Merge commit '43f2b67e4' into anoa/dinsic_release_1_21_x

* commit '43f2b67e4':
  Intelligently select extremities used in backfill. (#8349)
  Add flags to /versions about whether new rooms are encrypted by default. (#8343)
  Fix ratelimiting for federation `/send` requests. (#8342)
  blacklist MSC2753 sytests until it's implemented in synapse (#8285)

changelog.d/8342.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix ratelimitng of federation `/send` requests.

changelog.d/8343.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add flags to the `/versions` endpoint that includes whether new rooms default to using E2EE.

changelog.d/8349.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a longstanding bug where back pagination over federation could get stuck if it failed to handle a received event.

synapse/federation/federation_server.py

@@ -97,10 +97,16 @@ def __init__(self, hs):
         self.state = hs.get_state_handler()
 
         self.device_handler = hs.get_device_handler()
+        self._federation_ratelimiter = hs.get_federation_ratelimiter()
 
         self._server_linearizer = Linearizer("fed_server")
         self._transaction_linearizer = Linearizer("fed_txn_handler")
 
+        # We cache results for transaction with the same ID
+        self._transaction_resp_cache = ResponseCache(
+            hs, "fed_txn_handler", timeout_ms=30000
+        )
+
         self.transaction_actions = TransactionActions(self.store)
 
         self.registry = hs.get_federation_registry()
@@ -135,22 +141,44 @@ async def on_incoming_transaction(
         request_time = self._clock.time_msec()
 
         transaction = Transaction(**transaction_data)
+        transaction_id = transaction.transaction_id  # type: ignore
 
-        if not transaction.transaction_id:  # type: ignore
+        if not transaction_id:
             raise Exception("Transaction missing transaction_id")
 
-        logger.debug("[%s] Got transaction", transaction.transaction_id)  # type: ignore
+        logger.debug("[%s] Got transaction", transaction_id)
 
-        # use a linearizer to ensure that we don't process the same transaction
-        # multiple times in parallel.
-        with (
-            await self._transaction_linearizer.queue(
-                (origin, transaction.transaction_id)  # type: ignore
-            )
-        ):
-            result = await self._handle_incoming_transaction(
-                origin, transaction, request_time
-            )
+        # We wrap in a ResponseCache so that we de-duplicate retried
+        # transactions.
+        return await self._transaction_resp_cache.wrap(
+            (origin, transaction_id),
+            self._on_incoming_transaction_inner,
+            origin,
+            transaction,
+            request_time,
+        )
+
+    async def _on_incoming_transaction_inner(
+        self, origin: str, transaction: Transaction, request_time: int
+    ) -> Tuple[int, Dict[str, Any]]:
+        # Use a linearizer to ensure that transactions from a remote are
+        # processed in order.
+        with await self._transaction_linearizer.queue(origin):
+            # We rate limit here *after* we've queued up the incoming requests,
+            # so that we don't fill up the ratelimiter with blocked requests.
+            #
+            # This is important as the ratelimiter allows N concurrent requests
+            # at a time, and only starts ratelimiting if there are more requests
+            # than that being processed at a time. If we queued up requests in
+            # the linearizer/response cache *after* the ratelimiting then those
+            # queued up requests would count as part of the allowed limit of N
+            # concurrent requests.
+            with self._federation_ratelimiter.ratelimit(origin) as d:
+                await d
+
+                result = await self._handle_incoming_transaction(
+                    origin, transaction, request_time
+                )
 
         return result
 

synapse/federation/transport/server.py

@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 )
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
 from synapse.types import ThirdPartyInstanceID, get_domain_from_id
-from synapse.util.ratelimitutils import FederationRateLimiter
 from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -73,9 +72,7 @@ def __init__(self, hs, servlet_groups=None):
         super(TransportLayerServer, self).__init__(hs, canonical_json=False)
 
         self.authenticator = Authenticator(hs)
-        self.ratelimiter = FederationRateLimiter(
-            self.clock, config=hs.config.rc_federation
-        )
+        self.ratelimiter = hs.get_federation_ratelimiter()
 
         self.register_servlets()
 
@@ -273,6 +270,8 @@ class BaseFederationServlet:
 
     PREFIX = FEDERATION_V1_PREFIX  # Allows specifying the API version
 
+    RATELIMIT = True  # Whether to rate limit requests or not
+
     def __init__(self, handler, authenticator, ratelimiter, server_name):
         self.handler = handler
         self.authenticator = authenticator
@@ -336,7 +335,7 @@ async def new_func(request, *args, **kwargs):
                 )
 
             with scope:
-                if origin:
+                if origin and self.RATELIMIT:
                     with ratelimiter.ratelimit(origin) as d:
                         await d
                         if request._disconnected:
@@ -373,6 +372,10 @@ def register(self, server):
 class FederationSendServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
     PATH = "/send/(?P<transaction_id>[^/]*)/?"
 
+    # We ratelimit manually in the handler as we queue up the requests and we
+    # don't want to fill up the ratelimiter with blocked requests.
+    RATELIMIT = False
+
     def __init__(self, handler, server_name, **kwargs):
         super(FederationSendServlet, self).__init__(
             handler, server_name=server_name, **kwargs

synapse/handlers/federation.py

@@ -920,15 +920,26 @@ async def backfill(self, dest, room_id, limit, extremities):
 
         return events
 
-    async def maybe_backfill(self, room_id, current_depth):
+    async def maybe_backfill(
+        self, room_id: str, current_depth: int, limit: int
+    ) -> bool:
         """Checks the database to see if we should backfill before paginating,
         and if so do.
+
+        Args:
+            room_id
+            current_depth: The depth from which we're paginating from. This is
+                used to decide if we should backfill and what extremities to
+                use.
+            limit: The number of events that the pagination request will
+                return. This is used as part of the heuristic to decide if we
+                should back paginate.
         """
         extremities = await self.store.get_oldest_events_with_depth_in_room(room_id)
 
         if not extremities:
             logger.debug("Not backfilling as no extremeties found.")
-            return
+            return False
 
         # We only want to paginate if we can actually see the events we'll get,
         # as otherwise we'll just spend a lot of resources to get redacted
@@ -981,16 +992,54 @@ async def maybe_backfill(self, room_id, current_depth):
         sorted_extremeties_tuple = sorted(extremities.items(), key=lambda e: -int(e[1]))
         max_depth = sorted_extremeties_tuple[0][1]
 
+        # If we're approaching an extremity we trigger a backfill, otherwise we
+        # no-op.
+        #
+        # We chose twice the limit here as then clients paginating backwards
+        # will send pagination requests that trigger backfill at least twice
+        # using the most recent extremity before it gets removed (see below). We
+        # chose more than one times the limit in case of failure, but choosing a
+        # much larger factor will result in triggering a backfill request much
+        # earlier than necessary.
+        if current_depth - 2 * limit > max_depth:
+            logger.debug(
+                "Not backfilling as we don't need to. %d < %d - 2 * %d",
+                max_depth,
+                current_depth,
+                limit,
+            )
+            return False
+
+        logger.debug(
+            "room_id: %s, backfill: current_depth: %s, max_depth: %s, extrems: %s",
+            room_id,
+            current_depth,
+            max_depth,
+            sorted_extremeties_tuple,
+        )
+
+        # We ignore extremities that have a greater depth than our current depth
+        # as:
+        #    1. we don't really care about getting events that have happened
+        #       before our current position; and
+        #    2. we have likely previously tried and failed to backfill from that
+        #       extremity, so to avoid getting "stuck" requesting the same
+        #       backfill repeatedly we drop those extremities.
+        filtered_sorted_extremeties_tuple = [
+            t for t in sorted_extremeties_tuple if int(t[1]) <= current_depth
+        ]
+
+        # However, we need to check that the filtered extremities are non-empty.
+        # If they are empty then either we can a) bail or b) still attempt to
+        # backill. We opt to try backfilling anyway just in case we do get
+        # relevant events.
+        if filtered_sorted_extremeties_tuple:
+            sorted_extremeties_tuple = filtered_sorted_extremeties_tuple
+
         # We don't want to specify too many extremities as it causes the backfill
         # request URI to be too long.
         extremities = dict(sorted_extremeties_tuple[:5])
 
-        if current_depth > max_depth:
-            logger.debug(
-                "Not backfilling as we don't need to. %d < %d", max_depth, current_depth
-            )
-            return
-
         # Now we need to decide which hosts to hit first.
 
         # First we try hosts that are already in the room

synapse/handlers/pagination.py

@@ -358,9 +358,9 @@ async def get_messages(
                 # if we're going backwards, we might need to backfill. This
                 # requires that we have a topo token.
                 if room_token.topological:
-                    max_topo = room_token.topological
+                    curr_topo = room_token.topological
                 else:
-                    max_topo = await self.store.get_max_topological_token(
+                    curr_topo = await self.store.get_current_topological_token(
                         room_id, room_token.stream
                     )
 
@@ -379,13 +379,13 @@ async def get_messages(
                     leave_token = RoomStreamToken.parse(leave_token_str)
                     assert leave_token.topological is not None
 
-                    if leave_token.topological < max_topo:
+                    if leave_token.topological < curr_topo:
                         from_token = from_token.copy_and_replace(
                             "room_key", leave_token
                         )
 
                 await self.hs.get_handlers().federation_handler.maybe_backfill(
-                    room_id, max_topo
+                    room_id, curr_topo, limit=pagin_config.limit,
                 )
 
             to_room_key = None

synapse/rest/client/versions.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import logging
 import re
 
+from synapse.api.constants import RoomCreationPreset
 from synapse.http.servlet import RestServlet
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -31,6 +32,20 @@ def __init__(self, hs):
         super(VersionsRestServlet, self).__init__()
         self.config = hs.config
 
+        # Calculate these once since they shouldn't change after start-up.
+        self.e2ee_forced_public = (
+            RoomCreationPreset.PUBLIC_CHAT
+            in self.config.encryption_enabled_by_default_for_room_presets
+        )
+        self.e2ee_forced_private = (
+            RoomCreationPreset.PRIVATE_CHAT
+            in self.config.encryption_enabled_by_default_for_room_presets
+        )
+        self.e2ee_forced_trusted_private = (
+            RoomCreationPreset.TRUSTED_PRIVATE_CHAT
+            in self.config.encryption_enabled_by_default_for_room_presets
+        )
+
     def on_GET(self, request):
         return (
             200,
@@ -65,6 +80,10 @@ def on_GET(self, request):
                     "m.lazy_load_members": True,
                     # Implements additional endpoints as described in MSC2666
                     "uk.half-shot.msc2666": True,
+                    # Whether new rooms will be set to encrypted or not (based on presets).
+                    "io.element.e2ee_forced.public": self.e2ee_forced_public,
+                    "io.element.e2ee_forced.private": self.e2ee_forced_private,
+                    "io.element.e2ee_forced.trusted_private": self.e2ee_forced_trusted_private,
                 },
             },
         )

synapse/server.py

@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
 from synapse.types import DomainSpecificString
 from synapse.util import Clock
 from synapse.util.distributor import Distributor
+from synapse.util.ratelimitutils import FederationRateLimiter
 from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -642,6 +643,10 @@ def get_replication_data_handler(self) -> ReplicationDataHandler:
     def get_replication_streams(self) -> Dict[str, Stream]:
         return {stream.NAME: stream(self) for stream in STREAMS_MAP.values()}
 
+    @cache_in_self
+    def get_federation_ratelimiter(self) -> FederationRateLimiter:
+        return FederationRateLimiter(self.clock, config=self.config.rc_federation)
+
     async def remove_pusher(self, app_id: str, push_key: str, user_id: str):
         return await self.get_pusherpool().remove_pusher(app_id, push_key, user_id)
 

synapse/storage/databases/main/stream.py

@@ -640,23 +640,20 @@ async def get_topological_token_for_event(self, event_id: str) -> str:
         )
         return "t%d-%d" % (row["topological_ordering"], row["stream_ordering"])
 
-    async def get_max_topological_token(self, room_id: str, stream_key: int) -> int:
-        """Get the max topological token in a room before the given stream
+    async def get_current_topological_token(self, room_id: str, stream_key: int) -> int:
+        """Gets the topological token in a room after or at the given stream
         ordering.
 
         Args:
             room_id
             stream_key
-
-        Returns:
-            The maximum topological token.
         """
         sql = (
-            "SELECT coalesce(max(topological_ordering), 0) FROM events"
-            " WHERE room_id = ? AND stream_ordering < ?"
+            "SELECT coalesce(MIN(topological_ordering), 0) FROM events"
+            " WHERE room_id = ? AND stream_ordering >= ?"
         )
         row = await self.db_pool.execute(
-            "get_max_topological_token", None, sql, room_id, stream_key
+            "get_current_topological_token", None, sql, room_id, stream_key
         )
         return row[0][0] if row else 0