diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1b5d37b8..45583a00 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -68,3 +68,6 @@ cached_target
 
 # Direnv cache
 /.direnv
+
+test-conduit/
+test-conduit.toml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 88b82e58..25b6d41e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -80,10 +80,24 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5f093eed78becd229346bf859eec0aa4dd7ddde0757287b2b4107a1f09c80002"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "async-trait"
-version = "0.1.73"
+name = "async-compression"
+version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bc00ceb34980c03614e35a3a4e218276a0a824e911d07651cd0d858a51e8c0f0"
+checksum = "bb42b2197bf15ccb092b62c74515dbd8b86d0effd934795f6687c93b6e679a2c"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "memchr",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "zstd",
+ "zstd-safe",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-trait"
+version = "0.1.74"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a66537f1bb974b254c98ed142ff995236e81b9d0fe4db0575f46612cb15eb0f9"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -92,9 +106,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.5.3"
+version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c59bdb34bc650a32731b31bd8f0829cc15d24a708ee31559e0bb34f2bc320cba"
+checksum = "8d818003e740b63afc82337e3160717f4f63078720a810b7b903e70a5d1d2994"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytemuck",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
@@ -188,9 +205,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
-version = "0.21.4"
+version = "0.21.5"
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-checksum = "9ba43ea6f343b788c8764558649e08df62f86c6ef251fdaeb1ffd010a9ae50a2"
+checksum = "35636a1494ede3b646cc98f74f8e62c773a38a659ebc777a2cf26b9b74171df9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base64ct"
@@ -209,9 +226,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.68.1"
+version = "0.69.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "726e4313eb6ec35d2730258ad4e15b547ee75d6afaa1361a922e78e59b7d8078"
+checksum = "9ffcebc3849946a7170a05992aac39da343a90676ab392c51a4280981d6379c2"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "cexpr",
@@ -332,9 +349,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "4.4.3"
+version = "4.4.8"
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-checksum = "84ed82781cea27b43c9b106a979fe450a13a31aab0500595fb3fc06616de08e6"
+checksum = "2275f18819641850fa26c89acc84d465c1bf91ce57bc2748b28c420473352f64"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -342,9 +359,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "4.4.2"
+version = "4.4.8"
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-checksum = "2bb9faaa7c2ef94b2743a21f5a29e6f0010dff4caa69ac8e9d6cf8b6fa74da08"
+checksum = "07cdf1b148b25c1e1f7a42225e30a0d99a615cd4637eae7365548dd4529b95bc"
 dependencies = [
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  "clap_lex",
@@ -352,9 +369,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "4.4.2"
+version = "4.4.7"
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-checksum = "0862016ff20d69b84ef8247369fabf5c008a7417002411897d40ee1f4532b873"
+checksum = "cf9804afaaf59a91e75b022a30fb7229a7901f60c755489cc61c9b423b836442"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -364,9 +381,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cd7cc57abe963c6d3b9d8be5b06ba7c8957a930305ca90304f24ef040aa6f961"
+checksum = "702fc72eb24e5a1e48ce58027a675bc24edd52096d5397d4aea7c6dd9eca0bd1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "color_quant"
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
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-checksum = "4443176a9f2c162692bd3d352d745ef9413eec5782a80d8fd6f8a1ac692a07f7"
+checksum = "2acce4a10f12dc2fb14a218589d4f1f62ef011b2d0cc4b3cb1bba8e94da14649"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.10.10"
+version = "0.10.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4547e226f4c9ab860571e070a9034192b3175580ecea38da34fcdb53a018c9a5"
+checksum = "649f3e5d826594057e9a519626304d8da859ea8a0b18ce99500c586b8d45faee"
 dependencies = [
  "atomic",
  "pear",
  "serde",
- "toml",
+ "toml 0.8.2",
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  "version_check",
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@@ -802,9 +819,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.3.28"
+version = "0.3.29"
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-checksum = "4bca583b7e26f571124fe5b7561d49cb2868d79116cfa0eefce955557c6fee8c"
+checksum = "eb1d22c66e66d9d72e1758f0bd7d4fd0bee04cad842ee34587d68c07e45d088c"
 
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+version = "0.3.29"
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-checksum = "89ca545a94061b6365f2c7355b4b32bd20df3ff95f02da9329b34ccc3bd6ee72"
+checksum = "53b153fd91e4b0147f4aced87be237c98248656bb01050b96bf3ee89220a8ddb"
 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
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+version = "0.3.29"
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-checksum = "f43be4fe21a13b9781a69afa4985b0f6ee0e1afab2c6f454a8cf30e2b2237b6e"
+checksum = "e36d3378ee38c2a36ad710c5d30c2911d752cb941c00c72dbabfb786a7970817"
 
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-version = "0.3.28"
+version = "0.3.29"
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-checksum = "76d3d132be6c0e6aa1534069c705a74a5997a356c0dc2f86a47765e5617c5b65"
+checksum = "efd193069b0ddadc69c46389b740bbccdd97203899b48d09c5f7969591d6bae2"
 
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 name = "futures-util"
-version = "0.3.28"
+version = "0.3.29"
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-checksum = "26b01e40b772d54cf6c6d721c1d1abd0647a0106a12ecaa1c186273392a69533"
+checksum = "a19526d624e703a3179b3d322efec918b6246ea0fa51d41124525f00f1cc8104"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-macro",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.9"
+version = "0.2.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bd6effc99afb63425aff9b05836f029929e345a6148a14b7ecd5ab67af944482"
+checksum = "8947b1a6fad4393052c7ba1f4cd97bed3e953a95c79c92ad9b051a04611d9fbb"
 dependencies = [
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  "fnv",
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b58db92f96b720de98181bbbe63c831e87005ab460c1bf306eb2622b4707997f"
 dependencies = [
- "socket2 0.5.4",
+ "socket2 0.5.5",
  "widestring",
  "windows-sys",
  "winreg",
@@ -1271,9 +1288,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jsonwebtoken"
-version = "9.0.0"
+version = "9.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e863f95209c79b9b8b001c4b03463385f890a765dbc4e0802cb8d4177e3e410"
+checksum = "155c4d7e39ad04c172c5e3a99c434ea3b4a7ba7960b38ecd562b270b097cce09"
 dependencies = [
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  "pem",
@@ -1317,9 +1334,9 @@ checksum = "830d08ce1d1d941e6b30645f1a0eb5643013d835ce3779a5fc208261dbe10f55"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.148"
+version = "0.2.150"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9cdc71e17332e86d2e1d38c1f99edcb6288ee11b815fb1a4b049eaa2114d369b"
+checksum = "89d92a4743f9a61002fae18374ed11e7973f530cb3a3255fb354818118b2203c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libloading"
@@ -1333,8 +1350,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.13.0+8.6.7"
-source = "git+https://github.com/rust-rocksdb/rust-rocksdb?rev=4b8a2ce57e9c4b745784fa3d023c8e3b4ab3a83c#4b8a2ce57e9c4b745784fa3d023c8e3b4ab3a83c"
+version = "0.14.0+8.8.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/rust-rocksdb?rev=eaa2beedb1f36466a52ca01ffbf3a2118b2cb41b#eaa2beedb1f36466a52ca01ffbf3a2118b2cb41b"
 dependencies = [
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  "bzip2-sys",
@@ -1349,9 +1366,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libsqlite3-sys"
-version = "0.26.0"
+version = "0.27.0"
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-checksum = "afc22eff61b133b115c6e8c74e818c628d6d5e7a502afea6f64dee076dd94326"
+checksum = "cf4e226dcd58b4be396f7bd3c20da8fdee2911400705297ba7d2d7cc2c30f716"
 dependencies = [
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  "pkg-config",
@@ -1496,9 +1513,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
-version = "0.8.8"
+version = "0.8.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "927a765cd3fc26206e66b296465fa9d3e5ab003e651c1b3c060e7956d96b19d2"
+checksum = "3dce281c5e46beae905d4de1870d8b1509a9142b62eedf18b443b011ca8343d0"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "wasi",
@@ -1892,7 +1909,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f4c021e1093a56626774e81216a4ce732a735e5bad4868a03f3ed65ca0c3919"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
- "toml_edit",
+ "toml_edit 0.19.15",
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 [[package]]
@@ -1993,14 +2010,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.9.5"
+version = "1.10.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "697061221ea1b4a94a624f67d0ae2bfe4e22b8a17b6a192afb11046542cc8c47"
+checksum = "380b951a9c5e80ddfd6136919eef32310721aa4aacd4889a8d39124b026ab343"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-automata 0.3.8",
- "regex-syntax 0.7.5",
+ "regex-automata 0.4.3",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.2",
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 [[package]]
@@ -2014,13 +2031,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.3.8"
+version = "0.4.3"
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-checksum = "c2f401f4955220693b56f8ec66ee9c78abffd8d1c4f23dc41a23839eb88f0795"
+checksum = "5f804c7828047e88b2d32e2d7fe5a105da8ee3264f01902f796c8e067dc2483f"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-syntax 0.7.5",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.2",
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 [[package]]
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 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.7.5"
+version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dbb5fb1acd8a1a18b3dd5be62d25485eb770e05afb408a9627d14d451bae12da"
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.11.20"
+version = "0.11.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3e9ad3fe7488d7e34558a2033d45a0c90b72d97b4f80705666fea71472e2e6a1"
+checksum = "046cd98826c46c2ac8ddecae268eb5c2e58628688a5fc7a2643704a73faba95b"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bytes",
@@ -2064,6 +2081,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
+ "system-configuration",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
  "tokio-socks",
@@ -2117,7 +2135,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
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-source = "git+https://github.com/rust-rocksdb/rust-rocksdb?rev=4b8a2ce57e9c4b745784fa3d023c8e3b4ab3a83c#4b8a2ce57e9c4b745784fa3d023c8e3b4ab3a83c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/girlbossceo/rust-rocksdb?rev=eaa2beedb1f36466a52ca01ffbf3a2118b2cb41b#eaa2beedb1f36466a52ca01ffbf3a2118b2cb41b"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "librocksdb-sys",
@@ -2265,7 +2283,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ruma-identifiers-validation",
  "serde",
  "syn",
- "toml",
+ "toml 0.7.8",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2313,9 +2331,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.30.0"
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-checksum = "549b9d036d571d42e6e85d1c1425e2ac83491075078ca9a15be021c56b1641f2"
+checksum = "a78046161564f5e7cd9008aff3b2990b3850dc8e0349119b98e8f251e099f24d"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "fallible-iterator",
@@ -2473,18 +2491,18 @@ checksum = "b0293b4b29daaf487284529cc2f5675b8e57c61f70167ba415a463651fd6a918"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.188"
+version = "1.0.193"
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-checksum = "cf9e0fcba69a370eed61bcf2b728575f726b50b55cba78064753d708ddc7549e"
+checksum = "25dd9975e68d0cb5aa1120c288333fc98731bd1dd12f561e468ea4728c042b89"
 dependencies = [
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-version = "1.0.188"
+version = "1.0.193"
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-checksum = "4eca7ac642d82aa35b60049a6eccb4be6be75e599bd2e9adb5f875a737654af2"
+checksum = "43576ca501357b9b071ac53cdc7da8ef0cbd9493d8df094cd821777ea6e894d3"
 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
@@ -2506,9 +2524,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.107"
+version = "1.0.108"
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-checksum = "6b420ce6e3d8bd882e9b243c6eed35dbc9a6110c9769e74b584e0d68d1f20c65"
+checksum = "3d1c7e3eac408d115102c4c24ad393e0821bb3a5df4d506a80f85f7a742a526b"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -2548,9 +2566,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.9.25"
+version = "0.9.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1a49e178e4452f45cb61d0cd8cebc1b0fafd3e41929e996cef79aa3aca91f574"
+checksum = "3cc7a1570e38322cfe4154732e5110f887ea57e22b76f4bfd32b5bdd3368666c"
 dependencies = [
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  "itoa",
@@ -2572,9 +2590,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.10.5"
+version = "0.10.6"
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-checksum = "f04293dc80c3993519f2d7f6f511707ee7094fe0c6d3406feb330cdb3540eba3"
+checksum = "e3bf829a2d51ab4a5ddf1352d8470c140cadc8301b2ae1789db023f01cedd6ba"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -2667,9 +2685,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.5.4"
+version = "0.5.5"
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-checksum = "4031e820eb552adee9295814c0ced9e5cf38ddf1e8b7d566d6de8e2538ea989e"
+checksum = "7b5fac59a5cb5dd637972e5fca70daf0523c9067fcdc4842f053dae04a18f8e9"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "windows-sys",
@@ -2738,6 +2756,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-queue",
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+[[package]]
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+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba3a3adc5c275d719af8cb4272ea1c4a6d668a777f37e115f6d11ddbc1c8e0e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "system-configuration-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "system-configuration-sys"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a75fb188eb626b924683e3b95e3a48e63551fcfb51949de2f06a9d91dbee93c9"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
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 version = "1.0.48"
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 [[package]]
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-version = "1.32.0"
+version = "1.34.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "17ed6077ed6cd6c74735e21f37eb16dc3935f96878b1fe961074089cc80893f9"
+checksum = "d0c014766411e834f7af5b8f4cf46257aab4036ca95e9d2c144a10f59ad6f5b9"
 dependencies = [
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  "bytes",
@@ -2877,16 +2916,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "num_cpus",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
- "socket2 0.5.4",
+ "socket2 0.5.5",
  "tokio-macros",
  "windows-sys",
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-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "630bdcf245f78637c13ec01ffae6187cca34625e8c63150d424b59e55af2675e"
+checksum = "5b8a1e28f2deaa14e508979454cb3a223b10b938b45af148bc0986de36f1923b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -2949,7 +2988,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
- "toml_edit",
+ "toml_edit 0.19.15",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "185d8ab0dfbb35cf1399a6344d8484209c088f75f8f68230da55d48d95d43e3d"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "toml_edit 0.20.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2974,6 +3025,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_edit"
+version = "0.20.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "396e4d48bbb2b7554c944bde63101b5ae446cff6ec4a24227428f15eb72ef338"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap 2.0.0",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "winnow",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower"
 version = "0.4.13"
@@ -2995,6 +3059,7 @@ version = "0.4.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "61c5bb1d698276a2443e5ecfabc1008bf15a36c12e6a7176e7bf089ea9131140"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-compression",
  "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
@@ -3003,6 +3068,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body",
  "http-range-header",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
@@ -3113,9 +3180,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "trust-dns-proto"
-version = "0.23.0"
+version = "0.23.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0dc775440033cb114085f6f2437682b194fa7546466024b1037e82a48a052a69"
+checksum = "3119112651c157f4488931a01e586aa459736e9d6046d3bd9105ffb69352d374"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -3138,9 +3205,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "trust-dns-resolver"
-version = "0.23.0"
+version = "0.23.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2dff7aed33ef3e8bf2c9966fccdfed93f93d46f432282ea875cd66faabc6ef2f"
+checksum = "10a3e6c3aff1718b3c73e395d1f35202ba2ffa847c6a62eea0db8fb4cfe30be6"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "futures-util",
@@ -3510,6 +3577,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd"
+version = "0.12.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1a27595e173641171fc74a1232b7b1c7a7cb6e18222c11e9dfb9888fa424c53c"
+dependencies = [
+ "zstd-safe",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd-safe"
+version = "6.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee98ffd0b48ee95e6c5168188e44a54550b1564d9d530ee21d5f0eaed1069581"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "zstd-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zstd-sys"
 version = "2.0.8+zstd.1.5.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 798fcf04..f09d13dd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ rust-version = "1.70.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 # Web framework
-axum = { version = "0.6.18", default-features = false, features = ["form", "headers", "http1", "http2", "json", "matched-path"], optional = true }
+axum = { version = "0.6.20", default-features = false, features = ["form", "headers", "http1", "http2", "json", "matched-path"], optional = true }
 axum-server = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["tls-rustls"] }
 tower = { version = "0.4.13", features = ["util"] }
-tower-http = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["add-extension", "cors", "sensitive-headers", "trace", "util"] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.4.4", features = ["add-extension", "cors", "sensitive-headers", "trace", "util"] }
 
 # Used for matrix spec type definitions and helpers
 #ruma = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["compat", "rand", "appservice-api-c", "client-api", "federation-api", "push-gateway-api-c", "state-res", "unstable-pre-spec", "unstable-exhaustive-types"] }
@@ -36,43 +36,43 @@ ruma = { git = "https://github.com/ruma/ruma", rev = "b4853aa8fa5e3a24e3689fc880
 hyperlocal = { git = "https://github.com/softprops/hyperlocal", rev = "2ee4d149644600d326559af0d2b235c945b05c04", features = [
   "server",
 ] }
-hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["server", "http1"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.28.1", features = ["fs", "macros", "signal", "sync"] }
+hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["server", "http1", "http2"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.34.0", features = ["fs", "macros", "signal", "sync"] }
 # Used for storing data permanently
 #sled = { version = "0.34.7", features = ["compression", "no_metrics"], optional = true }
 #sled = { git = "https://github.com/spacejam/sled.git", rev = "e4640e0773595229f398438886f19bca6f7326a2", features = ["compression"] }
 persy = { version = "1.4.4", optional = true, features = ["background_ops"] }
 
 # Used for the http request / response body type for Ruma endpoints used with reqwest
-bytes = "1.4.0"
-http = "0.2.9"
+bytes = "1.5.0"
+http = "0.2.11"
 # Used to find data directory for default db path
 directories = "5.0.1"
 # Used for ruma wrapper
-serde_json = { version = "1.0.107", features = ["raw_value"] }
+serde_json = { version = "1.0.108", features = ["raw_value"] }
 # Used for appservice registration files
-serde_yaml = "0.9.21"
+serde_yaml = "0.9.27"
 # Used for pdu definition
-serde = { version = "1.0.188", features = ["rc"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0.193", features = ["rc"] }
 # Used for secure identifiers
 rand = "0.8.5"
 # Used to hash passwords
 rust-argon2 = { git = "https://github.com/sru-systems/rust-argon2", rev = "e6cb5bf99643e565f4f0d103960d655dac9f3097" }
-reqwest = { version = "0.11.18", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls-native-roots", "socks"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.22", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls-native-roots", "socks"] }
 # Used for conduit::Error type
 thiserror = "1.0.40"
 # Used to generate thumbnails for images
-image = { version = "0.24.6", default-features = false, features = ["jpeg", "png", "gif"] }
+image = { version = "0.24.7", default-features = false, features = ["jpeg", "png", "gif", "webp"] }
 # Used to encode server public key
-base64 = "0.21.2"
+base64 = "0.21.5"
 # Used when hashing the state
 ring = "0.17.5"
 # Used when querying the SRV record of other servers
-trust-dns-resolver = "0.23.0"
+trust-dns-resolver = "0.23.2"
 # Used to find matching events for appservices
-regex = "1.8.1"
+regex = "1.10.2"
 # jwt jsonwebtokens
-jsonwebtoken = "9.0.0"
+jsonwebtoken = "9.1.0"
 # Performance measurements
 tracing = { version = "0.1.37", features = [] }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["env-filter"] }
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ opentelemetry = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
 opentelemetry-jaeger = { version = "0.19.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
 tracing-opentelemetry = "0.21.0"
 lru-cache = "0.1.2"
-rusqlite = { version = "0.29.0", optional = true, features = ["bundled"] }
+rusqlite = { version = "0.30.0", optional = true, features = ["bundled"] }
 parking_lot = { version = "0.12.1", optional = true }
 crossbeam = { version = "0.8.2", optional = true }
 num_cpus = "1.15.0"
@@ -90,22 +90,22 @@ heed = { git = "https://github.com/timokoesters/heed.git", rev = "f6f825da7fb2c7
 # Used for ruma wrapper
 serde_html_form = "0.2.0"
 
-rocksdb = { git = "https://github.com/rust-rocksdb/rust-rocksdb", rev = "4b8a2ce57e9c4b745784fa3d023c8e3b4ab3a83c", default-features = false, features = ["multi-threaded-cf", "snappy", "lz4", "zstd", "io-uring"], optional = true }
+rocksdb = { git = "https://github.com/girlbossceo/rust-rocksdb", rev = "eaa2beedb1f36466a52ca01ffbf3a2118b2cb41b", default-features = false, features = ["multi-threaded-cf", "snappy", "lz4", "zstd", "io-uring"], optional = true }
 
 thread_local = "1.1.7"
 # used for TURN server authentication
 hmac = "0.12.1"
 sha-1 = "0.10.1"
 # used for conduit's CLI and admin room command parsing
-clap = { version = "4.3.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive", "help", "usage", "error-context"] }
-futures-util = { version = "0.3.28", default-features = false }
+clap = { version = "4.4.8", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive", "help", "usage", "error-context"] }
+futures-util = { version = "0.3.29", default-features = false }
 # Used for reading the configuration from conduit.toml & environment variables
-figment = { version = "0.10.8", features = ["env", "toml"] }
+figment = { version = "0.10.12", features = ["env", "toml"] }
 
 tikv-jemalloc-ctl = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["use_std"], optional = true }
 tikv-jemallocator = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["unprefixed_malloc_on_supported_platforms"], optional = true }
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-async-trait = "0.1.68"
+async-trait = "0.1.74"
 
 sd-notify = { version = "0.4.1", optional = true }
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ sd-notify = { version = "0.4.1", optional = true }
 nix = { version = "0.26.2", features = ["resource"] }
 
 [features]
-default = ["conduit_bin", "backend_sqlite", "backend_rocksdb", "systemd"]
+default = ["conduit_bin", "backend_sqlite", "backend_rocksdb", "systemd", "zstd_compression"]
 #backend_sled = ["sled"]
 backend_persy = ["persy", "parking_lot"]
 backend_sqlite = ["sqlite"]
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ jemalloc = ["tikv-jemalloc-ctl", "tikv-jemallocator"]
 sqlite = ["rusqlite", "parking_lot", "tokio/signal"]
 conduit_bin = ["axum"]
 systemd = ["sd-notify"]
+#gzip_compression = ["tower-http/compression-gzip"]
+zstd_compression = ["tower-http/compression-zstd"]
+#brotli_compression = ["tower-http/compression-br"]
+#compression = ["tower-http/compression-full"]
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "conduit"
diff --git a/conduit-example.toml b/conduit-example.toml
index 787d683e..51be97e8 100644
--- a/conduit-example.toml
+++ b/conduit-example.toml
@@ -75,3 +75,9 @@ allow_device_name_federation = false
 # permissions are specified with unix_socket_perms (666 minimum).
 #unix_socket_path = "/run/conduit/conduit.sock"
 #unix_socket_perms = 660
+
+# Set this to true for Conduit to compress HTTP response bodies using zstd.
+# Please be aware that enabling HTTP compression may introduce compression side-channel attacks and response body tampering to potentially defeat TLS.
+# Most users should not need to enable this.
+# See https://breachattack.com/ and https://wikipedia.org/wiki/BREACH before deciding to enable this.
+zstd_compression = false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index 915169b2..9ba25632 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ pub struct Config {
     #[serde(default = "default_presence_offline_timeout_s")]
     pub presence_offline_timeout_s: u64,
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "zstd_compression")]
+    #[serde(default = "false_fn")]
+    pub zstd_compression: bool,
+
     #[serde(flatten)]
     pub catchall: BTreeMap<String, IgnoredAny>,
 }
@@ -248,6 +252,10 @@ impl fmt::Display for Config {
                 }
                 &lst.join(", ")
             }),
+            (
+                "zstd Response Body Compression",
+                &self.zstd_compression.to_string(),
+            ),
         ];
 
         let mut msg: String = "Active config values:\n\n".to_owned();
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f6002d5c..b8b39e58 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -205,7 +205,16 @@ async fn run_server() -> io::Result<()> {
                 .expect("failed to convert max request size"),
         ));
 
-    let app = routes().layer(middlewares).into_make_service();
+    let app: axum::routing::IntoMakeService<Router>;
+
+    if cfg!(feature = "zstd_compression") && config.zstd_compression == true {
+        debug!("zstd body compression is enabled");
+        app = routes()
+            .layer(middlewares.compression())
+            .into_make_service();
+    } else {
+        app = routes().layer(middlewares).into_make_service();
+    }
     let handle = ServerHandle::new();
     let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel::<()>();