From a443d2a25dc3cd99519c6b9a3a326545a0b2f933 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brendan Abolivier Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 17:37:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Spell out that Synapse never purges the last event sent in a room --- docs/message_retention_policies.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/message_retention_policies.md b/docs/message_retention_policies.md index 4300809dfe..f2e2794252 100644 --- a/docs/message_retention_policies.md +++ b/docs/message_retention_policies.md @@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ purged according to its room's policy, then the receiving server will process and store that event until it's picked up by the next purge job, though it will always hide it from clients. +With the current implementation of this feature, in order not to break +rooms, Synapse will never delete the last message sent to a room, and +will only hide it from clients. + ## Server configuration