diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 284e89b266e8d1dd3c03f1d0d376bffdf1c1f731..3815533029d7e4d5e62488357a12de3ab7ca3c0e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,104 @@
+Synapse 1.1.0rc1 (2019-07-02)
+=============================
+
+As of v1.1.0, Synapse no longer supports Python 2, nor Postgres version 9.4.
+See the [upgrade notes](UPGRADE.rst#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))
+- 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))
+- Add ability to change Docker containers [timezone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones) with the `TZ` variable. ([\#5383](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5383))
+- 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))
+- Add --no-daemonize option to run synapse in the foreground, per issue #4130. Contributed by Soham Gumaste. ([\#5412](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5412), [\#5587](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5587))
+- Fully support SAML2 authentication. Contributed by [Alexander Trost](https://github.com/galexrt) - thank you! ([\#5422](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5422))
+- Allow server admins to define implementations of extra rules for allowing or denying incoming events. ([\#5440](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5440), [\#5474](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5474), [\#5477](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5477))
+- Add support for handling pagination APIs on client reader worker. ([\#5505](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5505), [\#5513](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5513), [\#5531](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5531))
+- Improve help and cmdline option names for --generate-config options. ([\#5512](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5512))
+- Allow configuration of the path used for ACME account keys. ([\#5516](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5516), [\#5521](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5521), [\#5522](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5522))
+- Add --data-dir and --open-private-ports options. ([\#5524](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5524))
+- Split public rooms directory auth config in two settings, in order to manage client auth independently from the federation part of it. Obsoletes the "restrict_public_rooms_to_local_users" configuration setting. If "restrict_public_rooms_to_local_users" is set in the config, Synapse will act as if both new options are enabled, i.e. require authentication through the client API and deny federation requests. ([\#5534](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5534))
+- Update docker image to use Python 3.7. ([\#5546](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5546))
+- Increase default log level for docker image to INFO. It can still be changed by editing the generated log.config file. ([\#5547](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5547))
+- The minimum TLS version used for outgoing federation requests can now be set with `federation_client_minimum_tls_version`. ([\#5550](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5550))
+- Optimise devices changed query to not pull unnecessary rows from the database, reducing database load. ([\#5559](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5559))
+- Update Docker image to deprecate the use of environment variables for configuration, and make the use of a static configuration the default. ([\#5561](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5561), [\#5562](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5562), [\#5566](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5566), [\#5567](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5567))
+- Docker: Send synapse logs to the docker logging system, by default. ([\#5565](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5565))
+- Docker image: open the non-TLS port by default. ([\#5568](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5568))
+- Add new metrics for number of forward extremities being persisted and number of state groups involved in resolution. ([\#5476](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5476))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix bug processing incoming events over federation if call to `/get_missing_events` fails. ([\#5042](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5042))
+- Prevent >1 room upgrades happening simultaneously on the same room. ([\#5051](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5051))
+- Fix a bug where running synapse_port_db would cause the account validity feature to fail because it didn't set the type of the email_sent column to boolean. ([\#5325](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5325))
+- Warn about disabling email-based password resets when a reset occurs, and remove warning when someone attempts a phone-based reset. ([\#5387](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5387))
+- Fix email notifications for unnamed rooms with multiple people. ([\#5388](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5388))
+- Fix exceptions in federation reader worker caused by attempting to renew attestations, which should only happen on master worker. ([\#5389](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5389))
+- Fix handling of failures fetching remote content to not log failures as exceptions. ([\#5390](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5390))
+- Fix a bug where deactivated users could receive renewal emails if the account validity feature is on. ([\#5394](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5394))
+- Fix missing invite state after exchanging 3PID invites over federaton. ([\#5464](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5464))
+- Fix failure to start under docker with SAML support enabled. ([\#5490](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5490))
+- Fix intermittent exceptions on Apple hardware. Also fix bug that caused database activity times to be under-reported in log lines. ([\#5498](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5498))
+- Fix logging error when a tampered event is detected. ([\#5500](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5500))
+- 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))
+- Docker: Use a sensible location for data files when generating a config file. ([\#5563](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5563))
+- 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))
+
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- Python 2.7 is no longer a supported platform. Synapse now requires Python 3.5+ to run. ([\#5425](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5425))
+- PostgreSQL 9.4 is no longer supported. Synapse requires Postgres 9.5+ or above for Postgres support. ([\#5448](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5448))
+- Remove support for cpu_affinity setting. ([\#5525](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5525))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+- Improve README section on performance troubleshooting. ([\#4276](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4276))
+- Add information about how to install and run `black` on the codebase to code_style.rst. ([\#5537](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5537))
+- Improve install docs on choosing server_name. ([\#5558](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5558))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Add logging to 3pid invite signature verification. ([\#5015](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5015))
+- Update example haproxy config to a more compatible setup. ([\#5313](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5313))
+- Track deactivated accounts in the database. ([\#5378](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5378), [\#5465](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5465), [\#5493](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5493))
+- Clean up code for sending federation EDUs. ([\#5381](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5381))
+- Add a sponsor button to the repo. ([\#5382](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5382), [\#5386](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5386))
+- Don't log non-200 responses from federation queries as exceptions. ([\#5383](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5383))
+- Update Python syntax in contrib/ to Python 3. ([\#5446](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5446))
+- Update federation_client dev script to support `.well-known` and work with python3. ([\#5447](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5447))
+- SyTest has been moved to Buildkite. ([\#5459](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5459))
+- Demo script now uses python3. ([\#5460](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5460))
+- Synapse can now handle RestServlets that return coroutines. ([\#5475](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5475), [\#5585](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5585))
+- The demo servers talk to each other again. ([\#5478](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5478))
+- Add an EXPERIMENTAL config option to try and periodically clean up extremities by sending dummy events. ([\#5480](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5480))
+- Synapse's codebase is now formatted by `black`. ([\#5482](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5482))
+- Some cleanups and sanity-checking in the CPU and database metrics. ([\#5499](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5499))
+- Improve email notification logging. ([\#5502](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5502))
+- Fix "Unexpected entry in 'full_schemas'" log warning. ([\#5509](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5509))
+- Improve logging when generating config files. ([\#5510](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5510))
+- Refactor and clean up Config parser for maintainability. ([\#5511](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5511))
+- Make the config clearer in that email.template_dir is relative to the Synapse's root directory, not the `synapse/` folder within it. ([\#5543](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5543))
+- Update v1.0.0 release changelog to include more information about changes to password resets. ([\#5545](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5545))
+- Remove non-functioning check_event_hash.py dev script. ([\#5548](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5548))
+- Synapse will now only allow TLS v1.2 connections when serving federation, if it terminates TLS. As Synapse's allowed ciphers were only able to be used in TLSv1.2 before, this does not change behaviour. ([\#5550](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5550))
+- Logging when running GC collection on generation 0 is now at the DEBUG level, not INFO. ([\#5557](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5557))
+- Reduce the amount of stuff we send in the docker context. ([\#5564](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5564))
+- Point the reverse links in the Purge History contrib scripts at the intended location. ([\#5570](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5570))
+
+
 Synapse 1.0.0 (2019-06-11)
 ==========================
 
diff --git a/UPGRADE.rst b/UPGRADE.rst
index 1fb109a21837a2d9425cf7e5f6df244ce17f0c4d..72064accf3e274b130a1b91232dd3164fac6ccd9 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.rst
+++ b/UPGRADE.rst
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@ returned by the Client-Server API:
     # configured on port 443.
     curl -kv https://<host.name>/_matrix/client/versions 2>&1 | grep "Server:"
 
-Upgrading to v1.1
-=================
+Upgrading to v1.1.0
+===================
 
-Synapse 1.1 removes support for older Python and PostgreSQL versions, as
+Synapse v1.1.0 removes support for older Python and PostgreSQL versions, as
 outlined in `our deprecation notice <https://matrix.org/blog/2019/04/08/synapse-deprecating-postgres-9-4-and-python-2-x>`_.
 
 Minimum Python Version
 ----------------------
 
-Synapse v1.1 has a minimum Python requirement of Python 3.5. Python 3.6 or
+Synapse v1.1.0 has a minimum Python requirement of Python 3.5. Python 3.6 or
 Python 3.7 are recommended as they have improved internal string handling,
 significantly reducing memory usage.
 
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-Improve README section on performance troubleshooting.
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-Add logging to 3pid invite signature verification.
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-Fix bug processing incoming events over federation if call to `/get_missing_events` fails.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5051.bugfix b/changelog.d/5051.bugfix
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-Prevent >1 room upgrades happening simultaneously on the same room.
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-Added possibilty to disable local password authentication. Contributed by Daniel Hoffend.
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-Add monthly active users to phonehome stats.
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-Update example haproxy config to a more compatible setup.
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-Fix a bug where running synapse_port_db would cause the account validity feature to fail because it didn't set the type of the email_sent column to boolean.
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-Allow expired user to trigger renewal email sending manually.
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-Track deactivated accounts in the database.
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-Clean up code for sending federation EDUs.
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-Add a sponsor button to the repo.
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-Add ability to change Docker containers [timezone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones) with the `TZ` variable.
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-Don't log non-200 responses from federation queries as exceptions.
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-Statistics on forward extremities per room are now exposed via Prometheus.
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-Add a sponsor button to the repo.
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-Warn about disabling email-based password resets when a reset occurs, and remove warning when someone attempts a phone-based reset.
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-Fix email notifications for unnamed rooms with multiple people.
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-Fix exceptions in federation reader worker caused by attempting to renew attestations, which should only happen on master worker.
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-Fix handling of failures fetching remote content to not log failures as exceptions.
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-Fix a bug where deactivated users could receive renewal emails if the account validity feature is on.
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-Add --no-daemonize option to run synapse in the foreground, per issue #4130. Contributed by Soham Gumaste.
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-Fully support SAML2 authentication. Contributed by [Alexander Trost](https://github.com/galexrt) - thank you!
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-Python 2.7 is no longer a supported platform. Synapse now requires Python 3.5+ to run.
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-Allow server admins to define implementations of extra rules for allowing or denying incoming events.
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-Update Python syntax in contrib/ to Python 3. 
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-Update federation_client dev script to support `.well-known` and work with python3.
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-PostgreSQL 9.4 is no longer supported. Synapse requires Postgres 9.5+ or above for Postgres support.
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-Statistics on forward extremities per room are now exposed via Prometheus.
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-SyTest has been moved to Buildkite.
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix missing invite state after exchanging 3PID invites over federaton.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5465.misc b/changelog.d/5465.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index af5f0f8f457617c54cd78345f71e4d6737bcced0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5465.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Track deactivated accounts in the database.
-
diff --git a/changelog.d/5474.feature b/changelog.d/5474.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 63d9b58734be4f19de9e27f9d0066e245be2b70e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5474.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Allow server admins to define implementations of extra rules for allowing or denying incoming events.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5475.misc b/changelog.d/5475.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6be06d4d0bb93b7504ba3ddd5eea2ee7b7369b8e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5475.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Synapse can now handle RestServlets that return coroutines.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5476.misc b/changelog.d/5476.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 7955c147447c2a64fd470dfe082086a4fd653a92..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5476.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add new metrics for number of forward extremities being persisted and number of state groups involved in resolution.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5477.feature b/changelog.d/5477.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 63d9b58734be4f19de9e27f9d0066e245be2b70e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5477.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Allow server admins to define implementations of extra rules for allowing or denying incoming events.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5478.misc b/changelog.d/5478.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 829bb1e521d8dda0d80556d93eb61ae0f1808328..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5478.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-The demo servers talk to each other again.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5480.misc b/changelog.d/5480.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 3001bcc1fee21ef60fa57a162a0b15b4351c131e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5480.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add an EXPERIMENTAL config option to try and periodically clean up extremities by sending dummy events.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5482.misc b/changelog.d/5482.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 0332d1133bdcd969890446efa6d712c7bfdd90e5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5482.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Synapse's codebase is now formatted by `black`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5490.bugfix b/changelog.d/5490.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4242254c53b882b1be085501cf8b19e2278754b2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5490.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix failure to start under docker with SAML support enabled.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/5493.misc b/changelog.d/5493.misc
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index 365e49d63402c8de9294d071de1d25fd64258eb0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5493.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Track deactivated accounts in the database.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5498.bugfix b/changelog.d/5498.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ef298d20c738b8af89f9919ca312e9ac913d610..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5498.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix intermittent exceptions on Apple hardware. Also fix bug that caused database activity times to be under-reported in log lines.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5499.misc b/changelog.d/5499.misc
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index 84de1f2dae2742220af46cdd4530d0a9d18be807..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5499.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Some cleanups and sanity-checking in the CPU and database metrics.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/5500.bugfix b/changelog.d/5500.bugfix
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index 624c678435cf8d85657bda52e4458514aa6de115..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5500.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix logging error when a tampered event is detected.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5502.misc b/changelog.d/5502.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index d515323eaec09891d2ba0bd38151d6b095baba6e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5502.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve email notification logging.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5505.feature b/changelog.d/5505.feature
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index 5c6bab2c31173c97ff0f264dde6da88554e7d96f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5505.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add support for handling pagination APIs on client reader worker.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5507.bugfix b/changelog.d/5507.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 70452aa14647c2e9eefb25428ed22610a87741a2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5507.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
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-Fix bug where clients could tight loop calling `/sync` for a period.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5509.misc b/changelog.d/5509.misc
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index cc27cf2940f709220edf797f640e4cd1756ccde8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5509.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix "Unexpected entry in 'full_schemas'" log warning.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5510.misc b/changelog.d/5510.misc
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index 4591a63d9d2fc48ba5578e78d5ac071dd329890d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5510.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve logging when generating config files.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5511.misc b/changelog.d/5511.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index c1f679b28780e8918dcb4e629e602ce2634e130f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5511.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Refactor and clean up Config parser for maintainability.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5512.feature b/changelog.d/5512.feature
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index 712878901bf1d50d5d97642d59e52f5be4d91c35..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5512.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve help and cmdline option names for --generate-config options.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5513.feature b/changelog.d/5513.feature
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index 5c6bab2c31173c97ff0f264dde6da88554e7d96f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5513.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add support for handling pagination APIs on client reader worker.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5514.bugfix b/changelog.d/5514.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index c3a76a854a2bce1f796d4d8cfa5239c13eafa4a3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5514.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix bug with `jinja2` preventing Synapse from starting. Users who had this problem should now simply need to run `pip install matrix-synapse`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5516.feature b/changelog.d/5516.feature
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index fdf91c35e48976f8dd94f29c25b9532f99a9aa33..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5516.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Allow configuration of the path used for ACME account keys.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5521.feature b/changelog.d/5521.feature
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index fdf91c35e48976f8dd94f29c25b9532f99a9aa33..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5521.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Allow configuration of the path used for ACME account keys.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5522.feature b/changelog.d/5522.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index fdf91c35e48976f8dd94f29c25b9532f99a9aa33..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5522.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Allow configuration of the path used for ACME account keys.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5523.bugfix b/changelog.d/5523.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/changelog.d/5523.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a regression where homeservers on private IP addresses were incorrectly blacklisted.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/5524.feature b/changelog.d/5524.feature
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index 6ba211c3cc037421ee3f41d6f4190e9125d5c873..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5524.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add --data-dir and --open-private-ports options.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/5525.removal b/changelog.d/5525.removal
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index af71560f36ad4182a3c0028010df0fccb8c7cd47..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5525.removal
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove support for cpu_affinity setting.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5531.feature b/changelog.d/5531.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c6bab2c31173c97ff0f264dde6da88554e7d96f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5531.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add support for handling pagination APIs on client reader worker.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5534.feature b/changelog.d/5534.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e279c9b77ec67a25abdcbd4733f96ace3e2c2ac..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5534.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Split public rooms directory auth config in two settings, in order to manage client auth independently from the federation part of it. Obsoletes the "restrict_public_rooms_to_local_users" configuration setting. If "restrict_public_rooms_to_local_users" is set in the config, Synapse will act as if both new options are enabled, i.e. require authentication through the client API and deny federation requests.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5537.misc b/changelog.d/5537.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 870a5ff18b27407cce98d7b04174ed28cfe286bd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5537.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add information about how to install and run `black` on the codebase to code_style.rst.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5543.misc b/changelog.d/5543.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 793620a731200ebb707f966b50c246425ac9ecf4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5543.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Make the config clearer in that email.template_dir is relative to the Synapse's root directory, not the `synapse/` folder within it.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5545.misc b/changelog.d/5545.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index b738eef4bd4c765788e116e91938eccede06bf87..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5545.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update v1.0.0 release changelog to include more information about changes to password resets.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5546.feature b/changelog.d/5546.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 16952b62fc6e5077b9a27cb61eedc06743f123c6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5546.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update docker image to use Python 3.7.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5547.feature b/changelog.d/5547.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 509e36c7ea009579229ecb34f52710d6fb8158ad..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5547.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Increase default log level for docker image to INFO. It can still be changed by editing the generated log.config file.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5548.misc b/changelog.d/5548.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index f35939cfe9abb715b331339b5534fb0aec838129..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5548.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove non-functioning check_event_hash.py dev script.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5550.feature b/changelog.d/5550.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 79ecedf3b8bbb5684ff1e34fdcc80918601ece56..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5550.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-The minimum TLS version used for outgoing federation requests can now be set with `federation_client_minimum_tls_version`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5550.misc b/changelog.d/5550.misc
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index ad5693338e171db752bd407ae23ab1ab1e7d5d0a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5550.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Synapse will now only allow TLS v1.2 connections when serving federation, if it terminates TLS. As Synapse's allowed ciphers were only able to be used in TLSv1.2 before, this does not change behaviour.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5555.bugfix b/changelog.d/5555.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index c0b1ecf81aa0699238e46363ac9ce7c01da868f6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5555.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed m.login.jwt using unregistred user_id and added pyjwt>=1.6.4 as jwt conditional dependencies. Contributed by Pau Rodriguez-Estivill.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5557.misc b/changelog.d/5557.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c90f498719f36441d1574a35462275da743026e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5557.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Logging when running GC collection on generation 0 is now at the DEBUG level, not INFO.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5558.misc b/changelog.d/5558.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ce3555d4559b53fa648c62eab9fffaed4a3d25b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5558.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve install docs on choosing server_name.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5559.feature b/changelog.d/5559.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index b77b383459cbfa6d00bd22802881077ebf7a5147..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5559.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Optimise devices changed query to not pull unnecessary rows from the database, reducing database load.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5561.feature b/changelog.d/5561.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 85380bc5173688b23f3e18bbba2c1a9ba6a856dd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5561.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update Docker image to deprecate the use of environment variables for configuration, and make the use of a static configuration the default.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5562.feature b/changelog.d/5562.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 85380bc5173688b23f3e18bbba2c1a9ba6a856dd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5562.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update Docker image to deprecate the use of environment variables for configuration, and make the use of a static configuration the default.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5563.bugfix b/changelog.d/5563.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 09c4381a23c70397d252929defd6c46f4c83e356..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5563.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Docker: Use a sensible location for data files when generating a config file.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/5564.misc b/changelog.d/5564.misc
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index e209cdcc29b5adf7a609afffe055a0ae818b8fa4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5564.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Reduce the amount of stuff we send in the docker context.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5565.feature b/changelog.d/5565.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b0665af03380d0bea0a57a51dad5949f1bdd205..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5565.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Docker: Send synapse logs to the docker logging system, by default.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5566.feature b/changelog.d/5566.feature
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/changelog.d/5566.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update Docker image to deprecate the use of environment variables for configuration, and make the use of a static configuration the default.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5567.feature b/changelog.d/5567.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 85380bc5173688b23f3e18bbba2c1a9ba6a856dd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5567.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update Docker image to deprecate the use of environment variables for configuration, and make the use of a static configuration the default.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5568.feature b/changelog.d/5568.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 59b9e5f96dc9b17eb1b161e3bae21456fffe1a13..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5568.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Docker image: open the non-TLS port by default.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5570.misc b/changelog.d/5570.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index dfb1d7e58b5003eebde94e081a796d09f0aaaade..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5570.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Point the reverse links in the Purge History contrib scripts at the intended location.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5576.bugfix b/changelog.d/5576.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index c1ba5581f2a4ccabbe030b05f8fe2d7b5adb1a26..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5576.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug that would cause invited users to receive several emails for a single 3PID invite in case the inviter is rate limited.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5585.misc b/changelog.d/5585.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6be06d4d0bb93b7504ba3ddd5eea2ee7b7369b8e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5585.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Synapse can now handle RestServlets that return coroutines.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5586.bugfix b/changelog.d/5586.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index c0b1ecf81aa0699238e46363ac9ce7c01da868f6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5586.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed m.login.jwt using unregistred user_id and added pyjwt>=1.6.4 as jwt conditional dependencies. Contributed by Pau Rodriguez-Estivill.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5587.feature b/changelog.d/5587.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index ec1503860a08496974e7de56f1dc4cde1e452fc5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5587.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add --no-daemonize option to run synapse in the foreground, per issue #4130. Contributed by Soham Gumaste.
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diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 119359be68f45fd3025239c8c389dbb2c75e3d49..a7d2008e82eb970f80d6a6b0d863d3705e346fe2 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.0.0"
+__version__ = "1.1.0rc1"