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authorErik Johnston <erikj@jki.re>2017-04-04 10:07:57 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2017-04-04 10:07:57 +0100
commit27cc627e425a4a1d6baf3887b435005a571c2271 (patch)
treea5fa797ac7e65f85cae52cccd88451e5672257c6 /synapse/replication
parentMerge pull request #2095 from matrix-org/rav/cull_log_preserves (diff)
parentMerge branch 'develop' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse into erikj/repl_tcp_s... (diff)
downloadsynapse-27cc627e425a4a1d6baf3887b435005a571c2271.tar.xz
Merge pull request #2082 from matrix-org/erikj/repl_tcp_server
Replace HTTP replication with TCP replication (Server side part)
Diffstat (limited to '')
-rw-r--r--synapse/replication/resource.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/replication/tcp/__init__.py30
-rw-r--r--synapse/replication/tcp/commands.py346
-rw-r--r--synapse/replication/tcp/protocol.py604
-rw-r--r--synapse/replication/tcp/resource.py290
-rw-r--r--synapse/replication/tcp/streams.py409
6 files changed, 1681 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/replication/resource.py b/synapse/replication/resource.py
index 03930fe958..abd3fe7665 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/resource.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/resource.py
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class ReplicationResource(Resource):
 
         if federation is not None and federation != current_position:
             federation_rows = self.federation_sender.get_replication_rows(
-                federation, limit, federation_ack=federation_ack,
+                federation, current_position, limit, federation_ack=federation_ack,
             )
             upto_token = _position_from_rows(federation_rows, current_position)
             writer.write_header_and_rows("federation", federation_rows, (
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ class ReplicationResource(Resource):
 
         if device_lists is not None and device_lists != current_position:
             changes = yield self.store.get_all_device_list_changes_for_remotes(
-                device_lists,
+                device_lists, current_position,
             )
             writer.write_header_and_rows("device_lists", changes, (
                 "position", "user_id", "destination",
diff --git a/synapse/replication/tcp/__init__.py b/synapse/replication/tcp/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81c2ea7ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/replication/tcp/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 Vector Creations Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""This module implements the TCP replication protocol used by synapse to
+communicate between the master process and its workers (when they're enabled).
+
+Further details can be found in docs/tcp_replication.rst
+
+
+Structure of the module:
+ * client.py   - the client classes used for workers to connect to master
+ * command.py  - the definitions of all the valid commands
+ * protocol.py - contains bot the client and server protocol implementations,
+                 these should not be used directly
+ * resource.py - the server classes that accepts and handle client connections
+ * streams.py  - the definitons of all the valid streams
+
+"""
diff --git a/synapse/replication/tcp/commands.py b/synapse/replication/tcp/commands.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84d2a2272a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/replication/tcp/commands.py
@@ -0,0 +1,346 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 Vector Creations Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""Defines the various valid commands
+
+The VALID_SERVER_COMMANDS and VALID_CLIENT_COMMANDS define which commands are
+allowed to be sent by which side.
+"""
+
+import logging
+import ujson as json
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Command(object):
+    """The base command class.
+
+    All subclasses must set the NAME variable which equates to the name of the
+    command on the wire.
+
+    A full command line on the wire is constructed from `NAME + " " + to_line()`
+
+    The default implementation creates a command of form `<NAME> <data>`
+    """
+    NAME = None
+
+    def __init__(self, data):
+        self.data = data
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_line(cls, line):
+        """Deserialises a line from the wire into this command. `line` does not
+        include the command.
+        """
+        return cls(line)
+
+    def to_line(self):
+        """Serialises the comamnd for the wire. Does not include the command
+        prefix.
+        """
+        return self.data
+
+
+class ServerCommand(Command):
+    """Sent by the server on new connection and includes the server_name.
+
+    Format::
+
+        SERVER <server_name>
+    """
+    NAME = "SERVER"
+
+
+class RdataCommand(Command):
+    """Sent by server when a subscribed stream has an update.
+
+    Format::
+
+        RDATA <stream_name> <token> <row_json>
+
+    The `<token>` may either be a numeric stream id OR "batch". The latter case
+    is used to support sending multiple updates with the same stream ID. This
+    is done by sending an RDATA for each row, with all but the last RDATA having
+    a token of "batch" and the last having the final stream ID.
+
+    The client should batch all incoming RDATA with a token of "batch" (per
+    stream_name) until it sees an RDATA with a numeric stream ID.
+
+    `<token>` of "batch" maps to the instance variable `token` being None.
+
+    An example of a batched series of RDATA::
+
+        RDATA presence batch ["@foo:example.com", "online", ...]
+        RDATA presence batch ["@bar:example.com", "online", ...]
+        RDATA presence 59 ["@baz:example.com", "online", ...]
+    """
+    NAME = "RDATA"
+
+    def __init__(self, stream_name, token, row):
+        self.stream_name = stream_name
+        self.token = token
+        self.row = row
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_line(cls, line):
+        stream_name, token, row_json = line.split(" ", 2)
+        return cls(
+            stream_name,
+            None if token == "batch" else int(token),
+            json.loads(row_json)
+        )
+
+    def to_line(self):
+        return " ".join((
+            self.stream_name,
+            str(self.token) if self.token is not None else "batch",
+            json.dumps(self.row),
+        ))
+
+
+class PositionCommand(Command):
+    """Sent by the client to tell the client the stream postition without
+    needing to send an RDATA.
+    """
+    NAME = "POSITION"
+
+    def __init__(self, stream_name, token):
+        self.stream_name = stream_name
+        self.token = token
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_line(cls, line):
+        stream_name, token = line.split(" ", 1)
+        return cls(stream_name, int(token))
+
+    def to_line(self):
+        return " ".join((self.stream_name, str(self.token),))
+
+
+class ErrorCommand(Command):
+    """Sent by either side if there was an ERROR. The data is a string describing
+    the error.
+    """
+    NAME = "ERROR"
+
+
+class PingCommand(Command):
+    """Sent by either side as a keep alive. The data is arbitary (often timestamp)
+    """
+    NAME = "PING"
+
+
+class NameCommand(Command):
+    """Sent by client to inform the server of the client's identity. The data
+    is the name
+    """
+    NAME = "NAME"
+
+
+class ReplicateCommand(Command):
+    """Sent by the client to subscribe to the stream.
+
+    Format::
+
+        REPLICATE <stream_name> <token>
+
+    Where <token> may be either:
+        * a numeric stream_id to stream updates from
+        * "NOW" to stream all subsequent updates.
+
+    The <stream_name> can be "ALL" to subscribe to all known streams, in which
+    case the <token> must be set to "NOW", i.e.::
+
+        REPLICATE ALL NOW
+    """
+    NAME = "REPLICATE"
+
+    def __init__(self, stream_name, token):
+        self.stream_name = stream_name
+        self.token = token
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_line(cls, line):
+        stream_name, token = line.split(" ", 1)
+        if token in ("NOW", "now"):
+            token = "NOW"
+        else:
+            token = int(token)
+        return cls(stream_name, token)
+
+    def to_line(self):
+        return " ".join((self.stream_name, str(self.token),))
+
+
+class UserSyncCommand(Command):
+    """Sent by the client to inform the server that a user has started or
+    stopped syncing. Used to calculate presence on the master.
+
+    Includes a timestamp of when the last user sync was.
+
+    Format::
+
+        USER_SYNC <user_id> <state> <last_sync_ms>
+
+    Where <state> is either "start" or "stop"
+    """
+    NAME = "USER_SYNC"
+
+    def __init__(self, user_id, is_syncing, last_sync_ms):
+        self.user_id = user_id
+        self.is_syncing = is_syncing
+        self.last_sync_ms = last_sync_ms
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_line(cls, line):
+        user_id, state, last_sync_ms = line.split(" ", 2)
+
+        if state not in ("start", "end"):
+            raise Exception("Invalid USER_SYNC state %r" % (state,))
+
+        return cls(user_id, state == "start", int(last_sync_ms))
+
+    def to_line(self):
+        return " ".join((
+            self.user_id, "start" if self.is_syncing else "end", str(self.last_sync_ms),
+        ))
+
+
+class FederationAckCommand(Command):
+    """Sent by the client when it has processed up to a given point in the
+    federation stream. This allows the master to drop in-memory caches of the
+    federation stream.
+
+    This must only be sent from one worker (i.e. the one sending federation)
+
+    Format::
+
+        FEDERATION_ACK <token>
+    """
+    NAME = "FEDERATION_ACK"
+
+    def __init__(self, token):
+        self.token = token
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_line(cls, line):
+        return cls(int(line))
+
+    def to_line(self):
+        return str(self.token)
+
+
+class SyncCommand(Command):
+    """Used for testing. The client protocol implementation allows waiting
+    on a SYNC command with a specified data.
+    """
+    NAME = "SYNC"
+
+
+class RemovePusherCommand(Command):
+    """Sent by the client to request the master remove the given pusher.
+
+    Format::
+
+        REMOVE_PUSHER <app_id> <push_key> <user_id>
+    """
+    NAME = "REMOVE_PUSHER"
+
+    def __init__(self, app_id, push_key, user_id):
+        self.user_id = user_id
+        self.app_id = app_id
+        self.push_key = push_key
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_line(cls, line):
+        app_id, push_key, user_id = line.split(" ", 2)
+
+        return cls(app_id, push_key, user_id)
+
+    def to_line(self):
+        return " ".join((self.app_id, self.push_key, self.user_id))
+
+
+class InvalidateCacheCommand(Command):
+    """Sent by the client to invalidate an upstream cache.
+
+    THIS IS NOT RELIABLE, AND SHOULD *NOT* BE USED ACCEPT FOR THINGS THAT ARE
+    NOT DISASTROUS IF WE DROP ON THE FLOOR.
+
+    Mainly used to invalidate destination retry timing caches.
+
+    Format::
+
+        INVALIDATE_CACHE <cache_func> <keys_json>
+
+    Where <keys_json> is a json list.
+    """
+    NAME = "INVALIDATE_CACHE"
+
+    def __init__(self, cache_func, keys):
+        self.cache_func = cache_func
+        self.keys = keys
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_line(cls, line):
+        cache_func, keys_json = line.split(" ", 1)
+
+        return cls(cache_func, json.loads(keys_json))
+
+    def to_line(self):
+        return " ".join((self.cache_func, json.dumps(self.keys)))
+
+
+# Map of command name to command type.
+COMMAND_MAP = {
+    cmd.NAME: cmd
+    for cmd in (
+        ServerCommand,
+        RdataCommand,
+        PositionCommand,
+        ErrorCommand,
+        PingCommand,
+        NameCommand,
+        ReplicateCommand,
+        UserSyncCommand,
+        FederationAckCommand,
+        SyncCommand,
+        RemovePusherCommand,
+        InvalidateCacheCommand,
+    )
+}
+
+# The commands the server is allowed to send
+VALID_SERVER_COMMANDS = (
+    ServerCommand.NAME,
+    RdataCommand.NAME,
+    PositionCommand.NAME,
+    ErrorCommand.NAME,
+    PingCommand.NAME,
+    SyncCommand.NAME,
+)
+
+# The commands the client is allowed to send
+VALID_CLIENT_COMMANDS = (
+    NameCommand.NAME,
+    ReplicateCommand.NAME,
+    PingCommand.NAME,
+    UserSyncCommand.NAME,
+    FederationAckCommand.NAME,
+    RemovePusherCommand.NAME,
+    InvalidateCacheCommand.NAME,
+    ErrorCommand.NAME,
+)
diff --git a/synapse/replication/tcp/protocol.py b/synapse/replication/tcp/protocol.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80f732b455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/replication/tcp/protocol.py
@@ -0,0 +1,604 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 Vector Creations Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""This module contains the implementation of both the client and server
+protocols.
+
+The basic structure of the protocol is line based, where the initial word of
+each line specifies the command. The rest of the line is parsed based on the
+command. For example, the `RDATA` command is defined as::
+
+    RDATA <stream_name> <token> <row_json>
+
+(Note that `<row_json>` may contains spaces, but cannot contain newlines.)
+
+Blank lines are ignored.
+
+# Example
+
+An example iteraction is shown below. Each line is prefixed with '>' or '<' to
+indicate which side is sending, these are *not* included on the wire::
+
+    * connection established *
+    > SERVER localhost:8823
+    > PING 1490197665618
+    < NAME synapse.app.appservice
+    < PING 1490197665618
+    < REPLICATE events 1
+    < REPLICATE backfill 1
+    < REPLICATE caches 1
+    > POSITION events 1
+    > POSITION backfill 1
+    > POSITION caches 1
+    > RDATA caches 2 ["get_user_by_id",["@01register-user:localhost:8823"],1490197670513]
+    > RDATA events 14 ["$149019767112vOHxz:localhost:8823",
+        "!AFDCvgApUmpdfVjIXm:localhost:8823","m.room.guest_access","",null]
+    < PING 1490197675618
+    > ERROR server stopping
+    * connection closed by server *
+"""
+
+from twisted.internet import defer
+from twisted.protocols.basic import LineOnlyReceiver
+
+from commands import (
+    COMMAND_MAP, VALID_CLIENT_COMMANDS, VALID_SERVER_COMMANDS,
+    ErrorCommand, ServerCommand, RdataCommand, PositionCommand, PingCommand,
+    NameCommand, ReplicateCommand, UserSyncCommand, SyncCommand,
+)
+from streams import STREAMS_MAP
+
+from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string
+
+import logging
+import synapse.metrics
+import struct
+import fcntl
+
+
+metrics = synapse.metrics.get_metrics_for(__name__)
+
+inbound_commands_counter = metrics.register_counter(
+    "inbound_commands", labels=["command", "name", "conn_id"],
+)
+outbound_commands_counter = metrics.register_counter(
+    "outbound_commands", labels=["command", "name", "conn_id"],
+)
+
+
+# A list of all connected protocols. This allows us to send metrics about the
+# connections.
+connected_connections = []
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+PING_TIME = 5000
+
+
+class ConnectionStates(object):
+    CONNECTING = "connecting"
+    ESTABLISHED = "established"
+    PAUSED = "paused"
+    CLOSED = "closed"
+
+
+class BaseReplicationStreamProtocol(LineOnlyReceiver):
+    """Base replication protocol shared between client and server.
+
+    Reads lines (ignoring blank ones) and parses them into command classes,
+    asserting that they are valid for the given direction, i.e. server commands
+    are only sent by the server.
+
+    On receiving a new command it calls `on_<COMMAND_NAME>` with the parsed
+    command.
+
+    It also sends `PING` periodically, and correctly times out remote connections
+    (if they send a `PING` command)
+    """
+    delimiter = b'\n'
+
+    VALID_INBOUND_COMMANDS = []  # Valid commands we expect to receive
+    VALID_OUTBOUND_COMMANDS = []  # Valid commans we can send
+
+    max_line_buffer = 10000
+
+    def __init__(self, clock):
+        self.clock = clock
+
+        self.last_received_command = self.clock.time_msec()
+        self.last_sent_command = 0
+        self.time_we_closed = None  # When we requested the connection be closed
+
+        self.received_ping = False  # Have we reecived a ping from the other side
+
+        self.state = ConnectionStates.CONNECTING
+
+        self.name = "anon"  # The name sent by a client.
+        self.conn_id = random_string(5)  # To dedupe in case of name clashes.
+
+        # List of pending commands to send once we've established the connection
+        self.pending_commands = []
+
+        # The LoopingCall for sending pings.
+        self._send_ping_loop = None
+
+    def connectionMade(self):
+        logger.info("[%s] Connection established", self.id())
+
+        self.state = ConnectionStates.ESTABLISHED
+
+        connected_connections.append(self)  # Register connection for metrics
+
+        self.transport.registerProducer(self, True)  # For the *Producing callbacks
+
+        self._send_pending_commands()
+
+        # Starts sending pings
+        self._send_ping_loop = self.clock.looping_call(self.send_ping, 5000)
+
+        # Always send the initial PING so that the other side knows that they
+        # can time us out.
+        self.send_command(PingCommand(self.clock.time_msec()))
+
+    def send_ping(self):
+        """Periodically sends a ping and checks if we should close the connection
+        due to the other side timing out.
+        """
+        now = self.clock.time_msec()
+
+        if self.time_we_closed:
+            if now - self.time_we_closed > PING_TIME * 3:
+                logger.info(
+                    "[%s] Failed to close connection gracefully, aborting", self.id()
+                )
+                self.transport.abortConnection()
+        else:
+            if now - self.last_sent_command >= PING_TIME:
+                self.send_command(PingCommand(now))
+
+            if self.received_ping and now - self.last_received_command > PING_TIME * 3:
+                logger.info(
+                    "[%s] Connection hasn't received command in %r ms. Closing.",
+                    self.id(), now - self.last_received_command
+                )
+                self.send_error("ping timeout")
+
+    def lineReceived(self, line):
+        """Called when we've received a line
+        """
+        if line.strip() == "":
+            # Ignore blank lines
+            return
+
+        line = line.decode("utf-8")
+        cmd_name, rest_of_line = line.split(" ", 1)
+
+        if cmd_name not in self.VALID_INBOUND_COMMANDS:
+            logger.error("[%s] invalid command %s", self.id(), cmd_name)
+            self.send_error("invalid command: %s", cmd_name)
+            return
+
+        self.last_received_command = self.clock.time_msec()
+
+        inbound_commands_counter.inc(cmd_name, self.name, self.conn_id)
+
+        cmd_cls = COMMAND_MAP[cmd_name]
+        try:
+            cmd = cmd_cls.from_line(rest_of_line)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.exception(
+                "[%s] failed to parse line %r: %r", self.id(), cmd_name, rest_of_line
+            )
+            self.send_error(
+                "failed to parse line for  %r: %r (%r):" % (cmd_name, e, rest_of_line)
+            )
+            return
+
+        # Now lets try and call on_<CMD_NAME> function
+        try:
+            getattr(self, "on_%s" % (cmd_name,))(cmd)
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("[%s] Failed to handle line: %r", self.id(), line)
+
+    def close(self):
+        self.time_we_closed = self.clock.time_msec()
+        self.transport.loseConnection()
+        self.on_connection_closed()
+
+    def send_error(self, error_string, *args):
+        """Send an error to remote and close the connection.
+        """
+        self.send_command(ErrorCommand(error_string % args))
+        self.close()
+
+    def send_command(self, cmd, do_buffer=True):
+        """Send a command if connection has been established.
+
+        Args:
+            cmd (Command)
+            do_buffer (bool): Whether to buffer the message or always attempt
+                to send the command. This is mostly used to send an error
+                message if we're about to close the connection due our buffers
+                becoming full.
+        """
+        if self.state == ConnectionStates.CLOSED:
+            logger.info("[%s] Not sending, connection closed", self.id())
+            return
+
+        if do_buffer and self.state != ConnectionStates.ESTABLISHED:
+            self._queue_command(cmd)
+            return
+
+        outbound_commands_counter.inc(cmd.NAME, self.name, self.conn_id)
+
+        string = "%s %s" % (cmd.NAME, cmd.to_line(),)
+        if "\n" in string:
+            raise Exception("Unexpected newline in command: %r", string)
+
+        self.sendLine(string.encode("utf-8"))
+
+        self.last_sent_command = self.clock.time_msec()
+
+    def _queue_command(self, cmd):
+        """Queue the command until the connection is ready to write to again.
+        """
+        logger.info("[%s] Queing as conn %r, cmd: %r", self.id(), self.state, cmd)
+        self.pending_commands.append(cmd)
+
+        if len(self.pending_commands) > self.max_line_buffer:
+            # The other side is failing to keep up and out buffers are becoming
+            # full, so lets close the connection.
+            # XXX: should we squawk more loudly?
+            logger.error("[%s] Remote failed to keep up", self.id())
+            self.send_command(ErrorCommand("Failed to keep up"), do_buffer=False)
+            self.close()
+
+    def _send_pending_commands(self):
+        """Send any queued commandes
+        """
+        pending = self.pending_commands
+        self.pending_commands = []
+        for cmd in pending:
+            self.send_command(cmd)
+
+    def on_PING(self, line):
+        self.received_ping = True
+
+    def on_ERROR(self, cmd):
+        logger.error("[%s] Remote reported error: %r", self.id(), cmd.data)
+
+    def pauseProducing(self):
+        """This is called when both the kernel send buffer and the twisted
+        tcp connection send buffers have become full.
+
+        We don't actually have any control over those sizes, so we buffer some
+        commands ourselves before knifing the connection due to the remote
+        failing to keep up.
+        """
+        logger.info("[%s] Pause producing", self.id())
+        self.state = ConnectionStates.PAUSED
+
+    def resumeProducing(self):
+        """The remote has caught up after we started buffering!
+        """
+        logger.info("[%s] Resume producing", self.id())
+        self.state = ConnectionStates.ESTABLISHED
+        self._send_pending_commands()
+
+    def stopProducing(self):
+        """We're never going to send any more data (normally because either
+        we or the remote has closed the connection)
+        """
+        logger.info("[%s] Stop producing", self.id())
+        self.on_connection_closed()
+
+    def connectionLost(self, reason):
+        logger.info("[%s] Replication connection closed: %r", self.id(), reason)
+
+        try:
+            # Remove us from list of connections to be monitored
+            connected_connections.remove(self)
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+
+        # Stop the looping call sending pings.
+        if self._send_ping_loop and self._send_ping_loop.running:
+            self._send_ping_loop.stop()
+
+        self.on_connection_closed()
+
+    def on_connection_closed(self):
+        logger.info("[%s] Connection was closed", self.id())
+
+        self.state = ConnectionStates.CLOSED
+        self.pending_commands = []
+
+        if self.transport:
+            self.transport.unregisterProducer()
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "ReplicationConnection<name=%s,conn_id=%s,addr=%s>" % (
+            self.name, self.conn_id, self.addr,
+        )
+
+    def id(self):
+        return "%s-%s" % (self.name, self.conn_id)
+
+
+class ServerReplicationStreamProtocol(BaseReplicationStreamProtocol):
+    VALID_INBOUND_COMMANDS = VALID_CLIENT_COMMANDS
+    VALID_OUTBOUND_COMMANDS = VALID_SERVER_COMMANDS
+
+    def __init__(self, server_name, clock, streamer, addr):
+        BaseReplicationStreamProtocol.__init__(self, clock)  # Old style class
+
+        self.server_name = server_name
+        self.streamer = streamer
+        self.addr = addr
+
+        # The streams the client has subscribed to and is up to date with
+        self.replication_streams = set()
+
+        # The streams the client is currently subscribing to.
+        self.connecting_streams = set()
+
+        # Map from stream name to list of updates to send once we've finished
+        # subscribing the client to the stream.
+        self.pending_rdata = {}
+
+    def connectionMade(self):
+        self.send_command(ServerCommand(self.server_name))
+        BaseReplicationStreamProtocol.connectionMade(self)
+        self.streamer.new_connection(self)
+
+    def on_NAME(self, cmd):
+        self.name = cmd.data
+
+    def on_USER_SYNC(self, cmd):
+        self.streamer.on_user_sync(
+            self.conn_id, cmd.user_id, cmd.is_syncing, cmd.last_sync_ms,
+        )
+
+    def on_REPLICATE(self, cmd):
+        stream_name = cmd.stream_name
+        token = cmd.token
+
+        if stream_name == "ALL":
+            # Subscribe to all streams we're publishing to.
+            for stream in self.streamer.streams_by_name.iterkeys():
+                self.subscribe_to_stream(stream, token)
+        else:
+            self.subscribe_to_stream(stream_name, token)
+
+    def on_FEDERATION_ACK(self, cmd):
+        self.streamer.federation_ack(cmd.token)
+
+    def on_REMOVE_PUSHER(self, cmd):
+        self.streamer.on_remove_pusher(cmd.app_id, cmd.push_key, cmd.user_id)
+
+    def onINVALIDATE_CACHE(self, cmd):
+        self.streamer.on_invalidate_cache(cmd.cache_func, cmd.keys)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def subscribe_to_stream(self, stream_name, token):
+        """Subscribe the remote to a streams.
+
+        This invloves checking if they've missed anything and sending those
+        updates down if they have. During that time new updates for the stream
+        are queued and sent once we've sent down any missed updates.
+        """
+        self.replication_streams.discard(stream_name)
+        self.connecting_streams.add(stream_name)
+
+        try:
+            # Get missing updates
+            updates, current_token = yield self.streamer.get_stream_updates(
+                stream_name, token,
+            )
+
+            # Send all the missing updates
+            for update in updates:
+                token, row = update[0], update[1]
+                self.send_command(RdataCommand(stream_name, token, row))
+
+            # Now we can send any updates that came in while we were subscribing
+            pending_rdata = self.pending_rdata.pop(stream_name, [])
+            for token, update in pending_rdata:
+                self.send_command(RdataCommand(stream_name, token, update))
+
+            # We send a POSITION command to ensure that they have an up to
+            # date token (especially useful if we didn't send any updates
+            # above)
+            self.send_command(PositionCommand(stream_name, current_token))
+
+            # They're now fully subscribed
+            self.replication_streams.add(stream_name)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.exception("[%s] Failed to handle REPLICATE command", self.id())
+            self.send_error("failed to handle replicate: %r", e)
+        finally:
+            self.connecting_streams.discard(stream_name)
+
+    def stream_update(self, stream_name, token, data):
+        """Called when a new update is available to stream to clients.
+
+        We need to check if the client is interested in the stream or not
+        """
+        if stream_name in self.replication_streams:
+            # The client is subscribed to the stream
+            self.send_command(RdataCommand(stream_name, token, data))
+        elif stream_name in self.connecting_streams:
+            # The client is being subscribed to the stream
+            logger.info("[%s] Queuing RDATA %r %r", self.id(), stream_name, token)
+            self.pending_rdata.setdefault(stream_name, []).append((token, data))
+        else:
+            # The client isn't subscribed
+            logger.debug("[%s] Dropping RDATA %r %r", self.id(), stream_name, token)
+
+    def send_sync(self, data):
+        self.send_command(SyncCommand(data))
+
+    def on_connection_closed(self):
+        BaseReplicationStreamProtocol.on_connection_closed(self)
+        logger.info("[%s] Replication connection closed", self.id())
+        self.streamer.lost_connection(self)
+
+
+class ClientReplicationStreamProtocol(BaseReplicationStreamProtocol):
+    VALID_INBOUND_COMMANDS = VALID_SERVER_COMMANDS
+    VALID_OUTBOUND_COMMANDS = VALID_CLIENT_COMMANDS
+
+    def __init__(self, client_name, server_name, clock, handler):
+        BaseReplicationStreamProtocol.__init__(self, clock)
+
+        self.client_name = client_name
+        self.server_name = server_name
+        self.handler = handler
+
+        # Map of stream to batched updates. See RdataCommand for info on how
+        # batching works.
+        self.pending_batches = {}
+
+    def connectionMade(self):
+        self.send_command(NameCommand(self.client_name))
+        BaseReplicationStreamProtocol.connectionMade(self)
+
+        # Once we've connected subscribe to the necessary streams
+        for stream_name, token in self.handler.get_streams_to_replicate().iteritems():
+            self.replicate(stream_name, token)
+
+        # Tell the server if we have any users currently syncing (should only
+        # happen on synchrotrons)
+        currently_syncing = self.handler.get_currently_syncing_users()
+        now = self.clock.time_msec()
+        for user_id in currently_syncing:
+            self.send_command(UserSyncCommand(user_id, True, now))
+
+        # We've now finished connecting to so inform the client handler
+        self.handler.update_connection(self)
+
+    def on_SERVER(self, cmd):
+        if cmd.data != self.server_name:
+            logger.error("[%s] Connected to wrong remote: %r", self.id(), cmd.data)
+            self.transport.abortConnection()
+
+    def on_RDATA(self, cmd):
+        try:
+            row = STREAMS_MAP[cmd.stream_name].ROW_TYPE(*cmd.row)
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception(
+                "[%s] Failed to parse RDATA: %r %r",
+                self.id(), cmd.stream_name, cmd.row
+            )
+            raise
+
+        if cmd.token is None:
+            # I.e. this is part of a batch of updates for this stream. Batch
+            # until we get an update for the stream with a non None token
+            self.pending_batches.setdefault(cmd.stream_name, []).append(row)
+        else:
+            # Check if this is the last of a batch of updates
+            rows = self.pending_batches.pop(cmd.stream_name, [])
+            rows.append(row)
+
+            self.handler.on_rdata(cmd.stream_name, cmd.token, rows)
+
+    def on_POSITION(self, cmd):
+        self.handler.on_position(cmd.stream_name, cmd.token)
+
+    def on_SYNC(self, cmd):
+        self.handler.on_sync(cmd.data)
+
+    def replicate(self, stream_name, token):
+        """Send the subscription request to the server
+        """
+        if stream_name not in STREAMS_MAP:
+            raise Exception("Invalid stream name %r" % (stream_name,))
+
+        logger.info(
+            "[%s] Subscribing to replication stream: %r from %r",
+            self.id(), stream_name, token
+        )
+
+        self.send_command(ReplicateCommand(stream_name, token))
+
+    def on_connection_closed(self):
+        BaseReplicationStreamProtocol.on_connection_closed(self)
+        self.handler.update_connection(None)
+
+
+# The following simply registers metrics for the replication connections
+
+metrics.register_callback(
+    "pending_commands",
+    lambda: {
+        (p.name, p.conn_id): len(p.pending_commands)
+        for p in connected_connections
+    },
+    labels=["name", "conn_id"],
+)
+
+
+def transport_buffer_size(protocol):
+    if protocol.transport:
+        size = len(protocol.transport.dataBuffer) + protocol.transport._tempDataLen
+        return size
+    return 0
+
+
+metrics.register_callback(
+    "transport_send_buffer",
+    lambda: {
+        (p.name, p.conn_id): transport_buffer_size(p)
+        for p in connected_connections
+    },
+    labels=["name", "conn_id"],
+)
+
+
+def transport_kernel_read_buffer_size(protocol, read=True):
+    SIOCINQ = 0x541B
+    SIOCOUTQ = 0x5411
+
+    if protocol.transport:
+        fileno = protocol.transport.getHandle().fileno()
+        if read:
+            op = SIOCINQ
+        else:
+            op = SIOCOUTQ
+        size = struct.unpack("I", fcntl.ioctl(fileno, op, '\0\0\0\0'))[0]
+        return size
+    return 0
+
+
+metrics.register_callback(
+    "transport_kernel_send_buffer",
+    lambda: {
+        (p.name, p.conn_id): transport_kernel_read_buffer_size(p, False)
+        for p in connected_connections
+    },
+    labels=["name", "conn_id"],
+)
+
+
+metrics.register_callback(
+    "transport_kernel_read_buffer",
+    lambda: {
+        (p.name, p.conn_id): transport_kernel_read_buffer_size(p, True)
+        for p in connected_connections
+    },
+    labels=["name", "conn_id"],
+)
diff --git a/synapse/replication/tcp/resource.py b/synapse/replication/tcp/resource.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d7ea57318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/replication/tcp/resource.py
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 Vector Creations Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""The server side of the replication stream.
+"""
+
+from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
+from twisted.internet.protocol import Factory
+
+from streams import STREAMS_MAP, FederationStream
+from protocol import ServerReplicationStreamProtocol
+
+from synapse.util.metrics import Measure, measure_func
+
+import logging
+import synapse.metrics
+
+
+metrics = synapse.metrics.get_metrics_for(__name__)
+stream_updates_counter = metrics.register_counter(
+    "stream_updates", labels=["stream_name"]
+)
+user_sync_counter = metrics.register_counter("user_sync")
+federation_ack_counter = metrics.register_counter("federation_ack")
+remove_pusher_counter = metrics.register_counter("remove_pusher")
+invalidate_cache_counter = metrics.register_counter("invalidate_cache")
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ReplicationStreamProtocolFactory(Factory):
+    """Factory for new replication connections.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        self.streamer = ReplicationStreamer(hs)
+        self.clock = hs.get_clock()
+        self.server_name = hs.config.server_name
+
+    def buildProtocol(self, addr):
+        return ServerReplicationStreamProtocol(
+            self.server_name,
+            self.clock,
+            self.streamer,
+            addr
+        )
+
+
+class ReplicationStreamer(object):
+    """Handles replication connections.
+
+    This needs to be poked when new replication data may be available. When new
+    data is available it will propagate to all connected clients.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+        self.presence_handler = hs.get_presence_handler()
+        self.clock = hs.get_clock()
+
+        # Current connections.
+        self.connections = []
+
+        metrics.register_callback("total_connections", lambda: len(self.connections))
+
+        # List of streams that clients can subscribe to.
+        # We only support federation stream if federation sending hase been
+        # disabled on the master.
+        self.streams = [
+            stream(hs) for stream in STREAMS_MAP.itervalues()
+            if stream != FederationStream or not hs.config.send_federation
+        ]
+
+        self.streams_by_name = {stream.NAME: stream for stream in self.streams}
+
+        metrics.register_callback(
+            "connections_per_stream",
+            lambda: {
+                (stream_name,): len([
+                    conn for conn in self.connections
+                    if stream_name in conn.replication_streams
+                ])
+                for stream_name in self.streams_by_name
+            },
+            labels=["stream_name"],
+        )
+
+        self.federation_sender = None
+        if not hs.config.send_federation:
+            self.federation_sender = hs.get_federation_sender()
+
+        hs.get_notifier().add_replication_callback(self.on_notifier_poke)
+
+        # Keeps track of whether we are currently checking for updates
+        self.is_looping = False
+        self.pending_updates = False
+
+        reactor.addSystemEventTrigger("before", "shutdown", self.on_shutdown)
+
+    def on_shutdown(self):
+        # close all connections on shutdown
+        for conn in self.connections:
+            conn.send_error("server shutting down")
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_notifier_poke(self):
+        """Checks if there is actually any new data and sends it to the
+        connections if there are.
+
+        This should get called each time new data is available, even if it
+        is currently being executed, so that nothing gets missed
+        """
+        if not self.connections:
+            # Don't bother if nothing is listening. We still need to advance
+            # the stream tokens otherwise they'll fall beihind forever
+            for stream in self.streams:
+                stream.advance_current_token()
+            return
+
+        # If we're in the process of checking for new updates, mark that fact
+        # and return
+        if self.is_looping:
+            logger.debug("Noitifier poke loop already running")
+            self.pending_updates = True
+            return
+
+        self.pending_updates = True
+        self.is_looping = True
+
+        try:
+            # Keep looping while there have been pokes about potential updates.
+            # This protects against the race where a stream we already checked
+            # gets an update while we're handling other streams.
+            while self.pending_updates:
+                self.pending_updates = False
+
+                with Measure(self.clock, "repl.stream.get_updates"):
+                    # First we tell the streams that they should update their
+                    # current tokens.
+                    for stream in self.streams:
+                        stream.advance_current_token()
+
+                    for stream in self.streams:
+                        if stream.last_token == stream.upto_token:
+                            continue
+
+                        logger.debug(
+                            "Getting stream: %s: %s -> %s",
+                            stream.NAME, stream.last_token, stream.upto_token
+                        )
+                        updates, current_token = yield stream.get_updates()
+
+                        logger.debug(
+                            "Sending %d updates to %d connections",
+                            len(updates), len(self.connections),
+                        )
+
+                        if updates:
+                            logger.info(
+                                "Streaming: %s -> %s", stream.NAME, updates[-1][0]
+                            )
+                            stream_updates_counter.inc_by(len(updates), stream.NAME)
+
+                        # Some streams return multiple rows with the same stream IDs,
+                        # we need to make sure they get sent out in batches. We do
+                        # this by setting the current token to all but the last of
+                        # a series of updates with the same token to have a None
+                        # token. See RdataCommand for more details.
+                        batched_updates = _batch_updates(updates)
+
+                        for conn in self.connections:
+                            for token, row in batched_updates:
+                                try:
+                                    conn.stream_update(stream.NAME, token, row)
+                                except Exception:
+                                    logger.exception("Failed to replicate")
+
+            logger.debug("No more pending updates, breaking poke loop")
+        finally:
+            self.pending_updates = False
+            self.is_looping = False
+
+    @measure_func("repl.get_stream_updates")
+    def get_stream_updates(self, stream_name, token):
+        """For a given stream get all updates since token. This is called when
+        a client first subscribes to a stream.
+        """
+        stream = self.streams_by_name.get(stream_name, None)
+        if not stream:
+            raise Exception("unknown stream %s", stream_name)
+
+        return stream.get_updates_since(token)
+
+    @measure_func("repl.federation_ack")
+    def federation_ack(self, token):
+        """We've received an ack for federation stream from a client.
+        """
+        federation_ack_counter.inc()
+        if self.federation_sender:
+            self.federation_sender.federation_ack(token)
+
+    @measure_func("repl.on_user_sync")
+    def on_user_sync(self, conn_id, user_id, is_syncing, last_sync_ms):
+        """A client has started/stopped syncing on a worker.
+        """
+        user_sync_counter.inc()
+        self.presence_handler.update_external_syncs_row(
+            conn_id, user_id, is_syncing, last_sync_ms,
+        )
+
+    @measure_func("repl.on_remove_pusher")
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_remove_pusher(self, app_id, push_key, user_id):
+        """A client has asked us to remove a pusher
+        """
+        remove_pusher_counter.inc()
+        yield self.store.delete_pusher_by_app_id_pushkey_user_id(
+            app_id=app_id, pushkey=push_key, user_id=user_id
+        )
+
+        self.notifier.on_new_replication_data()
+
+    @measure_func("repl.on_invalidate_cache")
+    def on_invalidate_cache(self, cache_func, keys):
+        """The client has asked us to invalidate a cache
+        """
+        invalidate_cache_counter.inc()
+        getattr(self.store, cache_func).invalidate(tuple(keys))
+
+    def send_sync_to_all_connections(self, data):
+        """Sends a SYNC command to all clients.
+
+        Used in tests.
+        """
+        for conn in self.connections:
+            conn.send_sync(data)
+
+    def new_connection(self, connection):
+        """A new client connection has been established
+        """
+        self.connections.append(connection)
+
+    def lost_connection(self, connection):
+        """A client connection has been lost
+        """
+        try:
+            self.connections.remove(connection)
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+
+        # We need to tell the presence handler that the connection has been
+        # lost so that it can handle any ongoing syncs on that connection.
+        self.presence_handler.update_external_syncs_clear(connection.conn_id)
+
+
+def _batch_updates(updates):
+    """Takes a list of updates of form [(token, row)] and sets the token to
+    None for all rows where the next row has the same token. This is used to
+    implement batching.
+
+    For example:
+
+        [(1, _), (1, _), (2, _), (3, _), (3, _)]
+
+    becomes:
+
+        [(None, _), (1, _), (2, _), (None, _), (3, _)]
+    """
+    if not updates:
+        return []
+
+    new_updates = []
+    for i, update in enumerate(updates[:-1]):
+        if update[0] == updates[i + 1][0]:
+            new_updates.append((None, update[1]))
+        else:
+            new_updates.append(update)
+
+    new_updates.append(updates[-1])
+    return new_updates
diff --git a/synapse/replication/tcp/streams.py b/synapse/replication/tcp/streams.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fada40c6ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/replication/tcp/streams.py
@@ -0,0 +1,409 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 Vector Creations Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Defines all the valid streams that clients can subscribe to, and the format
+of the rows returned by each stream.
+
+Each stream is defined by the following information:
+
+    stream name:        The name of the stream
+    row type:           The type that is used to serialise/deserialse the row
+    current_token:      The function that returns the current token for the stream
+    update_function:    The function that returns a list of updates between two tokens
+"""
+
+from twisted.internet import defer
+from collections import namedtuple
+
+import logging
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+MAX_EVENTS_BEHIND = 10000
+
+
+EventStreamRow = namedtuple("EventStreamRow",
+                            ("event_id", "room_id", "type", "state_key", "redacts"))
+BackfillStreamRow = namedtuple("BackfillStreamRow",
+                               ("event_id", "room_id", "type", "state_key", "redacts"))
+PresenceStreamRow = namedtuple("PresenceStreamRow",
+                               ("user_id", "state", "last_active_ts",
+                                "last_federation_update_ts", "last_user_sync_ts",
+                                "status_msg", "currently_active"))
+TypingStreamRow = namedtuple("TypingStreamRow",
+                             ("room_id", "user_ids"))
+ReceiptsStreamRow = namedtuple("ReceiptsStreamRow",
+                               ("room_id", "receipt_type", "user_id", "event_id",
+                                "data"))
+PushRulesStreamRow = namedtuple("PushRulesStreamRow", ("user_id",))
+PushersStreamRow = namedtuple("PushersStreamRow",
+                              ("user_id", "app_id", "pushkey", "deleted",))
+CachesStreamRow = namedtuple("CachesStreamRow",
+                             ("cache_func", "keys", "invalidation_ts",))
+PublicRoomsStreamRow = namedtuple("PublicRoomsStreamRow",
+                                  ("room_id", "visibility", "appservice_id",
+                                   "network_id",))
+DeviceListsStreamRow = namedtuple("DeviceListsStreamRow", ("user_id", "destination",))
+ToDeviceStreamRow = namedtuple("ToDeviceStreamRow", ("entity",))
+FederationStreamRow = namedtuple("FederationStreamRow", ("type", "data",))
+TagAccountDataStreamRow = namedtuple("TagAccountDataStreamRow",
+                                     ("user_id", "room_id", "data"))
+AccountDataStreamRow = namedtuple("AccountDataStream",
+                                  ("user_id", "room_id", "data_type", "data"))
+
+
+class Stream(object):
+    """Base class for the streams.
+
+    Provides a `get_updates()` function that returns new updates since the last
+    time it was called up until the point `advance_current_token` was called.
+    """
+    NAME = None  # The name of the stream
+    ROW_TYPE = None  # The type of the row
+    _LIMITED = True  # Whether the update function takes a limit
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        # The token from which we last asked for updates
+        self.last_token = self.current_token()
+
+        # The token that we will get updates up to
+        self.upto_token = self.current_token()
+
+    def advance_current_token(self):
+        """Updates `upto_token` to "now", which updates up until which point
+        get_updates[_since] will fetch rows till.
+        """
+        self.upto_token = self.current_token()
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_updates(self):
+        """Gets all updates since the last time this function was called (or
+        since the stream was constructed if it hadn't been called before),
+        until the `upto_token`
+
+        Returns:
+            (list(ROW_TYPE), int): list of updates plus the token used as an
+                upper bound of the updates (i.e. the "current token")
+        """
+        updates, current_token = yield self.get_updates_since(self.last_token)
+        self.last_token = current_token
+
+        defer.returnValue((updates, current_token))
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_updates_since(self, from_token):
+        """Like get_updates except allows specifying from when we should
+        stream updates
+
+        Returns:
+            (list(ROW_TYPE), int): list of updates plus the token used as an
+                upper bound of the updates (i.e. the "current token")
+        """
+        if from_token in ("NOW", "now"):
+            defer.returnValue(([], self.upto_token))
+
+        current_token = self.upto_token
+
+        from_token = int(from_token)
+
+        if from_token == current_token:
+            defer.returnValue(([], current_token))
+
+        if self._LIMITED:
+            rows = yield self.update_function(
+                from_token, current_token,
+                limit=MAX_EVENTS_BEHIND + 1,
+            )
+
+            if len(rows) >= MAX_EVENTS_BEHIND:
+                raise Exception("stream %s has fallen behined" % (self.NAME))
+        else:
+            rows = yield self.update_function(
+                from_token, current_token,
+            )
+
+        updates = [(row[0], self.ROW_TYPE(*row[1:])) for row in rows]
+
+        defer.returnValue((updates, current_token))
+
+    def current_token(self):
+        """Gets the current token of the underlying streams. Should be provided
+        by the sub classes
+
+        Returns:
+            int
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def update_function(self, from_token, current_token, limit=None):
+        """Get updates between from_token and to_token. If Stream._LIMITED is
+        True then limit is provided, otherwise it's not.
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred(list(tuple)): the first entry in the tuple is the token for
+                that update, and the rest of the tuple gets used to construct
+                a ``ROW_TYPE`` instance
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class EventsStream(Stream):
+    """We received a new event, or an event went from being an outlier to not
+    """
+    NAME = "events"
+    ROW_TYPE = EventStreamRow
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        store = hs.get_datastore()
+        self.current_token = store.get_current_events_token
+        self.update_function = store.get_all_new_forward_event_rows
+
+        super(EventsStream, self).__init__(hs)
+
+
+class BackfillStream(Stream):
+    """We fetched some old events and either we had never seen that event before
+    or it went from being an outlier to not.
+    """
+    NAME = "backfill"
+    ROW_TYPE = BackfillStreamRow
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        store = hs.get_datastore()
+        self.current_token = store.get_current_backfill_token
+        self.update_function = store.get_all_new_backfill_event_rows
+
+        super(BackfillStream, self).__init__(hs)
+
+
+class PresenceStream(Stream):
+    NAME = "presence"
+    _LIMITED = False
+    ROW_TYPE = PresenceStreamRow
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        store = hs.get_datastore()
+        presence_handler = hs.get_presence_handler()
+
+        self.current_token = store.get_current_presence_token
+        self.update_function = presence_handler.get_all_presence_updates
+
+        super(PresenceStream, self).__init__(hs)
+
+
+class TypingStream(Stream):
+    NAME = "typing"
+    _LIMITED = False
+    ROW_TYPE = TypingStreamRow
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        typing_handler = hs.get_typing_handler()
+
+        self.current_token = typing_handler.get_current_token
+        self.update_function = typing_handler.get_all_typing_updates
+
+        super(TypingStream, self).__init__(hs)
+
+
+class ReceiptsStream(Stream):
+    NAME = "receipts"
+    ROW_TYPE = ReceiptsStreamRow
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        store = hs.get_datastore()
+
+        self.current_token = store.get_max_receipt_stream_id
+        self.update_function = store.get_all_updated_receipts
+
+        super(ReceiptsStream, self).__init__(hs)
+
+
+class PushRulesStream(Stream):
+    """A user has changed their push rules
+    """
+    NAME = "push_rules"
+    ROW_TYPE = PushRulesStreamRow
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+        super(PushRulesStream, self).__init__(hs)
+
+    def current_token(self):
+        push_rules_token, _ = self.store.get_push_rules_stream_token()
+        return push_rules_token
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def update_function(self, from_token, to_token, limit):
+        rows = yield self.store.get_all_push_rule_updates(from_token, to_token, limit)
+        defer.returnValue([(row[0], row[2]) for row in rows])
+
+
+class PushersStream(Stream):
+    """A user has added/changed/removed a pusher
+    """
+    NAME = "pushers"
+    ROW_TYPE = PushersStreamRow
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        store = hs.get_datastore()
+
+        self.current_token = store.get_pushers_stream_token
+        self.update_function = store.get_all_updated_pushers_rows
+
+        super(PushersStream, self).__init__(hs)
+
+
+class CachesStream(Stream):
+    """A cache was invalidated on the master and no other stream would invalidate
+    the cache on the workers
+    """
+    NAME = "caches"
+    ROW_TYPE = CachesStreamRow
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        store = hs.get_datastore()
+
+        self.current_token = store.get_cache_stream_token
+        self.update_function = store.get_all_updated_caches
+
+        super(CachesStream, self).__init__(hs)
+
+
+class PublicRoomsStream(Stream):
+    """The public rooms list changed
+    """
+    NAME = "public_rooms"
+    ROW_TYPE = PublicRoomsStreamRow
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        store = hs.get_datastore()
+
+        self.current_token = store.get_current_public_room_stream_id
+        self.update_function = store.get_all_new_public_rooms
+
+        super(PublicRoomsStream, self).__init__(hs)
+
+
+class DeviceListsStream(Stream):
+    """Someone added/changed/removed a device
+    """
+    NAME = "device_lists"
+    _LIMITED = False
+    ROW_TYPE = DeviceListsStreamRow
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        store = hs.get_datastore()
+
+        self.current_token = store.get_device_stream_token
+        self.update_function = store.get_all_device_list_changes_for_remotes
+
+        super(DeviceListsStream, self).__init__(hs)
+
+
+class ToDeviceStream(Stream):
+    """New to_device messages for a client
+    """
+    NAME = "to_device"
+    ROW_TYPE = ToDeviceStreamRow
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        store = hs.get_datastore()
+
+        self.current_token = store.get_to_device_stream_token
+        self.update_function = store.get_all_new_device_messages
+
+        super(ToDeviceStream, self).__init__(hs)
+
+
+class FederationStream(Stream):
+    """Data to be sent over federation. Only available when master has federation
+    sending disabled.
+    """
+    NAME = "federation"
+    ROW_TYPE = FederationStreamRow
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        federation_sender = hs.get_federation_sender()
+
+        self.current_token = federation_sender.get_current_token
+        self.update_function = federation_sender.get_replication_rows
+
+        super(FederationStream, self).__init__(hs)
+
+
+class TagAccountDataStream(Stream):
+    """Someone added/removed a tag for a room
+    """
+    NAME = "tag_account_data"
+    ROW_TYPE = TagAccountDataStreamRow
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        store = hs.get_datastore()
+
+        self.current_token = store.get_max_account_data_stream_id
+        self.update_function = store.get_all_updated_tags
+
+        super(TagAccountDataStream, self).__init__(hs)
+
+
+class AccountDataStream(Stream):
+    """Global or per room account data was changed
+    """
+    NAME = "account_data"
+    ROW_TYPE = AccountDataStreamRow
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        self.store = hs.get_datastore()
+
+        self.current_token = self.store.get_max_account_data_stream_id
+
+        super(AccountDataStream, self).__init__(hs)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def update_function(self, from_token, to_token, limit):
+        global_results, room_results = yield self.store.get_all_updated_account_data(
+            from_token, from_token, to_token, limit
+        )
+
+        results = list(room_results)
+        results.extend(
+            (stream_id, user_id, None, account_data_type, content,)
+            for stream_id, user_id, account_data_type, content in global_results
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue(results)
+
+
+STREAMS_MAP = {
+    stream.NAME: stream
+    for stream in (
+        EventsStream,
+        BackfillStream,
+        PresenceStream,
+        TypingStream,
+        ReceiptsStream,
+        PushRulesStream,
+        PushersStream,
+        CachesStream,
+        PublicRoomsStream,
+        DeviceListsStream,
+        ToDeviceStream,
+        FederationStream,
+        TagAccountDataStream,
+        AccountDataStream,
+    )
+}