diff --git a/changelog.d/12370.bugfix b/changelog.d/12370.bugfix
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-Fix `/messages` returning backfilled and [MSC2716](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/12319) historic messages our of order.
diff --git a/changelog.d/12370.feature b/changelog.d/12370.feature
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+Update `/messages` to use historic pagination tokens if no `from` query parameter is given.