Update ghcr.io/element-hq/synapse Docker tag to v1.155.0

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Update	Change
ghcr.io/element-hq/synapse	minor	v1.152.0 → v1.155.0

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Release Notes

element-hq/synapse (ghcr.io/element-hq/synapse)

v1.155.0

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Synapse 1.155.0 (2026-06-16)

End of Life of Debian 12 Bookworm

The next version of Synapse will not include Debian packages for Debian 12 Bookworm
as it reached end of life on the 10th of June 2026.

Internal Changes

• When building releases, don't cancel Debian package builds when one of them fails. (#​19842)

Synapse 1.155.0rc1 (2026-06-09)

Bugfixes

• Limit the to-device EDU size to a reasonable value to mitigate long queues of to-device messages preventing outgoing federation because of the size of the transaction. (#​19617)
• Work around bug that sometimes breaks joining restricted rooms that require a remote join. Contributed by @​tulir @​ Beeper. (#​19730)
• Update Sliding Sync to return a new response immediately if a room subscription has changed and produced a new response. (#​19734, #​19792)
• Fix the /capabilities endpoint returning a 500 error on non-media workers when MSC4452: Preview URL capabilities API is enabled. (#​19839)

Improved Documentation

• Document how to see Rust build failure output when using poetry install. (#​19818)
• Document that the SQLite version included in Ubuntu LTS, aside from ESM-only versions, is included in our support policy. (#​19823)

Internal Changes

• Port the Python Event classes to Rust. (#​19701, #​19816, #​19817, #​19819)
• Added tests to ensure that email notification links are sanitized. Contributed by Noah Markert. (#​19741)
• Add GcpJsonFormatter logging formatter for use with Google Cloud Logging and GKE deployments. (#​19775)
• Add more logging to the to-device message replication stream. (#​19801, #​19821)
• Port Requester class to Rust. (#​19828)

v1.154.0

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Synapse 1.154.0 (2026-06-04)

No significant changes since 1.154.0rc1.

Synapse 1.154.0rc1 (2026-05-27)

Features

• Add support for MSC4452: Preview URL capabilities API which exposes a io.element.msc4452.preview_url capability.
  If experimental_features.msc4452_enabled is true, the /_matrix/(client/v1/media|media/v3)/preview_url endpoint
  now responds with a 403 status code when the capability is disabled. (#​19715)

Bugfixes

• Fix a bug in MSC4186: Simplified Sliding Sync that could prevent user avatars from showing if the room had an empty name. (#​19468, #​19791)
• Fix access token cache not being invalidated for sessions using refresh tokens. Contributed by @​FrenchGithubUser @​ Famedly. (#​19483)
• Fix bug where Synapse would return 400 (M_BAD_JSON) when sending a message with a mentions field and Synapse module check_event_allowed callback registered (frozen event). Contributed by @​gaetan-sbt. (#​19634)
• Fix long-standing but niche bug with /sync where it could attempt to fetch data with flawed invalid future tokens. (#​19644)
• Fix /sync failing when MSC4354 Sticky Events are enabled and the sync request filters out Ephemeral Data Units (EDUs). (#​19787)
• Fix packaging for Fedora and EPEL caused by unnecessary bumping attrs minimum version requirement in pyproject.toml file. Contributed by Oleg Girko. (#​19789)
• Fix merging signatures when a policy server is running under the same server name as Synapse. The bug was re-introduced in v1.153.0rc1 after being fixed earlier in v1.151.0rc1. Contributed by @​tulir @​ Beeper. (#​19797)

Improved Documentation

• Added details about how Synapse syncs the picture claim when update_profile_information setting is true. (#​19508)

Internal Changes

• Port Event.content field to Rust. (#​19725)
• Prefer close backfill points (absolute distance). (#​19748)
• Replace unique quarantined_media waiting patterns with standard wait_for_stream_token(...). (#​19764)
• Improve Synapse logging around when someone encounters We can't get valid state history. so you can correlate everything by event_id. (#​19765)
• Tidy up Rust RoomVersion structs. (#​19766)
• Update WorkerLock tests to better stress the WORKER_LOCK_MAX_RETRY_INTERVAL. (#​19772)
• Refactor MSC4242: State DAG checks behind a single TypeIs helper to avoid scattered isinstance casts. (#​19774)
• Use StrCollection for prev_state_events. (#​19777)
• Fix up the construction of events in tests, ahead of the Rust event port. (#​19781)

v1.153.0

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Synapse 1.153.0 (2026-05-19)

No significant changes since 1.153.0rc3.

Synapse 1.153.0rc3 (2026-05-15)

Bugfixes

• Revert 'Have MSC4186: Simplified Sliding Sync return a new response immediately if a room subscription has changed and produced a new response. (#​19714)' (introduced in 1.153.0rc1) due to performance problems. (#​19784)

Synapse 1.153.0rc2 (2026-05-13)

Bugfixes

• Correctly handle arbitrary precision integers in unsigned field of events. The bug was introduced in 1.153.0rc1. (#​19769)

Synapse 1.153.0rc1 (2026-05-08)

Features

• Make ACLs apply to EDUs per MSC4163. (#​18475)
• Stabilize MSC3266: Room summary API, removing the experimental config flag msc3266_enabled. Contributed by @​dasha-uwu. (#​19720)
• Partial MSC4311 implementation: m.room.create is now a required part of stripped invite_state/knock_state . Contributed by @​FrenchGithubUser @​Famedly. (#​19722)
• Expose tombstoned and replacement_room in room details on admin API endpoint GET /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/<room_id>. Contributed by Noah Markert. (#​19737)

Bugfixes

• Allow self-requested user erasure (upon account deactivation) to succeed even if Synapse has disabled profile changes. Contributed by Famedly. (#​19398)
• Fix Synapse not backfilling new history when attempting to use a pagination token near a backward extremity. (#​19611)
• Have MSC4186: Simplified Sliding Sync return a new response immediately if a room subscription has changed and produced a new response. (#​19714)
• Fix a bug where when upgrading a room to room version 12, the power level event in the old room got temporarily mutated to remove the user upgrading the room's power. (#​19727)
• Fix packaging for Fedora and EPEL caused by unnecessary bumping authlib minimum version requirement in pyproject.toml file. Contributed by Oleg Girko. (#​19742)

Improved Documentation

• Add warning about known problems when configuring use_frozen_dicts. (#​19711)

Internal Changes

• Port Event.signatures field to Rust. (#​19706)
• Port Event.unsigned field to Rust. (#​19708)
• Add a Rust canonical JSON serializer. (#​19739, #​19763)
• Configure Dependabot to only update Python dependencies in the lockfile, unless widening upper bounds. (#​19743)
• Reduce WORKER_LOCK_MAX_RETRY_INTERVAL to 5 seconds to reduce idle time after lock is released. (#​19755)
• Force keyword-only arguments for Duration so time units have to be specified. (#​19756)

v1.152.1

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Synapse 1.152.1 (2026-05-07)

Security Fixes

• Prevent CPU starvation (Denial of Service) under worker lock contention, additionally capping the WorkerLock time out interval to a maximum of 60 seconds. Contributed by Famedly. (#​19394, ELEMENTSEC-2026-1706, GHSA-8q93-326v-3m7g, CVE-2026-45078)
• Prevent pagination ending when a page is full of rejected events. (ELEMENTSEC-2025-1636, GHSA-6qf2-7x63-mm6v, CVE-2026-45076)

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