diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/account_data.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/account_data.py
index ef81d73573..49ee23470d 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/account_data.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/account_data.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import abc
import logging
from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from synapse.api.constants import AccountDataTypes
from synapse.storage._base import SQLBaseStore, db_to_json
from synapse.storage.database import DatabasePool
from synapse.storage.util.id_generators import StreamIdGenerator
@@ -291,14 +292,18 @@ class AccountDataWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
self, ignored_user_id: str, ignorer_user_id: str, cache_context: _CacheContext
) -> bool:
ignored_account_data = await self.get_global_account_data_by_type_for_user(
- "m.ignored_user_list",
+ AccountDataTypes.IGNORED_USER_LIST,
ignorer_user_id,
on_invalidate=cache_context.invalidate,
)
if not ignored_account_data:
return False
- return ignored_user_id in ignored_account_data.get("ignored_users", {})
+ try:
+ return ignored_user_id in ignored_account_data.get("ignored_users", {})
+ except TypeError:
+ # The type of the ignored_users field is invalid.
+ return False
class AccountDataStore(AccountDataWorkerStore):
|