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-rw-r--r--changelog.d/10432.misc1
-rw-r--r--synapse/api/constants.py6
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py17
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/10432.misc b/changelog.d/10432.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a8cdf0ae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/10432.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Connect historical chunks together with chunk events instead of a content field (MSC2716).
diff --git a/synapse/api/constants.py b/synapse/api/constants.py
index 8363c2bb0f..4caafc0ac9 100644
--- a/synapse/api/constants.py
+++ b/synapse/api/constants.py
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ class EventTypes:
     SpaceParent = "m.space.parent"
 
     MSC2716_INSERTION = "org.matrix.msc2716.insertion"
+    MSC2716_CHUNK = "org.matrix.msc2716.chunk"
     MSC2716_MARKER = "org.matrix.msc2716.marker"
 
 
@@ -190,9 +191,10 @@ class EventContentFields:
 
     # Used on normal messages to indicate they were historically imported after the fact
     MSC2716_HISTORICAL = "org.matrix.msc2716.historical"
-    # For "insertion" events
+    # For "insertion" events to indicate what the next chunk ID should be in
+    # order to connect to it
     MSC2716_NEXT_CHUNK_ID = "org.matrix.msc2716.next_chunk_id"
-    # Used on normal message events to indicate where the chunk connects to
+    # Used on "chunk" events to indicate which insertion event it connects to
     MSC2716_CHUNK_ID = "org.matrix.msc2716.chunk_id"
     # For "marker" events
     MSC2716_MARKER_INSERTION = "org.matrix.msc2716.marker.insertion"
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py
index 31a1193cd3..c95c5ae234 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py
@@ -553,9 +553,18 @@ class RoomBatchSendEventRestServlet(TransactionRestServlet):
             ]
 
         # Connect this current chunk to the insertion event from the previous chunk
-        last_event_in_chunk["content"][
-            EventContentFields.MSC2716_CHUNK_ID
-        ] = chunk_id_to_connect_to
+        chunk_event = {
+            "type": EventTypes.MSC2716_CHUNK,
+            "sender": requester.user.to_string(),
+            "room_id": room_id,
+            "content": {EventContentFields.MSC2716_CHUNK_ID: chunk_id_to_connect_to},
+            # Since the chunk event is put at the end of the chunk,
+            # where the newest-in-time event is, copy the origin_server_ts from
+            # the last event we're inserting
+            "origin_server_ts": last_event_in_chunk["origin_server_ts"],
+        }
+        # Add the chunk event to the end of the chunk (newest-in-time)
+        events_to_create.append(chunk_event)
 
         # Add an "insertion" event to the start of each chunk (next to the oldest-in-time
         # event in the chunk) so the next chunk can be connected to this one.
@@ -567,7 +576,7 @@ class RoomBatchSendEventRestServlet(TransactionRestServlet):
             # the first event we're inserting
             origin_server_ts=events_to_create[0]["origin_server_ts"],
         )
-        # Prepend the insertion event to the start of the chunk
+        # Prepend the insertion event to the start of the chunk (oldest-in-time)
         events_to_create = [insertion_event] + events_to_create
 
         event_ids = []