diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 6c986808eb..9f8ccb8363 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,69 @@
+Synapse 1.19.0rc1 (2020-08-13)
+==============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Add option to allow server admins to join rooms which fail complexity checks. Contributed by @lugino-emeritus. ([\#7902](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7902))
+- Add an option to purge room or not with delete room admin endpoint (`POST /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/<room_id>/delete`). Contributed by @dklimpel. ([\#7964](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7964))
+- Add rate limiting to users joining rooms. ([\#8008](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8008))
+- Add a `/health` endpoint to every configured HTTP listener that can be used as a health check endpoint by load balancers. ([\#8048](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8048))
+- Allow login to be blocked based on the values of SAML attributes. ([\#8052](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8052))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.7.2 which caused inaccurate membership counts in the room directory. ([\#7977](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7977))
+- Fix a long standing bug: 'Duplicate key value violates unique constraint "event_relations_id"' when message retention is configured. ([\#7978](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7978))
+- Fix "no create event in auth events" when trying to reject invitation after inviter leaves. Bug introduced in Synapse v1.10.0. ([\#7980](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7980))
+- Fix various comments and minor discrepencies in server notices code. ([\#7996](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7996))
+- Fix a long standing bug where HTTP HEAD requests resulted in a 400 error. ([\#7999](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7999))
+- Fix a long-standing bug which caused two copies of some log lines to be written when synctl was used along with a MemoryHandler logger. ([\#8011](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8011), [\#8012](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8012))
+
+
+Updates to the Docker image
+---------------------------
+
+- We no longer publish Docker images with the `-py3` tag suffix, as announced at https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/UPGRADE.rst#upgrading-to-v1180. ([\#8056](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8056))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Document how to set up a Client Well-Known file and fix several pieces of outdated documentation. ([\#7899](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7899))
+- Improve workers docs. ([\#7990](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7990), [\#8000](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8000))
+- Fix typo in `docs/workers.md`. ([\#7992](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7992))
+- Add documentation for how to undo a room shutdown. ([\#7998](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7998), [\#8010](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8010))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Allow guest access to the `GET /_matrix/client/r0/rooms/{room_id}/members` endpoint, according to MSC2689. Contributed by Awesome Technologies Innovationslabor GmbH. ([\#7314](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7314))
+- Reduce the amount of whitespace in JSON stored and sent in responses. Contributed by David Vo. ([\#7372](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7372))
+- Switch to the JSON implementation from the standard library and bump the minimum version of the canonicaljson library to 1.2.0. ([\#7936](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7936), [\#7979](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7979))
+- Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await. ([\#7947](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7947), [\#7948](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7948), [\#7949](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7949), [\#7951](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7951), [\#7963](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7963), [\#7973](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7973), [\#7975](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7975), [\#7976](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7976), [\#7981](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7981), [\#7987](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7987), [\#7989](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7989), [\#8003](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8003), [\#8014](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8014), [\#8016](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8016), [\#8027](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8027), [\#8031](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8031), [\#8032](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8032), [\#8035](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8035), [\#8042](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8042), [\#8044](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8044), [\#8045](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8045), [\#8061](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8061), [\#8062](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8062), [\#8063](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8063), [\#8066](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8066), [\#8069](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8069), [\#8070](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8070))
+- Move some database-related log lines from the default logger to the database/transaction loggers. ([\#7952](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7952))
+- Add a script to detect source code files using non-unix line terminators. ([\#7965](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7965), [\#7970](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7970))
+- Log the SAML session ID during creation. ([\#7971](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7971))
+- Implement new experimental push rules for some users. ([\#7997](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/7997))
+- Remove redundant and unreliable signature check for v1 Identity Service lookup responses. ([\#8001](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8001))
+- Improve the performance of the register endpoint. ([\#8009](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8009))
+- Reduce less useful output in the newsfragment CI step. Add a link to the changelog section of the contributing guide on error. ([\#8024](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8024))
+- Rename storage layer objects to be more sensible. ([\#8033](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8033))
+- Revert MSC2654 implementation because of perf issues. Please delete this line when processing the 1.19 changelog. ([\#8039](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8039))
+- Change the default log config to reduce disk I/O and storage for new servers. ([\#8040](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8040))
+- Add an assertion on prev_events in create_new_client_event. ([\#8041](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8041))
+- Add a comment to `ServerContextFactory` about the use of `SSLv23_METHOD`. ([\#8043](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8043))
+- Log `OPTIONS` requests at `DEBUG` rather than `INFO` level to reduce amount logged at `INFO`. ([\#8049](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8049))
+- Reduce amount of outbound request logging at INFO level. ([\#8050](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8050))
+- It is no longer necessary to explicitly define `filters` in the logging configuration. (Continuing to do so is redundant but harmless.) ([\#8051](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8051))
+- Add type hints to `Notifier`. ([\#8058](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8058), [\#8064](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8064))
+- Improve typing information on `HomeServer` object. ([\#8060](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8060))
+- Add type hints to `synapse.handlers.message` and `synapse.events.builder`. ([\#8067](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8067))
+
+
 Synapse 1.18.0 (2020-07-30)
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/7314.misc b/changelog.d/7314.misc
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-Allow guest access to the `GET /_matrix/client/r0/rooms/{room_id}/members` endpoint, according to MSC2689. Contributed by Awesome Technologies Innovationslabor GmbH.
diff --git a/changelog.d/7372.misc b/changelog.d/7372.misc
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-Reduce the amount of whitespace in JSON stored and sent in responses. Contributed by David Vo.
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-Document how to set up a Client Well-Known file and fix several pieces of outdated documentation.
diff --git a/changelog.d/7902.feature b/changelog.d/7902.feature
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-Add option to allow server admins to join rooms which fail complexity checks. Contributed by @lugino-emeritus.
diff --git a/changelog.d/7936.misc b/changelog.d/7936.misc
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-Switch to the JSON implementation from the standard library and bump the minimum version of the canonicaljson library to 1.2.0.
diff --git a/changelog.d/7947.misc b/changelog.d/7947.misc
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
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-Move some database-related log lines from the default logger to the database/transaction loggers.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/7963.misc b/changelog.d/7963.misc
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
diff --git a/changelog.d/7964.feature b/changelog.d/7964.feature
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-Add an option to purge room or not with delete room admin endpoint (`POST /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/<room_id>/delete`). Contributed by @dklimpel.
\ No newline at end of file
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-Add a script to detect source code files using non-unix line terminators.
\ No newline at end of file
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-Add a script to detect source code files using non-unix line terminators.
\ No newline at end of file
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-Log the SAML session ID during creation.
diff --git a/changelog.d/7973.misc b/changelog.d/7973.misc
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
diff --git a/changelog.d/7977.bugfix b/changelog.d/7977.bugfix
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-Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.7.2 which caused inaccurate membership counts in the room directory.
diff --git a/changelog.d/7978.bugfix b/changelog.d/7978.bugfix
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-Fix a long standing bug: 'Duplicate key value violates unique constraint "event_relations_id"' when message retention is configured.
diff --git a/changelog.d/7979.misc b/changelog.d/7979.misc
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-Switch to the JSON implementation from the standard library and bump the minimum version of the canonicaljson library to 1.2.0.
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-Fix "no create event in auth events" when trying to reject invitation after inviter leaves. Bug introduced in Synapse v1.10.0.
diff --git a/changelog.d/7981.misc b/changelog.d/7981.misc
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
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-Improve workers docs.
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-Fix typo in `docs/workers.md`.
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-Fix various comments and minor discrepencies in server notices code.
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-Implement new experimental push rules for some users.
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-Add documentation for how to undo a room shutdown.
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-Fix a long standing bug where HTTP HEAD requests resulted in a 400 error.
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-Improve workers docs.
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-Remove redundant and unreliable signature check for v1 Identity Service lookup responses.
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
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-Add rate limiting to users joining rooms.
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-Improve the performance of the register endpoint.
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-Add documentation for how to undo a room shutdown.
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-Fix a long-standing bug which caused two copies of some log lines to be written when synctl was used along with a MemoryHandler logger.
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-Fix a long-standing bug which caused two copies of some log lines to be written when synctl was used along with a MemoryHandler logger.
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
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-Reduce less useful output in the newsfragment CI step. Add a link to the changelog section of the contributing guide on error.
\ No newline at end of file
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
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-Rename storage layer objects to be more sensible.
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-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
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-Revert MSC2654 implementation because of perf issues. Please delete this line when processing the 1.19 changelog.
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-Change the default log config to reduce disk I/O and storage for new servers.
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8045.misc b/changelog.d/8045.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index dfe4c03171..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8045.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8048.feature b/changelog.d/8048.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 8521d1920e..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8048.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add a `/health` endpoint to every configured HTTP listener that can be used as a health check endpoint by load balancers.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8049.misc b/changelog.d/8049.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fce36215d..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8049.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Log `OPTIONS` requests at `DEBUG` rather than `INFO` level to reduce amount logged at `INFO`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8050.misc b/changelog.d/8050.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index cc8d1af7fa..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8050.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Reduce amount of outbound request logging at INFO level.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8051.misc b/changelog.d/8051.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e472cd481..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8051.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-It is no longer necessary to explicitly define `filters` in the logging configuration. (Continuing to do so is redundant but harmless.)
diff --git a/changelog.d/8052.feature b/changelog.d/8052.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 6aa020c764..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8052.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Allow login to be blocked based on the values of SAML attributes.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8056.docker b/changelog.d/8056.docker
deleted file mode 100644
index d56734c13a..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8056.docker
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-We no longer publish Docker images with the `-py3` tag suffix, as announced at https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/UPGRADE.rst#upgrading-to-v1180.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8058.misc b/changelog.d/8058.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 41a27e5d72..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8058.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add type hints to `Notifier`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8060.misc b/changelog.d/8060.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index a0caf008d7..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8060.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve typing information on `HomeServer` object.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8061.misc b/changelog.d/8061.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index dfe4c03171..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8061.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8062.misc b/changelog.d/8062.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index dfe4c03171..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8062.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8063.misc b/changelog.d/8063.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index dfe4c03171..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8063.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8064.misc b/changelog.d/8064.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 41a27e5d72..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8064.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add type hints to `Notifier`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8066.misc b/changelog.d/8066.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index dfe4c03171..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8066.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8067.misc b/changelog.d/8067.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index f4404b7506..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8067.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add type hints to `synapse.handlers.message` and `synapse.events.builder`.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8069.misc b/changelog.d/8069.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index dfe4c03171..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8069.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
diff --git a/changelog.d/8070.misc b/changelog.d/8070.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index dfe4c03171..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/8070.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Convert various parts of the codebase to async/await.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index f70381bc71..832a8e2014 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.18.0"
+__version__ = "1.19.0rc1"
 
 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