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| -rw-r--r-- | changelog.d/12038.misc | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/workers.md | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | synapse/rest/client/mutual_rooms.py | 10 |
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/12038.misc b/changelog.d/12038.misc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e2a65726b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/12038.misc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Remove check on `update_user_directory` for shared rooms handler (MSC2666), and update/expand documentation. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/docs/workers.md b/docs/workers.md index 9eb4194e4d..8ac95e39bb 100644 --- a/docs/workers.md +++ b/docs/workers.md @@ -528,10 +528,19 @@ the following regular expressions: ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/user_directory/search$ -When using this worker you must also set `update_user_directory: False` in the +When using this worker you must also set `update_user_directory: false` in the shared configuration file to stop the main synapse running background jobs related to updating the user directory. +Above endpoint is not *required* to be routed to this worker. By default, +`update_user_directory` is set to `true`, which means the main process +will handle updates. All workers configured with `client` can handle the above +endpoint as long as either this worker or the main process are configured to +handle it, and are online. + +If `update_user_directory` is set to `false`, and this worker is not running, +the above endpoint may give outdated results. + ### `synapse.app.frontend_proxy` Proxies some frequently-requested client endpoints to add caching and remove diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/mutual_rooms.py b/synapse/rest/client/mutual_rooms.py index d3872a76c8..27bfaf0b29 100644 --- a/synapse/rest/client/mutual_rooms.py +++ b/synapse/rest/client/mutual_rooms.py @@ -42,17 +42,19 @@ class UserMutualRoomsServlet(RestServlet): super().__init__() self.auth = hs.get_auth() self.store = hs.get_datastores().main - self.user_directory_active = hs.config.server.update_user_directory + self.user_directory_search_enabled = ( + hs.config.userdirectory.user_directory_search_enabled + ) async def on_GET( self, request: SynapseRequest, user_id: str ) -> Tuple[int, JsonDict]: - if not self.user_directory_active: + if not self.user_directory_search_enabled: raise SynapseError( code=400, - msg="The user directory is disabled on this server. Cannot determine shared rooms.", - errcode=Codes.FORBIDDEN, + msg="User directory searching is disabled. Cannot determine shared rooms.", + errcode=Codes.UNKNOWN, ) UserID.from_string(user_id) |