Issues with #matterbridge:matrix.org

[Mikaela]

Hi, Matterbridge's own room has a couple of issues that I think should be considered.

• The room is at room version 1 while the recommended one is 9. This could be resolved by administrator running /upgraderoom 9, which technically creates a new room and points users there so it may need checking up matterbridge.toml if room internal ID is used instead of an alias.
• The room versions are documented here, the main thing is that room version 1 often experiences "state reset" where e.g. moderator/administrator privileges are lost frequently. (Room version 10 is supported by Dendrite and Synapse 1.64.0).
• Version 1 rooms are also so old to allow a moderator to upgrade them which can be used to perform a takeover, but as the next point, that isn't a concern currently.
• @version:maunium.net (a version checker bot) can help deciding which room version to upgrade to as !servers upgrade 10 and !servers upgrade 9 will tell which homeservers don't support the version in question or if all participating servers support it.
• Only the matterbridge itself (@42wimbot:matrix.org) has administrative power(level 100) in the room. I don't know if this is intentional or if a state reset has removed the others.
  • Personally I would encourage registering accounts on multiple homeservers so if one went down or the room got attacked, there would be more homeservers where to act upon it in case there was a federation issue.
  • I think the room is also big enough that more moderators than 1 would be beneficial even if there hasn't been need yet.