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| -rw-r--r-- | synapse/handlers/federation.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/federation.py b/synapse/handlers/federation.py index fe80568ea5..0c65a48322 100644 --- a/synapse/handlers/federation.py +++ b/synapse/handlers/federation.py @@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler): @defer.inlineCallbacks def backfill(self, dest, room_id, limit, extremities=[]): """ Trigger a backfill request to `dest` for the given `room_id` + + This will attempt to get more events from the remote. This may return + be successfull and still return no events if the other side has no new + events to offer. """ if dest == self.server_name: raise SynapseError(400, "Can't backfill from self.") @@ -474,6 +478,8 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler): limit=100, extremities=[e for e in extremities.keys()] ) + # If this succeeded then we probably already have the + # appropriate stuff. defer.returnValue(True) except SynapseError as e: logger.info( |