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+Deprecate authentication via a query string, as per [MSC4126](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/issues/4126).
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+Deprecate authentication via a query string, as per [MSC4126](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/issues/4126).