Don't create an empty room when checking for MAU limits

changelog.d/12713.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a bug introduced in Synapse 1.30.0 where empty rooms could be automatically created if a monthly active users limit is set.

synapse/server_notices/resource_limits_server_notices.py

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     ServerNoticeMsgType,
 )
 from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, ResourceLimitError, SynapseError
-from synapse.server_notices.server_notices_manager import SERVER_NOTICE_ROOM_TAG
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from synapse.server import HomeServer
@@ -71,18 +70,19 @@ async def maybe_send_server_notice_to_user(self, user_id: str) -> None:
             # In practice, not sure we can ever get here
             return
 
-        room_id = await self._server_notices_manager.get_or_create_notice_room_for_user(
+        # Check if there's a server notice room for this user.
+        room_id = await self._server_notices_manager.maybe_get_notice_room_for_user(
             user_id
         )
 
-        if not room_id:
-            logger.warning("Failed to get server notices room")
-            return
-
-        await self._check_and_set_tags(user_id, room_id)
-
-        # Determine current state of room
-        currently_blocked, ref_events = await self._is_room_currently_blocked(room_id)
+        if room_id is not None:
+            # Determine current state of room
+            currently_blocked, ref_events = await self._is_room_currently_blocked(
+                room_id
+            )
+        else:
+            currently_blocked = False
+            ref_events = []
 
         limit_msg = None
         limit_type = None
@@ -161,26 +161,6 @@ async def _apply_limit_block_notification(
             user_id, content, EventTypes.Pinned, ""
         )
 
-    async def _check_and_set_tags(self, user_id: str, room_id: str) -> None:
-        """
-        Since server notices rooms were originally not with tags,
-        important to check that tags have been set correctly
-        Args:
-            user_id(str): the user in question
-            room_id(str): the server notices room for that user
-        """
-        tags = await self._store.get_tags_for_room(user_id, room_id)
-        need_to_set_tag = True
-        if tags:
-            if SERVER_NOTICE_ROOM_TAG in tags:
-                # tag already present, nothing to do here
-                need_to_set_tag = False
-        if need_to_set_tag:
-            max_id = await self._account_data_handler.add_tag_to_room(
-                user_id, room_id, SERVER_NOTICE_ROOM_TAG, {}
-            )
-            self._notifier.on_new_event("account_data_key", max_id, users=[user_id])
-
     async def _is_room_currently_blocked(self, room_id: str) -> Tuple[bool, List[str]]:
         """
         Determines if the room is currently blocked

synapse/server_notices/server_notices_manager.py

@@ -90,6 +90,35 @@ async def send_notice(
         )
         return event
 
+    @cached()
+    async def maybe_get_notice_room_for_user(self, user_id: str) -> Optional[str]:
+        """Try to look up the server notice room for this user if it exists.
+
+        Does not create one if none can be found.
+
+        Args:
+            user_id: the user we want a server notice room for.
+
+        Returns:
+            The room's ID, or None if no room could be found.
+        """
+        rooms = await self._store.get_rooms_for_local_user_where_membership_is(
+            user_id, [Membership.INVITE, Membership.JOIN]
+        )
+        for room in rooms:
+            # it's worth noting that there is an asymmetry here in that we
+            # expect the user to be invited or joined, but the system user must
+            # be joined. This is kinda deliberate, in that if somebody somehow
+            # manages to invite the system user to a room, that doesn't make it
+            # the server notices room.
+            user_ids = await self._store.get_users_in_room(room.room_id)
+            if len(user_ids) <= 2 and self.server_notices_mxid in user_ids:
+                # we found a room which our user shares with the system notice
+                # user
+                return room.room_id
+
+        return None
+
     @cached()
     async def get_or_create_notice_room_for_user(self, user_id: str) -> str:
         """Get the room for notices for a given user
@@ -112,31 +141,20 @@ async def get_or_create_notice_room_for_user(self, user_id: str) -> str:
             self.server_notices_mxid, authenticated_entity=self._server_name
         )
 
-        rooms = await self._store.get_rooms_for_local_user_where_membership_is(
-            user_id, [Membership.INVITE, Membership.JOIN]
-        )
-        for room in rooms:
-            # it's worth noting that there is an asymmetry here in that we
-            # expect the user to be invited or joined, but the system user must
-            # be joined. This is kinda deliberate, in that if somebody somehow
-            # manages to invite the system user to a room, that doesn't make it
-            # the server notices room.
-            user_ids = await self._store.get_users_in_room(room.room_id)
-            if len(user_ids) <= 2 and self.server_notices_mxid in user_ids:
-                # we found a room which our user shares with the system notice
-                # user
-                logger.info(
-                    "Using existing server notices room %s for user %s",
-                    room.room_id,
-                    user_id,
-                )
-                await self._update_notice_user_profile_if_changed(
-                    requester,
-                    room.room_id,
-                    self._config.servernotices.server_notices_mxid_display_name,
-                    self._config.servernotices.server_notices_mxid_avatar_url,
-                )
-                return room.room_id
+        room_id = await self.maybe_get_notice_room_for_user(user_id)
+        if room_id is not None:
+            logger.info(
+                "Using existing server notices room %s for user %s",
+                room_id,
+                user_id,
+            )
+            await self._update_notice_user_profile_if_changed(
+                requester,
+                room_id,
+                self._config.servernotices.server_notices_mxid_display_name,
+                self._config.servernotices.server_notices_mxid_avatar_url,
+            )
+            return room_id
 
         # apparently no existing notice room: create a new one
         logger.info("Creating server notices room for %s", user_id)
@@ -166,6 +184,8 @@ async def get_or_create_notice_room_for_user(self, user_id: str) -> str:
         )
         room_id = info["room_id"]
 
+        self.maybe_get_notice_room_for_user.invalidate((user_id,))
+
         max_id = await self._account_data_handler.add_tag_to_room(
             user_id, room_id, SERVER_NOTICE_ROOM_TAG, {}
         )

tests/server_notices/test_resource_limits_server_notices.py

@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
         self._rlsn._server_notices_manager.get_or_create_notice_room_for_user = Mock(
             return_value=make_awaitable("!something:localhost")
         )
+        self._rlsn._server_notices_manager.maybe_get_notice_room_for_user = Mock(
+            return_value=make_awaitable("!something:localhost")
+        )
         self._rlsn._store.add_tag_to_room = Mock(return_value=make_awaitable(None))
         self._rlsn._store.get_tags_for_room = Mock(return_value=make_awaitable({}))
 
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ def test_maybe_send_server_notice_to_user_remove_blocked_notice(self):
         )
         self.get_success(self._rlsn.maybe_send_server_notice_to_user(self.user_id))
         # Would be better to check the content, but once == remove blocking event
+        self._rlsn._server_notices_manager.maybe_get_notice_room_for_user.assert_called_once()
         self._send_notice.assert_called_once()
 
     def test_maybe_send_server_notice_to_user_remove_blocked_notice_noop(self):
@@ -300,7 +304,10 @@ def test_no_invite_without_notice(self):
         hasn't been reached (since it's the only user and the limit is 5), so users
         shouldn't receive a server notice.
         """
-        self.register_user("user", "password")
+        m = Mock(return_value=make_awaitable(None))
+        self._rlsn._server_notices_manager.maybe_get_notice_room_for_user = m
+
+        user_id = self.register_user("user", "password")
         tok = self.login("user", "password")
 
         channel = self.make_request("GET", "/sync?timeout=0", access_token=tok)
@@ -309,6 +316,8 @@ def test_no_invite_without_notice(self):
             "rooms", channel.json_body, "Got invites without server notice"
         )
 
+        m.assert_called_once_with(user_id)
+
     def test_invite_with_notice(self):
         """Tests that, if the MAU limit is hit, the server notices user invites each user
         to a room in which it has sent a notice.