Merge tag 'v1.41.0rc1' into rav/sw1v-hotfixes

Synapse 1.41.0rc1 (2021-08-18)
==============================

Features
--------

- Add `get_userinfo_by_id` method to ModuleApi. ([\#9581](#9581))
- Initial local support for [MSC3266](#10394), Room Summary over the unstable `/rooms/{roomIdOrAlias}/summary` API. ([\#10394](#10394))
- Experimental support for [MSC3288](matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals#3288), sending `room_type` to the identity server for 3pid invites over the `/store-invite` API. ([\#10435](#10435))
- Add support for sending federation requests through a proxy. Contributed by @Bubu and @dklimpel. ([\#10475](#10475))
- Add support for "marker" events which makes historical events discoverable for servers that already have all of the scrollback history (part of [MSC2716](matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals#2716)). ([\#10498](#10498))
- Add a configuration setting for the time a `/sync` response is cached for. ([\#10513](#10513))
- The default logging handler for new installations is now `PeriodicallyFlushingMemoryHandler`, a buffered logging handler which periodically flushes itself. ([\#10518](#10518))
- Add support for new redaction rules for historical events specified in [MSC2716](matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals#2716). ([\#10538](#10538))
- Add a setting to disable TLS when sending email. ([\#10546](#10546))
- Add pagination to the spaces summary based on updates to [MSC2946](matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals#2946). ([\#10549](#10549), [\#10560](#10560), [\#10569](#10569), [\#10574](#10574), [\#10575](#10575), [\#10579](#10579), [\#10583](#10583))
- Admin API to delete several media for a specific user. Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#10558](#10558), [\#10628](#10628))
- Add support for routing `/createRoom` to workers. ([\#10564](#10564))
- Update the Synapse Grafana dashboard. ([\#10570](#10570))
- Add an admin API (`GET /_synapse/admin/username_available`) to check if a username is available (regardless of registration settings). ([\#10578](#10578))
- Allow editing a user's `external_ids` via the "Edit User" admin API. Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#10598](#10598))
- The Synapse manhole no longer needs coroutines to be wrapped in `defer.ensureDeferred`. ([\#10602](#10602))
- Add option to allow modules to run periodic tasks on all instances, rather than just the one configured to run background tasks. ([\#10638](#10638))

Bugfixes
--------

- Add some clarification to the sample config file. Contributed by @Kentokamoto. ([\#10129](#10129))
- Fix a long-standing bug where protocols which are not implemented by any appservices were incorrectly returned via `GET /_matrix/client/r0/thirdparty/protocols`. ([\#10532](#10532))
- Fix exceptions in logs when failing to get remote room list. ([\#10541](#10541))
- Fix longstanding bug which caused the user "status" to be reset when the user went offline. Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#10550](#10550))
- Allow public rooms to be previewed in the spaces summary APIs from [MSC2946](matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals#2946). ([\#10580](#10580))
- Fix a bug introduced in v1.37.1 where an error could occur in the asynchronous processing of PDUs when the queue was empty. ([\#10592](#10592))
- Fix errors on /sync when read receipt data is a string. Only affects homeservers with the experimental flag for [MSC2285](matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals#2285) enabled. Contributed by @SimonBrandner. ([\#10606](#10606))
- Additional validation for the spaces summary API to avoid errors like `ValueError: Stop argument for islice() must be None or an integer`. The missing validation has existed since v1.31.0. ([\#10611](#10611))
- Revert behaviour introduced in v1.38.0 that strips `org.matrix.msc2732.device_unused_fallback_key_types` from `/sync` when its value is empty. This field should instead always be present according to [MSC2732](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/master/proposals/2732-olm-fallback-keys.md). ([\#10623](#10623))

Improved Documentation
----------------------

- Add documentation for configuration a forward proxy. ([\#10443](#10443))
- Updated the reverse proxy documentation to highlight the homserver configuration that is needed to make Synapse aware that is is intentionally reverse proxied. ([\#10551](#10551))
- Update CONTRIBUTING.md to fix index links and the instructions for SyTest in docker. ([\#10599](#10599))

Deprecations and Removals
-------------------------

- No longer build `.deb` packages for Ubuntu 20.10 LTS Groovy Gorilla, which has now EOLed. ([\#10588](#10588))
- The `template_dir` configuration settings in the `sso`, `account_validity` and `email` sections of the configuration file are now deprecated in favour of the global `templates.custom_template_directory` setting. See the [upgrade notes](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/upgrade.html) for more information. ([\#10596](#10596))

Internal Changes
----------------

- Improve event caching mechanism to avoid having multiple copies of an event in memory at a time. ([\#10119](#10119))
- Reduce errors in PostgreSQL logs due to concurrent serialization errors. ([\#10504](#10504))
- Include room ID in ignored EDU log messages. Contributed by @ilmari. ([\#10507](#10507))
- Add pagination to the spaces summary based on updates to [MSC2946](matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals#2946). ([\#10527](#10527), [\#10530](#10530))
- Fix CI to not break when run against branches rather than pull requests. ([\#10529](#10529))
- Mark all events stemming from the [MSC2716](matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals#2716) `/batch_send` endpoint as historical. ([\#10537](#10537))
- Clean up some of the federation event authentication code for clarity. ([\#10539](#10539), [\#10591](#10591))
- Convert `Transaction` and `Edu` objects to attrs. ([\#10542](#10542))
- Update `/batch_send` endpoint to only return `state_events` created by the `state_events_from_before` passed in. ([\#10552](#10552))
- Update contributing.md to warn against rebasing an open PR. ([\#10563](#10563))
- Remove the unused public rooms replication stream. ([\#10565](#10565))
- Clarify error message when failing to join a restricted room. ([\#10572](#10572))
- Remove references to BuildKite in favour of GitHub Actions. ([\#10573](#10573))
- Move `/batch_send` endpoint defined by [MSC2716](matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals#2716) to the `/v2_alpha` directory. ([\#10576](#10576))
- Allow multiple custom directories in `read_templates`. ([\#10587](#10587))
- Re-organize the `synapse.federation.transport.server` module to create smaller files. ([\#10590](#10590))
- Flatten the `synapse.rest.client` package by moving the contents of `v1` and `v2_alpha` into the parent. ([\#10600](#10600))
- Build Debian packages for Debian 12 (Bookworm). ([\#10612](#10612))
- Fix up a couple of links to the database schema documentation. ([\#10620](#10620))
- Fix a broken link to the upgrade notes. ([\#10631](#10631))

Author: richvdh

.buildkite/.env

@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 # CI's Docker setup at the point where this file is considered.
 server_name: "localhost:8800"
 
-signing_key_path: ".buildkite/test.signing.key"
+signing_key_path: ".ci/test.signing.key"
 
 report_stats: false
 
 database:
   name: "psycopg2"
   args:
     user: postgres
-    host: postgres
+    host: localhost
     password: postgres
     database: synapse
 

.buildkite/merge_base_branch.sh

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # We use "postgres" as a database because it's bound to exist and the "synapse" one
 # doesn't exist yet.
 db_conn = psycopg2.connect(
-    user="postgres", host="postgres", password="postgres", dbname="postgres"
+    user="postgres", host="localhost", password="postgres", dbname="postgres"
 )
 db_conn.autocommit = True
 cur = db_conn.cursor()

.buildkite/postgres-config.yaml .ci/postgres-config.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# this script is run by buildkite in a plain `bionic` container; it installs the
+# this script is run by GitHub Actions in a plain `bionic` container; it installs the
 # minimal requirements for tox and hands over to the py3-old tox environment.
 
 set -ex

.buildkite/scripts/postgres_exec.py .ci/scripts/postgres_exec.py

@@ -20,22 +20,22 @@ pip install -e .
 echo "--- Generate the signing key"
 
 # Generate the server's signing key.
-python -m synapse.app.homeserver --generate-keys -c .buildkite/sqlite-config.yaml
+python -m synapse.app.homeserver --generate-keys -c .ci/sqlite-config.yaml
 
 echo "--- Prepare test database"
 
 # Make sure the SQLite3 database is using the latest schema and has no pending background update.
-scripts-dev/update_database --database-config .buildkite/sqlite-config.yaml
+scripts-dev/update_database --database-config .ci/sqlite-config.yaml
 
 # Create the PostgreSQL database.
-./.buildkite/scripts/postgres_exec.py "CREATE DATABASE synapse"
+.ci/scripts/postgres_exec.py "CREATE DATABASE synapse"
 
 echo "+++ Run synapse_port_db against test database"
-coverage run scripts/synapse_port_db --sqlite-database .buildkite/test_db.db --postgres-config .buildkite/postgres-config.yaml
+coverage run scripts/synapse_port_db --sqlite-database .ci/test_db.db --postgres-config .ci/postgres-config.yaml
 
 # We should be able to run twice against the same database.
 echo "+++ Run synapse_port_db a second time"
-coverage run scripts/synapse_port_db --sqlite-database .buildkite/test_db.db --postgres-config .buildkite/postgres-config.yaml
+coverage run scripts/synapse_port_db --sqlite-database .ci/test_db.db --postgres-config .ci/postgres-config.yaml
 
 #####
 
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ coverage run scripts/synapse_port_db --sqlite-database .buildkite/test_db.db --p
 echo "--- Prepare empty SQLite database"
 
 # we do this by deleting the sqlite db, and then doing the same again.
-rm .buildkite/test_db.db
+rm .ci/test_db.db
 
-scripts-dev/update_database --database-config .buildkite/sqlite-config.yaml
+scripts-dev/update_database --database-config .ci/sqlite-config.yaml
 
 # re-create the PostgreSQL database.
-./.buildkite/scripts/postgres_exec.py \
+.ci/scripts/postgres_exec.py \
   "DROP DATABASE synapse" \
   "CREATE DATABASE synapse"
 
 echo "+++ Run synapse_port_db against empty database"
-coverage run scripts/synapse_port_db --sqlite-database .buildkite/test_db.db --postgres-config .buildkite/postgres-config.yaml
+coverage run scripts/synapse_port_db --sqlite-database .ci/test_db.db --postgres-config .ci/postgres-config.yaml

.buildkite/scripts/test_old_deps.sh .ci/scripts/test_old_deps.sh

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 # schema and run background updates on it.
 server_name: "localhost:8800"
 
-signing_key_path: ".buildkite/test.signing.key"
+signing_key_path: ".ci/test.signing.key"
 
 report_stats: false
 
 database:
   name: "sqlite3"
   args:
-    database: ".buildkite/test_db.db"
+    database: ".ci/test_db.db"
 
 # Suppress the key server warning.
 trusted_key_servers: []

.buildkite/scripts/test_synapse_port_db.sh .ci/scripts/test_synapse_port_db.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
-  
+
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -38,20 +38,15 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ github.base_ref == 'develop'  || contains(github.base_ref, 'release-') }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      # Note: This and the script can be simplified once we drop Buildkite. See:
-      #   https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/266#issuecomment-638346893
-      #   https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/416
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       - run: pip install tox
-      - name: Patch Buildkite-specific test script
-        run: |
-          sed -i -e 's/\$BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST/${{ github.event.number }}/' \
-            scripts-dev/check-newsfragment
       - run: scripts-dev/check-newsfragment
+        env:
+          PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.number }}
 
   lint-sdist:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -144,7 +139,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker://ubuntu:bionic # For old python and sqlite
         with:
           workdir: /github/workspace
-          entrypoint: .buildkite/scripts/test_old_deps.sh
+          entrypoint: .ci/scripts/test_old_deps.sh
         env:
           TRIAL_FLAGS: "--jobs=2"
       - name: Dump logs
@@ -197,12 +192,12 @@ jobs:
       volumes:
         - ${{ github.workspace }}:/src
       env:
-        BUILDKITE_BRANCH: ${{ github.head_ref }}
         POSTGRES: ${{ matrix.postgres && 1}}
         MULTI_POSTGRES: ${{ (matrix.postgres == 'multi-postgres') && 1}}
         WORKERS: ${{ matrix.workers && 1 }}
         REDIS: ${{ matrix.redis && 1 }}
         BLACKLIST: ${{ matrix.workers && 'synapse-blacklist-with-workers' }}
+        TOP: ${{ github.workspace }}
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -232,7 +227,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Prepare test blacklist
-        run: cat sytest-blacklist .buildkite/worker-blacklist > synapse-blacklist-with-workers
+        run: cat sytest-blacklist .ci/worker-blacklist > synapse-blacklist-with-workers
       - name: Run SyTest
         run: /bootstrap.sh synapse
         working-directory: /src
@@ -252,6 +247,8 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() }} # Allow previous steps to be skipped, but not fail
     needs: linting-done
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      TOP: ${{ github.workspace }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
@@ -281,13 +278,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - name: Patch Buildkite-specific test scripts
-        run: |
-          sed -i -e 's/host="postgres"/host="localhost"/' .buildkite/scripts/postgres_exec.py
-          sed -i -e 's/host: postgres/host: localhost/' .buildkite/postgres-config.yaml
-          sed -i -e 's|/src/||' .buildkite/{sqlite,postgres}-config.yaml
-          sed -i -e 's/\$TOP/\$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/' .coveragerc
-      - run: .buildkite/scripts/test_synapse_port_db.sh
+      - run: .ci/scripts/test_synapse_port_db.sh
 
   complement:
     if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() }}
@@ -374,6 +365,11 @@ jobs:
           rc=0
           results=$(jq -r 'to_entries[] | [.key,.value.result] | join(" ")' <<< $NEEDS_CONTEXT)
           while read job result ; do
+              # The newsfile lint may be skipped on non PR builds
+              if [ $result == "skipped" ] && [ $job == "lint-newsfile" ]; then
+                continue
+              fi
+
               if [ "$result" != "success" ]; then
                   echo "::set-failed ::Job $job returned $result"
                   rc=1

.buildkite/sqlite-config.yaml .ci/sqlite-config.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,125 @@
+Synapse 1.41.0rc1 (2021-08-18)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Add `get_userinfo_by_id` method to ModuleApi. ([\#9581](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9581))
+- Initial local support for [MSC3266](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/10394), Room Summary over the unstable `/rooms/{roomIdOrAlias}/summary` API. ([\#10394](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10394))
+- Experimental support for [MSC3288](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3288), sending `room_type` to the identity server for 3pid invites over the `/store-invite` API. ([\#10435](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10435))
+- Add support for sending federation requests through a proxy. Contributed by @Bubu and @dklimpel. ([\#10475](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10475))
+- Add support for "marker" events which makes historical events discoverable for servers that already have all of the scrollback history (part of [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716)). ([\#10498](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10498))
+- Add a configuration setting for the time a `/sync` response is cached for. ([\#10513](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10513))
+- The default logging handler for new installations is now `PeriodicallyFlushingMemoryHandler`, a buffered logging handler which periodically flushes itself. ([\#10518](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10518))
+- Add support for new redaction rules for historical events specified in [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716). ([\#10538](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10538))
+- Add a setting to disable TLS when sending email. ([\#10546](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10546))
+- Add pagination to the spaces summary based on updates to [MSC2946](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2946). ([\#10549](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10549), [\#10560](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10560), [\#10569](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10569), [\#10574](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10574), [\#10575](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10575), [\#10579](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10579), [\#10583](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10583))
+- Admin API to delete several media for a specific user. Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#10558](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10558), [\#10628](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10628))
+- Add support for routing `/createRoom` to workers. ([\#10564](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10564))
+- Update the Synapse Grafana dashboard. ([\#10570](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10570))
+- Add an admin API (`GET /_synapse/admin/username_available`) to check if a username is available (regardless of registration settings). ([\#10578](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10578))
+- Allow editing a user's `external_ids` via the "Edit User" admin API. Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#10598](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10598))
+- The Synapse manhole no longer needs coroutines to be wrapped in `defer.ensureDeferred`. ([\#10602](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10602))
+- Add option to allow modules to run periodic tasks on all instances, rather than just the one configured to run background tasks. ([\#10638](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10638))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Add some clarification to the sample config file. Contributed by @Kentokamoto. ([\#10129](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10129))
+- Fix a long-standing bug where protocols which are not implemented by any appservices were incorrectly returned via `GET /_matrix/client/r0/thirdparty/protocols`. ([\#10532](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10532))
+- Fix exceptions in logs when failing to get remote room list. ([\#10541](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10541))
+- Fix longstanding bug which caused the user "status" to be reset when the user went offline. Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#10550](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10550))
+- Allow public rooms to be previewed in the spaces summary APIs from [MSC2946](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2946). ([\#10580](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10580))
+- Fix a bug introduced in v1.37.1 where an error could occur in the asynchronous processing of PDUs when the queue was empty. ([\#10592](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10592))
+- Fix errors on /sync when read receipt data is a string. Only affects homeservers with the experimental flag for [MSC2285](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2285) enabled. Contributed by @SimonBrandner. ([\#10606](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10606))
+- Additional validation for the spaces summary API to avoid errors like `ValueError: Stop argument for islice() must be None or an integer`. The missing validation has existed since v1.31.0. ([\#10611](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10611))
+- Revert behaviour introduced in v1.38.0 that strips `org.matrix.msc2732.device_unused_fallback_key_types` from `/sync` when its value is empty. This field should instead always be present according to [MSC2732](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/master/proposals/2732-olm-fallback-keys.md). ([\#10623](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10623))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Add documentation for configuration a forward proxy. ([\#10443](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10443))
+- Updated the reverse proxy documentation to highlight the homserver configuration that is needed to make Synapse aware that is is intentionally reverse proxied. ([\#10551](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10551))
+- Update CONTRIBUTING.md to fix index links and the instructions for SyTest in docker. ([\#10599](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10599))
+
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- No longer build `.deb` packages for Ubuntu 20.10 LTS Groovy Gorilla, which has now EOLed. ([\#10588](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10588))
+- The `template_dir` configuration settings in the `sso`, `account_validity` and `email` sections of the configuration file are now deprecated in favour of the global `templates.custom_template_directory` setting. See the [upgrade notes](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/upgrade.html) for more information. ([\#10596](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10596))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Improve event caching mechanism to avoid having multiple copies of an event in memory at a time. ([\#10119](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10119))
+- Reduce errors in PostgreSQL logs due to concurrent serialization errors. ([\#10504](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10504))
+- Include room ID in ignored EDU log messages. Contributed by @ilmari. ([\#10507](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10507))
+- Add pagination to the spaces summary based on updates to [MSC2946](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2946). ([\#10527](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10527), [\#10530](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10530))
+- Fix CI to not break when run against branches rather than pull requests. ([\#10529](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10529))
+- Mark all events stemming from the [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) `/batch_send` endpoint as historical. ([\#10537](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10537))
+- Clean up some of the federation event authentication code for clarity. ([\#10539](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10539), [\#10591](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10591))
+- Convert `Transaction` and `Edu` objects to attrs. ([\#10542](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10542))
+- Update `/batch_send` endpoint to only return `state_events` created by the `state_events_from_before` passed in. ([\#10552](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10552))
+- Update contributing.md to warn against rebasing an open PR. ([\#10563](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10563))
+- Remove the unused public rooms replication stream. ([\#10565](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10565))
+- Clarify error message when failing to join a restricted room. ([\#10572](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10572))
+- Remove references to BuildKite in favour of GitHub Actions. ([\#10573](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10573))
+- Move `/batch_send` endpoint defined by [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) to the `/v2_alpha` directory. ([\#10576](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10576))
+- Allow multiple custom directories in `read_templates`. ([\#10587](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10587))
+- Re-organize the `synapse.federation.transport.server` module to create smaller files. ([\#10590](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10590))
+- Flatten the `synapse.rest.client` package by moving the contents of `v1` and `v2_alpha` into the parent. ([\#10600](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10600))
+- Build Debian packages for Debian 12 (Bookworm). ([\#10612](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10612))
+- Fix up a couple of links to the database schema documentation. ([\#10620](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10620))
+- Fix a broken link to the upgrade notes. ([\#10631](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10631))
+
+
+Synapse 1.40.0 (2021-08-10)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
+Synapse 1.40.0rc3 (2021-08-09)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Support [MSC3289: room version 8](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3289). ([\#10449](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10449))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Mark the experimental room version from [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2716) as unstable. ([\#10449](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10449))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Fix broken links in `upgrade.md`. Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#10543](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10543))
+
+
+Synapse 1.40.0rc2 (2021-08-04)
+==============================
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix the `PeriodicallyFlushingMemoryHandler` inhibiting application shutdown because of its background thread. ([\#10517](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10517))
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.40.0rc1 that could cause Synapse to respond with an error when clients would update read receipts. ([\#10531](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10531))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Fix release script to open the correct URL for the release. ([\#10516](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10516))
+
+
 Synapse 1.40.0rc1 (2021-08-03)
 ==============================