Drop (almost) unused index on event_json (#8845)

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/schema/delta/58/24drop_event_json_index.sql b/synapse/storage/databases/main/schema/delta/58/24drop_event_json_index.sql
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index 0000000000..8a39d54aed
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+/* Copyright 2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C
+ *
+ * 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 index is essentially redundant. The only time it was ever used was when purging
+-- rooms - and Synapse 1.24 will change that.
+
+DROP INDEX IF EXISTS event_json_room_id;