Fix message duplication if something goes wrong after persisting the event (#8476)

Should fix #3365.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/replication/http/send_event.py b/synapse/replication/http/send_event.py

index 9a3a694d5d..fc129dbaa7 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/http/send_event.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/http/send_event.py
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ class ReplicationSendEventRestServlet(ReplicationEndpoint):
             "ratelimit": true,
             "extra_users": [],
         }
+
+        200 OK
+
+        { "stream_id": 12345, "event_id": "$abcdef..." }
+
+    The returned event ID may not match the sent event if it was deduplicated.
     """
 
     NAME = "send_event"
@@ -116,11 +122,17 @@ class ReplicationSendEventRestServlet(ReplicationEndpoint):
             "Got event to send with ID: %s into room: %s", event.event_id, event.room_id
         )
 
-        stream_id = await self.event_creation_handler.persist_and_notify_client_event(
+        event = await self.event_creation_handler.persist_and_notify_client_event(
             requester, event, context, ratelimit=ratelimit, extra_users=extra_users
         )
 
-        return 200, {"stream_id": stream_id}
+        return (
+            200,
+            {
+                "stream_id": event.internal_metadata.stream_ordering,
+                "event_id": event.event_id,
+            },
+        )
 
 
 def register_servlets(hs, http_server):