diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
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+Synapse 1.0.0rc1 (2019-06-07)
+=============================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Synapse now more efficiently collates room statistics. ([\#4338](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/4338), [\#5260](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5260), [\#5324](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5324))
+- Add experimental support for relations (aka reactions and edits). ([\#5220](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5220))
+- Ability to configure default room version. ([\#5223](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5223), [\#5249](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5249))
+- Allow configuring a range for the account validity startup job. ([\#5276](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5276))
+- CAS login will now hit the r0 API, not the deprecated v1 one. ([\#5286](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5286))
+- Validate federation server TLS certificates by default (implements [MSC1711](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/master/proposals/1711-x509-for-federation.md)). ([\#5359](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5359))
+- Update /_matrix/client/versions to reference support for r0.5.0. ([\#5360](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5360))
+- Add a script to generate new signing-key files. ([\#5361](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5361))
+- Update upgrade and installation guides ahead of 1.0. ([\#5371](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5371))
+- Replace the `perspectives` configuration section with `trusted_key_servers`, and make validating the signatures on responses optional (since TLS will do this job for us). ([\#5374](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5374))
+- Add ability to perform password reset via email without trusting the identity server. ([\#5377](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5377))
+- Set default room version to v4. ([\#5379](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5379))
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fixes client-server API not sending "m.heroes" to lazy-load /sync requests when a rooms name or its canonical alias are empty. Thanks to @dnaf for this work! ([\#5089](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5089))
+- Prevent federation device list updates breaking when processing multiple updates at once. ([\#5156](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5156))
+- Fix worker registration bug caused by ClientReaderSlavedStore being unable to see get_profileinfo. ([\#5200](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5200))
+- Fix race when backfilling in rooms with worker mode. ([\#5221](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5221))
+- Fix appservice timestamp massaging. ([\#5233](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5233))
+- Ensure that server_keys fetched via a notary server are correctly signed. ([\#5251](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5251))
+- Show the correct error when logging out and access token is missing. ([\#5256](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5256))
+- Fix error code when there is an invalid parameter on /_matrix/client/r0/publicRooms ([\#5257](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5257))
+- Fix error when downloading thumbnail with missing width/height parameter. ([\#5258](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5258))
+- Fix schema update for account validity. ([\#5268](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5268))
+- Fix bug where we leaked extremities when we soft failed events, leading to performance degradation. ([\#5274](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5274), [\#5278](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5278), [\#5291](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5291))
+- Fix "db txn 'update_presence' from sentinel context" log messages. ([\#5275](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5275))
+- Fix dropped logcontexts during high outbound traffic. ([\#5277](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5277))
+- Fix a bug where it is not possible to get events in the federation format with the request `GET /_matrix/client/r0/rooms/{roomId}/messages`. ([\#5293](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5293))
+- Fix performance problems with the rooms stats background update. ([\#5294](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5294))
+- Fix noisy 'no key for server' logs. ([\#5300](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5300))
+- Fix bug where a notary server would sometimes forget old keys. ([\#5307](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5307))
+- Prevent users from setting huge displaynames and avatar URLs. ([\#5309](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5309))
+- Fix handling of failures when processing incoming events where calling `/event_auth` on remote server fails. ([\#5317](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5317))
+- Ensure that we have an up-to-date copy of the signing key when validating incoming federation requests. ([\#5321](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5321))
+- Fix various problems which made the signing-key notary server time out for some requests. ([\#5333](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5333))
+- Fix bug which would make certain operations (such as room joins) block for 20 minutes while attemoting to fetch verification keys. ([\#5334](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5334))
+- Fix a bug where we could rapidly mark a server as unreachable even though it was only down for a few minutes. ([\#5335](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5335), [\#5340](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5340))
+- Fix a bug where account validity renewal emails could only be sent when email notifs were enabled. ([\#5341](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5341))
+- Fix failure when fetching batches of events during backfill, etc. ([\#5342](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5342))
+- Add a new room version where the timestamps on events are checked against the validity periods on signing keys. ([\#5348](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5348), [\#5354](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5354))
+- Fix room stats and presence background updates to correctly handle missing events. ([\#5352](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5352))
+- Include left members in room summaries' heroes. ([\#5355](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5355))
+- Fix `federation_custom_ca_list` configuration option. ([\#5362](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5362))
+- Fix missing logcontext warnings on shutdown. ([\#5369](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5369))
+
+
+Improved Documentation
+----------------------
+
+- Fix docs on resetting the user directory. ([\#5282](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5282))
+- Fix notes about ACME in the MSC1711 faq. ([\#5357](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5357))
+
+
+Internal Changes
+----------------
+
+- Synapse will now serve the experimental "room complexity" API endpoint. ([\#5216](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5216))
+- The base classes for the v1 and v2_alpha REST APIs have been unified. ([\#5226](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5226), [\#5328](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5328))
+- Simplifications and comments in do_auth. ([\#5227](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5227))
+- Remove urllib3 pin as requests 2.22.0 has been released supporting urllib3 1.25.2. ([\#5230](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5230))
+- Preparatory work for key-validity features. ([\#5232](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5232), [\#5234](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5234), [\#5235](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5235), [\#5236](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5236), [\#5237](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5237), [\#5244](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5244), [\#5250](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5250), [\#5296](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5296), [\#5299](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5299), [\#5343](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5343), [\#5347](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5347), [\#5356](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5356))
+- Specify the type of reCAPTCHA key to use. ([\#5283](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5283))
+- Improve sample config for monthly active user blocking. ([\#5284](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5284))
+- Remove spurious debug from MatrixFederationHttpClient.get_json. ([\#5287](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5287))
+- Improve logging for logcontext leaks. ([\#5288](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5288))
+- Clarify that the admin change password API logs the user out. ([\#5303](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5303))
+- New installs will now use the v54 full schema, rather than the full schema v14 and applying incremental updates to v54. ([\#5320](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5320))
+- Improve docstrings on MatrixFederationClient. ([\#5332](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5332))
+- Clean up FederationClient.get_events for clarity. ([\#5344](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5344))
+- Various improvements to debug logging. ([\#5353](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5353))
+- Don't run CI build checks until sample config check has passed. ([\#5370](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5370))
+- Automatically retry buildkite builds (max twice) when an agent is lost. ([\#5380](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5380))
+
+
 Synapse 0.99.5.2 (2019-05-30)
 =============================
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/4338.feature b/changelog.d/4338.feature
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-Synapse now more efficiently collates room statistics.
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-Fixes client-server API not sending "m.heroes" to lazy-load /sync requests when a rooms name or its canonical alias are empty. Thanks to @dnaf for this work!
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-Prevent federation device list updates breaking when processing multiple updates at once.
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-Fix worker registration bug caused by ClientReaderSlavedStore being unable to see get_profileinfo.
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-Synapse will now serve the experimental "room complexity" API endpoint.
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-Add experimental support for relations (aka reactions and edits).
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-Fix race when backfilling in rooms with worker mode.
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-Ability to configure default room version.
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-The base classes for the v1 and v2_alpha REST APIs have been unified.
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-Simplifications and comments in do_auth.
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-Remove urllib3 pin as requests 2.22.0 has been released supporting urllib3 1.25.2.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5232.misc b/changelog.d/5232.misc
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-Preparatory work for key-validity features.
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-Fix appservice timestamp massaging.
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-Preparatory work for key-validity features.
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-Preparatory work for key-validity features.
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-Preparatory work for key-validity features.
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-Preparatory work for key-validity features.
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-Preparatory work for key-validity features.
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-Ability to configure default room version.
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-Preparatory work for key-validity features.
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-Ensure that server_keys fetched via a notary server are correctly signed.
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-Show the correct error when logging out and access token is missing.
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-Fix error code when there is an invalid parameter on /_matrix/client/r0/publicRooms
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-Fix error when downloading thumbnail with missing width/height parameter.
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-Synapse now more efficiently collates room statistics.
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-Fix schema update for account validity.
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-Fix bug where we leaked extremities when we soft failed events, leading to performance degradation.
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-Fix "db txn 'update_presence' from sentinel context" log messages.
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-Allow configuring a range for the account validity startup job.
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-Fix dropped logcontexts during high outbound traffic.
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-Fix bug where we leaked extremities when we soft failed events, leading to performance degradation.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5282.doc b/changelog.d/5282.doc
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-Fix docs on resetting the user directory.
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-Specify the type of reCAPTCHA key to use.
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-Improve sample config for monthly active user blocking. 
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-CAS login will now hit the r0 API, not the deprecated v1 one.
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-Remove spurious debug from MatrixFederationHttpClient.get_json.
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-Improve logging for logcontext leaks.
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-Fix bug where we leaked extremities when we soft failed events, leading to performance degradation.
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-Fix a bug where it is not possible to get events in the federation format with the request `GET /_matrix/client/r0/rooms/{roomId}/messages`.
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-Fix performance problems with the rooms stats background update.
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-Preparatory work for key-validity features.
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-Preparatory work for key-validity features.
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-Fix noisy 'no key for server' logs.
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-Clarify that the admin change password API logs the user out.
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-Fix bug where a notary server would sometimes forget old keys.
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-Prevent users from setting huge displaynames and avatar URLs.
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-Fix handling of failures when processing incoming events where calling `/event_auth` on remote server fails.
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-New installs will now use the v54 full schema, rather than the full schema v14 and applying incremental updates to v54.
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-Ensure that we have an up-to-date copy of the signing key when validating incoming federation requests.
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--- a/changelog.d/5324.feature
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Synapse now more efficiently collates room statistics.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5328.misc b/changelog.d/5328.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index e1b9dc58a3..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5328.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-The base classes for the v1 and v2_alpha REST APIs have been unified.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5332.misc b/changelog.d/5332.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index dcfac4eac9..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5332.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve docstrings on MatrixFederationClient.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5333.bugfix b/changelog.d/5333.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index cb05a6dd63..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5333.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix various problems which made the signing-key notary server time out for some requests.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/5334.bugfix b/changelog.d/5334.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index ed141e0918..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5334.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix bug which would make certain operations (such as room joins) block for 20 minutes while attemoting to fetch verification keys.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5335.bugfix b/changelog.d/5335.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7318cbe35e..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5335.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug where we could rapidly mark a server as unreachable even though it was only down for a few minutes.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5340.bugfix b/changelog.d/5340.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 931ee904e1..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5340.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug where we could rapidly mark a server as unreachable even though it was only down for a few minutes.
-
diff --git a/changelog.d/5341.bugfix b/changelog.d/5341.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index a7aaa95f39..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5341.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug where account validity renewal emails could only be sent when email notifs were enabled.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5342.bugfix b/changelog.d/5342.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 66a3076292..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5342.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix failure when fetching batches of events during backfill, etc.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5343.misc b/changelog.d/5343.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 8336bc55dc..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5343.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Preparatory work for key-validity features.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5344.misc b/changelog.d/5344.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index a20c563bf1..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5344.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Clean up FederationClient.get_events for clarity.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5347.misc b/changelog.d/5347.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 8336bc55dc..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5347.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Preparatory work for key-validity features.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5348.bugfix b/changelog.d/5348.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d396c7990..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5348.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add a new room version where the timestamps on events are checked against the validity periods on signing keys.
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diff --git a/changelog.d/5352.bugfix b/changelog.d/5352.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ffefe5a68..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5352.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix room stats and presence background updates to correctly handle missing events.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5353.misc b/changelog.d/5353.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 436245fb11..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5353.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Various improvements to debug logging.
-
diff --git a/changelog.d/5354.bugfix b/changelog.d/5354.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c56032b30..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5354.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Add a new room version where the timestamps on events are checked against the validity periods on signing keys.
-
diff --git a/changelog.d/5355.bugfix b/changelog.d/5355.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index e1955a7403..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5355.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Include left members in room summaries' heroes.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5356.misc b/changelog.d/5356.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 8336bc55dc..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5356.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Preparatory work for key-validity features.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5357.doc b/changelog.d/5357.doc
deleted file mode 100644
index 27cba49641..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5357.doc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix notes about ACME in the MSC1711 faq.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5359.feature b/changelog.d/5359.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a03939834..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5359.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Validate federation server TLS certificates by default (implements [MSC1711](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/master/proposals/1711-x509-for-federation.md)).
diff --git a/changelog.d/5360.feature b/changelog.d/5360.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 01fbb3b06d..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5360.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update /_matrix/client/versions to reference support for r0.5.0. 
diff --git a/changelog.d/5361.feature b/changelog.d/5361.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 10768cdad3..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5361.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add a script to generate new signing-key files.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5362.bugfix b/changelog.d/5362.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c8b19182c..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5362.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix `federation_custom_ca_list` configuration option.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5369.bugfix b/changelog.d/5369.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index cc61618f39..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5369.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix missing logcontext warnings on shutdown.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5370.misc b/changelog.d/5370.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index b0473ef280..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5370.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Don't run CI build checks until sample config check has passed.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5371.feature b/changelog.d/5371.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f960630e0..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5371.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update upgrade and installation guides ahead of 1.0.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5374.feature b/changelog.d/5374.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 17937637ab..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5374.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Replace the `perspectives` configuration section with `trusted_key_servers`, and make validating the signatures on responses optional (since TLS will do this job for us).
diff --git a/changelog.d/5377.feature b/changelog.d/5377.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 6aae41847a..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5377.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add ability to perform password reset via email without trusting the identity server.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5379.feature b/changelog.d/5379.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b64786fe6..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5379.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Set default room version to v4.
diff --git a/changelog.d/5380.misc b/changelog.d/5380.misc
deleted file mode 100644
index 099bba414c..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/5380.misc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Automatically retry buildkite builds (max twice) when an agent is lost.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index d0e8d7c21b..77a4cfc3a5 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "0.99.5.2"
+__version__ = "1.0.0rc1"