diff --git a/changelog.d/4829.bugfix b/changelog.d/4829.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b05235e215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/4829.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix potential race in handling missing updates in device list updates.
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/device.py b/synapse/handlers/device.py
index 03644a93cc..b398848079 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/device.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/device.py
@@ -597,6 +597,10 @@ class DeviceListEduUpdater(object):
)
device_ids = [device["device_id"] for device in devices]
yield self.device_handler.notify_device_update(user_id, device_ids)
+
+ # We clobber the seen updates since we've re-synced from a given
+ # point.
+ self._seen_updates[user_id] = set([stream_id])
else:
# Simply update the single device, since we know that is the only
# change (because of the single prev_id matching the current cache)
@@ -609,9 +613,9 @@ class DeviceListEduUpdater(object):
user_id, [device_id for device_id, _, _, _ in pending_updates]
)
- self._seen_updates.setdefault(user_id, set()).update(
- stream_id for _, stream_id, _, _ in pending_updates
- )
+ self._seen_updates.setdefault(user_id, set()).update(
+ stream_id for _, stream_id, _, _ in pending_updates
+ )
@defer.inlineCallbacks
def _need_to_do_resync(self, user_id, updates):
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