Refuse to start if sqlite is older than 3.11.0

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/storage/engines/postgres.py b/synapse/storage/engines/postgres.py
index 2a285e018c..c84cb452b0 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/engines/postgres.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/engines/postgres.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class PostgresEngine(object):
         self.synchronous_commit = database_config.get("synchronous_commit", True)
         self._version = None  # unknown as yet
 
-    def check_database(self, db_conn):
+    def check_database(self, db_conn, allow_outdated_version: bool = False):
         # Get the version of PostgreSQL that we're using. As per the psycopg2
         # docs: The number is formed by converting the major, minor, and
         # revision numbers into two-decimal-digit numbers and appending them
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class PostgresEngine(object):
         self._version = db_conn.server_version
 
         # Are we on a supported PostgreSQL version?
-        if self._version < 90500:
+        if not allow_outdated_version and self._version < 90500:
             raise RuntimeError("Synapse requires PostgreSQL 9.5+ or above.")
 
         with db_conn.cursor() as txn:
diff --git a/synapse/storage/engines/sqlite.py b/synapse/storage/engines/sqlite.py
index 3b3c13360b..cbf52f5191 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/engines/sqlite.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/engines/sqlite.py
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ class Sqlite3Engine(object):
         """
         return False
 
-    def check_database(self, db_conn):
-        pass
+    def check_database(self, db_conn, allow_outdated_version: bool = False):
+        if not allow_outdated_version:
+            version = self.module.sqlite_version_info
+            if version < (3, 11, 0):
+                raise RuntimeError("Synapse requires sqlite 3.11 or above.")
 
     def convert_param_style(self, sql):
         return sql