Matrix (Synapse/Element) - Package Updates
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[1.11.0]
- Update Synapse to 1.20.1
- Full changelog
- Add an endpoint to query your shared rooms with another user as an implementation of MSC2666. (#7785)
- Iteratively encode JSON to avoid blocking the reactor. (#8013, #8116)
- Add support for shadow-banning users (ignoring any message send requests). (#8034, #8092, #8095, #8142, #8152, #8157, #8158, #8176)
- Use the default template file when its equivalent is not found in a custom template directory. (#8037, #8107, #8252)
- Add unread messages count to sync responses, as specified in MSC2654. (#8059, #8254, #8270, #8274)
- Optimise /federation/v1/user/devices/ API by only returning devices with encryption keys. (#8198)
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[1.12.0]
- Update Synapse to 1.21.0
- Full changelog
- Require the user to confirm that their password should be reset after clicking the email confirmation link. (#8004)
- Add an admin API GET /_synapse/admin/v1/event_reports to read entries of table event_reports. Contributed by @dklimpel. (#8217)
- Consolidate the SSO error template across all configuration. (#8248, #8405)
- Add a configuration option to specify a whitelist of domains that a user can be redirected to after validating their email or phone number. (#8275, #8417)
- Add experimental support for sharding event persister. (#8294, #8387, #8396, #8419)
- Add the room topic and avatar to the room details admin API. (#8305)
- Add an admin API for querying rooms where a user is a member. Contributed by @dklimpel. (#8306)
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[1.12.2]
- Update Synapse to 1.21.2
- Full changelog
- Security: HTML pages served via Synapse were vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. All server administrators are encouraged to upgrade
- Fix rare bug where sending an event would fail due to a racey assertion. (#8530)
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Synapse [1.13.0]
- Update Synapse to 1.22.0
- Full changelog
- Add ability for ThirdPartyEventRules modules to query and manipulate whether a room is in the public rooms directory. (#8292, #8467)
- Add support for olm fallback keys (MSC2732). (#8312, #8501)
- Add support for running background tasks in a separate worker process. (#8369, #8458, #8489, #8513, #8544, #8599)
- Add support for device dehydration (MSC2697). (#8380)
- Add support for MSC2409, which allows sending typing, read receipts, and presence events to appservices. (#8437, #8590)
- Change default room version to "6", per MSC2788. (#8461)
- Add the ability to send non-membership events into a room via the ModuleApi. (#8479)
- Increase default upload size limit from 10M to 50M. Contributed by @Akkowicz. (#8502)
- Add support for modifying event content in ThirdPartyRules modules. (#8535, #8564)
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Synapse [1.13.1]
- Update Synapse to 1.22.1
- Full changelog
- Fix a bug where an appservice may not be forwarded events for a room it was recently invited to. Broke in v1.22.0. (#8676)
- Fix Object of type frozendict is not JSON serializable exceptions when using third-party event rules. Broke in v1.22.0. (#8678)
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Synapse [1.14.0]
- Update Synapse to 1.23.0
- Full changelog
- Add a push rule that highlights when a jitsi conference is created in a room. (#8286)
- Add an admin api to delete a single file or files that were not used for a defined time from server. Contributed by @dklimpel. (#8519)
- Split admin API for reported events (GET /_synapse/admin/v1/event_reports) into detail and list endpoints. This is a breaking change to #8217 which was introduced in Synapse v1.21.0. Those who already use this API should check their scripts. Contributed by @dklimpel. (#8539)
- Support generating structured logs via the standard logging configuration. (#8607, #8685)
- Add an admin API to allow server admins to list users' pushers. Contributed by @dklimpel. (#8610, #8689)
- Add an admin API GET /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/media to get information about uploaded media. Contributed by @dklimpel. (#8647)
- Add an admin API for local user media statistics. Contributed by @dklimpel. (#8700)
- Add displayname to Shared-Secret Registration for admins. (#8722)
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Synapse [1.14.1]
- Update Synapse to 1.23.1
- Full changelog
- There is a denial of service attack (CVE-2020-26257) against the federation APIs in which future events will not be correctly sent to other servers over federation. This affects all servers that participate in open federation. (Fixed in #8776).
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[1.16.0]
- Update Synapse to 1.25.0
- Full changelog
- Add an admin API that lets server admins get power in rooms in which local users have power. (#8756)
- Add optional HTTP authentication to replication endpoints. (#8853)
- Improve the error messages printed as a result of configuration problems for extension modules. (#8874)
- Add the number of local devices to Room Details Admin API. Contributed by @dklimpel. (#8886)
- Add X-Robots-Tag header to stop web crawlers from indexing media. Contributed by Aaron Raimist. (#8887)
- Spam-checkers may now define their methods as async. (#8890)
- Add support for allowing users to pick their own user ID during a single-sign-on login. (#8897, #8900, #8911, #8938, #8941, #8942, #8951)
- Add an email.invite_client_location configuration option to send a web client location to the invite endpoint on the identity server which allows customisation of the email template. (#8930)
- The search term in the list room and list user Admin APIs is now treated as case-insensitive. (#8931)
- Apply an IP range blacklist to push and key revocation requests. (#8821, #8870, #8954)
- Add an option to allow re-use of user-interactive authentication sessions for a period of time. (#8970)
- Allow running the redact endpoint on workers. (#8994)
