- Ensure Synapse v1.69 works with upcoming database changes in v1.70. ([\#14045](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14045))
- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.68.0 where messages could not be sent in rooms with non-integer `notifications` power level. ([\#14073](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14073))
- Fix a bug introduced in Synapse v1.68.0 where messages could not be sent in rooms with non-integer `notifications` power level. ([\#14073](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14073))
- Temporarily pin build-system requirements to workaround an incompatibility with poetry-core 1.3.0. This will be reverted before the v1.69.0 release proper, see [\#14079](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14079). ([\#14080](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/14080))