Synapse 1.50.0rc2 (2022-01-14)

This release candidate fixes a federation-breaking regression introduced in Synapse 1.50.0rc1.

Please note that we now only support Python 3.7+ and PostgreSQL 10+ (if applicable), because Python 3.6 and PostgreSQL 9.6 have reached end-of-life.

Bugfixes

• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.0.0 whereby some device list updates would not be sent to remote homeservers if there were too many to send at once. (#11729)
• Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.50.0rc1 whereby outbound federation could fail because too many EDUs were produced for device updates. (#11730)

Improved Documentation

• Document that now the minimum supported PostgreSQL version is 10. (#11725)

Internal Changes

• Fix a typechecker problem related to our (ab)use of nacl.signing.SigningKeys. (#11714)