diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7bdc7ae6c..eca9c82f5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,77 @@
+Synapse 1.3.0rc1 (2019-08-13)
+==========================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Use `M_USER_DEACTIVATED` instead of `M_UNKNOWN` for errcode when a deactivated user attempts to login. ([\#5686](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5686))
+- Add sd_notify hooks to ease systemd integration and allows usage of Type=Notify. ([\#5732](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5732))
+- Synapse will no longer serve any media repo admin endpoints when `enable_media_repo` is set to False in the configuration. If a media repo worker is used, the admin APIs relating to the media repo will be served from it instead. ([\#5754](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5754), [\#5848](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5848))
+- Synapse can now be configured to not join remote rooms of a given "complexity" (currently, state events) over federation. This option can be used to prevent adverse performance on resource-constrained homeservers. ([\#5783](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5783))
+- Allow defining HTML templates to serve the user on account renewal attempt when using the account validity feature. ([\#5807](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5807))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix UISIs during homeserver outage. ([\#5693](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5693), [\#5789](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5789))
+- Fix stack overflow in server key lookup code. ([\#5724](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5724))
+- start.sh no longer uses deprecated cli option. ([\#5725](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5725))
+- Log when we receive an event receipt from an unexpected origin. ([\#5743](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5743))
+- Fix debian packaging scripts to correctly build sid packages. ([\#5775](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5775))
+- Correctly handle redactions of redactions. ([\#5788](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5788))
+- Return 404 instead of 403 when accessing /rooms/{roomId}/event/{eventId} for an event without the appropriate permissions. ([\#5798](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5798))
+- Fix check that tombstone is a state event in push rules. ([\#5804](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5804))
+- Fix error when trying to login as a deactivated user when using a worker to handle login. ([\#5806](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5806))
+- Fix bug where user `/sync` stream could get wedged in rare circumstances. ([\#5825](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5825))
+- The purge_remote_media.sh script was fixed. ([\#5839](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5839))
+
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- Synapse now no longer accepts the `-v`/`--verbose`, `-f`/`--log-file`, or `--log-config` command line flags, and removes the deprecated `verbose` and `log_file` configuration file options. Users of these options should migrate their options into the dedicated log configuration. ([\#5678](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5678), [\#5729](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5729))
+- Remove non-functional 'expire_access_token' setting. ([\#5782](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5782))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Make Jaeger fully configurable. ([\#5694](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5694))
+- Add precautionary measures to prevent future abuse of `window.opener` in default welcome page. ([\#5695](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5695))
+- Reduce database IO usage by optimising queries for current membership. ([\#5706](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5706), [\#5738](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5738), [\#5746](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5746), [\#5752](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5752), [\#5770](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5770), [\#5774](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5774), [\#5792](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5792), [\#5793](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5793))
+- Improve caching when fetching `get_filtered_current_state_ids`. ([\#5713](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5713))
+- Don't accept opentracing data from clients. ([\#5715](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5715))
+- Speed up PostgreSQL unit tests in CI. ([\#5717](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5717))
+- Update the coding style document. ([\#5719](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5719))
+- Improve database query performance when recording retry intervals for remote hosts. ([\#5720](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5720))
+- Add a set of opentracing utils. ([\#5722](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5722))
+- Cache result of get_version_string to reduce overhead of `/version` federation requests. ([\#5730](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5730))
+- Return 'user_type' in admin API user endpoints results. ([\#5731](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5731))
+- Don't package the sytest test blacklist file. ([\#5733](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5733))
+- Replace uses of returnValue with plain return, as returnValue is not needed on Python 3. ([\#5736](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5736))
+- Blacklist some flakey tests in worker mode. ([\#5740](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5740))
+- Fix some error cases in the caching layer. ([\#5749](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5749))
+- Add a prometheus metric for pending cache lookups. ([\#5750](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5750))
+- Stop trying to fetch events with event_id=None. ([\#5753](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5753))
+- Convert RedactionTestCase to modern test style. ([\#5768](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5768))
+- Allow looping calls to be given arguments. ([\#5780](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5780))
+- Set the logs emitted when checking typing and presence timeouts to DEBUG level, not INFO. ([\#5785](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5785))
+- Remove DelayedCall debugging from the test suite, as it is no longer required in the vast majority of Synapse's tests. ([\#5787](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5787))
+- Remove some spurious exceptions from the logs where we failed to talk to a remote server. ([\#5790](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5790))
+- Improve performance when making `.well-known` requests by sharing the SSL options between requests. ([\#5794](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5794))
+- Disable codecov GitHub comments on PRs. ([\#5796](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5796))
+- Don't allow clients to send tombstone events that reference the room it's sent in. ([\#5801](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5801))
+- Deny redactions of events sent in a different room. ([\#5802](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5802))
+- Deny sending well known state types as non-state events. ([\#5805](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5805))
+- Handle incorrectly encoded query params correctly by returning a 400. ([\#5808](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5808))
+- Handle pusher being deleted during processing rather than logging an exception. ([\#5809](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5809))
+- Return 502 not 500 when failing to reach any remote server. ([\#5810](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5810))
+- Reduce global pauses in the events stream caused by expensive state resolution during persistence. ([\#5826](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5826))
+- Add a lower bound to well-known lookup cache time to avoid repeated lookups. ([\#5836](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5836))
+- Whitelist history visbility sytests in worker mode tests. ([\#5843](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5843))
+
+
 Synapse 1.2.1 (2019-07-26)
 ==========================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/5678.removal b/changelog.d/5678.removal
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Synapse now no longer accepts the `-v`/`--verbose`, `-f`/`--log-file`, or `--log-config` command line flags, and removes the deprecated `verbose` and `log_file` configuration file options. Users of these options should migrate their options into the dedicated log configuration.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5686.feature b/changelog.d/5686.feature
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index 367aa1eca..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5686.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Use `M_USER_DEACTIVATED` instead of `M_UNKNOWN` for errcode when a deactivated user attempts to login.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5693.bugfix b/changelog.d/5693.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index d6f4e590a..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5693.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix UISIs during homeserver outage.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5694.misc b/changelog.d/5694.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b12dcc84..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5694.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Make Jaeger fully configurable.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5695.misc b/changelog.d/5695.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 4741d32e2..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5695.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add precautionary measures to prevent future abuse of `window.opener` in default welcome page.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5706.misc b/changelog.d/5706.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e15dfd5f..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5706.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Reduce database IO usage by optimising queries for current membership.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5713.misc b/changelog.d/5713.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 01ea1cf8d..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5713.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve caching when fetching `get_filtered_current_state_ids`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5715.misc b/changelog.d/5715.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index a77366e0c..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5715.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Don't accept opentracing data from clients.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5717.misc b/changelog.d/5717.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 07dc3bca9..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5717.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Speed up PostgreSQL unit tests in CI.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5719.misc b/changelog.d/5719.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d5294724..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5719.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update the coding style document.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5720.misc b/changelog.d/5720.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 590f64f19..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5720.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve database query performance when recording retry intervals for remote hosts.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5722.misc b/changelog.d/5722.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index f2d236188..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5722.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add a set of opentracing utils.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5724.bugfix b/changelog.d/5724.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b3683daf..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5724.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix stack overflow in server key lookup code.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/5725.bugfix b/changelog.d/5725.bugfix
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-start.sh no longer uses deprecated cli option.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5729.removal b/changelog.d/5729.removal
deleted file mode 100644
index 3af5198e6..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5729.removal
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
- Synapse now no longer accepts the `-v`/`--verbose`, `-f`/`--log-file`, or `--log-config` command line flags, and removes the deprecated `verbose` and `log_file` configuration file options. Users of these options should migrate their options into the dedicated log configuration.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5730.misc b/changelog.d/5730.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index a99677f5e..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5730.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Cache result of get_version_string to reduce overhead of `/version` federation requests.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5731.misc b/changelog.d/5731.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index dffae5d87..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5731.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Return 'user_type' in admin API user endpoints results.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5732.feature b/changelog.d/5732.feature
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/changelog.d/5732.feature
+++ /dev/null
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-Add sd_notify hooks to ease systemd integration and allows usage of Type=Notify.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5733.misc b/changelog.d/5733.misc
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index a2a8c2638..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5733.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Don't package the sytest test blacklist file.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5736.misc b/changelog.d/5736.misc
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index 5713b8b32..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5736.misc
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-Replace uses of returnValue with plain return, as returnValue is not needed on Python 3.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5738.misc b/changelog.d/5738.misc
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-Reduce database IO usage by optimising queries for current membership.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5740.misc b/changelog.d/5740.misc
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-Blacklist some flakey tests in worker mode.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5743.bugfix b/changelog.d/5743.bugfix
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--- a/changelog.d/5743.bugfix
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-Log when we receive an event receipt from an unexpected origin.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5746.misc b/changelog.d/5746.misc
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-Reduce database IO usage by optimising queries for current membership.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5749.misc b/changelog.d/5749.misc
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-Fix some error cases in the caching layer.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5750.misc b/changelog.d/5750.misc
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-Add a prometheus metric for pending cache lookups.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/5752.misc b/changelog.d/5752.misc
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-Reduce database IO usage by optimising queries for current membership.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5753.misc b/changelog.d/5753.misc
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index 22bba9ce3..000000000
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-Stop trying to fetch events with event_id=None.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5754.feature b/changelog.d/5754.feature
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--- a/changelog.d/5754.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Synapse will no longer serve any media repo admin endpoints when `enable_media_repo` is set to False in the configuration. If a media repo worker is used, the admin APIs relating to the media repo will be served from it instead.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/5768.misc b/changelog.d/5768.misc
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-Convert RedactionTestCase to modern test style.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5770.misc b/changelog.d/5770.misc
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-Reduce database IO usage by optimising queries for current membership.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5774.misc b/changelog.d/5774.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/5774.misc
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-Reduce database IO usage by optimising queries for current membership.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5775.bugfix b/changelog.d/5775.bugfix
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--- a/changelog.d/5775.bugfix
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-Fix debian packaging scripts to correctly build sid packages.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5780.misc b/changelog.d/5780.misc
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index b7eb56e62..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5780.misc
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-Allow looping calls to be given arguments.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5782.removal b/changelog.d/5782.removal
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index 658bf923a..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5782.removal
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove non-functional 'expire_access_token' setting.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5783.feature b/changelog.d/5783.feature
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index 18f5a3cb2..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5783.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Synapse can now be configured to not join remote rooms of a given "complexity" (currently, state events) over federation. This option can be used to prevent adverse performance on resource-constrained homeservers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5785.misc b/changelog.d/5785.misc
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-Set the logs emitted when checking typing and presence timeouts to DEBUG level, not INFO.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5787.misc b/changelog.d/5787.misc
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index ead0b04b6..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5787.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove DelayedCall debugging from the test suite, as it is no longer required in the vast majority of Synapse's tests.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5788.bugfix b/changelog.d/5788.bugfix
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index 5632f3cb9..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5788.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
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-Correctly handle redactions of redactions.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5789.bugfix b/changelog.d/5789.bugfix
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index d6f4e590a..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5789.bugfix
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix UISIs during homeserver outage.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5790.misc b/changelog.d/5790.misc
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index 3e9e435d7..000000000
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-Remove some spurious exceptions from the logs where we failed to talk to a remote server.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5792.misc b/changelog.d/5792.misc
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index 5e15dfd5f..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5792.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Reduce database IO usage by optimising queries for current membership.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5793.misc b/changelog.d/5793.misc
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index 5e15dfd5f..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5793.misc
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-Reduce database IO usage by optimising queries for current membership.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5794.misc b/changelog.d/5794.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/5794.misc
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-Improve performance when making `.well-known` requests by sharing the SSL options between requests.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5796.misc b/changelog.d/5796.misc
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-Disable codecov GitHub comments on PRs.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5798.bugfix b/changelog.d/5798.bugfix
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-Return 404 instead of 403 when accessing /rooms/{roomId}/event/{eventId} for an event without the appropriate permissions.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5801.misc b/changelog.d/5801.misc
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-Don't allow clients to send tombstone events that reference the room it's sent in.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5802.misc b/changelog.d/5802.misc
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--- a/changelog.d/5802.misc
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-Deny redactions of events sent in a different room. 
diff --git a/changelog.d/5804.bugfix b/changelog.d/5804.bugfix
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index 75c17b460..000000000
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-Fix check that tombstone is a state event in push rules.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5805.misc b/changelog.d/5805.misc
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index 352cb3db0..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5805.misc
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Deny sending well known state types as non-state events.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5806.bugfix b/changelog.d/5806.bugfix
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--- a/changelog.d/5806.bugfix
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix error when trying to login as a deactivated user when using a worker to handle login.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5807.feature b/changelog.d/5807.feature
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index 8b7d29a23..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5807.feature
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Allow defining HTML templates to serve the user on account renewal attempt when using the account validity feature.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5808.misc b/changelog.d/5808.misc
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index cac3fd34d..000000000
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-Handle incorrectly encoded query params correctly by returning a 400.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5809.misc b/changelog.d/5809.misc
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index 82a812480..000000000
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Handle pusher being deleted during processing rather than logging an exception.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5810.misc b/changelog.d/5810.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a5ccbbb3..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5810.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Return 502 not 500 when failing to reach any remote server.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5825.bugfix b/changelog.d/5825.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index fb2c6f821..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5825.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix bug where user `/sync` stream could get wedged in rare circumstances.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5826.misc b/changelog.d/5826.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 9abed11bb..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5826.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Reduce global pauses in the events stream caused by expensive state resolution during persistence.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5836.misc b/changelog.d/5836.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 18f248820..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5836.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add a lower bound to well-known lookup cache time to avoid repeated lookups.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5839.bugfix b/changelog.d/5839.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5775bfa65..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5839.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-The purge_remote_media.sh script was fixed.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5843.misc b/changelog.d/5843.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index e7e7d572b..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5843.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Whitelist history visbility sytests in worker mode tests.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5848.feature b/changelog.d/5848.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index c1a09a4dc..000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5848.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Synapse will no longer serve any media repo admin endpoints when `enable_media_repo` is set to False in the configuration. If a media repo worker is used, the admin APIs relating to the media repo will be served from it instead.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 8301a13d8..d2316c7df 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.2.1"
+__version__ = "1.3.0rc1"