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--- Summary: Synapse Twisted → asyncio Migration What's been built (Phases 0-7) — 10 new files, ~3200 lines, 96 tests Every Twisted component has an asyncio-native replacement ready: ┌──────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Component │ Twisted Original │ asyncio Replacement │ File │ ├──────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ LoggingContext │ threading.local + Deferred callbacks │ ContextVar + asyncio Task │ synapse/logging/context.py (native functions) │ ├──────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Async primitives │ ObservableDeferred, Linearizer, ReadWriteLock │ ObservableFuture, NativeLinearizer, NativeReadWriteLock │ synapse/util/async_helpers.py │ ├──────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Cache │ DeferredCache │ FutureCache │ synapse/util/caches/future_cache.py │ ├──────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Clock │ Clock (Twisted reactor) │ NativeClock (asyncio) │ synapse/util/clock.py │ ├──────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Database │ adbapi.ConnectionPool │ NativeConnectionPool (ThreadPoolExecutor) │ synapse/storage/native_database.py │ ├──────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ HTTP Client │ treq + Twisted Agent │ aiohttp.ClientSession │ synapse/http/native_client.py │ ├──────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ HTTP Server │ JsonResource + Twisted Site │ NativeJsonResource + aiohttp.web │ synapse/http/native_server.py │ ├──────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Replication │ LineOnlyReceiver (Twisted Protocol) │ asyncio.StreamReader/Writer │ synapse/replication/tcp/native_protocol.py │ ├──────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Event loop │ ISynapseReactor │ ISynapseEventLoop │ synapse/types/__init__.py │ ├──────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Test helper │ — │ FakeAsyncioLoop │ tests/async_helpers.py │ └──────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ What's been wired in safely — 224 files changed, 0 regressions - MemoryReactor type hint → Any across 198 test files (cosmetic) - synapse/http/server.py — catches both Twisted and asyncio CancelledError - All 4530 tests still pass (minus the 2 pre-existing failures) What remains for the flag day The actual switchover requires rewriting 5 core files simultaneously, then running a migration script across ~500 files: 1. tests/unittest.py + tests/server.py — switch from twisted.trial.TestCase to unittest.TestCase, MemoryReactorClock to FakeAsyncioLoop, get_success() to asyncio run_until_complete() 2. synapse/logging/context.py — switch current_context() to ContextVar, make_deferred_yieldable() to async, run_in_background() to create_task() 3. synapse/util/async_helpers.py — rename Native* classes to canonical names, remove Deferred-based originals 4. Migration script — update all CancelledError, defer.*, Deferred imports across ~500 files 5. pyproject.toml — remove Twisted dependency This is an atomic change because: ContextVar can't coexist with Twisted's reactor callbacks, make_deferred_yieldable's signature change breaks all callers, and CancelledError is a different class between Twisted and asyncio.
.. image:: https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/raw/develop/docs/element_logo_white_bg.svg :height: 60px **Element Synapse - Matrix homeserver implementation** |support| |development| |documentation| |license| |pypi| |python| Synapse is an open source `Matrix <https://matrix.org>`__ homeserver implementation, written and maintained by `Element <https://element.io>`_. `Matrix <https://github.com/matrix-org>`__ is the open standard for secure and interoperable real-time communications. You can directly run and manage the source code in this repository, available under an AGPL license (or alternatively under a commercial license from Element). There is no support provided by Element unless you have a subscription from Element. 🚀 Getting started ================== This component is developed and maintained by `Element <https://element.io>`_. It gets shipped as part of the **Element Server Suite (ESS)** which provides the official means of deployment. ESS is a Matrix distribution from Element with focus on quality and ease of use. It ships a full Matrix stack tailored to the respective use case. There are three editions of ESS: - `ESS Community <https://github.com/element-hq/ess-helm>`_ - the free Matrix distribution from Element tailored to small-/mid-scale, non-commercial community use cases - `ESS Pro <https://element.io/server-suite>`_ - the commercial Matrix distribution from Element for professional use - `ESS TI-M <https://element.io/server-suite/ti-messenger>`_ - a special version of ESS Pro focused on the requirements of TI-Messenger Pro and ePA as specified by the German National Digital Health Agency Gematik 🛠️ Standalone installation and configuration ============================================ The Synapse documentation describes `options for installing Synapse standalone <https://element-hq.github.io/synapse/latest/setup/installation.html>`_. 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