Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/release-v1.27.0' into bbz/info-mainline-1.27.0 github/bbz/info-mainline-1.27.0 bbz/info-mainline-1.27.0

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/profile.py b/synapse/handlers/profile.py
index dee0ef45e7..c02b951031 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/profile.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/profile.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class ProfileHandler(BaseHandler):
             except HttpResponseException as e:
                 raise e.to_synapse_error()
 
-            return result["displayname"]
+            return result.get("displayname")
 
     async def set_displayname(
         self,
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class ProfileHandler(BaseHandler):
             except HttpResponseException as e:
                 raise e.to_synapse_error()
 
-            return result["avatar_url"]
+            return result.get("avatar_url")
 
     async def set_avatar_url(
         self,
@@ -286,13 +286,19 @@ class ProfileHandler(BaseHandler):
                 400, "Avatar URL is too long (max %i)" % (MAX_AVATAR_URL_LEN,)
             )
 
+        avatar_url_to_set = new_avatar_url  # type: Optional[str]
+        if new_avatar_url == "":
+            avatar_url_to_set = None
+
         # Same like set_displayname
         if by_admin:
             requester = create_requester(
                 target_user, authenticated_entity=requester.authenticated_entity
             )
 
-        await self.store.set_profile_avatar_url(target_user.localpart, new_avatar_url)
+        await self.store.set_profile_avatar_url(
+            target_user.localpart, avatar_url_to_set
+        )
 
         if self.hs.config.user_directory_search_all_users:
             profile = await self.store.get_profileinfo(target_user.localpart)