From 82c8799ec7f6676555033f5d804cbed443a1ea3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Johnson <neil@matrix.org>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 09:06:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Set room version default to 5
---
changelog.d/6220.feature | 1 +
docs/sample_config.yaml | 2 +-
synapse/config/server.py | 2 +-
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 changelog.d/6220.feature
diff --git a/changelog.d/6220.feature b/changelog.d/6220.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8343e9912b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6220.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Increase default room version from 4 to 5, thereby enforcing server key validity period checks.
diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml
index 8226978ba6..af3ca0f722 100644
--- a/docs/sample_config.yaml
+++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid
# For example, for room version 1, default_room_version should be set
# to "1".
#
-#default_room_version: "4"
+#default_room_version: "5"
# The GC threshold parameters to pass to `gc.set_threshold`, if defined
#
diff --git a/synapse/config/server.py b/synapse/config/server.py
index afc4d6a4ab..26e6d84c09 100644
--- a/synapse/config/server.py
+++ b/synapse/config/server.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ logger = logging.Logger(__name__)
# in the list.
DEFAULT_BIND_ADDRESSES = ["::", "0.0.0.0"]
-DEFAULT_ROOM_VERSION = "4"
+DEFAULT_ROOM_VERSION = "5"
ROOM_COMPLEXITY_TOO_GREAT = (
"Your homeserver is unable to join rooms this large or complex. "
--
GitLab