diff --git a/synapse/module_api/__init__.py b/synapse/module_api/__init__.py
index 0786d20635..09ea6bdecb 100644
--- a/synapse/module_api/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/module_api/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from typing import (
Generator,
Iterable,
List,
+ Mapping,
Optional,
Tuple,
TypeVar,
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ from twisted.web.resource import Resource
from synapse.api import errors
from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
+from synapse.api.presence import UserPresenceState
from synapse.config import ConfigError
from synapse.events import EventBase
from synapse.events.presence_router import (
@@ -1184,6 +1186,37 @@ class ModuleApi:
presence_events, [destination]
)
+ async def set_presence_for_users(
+ self, users: Mapping[str, Tuple[str, Optional[str]]]
+ ) -> None:
+ """
+ Update the internal presence state of users.
+
+ This can be used for either local or remote users.
+
+ Note that this method can only be run on the process that is configured to write to the
+ presence stream. By default, this is the main process.
+
+ Added in Synapse v1.96.0.
+ """
+
+ # We pull out the presence handler here to break a cyclic
+ # dependency between the presence router and module API.
+ presence_handler = self._hs.get_presence_handler()
+
+ from synapse.handlers.presence import PresenceHandler
+
+ assert isinstance(presence_handler, PresenceHandler)
+
+ states = await presence_handler.current_state_for_users(users.keys())
+ for user_id, (state, status_msg) in users.items():
+ prev_state = states.setdefault(user_id, UserPresenceState.default(user_id))
+ states[user_id] = prev_state.copy_and_replace(
+ state=state, status_msg=status_msg
+ )
+
+ await presence_handler._update_states(states.values(), force_notify=True)
+
def looping_background_call(
self,
f: Callable,
|