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Add support for dual-stack networking (ipv4 + ipv6)

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
python
Domain
networking

Research direction

Start with the listener setup in src/matrix_content_scanner/httpserver.py around lines 145-151 and the listener configuration in config.sample.yaml around lines 16-19. Trace how the current single listener is configured and started, then update the configuration and startup path to support both IPv4 and IPv6 listeners. Done means the service can run with a list of listeners instead of requiring two parallel processes.

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
matrix-content-scanner-python only connects to 1 listener. This prevents it from running on both ipv4 and ipv6.

Describe the solution you'd like
Add a list of listeners instead of a single one in https://github.com/element-hq/matrix-content-scanner-python/blob/367a8c56ed6f95c5f36aa8ac035725af2972e6c5/config.sample.yaml#L16-L19

Describe alternatives you've considered
Run 2 matrix-content-scanner processes in parallel.

Dominant language
Python
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Merged PRs (30d)
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