Merge pull request #1921 from matrix-org/rav/fix_key_changes

Fix bugs in the /keys/changes api

2 files changed, 29 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/storage/event_federation.py b/synapse/storage/event_federation.py
index ee88c61954..256e50dc20 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/event_federation.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/event_federation.py
@@ -281,15 +281,30 @@ class EventFederationStore(SQLBaseStore):
         )
 
     def get_forward_extremeties_for_room(self, room_id, stream_ordering):
+        """For a given room_id and stream_ordering, return the forward
+        extremeties of the room at that point in "time".
+
+        Throws a StoreError if we have since purged the index for
+        stream_orderings from that point.
+
+        Args:
+            room_id (str):
+            stream_ordering (int):
+
+        Returns:
+            deferred, which resolves to a list of event_ids
+        """
         # We want to make the cache more effective, so we clamp to the last
         # change before the given ordering.
         last_change = self._events_stream_cache.get_max_pos_of_last_change(room_id)
 
         # We don't always have a full stream_to_exterm_id table, e.g. after
         # the upgrade that introduced it, so we make sure we never ask for a
-        # try and pin to a stream_ordering from before a restart
+        # stream_ordering from before a restart
         last_change = max(self._stream_order_on_start, last_change)
 
+        # provided the last_change is recent enough, we now clamp the requested
+        # stream_ordering to it.
         if last_change > self.stream_ordering_month_ago:
             stream_ordering = min(last_change, stream_ordering)
 
diff --git a/synapse/storage/state.py b/synapse/storage/state.py
index 1b3800eb6a..84482d8285 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/state.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/state.py
@@ -413,7 +413,19 @@ class StateStore(SQLBaseStore):
         defer.returnValue({event: event_to_state[event] for event in event_ids})
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def get_state_ids_for_events(self, event_ids, types):
+    def get_state_ids_for_events(self, event_ids, types=None):
+        """
+        Get the state dicts corresponding to a list of events
+
+        Args:
+            event_ids(list(str)): events whose state should be returned
+            types(list[(str, str)]|None): List of (type, state_key) tuples
+                which are used to filter the state fetched. May be None, which
+                matches any key
+
+        Returns:
+            A deferred dict from event_id -> (type, state_key) -> state_event
+        """
         event_to_groups = yield self._get_state_group_for_events(
             event_ids,
         )