diff --git a/synapse/storage/prepare_database.py b/synapse/storage/prepare_database.py
index 8b9c6adae2..e45adfcb55 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/prepare_database.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/prepare_database.py
@@ -131,24 +131,16 @@ def prepare_database(
"config==None in prepare_database, but database is not empty"
)
- # if it's a worker app, refuse to upgrade the database, to avoid multiple
- # workers doing it at once.
- if config.worker.worker_app is None:
- _upgrade_existing_database(
- cur,
- version_info,
- database_engine,
- config,
- databases=databases,
- )
- elif version_info.current_version < SCHEMA_VERSION:
- # If the DB is on an older version than we expect then we refuse
- # to start the worker (as the main process needs to run first to
- # update the schema).
- raise UpgradeDatabaseException(
- OUTDATED_SCHEMA_ON_WORKER_ERROR
- % (SCHEMA_VERSION, version_info.current_version)
- )
+ # This should be run on all processes, master or worker. The master will
+ # apply the deltas, while workers will check if any outstanding deltas
+ # exist and raise an PrepareDatabaseException if they do.
+ _upgrade_existing_database(
+ cur,
+ version_info,
+ database_engine,
+ config,
+ databases=databases,
+ )
else:
logger.info("%r: Initialising new database", databases)
@@ -358,6 +350,18 @@ def _upgrade_existing_database(
is_worker = config and config.worker.worker_app is not None
+ # If the schema version needs to be updated, and we are on a worker, we immediately
+ # know to bail out as workers cannot update the database schema. Only one process
+ # must update the database at the time, therefore we delegate this task to the master.
+ if is_worker and current_schema_state.current_version < SCHEMA_VERSION:
+ # If the DB is on an older version than we expect then we refuse
+ # to start the worker (as the main process needs to run first to
+ # update the schema).
+ raise UpgradeDatabaseException(
+ OUTDATED_SCHEMA_ON_WORKER_ERROR
+ % (SCHEMA_VERSION, current_schema_state.current_version)
+ )
+
if (
current_schema_state.compat_version is not None
and current_schema_state.compat_version > SCHEMA_VERSION
diff --git a/synapse/storage/schema/main/delta/65/05remove_deleted_devices_from_device_inbox.sql b/synapse/storage/schema/main/delta/65/06remove_deleted_devices_from_device_inbox.sql
index 076179123d..82f6408b36 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/schema/main/delta/65/05remove_deleted_devices_from_device_inbox.sql
+++ b/synapse/storage/schema/main/delta/65/06remove_deleted_devices_from_device_inbox.sql
@@ -18,5 +18,17 @@
-- when a device was deleted using Synapse earlier than 1.47.0.
-- This runs as background task, but may take a bit to finish.
+-- Remove any existing instances of this job running. It's OK to stop and restart this job,
+-- as it's just deleting entries from a table - no progress will be lost.
+--
+-- This is necessary due a similar migration running the job accidentally
+-- being included in schema version 64 during v1.47.0rc1,rc2. If a
+-- homeserver had updated from Synapse <=v1.45.0 (schema version <=64),
+-- then they would have started running this background update already.
+-- If that update was still running, then simply inserting it again would
+-- cause an SQL failure. So we effectively do an "upsert" here instead.
+
+DELETE FROM background_updates WHERE update_name = 'remove_deleted_devices_from_device_inbox';
+
INSERT INTO background_updates (ordering, update_name, progress_json) VALUES
- (6505, 'remove_deleted_devices_from_device_inbox', '{}');
+ (6506, 'remove_deleted_devices_from_device_inbox', '{}');
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