Fix-up incorrect spellings in docs. (#16282)

changelog.d/16282.doc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix typos in the documentation.

docs/ancient_architecture_notes.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Server with a domain specific API.
 1. **Messaging Layer**
 
     This is what the rest of the homeserver hits to send messages, join rooms,
-    etc. It also allows you to register callbacks for when it get's notified by
+    etc. It also allows you to register callbacks for when it gets notified by
     lower levels that e.g. a new message has been received.
 
     It is responsible for serializing requests to send to the data

docs/changelogs/CHANGES-2019.md

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Synapse 1.6.0rc2 (2019-11-25)
 Bugfixes
 --------
 
-- Fix a bug which could cause the background database update hander for event labels to get stuck in a loop raising exceptions. ([\#6407](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6407))
+- Fix a bug which could cause the background database update handler for event labels to get stuck in a loop raising exceptions. ([\#6407](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6407))
 
 
 Synapse 1.6.0rc1 (2019-11-20)
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Bugfixes
 - Appservice requests will no longer contain a double slash prefix when the appservice url provided ends in a slash. ([\#6306](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6306))
 - Fix `/purge_room` admin API. ([\#6307](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6307))
 - Fix the `hidden` field in the `devices` table for SQLite versions prior to 3.23.0. ([\#6313](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6313))
-- Fix bug which casued rejected events to be persisted with the wrong room state. ([\#6320](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6320))
+- Fix bug which caused rejected events to be persisted with the wrong room state. ([\#6320](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6320))
 - Fix bug where `rc_login` ratelimiting would prematurely kick in. ([\#6335](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6335))
 - Prevent the server taking a long time to start up when guest registration is enabled. ([\#6338](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6338))
 - Fix bug where upgrading a guest account to a full user would fail when account validity is enabled. ([\#6359](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6359))
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ Internal Changes
 - Add some documentation about worker replication. ([\#6305](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6305))
 - Move admin endpoints into separate files. Contributed by Awesome Technologies Innovationslabor GmbH. ([\#6308](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6308))
 - Document the use of `lint.sh` for code style enforcement & extend it to run on specified paths only. ([\#6312](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6312))
-- Add optional python dependencies and dependant binary libraries to snapcraft packaging. ([\#6317](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6317))
+- Add optional python dependencies and dependent binary libraries to snapcraft packaging. ([\#6317](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6317))
 - Remove the dependency on psutil and replace functionality with the stdlib `resource` module. ([\#6318](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6318), [\#6336](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6336))
 - Improve documentation for EventContext fields. ([\#6319](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6319))
 - Add some checks that we aren't using state from rejected events. ([\#6330](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6330))
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ Internal Changes
 - Return 502 not 500 when failing to reach any remote server. ([\#5810](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5810))
 - Reduce global pauses in the events stream caused by expensive state resolution during persistence. ([\#5826](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5826))
 - Add a lower bound to well-known lookup cache time to avoid repeated lookups. ([\#5836](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5836))
-- Whitelist history visbility sytests in worker mode tests. ([\#5843](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5843))
+- Whitelist history visibility sytests in worker mode tests. ([\#5843](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5843))
 
 
 Synapse 1.2.1 (2019-07-26)
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ See the [upgrade notes](docs/upgrade.md#upgrading-to-v110) for more details.
 Features
 --------
 
-- Added possibilty to disable local password authentication. Contributed by Daniel Hoffend. ([\#5092](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5092))
+- Added possibility to disable local password authentication. Contributed by Daniel Hoffend. ([\#5092](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5092))
 - Add monthly active users to phonehome stats. ([\#5252](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5252))
 - Allow expired user to trigger renewal email sending manually. ([\#5363](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5363))
 - Statistics on forward extremities per room are now exposed via Prometheus. ([\#5384](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5384), [\#5458](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5458), [\#5461](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5461))
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ Bugfixes
 - Fix bug where clients could tight loop calling `/sync` for a period. ([\#5507](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5507))
 - Fix bug with `jinja2` preventing Synapse from starting. Users who had this problem should now simply need to run `pip install matrix-synapse`. ([\#5514](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5514))
 - Fix a regression where homeservers on private IP addresses were incorrectly blacklisted. ([\#5523](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5523))
-- Fixed m.login.jwt using unregistred user_id and added pyjwt>=1.6.4 as jwt conditional dependencies. Contributed by Pau Rodriguez-Estivill. ([\#5555](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5555), [\#5586](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5586))
+- Fixed m.login.jwt using unregistered user_id and added pyjwt>=1.6.4 as jwt conditional dependencies. Contributed by Pau Rodriguez-Estivill. ([\#5555](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5555), [\#5586](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5586))
 - Fix a bug that would cause invited users to receive several emails for a single 3PID invite in case the inviter is rate limited. ([\#5576](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5576))
 
 

docs/changelogs/CHANGES-2020.md

@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ Internal Changes
 
 - Optimise `/createRoom` with multiple invited users. ([\#8559](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8559))
 - Implement and use an `@lru_cache` decorator. ([\#8595](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8595))
-- Don't instansiate Requester directly. ([\#8614](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8614))
+- Don't instantiate Requester directly. ([\#8614](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8614))
 - Type hints for `RegistrationStore`. ([\#8615](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8615))
 - Change schema to support access tokens belonging to one user but granting access to another. ([\#8616](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8616))
 - Remove unused OPTIONS handlers. ([\#8621](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8621))
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ Bugfixes
 - Fix a bug which cause the logging system to report errors, if `DEBUG` was enabled and no `context` filter was applied. ([\#8278](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8278))
 - Fix edge case where push could get delayed for a user until a later event was pushed. ([\#8287](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8287))
 - Fix fetching malformed events from remote servers. ([\#8324](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8324))
-- Fix `UnboundLocalError` from occuring when appservices send a malformed register request. ([\#8329](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8329))
+- Fix `UnboundLocalError` from occurring when appservices send a malformed register request. ([\#8329](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8329))
 - Don't send push notifications to expired user accounts. ([\#8353](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8353))
 - Fix a regression in v1.19.0 with reactivating users through the admin API. ([\#8362](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8362))
 - Fix a bug where during device registration the length of the device name wasn't limited. ([\#8364](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8364))
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ Bugfixes
 - Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.7.2 which caused inaccurate membership counts in the room directory. ([\#7977](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7977))
 - Fix a long standing bug: 'Duplicate key value violates unique constraint "event_relations_id"' when message retention is configured. ([\#7978](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7978))
 - Fix "no create event in auth events" when trying to reject invitation after inviter leaves. Bug introduced in Synapse v1.10.0. ([\#7980](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7980))
-- Fix various comments and minor discrepencies in server notices code. ([\#7996](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7996))
+- Fix various comments and minor discrepancies in server notices code. ([\#7996](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7996))
 - Fix a long standing bug where HTTP HEAD requests resulted in a 400 error. ([\#7999](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7999))
 - Fix a long-standing bug which caused two copies of some log lines to be written when synctl was used along with a MemoryHandler logger. ([\#8011](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8011), [\#8012](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8012))
 
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ Bugfixes
 - Transfer alias mappings on room upgrade. ([\#6946](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6946))
 - Ensure that a user interactive authentication session is tied to a single request. ([\#7068](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7068), [\#7455](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7455))
 - Fix a bug in the federation API which could cause occasional "Failed to get PDU" errors. ([\#7089](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7089))
-- Return the proper error (`M_BAD_ALIAS`) when a non-existant canonical alias is provided. ([\#7109](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7109))
+- Return the proper error (`M_BAD_ALIAS`) when a non-existent canonical alias is provided. ([\#7109](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7109))
 - Fix a bug which meant that groups updates were not correctly replicated between workers. ([\#7117](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7117))
 - Fix starting workers when federation sending not split out. ([\#7133](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7133))
 - Ensure `is_verified` is a boolean in responses to `GET /_matrix/client/r0/room_keys/keys`. Also warn the user if they forgot the `version` query param. ([\#7150](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7150))
@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ Bugfixes
 - Fix bad error handling that would cause Synapse to crash if it's provided with a YAML configuration file that's either empty or doesn't parse into a key-value map. ([\#7341](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7341))
 - Fix incorrect metrics reporting for `renew_attestations` background task. ([\#7344](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7344))
 - Prevent non-federating rooms from appearing in responses to federated `POST /publicRoom` requests when a filter was included. ([\#7367](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7367))
-- Fix a bug which would cause the room durectory to be incorrectly populated if Synapse was upgraded directly from v1.2.1 or earlier to v1.4.0 or later. Note that this fix does not apply retrospectively; see the [upgrade notes](docs/upgrade.md#upgrading-to-v1130) for more information. ([\#7387](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7387))
+- Fix a bug which would cause the room directory to be incorrectly populated if Synapse was upgraded directly from v1.2.1 or earlier to v1.4.0 or later. Note that this fix does not apply retrospectively; see the [upgrade notes](docs/upgrade.md#upgrading-to-v1130) for more information. ([\#7387](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7387))
 - Fix bug in `EventContext.deserialize`. ([\#7393](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7393))
 
 
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ Security advisory
 -----------------
 
 Synapse may be vulnerable to request-smuggling attacks when it is used with a
-reverse-proxy. The vulnerabilties are fixed in Twisted 20.3.0, and are
+reverse-proxy. The vulnerabilities are fixed in Twisted 20.3.0, and are
 described in
 [CVE-2020-10108](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-10108)
 and
@@ -1748,7 +1748,7 @@ Internal Changes
 - Refactoring work in preparation for changing the event redaction algorithm. ([\#6874](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6874), [\#6875](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6875), [\#6983](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6983), [\#7003](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7003))
 - Improve performance of v2 state resolution for large rooms. ([\#6952](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6952), [\#7095](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7095))
 - Reduce time spent doing GC, by freezing objects on startup. ([\#6953](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6953))
-- Minor perfermance fixes to `get_auth_chain_ids`. ([\#6954](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6954))
+- Minor performance fixes to `get_auth_chain_ids`. ([\#6954](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6954))
 - Don't record remote cross-signing keys in the `devices` table. ([\#6956](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6956))
 - Use flake8-comprehensions to enforce good hygiene of list/set/dict comprehensions. ([\#6957](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6957))
 - Merge worker apps together. ([\#6964](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6964), [\#7002](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7002), [\#7055](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7055), [\#7104](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7104))
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ Bugfixes
 - Allow URL-encoded User IDs on `/_synapse/admin/v2/users/<user_id>[/admin]` endpoints. Thanks to @NHAS for reporting. ([\#6825](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6825))
 - Fix Synapse refusing to start if `federation_certificate_verification_whitelist` option is blank. ([\#6849](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6849))
 - Fix errors from logging in the purge jobs related to the message retention policies support. ([\#6945](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6945))
-- Return a 404 instead of 200 for querying information of a non-existant user through the admin API. ([\#6901](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6901))
+- Return a 404 instead of 200 for querying information of a non-existent user through the admin API. ([\#6901](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6901))
 
 
 Updates to the Docker image
@@ -1889,7 +1889,7 @@ Bugfixes
 Synapse 1.10.0rc4 (2020-02-11)
 ==============================
 
-This release candidate was built incorrectly and is superceded by 1.10.0rc5.
+This release candidate was built incorrectly and is superseded by 1.10.0rc5.
 
 Synapse 1.10.0rc3 (2020-02-10)
 ==============================

docs/changelogs/CHANGES-2021.md

@@ -2270,7 +2270,7 @@ Features
 Bugfixes
 --------
 
-- Fix spurious errors in logs when deleting a non-existant pusher. ([\#9121](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9121))
+- Fix spurious errors in logs when deleting a non-existent pusher. ([\#9121](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9121))
 - Fix a long-standing bug where Synapse would return a 500 error when a thumbnail did not exist (and auto-generation of thumbnails was not enabled). ([\#9163](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9163))
 - Fix a long-standing bug where an internal server error was raised when attempting to preview an HTML document in an unknown character encoding. ([\#9164](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9164))
 - Fix a long-standing bug where invalid data could cause errors when calculating the presentable room name for push. ([\#9165](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/9165))
@@ -2522,7 +2522,7 @@ Bugfixes
 - Fix a long-standing bug where a `m.image` event without a `url` would cause errors on push. ([\#8965](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8965))
 - Fix a small bug in v2 state resolution algorithm, which could also cause performance issues for rooms with large numbers of power levels. ([\#8971](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8971))
 - Add validation to the `sendToDevice` API to raise a missing parameters error instead of a 500 error. ([\#8975](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8975))
-- Add validation of group IDs to raise a 400 error instead of a 500 eror. ([\#8977](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8977))
+- Add validation of group IDs to raise a 400 error instead of a 500 error. ([\#8977](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8977))
 
 
 Improved Documentation

docs/changelogs/CHANGES-2022.md

@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ Improved Documentation
 ----------------------
 
 - Upload documentation PRs to Netlify. ([\#12947](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12947), [\#14370](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14370))
-- Add addtional TURN server configuration example based on [eturnal](https://github.com/processone/eturnal) and adjust general TURN server doc structure. ([\#14293](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14293))
+- Add additional TURN server configuration example based on [eturnal](https://github.com/processone/eturnal) and adjust general TURN server doc structure. ([\#14293](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14293))
 - Add example on how to load balance /sync requests. Contributed by [aceArt](https://aceart.de). ([\#14297](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14297))
 - Edit sample Nginx reverse proxy configuration to use HTTP/1.1. Contributed by Brad Jones. ([\#14414](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14414))
 
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ Internal Changes
 - When authenticating batched events, check for auth events in batch as well as DB. ([\#14214](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14214))
 - Update CI config to avoid GitHub Actions deprecation warnings. ([\#14216](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14216), [\#14224](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14224))
 - Update dependency requirements to allow building with poetry-core 1.3.2. ([\#14217](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14217))
-- Rename the `cache_memory` extra to `cache-memory`, for compatability with poetry-core 1.3.0 and [PEP 685](https://peps.python.org/pep-0685/). From-source installations using this extra will need to install using the new name. ([\#14221](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14221))
+- Rename the `cache_memory` extra to `cache-memory`, for compatibility with poetry-core 1.3.0 and [PEP 685](https://peps.python.org/pep-0685/). From-source installations using this extra will need to install using the new name. ([\#14221](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14221))
 - Specify dev-dependencies using lower bounds, to reduce the likelihood of a dependabot merge conflict. The lockfile continues to pin to specific versions. ([\#14227](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14227))
 
 
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ Bugfixes
 Internal Changes
 ----------------
 
-- Rename the `url_preview` extra to `url-preview`, for compatability with poetry-core 1.3.0 and [PEP 685](https://peps.python.org/pep-0685/). From-source installations using this extra will need to install using the new name. ([\#14085](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14085))
+- Rename the `url_preview` extra to `url-preview`, for compatibility with poetry-core 1.3.0 and [PEP 685](https://peps.python.org/pep-0685/). From-source installations using this extra will need to install using the new name. ([\#14085](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14085))
 
 
 Synapse 1.69.0rc2 (2022-10-06)
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ Improved Documentation
 - Note that `libpq` is required on ARM-based Macs. ([\#13480](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13480))
 - Fix a mistake in the config manual introduced in Synapse 1.22.0: the `event_cache_size` _is_ scaled by `caches.global_factor`. ([\#13726](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13726))
 - Fix a typo in the documentation for the login ratelimiting configuration. ([\#13727](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13727))
-- Define Synapse's compatability policy for SQLite versions. ([\#13728](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13728))
+- Define Synapse's compatibility policy for SQLite versions. ([\#13728](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13728))
 - Add docs for the common fix of deleting the `matrix_synapse.egg-info/` directory for fixing Python dependency problems. ([\#13785](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13785))
 - Update request log format documentation to mention the format used when the authenticated user is controlling another user. ([\#13794](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/13794))
 
@@ -2035,7 +2035,7 @@ Internal Changes
 - Add opentracing spans to calls to external cache. ([\#12380](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12380))
 - Lay groundwork for using `poetry` to manage Synapse's dependencies. ([\#12381](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12381), [\#12407](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12407), [\#12412](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12412), [\#12418](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12418))
 - Make missing `importlib_metadata` dependency explicit. ([\#12384](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12384), [\#12400](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12400))
-- Update type annotations for compatiblity with prometheus_client 0.14. ([\#12389](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12389))
+- Update type annotations for compatibility with prometheus_client 0.14. ([\#12389](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12389))
 - Remove support for the unstable identifiers specified in [MSC3288](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3288). ([\#12398](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12398))
 - Add missing type hints to configuration classes. ([\#12402](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12402))
 - Add files used to build the Docker image used for complement testing into the Synapse repository. ([\#12404](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12404))
@@ -2207,7 +2207,7 @@ Deprecations and Removals
 
 - **Remove workaround introduced in Synapse 1.50.0 for Mjolnir compatibility. Breaks compatibility with Mjolnir 1.3.1 and earlier. ([\#11700](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11700))**
 - **`synctl` has been moved into into `synapse._scripts` and is exposed as an entry point; see [upgrade notes](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/docs/upgrade.md#synctl-script-has-been-moved). ([\#12140](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12140))
-- Remove backwards compatibilty with pagination tokens from the `/relations` and `/aggregations` endpoints generated from Synapse < v1.52.0. ([\#12138](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12138))
+- Remove backwards compatibility with pagination tokens from the `/relations` and `/aggregations` endpoints generated from Synapse < v1.52.0. ([\#12138](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12138))
 - The groups/communities feature in Synapse has been deprecated. ([\#12200](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12200))
 
 
@@ -2586,10 +2586,10 @@ Bugfixes
 Improved Documentation
 ----------------------
 
-- Warn against using a Let's Encrypt certificate for TLS/DTLS TURN server client connections, and suggest using ZeroSSL certificate instead. This works around client-side connectivity errors caused by WebRTC libraries that reject Let's Encrypt certificates. Contibuted by @AndrewFerr. ([\#11686](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11686))
+- Warn against using a Let's Encrypt certificate for TLS/DTLS TURN server client connections, and suggest using ZeroSSL certificate instead. This works around client-side connectivity errors caused by WebRTC libraries that reject Let's Encrypt certificates. Contributed by @AndrewFerr. ([\#11686](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11686))
 - Document the new `SYNAPSE_TEST_PERSIST_SQLITE_DB` environment variable in the contributing guide. ([\#11715](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11715))
 - Document that the minimum supported PostgreSQL version is now 10. ([\#11725](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11725))
-- Fix typo in demo docs: differnt. ([\#11735](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11735))
+- Fix typo in demo docs: different. ([\#11735](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11735))
 - Update room spec URL in config files. ([\#11739](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11739))
 - Mention `python3-venv` and `libpq-dev` dependencies in the contribution guide. ([\#11740](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11740))
 - Update documentation for configuring login with Facebook. ([\#11755](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11755))
@@ -2707,7 +2707,7 @@ Improved Documentation
 
 - Update Synapse install command for FreeBSD as the package is now prefixed with `py38`. Contributed by @itchychips. ([\#11267](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11267))
 - Document the usage of refresh tokens. ([\#11427](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11427))
-- Add details for how to configure a TURN server when behind a NAT. Contibuted by @AndrewFerr. ([\#11553](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11553))
+- Add details for how to configure a TURN server when behind a NAT. Contributed by @AndrewFerr. ([\#11553](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11553))
 - Add references for using Postgres to the Docker documentation. ([\#11640](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11640))
 - Fix the documentation link in newly-generated configuration files. ([\#11678](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11678))
 - Correct the documentation for `nginx` to use a case-sensitive url pattern. Fixes an error introduced in v1.21.0. ([\#11680](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/11680))

docs/changelogs/CHANGES-pre-1.0.md

@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ Bugfixes
 - Fix error message for events with m.room.create missing from auth_events ([\#3960](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3960))
 - Fix errors due to concurrent monthly_active_user upserts ([\#3961](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3961))
 - Fix exceptions when processing incoming events over federation ([\#3968](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3968))
-- Replaced all occurences of e.message with str(e). Contributed by Schnuffle ([\#3970](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3970))
+- Replaced all occurrences of e.message with str(e). Contributed by Schnuffle ([\#3970](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3970))
 - Fix lazy loaded sync in the presence of rejected state events ([\#3986](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3986))
 - Fix error when logging incomplete HTTP requests ([\#3990](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3990))
 
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ Internal Changes
 - Fix the docker image building on python 3 ([\#3911](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3911))
 - Add a regression test for logging failed HTTP requests on Python 3. ([\#3912](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3912))
 - Comments and interface cleanup for on_receive_pdu ([\#3924](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3924))
-- Fix spurious exceptions when remote http client closes conncetion ([\#3925](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3925))
+- Fix spurious exceptions when remote http client closes connection ([\#3925](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3925))
 - Log exceptions thrown by background tasks ([\#3927](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3927))
 - Add a cache to get_destination_retry_timings ([\#3933](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3933), [\#3991](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3991))
 - Automate pushes to docker hub ([\#3946](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3946))
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ Bugfixes
 - Make the tests pass on Twisted < 18.7.0 ([\#3676](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3676))
 - Don’t ship recaptcha_ajax.js, use it directly from Google ([\#3677](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3677))
 - Fixes test_reap_monthly_active_users so it passes under postgres ([\#3681](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3681))
-- Fix mau blocking calulation bug on login ([\#3689](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3689))
+- Fix mau blocking calculation bug on login ([\#3689](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3689))
 - Fix missing yield in synapse.storage.monthly_active_users.initialise_reserved_users ([\#3692](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3692))
 - Improve HTTP request logging to include all requests ([\#3700](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3700))
 - Avoid timing out requests while we are streaming back the response ([\#3701](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/3701))
@@ -1314,10 +1314,10 @@ Changes:
 -   Remove users from user directory on deactivate (PR #3277)
 -   Avoid sending consent notice to guest users (PR #3288)
 -   disable CPUMetrics if no /proc/self/stat (PR #3299)
--   Consistently use six\'s iteritems and wrap lazy keys/values in list() if they\'re not meant to be lazy (PR #3307)
+-   Consistently use six's iteritems and wrap lazy keys/values in list() if they're not meant to be lazy (PR #3307)
 -   Add private IPv6 addresses to example config for url preview blacklist (PR #3317) Thanks to @thegcat!
 -   Reduce stuck read-receipts: ignore depth when updating (PR #3318)
--   Put python\'s logs into Trial when running unit tests (PR #3319)
+-   Put python's logs into Trial when running unit tests (PR #3319)
 
 Changes, python 3 migration:
 
@@ -1344,13 +1344,13 @@ Changes in synapse v0.30.0 (2018-05-24)
 
 \'Server Notices\' are a new feature introduced in Synapse 0.30. They provide a channel whereby server administrators can send messages to users on the server.
 
-They are used as part of communication of the server policies (see `docs/consent_tracking.md`), however the intention is that they may also find a use for features such as \"Message of the day\".
+They are used as part of communication of the server policies (see `docs/consent_tracking.md`), however the intention is that they may also find a use for features such as "Message of the day".
 
 This feature is specific to Synapse, but uses standard Matrix communication mechanisms, so should work with any Matrix client. For more details see `docs/server_notices.md`
 
 Further Server Notices/Consent Tracking Support:
 
--   Allow overriding the server\_notices user\'s avatar (PR #3273)
+-   Allow overriding the server\_notices user's avatar (PR #3273)
 -   Use the localpart in the consent uri (PR #3272)
 -   Support for putting %(consent\_uri)s in messages (PR #3271)
 -   Block attempts to send server notices to remote users (PR #3270)
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ Changes:
 -   Remove unused update\_external\_syncs (PR #3233)
 -   Use stream rather depth ordering for push actions (PR #3212)
 -   Make purge\_history operate on tokens (PR #3221)
--   Don\'t support limitless pagination (PR #3265)
+-   Don't support limitless pagination (PR #3265)
 
 Bug Fixes:
 
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ Changes - Python 3 migration:
 -   Make event properties raise AttributeError instead (PR #3102) Thanks to @NotAFile!
 -   Use six.moves.urlparse (PR #3108) Thanks to @NotAFile!
 -   Add py3 tests to tox with folders that work (PR #3145) Thanks to @NotAFile!
--   Don\'t yield in list comprehensions (PR #3150) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+-   Don't yield in list comprehensions (PR #3150) Thanks to @NotAFile!
 -   Move more xrange to six (PR #3151) Thanks to @NotAFile!
 -   make imports local (PR #3152) Thanks to @NotAFile!
 -   move httplib import to six (PR #3153) Thanks to @NotAFile!
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ v0.27.3-rc1 used a stale version of the develop branch so the changelog overstat
 Changes in synapse v0.27.3-rc1 (2018-04-09)
 ===========================================
 
-Notable changes include API support for joinability of groups. Also new metrics and phone home stats. Phone home stats include better visibility of system usage so we can tweak synpase to work better for all users rather than our own experience with matrix.org. Also, recording \'r30\' stat which is the measure we use to track overal growth of the Matrix ecosystem. It is defined as:-
+Notable changes include API support for joinability of groups. Also new metrics and phone home stats. Phone home stats include better visibility of system usage so we can tweak synpase to work better for all users rather than our own experience with matrix.org. Also, recording \'r30\' stat which is the measure we use to track overall growth of the Matrix ecosystem. It is defined as:-
 
 Counts the number of native 30 day retained users, defined as:- \* Users who have created their accounts more than 30 days
 
@@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@ Changes:
 -   No longer require a specific version of saml2 (PR #2695) Thanks to @okurz!
 -   Remove `verbosity`/`log_file` from generated config (PR #2755)
 -   Add and improve metrics and logging (PR #2770, #2778, #2785, #2786, #2787, #2793, #2794, #2795, #2809, #2810, #2833, #2834, #2844, #2965, #2927, #2975, #2790, #2796, #2838)
--   When using synctl with workers, don\'t start the main synapse automatically (PR #2774)
+-   When using synctl with workers, Don't start the main synapse automatically (PR #2774)
 -   Minor performance improvements (PR #2773, #2792)
 -   Use a connection pool for non-federation outbound connections (PR #2817)
 -   Make it possible to run unit tests against postgres (PR #2829)
@@ -1848,7 +1848,7 @@ Changes:
 Bug fixes:
 
 -   Fix caching error in the push evaluator (PR #2332)
--   Fix bug where pusherpool didn\'t start and broke some rooms (PR #2342)
+-   Fix bug where pusherpool didn't start and broke some rooms (PR #2342)
 -   Fix port script for user directory tables (PR #2375)
 -   Fix device lists notifications when user rejoins a room (PR #2443, #2449)
 -   Fix sync to always send down current state events in timeline (PR #2451)
@@ -1860,7 +1860,7 @@ Changes in synapse v0.22.1 (2017-07-06)
 
 Bug fixes:
 
--   Fix bug where pusher pool didn\'t start and caused issues when interacting with some rooms (PR #2342)
+-   Fix bug where pusher pool didn't start and caused issues when interacting with some rooms (PR #2342)
 
 Changes in synapse v0.22.0 (2017-07-06)
 =======================================
@@ -1933,7 +1933,7 @@ Changes:
 
 -   Various small performance fixes (PR #2201, #2202, #2224, #2226, #2227, #2228, #2229)
 -   Update username availability checker API (PR #2209, #2213)
--   When purging, don\'t de-delta state groups we\'re about to delete (PR #2214)
+-   When purging, Don't de-delta state groups we're about to delete (PR #2214)
 -   Documentation to check synapse version (PR #2215) Thanks to @hamber-dick!
 -   Add an index to event\_search to speed up purge history API (PR #2218)
 
@@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ Bug fixes:
 -   Fix invite state to always include all events (PR #2163)
 -   Fix bug where synapse would always fetch state for any missing event (PR #2170)
 -   Fix a leak with timed out HTTP connections (PR #2180)
--   Fix bug where we didn\'t time out HTTP requests to ASes (PR #2192)
+-   Fix bug where we didn't time out HTTP requests to ASes (PR #2192)
 
 Docs:
 
@@ -2016,7 +2016,7 @@ Changes:
 -   Minor `/sync` performance improvements. (PR #2002, #2013, #2022)
 -   Add some debug to help diagnose weird federation issue (PR #2035)
 -   Correctly limit retries for all federation requests (PR #2050, #2061)
--   Don\'t lock table when persisting new one time keys (PR #2053)
+-   Don't lock table when persisting new one time keys (PR #2053)
 -   Reduce some CPU work on DB threads (PR #2054)
 -   Cache hosts in room (PR #2060)
 -   Batch sending of device list pokes (PR #2063)
@@ -2033,7 +2033,7 @@ Bug fixes:
 -   Fix bug when federation received a PDU while a room join is in progress (PR #2016)
 -   Fix resetting state on rejected events (PR #2025)
 -   Fix installation issues in readme. Thanks @ricco386 (PR #2037)
--   Fix caching of remote servers\' signature keys (PR #2042)
+-   Fix caching of remote servers' signature keys (PR #2042)
 -   Fix some leaking log context (PR #2048, #2049, #2057, #2058)
 -   Fix rejection of invites not reaching sync (PR #2056)
 
@@ -2060,7 +2060,7 @@ Changes:
 
 -   Reduce database table sizes (PR #1873, #1916, #1923, #1963)
 -   Update contrib/ to not use syutil. Thanks to andrewshadura! (PR #1907)
--   Don\'t fetch current state when sending an event in common case (PR #1955)
+-   Don't fetch current state when sending an event in common case (PR #1955)
 
 Bug fixes:
 
@@ -2068,7 +2068,7 @@ Bug fixes:
 -   Fix caching to not cache error responses (PR #1913)
 -   Fix APIs to make kick & ban reasons work (PR #1917)
 -   Fix bugs in the /keys/changes api (PR #1921)
--   Fix bug where users couldn\'t forget rooms they were banned from (PR #1922)
+-   Fix bug where users couldn't forget rooms they were banned from (PR #1922)
 -   Fix issue with long language values in pushers API (PR #1925)
 -   Fix a race in transaction queue (PR #1930)
 -   Fix dynamic thumbnailing to preserve aspect ratio. Thanks to jkolo! (PR #1945)
@@ -2129,7 +2129,7 @@ Changes:
 -   Measure size of some caches by sum of the size of cached values (PR #1815)
 -   Measure metrics of string\_cache (PR #1821)
 -   Reduce logging verbosity (PR #1822, #1823, #1824)
--   Don\'t clobber a displayname or avatar\_url if provided by an m.room.member event (PR #1852)
+-   Don't clobber a displayname or avatar\_url if provided by an m.room.member event (PR #1852)
 -   Better handle 401/404 response for federation /send/ (PR #1866, #1871)
 
 Fixes:
@@ -2141,7 +2141,7 @@ Fixes:
 
 Performance:
 
--   Don\'t block messages sending on bumping presence (PR #1789)
+-   Don't block messages sending on bumping presence (PR #1789)
 -   Change device\_inbox stream index to include user (PR #1793)
 -   Optimise state resolution (PR #1818)
 -   Use DB cache of joined users for presence (PR #1862)
@@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ Changes in synapse v0.18.7-rc2 (2017-01-07)
 
 Bug fixes:
 
--   Fix error in rc1\'s discarding invalid inbound traffic logic that was incorrectly discarding missing events
+-   Fix error in rc1's discarding invalid inbound traffic logic that was incorrectly discarding missing events
 
 Changes in synapse v0.18.7-rc1 (2017-01-06)
 ===========================================
@@ -2181,7 +2181,7 @@ Changes in synapse v0.18.6-rc3 (2017-01-05)
 Bug fixes:
 
 -   Fix bug where we failed to send ban events to the banned server (PR #1758)
--   Fix bug where we sent event that didn\'t originate on this server to other servers (PR #1764)
+-   Fix bug where we sent event that didn't originate on this server to other servers (PR #1764)
 -   Fix bug where processing an event from a remote server took a long time because we were making long HTTP requests (PR #1765, PR #1744)
 
 Changes:
@@ -2208,7 +2208,7 @@ Changes in synapse v0.18.5 (2016-12-16)
 
 Bug fixes:
 
--   Fix federation /backfill returning events it shouldn\'t (PR #1700)
+-   Fix federation /backfill returning events it shouldn't (PR #1700)
 -   Fix crash in url preview (PR #1701)
 
 Changes in synapse v0.18.5-rc3 (2016-12-13)
@@ -2231,11 +2231,11 @@ Changes:
 
 Bug fixes:
 
--   Fix handling of 500 and 429\'s over federation (PR #1650)
+-   Fix handling of 500 and 429's over federation (PR #1650)
 -   Fix Content-Type header parsing (PR #1660)
 -   Fix error when previewing sites that include unicode, thanks to kyrias (PR #1664)
 -   Fix some cases where we drop read receipts (PR #1678)
--   Fix bug where calls to `/sync` didn\'t correctly timeout (PR #1683)
+-   Fix bug where calls to `/sync` didn't correctly timeout (PR #1683)
 -   Fix bug where E2E key query would fail if a single remote host failed (PR #1686)
 
 Changes in synapse v0.18.5-rc2 (2016-11-24)
@@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@ Changes in synapse v0.18.5-rc2 (2016-11-24)
 
 Bug fixes:
 
--   Don\'t send old events over federation, fixes bug in -rc1.
+-   Don't send old events over federation, fixes bug in -rc1.
 
 Changes in synapse v0.18.5-rc1 (2016-11-24)
 ===========================================
@@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ Features:
 
 Changes:
 
--   Use external ldap auth pacakge (PR #1628)
+-   Use external ldap auth package (PR #1628)
 -   Split out federation transaction sending to a worker (PR #1635)
 -   Fail with a coherent error message if /sync?filter= is invalid (PR #1636)
 -   More efficient notif count queries (PR #1644)
@@ -2289,7 +2289,7 @@ SECURITY UPDATE
 
 Explicitly require authentication when using LDAP3. This is the default on versions of `ldap3` above 1.0, but some distributions will package an older version.
 
-If you are using LDAP3 login and have a version of `ldap3` older than 1.0 it is **CRITICAL to updgrade**.
+If you are using LDAP3 login and have a version of `ldap3` older than 1.0 it is **CRITICAL to upgrade**.
 
 Changes in synapse v0.18.2 (2016-11-01)
 =======================================
@@ -2440,7 +2440,7 @@ Features:
 Changes:
 
 -   Avoid pulling the full state of a room out so often (PR #1047, #1049, #1063, #1068)
--   Don\'t notify for online to online presence transitions. (PR #1054)
+-   Don't notify for online to online presence transitions. (PR #1054)
 -   Occasionally persist unpersisted presence updates (PR #1055)
 -   Allow application services to have an optional \'url\' (PR #1056)
 -   Clean up old sent transactions from DB (PR #1059)
@@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ Features:
 
 Changes:
 
--   Don\'t print stack traces when failing to get remote keys (PR #996)
+-   Don't print stack traces when failing to get remote keys (PR #996)
 -   Various federation /event/ perf improvements (PR #998)
 -   Only process one local membership event per room at a time (PR #1005)
 -   Move default display name push rule (PR #1011, #1023)
@@ -2488,7 +2488,7 @@ Bug fixes:
 -   Fix /sync to not clobber status\_msg (PR #997)
 -   Fix redacted state events to include prev\_content (PR #1003)
 -   Fix some bugs in the auth/ldap handler (PR #1007)
--   Fix backfill request to limit URI length, so that remotes don\'t reject the requests due to path length limits (PR #1012)
+-   Fix backfill request to limit URI length, so that remotes Don't reject the requests due to path length limits (PR #1012)
 -   Fix AS push code to not send duplicate events (PR #1025)
 
 Changes in synapse v0.17.0 (2016-08-08)
@@ -2577,8 +2577,8 @@ Changes:
 -   Send the correct host header when fetching keys (PR #941)
 -   Log the hostname the reCAPTCHA was completed on (PR #946)
 -   Make the device id on e2e key upload optional (PR #956)
--   Add r0.2.0 to the \"supported versions\" list (PR #960)
--   Don\'t include name of room for invites in push (PR #961)
+-   Add r0.2.0 to the "supported versions" list (PR #960)
+-   Don't include name of room for invites in push (PR #961)
 
 Bug fixes:
 
@@ -2596,7 +2596,7 @@ Changes in synapse v0.16.1-r1 (2016-07-08)
 
 THIS IS A CRITICAL SECURITY UPDATE.
 
-This fixes a bug which allowed users\' accounts to be accessed by unauthorised users.
+This fixes a bug which allowed users' accounts to be accessed by unauthorised users.
 
 Changes in synapse v0.16.1 (2016-06-20)
 =======================================
@@ -2619,7 +2619,7 @@ Features: None
 Changes:
 
 -   Log requester for `/publicRoom` endpoints when possible (PR #856)
--   502 on `/thumbnail` when can\'t connect to remote server (PR #862)
+-   502 on `/thumbnail` when can't connect to remote server (PR #862)
 -   Linearize fetching of gaps on incoming events (PR #871)
 
 Bugs fixes:
@@ -2640,7 +2640,7 @@ NB: As of v0.14 all AS config files must have an ID field.
 
 Bug fixes:
 
--   Don\'t make rooms published by default (PR #857)
+-   Don't make rooms published by default (PR #857)
 
 Changes in synapse v0.16.0-rc2 (2016-06-08)
 ===========================================
@@ -2658,7 +2658,7 @@ Bug fixes:
 
 -   Fix \'From\' header in email notifications (PR #843)
 -   Fix presence where timeouts were not being fired for the first 8h after restarts (PR #842)
--   Fix bug where synapse sent malformed transactions to AS\'s when retrying transactions (Commits 310197b, 8437906)
+-   Fix bug where synapse sent malformed transactions to AS's when retrying transactions (Commits 310197b, 8437906)
 
 Performance improvements:
 
@@ -2685,7 +2685,7 @@ Changes:
 
 -   Report per request metrics for all of the things using request\_handler (PR #756)
 -   Correctly handle `NULL` password hashes from the database (PR #775)
--   Allow receipts for events we haven\'t seen in the db (PR #784)
+-   Allow receipts for events we haven't seen in the db (PR #784)
 -   Make synctl read a cache factor from config file (PR #785)
 -   Increment badge count per missed convo, not per msg (PR #793)
 -   Special case m.room.third\_party\_invite event auth to match invites (PR #814)
@@ -2737,7 +2737,7 @@ Changes:
 Bug fixes:
 
 -   Fix bug where disabling all notifications still resulted in push (PR #678)
--   Fix bug where users couldn\'t reject remote invites if remote refused (PR #691)
+-   Fix bug where users couldn't reject remote invites if remote refused (PR #691)
 -   Fix bug where synapse attempted to backfill from itself (PR #693)
 -   Fix bug where profile information was not correctly added when joining remote rooms (PR #703)
 -   Fix bug where register API required incorrect key name for AS registration (PR #727)
@@ -2775,7 +2775,7 @@ Features:
 -   Add event\_id to response to state event PUT (PR #581)
 -   Allow guest users access to messages in rooms they have joined (PR #587)
 -   Add config for what state is included in a room invite (PR #598)
--   Send the inviter\'s member event in room invite state (PR #607)
+-   Send the inviter's member event in room invite state (PR #607)
 -   Add error codes for malformed/bad JSON in /login (PR #608)
 -   Add support for changing the actions for default rules (PR #609)
 -   Add environment variable SYNAPSE\_CACHE\_FACTOR, default it to 0.1 (PR #612)
@@ -2788,7 +2788,7 @@ Changes:
 -   Make adding push rules idempotent (PR #587)
 -   Improve presence performance (PR #582, #586)
 -   Change presence semantics for `last_active_ago` (PR #582, #586)
--   Don\'t allow `m.room.create` to be changed (PR #596)
+-   Don't allow `m.room.create` to be changed (PR #596)
 -   Add 800x600 to default list of valid thumbnail sizes (PR #616)
 -   Always include kicks and bans in full /sync (PR #625)
 -   Send history visibility on boundary changes (PR #626)
@@ -2854,7 +2854,7 @@ Features:
 
 Changes:
 
--   Change `/sync` so that guest users only get rooms they\'ve joined (PR #469)
+-   Change `/sync` so that guest users only get rooms they've joined (PR #469)
 -   Change to require unbanning before other membership changes (PR #501)
 -   Change default push rules to notify for all messages (PR #486)
 -   Change default push rules to not notify on membership changes (PR #514)
@@ -2863,12 +2863,12 @@ Changes:
 -   Change server manhole to use SSH rather than telnet (PR #473)
 -   Change server to require AS users to be registered before use (PR #487)
 -   Change server not to start when ASes are invalidly configured (PR #494)
--   Change server to require ID and `as_token` to be unique for AS\'s (PR #496)
+-   Change server to require ID and `as_token` to be unique for AS's (PR #496)
 -   Change maximum pagination limit to 1000 (PR #497)
 
 Bug fixes:
 
--   Fix bug where `/sync` didn\'t return when something under the leave key changed (PR #461)
+-   Fix bug where `/sync` didn't return when something under the leave key changed (PR #461)
 -   Fix bug where we returned smaller rather than larger than requested thumbnails when `method=crop` (PR #464)
 -   Fix thumbnails API to only return cropped thumbnails when asking for a cropped thumbnail (PR #475)
 -   Fix bug where we occasionally still logged access tokens (PR #477)
@@ -2888,7 +2888,7 @@ Changes in synapse v0.12.0-rc3 (2015-12-23)
 -   Allow guest accounts access to `/sync` (PR #455)
 -   Allow filters to include/exclude rooms at the room level rather than just from the components of the sync for each room. (PR #454)
 -   Include urls for room avatars in the response to `/publicRooms` (PR #453)
--   Don\'t set a identicon as the avatar for a user when they register (PR #450)
+-   Don't set a identicon as the avatar for a user when they register (PR #450)
 -   Add a `display_name` to third-party invites (PR #449)
 -   Send more information to the identity server for third-party invites so that it can send richer messages to the invitee (PR #446)
 -   Cache the responses to `/initialSync` for 5 minutes. If a client retries a request to `/initialSync` before the a response was computed to the first request then the same response is used for both requests (PR #457)
@@ -2917,7 +2917,7 @@ Changes in synapse v0.12.0-rc1 (2015-12-10)
     -   Filter JSON objects may now be passed as query parameters to `/sync` (PR #431)
     -   Fix implementation of `/admin/whois` (PR #418)
     -   Only include the rooms that user has left in `/sync` if the client requests them in the filter (PR #423)
-    -   Don\'t push for `m.room.message` by default (PR #411)
+    -   Don't push for `m.room.message` by default (PR #411)
     -   Add API for setting per account user data (PR #392)
     -   Allow users to forget rooms (PR #385)
 -   Performance improvements and monitoring:
@@ -2932,8 +2932,8 @@ Changes in synapse v0.11.1 (2015-11-20)
 =======================================
 
 -   Add extra options to search API (PR #394)
--   Fix bug where we did not correctly cap federation retry timers. This meant it could take several hours for servers to start talking to ressurected servers, even when they were receiving traffic from them (PR #393)
--   Don\'t advertise login token flow unless CAS is enabled. This caused issues where some clients would always use the fallback API if they did not recognize all login flows (PR #391)
+-   Fix bug where we did not correctly cap federation retry timers. This meant it could take several hours for servers to start talking to resurrected servers, even when they were receiving traffic from them (PR #393)
+-   Don't advertise login token flow unless CAS is enabled. This caused issues where some clients would always use the fallback API if they did not recognize all login flows (PR #391)
 -   Change /v2 sync API to rename `private_user_data` to `account_data` (PR #386)
 -   Change /v2 sync API to remove the `event_map` and rename keys in `rooms` object (PR #389)
 
@@ -2973,7 +2973,7 @@ Changes in synapse v0.11.0-rc1 (2015-11-11)
 -   Change retry schedule for application services (PR #320)
 -   Change retry schedule for remote servers (PR #340)
 -   Fix bug where we hosted static content in the incorrect place (PR #329)
--   Fix bug where we didn\'t increment retry interval for remote servers (PR #343)
+-   Fix bug where we didn't increment retry interval for remote servers (PR #343)
 
 Changes in synapse v0.10.1-rc1 (2015-10-15)
 ===========================================
@@ -3058,9 +3058,9 @@ General:
 -   Error if a user tries to register with an email already in use. (PR #211)
 -   Add extra and improve existing caches (PR #212, #219, #226, #228)
 -   Batch various storage request (PR #226, #228)
--   Fix bug where we didn\'t correctly log the entity that triggered the request if the request came in via an application service (PR #230)
+-   Fix bug where we didn't correctly log the entity that triggered the request if the request came in via an application service (PR #230)
 -   Fix bug where we needlessly regenerated the full list of rooms an AS is interested in. (PR #232)
--   Add support for AS\'s to use v2\_alpha registration API (PR #210)
+-   Add support for AS's to use v2\_alpha registration API (PR #210)
 
 Configuration:
 
@@ -3148,7 +3148,7 @@ Configuration:
 Federation:
 
 -   Improve resilience of backfill by ensuring we fetch any missing auth events.
--   Improve performance of backfill and joining remote rooms by removing unnecessary computations. This included handling events we\'d previously handled as well as attempting to compute the current state for outliers.
+-   Improve performance of backfill and joining remote rooms by removing unnecessary computations. This included handling events we'd previously handled as well as attempting to compute the current state for outliers.
 
 Changes in synapse v0.9.1 (2015-05-26)
 ======================================
@@ -3156,7 +3156,7 @@ Changes in synapse v0.9.1 (2015-05-26)
 General:
 
 -   Add support for backfilling when a client paginates. This allows servers to request history for a room from remote servers when a client tries to paginate history the server does not have - SYN-36
--   Fix bug where you couldn\'t disable non-default pushrules - SYN-378
+-   Fix bug where you couldn't disable non-default pushrules - SYN-378
 -   Fix `register_new_user` script - SYN-359
 -   Improve performance of fetching events from the database, this improves both initialSync and sending of events.
 -   Improve performance of event streams, allowing synapse to handle more simultaneous connected clients.
@@ -3225,7 +3225,7 @@ General:
 -   Added new default push rules and made them configurable by clients:
     -   Suppress all notice messages.
     -   Notify when invited to a new room.
-    -   Notify for messages that don\'t match any rule.
+    -   Notify for messages that Don't match any rule.
     -   Notify on incoming call.
 
 Federation:
@@ -3268,7 +3268,7 @@ Changes in synapse v0.7.0 (2015-02-12)
 
         > -   Computing the state of a room at a point in time, used for authorization on federation requests.
         > -   Fetching events from the database.
-        > -   User\'s room membership, used for authorizing presence updates.
+        > -   User's room membership, used for authorizing presence updates.
 
     -   Upgraded JSON library to improve parsing and serialisation speeds.
 
@@ -3298,7 +3298,7 @@ Changes in synapse 0.6.0 (2014-12-16)
 Changes in synapse 0.5.4a (2014-12-13)
 ======================================
 
--   Fix bug while generating the error message when a file path specified in the config doesn\'t exist.
+-   Fix bug while generating the error message when a file path specified in the config doesn't exist.
 
 Changes in synapse 0.5.4 (2014-12-03)
 =====================================
@@ -3329,7 +3329,7 @@ Changes in synapse 0.5.1 (2014-11-26)
 See UPGRADES.rst for specific instructions on how to upgrade.
 
 -   Fix bug where we served up an Event that did not match its signatures.
--   Fix regression where we no longer correctly handled the case where a homeserver receives an event for a room it doesn\'t recognise (but is in.)
+-   Fix regression where we no longer correctly handled the case where a homeserver receives an event for a room it doesn't recognise (but is in.)
 
 Changes in synapse 0.5.0 (2014-11-19)
 =====================================
@@ -3342,7 +3342,7 @@ Homeserver:
 
 -   Add authentication and authorization to the federation protocol. Events are now signed by their originating homeservers.
 -   Implement the new authorization model for rooms.
--   Split out web client into a seperate repository: matrix-angular-sdk.
+-   Split out web client into a separate repository: matrix-angular-sdk.
 -   Change the structure of PDUs.
 -   Fix bug where user could not join rooms via an alias containing 4-byte UTF-8 characters.
 -   Merge concept of PDUs and Events internally.
@@ -3352,7 +3352,7 @@ Homeserver:
 
 Webclient:
 
--   The webclient has been moved to a seperate repository.
+-   The webclient has been moved to a separate repository.
 
 Changes in synapse 0.4.2 (2014-10-31)
 =====================================
@@ -3410,10 +3410,10 @@ Webclient:
 -   Add button to send messages to users from the home page.
 -   Add support for using TURN for VoIP calls.
 -   Show display name change messages.
--   Fix bug where the client didn\'t get the state of a newly joined room until after it has been refreshed.
+-   Fix bug where the client didn't get the state of a newly joined room until after it has been refreshed.
 -   Fix bugs with tab complete.
 -   Fix bug where holding down the down arrow caused chrome to chew 100% CPU.
--   Fix bug where desktop notifications occasionally used \"Undefined\" as the display name.
+-   Fix bug where desktop notifications occasionally used "Undefined" as the display name.
 -   Fix more places where we sometimes saw room IDs incorrectly.
 -   Fix bug which caused lag when entering text in the text box.
 
@@ -3427,21 +3427,21 @@ Homeserver:
 Webclient:
 
 -   Add support for video calls with basic UI.
--   Fix bug where one to one chats were named after your display name rather than the other person\'s.
+-   Fix bug where one to one chats were named after your display name rather than the other person's.
 -   Fix bug which caused lag when typing in the textarea.
--   Refuse to run on browsers we know won\'t work.
+-   Refuse to run on browsers we know won't work.
 -   Trigger pagination when joining new rooms.
--   Fix bug where we sometimes didn\'t display invitations in recents.
+-   Fix bug where we sometimes didn't display invitations in recents.
 -   Automatically join room when accepting a VoIP call.
--   Disable outgoing and reject incoming calls on browsers we don\'t support VoIP in.
--   Don\'t display desktop notifications for messages in the room you are non-idle and speaking in.
+-   Disable outgoing and reject incoming calls on browsers we Don't support VoIP in.
+-   Don't display desktop notifications for messages in the room you are non-idle and speaking in.
 
 Changes in synapse 0.3.2 (2014-09-18)
 =====================================
 
 Webclient:
 
--   Fix bug where an empty \"bing words\" list in old accounts didn\'t send notifications when it should have done.
+-   Fix bug where an empty "bing words" list in old accounts didn't send notifications when it should have done.
 
 Changes in synapse 0.3.1 (2014-09-18)
 =====================================
@@ -3451,7 +3451,7 @@ This is a release to hotfix v0.3.0 to fix two regressions.
 Webclient:
 
 -   Fix a regression where we sometimes displayed duplicate events.
--   Fix a regression where we didn\'t immediately remove rooms you were banned in from the recents list.
+-   Fix a regression where we didn't immediately remove rooms you were banned in from the recents list.
 
 Changes in synapse 0.3.0 (2014-09-18)
 =====================================
@@ -3462,8 +3462,8 @@ Homeserver:
 
 -   When a user changes their displayname or avatar the server will now update all their join states to reflect this.
 -   The server now adds \"age\" key to events to indicate how old they are. This is clock independent, so at no point does any server or webclient have to assume their clock is in sync with everyone else.
--   Fix bug where we didn\'t correctly pull in missing PDUs.
--   Fix bug where prev\_content key wasn\'t always returned.
+-   Fix bug where we didn't correctly pull in missing PDUs.
+-   Fix bug where prev\_content key wasn't always returned.
 -   Add support for password resets.
 
 Webclient:
@@ -3473,7 +3473,7 @@ Webclient:
 -   Always show room aliases in the UI if one is present.
 -   No longer show user-count in the recents side panel.
 -   Add up & down arrow support to the text box for message sending to step through your sent history.
--   Don\'t display notifications for our own messages.
+-   Don't display notifications for our own messages.
 -   Emotes are now formatted correctly in desktop notifications.
 -   The recents list now differentiates between public & private rooms.
 -   Fix bug where when switching between rooms the pagination flickered before the view jumped to the bottom of the screen.
@@ -3503,7 +3503,7 @@ Webclient:
 -   VoIP UI and reliability improvements.
 -   Add glare support for VoIP.
 -   Improvements to initial startup speed.
--   Don\'t display duplicate join events.
+-   Don't display duplicate join events.
 -   Local echo of messages.
 -   Differentiate sending and sent of local echo.
 -   Various minor bug fixes.
@@ -3587,7 +3587,7 @@ Homeserver:
 Changes in synapse 0.1.0 (2014-08-29)
 =====================================
 
-Presence has been reenabled in this release.
+Presence has been re-enabled in this release.
 
 Homeserver:
 
@@ -3629,7 +3629,7 @@ Webclient:
 -   Add profile pages.
 -   Improve CSS layout of room.
 -   Disambiguate identical display names.
--   Don\'t get remote users display names and avatars individually.
+-   Don't get remote users display names and avatars individually.
 -   Use the new initial sync API to reduce number of round trips to the homeserver.
 -   Change url scheme to use room aliases instead of room ids where known.
 -   Increase longpoll timeout.

docs/consent_tracking.md

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ to the server until they have.
 There are several parts to this functionality; each requires some specific
 configuration in `homeserver.yaml` to be enabled.
 
-Note that various parts of the configuation and this document refer to the
+Note that various parts of the configuration and this document refer to the
 "privacy policy": agreement with a privacy policy is one particular use of this
-feature, but of course adminstrators can specify other terms and conditions
+feature, but of course administrators can specify other terms and conditions
 unrelated to "privacy" per se.
 
 Collecting policy agreement from a user

docs/development/contributing_guide.md

@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ The easiest way to do so is to run Postgres via a docker container. In one
 terminal:
 
 ```shell
-docker run --rm -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword -e POSTGRES_USER=postgres -e POSTGRES_DB=postgress -p 5432:5432 postgres:14
+docker run --rm -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword -e POSTGRES_USER=postgres -e POSTGRES_DB=postgres -p 5432:5432 postgres:14
 ```
 
 If you see an error like

docs/development/synapse_architecture/faster_joins.md

@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ But don't want to send out sensitive data in other HS's events in this way.
 Suppose we discover after resync that we shouldn't have sent out one our events (not a prev_event) to a target HS. Not much we can do.
 What about if we didn't send them an event but shouldn't've?
 E.g. what if someone joined from a new HS shortly after you did? We wouldn't talk to them.
-Could imagine sending out the "Missed" events after the resync but... painful to work out what they shuld have seen if they joined/left.
+Could imagine sending out the "Missed" events after the resync but... painful to work out what they should have seen if they joined/left.
 Instead, just send them the latest event (if they're still in the room after resync) and let them backfill.(?)
 - Don't do this currently.
 - If anyone who has received our messages sends a message to a HS we missed, they can backfill our messages

docs/log_contexts.md

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ So we have stopped processing the request (and will probably go on to
 start processing the next), without clearing the logcontext.
 
 To circumvent this problem, synapse code assumes that, wherever you have
-an awaitable, you will want to `await` it. To that end, whereever
+an awaitable, you will want to `await` it. To that end, wherever
 functions return awaitables, we adopt the following conventions:
 
 **Rules for functions returning awaitables:**

docs/postgres.md

@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ of `COLLATE` and `CTYPE` unless the config flag `allow_unsafe_locale`, found in
 underneath the database, or if a different version of the locale is used on any
 replicas.
 
-If you have a databse with an unsafe locale, the safest way to fix the issue is to dump the database and recreate it with
+If you have a database with an unsafe locale, the safest way to fix the issue is to dump the database and recreate it with
 the correct locale parameter (as shown above). It is also possible to change the
 parameters on a live database and run a `REINDEX` on the entire database,
 however extreme care must be taken to avoid database corruption.

docs/setup/installation.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Dockerfile to automate a synapse server in a single Docker image, at
 <https://hub.docker.com/r/avhost/docker-matrix/tags/>
 
 Slavi Pantaleev has created an Ansible playbook,
-which installs the offical Docker image of Matrix Synapse
+which installs the official Docker image of Matrix Synapse
 along with many other Matrix-related services (Postgres database, Element, coturn,
 ma1sd, SSL support, etc.).
 For more details, see
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ For `bookworm` and `sid`, it can be installed simply with:
 sudo apt install matrix-synapse
 ```
 
-Synapse is also avaliable in `bullseye-backports`.  Please
+Synapse is also available in `bullseye-backports`.  Please
 see the [Debian documentation](https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/)
 for information on how to use backports.
 

docs/tcp_replication.md

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ noted when manually using the protocol:
     been disabled on the main process.
 -   The server will only time connections out that have sent a `PING`
     command. If a ping is sent then the connection will be closed if no
-    further commands are receieved within 15s. Both the client and
+    further commands are received within 15s. Both the client and
     server protocol implementations will send an initial PING on
     connection and ensure at least one command every 5s is sent (not
     necessarily `PING`).
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ batching. See `RdataCommand` for more details.
 
 ### Example
 
-An example iteraction is shown below. Each line is prefixed with '>'
+An example interaction is shown below. Each line is prefixed with '>'
 or '<' to indicate which side is sending, these are *not* included on
 the wire:
 

docs/turn-howto.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ This documentation provides two TURN server configuration examples:
 
 For TURN relaying to work, the TURN service must be hosted on a server/endpoint with a public IP.
 
-Hosting TURN behind NAT requires port forwaring and for the NAT gateway to have a public IP.
+Hosting TURN behind NAT requires port forwarding and for the NAT gateway to have a public IP.
 However, even with appropriate configuration, NAT is known to cause issues and to often not work.
 
 Afterwards, the homeserver needs some further configuration.

docs/upgrade.md

@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ In line with our [deprecation policy](deprecation_policy.md),
 we've dropped support for Python 3.5 and PostgreSQL 9.5, as they are no
 longer supported upstream.
 
-This release of Synapse requires Python 3.6+ and PostgresSQL 9.6+ or
+This release of Synapse requires Python 3.6+ and PostgreSQL 9.6+ or
 SQLite 3.22+.
 
 ## Removal of old List Accounts Admin API
@@ -2312,7 +2312,7 @@ for details.
 # Upgrading to v0.11.0
 
 This release includes the option to send anonymous usage stats to
-matrix.org, and requires that administrators explictly opt in or out by
+matrix.org, and requires that administrators explicitly opt in or out by
 setting the `report_stats` option to either `true` or `false`.
 
 We would really appreciate it if you could help our project out by
@@ -2416,7 +2416,7 @@ latest module, please run:
 
 # Upgrading to v0.5.0
 
-The webclient has been split out into a seperate repository/pacakage in
+The webclient has been split out into a separate repository/package in
 this release. Before you restart your homeserver you will need to pull
 in the webclient package by running:
 

docs/usage/administration/admin_api/federation.md

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ The following fields are returned in the JSON response body:
     remote server, in ms. This is `0` if the last attempt to communicate with the
     remote server was successful.
   - `retry_interval` - integer - How long since the last time Synapse tried to reach
-    the remote server before trying again, in ms. This is `0` if no further retrying occuring.
+    the remote server before trying again, in ms. This is `0` if no further retrying occurring.
   - `failure_ts` - nullable integer - The first time Synapse tried and failed to reach the
     remote server, in ms. This is `null` if communication with the remote server has never failed.
   - `last_successful_stream_ordering` - nullable integer - The stream ordering of the most

docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md

@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ listeners:
 Example configuration #2:
 ```yaml
 listeners:
-  # Unsecure HTTP listener: for when matrix traffic passes through a reverse proxy
+  # Insecure HTTP listener: for when matrix traffic passes through a reverse proxy
   # that unwraps TLS.
   #
   # If you plan to use a reverse proxy, please see
@@ -2945,7 +2945,7 @@ Normally, the connection to the key server is validated via TLS certificates.
 Additional security can be provided by configuring a `verify key`, which
 will make synapse check that the response is signed by that key.
 
-This setting supercedes an older setting named `perspectives`. The old format
+This setting supersedes an older setting named `perspectives`. The old format
 is still supported for backwards-compatibility, but it is deprecated.
 
 `trusted_key_servers` defaults to matrix.org, but using it will generate a