Fix unread count failing on NULL values

changelog.d/8270.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add unread messages count to sync responses, as specified in [MSC2654](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2654).

synapse/storage/databases/main/event_push_actions.py

@@ -177,7 +177,12 @@ def _get_unread_counts_by_pos_txn(self, txn, room_id, user_id, stream_ordering):
 
         if row:
             notif_count += row[0]
-            unread_count += row[1]
+
+            if row[1] is not None:
+                # The unread_count column of event_push_summary is NULLable, so we need
+                # to make sure we don't try increasing the unread counts if it's NULL
+                # for this row.
+                unread_count += row[1]
 
         return {
             "notify_count": notif_count,