Remove slaved id tracker (#14376)

This matches the multi instance writer ID generator class which can
both handle advancing the current token over replication and by calling
the database.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/storage/util/id_generators.py b/synapse/storage/util/id_generators.py
index 2dfe4c0b66..1af0af1266 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/util/id_generators.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/util/id_generators.py
@@ -186,11 +186,13 @@ class StreamIdGenerator(AbstractStreamIdGenerator):
         column: str,
         extra_tables: Iterable[Tuple[str, str]] = (),
         step: int = 1,
+        is_writer: bool = True,
     ) -> None:
         assert step != 0
         self._lock = threading.Lock()
         self._step: int = step
         self._current: int = _load_current_id(db_conn, table, column, step)
+        self._is_writer = is_writer
         for table, column in extra_tables:
             self._current = (max if step > 0 else min)(
                 self._current, _load_current_id(db_conn, table, column, step)
@@ -204,9 +206,11 @@ class StreamIdGenerator(AbstractStreamIdGenerator):
         self._unfinished_ids: OrderedDict[int, int] = OrderedDict()
 
     def advance(self, instance_name: str, new_id: int) -> None:
-        # `StreamIdGenerator` should only be used when there is a single writer,
-        # so replication should never happen.
-        raise Exception("Replication is not supported by StreamIdGenerator")
+        # Advance should never be called on a writer instance, only over replication
+        if self._is_writer:
+            raise Exception("Replication is not supported by writer StreamIdGenerator")
+
+        self._current = (max if self._step > 0 else min)(self._current, new_id)
 
     def get_next(self) -> AsyncContextManager[int]:
         with self._lock:
@@ -249,6 +253,9 @@ class StreamIdGenerator(AbstractStreamIdGenerator):
         return _AsyncCtxManagerWrapper(manager())
 
     def get_current_token(self) -> int:
+        if self._is_writer:
+            return self._current
+
         with self._lock:
             if self._unfinished_ids:
                 return next(iter(self._unfinished_ids)) - self._step