Update test deps

CHANGELOG

@@ -333,3 +333,219 @@
 * Add a configuration option, user_directory.prefer_local_users, which when enabled will make it more likely for users on the same server as you to appear above other users. (#9383, #9385)
 * Add support for regenerating thumbnails if they have been deleted but the original image is still stored. (#9438)
 
+[1.21.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.30.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.30.0)
+* Add prometheus metrics for number of users successfully registering and logging in. (#9510, #9511, #9573)
+* Add synapse_federation_last_sent_pdu_time and synapse_federation_last_received_pdu_time prometheus metrics, which monitor federation delays by reporting the timestamps of messages sent and received to a set of remote servers. (#9540)
+* Add support for generating JSON Web Tokens dynamically for use as OIDC client secrets. (#9549)
+* Optimise handling of incomplete room history for incoming federation. (#9601)
+* Finalise support for allowing clients to pick an SSO Identity Provider (MSC2858). (#9617)
+* Tell spam checker modules about the SSO IdP a user registered through if one was used. (#9626)
+
+[1.21.1]
+* Update Synapse to 1.30.1
+
+[1.22.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.31.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.31.0)
+* Add support to OpenID Connect login for requiring attributes on the userinfo response. Contributed by Hubbe King. (#9609)
+* Add initial experimental support for a "space summary" API. (#9643, #9652, #9653)
+* Add support for the busy presence state as described in MSC3026. (#9644)
+* Add support for credentials for proxy authentication in the HTTPS_PROXY environment variable. (#9657)
+
+[1.22.1]
+* Update Synapse to 1.32.0
+* Add a Synapse module for routing presence updates between users. (#9491)
+* Add an admin API to manage ratelimit for a specific user. (#9648)
+* Include request information in structured logging output. (#9654)
+* Add order_by to the admin API GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users. Contributed by @dklimpel. (#9691)
+* Replace the room_invite_state_types configuration setting with room_prejoin_state. (#9700)
+* Add experimental support for MSC3083: restricting room access via group membership. (#9717, #9735)
+* Update experimental support for Spaces: include m.room.create in the room state sent with room-invites. (#9710)
+* Synapse now requires Python 3.6 or later. It also requires Postgres 9.6 or later or SQLite 3.22 or later. (#9766)
+* Prevent synapse_forward_extremities and synapse_excess_extremity_events Prometheus metrics from initially reporting zero-values after startup. (#8926)
+* Fix recently added ratelimits to correctly honour the application service rate_limited flag. (#9711)
+* Fix longstanding bug which caused duplicate key value violates unique constraint "remote_media_cache_thumbnails_media_origin_media_id_thumbna_key" errors. (#9725)
+* Fix bug where sharded federation senders could get stuck repeatedly querying the DB in a loop, using lots of CPU. (#9770)
+* Fix duplicate logging of exceptions thrown during federation transaction processing. (#9780)
+
+[1.22.2]
+* Update Synapse to 1.32.0
+* Add a Synapse module for routing presence updates between users. (#9491)
+* Add an admin API to manage ratelimit for a specific user. (#9648)
+* Include request information in structured logging output. (#9654)
+* Add order_by to the admin API GET /_synapse/admin/v2/users. Contributed by @dklimpel. (#9691)
+* Replace the room_invite_state_types configuration setting with room_prejoin_state. (#9700)
+* Add experimental support for MSC3083: restricting room access via group membership. (#9717, #9735)
+* Update experimental support for Spaces: include m.room.create in the room state sent with room-invites. (#9710)
+* Synapse now requires Python 3.6 or later. It also requires Postgres 9.6 or later or SQLite 3.22 or later. (#9766)
+* Prevent synapse_forward_extremities and synapse_excess_extremity_events Prometheus metrics from initially reporting zero-values after startup. (#8926)
+* Fix recently added ratelimits to correctly honour the application service rate_limited flag. (#9711)
+* Fix longstanding bug which caused duplicate key value violates unique constraint "remote_media_cache_thumbnails_media_origin_media_id_thumbna_key" errors. (#9725)
+* Fix bug where sharded federation senders could get stuck repeatedly querying the DB in a loop, using lots of CPU. (#9770)
+* Fix duplicate logging of exceptions thrown during federation transaction processing. (#9780)
+
+[1.22.3]
+* Update Synapse to 1.32.1
+* Fix a regression in Synapse 1.32.0 which caused Synapse to report large numbers of Prometheus time series, potentially overwhelming Prometheus instances. (#9854)
+
+[1.22.4]
+* Update Synapse to 1.32.2
+* Fix a regression in Synapse 1.32.0 and 1.32.1 which caused LoggingContext errors in plugins. (#9857)
+
+[1.23.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.33.0
+* Update experimental support for MSC3083: restricting room access via group membership. (#9800, #9814)
+* Add experimental support for handling presence on a worker. (#9819, #9820, #9828, #9850)
+* Return a new template when an user attempts to renew their account multiple times with the same token, stating that their account is set to expire. This replaces the invalid token template that would previously be shown in this case. This change concerns the optional account validity feature. (#9832)
+* Fixes the OIDC SSO flow when using a public_baseurl value including a non-root URL path. (#9726)
+* Fix thumbnail generation for some sites with non-standard content types. Contributed by @rkfg. (#9788)
+* Add some sanity checks to identity server passed to 3PID bind/unbind endpoints. (#9802)
+* Limit the size of HTTP responses read over federation. (#9833)
+* Fix a bug which could cause Synapse to get stuck in a loop of resyncing device lists. (#9867)
+* Fix a long-standing bug where errors from federation did not propagate to the client. (#9868)
+
+[1.23.1]
+* Update Synapse to 1.33.1
+* Fix bug where /sync would break if using the latest version of attrs dependency, by pinning to a previous version. (#9937)
+
+[1.23.2]
+* Update Synapse to 1.33.2
+* This release fixes a denial of service attack (CVE-2021-29471) against Synapse's push rules implementation.
+
+[1.24.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.34.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.34.0)
+* Add support for DELETE /_synapse/admin/v1/rooms/<room_id>. (#9889)
+* Improve performance after joining a large room when presence is enabled. (#9910, #9916)
+* Support stable identifiers for MSC1772 Spaces. m.space.child events will now be taken into account when populating the experimental spaces summary response. Please see the upgrade notes if you have customised room_invite_state_types in your configuration. (#9915, #9966)
+* Improve performance of backfilling in large rooms. (#9935)
+
+[1.25.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.35.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.35.0)
+* Add experimental support to allow a user who could join a restricted room to view it in the spaces summary. (#9922, #10007, #10038)
+* Reduce memory usage when joining very large rooms over federation. (#9958)
+* Add a configuration option which allows enabling opentracing by user id. (#9978)
+* Enable experimental support for MSC2946 (spaces summary API) and MSC3083 (restricted join rules) by default. (#10011)
+
+[1.25.1]
+* Update Synapse to 1.35.1
+* Fix a bug introduced in v1.35.0 where invite-only rooms would be shown to all users in a space, regardless of if the user had access to it. (#10109)
+
+[1.26.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.36.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.36.0)
+
+[1.27.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.38.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.38.0)
+* Implement refresh tokens as specified by MSC2918. (#9450)
+* Add support for evicting cache entries based on last access time. (#10205)
+* Omit empty fields from the /sync response. Contributed by @deepbluev7. (#10214)
+* Improve validation on federation send_{join,leave,knock} endpoints. (#10225, #10243)
+* Mark events received over federation which fail a spam check as "soft-failed". (#10263)
+* Add metrics for new inbound federation staging area. (#10284)
+* Add script to print information about recently registered users. (#10290)
+
+[1.27.1]
+* Update Synapse to 1.38.1
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.38.1)
+
+[1.28.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.39.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.39.0)
+
+[1.29.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.40.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.40.0)
+
+[1.30.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.41.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.41.0)
+
+[1.30.1]
+* Send logs to the console
+* Fix postinstall message about federation
+
+[1.30.2]
+* Update Synapse to 1.41.1
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.41.1)
+* GHSA-3x4c-pq33-4w3q / CVE-2021-39164: Enumerating a private room's list of members and their display names.
+* GHSA-jj53-8fmw-f2w2 / CVE-2021-39163: Disclosing a private room's name, avatar, topic, and number of members.
+
+[1.31.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.42.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.42.0)
+* Support room version 9 from MSC3375. (#10747)
+* Add support for MSC3231: Token authenticated registration. Users can be required to submit a token during registration to authenticate themselves. Contributed by Callum Brown. (#10142)
+* Add support for MSC3283: Expose enable_set_displayname in capabilities. (#10452)
+* Port the PresenceRouter module interface to the new generic interface. (#10524)
+* Add pagination to the spaces summary based on updates to MSC2946. (#10613, #10725)
+
+[1.32.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.43.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.43.0)
+
+[1.33.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.44.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.44.0)
+* Only allow the MSC2716 /batch_send?chunk_id=xxx endpoint to connect to an already existing insertion event. (#10776)
+* Improve oEmbed URL previews by processing the author name, photo, and video information. (#10814, #10819)
+* Speed up responding with large JSON objects to requests. (#10868, #10905)
+* Add a user_may_create_room_with_invites spam checker callback to allow modules to allow or deny a room creation request based on the invites and/or 3PID invites it includes. (#10898)
+
+[1.34.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.45.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.45.0)
+* Fix a long-standing bug when using multiple event persister workers where events were not correctly sent down /sync due to a race. (#11045)
+* Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.45.0rc1 where the user directory would stop updating if it processed an event from a user not in the users table. (#11053)
+* Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.44.0 when logging errors during oEmbed processing. (#11061)
+
+[1.34.1]
+* Update Synapse to 1.45.1
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.45.1)
+* Revert change to counting of deactivated users towards the monthly active users limit, introduced in 1.45.0rc1. (#11127)
+
+[1.35.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.46.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.46.0)
+* Fix a bug introduced in v1.46.0rc1 where URL previews of some XML documents would fail. (#11196)
+
+[1.36.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.47.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.47.0)
+* Fix a bug introduced in 1.47.0rc1 which caused worker processes to not halt startup in the presence of outstanding database migrations. (#11346)
+* Fix a bug introduced in 1.47.0rc1 which prevented the 'remove deleted devices from device_inbox column' background process from running when updating from a recent Synapse version. (#11303, #11353)
+
+[1.36.1]
+* Update Synapse to 1.47.1
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.47.1)
+* GHSA-3hfw-x7gx-437c / CVE-2021-41281: Path traversal when downloading remote media.
+
+[1.37.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.48.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.48.0)
+
+[1.38.0]
+* Update Synapse to 1.49.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.49.0)
+
+[1.38.1]
+* Update Synapse to 1.49.2
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.49.2)
+
+[1.38.2]
+* Update Synapse to 1.50.1
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.50.1)
+
+[1.38.3]
+* Update Synapse to 1.50.2
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.50.2)
+* Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.40.0 that caused Synapse to fail to process incoming federation traffic after handling a large amount of events in a v1 room. (#11806)
+
+[1.38.4]
+* Update Synapse to 1.51.0
+* [Full changelog](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.51.0)
+

CloudronManifest.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "description": "file://DESCRIPTION.md",
   "changelog": "file://CHANGELOG",
   "tagline": "Secure & decentralized communication",
-  "version": "1.20.0",
+  "version": "1.38.4",
   "healthCheckPath": "/",
   "httpPort": 8008,
   "memoryLimit": 536870912,

DESCRIPTION.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This app packages Synapse <upstream>1.29.0</upstream>.
+This app packages Synapse <upstream>1.51.0</upstream>.
 
 **This package only provides the Matrix backend. A variety of clients are available
 [here](https://matrix.org/clients/). Riot is a popular web frontend for Matrix and

Dockerfile

@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-FROM cloudron/base:3.0.0@sha256:455c70428723e3a823198c57472785437eb6eab082e79b3ff04ea584faf46e92
-
+FROM cloudron/base:3.2.0@sha256:ba1d566164a67c266782545ea9809dc611c4152e27686fd14060332dd88263ea
+ 
 RUN mkdir -p /app/pkg
 
 WORKDIR /app/code
 
-ARG VERSION=v1.29.0
-
 # https://pythonspeed.com/articles/activate-virtualenv-dockerfile/
 RUN virtualenv -p python3 /app/code/env
 ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/app/code/env
 ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
 
+ARG VERSION=v1.51.0
+
 # Synapse (https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/INSTALL.md)
 # lxml - required for previews
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip && \

POSTINSTALL.md

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 Account ids are created with the username and the second level domain under which the
 app is installed e.g. `@$CLOUDRON-USERNAME@$CLOUDRON-APP-DOMAIN`.
 
-For federation to work, the second level domain has to be configured to serve up the
-`.well-known/domain.com/matrix` URI. See the 
-[federation docs](https://cloudron.io/documentation/apps/synapse/) on
+For federation to work, the second level domain (`$CLOUDRON-APP-DOMAIN`) has to be configured to serve up the
+`.well-known/matrix/server` URI. See the [federation docs](https://cloudron.io/documentation/apps/synapse/) on
 how to do this.
 

start.sh

@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ if [[ ! -f /app/data/configs/homeserver.yaml ]]; then
     cp /app/pkg/homeserver.yaml.template /app/data/configs/homeserver.yaml
     mv /app/data/configs/${server_name}.log.config /app/data/configs/log.config
     yq eval -i ".log_config=\"/app/data/configs/log.config\"" /app/data/configs/homeserver.yaml
-    yq eval -i ".handlers.file.filename=\"/run/synapse/homeserver.log\"" /app/data/configs/log.config
+
+    # delete default file and buffer handlers
+    yq eval -i "del(.handlers.file)" /app/data/configs/log.config
+    yq eval -i "del(.handlers.buffer)" /app/data/configs/log.config
 
     mv /app/data/configs/${server_name}.signing.key /app/data/configs/signing.key
 
@@ -35,9 +38,15 @@ if [[ ! -f /app/data/configs/homeserver.yaml ]]; then
     if [[ -z "${CLOUDRON_LDAP_SERVER:-}" ]]; then
         yq eval -i ".enable_registration=true" /app/data/configs/homeserver.yaml
         yq eval -i ".password_config.pepper=\"$(pwgen -1s 12)\"" /app/data/configs/homeserver.yaml
+        # just setting enabled to false is not enough. see https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-synapse-ldap3/issues/123
+        yq eval -i "del(.password_providers)" /app/data/configs/homeserver.yaml
     fi
 fi
 
+echo "==> Ensure we log to console"
+yq eval -i ".root.handlers=[\"console\"]" /app/data/configs/log.config
+yq eval -i ".loggers.twisted.handlers=[\"console\"]" /app/data/configs/log.config
+
 [[ ! -f /app/data/index.html ]] && cp /app/pkg/index.html /app/data/index.html
 
 echo "==> Configuring synapse"
@@ -67,6 +76,8 @@ if [[ -n "${CLOUDRON_LDAP_SERVER:-}" ]]; then
 
 else
     yq eval -i ".password_config.localdb_enabled=true" /app/data/configs/homeserver.yaml
+    # just setting enabled to false is not enough. see https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-synapse-ldap3/issues/123
+    yq eval -i "del(.password_providers)" /app/data/configs/homeserver.yaml
 fi
 
 # turn (https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/turn-howto.md#synapse-setup)
@@ -80,4 +91,4 @@ echo "==> Fixing permissions"
 chown -R cloudron.cloudron /app/data /run/synapse
 
 echo "==> Starting synapse"
-gosu cloudron:cloudron python3 -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path /app/data/configs/homeserver.yaml
+gosu cloudron:cloudron python3 -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path /app/data/configs/homeserver.yaml -n

test/package.json

@@ -9,14 +9,11 @@
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
-    "chromedriver": "^88.0.0",
-    "ejs": "^3.1.5",
+    "chromedriver": "^97.0.2",
     "expect.js": "^0.3.1",
-    "mkdirp": "^1.0.4",
-    "mocha": "^8.2.1",
-    "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
+    "mocha": "^9.2.0",
     "selenium-server-standalone-jar": "^3.141.59",
-    "selenium-webdriver": "^3.6.0",
-    "superagent": "^6.1.0"
+    "selenium-webdriver": "^4.1.1",
+    "superagent": "^7.1.1"
   }
 }

test/test.js

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-/* jslint node:true */
-/* global it:false */
-/* global xit:false */
-/* global describe:false */
-/* global before:false */
-/* global after:false */
+/* jshint esversion: 8 */
+/* global describe */
+/* global before */
+/* global after */
+/* global it */
+/* global xit */
 
 'use strict';
 
@@ -15,47 +15,42 @@ var execSync = require('child_process').execSync,
     expect = require('expect.js'),
     path = require('path'),
     superagent = require('superagent'),
-    webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver');
-
-var by = require('selenium-webdriver').By,
-    until = require('selenium-webdriver').until,
-    Key = require('selenium-webdriver').Key;
+    { Builder, By, Key, until } = require('selenium-webdriver'),
+    { Options } = require('selenium-webdriver/chrome');
 
 describe('Application life cycle test', function () {
     this.timeout(0);
-    var server, browser = new webdriver.Builder().forBrowser('chrome').build();
 
-    var LOCATION = 'test';
-    var app;
-    var username = process.env.USERNAME;
-    var password = process.env.PASSWORD;
-    var TIMEOUT = process.env.TIMEOUT | 30000;
+    const LOCATION = 'test';
+    const TEST_TIMEOUT = 10000;
+    const EXEC_ARGS = { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' };
+
+    const username = process.env.USERNAME;
+    const password = process.env.PASSWORD;
+
+    var app, browser;
     var token, roomId;
 
-    before(function (done) {
-        if (!process.env.USERNAME) return done(new Error('USERNAME env var not set'));
-        if (!process.env.PASSWORD) return done(new Error('PASSWORD env var not set'));
+    before(function () {
+        if (!process.env.USERNAME) throw new Error('USERNAME env var not set');
+        if (!process.env.PASSWORD) throw new Error('PASSWORD env var not set');
 
-        var seleniumJar= require('selenium-server-standalone-jar');
-        var SeleniumServer = require('selenium-webdriver/remote').SeleniumServer;
-        server = new SeleniumServer(seleniumJar.path, { port: 4444 });
-        server.start();
-
-        done();
+        browser = new Builder().forBrowser('chrome').setChromeOptions(new Options().windowSize({ width: 1280, height: 1024 })).build();
     });
 
-    after(function (done) {
+    after(function () {
         browser.quit();
-        server.stop();
-        done();
     });
 
-    function checkLandingPage(done) {
-        browser.get('https://' + app.fqdn).then(function () {
-            return browser.wait(until.elementLocated(by.xpath('//h1[contains(text(),"Synapse is running")]')), TIMEOUT);
-        }).then(function () {
-            done();
-        });
+    function getAppInfo() {
+        var inspect = JSON.parse(execSync('cloudron inspect'));
+        app = inspect.apps.filter(function (a) { return a.location.indexOf(LOCATION) === 0; })[0];
+        expect(app).to.be.an('object');
+    }
+
+    async function checkLandingPage() {
+        await browser.get(`https://${app.fqdn}`);
+        await browser.wait(until.elementLocated(By.xpath('//h1[contains(text(),"Synapse is running")]')), TEST_TIMEOUT);
     }
 
     // https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/latest#user-interactive-api-in-the-rest-api
@@ -82,7 +77,7 @@ describe('Application life cycle test', function () {
                 if (error) return done(error);
                 if (result.statusCode !== 200) return done(new Error('Login failed with status ' + result.statusCode));
 
-                console.log('registered user with id', result.user_id);
+                console.log('registered user with id', result.body.user_id);
 
                 done();
             });
@@ -141,22 +136,12 @@ describe('Application life cycle test', function () {
         });
     }
 
-    xit('build app', function () {
-        execSync('cloudron build', { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' });
-    });
+    xit('build app', function () { execSync('cloudron build', EXEC_ARGS); });
 
     // No SSO
-    it('install app (no sso)', function () {
-        execSync('cloudron install --no-sso --location ' + LOCATION, { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' });
-    });
+    it('install app (no sso)', function () { execSync('cloudron install --no-sso --location ' + LOCATION, EXEC_ARGS); });
 
-    it('can get app information', function () {
-        var inspect = JSON.parse(execSync('cloudron inspect'));
-
-        app = inspect.apps.filter(function (a) { return a.location === LOCATION; })[0];
-
-        expect(app).to.be.an('object');
-    });
+    it('can get app information', getAppInfo);
 
     it('check landing page', checkLandingPage);
     it('can register new user', registerUser);
@@ -165,22 +150,12 @@ describe('Application life cycle test', function () {
     it('create room', createRoom);
     it('check room', checkRoom);
 
-    it('uninstall app', function () {
-        execSync('cloudron uninstall --app ' + app.id, { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' });
-    });
+    it('uninstall app', function () { execSync('cloudron uninstall --app ' + app.id, EXEC_ARGS); });
 
     // SSO
-    it('install app', function () {
-        execSync('cloudron install --location ' + LOCATION, { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' });
-    });
+    it('install app', function () { execSync('cloudron install --location ' + LOCATION, EXEC_ARGS); });
 
-    it('can get app information', function () {
-        var inspect = JSON.parse(execSync('cloudron inspect'));
-
-        app = inspect.apps.filter(function (a) { return a.location === LOCATION; })[0];
-
-        expect(app).to.be.an('object');
-    });
+    it('can get app information', getAppInfo);
 
     it('check landing page', checkLandingPage);
     it('can login', checkLogin);
@@ -188,28 +163,22 @@ describe('Application life cycle test', function () {
     it('create room', createRoom);
     it('check room', checkRoom);
 
-    it('can restart app', function (done) {
-        execSync('cloudron restart');
-        done();
-    });
+    it('can restart app', function () { execSync('cloudron restart'); });
 
     it('check landing page', checkLandingPage);
     it('check room', checkRoom);
 
-    it('backup app', function () {
-        execSync('cloudron backup create --app ' + app.id, { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' });
-    });
+    it('backup app', function () { execSync('cloudron backup create --app ' + app.id, EXEC_ARGS); });
 
     it('check landing page', checkLandingPage);
     it('check room', checkRoom);
 
     it('restore app', function () {
         const backups = JSON.parse(execSync('cloudron backup list --raw'));
-        execSync('cloudron uninstall --app ' + app.id, { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' });
-        execSync('cloudron install --location ' + LOCATION, { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' });
-        var inspect = JSON.parse(execSync('cloudron inspect'));
-        app = inspect.apps.filter(function (a) { return a.location === LOCATION; })[0];
-        execSync(`cloudron restore --backup ${backups[0].id} --app ${app.id}`, { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' });
+        execSync('cloudron uninstall --app ' + app.id, EXEC_ARGS);
+        execSync('cloudron install --location ' + LOCATION, EXEC_ARGS);
+        getAppInfo();
+        execSync(`cloudron restore --backup ${backups[0].id} --app ${app.id}`, EXEC_ARGS);
     });
 
     it('check landing page', checkLandingPage);
@@ -217,40 +186,29 @@ describe('Application life cycle test', function () {
 
     it('move to different location', function () {
         browser.manage().deleteAllCookies();
-        execSync('cloudron configure --location ' + LOCATION + '2', { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' });
-        var inspect = JSON.parse(execSync('cloudron inspect'));
-        app = inspect.apps.filter(function (a) { return a.location === LOCATION + '2'; })[0];
-        expect(app).to.be.an('object');
+        execSync('cloudron configure --location ' + LOCATION + '2', EXEC_ARGS);
+        getAppInfo();
     });
 
     it('check landing page', checkLandingPage);
     it('check room', checkRoom);
 
-    it('uninstall app', function () {
-        execSync('cloudron uninstall --app ' + app.id, { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' });
-    });
+    it('uninstall app', function () { execSync('cloudron uninstall --app ' + app.id, EXEC_ARGS); });
 
     // test update
-    it('can install app', function () {
-        execSync('cloudron install --appstore-id org.matrix.synapse --location ' + LOCATION, { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' });
-        var inspect = JSON.parse(execSync('cloudron inspect'));
-        app = inspect.apps.filter(function (a) { return a.location === LOCATION; })[0];
-        expect(app).to.be.an('object');
-    });
+    it('can install app', function () { execSync('cloudron install --appstore-id org.matrix.synapse --location ' + LOCATION, EXEC_ARGS); });
+
+    it('can get app information', getAppInfo);
 
     it('check landing page', checkLandingPage);
     it('can login', checkLogin);
     it('create room', createRoom);
     it('check room', checkRoom);
 
-    it('can update', function () {
-        execSync('cloudron update --app ' + LOCATION, { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' });
-    });
+    it('can update', function () { execSync('cloudron update --app ' + LOCATION, EXEC_ARGS); });
 
     it('check landing page', checkLandingPage);
     it('check room', checkRoom);
-    it('uninstall app', function () {
-        execSync('cloudron uninstall --app ' + app.id, { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), stdio: 'inherit' });
-    });
-});
 
+    it('uninstall app', function () { execSync('cloudron uninstall --app ' + app.id, EXEC_ARGS); });
+});