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>

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/rest/admin/devices.py b/synapse/rest/admin/devices.py
index 062a33d28d..d9905ff560 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/admin/devices.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/admin/devices.py
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ class DeviceRestServlet(RestServlet):
         device = await self.device_handler.get_device(
             target_user.to_string(), device_id
         )
+        if device is None:
+            raise NotFoundError("No device found")
         return HTTPStatus.OK, device
 
     async def on_DELETE(
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/devices.py b/synapse/rest/client/devices.py
index 8566dc5cb5..ad6fd6492b 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/devices.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/devices.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import logging
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple
 
 from synapse.api import errors
+from synapse.api.errors import NotFoundError
 from synapse.http.server import HttpServer
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
     RestServlet,
@@ -24,10 +25,9 @@ from synapse.http.servlet import (
     parse_json_object_from_request,
 )
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
+from synapse.rest.client._base import client_patterns, interactive_auth_handler
 from synapse.types import JsonDict
 
-from ._base import client_patterns, interactive_auth_handler
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from synapse.server import HomeServer
 
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ class DeviceRestServlet(RestServlet):
         device = await self.device_handler.get_device(
             requester.user.to_string(), device_id
         )
+        if device is None:
+            raise NotFoundError("No device found")
         return 200, device
 
     @interactive_auth_handler