Repository: matrix-org/synapse

Issue:
Faster joins: handle incoming federated join requests during a faster join
If we get an incoming `send_join` during a faster-join resync, I think that we will reply with incomplete results. (Either an incomplete server list if it's a faster-join request, or incomplete state list if not.)



Discussion:
In this situation, I think we should behave the same way we would if we were not in the room at all, which is (currently) to reject it with a 404.

Resolving patch:
diff --git a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
--- a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
@@ -843,8 +843,25 @@ async def _on_send_membership_event(
                 Codes.BAD_JSON,
             )
 
+        # Note that get_room_version throws if the room does not exist here.
         room_version = await self.store.get_room_version(room_id)
 
+        if await self.store.is_partial_state_room(room_id):
+            # If our server is still only partially joined, we can't give a complete
+            # response to /send_join, /send_knock or /send_leave.
+            # This is because we will not be able to provide the server list (for partial
+            # joins) or the full state (for full joins).
+            # Return a 404 as we would if we weren't in the room at all.
+            logger.info(
+                f"Rejecting /send_{membership_type} to %s because it's a partial state room",
+                room_id,
+            )
+            raise SynapseError(
+                404,
+                f"Unable to handle /send_{membership_type} right now; this server is not fully joined.",
+                errcode=Codes.NOT_FOUND,
+            )
+
         if membership_type == Membership.KNOCK and not room_version.msc2403_knocking:
             raise SynapseError(
                 403,
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/federation.py b/synapse/handlers/federation.py
--- a/synapse/handlers/federation.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/federation.py
@@ -748,6 +748,23 @@ async def on_make_join_request(
         # (and return a 404 otherwise)
         room_version = await self.store.get_room_version(room_id)
 
+        if await self.store.is_partial_state_room(room_id):
+            # If our server is still only partially joined, we can't give a complete
+            # response to /make_join, so return a 404 as we would if we weren't in the
+            # room at all.
+            # The main reason we can't respond properly is that we need to know about
+            # the auth events for the join event that we would return.
+            # We also should not bother entertaining the /make_join since we cannot
+            # handle the /send_join.
+            logger.info(
+                "Rejecting /make_join to %s because it's a partial state room", room_id
+            )
+            raise SynapseError(
+                404,
+                "Unable to handle /make_join right now; this server is not fully joined.",
+                errcode=Codes.NOT_FOUND,
+            )
+
         # now check that we are *still* in the room
         is_in_room = await self._event_auth_handler.check_host_in_room(
             room_id, self.server_name


Test patch: