Merge tag 'v1.40.0rc2' into develop

Synapse 1.40.0rc2 (2021-08-04)
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Bugfixes
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- Fix the `PeriodicallyFlushingMemoryHandler` inhibiting application shutdown because of its background thread. ([\#10517](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10517))
- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.40.0rc1 that could cause Synapse to respond with an error when clients would update read receipts. ([\#10531](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10531))

Internal Changes
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- Fix release script to open the correct URL for the release. ([\#10516](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/10516))

synapse/__init__.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.40.0rc1"
+__version__ = "1.40.0rc2"
 
 if bool(os.environ.get("SYNAPSE_TEST_PATCH_LOG_CONTEXTS", False)):
     # We import here so that we don't have to install a bunch of deps when

synapse/logging/handlers.py

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class PeriodicallyFlushingMemoryHandler(MemoryHandler):
         self._flushing_thread: Thread = Thread(
             name="PeriodicallyFlushingMemoryHandler flushing thread",
             target=self._flush_periodically,
+            daemon=True,
         )
         self._flushing_thread.start()
 

synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/receipts.py

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class ReceiptRestServlet(RestServlet):
         if receipt_type != "m.read":
             raise SynapseError(400, "Receipt type must be 'm.read'")
 
-        body = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
+        body = parse_json_object_from_request(request, allow_empty_body=True)
         hidden = body.get(ReadReceiptEventFields.MSC2285_HIDDEN, False)
 
         if not isinstance(hidden, bool):