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authorErik Johnston <erik@matrix.org>2017-05-18 13:54:27 +0100
committerErik Johnston <erik@matrix.org>2017-05-18 13:54:27 +0100
commit3accee1a8c2804620713ac4ff068a4a18a7de192 (patch)
tree5bfad3c1e8653713f8e14062732f892797279a92 /synapse/util/async.py
parentMerge pull request #2136 from bbigras/patch-1 (diff)
parentBump changelog and version (diff)
downloadsynapse-3accee1a8c2804620713ac4ff068a4a18a7de192.tar.xz
Merge branch 'release-v0.21.0' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse v0.21.0
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diff --git a/synapse/util/async.py b/synapse/util/async.py
index 35380bf8ed..1453faf0ef 100644
--- a/synapse/util/async.py
+++ b/synapse/util/async.py
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ class ObservableDeferred(object):
         deferred.addCallbacks(callback, errback)
 
     def observe(self):
+        """Observe the underlying deferred.
+
+        Can return either a deferred if the underlying deferred is still pending
+        (or has failed), or the actual value. Callers may need to use maybeDeferred.
+        """
         if not self._result:
             d = defer.Deferred()
 
@@ -101,7 +106,7 @@ class ObservableDeferred(object):
             return d
         else:
             success, res = self._result
-            return defer.succeed(res) if success else defer.fail(res)
+            return res if success else defer.fail(res)
 
     def observers(self):
         return self._observers