Fix infinite loop in presence handler

Fixes #5102

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/storage/state_deltas.py b/synapse/storage/state_deltas.py
index 56e42f583d..31a0279b18 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/state_deltas.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/state_deltas.py
@@ -22,6 +22,24 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class StateDeltasStore(SQLBaseStore):
     def get_current_state_deltas(self, prev_stream_id):
+        """Fetch a list of room state changes since the given stream id
+
+        Each entry in the result contains the following fields:
+            - stream_id (int)
+            - room_id (str)
+            - type (str): event type
+            - state_key (str):
+            - event_id (str|None): new event_id for this state key. None if the
+                state has been deleted.
+            - prev_event_id (str|None): previous event_id for this state key. None
+                if it's new state.
+
+        Args:
+            prev_stream_id (int): point to get changes since (exclusive)
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[list[dict]]: results
+        """
         prev_stream_id = int(prev_stream_id)
         if not self._curr_state_delta_stream_cache.has_any_entity_changed(
             prev_stream_id