Merge commit '01333681b' into anoa/dinsic_release_1_31_0

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

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

index f2ca1ddb53..6001fe3e27 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/saml_handler.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/saml_handler.py
@@ -163,6 +163,29 @@ class SamlHandler(BaseHandler):
             return
 
         logger.debug("SAML2 response: %s", saml2_auth.origxml)
+
+        await self._handle_authn_response(request, saml2_auth, relay_state)
+
+    async def _handle_authn_response(
+        self,
+        request: SynapseRequest,
+        saml2_auth: saml2.response.AuthnResponse,
+        relay_state: str,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Handle an AuthnResponse, having parsed it from the request params
+
+        Assumes that the signature on the response object has been checked. Maps
+        the user onto an MXID, registering them if necessary, and returns a response
+        to the browser.
+
+        Args:
+            request: the incoming request from the browser. We'll respond to it with an
+                HTML page or a redirect
+            saml2_auth: the parsed AuthnResponse object
+            relay_state: the RelayState query param, which encodes the URI to rediret
+               back to
+        """
+
         for assertion in saml2_auth.assertions:
             # kibana limits the length of a log field, whereas this is all rather
             # useful, so split it up.