diff --git a/synapse/storage/_base.py b/synapse/storage/_base.py
index 190be34fb1..a0333d5309 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/_base.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from synapse.api.errors import StoreError
from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
from synapse.storage.engines import PostgresEngine, Sqlite3Engine
from synapse.types import get_domain_from_id
+from synapse.util import batch_iter
from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import Cache
from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, PreserveLoggingContext
from synapse.util.stringutils import exception_to_unicode
@@ -1327,10 +1328,16 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
"""
txn.call_after(self._invalidate_state_caches, room_id, members_changed)
- keys = itertools.chain([room_id], members_changed)
- self._send_invalidation_to_replication(
- txn, _CURRENT_STATE_CACHE_NAME, keys,
- )
+ # We need to be careful that the size of the `members_changed` list
+ # isn't so large that it causes problems sending over replication, so we
+ # send them in chunks.
+ # Max line length is 16K, and max user ID length is 255, so 50 should
+ # be safe.
+ for chunk in batch_iter(members_changed, 50):
+ keys = itertools.chain([room_id], chunk)
+ self._send_invalidation_to_replication(
+ txn, _CURRENT_STATE_CACHE_NAME, keys,
+ )
def _invalidate_state_caches(self, room_id, members_changed):
"""Invalidates caches that are based on the current state, but does
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