Fix exception thrown when attempting to add an appservice sender to user_directory

changelog.d/11026.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Exclude application service sender membership from user directory to fix a bug stopping the user directory from being populated.

synapse/storage/databases/main/user_directory.py

@@ -383,7 +383,19 @@ async def should_include_local_user_in_dir(self, user: str) -> bool:
         """Certain classes of local user are omitted from the user directory.
         Is this user one of them?
         """
-        # App service users aren't usually contactable, so exclude them.
+        # We're opting to exclude the appservice sender (user defined by the
+        # `sender_localpart` in the appservice registration) even though
+        # technically it could be DM-able. In the future, this could potentially
+        # be configurable per-appservice whether the appservice sender can be
+        # contacted.
+        if self.get_app_service_by_user_id(user) is not None:
+            return False
+
+        # We're opting to exclude appservice users (anyone matching the user
+        # namespace regex in the appservice registration) even though technically
+        # they could be DM-able. In the future, this could potentially
+        # be configurable per-appservice whether the appservice users can be
+        # contacted.
         if self.get_if_app_services_interested_in_user(user):
             # TODO we might want to make this configurable for each app service
             return False

tests/handlers/test_user_directory.py

@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ def make_homeserver(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock) -> HomeServer:
             hostname="test",
             id="1234",
             namespaces={"users": [{"regex": r"@as_user.*", "exclusive": True}]},
-            sender="@as:test",
+            # Note: this user does not match the regex above, so that tests
+            # can distinguish the sender from the AS user.
+            sender="@as_main:test",
         )
 
         mock_load_appservices = Mock(return_value=[self.appservice])
@@ -179,6 +181,15 @@ def test_excludes_appservices_user(self) -> None:
         )
         self._check_only_one_user_in_directory(user, public)
 
+    def test_excludes_appservice_sender(self) -> None:
+        user = self.register_user("user", "pass")
+        token = self.login(user, "pass")
+        room = self.helper.create_room_as(
+            self.appservice.sender, is_public=True, tok=self.appservice.token
+        )
+        self.helper.join(room, user, tok=token)
+        self._check_only_one_user_in_directory(user, room)
+
     def _create_rooms_and_inject_memberships(
         self, creator: str, token: str, joiner: str
     ) -> Tuple[str, str]:
@@ -230,7 +241,7 @@ def test_handle_local_profile_change_with_support_user(self) -> None:
             )
         )
         profile = self.get_success(self.store.get_user_in_directory(support_user_id))
-        self.assertTrue(profile is None)
+        self.assertIsNone(profile)
         display_name = "display_name"
 
         profile_info = ProfileInfo(avatar_url="avatar_url", display_name=display_name)
@@ -264,7 +275,7 @@ def test_handle_local_profile_change_with_deactivated_user(self) -> None:
 
         # profile is not in directory
         profile = self.get_success(self.store.get_user_in_directory(r_user_id))
-        self.assertTrue(profile is None)
+        self.assertIsNone(profile)
 
         # update profile after deactivation
         self.get_success(
@@ -273,7 +284,7 @@ def test_handle_local_profile_change_with_deactivated_user(self) -> None:
 
         # profile is furthermore not in directory
         profile = self.get_success(self.store.get_user_in_directory(r_user_id))
-        self.assertTrue(profile is None)
+        self.assertIsNone(profile)
 
     def test_handle_local_profile_change_with_appservice_user(self) -> None:
         # create user
@@ -283,7 +294,7 @@ def test_handle_local_profile_change_with_appservice_user(self) -> None:
 
         # profile is not in directory
         profile = self.get_success(self.store.get_user_in_directory(as_user_id))
-        self.assertTrue(profile is None)
+        self.assertIsNone(profile)
 
         # update profile
         profile_info = ProfileInfo(avatar_url="avatar_url", display_name="4L1c3")
@@ -293,7 +304,28 @@ def test_handle_local_profile_change_with_appservice_user(self) -> None:
 
         # profile is still not in directory
         profile = self.get_success(self.store.get_user_in_directory(as_user_id))
-        self.assertTrue(profile is None)
+        self.assertIsNone(profile)
+
+    def test_handle_local_profile_change_with_appservice_sender(self) -> None:
+        # profile is not in directory
+        profile = self.get_success(
+            self.store.get_user_in_directory(self.appservice.sender)
+        )
+        self.assertIsNone(profile)
+
+        # update profile
+        profile_info = ProfileInfo(avatar_url="avatar_url", display_name="4L1c3")
+        self.get_success(
+            self.handler.handle_local_profile_change(
+                self.appservice.sender, profile_info
+            )
+        )
+
+        # profile is still not in directory
+        profile = self.get_success(
+            self.store.get_user_in_directory(self.appservice.sender)
+        )
+        self.assertIsNone(profile)
 
     def test_handle_user_deactivated_support_user(self) -> None:
         s_user_id = "@support:test"

tests/storage/test_user_directory.py

@@ -364,6 +364,21 @@ def test_population_excludes_appservice_user(self) -> None:
         # Check the AS user is not in the directory.
         self._check_room_sharing_tables(user, public, private)
 
+    def test_population_excludes_appservice_sender(self) -> None:
+        user = self.register_user("user", "pass")
+        token = self.login(user, "pass")
+
+        # Join the AS sender to rooms owned by the normal user.
+        public, private = self._create_rooms_and_inject_memberships(
+            user, token, self.appservice.sender
+        )
+
+        # Rebuild the directory.
+        self._purge_and_rebuild_user_dir()
+
+        # Check the AS sender is not in the directory.
+        self._check_room_sharing_tables(user, public, private)
+
     def test_population_conceals_private_nickname(self) -> None:
         # Make a private room, and set a nickname within
         user = self.register_user("aaaa", "pass")