Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse into matrix-org-hotfixes

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

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

index 71c3a420ab..a83c03da9a 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ class MessageHandler(object):
         self.state_store = self.storage.state
         self._event_serializer = hs.get_event_client_serializer()
         self._ephemeral_events_enabled = hs.config.enable_ephemeral_messages
-        self._is_worker_app = bool(hs.config.worker_app)
 
         # The scheduled call to self._expire_event. None if no call is currently
         # scheduled.
@@ -260,7 +259,6 @@ class MessageHandler(object):
         Args:
             event (EventBase): The event to schedule the expiry of.
         """
-        assert not self._is_worker_app
 
         expiry_ts = event.content.get(EventContentFields.SELF_DESTRUCT_AFTER)
         if not isinstance(expiry_ts, int) or event.is_state():
@@ -488,9 +486,13 @@ class EventCreationHandler(object):
 
                 try:
                     if "displayname" not in content:
-                        content["displayname"] = yield profile.get_displayname(target)
+                        displayname = yield profile.get_displayname(target)
+                        if displayname is not None:
+                            content["displayname"] = displayname
                     if "avatar_url" not in content:
-                        content["avatar_url"] = yield profile.get_avatar_url(target)
+                        avatar_url = yield profile.get_avatar_url(target)
+                        if avatar_url is not None:
+                            content["avatar_url"] = avatar_url
                 except Exception as e:
                     logger.info(
                         "Failed to get profile information for %r: %s", target, e