1.120.0rc1

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+# Synapse 1.120.0rc1 (2024-11-20)
+
+This release enables the enforcement of authenticated media by default, with exemptions for media that is already present in the
+homeserver's media store.
+
+Most homeservers operating in the public federation will not be impacted by this change, given that
+the large homeserver `matrix.org` enabled this in September 2024 and therefore most clients and servers
+will already have updated as a result.
+
+Some server administrators may still wish to disable this enforcement for the time being, in the interest of compatibility with older clients
+and older federated homeservers.
+See the [upgrade notes](https://element-hq.github.io/synapse/v1.120/upgrade.html#authenticated-media-is-now-enforced-by-default) for more information.
+
+### Features
+
+- Enforce authenticated media by default. Administrators can revert this by configuring `enable_authenticated_media` to `false`. In a future release of Synapse, this option will be removed and become always-on. ([\#17889](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17889))
+- Add a one-off task to delete old One-Time Keys, to guard against us having old OTKs in the database that the client has long forgotten about. ([\#17934](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17934))
+
+### Improved Documentation
+
+- Clarify the semantics of the `enable_authenticated_media` configuration option. ([\#17913](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17913))
+- Add documentation about backing up Synapse. ([\#17931](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17931))
+
+### Deprecations and Removals
+
+- Remove support for [MSC3886: Simple client rendezvous capability](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3886), which has been superseded by [MSC4108](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/4108) and therefore closed. ([\#17638](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17638))
+
+### Internal Changes
+
+- Addressed some typos in docs and returned error message for unknown MXC ID. ([\#17865](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17865))
+- Unpin the upload release GHA action. ([\#17923](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17923))
+- Bump macos version used to build wheels during release, as current version used is end-of-life. ([\#17924](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17924))
+- Move server event filtering logic to rust. ([\#17928](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17928))
+- Support new package name of PyPI package `python-multipart` 0.0.13 so that distro packagers do not need to work around name conflict with PyPI package `multipart`. ([\#17932](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17932))
+- Speed up slow initial sliding syncs on large servers. ([\#17946](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17946))
+
+### Updates to locked dependencies
+
+* Bump anyhow from 1.0.92 to 1.0.93. ([\#17920](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17920))
+* Bump bleach from 6.1.0 to 6.2.0. ([\#17918](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17918))
+* Bump immutabledict from 4.2.0 to 4.2.1. ([\#17941](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17941))
+* Bump packaging from 24.1 to 24.2. ([\#17940](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17940))
+* Bump phonenumbers from 8.13.49 to 8.13.50. ([\#17942](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17942))
+* Bump pygithub from 2.4.0 to 2.5.0. ([\#17917](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17917))
+* Bump ruff from 0.7.2 to 0.7.3. ([\#17919](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17919))
+* Bump serde from 1.0.214 to 1.0.215. ([\#17938](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17938))
+
 # Synapse 1.119.0 (2024-11-13)
 
 No significant changes since 1.119.0rc2.