Prevent expired events from being filtered out when retention is disabled (#12611)

Co-authored-by: Richard van der Hoff <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Patrick Cloke <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

changelog.d/12611.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.7.0 that would prevent events from being sent to clients if there's a retention policy in the room when the support for retention policies is disabled.

synapse/handlers/pagination.py

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ async def purge_history_for_rooms_in_range(
             # defined in the server's configuration, we can safely assume that's the
             # case and use it for this room.
             max_lifetime = (
-                retention_policy["max_lifetime"] or self._retention_default_max_lifetime
+                retention_policy.max_lifetime or self._retention_default_max_lifetime
             )
 
             # Cap the effective max_lifetime to be within the range allowed in the

synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.cache import CacheInvalidationWorkerStore
 from synapse.storage.types import Cursor
 from synapse.storage.util.id_generators import IdGenerator
-from synapse.types import JsonDict, ThirdPartyInstanceID
+from synapse.types import JsonDict, RetentionPolicy, ThirdPartyInstanceID
 from synapse.util import json_encoder
 from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cached
 from synapse.util.stringutils import MXC_REGEX
@@ -699,20 +699,28 @@ def delete_ratelimit_txn(txn: LoggingTransaction) -> None:
         await self.db_pool.runInteraction("delete_ratelimit", delete_ratelimit_txn)
 
     @cached()
-    async def get_retention_policy_for_room(self, room_id: str) -> Dict[str, int]:
+    async def get_retention_policy_for_room(self, room_id: str) -> RetentionPolicy:
         """Get the retention policy for a given room.
 
         If no retention policy has been found for this room, returns a policy defined
         by the configured default policy (which has None as both the 'min_lifetime' and
         the 'max_lifetime' if no default policy has been defined in the server's
         configuration).
 
+        If support for retention policies is disabled, a policy with a 'min_lifetime' and
+        'max_lifetime' of None is returned.
+
         Args:
             room_id: The ID of the room to get the retention policy of.
 
         Returns:
             A dict containing "min_lifetime" and "max_lifetime" for this room.
         """
+        # If the room retention feature is disabled, return a policy with no minimum nor
+        # maximum. This prevents incorrectly filtering out events when sending to
+        # the client.
+        if not self.config.retention.retention_enabled:
+            return RetentionPolicy()
 
         def get_retention_policy_for_room_txn(
             txn: LoggingTransaction,
@@ -736,10 +744,10 @@ def get_retention_policy_for_room_txn(
         # If we don't know this room ID, ret will be None, in this case return the default
         # policy.
         if not ret:
-            return {
-                "min_lifetime": self.config.retention.retention_default_min_lifetime,
-                "max_lifetime": self.config.retention.retention_default_max_lifetime,
-            }
+            return RetentionPolicy(
+                min_lifetime=self.config.retention.retention_default_min_lifetime,
+                max_lifetime=self.config.retention.retention_default_max_lifetime,
+            )
 
         min_lifetime = ret[0]["min_lifetime"]
         max_lifetime = ret[0]["max_lifetime"]
@@ -754,10 +762,10 @@ def get_retention_policy_for_room_txn(
         if max_lifetime is None:
             max_lifetime = self.config.retention.retention_default_max_lifetime
 
-        return {
-            "min_lifetime": min_lifetime,
-            "max_lifetime": max_lifetime,
-        }
+        return RetentionPolicy(
+            min_lifetime=min_lifetime,
+            max_lifetime=max_lifetime,
+        )
 
     async def get_media_mxcs_in_room(self, room_id: str) -> Tuple[List[str], List[str]]:
         """Retrieves all the local and remote media MXC URIs in a given room
@@ -994,7 +1002,7 @@ def _quarantine_media_txn(
 
     async def get_rooms_for_retention_period_in_range(
         self, min_ms: Optional[int], max_ms: Optional[int], include_null: bool = False
-    ) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, Optional[int]]]:
+    ) -> Dict[str, RetentionPolicy]:
         """Retrieves all of the rooms within the given retention range.
 
         Optionally includes the rooms which don't have a retention policy.
@@ -1016,7 +1024,7 @@ async def get_rooms_for_retention_period_in_range(
 
         def get_rooms_for_retention_period_in_range_txn(
             txn: LoggingTransaction,
-        ) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, Optional[int]]]:
+        ) -> Dict[str, RetentionPolicy]:
             range_conditions = []
             args = []
 
@@ -1047,10 +1055,10 @@ def get_rooms_for_retention_period_in_range_txn(
             rooms_dict = {}
 
             for row in rows:
-                rooms_dict[row["room_id"]] = {
-                    "min_lifetime": row["min_lifetime"],
-                    "max_lifetime": row["max_lifetime"],
-                }
+                rooms_dict[row["room_id"]] = RetentionPolicy(
+                    min_lifetime=row["min_lifetime"],
+                    max_lifetime=row["max_lifetime"],
+                )
 
             if include_null:
                 # If required, do a second query that retrieves all of the rooms we know
@@ -1065,10 +1073,7 @@ def get_rooms_for_retention_period_in_range_txn(
                 # policy in its state), add it with a null policy.
                 for row in rows:
                     if row["room_id"] not in rooms_dict:
-                        rooms_dict[row["room_id"]] = {
-                            "min_lifetime": None,
-                            "max_lifetime": None,
-                        }
+                        rooms_dict[row["room_id"]] = RetentionPolicy()
 
             return rooms_dict
 

synapse/types.py

@@ -932,3 +932,9 @@ class UserProfile(TypedDict):
     user_id: str
     display_name: Optional[str]
     avatar_url: Optional[str]
+
+
+@attr.s(auto_attribs=True, frozen=True, slots=True)
+class RetentionPolicy:
+    min_lifetime: Optional[int] = None
+    max_lifetime: Optional[int] = None

synapse/visibility.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 from synapse.events.utils import prune_event
 from synapse.storage import Storage
 from synapse.storage.state import StateFilter
-from synapse.types import StateMap, get_domain_from_id
+from synapse.types import RetentionPolicy, StateMap, get_domain_from_id
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ async def filter_events_for_client(
 
     if filter_send_to_client:
         room_ids = {e.room_id for e in events}
-        retention_policies = {}
+        retention_policies: Dict[str, RetentionPolicy] = {}
 
         for room_id in room_ids:
             retention_policies[
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def allowed(event: EventBase) -> Optional[EventBase]:
             # events.
             if not event.is_state():
                 retention_policy = retention_policies[event.room_id]
-                max_lifetime = retention_policy.get("max_lifetime")
+                max_lifetime = retention_policy.max_lifetime
 
                 if max_lifetime is not None:
                     oldest_allowed_ts = storage.main.clock.time_msec() - max_lifetime

tests/rest/client/test_relations.py

@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ def assert_annotations(bundled_aggregations: JsonDict) -> None:
                 bundled_aggregations,
             )
 
-        self._test_bundled_aggregations(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, assert_annotations, 7)
+        self._test_bundled_aggregations(RelationTypes.ANNOTATION, assert_annotations, 6)
 
     def test_annotation_to_annotation(self) -> None:
         """Any relation to an annotation should be ignored."""
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ def assert_annotations(bundled_aggregations: JsonDict) -> None:
                 bundled_aggregations,
             )
 
-        self._test_bundled_aggregations(RelationTypes.REFERENCE, assert_annotations, 7)
+        self._test_bundled_aggregations(RelationTypes.REFERENCE, assert_annotations, 6)
 
     def test_thread(self) -> None:
         """
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ def assert_thread(bundled_aggregations: JsonDict) -> None:
                 bundled_aggregations.get("latest_event"),
             )
 
-        self._test_bundled_aggregations(RelationTypes.THREAD, assert_thread, 10)
+        self._test_bundled_aggregations(RelationTypes.THREAD, assert_thread, 9)
 
     def test_thread_with_bundled_aggregations_for_latest(self) -> None:
         """
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ def assert_thread(bundled_aggregations: JsonDict) -> None:
                 bundled_aggregations["latest_event"].get("unsigned"),
             )
 
-        self._test_bundled_aggregations(RelationTypes.THREAD, assert_thread, 10)
+        self._test_bundled_aggregations(RelationTypes.THREAD, assert_thread, 9)
 
     def test_nested_thread(self) -> None:
         """

tests/rest/client/test_retention.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from typing import Any, Dict
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
@@ -252,16 +253,24 @@ class RetentionNoDefaultPolicyTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         room.register_servlets,
     ]
 
-    def make_homeserver(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock) -> HomeServer:
-        config = self.default_config()
-        config["retention"] = {
+    def default_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        config = super().default_config()
+
+        retention_config = {
             "enabled": True,
         }
 
+        # Update this config with what's in the default config so that
+        # override_config works as expected.
+        retention_config.update(config.get("retention", {}))
+        config["retention"] = retention_config
+
+        return config
+
+    def make_homeserver(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock) -> HomeServer:
         mock_federation_client = Mock(spec=["backfill"])
 
         self.hs = self.setup_test_homeserver(
-            config=config,
             federation_client=mock_federation_client,
         )
         return self.hs
@@ -295,6 +304,24 @@ def test_state_policy(self) -> None:
 
         self._test_retention(room_id, expected_code_for_first_event=404)
 
+    @unittest.override_config({"retention": {"enabled": False}})
+    def test_visibility_when_disabled(self) -> None:
+        """Retention policies should be ignored when the retention feature is disabled."""
+        room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(self.user_id, tok=self.token)
+
+        self.helper.send_state(
+            room_id=room_id,
+            event_type=EventTypes.Retention,
+            body={"max_lifetime": one_day_ms},
+            tok=self.token,
+        )
+
+        resp = self.helper.send(room_id=room_id, body="test", tok=self.token)
+
+        self.reactor.advance(one_day_ms * 2 / 1000)
+
+        self.get_event(room_id, resp["event_id"])
+
     def _test_retention(
         self, room_id: str, expected_code_for_first_event: int = 200
     ) -> None: