Make `get_device` return None if the device doesn't exist rather than raising an exception. (#11565)

Co-authored-by: Sean Quah <8349537+squahtx@users.noreply.github.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/device.py b/synapse/handlers/device.py
index 82ee11e921..7665425232 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/device.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/device.py
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ class DeviceWorkerHandler:
         Raises:
             errors.NotFoundError: if the device was not found
         """
-        try:
-            device = await self.store.get_device(user_id, device_id)
-        except errors.StoreError:
-            raise errors.NotFoundError
+        device = await self.store.get_device(user_id, device_id)
+        if device is None:
+            raise errors.NotFoundError()
+
         ips = await self.store.get_last_client_ip_by_device(user_id, device_id)
         _update_device_from_client_ips(device, ips)
 
@@ -602,6 +602,8 @@ class DeviceHandler(DeviceWorkerHandler):
             access_token, device_id
         )
         old_device = await self.store.get_device(user_id, old_device_id)
+        if old_device is None:
+            raise errors.NotFoundError()
         await self.store.update_device(user_id, device_id, old_device["display_name"])
         # can't call self.delete_device because that will clobber the
         # access token so call the storage layer directly