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Don't crash when one of the configuration files is empty #7341

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If the admin adds a .yaml file that's either empty or doesn't parse into a dict to a config directory (e.g. conf.d for debs installs), stuff like #7322 would happen. This PR checks that the file is correctly parsed into a dict, or ignores it with a warning if it parses into any other type (including None for empty files).

Fixes #7322

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clokep commented Apr 24, 2020

Does it make sense to ignore the file or just to error with a better message?

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@clokep so maybe my use case can help

you see you have a problem with your synapse server, and you start commenting lines and files, you can have your config splitted in different files in conf.d directory. And then, you decide to comment all lines in a file

and then you hit plus another error because your file is empty, so really, I liked a lot the strategy proposed by @babolivier

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Does it make sense to ignore the file or just to error with a better message?

If we're given a file that's not e.g. ending with .yaml we're logging + ignoring, so it makes more sense to me that we do the same with empty/incorrect files. If we're missing a require configuration option Synapse will terminate with an error later anyway.

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Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse into anoa/asy…
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* 'develop' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse: (75 commits)
  Add instance name to RDATA/POSITION commands (#7364)
  Don't relay REMOTE_SERVER_UP cmds to same conn. (#7352)
  Fix limit logic for EventsStream (#7358)
  Fix fallback value for account_threepid_delegates.email (#7316)
  Clean up admin api docs (#7361)
  Return total number of users and profile attributes in admin users endpoint (#6881)
  Add some replication tests (#7278)
  Fix typo 'datbases' in ConfigError
  Fix collation for postgres for unit tests (#7359)
  Run replication streamers on workers (#7146)
  Fix incorrect metrics reporting for renew_attestations (#7344)
  Document monitoring workers (#7357)
  Add some explanation to application_services.md (#7091)
  Don't crash when one of the configuration files is empty (#7341)
  Add documentation to the sample config about the templates for SSO. (#7343)
  Convert some of the federation handler methods to async/await. (#7338)
  changelog
  Fix EventsStream raising assertions when it falls behind
  1.12.4
  Make it clear that the limit for an update_function is a target
  ...
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Merge tag 'v1.13.0'
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Synapse 1.13.0 (2020-05-19)
===========================

This release brings some potential changes necessary for certain
configurations of Synapse:

* If your Synapse is configured to use SSO and have a custom
  `sso_redirect_confirm_template_dir` configuration option set, you will need
  to duplicate the new `sso_auth_confirm.html`, `sso_auth_success.html` and
  `sso_account_deactivated.html` templates into that directory.
* Synapse plugins using the `complete_sso_login` method of
  `synapse.module_api.ModuleApi` should instead switch to the async/await
  version, `complete_sso_login_async`, which includes additional checks. The
  former version is now deprecated.
* A bug was introduced in Synapse 1.4.0 which could cause the room directory
  to be incomplete or empty if Synapse was upgraded directly from v1.2.1 or
  earlier, to versions between v1.4.0 and v1.12.x.

Please review [UPGRADE.rst](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/UPGRADE.rst)
for more details on these changes and for general upgrade guidance.

Notice of change to the default `git` branch for Synapse
--------------------------------------------------------

With the release of Synapse 1.13.0, the default `git` branch for Synapse has
changed to `develop`, which is the development tip. This is more consistent with
common practice and modern `git` usage.

The `master` branch, which tracks the latest release, is still available. It is
recommended that developers and distributors who have scripts which run builds
using the default branch of Synapse should therefore consider pinning their
scripts to `master`.

Features
--------

- Extend the `web_client_location` option to accept an absolute URL to use as a redirect. Adds a warning when running the web client on the same hostname as homeserver. Contributed by Martin Milata. ([\#7006](#7006))
- Set `Referrer-Policy` header to `no-referrer` on media downloads. ([\#7009](#7009))
- Add support for running replication over Redis when using workers. ([\#7040](#7040), [\#7325](#7325), [\#7352](#7352), [\#7401](#7401), [\#7427](#7427), [\#7439](#7439), [\#7446](#7446), [\#7450](#7450), [\#7454](#7454))
- Admin API `POST /_synapse/admin/v1/join/<roomIdOrAlias>` to join users to a room like `auto_join_rooms` for creation of users. ([\#7051](#7051))
- Add options to prevent users from changing their profile or associated 3PIDs. ([\#7096](#7096))
- Support SSO in the user interactive authentication workflow. ([\#7102](#7102), [\#7186](#7186), [\#7279](#7279), [\#7343](#7343))
- Allow server admins to define and enforce a password policy ([MSC2000](matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals#2000)). ([\#7118](#7118))
- Improve the support for SSO authentication on the login fallback page. ([\#7152](#7152), [\#7235](#7235))
- Always whitelist the login fallback in the SSO configuration if `public_baseurl` is set. ([\#7153](#7153))
- Admin users are no longer required to be in a room to create an alias for it. ([\#7191](#7191))
- Require admin privileges to enable room encryption by default. This does not affect existing rooms. ([\#7230](#7230))
- Add a config option for specifying the value of the Accept-Language HTTP header when generating URL previews. ([\#7265](#7265))
- Allow `/requestToken` endpoints to hide the existence (or lack thereof) of 3PID associations on the homeserver. ([\#7315](#7315))
- Add a configuration setting to tweak the threshold for dummy events. ([\#7422](#7422))

Bugfixes
--------

- Don't attempt to use an invalid sqlite config if no database configuration is provided. Contributed by @nekatak. ([\#6573](#6573))
- Fix single-sign on with CAS systems: pass the same service URL when requesting the CAS ticket and when calling the `proxyValidate` URL. Contributed by @Naugrimm. ([\#6634](#6634))
- Fix missing field `default` when fetching user-defined push rules. ([\#6639](#6639))
- Improve error responses when accessing remote public room lists. ([\#6899](#6899), [\#7368](#7368))
- Transfer alias mappings on room upgrade. ([\#6946](#6946))
- Ensure that a user interactive authentication session is tied to a single request. ([\#7068](#7068), [\#7455](#7455))
- Fix a bug in the federation API which could cause occasional "Failed to get PDU" errors. ([\#7089](#7089))
- Return the proper error (`M_BAD_ALIAS`) when a non-existant canonical alias is provided. ([\#7109](#7109))
- Fix a bug which meant that groups updates were not correctly replicated between workers. ([\#7117](#7117))
- Fix starting workers when federation sending not split out. ([\#7133](#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](#7150))
- Fix error page being shown when a custom SAML handler attempted to redirect when processing an auth response. ([\#7151](#7151))
- Avoid importing `sqlite3` when using the postgres backend. Contributed by David Vo. ([\#7155](#7155))
- Fix excessive CPU usage by `prune_old_outbound_device_pokes` job. ([\#7159](#7159))
- Fix a bug which could cause outbound federation traffic to stop working if a client uploaded an incorrect e2e device signature. ([\#7177](#7177))
- Fix a bug which could cause incorrect 'cyclic dependency' error. ([\#7178](#7178))
- Fix a bug that could cause a user to be invited to a server notices (aka System Alerts) room without any notice being sent. ([\#7199](#7199))
- Fix some worker-mode replication handling not being correctly recorded in CPU usage stats. ([\#7203](#7203))
- Do not allow a deactivated user to login via SSO. ([\#7240](#7240), [\#7259](#7259))
- Fix --help command-line argument. ([\#7249](#7249))
- Fix room publish permissions not being checked on room creation. ([\#7260](#7260))
- Reject unknown session IDs during user interactive authentication instead of silently creating a new session. ([\#7268](#7268))
- Fix a SQL query introduced in Synapse 1.12.0 which could cause large amounts of logging to the postgres slow-query log. ([\#7274](#7274))
- Persist user interactive authentication sessions across workers and Synapse restarts. ([\#7302](#7302))
- Fixed backwards compatibility logic of the first value of `trusted_third_party_id_servers` being used for `account_threepid_delegates.email`, which occurs when the former, deprecated option is set and the latter is not. ([\#7316](#7316))
- Fix a bug where event updates might not be sent over replication to worker processes after the stream falls behind. ([\#7337](#7337), [\#7358](#7358))
- 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](#7341))
- Fix incorrect metrics reporting for `renew_attestations` background task. ([\#7344](#7344))
- Prevent non-federating rooms from appearing in responses to federated `POST /publicRoom` requests when a filter was included. ([\#7367](#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](UPGRADE.rst#upgrading-to-v1130) for more information. ([\#7387](#7387))
- Fix bug in `EventContext.deserialize`. ([\#7393](#7393))
- Fix a long-standing bug which could cause messages not to be sent over federation, when state events with state keys matching user IDs (such as custom user statuses) were received. ([\#7376](#7376))
- Restore compatibility with non-compliant clients during the user interactive authentication process, fixing a problem introduced in v1.13.0rc1. ([\#7483](#7483))
- Hash passwords as early as possible during registration. ([\#7523](#7523))

Improved Documentation
----------------------

- Update Debian installation instructions to recommend installing the `virtualenv` package instead of `python3-virtualenv`. ([\#6892](#6892))
- Improve the documentation for database configuration. ([\#6988](#6988))
- Improve the documentation of application service configuration files. ([\#7091](#7091))
- Update pre-built package name for FreeBSD. ([\#7107](#7107))
- Update postgres docs with login troubleshooting information. ([\#7119](#7119))
- Clean up INSTALL.md a bit. ([\#7141](#7141))
- Add documentation for running a local CAS server for testing. ([\#7147](#7147))
- Improve README.md by being explicit about public IP recommendation for TURN relaying. ([\#7167](#7167))
- Fix a small typo in the `metrics_flags` config option. ([\#7171](#7171))
- Update the contributed documentation on managing synapse workers with systemd, and bring it into the core distribution. ([\#7234](#7234))
- Add documentation to the `password_providers` config option. Add known password provider implementations to docs. ([\#7238](#7238), [\#7248](#7248))
- Modify suggested nginx reverse proxy configuration to match Synapse's default file upload size. Contributed by @ProCycleDev. ([\#7251](#7251))
- Documentation of media_storage_providers options updated to avoid misunderstandings. Contributed by Tristan Lins. ([\#7272](#7272))
- Add documentation on monitoring workers with Prometheus. ([\#7357](#7357))
- Clarify endpoint usage in the users admin api documentation. ([\#7361](#7361))

Deprecations and Removals
-------------------------

- Remove nonfunctional `captcha_bypass_secret` option from `homeserver.yaml`. ([\#7137](#7137))

Internal Changes
----------------

- Add benchmarks for LruCache. ([\#6446](#6446))
- Return total number of users and profile attributes in admin users endpoint. Contributed by Awesome Technologies Innovationslabor GmbH. ([\#6881](#6881))
- Change device list streams to have one row per ID. ([\#7010](#7010))
- Remove concept of a non-limited stream. ([\#7011](#7011))
- Move catchup of replication streams logic to worker. ([\#7024](#7024), [\#7195](#7195), [\#7226](#7226), [\#7239](#7239), [\#7286](#7286), [\#7290](#7290), [\#7318](#7318), [\#7326](#7326), [\#7378](#7378), [\#7421](#7421))
- Convert some of synapse.rest.media to async/await. ([\#7110](#7110), [\#7184](#7184), [\#7241](#7241))
- De-duplicate / remove unused REST code for login and auth. ([\#7115](#7115))
- Convert `*StreamRow` classes to inner classes. ([\#7116](#7116))
- Clean up some LoggingContext code. ([\#7120](#7120), [\#7181](#7181), [\#7183](#7183), [\#7408](#7408), [\#7426](#7426))
- Add explicit `instance_id` for USER_SYNC commands and remove implicit `conn_id` usage. ([\#7128](#7128))
- Refactored the CAS authentication logic to a separate class. ([\#7136](#7136))
- Run replication streamers on workers. ([\#7146](#7146))
- Add tests for outbound device pokes. ([\#7157](#7157))
- Fix device list update stream ids going backward. ([\#7158](#7158))
- Use `stream.current_token()` and remove `stream_positions()`. ([\#7172](#7172))
- Move client command handling out of TCP protocol. ([\#7185](#7185))
- Move server command handling out of TCP protocol. ([\#7187](#7187))
- Fix consistency of HTTP status codes reported in log lines. ([\#7188](#7188))
- Only run one background database update at a time. ([\#7190](#7190))
- Remove sent outbound device list pokes from the database. ([\#7192](#7192))
- Add a background database update job to clear out duplicate `device_lists_outbound_pokes`. ([\#7193](#7193))
- Remove some extraneous debugging log lines. ([\#7207](#7207))
- Add explicit Python build tooling as dependencies for the snapcraft build. ([\#7213](#7213))
- Add typing information to federation server code. ([\#7219](#7219))
- Extend room admin api (`GET /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms`) with additional attributes. ([\#7225](#7225))
- Unblacklist '/upgrade creates a new room' sytest for workers. ([\#7228](#7228))
- Remove redundant checks on `daemonize` from synctl. ([\#7233](#7233))
- Upgrade jQuery to v3.4.1 on fallback login/registration pages. ([\#7236](#7236))
- Change log line that told user to implement onLogin/onRegister fallback js functions to a warning, instead of an info, so it's more visible. ([\#7237](#7237))
- Correct the parameters of a test fixture. Contributed by Isaiah Singletary. ([\#7243](#7243))
- Convert auth handler to async/await. ([\#7261](#7261))
- Add some unit tests for replication. ([\#7278](#7278))
- Improve typing annotations in `synapse.replication.tcp.streams.Stream`. ([\#7291](#7291))
- Reduce log verbosity of url cache cleanup tasks. ([\#7295](#7295))
- Fix sample SAML Service Provider configuration. Contributed by @frcl. ([\#7300](#7300))
- Fix StreamChangeCache to work with multiple entities changing on the same stream id. ([\#7303](#7303))
- Fix an incorrect import in IdentityHandler. ([\#7319](#7319))
- Reduce logging verbosity for successful federation requests. ([\#7321](#7321))
- Convert some federation handler code to async/await. ([\#7338](#7338))
- Fix collation for postgres for unit tests. ([\#7359](#7359))
- Convert RegistrationWorkerStore.is_server_admin and dependent code to async/await. ([\#7363](#7363))
- Add an `instance_name` to `RDATA` and `POSITION` replication commands. ([\#7364](#7364))
- Thread through instance name to replication client. ([\#7369](#7369))
- Convert synapse.server_notices to async/await. ([\#7394](#7394))
- Convert synapse.notifier to async/await. ([\#7395](#7395))
- Fix issues with the Python package manifest. ([\#7404](#7404))
- Prevent methods in `synapse.handlers.auth` from polling the homeserver config every request. ([\#7420](#7420))
- Speed up fetching device lists changes when handling `/sync` requests. ([\#7423](#7423))
- Run group attestation renewal in series rather than parallel for performance. ([\#7442](#7442))
- Fix linting errors in new version of Flake8. ([\#7470](#7470))
- Update the version of dh-virtualenv we use to build debs, and add focal to the list of target distributions. ([\#7526](#7526))
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Don't crash when one of the configuration files is empty (matrix-org#…
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If the admin adds a `.yaml` file that's either empty or doesn't parse into a dict to a config directory (e.g. `conf.d` for debs installs), stuff like matrix-org#7322 would happen. This PR checks that the file is correctly parsed into a dict, or ignores it with a warning if it parses into any other type (including `None` for empty files).

Fixes matrix-org#7322
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