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-rw-r--r--changelog.d/12128.misc1
-rw-r--r--synapse/federation/federation_client.py8
-rw-r--r--synapse/handlers/room_summary.py2
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/12128.misc b/changelog.d/12128.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0570a8e327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/12128.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix data validation to compare to lists, not sequences.
diff --git a/synapse/federation/federation_client.py b/synapse/federation/federation_client.py
index 64e595e748..467275b98c 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/federation_client.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/federation_client.py
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
 
             # Validate children_state of the room.
             children_state = room.pop("children_state", [])
-            if not isinstance(children_state, Sequence):
+            if not isinstance(children_state, list):
                 raise InvalidResponseError("'room.children_state' must be a list")
             if any(not isinstance(e, dict) for e in children_state):
                 raise InvalidResponseError("Invalid event in 'children_state' list")
@@ -1440,14 +1440,14 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
 
             # Validate the children rooms.
             children = res.get("children", [])
-            if not isinstance(children, Sequence):
+            if not isinstance(children, list):
                 raise InvalidResponseError("'children' must be a list")
             if any(not isinstance(r, dict) for r in children):
                 raise InvalidResponseError("Invalid room in 'children' list")
 
             # Validate the inaccessible children.
             inaccessible_children = res.get("inaccessible_children", [])
-            if not isinstance(inaccessible_children, Sequence):
+            if not isinstance(inaccessible_children, list):
                 raise InvalidResponseError("'inaccessible_children' must be a list")
             if any(not isinstance(r, str) for r in inaccessible_children):
                 raise InvalidResponseError(
@@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@ def _validate_hierarchy_event(d: JsonDict) -> None:
         raise ValueError("Invalid event: 'content' must be a dict")
 
     via = content.get("via")
-    if not isinstance(via, Sequence):
+    if not isinstance(via, list):
         raise ValueError("Invalid event: 'via' must be a list")
     if any(not isinstance(v, str) for v in via):
         raise ValueError("Invalid event: 'via' must be a list of strings")
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room_summary.py b/synapse/handlers/room_summary.py
index 55c2cbdba8..3979cbba71 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room_summary.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room_summary.py
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ class _RoomEntry:
 
 def _has_valid_via(e: EventBase) -> bool:
     via = e.content.get("via")
-    if not via or not isinstance(via, Sequence):
+    if not via or not isinstance(via, list):
         return False
     for v in via:
         if not isinstance(v, str):