2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/directory.py b/synapse/handlers/directory.py
index 8ca5f60b1c..7ee5c47fd9 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/directory.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/directory.py
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ class DirectoryHandler:
             )
 
         room_id = await self._delete_association(room_alias)
+        if room_id is None:
+            # It's possible someone else deleted the association after the
+            # checks above, but before we did the deletion.
+            raise NotFoundError("Unknown room alias")
 
         try:
             await self._update_canonical_alias(requester, user_id, room_id, room_alias)
@@ -225,7 +229,7 @@ class DirectoryHandler:
             )
         await self._delete_association(room_alias)
 
-    async def _delete_association(self, room_alias: RoomAlias) -> str:
+    async def _delete_association(self, room_alias: RoomAlias) -> Optional[str]:
         if not self.hs.is_mine(room_alias):
             raise SynapseError(400, "Room alias must be local")
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/directory.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/directory.py
index 6daf8b8ffb..25131b1ea9 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/directory.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/directory.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from typing import Iterable, List, Optional
 
 from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError
 from synapse.storage._base import SQLBaseStore
+from synapse.storage.database import LoggingTransaction
 from synapse.types import RoomAlias
 from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cached
 
@@ -126,14 +127,16 @@ class DirectoryWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
 
 
 class DirectoryStore(DirectoryWorkerStore):
-    async def delete_room_alias(self, room_alias: RoomAlias) -> str:
+    async def delete_room_alias(self, room_alias: RoomAlias) -> Optional[str]:
         room_id = await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
             "delete_room_alias", self._delete_room_alias_txn, room_alias
         )
 
         return room_id
 
-    def _delete_room_alias_txn(self, txn, room_alias: RoomAlias) -> str:
+    def _delete_room_alias_txn(
+        self, txn: LoggingTransaction, room_alias: RoomAlias
+    ) -> Optional[str]:
         txn.execute(
             "SELECT room_id FROM room_aliases WHERE room_alias = ?",
             (room_alias.to_string(),),