Fix bug in device list caching when remote users leave rooms (#13749)

When a remote user leaves the last room shared with the homeserver, we
have to mark their device list as unsubscribed, otherwise we would hold
on to a stale device list in our cache. Crucially, the device list would
remain cached even after the remote user rejoined the room, which could
lead to E2EE failures until the next change to the remote user's device
list.

Fixes #13651.

Signed-off-by: Sean Quah <seanq@matrix.org>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/device.py b/synapse/handlers/device.py
index c5ac169644..901e2310b7 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/device.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/device.py
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ from synapse.types import (
     JsonDict,
     StreamKeyType,
     StreamToken,
-    UserID,
     get_domain_from_id,
     get_verify_key_from_cross_signing_key,
 )
@@ -324,8 +323,6 @@ class DeviceHandler(DeviceWorkerHandler):
             self.device_list_updater.incoming_device_list_update,
         )
 
-        hs.get_distributor().observe("user_left_room", self.user_left_room)
-
         # Whether `_handle_new_device_update_async` is currently processing.
         self._handle_new_device_update_is_processing = False
 
@@ -569,14 +566,6 @@ class DeviceHandler(DeviceWorkerHandler):
             StreamKeyType.DEVICE_LIST, position, users=[from_user_id]
         )
 
-    async def user_left_room(self, user: UserID, room_id: str) -> None:
-        user_id = user.to_string()
-        room_ids = await self.store.get_rooms_for_user(user_id)
-        if not room_ids:
-            # We no longer share rooms with this user, so we'll no longer
-            # receive device updates. Mark this in DB.
-            await self.store.mark_remote_user_device_list_as_unsubscribed(user_id)
-
     async def store_dehydrated_device(
         self,
         user_id: str,