packaging changes
- avoid pydantic 2, as upstream has not yet coped with pydantic upstream instability
- upstream dropped 3.7 after pkgsrc, so no action required
Upstream news
* 1.91.1
Features
Implements an admin API to lock an user without deactivating them. Based on MSC3939. (#15870)
Allow specifying client_secret_path as alternative to client_secret for OIDC providers. This avoids leaking the client secret in the homeserver config. Contributed by @Ma27. (#16030)
Allow customising the IdP display name, icon, and brand for SAML and CAS providers (in addition to OIDC provider). (#16094)
Add an admins query parameter to the List Accounts admin API, to include only admins or to exclude admins in user queries. (#16114)
Bugfixes
[most omitted but the next line is very serious]
Fix a bug introduced in 1.87 where synapse would send an excessive amount of federation requests to servers which have been offline for a long time. Contributed by Nico. (#16156, #16164)
* 1.90.0
Features
Scope transaction IDs to devices (implement MSC3970). (#15629)
Remove old rows from the cache_invalidation_stream_by_instance table automatically (this table is unused in SQLite). (#15868)
Deprecations and Removals
Remove support for legacy application service paths. (#15964)
Move support for application service query parameter authorization behind a configuration option. (#16017)
* 1.89.0
Features
Add Unix Socket support for HTTP Replication Listeners. Document and provide usage instructions for utilizing Unix sockets in Synapse. Contributed by Jason Little. (#15708, #15924)
Allow + in Matrix IDs, per MSC4009. (#15911)
Support room version 11 from MSC3820. (#15912)
Allow configuring the set of workers to proxy outbound federation traffic through via outbound_federation_restricted_to. (#15913, #15969)
Implement MSC3814, dehydrated devices v2/shrivelled sessions and move MSC2697 behind a config flag. Contributed by Nico from Famedly, H-Shay and poljar. (#15929)
Deprecations and Removals
Remove support for calling the /register endpoint with an unspecced user property for application services. (#15928)
* 1.88.0
Breaking Changes
raises the minimum supported version of Python to 3.8, as Python 3.7 is now end-of-life, and
removes deprecated config options related to worker deployment.
Features
Add not_user_type param to the list accounts admin API. (#15844)
Deprecations and Removals
Remove deprecated worker_replication_host, worker_replication_http_port and worker_replication_http_tls configuration options. See the upgrade notes for more details. (#15860)
Remove support for Python 3.7 and hence for Debian Buster. (#15851, #15892, #15893, #15917)
* 1.87.0
Features
Improve /messages response time by avoiding backfill when we already have messages to return. (#15737)
Add spam checker module API for logins. (#15838)
Deprecations and Removals
Remove experimental MSC2716 implementation to incrementally import history into existing rooms. (#15748)
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