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API for deleting user & room account_data (SPEC-431)

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Description

Submitted by @​matthew:matrix.org
We seem to have deliberately avoided to specify a DELETE for account_data. Unsure why (possibly to simplify the /sync responses when it disappears?), but it's not ideal that as a result empty account_data objects start to stack up where people try to delete them

(Imported from https://matrix.org/jira/browse/SPEC-431)

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Research direction

Start by reading the existing Matrix specification for user and room account_data, then review the issue discussion and the linked SPEC-431 context. Done means the specification has an agreed DELETE operation for both account_data types, including its behavior when data disappears from sync responses.

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Assessment

Domain
api, documentation
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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