Fix a bug where redactions were not being sent over federation if we …

…did not have the original event. (#13813)

changelog.d/13813.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a long-standing bug where redactions were not being sent over federation if we did not have the original event.

synapse/federation/sender/__init__.py

@@ -353,21 +353,25 @@ async def _process_event_queue_loop(self) -> None:
                 last_token = await self.store.get_federation_out_pos("events")
                 (
                     next_token,
-                    events,
                     event_to_received_ts,
-                ) = await self.store.get_all_new_events_stream(
+                ) = await self.store.get_all_new_event_ids_stream(
                     last_token, self._last_poked_id, limit=100
                 )
 
+                event_ids = event_to_received_ts.keys()
+                event_entries = await self.store.get_unredacted_events_from_cache_or_db(
+                    event_ids
+                )
+
                 logger.debug(
                     "Handling %i -> %i: %i events to send (current id %i)",
                     last_token,
                     next_token,
-                    len(events),
+                    len(event_entries),
                     self._last_poked_id,
                 )
 
-                if not events and next_token >= self._last_poked_id:
+                if not event_entries and next_token >= self._last_poked_id:
                     logger.debug("All events processed")
                     break
 
@@ -508,8 +512,14 @@ async def handle_room_events(events: List[EventBase]) -> None:
                             await handle_event(event)
 
                 events_by_room: Dict[str, List[EventBase]] = {}
-                for event in events:
-                    events_by_room.setdefault(event.room_id, []).append(event)
+
+                for event_id in event_ids:
+                    # `event_entries` is unsorted, so we have to iterate over `event_ids`
+                    # to ensure the events are in the right order
+                    event_cache = event_entries.get(event_id)
+                    if event_cache:
+                        event = event_cache.event
+                        events_by_room.setdefault(event.room_id, []).append(event)
 
                 await make_deferred_yieldable(
                     defer.gatherResults(
@@ -524,9 +534,10 @@ async def handle_room_events(events: List[EventBase]) -> None:
                 logger.debug("Successfully handled up to %i", next_token)
                 await self.store.update_federation_out_pos("events", next_token)
 
-                if events:
+                if event_entries:
                     now = self.clock.time_msec()
-                    ts = event_to_received_ts[events[-1].event_id]
+                    last_id = next(reversed(event_ids))
+                    ts = event_to_received_ts[last_id]
                     assert ts is not None
 
                     synapse.metrics.event_processing_lag.labels(
@@ -536,7 +547,7 @@ async def handle_room_events(events: List[EventBase]) -> None:
                         "federation_sender"
                     ).set(ts)
 
-                    events_processed_counter.inc(len(events))
+                    events_processed_counter.inc(len(event_entries))
 
                     event_processing_loop_room_count.labels("federation_sender").inc(
                         len(events_by_room)

synapse/handlers/appservice.py

@@ -109,10 +109,13 @@ async def _notify_interested_services(self, max_token: RoomStreamToken) -> None:
                     last_token = await self.store.get_appservice_last_pos()
                     (
                         upper_bound,
-                        events,
                         event_to_received_ts,
-                    ) = await self.store.get_all_new_events_stream(
-                        last_token, self.current_max, limit=100, get_prev_content=True
+                    ) = await self.store.get_all_new_event_ids_stream(
+                        last_token, self.current_max, limit=100
+                    )
+
+                    events = await self.store.get_events_as_list(
+                        event_to_received_ts.keys(), get_prev_content=True
                     )
 
                     events_by_room: Dict[str, List[EventBase]] = {}

synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py

@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ async def get_events_as_list(
             return []
 
         # there may be duplicates so we cast the list to a set
-        event_entry_map = await self._get_events_from_cache_or_db(
+        event_entry_map = await self.get_unredacted_events_from_cache_or_db(
             set(event_ids), allow_rejected=allow_rejected
         )
 
@@ -509,7 +509,9 @@ async def get_events_as_list(
                     continue
 
                 redacted_event_id = entry.event.redacts
-                event_map = await self._get_events_from_cache_or_db([redacted_event_id])
+                event_map = await self.get_unredacted_events_from_cache_or_db(
+                    [redacted_event_id]
+                )
                 original_event_entry = event_map.get(redacted_event_id)
                 if not original_event_entry:
                     # we don't have the redacted event (or it was rejected).
@@ -588,11 +590,16 @@ async def get_events_as_list(
         return events
 
     @cancellable
-    async def _get_events_from_cache_or_db(
-        self, event_ids: Iterable[str], allow_rejected: bool = False
+    async def get_unredacted_events_from_cache_or_db(
+        self,
+        event_ids: Iterable[str],
+        allow_rejected: bool = False,
     ) -> Dict[str, EventCacheEntry]:
         """Fetch a bunch of events from the cache or the database.
 
+        Note that the events pulled by this function will not have any redactions
+        applied, and no guarantee is made about the ordering of the events returned.
+
         If events are pulled from the database, they will be cached for future lookups.
 
         Unknown events are omitted from the response.

synapse/storage/databases/main/stream.py

@@ -1024,28 +1024,31 @@ def _get_events_around_txn(
             "after": {"event_ids": events_after, "token": end_token},
         }
 
-    async def get_all_new_events_stream(
-        self, from_id: int, current_id: int, limit: int, get_prev_content: bool = False
-    ) -> Tuple[int, List[EventBase], Dict[str, Optional[int]]]:
+    async def get_all_new_event_ids_stream(
+        self,
+        from_id: int,
+        current_id: int,
+        limit: int,
+    ) -> Tuple[int, Dict[str, Optional[int]]]:
         """Get all new events
 
-        Returns all events with from_id < stream_ordering <= current_id.
+        Returns all event ids with from_id < stream_ordering <= current_id.
 
         Args:
             from_id:  the stream_ordering of the last event we processed
             current_id:  the stream_ordering of the most recently processed event
             limit: the maximum number of events to return
-            get_prev_content: whether to fetch previous event content
 
         Returns:
-            A tuple of (next_id, events, event_to_received_ts), where `next_id`
+            A tuple of (next_id, event_to_received_ts), where `next_id`
             is the next value to pass as `from_id` (it will either be the
             stream_ordering of the last returned event, or, if fewer than `limit`
             events were found, the `current_id`). The `event_to_received_ts` is
-            a dictionary mapping event ID to the event `received_ts`.
+            a dictionary mapping event ID to the event `received_ts`, sorted by ascending
+            stream_ordering.
         """
 
-        def get_all_new_events_stream_txn(
+        def get_all_new_event_ids_stream_txn(
             txn: LoggingTransaction,
         ) -> Tuple[int, Dict[str, Optional[int]]]:
             sql = (
@@ -1070,15 +1073,10 @@ def get_all_new_events_stream_txn(
             return upper_bound, event_to_received_ts
 
         upper_bound, event_to_received_ts = await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
-            "get_all_new_events_stream", get_all_new_events_stream_txn
-        )
-
-        events = await self.get_events_as_list(
-            event_to_received_ts.keys(),
-            get_prev_content=get_prev_content,
+            "get_all_new_event_ids_stream", get_all_new_event_ids_stream_txn
         )
 
-        return upper_bound, events, event_to_received_ts
+        return upper_bound, event_to_received_ts
 
     async def get_federation_out_pos(self, typ: str) -> int:
         if self._need_to_reset_federation_stream_positions:

tests/handlers/test_appservice.py

@@ -76,9 +76,13 @@ def test_notify_interested_services(self):
         event = Mock(
             sender="@someone:anywhere", type="m.room.message", room_id="!foo:bar"
         )
-        self.mock_store.get_all_new_events_stream.side_effect = [
-            make_awaitable((0, [], {})),
-            make_awaitable((1, [event], {event.event_id: 0})),
+        self.mock_store.get_all_new_event_ids_stream.side_effect = [
+            make_awaitable((0, {})),
+            make_awaitable((1, {event.event_id: 0})),
+        ]
+        self.mock_store.get_events_as_list.side_effect = [
+            make_awaitable([]),
+            make_awaitable([event]),
         ]
         self.handler.notify_interested_services(RoomStreamToken(None, 1))
 
@@ -95,10 +99,10 @@ def test_query_user_exists_unknown_user(self):
 
         event = Mock(sender=user_id, type="m.room.message", room_id="!foo:bar")
         self.mock_as_api.query_user.return_value = make_awaitable(True)
-        self.mock_store.get_all_new_events_stream.side_effect = [
-            make_awaitable((0, [event], {event.event_id: 0})),
+        self.mock_store.get_all_new_event_ids_stream.side_effect = [
+            make_awaitable((0, {event.event_id: 0})),
         ]
-
+        self.mock_store.get_events_as_list.side_effect = [make_awaitable([event])]
         self.handler.notify_interested_services(RoomStreamToken(None, 0))
 
         self.mock_as_api.query_user.assert_called_once_with(services[0], user_id)
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ def test_query_user_exists_known_user(self):
 
         event = Mock(sender=user_id, type="m.room.message", room_id="!foo:bar")
         self.mock_as_api.query_user.return_value = make_awaitable(True)
-        self.mock_store.get_all_new_events_stream.side_effect = [
+        self.mock_store.get_all_new_event_ids_stream.side_effect = [
             make_awaitable((0, [event], {event.event_id: 0})),
         ]