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# Room version upgrades

## Background

[MSC1425](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/1425) introduces a
mechanism for associating a "version" with a room, which allows us to introduce
changes to the mechanics of rooms.

Assuming that a given change is successful, the next challenge is to introduce
it to existing rooms. This proposal introduces a mechanism for doing so.

## Proposal

In short: room upgrades are implemented by creating a new room, shutting down
the old one, and linking between the two.

The mechanics of this are as follows. When Alice upgrades a room, her client
hits a new C-S api:

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