This release includes a security fix ([\#6262](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6262), below). Administrators are encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible.
Bugfixes
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- Fix bug where room directory search was case sensitive. ([\#6268](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6268))
Synapse 1.5.0rc2 (2019-10-28)
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Synapse 1.5.0rc1 (2019-10-24)
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This release includes a database migration step **which may take a long time to complete**:
- Allow devices to be marked as hidden, for use by features such as cross-signing.
This adds a new field with a default value to the devices field in the database,
and so the database upgrade may take a long time depending on how many devices
are in the database. ([\#5759](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5759))
Features
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- Update `user_filters` table to have a unique index, and non-null columns. Thanks to @pik for contributing this. ([\#1172](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/1172), [\#6175](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6175), [\#6184](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6184))
- Allow devices to be marked as hidden, for use by features such as cross-signing.
This adds a new field with a default value to the devices field in the database,
and so the database upgrade may take a long time depending on how many devices
are in the database. ([\#5759](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5759))
- Move lookup-related functions from RoomMemberHandler to IdentityHandler. ([\#5978](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5978))
- Improve performance of the public room list directory. ([\#6019](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6019), [\#6152](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6152), [\#6153](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6153), [\#6154](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6154))
- Edit header dicts docstrings in `SimpleHttpClient` to note that `str` or `bytes` can be passed as header keys. ([\#6077](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/6077))
