Fix regression when bounding future tokens

changelog.d/17391.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix bug where `/sync` requests could get blocked indefinitely after an upgrade from Synapse versions before v1.109.0.

synapse/streams/events.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #
 #
 
+import logging
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Sequence, Tuple
 
 import attr
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@
     from synapse.server import HomeServer
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 @attr.s(frozen=True, slots=True, auto_attribs=True)
 class _EventSourcesInner:
     room: RoomEventSource
@@ -139,17 +143,31 @@ async def bound_future_token(self, token: StreamToken) -> StreamToken:
                         key
                     ].get_max_allocated_token()
 
-                    token = token.copy_and_replace(
-                        key, token.room_key.bound_stream_token(max_token)
-                    )
+                    if max_token < token_value.get_max_stream_pos():
+                        logger.error(
+                            "Bounding token from the future '%s': token: %s, bound: %s",
+                            key,
+                            token_value,
+                            max_token,
+                        )
+                        token = token.copy_and_replace(
+                            key, token_value.bound_stream_token(max_token)
+                        )
             else:
                 assert isinstance(current_value, int)
                 if current_value < token_value:
                     max_token = await stream_key_to_id_gen[
                         key
                     ].get_max_allocated_token()
 
-                    token = token.copy_and_replace(key, min(token_value, max_token))
+                    if max_token < token_value:
+                        logger.error(
+                            "Bounding token from the future '%s': token: %s, bound: %s",
+                            key,
+                            token_value,
+                            max_token,
+                        )
+                        token = token.copy_and_replace(key, max_token)
 
         return token
 

tests/handlers/test_sync.py

@@ -36,7 +36,14 @@
 from synapse.rest import admin
 from synapse.rest.client import knock, login, room
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
-from synapse.types import JsonDict, StreamKeyType, UserID, create_requester
+from synapse.types import (
+    JsonDict,
+    MultiWriterStreamToken,
+    RoomStreamToken,
+    StreamKeyType,
+    UserID,
+    create_requester,
+)
 from synapse.util import Clock
 
 import tests.unittest
@@ -999,7 +1006,13 @@ def test_wait_for_future_sync_token(self) -> None:
 
         self.get_success(sync_d, by=1.0)
 
-    def test_wait_for_invalid_future_sync_token(self) -> None:
+    @parameterized.expand(
+        [(key,) for key in StreamKeyType.__members__.values()],
+        name_func=lambda func, _, param: f"{func.__name__}_{param.args[0].name}",
+    )
+    def test_wait_for_invalid_future_sync_token(
+        self, stream_key: StreamKeyType
+    ) -> None:
         """Like the previous test, except we give a token that has a stream
         position ahead of what is in the DB, i.e. its invalid and we shouldn't
         wait for the stream to advance (as it may never do so).
@@ -1010,11 +1023,23 @@ def test_wait_for_invalid_future_sync_token(self) -> None:
         """
         user = self.register_user("alice", "password")
 
-        # Create a token and arbitrarily advance one of the streams.
+        # Create a token and advance one of the streams.
         current_token = self.hs.get_event_sources().get_current_token()
-        since_token = current_token.copy_and_advance(
-            StreamKeyType.PRESENCE, current_token.presence_key + 1
-        )
+        token_value = current_token.get_field(stream_key)
+
+        # How we advance the streams depends on the type.
+        if isinstance(token_value, int):
+            since_token = current_token.copy_and_advance(stream_key, token_value + 1)
+        elif isinstance(token_value, MultiWriterStreamToken):
+            since_token = current_token.copy_and_advance(
+                stream_key, MultiWriterStreamToken(stream=token_value.stream + 1)
+            )
+        elif isinstance(token_value, RoomStreamToken):
+            since_token = current_token.copy_and_advance(
+                stream_key, RoomStreamToken(stream=token_value.stream + 1)
+            )
+        else:
+            raise Exception("Unreachable")
 
         sync_d = defer.ensureDeferred(
             self.sync_handler.wait_for_sync_for_user(