matrix.org/content/blog/2016/11/2016-11-22-synapse-0-18-4.md

+++ title = "Synapse 0.18.4" path = "/blog/2016/11/22/synapse-0-18-4"

[taxonomies] author = ["Matthew Hodgson"] category = ["Tech"] +++

Uncharacteristically, we're actually remembering to announce a new release of Synapse!

Major performance fixes on federation, as well as the changes required to support E2E encrypted attachments (yay!)

Please install or upgrade from https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse :)

Changes in synapse v0.18.4 (2016-11-22)

Bug fixes:

• Add workaround for buggy clients that the fail to register (PR #1632)

Changes in synapse v0.18.4-rc1 (2016-11-14)

Changes:

• Various database efficiency improvements (PR #1188, #1192)
• Update default config to blacklist more internal IPs, thanks to Euan Kemp @euank (PR #1198)
• Allow specifying duration in minutes in config, thanks to Daniel Dent @DanielDent (PR #1625)

Bug fixes:

• Fix media repo to set CORs headers on responses (PR #1190)
• Fix registration to not error on non-ascii passwords (PR #1191)
• Fix create event code to limit the number of prev_events (PR #1615)
• Fix bug in transaction ID deduplication (PR #1624)