Remove support for python 3.8

.ci/scripts/calculate_jobs.py

@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ def set_output(key: str, value: str):
 # First calculate the various trial jobs.
 #
 # For PRs, we only run each type of test with the oldest Python version supported (which
-# is Python 3.8 right now)
+# is Python 3.9 right now)
 
 trial_sqlite_tests = [
     {
-        "python-version": "3.8",
+        "python-version": "3.9",
         "database": "sqlite",
         "extras": "all",
     }
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ def set_output(key: str, value: str):
             "database": "sqlite",
             "extras": "all",
         }
-        for version in ("3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13")
+        for version in ("3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13")
     )
 
 trial_postgres_tests = [
     {
-        "python-version": "3.8",
+        "python-version": "3.9",
         "database": "postgres",
         "postgres-version": "11",
         "extras": "all",
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def set_output(key: str, value: str):
 
 trial_no_extra_tests = [
     {
-        "python-version": "3.8",
+        "python-version": "3.9",
         "database": "sqlite",
         "extras": "",
     }
@@ -99,24 +99,24 @@ def set_output(key: str, value: str):
 
 # First calculate the various sytest jobs.
 #
-# For each type of test we only run on focal on PRs
+# For each type of test we only run on bullseye on PRs
 
 
 sytest_tests = [
     {
-        "sytest-tag": "focal",
+        "sytest-tag": "bullseye",
     },
     {
-        "sytest-tag": "focal",
+        "sytest-tag": "bullseye",
         "postgres": "postgres",
     },
     {
-        "sytest-tag": "focal",
+        "sytest-tag": "bullseye",
         "postgres": "multi-postgres",
         "workers": "workers",
     },
     {
-        "sytest-tag": "focal",
+        "sytest-tag": "bullseye",
         "postgres": "multi-postgres",
         "workers": "workers",
         "reactor": "asyncio",
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ def set_output(key: str, value: str):
     sytest_tests.extend(
         [
             {
-                "sytest-tag": "focal",
+                "sytest-tag": "bullseye",
                 "reactor": "asyncio",
             },
             {
-                "sytest-tag": "focal",
+                "sytest-tag": "bullseye",
                 "postgres": "postgres",
                 "reactor": "asyncio",
             },

.ci/scripts/prepare_old_deps.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# this script is run by GitHub Actions in a plain `focal` container; it
+# this script is run by GitHub Actions in a plain `bullseye` container; it
 # - installs the minimal system requirements, and poetry;
 # - patches the project definition file to refer to old versions only;
 # - creates a venv with these old versions using poetry; and finally

.github/workflows/latest_deps.yml

@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - sytest-tag: focal
+          - sytest-tag: bullseye
 
-          - sytest-tag: focal
+          - sytest-tag: bullseye
             postgres: postgres
             workers: workers
             redis: redis

.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-12]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, macos-12]
         arch: [x86_64, aarch64]
         # is_pr is a flag used to exclude certain jobs from the matrix on PRs.
         # It is not read by the rest of the workflow.
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Only build a single wheel on PR
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/pull/')
-        run: echo "CIBW_BUILD="cp38-manylinux_${{ matrix.arch }}"" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        run: echo "CIBW_BUILD="cp39-manylinux_${{ matrix.arch }}"" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Build wheels
         run: python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - linting-done
       - changes
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -409,12 +409,12 @@ jobs:
       # their build dependencies
       - run: |
           sudo apt-get -qq update
-          sudo apt-get -qq install build-essential libffi-dev python-dev \
+          sudo apt-get -qq install build-essential libffi-dev python3-dev \
             libxml2-dev libxslt-dev xmlsec1 zlib1g-dev libjpeg-dev libwebp-dev
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '3.9'
 
       - name: Prepare old deps
         if: steps.cache-poetry-old-deps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["pypy-3.8"]
+        python-version: ["pypy-3.9"]
         extras: ["all"]
 
     steps:
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - python-version: "3.8"
+          - python-version: "3.9"
             postgres-version: "11"
 
           - python-version: "3.11"

.github/workflows/twisted_trunk.yml

@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ jobs:
     if: needs.check_repo.outputs.should_run_workflow == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      # We're using ubuntu:focal because it uses Python 3.8 which is our minimum supported Python version.
+      # We're using debian:bullseye because it uses Python 3.9 which is our minimum supported Python version.
       # This job is a canary to warn us about unreleased twisted changes that would cause problems for us if
       # they were to be released immediately. For simplicity's sake (and to save CI runners) we use the oldest
       # version, assuming that any incompatibilities on newer versions would also be present on the oldest.
-      image: matrixdotorg/sytest-synapse:focal
+      image: matrixdotorg/sytest-synapse:bullseye
       volumes:
         - ${{ github.workspace }}:/src
 

changelog.d/17908.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove support for python 3.8.

docs/development/contributing_guide.md

@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ The following command will let you run the integration test with the most common
 configuration:
 
 ```sh
-$ docker run --rm -it -v /path/where/you/have/cloned/the/repository\:/src:ro -v /path/to/where/you/want/logs\:/logs matrixdotorg/sytest-synapse:focal
+$ docker run --rm -it -v /path/where/you/have/cloned/the/repository\:/src:ro -v /path/to/where/you/want/logs\:/logs matrixdotorg/sytest-synapse:bullseye
 ```
 (Note that the paths must be full paths! You could also write `$(realpath relative/path)` if needed.)
 

docs/setup/installation.md

@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ When following this route please make sure that the [Platform-specific prerequis
 System requirements:
 
 - POSIX-compliant system (tested on Linux & OS X)
-- Python 3.8 or later, up to Python 3.11.
+- Python 3.9 or later, up to Python 3.11.
 - At least 1GB of free RAM if you want to join large public rooms like #matrix:matrix.org
 
 If building on an uncommon architecture for which pre-built wheels are

docs/upgrade.md

@@ -117,6 +117,17 @@ each upgrade are complete before moving on to the next upgrade, to avoid
 stacking them up. You can monitor the currently running background updates with
 [the Admin API](usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.html#status).
 
+# Upgrading to v1.119.0
+
+## Minimum supported Python version
+
+The minimum supported Python version has been increased from v3.8 to v3.9.
+You will need Python 3.9 to run Synapse v1.119.0 (due out Nov 7th, 2024).
+
+If you use current versions of the Matrix.org-distributed Debian
+packages or Docker images, no action is required.
+
+
 # Upgrading to v1.111.0
 
 ## New worker endpoints for authenticated client and federation media

mypy.ini

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ strict_equality = True
 
 # Run mypy type checking with the minimum supported Python version to catch new usage
 # that isn't backwards-compatible (types, overloads, etc).
-python_version = 3.8
+python_version = 3.9
 
 files =
   docker/,

pyproject.toml

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 88
-target-version = "py38"
+target-version = "py39"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 # See https://beta.ruff.rs/docs/rules/#error-e
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ synapse_review_recent_signups = "synapse._scripts.review_recent_signups:main"
 update_synapse_database = "synapse._scripts.update_synapse_database:main"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.8.0"
+python = "^3.9.0"
 
 # Mandatory Dependencies
 # ----------------------
@@ -378,13 +378,13 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 # Skip unsupported platforms (by us or by Rust).
 # See https://cibuildwheel.readthedocs.io/en/stable/options/#build-skip for the list of build targets.
 # We skip:
-#  - CPython 3.6 and 3.7: EOLed
-#  - PyPy 3.7: we only support Python 3.8+
+#  - CPython 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8: EOLed
+#  - PyPy 3.7 and 3.8: we only support Python 3.9+
 #  - musllinux i686: excluded to reduce number of wheels we build.
 #    c.f. https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/12595#discussion_r963107677
 #  - PyPy on Aarch64 and musllinux on aarch64: too slow to build.
 #    c.f. https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/14259
-skip = "cp36* cp37* pp37* *-musllinux_i686 pp*aarch64 *-musllinux_aarch64"
+skip = "cp36* cp37* cp38* pp37* pp38* *-musllinux_i686 pp*aarch64 *-musllinux_aarch64"
 
 # We need a rust compiler
 before-all =  "curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- --default-toolchain stable -y --profile minimal"

scripts-dev/build_debian_packages.py

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
     "debian:bullseye",  # (EOL ~2024-07) (our EOL forced by Python 3.9 is 2025-10-05)
     "debian:bookworm",  # (EOL not specified yet) (our EOL forced by Python 3.11 is 2027-10-24)
     "debian:sid",  # (EOL not specified yet) (our EOL forced by Python 3.11 is 2027-10-24)
-    "ubuntu:focal",  # 20.04 LTS (EOL 2025-04) (our EOL forced by Python 3.8 is 2024-10-14)
     "ubuntu:jammy",  # 22.04 LTS (EOL 2027-04) (our EOL forced by Python 3.10 is 2026-10-04)
     "ubuntu:noble",  # 24.04 LTS (EOL 2029-06)
     "ubuntu:oracular",  # 24.10 (EOL 2025-07)

synapse/__init__.py

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 # Note that we use an (unneeded) variable here so that pyupgrade doesn't nuke the
 # if-statement completely.
 py_version = sys.version_info
-if py_version < (3, 8):
-    print("Synapse requires Python 3.8 or above.")
+if py_version < (3, 9):
+    print("Synapse requires Python 3.9 or above.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 # Allow using the asyncio reactor via env var.

synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py

@@ -2550,7 +2550,9 @@ async def clear_partial_state_room(self, room_id: str) -> Optional[int]:
             still contains events with partial state.
         """
         try:
-            async with self._un_partial_stated_rooms_stream_id_gen.get_next() as un_partial_state_room_stream_id:
+            async with (
+                self._un_partial_stated_rooms_stream_id_gen.get_next() as un_partial_state_room_stream_id
+            ):
                 await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
                     "clear_partial_state_room",
                     self._clear_partial_state_room_txn,

synapse/storage/databases/main/state.py

@@ -681,7 +681,9 @@ async def update_state_for_partial_state_event(
         context: EventContext,
     ) -> None:
         """Update the state group for a partial state event"""
-        async with self._un_partial_stated_events_stream_id_gen.get_next() as un_partial_state_event_stream_id:
+        async with (
+            self._un_partial_stated_events_stream_id_gen.get_next() as un_partial_state_event_stream_id
+        ):
             await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
                 "update_state_for_partial_state_event",
                 self._update_state_for_partial_state_event_txn,