Synapse 1.118.0rc1 (2024-10-22)

Python 3.8 support will be dropped in the next release

Python 3.8 is now end-of-life. As per our Deprecation Policy for Platform Dependencies, Synapse will be dropping support for Python 3.8 in the next release; Synapse 1.119.0.

Synapse 1.118.x will be the final release to support Python 3.8. If you are running Synapse with Python 3.8, please upgrade before the 1.119.0 release, due in less than one month.

Python 3.13 and PostgreSQL 17 support

On the other end of the spectrum, Synapse 1.118.0 is the first release to support Python 3.13! PostgreSQL 17 is also supported as of this release.

Features

• Added the display_name_claim option to the JWT configuration. This option allows specifying the claim key that contains the user's display name in the JWT payload. (#17708)
• Implement MSC4210: Remove legacy mentions. Contributed by @tulir @ Beeper. (#17783)

Bugfixes

• Fix saving of PNG thumbnails, when the original image is in the CMYK color space. (#17736)
• Fix bug with sliding sync where the server would not return state that was added to the required_state config. (#17785, #17805)
• Fix a bug in MSC4186 Sliding Sync that would cause rooms to stay forgotten and hidden even after rejoining. (#17835)

Improved Documentation

• Clarify when the user_may_invite and user_may_send_3pid_invite module callbacks are called. (#17627)
• Correct documentation to refer to the --config-path argument instead of --config-file. (#17802)
• Fix typo in target_cache_memory_usage docs. (#17825)

Internal Changes

• Slight optimization when fetching state/events for Sliding Sync. (#17718)
• Add Python 3.13 and Postgres 17 to the test matrix. (#17752)
• Test github token before running release script steps. (#17803)
• Build debian packages for new Ubuntu versions, and stop building for no longer supported versions. (#17824)
• Enable the .org.matrix.msc4028.encrypted_event push rule by default in accordance with MSC4028. Note that the corresponding experimental feature must still be switched on for this push rule to have any effect. (#17826)
• Fix some typing issues uncovered by upgrading mypy to 1.11.x. (#17842)

Updates to locked dependencies

• Bump mypy from 1.10.1 to 1.11.2. (#17842)
• Bump mypy-zope from 1.0.5 to 1.0.7. (#17827)
• Bump phonenumbers from 8.13.46 to 8.13.47. (#17797)
• Bump psycopg2 from 2.9.9 to 2.9.10. (#17843)
• Bump ruff from 0.6.8 to 0.6.9. (#17794)
• Bump sentry-sdk from 2.14.0 to 2.15.0. (#17795)
• Bump sentry-sdk from 2.15.0 to 2.16.0. (#17829)
• Bump sentry-sdk from 2.16.0 to 2.17.0. (#17844)
• Bump sigstore/cosign-installer from 3.6.0 to 3.7.0. (#17798)
• Bump tomli from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2. (#17796)
• Bump types-requests from 2.32.0.20240914 to 2.32.0.20241016. (#17841)
• Bump types-setuptools from 75.1.0.20240917 to 75.1.0.20241014. (#17828)