Fix Host header sent by MatrixFederationAgent (#4468)

Move the Host header logic down here so that (a) it is used if we reuse the
agent elsewhere, and (b) we can mess about with it with .well-known.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py b/synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py

index 0ec28c6696..1788e9a34a 100644
--- a/synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py
+++ b/synapse/http/federation/matrix_federation_agent.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from zope.interface import implementer
 from twisted.internet import defer
 from twisted.internet.endpoints import HostnameEndpoint, wrapClientTLS
 from twisted.web.client import URI, Agent, HTTPConnectionPool
+from twisted.web.http_headers import Headers
 from twisted.web.iweb import IAgent
 
 from synapse.http.endpoint import parse_server_name
@@ -109,6 +110,15 @@ class MatrixFederationAgent(object):
             else:
                 target = pick_server_from_list(server_list)
 
+        # make sure that the Host header is set correctly
+        if headers is None:
+            headers = Headers()
+        else:
+            headers = headers.copy()
+
+        if not headers.hasHeader(b'host'):
+            headers.addRawHeader(b'host', server_name_bytes)
+
         class EndpointFactory(object):
             @staticmethod
             def endpointForURI(_uri):