element-hq/sydent

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Matrix identity server implementation

Stars: 23
Forks: 9
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 50
Avg merge: 16h 4m
Merged PRs (30d): 1

Dominant language: Python
License: AGPL-3.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 3, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 15, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted

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50 open issues indexed

vector.im identity server tries to contact homeserver on server_name instead of hostname Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

element-hq/sydent#600 · Opened Dec 14, 2025
Terms of service not accepted or the identity server is invalid. Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

element-hq/sydent#597 · Opened Jun 19, 2025
`poetry install` failing on Python 3.12 Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

element-hq/sydent#581 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
cargo/rust permission denied Open

help wanted S-Major T-Defect

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

element-hq/sydent#571 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
[docker] Permission denied: '/home/sydent/src/requirements.txt' Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 52/100

element-hq/sydent#570 · 5 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Private contact discovery Open

enhancement research

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

element-hq/sydent#564 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 10, 2025
`POST /_matrix/identity/v2/store-invite` returns unspecced `public_key` property Open

A-Spec-Compliance S-Minor T-Defect

Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

element-hq/sydent#561 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
[docker] Bad working directory Open

help wanted

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

element-hq/sydent#556 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Back-off retries for requests to `/3pid/onbind` against homeservers after a successful bind are not tested Open

help wanted

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

element-hq/sydent#554 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Emails from Sydent should include headers that enable automated bounce and complaint handling Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

element-hq/sydent#539 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
`POST /_matrix/identity/v2/store-invite` returns v1 key validity APIs Open

enhancement

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

element-hq/sydent#534 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
`/_matrix/identity/api/v1/sign-ed25519` links in emails should use non-`/_matrix` namespace and have a better name Open

T-Defect

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

element-hq/sydent#533 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Include sender MXID in email headers where possible Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

element-hq/sydent#532 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Sydent could give more helpful warnings if the `Host` header doesn't match the configured value Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

element-hq/sydent#513 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
If you lose your Matrix account bound to a 3PID, there appears to be no way you can erase it (also: phone numbers change owners) Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

element-hq/sydent#485 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 10, 2025
SQLite queries happen (block) on the reactor thread Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

element-hq/sydent#482 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Consider using SQLite's write-ahead log (WAL) mode instead of the rollback journal mode Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

element-hq/sydent#472 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Uncaught InvalidCodepoint exception in POST `/register` Open

T-Defect

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

element-hq/sydent#470 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Uncaught DNSServerError in call to `_lookup_service` Open

T-Defect

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

element-hq/sydent#469 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Consider supporting PostgreSQL (and switching to it for matrix.org/vector.im) Open

Z-Time-Tracked

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

element-hq/sydent#468 · 5 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Sentry error involving email address with non-ascii characters Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

element-hq/sydent#458 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Introduce a constants module Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

element-hq/sydent#457 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Add metrics on expired validation sessions Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

element-hq/sydent#423 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Add metrics on failed/succeeded SMS sending attempts Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

element-hq/sydent#422 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Add Jinja2 template support for verification response (and SMS verification) Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

element-hq/sydent#406 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Add tests for unbinding addresses Open

help wanted

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

element-hq/sydent#399 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Remove the v1 API Open

X-Future-Maintenance

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

element-hq/sydent#338 · 20 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Pending invites aren't pushed upon receiving a new binding through replication Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

element-hq/sydent#329 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Unbind doesn't delete from global_threepid_associations Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

element-hq/sydent#307 · 7 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Sydent does not log IP addresses when X-Forwarded-For header exists and obey_x_forwarded_for = True Open

T-Defect

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

element-hq/sydent#299 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
POST /_matrix/identity/v2/validate/msisdn/submitToken returns HTTP-500 if token is not valid Open

T-Defect

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

element-hq/sydent#292 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
sydent sometimes takes ages to start Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

element-hq/sydent#288 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
pidfile is annoying and pointless Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

element-hq/sydent#286 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
We don't currently test replication failures Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

element-hq/sydent#282 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Sydent produces a strange validation URL via email when sending next_link to /requestToken Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

element-hq/sydent#259 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Use SQLite context manager for queries Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

element-hq/sydent#257 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Sydent doesn't follow the spec's behaviour with next_link Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

element-hq/sydent#254 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Mention which SQLite versions are supported in README Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 45/100

element-hq/sydent#238 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Remove the lookup_hash field from local_threepid_associations Open

phase:2 privacy-sprint

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

element-hq/sydent#196 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
POST /_matrix/identity/api/v1/validate/email/requestToken returns "success" key Open

help wanted

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

element-hq/sydent#195 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Sydent doesn't delete 3PIDs from DB on unbind Open

phase:1 privacy-sprint

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

element-hq/sydent#192 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Add CORS headers for unknown endpoints Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

element-hq/sydent#183 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 10, 2025
/lookup requests don't seem to work Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

element-hq/sydent#153 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Email templates are not installed by default Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

element-hq/sydent#131 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Add prometheus metrics for replication Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

element-hq/sydent#127 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Email templates need fixing Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

element-hq/sydent#105 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 10, 2025
ephemeral_public_keys table grows indefinitely Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

element-hq/sydent#103 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Config file values need explanation Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

element-hq/sydent#101 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Sydent needs to be i18nized Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

element-hq/sydent#51 · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Allow custom SMS gateways instead of OpenMarket in Matrix Identity server Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

element-hq/sydent#49 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2025

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