Merge commit 'de119063f' into anoa/dinsic_release_1_18_x

* commit 'de119063f': (31 commits)
  Convert room list handler to async/await. (#7912)
  Element CSS and logo in email templates (#7919)
  Lint the contrib/ directory in CI and linting scripts, add synctl to linting script (#7914)
  Remove unused code from synapse.logging.utils. (#7897)
  Fix a typo in the sample config. (#7890)
  Fix deprecation warning: import ABC from collections.abc (#7892)
  Change sample config's postgres user to synapse_user (#7889)
  Fix deprecation warning due to invalid escape sequences (#7895)
  Remove Ubuntu Eoan that is now EOL (#7888)
  Fix the trace function for async functions. (#7872)
  Add help for creating a user via docker (#7885)
  Switch to Debian:Slim from Alpine for the docker image (#7839)
  Stop using 'device_max_stream_id' (#7882)
  Fix TypeError in synapse.notifier (#7880)
  Add a default limit (of 100) to get/sync operations. (#7858)
  Change "unknown room ver" logging to warning. (#7881)
  Convert device handler to async/await (#7871)
  Convert synapse.app to async/await. (#7868)
  Convert _base, profile, and _receipts handlers to async/await (#7860)
  Add admin endpoint to get members in a room. (#7842)
  ...

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/message.py b/synapse/handlers/message.py

index da206e1ec1..c47764a4ce 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -488,11 +488,15 @@ class EventCreationHandler(object):
 
                 try:
                     if "displayname" not in content:
-                        displayname = yield profile.get_displayname(target)
+                        displayname = yield defer.ensureDeferred(
+                            profile.get_displayname(target)
+                        )
                         if displayname is not None:
                             content["displayname"] = displayname
                     if "avatar_url" not in content:
-                        avatar_url = yield profile.get_avatar_url(target)
+                        avatar_url = yield defer.ensureDeferred(
+                            profile.get_avatar_url(target)
+                        )
                         if avatar_url is not None:
                             content["avatar_url"] = avatar_url
                 except Exception as e: