQUIREMENTS["lint"] = [
     "isort==5.7.0",
-    "black==21.12b0",
+    "black==22.3.0",
     "flake8-comprehensions",
     "flake8-bugbear==21.3.2",
     "flake8",
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ def exec_file(path_segments):
     "types-jsonschema>=3.2.0",
     "types-opentracing>=2.4.2",
     "types-Pillow>=8.3.4",
+    "types-psycopg2>=2.9.9",
     "types-pyOpenSSL>=20.0.7",
     "types-PyYAML>=5.4.10",
     "types-requests>=2.26.0",
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ def exec_file(path_segments):
     + CONDITIONAL_REQUIREMENTS["test"]
     + [
         # The following are used by the release script
-        "click==7.1.2",
+        "click==8.1.0",
         "redbaron==0.9.2",
         "GitPython==3.1.14",
         "commonmark==0.9.1",
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 88aef1889c83..2e6510537f22 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.55.2"
+__version__ = "1.56.0"
 
 if bool(os.environ.get("SYNAPSE_TEST_PATCH_LOG_CONTEXTS", False)):
     # We import here so that we don't have to install a bunch of deps when
diff --git a/synapse/api/constants.py b/synapse/api/constants.py
index b0c08a074d83..92907415e651 100644
--- a/synapse/api/constants.py
+++ b/synapse/api/constants.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 MAX_PDU_SIZE = 65536
 
 # the "depth" field on events is limited to 2**63 - 1
-MAX_DEPTH = 2 ** 63 - 1
+MAX_DEPTH = 2**63 - 1
 
 # the maximum length for a room alias is 255 characters
 MAX_ALIAS_LENGTH = 255
diff --git a/synapse/app/homeserver.py b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
index ad2b7c9515d8..0f75e7b9d491 100644
--- a/synapse/app/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
@@ -351,6 +351,23 @@ def setup(config_options: List[str]) -> SynapseHomeServer:
     if config.server.gc_seconds:
         synapse.metrics.MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_GCS = config.server.gc_seconds
 
+    if (
+        config.registration.enable_registration
+        and not config.registration.enable_registration_without_verification
+    ):
+        if (
+            not config.captcha.enable_registration_captcha
+            and not config.registration.registrations_require_3pid
+            and not config.registration.registration_requires_token
+        ):
+
+            raise ConfigError(
+                "You have enabled open registration without any verification. This is a known vector for "
+                "spam and abuse. If you would like to allow public registration, please consider adding email, "
+                "captcha, or token-based verification. Otherwise this check can be removed by setting the "
+                "`enable_registration_without_verification` config option to `true`."
+            )
+
     hs = SynapseHomeServer(
         config.server.server_name,
         config=config,
diff --git a/synapse/config/database.py b/synapse/config/database.py
index 06ccf15cd9f8..d7f2219f53c7 100644
--- a/synapse/config/database.py
+++ b/synapse/config/database.py
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
 # 'txn_limit' gives the maximum number of transactions to run per connection
 # before reconnecting. Defaults to 0, which means no limit.
 #
+# 'allow_unsafe_locale' is an option specific to Postgres. Under the default behavior, Synapse will refuse to
+# start if the postgres db is set to a non-C locale. You can override this behavior (which is *not* recommended)
+# by setting 'allow_unsafe_locale' to true. Note that doing so may corrupt your database. You can find more information
+# here: https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/postgres.html#fixing-incorrect-collate-or-ctype and here:
+# https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Locale_data_changes
+#
 # 'args' gives options which are passed through to the database engine,
 # except for options starting 'cp_', which are used to configure the Twisted
 # connection pool. For a reference to valid arguments, see:
diff --git a/synapse/config/registration.py b/synapse/config/registration.py
index ea9b50fe97e4..40fb329a7fac 100644
--- a/synapse/config/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/config/registration.py
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ def read_config(self, config, **kwargs):
                 str(config["disable_registration"])
             )
 
+        self.enable_registration_without_verification = strtobool(
+            str(config.get("enable_registration_without_verification", False))
+        )
+
         self.registrations_require_3pid = config.get("registrations_require_3pid", [])
         self.allowed_local_3pids = config.get("allowed_local_3pids", [])
         self.enable_3pid_lookup = config.get("enable_3pid_lookup", True)
@@ -207,10 +211,18 @@ def generate_config_section(self, generate_secrets=False, **kwargs):
         # Registration can be rate-limited using the parameters in the "Ratelimiting"
         # section of this file.
 
-        # Enable registration for new users.
+        # Enable registration for new users. Defaults to 'false'. It is highly recommended that if you enable registration,
+        # you use either captcha, email, or token-based verification to verify that new users are not bots. In order to enable registration
+        # without any verification, you must also set `enable_registration_without_verification`, found below.
         #
         #enable_registration: false
 
+        # Enable registration without email or captcha verification. Note: this option is *not* recommended,
+        # as registration without verification is a known vector for spam and abuse. Defaults to false. Has no effect
+        # unless `enable_registration` is also enabled.
+        #
+        #enable_registration_without_verification: true
+
         # Time that a user's session remains valid for, after they log in.
         #
         # Note that this is not currently compatible with guest logins.
diff --git a/synapse/config/server.py b/synapse/config/server.py
index 49cd0a4f192d..38de4b80000e 100644
--- a/synapse/config/server.py
+++ b/synapse/config/server.py
@@ -676,6 +676,10 @@ def read_config(self, config, **kwargs):
         ):
             raise ConfigError("'custom_template_directory' must be a string")
 
+        self.use_account_validity_in_account_status: bool = (
+            config.get("use_account_validity_in_account_status") or False
+        )
+
     def has_tls_listener(self) -> bool:
         return any(listener.tls for listener in self.listeners)
 
diff --git a/synapse/config/spam_checker.py b/synapse/config/spam_checker.py
index a233a9ce0388..4c52103b1c29 100644
--- a/synapse/config/spam_checker.py
+++ b/synapse/config/spam_checker.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 LEGACY_SPAM_CHECKER_WARNING = """
 This server is using a spam checker module that is implementing the deprecated spam
 checker interface. Please check with the module's maintainer to see if a new version
-supporting Synapse's generic modules system is available.
-For more information, please see https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/modules.html
+supporting Synapse's generic modules system is available. For more information, please
+see https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/modules/index.html
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"""
 
 
diff --git a/synapse/crypto/keyring.py b/synapse/crypto/keyring.py
index 93d56c077a57..6cf384f6a164 100644
--- a/synapse/crypto/keyring.py
+++ b/synapse/crypto/keyring.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def __init__(
         vk = get_verify_key(hs.signing_key)
         self._local_verify_keys[f"{vk.alg}:{vk.version}"] = FetchKeyResult(
             verify_key=vk,
-            valid_until_ts=2 ** 63,  # fake future timestamp
+            valid_until_ts=2**63,  # fake future timestamp
         )
 
     async def verify_json_for_server(
diff --git a/synapse/events/spamcheck.py b/synapse/events/spamcheck.py
index 60904a55f5c0..cd80fcf9d13a 100644
--- a/synapse/events/spamcheck.py
+++ b/synapse/events/spamcheck.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     Awaitable,
     Callable,
     Collection,
-    Dict,
     List,
     Optional,
     Tuple,
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@
 from synapse.rest.media.v1._base import FileInfo
 from synapse.rest.media.v1.media_storage import ReadableFileWrapper
 from synapse.spam_checker_api import RegistrationBehaviour
-from synapse.types import RoomAlias
+from synapse.types import RoomAlias, UserProfile
 from synapse.util.async_helpers import maybe_awaitable
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@
 USER_MAY_CREATE_ROOM_CALLBACK = Callable[[str], Awaitable[bool]]
 USER_MAY_CREATE_ROOM_ALIAS_CALLBACK = Callable[[str, RoomAlias], Awaitable[bool]]
 USER_MAY_PUBLISH_ROOM_CALLBACK = Callable[[str, str], Awaitable[bool]]
-CHECK_USERNAME_FOR_SPAM_CALLBACK = Callable[[Dict[str, str]], Awaitable[bool]]
+CHECK_USERNAME_FOR_SPAM_CALLBACK = Callable[[UserProfile], Awaitable[bool]]
 LEGACY_CHECK_REGISTRATION_FOR_SPAM_CALLBACK = Callable[
     [
         Optional[dict],
@@ -383,7 +382,7 @@ async def user_may_publish_room(self, userid: str, room_id: str) -> bool:
 
         return True
 
-    async def check_username_for_spam(self, user_profile: Dict[str, str]) -> bool:
+    async def check_username_for_spam(self, user_profile: UserProfile) -> bool:
         """Checks if a user ID or display name are considered "spammy" by this server.
 
         If the server considers a username spammy, then it will not be included in
diff --git a/synapse/events/utils.py b/synapse/events/utils.py
index a0520068e0f9..918e87ed9cf1 100644
--- a/synapse/events/utils.py
+++ b/synapse/events/utils.py
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 from . import EventBase
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from synapse.handlers.relations import BundledAggregations
     from synapse.server import HomeServer
-    from synapse.storage.databases.main.relations import BundledAggregations
 
 
 # Split strings on "." but not "\." This uses a negative lookbehind assertion for '\'
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #       the literal fields "foo\" and "bar" but will instead be treated as "foo\\.bar"
 SPLIT_FIELD_REGEX = re.compile(r"(?<!\\)\.")
 
-CANONICALJSON_MAX_INT = (2 ** 53) - 1
+CANONICALJSON_MAX_INT = (2**53) - 1
 CANONICALJSON_MIN_INT = -CANONICALJSON_MAX_INT
 
 
diff --git a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
index 482bbdd86744..c7400c737bd7 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     Callable,
     Collection,
     Dict,
-    Iterable,
     List,
     Optional,
     Tuple,
@@ -577,10 +576,10 @@ async def _on_state_ids_request_compute(
     async def _on_context_state_request_compute(
         self, room_id: str, event_id: Optional[str]
     ) -> Dict[str, list]:
+        pdus: Collection[EventBase]
         if event_id:
-            pdus: Iterable[EventBase] = await self.handler.get_state_for_pdu(
-                room_id, event_id
-            )
+            event_ids = await self.handler.get_state_ids_for_pdu(room_id, event_id)
+            pdus = await self.store.get_events_as_list(event_ids)
         else:
             pdus = (await self.state.get_current_state(room_id)).values()
 
@@ -1093,7 +1092,7 @@ async def _process_incoming_pdus_in_room_inner(
         # has started processing).
         while True:
             async with lock:
-                logger.info("handling received PDU: %s", event)
+                logger.info("handling received PDU in room %s: %s", room_id, event)
                 try:
                     with nested_logging_context(event.event_id):
                         await self._federation_event_handler.on_receive_pdu(
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/account.py b/synapse/handlers/account.py
index d5badf635bf7..c05a14304c1e 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/account.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/account.py
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
         self._main_store = hs.get_datastores().main
         self._is_mine = hs.is_mine
         self._federation_client = hs.get_federation_client()
+        self._use_account_validity_in_account_status = (
+            hs.config.server.use_account_validity_in_account_status
+        )
+        self._account_validity_handler = hs.get_account_validity_handler()
 
     async def get_account_statuses(
         self,
@@ -106,6 +110,13 @@ async def _get_local_account_status(self, user_id: UserID) -> JsonDict:
                 "deactivated": userinfo.is_deactivated,
             }
 
+            if self._use_account_validity_in_account_status:
+                status[
+                    "org.matrix.expired"
+                ] = await self._account_validity_handler.is_user_expired(
+                    user_id.to_string()
+                )
+
         return status
 
     async def _get_remote_account_statuses(
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/federation.py b/synapse/handlers/federation.py
index db39aeabded6..350ec9c03af1 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/federation.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/federation.py
@@ -950,54 +950,35 @@ async def on_make_knock_request(
 
         return event
 
-    async def get_state_for_pdu(self, room_id: str, event_id: str) -> List[EventBase]:
-        """Returns the state at the event. i.e. not including said event."""
-
-        event = await self.store.get_event(event_id, check_room_id=room_id)
-
-        state_groups = await self.state_store.get_state_groups(room_id, [event_id])
-
-        if state_groups:
-            _, state = list(state_groups.items()).pop()
-            results = {(e.type, e.state_key): e for e in state}
-
-            if event.is_state():
-                # Get previous state
-                if "replaces_state" in event.unsigned:
-                    prev_id = event.unsigned["replaces_state"]
-                    if prev_id != event.event_id:
-                        prev_event = await self.store.get_event(prev_id)
-                        results[(event.type, event.state_key)] = prev_event
-                else:
-                    del results[(event.type, event.state_key)]
-
-            res = list(results.values())
-            return res
-        else:
-            return []
-
     async def get_state_ids_for_pdu(self, room_id: str, event_id: str) -> List[str]:
         """Returns the state at the event. i.e. not including said event."""
         event = await self.store.get_event(event_id, check_room_id=room_id)
+        if event.internal_metadata.outlier:
+            raise NotFoundError("State not known at event %s" % (event_id,))
 
         state_groups = await self.state_store.get_state_groups_ids(room_id, [event_id])
 
-        if state_groups:
-            _, state = list(state_groups.items()).pop()
-            results = state
+        # get_state_groups_ids should return exactly one result
+        assert len(state_groups) == 1
 
-            if event.is_state():
-                # Get previous state
-                if "replaces_state" in event.unsigned:
-                    prev_id = event.unsigned["replaces_state"]
-                    if prev_id != event.event_id:
-                        results[(event.type, event.state_key)] = prev_id
-                else:
-                    results.pop((event.type, event.state_key), None)
+        state_map = next(iter(state_groups.values()))
 
-            return list(results.values())
-        else:
-            return []
+        state_key = event.get_state_key()
+        if state_key is not None:
+            # the event was not rejected (get_event raises a NotFoundError for rejected
+            # events) so the state at the event should include the event itself.
+            assert (
+                state_map.get((event.type, state_key)) == event.event_id
+            ), "State at event did not include event itself"
+
+            # ... but we need the state *before* that event
+            if "replaces_state" in event.unsigned:
+                prev_id = event.unsigned["replaces_state"]
+                state_map[(event.type, state_key)] = prev_id
+            else:
+                del state_map[(event.type, state_key)]
+
+        return list(state_map.values())
 
     async def on_backfill_request(
         self, origin: str, room_id: str, pdu_list: List[str], limit: int
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/message.py b/synapse/handlers/message.py
index 04b0b41d0a42..7cd2220f267b 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ async def create_event(
         allow_no_prev_events: bool = False,
         prev_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         auth_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        state_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         require_consent: bool = True,
         outlier: bool = False,
         historical: bool = False,
@@ -526,6 +527,15 @@ async def create_event(
 
                 If non-None, prev_event_ids must also be provided.
 
+            state_event_ids:
+                The full state at a given event. This is used particularly by the MSC2716
+                /batch_send endpoint. One use case is with insertion events which float at
+                the beginning of a historical batch and don't have any `prev_events` to
+                derive from; we add all of these state events as the explicit state so the
+                rest of the historical batch can inherit the same state and state_group.
+                This should normally be left as None, which will cause the auth_event_ids
+                to be calculated based on the room state at the prev_events.
+
             require_consent: Whether to check if the requester has
                 consented to the privacy policy.
 
@@ -611,6 +621,7 @@ async def create_event(
             allow_no_prev_events=allow_no_prev_events,
             prev_event_ids=prev_event_ids,
             auth_event_ids=auth_event_ids,
+            state_event_ids=state_event_ids,
             depth=depth,
         )
 
@@ -770,7 +781,7 @@ async def create_and_send_nonmember_event(
         event_dict: dict,
         allow_no_prev_events: bool = False,
         prev_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        auth_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        state_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         ratelimit: bool = True,
         txn_id: Optional[str] = None,
         ignore_shadow_ban: bool = False,
@@ -794,12 +805,14 @@ async def create_and_send_nonmember_event(
                 The event IDs to use as the prev events.
                 Should normally be left as None to automatically request them
                 from the database.
-            auth_event_ids:
-                The event ids to use as the auth_events for the new event.
-                Should normally be left as None, which will cause them to be calculated
-                based on the room state at the prev_events.
-
-                If non-None, prev_event_ids must also be provided.
+            state_event_ids:
+                The full state at a given event. This is used particularly by the MSC2716
+                /batch_send endpoint. One use case is with insertion events which float at
+                the beginning of a historical batch and don't have any `prev_events` to
+                derive from; we add all of these state events as the explicit state so the
+                rest of the historical batch can inherit the same state and state_group.
+                This should normally be left as None, which will cause the auth_event_ids
+                to be calculated based on the room state at the prev_events.
             ratelimit: Whether to rate limit this send.
             txn_id: The transaction ID.
             ignore_shadow_ban: True if shadow-banned users should be allowed to
@@ -855,8 +868,9 @@ async def create_and_send_nonmember_event(
                 requester,
                 event_dict,
                 txn_id=txn_id,
+                allow_no_prev_events=allow_no_prev_events,
                 prev_event_ids=prev_event_ids,
-                auth_event_ids=auth_event_ids,
+                state_event_ids=state_event_ids,
                 outlier=outlier,
                 historical=historical,
                 depth=depth,
@@ -892,6 +906,7 @@ async def create_new_client_event(
         allow_no_prev_events: bool = False,
         prev_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         auth_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        state_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         depth: Optional[int] = None,
     ) -> Tuple[EventBase, EventContext]:
         """Create a new event for a local client
@@ -914,6 +929,15 @@ async def create_new_client_event(
                 Should normally be left as None, which will cause them to be calculated
                 based on the room state at the prev_events.
 
+            state_event_ids:
+                The full state at a given event. This is used particularly by the MSC2716
+                /batch_send endpoint. One use case is with insertion events which float at
+                the beginning of a historical batch and don't have any `prev_events` to
+                derive from; we add all of these state events as the explicit state so the
+                rest of the historical batch can inherit the same state and state_group.
+                This should normally be left as None, which will cause the auth_event_ids
+                to be calculated based on the room state at the prev_events.
+
             depth: Override the depth used to order the event in the DAG.
                 Should normally be set to None, which will cause the depth to be calculated
                 based on the prev_events.
@@ -921,31 +945,26 @@ async def create_new_client_event(
         Returns:
             Tuple of created event, context
         """
-        # Strip down the auth_event_ids to only what we need to auth the event.
+        # Strip down the state_event_ids to only what we need to auth the event.
         # For example, we don't need extra m.room.member that don't match event.sender
-        full_state_ids_at_event = None
-        if auth_event_ids is not None:
-            # If auth events are provided, prev events must be also.
+        if state_event_ids is not None:
+            # Do a quick check to make sure that prev_event_ids is present to
+            # make the type-checking around `builder.build` happy.
             # prev_event_ids could be an empty array though.
             assert prev_event_ids is not None
 
-            # Copy the full auth state before it stripped down
-            full_state_ids_at_event = auth_event_ids.copy()
-
             temp_event = await builder.build(
                 prev_event_ids=prev_event_ids,
-                auth_event_ids=auth_event_ids,
+                auth_event_ids=state_event_ids,
                 depth=depth,
             )
-            auth_events = await self.store.get_events_as_list(auth_event_ids)
+            state_events = await self.store.get_events_as_list(state_event_ids)
             # Create a StateMap[str]
-            auth_event_state_map = {
-                (e.type, e.state_key): e.event_id for e in auth_events
-            }
-            # Actually strip down and use the necessary auth events
+            state_map = {(e.type, e.state_key): e.event_id for e in state_events}
+            # Actually strip down and only use the necessary auth events
             auth_event_ids = self._event_auth_handler.compute_auth_events(
                 event=temp_event,
-                current_state_ids=auth_event_state_map,
+                current_state_ids=state_map,
                 for_verification=False,
             )
 
@@ -988,12 +1007,16 @@ async def create_new_client_event(
             context = EventContext.for_outlier()
         elif (
             event.type == EventTypes.MSC2716_INSERTION
-            and full_state_ids_at_event
+            and state_event_ids
             and builder.internal_metadata.is_historical()
         ):
+            # Add explicit state to the insertion event so it has state to derive
+            # from even though it's floating with no `prev_events`. The rest of
+            # the batch can derive from this state and state_group.
+            #
             # TODO(faster_joins): figure out how this works, and make sure that the
             #   old state is complete.
-            old_state = await self.store.get_events_as_list(full_state_ids_at_event)
+            old_state = await self.store.get_events_as_list(state_event_ids)
             context = await self.state.compute_event_context(event, old_state=old_state)
         else:
             context = await self.state.compute_event_context(event)
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/pagination.py b/synapse/handlers/pagination.py
index 5cca7c53fbd6..c3538af41478 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/pagination.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/pagination.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 import logging
 import time
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Collection, Dict, List, Optional, Set
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Collection, Dict, List, Optional, Set
 
 import attr
 
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
         self.clock = hs.get_clock()
         self._server_name = hs.hostname
         self._room_shutdown_handler = hs.get_room_shutdown_handler()
+        self._relations_handler = hs.get_relations_handler()
 
         self.pagination_lock = ReadWriteLock()
         # IDs of rooms in which there currently an active purge *or delete* operation.
@@ -433,7 +434,7 @@ async def get_messages(
         pagin_config: PaginationConfig,
         as_client_event: bool = True,
         event_filter: Optional[Filter] = None,
-    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    ) -> JsonDict:
         """Get messages in a room.
 
         Args:
@@ -442,6 +443,7 @@ async def get_messages(
             pagin_config: The pagination config rules to apply, if any.
             as_client_event: True to get events in client-server format.
             event_filter: Filter to apply to results or None
+
         Returns:
             Pagination API results
         """
@@ -549,7 +551,9 @@ async def get_messages(
                 state_dict = await self.store.get_events(list(state_ids.values()))
                 state = state_dict.values()
 
-        aggregations = await self.store.get_bundled_aggregations(events, user_id)
+        aggregations = await self._relations_handler.get_bundled_aggregations(
+            events, user_id
+        )
 
         time_now = self.clock.time_msec()
 
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/profile.py b/synapse/handlers/profile.py
index 6554c0d3c209..239b0aa7447a 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/profile.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/profile.py
@@ -336,12 +336,18 @@ async def check_avatar_size_and_mime_type(self, mxc: str) -> bool:
         """Check that the size and content type of the avatar at the given MXC URI are
         within the configured limits.
 
+        If the given `mxc` is empty, no checks are performed. (Users are always able to
+        unset their avatar.)
+
         Args:
             mxc: The MXC URI at which the avatar can be found.
 
         Returns:
              A boolean indicating whether the file can be allowed to be set as an avatar.
         """
+        if mxc == "":
+            return True
+
         if not self.max_avatar_size and not self.allowed_avatar_mimetypes:
             return True
 
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/relations.py b/synapse/handlers/relations.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..73217d135d7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/handlers/relations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,271 @@
+# Copyright 2021 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import logging
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, Iterable, Optional, cast
+
+import attr
+from frozendict import frozendict
+
+from synapse.api.constants import RelationTypes
+from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
+from synapse.events import EventBase
+from synapse.types import JsonDict, Requester, StreamToken
+from synapse.visibility import filter_events_for_client
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from synapse.server import HomeServer
+    from synapse.storage.databases.main import DataStore
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@attr.s(slots=True, frozen=True, auto_attribs=True)
+class _ThreadAggregation:
+    # The latest event in the thread.
+    latest_event: EventBase
+    # The latest edit to the latest event in the thread.
+    latest_edit: Optional[EventBase]
+    # The total number of events in the thread.
+    count: int
+    # True if the current user has sent an event to the thread.
+    current_user_participated: bool
+
+
+@attr.s(slots=True, auto_attribs=True)
+class BundledAggregations:
+    """
+    The bundled aggregations for an event.
+
+    Some values require additional processing during serialization.
+    """
+
+    annotations: Optional[JsonDict] = None
+    references: Optional[JsonDict] = None
+    replace: Optional[EventBase] = None
+    thread: Optional[_ThreadAggregation] = None
+
+    def __bool__(self) -> bool:
+        return bool(self.annotations or self.references or self.replace or self.thread)
+
+
+class RelationsHandler:
+    def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
+        self._main_store = hs.get_datastores().main
+        self._storage = hs.get_storage()
+        self._auth = hs.get_auth()
+        self._clock = hs.get_clock()
+        self._event_handler = hs.get_event_handler()
+        self._event_serializer = hs.get_event_client_serializer()
+
+    async def get_relations(
+        self,
+        requester: Requester,
+        event_id: str,
+        room_id: str,
+        relation_type: Optional[str] = None,
+        event_type: Optional[str] = None,
+        aggregation_key: Optional[str] = None,
+        limit: int = 5,
+        direction: str = "b",
+        from_token: Optional[StreamToken] = None,
+        to_token: Optional[StreamToken] = None,
+    ) -> JsonDict:
+        """Get related events of a event, ordered by topological ordering.
+
+        TODO Accept a PaginationConfig instead of individual pagination parameters.
+
+        Args:
+            requester: The user requesting the relations.
+            event_id: Fetch events that relate to this event ID.
+            room_id: The room the event belongs to.
+            relation_type: Only fetch events with this relation type, if given.
+            event_type: Only fetch events with this event type, if given.
+            aggregation_key: Only fetch events with this aggregation key, if given.
+            limit: Only fetch the most recent `limit` events.
+            direction: Whether to fetch the most recent first (`"b"`) or the
+                oldest first (`"f"`).
+            from_token: Fetch rows from the given token, or from the start if None.
+            to_token: Fetch rows up to the given token, or up to the end if None.
+
+        Returns:
+            The pagination chunk.
+        """
+
+        user_id = requester.user.to_string()
+
+        # TODO Properly handle a user leaving a room.
+        (_, member_event_id) = await self._auth.check_user_in_room_or_world_readable(
+            room_id, user_id, allow_departed_users=True
+        )
+
+        # This gets the original event and checks that a) the event exists and
+        # b) the user is allowed to view it.
+        event = await self._event_handler.get_event(requester.user, room_id, event_id)
+        if event is None:
+            raise SynapseError(404, "Unknown parent event.")
+
+        pagination_chunk = await self._main_store.get_relations_for_event(
+            event_id=event_id,
+            event=event,
+            room_id=room_id,
+            relation_type=relation_type,
+            event_type=event_type,
+            aggregation_key=aggregation_key,
+            limit=limit,
+            direction=direction,
+            from_token=from_token,
+            to_token=to_token,
+        )
+
+        events = await self._main_store.get_events_as_list(
+            [c["event_id"] for c in pagination_chunk.chunk]
+        )
+
+        events = await filter_events_for_client(
+            self._storage, user_id, events, is_peeking=(member_event_id is None)
+        )
+
+        now = self._clock.time_msec()
+        # Do not bundle aggregations when retrieving the original event because
+        # we want the content before relations are applied to it.
+        original_event = self._event_serializer.serialize_event(
+            event, now, bundle_aggregations=None
+        )
+        # The relations returned for the requested event do include their
+        # bundled aggregations.
+        aggregations = await self.get_bundled_aggregations(
+            events, requester.user.to_string()
+        )
+        serialized_events = self._event_serializer.serialize_events(
+            events, now, bundle_aggregations=aggregations
+        )
+
+        return_value = await pagination_chunk.to_dict(self._main_store)
+        return_value["chunk"] = serialized_events
+        return_value["original_event"] = original_event
+
+        return return_value
+
+    async def _get_bundled_aggregation_for_event(
+        self, event: EventBase, user_id: str
+    ) -> Optional[BundledAggregations]:
+        """Generate bundled aggregations for an event.
+
+        Note that this does not use a cache, but depends on cached methods.
+
+        Args:
+            event: The event to calculate bundled aggregations for.
+            user_id: The user requesting the bundled aggregations.
+
+        Returns:
+            The bundled aggregations for an event, if bundled aggregations are
+            enabled and the event can have bundled aggregations.
+        """
+
+        # Do not bundle aggregations for an event which represents an edit or an
+        # annotation. It does not make sense for them to have related events.
+        relates_to = event.content.get("m.relates_to")
+        if isinstance(relates_to, (dict, frozendict)):
+            relation_type = relates_to.get("rel_type")
+            if relation_type in (RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, RelationTypes.REPLACE):
+                return None
+
+        event_id = event.event_id
+        room_id = event.room_id
+
+        # The bundled aggregations to include, a mapping of relation type to a
+        # type-specific value. Some types include the direct return type here
+        # while others need more processing during serialization.
+        aggregations = BundledAggregations()
+
+        annotations = await self._main_store.get_aggregation_groups_for_event(
+            event_id, room_id
+        )
+        if annotations.chunk:
+            aggregations.annotations = await annotations.to_dict(
+                cast("DataStore", self)
+            )
+
+        references = await self._main_store.get_relations_for_event(
+            event_id, event, room_id, RelationTypes.REFERENCE, direction="f"
+        )
+        if references.chunk:
+            aggregations.references = await references.to_dict(cast("DataStore", self))
+
+        # Store the bundled aggregations in the event metadata for later use.
+        return aggregations
+
+    async def get_bundled_aggregations(
+        self, events: Iterable[EventBase], user_id: str
+    ) -> Dict[str, BundledAggregations]:
+        """Generate bundled aggregations for events.
+
+        Args:
+            events: The iterable of events to calculate bundled aggregations for.
+            user_id: The user requesting the bundled aggregations.
+
+        Returns:
+            A map of event ID to the bundled aggregation for the event. Not all
+            events may have bundled aggregations in the results.
+        """
+        # De-duplicate events by ID to handle the same event requested multiple times.
+        #
+        # State events do not get bundled aggregations.
+        events_by_id = {
+            event.event_id: event for event in events if not event.is_state()
+        }
+
+        # event ID -> bundled aggregation in non-serialized form.
+        results: Dict[str, BundledAggregations] = {}
+
+        # Fetch other relations per event.
+        for event in events_by_id.values():
+            event_result = await self._get_bundled_aggregation_for_event(event, user_id)
+            if event_result:
+                results[event.event_id] = event_result
+
+        # Fetch any edits (but not for redacted events).
+        edits = await self._main_store.get_applicable_edits(
+            [
+                event_id
+                for event_id, event in events_by_id.items()
+                if not event.internal_metadata.is_redacted()
+            ]
+        )
+        for event_id, edit in edits.items():
+            results.setdefault(event_id, BundledAggregations()).replace = edit
+
+        # Fetch thread summaries.
+        summaries = await self._main_store.get_thread_summaries(events_by_id.keys())
+        # Only fetch participated for a limited selection based on what had
+        # summaries.
+        participated = await self._main_store.get_threads_participated(
+            [event_id for event_id, summary in summaries.items() if summary], user_id
+        )
+        for event_id, summary in summaries.items():
+            if summary:
+                thread_count, latest_thread_event, edit = summary
+                results.setdefault(
+                    event_id, BundledAggregations()
+                ).thread = _ThreadAggregation(
+                    latest_event=latest_thread_event,
+                    latest_edit=edit,
+                    count=thread_count,
+                    # If there's a thread summary it must also exist in the
+                    # participated dictionary.
+                    current_user_participated=participated[event_id],
+                )
+
+        return results
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room.py b/synapse/handlers/room.py
index 8d51ffa033ed..fb84b72e44c0 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room.py
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
 from synapse.events.utils import copy_power_levels_contents
 from synapse.federation.federation_client import InvalidResponseError
 from synapse.handlers.federation import get_domains_from_state
+from synapse.handlers.relations import BundledAggregations
 from synapse.rest.admin._base import assert_user_is_admin
-from synapse.storage.databases.main.relations import BundledAggregations
 from synapse.storage.state import StateFilter
 from synapse.streams import EventSource
 from synapse.types import (
@@ -1133,6 +1133,7 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
         self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
         self.storage = hs.get_storage()
         self.state_store = self.storage.state
+        self._relations_handler = hs.get_relations_handler()
 
     async def get_event_context(
         self,
@@ -1205,7 +1206,7 @@ async def filter_evts(events: List[EventBase]) -> List[EventBase]:
         event = filtered[0]
 
         # Fetch the aggregations.
-        aggregations = await self.store.get_bundled_aggregations(
+        aggregations = await self._relations_handler.get_bundled_aggregations(
             itertools.chain(events_before, (event,), events_after),
             user.to_string(),
         )
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room_batch.py b/synapse/handlers/room_batch.py
index f460ad671633..20b73cee9033 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room_batch.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room_batch.py
@@ -122,12 +122,11 @@ async def create_requester_for_user_id_from_app_service(
 
         return create_requester(user_id, app_service=app_service)
 
-    async def get_most_recent_auth_event_ids_from_event_id_list(
+    async def get_most_recent_full_state_ids_from_event_id_list(
         self, event_ids: List[str]
     ) -> List[str]:
-        """Find the most recent auth event ids (derived from state events) that
-        allowed that message to be sent. We will use this as a base
-        to auth our historical messages against.
+        """Find the most recent event_id and grab the full state at that event.
+        We will use this as a base to auth our historical messages against.
 
         Args:
             event_ids: List of event ID's to look at
@@ -137,39 +136,38 @@ async def get_most_recent_auth_event_ids_from_event_id_list(
         """
 
         (
-            most_recent_prev_event_id,
+            most_recent_event_id,
             _,
         ) = await self.store.get_max_depth_of(event_ids)
         # mapping from (type, state_key) -> state_event_id
         prev_state_map = await self.state_store.get_state_ids_for_event(
-            most_recent_prev_event_id
+            most_recent_event_id
         )
         # List of state event ID's
-        prev_state_ids = list(prev_state_map.values())
-        auth_event_ids = prev_state_ids
+        full_state_ids = list(prev_state_map.values())
 
-        return auth_event_ids
+        return full_state_ids
 
     async def persist_state_events_at_start(
         self,
         state_events_at_start: List[JsonDict],
         room_id: str,
-        initial_auth_event_ids: List[str],
+        initial_state_event_ids: List[str],
         app_service_requester: Requester,
         also_allow_user: Optional[str],
     ) -> List[str]:
         """Takes all `state_events_at_start` event dictionaries and creates/persists
-        them as floating state events which don't resolve into the current room state.
-        They are floating because they reference a fake prev_event which doesn't connect
-        to the normal DAG at all.
+        them in a floating state event chain which don't resolve into the current room
+        state. They are floating because they reference no prev_events and are marked
+        as outliers which disconnects them from the normal DAG.
 
         Args:
             state_events_at_start:
             room_id: Room where you want the events persisted in.
-            initial_auth_event_ids: These will be the auth_events for the first
-                state event created. Each event created afterwards will be
-                added to the list of auth events for the next state event
-                created.
+            initial_state_event_ids:
+                The base set of state for the historical batch which the floating
+                state chain will derive from. This should probably be the state
+                from the `prev_event` defined by `/batch_send?prev_event_id=$abc`.
             app_service_requester: The requester of an application service.
             also_allow_user: An additional user ID that the appservice can temporarily control
 
@@ -179,7 +177,7 @@ async def persist_state_events_at_start(
         assert app_service_requester.app_service
 
         state_event_ids_at_start = []
-        auth_event_ids = initial_auth_event_ids.copy()
+        state_event_ids = initial_state_event_ids.copy()
 
         # Make the state events float off on their own by specifying no
         # prev_events for the first one in the chain so we don't have a bunch of
@@ -192,9 +190,7 @@ async def persist_state_events_at_start(
             )
 
             logger.debug(
-                "RoomBatchSendEventRestServlet inserting state_event=%s, auth_event_ids=%s",
-                state_event,
-                auth_event_ids,
+                "RoomBatchSendEventRestServlet inserting state_event=%s", state_event
             )
 
             event_dict = {
@@ -221,16 +217,26 @@ async def persist_state_events_at_start(
                     room_id=room_id,
                     action=membership,
                     content=event_dict["content"],
+                    # Mark as an outlier to disconnect it from the normal DAG
+                    # and not show up between batches of history.
                     outlier=True,
                     historical=True,
-                    # Only the first event in the chain should be floating.
+                    # Only the first event in the state chain should be floating.
                     # The rest should hang off each other in a chain.
                     allow_no_prev_events=index == 0,
                     prev_event_ids=prev_event_ids_for_state_chain,
+                    # Since each state event is marked as an outlier, the
+                    # `EventContext.for_outlier()` won't have any `state_ids`
+                    # set and therefore can't derive any state even though the
+                    # prev_events are set. Also since the first event in the
+                    # state chain is floating with no `prev_events`, it can't
+                    # derive state from anywhere automatically. So we need to
+                    # set some state explicitly.
+                    #
                     # Make sure to use a copy of this list because we modify it
                     # later in the loop here. Otherwise it will be the same
                     # reference and also update in the event when we append later.
-                    auth_event_ids=auth_event_ids.copy(),
+                    state_event_ids=state_event_ids.copy(),
                 )
             else:
                 # TODO: Add some complement tests that adds state that is not member joins
@@ -245,21 +251,31 @@ async def persist_state_events_at_start(
                         also_allow_user,
                     ),
                     event_dict,
+                    # Mark as an outlier to disconnect it from the normal DAG
+                    # and not show up between batches of history.
                     outlier=True,
                     historical=True,
-                    # Only the first event in the chain should be floating.
+                    # Only the first event in the state chain should be floating.
                     # The rest should hang off each other in a chain.
                     allow_no_prev_events=index == 0,
                     prev_event_ids=prev_event_ids_for_state_chain,
+                    # Since each state event is marked as an outlier, the
+                    # `EventContext.for_outlier()` won't have any `state_ids`
+                    # set and therefore can't derive any state even though the
+                    # prev_events are set. Also since the first event in the
+                    # state chain is floating with no `prev_events`, it can't
+                    # derive state from anywhere automatically. So we need to
+                    # set some state explicitly.
+                    #
                     # Make sure to use a copy of this list because we modify it
                     # later in the loop here. Otherwise it will be the same
                     # reference and also update in the event when we append later.
-                    auth_event_ids=auth_event_ids.copy(),
+                    state_event_ids=state_event_ids.copy(),
                 )
                 event_id = event.event_id
 
             state_event_ids_at_start.append(event_id)
-            auth_event_ids.append(event_id)
+            state_event_ids.append(event_id)
             # Connect all the state in a floating chain
             prev_event_ids_for_state_chain = [event_id]
 
@@ -270,7 +286,7 @@ async def persist_historical_events(
         events_to_create: List[JsonDict],
         room_id: str,
         inherited_depth: int,
-        auth_event_ids: List[str],
+        initial_state_event_ids: List[str],
         app_service_requester: Requester,
         also_allow_user: Optional[str],
     ) -> List[str]:
@@ -287,8 +303,10 @@ async def persist_historical_events(
             room_id: Room where you want the events persisted in.
             inherited_depth: The depth to create the events at (you will
                 probably by calling inherit_depth_from_prev_ids(...)).
-            auth_event_ids: Define which events allow you to create the given
-                event in the room.
+            initial_state_event_ids:
+                This is used to set explicit state for the insertion event at
+                the start of the historical batch since it's floating with no
+                prev_events to derive state from automatically.
             app_service_requester: The requester of an application service.
             also_allow_user: An additional user ID that the appservice can temporarily control
 
@@ -297,6 +315,11 @@ async def persist_historical_events(
         """
         assert app_service_requester.app_service
 
+        # We expect the first event in a historical batch to be an insertion event
+        assert events_to_create[0]["type"] == EventTypes.MSC2716_INSERTION
+        # We expect the last event in a historical batch to be an batch event
+        assert events_to_create[-1]["type"] == EventTypes.MSC2716_BATCH
+
         # Make the historical event chain float off on its own by specifying no
         # prev_events for the first event in the chain which causes the HS to
         # ask for the state at the start of the batch later.
@@ -328,11 +351,16 @@ async def persist_historical_events(
                     ev["sender"], app_service_requester.app_service, also_allow_user,
                 ),
                 event_dict,
-                # Only the first event in the chain should be floating.
-                # The rest should hang off each other in a chain.
+                # Only the first event (which is the insertion event) in the
+                # chain should be floating. The rest should hang off each other
+                # in a chain.
                 allow_no_prev_events=index == 0,
                 prev_event_ids=event_dict.get("prev_events"),
-                auth_event_ids=auth_event_ids,
+                # Since the first event (which is the insertion event) in the
+                # chain is floating with no `prev_events`, it can't derive state
+                # from anywhere automatically. So we need to set some state
+                # explicitly.
+                state_event_ids=initial_state_event_ids if index == 0 else None,
                 historical=True,
                 depth=inherited_depth,
             )
@@ -350,10 +378,9 @@ async def persist_historical_events(
             )
 
             logger.debug(
-                "RoomBatchSendEventRestServlet inserting event=%s, prev_event_ids=%s, auth_event_ids=%s",
+                "RoomBatchSendEventRestServlet inserting event=%s, prev_event_ids=%s",
                 event,
                 prev_event_ids,
-                auth_event_ids,
             )
 
             events_to_persist.append((event, context))
@@ -383,13 +410,13 @@ async def handle_batch_of_events(
         room_id: str,
         batch_id_to_connect_to: str,
         inherited_depth: int,
-        auth_event_ids: List[str],
+        initial_state_event_ids: List[str],
         app_service_requester: Requester,
         also_allow_user: Optional[str],
     ) -> Tuple[List[str], str]:
         """
-        Handles creating and persisting all of the historical events as well
-        as insertion and batch meta events to make the batch navigable in the DAG.
+        Handles creating and persisting all of the historical events as well as
+        insertion and batch meta events to make the batch navigable in the DAG.
 
         Args:
             events_to_create: List of historical events to create in JSON
@@ -399,8 +426,13 @@ async def handle_batch_of_events(
                 want this batch to connect to.
             inherited_depth: The depth to create the events at (you will
                 probably by calling inherit_depth_from_prev_ids(...)).
-            auth_event_ids: Define which events allow you to create the given
-                event in the room.
+            initial_state_event_ids:
+                This is used to set explicit state for the insertion event at
+                the start of the historical batch since it's floating with no
+                prev_events to derive state from automatically. This should
+                probably be the state from the `prev_event` defined by
+                `/batch_send?prev_event_id=$abc` plus the outcome of
+                `persist_state_events_at_start`
             app_service_requester: The requester of an application service.
             also_allow_user: An additional user ID that the appservice can temporarily control
 
@@ -447,7 +479,7 @@ async def handle_batch_of_events(
             events_to_create=events_to_create,
             room_id=room_id,
             inherited_depth=inherited_depth,
-            auth_event_ids=auth_event_ids,
+            initial_state_event_ids=initial_state_event_ids,
             app_service_requester=app_service_requester,
             also_allow_user=also_allow_user,
         )
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room_member.py b/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
index 7cbc484b0654..0785e3111417 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room_member.py
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ async def _local_membership_update(
         membership: str,
         allow_no_prev_events: bool = False,
         prev_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        auth_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        state_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         txn_id: Optional[str] = None,
         ratelimit: bool = True,
         content: Optional[dict] = None,
@@ -294,10 +294,14 @@ async def _local_membership_update(
                 events should have a prev_event and we should only use this in special
                 cases like MSC2716.
             prev_event_ids: The event IDs to use as the prev events
-            auth_event_ids:
-                The event ids to use as the auth_events for the new event.
-                Should normally be left as None, which will cause them to be calculated
-                based on the room state at the prev_events.
+            state_event_ids:
+                The full state at a given event. This is used particularly by the MSC2716
+                /batch_send endpoint. One use case is the historical `state_events_at_start`;
+                since each is marked as an `outlier`, the `EventContext.for_outlier()` won't
+                have any `state_ids` set and therefore can't derive any state even though the
+                prev_events are set so we need to set them ourself via this argument.
+                This should normally be left as None, which will cause the auth_event_ids
+                to be calculated based on the room state at the prev_events.
 
             txn_id:
             ratelimit:
@@ -352,7 +356,7 @@ async def _local_membership_update(
             txn_id=txn_id,
             allow_no_prev_events=allow_no_prev_events,
             prev_event_ids=prev_event_ids,
-            auth_event_ids=auth_event_ids,
+            state_event_ids=state_event_ids,
             require_consent=require_consent,
             outlier=outlier,
             historical=historical,
@@ -455,7 +459,7 @@ async def update_membership(
         historical: bool = False,
         allow_no_prev_events: bool = False,
         prev_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        auth_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        state_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
     ) -> Tuple[str, int]:
         """Update a user's membership in a room.
 
@@ -483,10 +487,14 @@ async def update_membership(
                 events should have a prev_event and we should only use this in special
                 cases like MSC2716.
             prev_event_ids: The event IDs to use as the prev events
-            auth_event_ids:
-                The event ids to use as the auth_events for the new event.
-                Should normally be left as None, which will cause them to be calculated
-                based on the room state at the prev_events.
+            state_event_ids:
+                The full state at a given event. This is used particularly by the MSC2716
+                /batch_send endpoint. One use case is the historical `state_events_at_start`;
+                since each is marked as an `outlier`, the `EventContext.for_outlier()` won't
+                have any `state_ids` set and therefore can't derive any state even though the
+                prev_events are set so we need to set them ourself via this argument.
+                This should normally be left as None, which will cause the auth_event_ids
+                to be calculated based on the room state at the prev_events.
 
         Returns:
             A tuple of the new event ID and stream ID.
@@ -525,7 +533,7 @@ async def update_membership(
                     historical=historical,
                     allow_no_prev_events=allow_no_prev_events,
                     prev_event_ids=prev_event_ids,
-                    auth_event_ids=auth_event_ids,
+                    state_event_ids=state_event_ids,
                 )
 
         return result
@@ -547,7 +555,7 @@ async def update_membership_locked(
         historical: bool = False,
         allow_no_prev_events: bool = False,
         prev_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        auth_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        state_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
     ) -> Tuple[str, int]:
         """Helper for update_membership.
 
@@ -577,10 +585,14 @@ async def update_membership_locked(
                 events should have a prev_event and we should only use this in special
                 cases like MSC2716.
             prev_event_ids: The event IDs to use as the prev events
-            auth_event_ids:
-                The event ids to use as the auth_events for the new event.
-                Should normally be left as None, which will cause them to be calculated
-                based on the room state at the prev_events.
+            state_event_ids:
+                The full state at a given event. This is used particularly by the MSC2716
+                /batch_send endpoint. One use case is the historical `state_events_at_start`;
+                since each is marked as an `outlier`, the `EventContext.for_outlier()` won't
+                have any `state_ids` set and therefore can't derive any state even though the
+                prev_events are set so we need to set them ourself via this argument.
+                This should normally be left as None, which will cause the auth_event_ids
+                to be calculated based on the room state at the prev_events.
 
         Returns:
             A tuple of the new event ID and stream ID.
@@ -707,7 +719,7 @@ async def update_membership_locked(
                 ratelimit=ratelimit,
                 allow_no_prev_events=allow_no_prev_events,
                 prev_event_ids=prev_event_ids,
-                auth_event_ids=auth_event_ids,
+                state_event_ids=state_event_ids,
                 content=content,
                 require_consent=require_consent,
                 outlier=outlier,
@@ -931,7 +943,7 @@ async def update_membership_locked(
             txn_id=txn_id,
             ratelimit=ratelimit,
             prev_event_ids=latest_event_ids,
-            auth_event_ids=auth_event_ids,
+            state_event_ids=state_event_ids,
             content=content,
             require_consent=require_consent,
             outlier=outlier,
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/search.py b/synapse/handlers/search.py
index aa16e417eb30..30eddda65fc2 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/search.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/search.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
         self.clock = hs.get_clock()
         self.hs = hs
         self._event_serializer = hs.get_event_client_serializer()
+        self._relations_handler = hs.get_relations_handler()
         self.storage = hs.get_storage()
         self.state_store = self.storage.state
         self.auth = hs.get_auth()
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ async def _search(
 
         aggregations = None
         if self._msc3666_enabled:
-            aggregations = await self.store.get_bundled_aggregations(
+            aggregations = await self._relations_handler.get_bundled_aggregations(
                 # Generate an iterable of EventBase for all the events that will be
                 # returned, including contextual events.
                 itertools.chain(
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/sync.py b/synapse/handlers/sync.py
index b515c427160e..e51e59f02515 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/sync.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/sync.py
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@
 import attr
 from prometheus_client import Counter
 
-from synapse.api.constants import AccountDataTypes, EventTypes, Membership, ReceiptTypes
+from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership, ReceiptTypes
 from synapse.api.filtering import FilterCollection
 from synapse.api.presence import UserPresenceState
 from synapse.api.room_versions import KNOWN_ROOM_VERSIONS
 from synapse.events import EventBase
+from synapse.handlers.relations import BundledAggregations
 from synapse.logging.context import current_context
 from synapse.logging.opentracing import SynapseTags, log_kv, set_tag, start_active_span
 from synapse.push.clientformat import format_push_rules_for_user
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.event_push_actions import NotifCounts
-from synapse.storage.databases.main.relations import BundledAggregations
 from synapse.storage.roommember import MemberSummary
 from synapse.storage.state import StateFilter
 from synapse.types import (
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
         self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
         self.notifier = hs.get_notifier()
         self.presence_handler = hs.get_presence_handler()
+        self._relations_handler = hs.get_relations_handler()
         self.event_sources = hs.get_event_sources()
         self.clock = hs.get_clock()
         self.state = hs.get_state_handler()
@@ -638,8 +639,10 @@ async def _load_filtered_recents(
         # as clients will have all the necessary information.
         bundled_aggregations = None
         if limited or newly_joined_room:
-            bundled_aggregations = await self.store.get_bundled_aggregations(
-                recents, sync_config.user.to_string()
+            bundled_aggregations = (
+                await self._relations_handler.get_bundled_aggregations(
+                    recents, sync_config.user.to_string()
+                )
             )
 
         return TimelineBatch(
@@ -1600,7 +1603,7 @@ async def _generate_sync_entry_for_rooms(
                         return set(), set(), set(), set()
 
         # 3. Work out which rooms need reporting in the sync response.
-        ignored_users = await self._get_ignored_users(user_id)
+        ignored_users = await self.store.ignored_users(user_id)
         if since_token:
             room_changes = await self._get_rooms_changed(
                 sync_result_builder, ignored_users
@@ -1626,7 +1629,6 @@ async def handle_room_entries(room_entry: "RoomSyncResultBuilder") -> None:
             logger.debug("Generating room entry for %s", room_entry.room_id)
             await self._generate_room_entry(
                 sync_result_builder,
-                ignored_users,
                 room_entry,
                 ephemeral=ephemeral_by_room.get(room_entry.room_id, []),
                 tags=tags_by_room.get(room_entry.room_id),
@@ -1656,29 +1658,6 @@ async def handle_room_entries(room_entry: "RoomSyncResultBuilder") -> None:
             newly_left_users,
         )
 
-    async def _get_ignored_users(self, user_id: str) -> FrozenSet[str]:
-        """Retrieve the users ignored by the given user from their global account_data.
-
-        Returns an empty set if
-        - there is no global account_data entry for ignored_users
-        - there is such an entry, but it's not a JSON object.
-        """
-        # TODO: Can we `SELECT ignored_user_id FROM ignored_users WHERE ignorer_user_id=?;` instead?
-        ignored_account_data = (
-            await self.store.get_global_account_data_by_type_for_user(
-                user_id=user_id, data_type=AccountDataTypes.IGNORED_USER_LIST
-            )
-        )
-
-        # If there is ignored users account data and it matches the proper type,
-        # then use it.
-        ignored_users: FrozenSet[str] = frozenset()
-        if ignored_account_data:
-            ignored_users_data = ignored_account_data.get("ignored_users", {})
-            if isinstance(ignored_users_data, dict):
-                ignored_users = frozenset(ignored_users_data.keys())
-        return ignored_users
-
     async def _have_rooms_changed(
         self, sync_result_builder: "SyncResultBuilder"
     ) -> bool:
@@ -2021,7 +2000,6 @@ async def _get_all_rooms(
     async def _generate_room_entry(
         self,
         sync_result_builder: "SyncResultBuilder",
-        ignored_users: FrozenSet[str],
         room_builder: "RoomSyncResultBuilder",
         ephemeral: List[JsonDict],
         tags: Optional[Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]],
@@ -2050,7 +2028,6 @@ async def _generate_room_entry(
 
         Args:
             sync_result_builder
-            ignored_users: Set of users ignored by user.
             room_builder
             ephemeral: List of new ephemeral events for room
             tags: List of *all* tags for room, or None if there has been
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/user_directory.py b/synapse/handlers/user_directory.py
index d27ed2be6a99..048fd4bb8225 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/user_directory.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/user_directory.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, HistoryVisibility, JoinRules, Membership
 from synapse.handlers.state_deltas import MatchChange, StateDeltasHandler
 from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
+from synapse.storage.databases.main.user_directory import SearchResult
 from synapse.storage.roommember import ProfileInfo
-from synapse.types import JsonDict
 from synapse.util.metrics import Measure
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
 
     async def search_users(
         self, user_id: str, search_term: str, limit: int
-    ) -> JsonDict:
+    ) -> SearchResult:
         """Searches for users in directory
 
         Returns:
diff --git a/synapse/http/proxyagent.py b/synapse/http/proxyagent.py
index 6fd88bde204c..a16dde23807f 100644
--- a/synapse/http/proxyagent.py
+++ b/synapse/http/proxyagent.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-_VALID_URI = re.compile(br"\A[\x21-\x7e]+\Z")
+_VALID_URI = re.compile(rb"\A[\x21-\x7e]+\Z")
 
 
 @implementer(IAgent)
diff --git a/synapse/module_api/__init__.py b/synapse/module_api/__init__.py
index d735c1d4616e..ba9755f08b8c 100644
--- a/synapse/module_api/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/module_api/__init__.py
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
     StateMap,
     UserID,
     UserInfo,
+    UserProfile,
     create_requester,
 )
 from synapse.util import Clock
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@
     "EventBase",
     "StateMap",
     "ProfileInfo",
+    "UserProfile",
 ]
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -609,15 +611,18 @@ def register_user(
         localpart: str,
         displayname: Optional[str] = None,
         emails: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        admin: bool = False,
     ) -> "defer.Deferred[str]":
         """Registers a new user with given localpart and optional displayname, emails.
 
         Added in Synapse v1.2.0.
+        Changed in Synapse v1.56.0: add 'admin' argument to register the user as admin.
 
         Args:
             localpart: The localpart of the new user.
             displayname: The displayname of the new user.
             emails: Emails to bind to the new user.
+            admin: True if the user should be registered as a server admin.
 
         Raises:
             SynapseError if there is an error performing the registration. Check the
@@ -631,6 +636,7 @@ def register_user(
                 localpart=localpart,
                 default_display_name=displayname,
                 bind_emails=emails or [],
+                admin=admin,
             )
         )
 
@@ -665,7 +671,8 @@ def register_device(
     def record_user_external_id(
         self, auth_provider_id: str, remote_user_id: str, registered_user_id: str
     ) -> defer.Deferred:
-        """Record a mapping from an external user id to a mxid
+        """Record a mapping between an external user id from a single sign-on provider
+        and a mxid.
 
         Added in Synapse v1.9.0.
 
@@ -1280,6 +1287,30 @@ async def check_username(self, username: str) -> None:
         """
         await self._registration_handler.check_username(username)
 
+    async def store_remote_3pid_association(
+        self, user_id: str, medium: str, address: str, id_server: str
+    ) -> None:
+        """Stores an existing association between a user ID and a third-party identifier.
+
+        The association must already exist on the remote identity server.
+
+        Added in Synapse v1.56.0.
+
+        Args:
+            user_id: The user ID that's been associated with the 3PID.
+            medium: The medium of the 3PID (current supported values are "msisdn" and
+                "email").
+            address: The address of the 3PID.
+            id_server: The identity server the 3PID association has been registered on.
+                This should only be the domain (or IP address, optionally with the port
+                number) for the identity server. This will be used to reach out to the
+                identity server using HTTPS (unless specified otherwise by Synapse's
+                configuration) when attempting to unbind the third-party identifier.
+
+
+        """
+        await self._store.add_user_bound_threepid(user_id, medium, address, id_server)
+
 
 class PublicRoomListManager:
     """Contains methods for adding to, removing from and querying whether a room
diff --git a/synapse/push/bulk_push_rule_evaluator.py b/synapse/push/bulk_push_rule_evaluator.py
index bfa10c9713e7..bd8f03326f82 100644
--- a/synapse/push/bulk_push_rule_evaluator.py
+++ b/synapse/push/bulk_push_rule_evaluator.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 from synapse.events.snapshot import EventContext
 from synapse.state import POWER_KEY
 from synapse.storage.roommember import ProfileInfo
+from synapse.storage.databases.main.roommember import EventIdMembership
 from synapse.util.async_helpers import Linearizer
 from synapse.util.caches import CacheMetric, register_cache
 from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import lru_cache
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ async def action_for_event_by_user(
         if not event.is_state():
             ignorers = await self.store.ignored_by(event.sender)
         else:
-            ignorers = set()
+            ignorers = frozenset()
 
         for uid, rules in rules_by_user.items():
             if event.sender == uid:
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ def _condition_checker(
     return True
 
 
-MemberMap = Dict[str, Tuple[str, str]]
+MemberMap = Dict[str, Optional[EventIdMembership]]
 Rule = Dict[str, dict]
 RulesByUser = Dict[str, List[Rule]]
 StateGroup = Union[object, int]
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ class RulesForRoomData:
     *only* include data, and not references to e.g. the data stores.
     """
 
-    # event_id -> (user_id, state)
+    # event_id -> EventIdMembership
     member_map: MemberMap = attr.Factory(dict)
     # user_id -> rules
     rules_by_user: RulesByUser = attr.Factory(dict)
@@ -452,11 +453,10 @@ async def get_rules(
 
                 res = self.data.member_map.get(event_id, None)
                 if res:
-                    user_id, state = res
-                    if state == Membership.JOIN:
-                        rules = self.data.rules_by_user.get(user_id, None)
+                    if res.membership == Membership.JOIN:
+                        rules = self.data.rules_by_user.get(res.user_id, None)
                         if rules:
-                            ret_rules_by_user[user_id] = rules
+                            ret_rules_by_user[res.user_id] = rules
                     continue
 
                 # If a user has left a room we remove their push rule. If they
@@ -507,24 +507,26 @@ async def _update_rules_with_member_event_ids(
         """
         sequence = self.data.sequence
 
-        rows = await self.store.get_membership_from_event_ids(member_event_ids.values())
-
-        members = {row["event_id"]: (row["user_id"], row["membership"]) for row in rows}
+        members = await self.store.get_membership_from_event_ids(
+            member_event_ids.values()
+        )
 
-        # If the event is a join event then it will be in current state evnts
+        # If the event is a join event then it will be in current state events
         # map but not in the DB, so we have to explicitly insert it.
         if event.type == EventTypes.Member:
             for event_id in member_event_ids.values():
                 if event_id == event.event_id:
-                    members[event_id] = (event.state_key, event.membership)
+                    members[event_id] = EventIdMembership(
+                        user_id=event.state_key, membership=event.membership
+                    )
 
         if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
             logger.debug("Found members %r: %r", self.room_id, members.values())
 
         joined_user_ids = {
-            user_id
-            for user_id, membership in members.values()
-            if membership == Membership.JOIN
+            entry.user_id
+            for entry in members.values()
+            if entry and entry.membership == Membership.JOIN
         }
 
         logger.debug("Joined: %r", joined_user_ids)
diff --git a/synapse/push/mailer.py b/synapse/push/mailer.py
index 649a4f49d024..5ccdd88364d7 100644
--- a/synapse/push/mailer.py
+++ b/synapse/push/mailer.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import bleach
 import jinja2
+from markupsafe import Markup
 
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership, RoomTypes
 from synapse.api.errors import StoreError
@@ -867,7 +868,7 @@ def _make_unsubscribe_link(
         )
 
 
-def safe_markup(raw_html: str) -> jinja2.Markup:
+def safe_markup(raw_html: str) -> Markup:
     """
     Sanitise a raw HTML string to a set of allowed tags and attributes, and linkify any bare URLs.
 
@@ -877,7 +878,7 @@ def safe_markup(raw_html: str) -> jinja2.Markup:
     Returns:
         A Markup object ready to safely use in a Jinja template.
     """
-    return jinja2.Markup(
+    return Markup(
         bleach.linkify(
             bleach.clean(
                 raw_html,
@@ -891,7 +892,7 @@ def safe_markup(raw_html: str) -> jinja2.Markup:
     )
 
 
-def safe_text(raw_text: str) -> jinja2.Markup:
+def safe_text(raw_text: str) -> Markup:
     """
     Sanitise text (escape any HTML tags), and then linkify any bare URLs.
 
@@ -901,7 +902,7 @@ def safe_text(raw_text: str) -> jinja2.Markup:
     Returns:
         A Markup object ready to safely use in a Jinja template.
     """
-    return jinja2.Markup(
+    return Markup(
         bleach.linkify(bleach.clean(raw_text, tags=[], attributes=[], strip=False))
     )
 
diff --git a/synapse/python_dependencies.py b/synapse/python_dependencies.py
index 79ae06ce5d07..d02cca0bbb56 100644
--- a/synapse/python_dependencies.py
+++ b/synapse/python_dependencies.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     "unpaddedbase64>=1.1.0",
     "canonicaljson>=1.4.0",
     # we use the type definitions added in signedjson 1.1.
-    "signedjson>=1.1.0",
+    "signedjson>=1.1.0,<=1.1.1",
     "pynacl>=1.2.1",
     "idna>=2.5",
     # validating SSL certs for IP addresses requires service_identity 18.1.
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@
     # Note: 21.1.0 broke `/sync`, see #9936
     "attrs>=19.2.0,!=21.1.0",
     "netaddr>=0.7.18",
-    # Jinja2 3.1.0 removes the deprecated jinja2.Markup class, which we rely on.
-    "Jinja2<3.1.0",
+    # Jinja 2.x is incompatible with MarkupSafe>=2.1. To ensure that admins do not
+    # end up with a broken installation, with recent MarkupSafe but old Jinja, we
+    # add a lower bound to the Jinja2 dependency.
+    "Jinja2>=3.0",
     "bleach>=1.4.3",
     # We use `ParamSpec`, which was added in `typing-extensions` 3.10.0.0.
     "typing-extensions>=3.10.0",
diff --git a/synapse/replication/http/_base.py b/synapse/replication/http/_base.py
index f1abb986534b..2bd244ed79df 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/http/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/http/_base.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ async def send_request(*, instance_name: str = "master", **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
                             if attempts > cls.RETRY_ON_CONNECT_ERROR_ATTEMPTS:
                                 raise
 
-                            delay = 2 ** attempts
+                            delay = 2**attempts
                             logger.warning(
                                 "%s request connection failed; retrying in %ds: %r",
                                 cls.NAME,
diff --git a/synapse/rest/__init__.py b/synapse/rest/__init__.py
index 762808a5717b..57c4773edce6 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/__init__.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     knock,
     login as v1_login,
     logout,
+    mutual_rooms,
     notifications,
     openid,
     password_policy,
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@
     room_keys,
     room_upgrade_rest_servlet,
     sendtodevice,
-    shared_rooms,
     sync,
     tags,
     thirdparty,
@@ -132,4 +132,4 @@ def register_servlets(client_resource: HttpServer, hs: "HomeServer") -> None:
         admin.register_servlets_for_client_rest_resource(hs, client_resource)
 
         # unstable
-        shared_rooms.register_servlets(hs, client_resource)
+        mutual_rooms.register_servlets(hs, client_resource)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/shared_rooms.py b/synapse/rest/client/mutual_rooms.py
similarity index 76%
rename from synapse/rest/client/shared_rooms.py
rename to synapse/rest/client/mutual_rooms.py
index e669fa78902d..27bfaf0b2936 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/shared_rooms.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/mutual_rooms.py
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class UserSharedRoomsServlet(RestServlet):
+class UserMutualRoomsServlet(RestServlet):
     """
-    GET /uk.half-shot.msc2666/user/shared_rooms/{user_id} HTTP/1.1
+    GET /uk.half-shot.msc2666/user/mutual_rooms/{user_id} HTTP/1.1
     """
 
     PATTERNS = client_patterns(
-        "/uk.half-shot.msc2666/user/shared_rooms/(?P<user_id>[^/]*)",
+        "/uk.half-shot.msc2666/user/mutual_rooms/(?P<user_id>[^/]*)",
         releases=(),  # This is an unstable feature
     )
 
@@ -42,17 +42,19 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
         super().__init__()
         self.auth = hs.get_auth()
         self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
-        self.user_directory_active = hs.config.server.update_user_directory
+        self.user_directory_search_enabled = (
+            hs.config.userdirectory.user_directory_search_enabled
+        )
 
     async def on_GET(
         self, request: SynapseRequest, user_id: str
     ) -> Tuple[int, JsonDict]:
 
-        if not self.user_directory_active:
+        if not self.user_directory_search_enabled:
             raise SynapseError(
                 code=400,
-                msg="The user directory is disabled on this server. Cannot determine shared rooms.",
-                errcode=Codes.FORBIDDEN,
+                msg="User directory searching is disabled. Cannot determine shared rooms.",
+                errcode=Codes.UNKNOWN,
             )
 
         UserID.from_string(user_id)
@@ -64,7 +66,8 @@ async def on_GET(
                 msg="You cannot request a list of shared rooms with yourself",
                 errcode=Codes.FORBIDDEN,
             )
-        rooms = await self.store.get_shared_rooms_for_users(
+
+        rooms = await self.store.get_mutual_rooms_for_users(
             requester.user.to_string(), user_id
         )
 
@@ -72,4 +75,4 @@ async def on_GET(
 
 
 def register_servlets(hs: "HomeServer", http_server: HttpServer) -> None:
-    UserSharedRoomsServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+    UserMutualRoomsServlet(hs).register(http_server)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/relations.py b/synapse/rest/client/relations.py
index d9a6be43f793..c16078b187ee 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/relations.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/relations.py
@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
         super().__init__()
         self.auth = hs.get_auth()
         self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
-        self.clock = hs.get_clock()
-        self._event_serializer = hs.get_event_client_serializer()
-        self.event_handler = hs.get_event_handler()
+        self._relations_handler = hs.get_relations_handler()
 
     async def on_GET(
         self,
@@ -65,16 +63,6 @@ async def on_GET(
     ) -> Tuple[int, JsonDict]:
         requester = await self.auth.get_user_by_req(request, allow_guest=True)
 
-        await self.auth.check_user_in_room_or_world_readable(
-            room_id, requester.user.to_string(), allow_departed_users=True
-        )
-
-        # This gets the original event and checks that a) the event exists and
-        # b) the user is allowed to view it.
-        event = await self.event_handler.get_event(requester.user, room_id, parent_id)
-        if event is None:
-            raise SynapseError(404, "Unknown parent event.")
-
         limit = parse_integer(request, "limit", default=5)
         direction = parse_string(
             request, "org.matrix.msc3715.dir", default="b", allowed_values=["f", "b"]
@@ -90,9 +78,9 @@ async def on_GET(
         if to_token_str:
             to_token = await StreamToken.from_string(self.store, to_token_str)
 
-        pagination_chunk = await self.store.get_relations_for_event(
+        result = await self._relations_handler.get_relations(
+            requester=requester,
             event_id=parent_id,
-            event=event,
             room_id=room_id,
             relation_type=relation_type,
             event_type=event_type,
@@ -102,30 +90,7 @@ async def on_GET(
             to_token=to_token,
         )
 
-        events = await self.store.get_events_as_list(
-            [c["event_id"] for c in pagination_chunk.chunk]
-        )
-
-        now = self.clock.time_msec()
-        # Do not bundle aggregations when retrieving the original event because
-        # we want the content before relations are applied to it.
-        original_event = self._event_serializer.serialize_event(
-            event, now, bundle_aggregations=None
-        )
-        # The relations returned for the requested event do include their
-        # bundled aggregations.
-        aggregations = await self.store.get_bundled_aggregations(
-            events, requester.user.to_string()
-        )
-        serialized_events = self._event_serializer.serialize_events(
-            events, now, bundle_aggregations=aggregations
-        )
-
-        return_value = await pagination_chunk.to_dict(self.store)
-        return_value["chunk"] = serialized_events
-        return_value["original_event"] = original_event
-
-        return 200, return_value
+        return 200, result
 
 
 class RelationAggregationPaginationServlet(RestServlet):
@@ -245,9 +210,7 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
         super().__init__()
         self.auth = hs.get_auth()
         self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
-        self.clock = hs.get_clock()
-        self._event_serializer = hs.get_event_client_serializer()
-        self.event_handler = hs.get_event_handler()
+        self._relations_handler = hs.get_relations_handler()
 
     async def on_GET(
         self,
@@ -260,18 +223,6 @@ async def on_GET(
     ) -> Tuple[int, JsonDict]:
         requester = await self.auth.get_user_by_req(request, allow_guest=True)
 
-        await self.auth.check_user_in_room_or_world_readable(
-            room_id,
-            requester.user.to_string(),
-            allow_departed_users=True,
-        )
-
-        # This checks that a) the event exists and b) the user is allowed to
-        # view it.
-        event = await self.event_handler.get_event(requester.user, room_id, parent_id)
-        if event is None:
-            raise SynapseError(404, "Unknown parent event.")
-
         if relation_type != RelationTypes.ANNOTATION:
             raise SynapseError(400, "Relation type must be 'annotation'")
 
@@ -286,9 +237,9 @@ async def on_GET(
         if to_token_str:
             to_token = await StreamToken.from_string(self.store, to_token_str)
 
-        result = await self.store.get_relations_for_event(
+        result = await self._relations_handler.get_relations(
+            requester=requester,
             event_id=parent_id,
-            event=event,
             room_id=room_id,
             relation_type=relation_type,
             event_type=event_type,
@@ -298,17 +249,7 @@ async def on_GET(
             to_token=to_token,
         )
 
-        events = await self.store.get_events_as_list(
-            [c["event_id"] for c in result.chunk]
-        )
-
-        now = self.clock.time_msec()
-        serialized_events = self._event_serializer.serialize_events(events, now)
-
-        return_value = await result.to_dict(self.store)
-        return_value["chunk"] = serialized_events
-
-        return 200, return_value
+        return 200, result
 
 
 def register_servlets(hs: "HomeServer", http_server: HttpServer) -> None:
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/room.py b/synapse/rest/client/room.py
index e1098b3073df..5aa642c4eeb7 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/room.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/room.py
@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
         self._store = hs.get_datastores().main
         self.event_handler = hs.get_event_handler()
         self._event_serializer = hs.get_event_client_serializer()
+        self._relations_handler = hs.get_relations_handler()
         self.auth = hs.get_auth()
 
     async def on_GET(
@@ -663,7 +664,7 @@ async def on_GET(
 
         if event:
             # Ensure there are bundled aggregations available.
-            aggregations = await self._store.get_bundled_aggregations(
+            aggregations = await self._relations_handler.get_bundled_aggregations(
                 [event], requester.user.to_string()
             )
 
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/room_batch.py b/synapse/rest/client/room_batch.py
index 006a434740a7..5c411fea13fc 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/room_batch.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/room_batch.py
@@ -127,14 +127,14 @@ async def on_POST(
                 )
 
         # For the event we are inserting next to (`prev_event_ids_from_query`),
-        # find the most recent auth events (derived from state events) that
-        # allowed that message to be sent. We will use that as a base
-        # to auth our historical messages against.
-        auth_event_ids = await self.room_batch_handler.get_most_recent_auth_event_ids_from_event_id_list(
+        # find the most recent state events that allowed that message to be
+        # sent. We will use that as a base to auth our historical messages
+        # against.
+        state_event_ids = await self.room_batch_handler.get_most_recent_full_state_ids_from_event_id_list(
             prev_event_ids_from_query
         )
 
-        if not auth_event_ids:
+        if not state_event_ids:
             raise SynapseError(
                 HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST,
                 "No auth events found for given prev_event query parameter. The prev_event=%s probably does not exist."
@@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ async def on_POST(
                 await self.room_batch_handler.persist_state_events_at_start(
                     state_events_at_start=body["state_events_at_start"],
                     room_id=room_id,
-                    initial_auth_event_ids=auth_event_ids,
+                    initial_state_event_ids=state_event_ids,
                     app_service_requester=requester,
                     also_allow_user=also_allow_from_query,
                 )
             )
             # Update our ongoing auth event ID list with all of the new state we
             # just created
-            auth_event_ids.extend(state_event_ids_at_start)
+            state_event_ids.extend(state_event_ids_at_start)
 
         inherited_depth = await self.room_batch_handler.inherit_depth_from_prev_ids(
             prev_event_ids_from_query
@@ -200,7 +200,12 @@ async def on_POST(
                 ),
                 base_insertion_event_dict,
                 prev_event_ids=base_insertion_event_dict.get("prev_events"),
-                auth_event_ids=auth_event_ids,
+                # Also set the explicit state here because we want to resolve
+                # any `state_events_at_start` here too. It's not strictly
+                # necessary to accomplish anything but if someone asks for the
+                # state at this point, we probably want to show them the
+                # historical state that was part of this batch.
+                state_event_ids=state_event_ids,
                 historical=True,
                 depth=inherited_depth,
             )
@@ -216,7 +221,7 @@ async def on_POST(
             room_id=room_id,
             batch_id_to_connect_to=batch_id_to_connect_to,
             inherited_depth=inherited_depth,
-            auth_event_ids=auth_event_ids,
+            initial_state_event_ids=state_event_ids,
             app_service_requester=requester,
             also_allow_user=also_allow_from_query,
         )
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/user_directory.py b/synapse/rest/client/user_directory.py
index a47d9bd01da5..116c982ce637 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/user_directory.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/user_directory.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from synapse.http.server import HttpServer
 from synapse.http.servlet import RestServlet, parse_json_object_from_request
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
-from synapse.types import JsonDict
+from synapse.types import JsonMapping
 
 from ._base import client_patterns
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
         self.auth = hs.get_auth()
         self.user_directory_handler = hs.get_user_directory_handler()
 
-    async def on_POST(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> Tuple[int, JsonDict]:
+    async def on_POST(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> Tuple[int, JsonMapping]:
         """Searches for users in directory
 
         Returns:
diff --git a/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_storage.py b/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_storage.py
index 9f6c251caf21..604f18bf52d3 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_storage.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/media/v1/media_storage.py
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ class ReadableFileWrapper:
     `IConsumer`.
     """
 
-    CHUNK_SIZE = 2 ** 14
+    CHUNK_SIZE = 2**14
 
     clock: Clock
     path: str
diff --git a/synapse/rest/media/v1/preview_html.py b/synapse/rest/media/v1/preview_html.py
index 872a9e72e818..ca73965fc28f 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/media/v1/preview_html.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/media/v1/preview_html.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import logging
 import re
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, Generator, Iterable, Optional, Set, Union
-from urllib import parse as urlparse
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from lxml import etree
@@ -24,10 +23,10 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _charset_match = re.compile(
-    br'<\s*meta[^>]*charset\s*=\s*"?([a-z0-9_-]+)"?', flags=re.I
+    rb'<\s*meta[^>]*charset\s*=\s*"?([a-z0-9_-]+)"?', flags=re.I
 )
 _xml_encoding_match = re.compile(
-    br'\s*<\s*\?\s*xml[^>]*encoding="([a-z0-9_-]+)"', flags=re.I
+    rb'\s*<\s*\?\s*xml[^>]*encoding="([a-z0-9_-]+)"', flags=re.I
 )
 _content_type_match = re.compile(r'.*; *charset="?(.*?)"?(;|$)', flags=re.I)
 
@@ -144,9 +143,7 @@ def decode_body(
     return etree.fromstring(body, parser)
 
 
-def parse_html_to_open_graph(
-    tree: "etree.Element", media_uri: str
-) -> Dict[str, Optional[str]]:
+def parse_html_to_open_graph(tree: "etree.Element") -> Dict[str, Optional[str]]:
     """
     Parse the HTML document into an Open Graph response.
 
@@ -155,7 +152,6 @@ def parse_html_to_open_graph(
 
     Args:
         tree: The parsed HTML document.
-        media_url: The URI used to download the body.
 
     Returns:
         The Open Graph response as a dictionary.
@@ -209,7 +205,7 @@ def parse_html_to_open_graph(
             "//*/meta[translate(@itemprop, 'IMAGE', 'image')='image']/@content"
         )
         if meta_image:
-            og["og:image"] = rebase_url(meta_image[0], media_uri)
+            og["og:image"] = meta_image[0]
         else:
             # TODO: consider inlined CSS styles as well as width & height attribs
             images = tree.xpath("//img[@src][number(@width)>10][number(@height)>10]")
@@ -320,37 +316,6 @@ def _iterate_over_text(
             )
 
 
-def rebase_url(url: str, base: str) -> str:
-    """
-    Resolves a potentially relative `url` against an absolute `base` URL.
-
-    For example:
-
-        >>> rebase_url("subpage", "https://example.com/foo/")
-        'https://example.com/foo/subpage'
-        >>> rebase_url("sibling", "https://example.com/foo")
-        'https://example.com/sibling'
-        >>> rebase_url("/bar", "https://example.com/foo/")
-        'https://example.com/bar'
-        >>> rebase_url("https://alice.com/a/", "https://example.com/foo/")
-        'https://alice.com/a'
-    """
-    base_parts = urlparse.urlparse(base)
-    # Convert the parsed URL to a list for (potential) modification.
-    url_parts = list(urlparse.urlparse(url))
-    # Add a scheme, if one does not exist.
-    if not url_parts[0]:
-        url_parts[0] = base_parts.scheme or "http"
-    # Fix up the hostname, if this is not a data URL.
-    if url_parts[0] != "data" and not url_parts[1]:
-        url_parts[1] = base_parts.netloc
-        # If the path does not start with a /, nest it under the base path's last
-        # directory.
-        if not url_parts[2].startswith("/"):
-            url_parts[2] = re.sub(r"/[^/]+$", "/", base_parts.path) + url_parts[2]
-    return urlparse.urlunparse(url_parts)
-
-
 def summarize_paragraphs(
     text_nodes: Iterable[str], min_size: int = 200, max_size: int = 500
 ) -> Optional[str]:
diff --git a/synapse/rest/media/v1/preview_url_resource.py b/synapse/rest/media/v1/preview_url_resource.py
index 97ad4769acc3..18801bacb5ca 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/media/v1/preview_url_resource.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/media/v1/preview_url_resource.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import sys
 import traceback
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, BinaryIO, Iterable, Optional, Tuple
-from urllib import parse as urlparse
+from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse, urlsplit
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 
 import attr
@@ -44,11 +44,7 @@
 from synapse.rest.media.v1._base import get_filename_from_headers
 from synapse.rest.media.v1.media_storage import MediaStorage
 from synapse.rest.media.v1.oembed import OEmbedProvider
-from synapse.rest.media.v1.preview_html import (
-    decode_body,
-    parse_html_to_open_graph,
-    rebase_url,
-)
+from synapse.rest.media.v1.preview_html import decode_body, parse_html_to_open_graph
 from synapse.types import JsonDict, UserID
 from synapse.util import json_encoder
 from synapse.util.async_helpers import ObservableDeferred
@@ -187,7 +183,7 @@ async def _async_render_GET(self, request: SynapseRequest) -> None:
             ts = self.clock.time_msec()
 
         # XXX: we could move this into _do_preview if we wanted.
-        url_tuple = urlparse.urlsplit(url)
+        url_tuple = urlsplit(url)
         for entry in self.url_preview_url_blacklist:
             match = True
             for attrib in entry:
@@ -322,7 +318,7 @@ async def _do_preview(self, url: str, user: UserID, ts: int) -> bytes:
 
                 # Parse Open Graph information from the HTML in case the oEmbed
                 # response failed or is incomplete.
-                og_from_html = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree, media_info.uri)
+                og_from_html = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree)
 
                 # Compile the Open Graph response by using the scraped
                 # information from the HTML and overlaying any information
@@ -588,12 +584,17 @@ async def _precache_image_url(
         if "og:image" not in og or not og["og:image"]:
             return
 
+        # The image URL from the HTML might be relative to the previewed page,
+        # convert it to an URL which can be requested directly.
+        image_url = og["og:image"]
+        url_parts = urlparse(image_url)
+        if url_parts.scheme != "data":
+            image_url = urljoin(media_info.uri, image_url)
+
         # FIXME: it might be cleaner to use the same flow as the main /preview_url
         # request itself and benefit from the same caching etc.  But for now we
         # just rely on the caching on the master request to speed things up.
-        image_info = await self._handle_url(
-            rebase_url(og["og:image"], media_info.uri), user, allow_data_urls=True
-        )
+        image_info = await self._handle_url(image_url, user, allow_data_urls=True)
 
         if _is_media(image_info.media_type):
             # TODO: make sure we don't choke on white-on-transparent images
diff --git a/synapse/server.py b/synapse/server.py
index 2fcf18a7a69a..380369db923e 100644
--- a/synapse/server.py
+++ b/synapse/server.py
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 from synapse.handlers.read_marker import ReadMarkerHandler
 from synapse.handlers.receipts import ReceiptsHandler
 from synapse.handlers.register import RegistrationHandler
+from synapse.handlers.relations import RelationsHandler
 from synapse.handlers.room import (
     RoomContextHandler,
     RoomCreationHandler,
@@ -719,6 +720,10 @@ def get_message_handler(self) -> MessageHandler:
     def get_pagination_handler(self) -> PaginationHandler:
         return PaginationHandler(self)
 
+    @cache_in_self
+    def get_relations_handler(self) -> RelationsHandler:
+        return RelationsHandler(self)
+
     @cache_in_self
     def get_room_context_handler(self) -> RoomContextHandler:
         return RoomContextHandler(self)
diff --git a/synapse/storage/database.py b/synapse/storage/database.py
index 99802228c9f7..3ef2bdd74b2a 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/database.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/database.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 from twisted.enterprise import adbapi
+from twisted.internet import defer
 
 from synapse.api.errors import StoreError
 from synapse.config.database import DatabaseConnectionConfig
@@ -55,13 +56,14 @@
 from synapse.storage.background_updates import BackgroundUpdater
 from synapse.storage.engines import BaseDatabaseEngine, PostgresEngine, Sqlite3Engine
 from synapse.storage.types import Connection, Cursor
+from synapse.util.async_helpers import delay_cancellation
 from synapse.util.iterutils import batch_iter
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from synapse.server import HomeServer
 
 # python 3 does not have a maximum int value
-MAX_TXN_ID = 2 ** 63 - 1
+MAX_TXN_ID = 2**63 - 1
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -286,13 +288,17 @@ def execute_batch(self, sql: str, args: Iterable[Iterable[Any]]) -> None:
         """
 
         if isinstance(self.database_engine, PostgresEngine):
-            from psycopg2.extras import execute_batch  # type: ignore
+            from psycopg2.extras import execute_batch
 
-            self._do_execute(lambda *x: execute_batch(self.txn, *x), sql, args)
+            self._do_execute(
+                lambda the_sql: execute_batch(self.txn, the_sql, args), sql
+            )
         else:
             self.executemany(sql, args)
 
-    def execute_values(self, sql: str, *args: Any, fetch: bool = True) -> List[Tuple]:
+    def execute_values(
+        self, sql: str, values: Iterable[Iterable[Any]], fetch: bool = True
+    ) -> List[Tuple]:
         """Corresponds to psycopg2.extras.execute_values. Only available when
         using postgres.
 
@@ -300,10 +306,11 @@ def execute_values(self, sql: str, *args: Any, fetch: bool = True) -> List[Tuple
         rows (e.g. INSERTs).
         """
         assert isinstance(self.database_engine, PostgresEngine)
-        from psycopg2.extras import execute_values  # type: ignore
+        from psycopg2.extras import execute_values
 
         return self._do_execute(
-            lambda *x: execute_values(self.txn, *x, fetch=fetch), sql, *args
+            lambda the_sql: execute_values(self.txn, the_sql, values, fetch=fetch),
+            sql,
         )
 
     def execute(self, sql: str, *args: Any) -> None:
@@ -732,34 +739,45 @@ async def runInteraction(
         Returns:
             The result of func
         """
-        after_callbacks: List[_CallbackListEntry] = []
-        exception_callbacks: List[_CallbackListEntry] = []
 
-        if not current_context():
-            logger.warning("Starting db txn '%s' from sentinel context", desc)
+        async def _runInteraction() -> R:
+            after_callbacks: List[_CallbackListEntry] = []
+            exception_callbacks: List[_CallbackListEntry] = []
 
-        try:
-            with opentracing.start_active_span(f"db.{desc}"):
-                result = await self.runWithConnection(
-                    self.new_transaction,
-                    desc,
-                    after_callbacks,
-                    exception_callbacks,
-                    func,
-                    *args,
-                    db_autocommit=db_autocommit,
-                    isolation_level=isolation_level,
-                    **kwargs,
-                )
+            if not current_context():
+                logger.warning("Starting db txn '%s' from sentinel context", desc)
 
-            for after_callback, after_args, after_kwargs in after_callbacks:
-                after_callback(*after_args, **after_kwargs)
-        except Exception:
-            for after_callback, after_args, after_kwargs in exception_callbacks:
-                after_callback(*after_args, **after_kwargs)
-            raise
+            try:
+                with opentracing.start_active_span(f"db.{desc}"):
+                    result = await self.runWithConnection(
+                        self.new_transaction,
+                        desc,
+                        after_callbacks,
+                        exception_callbacks,
+                        func,
+                        *args,
+                        db_autocommit=db_autocommit,
+                        isolation_level=isolation_level,
+                        **kwargs,
+                    )
 
-        return cast(R, result)
+                for after_callback, after_args, after_kwargs in after_callbacks:
+                    after_callback(*after_args, **after_kwargs)
+
+                return cast(R, result)
+            except Exception:
+                for after_callback, after_args, after_kwargs in exception_callbacks:
+                    after_callback(*after_args, **after_kwargs)
+                raise
+
+        # To handle cancellation, we ensure that `after_callback`s and
+        # `exception_callback`s are always run, since the transaction will complete
+        # on another thread regardless of cancellation.
+        #
+        # We also wait until everything above is done before releasing the
+        # `CancelledError`, so that logging contexts won't get used after they have been
+        # finished.
+        return await delay_cancellation(defer.ensureDeferred(_runInteraction()))
 
     async def runWithConnection(
         self,
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/account_data.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/account_data.py
index 52146aacc8c0..9af9f4f18e19 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/account_data.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/account_data.py
@@ -14,7 +14,17 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import logging
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, cast
+from typing import (
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+    Any,
+    Dict,
+    FrozenSet,
+    Iterable,
+    List,
+    Optional,
+    Tuple,
+    cast,
+)
 
 from synapse.api.constants import AccountDataTypes
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage._slaved_id_tracker import SlavedIdTracker
@@ -365,7 +375,7 @@ def get_updated_account_data_for_user_txn(
         )
 
     @cached(max_entries=5000, iterable=True)
-    async def ignored_by(self, user_id: str) -> Set[str]:
+    async def ignored_by(self, user_id: str) -> FrozenSet[str]:
         """
         Get users which ignore the given user.
 
@@ -375,7 +385,7 @@ async def ignored_by(self, user_id: str) -> Set[str]:
         Return:
             The user IDs which ignore the given user.
         """
-        return set(
+        return frozenset(
             await self.db_pool.simple_select_onecol(
                 table="ignored_users",
                 keyvalues={"ignored_user_id": user_id},
@@ -384,6 +394,26 @@ async def ignored_by(self, user_id: str) -> Set[str]:
             )
         )
 
+    @cached(max_entries=5000, iterable=True)
+    async def ignored_users(self, user_id: str) -> FrozenSet[str]:
+        """
+        Get users which the given user ignores.
+
+        Params:
+            user_id: The user ID which is making the request.
+
+        Return:
+            The user IDs which are ignored by the given user.
+        """
+        return frozenset(
+            await self.db_pool.simple_select_onecol(
+                table="ignored_users",
+                keyvalues={"ignorer_user_id": user_id},
+                retcol="ignored_user_id",
+                desc="ignored_users",
+            )
+        )
+
     def process_replication_rows(
         self,
         stream_name: str,
@@ -529,6 +559,10 @@ def _add_account_data_for_user(
         else:
             currently_ignored_users = set()
 
+        # If the data has not changed, nothing to do.
+        if previously_ignored_users == currently_ignored_users:
+            return
+
         # Delete entries which are no longer ignored.
         self.db_pool.simple_delete_many_txn(
             txn,
@@ -551,6 +585,7 @@ def _add_account_data_for_user(
         # Invalidate the cache for any ignored users which were added or removed.
         for ignored_user_id in previously_ignored_users ^ currently_ignored_users:
             self._invalidate_cache_and_stream(txn, self.ignored_by, (ignored_user_id,))
+        self._invalidate_cache_and_stream(txn, self.ignored_users, (user_id,))
 
     async def purge_account_data_for_user(self, user_id: str) -> None:
         """
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/cache.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/cache.py
index d6a2df1afeb6..dd4e83a2ad19 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/cache.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/cache.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     EventsStream,
     EventsStreamCurrentStateRow,
     EventsStreamEventRow,
+    EventsStreamRow,
 )
 from synapse.storage._base import SQLBaseStore
 from synapse.storage.database import (
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
     LoggingTransaction,
 )
 from synapse.storage.engines import PostgresEngine
+from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import _CachedFunction
 from synapse.util.iterutils import batch_iter
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -82,7 +84,9 @@ async def get_all_updated_caches(
         if last_id == current_id:
             return [], current_id, False
 
-        def get_all_updated_caches_txn(txn):
+        def get_all_updated_caches_txn(
+            txn: LoggingTransaction,
+        ) -> Tuple[List[Tuple[int, tuple]], int, bool]:
             # We purposefully don't bound by the current token, as we want to
             # send across cache invalidations as quickly as possible. Cache
             # invalidations are idempotent, so duplicates are fine.
@@ -107,7 +111,9 @@ def get_all_updated_caches_txn(txn):
             "get_all_updated_caches", get_all_updated_caches_txn
         )
 
-    def process_replication_rows(self, stream_name, instance_name, token, rows):
+    def process_replication_rows(
+        self, stream_name: str, instance_name: str, token: int, rows: Iterable[Any]
+    ) -> None:
         if stream_name == EventsStream.NAME:
             for row in rows:
                 self._process_event_stream_row(token, row)
@@ -142,10 +148,11 @@ def process_replication_rows(self, stream_name, instance_name, token, rows):
 
         super().process_replication_rows(stream_name, instance_name, token, rows)
 
-    def _process_event_stream_row(self, token, row):
+    def _process_event_stream_row(self, token: int, row: EventsStreamRow) -> None:
         data = row.data
 
         if row.type == EventsStreamEventRow.TypeId:
+            assert isinstance(data, EventsStreamEventRow)
             self._invalidate_caches_for_event(
                 token,
                 data.event_id,
@@ -157,9 +164,8 @@ def _process_event_stream_row(self, token, row):
                 backfilled=False,
             )
         elif row.type == EventsStreamCurrentStateRow.TypeId:
-            self._curr_state_delta_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(
-                row.data.room_id, token
-            )
+            assert isinstance(data, EventsStreamCurrentStateRow)
+            self._curr_state_delta_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(data.room_id, token)
 
             if data.type == EventTypes.Member:
                 self.get_rooms_for_user_with_stream_ordering.invalidate(
@@ -170,15 +176,15 @@ def _process_event_stream_row(self, token, row):
 
     def _invalidate_caches_for_event(
         self,
-        stream_ordering,
-        event_id,
-        room_id,
-        etype,
-        state_key,
-        redacts,
-        relates_to,
-        backfilled,
-    ):
+        stream_ordering: int,
+        event_id: str,
+        room_id: str,
+        etype: str,
+        state_key: Optional[str],
+        redacts: Optional[str],
+        relates_to: Optional[str],
+        backfilled: bool,
+    ) -> None:
         self._invalidate_get_event_cache(event_id)
         self.have_seen_event.invalidate((room_id, event_id))
 
@@ -186,6 +192,10 @@ def _invalidate_caches_for_event(
 
         self.get_unread_event_push_actions_by_room_for_user.invalidate((room_id,))
 
+        # The `_get_membership_from_event_id` is immutable, except for the
+        # case where we look up an event *before* persisting it.
+        self._get_membership_from_event_id.invalidate((event_id,))
+
         if not backfilled:
             self._events_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(room_id, stream_ordering)
 
@@ -207,7 +217,9 @@ def _invalidate_caches_for_event(
             self.get_thread_summary.invalidate((relates_to,))
             self.get_thread_participated.invalidate((relates_to,))
 
-    async def invalidate_cache_and_stream(self, cache_name: str, keys: Tuple[Any, ...]):
+    async def invalidate_cache_and_stream(
+        self, cache_name: str, keys: Tuple[Any, ...]
+    ) -> None:
         """Invalidates the cache and adds it to the cache stream so slaves
         will know to invalidate their caches.
 
@@ -227,7 +239,12 @@ async def invalidate_cache_and_stream(self, cache_name: str, keys: Tuple[Any, ..
             keys,
         )
 
-    def _invalidate_cache_and_stream(self, txn, cache_func, keys):
+    def _invalidate_cache_and_stream(
+        self,
+        txn: LoggingTransaction,
+        cache_func: _CachedFunction,
+        keys: Tuple[Any, ...],
+    ) -> None:
         """Invalidates the cache and adds it to the cache stream so slaves
         will know to invalidate their caches.
 
@@ -238,7 +255,9 @@ def _invalidate_cache_and_stream(self, txn, cache_func, keys):
         txn.call_after(cache_func.invalidate, keys)
         self._send_invalidation_to_replication(txn, cache_func.__name__, keys)
 
-    def _invalidate_all_cache_and_stream(self, txn, cache_func):
+    def _invalidate_all_cache_and_stream(
+        self, txn: LoggingTransaction, cache_func: _CachedFunction
+    ) -> None:
         """Invalidates the entire cache and adds it to the cache stream so slaves
         will know to invalidate their caches.
         """
@@ -279,8 +298,8 @@ def _invalidate_state_caches_and_stream(
             )
 
     def _send_invalidation_to_replication(
-        self, txn, cache_name: str, keys: Optional[Iterable[Any]]
-    ):
+        self, txn: LoggingTransaction, cache_name: str, keys: Optional[Iterable[Any]]
+    ) -> None:
         """Notifies replication that given cache has been invalidated.
 
         Note that this does *not* invalidate the cache locally.
@@ -315,7 +334,7 @@ def _send_invalidation_to_replication(
                     "instance_name": self._instance_name,
                     "cache_func": cache_name,
                     "keys": keys,
-                    "invalidation_ts": self.clock.time_msec(),
+                    "invalidation_ts": self._clock.time_msec(),
                 },
             )
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/event_federation.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/event_federation.py
index 277e6422ebd6..634e19e035d2 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/event_federation.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/event_federation.py
@@ -1073,9 +1073,15 @@ def _get_connected_prev_event_backfill_results_txn(
             /* Get the depth and stream_ordering of the prev_event_id from the events table */
             INNER JOIN events
             ON prev_event_id = events.event_id
+
+            /* exclude outliers from the results (we don't have the state, so cannot
+             * verify if the requesting server can see them).
+             */
+            WHERE NOT events.outlier
+
             /* Look for an edge which matches the given event_id */
-            WHERE event_edges.event_id = ?
-            AND event_edges.is_state = ?
+            AND event_edges.event_id = ? AND NOT event_edges.is_state
+
             /* Because we can have many events at the same depth,
             * we want to also tie-break and sort on stream_ordering */
             ORDER BY depth DESC, stream_ordering DESC
@@ -1084,7 +1090,7 @@ def _get_connected_prev_event_backfill_results_txn(
 
         txn.execute(
             connected_prev_event_query,
-            (event_id, False, limit),
+            (event_id, limit),
         )
         return [
             BackfillQueueNavigationItem(
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/events.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/events.py
index 1f60aef180d0..d253243125fb 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/events.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/events.py
@@ -1745,6 +1745,13 @@ def non_null_str_or_none(val: Any) -> Optional[str]:
                 (event.state_key,),
             )
 
+            # The `_get_membership_from_event_id` is immutable, except for the
+            # case where we look up an event *before* persisting it.
+            txn.call_after(
+                self.store._get_membership_from_event_id.invalidate,
+                (event.event_id,),
+            )
+
             # We update the local_current_membership table only if the event is
             # "current", i.e., its something that has just happened.
             #
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/group_server.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/group_server.py
index 3f6086050bb2..0aef121d8348 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/group_server.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/group_server.py
@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, cast
 
 from typing_extensions import TypedDict
 
 from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
 from synapse.storage._base import SQLBaseStore, db_to_json
-from synapse.storage.database import DatabasePool, LoggingDatabaseConnection
+from synapse.storage.database import (
+    DatabasePool,
+    LoggingDatabaseConnection,
+    LoggingTransaction,
+)
 from synapse.types import JsonDict
 from synapse.util import json_encoder
 
@@ -75,7 +79,7 @@ async def get_users_in_group(
     ) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
         # TODO: Pagination
 
-        keyvalues = {"group_id": group_id}
+        keyvalues: JsonDict = {"group_id": group_id}
         if not include_private:
             keyvalues["is_public"] = True
 
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ async def get_rooms_in_group(
 
         # TODO: Pagination
 
-        def _get_rooms_in_group_txn(txn):
+        def _get_rooms_in_group_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> List[_RoomInGroup]:
             sql = """
             SELECT room_id, is_public FROM group_rooms
                 WHERE group_id = ?
@@ -176,8 +180,10 @@ async def get_rooms_for_summary_by_category(
                         * "order": int, the sort order of rooms in this category
         """
 
-        def _get_rooms_for_summary_txn(txn):
-            keyvalues = {"group_id": group_id}
+        def _get_rooms_for_summary_txn(
+            txn: LoggingTransaction,
+        ) -> Tuple[List[Dict[str, Any]], Dict[str, Any]]:
+            keyvalues: JsonDict = {"group_id": group_id}
             if not include_private:
                 keyvalues["is_public"] = True
 
@@ -241,7 +247,7 @@ def _get_rooms_for_summary_txn(txn):
             "get_rooms_for_summary", _get_rooms_for_summary_txn
         )
 
-    async def get_group_categories(self, group_id):
+    async def get_group_categories(self, group_id: str) -> JsonDict:
         rows = await self.db_pool.simple_select_list(
             table="group_room_categories",
             keyvalues={"group_id": group_id},
@@ -257,7 +263,7 @@ async def get_group_categories(self, group_id):
             for row in rows
         }
 
-    async def get_group_category(self, group_id, category_id):
+    async def get_group_category(self, group_id: str, category_id: str) -> JsonDict:
         category = await self.db_pool.simple_select_one(
             table="group_room_categories",
             keyvalues={"group_id": group_id, "category_id": category_id},
@@ -269,7 +275,7 @@ async def get_group_category(self, group_id, category_id):
 
         return category
 
-    async def get_group_roles(self, group_id):
+    async def get_group_roles(self, group_id: str) -> JsonDict:
         rows = await self.db_pool.simple_select_list(
             table="group_roles",
             keyvalues={"group_id": group_id},
@@ -285,7 +291,7 @@ async def get_group_roles(self, group_id):
             for row in rows
         }
 
-    async def get_group_role(self, group_id, role_id):
+    async def get_group_role(self, group_id: str, role_id: str) -> JsonDict:
         role = await self.db_pool.simple_select_one(
             table="group_roles",
             keyvalues={"group_id": group_id, "role_id": role_id},
@@ -311,15 +317,19 @@ async def get_local_groups_for_room(self, room_id: str) -> List[str]:
             desc="get_local_groups_for_room",
         )
 
-    async def get_users_for_summary_by_role(self, group_id, include_private=False):
+    async def get_users_for_summary_by_role(
+        self, group_id: str, include_private: bool = False
+    ) -> Tuple[List[JsonDict], JsonDict]:
         """Get the users and roles that should be included in a summary request
 
         Returns:
             ([users], [roles])
         """
 
-        def _get_users_for_summary_txn(txn):
-            keyvalues = {"group_id": group_id}
+        def _get_users_for_summary_txn(
+            txn: LoggingTransaction,
+        ) -> Tuple[List[JsonDict], JsonDict]:
+            keyvalues: JsonDict = {"group_id": group_id}
             if not include_private:
                 keyvalues["is_public"] = True
 
@@ -406,7 +416,9 @@ async def is_user_invited_to_local_group(
             allow_none=True,
         )
 
-    async def get_users_membership_info_in_group(self, group_id, user_id):
+    async def get_users_membership_info_in_group(
+        self, group_id: str, user_id: str
+    ) -> JsonDict:
         """Get a dict describing the membership of a user in a group.
 
         Example if joined:
@@ -421,7 +433,7 @@ async def get_users_membership_info_in_group(self, group_id, user_id):
              An empty dict if the user is not join/invite/etc
         """
 
-        def _get_users_membership_in_group_txn(txn):
+        def _get_users_membership_in_group_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> JsonDict:
             row = self.db_pool.simple_select_one_txn(
                 txn,
                 table="group_users",
@@ -463,10 +475,14 @@ async def get_publicised_groups_for_user(self, user_id: str) -> List[str]:
             desc="get_publicised_groups_for_user",
         )
 
-    async def get_attestations_need_renewals(self, valid_until_ms):
+    async def get_attestations_need_renewals(
+        self, valid_until_ms: int
+    ) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
         """Get all attestations that need to be renewed until givent time"""
 
-        def _get_attestations_need_renewals_txn(txn):
+        def _get_attestations_need_renewals_txn(
+            txn: LoggingTransaction,
+        ) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
             sql = """
                 SELECT group_id, user_id FROM group_attestations_renewals
                 WHERE valid_until_ms <= ?
@@ -478,7 +494,9 @@ def _get_attestations_need_renewals_txn(txn):
             "get_attestations_need_renewals", _get_attestations_need_renewals_txn
         )
 
-    async def get_remote_attestation(self, group_id, user_id):
+    async def get_remote_attestation(
+        self, group_id: str, user_id: str
+    ) -> Optional[JsonDict]:
         """Get the attestation that proves the remote agrees that the user is
         in the group.
         """
@@ -504,8 +522,8 @@ async def get_joined_groups(self, user_id: str) -> List[str]:
             desc="get_joined_groups",
         )
 
-    async def get_all_groups_for_user(self, user_id, now_token):
-        def _get_all_groups_for_user_txn(txn):
+    async def get_all_groups_for_user(self, user_id, now_token) -> List[JsonDict]:
+        def _get_all_groups_for_user_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> List[JsonDict]:
             sql = """
                 SELECT group_id, type, membership, u.content
                 FROM local_group_updates AS u
@@ -528,15 +546,16 @@ def _get_all_groups_for_user_txn(txn):
             "get_all_groups_for_user", _get_all_groups_for_user_txn
         )
 
-    async def get_groups_changes_for_user(self, user_id, from_token, to_token):
-        from_token = int(from_token)
-        has_changed = self._group_updates_stream_cache.has_entity_changed(
+    async def get_groups_changes_for_user(
+        self, user_id: str, from_token: int, to_token: int
+    ) -> List[JsonDict]:
+        has_changed = self._group_updates_stream_cache.has_entity_changed(  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
             user_id, from_token
         )
         if not has_changed:
             return []
 
-        def _get_groups_changes_for_user_txn(txn):
+        def _get_groups_changes_for_user_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> List[JsonDict]:
             sql = """
                 SELECT group_id, membership, type, u.content
                 FROM local_group_updates AS u
@@ -583,12 +602,14 @@ async def get_all_groups_changes(
         """
 
         last_id = int(last_id)
-        has_changed = self._group_updates_stream_cache.has_any_entity_changed(last_id)
+        has_changed = self._group_updates_stream_cache.has_any_entity_changed(last_id)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
         if not has_changed:
             return [], current_id, False
 
-        def _get_all_groups_changes_txn(txn):
+        def _get_all_groups_changes_txn(
+            txn: LoggingTransaction,
+        ) -> Tuple[List[Tuple[int, tuple]], int, bool]:
             sql = """
                 SELECT stream_id, group_id, user_id, type, content
                 FROM local_group_updates
@@ -596,10 +617,13 @@ def _get_all_groups_changes_txn(txn):
                 LIMIT ?
             """
             txn.execute(sql, (last_id, current_id, limit))
-            updates = [
-                (stream_id, (group_id, user_id, gtype, db_to_json(content_json)))
-                for stream_id, group_id, user_id, gtype, content_json in txn
-            ]
+            updates = cast(
+                List[Tuple[int, tuple]],
+                [
+                    (stream_id, (group_id, user_id, gtype, db_to_json(content_json)))
+                    for stream_id, group_id, user_id, gtype, content_json in txn
+                ],
+            )
 
             limited = False
             upto_token = current_id
@@ -633,8 +657,8 @@ async def add_room_to_summary(
         self,
         group_id: str,
         room_id: str,
-        category_id: str,
-        order: int,
+        category_id: Optional[str],
+        order: Optional[int],
         is_public: Optional[bool],
     ) -> None:
         """Add (or update) room's entry in summary.
@@ -661,11 +685,11 @@ async def add_room_to_summary(
 
     def _add_room_to_summary_txn(
         self,
-        txn,
+        txn: LoggingTransaction,
         group_id: str,
         room_id: str,
-        category_id: str,
-        order: int,
+        category_id: Optional[str],
+        order: Optional[int],
         is_public: Optional[bool],
     ) -> None:
         """Add (or update) room's entry in summary.
@@ -750,7 +774,7 @@ def _add_room_to_summary_txn(
                 WHERE group_id = ? AND category_id = ?
             """
             txn.execute(sql, (group_id, category_id))
-            (order,) = txn.fetchone()
+            (order,) = cast(Tuple[int], txn.fetchone())
 
         if existing:
             to_update = {}
@@ -766,7 +790,7 @@ def _add_room_to_summary_txn(
                     "category_id": category_id,
                     "room_id": room_id,
                 },
-                values=to_update,
+                updatevalues=to_update,
             )
         else:
             if is_public is None:
@@ -785,7 +809,7 @@ def _add_room_to_summary_txn(
             )
 
     async def remove_room_from_summary(
-        self, group_id: str, room_id: str, category_id: str
+        self, group_id: str, room_id: str, category_id: Optional[str]
     ) -> int:
         if category_id is None:
             category_id = _DEFAULT_CATEGORY_ID
@@ -808,8 +832,8 @@ async def upsert_group_category(
         is_public: Optional[bool],
     ) -> None:
         """Add/update room category for group"""
-        insertion_values = {}
-        update_values = {"category_id": category_id}  # This cannot be empty
+        insertion_values: JsonDict = {}
+        update_values: JsonDict = {"category_id": category_id}  # This cannot be empty
 
         if profile is None:
             insertion_values["profile"] = "{}"
@@ -844,8 +868,8 @@ async def upsert_group_role(
         is_public: Optional[bool],
     ) -> None:
         """Add/remove user role"""
-        insertion_values = {}
-        update_values = {"role_id": role_id}  # This cannot be empty
+        insertion_values: JsonDict = {}
+        update_values: JsonDict = {"role_id": role_id}  # This cannot be empty
 
         if profile is None:
             insertion_values["profile"] = "{}"
@@ -876,8 +900,8 @@ async def add_user_to_summary(
         self,
         group_id: str,
         user_id: str,
-        role_id: str,
-        order: int,
+        role_id: Optional[str],
+        order: Optional[int],
         is_public: Optional[bool],
     ) -> None:
         """Add (or update) user's entry in summary.
@@ -904,13 +928,13 @@ async def add_user_to_summary(
 
     def _add_user_to_summary_txn(
         self,
-        txn,
+        txn: LoggingTransaction,
         group_id: str,
         user_id: str,
-        role_id: str,
-        order: int,
+        role_id: Optional[str],
+        order: Optional[int],
         is_public: Optional[bool],
-    ):
+    ) -> None:
         """Add (or update) user's entry in summary.
 
         Args:
@@ -989,7 +1013,7 @@ def _add_user_to_summary_txn(
                 WHERE group_id = ? AND role_id = ?
             """
             txn.execute(sql, (group_id, role_id))
-            (order,) = txn.fetchone()
+            (order,) = cast(Tuple[int], txn.fetchone())
 
         if existing:
             to_update = {}
@@ -1005,7 +1029,7 @@ def _add_user_to_summary_txn(
                     "role_id": role_id,
                     "user_id": user_id,
                 },
-                values=to_update,
+                updatevalues=to_update,
             )
         else:
             if is_public is None:
@@ -1024,7 +1048,7 @@ def _add_user_to_summary_txn(
             )
 
     async def remove_user_from_summary(
-        self, group_id: str, user_id: str, role_id: str
+        self, group_id: str, user_id: str, role_id: Optional[str]
     ) -> int:
         if role_id is None:
             role_id = _DEFAULT_ROLE_ID
@@ -1065,7 +1089,7 @@ async def add_user_to_group(
                 Optional if the user and group are on the same server
         """
 
-        def _add_user_to_group_txn(txn):
+        def _add_user_to_group_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
             self.db_pool.simple_insert_txn(
                 txn,
                 table="group_users",
@@ -1108,7 +1132,7 @@ def _add_user_to_group_txn(txn):
         await self.db_pool.runInteraction("add_user_to_group", _add_user_to_group_txn)
 
     async def remove_user_from_group(self, group_id: str, user_id: str) -> None:
-        def _remove_user_from_group_txn(txn):
+        def _remove_user_from_group_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
             self.db_pool.simple_delete_txn(
                 txn,
                 table="group_users",
@@ -1159,7 +1183,7 @@ async def update_room_in_group_visibility(
         )
 
     async def remove_room_from_group(self, group_id: str, room_id: str) -> None:
-        def _remove_room_from_group_txn(txn):
+        def _remove_room_from_group_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
             self.db_pool.simple_delete_txn(
                 txn,
                 table="group_rooms",
@@ -1216,7 +1240,9 @@ async def register_user_group_membership(
 
         content = content or {}
 
-        def _register_user_group_membership_txn(txn, next_id):
+        def _register_user_group_membership_txn(
+            txn: LoggingTransaction, next_id: int
+        ) -> int:
             # TODO: Upsert?
             self.db_pool.simple_delete_txn(
                 txn,
@@ -1249,7 +1275,7 @@ def _register_user_group_membership_txn(txn, next_id):
                     ),
                 },
             )
-            self._group_updates_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(user_id, next_id)
+            self._group_updates_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(user_id, next_id)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
             # TODO: Insert profile to ensure it comes down stream if its a join.
 
@@ -1289,7 +1315,7 @@ def _register_user_group_membership_txn(txn, next_id):
 
             return next_id
 
-        async with self._group_updates_id_gen.get_next() as next_id:
+        async with self._group_updates_id_gen.get_next() as next_id:  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
             res = await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
                 "register_user_group_membership",
                 _register_user_group_membership_txn,
@@ -1298,7 +1324,13 @@ def _register_user_group_membership_txn(txn, next_id):
         return res
 
     async def create_group(
-        self, group_id, user_id, name, avatar_url, short_description, long_description
+        self,
+        group_id: str,
+        user_id: str,
+        name: str,
+        avatar_url: str,
+        short_description: str,
+        long_description: str,
     ) -> None:
         await self.db_pool.simple_insert(
             table="groups",
@@ -1313,7 +1345,7 @@ async def create_group(
             desc="create_group",
         )
 
-    async def update_group_profile(self, group_id, profile):
+    async def update_group_profile(self, group_id: str, profile: JsonDict) -> None:
         await self.db_pool.simple_update_one(
             table="groups",
             keyvalues={"group_id": group_id},
@@ -1361,8 +1393,8 @@ async def remove_attestation_renewal(self, group_id: str, user_id: str) -> int:
             desc="remove_attestation_renewal",
         )
 
-    def get_group_stream_token(self):
-        return self._group_updates_id_gen.get_current_token()
+    def get_group_stream_token(self) -> int:
+        return self._group_updates_id_gen.get_current_token()  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
     async def delete_group(self, group_id: str) -> None:
         """Deletes a group fully from the database.
@@ -1371,7 +1403,7 @@ async def delete_group(self, group_id: str) -> None:
             group_id: The group ID to delete.
         """
 
-        def _delete_group_txn(txn):
+        def _delete_group_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
             tables = [
                 "groups",
                 "group_users",
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/media_repository.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/media_repository.py
index cbba356b4a98..322ed0539014 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/media_repository.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/media_repository.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def __init__(
         hs: "HomeServer",
     ):
         super().__init__(database, db_conn, hs)
-        self.server_name = hs.hostname
+        self.server_name: str = hs.hostname
 
     async def get_local_media(self, media_id: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
         """Get the metadata for a local piece of media
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/monthly_active_users.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/monthly_active_users.py
index e9a0cdc6be94..216622964aa7 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/monthly_active_users.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/monthly_active_users.py
@@ -12,15 +12,17 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 import logging
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, cast
 
 from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import wrap_as_background_process
 from synapse.storage._base import SQLBaseStore
 from synapse.storage.database import (
     DatabasePool,
     LoggingDatabaseConnection,
+    LoggingTransaction,
     make_in_list_sql_clause,
 )
+from synapse.storage.databases.main.registration import RegistrationWorkerStore
 from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cached
 from synapse.util.threepids import canonicalise_email
 
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ async def get_monthly_active_count(self) -> int:
             Number of current monthly active users
         """
 
-        def _count_users(txn):
+        def _count_users(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> int:
             # Exclude app service users
             sql = """
                 SELECT COUNT(*)
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ def _count_users(txn):
                 WHERE (users.appservice_id IS NULL OR users.appservice_id = '');
             """
             txn.execute(sql)
-            (count,) = txn.fetchone()
+            (count,) = cast(Tuple[int], txn.fetchone())
             return count
 
         return await self.db_pool.runInteraction("count_users", _count_users)
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ async def get_monthly_active_count_by_service(self) -> Dict[str, int]:
 
         """
 
-        def _count_users_by_service(txn):
+        def _count_users_by_service(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> Dict[str, int]:
             sql = """
                 SELECT COALESCE(appservice_id, 'native'), COUNT(*)
                 FROM monthly_active_users
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ def _count_users_by_service(txn):
             """
 
             txn.execute(sql)
-            result = txn.fetchall()
+            result = cast(List[Tuple[str, int]], txn.fetchall())
             return dict(result)
 
         return await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
@@ -141,12 +143,12 @@ async def user_last_seen_monthly_active(self, user_id: str) -> Optional[int]:
         )
 
     @wrap_as_background_process("reap_monthly_active_users")
-    async def reap_monthly_active_users(self):
+    async def reap_monthly_active_users(self) -> None:
         """Cleans out monthly active user table to ensure that no stale
         entries exist.
         """
 
-        def _reap_users(txn, reserved_users):
+        def _reap_users(txn: LoggingTransaction, reserved_users: List[str]) -> None:
             """
             Args:
                 reserved_users (tuple): reserved users to preserve
@@ -210,10 +212,10 @@ def _reap_users(txn, reserved_users):
             # is racy.
             # Have resolved to invalidate the whole cache for now and do
             # something about it if and when the perf becomes significant
-            self._invalidate_all_cache_and_stream(
+            self._invalidate_all_cache_and_stream(  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
                 txn, self.user_last_seen_monthly_active
             )
-            self._invalidate_cache_and_stream(txn, self.get_monthly_active_count, ())
+            self._invalidate_cache_and_stream(txn, self.get_monthly_active_count, ())  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
         reserved_users = await self.get_registered_reserved_users()
         await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ def _reap_users(txn, reserved_users):
         )
 
 
-class MonthlyActiveUsersStore(MonthlyActiveUsersWorkerStore):
+class MonthlyActiveUsersStore(MonthlyActiveUsersWorkerStore, RegistrationWorkerStore):
     def __init__(
         self,
         database: DatabasePool,
@@ -242,13 +244,15 @@ def __init__(
             hs.config.server.mau_limits_reserved_threepids[: self._max_mau_value],
         )
 
-    def _initialise_reserved_users(self, txn, threepids):
+    def _initialise_reserved_users(
+        self, txn: LoggingTransaction, threepids: List[dict]
+    ) -> None:
         """Ensures that reserved threepids are accounted for in the MAU table, should
         be called on start up.
 
         Args:
-            txn (cursor):
-            threepids (list[dict]): List of threepid dicts to reserve
+            txn:
+            threepids: List of threepid dicts to reserve
         """
 
         # XXX what is this function trying to achieve?  It upserts into
@@ -299,7 +303,9 @@ async def upsert_monthly_active_user(self, user_id: str) -> None:
             "upsert_monthly_active_user", self.upsert_monthly_active_user_txn, user_id
         )
 
-    def upsert_monthly_active_user_txn(self, txn, user_id):
+    def upsert_monthly_active_user_txn(
+        self, txn: LoggingTransaction, user_id: str
+    ) -> None:
         """Updates or inserts monthly active user member
 
         We consciously do not call is_support_txn from this method because it
@@ -336,7 +342,7 @@ def upsert_monthly_active_user_txn(self, txn, user_id):
             txn, self.user_last_seen_monthly_active, (user_id,)
         )
 
-    async def populate_monthly_active_users(self, user_id):
+    async def populate_monthly_active_users(self, user_id: str) -> None:
         """Checks on the state of monthly active user limits and optionally
         add the user to the monthly active tables
 
@@ -345,7 +351,7 @@ async def populate_monthly_active_users(self, user_id):
         """
         if self._limit_usage_by_mau or self._mau_stats_only:
             # Trial users and guests should not be included as part of MAU group
-            is_guest = await self.is_guest(user_id)
+            is_guest = await self.is_guest(user_id)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
             if is_guest:
                 return
             is_trial = await self.is_trial_user(user_id)
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/receipts.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/receipts.py
index bf0b903af2fc..e6f97aeece08 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/receipts.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/receipts.py
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@
     Optional,
     Set,
     Tuple,
+    cast,
 )
 
-from twisted.internet import defer
-
 from synapse.api.constants import ReceiptTypes
 from synapse.replication.slave.storage._slaved_id_tracker import SlavedIdTracker
 from synapse.replication.tcp.streams import ReceiptsStream
@@ -38,7 +37,11 @@
     LoggingTransaction,
 )
 from synapse.storage.engines import PostgresEngine
-from synapse.storage.util.id_generators import MultiWriterIdGenerator, StreamIdGenerator
+from synapse.storage.util.id_generators import (
+    AbstractStreamIdTracker,
+    MultiWriterIdGenerator,
+    StreamIdGenerator,
+)
 from synapse.types import JsonDict
 from synapse.util import json_encoder
 from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cached, cachedList
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ def __init__(
         hs: "HomeServer",
     ):
         self._instance_name = hs.get_instance_name()
+        self._receipts_id_gen: AbstractStreamIdTracker
 
         if isinstance(database.engine, PostgresEngine):
             self._can_write_to_receipts = (
@@ -161,7 +165,7 @@ def f(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> List[Tuple[str, str, int, int]]:
                 " AND user_id = ?"
             )
             txn.execute(sql, (user_id,))
-            return txn.fetchall()
+            return cast(List[Tuple[str, str, int, int]], txn.fetchall())
 
         rows = await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
             "get_receipts_for_user_with_orderings", f
@@ -257,7 +261,7 @@ def f(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
         if not rows:
             return []
 
-        content = {}
+        content: JsonDict = {}
         for row in rows:
             content.setdefault(row["event_id"], {}).setdefault(row["receipt_type"], {})[
                 row["user_id"]
@@ -305,7 +309,7 @@ def f(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
             "_get_linearized_receipts_for_rooms", f
         )
 
-        results = {}
+        results: JsonDict = {}
         for row in txn_results:
             # We want a single event per room, since we want to batch the
             # receipts by room, event and type.
@@ -370,7 +374,7 @@ def f(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
             "get_linearized_receipts_for_all_rooms", f
         )
 
-        results = {}
+        results: JsonDict = {}
         for row in txn_results:
             # We want a single event per room, since we want to batch the
             # receipts by room, event and type.
@@ -399,7 +403,7 @@ async def get_users_sent_receipts_between(
         """
 
         if last_id == current_id:
-            return defer.succeed([])
+            return []
 
         def _get_users_sent_receipts_between_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> List[str]:
             sql = """
@@ -453,7 +457,10 @@ def get_all_updated_receipts_txn(
             """
             txn.execute(sql, (last_id, current_id, limit))
 
-            updates = [(r[0], r[1:5] + (db_to_json(r[5]),)) for r in txn]
+            updates = cast(
+                List[Tuple[int, list]],
+                [(r[0], r[1:5] + (db_to_json(r[5]),)) for r in txn],
+            )
 
             limited = False
             upper_bound = current_id
@@ -496,7 +503,13 @@ def invalidate_caches_for_receipt(
         self._invalidate_get_users_with_receipts_in_room(room_id, receipt_type, user_id)
         self.get_receipts_for_room.invalidate((room_id, receipt_type))
 
-    def process_replication_rows(self, stream_name, instance_name, token, rows):
+    def process_replication_rows(
+        self,
+        stream_name: str,
+        instance_name: str,
+        token: int,
+        rows: Iterable[Any],
+    ) -> None:
         if stream_name == ReceiptsStream.NAME:
             self._receipts_id_gen.advance(instance_name, token)
             for row in rows:
@@ -584,7 +597,7 @@ def insert_linearized_receipt_txn(
         )
 
         if receipt_type == ReceiptTypes.READ and stream_ordering is not None:
-            self._remove_old_push_actions_before_txn(
+            self._remove_old_push_actions_before_txn(  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
                 txn, room_id=room_id, user_id=user_id, stream_ordering=stream_ordering
             )
 
@@ -637,7 +650,7 @@ def graph_to_linear(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> str:
                 "insert_receipt_conv", graph_to_linear
             )
 
-        async with self._receipts_id_gen.get_next() as stream_id:
+        async with self._receipts_id_gen.get_next() as stream_id:  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
             event_ts = await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
                 "insert_linearized_receipt",
                 self.insert_linearized_receipt_txn,
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/registration.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/registration.py
index a698d10cc535..7f3d190e943f 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/registration.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 from synapse.api.constants import UserTypes
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes, StoreError, SynapseError, ThreepidValidationError
+from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
 from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import wrap_as_background_process
 from synapse.storage.database import (
     DatabasePool,
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         super().__init__(database, db_conn, hs)
 
-        self.config = hs.config
+        self.config: HomeServerConfig = hs.config
 
         # Note: we don't check this sequence for consistency as we'd have to
         # call `find_max_generated_user_id_localpart` each time, which is
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/relations.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/relations.py
index c4869d64e663..b2295fd51f60 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/relations.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/relations.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 )
 
 import attr
-from frozendict import frozendict
 
 from synapse.api.constants import RelationTypes
 from synapse.events import EventBase
@@ -41,45 +40,15 @@
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.stream import generate_pagination_where_clause
 from synapse.storage.engines import PostgresEngine
 from synapse.storage.relations import AggregationPaginationToken, PaginationChunk
-from synapse.types import JsonDict, RoomStreamToken, StreamToken
+from synapse.types import RoomStreamToken, StreamToken
 from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cached, cachedList
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from synapse.server import HomeServer
-    from synapse.storage.databases.main import DataStore
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-@attr.s(slots=True, frozen=True, auto_attribs=True)
-class _ThreadAggregation:
-    # The latest event in the thread.
-    latest_event: EventBase
-    # The latest edit to the latest event in the thread.
-    latest_edit: Optional[EventBase]
-    # The total number of events in the thread.
-    count: int
-    # True if the current user has sent an event to the thread.
-    current_user_participated: bool
-
-
-@attr.s(slots=True, auto_attribs=True)
-class BundledAggregations:
-    """
-    The bundled aggregations for an event.
-
-    Some values require additional processing during serialization.
-    """
-
-    annotations: Optional[JsonDict] = None
-    references: Optional[JsonDict] = None
-    replace: Optional[EventBase] = None
-    thread: Optional[_ThreadAggregation] = None
-
-    def __bool__(self) -> bool:
-        return bool(self.annotations or self.references or self.replace or self.thread)
-
-
 class RelationsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -384,7 +353,7 @@ def get_applicable_edit(self, event_id: str) -> Optional[EventBase]:
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
     @cachedList(cached_method_name="get_applicable_edit", list_name="event_ids")
-    async def _get_applicable_edits(
+    async def get_applicable_edits(
         self, event_ids: Collection[str]
     ) -> Dict[str, Optional[EventBase]]:
         """Get the most recent edit (if any) that has happened for the given
@@ -473,7 +442,7 @@ def get_thread_summary(self, event_id: str) -> Optional[Tuple[int, EventBase]]:
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
     @cachedList(cached_method_name="get_thread_summary", list_name="event_ids")
-    async def _get_thread_summaries(
+    async def get_thread_summaries(
         self, event_ids: Collection[str]
     ) -> Dict[str, Optional[Tuple[int, EventBase, Optional[EventBase]]]]:
         """Get the number of threaded replies, the latest reply (if any), and the latest edit for that reply for the given event.
@@ -587,7 +556,7 @@ def _get_thread_summaries_txn(
         latest_events = await self.get_events(latest_event_ids.values())  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
         # Check to see if any of those events are edited.
-        latest_edits = await self._get_applicable_edits(latest_event_ids.values())
+        latest_edits = await self.get_applicable_edits(latest_event_ids.values())
 
         # Map to the event IDs to the thread summary.
         #
@@ -610,7 +579,7 @@ def get_thread_participated(self, event_id: str, user_id: str) -> bool:
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
     @cachedList(cached_method_name="get_thread_participated", list_name="event_ids")
-    async def _get_threads_participated(
+    async def get_threads_participated(
         self, event_ids: Collection[str], user_id: str
     ) -> Dict[str, bool]:
         """Get whether the requesting user participated in the given threads.
@@ -766,114 +735,6 @@ def _get_if_user_has_annotated_event(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> bool:
             "get_if_user_has_annotated_event", _get_if_user_has_annotated_event
         )
 
-    async def _get_bundled_aggregation_for_event(
-        self, event: EventBase, user_id: str
-    ) -> Optional[BundledAggregations]:
-        """Generate bundled aggregations for an event.
-
-        Note that this does not use a cache, but depends on cached methods.
-
-        Args:
-            event: The event to calculate bundled aggregations for.
-            user_id: The user requesting the bundled aggregations.
-
-        Returns:
-            The bundled aggregations for an event, if bundled aggregations are
-            enabled and the event can have bundled aggregations.
-        """
-
-        # Do not bundle aggregations for an event which represents an edit or an
-        # annotation. It does not make sense for them to have related events.
-        relates_to = event.content.get("m.relates_to")
-        if isinstance(relates_to, (dict, frozendict)):
-            relation_type = relates_to.get("rel_type")
-            if relation_type in (RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, RelationTypes.REPLACE):
-                return None
-
-        event_id = event.event_id
-        room_id = event.room_id
-
-        # The bundled aggregations to include, a mapping of relation type to a
-        # type-specific value. Some types include the direct return type here
-        # while others need more processing during serialization.
-        aggregations = BundledAggregations()
-
-        annotations = await self.get_aggregation_groups_for_event(event_id, room_id)
-        if annotations.chunk:
-            aggregations.annotations = await annotations.to_dict(
-                cast("DataStore", self)
-            )
-
-        references = await self.get_relations_for_event(
-            event_id, event, room_id, RelationTypes.REFERENCE, direction="f"
-        )
-        if references.chunk:
-            aggregations.references = await references.to_dict(cast("DataStore", self))
-
-        # Store the bundled aggregations in the event metadata for later use.
-        return aggregations
-
-    async def get_bundled_aggregations(
-        self, events: Iterable[EventBase], user_id: str
-    ) -> Dict[str, BundledAggregations]:
-        """Generate bundled aggregations for events.
-
-        Args:
-            events: The iterable of events to calculate bundled aggregations for.
-            user_id: The user requesting the bundled aggregations.
-
-        Returns:
-            A map of event ID to the bundled aggregation for the event. Not all
-            events may have bundled aggregations in the results.
-        """
-        # De-duplicate events by ID to handle the same event requested multiple times.
-        #
-        # State events do not get bundled aggregations.
-        events_by_id = {
-            event.event_id: event for event in events if not event.is_state()
-        }
-
-        # event ID -> bundled aggregation in non-serialized form.
-        results: Dict[str, BundledAggregations] = {}
-
-        # Fetch other relations per event.
-        for event in events_by_id.values():
-            event_result = await self._get_bundled_aggregation_for_event(event, user_id)
-            if event_result:
-                results[event.event_id] = event_result
-
-        # Fetch any edits (but not for redacted events).
-        edits = await self._get_applicable_edits(
-            [
-                event_id
-                for event_id, event in events_by_id.items()
-                if not event.internal_metadata.is_redacted()
-            ]
-        )
-        for event_id, edit in edits.items():
-            results.setdefault(event_id, BundledAggregations()).replace = edit
-
-        # Fetch thread summaries.
-        summaries = await self._get_thread_summaries(events_by_id.keys())
-        # Only fetch participated for a limited selection based on what had
-        # summaries.
-        participated = await self._get_threads_participated(summaries.keys(), user_id)
-        for event_id, summary in summaries.items():
-            if summary:
-                thread_count, latest_thread_event, edit = summary
-                results.setdefault(
-                    event_id, BundledAggregations()
-                ).thread = _ThreadAggregation(
-                    latest_event=latest_thread_event,
-                    latest_edit=edit,
-                    count=thread_count,
-                    # If there's a thread summary it must also exist in the
-                    # participated dictionary.
-                    current_user_participated=participated[event_id],
-                )
-
-        return results
-
 
 class RelationsStore(RelationsWorkerStore):
     pass
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py
index 94068940b90d..18b1acd9e113 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 from synapse.api.constants import EventContentFields, EventTypes, JoinRules
 from synapse.api.errors import StoreError
 from synapse.api.room_versions import RoomVersion, RoomVersions
+from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
 from synapse.events import EventBase
 from synapse.storage._base import SQLBaseStore, db_to_json
 from synapse.storage.database import (
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         super().__init__(database, db_conn, hs)
 
-        self.config = hs.config
+        self.config: HomeServerConfig = hs.config
 
     async def store_room(
         self,
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/roommember.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/roommember.py
index bef675b8453c..3248da5356a4 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/roommember.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/roommember.py
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@
 _CURRENT_STATE_MEMBERSHIP_UPDATE_NAME = "current_state_events_membership"
 
 
+@attr.s(frozen=True, slots=True, auto_attribs=True)
+class EventIdMembership:
+    """Returned by `get_membership_from_event_ids`"""
+
+    user_id: str
+    membership: str
+
+
 class RoomMemberWorkerStore(EventsWorkerStore):
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -772,7 +780,7 @@ async def _get_joined_profiles_from_event_ids(self, event_ids: Iterable[str]):
             retcols=("user_id", "display_name", "avatar_url", "event_id"),
             keyvalues={"membership": Membership.JOIN},
             batch_size=500,
-            desc="_get_membership_from_event_ids",
+            desc="_get_joined_profiles_from_event_ids",
         )
 
         return {
@@ -1000,12 +1008,26 @@ async def get_rooms_user_has_been_in(self, user_id: str) -> Set[str]:
 
         return set(room_ids)
 
+    @cached(max_entries=5000)
+    async def _get_membership_from_event_id(
+        self, member_event_id: str
+    ) -> Optional[EventIdMembership]:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @cachedList(
+        cached_method_name="_get_membership_from_event_id", list_name="member_event_ids"
+    )
     async def get_membership_from_event_ids(
         self, member_event_ids: Iterable[str]
-    ) -> List[dict]:
-        """Get user_id and membership of a set of event IDs."""
+    ) -> Dict[str, Optional[EventIdMembership]]:
+        """Get user_id and membership of a set of event IDs.
+
+        Returns:
+            Mapping from event ID to `EventIdMembership` if the event is a
+            membership event, otherwise the value is None.
+        """
 
-        return await self.db_pool.simple_select_many_batch(
+        rows = await self.db_pool.simple_select_many_batch(
             table="room_memberships",
             column="event_id",
             iterable=member_event_ids,
@@ -1015,6 +1037,13 @@ async def get_membership_from_event_ids(
             desc="get_membership_from_event_ids",
         )
 
+        return {
+            row["event_id"]: EventIdMembership(
+                membership=row["membership"], user_id=row["user_id"]
+            )
+            for row in rows
+        }
+
     async def is_local_host_in_room_ignoring_users(
         self, room_id: str, ignore_users: Collection[str]
     ) -> bool:
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/search.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/search.py
index c5e9010c83b5..d4482c06db66 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/search.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/search.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import logging
 import re
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Collection, Iterable, List, Optional, Set
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Collection, Iterable, List, Optional, Set
 
 import attr
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def store_search_entries_txn(
                 " VALUES (?,?,?,to_tsvector('english', ?),?,?)"
             )
 
-            args = (
+            args1 = (
                 (
                     entry.event_id,
                     entry.room_id,
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ def store_search_entries_txn(
                 for entry in entries
             )
 
-            txn.execute_batch(sql, args)
+            txn.execute_batch(sql, args1)
 
         elif isinstance(self.database_engine, Sqlite3Engine):
             sql = (
                 "INSERT INTO event_search (event_id, room_id, key, value)"
                 " VALUES (?,?,?,?)"
             )
-            args = (
+            args2 = (
                 (
                     entry.event_id,
                     entry.room_id,
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def store_search_entries_txn(
                 )
                 for entry in entries
             )
-            txn.execute_batch(sql, args)
+            txn.execute_batch(sql, args2)
 
         else:
             # This should be unreachable.
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ async def search_msgs(
 
         search_query = _parse_query(self.database_engine, search_term)
 
-        args = []
+        args: List[Any] = []
 
         # Make sure we don't explode because the person is in too many rooms.
         # We filter the results below regardless.
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ async def search_msgs(
 
         # We set redact_behaviour to BLOCK here to prevent redacted events being returned in
         # search results (which is a data leak)
-        events = await self.get_events_as_list(
+        events = await self.get_events_as_list(  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
             [r["event_id"] for r in results],
             redact_behaviour=EventRedactBehaviour.BLOCK,
         )
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ async def search_rooms(
         room_ids: Collection[str],
         search_term: str,
         keys: Iterable[str],
-        limit,
+        limit: int,
         pagination_token: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> JsonDict:
         """Performs a full text search over events with given keys.
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ async def search_rooms(
 
         search_query = _parse_query(self.database_engine, search_term)
 
-        args = []
+        args: List[Any] = []
 
         # Make sure we don't explode because the person is in too many rooms.
         # We filter the results below regardless.
@@ -573,9 +573,9 @@ async def search_rooms(
 
         if pagination_token:
             try:
-                origin_server_ts, stream = pagination_token.split(",")
-                origin_server_ts = int(origin_server_ts)
-                stream = int(stream)
+                origin_server_ts_str, stream_str = pagination_token.split(",")
+                origin_server_ts = int(origin_server_ts_str)
+                stream = int(stream_str)
             except Exception:
                 raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid pagination token")
 
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ async def search_rooms(
 
         # We set redact_behaviour to BLOCK here to prevent redacted events being returned in
         # search results (which is a data leak)
-        events = await self.get_events_as_list(
+        events = await self.get_events_as_list(  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
             [r["event_id"] for r in results],
             redact_behaviour=EventRedactBehaviour.BLOCK,
         )
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/state.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/state.py
index 417aef1dbcf3..28460fd36427 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/state.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/state.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 import collections.abc
 import logging
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Iterable, Optional, Set
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Collection, Iterable, Optional, Set, Tuple
 
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership
 from synapse.api.errors import NotFoundError, UnsupportedRoomVersionError
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.events_worker import EventsWorkerStore
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.roommember import RoomMemberWorkerStore
 from synapse.storage.state import StateFilter
-from synapse.types import StateMap
+from synapse.types import JsonDict, StateMap
 from synapse.util.caches import intern_string
 from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cached, cachedList
 
@@ -241,7 +241,9 @@ async def get_filtered_current_state_ids(
             # We delegate to the cached version
             return await self.get_current_state_ids(room_id)
 
-        def _get_filtered_current_state_ids_txn(txn):
+        def _get_filtered_current_state_ids_txn(
+            txn: LoggingTransaction,
+        ) -> StateMap[str]:
             results = {}
             sql = """
                 SELECT type, state_key, event_id FROM current_state_events
@@ -281,11 +283,11 @@ async def get_canonical_alias_for_room(self, room_id: str) -> Optional[str]:
 
         event_id = state.get((EventTypes.CanonicalAlias, ""))
         if not event_id:
-            return
+            return None
 
         event = await self.get_event(event_id, allow_none=True)
         if not event:
-            return
+            return None
 
         return event.content.get("canonical_alias")
 
@@ -304,7 +306,7 @@ async def _get_state_group_for_event(self, event_id: str) -> Optional[int]:
         list_name="event_ids",
         num_args=1,
     )
-    async def _get_state_group_for_events(self, event_ids):
+    async def _get_state_group_for_events(self, event_ids: Collection[str]) -> JsonDict:
         """Returns mapping event_id -> state_group"""
         rows = await self.db_pool.simple_select_many_batch(
             table="event_to_state_groups",
@@ -355,7 +357,7 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         super().__init__(database, db_conn, hs)
 
-        self.server_name = hs.hostname
+        self.server_name: str = hs.hostname
 
         self.db_pool.updates.register_background_index_update(
             self.CURRENT_STATE_INDEX_UPDATE_NAME,
@@ -375,7 +377,9 @@ def __init__(
             self._background_remove_left_rooms,
         )
 
-    async def _background_remove_left_rooms(self, progress, batch_size):
+    async def _background_remove_left_rooms(
+        self, progress: JsonDict, batch_size: int
+    ) -> int:
         """Background update to delete rows from `current_state_events` and
         `event_forward_extremities` tables of rooms that the server is no
         longer joined to.
@@ -383,7 +387,9 @@ async def _background_remove_left_rooms(self, progress, batch_size):
 
         last_room_id = progress.get("last_room_id", "")
 
-        def _background_remove_left_rooms_txn(txn):
+        def _background_remove_left_rooms_txn(
+            txn: LoggingTransaction,
+        ) -> Tuple[bool, Set[str]]:
             # get a batch of room ids to consider
             sql = """
                 SELECT DISTINCT room_id FROM current_state_events
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/stats.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/stats.py
index 427ae1f649b1..b95dbef6784d 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/stats.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/stats.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         super().__init__(database, db_conn, hs)
 
-        self.server_name = hs.hostname
+        self.server_name: str = hs.hostname
         self.clock = self.hs.get_clock()
         self.stats_enabled = hs.config.stats.stats_enabled
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/user_directory.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/user_directory.py
index e7fddd24262a..df772d472102 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/user_directory.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/user_directory.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
     cast,
 )
 
+from typing_extensions import TypedDict
+
 from synapse.api.errors import StoreError
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -40,7 +42,12 @@
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.state import StateFilter
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.state_deltas import StateDeltasStore
 from synapse.storage.engines import PostgresEngine, Sqlite3Engine
-from synapse.types import JsonDict, get_domain_from_id, get_localpart_from_id
+from synapse.types import (
+    JsonDict,
+    UserProfile,
+    get_domain_from_id,
+    get_localpart_from_id,
+)
 from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cached
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -61,7 +68,7 @@ def __init__(
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__(database, db_conn, hs)
 
-        self.server_name = hs.hostname
+        self.server_name: str = hs.hostname
 
         self.db_pool.updates.register_background_update_handler(
             "populate_user_directory_createtables",
@@ -591,6 +598,11 @@ async def update_user_directory_stream_pos(self, stream_id: Optional[int]) -> No
         )
 
 
+class SearchResult(TypedDict):
+    limited: bool
+    results: List[UserProfile]
+
+
 class UserDirectoryStore(UserDirectoryBackgroundUpdateStore):
     # How many records do we calculate before sending it to
     # add_users_who_share_private_rooms?
@@ -718,7 +730,7 @@ async def get_user_dir_rooms_user_is_in(self, user_id: str) -> List[str]:
         users.update(rows)
         return list(users)
 
-    async def get_shared_rooms_for_users(
+    async def get_mutual_rooms_for_users(
         self, user_id: str, other_user_id: str
     ) -> Set[str]:
         """
@@ -732,7 +744,7 @@ async def get_shared_rooms_for_users(
             A set of room ID's that the users share.
         """
 
-        def _get_shared_rooms_for_users_txn(
+        def _get_mutual_rooms_for_users_txn(
             txn: LoggingTransaction,
         ) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
             txn.execute(
@@ -756,7 +768,7 @@ def _get_shared_rooms_for_users_txn(
             return rows
 
         rows = await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
-            "get_shared_rooms_for_users", _get_shared_rooms_for_users_txn
+            "get_mutual_rooms_for_users", _get_mutual_rooms_for_users_txn
         )
 
         return {row["room_id"] for row in rows}
@@ -777,7 +789,7 @@ async def get_user_directory_stream_pos(self) -> Optional[int]:
 
     async def search_user_dir(
         self, user_id: str, search_term: str, limit: int
-    ) -> JsonDict:
+    ) -> SearchResult:
         """Searches for users in directory
 
         Returns:
@@ -910,8 +922,11 @@ async def search_user_dir(
             # This should be unreachable.
             raise Exception("Unrecognized database engine")
 
-        results = await self.db_pool.execute(
-            "search_user_dir", self.db_pool.cursor_to_dict, sql, *args
+        results = cast(
+            List[UserProfile],
+            await self.db_pool.execute(
+                "search_user_dir", self.db_pool.cursor_to_dict, sql, *args
+            ),
         )
 
         limited = len(results) > limit
diff --git a/synapse/storage/engines/__init__.py b/synapse/storage/engines/__init__.py
index 9abc02046ee9..afb7d5054db8 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/engines/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/engines/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def create_engine(database_config) -> BaseDatabaseEngine:
 
     if name == "psycopg2":
         # Note that psycopg2cffi-compat provides the psycopg2 module on pypy.
-        import psycopg2  # type: ignore
+        import psycopg2
 
         return PostgresEngine(psycopg2, database_config)
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/engines/postgres.py b/synapse/storage/engines/postgres.py
index 808342fafbbc..e8d29e287004 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/engines/postgres.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/engines/postgres.py
@@ -47,17 +47,26 @@ def _disable_bytes_adapter(_):
         self.default_isolation_level = (
             self.module.extensions.ISOLATION_LEVEL_REPEATABLE_READ
         )
+        self.config = database_config
 
     @property
     def single_threaded(self) -> bool:
         return False
 
+    def get_db_locale(self, txn):
+        txn.execute(
+            "SELECT datcollate, datctype FROM pg_database WHERE datname = current_database()"
+        )
+        collation, ctype = txn.fetchone()
+        return collation, ctype
+
     def check_database(self, db_conn, allow_outdated_version: bool = False):
         # Get the version of PostgreSQL that we're using. As per the psycopg2
         # docs: The number is formed by converting the major, minor, and
         # revision numbers into two-decimal-digit numbers and appending them
         # together. For example, version 8.1.5 will be returned as 80105
         self._version = db_conn.server_version
+        allow_unsafe_locale = self.config.get("allow_unsafe_locale", False)
 
         # Are we on a supported PostgreSQL version?
         if not allow_outdated_version and self._version < 100000:
@@ -72,33 +81,39 @@ def check_database(self, db_conn, allow_outdated_version: bool = False):
                     "See docs/postgres.md for more information." % (rows[0][0],)
                 )
 
-            txn.execute(
-                "SELECT datcollate, datctype FROM pg_database WHERE datname = current_database()"
-            )
-            collation, ctype = txn.fetchone()
+            collation, ctype = self.get_db_locale(txn)
             if collation != "C":
                 logger.warning(
-                    "Database has incorrect collation of %r. Should be 'C'\n"
-                    "See docs/postgres.md for more information.",
+                    "Database has incorrect collation of %r. Should be 'C'",
                     collation,
                 )
+                if not allow_unsafe_locale:
+                    raise IncorrectDatabaseSetup(
+                        "Database has incorrect collation of %r. Should be 'C'\n"
+                        "See docs/postgres.md for more information. You can override this check by"
+                        "setting 'allow_unsafe_locale' to true in the database config.",
+                        collation,
+                    )
 
             if ctype != "C":
-                logger.warning(
-                    "Database has incorrect ctype of %r. Should be 'C'\n"
-                    "See docs/postgres.md for more information.",
-                    ctype,
-                )
+                if not allow_unsafe_locale:
+                    logger.warning(
+                        "Database has incorrect ctype of %r. Should be 'C'",
+                        ctype,
+                    )
+                    raise IncorrectDatabaseSetup(
+                        "Database has incorrect ctype of %r. Should be 'C'\n"
+                        "See docs/postgres.md for more information. You can override this check by"
+                        "setting 'allow_unsafe_locale' to true in the database config.",
+                        ctype,
+                    )
 
     def check_new_database(self, txn):
         """Gets called when setting up a brand new database. This allows us to
         apply stricter checks on new databases versus existing database.
         """
 
-        txn.execute(
-            "SELECT datcollate, datctype FROM pg_database WHERE datname = current_database()"
-        )
-        collation, ctype = txn.fetchone()
+        collation, ctype = self.get_db_locale(txn)
 
         errors = []
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/persist_events.py b/synapse/storage/persist_events.py
index 7d543fdbe08a..b40292281767 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/persist_events.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/persist_events.py
@@ -1023,8 +1023,13 @@ async def _is_server_still_joined(
 
         # Check if any of the changes that we don't have events for are joins.
         if events_to_check:
-            rows = await self.main_store.get_membership_from_event_ids(events_to_check)
-            is_still_joined = any(row["membership"] == Membership.JOIN for row in rows)
+            members = await self.main_store.get_membership_from_event_ids(
+                events_to_check
+            )
+            is_still_joined = any(
+                member and member.membership == Membership.JOIN
+                for member in members.values()
+            )
             if is_still_joined:
                 return True
 
@@ -1060,9 +1065,11 @@ async def _is_server_still_joined(
             ), event_id in current_state.items()
             if typ == EventTypes.Member and not self.is_mine_id(state_key)
         ]
-        rows = await self.main_store.get_membership_from_event_ids(remote_event_ids)
+        members = await self.main_store.get_membership_from_event_ids(remote_event_ids)
         potentially_left_users.update(
-            row["user_id"] for row in rows if row["membership"] == Membership.JOIN
+            member.user_id
+            for member in members.values()
+            if member and member.membership == Membership.JOIN
         )
 
         return False
diff --git a/synapse/types.py b/synapse/types.py
index 53be3583a013..5ce2a5b0a5ee 100644
--- a/synapse/types.py
+++ b/synapse/types.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import attr
 from frozendict import frozendict
 from signedjson.key import decode_verify_key_bytes
+from typing_extensions import TypedDict
 from unpaddedbase64 import decode_base64
 from zope.interface import Interface
 
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@
 # JSON types. These could be made stronger, but will do for now.
 # A JSON-serialisable dict.
 JsonDict = Dict[str, Any]
+# A JSON-serialisable mapping; roughly speaking an immutable JSONDict.
+# Useful when you have a TypedDict which isn't going to be mutated and you don't want
+# to cast to JsonDict everywhere.
+JsonMapping = Mapping[str, Any]
 # A JSON-serialisable object.
 JsonSerializable = object
 
@@ -791,3 +796,9 @@ class UserInfo:
     is_deactivated: bool
     is_guest: bool
     is_shadow_banned: bool
+
+
+class UserProfile(TypedDict):
+    user_id: str
+    display_name: Optional[str]
+    avatar_url: Optional[str]
diff --git a/synapse/util/check_dependencies.py b/synapse/util/check_dependencies.py
index 12cd8049392f..66f1da750289 100644
--- a/synapse/util/check_dependencies.py
+++ b/synapse/util/check_dependencies.py
@@ -128,6 +128,19 @@ def _incorrect_version(
         )
 
 
+def _no_reported_version(requirement: Requirement, extra: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
+    if extra:
+        return (
+            f"Synapse {VERSION} needs {requirement} for {extra}, "
+            f"but can't determine {requirement.name}'s version"
+        )
+    else:
+        return (
+            f"Synapse {VERSION} needs {requirement}, "
+            f"but can't determine {requirement.name}'s version"
+        )
+
+
 def check_requirements(extra: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
     """Check Synapse's dependencies are present and correctly versioned.
 
@@ -163,8 +176,17 @@ def check_requirements(extra: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
                 deps_unfulfilled.append(requirement.name)
                 errors.append(_not_installed(requirement, extra))
         else:
+            if dist.version is None:
+                # This shouldn't happen---it suggests a borked virtualenv. (See #12223)
+                # Try to give a vaguely helpful error message anyway.
+                # Type-ignore: the annotations don't reflect reality: see
+                #     https://github.com/python/typeshed/issues/7513
+                #     https://bugs.python.org/issue47060
+                deps_unfulfilled.append(requirement.name)  # type: ignore[unreachable]
+                errors.append(_no_reported_version(requirement, extra))
+
             # We specify prereleases=True to allow prereleases such as RCs.
-            if not requirement.specifier.contains(dist.version, prereleases=True):
+            elif not requirement.specifier.contains(dist.version, prereleases=True):
                 deps_unfulfilled.append(requirement.name)
                 errors.append(_incorrect_version(requirement, dist.version, extra))
 
diff --git a/synapse/util/patch_inline_callbacks.py b/synapse/util/patch_inline_callbacks.py
index 6d4b0b7c5adb..dace68666c9c 100644
--- a/synapse/util/patch_inline_callbacks.py
+++ b/synapse/util/patch_inline_callbacks.py
@@ -217,13 +217,16 @@ def check_yield_points_inner(
                 # We don't raise here as its perfectly valid for contexts to
                 # change in a function, as long as it sets the correct context
                 # on resolving (which is checked separately).
-                err = "%s changed context from %s to %s, happened between lines %d and %d in %s" % (
-                    frame.f_code.co_name,
-                    expected_context,
-                    current_context(),
-                    last_yield_line_no,
-                    frame.f_lineno,
-                    frame.f_code.co_filename,
+                err = (
+                    "%s changed context from %s to %s, happened between lines %d and %d in %s"
+                    % (
+                        frame.f_code.co_name,
+                        expected_context,
+                        current_context(),
+                        last_yield_line_no,
+                        frame.f_lineno,
+                        frame.f_code.co_filename,
+                    )
                 )
                 changes.append(err)
 
diff --git a/synapse/util/retryutils.py b/synapse/util/retryutils.py
index 648d9a95a7eb..d81f2527d7be 100644
--- a/synapse/util/retryutils.py
+++ b/synapse/util/retryutils.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 RETRY_MULTIPLIER = 5
 
 # a cap on the backoff. (Essentially none)
-MAX_RETRY_INTERVAL = 2 ** 62
+MAX_RETRY_INTERVAL = 2**62
 
 
 class NotRetryingDestination(Exception):
diff --git a/synapse/visibility.py b/synapse/visibility.py
index 281cbe4d8877..49519eb8f51e 100644
--- a/synapse/visibility.py
+++ b/synapse/visibility.py
@@ -14,12 +14,7 @@
 import logging
 from typing import Dict, FrozenSet, List, Optional
 
-from synapse.api.constants import (
-    AccountDataTypes,
-    EventTypes,
-    HistoryVisibility,
-    Membership,
-)
+from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, HistoryVisibility, Membership
 from synapse.events import EventBase
 from synapse.events.utils import prune_event
 from synapse.storage import Storage
@@ -87,15 +82,8 @@ async def filter_events_for_client(
         state_filter=StateFilter.from_types(types),
     )
 
-    ignore_dict_content = await storage.main.get_global_account_data_by_type_for_user(
-        user_id, AccountDataTypes.IGNORED_USER_LIST
-    )
-
-    ignore_list: FrozenSet[str] = frozenset()
-    if ignore_dict_content:
-        ignored_users_dict = ignore_dict_content.get("ignored_users", {})
-        if isinstance(ignored_users_dict, dict):
-            ignore_list = frozenset(ignored_users_dict.keys())
+    # Get the users who are ignored by the requesting user.
+    ignore_list = await storage.main.ignored_users(user_id)
 
     erased_senders = await storage.main.are_users_erased(e.sender for e in events)
 
diff --git a/tests/config/test_registration_config.py b/tests/config/test_registration_config.py
index 17a84d20d811..2acdb6ac6161 100644
--- a/tests/config/test_registration_config.py
+++ b/tests/config/test_registration_config.py
@@ -11,14 +11,16 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+
+import synapse.app.homeserver
 from synapse.config import ConfigError
 from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
 
-from tests.unittest import TestCase
+from tests.config.utils import ConfigFileTestCase
 from tests.utils import default_config
 
 
-class RegistrationConfigTestCase(TestCase):
+class RegistrationConfigTestCase(ConfigFileTestCase):
     def test_session_lifetime_must_not_be_exceeded_by_smaller_lifetimes(self):
         """
         session_lifetime should logically be larger than, or at least as large as,
@@ -76,3 +78,19 @@ def test_session_lifetime_must_not_be_exceeded_by_smaller_lifetimes(self):
         HomeServerConfig().parse_config_dict(
             {"session_lifetime": "31m", "refresh_token_lifetime": "31m", **config_dict}
         )
+
+    def test_refuse_to_start_if_open_registration_and_no_verification(self):
+        self.generate_config()
+        self.add_lines_to_config(
+            [
+                " ",
+                "enable_registration: true",
+                "registrations_require_3pid: []",
+                "enable_registration_captcha: false",
+                "registration_requires_token: false",
+            ]
+        )
+
+        # Test that allowing open registration without verification raises an error
+        with self.assertRaises(ConfigError):
+            synapse.app.homeserver.setup(["-c", self.config_file])
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_cas.py b/tests/handlers/test_cas.py
index a2672288465a..a54aa29cf177 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_cas.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_cas.py
@@ -11,9 +11,14 @@
 #  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 #  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #  limitations under the License.
+from typing import Any, Dict
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
+from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
+
 from synapse.handlers.cas import CasResponse
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse.util import Clock
 
 from tests.test_utils import simple_async_mock
 from tests.unittest import HomeserverTestCase, override_config
@@ -24,7 +29,7 @@
 
 
 class CasHandlerTestCase(HomeserverTestCase):
-    def default_config(self):
+    def default_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         config = super().default_config()
         config["public_baseurl"] = BASE_URL
         cas_config = {
@@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ def default_config(self):
 
         return config
 
-    def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
+    def make_homeserver(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock) -> HomeServer:
         hs = self.setup_test_homeserver()
 
         self.handler = hs.get_cas_handler()
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
 
         return hs
 
-    def test_map_cas_user_to_user(self):
+    def test_map_cas_user_to_user(self) -> None:
         """Ensure that mapping the CAS user returned from a provider to an MXID works properly."""
 
         # stub out the auth handler
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ def test_map_cas_user_to_user(self):
             auth_provider_session_id=None,
         )
 
-    def test_map_cas_user_to_existing_user(self):
+    def test_map_cas_user_to_existing_user(self) -> None:
         """Existing users can log in with CAS account."""
         store = self.hs.get_datastores().main
         self.get_success(
@@ -119,7 +124,7 @@ def test_map_cas_user_to_existing_user(self):
             auth_provider_session_id=None,
         )
 
-    def test_map_cas_user_to_invalid_localpart(self):
+    def test_map_cas_user_to_invalid_localpart(self) -> None:
         """CAS automaps invalid characters to base-64 encoding."""
 
         # stub out the auth handler
@@ -150,7 +155,7 @@ def test_map_cas_user_to_invalid_localpart(self):
             }
         }
     )
-    def test_required_attributes(self):
+    def test_required_attributes(self) -> None:
         """The required attributes must be met from the CAS response."""
 
         # stub out the auth handler
@@ -166,7 +171,7 @@ def test_required_attributes(self):
         auth_handler.complete_sso_login.assert_not_called()
 
         # The response doesn't have any department.
-        cas_response = CasResponse("test_user", {"userGroup": "staff"})
+        cas_response = CasResponse("test_user", {"userGroup": ["staff"]})
         request.reset_mock()
         self.get_success(
             self.handler._handle_cas_response(request, cas_response, "redirect_uri", "")
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_directory.py b/tests/handlers/test_directory.py
index 6e403a87c5d0..11ad44223d39 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_directory.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_directory.py
@@ -12,14 +12,18 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
+from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable, Dict
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
+from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
+
 import synapse.api.errors
 import synapse.rest.admin
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
 from synapse.rest.client import directory, login, room
-from synapse.types import RoomAlias, create_requester
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse.types import JsonDict, RoomAlias, create_requester
+from synapse.util import Clock
 
 from tests import unittest
 from tests.test_utils import make_awaitable
@@ -28,13 +32,15 @@
 class DirectoryTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
     """Tests the directory service."""
 
-    def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
+    def make_homeserver(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock) -> HomeServer:
         self.mock_federation = Mock()
         self.mock_registry = Mock()
 
-        self.query_handlers = {}
+        self.query_handlers: Dict[str, Callable[[dict], Awaitable[JsonDict]]] = {}
 
-        def register_query_handler(query_type, handler):
+        def register_query_handler(
+            query_type: str, handler: Callable[[dict], Awaitable[JsonDict]]
+        ) -> None:
             self.query_handlers[query_type] = handler
 
         self.mock_registry.register_query_handler = register_query_handler
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ def register_query_handler(query_type, handler):
 
         return hs
 
-    def test_get_local_association(self):
+    def test_get_local_association(self) -> None:
         self.get_success(
             self.store.create_room_alias_association(
                 self.my_room, "!8765qwer:test", ["test"]
@@ -65,7 +71,7 @@ def test_get_local_association(self):
 
         self.assertEqual({"room_id": "!8765qwer:test", "servers": ["test"]}, result)
 
-    def test_get_remote_association(self):
+    def test_get_remote_association(self) -> None:
         self.mock_federation.make_query.return_value = make_awaitable(
             {"room_id": "!8765qwer:test", "servers": ["test", "remote"]}
         )
@@ -83,7 +89,7 @@ def test_get_remote_association(self):
             ignore_backoff=True,
         )
 
-    def test_incoming_fed_query(self):
+    def test_incoming_fed_query(self) -> None:
         self.get_success(
             self.store.create_room_alias_association(
                 self.your_room, "!8765asdf:test", ["test"]
@@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ class TestCreateAlias(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         directory.register_servlets,
     ]
 
-    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
+    def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer) -> None:
         self.handler = hs.get_directory_handler()
 
         # Create user
@@ -125,7 +131,7 @@ def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
         self.test_user_tok = self.login("user", "pass")
         self.helper.join(room=self.room_id, user=self.test_user, tok=self.test_user_tok)
 
-    def test_create_alias_joined_room(self):
+    def test_create_alias_joined_room(self) -> None:
         """A user can create an alias for a room they're in."""
         self.get_success(
             self.handler.create_association(
@@ -135,7 +141,7 @@ def test_create_alias_joined_room(self):
             )
         )
 
-    def test_create_alias_other_room(self):
+    def test_create_alias_other_room(self) -> None:
         """A user cannot create an alias for a room they're NOT in."""
         other_room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(
             self.admin_user, tok=self.admin_user_tok
@@ -150,7 +156,7 @@ def test_create_alias_other_room(self):
             synapse.api.errors.SynapseError,
         )
 
-    def test_create_alias_admin(self):
+    def test_create_alias_admin(self) -> None:
         """An admin can create an alias for a room they're NOT in."""
         other_room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(
             self.test_user, tok=self.test_user_tok
@@ -173,7 +179,7 @@ class TestDeleteAlias(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         directory.register_servlets,
     ]
 
-    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
+    def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer) -> None:
         self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
         self.handler = hs.get_directory_handler()
         self.state_handler = hs.get_state_handler()
@@ -195,7 +201,7 @@ def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
         self.test_user_tok = self.login("user", "pass")
         self.helper.join(room=self.room_id, user=self.test_user, tok=self.test_user_tok)
 
-    def _create_alias(self, user):
+    def _create_alias(self, user) -> None:
         # Create a new alias to this room.
         self.get_success(
             self.store.create_room_alias_association(
@@ -203,7 +209,7 @@ def _create_alias(self, user):
             )
         )
 
-    def test_delete_alias_not_allowed(self):
+    def test_delete_alias_not_allowed(self) -> None:
         """A user that doesn't meet the expected guidelines cannot delete an alias."""
         self._create_alias(self.admin_user)
         self.get_failure(
@@ -213,7 +219,7 @@ def test_delete_alias_not_allowed(self):
             synapse.api.errors.AuthError,
         )
 
-    def test_delete_alias_creator(self):
+    def test_delete_alias_creator(self) -> None:
         """An alias creator can delete their own alias."""
         # Create an alias from a different user.
         self._create_alias(self.test_user)
@@ -232,7 +238,7 @@ def test_delete_alias_creator(self):
             synapse.api.errors.SynapseError,
         )
 
-    def test_delete_alias_admin(self):
+    def test_delete_alias_admin(self) -> None:
         """A server admin can delete an alias created by another user."""
         # Create an alias from a different user.
         self._create_alias(self.test_user)
@@ -251,7 +257,7 @@ def test_delete_alias_admin(self):
             synapse.api.errors.SynapseError,
         )
 
-    def test_delete_alias_sufficient_power(self):
+    def test_delete_alias_sufficient_power(self) -> None:
         """A user with a sufficient power level should be able to delete an alias."""
         self._create_alias(self.admin_user)
 
@@ -288,7 +294,7 @@ class CanonicalAliasTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         directory.register_servlets,
     ]
 
-    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
+    def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer) -> None:
         self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
         self.handler = hs.get_directory_handler()
         self.state_handler = hs.get_state_handler()
@@ -317,7 +323,7 @@ def _add_alias(self, alias: str) -> RoomAlias:
         )
         return room_alias
 
-    def _set_canonical_alias(self, content):
+    def _set_canonical_alias(self, content) -> None:
         """Configure the canonical alias state on the room."""
         self.helper.send_state(
             self.room_id,
@@ -334,7 +340,7 @@ def _get_canonical_alias(self):
             )
         )
 
-    def test_remove_alias(self):
+    def test_remove_alias(self) -> None:
         """Removing an alias that is the canonical alias should remove it there too."""
         # Set this new alias as the canonical alias for this room
         self._set_canonical_alias(
@@ -356,7 +362,7 @@ def test_remove_alias(self):
         self.assertNotIn("alias", data["content"])
         self.assertNotIn("alt_aliases", data["content"])
 
-    def test_remove_other_alias(self):
+    def test_remove_other_alias(self) -> None:
         """Removing an alias listed as in alt_aliases should remove it there too."""
         # Create a second alias.
         other_test_alias = "#test2:test"
@@ -393,7 +399,7 @@ class TestCreateAliasACL(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
 
     servlets = [directory.register_servlets, room.register_servlets]
 
-    def default_config(self):
+    def default_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         config = super().default_config()
 
         # Add custom alias creation rules to the config.
@@ -403,7 +409,7 @@ def default_config(self):
 
         return config
 
-    def test_denied(self):
+    def test_denied(self) -> None:
         room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(self.user_id)
 
         channel = self.make_request(
@@ -413,7 +419,7 @@ def test_denied(self):
         )
         self.assertEqual(403, channel.code, channel.result)
 
-    def test_allowed(self):
+    def test_allowed(self) -> None:
         room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(self.user_id)
 
         channel = self.make_request(
@@ -423,7 +429,7 @@ def test_allowed(self):
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.result)
 
-    def test_denied_during_creation(self):
+    def test_denied_during_creation(self) -> None:
         """A room alias that is not allowed should be rejected during creation."""
         # Invalid room alias.
         self.helper.create_room_as(
@@ -432,7 +438,7 @@ def test_denied_during_creation(self):
             extra_content={"room_alias_name": "foo"},
         )
 
-    def test_allowed_during_creation(self):
+    def test_allowed_during_creation(self) -> None:
         """A valid room alias should be allowed during creation."""
         room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(
             self.user_id,
@@ -459,7 +465,7 @@ class TestCreatePublishedRoomACL(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
     data = {"room_alias_name": "unofficial_test"}
     allowed_localpart = "allowed"
 
-    def default_config(self):
+    def default_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         config = super().default_config()
 
         # Add custom room list publication rules to the config.
@@ -474,7 +480,9 @@ def default_config(self):
 
         return config
 
-    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
+    def prepare(
+        self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer
+    ) -> HomeServer:
         self.allowed_user_id = self.register_user(self.allowed_localpart, "pass")
         self.allowed_access_token = self.login(self.allowed_localpart, "pass")
 
@@ -483,7 +491,7 @@ def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
 
         return hs
 
-    def test_denied_without_publication_permission(self):
+    def test_denied_without_publication_permission(self) -> None:
         """
         Try to create a room, register an alias for it, and publish it,
         as a user without permission to publish rooms.
@@ -497,7 +505,7 @@ def test_denied_without_publication_permission(self):
             expect_code=403,
         )
 
-    def test_allowed_when_creating_private_room(self):
+    def test_allowed_when_creating_private_room(self) -> None:
         """
         Try to create a room, register an alias for it, and NOT publish it,
         as a user without permission to publish rooms.
@@ -511,7 +519,7 @@ def test_allowed_when_creating_private_room(self):
             expect_code=200,
         )
 
-    def test_allowed_with_publication_permission(self):
+    def test_allowed_with_publication_permission(self) -> None:
         """
         Try to create a room, register an alias for it, and publish it,
         as a user WITH permission to publish rooms.
@@ -525,7 +533,7 @@ def test_allowed_with_publication_permission(self):
             expect_code=200,
         )
 
-    def test_denied_publication_with_invalid_alias(self):
+    def test_denied_publication_with_invalid_alias(self) -> None:
         """
         Try to create a room, register an alias for it, and publish it,
         as a user WITH permission to publish rooms.
@@ -538,7 +546,7 @@ def test_denied_publication_with_invalid_alias(self):
             expect_code=403,
         )
 
-    def test_can_create_as_private_room_after_rejection(self):
+    def test_can_create_as_private_room_after_rejection(self) -> None:
         """
         After failing to publish a room with an alias as a user without publish permission,
         retry as the same user, but without publishing the room.
@@ -549,7 +557,7 @@ def test_can_create_as_private_room_after_rejection(self):
         self.test_denied_without_publication_permission()
         self.test_allowed_when_creating_private_room()
 
-    def test_can_create_with_permission_after_rejection(self):
+    def test_can_create_with_permission_after_rejection(self) -> None:
         """
         After failing to publish a room with an alias as a user without publish permission,
         retry as someone with permission, using the same alias.
@@ -566,7 +574,9 @@ class TestRoomListSearchDisabled(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
 
     servlets = [directory.register_servlets, room.register_servlets]
 
-    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
+    def prepare(
+        self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer
+    ) -> HomeServer:
         room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(self.user_id)
 
         channel = self.make_request(
@@ -579,7 +589,7 @@ def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
 
         return hs
 
-    def test_disabling_room_list(self):
+    def test_disabling_room_list(self) -> None:
         self.room_list_handler.enable_room_list_search = True
         self.directory_handler.enable_room_list_search = True
 
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_e2e_keys.py b/tests/handlers/test_e2e_keys.py
index 9338ab92e98e..ac21a28c4331 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_e2e_keys.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_e2e_keys.py
@@ -20,33 +20,37 @@
 from signedjson import key as key, sign as sign
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
+from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
 
 from synapse.api.constants import RoomEncryptionAlgorithms
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes, SynapseError
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse.types import JsonDict
+from synapse.util import Clock
 
 from tests import unittest
 from tests.test_utils import make_awaitable
 
 
 class E2eKeysHandlerTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
-    def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
+    def make_homeserver(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock) -> HomeServer:
         return self.setup_test_homeserver(federation_client=mock.Mock())
 
-    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
+    def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer) -> None:
         self.handler = hs.get_e2e_keys_handler()
         self.store = self.hs.get_datastores().main
 
-    def test_query_local_devices_no_devices(self):
+    def test_query_local_devices_no_devices(self) -> None:
         """If the user has no devices, we expect an empty list."""
         local_user = "@boris:" + self.hs.hostname
         res = self.get_success(self.handler.query_local_devices({local_user: None}))
         self.assertDictEqual(res, {local_user: {}})
 
-    def test_reupload_one_time_keys(self):
+    def test_reupload_one_time_keys(self) -> None:
         """we should be able to re-upload the same keys"""
         local_user = "@boris:" + self.hs.hostname
         device_id = "xyz"
-        keys = {
+        keys: JsonDict = {
             "alg1:k1": "key1",
             "alg2:k2": {"key": "key2", "signatures": {"k1": "sig1"}},
             "alg2:k3": {"key": "key3"},
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ def test_reupload_one_time_keys(self):
             res, {"one_time_key_counts": {"alg1": 1, "alg2": 2, "signed_curve25519": 0}}
         )
 
-    def test_change_one_time_keys(self):
+    def test_change_one_time_keys(self) -> None:
         """attempts to change one-time-keys should be rejected"""
 
         local_user = "@boris:" + self.hs.hostname
@@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ def test_change_one_time_keys(self):
             SynapseError,
         )
 
-    def test_claim_one_time_key(self):
+    def test_claim_one_time_key(self) -> None:
         local_user = "@boris:" + self.hs.hostname
         device_id = "xyz"
         keys = {"alg1:k1": "key1"}
@@ -161,7 +165,7 @@ def test_claim_one_time_key(self):
             },
         )
 
-    def test_fallback_key(self):
+    def test_fallback_key(self) -> None:
         local_user = "@boris:" + self.hs.hostname
         device_id = "xyz"
         fallback_key = {"alg1:k1": "fallback_key1"}
@@ -294,7 +298,7 @@ def test_fallback_key(self):
             {"failures": {}, "one_time_keys": {local_user: {device_id: fallback_key3}}},
         )
 
-    def test_replace_master_key(self):
+    def test_replace_master_key(self) -> None:
         """uploading a new signing key should make the old signing key unavailable"""
         local_user = "@boris:" + self.hs.hostname
         keys1 = {
@@ -328,7 +332,7 @@ def test_replace_master_key(self):
         )
         self.assertDictEqual(devices["master_keys"], {local_user: keys2["master_key"]})
 
-    def test_reupload_signatures(self):
+    def test_reupload_signatures(self) -> None:
         """re-uploading a signature should not fail"""
         local_user = "@boris:" + self.hs.hostname
         keys1 = {
@@ -433,7 +437,7 @@ def test_reupload_signatures(self):
         self.assertDictEqual(devices["device_keys"][local_user]["abc"], device_key_1)
         self.assertDictEqual(devices["device_keys"][local_user]["def"], device_key_2)
 
-    def test_self_signing_key_doesnt_show_up_as_device(self):
+    def test_self_signing_key_doesnt_show_up_as_device(self) -> None:
         """signing keys should be hidden when fetching a user's devices"""
         local_user = "@boris:" + self.hs.hostname
         keys1 = {
@@ -462,7 +466,7 @@ def test_self_signing_key_doesnt_show_up_as_device(self):
         res = self.get_success(self.handler.query_local_devices({local_user: None}))
         self.assertDictEqual(res, {local_user: {}})
 
-    def test_upload_signatures(self):
+    def test_upload_signatures(self) -> None:
         """should check signatures that are uploaded"""
         # set up a user with cross-signing keys and a device.  This user will
         # try uploading signatures
@@ -686,7 +690,7 @@ def test_upload_signatures(self):
             other_master_key["signatures"][local_user]["ed25519:" + usersigning_pubkey],
         )
 
-    def test_query_devices_remote_no_sync(self):
+    def test_query_devices_remote_no_sync(self) -> None:
         """Tests that querying keys for a remote user that we don't share a room
         with returns the cross signing keys correctly.
         """
@@ -759,7 +763,7 @@ def test_query_devices_remote_no_sync(self):
             },
         )
 
-    def test_query_devices_remote_sync(self):
+    def test_query_devices_remote_sync(self) -> None:
         """Tests that querying keys for a remote user that we share a room with,
         but haven't yet fetched the keys for, returns the cross signing keys
         correctly.
@@ -845,7 +849,7 @@ def test_query_devices_remote_sync(self):
             (["device_1", "device_2"],),
         ]
     )
-    def test_query_all_devices_caches_result(self, device_ids: Iterable[str]):
+    def test_query_all_devices_caches_result(self, device_ids: Iterable[str]) -> None:
         """Test that requests for all of a remote user's devices are cached.
 
         We do this by asserting that only one call over federation was made, and that
@@ -853,7 +857,7 @@ def test_query_all_devices_caches_result(self, device_ids: Iterable[str]):
         """
         local_user_id = "@test:test"
         remote_user_id = "@test:other"
-        request_body = {"device_keys": {remote_user_id: []}}
+        request_body: JsonDict = {"device_keys": {remote_user_id: []}}
 
         response_devices = [
             {
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_federation.py b/tests/handlers/test_federation.py
index e8b4e39d1a32..4d65639a1ef5 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_federation.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_federation.py
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 import logging
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, cast
 from unittest import TestCase
 
+from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
+
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
 from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, Codes, LimitExceededError, SynapseError
 from synapse.api.room_versions import RoomVersions
@@ -23,7 +25,9 @@
 from synapse.logging.context import LoggingContext, run_in_background
 from synapse.rest import admin
 from synapse.rest.client import login, room
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.types import create_requester
+from synapse.util import Clock
 from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string
 
 from tests import unittest
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ class FederationTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         room.register_servlets,
     ]
 
-    def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
+    def make_homeserver(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock) -> HomeServer:
         hs = self.setup_test_homeserver(federation_http_client=None)
         self.handler = hs.get_federation_handler()
         self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
         self._event_auth_handler = hs.get_event_auth_handler()
         return hs
 
-    def test_exchange_revoked_invite(self):
+    def test_exchange_revoked_invite(self) -> None:
         user_id = self.register_user("kermit", "test")
         tok = self.login("kermit", "test")
 
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ def test_exchange_revoked_invite(self):
         self.assertEqual(failure.errcode, Codes.FORBIDDEN, failure)
         self.assertEqual(failure.msg, "You are not invited to this room.")
 
-    def test_rejected_message_event_state(self):
+    def test_rejected_message_event_state(self) -> None:
         """
         Check that we store the state group correctly for rejected non-state events.
 
@@ -126,7 +130,7 @@ def test_rejected_message_event_state(self):
                 "content": {},
                 "room_id": room_id,
                 "sender": "@yetanotheruser:" + OTHER_SERVER,
-                "depth": join_event["depth"] + 1,
+                "depth": cast(int, join_event["depth"]) + 1,
                 "prev_events": [join_event.event_id],
                 "auth_events": [],
                 "origin_server_ts": self.clock.time_msec(),
@@ -149,7 +153,7 @@ def test_rejected_message_event_state(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(sg, sg2)
 
-    def test_rejected_state_event_state(self):
+    def test_rejected_state_event_state(self) -> None:
         """
         Check that we store the state group correctly for rejected state events.
 
@@ -180,7 +184,7 @@ def test_rejected_state_event_state(self):
                 "content": {},
                 "room_id": room_id,
                 "sender": "@yetanotheruser:" + OTHER_SERVER,
-                "depth": join_event["depth"] + 1,
+                "depth": cast(int, join_event["depth"]) + 1,
                 "prev_events": [join_event.event_id],
                 "auth_events": [],
                 "origin_server_ts": self.clock.time_msec(),
@@ -203,7 +207,7 @@ def test_rejected_state_event_state(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(sg, sg2)
 
-    def test_backfill_with_many_backward_extremities(self):
+    def test_backfill_with_many_backward_extremities(self) -> None:
         """
         Check that we can backfill with many backward extremities.
         The goal is to make sure that when we only use a portion
@@ -262,7 +266,7 @@ def test_backfill_with_many_backward_extremities(self):
             )
         self.get_success(d)
 
-    def test_backfill_floating_outlier_membership_auth(self):
+    def test_backfill_floating_outlier_membership_auth(self) -> None:
         """
         As the local homeserver, check that we can properly process a federated
         event from the OTHER_SERVER with auth_events that include a floating
@@ -377,7 +381,7 @@ async def get_event_auth(
                 for ae in auth_events
             ]
 
-        self.handler.federation_client.get_event_auth = get_event_auth
+        self.handler.federation_client.get_event_auth = get_event_auth  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
         with LoggingContext("receive_pdu"):
             # Fake the OTHER_SERVER federating the message event over to our local homeserver
@@ -397,7 +401,7 @@ async def get_event_auth(
     @unittest.override_config(
         {"rc_invites": {"per_user": {"per_second": 0.5, "burst_count": 3}}}
     )
-    def test_invite_by_user_ratelimit(self):
+    def test_invite_by_user_ratelimit(self) -> None:
         """Tests that invites from federation to a particular user are
         actually rate-limited.
         """
@@ -446,7 +450,9 @@ def create_invite():
             exc=LimitExceededError,
         )
 
-    def _build_and_send_join_event(self, other_server, other_user, room_id):
+    def _build_and_send_join_event(
+        self, other_server: str, other_user: str, room_id: str
+    ) -> EventBase:
         join_event = self.get_success(
             self.handler.on_make_join_request(other_server, room_id, other_user)
         )
@@ -469,7 +475,7 @@ def _build_and_send_join_event(self, other_server, other_user, room_id):
 
 
 class EventFromPduTestCase(TestCase):
-    def test_valid_json(self):
+    def test_valid_json(self) -> None:
         """Valid JSON should be turned into an event."""
         ev = event_from_pdu_json(
             {
@@ -487,11 +493,11 @@ def test_valid_json(self):
 
         self.assertIsInstance(ev, EventBase)
 
-    def test_invalid_numbers(self):
+    def test_invalid_numbers(self) -> None:
         """Invalid values for an integer should be rejected, all floats should be rejected."""
         for value in [
-            -(2 ** 53),
-            2 ** 53,
+            -(2**53),
+            2**53,
             1.0,
             float("inf"),
             float("-inf"),
@@ -512,13 +518,13 @@ def test_invalid_numbers(self):
                     RoomVersions.V6,
                 )
 
-    def test_invalid_nested(self):
+    def test_invalid_nested(self) -> None:
         """List and dictionaries are recursively searched."""
         with self.assertRaises(SynapseError):
             event_from_pdu_json(
                 {
                     "type": EventTypes.Message,
-                    "content": {"foo": [{"bar": 2 ** 56}]},
+                    "content": {"foo": [{"bar": 2**56}]},
                     "room_id": "!room:test",
                     "sender": "@user:test",
                     "depth": 1,
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_oidc.py b/tests/handlers/test_oidc.py
index e8418b6638e4..014815db6ee4 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_oidc.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_oidc.py
@@ -13,14 +13,18 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 import json
 import os
+from typing import Any, Dict
 from unittest.mock import ANY, Mock, patch
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
 
 import pymacaroons
 
+from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
+
 from synapse.handlers.sso import MappingException
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
-from synapse.types import UserID
+from synapse.types import JsonDict, UserID
+from synapse.util import Clock
 from synapse.util.macaroons import get_value_from_macaroon
 
 from tests.test_utils import FakeResponse, get_awaitable_result, simple_async_mock
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ async def map_user_attributes(self, userinfo, token, failures):
         }
 
 
-async def get_json(url):
+async def get_json(url: str) -> JsonDict:
     # Mock get_json calls to handle jwks & oidc discovery endpoints
     if url == WELL_KNOWN:
         # Minimal discovery document, as defined in OpenID.Discovery
@@ -116,6 +120,8 @@ async def get_json(url):
     elif url == JWKS_URI:
         return {"keys": []}
 
+    return {}
+
 
 def _key_file_path() -> str:
     """path to a file containing the private half of a test key"""
@@ -147,12 +153,12 @@ class OidcHandlerTestCase(HomeserverTestCase):
     if not HAS_OIDC:
         skip = "requires OIDC"
 
-    def default_config(self):
+    def default_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         config = super().default_config()
         config["public_baseurl"] = BASE_URL
         return config
 
-    def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
+    def make_homeserver(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock) -> HomeServer:
         self.http_client = Mock(spec=["get_json"])
         self.http_client.get_json.side_effect = get_json
         self.http_client.user_agent = b"Synapse Test"
@@ -164,7 +170,7 @@ def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
         sso_handler = hs.get_sso_handler()
         # Mock the render error method.
         self.render_error = Mock(return_value=None)
-        sso_handler.render_error = self.render_error
+        sso_handler.render_error = self.render_error  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
         # Reduce the number of attempts when generating MXIDs.
         sso_handler._MAP_USERNAME_RETRIES = 3
@@ -193,14 +199,14 @@ def assertRenderedError(self, error, error_description=None):
         return args
 
     @override_config({"oidc_config": DEFAULT_CONFIG})
-    def test_config(self):
+    def test_config(self) -> None:
         """Basic config correctly sets up the callback URL and client auth correctly."""
         self.assertEqual(self.provider._callback_url, CALLBACK_URL)
         self.assertEqual(self.provider._client_auth.client_id, CLIENT_ID)
         self.assertEqual(self.provider._client_auth.client_secret, CLIENT_SECRET)
 
     @override_config({"oidc_config": {**DEFAULT_CONFIG, "discover": True}})
-    def test_discovery(self):
+    def test_discovery(self) -> None:
         """The handler should discover the endpoints from OIDC discovery document."""
         # This would throw if some metadata were invalid
         metadata = self.get_success(self.provider.load_metadata())
@@ -219,13 +225,13 @@ def test_discovery(self):
         self.http_client.get_json.assert_not_called()
 
     @override_config({"oidc_config": EXPLICIT_ENDPOINT_CONFIG})
-    def test_no_discovery(self):
+    def test_no_discovery(self) -> None:
         """When discovery is disabled, it should not try to load from discovery document."""
         self.get_success(self.provider.load_metadata())
         self.http_client.get_json.assert_not_called()
 
     @override_config({"oidc_config": EXPLICIT_ENDPOINT_CONFIG})
-    def test_load_jwks(self):
+    def test_load_jwks(self) -> None:
         """JWKS loading is done once (then cached) if used."""
         jwks = self.get_success(self.provider.load_jwks())
         self.http_client.get_json.assert_called_once_with(JWKS_URI)
@@ -253,7 +259,7 @@ async def patched_load_metadata():
             self.get_failure(self.provider.load_jwks(force=True), RuntimeError)
 
     @override_config({"oidc_config": DEFAULT_CONFIG})
-    def test_validate_config(self):
+    def test_validate_config(self) -> None:
         """Provider metadatas are extensively validated."""
         h = self.provider
 
@@ -336,14 +342,14 @@ async def force_load():
             force_load_metadata()
 
     @override_config({"oidc_config": {**DEFAULT_CONFIG, "skip_verification": True}})
-    def test_skip_verification(self):
+    def test_skip_verification(self) -> None:
         """Provider metadata validation can be disabled by config."""
         with self.metadata_edit({"issuer": "http://insecure"}):
             # This should not throw
             get_awaitable_result(self.provider.load_metadata())
 
     @override_config({"oidc_config": DEFAULT_CONFIG})
-    def test_redirect_request(self):
+    def test_redirect_request(self) -> None:
         """The redirect request has the right arguments & generates a valid session cookie."""
         req = Mock(spec=["cookies"])
         req.cookies = []
@@ -387,7 +393,7 @@ def test_redirect_request(self):
         self.assertEqual(redirect, "http://client/redirect")
 
     @override_config({"oidc_config": DEFAULT_CONFIG})
-    def test_callback_error(self):
+    def test_callback_error(self) -> None:
         """Errors from the provider returned in the callback are displayed."""
         request = Mock(args={})
         request.args[b"error"] = [b"invalid_client"]
@@ -399,7 +405,7 @@ def test_callback_error(self):
         self.assertRenderedError("invalid_client", "some description")
 
     @override_config({"oidc_config": DEFAULT_CONFIG})
-    def test_callback(self):
+    def test_callback(self) -> None:
         """Code callback works and display errors if something went wrong.
 
         A lot of scenarios are tested here:
@@ -428,9 +434,9 @@ def test_callback(self):
             "username": username,
         }
         expected_user_id = "@%s:%s" % (username, self.hs.hostname)
-        self.provider._exchange_code = simple_async_mock(return_value=token)
-        self.provider._parse_id_token = simple_async_mock(return_value=userinfo)
-        self.provider._fetch_userinfo = simple_async_mock(return_value=userinfo)
+        self.provider._exchange_code = simple_async_mock(return_value=token)  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        self.provider._parse_id_token = simple_async_mock(return_value=userinfo)  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        self.provider._fetch_userinfo = simple_async_mock(return_value=userinfo)  # type: ignore[assignment]
         auth_handler = self.hs.get_auth_handler()
         auth_handler.complete_sso_login = simple_async_mock()
 
@@ -468,7 +474,7 @@ def test_callback(self):
             self.assertRenderedError("mapping_error")
 
         # Handle ID token errors
-        self.provider._parse_id_token = simple_async_mock(raises=Exception())
+        self.provider._parse_id_token = simple_async_mock(raises=Exception())  # type: ignore[assignment]
         self.get_success(self.handler.handle_oidc_callback(request))
         self.assertRenderedError("invalid_token")
 
@@ -483,7 +489,7 @@ def test_callback(self):
             "type": "bearer",
             "access_token": "access_token",
         }
-        self.provider._exchange_code = simple_async_mock(return_value=token)
+        self.provider._exchange_code = simple_async_mock(return_value=token)  # type: ignore[assignment]
         self.get_success(self.handler.handle_oidc_callback(request))
 
         auth_handler.complete_sso_login.assert_called_once_with(
@@ -510,8 +516,8 @@ def test_callback(self):
         id_token = {
             "sid": "abcdefgh",
         }
-        self.provider._parse_id_token = simple_async_mock(return_value=id_token)
-        self.provider._exchange_code = simple_async_mock(return_value=token)
+        self.provider._parse_id_token = simple_async_mock(return_value=id_token)  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        self.provider._exchange_code = simple_async_mock(return_value=token)  # type: ignore[assignment]
         auth_handler.complete_sso_login.reset_mock()
         self.provider._fetch_userinfo.reset_mock()
         self.get_success(self.handler.handle_oidc_callback(request))
@@ -531,21 +537,21 @@ def test_callback(self):
         self.render_error.assert_not_called()
 
         # Handle userinfo fetching error
-        self.provider._fetch_userinfo = simple_async_mock(raises=Exception())
+        self.provider._fetch_userinfo = simple_async_mock(raises=Exception())  # type: ignore[assignment]
         self.get_success(self.handler.handle_oidc_callback(request))
         self.assertRenderedError("fetch_error")
 
         # Handle code exchange failure
         from synapse.handlers.oidc import OidcError
 
-        self.provider._exchange_code = simple_async_mock(
+        self.provider._exchange_code = simple_async_mock(  # type: ignore[assignment]
             raises=OidcError("invalid_request")
         )
         self.get_success(self.handler.handle_oidc_callback(request))
         self.assertRenderedError("invalid_request")
 
     @override_config({"oidc_config": DEFAULT_CONFIG})
-    def test_callback_session(self):
+    def test_callback_session(self) -> None:
         """The callback verifies the session presence and validity"""
         request = Mock(spec=["args", "getCookie", "cookies"])
 
@@ -590,7 +596,7 @@ def test_callback_session(self):
     @override_config(
         {"oidc_config": {**DEFAULT_CONFIG, "client_auth_method": "client_secret_post"}}
     )
-    def test_exchange_code(self):
+    def test_exchange_code(self) -> None:
         """Code exchange behaves correctly and handles various error scenarios."""
         token = {"type": "bearer"}
         token_json = json.dumps(token).encode("utf-8")
@@ -686,7 +692,7 @@ def test_exchange_code(self):
             }
         }
     )
-    def test_exchange_code_jwt_key(self):
+    def test_exchange_code_jwt_key(self) -> None:
         """Test that code exchange works with a JWK client secret."""
         from authlib.jose import jwt
 
@@ -741,7 +747,7 @@ def test_exchange_code_jwt_key(self):
             }
         }
     )
-    def test_exchange_code_no_auth(self):
+    def test_exchange_code_no_auth(self) -> None:
         """Test that code exchange works with no client secret."""
         token = {"type": "bearer"}
         self.http_client.request = simple_async_mock(
@@ -776,7 +782,7 @@ def test_exchange_code_no_auth(self):
             }
         }
     )
-    def test_extra_attributes(self):
+    def test_extra_attributes(self) -> None:
         """
         Login while using a mapping provider that implements get_extra_attributes.
         """
@@ -790,8 +796,8 @@ def test_extra_attributes(self):
             "username": "foo",
             "phone": "1234567",
         }
-        self.provider._exchange_code = simple_async_mock(return_value=token)
-        self.provider._parse_id_token = simple_async_mock(return_value=userinfo)
+        self.provider._exchange_code = simple_async_mock(return_value=token)  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        self.provider._parse_id_token = simple_async_mock(return_value=userinfo)  # type: ignore[assignment]
         auth_handler = self.hs.get_auth_handler()
         auth_handler.complete_sso_login = simple_async_mock()
 
@@ -817,12 +823,12 @@ def test_extra_attributes(self):
         )
 
     @override_config({"oidc_config": DEFAULT_CONFIG})
-    def test_map_userinfo_to_user(self):
+    def test_map_userinfo_to_user(self) -> None:
         """Ensure that mapping the userinfo returned from a provider to an MXID works properly."""
         auth_handler = self.hs.get_auth_handler()
         auth_handler.complete_sso_login = simple_async_mock()
 
-        userinfo = {
+        userinfo: dict = {
             "sub": "test_user",
             "username": "test_user",
         }
@@ -870,7 +876,7 @@ def test_map_userinfo_to_user(self):
         )
 
     @override_config({"oidc_config": {**DEFAULT_CONFIG, "allow_existing_users": True}})
-    def test_map_userinfo_to_existing_user(self):
+    def test_map_userinfo_to_existing_user(self) -> None:
         """Existing users can log in with OpenID Connect when allow_existing_users is True."""
         store = self.hs.get_datastores().main
         user = UserID.from_string("@test_user:test")
@@ -974,7 +980,7 @@ def test_map_userinfo_to_existing_user(self):
         )
 
     @override_config({"oidc_config": DEFAULT_CONFIG})
-    def test_map_userinfo_to_invalid_localpart(self):
+    def test_map_userinfo_to_invalid_localpart(self) -> None:
         """If the mapping provider generates an invalid localpart it should be rejected."""
         self.get_success(
             _make_callback_with_userinfo(self.hs, {"sub": "test2", "username": "föö"})
@@ -991,7 +997,7 @@ def test_map_userinfo_to_invalid_localpart(self):
             }
         }
     )
-    def test_map_userinfo_to_user_retries(self):
+    def test_map_userinfo_to_user_retries(self) -> None:
         """The mapping provider can retry generating an MXID if the MXID is already in use."""
         auth_handler = self.hs.get_auth_handler()
         auth_handler.complete_sso_login = simple_async_mock()
@@ -1039,7 +1045,7 @@ def test_map_userinfo_to_user_retries(self):
         )
 
     @override_config({"oidc_config": DEFAULT_CONFIG})
-    def test_empty_localpart(self):
+    def test_empty_localpart(self) -> None:
         """Attempts to map onto an empty localpart should be rejected."""
         userinfo = {
             "sub": "tester",
@@ -1058,7 +1064,7 @@ def test_empty_localpart(self):
             }
         }
     )
-    def test_null_localpart(self):
+    def test_null_localpart(self) -> None:
         """Mapping onto a null localpart via an empty OIDC attribute should be rejected"""
         userinfo = {
             "sub": "tester",
@@ -1075,7 +1081,7 @@ def test_null_localpart(self):
             }
         }
     )
-    def test_attribute_requirements(self):
+    def test_attribute_requirements(self) -> None:
         """The required attributes must be met from the OIDC userinfo response."""
         auth_handler = self.hs.get_auth_handler()
         auth_handler.complete_sso_login = simple_async_mock()
@@ -1115,7 +1121,7 @@ def test_attribute_requirements(self):
             }
         }
     )
-    def test_attribute_requirements_contains(self):
+    def test_attribute_requirements_contains(self) -> None:
         """Test that auth succeeds if userinfo attribute CONTAINS required value"""
         auth_handler = self.hs.get_auth_handler()
         auth_handler.complete_sso_login = simple_async_mock()
@@ -1146,7 +1152,7 @@ def test_attribute_requirements_contains(self):
             }
         }
     )
-    def test_attribute_requirements_mismatch(self):
+    def test_attribute_requirements_mismatch(self) -> None:
         """
         Test that auth fails if attributes exist but don't match,
         or are non-string values.
@@ -1154,7 +1160,7 @@ def test_attribute_requirements_mismatch(self):
         auth_handler = self.hs.get_auth_handler()
         auth_handler.complete_sso_login = simple_async_mock()
         # userinfo with "test": "not_foobar" attribute should fail
-        userinfo = {
+        userinfo: dict = {
             "sub": "tester",
             "username": "tester",
             "test": "not_foobar",
@@ -1248,9 +1254,9 @@ async def _make_callback_with_userinfo(
 
     handler = hs.get_oidc_handler()
     provider = handler._providers["oidc"]
-    provider._exchange_code = simple_async_mock(return_value={"id_token": ""})
-    provider._parse_id_token = simple_async_mock(return_value=userinfo)
-    provider._fetch_userinfo = simple_async_mock(return_value=userinfo)
+    provider._exchange_code = simple_async_mock(return_value={"id_token": ""})  # type: ignore[assignment]
+    provider._parse_id_token = simple_async_mock(return_value=userinfo)  # type: ignore[assignment]
+    provider._fetch_userinfo = simple_async_mock(return_value=userinfo)  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
     state = "state"
     session = handler._token_generator.generate_oidc_session_token(
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_presence.py b/tests/handlers/test_presence.py
index 6ddec9ecf1fe..b2ed9cbe3775 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_presence.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_presence.py
@@ -331,11 +331,11 @@ def test_persisting_presence_updates(self):
 
         # Extract presence update user ID and state information into lists of tuples
         db_presence_states = [(ps[0], ps[1]) for _, ps in db_presence_states[0]]
-        presence_states = [(ps.user_id, ps.state) for ps in presence_states]
+        presence_states_compare = [(ps.user_id, ps.state) for ps in presence_states]
 
         # Compare what we put into the storage with what we got out.
         # They should be identical.
-        self.assertEqual(presence_states, db_presence_states)
+        self.assertEqual(presence_states_compare, db_presence_states)
 
 
 class PresenceTimeoutTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ def test_idle_timer(self):
         new_state = handle_timeout(state, is_mine=True, syncing_user_ids=set(), now=now)
 
         self.assertIsNotNone(new_state)
+        assert new_state is not None
         self.assertEqual(new_state.state, PresenceState.UNAVAILABLE)
         self.assertEqual(new_state.status_msg, status_msg)
 
@@ -380,6 +381,7 @@ def test_busy_no_idle(self):
         new_state = handle_timeout(state, is_mine=True, syncing_user_ids=set(), now=now)
 
         self.assertIsNotNone(new_state)
+        assert new_state is not None
         self.assertEqual(new_state.state, PresenceState.BUSY)
         self.assertEqual(new_state.status_msg, status_msg)
 
@@ -399,6 +401,7 @@ def test_sync_timeout(self):
         new_state = handle_timeout(state, is_mine=True, syncing_user_ids=set(), now=now)
 
         self.assertIsNotNone(new_state)
+        assert new_state is not None
         self.assertEqual(new_state.state, PresenceState.OFFLINE)
         self.assertEqual(new_state.status_msg, status_msg)
 
@@ -420,6 +423,7 @@ def test_sync_online(self):
         )
 
         self.assertIsNotNone(new_state)
+        assert new_state is not None
         self.assertEqual(new_state.state, PresenceState.ONLINE)
         self.assertEqual(new_state.status_msg, status_msg)
 
@@ -477,6 +481,7 @@ def test_federation_timeout(self):
         )
 
         self.assertIsNotNone(new_state)
+        assert new_state is not None
         self.assertEqual(new_state.state, PresenceState.OFFLINE)
         self.assertEqual(new_state.status_msg, status_msg)
 
@@ -653,13 +658,13 @@ def test_set_presence_with_status_msg_none(self):
         self._set_presencestate_with_status_msg(user_id, PresenceState.ONLINE, None)
 
     def _set_presencestate_with_status_msg(
-        self, user_id: str, state: PresenceState, status_msg: Optional[str]
+        self, user_id: str, state: str, status_msg: Optional[str]
     ):
         """Set a PresenceState and status_msg and check the result.
 
         Args:
             user_id: User for that the status is to be set.
-            PresenceState: The new PresenceState.
+            state: The new PresenceState.
             status_msg: Status message that is to be set.
         """
         self.get_success(
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_profile.py b/tests/handlers/test_profile.py
index 972cbac6e496..1ec105c37398 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_profile.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_profile.py
@@ -11,14 +11,17 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-from typing import Any, Dict
+from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable, Dict
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
+from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
+
 import synapse.types
 from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, SynapseError
 from synapse.rest import admin
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
-from synapse.types import UserID
+from synapse.types import JsonDict, UserID
+from synapse.util import Clock
 
 from tests import unittest
 from tests.test_utils import make_awaitable
@@ -29,13 +32,15 @@ class ProfileTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
 
     servlets = [admin.register_servlets]
 
-    def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
+    def make_homeserver(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock) -> HomeServer:
         self.mock_federation = Mock()
         self.mock_registry = Mock()
 
-        self.query_handlers = {}
+        self.query_handlers: Dict[str, Callable[[dict], Awaitable[JsonDict]]] = {}
 
-        def register_query_handler(query_type, handler):
+        def register_query_handler(
+            query_type: str, handler: Callable[[dict], Awaitable[JsonDict]]
+        ) -> None:
             self.query_handlers[query_type] = handler
 
         self.mock_registry.register_query_handler = register_query_handler
@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ def register_query_handler(query_type, handler):
         )
         return hs
 
-    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs: HomeServer):
+    def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer) -> None:
         self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
 
         self.frank = UserID.from_string("@1234abcd:test")
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs: HomeServer):
 
         self.handler = hs.get_profile_handler()
 
-    def test_get_my_name(self):
+    def test_get_my_name(self) -> None:
         self.get_success(
             self.store.set_profile_displayname(self.frank.localpart, "Frank")
         )
@@ -67,7 +72,7 @@ def test_get_my_name(self):
 
         self.assertEqual("Frank", displayname)
 
-    def test_set_my_name(self):
+    def test_set_my_name(self) -> None:
         self.get_success(
             self.handler.set_displayname(
                 self.frank, synapse.types.create_requester(self.frank), "Frank Jr."
@@ -110,7 +115,7 @@ def test_set_my_name(self):
             self.get_success(self.store.get_profile_displayname(self.frank.localpart))
         )
 
-    def test_set_my_name_if_disabled(self):
+    def test_set_my_name_if_disabled(self) -> None:
         self.hs.config.registration.enable_set_displayname = False
 
         # Setting displayname for the first time is allowed
@@ -135,7 +140,7 @@ def test_set_my_name_if_disabled(self):
             SynapseError,
         )
 
-    def test_set_my_name_noauth(self):
+    def test_set_my_name_noauth(self) -> None:
         self.get_failure(
             self.handler.set_displayname(
                 self.frank, synapse.types.create_requester(self.bob), "Frank Jr."
@@ -143,7 +148,7 @@ def test_set_my_name_noauth(self):
             AuthError,
         )
 
-    def test_get_other_name(self):
+    def test_get_other_name(self) -> None:
         self.mock_federation.make_query.return_value = make_awaitable(
             {"displayname": "Alice"}
         )
@@ -158,7 +163,7 @@ def test_get_other_name(self):
             ignore_backoff=True,
         )
 
-    def test_incoming_fed_query(self):
+    def test_incoming_fed_query(self) -> None:
         self.get_success(self.store.create_profile("caroline"))
         self.get_success(self.store.set_profile_displayname("caroline", "Caroline"))
 
@@ -174,7 +179,7 @@ def test_incoming_fed_query(self):
 
         self.assertEqual({"displayname": "Caroline"}, response)
 
-    def test_get_my_avatar(self):
+    def test_get_my_avatar(self) -> None:
         self.get_success(
             self.store.set_profile_avatar_url(
                 self.frank.localpart, "http://my.server/me.png"
@@ -184,7 +189,7 @@ def test_get_my_avatar(self):
 
         self.assertEqual("http://my.server/me.png", avatar_url)
 
-    def test_set_my_avatar(self):
+    def test_set_my_avatar(self) -> None:
         self.get_success(
             self.handler.set_avatar_url(
                 self.frank,
@@ -225,7 +230,7 @@ def test_set_my_avatar(self):
             (self.get_success(self.store.get_profile_avatar_url(self.frank.localpart))),
         )
 
-    def test_set_my_avatar_if_disabled(self):
+    def test_set_my_avatar_if_disabled(self) -> None:
         self.hs.config.registration.enable_set_avatar_url = False
 
         # Setting displayname for the first time is allowed
@@ -250,7 +255,7 @@ def test_set_my_avatar_if_disabled(self):
             SynapseError,
         )
 
-    def test_avatar_constraints_no_config(self):
+    def test_avatar_constraints_no_config(self) -> None:
         """Tests that the method to check an avatar against configured constraints skips
         all of its check if no constraint is configured.
         """
@@ -263,7 +268,13 @@ def test_avatar_constraints_no_config(self):
         self.assertTrue(res)
 
     @unittest.override_config({"max_avatar_size": 50})
-    def test_avatar_constraints_missing(self):
+    def test_avatar_constraints_allow_empty_avatar_url(self) -> None:
+        """An empty avatar is always permitted."""
+        res = self.get_success(self.handler.check_avatar_size_and_mime_type(""))
+        self.assertTrue(res)
+
+    @unittest.override_config({"max_avatar_size": 50})
+    def test_avatar_constraints_missing(self) -> None:
         """Tests that an avatar isn't allowed if the file at the given MXC URI couldn't
         be found.
         """
@@ -273,7 +284,7 @@ def test_avatar_constraints_missing(self):
         self.assertFalse(res)
 
     @unittest.override_config({"max_avatar_size": 50})
-    def test_avatar_constraints_file_size(self):
+    def test_avatar_constraints_file_size(self) -> None:
         """Tests that a file that's above the allowed file size is forbidden but one
         that's below it is allowed.
         """
@@ -295,7 +306,7 @@ def test_avatar_constraints_file_size(self):
         self.assertFalse(res)
 
     @unittest.override_config({"allowed_avatar_mimetypes": ["image/png"]})
-    def test_avatar_constraint_mime_type(self):
+    def test_avatar_constraint_mime_type(self) -> None:
         """Tests that a file with an unauthorised MIME type is forbidden but one with
         an authorised content type is allowed.
         """
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_saml.py b/tests/handlers/test_saml.py
index 23941abed852..8d4404eda10d 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_saml.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_saml.py
@@ -12,12 +12,16 @@
 #  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #  limitations under the License.
 
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 import attr
 
+from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
+
 from synapse.api.errors import RedirectException
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse.util import Clock
 
 from tests.test_utils import simple_async_mock
 from tests.unittest import HomeserverTestCase, override_config
@@ -81,10 +85,10 @@ def saml_response_to_user_attributes(
 
 
 class SamlHandlerTestCase(HomeserverTestCase):
-    def default_config(self):
+    def default_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         config = super().default_config()
         config["public_baseurl"] = BASE_URL
-        saml_config = {
+        saml_config: Dict[str, Any] = {
             "sp_config": {"metadata": {}},
             # Disable grandfathering.
             "grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute": None,
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ def default_config(self):
 
         return config
 
-    def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
+    def make_homeserver(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock) -> HomeServer:
         hs = self.setup_test_homeserver()
 
         self.handler = hs.get_saml_handler()
@@ -114,7 +118,7 @@ def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
     elif not has_xmlsec1:
         skip = "Requires xmlsec1"
 
-    def test_map_saml_response_to_user(self):
+    def test_map_saml_response_to_user(self) -> None:
         """Ensure that mapping the SAML response returned from a provider to an MXID works properly."""
 
         # stub out the auth handler
@@ -140,7 +144,7 @@ def test_map_saml_response_to_user(self):
         )
 
     @override_config({"saml2_config": {"grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute": "mxid"}})
-    def test_map_saml_response_to_existing_user(self):
+    def test_map_saml_response_to_existing_user(self) -> None:
         """Existing users can log in with SAML account."""
         store = self.hs.get_datastores().main
         self.get_success(
@@ -186,7 +190,7 @@ def test_map_saml_response_to_existing_user(self):
             auth_provider_session_id=None,
         )
 
-    def test_map_saml_response_to_invalid_localpart(self):
+    def test_map_saml_response_to_invalid_localpart(self) -> None:
         """If the mapping provider generates an invalid localpart it should be rejected."""
 
         # stub out the auth handler
@@ -207,7 +211,7 @@ def test_map_saml_response_to_invalid_localpart(self):
         )
         auth_handler.complete_sso_login.assert_not_called()
 
-    def test_map_saml_response_to_user_retries(self):
+    def test_map_saml_response_to_user_retries(self) -> None:
         """The mapping provider can retry generating an MXID if the MXID is already in use."""
 
         # stub out the auth handler and error renderer
@@ -271,7 +275,7 @@ def test_map_saml_response_to_user_retries(self):
             }
         }
     )
-    def test_map_saml_response_redirect(self):
+    def test_map_saml_response_redirect(self) -> None:
         """Test a mapping provider that raises a RedirectException"""
 
         saml_response = FakeAuthnResponse({"uid": "test", "username": "test_user"})
@@ -292,7 +296,7 @@ def test_map_saml_response_redirect(self):
             },
         }
     )
-    def test_attribute_requirements(self):
+    def test_attribute_requirements(self) -> None:
         """The required attributes must be met from the SAML response."""
 
         # stub out the auth handler
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_typing.py b/tests/handlers/test_typing.py
index f91a80b9fa57..ffd5c4cb938c 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_typing.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_typing.py
@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@
 from unittest.mock import ANY, Mock, call
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
+from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
 from twisted.web.resource import Resource
 
 from synapse.api.errors import AuthError
 from synapse.federation.transport.server import TransportLayerServer
-from synapse.types import UserID, create_requester
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse.types import JsonDict, UserID, create_requester
+from synapse.util import Clock
 
 from tests import unittest
 from tests.test_utils import make_awaitable
@@ -42,7 +45,9 @@
 OTHER_ROOM_ID = "another-room"
 
 
-def _expect_edu_transaction(edu_type, content, origin="test"):
+def _expect_edu_transaction(
+    edu_type: str, content: JsonDict, origin: str = "test"
+) -> JsonDict:
     return {
         "origin": origin,
         "origin_server_ts": 1000000,
@@ -51,12 +56,12 @@ def _expect_edu_transaction(edu_type, content, origin="test"):
     }
 
 
-def _make_edu_transaction_json(edu_type, content):
+def _make_edu_transaction_json(edu_type: str, content: JsonDict) -> bytes:
     return json.dumps(_expect_edu_transaction(edu_type, content)).encode("utf8")
 
 
 class TypingNotificationsTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
-    def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
+    def make_homeserver(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock) -> HomeServer:
         # we mock out the keyring so as to skip the authentication check on the
         # federation API call.
         mock_keyring = Mock(spec=["verify_json_for_server"])
@@ -83,7 +88,7 @@ def create_resource_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Resource]:
         d["/_matrix/federation"] = TransportLayerServer(self.hs)
         return d
 
-    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
+    def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer) -> None:
         mock_notifier = hs.get_notifier()
         self.on_new_event = mock_notifier.on_new_event
 
@@ -111,24 +116,24 @@ def get_received_txn_response(*args):
 
         self.room_members = []
 
-        async def check_user_in_room(room_id, user_id):
+        async def check_user_in_room(room_id: str, user_id: str) -> None:
             if user_id not in [u.to_string() for u in self.room_members]:
                 raise AuthError(401, "User is not in the room")
             return None
 
         hs.get_auth().check_user_in_room = check_user_in_room
 
-        async def check_host_in_room(room_id, server_name):
+        async def check_host_in_room(room_id: str, server_name: str) -> bool:
             return room_id == ROOM_ID
 
         hs.get_event_auth_handler().check_host_in_room = check_host_in_room
 
-        def get_joined_hosts_for_room(room_id):
+        def get_joined_hosts_for_room(room_id: str):
             return {member.domain for member in self.room_members}
 
         self.datastore.get_joined_hosts_for_room = get_joined_hosts_for_room
 
-        async def get_users_in_room(room_id):
+        async def get_users_in_room(room_id: str):
             return {str(u) for u in self.room_members}
 
         self.datastore.get_users_in_room = get_users_in_room
@@ -153,7 +158,7 @@ async def get_users_in_room(room_id):
             lambda *args, **kwargs: make_awaitable(None)
         )
 
-    def test_started_typing_local(self):
+    def test_started_typing_local(self) -> None:
         self.room_members = [U_APPLE, U_BANANA]
 
         self.assertEqual(self.event_source.get_current_key(), 0)
@@ -187,7 +192,7 @@ def test_started_typing_local(self):
         )
 
     @override_config({"send_federation": True})
-    def test_started_typing_remote_send(self):
+    def test_started_typing_remote_send(self) -> None:
         self.room_members = [U_APPLE, U_ONION]
 
         self.get_success(
@@ -217,7 +222,7 @@ def test_started_typing_remote_send(self):
             try_trailing_slash_on_400=True,
         )
 
-    def test_started_typing_remote_recv(self):
+    def test_started_typing_remote_recv(self) -> None:
         self.room_members = [U_APPLE, U_ONION]
 
         self.assertEqual(self.event_source.get_current_key(), 0)
@@ -256,7 +261,7 @@ def test_started_typing_remote_recv(self):
             ],
         )
 
-    def test_started_typing_remote_recv_not_in_room(self):
+    def test_started_typing_remote_recv_not_in_room(self) -> None:
         self.room_members = [U_APPLE, U_ONION]
 
         self.assertEqual(self.event_source.get_current_key(), 0)
@@ -292,7 +297,7 @@ def test_started_typing_remote_recv_not_in_room(self):
         self.assertEqual(events[1], 0)
 
     @override_config({"send_federation": True})
-    def test_stopped_typing(self):
+    def test_stopped_typing(self) -> None:
         self.room_members = [U_APPLE, U_BANANA, U_ONION]
 
         # Gut-wrenching
@@ -343,7 +348,7 @@ def test_stopped_typing(self):
             [{"type": "m.typing", "room_id": ROOM_ID, "content": {"user_ids": []}}],
         )
 
-    def test_typing_timeout(self):
+    def test_typing_timeout(self) -> None:
         self.room_members = [U_APPLE, U_BANANA]
 
         self.assertEqual(self.event_source.get_current_key(), 0)
diff --git a/tests/module_api/test_api.py b/tests/module_api/test_api.py
index c3f20f9692ac..10dd94b5498d 100644
--- a/tests/module_api/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/module_api/test_api.py
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ def test_can_register_user(self):
         displayname = self.get_success(self.store.get_profile_displayname("bob"))
         self.assertEqual(displayname, "Bobberino")
 
+    def test_can_register_admin_user(self):
+        user_id = self.get_success(
+            self.register_user(
+                "bob_module_admin", "1234", displayname="Bobberino Admin", admin=True
+            )
+        )
+        found_user = self.get_success(self.module_api.get_userinfo_by_id(user_id))
+        self.assertEqual(found_user.user_id.to_string(), user_id)
+        self.assertIdentical(found_user.is_admin, True)
+
     def test_get_userinfo_by_id(self):
         user_id = self.register_user("alice", "1234")
         found_user = self.get_success(self.module_api.get_userinfo_by_id(user_id))
diff --git a/tests/push/test_http.py b/tests/push/test_http.py
index 6691e0712896..ba158f5d93e4 100644
--- a/tests/push/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/push/test_http.py
@@ -11,15 +11,19 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-from typing import List, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 from twisted.internet.defer import Deferred
+from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
 
 import synapse.rest.admin
 from synapse.logging.context import make_deferred_yieldable
 from synapse.push import PusherConfigException
 from synapse.rest.client import login, push_rule, receipts, room
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse.types import JsonDict
+from synapse.util import Clock
 
 from tests.unittest import HomeserverTestCase, override_config
 
@@ -35,13 +39,13 @@ class HTTPPusherTests(HomeserverTestCase):
     user_id = True
     hijack_auth = False
 
-    def default_config(self):
+    def default_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         config = super().default_config()
         config["start_pushers"] = True
         return config
 
-    def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
-        self.push_attempts: List[tuple[Deferred, str, dict]] = []
+    def make_homeserver(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock) -> HomeServer:
+        self.push_attempts: List[Tuple[Deferred, str, dict]] = []
 
         m = Mock()
 
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ def post_json_get_json(url, body):
 
         return hs
 
-    def test_invalid_configuration(self):
+    def test_invalid_configuration(self) -> None:
         """Invalid push configurations should be rejected."""
         # Register the user who gets notified
         user_id = self.register_user("user", "pass")
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ def test_invalid_configuration(self):
         )
         token_id = user_tuple.token_id
 
-        def test_data(data):
+        def test_data(data: Optional[JsonDict]) -> None:
             self.get_failure(
                 self.hs.get_pusherpool().add_pusher(
                     user_id=user_id,
@@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ def test_data(data):
         # A url with an incorrect path isn't accepted.
         test_data({"url": "http://example.com/foo"})
 
-    def test_sends_http(self):
+    def test_sends_http(self) -> None:
         """
         The HTTP pusher will send pushes for each message to a HTTP endpoint
         when configured to do so.
@@ -200,7 +204,7 @@ def test_sends_http(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(pushers), 1)
         self.assertTrue(pushers[0].last_stream_ordering > last_stream_ordering)
 
-    def test_sends_high_priority_for_encrypted(self):
+    def test_sends_high_priority_for_encrypted(self) -> None:
         """
         The HTTP pusher will send pushes at high priority if they correspond
         to an encrypted message.
@@ -321,7 +325,7 @@ def test_sends_high_priority_for_encrypted(self):
         )
         self.assertEqual(self.push_attempts[1][2]["notification"]["prio"], "high")
 
-    def test_sends_high_priority_for_one_to_one_only(self):
+    def test_sends_high_priority_for_one_to_one_only(self) -> None:
         """
         The HTTP pusher will send pushes at high priority if they correspond
         to a message in a one-to-one room.
@@ -404,7 +408,7 @@ def test_sends_high_priority_for_one_to_one_only(self):
         # check that this is low-priority
         self.assertEqual(self.push_attempts[1][2]["notification"]["prio"], "low")
 
-    def test_sends_high_priority_for_mention(self):
+    def test_sends_high_priority_for_mention(self) -> None:
         """
         The HTTP pusher will send pushes at high priority if they correspond
         to a message containing the user's display name.
@@ -480,7 +484,7 @@ def test_sends_high_priority_for_mention(self):
         # check that this is low-priority
         self.assertEqual(self.push_attempts[1][2]["notification"]["prio"], "low")
 
-    def test_sends_high_priority_for_atroom(self):
+    def test_sends_high_priority_for_atroom(self) -> None:
         """
         The HTTP pusher will send pushes at high priority if they correspond
         to a message that contains @room.
@@ -563,7 +567,7 @@ def test_sends_high_priority_for_atroom(self):
         # check that this is low-priority
         self.assertEqual(self.push_attempts[1][2]["notification"]["prio"], "low")
 
-    def test_push_unread_count_group_by_room(self):
+    def test_push_unread_count_group_by_room(self) -> None:
         """
         The HTTP pusher will group unread count by number of unread rooms.
         """
@@ -576,7 +580,7 @@ def test_push_unread_count_group_by_room(self):
         self._check_push_attempt(6, 1)
 
     @override_config({"push": {"group_unread_count_by_room": False}})
-    def test_push_unread_count_message_count(self):
+    def test_push_unread_count_message_count(self) -> None:
         """
         The HTTP pusher will send the total unread message count.
         """
@@ -589,7 +593,7 @@ def test_push_unread_count_message_count(self):
         # last read receipt
         self._check_push_attempt(6, 3)
 
-    def _test_push_unread_count(self):
+    def _test_push_unread_count(self) -> None:
         """
         Tests that the correct unread count appears in sent push notifications
 
@@ -681,7 +685,7 @@ def _test_push_unread_count(self):
 
         self.helper.send(room_id, body="HELLO???", tok=other_access_token)
 
-    def _advance_time_and_make_push_succeed(self, expected_push_attempts):
+    def _advance_time_and_make_push_succeed(self, expected_push_attempts: int) -> None:
         self.pump()
         self.push_attempts[expected_push_attempts - 1][0].callback({})
 
@@ -708,7 +712,9 @@ def _check_push_attempt(
             expected_unread_count_last_push,
         )
 
-    def _send_read_request(self, access_token, message_event_id, room_id):
+    def _send_read_request(
+        self, access_token: str, message_event_id: str, room_id: str
+    ) -> None:
         # Now set the user's read receipt position to the first event
         #
         # This will actually trigger a new notification to be sent out so that
@@ -748,7 +754,7 @@ def _make_user_with_pusher(self, username: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
 
         return user_id, access_token
 
-    def test_dont_notify_rule_overrides_message(self):
+    def test_dont_notify_rule_overrides_message(self) -> None:
         """
         The override push rule will suppress notification
         """
diff --git a/tests/push/test_push_rule_evaluator.py b/tests/push/test_push_rule_evaluator.py
index 4137d7da4c35..7ae92d82d3c8 100644
--- a/tests/push/test_push_rule_evaluator.py
+++ b/tests/push/test_push_rule_evaluator.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from typing import Any, Dict
+from typing import Dict, Optional, Union
 
 import frozendict
 
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@
 from synapse.events import FrozenEvent
 from synapse.push import push_rule_evaluator
 from synapse.push.push_rule_evaluator import PushRuleEvaluatorForEvent
+from synapse.types import JsonDict
 
 from tests import unittest
 
 
 class PushRuleEvaluatorTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
-    def _get_evaluator(self, content, related_event=None):
+    def _get_evaluator(self, content: JsonDict, related_event=None) -> PushRuleEvaluatorForEvent:
         event = FrozenEvent(
             {
                 "event_id": "$event_id",
@@ -39,12 +40,12 @@ def _get_evaluator(self, content, related_event=None):
         )
         room_member_count = 0
         sender_power_level = 0
-        power_levels = {}
+        power_levels: Dict[str, Union[int, Dict[str, int]]] = {}
         return PushRuleEvaluatorForEvent(
             event, room_member_count, sender_power_level, power_levels, related_event
         )
 
-    def test_display_name(self):
+    def test_display_name(self) -> None:
         """Check for a matching display name in the body of the event."""
         evaluator = self._get_evaluator({"body": "foo bar baz"})
 
@@ -71,20 +72,20 @@ def test_display_name(self):
         self.assertTrue(evaluator.matches(condition, "@user:test", "foo bar"))
 
     def _assert_matches(
-        self, condition: Dict[str, Any], content: Dict[str, Any], msg=None
+        self, condition: JsonDict, content: JsonDict, msg: Optional[str] = None
     ) -> None:
         evaluator = self._get_evaluator(content)
         self.assertTrue(evaluator.matches(condition, "@user:test", "display_name"), msg)
 
     def _assert_not_matches(
-        self, condition: Dict[str, Any], content: Dict[str, Any], msg=None
+        self, condition: JsonDict, content: JsonDict, msg: Optional[str] = None
     ) -> None:
         evaluator = self._get_evaluator(content)
         self.assertFalse(
             evaluator.matches(condition, "@user:test", "display_name"), msg
         )
 
-    def test_event_match_body(self):
+    def test_event_match_body(self) -> None:
         """Check that event_match conditions on content.body work as expected"""
 
         # if the key is `content.body`, the pattern matches substrings.
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ def test_event_match_body(self):
             r"? after \ should match any character",
         )
 
-    def test_event_match_non_body(self):
+    def test_event_match_non_body(self) -> None:
         """Check that event_match conditions on other keys work as expected"""
 
         # if the key is anything other than 'content.body', the pattern must match the
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ def test_event_match_non_body(self):
             "pattern should not match before a newline",
         )
 
-    def test_no_body(self):
+    def test_no_body(self) -> None:
         """Not having a body shouldn't break the evaluator."""
         evaluator = self._get_evaluator({})
 
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ def test_no_body(self):
         }
         self.assertFalse(evaluator.matches(condition, "@user:test", "foo"))
 
-    def test_invalid_body(self):
+    def test_invalid_body(self) -> None:
         """A non-string body should not break the evaluator."""
         condition = {
             "kind": "contains_display_name",
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ def test_invalid_body(self):
             evaluator = self._get_evaluator({"body": body})
             self.assertFalse(evaluator.matches(condition, "@user:test", "foo"))
 
-    def test_tweaks_for_actions(self):
+    def test_tweaks_for_actions(self) -> None:
         """
         This tests the behaviour of tweaks_for_actions.
         """
diff --git a/tests/replication/_base.py b/tests/replication/_base.py
index 9c5df266bd1f..a0589b6d6a4b 100644
--- a/tests/replication/_base.py
+++ b/tests/replication/_base.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def assert_request_is_get_repl_stream_updates(
         path: bytes = request.path  # type: ignore
         self.assertRegex(
             path,
-            br"^/_synapse/replication/get_repl_stream_updates/%s/[^/]+$"
+            rb"^/_synapse/replication/get_repl_stream_updates/%s/[^/]+$"
             % (stream_name.encode("ascii"),),
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/rest/admin/test_user.py b/tests/rest/admin/test_user.py
index a60ea0a56305..bef911d5df41 100644
--- a/tests/rest/admin/test_user.py
+++ b/tests/rest/admin/test_user.py
@@ -1050,6 +1050,25 @@ def test_deactivate_user_erase_true(self) -> None:
 
         self._is_erased("@user:test", True)
 
+    @override_config({"max_avatar_size": 1234})
+    def test_deactivate_user_erase_true_avatar_nonnull_but_empty(self) -> None:
+        """Check we can erase a user whose avatar is the empty string.
+
+        Reproduces #12257.
+        """
+        # Patch `self.other_user` to have an empty string as their avatar.
+        self.get_success(self.store.set_profile_avatar_url("user", ""))
+
+        # Check we can still erase them.
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "POST",
+            self.url,
+            access_token=self.admin_user_tok,
+            content={"erase": True},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(HTTPStatus.OK, channel.code, msg=channel.json_body)
+        self._is_erased("@user:test", True)
+
     def test_deactivate_user_erase_false(self) -> None:
         """
         Test deactivating a user and set `erase` to `false`
diff --git a/tests/rest/client/test_account.py b/tests/rest/client/test_account.py
index def836054db1..27946febff11 100644
--- a/tests/rest/client/test_account.py
+++ b/tests/rest/client/test_account.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 from synapse.rest.client import account, login, register, room
 from synapse.rest.synapse.client.password_reset import PasswordResetSubmitTokenResource
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
-from synapse.types import JsonDict
+from synapse.types import JsonDict, UserID
 from synapse.util import Clock
 
 from tests import unittest
@@ -1222,6 +1222,62 @@ async def post_json(
             expected_failures=[users[2]],
         )
 
+    @unittest.override_config(
+        {
+            "use_account_validity_in_account_status": True,
+        }
+    )
+    def test_no_account_validity(self) -> None:
+        """Tests that if we decide to include account validity in the response but no
+        account validity 'is_user_expired' callback is provided, we default to marking all
+        users as not expired.
+        """
+        user = self.register_user("someuser", "password")
+
+        self._test_status(
+            users=[user],
+            expected_statuses={
+                user: {
+                    "exists": True,
+                    "deactivated": False,
+                    "org.matrix.expired": False,
+                },
+            },
+            expected_failures=[],
+        )
+
+    @unittest.override_config(
+        {
+            "use_account_validity_in_account_status": True,
+        }
+    )
+    def test_account_validity_expired(self) -> None:
+        """Test that if we decide to include account validity in the response and the user
+        is expired, we return the correct info.
+        """
+        user = self.register_user("someuser", "password")
+
+        async def is_expired(user_id: str) -> bool:
+            # We can't blindly say everyone is expired, otherwise the request to get the
+            # account status will fail.
+            return UserID.from_string(user_id).localpart == "someuser"
+
+        self.hs.get_account_validity_handler()._is_user_expired_callbacks.append(
+            is_expired
+        )
+
+        self._test_status(
+            users=[user],
+            expected_statuses={
+                user: {
+                    "exists": True,
+                    "deactivated": False,
+                    "org.matrix.expired": True,
+                },
+            },
+            expected_failures=[],
+        )
+
     def _test_status(
         self,
         users: Optional[List[str]],
diff --git a/tests/rest/client/test_shared_rooms.py b/tests/rest/client/test_mutual_rooms.py
similarity index 87%
rename from tests/rest/client/test_shared_rooms.py
rename to tests/rest/client/test_mutual_rooms.py
index 3818b7b14bf3..7b7d283bb628 100644
--- a/tests/rest/client/test_shared_rooms.py
+++ b/tests/rest/client/test_mutual_rooms.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
 
 import synapse.rest.admin
-from synapse.rest.client import login, room, shared_rooms
+from synapse.rest.client import login, mutual_rooms, room
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.util import Clock
 
@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@
 from tests.server import FakeChannel
 
 
-class UserSharedRoomsTest(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
+class UserMutualRoomsTest(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
     """
-    Tests the UserSharedRoomsServlet.
+    Tests the UserMutualRoomsServlet.
     """
 
     servlets = [
         login.register_servlets,
         synapse.rest.admin.register_servlets_for_client_rest_resource,
         room.register_servlets,
-        shared_rooms.register_servlets,
+        mutual_rooms.register_servlets,
     ]
 
     def make_homeserver(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock) -> HomeServer:
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer) -> None:
         self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
         self.handler = hs.get_user_directory_handler()
 
-    def _get_shared_rooms(self, token: str, other_user: str) -> FakeChannel:
+    def _get_mutual_rooms(self, token: str, other_user: str) -> FakeChannel:
         return self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            "/_matrix/client/unstable/uk.half-shot.msc2666/user/shared_rooms/%s"
+            "/_matrix/client/unstable/uk.half-shot.msc2666/user/mutual_rooms/%s"
             % other_user,
             access_token=token,
         )
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ def test_shared_room_list_public(self) -> None:
         A room should show up in the shared list of rooms between two users
         if it is public.
         """
-        self._check_shared_rooms_with(room_one_is_public=True, room_two_is_public=True)
+        self._check_mutual_rooms_with(room_one_is_public=True, room_two_is_public=True)
 
     def test_shared_room_list_private(self) -> None:
         """
         A room should show up in the shared list of rooms between two users
         if it is private.
         """
-        self._check_shared_rooms_with(
+        self._check_mutual_rooms_with(
             room_one_is_public=False, room_two_is_public=False
         )
 
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ def test_shared_room_list_mixed(self) -> None:
         The shared room list between two users should contain both public and private
         rooms.
         """
-        self._check_shared_rooms_with(room_one_is_public=True, room_two_is_public=False)
+        self._check_mutual_rooms_with(room_one_is_public=True, room_two_is_public=False)
 
-    def _check_shared_rooms_with(
+    def _check_mutual_rooms_with(
         self, room_one_is_public: bool, room_two_is_public: bool
     ) -> None:
         """Checks that shared public or private rooms between two users appear in
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def _check_shared_rooms_with(
 
         # Check shared rooms from user1's perspective.
         # We should see the one room in common
-        channel = self._get_shared_rooms(u1_token, u2)
+        channel = self._get_mutual_rooms(u1_token, u2)
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.result)
         self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["joined"]), 1)
         self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["joined"][0], room_id_one)
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def _check_shared_rooms_with(
         self.helper.join(room_id_two, user=u2, tok=u2_token)
 
         # Check shared rooms again. We should now see both rooms.
-        channel = self._get_shared_rooms(u1_token, u2)
+        channel = self._get_mutual_rooms(u1_token, u2)
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.result)
         self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["joined"]), 2)
         for room_id_id in channel.json_body["joined"]:
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def test_shared_room_list_after_leave(self) -> None:
         self.helper.join(room, user=u2, tok=u2_token)
 
         # Assert user directory is not empty
-        channel = self._get_shared_rooms(u1_token, u2)
+        channel = self._get_mutual_rooms(u1_token, u2)
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.result)
         self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["joined"]), 1)
         self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["joined"][0], room)
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ def test_shared_room_list_after_leave(self) -> None:
         self.helper.leave(room, user=u1, tok=u1_token)
 
         # Check user1's view of shared rooms with user2
-        channel = self._get_shared_rooms(u1_token, u2)
+        channel = self._get_mutual_rooms(u1_token, u2)
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.result)
         self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["joined"]), 0)
 
         # Check user2's view of shared rooms with user1
-        channel = self._get_shared_rooms(u2_token, u1)
+        channel = self._get_mutual_rooms(u2_token, u1)
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.result)
         self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["joined"]), 0)
diff --git a/tests/rest/client/test_relations.py b/tests/rest/client/test_relations.py
index 171f4e97c8fd..fe97a0b3dde1 100644
--- a/tests/rest/client/test_relations.py
+++ b/tests/rest/client/test_relations.py
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
 
 import itertools
 import urllib.parse
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
 
-from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, RelationTypes
+from synapse.api.constants import AccountDataTypes, EventTypes, RelationTypes
 from synapse.rest import admin
 from synapse.rest.client import login, register, relations, room, sync
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ def _send_relation(
         content: Optional[dict] = None,
         access_token: Optional[str] = None,
         parent_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        expected_response_code: int = 200,
     ) -> FakeChannel:
         """Helper function to send a relation pointing at `self.parent_id`
 
@@ -115,16 +116,60 @@ def _send_relation(
             content,
             access_token=access_token,
         )
+        self.assertEqual(expected_response_code, channel.code, channel.json_body)
         return channel
 
+    def _get_related_events(self) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        Requests /relations on the parent ID and returns a list of event IDs.
+        """
+        # Request the relations of the event.
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET",
+            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations/{self.parent_id}",
+            access_token=self.user_token,
+        )
+        self.assertEquals(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        return [ev["event_id"] for ev in channel.json_body["chunk"]]
+
+    def _get_bundled_aggregations(self) -> JsonDict:
+        """
+        Requests /event on the parent ID and returns the m.relations field (from unsigned), if it exists.
+        """
+        # Fetch the bundled aggregations of the event.
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET",
+            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/event/{self.parent_id}",
+            access_token=self.user_token,
+        )
+        self.assertEquals(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        return channel.json_body["unsigned"].get("m.relations", {})
+
+    def _get_aggregations(self) -> List[JsonDict]:
+        """Request /aggregations on the parent ID and includes the returned chunk."""
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET",
+            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/aggregations/{self.parent_id}",
+            access_token=self.user_token,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        return channel.json_body["chunk"]
+
+    def _find_event_in_chunk(self, events: List[JsonDict]) -> JsonDict:
+        """
+        Find the parent event in a chunk of events and assert that it has the proper bundled aggregations.
+        """
+        for event in events:
+            if event["event_id"] == self.parent_id:
+                return event
+
+        raise AssertionError(f"Event {self.parent_id} not found in chunk")
+
 
 class RelationsTestCase(BaseRelationsTestCase):
     def test_send_relation(self) -> None:
         """Tests that sending a relation works."""
-
         channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", key="👍")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-
         event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
         channel = self.make_request(
@@ -151,13 +196,13 @@ def test_send_relation(self) -> None:
 
     def test_deny_invalid_event(self) -> None:
         """Test that we deny relations on non-existant events"""
-        channel = self._send_relation(
+        self._send_relation(
             RelationTypes.ANNOTATION,
             EventTypes.Message,
             parent_id="foo",
             content={"body": "foo", "msgtype": "m.text"},
+            expected_response_code=400,
         )
-        self.assertEqual(400, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
         # Unless that event is referenced from another event!
         self.get_success(
@@ -171,13 +216,12 @@ def test_deny_invalid_event(self) -> None:
                 desc="test_deny_invalid_event",
             )
         )
-        channel = self._send_relation(
+        self._send_relation(
             RelationTypes.THREAD,
             EventTypes.Message,
             parent_id="foo",
             content={"body": "foo", "msgtype": "m.text"},
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
     def test_deny_invalid_room(self) -> None:
         """Test that we deny relations on non-existant events"""
@@ -187,18 +231,20 @@ def test_deny_invalid_room(self) -> None:
         parent_id = res["event_id"]
 
         # Attempt to send an annotation to that event.
-        channel = self._send_relation(
-            RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", parent_id=parent_id, key="A"
+        self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.ANNOTATION,
+            "m.reaction",
+            parent_id=parent_id,
+            key="A",
+            expected_response_code=400,
         )
-        self.assertEqual(400, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
     def test_deny_double_react(self) -> None:
         """Test that we deny relations on membership events"""
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", key="a")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a")
-        self.assertEqual(400, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", key="a")
+        self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a", expected_response_code=400
+        )
 
     def test_deny_forked_thread(self) -> None:
         """It is invalid to start a thread off a thread."""
@@ -208,1063 +254,1045 @@ def test_deny_forked_thread(self) -> None:
             content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "foo"},
             parent_id=self.parent_id,
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
         parent_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
-        channel = self._send_relation(
+        self._send_relation(
             RelationTypes.THREAD,
             "m.room.message",
             content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "foo"},
             parent_id=parent_id,
+            expected_response_code=400,
         )
-        self.assertEqual(400, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
-    def test_basic_paginate_relations(self) -> None:
-        """Tests that calling pagination API correctly the latest relations."""
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        first_annotation_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+    def test_aggregation(self) -> None:
+        """Test that annotations get correctly aggregated."""
 
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "b")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        second_annotation_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+        self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a")
+        self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a", access_token=self.user2_token
+        )
+        self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "b")
 
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations/{self.parent_id}?limit=1",
+            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/aggregations/{self.parent_id}",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
-        # We expect to get back a single pagination result, which is the latest
-        # full relation event we sent above.
-        self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["chunk"]), 1, channel.json_body)
-        self.assert_dict(
+        self.assertEqual(
+            channel.json_body,
             {
-                "event_id": second_annotation_id,
-                "sender": self.user_id,
-                "type": "m.reaction",
+                "chunk": [
+                    {"type": "m.reaction", "key": "a", "count": 2},
+                    {"type": "m.reaction", "key": "b", "count": 1},
+                ]
             },
-            channel.json_body["chunk"][0],
-        )
-
-        # We also expect to get the original event (the id of which is self.parent_id)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            channel.json_body["original_event"]["event_id"], self.parent_id
         )
 
-        # Make sure next_batch has something in it that looks like it could be a
-        # valid token.
-        self.assertIsInstance(
-            channel.json_body.get("next_batch"), str, channel.json_body
-        )
+    def test_aggregation_must_be_annotation(self) -> None:
+        """Test that aggregations must be annotations."""
 
-        # Request the relations again, but with a different direction.
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations"
-            f"/{self.parent_id}?limit=1&org.matrix.msc3715.dir=f",
+            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/aggregations"
+            f"/{self.parent_id}/{RelationTypes.REPLACE}?limit=1",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-
-        # We expect to get back a single pagination result, which is the earliest
-        # full relation event we sent above.
-        self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["chunk"]), 1, channel.json_body)
-        self.assert_dict(
-            {
-                "event_id": first_annotation_id,
-                "sender": self.user_id,
-                "type": "m.reaction",
-            },
-            channel.json_body["chunk"][0],
-        )
+        self.assertEqual(400, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
-    def test_repeated_paginate_relations(self) -> None:
-        """Test that if we paginate using a limit and tokens then we get the
-        expected events.
-        """
+    def test_ignore_invalid_room(self) -> None:
+        """Test that we ignore invalid relations over federation."""
+        # Create another room and send a message in it.
+        room2 = self.helper.create_room_as(self.user_id, tok=self.user_token)
+        res = self.helper.send(room2, body="Hi!", tok=self.user_token)
+        parent_id = res["event_id"]
 
-        expected_event_ids = []
-        for idx in range(10):
-            channel = self._send_relation(
-                RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", chr(ord("a") + idx)
+        # Disable the validation to pretend this came over federation.
+        with patch(
+            "synapse.handlers.message.EventCreationHandler._validate_event_relation",
+            new=lambda self, event: make_awaitable(None),
+        ):
+            # Generate a various relations from a different room.
+            self.get_success(
+                inject_event(
+                    self.hs,
+                    room_id=self.room,
+                    type="m.reaction",
+                    sender=self.user_id,
+                    content={
+                        "m.relates_to": {
+                            "rel_type": RelationTypes.ANNOTATION,
+                            "event_id": parent_id,
+                            "key": "A",
+                        }
+                    },
+                )
             )
-            self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-            expected_event_ids.append(channel.json_body["event_id"])
-
-        prev_token = ""
-        found_event_ids: List[str] = []
-        for _ in range(20):
-            from_token = ""
-            if prev_token:
-                from_token = "&from=" + prev_token
 
-            channel = self.make_request(
-                "GET",
-                f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations/{self.parent_id}?limit=1{from_token}",
-                access_token=self.user_token,
+            self.get_success(
+                inject_event(
+                    self.hs,
+                    room_id=self.room,
+                    type="m.room.message",
+                    sender=self.user_id,
+                    content={
+                        "body": "foo",
+                        "msgtype": "m.text",
+                        "m.relates_to": {
+                            "rel_type": RelationTypes.REFERENCE,
+                            "event_id": parent_id,
+                        },
+                    },
+                )
             )
-            self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-
-            found_event_ids.extend(e["event_id"] for e in channel.json_body["chunk"])
-            next_batch = channel.json_body.get("next_batch")
-
-            self.assertNotEqual(prev_token, next_batch)
-            prev_token = next_batch
 
-            if not prev_token:
-                break
+            self.get_success(
+                inject_event(
+                    self.hs,
+                    room_id=self.room,
+                    type="m.room.message",
+                    sender=self.user_id,
+                    content={
+                        "body": "foo",
+                        "msgtype": "m.text",
+                        "m.relates_to": {
+                            "rel_type": RelationTypes.THREAD,
+                            "event_id": parent_id,
+                        },
+                    },
+                )
+            )
 
-        # We paginated backwards, so reverse
-        found_event_ids.reverse()
-        self.assertEqual(found_event_ids, expected_event_ids)
+            self.get_success(
+                inject_event(
+                    self.hs,
+                    room_id=self.room,
+                    type="m.room.message",
+                    sender=self.user_id,
+                    content={
+                        "body": "foo",
+                        "msgtype": "m.text",
+                        "new_content": {
+                            "body": "new content",
+                            "msgtype": "m.text",
+                        },
+                        "m.relates_to": {
+                            "rel_type": RelationTypes.REPLACE,
+                            "event_id": parent_id,
+                        },
+                    },
+                )
+            )
 
-    def test_pagination_from_sync_and_messages(self) -> None:
-        """Pagination tokens from /sync and /messages can be used to paginate /relations."""
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "A")
+        # They should be ignored when fetching relations.
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET",
+            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{room2}/relations/{parent_id}",
+            access_token=self.user_token,
+        )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        annotation_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
-        # Send an event after the relation events.
-        self.helper.send(self.room, body="Latest event", tok=self.user_token)
+        self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["chunk"], [])
 
-        # Request /sync, limiting it such that only the latest event is returned
-        # (and not the relation).
-        filter = urllib.parse.quote_plus(b'{"room": {"timeline": {"limit": 1}}}')
+        # And when fetching aggregations.
         channel = self.make_request(
-            "GET", f"/sync?filter={filter}", access_token=self.user_token
+            "GET",
+            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{room2}/aggregations/{parent_id}",
+            access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        room_timeline = channel.json_body["rooms"]["join"][self.room]["timeline"]
-        sync_prev_batch = room_timeline["prev_batch"]
-        self.assertIsNotNone(sync_prev_batch)
-        # Ensure the relation event is not in the batch returned from /sync.
-        self.assertNotIn(
-            annotation_id, [ev["event_id"] for ev in room_timeline["events"]]
-        )
+        self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["chunk"], [])
 
-        # Request /messages, limiting it such that only the latest event is
-        # returned (and not the relation).
+        # And for bundled aggregations.
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/rooms/{self.room}/messages?dir=b&limit=1",
+            f"/rooms/{room2}/event/{parent_id}",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        messages_end = channel.json_body["end"]
-        self.assertIsNotNone(messages_end)
-        # Ensure the relation event is not in the chunk returned from /messages.
-        self.assertNotIn(
-            annotation_id, [ev["event_id"] for ev in channel.json_body["chunk"]]
-        )
-
-        # Request /relations with the pagination tokens received from both the
-        # /sync and /messages responses above, in turn.
-        #
-        # This is a tiny bit silly since the client wouldn't know the parent ID
-        # from the requests above; consider the parent ID to be known from a
-        # previous /sync.
-        for from_token in (sync_prev_batch, messages_end):
-            channel = self.make_request(
-                "GET",
-                f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations/{self.parent_id}?from={from_token}",
-                access_token=self.user_token,
-            )
-            self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-
-            # The relation should be in the returned chunk.
-            self.assertIn(
-                annotation_id, [ev["event_id"] for ev in channel.json_body["chunk"]]
-            )
-
-    def test_aggregation_pagination_groups(self) -> None:
-        """Test that we can paginate annotation groups correctly."""
-
-        # We need to create ten separate users to send each reaction.
-        access_tokens = [self.user_token, self.user2_token]
-        idx = 0
-        while len(access_tokens) < 10:
-            user_id, token = self._create_user("test" + str(idx))
-            idx += 1
-
-            self.helper.join(self.room, user=user_id, tok=token)
-            access_tokens.append(token)
-
-        idx = 0
-        sent_groups = {"👍": 10, "a": 7, "b": 5, "c": 3, "d": 2, "e": 1}
-        for key in itertools.chain.from_iterable(
-            itertools.repeat(key, num) for key, num in sent_groups.items()
-        ):
-            channel = self._send_relation(
-                RelationTypes.ANNOTATION,
-                "m.reaction",
-                key=key,
-                access_token=access_tokens[idx],
-            )
-            self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-
-            idx += 1
-            idx %= len(access_tokens)
-
-        prev_token: Optional[str] = None
-        found_groups: Dict[str, int] = {}
-        for _ in range(20):
-            from_token = ""
-            if prev_token:
-                from_token = "&from=" + prev_token
-
-            channel = self.make_request(
-                "GET",
-                f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/aggregations/{self.parent_id}?limit=1{from_token}",
-                access_token=self.user_token,
-            )
-            self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-
-            self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["chunk"]), 1, channel.json_body)
-
-            for groups in channel.json_body["chunk"]:
-                # We only expect reactions
-                self.assertEqual(groups["type"], "m.reaction", channel.json_body)
-
-                # We should only see each key once
-                self.assertNotIn(groups["key"], found_groups, channel.json_body)
-
-                found_groups[groups["key"]] = groups["count"]
-
-            next_batch = channel.json_body.get("next_batch")
-
-            self.assertNotEqual(prev_token, next_batch)
-            prev_token = next_batch
-
-            if not prev_token:
-                break
-
-        self.assertEqual(sent_groups, found_groups)
-
-    def test_aggregation_pagination_within_group(self) -> None:
-        """Test that we can paginate within an annotation group."""
-
-        # We need to create ten separate users to send each reaction.
-        access_tokens = [self.user_token, self.user2_token]
-        idx = 0
-        while len(access_tokens) < 10:
-            user_id, token = self._create_user("test" + str(idx))
-            idx += 1
-
-            self.helper.join(self.room, user=user_id, tok=token)
-            access_tokens.append(token)
+        self.assertNotIn("m.relations", channel.json_body["unsigned"])
 
-        idx = 0
-        expected_event_ids = []
-        for _ in range(10):
-            channel = self._send_relation(
-                RelationTypes.ANNOTATION,
-                "m.reaction",
-                key="👍",
-                access_token=access_tokens[idx],
-            )
-            self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-            expected_event_ids.append(channel.json_body["event_id"])
+    @unittest.override_config({"experimental_features": {"msc3666_enabled": True}})
+    def test_edit(self) -> None:
+        """Test that a simple edit works."""
 
-            idx += 1
+        new_body = {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "I've been edited!"}
+        channel = self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.REPLACE,
+            "m.room.message",
+            content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "foo", "m.new_content": new_body},
+        )
+        edit_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
-        # Also send a different type of reaction so that we test we don't see it
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", key="a")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        def assert_bundle(event_json: JsonDict) -> None:
+            """Assert the expected values of the bundled aggregations."""
+            relations_dict = event_json["unsigned"].get("m.relations")
+            self.assertIn(RelationTypes.REPLACE, relations_dict)
 
-        prev_token = ""
-        found_event_ids: List[str] = []
-        encoded_key = urllib.parse.quote_plus("👍".encode())
-        for _ in range(20):
-            from_token = ""
-            if prev_token:
-                from_token = "&from=" + prev_token
+            m_replace_dict = relations_dict[RelationTypes.REPLACE]
+            for key in ["event_id", "sender", "origin_server_ts"]:
+                self.assertIn(key, m_replace_dict)
 
-            channel = self.make_request(
-                "GET",
-                f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}"
-                f"/aggregations/{self.parent_id}/{RelationTypes.ANNOTATION}"
-                f"/m.reaction/{encoded_key}?limit=1{from_token}",
-                access_token=self.user_token,
+            self.assert_dict(
+                {"event_id": edit_event_id, "sender": self.user_id}, m_replace_dict
             )
-            self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-
-            self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["chunk"]), 1, channel.json_body)
-
-            found_event_ids.extend(e["event_id"] for e in channel.json_body["chunk"])
-
-            next_batch = channel.json_body.get("next_batch")
-
-            self.assertNotEqual(prev_token, next_batch)
-            prev_token = next_batch
-
-            if not prev_token:
-                break
-
-        # We paginated backwards, so reverse
-        found_event_ids.reverse()
-        self.assertEqual(found_event_ids, expected_event_ids)
-
-    def test_aggregation(self) -> None:
-        """Test that annotations get correctly aggregated."""
-
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
-        channel = self._send_relation(
-            RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a", access_token=self.user2_token
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET",
+            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{self.parent_id}",
+            access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["content"], new_body)
+        assert_bundle(channel.json_body)
 
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "b")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-
+        # Request the room messages.
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/aggregations/{self.parent_id}",
+            f"/rooms/{self.room}/messages?dir=b",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        assert_bundle(self._find_event_in_chunk(channel.json_body["chunk"]))
 
-        self.assertEqual(
-            channel.json_body,
-            {
-                "chunk": [
-                    {"type": "m.reaction", "key": "a", "count": 2},
-                    {"type": "m.reaction", "key": "b", "count": 1},
-                ]
-            },
-        )
-
-    def test_aggregation_must_be_annotation(self) -> None:
-        """Test that aggregations must be annotations."""
-
+        # Request the room context.
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/aggregations"
-            f"/{self.parent_id}/{RelationTypes.REPLACE}?limit=1",
+            f"/rooms/{self.room}/context/{self.parent_id}",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
-        self.assertEqual(400, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-
-    @unittest.override_config({"experimental_features": {"msc3666_enabled": True}})
-    def test_bundled_aggregations(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Test that annotations, references, and threads get correctly bundled.
-
-        Note that this doesn't test against /relations since only thread relations
-        get bundled via that API. See test_aggregation_get_event_for_thread.
-
-        See test_edit for a similar test for edits.
-        """
-        # Setup by sending a variety of relations.
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a")
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        assert_bundle(channel.json_body["event"])
 
-        channel = self._send_relation(
-            RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a", access_token=self.user2_token
+        # Request sync, but limit the timeline so it becomes limited (and includes
+        # bundled aggregations).
+        filter = urllib.parse.quote_plus(b'{"room": {"timeline": {"limit": 2}}}')
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET", f"/sync?filter={filter}", access_token=self.user_token
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        room_timeline = channel.json_body["rooms"]["join"][self.room]["timeline"]
+        self.assertTrue(room_timeline["limited"])
+        assert_bundle(self._find_event_in_chunk(room_timeline["events"]))
 
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "b")
+        # Request search.
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "POST",
+            "/search",
+            # Search term matches the parent message.
+            content={"search_categories": {"room_events": {"search_term": "Hi"}}},
+            access_token=self.user_token,
+        )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        chunk = [
+            result["result"]
+            for result in channel.json_body["search_categories"]["room_events"][
+                "results"
+            ]
+        ]
+        assert_bundle(self._find_event_in_chunk(chunk))
 
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.REFERENCE, "m.room.test")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        reply_1 = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+    def test_multi_edit(self) -> None:
+        """Test that multiple edits, including attempts by people who
+        shouldn't be allowed, are correctly handled.
+        """
 
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.REFERENCE, "m.room.test")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        reply_2 = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+        self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.REPLACE,
+            "m.room.message",
+            content={
+                "msgtype": "m.text",
+                "body": "Wibble",
+                "m.new_content": {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "First edit"},
+            },
+        )
 
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.THREAD, "m.room.test")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        new_body = {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "I've been edited!"}
+        channel = self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.REPLACE,
+            "m.room.message",
+            content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "foo", "m.new_content": new_body},
+        )
+        edit_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.THREAD, "m.room.test")
+        self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.REPLACE,
+            "m.room.message.WRONG_TYPE",
+            content={
+                "msgtype": "m.text",
+                "body": "Wibble",
+                "m.new_content": {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "Edit, but wrong type"},
+            },
+        )
+
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET",
+            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{self.parent_id}",
+            access_token=self.user_token,
+        )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        thread_2 = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
-        def assert_bundle(event_json: JsonDict) -> None:
-            """Assert the expected values of the bundled aggregations."""
-            relations_dict = event_json["unsigned"].get("m.relations")
+        self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["content"], new_body)
 
-            # Ensure the fields are as expected.
-            self.assertCountEqual(
-                relations_dict.keys(),
-                (
-                    RelationTypes.ANNOTATION,
-                    RelationTypes.REFERENCE,
-                    RelationTypes.THREAD,
-                ),
-            )
+        relations_dict = channel.json_body["unsigned"].get("m.relations")
+        self.assertIn(RelationTypes.REPLACE, relations_dict)
 
-            # Check the values of each field.
-            self.assertEqual(
-                {
-                    "chunk": [
-                        {"type": "m.reaction", "key": "a", "count": 2},
-                        {"type": "m.reaction", "key": "b", "count": 1},
-                    ]
-                },
-                relations_dict[RelationTypes.ANNOTATION],
-            )
+        m_replace_dict = relations_dict[RelationTypes.REPLACE]
+        for key in ["event_id", "sender", "origin_server_ts"]:
+            self.assertIn(key, m_replace_dict)
 
-            self.assertEqual(
-                {"chunk": [{"event_id": reply_1}, {"event_id": reply_2}]},
-                relations_dict[RelationTypes.REFERENCE],
-            )
+        self.assert_dict(
+            {"event_id": edit_event_id, "sender": self.user_id}, m_replace_dict
+        )
 
-            self.assertEqual(
-                2,
-                relations_dict[RelationTypes.THREAD].get("count"),
-            )
-            self.assertTrue(
-                relations_dict[RelationTypes.THREAD].get("current_user_participated")
-            )
-            # The latest thread event has some fields that don't matter.
-            self.assert_dict(
-                {
-                    "content": {
-                        "m.relates_to": {
-                            "event_id": self.parent_id,
-                            "rel_type": RelationTypes.THREAD,
-                        }
-                    },
-                    "event_id": thread_2,
-                    "sender": self.user_id,
-                    "type": "m.room.test",
-                },
-                relations_dict[RelationTypes.THREAD].get("latest_event"),
-            )
+    def test_edit_reply(self) -> None:
+        """Test that editing a reply works."""
 
-        # Request the event directly.
-        channel = self.make_request(
-            "GET",
-            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{self.parent_id}",
-            access_token=self.user_token,
+        # Create a reply to edit.
+        channel = self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.REFERENCE,
+            "m.room.message",
+            content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "A reply!"},
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        assert_bundle(channel.json_body)
+        reply = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
-        # Request the room messages.
-        channel = self.make_request(
-            "GET",
-            f"/rooms/{self.room}/messages?dir=b",
-            access_token=self.user_token,
+        new_body = {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "I've been edited!"}
+        channel = self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.REPLACE,
+            "m.room.message",
+            content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "foo", "m.new_content": new_body},
+            parent_id=reply,
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        assert_bundle(self._find_event_in_chunk(channel.json_body["chunk"]))
+        edit_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
-        # Request the room context.
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/rooms/{self.room}/context/{self.parent_id}",
+            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{reply}",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        assert_bundle(channel.json_body["event"])
 
-        # Request sync.
-        channel = self.make_request("GET", "/sync", access_token=self.user_token)
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        room_timeline = channel.json_body["rooms"]["join"][self.room]["timeline"]
-        self.assertTrue(room_timeline["limited"])
-        assert_bundle(self._find_event_in_chunk(room_timeline["events"]))
+        # We expect to see the new body in the dict, as well as the reference
+        # metadata sill intact.
+        self.assertDictContainsSubset(new_body, channel.json_body["content"])
+        self.assertDictContainsSubset(
+            {
+                "m.relates_to": {
+                    "event_id": self.parent_id,
+                    "rel_type": "m.reference",
+                }
+            },
+            channel.json_body["content"],
+        )
 
-        # Request search.
-        channel = self.make_request(
-            "POST",
-            "/search",
-            # Search term matches the parent message.
-            content={"search_categories": {"room_events": {"search_term": "Hi"}}},
-            access_token=self.user_token,
+        # We expect that the edit relation appears in the unsigned relations
+        # section.
+        relations_dict = channel.json_body["unsigned"].get("m.relations")
+        self.assertIn(RelationTypes.REPLACE, relations_dict)
+
+        m_replace_dict = relations_dict[RelationTypes.REPLACE]
+        for key in ["event_id", "sender", "origin_server_ts"]:
+            self.assertIn(key, m_replace_dict)
+
+        self.assert_dict(
+            {"event_id": edit_event_id, "sender": self.user_id}, m_replace_dict
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        chunk = [
-            result["result"]
-            for result in channel.json_body["search_categories"]["room_events"][
-                "results"
-            ]
-        ]
-        assert_bundle(self._find_event_in_chunk(chunk))
 
-    def test_aggregation_get_event_for_annotation(self) -> None:
-        """Test that annotations do not get bundled aggregations included
-        when directly requested.
-        """
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        annotation_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+    def test_edit_thread(self) -> None:
+        """Test that editing a thread works."""
 
-        # Annotate the annotation.
+        # Create a thread and edit the last event.
         channel = self._send_relation(
-            RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a", parent_id=annotation_id
+            RelationTypes.THREAD,
+            "m.room.message",
+            content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "A threaded reply!"},
+        )
+        threaded_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+
+        new_body = {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "I've been edited!"}
+        self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.REPLACE,
+            "m.room.message",
+            content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "foo", "m.new_content": new_body},
+            parent_id=threaded_event_id,
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
+        # Fetch the thread root, to get the bundled aggregation for the thread.
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{annotation_id}",
+            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{self.parent_id}",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        self.assertIsNone(channel.json_body["unsigned"].get("m.relations"))
 
-    def test_aggregation_get_event_for_thread(self) -> None:
-        """Test that threads get bundled aggregations included when directly requested."""
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.THREAD, "m.room.test")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        thread_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+        # We expect that the edit message appears in the thread summary in the
+        # unsigned relations section.
+        relations_dict = channel.json_body["unsigned"].get("m.relations")
+        self.assertIn(RelationTypes.THREAD, relations_dict)
 
-        # Annotate the annotation.
+        thread_summary = relations_dict[RelationTypes.THREAD]
+        self.assertIn("latest_event", thread_summary)
+        latest_event_in_thread = thread_summary["latest_event"]
+        self.assertEqual(latest_event_in_thread["content"]["body"], "I've been edited!")
+
+    def test_edit_edit(self) -> None:
+        """Test that an edit cannot be edited."""
+        new_body = {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "Initial edit"}
         channel = self._send_relation(
-            RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a", parent_id=thread_id
+            RelationTypes.REPLACE,
+            "m.room.message",
+            content={
+                "msgtype": "m.text",
+                "body": "Wibble",
+                "m.new_content": new_body,
+            },
+        )
+        edit_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+
+        # Edit the edit event.
+        self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.REPLACE,
+            "m.room.message",
+            content={
+                "msgtype": "m.text",
+                "body": "foo",
+                "m.new_content": {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "Ignored edit"},
+            },
+            parent_id=edit_event_id,
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
+        # Request the original event.
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{thread_id}",
+            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{self.parent_id}",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            channel.json_body["unsigned"].get("m.relations"),
-            {
-                RelationTypes.ANNOTATION: {
-                    "chunk": [{"count": 1, "key": "a", "type": "m.reaction"}]
-                },
-            },
+        # The edit to the edit should be ignored.
+        self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["content"], new_body)
+
+        # The relations information should not include the edit to the edit.
+        relations_dict = channel.json_body["unsigned"].get("m.relations")
+        self.assertIn(RelationTypes.REPLACE, relations_dict)
+
+        m_replace_dict = relations_dict[RelationTypes.REPLACE]
+        for key in ["event_id", "sender", "origin_server_ts"]:
+            self.assertIn(key, m_replace_dict)
+
+        self.assert_dict(
+            {"event_id": edit_event_id, "sender": self.user_id}, m_replace_dict
         )
 
-        # It should also be included when the entire thread is requested.
+    def test_unknown_relations(self) -> None:
+        """Unknown relations should be accepted."""
+        channel = self._send_relation("m.relation.test", "m.room.test")
+        event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
             f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations/{self.parent_id}?limit=1",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["chunk"]), 1)
 
-        thread_message = channel.json_body["chunk"][0]
-        self.assertEqual(
-            thread_message["unsigned"].get("m.relations"),
-            {
-                RelationTypes.ANNOTATION: {
-                    "chunk": [{"count": 1, "key": "a", "type": "m.reaction"}]
-                },
-            },
+        # We expect to get back a single pagination result, which is the full
+        # relation event we sent above.
+        self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["chunk"]), 1, channel.json_body)
+        self.assert_dict(
+            {"event_id": event_id, "sender": self.user_id, "type": "m.room.test"},
+            channel.json_body["chunk"][0],
         )
 
-    def test_ignore_invalid_room(self) -> None:
-        """Test that we ignore invalid relations over federation."""
-        # Create another room and send a message in it.
-        room2 = self.helper.create_room_as(self.user_id, tok=self.user_token)
-        res = self.helper.send(room2, body="Hi!", tok=self.user_token)
-        parent_id = res["event_id"]
-
-        # Disable the validation to pretend this came over federation.
-        with patch(
-            "synapse.handlers.message.EventCreationHandler._validate_event_relation",
-            new=lambda self, event: make_awaitable(None),
-        ):
-            # Generate a various relations from a different room.
-            self.get_success(
-                inject_event(
-                    self.hs,
-                    room_id=self.room,
-                    type="m.reaction",
-                    sender=self.user_id,
-                    content={
-                        "m.relates_to": {
-                            "rel_type": RelationTypes.ANNOTATION,
-                            "event_id": parent_id,
-                            "key": "A",
-                        }
-                    },
-                )
-            )
-
-            self.get_success(
-                inject_event(
-                    self.hs,
-                    room_id=self.room,
-                    type="m.room.message",
-                    sender=self.user_id,
-                    content={
-                        "body": "foo",
-                        "msgtype": "m.text",
-                        "m.relates_to": {
-                            "rel_type": RelationTypes.REFERENCE,
-                            "event_id": parent_id,
-                        },
-                    },
-                )
-            )
-
-            self.get_success(
-                inject_event(
-                    self.hs,
-                    room_id=self.room,
-                    type="m.room.message",
-                    sender=self.user_id,
-                    content={
-                        "body": "foo",
-                        "msgtype": "m.text",
-                        "m.relates_to": {
-                            "rel_type": RelationTypes.THREAD,
-                            "event_id": parent_id,
-                        },
-                    },
-                )
-            )
-
-            self.get_success(
-                inject_event(
-                    self.hs,
-                    room_id=self.room,
-                    type="m.room.message",
-                    sender=self.user_id,
-                    content={
-                        "body": "foo",
-                        "msgtype": "m.text",
-                        "new_content": {
-                            "body": "new content",
-                            "msgtype": "m.text",
-                        },
-                        "m.relates_to": {
-                            "rel_type": RelationTypes.REPLACE,
-                            "event_id": parent_id,
-                        },
-                    },
-                )
-            )
-
-        # They should be ignored when fetching relations.
-        channel = self.make_request(
-            "GET",
-            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{room2}/relations/{parent_id}",
-            access_token=self.user_token,
+        # We also expect to get the original event (the id of which is self.parent_id)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            channel.json_body["original_event"]["event_id"], self.parent_id
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["chunk"], [])
 
-        # And when fetching aggregations.
+        # When bundling the unknown relation is not included.
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{room2}/aggregations/{parent_id}",
+            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{self.parent_id}",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["chunk"], [])
+        self.assertNotIn("m.relations", channel.json_body["unsigned"])
 
-        # And for bundled aggregations.
+        # But unknown relations can be directly queried.
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/rooms/{room2}/event/{parent_id}",
+            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/aggregations/{self.parent_id}?limit=1",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        self.assertNotIn("m.relations", channel.json_body["unsigned"])
-
-    @unittest.override_config({"experimental_features": {"msc3666_enabled": True}})
-    def test_edit(self) -> None:
-        """Test that a simple edit works."""
-
-        new_body = {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "I've been edited!"}
-        channel = self._send_relation(
-            RelationTypes.REPLACE,
-            "m.room.message",
-            content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "foo", "m.new_content": new_body},
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["chunk"], [])
 
-        edit_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+    def test_background_update(self) -> None:
+        """Test the event_arbitrary_relations background update."""
+        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", key="👍")
+        annotation_event_id_good = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
-        def assert_bundle(event_json: JsonDict) -> None:
-            """Assert the expected values of the bundled aggregations."""
-            relations_dict = event_json["unsigned"].get("m.relations")
-            self.assertIn(RelationTypes.REPLACE, relations_dict)
+        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", key="A")
+        annotation_event_id_bad = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
-            m_replace_dict = relations_dict[RelationTypes.REPLACE]
-            for key in ["event_id", "sender", "origin_server_ts"]:
-                self.assertIn(key, m_replace_dict)
+        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.THREAD, "m.room.test")
+        thread_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
-            self.assert_dict(
-                {"event_id": edit_event_id, "sender": self.user_id}, m_replace_dict
+        # Clean-up the table as if the inserts did not happen during event creation.
+        self.get_success(
+            self.store.db_pool.simple_delete_many(
+                table="event_relations",
+                column="event_id",
+                iterable=(annotation_event_id_bad, thread_event_id),
+                keyvalues={},
+                desc="RelationsTestCase.test_background_update",
             )
-
-        channel = self.make_request(
-            "GET",
-            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{self.parent_id}",
-            access_token=self.user_token,
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["content"], new_body)
-        assert_bundle(channel.json_body)
 
-        # Request the room messages.
+        # Only the "good" annotation should be found.
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/rooms/{self.room}/messages?dir=b",
+            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations/{self.parent_id}?limit=10",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        assert_bundle(self._find_event_in_chunk(channel.json_body["chunk"]))
-
-        # Request the room context.
-        channel = self.make_request(
-            "GET",
-            f"/rooms/{self.room}/context/{self.parent_id}",
-            access_token=self.user_token,
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [ev["event_id"] for ev in channel.json_body["chunk"]],
+            [annotation_event_id_good],
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        assert_bundle(channel.json_body["event"])
 
-        # Request sync, but limit the timeline so it becomes limited (and includes
-        # bundled aggregations).
-        filter = urllib.parse.quote_plus(b'{"room": {"timeline": {"limit": 2}}}')
-        channel = self.make_request(
-            "GET", f"/sync?filter={filter}", access_token=self.user_token
+        # Insert and run the background update.
+        self.get_success(
+            self.store.db_pool.simple_insert(
+                "background_updates",
+                {"update_name": "event_arbitrary_relations", "progress_json": "{}"},
+            )
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        room_timeline = channel.json_body["rooms"]["join"][self.room]["timeline"]
-        self.assertTrue(room_timeline["limited"])
-        assert_bundle(self._find_event_in_chunk(room_timeline["events"]))
 
-        # Request search.
+        # Ugh, have to reset this flag
+        self.store.db_pool.updates._all_done = False
+        self.wait_for_background_updates()
+
+        # The "good" annotation and the thread should be found, but not the "bad"
+        # annotation.
         channel = self.make_request(
-            "POST",
-            "/search",
-            # Search term matches the parent message.
-            content={"search_categories": {"room_events": {"search_term": "Hi"}}},
+            "GET",
+            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations/{self.parent_id}?limit=10",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        chunk = [
-            result["result"]
-            for result in channel.json_body["search_categories"]["room_events"][
-                "results"
-            ]
-        ]
-        assert_bundle(self._find_event_in_chunk(chunk))
-
-    def test_multi_edit(self) -> None:
-        """Test that multiple edits, including attempts by people who
-        shouldn't be allowed, are correctly handled.
-        """
-
-        channel = self._send_relation(
-            RelationTypes.REPLACE,
-            "m.room.message",
-            content={
-                "msgtype": "m.text",
-                "body": "Wibble",
-                "m.new_content": {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "First edit"},
-            },
+        self.assertCountEqual(
+            [ev["event_id"] for ev in channel.json_body["chunk"]],
+            [annotation_event_id_good, thread_event_id],
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
-        new_body = {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "I've been edited!"}
-        channel = self._send_relation(
-            RelationTypes.REPLACE,
-            "m.room.message",
-            content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "foo", "m.new_content": new_body},
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
-        edit_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+class RelationPaginationTestCase(BaseRelationsTestCase):
+    def test_basic_paginate_relations(self) -> None:
+        """Tests that calling pagination API correctly the latest relations."""
+        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a")
+        first_annotation_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
-        channel = self._send_relation(
-            RelationTypes.REPLACE,
-            "m.room.message.WRONG_TYPE",
-            content={
-                "msgtype": "m.text",
-                "body": "Wibble",
-                "m.new_content": {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "Edit, but wrong type"},
-            },
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "b")
+        second_annotation_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{self.parent_id}",
+            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations/{self.parent_id}?limit=1",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
-        self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["content"], new_body)
-
-        relations_dict = channel.json_body["unsigned"].get("m.relations")
-        self.assertIn(RelationTypes.REPLACE, relations_dict)
-
-        m_replace_dict = relations_dict[RelationTypes.REPLACE]
-        for key in ["event_id", "sender", "origin_server_ts"]:
-            self.assertIn(key, m_replace_dict)
-
+        # We expect to get back a single pagination result, which is the latest
+        # full relation event we sent above.
+        self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["chunk"]), 1, channel.json_body)
         self.assert_dict(
-            {"event_id": edit_event_id, "sender": self.user_id}, m_replace_dict
+            {
+                "event_id": second_annotation_id,
+                "sender": self.user_id,
+                "type": "m.reaction",
+            },
+            channel.json_body["chunk"][0],
         )
 
-    def test_edit_reply(self) -> None:
-        """Test that editing a reply works."""
-
-        # Create a reply to edit.
-        channel = self._send_relation(
-            RelationTypes.REFERENCE,
-            "m.room.message",
-            content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "A reply!"},
+        # We also expect to get the original event (the id of which is self.parent_id)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            channel.json_body["original_event"]["event_id"], self.parent_id
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        reply = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
-        new_body = {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "I've been edited!"}
-        channel = self._send_relation(
-            RelationTypes.REPLACE,
-            "m.room.message",
-            content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "foo", "m.new_content": new_body},
-            parent_id=reply,
+        # Make sure next_batch has something in it that looks like it could be a
+        # valid token.
+        self.assertIsInstance(
+            channel.json_body.get("next_batch"), str, channel.json_body
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-
-        edit_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
+        # Request the relations again, but with a different direction.
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{reply}",
+            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations"
+            f"/{self.parent_id}?limit=1&org.matrix.msc3715.dir=f",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
-        # We expect to see the new body in the dict, as well as the reference
-        # metadata sill intact.
-        self.assertDictContainsSubset(new_body, channel.json_body["content"])
-        self.assertDictContainsSubset(
+        # We expect to get back a single pagination result, which is the earliest
+        # full relation event we sent above.
+        self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["chunk"]), 1, channel.json_body)
+        self.assert_dict(
             {
-                "m.relates_to": {
-                    "event_id": self.parent_id,
-                    "rel_type": "m.reference",
-                }
+                "event_id": first_annotation_id,
+                "sender": self.user_id,
+                "type": "m.reaction",
             },
-            channel.json_body["content"],
+            channel.json_body["chunk"][0],
         )
 
-        # We expect that the edit relation appears in the unsigned relations
-        # section.
-        relations_dict = channel.json_body["unsigned"].get("m.relations")
-        self.assertIn(RelationTypes.REPLACE, relations_dict)
+    def test_repeated_paginate_relations(self) -> None:
+        """Test that if we paginate using a limit and tokens then we get the
+        expected events.
+        """
 
-        m_replace_dict = relations_dict[RelationTypes.REPLACE]
-        for key in ["event_id", "sender", "origin_server_ts"]:
-            self.assertIn(key, m_replace_dict)
+        expected_event_ids = []
+        for idx in range(10):
+            channel = self._send_relation(
+                RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", chr(ord("a") + idx)
+            )
+            expected_event_ids.append(channel.json_body["event_id"])
 
-        self.assert_dict(
-            {"event_id": edit_event_id, "sender": self.user_id}, m_replace_dict
-        )
+        prev_token = ""
+        found_event_ids: List[str] = []
+        for _ in range(20):
+            from_token = ""
+            if prev_token:
+                from_token = "&from=" + prev_token
 
-    def test_edit_thread(self) -> None:
-        """Test that editing a thread works."""
+            channel = self.make_request(
+                "GET",
+                f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations/{self.parent_id}?limit=1{from_token}",
+                access_token=self.user_token,
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
-        # Create a thread and edit the last event.
-        channel = self._send_relation(
-            RelationTypes.THREAD,
-            "m.room.message",
-            content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "A threaded reply!"},
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        threaded_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+            found_event_ids.extend(e["event_id"] for e in channel.json_body["chunk"])
+            next_batch = channel.json_body.get("next_batch")
 
-        new_body = {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "I've been edited!"}
-        channel = self._send_relation(
-            RelationTypes.REPLACE,
-            "m.room.message",
-            content={"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "foo", "m.new_content": new_body},
-            parent_id=threaded_event_id,
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+            self.assertNotEqual(prev_token, next_batch)
+            prev_token = next_batch
 
-        # Fetch the thread root, to get the bundled aggregation for the thread.
-        channel = self.make_request(
-            "GET",
-            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{self.parent_id}",
-            access_token=self.user_token,
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+            if not prev_token:
+                break
 
-        # We expect that the edit message appears in the thread summary in the
-        # unsigned relations section.
-        relations_dict = channel.json_body["unsigned"].get("m.relations")
-        self.assertIn(RelationTypes.THREAD, relations_dict)
+        # We paginated backwards, so reverse
+        found_event_ids.reverse()
+        self.assertEqual(found_event_ids, expected_event_ids)
 
-        thread_summary = relations_dict[RelationTypes.THREAD]
-        self.assertIn("latest_event", thread_summary)
-        latest_event_in_thread = thread_summary["latest_event"]
-        self.assertEqual(latest_event_in_thread["content"]["body"], "I've been edited!")
+    def test_pagination_from_sync_and_messages(self) -> None:
+        """Pagination tokens from /sync and /messages can be used to paginate /relations."""
+        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "A")
+        annotation_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+        # Send an event after the relation events.
+        self.helper.send(self.room, body="Latest event", tok=self.user_token)
 
-    def test_edit_edit(self) -> None:
-        """Test that an edit cannot be edited."""
-        new_body = {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "Initial edit"}
-        channel = self._send_relation(
-            RelationTypes.REPLACE,
-            "m.room.message",
-            content={
-                "msgtype": "m.text",
-                "body": "Wibble",
-                "m.new_content": new_body,
-            },
+        # Request /sync, limiting it such that only the latest event is returned
+        # (and not the relation).
+        filter = urllib.parse.quote_plus(b'{"room": {"timeline": {"limit": 1}}}')
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET", f"/sync?filter={filter}", access_token=self.user_token
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        edit_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
-
-        # Edit the edit event.
-        channel = self._send_relation(
-            RelationTypes.REPLACE,
-            "m.room.message",
-            content={
-                "msgtype": "m.text",
-                "body": "foo",
-                "m.new_content": {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "Ignored edit"},
-            },
-            parent_id=edit_event_id,
+        room_timeline = channel.json_body["rooms"]["join"][self.room]["timeline"]
+        sync_prev_batch = room_timeline["prev_batch"]
+        self.assertIsNotNone(sync_prev_batch)
+        # Ensure the relation event is not in the batch returned from /sync.
+        self.assertNotIn(
+            annotation_id, [ev["event_id"] for ev in room_timeline["events"]]
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
-        # Request the original event.
+        # Request /messages, limiting it such that only the latest event is
+        # returned (and not the relation).
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{self.parent_id}",
+            f"/rooms/{self.room}/messages?dir=b&limit=1",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        # The edit to the edit should be ignored.
-        self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["content"], new_body)
+        messages_end = channel.json_body["end"]
+        self.assertIsNotNone(messages_end)
+        # Ensure the relation event is not in the chunk returned from /messages.
+        self.assertNotIn(
+            annotation_id, [ev["event_id"] for ev in channel.json_body["chunk"]]
+        )
 
-        # The relations information should not include the edit to the edit.
-        relations_dict = channel.json_body["unsigned"].get("m.relations")
-        self.assertIn(RelationTypes.REPLACE, relations_dict)
+        # Request /relations with the pagination tokens received from both the
+        # /sync and /messages responses above, in turn.
+        #
+        # This is a tiny bit silly since the client wouldn't know the parent ID
+        # from the requests above; consider the parent ID to be known from a
+        # previous /sync.
+        for from_token in (sync_prev_batch, messages_end):
+            channel = self.make_request(
+                "GET",
+                f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations/{self.parent_id}?from={from_token}",
+                access_token=self.user_token,
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
-        m_replace_dict = relations_dict[RelationTypes.REPLACE]
-        for key in ["event_id", "sender", "origin_server_ts"]:
-            self.assertIn(key, m_replace_dict)
+            # The relation should be in the returned chunk.
+            self.assertIn(
+                annotation_id, [ev["event_id"] for ev in channel.json_body["chunk"]]
+            )
 
-        self.assert_dict(
-            {"event_id": edit_event_id, "sender": self.user_id}, m_replace_dict
-        )
+    def test_aggregation_pagination_groups(self) -> None:
+        """Test that we can paginate annotation groups correctly."""
 
-    def test_unknown_relations(self) -> None:
-        """Unknown relations should be accepted."""
-        channel = self._send_relation("m.relation.test", "m.room.test")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+        # We need to create ten separate users to send each reaction.
+        access_tokens = [self.user_token, self.user2_token]
+        idx = 0
+        while len(access_tokens) < 10:
+            user_id, token = self._create_user("test" + str(idx))
+            idx += 1
+
+            self.helper.join(self.room, user=user_id, tok=token)
+            access_tokens.append(token)
+
+        idx = 0
+        sent_groups = {"👍": 10, "a": 7, "b": 5, "c": 3, "d": 2, "e": 1}
+        for key in itertools.chain.from_iterable(
+            itertools.repeat(key, num) for key, num in sent_groups.items()
+        ):
+            self._send_relation(
+                RelationTypes.ANNOTATION,
+                "m.reaction",
+                key=key,
+                access_token=access_tokens[idx],
+            )
+
+            idx += 1
+            idx %= len(access_tokens)
+
+        prev_token: Optional[str] = None
+        found_groups: Dict[str, int] = {}
+        for _ in range(20):
+            from_token = ""
+            if prev_token:
+                from_token = "&from=" + prev_token
+
+            channel = self.make_request(
+                "GET",
+                f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/aggregations/{self.parent_id}?limit=1{from_token}",
+                access_token=self.user_token,
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+
+            self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["chunk"]), 1, channel.json_body)
+
+            for groups in channel.json_body["chunk"]:
+                # We only expect reactions
+                self.assertEqual(groups["type"], "m.reaction", channel.json_body)
+
+                # We should only see each key once
+                self.assertNotIn(groups["key"], found_groups, channel.json_body)
+
+                found_groups[groups["key"]] = groups["count"]
+
+            next_batch = channel.json_body.get("next_batch")
+
+            self.assertNotEqual(prev_token, next_batch)
+            prev_token = next_batch
+
+            if not prev_token:
+                break
+
+        self.assertEqual(sent_groups, found_groups)
+
+    def test_aggregation_pagination_within_group(self) -> None:
+        """Test that we can paginate within an annotation group."""
+
+        # We need to create ten separate users to send each reaction.
+        access_tokens = [self.user_token, self.user2_token]
+        idx = 0
+        while len(access_tokens) < 10:
+            user_id, token = self._create_user("test" + str(idx))
+            idx += 1
+
+            self.helper.join(self.room, user=user_id, tok=token)
+            access_tokens.append(token)
+
+        idx = 0
+        expected_event_ids = []
+        for _ in range(10):
+            channel = self._send_relation(
+                RelationTypes.ANNOTATION,
+                "m.reaction",
+                key="👍",
+                access_token=access_tokens[idx],
+            )
+            expected_event_ids.append(channel.json_body["event_id"])
 
+            idx += 1
+
+        # Also send a different type of reaction so that we test we don't see it
+        self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", key="a")
+
+        prev_token = ""
+        found_event_ids: List[str] = []
+        encoded_key = urllib.parse.quote_plus("👍".encode())
+        for _ in range(20):
+            from_token = ""
+            if prev_token:
+                from_token = "&from=" + prev_token
+
+            channel = self.make_request(
+                "GET",
+                f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}"
+                f"/aggregations/{self.parent_id}/{RelationTypes.ANNOTATION}"
+                f"/m.reaction/{encoded_key}?limit=1{from_token}",
+                access_token=self.user_token,
+            )
+            self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+
+            self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["chunk"]), 1, channel.json_body)
+
+            found_event_ids.extend(e["event_id"] for e in channel.json_body["chunk"])
+
+            next_batch = channel.json_body.get("next_batch")
+
+            self.assertNotEqual(prev_token, next_batch)
+            prev_token = next_batch
+
+            if not prev_token:
+                break
+
+        # We paginated backwards, so reverse
+        found_event_ids.reverse()
+        self.assertEqual(found_event_ids, expected_event_ids)
+
+
+class BundledAggregationsTestCase(BaseRelationsTestCase):
+    """
+    See RelationsTestCase.test_edit for a similar test for edits.
+
+    Note that this doesn't test against /relations since only thread relations
+    get bundled via that API. See test_aggregation_get_event_for_thread.
+    """
+
+    def _test_bundled_aggregations(
+        self,
+        relation_type: str,
+        assertion_callable: Callable[[JsonDict], None],
+        expected_db_txn_for_event: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Makes requests to various endpoints which should include bundled aggregations
+        and then calls an assertion function on the bundled aggregations.
+
+        Args:
+            relation_type: The field to search for in the `m.relations` field in unsigned.
+            assertion_callable: Called with the contents of unsigned["m.relations"][relation_type]
+                for relation-specific assertions.
+            expected_db_txn_for_event: The number of database transactions which
+                are expected for a call to /event/.
+        """
+
+        def assert_bundle(event_json: JsonDict) -> None:
+            """Assert the expected values of the bundled aggregations."""
+            relations_dict = event_json["unsigned"].get("m.relations")
+
+            # Ensure the fields are as expected.
+            self.assertCountEqual(relations_dict.keys(), (relation_type,))
+            assertion_callable(relations_dict[relation_type])
+
+        # Request the event directly.
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations/{self.parent_id}?limit=1",
+            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{self.parent_id}",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        assert_bundle(channel.json_body)
+        assert channel.resource_usage is not None
+        self.assertEqual(channel.resource_usage.db_txn_count, expected_db_txn_for_event)
 
-        # We expect to get back a single pagination result, which is the full
-        # relation event we sent above.
-        self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["chunk"]), 1, channel.json_body)
-        self.assert_dict(
-            {"event_id": event_id, "sender": self.user_id, "type": "m.room.test"},
-            channel.json_body["chunk"][0],
-        )
-
-        # We also expect to get the original event (the id of which is self.parent_id)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            channel.json_body["original_event"]["event_id"], self.parent_id
+        # Request the room messages.
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET",
+            f"/rooms/{self.room}/messages?dir=b",
+            access_token=self.user_token,
         )
+        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        assert_bundle(self._find_event_in_chunk(channel.json_body["chunk"]))
 
-        # When bundling the unknown relation is not included.
+        # Request the room context.
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{self.parent_id}",
+            f"/rooms/{self.room}/context/{self.parent_id}",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        self.assertNotIn("m.relations", channel.json_body["unsigned"])
+        assert_bundle(channel.json_body["event"])
 
-        # But unknown relations can be directly queried.
+        # Request sync.
+        filter = urllib.parse.quote_plus(b'{"room": {"timeline": {"limit": 4}}}')
         channel = self.make_request(
-            "GET",
-            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/aggregations/{self.parent_id}?limit=1",
+            "GET", f"/sync?filter={filter}", access_token=self.user_token
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        room_timeline = channel.json_body["rooms"]["join"][self.room]["timeline"]
+        self.assertTrue(room_timeline["limited"])
+        assert_bundle(self._find_event_in_chunk(room_timeline["events"]))
+
+        # Request search.
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "POST",
+            "/search",
+            # Search term matches the parent message.
+            content={"search_categories": {"room_events": {"search_term": "Hi"}}},
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        self.assertEqual(channel.json_body["chunk"], [])
+        chunk = [
+            result["result"]
+            for result in channel.json_body["search_categories"]["room_events"][
+                "results"
+            ]
+        ]
+        assert_bundle(self._find_event_in_chunk(chunk))
 
-    def _find_event_in_chunk(self, events: List[JsonDict]) -> JsonDict:
+    @unittest.override_config({"experimental_features": {"msc3666_enabled": True}})
+    def test_annotation(self) -> None:
         """
-        Find the parent event in a chunk of events and assert that it has the proper bundled aggregations.
+        Test that annotations get correctly bundled.
         """
-        for event in events:
-            if event["event_id"] == self.parent_id:
-                return event
+        # Setup by sending a variety of relations.
+        self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a")
+        self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a", access_token=self.user2_token
+        )
+        self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "b")
 
-        raise AssertionError(f"Event {self.parent_id} not found in chunk")
+        def assert_annotations(bundled_aggregations: JsonDict) -> None:
+            self.assertEqual(
+                {
+                    "chunk": [
+                        {"type": "m.reaction", "key": "a", "count": 2},
+                        {"type": "m.reaction", "key": "b", "count": 1},
+                    ]
+                },
+                bundled_aggregations,
+            )
 
-    def test_background_update(self) -> None:
-        """Test the event_arbitrary_relations background update."""
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", key="👍")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        annotation_event_id_good = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+        self._test_bundled_aggregations(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, assert_annotations, 7)
 
-        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", key="A")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        annotation_event_id_bad = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+    @unittest.override_config({"experimental_features": {"msc3666_enabled": True}})
+    def test_reference(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Test that references get correctly bundled.
+        """
+        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.REFERENCE, "m.room.test")
+        reply_1 = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+
+        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.REFERENCE, "m.room.test")
+        reply_2 = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+
+        def assert_annotations(bundled_aggregations: JsonDict) -> None:
+            self.assertEqual(
+                {"chunk": [{"event_id": reply_1}, {"event_id": reply_2}]},
+                bundled_aggregations,
+            )
+
+        self._test_bundled_aggregations(RelationTypes.REFERENCE, assert_annotations, 7)
 
+    @unittest.override_config({"experimental_features": {"msc3666_enabled": True}})
+    def test_thread(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Test that threads get correctly bundled.
+        """
+        self._send_relation(RelationTypes.THREAD, "m.room.test")
         channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.THREAD, "m.room.test")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        thread_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+        thread_2 = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
-        # Clean-up the table as if the inserts did not happen during event creation.
-        self.get_success(
-            self.store.db_pool.simple_delete_many(
-                table="event_relations",
-                column="event_id",
-                iterable=(annotation_event_id_bad, thread_event_id),
-                keyvalues={},
-                desc="RelationsTestCase.test_background_update",
+        def assert_annotations(bundled_aggregations: JsonDict) -> None:
+            self.assertEqual(2, bundled_aggregations.get("count"))
+            self.assertTrue(bundled_aggregations.get("current_user_participated"))
+            # The latest thread event has some fields that don't matter.
+            self.assert_dict(
+                {
+                    "content": {
+                        "m.relates_to": {
+                            "event_id": self.parent_id,
+                            "rel_type": RelationTypes.THREAD,
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "event_id": thread_2,
+                    "sender": self.user_id,
+                    "type": "m.room.test",
+                },
+                bundled_aggregations.get("latest_event"),
             )
+
+        self._test_bundled_aggregations(RelationTypes.THREAD, assert_annotations, 9)
+
+    def test_aggregation_get_event_for_annotation(self) -> None:
+        """Test that annotations do not get bundled aggregations included
+        when directly requested.
+        """
+        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a")
+        annotation_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+
+        # Annotate the annotation.
+        self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a", parent_id=annotation_id
         )
 
-        # Only the "good" annotation should be found.
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations/{self.parent_id}?limit=10",
+            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{annotation_id}",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            [ev["event_id"] for ev in channel.json_body["chunk"]],
-            [annotation_event_id_good],
-        )
+        self.assertIsNone(channel.json_body["unsigned"].get("m.relations"))
 
-        # Insert and run the background update.
-        self.get_success(
-            self.store.db_pool.simple_insert(
-                "background_updates",
-                {"update_name": "event_arbitrary_relations", "progress_json": "{}"},
-            )
+    def test_aggregation_get_event_for_thread(self) -> None:
+        """Test that threads get bundled aggregations included when directly requested."""
+        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.THREAD, "m.room.test")
+        thread_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
+
+        # Annotate the annotation.
+        self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a", parent_id=thread_id
         )
 
-        # Ugh, have to reset this flag
-        self.store.db_pool.updates._all_done = False
-        self.wait_for_background_updates()
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET",
+            f"/rooms/{self.room}/event/{thread_id}",
+            access_token=self.user_token,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            channel.json_body["unsigned"].get("m.relations"),
+            {
+                RelationTypes.ANNOTATION: {
+                    "chunk": [{"count": 1, "key": "a", "type": "m.reaction"}]
+                },
+            },
+        )
 
-        # The "good" annotation and the thread should be found, but not the "bad"
-        # annotation.
+        # It should also be included when the entire thread is requested.
         channel = self.make_request(
             "GET",
-            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations/{self.parent_id}?limit=10",
+            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations/{self.parent_id}?limit=1",
             access_token=self.user_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        self.assertCountEqual(
-            [ev["event_id"] for ev in channel.json_body["chunk"]],
-            [annotation_event_id_good, thread_event_id],
+        self.assertEqual(len(channel.json_body["chunk"]), 1)
+
+        thread_message = channel.json_body["chunk"][0]
+        self.assertEqual(
+            thread_message["unsigned"].get("m.relations"),
+            {
+                RelationTypes.ANNOTATION: {
+                    "chunk": [{"count": 1, "key": "a", "type": "m.reaction"}]
+                },
+            },
         )
 
     def test_bundled_aggregations_with_filter(self) -> None:
@@ -1296,6 +1324,84 @@ def test_bundled_aggregations_with_filter(self) -> None:
         self.assertIn("m.relations", parent_event["unsigned"])
 
 
+class RelationIgnoredUserTestCase(BaseRelationsTestCase):
+    """Relations sent from an ignored user should be ignored."""
+
+    def _test_ignored_user(
+        self, allowed_event_ids: List[str], ignored_event_ids: List[str]
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Fetch the relations and ensure they're all there, then ignore user2, and
+        repeat.
+        """
+        # Get the relations.
+        event_ids = self._get_related_events()
+        self.assertCountEqual(event_ids, allowed_event_ids + ignored_event_ids)
+
+        # Ignore user2 and re-do the requests.
+        self.get_success(
+            self.store.add_account_data_for_user(
+                self.user_id,
+                AccountDataTypes.IGNORED_USER_LIST,
+                {"ignored_users": {self.user2_id: {}}},
+            )
+        )
+
+        # Get the relations.
+        event_ids = self._get_related_events()
+        self.assertCountEqual(event_ids, allowed_event_ids)
+
+    def test_annotation(self) -> None:
+        """Annotations should ignore"""
+        # Send 2 from us, 2 from the to be ignored user.
+        allowed_event_ids = []
+        ignored_event_ids = []
+        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", key="a")
+        allowed_event_ids.append(channel.json_body["event_id"])
+        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", key="b")
+        allowed_event_ids.append(channel.json_body["event_id"])
+        channel = self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.ANNOTATION,
+            "m.reaction",
+            key="a",
+            access_token=self.user2_token,
+        )
+        ignored_event_ids.append(channel.json_body["event_id"])
+        channel = self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.ANNOTATION,
+            "m.reaction",
+            key="c",
+            access_token=self.user2_token,
+        )
+        ignored_event_ids.append(channel.json_body["event_id"])
+
+        self._test_ignored_user(allowed_event_ids, ignored_event_ids)
+
+    def test_reference(self) -> None:
+        """Annotations should ignore"""
+        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.REFERENCE, "m.room.test")
+        allowed_event_ids = [channel.json_body["event_id"]]
+
+        channel = self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.REFERENCE, "m.room.test", access_token=self.user2_token
+        )
+        ignored_event_ids = [channel.json_body["event_id"]]
+
+        self._test_ignored_user(allowed_event_ids, ignored_event_ids)
+
+    def test_thread(self) -> None:
+        """Annotations should ignore"""
+        channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.THREAD, "m.room.test")
+        allowed_event_ids = [channel.json_body["event_id"]]
+
+        channel = self._send_relation(
+            RelationTypes.THREAD, "m.room.test", access_token=self.user2_token
+        )
+        ignored_event_ids = [channel.json_body["event_id"]]
+
+        self._test_ignored_user(allowed_event_ids, ignored_event_ids)
+
+
 class RelationRedactionTestCase(BaseRelationsTestCase):
     """
     Test the behaviour of relations when the parent or child event is redacted.
@@ -1322,46 +1428,6 @@ def _redact(self, event_id: str) -> None:
         )
         self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
-    def _make_relation_requests(self) -> Tuple[List[str], JsonDict]:
-        """
-        Makes requests and ensures they result in a 200 response, returns a
-        tuple of results:
-
-        1. `/relations` -> Returns a list of event IDs.
-        2. `/event` -> Returns the response's m.relations field (from unsigned),
-            if it exists.
-        """
-
-        # Request the relations of the event.
-        channel = self.make_request(
-            "GET",
-            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/relations/{self.parent_id}",
-            access_token=self.user_token,
-        )
-        self.assertEquals(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        event_ids = [ev["event_id"] for ev in channel.json_body["chunk"]]
-
-        # Fetch the bundled aggregations of the event.
-        channel = self.make_request(
-            "GET",
-            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/event/{self.parent_id}",
-            access_token=self.user_token,
-        )
-        self.assertEquals(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        bundled_relations = channel.json_body["unsigned"].get("m.relations", {})
-
-        return event_ids, bundled_relations
-
-    def _get_aggregations(self) -> List[JsonDict]:
-        """Request /aggregations on the parent ID and includes the returned chunk."""
-        channel = self.make_request(
-            "GET",
-            f"/_matrix/client/unstable/rooms/{self.room}/aggregations/{self.parent_id}",
-            access_token=self.user_token,
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
-        return channel.json_body["chunk"]
-
     def test_redact_relation_annotation(self) -> None:
         """
         Test that annotations of an event are properly handled after the
@@ -1371,17 +1437,16 @@ def test_redact_relation_annotation(self) -> None:
         the response to relations.
         """
         channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
         to_redact_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
         channel = self._send_relation(
             RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", "a", access_token=self.user2_token
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
         unredacted_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
         # Both relations should exist.
-        event_ids, relations = self._make_relation_requests()
+        event_ids = self._get_related_events()
+        relations = self._get_bundled_aggregations()
         self.assertCountEqual(event_ids, [to_redact_event_id, unredacted_event_id])
         self.assertEquals(
             relations["m.annotation"],
@@ -1396,7 +1461,8 @@ def test_redact_relation_annotation(self) -> None:
         self._redact(to_redact_event_id)
 
         # The unredacted relation should still exist.
-        event_ids, relations = self._make_relation_requests()
+        event_ids = self._get_related_events()
+        relations = self._get_bundled_aggregations()
         self.assertEquals(event_ids, [unredacted_event_id])
         self.assertEquals(
             relations["m.annotation"],
@@ -1419,7 +1485,6 @@ def test_redact_relation_thread(self) -> None:
             EventTypes.Message,
             content={"body": "reply 1", "msgtype": "m.text"},
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
         unredacted_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
         # Note that the *last* event in the thread is redacted, as that gets
@@ -1429,11 +1494,11 @@ def test_redact_relation_thread(self) -> None:
             EventTypes.Message,
             content={"body": "reply 2", "msgtype": "m.text"},
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
         to_redact_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
         # Both relations exist.
-        event_ids, relations = self._make_relation_requests()
+        event_ids = self._get_related_events()
+        relations = self._get_bundled_aggregations()
         self.assertEquals(event_ids, [to_redact_event_id, unredacted_event_id])
         self.assertDictContainsSubset(
             {
@@ -1452,7 +1517,8 @@ def test_redact_relation_thread(self) -> None:
         self._redact(to_redact_event_id)
 
         # The unredacted relation should still exist.
-        event_ids, relations = self._make_relation_requests()
+        event_ids = self._get_related_events()
+        relations = self._get_bundled_aggregations()
         self.assertEquals(event_ids, [unredacted_event_id])
         self.assertDictContainsSubset(
             {
@@ -1472,7 +1538,7 @@ def test_redact_parent_edit(self) -> None:
         is redacted.
         """
         # Add a relation
-        channel = self._send_relation(
+        self._send_relation(
             RelationTypes.REPLACE,
             "m.room.message",
             parent_id=self.parent_id,
@@ -1482,10 +1548,10 @@ def test_redact_parent_edit(self) -> None:
                 "m.new_content": {"msgtype": "m.text", "body": "First edit"},
             },
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
 
         # Check the relation is returned
-        event_ids, relations = self._make_relation_requests()
+        event_ids = self._get_related_events()
+        relations = self._get_bundled_aggregations()
         self.assertEqual(len(event_ids), 1)
         self.assertIn(RelationTypes.REPLACE, relations)
 
@@ -1493,7 +1559,8 @@ def test_redact_parent_edit(self) -> None:
         self._redact(self.parent_id)
 
         # The relations are not returned.
-        event_ids, relations = self._make_relation_requests()
+        event_ids = self._get_related_events()
+        relations = self._get_bundled_aggregations()
         self.assertEqual(len(event_ids), 0)
         self.assertEqual(relations, {})
 
@@ -1503,11 +1570,11 @@ def test_redact_parent_annotation(self) -> None:
         """
         # Add a relation
         channel = self._send_relation(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, "m.reaction", key="👍")
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
         related_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
         # The relations should exist.
-        event_ids, relations = self._make_relation_requests()
+        event_ids = self._get_related_events()
+        relations = self._get_bundled_aggregations()
         self.assertEqual(len(event_ids), 1)
         self.assertIn(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, relations)
 
@@ -1519,7 +1586,8 @@ def test_redact_parent_annotation(self) -> None:
         self._redact(self.parent_id)
 
         # The relations are returned.
-        event_ids, relations = self._make_relation_requests()
+        event_ids = self._get_related_events()
+        relations = self._get_bundled_aggregations()
         self.assertEquals(event_ids, [related_event_id])
         self.assertEquals(
             relations["m.annotation"],
@@ -1540,14 +1608,14 @@ def test_redact_parent_thread(self) -> None:
             EventTypes.Message,
             content={"body": "reply 1", "msgtype": "m.text"},
         )
-        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code, channel.json_body)
         related_event_id = channel.json_body["event_id"]
 
         # Redact one of the reactions.
         self._redact(self.parent_id)
 
         # The unredacted relation should still exist.
-        event_ids, relations = self._make_relation_requests()
+        event_ids = self._get_related_events()
+        relations = self._get_bundled_aggregations()
         self.assertEquals(len(event_ids), 1)
         self.assertDictContainsSubset(
             {
diff --git a/tests/rest/media/v1/test_html_preview.py b/tests/rest/media/v1/test_html_preview.py
index 3fb37a2a5970..62e308814d2f 100644
--- a/tests/rest/media/v1/test_html_preview.py
+++ b/tests/rest/media/v1/test_html_preview.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     _get_html_media_encodings,
     decode_body,
     parse_html_to_open_graph,
-    rebase_url,
     summarize_paragraphs,
 )
 
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ def test_simple(self) -> None:
         """
 
         tree = decode_body(html, "http://example.com/test.html")
-        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree, "http://example.com/test.html")
+        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree)
 
         self.assertEqual(og, {"og:title": "Foo", "og:description": "Some text."})
 
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ def test_comment(self) -> None:
         """
 
         tree = decode_body(html, "http://example.com/test.html")
-        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree, "http://example.com/test.html")
+        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree)
 
         self.assertEqual(og, {"og:title": "Foo", "og:description": "Some text."})
 
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ def test_comment2(self) -> None:
         """
 
         tree = decode_body(html, "http://example.com/test.html")
-        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree, "http://example.com/test.html")
+        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree)
 
         self.assertEqual(
             og,
@@ -218,7 +217,7 @@ def test_script(self) -> None:
         """
 
         tree = decode_body(html, "http://example.com/test.html")
-        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree, "http://example.com/test.html")
+        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree)
 
         self.assertEqual(og, {"og:title": "Foo", "og:description": "Some text."})
 
@@ -232,7 +231,7 @@ def test_missing_title(self) -> None:
         """
 
         tree = decode_body(html, "http://example.com/test.html")
-        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree, "http://example.com/test.html")
+        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree)
 
         self.assertEqual(og, {"og:title": None, "og:description": "Some text."})
 
@@ -247,7 +246,7 @@ def test_h1_as_title(self) -> None:
         """
 
         tree = decode_body(html, "http://example.com/test.html")
-        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree, "http://example.com/test.html")
+        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree)
 
         self.assertEqual(og, {"og:title": "Title", "og:description": "Some text."})
 
@@ -262,7 +261,7 @@ def test_missing_title_and_broken_h1(self) -> None:
         """
 
         tree = decode_body(html, "http://example.com/test.html")
-        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree, "http://example.com/test.html")
+        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree)
 
         self.assertEqual(og, {"og:title": None, "og:description": "Some text."})
 
@@ -290,7 +289,7 @@ def test_xml(self) -> None:
         <head><title>Foo</title></head><body>Some text.</body></html>
         """.strip()
         tree = decode_body(html, "http://example.com/test.html")
-        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree, "http://example.com/test.html")
+        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree)
         self.assertEqual(og, {"og:title": "Foo", "og:description": "Some text."})
 
     def test_invalid_encoding(self) -> None:
@@ -304,7 +303,7 @@ def test_invalid_encoding(self) -> None:
         </html>
         """
         tree = decode_body(html, "http://example.com/test.html", "invalid-encoding")
-        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree, "http://example.com/test.html")
+        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree)
         self.assertEqual(og, {"og:title": "Foo", "og:description": "Some text."})
 
     def test_invalid_encoding2(self) -> None:
@@ -319,7 +318,7 @@ def test_invalid_encoding2(self) -> None:
         </html>
         """
         tree = decode_body(html, "http://example.com/test.html")
-        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree, "http://example.com/test.html")
+        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree)
         self.assertEqual(og, {"og:title": "ÿÿ Foo", "og:description": "Some text."})
 
     def test_windows_1252(self) -> None:
@@ -333,7 +332,7 @@ def test_windows_1252(self) -> None:
         </html>
         """
         tree = decode_body(html, "http://example.com/test.html")
-        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree, "http://example.com/test.html")
+        og = parse_html_to_open_graph(tree)
         self.assertEqual(og, {"og:title": "ó", "og:description": "Some text."})
 
 
@@ -448,34 +447,3 @@ def test_unknown_invalid(self) -> None:
             'text/html; charset="invalid"',
         )
         self.assertEqual(list(encodings), ["utf-8", "cp1252"])
-
-
-class RebaseUrlTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_relative(self) -> None:
-        """Relative URLs should be resolved based on the context of the base URL."""
-        self.assertEqual(
-            rebase_url("subpage", "https://example.com/foo/"),
-            "https://example.com/foo/subpage",
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(
-            rebase_url("sibling", "https://example.com/foo"),
-            "https://example.com/sibling",
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(
-            rebase_url("/bar", "https://example.com/foo/"),
-            "https://example.com/bar",
-        )
-
-    def test_absolute(self) -> None:
-        """Absolute URLs should not be modified."""
-        self.assertEqual(
-            rebase_url("https://alice.com/a/", "https://example.com/foo/"),
-            "https://alice.com/a/",
-        )
-
-    def test_data(self) -> None:
-        """Data URLs should not be modified."""
-        self.assertEqual(
-            rebase_url("data:,Hello%2C%20World%21", "https://example.com/foo/"),
-            "data:,Hello%2C%20World%21",
-        )
diff --git a/tests/server.py b/tests/server.py
index 82990c2eb9df..6ce2a17bf442 100644
--- a/tests/server.py
+++ b/tests/server.py
@@ -54,13 +54,18 @@
     ITransport,
 )
 from twisted.python.failure import Failure
-from twisted.test.proto_helpers import AccumulatingProtocol, MemoryReactorClock
+from twisted.test.proto_helpers import (
+    AccumulatingProtocol,
+    MemoryReactor,
+    MemoryReactorClock,
+)
 from twisted.web.http_headers import Headers
 from twisted.web.resource import IResource
 from twisted.web.server import Request, Site
 
 from synapse.config.database import DatabaseConnectionConfig
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
+from synapse.logging.context import ContextResourceUsage
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.storage import DataStore
 from synapse.storage.engines import PostgresEngine, create_engine
@@ -88,18 +93,19 @@ class TimedOutException(Exception):
     """
 
 
-@attr.s
+@attr.s(auto_attribs=True)
 class FakeChannel:
     """
     A fake Twisted Web Channel (the part that interfaces with the
     wire).
     """
 
-    site = attr.ib(type=Union[Site, "FakeSite"])
-    _reactor = attr.ib()
-    result = attr.ib(type=dict, default=attr.Factory(dict))
-    _ip = attr.ib(type=str, default="127.0.0.1")
+    site: Union[Site, "FakeSite"]
+    _reactor: MemoryReactor
+    result: dict = attr.Factory(dict)
+    _ip: str = "127.0.0.1"
     _producer: Optional[Union[IPullProducer, IPushProducer]] = None
+    resource_usage: Optional[ContextResourceUsage] = None
 
     @property
     def json_body(self):
@@ -168,6 +174,8 @@ def unregisterProducer(self):
 
     def requestDone(self, _self):
         self.result["done"] = True
+        if isinstance(_self, SynapseRequest):
+            self.resource_usage = _self.logcontext.get_resource_usage()
 
     def getPeer(self):
         # We give an address so that getClientIP returns a non null entry,
diff --git a/tests/storage/test_account_data.py b/tests/storage/test_account_data.py
index 272cd3540220..72bf5b3d311c 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test_account_data.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test_account_data.py
@@ -47,9 +47,18 @@ def assert_ignorers(
             expected_ignorer_user_ids,
         )
 
+    def assert_ignored(
+        self, ignorer_user_id: str, expected_ignored_user_ids: Set[str]
+    ) -> None:
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.get_success(self.store.ignored_users(ignorer_user_id)),
+            expected_ignored_user_ids,
+        )
+
     def test_ignoring_users(self):
         """Basic adding/removing of users from the ignore list."""
         self._update_ignore_list("@other:test", "@another:remote")
+        self.assert_ignored(self.user, {"@other:test", "@another:remote"})
 
         # Check a user which no one ignores.
         self.assert_ignorers("@user:test", set())
@@ -62,6 +71,7 @@ def test_ignoring_users(self):
 
         # Add one user, remove one user, and leave one user.
         self._update_ignore_list("@foo:test", "@another:remote")
+        self.assert_ignored(self.user, {"@foo:test", "@another:remote"})
 
         # Check the removed user.
         self.assert_ignorers("@other:test", set())
@@ -76,20 +86,24 @@ def test_caching(self):
         """Ensure that caching works properly between different users."""
         # The first user ignores a user.
         self._update_ignore_list("@other:test")
+        self.assert_ignored(self.user, {"@other:test"})
         self.assert_ignorers("@other:test", {self.user})
 
         # The second user ignores them.
         self._update_ignore_list("@other:test", ignorer_user_id="@second:test")
+        self.assert_ignored("@second:test", {"@other:test"})
         self.assert_ignorers("@other:test", {self.user, "@second:test"})
 
         # The first user un-ignores them.
         self._update_ignore_list()
+        self.assert_ignored(self.user, set())
         self.assert_ignorers("@other:test", {"@second:test"})
 
     def test_invalid_data(self):
         """Invalid data ends up clearing out the ignored users list."""
         # Add some data and ensure it is there.
         self._update_ignore_list("@other:test")
+        self.assert_ignored(self.user, {"@other:test"})
         self.assert_ignorers("@other:test", {self.user})
 
         # No ignored_users key.
@@ -102,10 +116,12 @@ def test_invalid_data(self):
         )
 
         # No one ignores the user now.
+        self.assert_ignored(self.user, set())
         self.assert_ignorers("@other:test", set())
 
         # Add some data and ensure it is there.
         self._update_ignore_list("@other:test")
+        self.assert_ignored(self.user, {"@other:test"})
         self.assert_ignorers("@other:test", {self.user})
 
         # Invalid data.
@@ -118,4 +134,5 @@ def test_invalid_data(self):
         )
 
         # No one ignores the user now.
+        self.assert_ignored(self.user, set())
         self.assert_ignorers("@other:test", set())
diff --git a/tests/storage/test_background_update.py b/tests/storage/test_background_update.py
index 5cf18b690e48..fd619b64d4dd 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test_background_update.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test_background_update.py
@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@
 import yaml
 
 from twisted.internet.defer import Deferred, ensureDeferred
+from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
 
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.storage.background_updates import BackgroundUpdater
+from synapse.types import JsonDict
+from synapse.util import Clock
 
 from tests import unittest
 from tests.test_utils import make_awaitable, simple_async_mock
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@
 
 
 class BackgroundUpdateTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
-    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, homeserver):
+    def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer) -> None:
         self.updates: BackgroundUpdater = self.hs.get_datastores().main.db_pool.updates
         # the base test class should have run the real bg updates for us
         self.assertTrue(
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ def prepare(self, reactor, clock, homeserver):
         )
         self.store = self.hs.get_datastores().main
 
-    async def update(self, progress, count):
+    async def update(self, progress: JsonDict, count: int) -> int:
         duration_ms = 10
         await self.clock.sleep((count * duration_ms) / 1000)
         progress = {"my_key": progress["my_key"] + 1}
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ async def update(self, progress, count):
         )
         return count
 
-    def test_do_background_update(self):
+    def test_do_background_update(self) -> None:
         # the time we claim it takes to update one item when running the update
         duration_ms = 10
 
@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ def test_do_background_update(self):
 
         # second step: complete the update
         # we should now get run with a much bigger number of items to update
-        async def update(progress, count):
+        async def update(progress: JsonDict, count: int) -> int:
             self.assertEqual(progress, {"my_key": 2})
             self.assertAlmostEqual(
                 count,
@@ -110,7 +114,7 @@ async def update(progress, count):
             """
         )
     )
-    def test_background_update_default_batch_set_by_config(self):
+    def test_background_update_default_batch_set_by_config(self) -> None:
         """
         Test that the background update is run with the default_batch_size set by the config
         """
@@ -133,7 +137,7 @@ def test_background_update_default_batch_set_by_config(self):
         # on the first call, we should get run with the default background update size specified in the config
         self.update_handler.assert_called_once_with({"my_key": 1}, 20)
 
-    def test_background_update_default_sleep_behavior(self):
+    def test_background_update_default_sleep_behavior(self) -> None:
         """
         Test default background update behavior, which is to sleep
         """
@@ -147,7 +151,7 @@ def test_background_update_default_sleep_behavior(self):
 
         self.update_handler.side_effect = self.update
         self.update_handler.reset_mock()
-        self.updates.start_doing_background_updates(),
+        self.updates.start_doing_background_updates()
 
         # 2: advance the reactor less than the default sleep duration (1000ms)
         self.reactor.pump([0.5])
@@ -167,7 +171,7 @@ def test_background_update_default_sleep_behavior(self):
             """
         )
     )
-    def test_background_update_sleep_set_in_config(self):
+    def test_background_update_sleep_set_in_config(self) -> None:
         """
         Test that changing the sleep time in the config changes how long it sleeps
         """
@@ -181,7 +185,7 @@ def test_background_update_sleep_set_in_config(self):
 
         self.update_handler.side_effect = self.update
         self.update_handler.reset_mock()
-        self.updates.start_doing_background_updates(),
+        self.updates.start_doing_background_updates()
 
         # 2: advance the reactor less than the configured sleep duration (500ms)
         self.reactor.pump([0.45])
@@ -201,7 +205,7 @@ def test_background_update_sleep_set_in_config(self):
             """
         )
     )
-    def test_disabling_background_update_sleep(self):
+    def test_disabling_background_update_sleep(self) -> None:
         """
         Test that disabling sleep in the config results in bg update not sleeping
         """
@@ -215,7 +219,7 @@ def test_disabling_background_update_sleep(self):
 
         self.update_handler.side_effect = self.update
         self.update_handler.reset_mock()
-        self.updates.start_doing_background_updates(),
+        self.updates.start_doing_background_updates()
 
         # 2: advance the reactor very little
         self.reactor.pump([0.025])
@@ -230,7 +234,7 @@ def test_disabling_background_update_sleep(self):
             """
         )
     )
-    def test_background_update_duration_set_in_config(self):
+    def test_background_update_duration_set_in_config(self) -> None:
         """
         Test that the desired duration set in the config is used in determining batch size
         """
@@ -254,7 +258,7 @@ def test_background_update_duration_set_in_config(self):
 
         # the first update was run with the default batch size, this should be run with 500ms as the
         # desired duration
-        async def update(progress, count):
+        async def update(progress: JsonDict, count: int) -> int:
             self.assertEqual(progress, {"my_key": 2})
             self.assertAlmostEqual(
                 count,
@@ -275,7 +279,7 @@ async def update(progress, count):
             """
         )
     )
-    def test_background_update_min_batch_set_in_config(self):
+    def test_background_update_min_batch_set_in_config(self) -> None:
         """
         Test that the minimum batch size set in the config is used
         """
@@ -290,7 +294,7 @@ def test_background_update_min_batch_set_in_config(self):
         )
 
         # Run the update with the long-running update item
-        async def update(progress, count):
+        async def update_long(progress: JsonDict, count: int) -> int:
             await self.clock.sleep((count * duration_ms) / 1000)
             progress = {"my_key": progress["my_key"] + 1}
             await self.store.db_pool.runInteraction(
@@ -301,7 +305,7 @@ async def update(progress, count):
             )
             return count
 
-        self.update_handler.side_effect = update
+        self.update_handler.side_effect = update_long
         self.update_handler.reset_mock()
         res = self.get_success(
             self.updates.do_next_background_update(False),
@@ -311,25 +315,25 @@ async def update(progress, count):
 
         # the first update was run with the default batch size, this should be run with minimum batch size
         # as the first items took a very long time
-        async def update(progress, count):
+        async def update_short(progress: JsonDict, count: int) -> int:
             self.assertEqual(progress, {"my_key": 2})
             self.assertEqual(count, 5)
             await self.updates._end_background_update("test_update")
             return count
 
-        self.update_handler.side_effect = update
+        self.update_handler.side_effect = update_short
         self.get_success(self.updates.do_next_background_update(False))
 
 
 class BackgroundUpdateControllerTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
-    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, homeserver):
+    def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer) -> None:
         self.updates: BackgroundUpdater = self.hs.get_datastores().main.db_pool.updates
         # the base test class should have run the real bg updates for us
         self.assertTrue(
             self.get_success(self.updates.has_completed_background_updates())
         )
 
-        self.update_deferred = Deferred()
+        self.update_deferred: Deferred[int] = Deferred()
         self.update_handler = Mock(return_value=self.update_deferred)
         self.updates.register_background_update_handler(
             "test_update", self.update_handler
@@ -358,7 +362,7 @@ class MockCM:
             ),
         )
 
-    def test_controller(self):
+    def test_controller(self) -> None:
         store = self.hs.get_datastores().main
         self.get_success(
             store.db_pool.simple_insert(
@@ -368,7 +372,7 @@ def test_controller(self):
         )
 
         # Set the return value for the context manager.
-        enter_defer = Deferred()
+        enter_defer: Deferred[int] = Deferred()
         self._update_ctx_manager.__aenter__ = Mock(return_value=enter_defer)
 
         # Start the background update.
diff --git a/tests/storage/test_database.py b/tests/storage/test_database.py
index 85978675634b..a40fc20ef990 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test_database.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test_database.py
@@ -12,7 +12,20 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from synapse.storage.database import make_tuple_comparison_clause
+from typing import Callable, Tuple
+from unittest.mock import Mock, call
+
+from twisted.internet import defer
+from twisted.internet.defer import CancelledError, Deferred
+from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
+
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse.storage.database import (
+    DatabasePool,
+    LoggingTransaction,
+    make_tuple_comparison_clause,
+)
+from synapse.util import Clock
 
 from tests import unittest
 
@@ -22,3 +35,150 @@ def test_native_tuple_comparison(self):
         clause, args = make_tuple_comparison_clause([("a", 1), ("b", 2)])
         self.assertEqual(clause, "(a,b) > (?,?)")
         self.assertEqual(args, [1, 2])
+
+
+class CallbacksTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
+    """Tests for transaction callbacks."""
+
+    def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer) -> None:
+        self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
+        self.db_pool: DatabasePool = self.store.db_pool
+
+    def _run_interaction(
+        self, func: Callable[[LoggingTransaction], object]
+    ) -> Tuple[Mock, Mock]:
+        """Run the given function in a database transaction, with callbacks registered.
+
+        Args:
+            func: The function to be run in a transaction. The transaction will be
+                retried if `func` raises an `OperationalError`.
+
+        Returns:
+            Two mocks, which were registered as an `after_callback` and an
+            `exception_callback` respectively, on every transaction attempt.
+        """
+        after_callback = Mock()
+        exception_callback = Mock()
+
+        def _test_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
+            txn.call_after(after_callback, 123, 456, extra=789)
+            txn.call_on_exception(exception_callback, 987, 654, extra=321)
+            func(txn)
+
+        try:
+            self.get_success_or_raise(
+                self.db_pool.runInteraction("test_transaction", _test_txn)
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+        return after_callback, exception_callback
+
+    def test_after_callback(self) -> None:
+        """Test that the after callback is called when a transaction succeeds."""
+        after_callback, exception_callback = self._run_interaction(lambda txn: None)
+
+        after_callback.assert_called_once_with(123, 456, extra=789)
+        exception_callback.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_exception_callback(self) -> None:
+        """Test that the exception callback is called when a transaction fails."""
+        _test_txn = Mock(side_effect=ZeroDivisionError)
+        after_callback, exception_callback = self._run_interaction(_test_txn)
+
+        after_callback.assert_not_called()
+        exception_callback.assert_called_once_with(987, 654, extra=321)
+
+    def test_failed_retry(self) -> None:
+        """Test that the exception callback is called for every failed attempt."""
+        # Always raise an `OperationalError`.
+        _test_txn = Mock(side_effect=self.db_pool.engine.module.OperationalError)
+        after_callback, exception_callback = self._run_interaction(_test_txn)
+
+        after_callback.assert_not_called()
+        exception_callback.assert_has_calls(
+            [
+                call(987, 654, extra=321),
+                call(987, 654, extra=321),
+                call(987, 654, extra=321),
+                call(987, 654, extra=321),
+                call(987, 654, extra=321),
+                call(987, 654, extra=321),
+            ]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(exception_callback.call_count, 6)  # no additional calls
+
+    def test_successful_retry(self) -> None:
+        """Test callbacks for a failed transaction followed by a successful attempt."""
+        # Raise an `OperationalError` on the first attempt only.
+        _test_txn = Mock(
+            side_effect=[self.db_pool.engine.module.OperationalError, None]
+        )
+        after_callback, exception_callback = self._run_interaction(_test_txn)
+
+        # Calling both `after_callback`s when the first attempt failed is rather
+        # surprising (#12184). Let's document the behaviour in a test.
+        after_callback.assert_has_calls(
+            [
+                call(123, 456, extra=789),
+                call(123, 456, extra=789),
+            ]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(after_callback.call_count, 2)  # no additional calls
+        exception_callback.assert_not_called()
+
+
+class CancellationTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
+    def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer) -> None:
+        self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
+        self.db_pool: DatabasePool = self.store.db_pool
+
+    def test_after_callback(self) -> None:
+        """Test that the after callback is called when a transaction succeeds."""
+        d: "Deferred[None]"
+        after_callback = Mock()
+        exception_callback = Mock()
+
+        def _test_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
+            txn.call_after(after_callback, 123, 456, extra=789)
+            txn.call_on_exception(exception_callback, 987, 654, extra=321)
+            d.cancel()
+
+        d = defer.ensureDeferred(
+            self.db_pool.runInteraction("test_transaction", _test_txn)
+        )
+        self.get_failure(d, CancelledError)
+
+        after_callback.assert_called_once_with(123, 456, extra=789)
+        exception_callback.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_exception_callback(self) -> None:
+        """Test that the exception callback is called when a transaction fails."""
+        d: "Deferred[None]"
+        after_callback = Mock()
+        exception_callback = Mock()
+
+        def _test_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
+            txn.call_after(after_callback, 123, 456, extra=789)
+            txn.call_on_exception(exception_callback, 987, 654, extra=321)
+            d.cancel()
+            # Simulate a retryable failure on every attempt.
+            raise self.db_pool.engine.module.OperationalError()
+
+        d = defer.ensureDeferred(
+            self.db_pool.runInteraction("test_transaction", _test_txn)
+        )
+        self.get_failure(d, CancelledError)
+
+        after_callback.assert_not_called()
+        exception_callback.assert_has_calls(
+            [
+                call(987, 654, extra=321),
+                call(987, 654, extra=321),
+                call(987, 654, extra=321),
+                call(987, 654, extra=321),
+                call(987, 654, extra=321),
+                call(987, 654, extra=321),
+            ]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(exception_callback.call_count, 6)  # no additional calls
diff --git a/tests/storage/test_id_generators.py b/tests/storage/test_id_generators.py
index 6ac4b93f981a..395396340bf2 100644
--- a/tests/storage/test_id_generators.py
+++ b/tests/storage/test_id_generators.py
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 from typing import List, Optional
 
-from synapse.storage.database import DatabasePool
+from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
+
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse.storage.database import DatabasePool, LoggingTransaction
 from synapse.storage.engines import IncorrectDatabaseSetup
 from synapse.storage.util.id_generators import MultiWriterIdGenerator
+from synapse.util import Clock
 
 from tests.unittest import HomeserverTestCase
 from tests.utils import USE_POSTGRES_FOR_TESTS
@@ -25,13 +29,13 @@ class MultiWriterIdGeneratorTestCase(HomeserverTestCase):
     if not USE_POSTGRES_FOR_TESTS:
         skip = "Requires Postgres"
 
-    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
+    def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer) -> None:
         self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
         self.db_pool: DatabasePool = self.store.db_pool
 
         self.get_success(self.db_pool.runInteraction("_setup_db", self._setup_db))
 
-    def _setup_db(self, txn):
+    def _setup_db(self, txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
         txn.execute("CREATE SEQUENCE foobar_seq")
         txn.execute(
             """
@@ -59,12 +63,12 @@ def _create(conn):
 
         return self.get_success_or_raise(self.db_pool.runWithConnection(_create))
 
-    def _insert_rows(self, instance_name: str, number: int):
+    def _insert_rows(self, instance_name: str, number: int) -> None:
         """Insert N rows as the given instance, inserting with stream IDs pulled
         from the postgres sequence.
         """
 
-        def _insert(txn):
+        def _insert(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
             for _ in range(number):
                 txn.execute(
                     "INSERT INTO foobar VALUES (nextval('foobar_seq'), ?)",
@@ -80,12 +84,12 @@ def _insert(txn):
 
         self.get_success(self.db_pool.runInteraction("_insert_rows", _insert))
 
-    def _insert_row_with_id(self, instance_name: str, stream_id: int):
+    def _insert_row_with_id(self, instance_name: str, stream_id: int) -> None:
         """Insert one row as the given instance with given stream_id, updating
         the postgres sequence position to match.
         """
 
-        def _insert(txn):
+        def _insert(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
             txn.execute(
                 "INSERT INTO foobar VALUES (?, ?)",
                 (
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ def _insert(txn):
 
         self.get_success(self.db_pool.runInteraction("_insert_row_with_id", _insert))
 
-    def test_empty(self):
+    def test_empty(self) -> None:
         """Test an ID generator against an empty database gives sensible
         current positions.
         """
@@ -114,7 +118,7 @@ def test_empty(self):
         # The table is empty so we expect an empty map for positions
         self.assertEqual(id_gen.get_positions(), {})
 
-    def test_single_instance(self):
+    def test_single_instance(self) -> None:
         """Test that reads and writes from a single process are handled
         correctly.
         """
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@ def test_single_instance(self):
         # Try allocating a new ID gen and check that we only see position
         # advanced after we leave the context manager.
 
-        async def _get_next_async():
+        async def _get_next_async() -> None:
             async with id_gen.get_next() as stream_id:
                 self.assertEqual(stream_id, 8)
 
@@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ async def _get_next_async():
         self.assertEqual(id_gen.get_positions(), {"master": 8})
         self.assertEqual(id_gen.get_current_token_for_writer("master"), 8)
 
-    def test_out_of_order_finish(self):
+    def test_out_of_order_finish(self) -> None:
         """Test that IDs persisted out of order are correctly handled"""
 
         # Prefill table with 7 rows written by 'master'
@@ -191,7 +195,7 @@ def test_out_of_order_finish(self):
         self.assertEqual(id_gen.get_positions(), {"master": 11})
         self.assertEqual(id_gen.get_current_token_for_writer("master"), 11)
 
-    def test_multi_instance(self):
+    def test_multi_instance(self) -> None:
         """Test that reads and writes from multiple processes are handled
         correctly.
         """
@@ -215,7 +219,7 @@ def test_multi_instance(self):
         # Try allocating a new ID gen and check that we only see position
         # advanced after we leave the context manager.
 
-        async def _get_next_async():
+        async def _get_next_async() -> None:
             async with first_id_gen.get_next() as stream_id:
                 self.assertEqual(stream_id, 8)
 
@@ -233,7 +237,7 @@ async def _get_next_async():
         # ... but calling `get_next` on the second instance should give a unique
         # stream ID
 
-        async def _get_next_async():
+        async def _get_next_async2() -> None:
             async with second_id_gen.get_next() as stream_id:
                 self.assertEqual(stream_id, 9)
 
@@ -241,7 +245,7 @@ async def _get_next_async():
                     second_id_gen.get_positions(), {"first": 3, "second": 7}
                 )
 
-        self.get_success(_get_next_async())
+        self.get_success(_get_next_async2())
 
         self.assertEqual(second_id_gen.get_positions(), {"first": 3, "second": 9})
 
@@ -249,7 +253,7 @@ async def _get_next_async():
         second_id_gen.advance("first", 8)
         self.assertEqual(second_id_gen.get_positions(), {"first": 8, "second": 9})
 
-    def test_get_next_txn(self):
+    def test_get_next_txn(self) -> None:
         """Test that the `get_next_txn` function works correctly."""
 
         # Prefill table with 7 rows written by 'master'
@@ -263,7 +267,7 @@ def test_get_next_txn(self):
         # Try allocating a new ID gen and check that we only see position
         # advanced after we leave the context manager.
 
-        def _get_next_txn(txn):
+        def _get_next_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
             stream_id = id_gen.get_next_txn(txn)
             self.assertEqual(stream_id, 8)
 
@@ -275,7 +279,7 @@ def _get_next_txn(txn):
         self.assertEqual(id_gen.get_positions(), {"master": 8})
         self.assertEqual(id_gen.get_current_token_for_writer("master"), 8)
 
-    def test_get_persisted_upto_position(self):
+    def test_get_persisted_upto_position(self) -> None:
         """Test that `get_persisted_upto_position` correctly tracks updates to
         positions.
         """
@@ -317,7 +321,7 @@ def test_get_persisted_upto_position(self):
         id_gen.advance("second", 15)
         self.assertEqual(id_gen.get_persisted_upto_position(), 11)
 
-    def test_get_persisted_upto_position_get_next(self):
+    def test_get_persisted_upto_position_get_next(self) -> None:
         """Test that `get_persisted_upto_position` correctly tracks updates to
         positions when `get_next` is called.
         """
@@ -331,7 +335,7 @@ def test_get_persisted_upto_position_get_next(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(id_gen.get_persisted_upto_position(), 5)
 
-        async def _get_next_async():
+        async def _get_next_async() -> None:
             async with id_gen.get_next() as stream_id:
                 self.assertEqual(stream_id, 6)
                 self.assertEqual(id_gen.get_persisted_upto_position(), 5)
@@ -344,7 +348,7 @@ async def _get_next_async():
         # `persisted_upto_position` in this case, then it will be correct in the
         # other cases that are tested above (since they'll hit the same code).
 
-    def test_restart_during_out_of_order_persistence(self):
+    def test_restart_during_out_of_order_persistence(self) -> None:
         """Test that restarting a process while another process is writing out
         of order updates are handled correctly.
         """
@@ -388,7 +392,7 @@ def test_restart_during_out_of_order_persistence(self):
         id_gen_worker.advance("master", 9)
         self.assertEqual(id_gen_worker.get_positions(), {"master": 9})
 
-    def test_writer_config_change(self):
+    def test_writer_config_change(self) -> None:
         """Test that changing the writer config correctly works."""
 
         self._insert_row_with_id("first", 3)
@@ -421,7 +425,7 @@ def test_writer_config_change(self):
 
         # Check that we get a sane next stream ID with this new config.
 
-        async def _get_next_async():
+        async def _get_next_async() -> None:
             async with id_gen_3.get_next() as stream_id:
                 self.assertEqual(stream_id, 6)
 
@@ -435,7 +439,7 @@ async def _get_next_async():
         self.assertEqual(id_gen_5.get_current_token_for_writer("first"), 6)
         self.assertEqual(id_gen_5.get_current_token_for_writer("third"), 6)
 
-    def test_sequence_consistency(self):
+    def test_sequence_consistency(self) -> None:
         """Test that we error out if the table and sequence diverges."""
 
         # Prefill with some rows
@@ -458,13 +462,13 @@ class BackwardsMultiWriterIdGeneratorTestCase(HomeserverTestCase):
     if not USE_POSTGRES_FOR_TESTS:
         skip = "Requires Postgres"
 
-    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
+    def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer) -> None:
         self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
         self.db_pool: DatabasePool = self.store.db_pool
 
         self.get_success(self.db_pool.runInteraction("_setup_db", self._setup_db))
 
-    def _setup_db(self, txn):
+    def _setup_db(self, txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
         txn.execute("CREATE SEQUENCE foobar_seq")
         txn.execute(
             """
@@ -493,10 +497,10 @@ def _create(conn):
 
         return self.get_success(self.db_pool.runWithConnection(_create))
 
-    def _insert_row(self, instance_name: str, stream_id: int):
+    def _insert_row(self, instance_name: str, stream_id: int) -> None:
         """Insert one row as the given instance with given stream_id."""
 
-        def _insert(txn):
+        def _insert(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
             txn.execute(
                 "INSERT INTO foobar VALUES (?, ?)",
                 (
@@ -514,13 +518,13 @@ def _insert(txn):
 
         self.get_success(self.db_pool.runInteraction("_insert_row", _insert))
 
-    def test_single_instance(self):
+    def test_single_instance(self) -> None:
         """Test that reads and writes from a single process are handled
         correctly.
         """
         id_gen = self._create_id_generator()
 
-        async def _get_next_async():
+        async def _get_next_async() -> None:
             async with id_gen.get_next() as stream_id:
                 self._insert_row("master", stream_id)
 
@@ -530,7 +534,7 @@ async def _get_next_async():
         self.assertEqual(id_gen.get_current_token_for_writer("master"), -1)
         self.assertEqual(id_gen.get_persisted_upto_position(), -1)
 
-        async def _get_next_async2():
+        async def _get_next_async2() -> None:
             async with id_gen.get_next_mult(3) as stream_ids:
                 for stream_id in stream_ids:
                     self._insert_row("master", stream_id)
@@ -548,14 +552,14 @@ async def _get_next_async2():
         self.assertEqual(second_id_gen.get_current_token_for_writer("master"), -4)
         self.assertEqual(second_id_gen.get_persisted_upto_position(), -4)
 
-    def test_multiple_instance(self):
+    def test_multiple_instance(self) -> None:
         """Tests that having multiple instances that get advanced over
         federation works corretly.
         """
         id_gen_1 = self._create_id_generator("first", writers=["first", "second"])
         id_gen_2 = self._create_id_generator("second", writers=["first", "second"])
 
-        async def _get_next_async():
+        async def _get_next_async() -> None:
             async with id_gen_1.get_next() as stream_id:
                 self._insert_row("first", stream_id)
                 id_gen_2.advance("first", stream_id)
@@ -567,7 +571,7 @@ async def _get_next_async():
         self.assertEqual(id_gen_1.get_persisted_upto_position(), -1)
         self.assertEqual(id_gen_2.get_persisted_upto_position(), -1)
 
-        async def _get_next_async2():
+        async def _get_next_async2() -> None:
             async with id_gen_2.get_next() as stream_id:
                 self._insert_row("second", stream_id)
                 id_gen_1.advance("second", stream_id)
@@ -584,13 +588,13 @@ class MultiTableMultiWriterIdGeneratorTestCase(HomeserverTestCase):
     if not USE_POSTGRES_FOR_TESTS:
         skip = "Requires Postgres"
 
-    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
+    def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer) -> None:
         self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
         self.db_pool: DatabasePool = self.store.db_pool
 
         self.get_success(self.db_pool.runInteraction("_setup_db", self._setup_db))
 
-    def _setup_db(self, txn):
+    def _setup_db(self, txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
         txn.execute("CREATE SEQUENCE foobar_seq")
         txn.execute(
             """
@@ -642,7 +646,7 @@ def _insert_rows(
         from the postgres sequence.
         """
 
-        def _insert(txn):
+        def _insert(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
             for _ in range(number):
                 txn.execute(
                     "INSERT INTO %s VALUES (nextval('foobar_seq'), ?)" % (table,),
@@ -659,7 +663,7 @@ def _insert(txn):
 
         self.get_success(self.db_pool.runInteraction("_insert_rows", _insert))
 
-    def test_load_existing_stream(self):
+    def test_load_existing_stream(self) -> None:
         """Test creating ID gens with multiple tables that have rows from after
         the position in `stream_positions` table.
         """
diff --git a/tests/storage/test_unsafe_locale.py b/tests/storage/test_unsafe_locale.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ba53c2281869
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/storage/test_unsafe_locale.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Copyright 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+from synapse.storage.database import make_conn
+from synapse.storage.engines._base import IncorrectDatabaseSetup
+
+from tests.unittest import HomeserverTestCase
+from tests.utils import USE_POSTGRES_FOR_TESTS
+
+
+class UnsafeLocaleTest(HomeserverTestCase):
+    if not USE_POSTGRES_FOR_TESTS:
+        skip = "Requires Postgres"
+
+    @patch("synapse.storage.engines.postgres.PostgresEngine.get_db_locale")
+    def test_unsafe_locale(self, mock_db_locale: MagicMock) -> None:
+        mock_db_locale.return_value = ("B", "B")
+        database = self.hs.get_datastores().databases[0]
+
+        db_conn = make_conn(database._database_config, database.engine, "test_unsafe")
+        with self.assertRaises(IncorrectDatabaseSetup):
+            database.engine.check_database(db_conn)
+        with self.assertRaises(IncorrectDatabaseSetup):
+            database.engine.check_new_database(db_conn)
+        db_conn.close()
+
+    def test_safe_locale(self) -> None:
+        database = self.hs.get_datastores().databases[0]
+
+        db_conn = make_conn(database._database_config, database.engine, "test_unsafe")
+        with db_conn.cursor() as txn:
+            res = database.engine.get_db_locale(txn)
+        self.assertEqual(res, ("C", "C"))
+        db_conn.close()
diff --git a/tests/util/test_check_dependencies.py b/tests/util/test_check_dependencies.py
index 38e9f58ac6ca..5d1aa025d127 100644
--- a/tests/util/test_check_dependencies.py
+++ b/tests/util/test_check_dependencies.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 
 class DummyDistribution(metadata.Distribution):
-    def __init__(self, version: str):
+    def __init__(self, version: object):
         self._version = version
 
     @property
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def read_text(self, filename):
 old_release_candidate = DummyDistribution("0.1.2rc3")
 new = DummyDistribution("1.2.3")
 new_release_candidate = DummyDistribution("1.2.3rc4")
+distribution_with_no_version = DummyDistribution(None)
 
 # could probably use stdlib TestCase --- no need for twisted here
 
@@ -67,6 +68,18 @@ def test_mandatory_dependency(self) -> None:
                 # should not raise
                 check_requirements()
 
+    def test_version_reported_as_none(self) -> None:
+        """Complain if importlib.metadata.version() returns None.
+
+        This shouldn't normally happen, but it was seen in the wild (#12223).
+        """
+        with patch(
+            "synapse.util.check_dependencies.metadata.requires",
+            return_value=["dummypkg >= 1"],
+        ):
+            with self.mock_installed_package(distribution_with_no_version):
+                self.assertRaises(DependencyException, check_requirements)
+
     def test_checks_ignore_dev_dependencies(self) -> None:
         """Bot generic and per-extra checks should ignore dev dependencies."""
         with patch(
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index ef99c72e0b50..f6b1d6037105 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -15,13 +15,8 @@
 
 import atexit
 import os
-from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
-from urllib import parse as urlparse
-
-from twisted.internet import defer
 
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
-from synapse.api.errors import CodeMessageException, cs_error
 from synapse.api.room_versions import RoomVersions
 from synapse.config.homeserver import HomeServerConfig
 from synapse.config.server import DEFAULT_ROOM_VERSION
@@ -187,111 +182,6 @@ def getRawHeaders(name, default=None):
     return getRawHeaders
 
 
-# This is a mock /resource/ not an entire server
-class MockHttpResource:
-    def __init__(self, prefix=""):
-        self.callbacks = []  # 3-tuple of method/pattern/function
-        self.prefix = prefix
-
-    def trigger_get(self, path):
-        return self.trigger(b"GET", path, None)
-
-    @patch("twisted.web.http.Request")
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def trigger(
-        self, http_method, path, content, mock_request, federation_auth_origin=None
-    ):
-        """Fire an HTTP event.
-
-        Args:
-            http_method : The HTTP method
-            path : The HTTP path
-            content : The HTTP body
-            mock_request : Mocked request to pass to the event so it can get
-                           content.
-            federation_auth_origin (bytes|None): domain to authenticate as, for federation
-        Returns:
-            A tuple of (code, response)
-        Raises:
-            KeyError If no event is found which will handle the path.
-        """
-        path = self.prefix + path
-
-        # annoyingly we return a twisted http request which has chained calls
-        # to get at the http content, hence mock it here.
-        mock_content = Mock()
-        config = {"read.return_value": content}
-        mock_content.configure_mock(**config)
-        mock_request.content = mock_content
-
-        mock_request.method = http_method.encode("ascii")
-        mock_request.uri = path.encode("ascii")
-
-        mock_request.getClientIP.return_value = "-"
-
-        headers = {}
-        if federation_auth_origin is not None:
-            headers[b"Authorization"] = [
-                b"X-Matrix origin=%s,key=,sig=" % (federation_auth_origin,)
-            ]
-        mock_request.requestHeaders.getRawHeaders = mock_getRawHeaders(headers)
-
-        # return the right path if the event requires it
-        mock_request.path = path
-
-        # add in query params to the right place
-        try:
-            mock_request.args = urlparse.parse_qs(path.split("?")[1])
-            mock_request.path = path.split("?")[0]
-            path = mock_request.path
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
-        if isinstance(path, bytes):
-            path = path.decode("utf8")
-
-        for (method, pattern, func) in self.callbacks:
-            if http_method != method:
-                continue
-
-            matcher = pattern.match(path)
-            if matcher:
-                try:
-                    args = [urlparse.unquote(u) for u in matcher.groups()]
-
-                    (code, response) = yield defer.ensureDeferred(
-                        func(mock_request, *args)
-                    )
-                    return code, response
-                except CodeMessageException as e:
-                    return e.code, cs_error(e.msg, code=e.errcode)
-
-        raise KeyError("No event can handle %s" % path)
-
-    def register_paths(self, method, path_patterns, callback, servlet_name):
-        for path_pattern in path_patterns:
-            self.callbacks.append((method, path_pattern, callback))
-
-
-class MockKey:
-    alg = "mock_alg"
-    version = "mock_version"
-    signature = b"\x9a\x87$"
-
-    @property
-    def verify_key(self):
-        return self
-
-    def sign(self, message):
-        return self
-
-    def verify(self, message, sig):
-        assert sig == b"\x9a\x87$"
-
-    def encode(self):
-        return b"<fake_encoded_key>"
-
-
 class MockClock:
     now = 1000