diff --git a/changelog.d/4008.misc b/changelog.d/4008.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5730210054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/4008.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Log exceptions in looping calls
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/appservice.py b/synapse/handlers/appservice.py
index f0f89af7dc..17eedf4dbf 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/appservice.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/appservice.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from synapse.metrics import (
event_processing_loop_room_count,
)
from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
+from synapse.util import log_failure
from synapse.util.logcontext import make_deferred_yieldable, run_in_background
from synapse.util.metrics import Measure
@@ -36,17 +37,6 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
events_processed_counter = Counter("synapse_handlers_appservice_events_processed", "")
-def log_failure(failure):
- logger.error(
- "Application Services Failure",
- exc_info=(
- failure.type,
- failure.value,
- failure.getTracebackObject()
- )
- )
-
-
class ApplicationServicesHandler(object):
def __init__(self, hs):
@@ -112,7 +102,10 @@ class ApplicationServicesHandler(object):
if not self.started_scheduler:
def start_scheduler():
- return self.scheduler.start().addErrback(log_failure)
+ return self.scheduler.start().addErrback(
+ log_failure, "Application Services Failure",
+ )
+
run_as_background_process("as_scheduler", start_scheduler)
self.started_scheduler = True
diff --git a/synapse/util/__init__.py b/synapse/util/__init__.py
index 680ea928c7..9a8fae0497 100644
--- a/synapse/util/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/util/__init__.py
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ class Clock(object):
"""
call = task.LoopingCall(f)
call.clock = self._reactor
- call.start(msec / 1000.0, now=False)
+ d = call.start(msec / 1000.0, now=False)
+ d.addErrback(
+ log_failure, "Looping call died", consumeErrors=False,
+ )
return call
def call_later(self, delay, callback, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -109,3 +112,29 @@ def batch_iter(iterable, size):
sourceiter = iter(iterable)
# call islice until it returns an empty tuple
return iter(lambda: tuple(islice(sourceiter, size)), ())
+
+
+def log_failure(failure, msg, consumeErrors=True):
+ """Creates a function suitable for passing to `Deferred.addErrback` that
+ logs any failures that occur.
+
+ Args:
+ msg (str): Message to log
+ consumeErrors (bool): If true consumes the failure, otherwise passes
+ on down the callback chain
+
+ Returns:
+ func(Failure)
+ """
+
+ logger.error(
+ msg,
+ exc_info=(
+ failure.type,
+ failure.value,
+ failure.getTracebackObject()
+ )
+ )
+
+ if not consumeErrors:
+ return failure
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