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# Synapse database schema files
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Synapse's database schema is stored in the `synapse.storage.schema` module.
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## Logical databases
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Synapse supports splitting its datastore across multiple physical databases (which can
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be useful for large installations), and the schema files are therefore split according
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to the logical database they apply to.
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At the time of writing, the following "logical" databases are supported:
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* `state` - used to store Matrix room state (more specifically, `state_groups`,
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their relationships and contents).
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* `main` - stores everything else.
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Additionally, the `common` directory contains schema files for tables which must be
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present on *all* physical databases.
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## Synapse schema versions
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Synapse manages its database schema via "schema versions". These are mainly used to
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help avoid confusion if the Synapse codebase is rolled back after the database is
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updated. They work as follows:
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* The Synapse codebase defines a constant `synapse.storage.schema.SCHEMA_VERSION`
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which represents the expectations made about the database by that version. For
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example, as of Synapse v1.36, this is `59`.
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* The database stores a "compatibility version" in
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`schema_compat_version.compat_version` which defines the `SCHEMA_VERSION` of the
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oldest version of Synapse which will work with the database. On startup, if
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`compat_version` is found to be newer than `SCHEMA_VERSION`, Synapse will refuse to
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start.
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Synapse automatically updates this field from
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`synapse.storage.schema.SCHEMA_COMPAT_VERSION`.
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* Whenever a backwards-incompatible change is made to the database format (normally
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via a `delta` file), `synapse.storage.schema.SCHEMA_COMPAT_VERSION` is also updated
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so that administrators can not accidentally roll back to a too-old version of Synapse.
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Generally, the goal is to maintain compatibility with at least one or two previous
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releases of Synapse, so any substantial change tends to require multiple releases and a
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bit of forward-planning to get right.
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As a worked example: we want to remove the `room_stats_historical` table. Here is how it
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might pan out.
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1. Replace any code that *reads* from `room_stats_historical` with alternative
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implementations, but keep writing to it in case of rollback to an earlier version.
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Also, increase `synapse.storage.schema.SCHEMA_VERSION`. In this
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instance, there is no existing code which reads from `room_stats_historical`, so
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our starting point is:
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v1.36.0: `SCHEMA_VERSION=59`, `SCHEMA_COMPAT_VERSION=59`
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2. Next (say in Synapse v1.37.0): remove the code that *writes* to
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`room_stats_historical`, but don’t yet remove the table in case of rollback to
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v1.36.0. Again, we increase `synapse.storage.schema.SCHEMA_VERSION`, but
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because we have not broken compatibility with v1.36, we do not yet update
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`SCHEMA_COMPAT_VERSION`. We now have:
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v1.37.0: `SCHEMA_VERSION=60`, `SCHEMA_COMPAT_VERSION=59`.
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3. Later (say in Synapse v1.38.0): we can remove the table altogether. This will
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break compatibility with v1.36.0, so we must update `SCHEMA_COMPAT_VERSION` accordingly.
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There is no need to update `synapse.storage.schema.SCHEMA_VERSION`, since there is no
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change to the Synapse codebase here. So we end up with:
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v1.38.0: `SCHEMA_VERSION=60`, `SCHEMA_COMPAT_VERSION=60`.
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If in doubt about whether to update `SCHEMA_VERSION` or not, it is generally best to
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lean towards doing so.
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## Full schema dumps
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In the `full_schemas` directories, only the most recently-numbered snapshot is used
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(`54` at the time of writing). Older snapshots (eg, `16`) are present for historical
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reference only.
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### Building full schema dumps
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If you want to recreate these schemas, they need to be made from a database that
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has had all background updates run.
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To do so, use `scripts-dev/make_full_schema.sh`. This will produce new
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`full.sql.postgres` and `full.sql.sqlite` files.
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Ensure postgres is installed, then run:
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./scripts-dev/make_full_schema.sh -p postgres_username -o output_dir/
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NB at the time of writing, this script predates the split into separate `state`/`main`
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databases so will require updates to handle that correctly.
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