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authorBrendan Abolivier <babolivier@matrix.org>2019-12-04 14:23:44 +0000
committerBrendan Abolivier <babolivier@matrix.org>2019-12-04 14:23:44 +0000
commit9dc84b798932d9b0d8f935aca7d65dac3215920e (patch)
tree8b5a7838192e91d5f2016f16ae4aa200cdd977db /synapse/storage
parentIncorporate review (diff)
parentAdd benchmarks for structured logging performance (#6266) (diff)
downloadsynapse-9dc84b798932d9b0d8f935aca7d65dac3215920e.tar.xz
Merge branch 'develop' into babolivier/context_filters
Diffstat (limited to 'synapse/storage')
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/__init__.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/_base.py62
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/account_data.py6
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/deviceinbox.py19
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/e2e_room_keys.py226
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/end_to_end_keys.py6
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/events.py360
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/events_bg_updates.py70
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/filtering.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/group_server.py15
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/media_repository.py6
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/receipts.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/registration.py39
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/room.py251
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/schema/delta/56/event_labels_background_update.sql17
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/schema/delta/56/room_key_etag.sql17
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/schema/delta/56/room_retention.sql33
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/state.py31
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/stream.py42
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/data_stores/main/tags.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/prepare_database.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/purge_events.py117
22 files changed, 1024 insertions, 305 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/__init__.py b/synapse/storage/__init__.py
index 0a1a8cc1e5..0460fe8cc9 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/__init__.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ stored in `synapse.storage.schema`.
 from synapse.storage.data_stores import DataStores
 from synapse.storage.data_stores.main import DataStore
 from synapse.storage.persist_events import EventsPersistenceStorage
+from synapse.storage.purge_events import PurgeEventsStorage
 from synapse.storage.state import StateGroupStorage
 
 __all__ = ["DataStores", "DataStore"]
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ class Storage(object):
         self.main = stores.main
 
         self.persistence = EventsPersistenceStorage(hs, stores)
+        self.purge_events = PurgeEventsStorage(hs, stores)
         self.state = StateGroupStorage(hs, stores)
 
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/_base.py b/synapse/storage/_base.py
index 1a2b7ebe25..459901ac60 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/_base.py
@@ -361,14 +361,11 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
                 expiration_ts,
             )
 
-        self._simple_insert_txn(
+        self._simple_upsert_txn(
             txn,
             "account_validity",
-            values={
-                "user_id": user_id,
-                "expiration_ts_ms": expiration_ts,
-                "email_sent": False,
-            },
+            keyvalues={"user_id": user_id},
+            values={"expiration_ts_ms": expiration_ts, "email_sent": False},
         )
 
     def start_profiling(self):
@@ -412,16 +409,15 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
             i = 0
             N = 5
             while True:
+                cursor = LoggingTransaction(
+                    conn.cursor(),
+                    name,
+                    self.database_engine,
+                    after_callbacks,
+                    exception_callbacks,
+                )
                 try:
-                    txn = conn.cursor()
-                    txn = LoggingTransaction(
-                        txn,
-                        name,
-                        self.database_engine,
-                        after_callbacks,
-                        exception_callbacks,
-                    )
-                    r = func(txn, *args, **kwargs)
+                    r = func(cursor, *args, **kwargs)
                     conn.commit()
                     return r
                 except self.database_engine.module.OperationalError as e:
@@ -459,6 +455,40 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
                                 )
                             continue
                     raise
+                finally:
+                    # we're either about to retry with a new cursor, or we're about to
+                    # release the connection. Once we release the connection, it could
+                    # get used for another query, which might do a conn.rollback().
+                    #
+                    # In the latter case, even though that probably wouldn't affect the
+                    # results of this transaction, python's sqlite will reset all
+                    # statements on the connection [1], which will make our cursor
+                    # invalid [2].
+                    #
+                    # In any case, continuing to read rows after commit()ing seems
+                    # dubious from the PoV of ACID transactional semantics
+                    # (sqlite explicitly says that once you commit, you may see rows
+                    # from subsequent updates.)
+                    #
+                    # In psycopg2, cursors are essentially a client-side fabrication -
+                    # all the data is transferred to the client side when the statement
+                    # finishes executing - so in theory we could go on streaming results
+                    # from the cursor, but attempting to do so would make us
+                    # incompatible with sqlite, so let's make sure we're not doing that
+                    # by closing the cursor.
+                    #
+                    # (*named* cursors in psycopg2 are different and are proper server-
+                    # side things, but (a) we don't use them and (b) they are implicitly
+                    # closed by ending the transaction anyway.)
+                    #
+                    # In short, if we haven't finished with the cursor yet, that's a
+                    # problem waiting to bite us.
+                    #
+                    # TL;DR: we're done with the cursor, so we can close it.
+                    #
+                    # [1]: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/v3.8.0/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c#L465
+                    # [2]: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/v3.8.0/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c#L236
+                    cursor.close()
         except Exception as e:
             logger.debug("[TXN FAIL] {%s} %s", name, e)
             raise
@@ -854,7 +884,7 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
             allvalues.update(values)
             latter = "UPDATE SET " + ", ".join(k + "=EXCLUDED." + k for k in values)
 
-        sql = ("INSERT INTO %s (%s) VALUES (%s) " "ON CONFLICT (%s) DO %s") % (
+        sql = ("INSERT INTO %s (%s) VALUES (%s) ON CONFLICT (%s) DO %s") % (
             table,
             ", ".join(k for k in allvalues),
             ", ".join("?" for _ in allvalues),
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/account_data.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/account_data.py
index 6afbfc0d74..22093484ed 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/account_data.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/account_data.py
@@ -184,14 +184,14 @@ class AccountDataWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
             current_id(int): The position to fetch up to.
         Returns:
             A deferred pair of lists of tuples of stream_id int, user_id string,
-            room_id string, type string, and content string.
+            room_id string, and type string.
         """
         if last_room_id == current_id and last_global_id == current_id:
             return defer.succeed(([], []))
 
         def get_updated_account_data_txn(txn):
             sql = (
-                "SELECT stream_id, user_id, account_data_type, content"
+                "SELECT stream_id, user_id, account_data_type"
                 " FROM account_data WHERE ? < stream_id AND stream_id <= ?"
                 " ORDER BY stream_id ASC LIMIT ?"
             )
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class AccountDataWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
             global_results = txn.fetchall()
 
             sql = (
-                "SELECT stream_id, user_id, room_id, account_data_type, content"
+                "SELECT stream_id, user_id, room_id, account_data_type"
                 " FROM room_account_data WHERE ? < stream_id AND stream_id <= ?"
                 " ORDER BY stream_id ASC LIMIT ?"
             )
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/deviceinbox.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/deviceinbox.py
index f04aad0743..a23744f11c 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/deviceinbox.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/deviceinbox.py
@@ -358,8 +358,21 @@ class DeviceInboxStore(DeviceInboxWorkerStore, DeviceInboxBackgroundUpdateStore)
     def _add_messages_to_local_device_inbox_txn(
         self, txn, stream_id, messages_by_user_then_device
     ):
-        sql = "UPDATE device_max_stream_id" " SET stream_id = ?" " WHERE stream_id < ?"
-        txn.execute(sql, (stream_id, stream_id))
+        # Compatible method of performing an upsert
+        sql = "SELECT stream_id FROM device_max_stream_id"
+
+        txn.execute(sql)
+        rows = txn.fetchone()
+        if rows:
+            db_stream_id = rows[0]
+            if db_stream_id < stream_id:
+                # Insert the new stream_id
+                sql = "UPDATE device_max_stream_id SET stream_id = ?"
+        else:
+            # No rows, perform an insert
+            sql = "INSERT INTO device_max_stream_id (stream_id) VALUES (?)"
+
+        txn.execute(sql, (stream_id,))
 
         local_by_user_then_device = {}
         for user_id, messages_by_device in messages_by_user_then_device.items():
@@ -367,7 +380,7 @@ class DeviceInboxStore(DeviceInboxWorkerStore, DeviceInboxBackgroundUpdateStore)
             devices = list(messages_by_device.keys())
             if len(devices) == 1 and devices[0] == "*":
                 # Handle wildcard device_ids.
-                sql = "SELECT device_id FROM devices" " WHERE user_id = ?"
+                sql = "SELECT device_id FROM devices WHERE user_id = ?"
                 txn.execute(sql, (user_id,))
                 message_json = json.dumps(messages_by_device["*"])
                 for row in txn:
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/e2e_room_keys.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/e2e_room_keys.py
index 1cbbae5b63..113224fd7c 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/e2e_room_keys.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/e2e_room_keys.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd
+# Copyright 2019 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.
@@ -24,49 +25,8 @@ from synapse.storage._base import SQLBaseStore
 
 class EndToEndRoomKeyStore(SQLBaseStore):
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def get_e2e_room_key(self, user_id, version, room_id, session_id):
-        """Get the encrypted E2E room key for a given session from a given
-        backup version of room_keys.  We only store the 'best' room key for a given
-        session at a given time, as determined by the handler.
-
-        Args:
-            user_id(str): the user whose backup we're querying
-            version(str): the version ID of the backup for the set of keys we're querying
-            room_id(str): the ID of the room whose keys we're querying.
-                This is a bit redundant as it's implied by the session_id, but
-                we include for consistency with the rest of the API.
-            session_id(str): the session whose room_key we're querying.
-
-        Returns:
-            A deferred dict giving the session_data and message metadata for
-            this room key.
-        """
-
-        row = yield self._simple_select_one(
-            table="e2e_room_keys",
-            keyvalues={
-                "user_id": user_id,
-                "version": version,
-                "room_id": room_id,
-                "session_id": session_id,
-            },
-            retcols=(
-                "first_message_index",
-                "forwarded_count",
-                "is_verified",
-                "session_data",
-            ),
-            desc="get_e2e_room_key",
-        )
-
-        row["session_data"] = json.loads(row["session_data"])
-
-        return row
-
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def set_e2e_room_key(self, user_id, version, room_id, session_id, room_key):
-        """Replaces or inserts the encrypted E2E room key for a given session in
-        a given backup
+    def update_e2e_room_key(self, user_id, version, room_id, session_id, room_key):
+        """Replaces the encrypted E2E room key for a given session in a given backup
 
         Args:
             user_id(str): the user whose backup we're setting
@@ -78,7 +38,7 @@ class EndToEndRoomKeyStore(SQLBaseStore):
             StoreError
         """
 
-        yield self._simple_upsert(
+        yield self._simple_update_one(
             table="e2e_room_keys",
             keyvalues={
                 "user_id": user_id,
@@ -86,21 +46,51 @@ class EndToEndRoomKeyStore(SQLBaseStore):
                 "room_id": room_id,
                 "session_id": session_id,
             },
-            values={
+            updatevalues={
                 "first_message_index": room_key["first_message_index"],
                 "forwarded_count": room_key["forwarded_count"],
                 "is_verified": room_key["is_verified"],
                 "session_data": json.dumps(room_key["session_data"]),
             },
-            lock=False,
+            desc="update_e2e_room_key",
         )
-        log_kv(
-            {
-                "message": "Set room key",
-                "room_id": room_id,
-                "session_id": session_id,
-                "room_key": room_key,
-            }
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def add_e2e_room_keys(self, user_id, version, room_keys):
+        """Bulk add room keys to a given backup.
+
+        Args:
+            user_id (str): the user whose backup we're adding to
+            version (str): the version ID of the backup for the set of keys we're adding to
+            room_keys (iterable[(str, str, dict)]): the keys to add, in the form
+                (roomID, sessionID, keyData)
+        """
+
+        values = []
+        for (room_id, session_id, room_key) in room_keys:
+            values.append(
+                {
+                    "user_id": user_id,
+                    "version": version,
+                    "room_id": room_id,
+                    "session_id": session_id,
+                    "first_message_index": room_key["first_message_index"],
+                    "forwarded_count": room_key["forwarded_count"],
+                    "is_verified": room_key["is_verified"],
+                    "session_data": json.dumps(room_key["session_data"]),
+                }
+            )
+            log_kv(
+                {
+                    "message": "Set room key",
+                    "room_id": room_id,
+                    "session_id": session_id,
+                    "room_key": room_key,
+                }
+            )
+
+        yield self._simple_insert_many(
+            table="e2e_room_keys", values=values, desc="add_e2e_room_keys"
         )
 
     @trace
@@ -110,11 +100,11 @@ class EndToEndRoomKeyStore(SQLBaseStore):
         room, or a given session.
 
         Args:
-            user_id(str): the user whose backup we're querying
-            version(str): the version ID of the backup for the set of keys we're querying
-            room_id(str): Optional. the ID of the room whose keys we're querying, if any.
+            user_id (str): the user whose backup we're querying
+            version (str): the version ID of the backup for the set of keys we're querying
+            room_id (str): Optional. the ID of the room whose keys we're querying, if any.
                 If not specified, we return the keys for all the rooms in the backup.
-            session_id(str): Optional. the session whose room_key we're querying, if any.
+            session_id (str): Optional. the session whose room_key we're querying, if any.
                 If specified, we also require the room_id to be specified.
                 If not specified, we return all the keys in this version of
                 the backup (or for the specified room)
@@ -162,6 +152,95 @@ class EndToEndRoomKeyStore(SQLBaseStore):
 
         return sessions
 
+    def get_e2e_room_keys_multi(self, user_id, version, room_keys):
+        """Get multiple room keys at a time.  The difference between this function and
+        get_e2e_room_keys is that this function can be used to retrieve
+        multiple specific keys at a time, whereas get_e2e_room_keys is used for
+        getting all the keys in a backup version, all the keys for a room, or a
+        specific key.
+
+        Args:
+            user_id (str): the user whose backup we're querying
+            version (str): the version ID of the backup we're querying about
+            room_keys (dict[str, dict[str, iterable[str]]]): a map from
+                room ID -> {"session": [session ids]} indicating the session IDs
+                that we want to query
+
+        Returns:
+           Deferred[dict[str, dict[str, dict]]]: a map of room IDs to session IDs to room key
+        """
+
+        return self.runInteraction(
+            "get_e2e_room_keys_multi",
+            self._get_e2e_room_keys_multi_txn,
+            user_id,
+            version,
+            room_keys,
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_e2e_room_keys_multi_txn(txn, user_id, version, room_keys):
+        if not room_keys:
+            return {}
+
+        where_clauses = []
+        params = [user_id, version]
+        for room_id, room in room_keys.items():
+            sessions = list(room["sessions"])
+            if not sessions:
+                continue
+            params.append(room_id)
+            params.extend(sessions)
+            where_clauses.append(
+                "(room_id = ? AND session_id IN (%s))"
+                % (",".join(["?" for _ in sessions]),)
+            )
+
+        # check if we're actually querying something
+        if not where_clauses:
+            return {}
+
+        sql = """
+        SELECT room_id, session_id, first_message_index, forwarded_count,
+               is_verified, session_data
+        FROM e2e_room_keys
+        WHERE user_id = ? AND version = ? AND (%s)
+        """ % (
+            " OR ".join(where_clauses)
+        )
+
+        txn.execute(sql, params)
+
+        ret = {}
+
+        for row in txn:
+            room_id = row[0]
+            session_id = row[1]
+            ret.setdefault(room_id, {})
+            ret[room_id][session_id] = {
+                "first_message_index": row[2],
+                "forwarded_count": row[3],
+                "is_verified": row[4],
+                "session_data": json.loads(row[5]),
+            }
+
+        return ret
+
+    def count_e2e_room_keys(self, user_id, version):
+        """Get the number of keys in a backup version.
+
+        Args:
+            user_id (str): the user whose backup we're querying
+            version (str): the version ID of the backup we're querying about
+        """
+
+        return self._simple_select_one_onecol(
+            table="e2e_room_keys",
+            keyvalues={"user_id": user_id, "version": version},
+            retcol="COUNT(*)",
+            desc="count_e2e_room_keys",
+        )
+
     @trace
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def delete_e2e_room_keys(self, user_id, version, room_id=None, session_id=None):
@@ -219,6 +298,7 @@ class EndToEndRoomKeyStore(SQLBaseStore):
                 version(str)
                 algorithm(str)
                 auth_data(object): opaque dict supplied by the client
+                etag(int): tag of the keys in the backup
         """
 
         def _get_e2e_room_keys_version_info_txn(txn):
@@ -236,10 +316,12 @@ class EndToEndRoomKeyStore(SQLBaseStore):
                 txn,
                 table="e2e_room_keys_versions",
                 keyvalues={"user_id": user_id, "version": this_version, "deleted": 0},
-                retcols=("version", "algorithm", "auth_data"),
+                retcols=("version", "algorithm", "auth_data", "etag"),
             )
             result["auth_data"] = json.loads(result["auth_data"])
             result["version"] = str(result["version"])
+            if result["etag"] is None:
+                result["etag"] = 0
             return result
 
         return self.runInteraction(
@@ -288,21 +370,33 @@ class EndToEndRoomKeyStore(SQLBaseStore):
         )
 
     @trace
-    def update_e2e_room_keys_version(self, user_id, version, info):
+    def update_e2e_room_keys_version(
+        self, user_id, version, info=None, version_etag=None
+    ):
         """Update a given backup version
 
         Args:
             user_id(str): the user whose backup version we're updating
             version(str): the version ID of the backup version we're updating
-            info(dict): the new backup version info to store
+            info (dict): the new backup version info to store.  If None, then
+                the backup version info is not updated
+            version_etag (Optional[int]): etag of the keys in the backup.  If
+                None, then the etag is not updated
         """
+        updatevalues = {}
 
-        return self._simple_update(
-            table="e2e_room_keys_versions",
-            keyvalues={"user_id": user_id, "version": version},
-            updatevalues={"auth_data": json.dumps(info["auth_data"])},
-            desc="update_e2e_room_keys_version",
-        )
+        if info is not None and "auth_data" in info:
+            updatevalues["auth_data"] = json.dumps(info["auth_data"])
+        if version_etag is not None:
+            updatevalues["etag"] = version_etag
+
+        if updatevalues:
+            return self._simple_update(
+                table="e2e_room_keys_versions",
+                keyvalues={"user_id": user_id, "version": version},
+                updatevalues=updatevalues,
+                desc="update_e2e_room_keys_version",
+            )
 
     @trace
     def delete_e2e_room_keys_version(self, user_id, version=None):
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/end_to_end_keys.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/end_to_end_keys.py
index 073412a78d..d8ad59ad93 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/end_to_end_keys.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/end_to_end_keys.py
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ class EndToEndKeyWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
                 result.setdefault(user_id, {})[device_id] = None
 
         # get signatures on the device
-        signature_sql = (
-            "SELECT * " "  FROM e2e_cross_signing_signatures " " WHERE %s"
-        ) % (" OR ".join("(" + q + ")" for q in signature_query_clauses))
+        signature_sql = ("SELECT *  FROM e2e_cross_signing_signatures WHERE %s") % (
+            " OR ".join("(" + q + ")" for q in signature_query_clauses)
+        )
 
         txn.execute(signature_sql, signature_query_params)
         rows = self.cursor_to_dict(txn)
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/events.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/events.py
index 301f8ea128..2737a1d3ae 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/events.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/events.py
@@ -713,9 +713,7 @@ class EventsStore(
 
                 metadata_json = encode_json(event.internal_metadata.get_dict())
 
-                sql = (
-                    "UPDATE event_json SET internal_metadata = ?" " WHERE event_id = ?"
-                )
+                sql = "UPDATE event_json SET internal_metadata = ? WHERE event_id = ?"
                 txn.execute(sql, (metadata_json, event.event_id))
 
                 # Add an entry to the ex_outlier_stream table to replicate the
@@ -732,7 +730,7 @@ class EventsStore(
                     },
                 )
 
-                sql = "UPDATE events SET outlier = ?" " WHERE event_id = ?"
+                sql = "UPDATE events SET outlier = ? WHERE event_id = ?"
                 txn.execute(sql, (False, event.event_id))
 
                 # Update the event_backward_extremities table now that this
@@ -929,6 +927,9 @@ class EventsStore(
             elif event.type == EventTypes.Redaction:
                 # Insert into the redactions table.
                 self._store_redaction(txn, event)
+            elif event.type == EventTypes.Retention:
+                # Update the room_retention table.
+                self._store_retention_policy_for_room_txn(txn, event)
 
             self._handle_event_relations(txn, event)
 
@@ -1375,6 +1376,10 @@ class EventsStore(
                 if True, we will delete local events as well as remote ones
                 (instead of just marking them as outliers and deleting their
                 state groups).
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[set[int]]: The set of state groups that are referenced by
+            deleted events.
         """
 
         return self.runInteraction(
@@ -1475,7 +1480,7 @@ class EventsStore(
 
         # We do joins against events_to_purge for e.g. calculating state
         # groups to purge, etc., so lets make an index.
-        txn.execute("CREATE INDEX events_to_purge_id" " ON events_to_purge(event_id)")
+        txn.execute("CREATE INDEX events_to_purge_id ON events_to_purge(event_id)")
 
         txn.execute("SELECT event_id, should_delete FROM events_to_purge")
         event_rows = txn.fetchall()
@@ -1511,11 +1516,10 @@ class EventsStore(
             [(room_id, event_id) for event_id, in new_backwards_extrems],
         )
 
-        logger.info("[purge] finding redundant state groups")
+        logger.info("[purge] finding state groups referenced by deleted events")
 
         # Get all state groups that are referenced by events that are to be
-        # deleted. We then go and check if they are referenced by other events
-        # or state groups, and if not we delete them.
+        # deleted.
         txn.execute(
             """
             SELECT DISTINCT state_group FROM events_to_purge
@@ -1528,60 +1532,6 @@ class EventsStore(
             "[purge] found %i referenced state groups", len(referenced_state_groups)
         )
 
-        logger.info("[purge] finding state groups that can be deleted")
-
-        _ = self._find_unreferenced_groups_during_purge(txn, referenced_state_groups)
-        state_groups_to_delete, remaining_state_groups = _
-
-        logger.info(
-            "[purge] found %i state groups to delete", len(state_groups_to_delete)
-        )
-
-        logger.info(
-            "[purge] de-delta-ing %i remaining state groups",
-            len(remaining_state_groups),
-        )
-
-        # Now we turn the state groups that reference to-be-deleted state
-        # groups to non delta versions.
-        for sg in remaining_state_groups:
-            logger.info("[purge] de-delta-ing remaining state group %s", sg)
-            curr_state = self._get_state_groups_from_groups_txn(txn, [sg])
-            curr_state = curr_state[sg]
-
-            self._simple_delete_txn(
-                txn, table="state_groups_state", keyvalues={"state_group": sg}
-            )
-
-            self._simple_delete_txn(
-                txn, table="state_group_edges", keyvalues={"state_group": sg}
-            )
-
-            self._simple_insert_many_txn(
-                txn,
-                table="state_groups_state",
-                values=[
-                    {
-                        "state_group": sg,
-                        "room_id": room_id,
-                        "type": key[0],
-                        "state_key": key[1],
-                        "event_id": state_id,
-                    }
-                    for key, state_id in iteritems(curr_state)
-                ],
-            )
-
-        logger.info("[purge] removing redundant state groups")
-        txn.executemany(
-            "DELETE FROM state_groups_state WHERE state_group = ?",
-            ((sg,) for sg in state_groups_to_delete),
-        )
-        txn.executemany(
-            "DELETE FROM state_groups WHERE id = ?",
-            ((sg,) for sg in state_groups_to_delete),
-        )
-
         logger.info("[purge] removing events from event_to_state_groups")
         txn.execute(
             "DELETE FROM event_to_state_groups "
@@ -1668,138 +1618,35 @@ class EventsStore(
 
         logger.info("[purge] done")
 
-    def _find_unreferenced_groups_during_purge(self, txn, state_groups):
-        """Used when purging history to figure out which state groups can be
-        deleted and which need to be de-delta'ed (due to one of its prev groups
-        being scheduled for deletion).
-
-        Args:
-            txn
-            state_groups (set[int]): Set of state groups referenced by events
-                that are going to be deleted.
-
-        Returns:
-            tuple[set[int], set[int]]: The set of state groups that can be
-            deleted and the set of state groups that need to be de-delta'ed
-        """
-        # Graph of state group -> previous group
-        graph = {}
-
-        # Set of events that we have found to be referenced by events
-        referenced_groups = set()
-
-        # Set of state groups we've already seen
-        state_groups_seen = set(state_groups)
-
-        # Set of state groups to handle next.
-        next_to_search = set(state_groups)
-        while next_to_search:
-            # We bound size of groups we're looking up at once, to stop the
-            # SQL query getting too big
-            if len(next_to_search) < 100:
-                current_search = next_to_search
-                next_to_search = set()
-            else:
-                current_search = set(itertools.islice(next_to_search, 100))
-                next_to_search -= current_search
-
-            # Check if state groups are referenced
-            sql = """
-                SELECT DISTINCT state_group FROM event_to_state_groups
-                LEFT JOIN events_to_purge AS ep USING (event_id)
-                WHERE ep.event_id IS NULL AND
-            """
-            clause, args = make_in_list_sql_clause(
-                txn.database_engine, "state_group", current_search
-            )
-            txn.execute(sql + clause, list(args))
-
-            referenced = set(sg for sg, in txn)
-            referenced_groups |= referenced
-
-            # We don't continue iterating up the state group graphs for state
-            # groups that are referenced.
-            current_search -= referenced
-
-            rows = self._simple_select_many_txn(
-                txn,
-                table="state_group_edges",
-                column="prev_state_group",
-                iterable=current_search,
-                keyvalues={},
-                retcols=("prev_state_group", "state_group"),
-            )
-
-            prevs = set(row["state_group"] for row in rows)
-            # We don't bother re-handling groups we've already seen
-            prevs -= state_groups_seen
-            next_to_search |= prevs
-            state_groups_seen |= prevs
-
-            for row in rows:
-                # Note: Each state group can have at most one prev group
-                graph[row["state_group"]] = row["prev_state_group"]
-
-        to_delete = state_groups_seen - referenced_groups
-
-        to_dedelta = set()
-        for sg in referenced_groups:
-            prev_sg = graph.get(sg)
-            if prev_sg and prev_sg in to_delete:
-                to_dedelta.add(sg)
-
-        return to_delete, to_dedelta
+        return referenced_state_groups
 
     def purge_room(self, room_id):
         """Deletes all record of a room
 
         Args:
-            room_id (str):
+            room_id (str)
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[List[int]]: The list of state groups to delete.
         """
 
         return self.runInteraction("purge_room", self._purge_room_txn, room_id)
 
     def _purge_room_txn(self, txn, room_id):
-        # first we have to delete the state groups states
-        logger.info("[purge] removing %s from state_groups_state", room_id)
-
+        # First we fetch all the state groups that should be deleted, before
+        # we delete that information.
         txn.execute(
             """
-            DELETE FROM state_groups_state WHERE state_group IN (
-              SELECT state_group FROM events JOIN event_to_state_groups USING(event_id)
-              WHERE events.room_id=?
-            )
+                SELECT DISTINCT state_group FROM events
+                INNER JOIN event_to_state_groups USING(event_id)
+                WHERE events.room_id = ?
             """,
             (room_id,),
         )
 
-        # ... and the state group edges
-        logger.info("[purge] removing %s from state_group_edges", room_id)
+        state_groups = [row[0] for row in txn]
 
-        txn.execute(
-            """
-            DELETE FROM state_group_edges WHERE state_group IN (
-              SELECT state_group FROM events JOIN event_to_state_groups USING(event_id)
-              WHERE events.room_id=?
-            )
-            """,
-            (room_id,),
-        )
-
-        # ... and the state groups
-        logger.info("[purge] removing %s from state_groups", room_id)
-
-        txn.execute(
-            """
-            DELETE FROM state_groups WHERE id IN (
-              SELECT state_group FROM events JOIN event_to_state_groups USING(event_id)
-              WHERE events.room_id=?
-            )
-            """,
-            (room_id,),
-        )
-
-        # and then tables which lack an index on room_id but have one on event_id
+        # Now we delete tables which lack an index on room_id but have one on event_id
         for table in (
             "event_auth",
             "event_edges",
@@ -1887,6 +1734,165 @@ class EventsStore(
 
         logger.info("[purge] done")
 
+        return state_groups
+
+    def purge_unreferenced_state_groups(
+        self, room_id: str, state_groups_to_delete
+    ) -> defer.Deferred:
+        """Deletes no longer referenced state groups and de-deltas any state
+        groups that reference them.
+
+        Args:
+            room_id: The room the state groups belong to (must all be in the
+                same room).
+            state_groups_to_delete (Collection[int]): Set of all state groups
+                to delete.
+        """
+
+        return self.runInteraction(
+            "purge_unreferenced_state_groups",
+            self._purge_unreferenced_state_groups,
+            room_id,
+            state_groups_to_delete,
+        )
+
+    def _purge_unreferenced_state_groups(self, txn, room_id, state_groups_to_delete):
+        logger.info(
+            "[purge] found %i state groups to delete", len(state_groups_to_delete)
+        )
+
+        rows = self._simple_select_many_txn(
+            txn,
+            table="state_group_edges",
+            column="prev_state_group",
+            iterable=state_groups_to_delete,
+            keyvalues={},
+            retcols=("state_group",),
+        )
+
+        remaining_state_groups = set(
+            row["state_group"]
+            for row in rows
+            if row["state_group"] not in state_groups_to_delete
+        )
+
+        logger.info(
+            "[purge] de-delta-ing %i remaining state groups",
+            len(remaining_state_groups),
+        )
+
+        # Now we turn the state groups that reference to-be-deleted state
+        # groups to non delta versions.
+        for sg in remaining_state_groups:
+            logger.info("[purge] de-delta-ing remaining state group %s", sg)
+            curr_state = self._get_state_groups_from_groups_txn(txn, [sg])
+            curr_state = curr_state[sg]
+
+            self._simple_delete_txn(
+                txn, table="state_groups_state", keyvalues={"state_group": sg}
+            )
+
+            self._simple_delete_txn(
+                txn, table="state_group_edges", keyvalues={"state_group": sg}
+            )
+
+            self._simple_insert_many_txn(
+                txn,
+                table="state_groups_state",
+                values=[
+                    {
+                        "state_group": sg,
+                        "room_id": room_id,
+                        "type": key[0],
+                        "state_key": key[1],
+                        "event_id": state_id,
+                    }
+                    for key, state_id in iteritems(curr_state)
+                ],
+            )
+
+        logger.info("[purge] removing redundant state groups")
+        txn.executemany(
+            "DELETE FROM state_groups_state WHERE state_group = ?",
+            ((sg,) for sg in state_groups_to_delete),
+        )
+        txn.executemany(
+            "DELETE FROM state_groups WHERE id = ?",
+            ((sg,) for sg in state_groups_to_delete),
+        )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_previous_state_groups(self, state_groups):
+        """Fetch the previous groups of the given state groups.
+
+        Args:
+            state_groups (Iterable[int])
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[dict[int, int]]: mapping from state group to previous
+            state group.
+        """
+
+        rows = yield self._simple_select_many_batch(
+            table="state_group_edges",
+            column="prev_state_group",
+            iterable=state_groups,
+            keyvalues={},
+            retcols=("prev_state_group", "state_group"),
+            desc="get_previous_state_groups",
+        )
+
+        return {row["state_group"]: row["prev_state_group"] for row in rows}
+
+    def purge_room_state(self, room_id, state_groups_to_delete):
+        """Deletes all record of a room from state tables
+
+        Args:
+            room_id (str):
+            state_groups_to_delete (list[int]): State groups to delete
+        """
+
+        return self.runInteraction(
+            "purge_room_state",
+            self._purge_room_state_txn,
+            room_id,
+            state_groups_to_delete,
+        )
+
+    def _purge_room_state_txn(self, txn, room_id, state_groups_to_delete):
+        # first we have to delete the state groups states
+        logger.info("[purge] removing %s from state_groups_state", room_id)
+
+        self._simple_delete_many_txn(
+            txn,
+            table="state_groups_state",
+            column="state_group",
+            iterable=state_groups_to_delete,
+            keyvalues={},
+        )
+
+        # ... and the state group edges
+        logger.info("[purge] removing %s from state_group_edges", room_id)
+
+        self._simple_delete_many_txn(
+            txn,
+            table="state_group_edges",
+            column="state_group",
+            iterable=state_groups_to_delete,
+            keyvalues={},
+        )
+
+        # ... and the state groups
+        logger.info("[purge] removing %s from state_groups", room_id)
+
+        self._simple_delete_many_txn(
+            txn,
+            table="state_groups",
+            column="id",
+            iterable=state_groups_to_delete,
+            keyvalues={},
+        )
+
     async def is_event_after(self, event_id1, event_id2):
         """Returns True if event_id1 is after event_id2 in the stream
         """
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/events_bg_updates.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/events_bg_updates.py
index 51352b9966..aa87f9abc5 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/events_bg_updates.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/events_bg_updates.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from canonicaljson import json
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
+from synapse.api.constants import EventContentFields
 from synapse.storage._base import make_in_list_sql_clause
 from synapse.storage.background_updates import BackgroundUpdateStore
 
@@ -85,6 +86,10 @@ class EventsBackgroundUpdatesStore(BackgroundUpdateStore):
             "event_fix_redactions_bytes", self._event_fix_redactions_bytes
         )
 
+        self.register_background_update_handler(
+            "event_store_labels", self._event_store_labels
+        )
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _background_reindex_fields_sender(self, progress, batch_size):
         target_min_stream_id = progress["target_min_stream_id_inclusive"]
@@ -503,3 +508,68 @@ class EventsBackgroundUpdatesStore(BackgroundUpdateStore):
         yield self._end_background_update("event_fix_redactions_bytes")
 
         return 1
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _event_store_labels(self, progress, batch_size):
+        """Background update handler which will store labels for existing events."""
+        last_event_id = progress.get("last_event_id", "")
+
+        def _event_store_labels_txn(txn):
+            txn.execute(
+                """
+                SELECT event_id, json FROM event_json
+                LEFT JOIN event_labels USING (event_id)
+                WHERE event_id > ? AND label IS NULL
+                ORDER BY event_id LIMIT ?
+                """,
+                (last_event_id, batch_size),
+            )
+
+            results = list(txn)
+
+            nbrows = 0
+            last_row_event_id = ""
+            for (event_id, event_json_raw) in results:
+                try:
+                    event_json = json.loads(event_json_raw)
+
+                    self._simple_insert_many_txn(
+                        txn=txn,
+                        table="event_labels",
+                        values=[
+                            {
+                                "event_id": event_id,
+                                "label": label,
+                                "room_id": event_json["room_id"],
+                                "topological_ordering": event_json["depth"],
+                            }
+                            for label in event_json["content"].get(
+                                EventContentFields.LABELS, []
+                            )
+                            if isinstance(label, str)
+                        ],
+                    )
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logger.warning(
+                        "Unable to load event %s (no labels will be imported): %s",
+                        event_id,
+                        e,
+                    )
+
+                nbrows += 1
+                last_row_event_id = event_id
+
+            self._background_update_progress_txn(
+                txn, "event_store_labels", {"last_event_id": last_row_event_id}
+            )
+
+            return nbrows
+
+        num_rows = yield self.runInteraction(
+            desc="event_store_labels", func=_event_store_labels_txn
+        )
+
+        if not num_rows:
+            yield self._end_background_update("event_store_labels")
+
+        return num_rows
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/filtering.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/filtering.py
index a2a2a67927..f05ace299a 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/filtering.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/filtering.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class FilteringStore(SQLBaseStore):
             if filter_id_response is not None:
                 return filter_id_response[0]
 
-            sql = "SELECT MAX(filter_id) FROM user_filters " "WHERE user_id = ?"
+            sql = "SELECT MAX(filter_id) FROM user_filters WHERE user_id = ?"
             txn.execute(sql, (user_localpart,))
             max_id = txn.fetchone()[0]
             if max_id is None:
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/group_server.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/group_server.py
index b3a2771f1b..5ded539af8 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/group_server.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/group_server.py
@@ -553,6 +553,21 @@ class GroupServerStore(SQLBaseStore):
             desc="remove_user_from_summary",
         )
 
+    def get_local_groups_for_room(self, room_id):
+        """Get all of the local group that contain a given room
+        Args:
+            room_id (str): The ID of a room
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[list[str]]: A twisted.Deferred containing a list of group ids
+                containing this room
+        """
+        return self._simple_select_onecol(
+            table="group_rooms",
+            keyvalues={"room_id": room_id},
+            retcol="group_id",
+            desc="get_local_groups_for_room",
+        )
+
     def get_users_for_summary_by_role(self, group_id, include_private=False):
         """Get the users and roles that should be included in a summary request
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/media_repository.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/media_repository.py
index 84b5f3ad5e..0f2887bdce 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/media_repository.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/media_repository.py
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class MediaRepositoryStore(MediaRepositoryBackgroundUpdateStore):
         if len(media_ids) == 0:
             return
 
-        sql = "DELETE FROM local_media_repository_url_cache" " WHERE media_id = ?"
+        sql = "DELETE FROM local_media_repository_url_cache WHERE media_id = ?"
 
         def _delete_url_cache_txn(txn):
             txn.executemany(sql, [(media_id,) for media_id in media_ids])
@@ -365,11 +365,11 @@ class MediaRepositoryStore(MediaRepositoryBackgroundUpdateStore):
             return
 
         def _delete_url_cache_media_txn(txn):
-            sql = "DELETE FROM local_media_repository" " WHERE media_id = ?"
+            sql = "DELETE FROM local_media_repository WHERE media_id = ?"
 
             txn.executemany(sql, [(media_id,) for media_id in media_ids])
 
-            sql = "DELETE FROM local_media_repository_thumbnails" " WHERE media_id = ?"
+            sql = "DELETE FROM local_media_repository_thumbnails WHERE media_id = ?"
 
             txn.executemany(sql, [(media_id,) for media_id in media_ids])
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/receipts.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/receipts.py
index 0c24430f28..8b17334ff4 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/receipts.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/receipts.py
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class ReceiptsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
                 args.append(limit)
             txn.execute(sql, args)
 
-            return (r[0:5] + (json.loads(r[5]),) for r in txn)
+            return list(r[0:5] + (json.loads(r[5]),) for r in txn)
 
         return self.runInteraction(
             "get_all_updated_receipts", get_all_updated_receipts_txn
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/registration.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/registration.py
index f70d41ecab..98cf6427c3 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/registration.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import logging
 import re
 
 from six import iterkeys
-from six.moves import range
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 from twisted.internet.defer import Deferred
@@ -377,9 +376,7 @@ class RegistrationWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
         """
 
         def f(txn):
-            sql = (
-                "SELECT name, password_hash FROM users" " WHERE lower(name) = lower(?)"
-            )
+            sql = "SELECT name, password_hash FROM users WHERE lower(name) = lower(?)"
             txn.execute(sql, (user_id,))
             return dict(txn)
 
@@ -484,30 +481,25 @@ class RegistrationWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
         """
         Gets the localpart of the next generated user ID.
 
-        Generated user IDs are integers, and we aim for them to be as small as
-        we can. Unfortunately, it's possible some of them are already taken by
-        existing users, and there may be gaps in the already taken range. This
-        function returns the start of the first allocatable gap. This is to
-        avoid the case of ID 10000000 being pre-allocated, so us wasting the
-        first (and shortest) many generated user IDs.
+        Generated user IDs are integers, so we find the largest integer user ID
+        already taken and return that plus one.
         """
 
         def _find_next_generated_user_id(txn):
-            # We bound between '@1' and '@a' to avoid pulling the entire table
+            # We bound between '@0' and '@a' to avoid pulling the entire table
             # out.
-            txn.execute("SELECT name FROM users WHERE '@1' <= name AND name < '@a'")
+            txn.execute("SELECT name FROM users WHERE '@0' <= name AND name < '@a'")
 
             regex = re.compile(r"^@(\d+):")
 
-            found = set()
+            max_found = 0
 
             for (user_id,) in txn:
                 match = regex.search(user_id)
                 if match:
-                    found.add(int(match.group(1)))
-            for i in range(len(found) + 1):
-                if i not in found:
-                    return i
+                    max_found = max(int(match.group(1)), max_found)
+
+            return max_found + 1
 
         return (
             (
@@ -577,6 +569,19 @@ class RegistrationWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
         return self._simple_delete(
             "user_threepids",
             keyvalues={"user_id": user_id, "medium": medium, "address": address},
+            desc="user_delete_threepid",
+        )
+
+    def user_delete_threepids(self, user_id: str):
+        """Delete all threepid this user has bound
+
+        Args:
+             user_id: The user id to delete all threepids of
+
+        """
+        return self._simple_delete(
+            "user_threepids",
+            keyvalues={"user_id": user_id},
             desc="user_delete_threepids",
         )
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/room.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/room.py
index 67bb1b6f60..b7f9024811 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/room.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/room.py
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ import logging
 import re
 from typing import Optional, Tuple
 
+from six import integer_types
+
 from canonicaljson import json
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
+from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
 from synapse.api.errors import StoreError
 from synapse.storage._base import SQLBaseStore
 from synapse.storage.data_stores.main.search import SearchStore
@@ -300,8 +303,141 @@ class RoomWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
         else:
             return None
 
+    @cachedInlineCallbacks()
+    def get_retention_policy_for_room(self, room_id):
+        """Get the retention policy for a given room.
+
+        If no retention policy has been found for this room, returns a policy defined
+        by the configured default policy (which has None as both the 'min_lifetime' and
+        the 'max_lifetime' if no default policy has been defined in the server's
+        configuration).
+
+        Args:
+            room_id (str): The ID of the room to get the retention policy of.
+
+        Returns:
+            dict[int, int]: "min_lifetime" and "max_lifetime" for this room.
+        """
+
+        def get_retention_policy_for_room_txn(txn):
+            txn.execute(
+                """
+                SELECT min_lifetime, max_lifetime FROM room_retention
+                INNER JOIN current_state_events USING (event_id, room_id)
+                WHERE room_id = ?;
+                """,
+                (room_id,),
+            )
+
+            return self.cursor_to_dict(txn)
+
+        ret = yield self.runInteraction(
+            "get_retention_policy_for_room", get_retention_policy_for_room_txn,
+        )
+
+        # If we don't know this room ID, ret will be None, in this case return the default
+        # policy.
+        if not ret:
+            defer.returnValue(
+                {
+                    "min_lifetime": self.config.retention_default_min_lifetime,
+                    "max_lifetime": self.config.retention_default_max_lifetime,
+                }
+            )
+
+        row = ret[0]
+
+        # If one of the room's policy's attributes isn't defined, use the matching
+        # attribute from the default policy.
+        # The default values will be None if no default policy has been defined, or if one
+        # of the attributes is missing from the default policy.
+        if row["min_lifetime"] is None:
+            row["min_lifetime"] = self.config.retention_default_min_lifetime
+
+        if row["max_lifetime"] is None:
+            row["max_lifetime"] = self.config.retention_default_max_lifetime
+
+        defer.returnValue(row)
+
 
 class RoomStore(RoomWorkerStore, SearchStore):
+    def __init__(self, db_conn, hs):
+        super(RoomStore, self).__init__(db_conn, hs)
+
+        self.config = hs.config
+
+        self.register_background_update_handler(
+            "insert_room_retention", self._background_insert_retention,
+        )
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _background_insert_retention(self, progress, batch_size):
+        """Retrieves a list of all rooms within a range and inserts an entry for each of
+        them into the room_retention table.
+        NULLs the property's columns if missing from the retention event in the room's
+        state (or NULLs all of them if there's no retention event in the room's state),
+        so that we fall back to the server's retention policy.
+        """
+
+        last_room = progress.get("room_id", "")
+
+        def _background_insert_retention_txn(txn):
+            txn.execute(
+                """
+                SELECT state.room_id, state.event_id, events.json
+                FROM current_state_events as state
+                LEFT JOIN event_json AS events ON (state.event_id = events.event_id)
+                WHERE state.room_id > ? AND state.type = '%s'
+                ORDER BY state.room_id ASC
+                LIMIT ?;
+                """
+                % EventTypes.Retention,
+                (last_room, batch_size),
+            )
+
+            rows = self.cursor_to_dict(txn)
+
+            if not rows:
+                return True
+
+            for row in rows:
+                if not row["json"]:
+                    retention_policy = {}
+                else:
+                    ev = json.loads(row["json"])
+                    retention_policy = json.dumps(ev["content"])
+
+                self._simple_insert_txn(
+                    txn=txn,
+                    table="room_retention",
+                    values={
+                        "room_id": row["room_id"],
+                        "event_id": row["event_id"],
+                        "min_lifetime": retention_policy.get("min_lifetime"),
+                        "max_lifetime": retention_policy.get("max_lifetime"),
+                    },
+                )
+
+            logger.info("Inserted %d rows into room_retention", len(rows))
+
+            self._background_update_progress_txn(
+                txn, "insert_room_retention", {"room_id": rows[-1]["room_id"]}
+            )
+
+            if batch_size > len(rows):
+                return True
+            else:
+                return False
+
+        end = yield self.runInteraction(
+            "insert_room_retention", _background_insert_retention_txn,
+        )
+
+        if end:
+            yield self._end_background_update("insert_room_retention")
+
+        defer.returnValue(batch_size)
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def store_room(self, room_id, room_creator_user_id, is_public):
         """Stores a room.
@@ -502,6 +638,35 @@ class RoomStore(RoomWorkerStore, SearchStore):
                 txn, event, "content.body", event.content["body"]
             )
 
+    def _store_retention_policy_for_room_txn(self, txn, event):
+        if hasattr(event, "content") and (
+            "min_lifetime" in event.content or "max_lifetime" in event.content
+        ):
+            if (
+                "min_lifetime" in event.content
+                and not isinstance(event.content.get("min_lifetime"), integer_types)
+            ) or (
+                "max_lifetime" in event.content
+                and not isinstance(event.content.get("max_lifetime"), integer_types)
+            ):
+                # Ignore the event if one of the value isn't an integer.
+                return
+
+            self._simple_insert_txn(
+                txn=txn,
+                table="room_retention",
+                values={
+                    "room_id": event.room_id,
+                    "event_id": event.event_id,
+                    "min_lifetime": event.content.get("min_lifetime"),
+                    "max_lifetime": event.content.get("max_lifetime"),
+                },
+            )
+
+            self._invalidate_cache_and_stream(
+                txn, self.get_retention_policy_for_room, (event.room_id,)
+            )
+
     def add_event_report(
         self, room_id, event_id, user_id, reason, content, received_ts
     ):
@@ -683,3 +848,89 @@ class RoomStore(RoomWorkerStore, SearchStore):
                             remote_media_mxcs.append((hostname, media_id))
 
         return local_media_mxcs, remote_media_mxcs
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_rooms_for_retention_period_in_range(
+        self, min_ms, max_ms, include_null=False
+    ):
+        """Retrieves all of the rooms within the given retention range.
+
+        Optionally includes the rooms which don't have a retention policy.
+
+        Args:
+            min_ms (int|None): Duration in milliseconds that define the lower limit of
+                the range to handle (exclusive). If None, doesn't set a lower limit.
+            max_ms (int|None): Duration in milliseconds that define the upper limit of
+                the range to handle (inclusive). If None, doesn't set an upper limit.
+            include_null (bool): Whether to include rooms which retention policy is NULL
+                in the returned set.
+
+        Returns:
+            dict[str, dict]: The rooms within this range, along with their retention
+                policy. The key is "room_id", and maps to a dict describing the retention
+                policy associated with this room ID. The keys for this nested dict are
+                "min_lifetime" (int|None), and "max_lifetime" (int|None).
+        """
+
+        def get_rooms_for_retention_period_in_range_txn(txn):
+            range_conditions = []
+            args = []
+
+            if min_ms is not None:
+                range_conditions.append("max_lifetime > ?")
+                args.append(min_ms)
+
+            if max_ms is not None:
+                range_conditions.append("max_lifetime <= ?")
+                args.append(max_ms)
+
+            # Do a first query which will retrieve the rooms that have a retention policy
+            # in their current state.
+            sql = """
+                SELECT room_id, min_lifetime, max_lifetime FROM room_retention
+                INNER JOIN current_state_events USING (event_id, room_id)
+                """
+
+            if len(range_conditions):
+                sql += " WHERE (" + " AND ".join(range_conditions) + ")"
+
+                if include_null:
+                    sql += " OR max_lifetime IS NULL"
+
+            txn.execute(sql, args)
+
+            rows = self.cursor_to_dict(txn)
+            rooms_dict = {}
+
+            for row in rows:
+                rooms_dict[row["room_id"]] = {
+                    "min_lifetime": row["min_lifetime"],
+                    "max_lifetime": row["max_lifetime"],
+                }
+
+            if include_null:
+                # If required, do a second query that retrieves all of the rooms we know
+                # of so we can handle rooms with no retention policy.
+                sql = "SELECT DISTINCT room_id FROM current_state_events"
+
+                txn.execute(sql)
+
+                rows = self.cursor_to_dict(txn)
+
+                # If a room isn't already in the dict (i.e. it doesn't have a retention
+                # policy in its state), add it with a null policy.
+                for row in rows:
+                    if row["room_id"] not in rooms_dict:
+                        rooms_dict[row["room_id"]] = {
+                            "min_lifetime": None,
+                            "max_lifetime": None,
+                        }
+
+            return rooms_dict
+
+        rooms = yield self.runInteraction(
+            "get_rooms_for_retention_period_in_range",
+            get_rooms_for_retention_period_in_range_txn,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue(rooms)
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/schema/delta/56/event_labels_background_update.sql b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/schema/delta/56/event_labels_background_update.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f5e0499ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/schema/delta/56/event_labels_background_update.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* Copyright 2019 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.
+ */
+
+INSERT INTO background_updates (update_name, progress_json) VALUES
+  ('event_store_labels', '{}');
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/schema/delta/56/room_key_etag.sql b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/schema/delta/56/room_key_etag.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d70dd071e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/schema/delta/56/room_key_etag.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* Copyright 2019 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.
+ */
+
+-- store the current etag of backup version
+ALTER TABLE e2e_room_keys_versions ADD COLUMN etag BIGINT;
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/schema/delta/56/room_retention.sql b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/schema/delta/56/room_retention.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee6cdf7a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/schema/delta/56/room_retention.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* Copyright 2019 New Vector Ltd
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+-- Tracks the retention policy of a room.
+-- A NULL max_lifetime or min_lifetime means that the matching property is not defined in
+-- the room's retention policy state event.
+-- If a room doesn't have a retention policy state event in its state, both max_lifetime
+-- and min_lifetime are NULL.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS room_retention(
+    room_id TEXT,
+    event_id TEXT,
+    min_lifetime BIGINT,
+    max_lifetime BIGINT,
+
+    PRIMARY KEY(room_id, event_id)
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX room_retention_max_lifetime_idx on room_retention(max_lifetime);
+
+INSERT INTO background_updates (update_name, progress_json) VALUES
+  ('insert_room_retention', '{}');
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/state.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/state.py
index 3132848034..6a90daea31 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/state.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/state.py
@@ -285,7 +285,11 @@ class StateGroupWorkerStore(
             room_id (str)
 
         Returns:
-            Deferred[unicode|None]: predecessor room id
+            Deferred[dict|None]: A dictionary containing the structure of the predecessor
+                field from the room's create event. The structure is subject to other servers,
+                but it is expected to be:
+                    * room_id (str): The room ID of the predecessor room
+                    * event_id (str): The ID of the tombstone event in the predecessor room
 
         Raises:
             NotFoundError if the room is unknown
@@ -991,6 +995,29 @@ class StateGroupWorkerStore(
 
         return self.runInteraction("store_state_group", _store_state_group_txn)
 
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_referenced_state_groups(self, state_groups):
+        """Check if the state groups are referenced by events.
+
+        Args:
+            state_groups (Iterable[int])
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[set[int]]: The subset of state groups that are
+            referenced.
+        """
+
+        rows = yield self._simple_select_many_batch(
+            table="event_to_state_groups",
+            column="state_group",
+            iterable=state_groups,
+            keyvalues={},
+            retcols=("DISTINCT state_group",),
+            desc="get_referenced_state_groups",
+        )
+
+        return set(row["state_group"] for row in rows)
+
 
 class StateBackgroundUpdateStore(
     StateGroupBackgroundUpdateStore, BackgroundUpdateStore
@@ -1231,7 +1258,7 @@ class StateStore(StateGroupWorkerStore, StateBackgroundUpdateStore):
             # if the event was rejected, just give it the same state as its
             # predecessor.
             if context.rejected:
-                state_groups[event.event_id] = context.prev_group
+                state_groups[event.event_id] = context.state_group_before_event
                 continue
 
             state_groups[event.event_id] = context.state_group
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/stream.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/stream.py
index 9cac664880..21a410afd0 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/stream.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/stream.py
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ class StreamWorkerStore(EventsWorkerStore, SQLBaseStore):
 
     def _get_max_topological_txn(self, txn, room_id):
         txn.execute(
-            "SELECT MAX(topological_ordering) FROM events" " WHERE room_id = ?",
+            "SELECT MAX(topological_ordering) FROM events WHERE room_id = ?",
             (room_id,),
         )
 
@@ -874,14 +874,38 @@ class StreamWorkerStore(EventsWorkerStore, SQLBaseStore):
 
         args.append(int(limit))
 
-        sql = (
-            "SELECT DISTINCT event_id, topological_ordering, stream_ordering"
-            " FROM events"
-            " LEFT JOIN event_labels USING (event_id, room_id, topological_ordering)"
-            " WHERE outlier = ? AND room_id = ? AND %(bounds)s"
-            " ORDER BY topological_ordering %(order)s,"
-            " stream_ordering %(order)s LIMIT ?"
-        ) % {"bounds": bounds, "order": order}
+        select_keywords = "SELECT"
+        join_clause = ""
+        if event_filter and event_filter.labels:
+            # If we're not filtering on a label, then joining on event_labels will
+            # return as many row for a single event as the number of labels it has. To
+            # avoid this, only join if we're filtering on at least one label.
+            join_clause = """
+                LEFT JOIN event_labels
+                USING (event_id, room_id, topological_ordering)
+            """
+            if len(event_filter.labels) > 1:
+                # Using DISTINCT in this SELECT query is quite expensive, because it
+                # requires the engine to sort on the entire (not limited) result set,
+                # i.e. the entire events table. We only need to use it when we're
+                # filtering on more than two labels, because that's the only scenario
+                # in which we can possibly to get multiple times the same event ID in
+                # the results.
+                select_keywords += "DISTINCT"
+
+        sql = """
+            %(select_keywords)s event_id, topological_ordering, stream_ordering
+            FROM events
+            %(join_clause)s
+            WHERE outlier = ? AND room_id = ? AND %(bounds)s
+            ORDER BY topological_ordering %(order)s,
+            stream_ordering %(order)s LIMIT ?
+        """ % {
+            "select_keywords": select_keywords,
+            "join_clause": join_clause,
+            "bounds": bounds,
+            "order": order,
+        }
 
         txn.execute(sql, args)
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/tags.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/tags.py
index 10d1887f75..aa24339717 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/tags.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/tags.py
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@ class TagsWorkerStore(AccountDataWorkerStore):
         )
 
         def get_tag_content(txn, tag_ids):
-            sql = (
-                "SELECT tag, content" " FROM room_tags" " WHERE user_id=? AND room_id=?"
-            )
+            sql = "SELECT tag, content FROM room_tags WHERE user_id=? AND room_id=?"
             results = []
             for stream_id, user_id, room_id in tag_ids:
                 txn.execute(sql, (user_id, room_id))
diff --git a/synapse/storage/prepare_database.py b/synapse/storage/prepare_database.py
index 2e7753820e..731e1c9d9c 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/prepare_database.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/prepare_database.py
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ def _apply_module_schema_files(cur, database_engine, modname, names_and_streams)
         # Mark as done.
         cur.execute(
             database_engine.convert_param_style(
-                "INSERT INTO applied_module_schemas (module_name, file)" " VALUES (?,?)"
+                "INSERT INTO applied_module_schemas (module_name, file) VALUES (?,?)"
             ),
             (modname, name),
         )
diff --git a/synapse/storage/purge_events.py b/synapse/storage/purge_events.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a368182034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/storage/purge_events.py
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2019 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.
+
+import itertools
+import logging
+
+from twisted.internet import defer
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class PurgeEventsStorage(object):
+    """High level interface for purging rooms and event history.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, hs, stores):
+        self.stores = stores
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def purge_room(self, room_id: str):
+        """Deletes all record of a room
+        """
+
+        state_groups_to_delete = yield self.stores.main.purge_room(room_id)
+        yield self.stores.main.purge_room_state(room_id, state_groups_to_delete)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def purge_history(self, room_id, token, delete_local_events):
+        """Deletes room history before a certain point
+
+        Args:
+            room_id (str):
+
+            token (str): A topological token to delete events before
+
+            delete_local_events (bool):
+                if True, we will delete local events as well as remote ones
+                (instead of just marking them as outliers and deleting their
+                state groups).
+        """
+        state_groups = yield self.stores.main.purge_history(
+            room_id, token, delete_local_events
+        )
+
+        logger.info("[purge] finding state groups that can be deleted")
+
+        sg_to_delete = yield self._find_unreferenced_groups(state_groups)
+
+        yield self.stores.main.purge_unreferenced_state_groups(room_id, sg_to_delete)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _find_unreferenced_groups(self, state_groups):
+        """Used when purging history to figure out which state groups can be
+        deleted.
+
+        Args:
+            state_groups (set[int]): Set of state groups referenced by events
+                that are going to be deleted.
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[set[int]] The set of state groups that can be deleted.
+        """
+        # Graph of state group -> previous group
+        graph = {}
+
+        # Set of events that we have found to be referenced by events
+        referenced_groups = set()
+
+        # Set of state groups we've already seen
+        state_groups_seen = set(state_groups)
+
+        # Set of state groups to handle next.
+        next_to_search = set(state_groups)
+        while next_to_search:
+            # We bound size of groups we're looking up at once, to stop the
+            # SQL query getting too big
+            if len(next_to_search) < 100:
+                current_search = next_to_search
+                next_to_search = set()
+            else:
+                current_search = set(itertools.islice(next_to_search, 100))
+                next_to_search -= current_search
+
+            referenced = yield self.stores.main.get_referenced_state_groups(
+                current_search
+            )
+            referenced_groups |= referenced
+
+            # We don't continue iterating up the state group graphs for state
+            # groups that are referenced.
+            current_search -= referenced
+
+            edges = yield self.stores.main.get_previous_state_groups(current_search)
+
+            prevs = set(edges.values())
+            # We don't bother re-handling groups we've already seen
+            prevs -= state_groups_seen
+            next_to_search |= prevs
+            state_groups_seen |= prevs
+
+            graph.update(edges)
+
+        to_delete = state_groups_seen - referenced_groups
+
+        return to_delete