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-rw-r--r--changelog.d/8458.feature1
-rw-r--r--synapse/app/generic_worker.py4
-rw-r--r--synapse/app/phone_stats_home.py33
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/databases/main/client_ips.py109
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/databases/main/metrics.py14
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/databases/main/registration.py184
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/databases/main/roommember.py5
-rw-r--r--synapse/storage/databases/main/transactions.py42
8 files changed, 195 insertions, 197 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/8458.feature b/changelog.d/8458.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..542993110b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/8458.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow running background tasks in a separate worker process.
diff --git a/synapse/app/generic_worker.py b/synapse/app/generic_worker.py
index fc5188ce95..d53181deb1 100644
--- a/synapse/app/generic_worker.py
+++ b/synapse/app/generic_worker.py
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ from synapse.rest.health import HealthResource
 from synapse.rest.key.v2 import KeyApiV2Resource
 from synapse.server import HomeServer, cache_in_self
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.censor_events import CensorEventsStore
+from synapse.storage.databases.main.client_ips import ClientIpWorkerStore
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.media_repository import MediaRepositoryStore
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.metrics import ServerMetricsStore
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.monthly_active_users import (
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ from synapse.storage.databases.main.monthly_active_users import (
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.presence import UserPresenceState
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.search import SearchWorkerStore
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.stats import StatsStore
+from synapse.storage.databases.main.transactions import TransactionWorkerStore
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.ui_auth import UIAuthWorkerStore
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.user_directory import UserDirectoryStore
 from synapse.types import ReadReceipt
@@ -466,6 +468,7 @@ class GenericWorkerSlavedStore(
     SlavedAccountDataStore,
     SlavedPusherStore,
     CensorEventsStore,
+    ClientIpWorkerStore,
     SlavedEventStore,
     SlavedKeyStore,
     RoomStore,
@@ -481,6 +484,7 @@ class GenericWorkerSlavedStore(
     MediaRepositoryStore,
     ServerMetricsStore,
     SearchWorkerStore,
+    TransactionWorkerStore,
     BaseSlavedStore,
 ):
     pass
diff --git a/synapse/app/phone_stats_home.py b/synapse/app/phone_stats_home.py
index daed8ccfe9..8a69104a04 100644
--- a/synapse/app/phone_stats_home.py
+++ b/synapse/app/phone_stats_home.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 #  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #  limitations under the License.
-
 import logging
 import math
 import resource
@@ -19,7 +18,10 @@ import sys
 
 from prometheus_client import Gauge
 
-from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
+from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import (
+    run_as_background_process,
+    wrap_as_background_process,
+)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("synapse.app.homeserver")
 
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ registered_reserved_users_mau_gauge = Gauge(
 )
 
 
+@wrap_as_background_process("phone_stats_home")
 async def phone_stats_home(hs, stats, stats_process=_stats_process):
     logger.info("Gathering stats for reporting")
     now = int(hs.get_clock().time())
@@ -143,20 +146,10 @@ def start_phone_stats_home(hs):
             (int(hs.get_clock().time()), resource.getrusage(resource.RUSAGE_SELF))
         )
 
-    def start_phone_stats_home():
-        return run_as_background_process(
-            "phone_stats_home", phone_stats_home, hs, stats
-        )
-
-    def generate_user_daily_visit_stats():
-        return run_as_background_process(
-            "generate_user_daily_visits", hs.get_datastore().generate_user_daily_visits
-        )
-
     # Rather than update on per session basis, batch up the requests.
     # If you increase the loop period, the accuracy of user_daily_visits
     # table will decrease
-    clock.looping_call(generate_user_daily_visit_stats, 5 * 60 * 1000)
+    clock.looping_call(hs.get_datastore().generate_user_daily_visits, 5 * 60 * 1000)
 
     # monthly active user limiting functionality
     def reap_monthly_active_users():
@@ -167,6 +160,7 @@ def start_phone_stats_home(hs):
     clock.looping_call(reap_monthly_active_users, 1000 * 60 * 60)
     reap_monthly_active_users()
 
+    @wrap_as_background_process("generate_monthly_active_users")
     async def generate_monthly_active_users():
         current_mau_count = 0
         current_mau_count_by_service = {}
@@ -186,19 +180,14 @@ def start_phone_stats_home(hs):
         registered_reserved_users_mau_gauge.set(float(len(reserved_users)))
         max_mau_gauge.set(float(hs.config.max_mau_value))
 
-    def start_generate_monthly_active_users():
-        return run_as_background_process(
-            "generate_monthly_active_users", generate_monthly_active_users
-        )
-
     if hs.config.limit_usage_by_mau or hs.config.mau_stats_only:
-        start_generate_monthly_active_users()
-        clock.looping_call(start_generate_monthly_active_users, 5 * 60 * 1000)
+        generate_monthly_active_users()
+        clock.looping_call(generate_monthly_active_users, 5 * 60 * 1000)
     # End of monthly active user settings
 
     if hs.config.report_stats:
         logger.info("Scheduling stats reporting for 3 hour intervals")
-        clock.looping_call(start_phone_stats_home, 3 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
+        clock.looping_call(phone_stats_home, 3 * 60 * 60 * 1000, hs, stats)
 
         # We need to defer this init for the cases that we daemonize
         # otherwise the process ID we get is that of the non-daemon process
@@ -206,4 +195,4 @@ def start_phone_stats_home(hs):
 
         # We wait 5 minutes to send the first set of stats as the server can
         # be quite busy the first few minutes
-        clock.call_later(5 * 60, start_phone_stats_home)
+        clock.call_later(5 * 60, phone_stats_home, hs, stats)
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/client_ips.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/client_ips.py
index 239c7a949c..a25a888443 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/client_ips.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/client_ips.py
@@ -351,7 +351,63 @@ class ClientIpBackgroundUpdateStore(SQLBaseStore):
         return updated
 
 
-class ClientIpStore(ClientIpBackgroundUpdateStore):
+class ClientIpWorkerStore(ClientIpBackgroundUpdateStore):
+    def __init__(self, database: DatabasePool, db_conn, hs):
+        super().__init__(database, db_conn, hs)
+
+        self.user_ips_max_age = hs.config.user_ips_max_age
+
+        if hs.config.run_background_tasks and self.user_ips_max_age:
+            self._clock.looping_call(self._prune_old_user_ips, 5 * 1000)
+
+    @wrap_as_background_process("prune_old_user_ips")
+    async def _prune_old_user_ips(self):
+        """Removes entries in user IPs older than the configured period.
+        """
+
+        if self.user_ips_max_age is None:
+            # Nothing to do
+            return
+
+        if not await self.db_pool.updates.has_completed_background_update(
+            "devices_last_seen"
+        ):
+            # Only start pruning if we have finished populating the devices
+            # last seen info.
+            return
+
+        # We do a slightly funky SQL delete to ensure we don't try and delete
+        # too much at once (as the table may be very large from before we
+        # started pruning).
+        #
+        # This works by finding the max last_seen that is less than the given
+        # time, but has no more than N rows before it, deleting all rows with
+        # a lesser last_seen time. (We COALESCE so that the sub-SELECT always
+        # returns exactly one row).
+        sql = """
+            DELETE FROM user_ips
+            WHERE last_seen <= (
+                SELECT COALESCE(MAX(last_seen), -1)
+                FROM (
+                    SELECT last_seen FROM user_ips
+                    WHERE last_seen <= ?
+                    ORDER BY last_seen ASC
+                    LIMIT 5000
+                ) AS u
+            )
+        """
+
+        timestamp = self.clock.time_msec() - self.user_ips_max_age
+
+        def _prune_old_user_ips_txn(txn):
+            txn.execute(sql, (timestamp,))
+
+        await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
+            "_prune_old_user_ips", _prune_old_user_ips_txn
+        )
+
+
+class ClientIpStore(ClientIpWorkerStore):
     def __init__(self, database: DatabasePool, db_conn, hs):
 
         self.client_ip_last_seen = Cache(
@@ -360,8 +416,6 @@ class ClientIpStore(ClientIpBackgroundUpdateStore):
 
         super().__init__(database, db_conn, hs)
 
-        self.user_ips_max_age = hs.config.user_ips_max_age
-
         # (user_id, access_token, ip,) -> (user_agent, device_id, last_seen)
         self._batch_row_update = {}
 
@@ -372,9 +426,6 @@ class ClientIpStore(ClientIpBackgroundUpdateStore):
             "before", "shutdown", self._update_client_ips_batch
         )
 
-        if self.user_ips_max_age:
-            self._clock.looping_call(self._prune_old_user_ips, 5 * 1000)
-
     async def insert_client_ip(
         self, user_id, access_token, ip, user_agent, device_id, now=None
     ):
@@ -525,49 +576,3 @@ class ClientIpStore(ClientIpBackgroundUpdateStore):
             }
             for (access_token, ip), (user_agent, last_seen) in results.items()
         ]
-
-    @wrap_as_background_process("prune_old_user_ips")
-    async def _prune_old_user_ips(self):
-        """Removes entries in user IPs older than the configured period.
-        """
-
-        if self.user_ips_max_age is None:
-            # Nothing to do
-            return
-
-        if not await self.db_pool.updates.has_completed_background_update(
-            "devices_last_seen"
-        ):
-            # Only start pruning if we have finished populating the devices
-            # last seen info.
-            return
-
-        # We do a slightly funky SQL delete to ensure we don't try and delete
-        # too much at once (as the table may be very large from before we
-        # started pruning).
-        #
-        # This works by finding the max last_seen that is less than the given
-        # time, but has no more than N rows before it, deleting all rows with
-        # a lesser last_seen time. (We COALESCE so that the sub-SELECT always
-        # returns exactly one row).
-        sql = """
-            DELETE FROM user_ips
-            WHERE last_seen <= (
-                SELECT COALESCE(MAX(last_seen), -1)
-                FROM (
-                    SELECT last_seen FROM user_ips
-                    WHERE last_seen <= ?
-                    ORDER BY last_seen ASC
-                    LIMIT 5000
-                ) AS u
-            )
-        """
-
-        timestamp = self.clock.time_msec() - self.user_ips_max_age
-
-        def _prune_old_user_ips_txn(txn):
-            txn.execute(sql, (timestamp,))
-
-        await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
-            "_prune_old_user_ips", _prune_old_user_ips_txn
-        )
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/metrics.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/metrics.py
index 2c5a4fdbf6..0acf0617ca 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/metrics.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/metrics.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import time
 from typing import Dict
 
 from synapse.metrics import GaugeBucketCollector
-from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
+from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import wrap_as_background_process
 from synapse.storage._base import SQLBaseStore
 from synapse.storage.database import DatabasePool
 from synapse.storage.databases.main.event_push_actions import (
@@ -57,18 +57,13 @@ class ServerMetricsStore(EventPushActionsWorkerStore, SQLBaseStore):
         super().__init__(database, db_conn, hs)
 
         # Read the extrems every 60 minutes
-        def read_forward_extremities():
-            # run as a background process to make sure that the database transactions
-            # have a logcontext to report to
-            return run_as_background_process(
-                "read_forward_extremities", self._read_forward_extremities
-            )
-
-        hs.get_clock().looping_call(read_forward_extremities, 60 * 60 * 1000)
+        if hs.config.run_background_tasks:
+            self._clock.looping_call(self._read_forward_extremities, 60 * 60 * 1000)
 
         # Used in _generate_user_daily_visits to keep track of progress
         self._last_user_visit_update = self._get_start_of_day()
 
+    @wrap_as_background_process("read_forward_extremities")
     async def _read_forward_extremities(self):
         def fetch(txn):
             txn.execute(
@@ -274,6 +269,7 @@ class ServerMetricsStore(EventPushActionsWorkerStore, SQLBaseStore):
         today_start = calendar.timegm((now.tm_year, now.tm_mon, now.tm_mday, 0, 0, 0))
         return today_start * 1000
 
+    @wrap_as_background_process("generate_user_daily_visits")
     async def generate_user_daily_visits(self) -> None:
         """
         Generates daily visit data for use in cohort/ retention analysis
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/registration.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/registration.py
index 16ba545740..a85867936f 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/registration.py
@@ -14,14 +14,16 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
 import logging
 import re
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 from synapse.api.constants import UserTypes
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes, StoreError, SynapseError, ThreepidValidationError
-from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
+from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import (
+    run_as_background_process,
+    wrap_as_background_process,
+)
 from synapse.storage._base import SQLBaseStore
 from synapse.storage.database import DatabasePool
 from synapse.storage.types import Cursor
@@ -48,6 +50,21 @@ class RegistrationWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
             database.engine, find_max_generated_user_id_localpart, "user_id_seq",
         )
 
+        self._account_validity = hs.config.account_validity
+        if hs.config.run_background_tasks and self._account_validity.enabled:
+            self._clock.call_later(
+                0.0,
+                run_as_background_process,
+                "account_validity_set_expiration_dates",
+                self._set_expiration_date_when_missing,
+            )
+
+        # Create a background job for culling expired 3PID validity tokens
+        if hs.config.run_background_tasks:
+            self.clock.looping_call(
+                self.cull_expired_threepid_validation_tokens, THIRTY_MINUTES_IN_MS
+            )
+
     @cached()
     async def get_user_by_id(self, user_id: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
         return await self.db_pool.simple_select_one(
@@ -778,6 +795,78 @@ class RegistrationWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
             "delete_threepid_session", delete_threepid_session_txn
         )
 
+    @wrap_as_background_process("cull_expired_threepid_validation_tokens")
+    async def cull_expired_threepid_validation_tokens(self) -> None:
+        """Remove threepid validation tokens with expiry dates that have passed"""
+
+        def cull_expired_threepid_validation_tokens_txn(txn, ts):
+            sql = """
+            DELETE FROM threepid_validation_token WHERE
+            expires < ?
+            """
+            txn.execute(sql, (ts,))
+
+        await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
+            "cull_expired_threepid_validation_tokens",
+            cull_expired_threepid_validation_tokens_txn,
+            self.clock.time_msec(),
+        )
+
+    async def _set_expiration_date_when_missing(self):
+        """
+        Retrieves the list of registered users that don't have an expiration date, and
+        adds an expiration date for each of them.
+        """
+
+        def select_users_with_no_expiration_date_txn(txn):
+            """Retrieves the list of registered users with no expiration date from the
+            database, filtering out deactivated users.
+            """
+            sql = (
+                "SELECT users.name FROM users"
+                " LEFT JOIN account_validity ON (users.name = account_validity.user_id)"
+                " WHERE account_validity.user_id is NULL AND users.deactivated = 0;"
+            )
+            txn.execute(sql, [])
+
+            res = self.db_pool.cursor_to_dict(txn)
+            if res:
+                for user in res:
+                    self.set_expiration_date_for_user_txn(
+                        txn, user["name"], use_delta=True
+                    )
+
+        await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
+            "get_users_with_no_expiration_date",
+            select_users_with_no_expiration_date_txn,
+        )
+
+    def set_expiration_date_for_user_txn(self, txn, user_id, use_delta=False):
+        """Sets an expiration date to the account with the given user ID.
+
+        Args:
+             user_id (str): User ID to set an expiration date for.
+             use_delta (bool): If set to False, the expiration date for the user will be
+                now + validity period. If set to True, this expiration date will be a
+                random value in the [now + period - d ; now + period] range, d being a
+                delta equal to 10% of the validity period.
+        """
+        now_ms = self._clock.time_msec()
+        expiration_ts = now_ms + self._account_validity.period
+
+        if use_delta:
+            expiration_ts = self.rand.randrange(
+                expiration_ts - self._account_validity.startup_job_max_delta,
+                expiration_ts,
+            )
+
+        self.db_pool.simple_upsert_txn(
+            txn,
+            "account_validity",
+            keyvalues={"user_id": user_id},
+            values={"expiration_ts_ms": expiration_ts, "email_sent": False},
+        )
+
 
 class RegistrationBackgroundUpdateStore(RegistrationWorkerStore):
     def __init__(self, database: DatabasePool, db_conn, hs):
@@ -911,28 +1000,8 @@ class RegistrationStore(RegistrationBackgroundUpdateStore):
     def __init__(self, database: DatabasePool, db_conn, hs):
         super().__init__(database, db_conn, hs)
 
-        self._account_validity = hs.config.account_validity
         self._ignore_unknown_session_error = hs.config.request_token_inhibit_3pid_errors
 
-        if self._account_validity.enabled:
-            self._clock.call_later(
-                0.0,
-                run_as_background_process,
-                "account_validity_set_expiration_dates",
-                self._set_expiration_date_when_missing,
-            )
-
-        # Create a background job for culling expired 3PID validity tokens
-        def start_cull():
-            # run as a background process to make sure that the database transactions
-            # have a logcontext to report to
-            return run_as_background_process(
-                "cull_expired_threepid_validation_tokens",
-                self.cull_expired_threepid_validation_tokens,
-            )
-
-        hs.get_clock().looping_call(start_cull, THIRTY_MINUTES_IN_MS)
-
     async def add_access_token_to_user(
         self,
         user_id: str,
@@ -1477,22 +1546,6 @@ class RegistrationStore(RegistrationBackgroundUpdateStore):
             start_or_continue_validation_session_txn,
         )
 
-    async def cull_expired_threepid_validation_tokens(self) -> None:
-        """Remove threepid validation tokens with expiry dates that have passed"""
-
-        def cull_expired_threepid_validation_tokens_txn(txn, ts):
-            sql = """
-            DELETE FROM threepid_validation_token WHERE
-            expires < ?
-            """
-            txn.execute(sql, (ts,))
-
-        await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
-            "cull_expired_threepid_validation_tokens",
-            cull_expired_threepid_validation_tokens_txn,
-            self.clock.time_msec(),
-        )
-
     async def set_user_deactivated_status(
         self, user_id: str, deactivated: bool
     ) -> None:
@@ -1522,61 +1575,6 @@ class RegistrationStore(RegistrationBackgroundUpdateStore):
         )
         txn.call_after(self.is_guest.invalidate, (user_id,))
 
-    async def _set_expiration_date_when_missing(self):
-        """
-        Retrieves the list of registered users that don't have an expiration date, and
-        adds an expiration date for each of them.
-        """
-
-        def select_users_with_no_expiration_date_txn(txn):
-            """Retrieves the list of registered users with no expiration date from the
-            database, filtering out deactivated users.
-            """
-            sql = (
-                "SELECT users.name FROM users"
-                " LEFT JOIN account_validity ON (users.name = account_validity.user_id)"
-                " WHERE account_validity.user_id is NULL AND users.deactivated = 0;"
-            )
-            txn.execute(sql, [])
-
-            res = self.db_pool.cursor_to_dict(txn)
-            if res:
-                for user in res:
-                    self.set_expiration_date_for_user_txn(
-                        txn, user["name"], use_delta=True
-                    )
-
-        await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
-            "get_users_with_no_expiration_date",
-            select_users_with_no_expiration_date_txn,
-        )
-
-    def set_expiration_date_for_user_txn(self, txn, user_id, use_delta=False):
-        """Sets an expiration date to the account with the given user ID.
-
-        Args:
-             user_id (str): User ID to set an expiration date for.
-             use_delta (bool): If set to False, the expiration date for the user will be
-                now + validity period. If set to True, this expiration date will be a
-                random value in the [now + period - d ; now + period] range, d being a
-                delta equal to 10% of the validity period.
-        """
-        now_ms = self._clock.time_msec()
-        expiration_ts = now_ms + self._account_validity.period
-
-        if use_delta:
-            expiration_ts = self.rand.randrange(
-                expiration_ts - self._account_validity.startup_job_max_delta,
-                expiration_ts,
-            )
-
-        self.db_pool.simple_upsert_txn(
-            txn,
-            "account_validity",
-            keyvalues={"user_id": user_id},
-            values={"expiration_ts_ms": expiration_ts, "email_sent": False},
-        )
-
 
 def find_max_generated_user_id_localpart(cur: Cursor) -> int:
     """
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/roommember.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/roommember.py
index bae1bd22d3..20fcdaa529 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/roommember.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/roommember.py
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ class RoomMemberWorkerStore(EventsWorkerStore):
         self._check_safe_current_state_events_membership_updated_txn(txn)
         txn.close()
 
-        if self.hs.config.metrics_flags.known_servers:
+        if (
+            self.hs.config.run_background_tasks
+            and self.hs.config.metrics_flags.known_servers
+        ):
             self._known_servers_count = 1
             self.hs.get_clock().looping_call(
                 run_as_background_process,
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/transactions.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/transactions.py
index 97aed1500e..7d46090267 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/transactions.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/transactions.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from typing import Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 from canonicaljson import encode_canonical_json
 
-from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
+from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import wrap_as_background_process
 from synapse.storage._base import SQLBaseStore, db_to_json
 from synapse.storage.database import DatabasePool, LoggingTransaction
 from synapse.storage.engines import PostgresEngine, Sqlite3Engine
@@ -43,15 +43,33 @@ _UpdateTransactionRow = namedtuple(
 SENTINEL = object()
 
 
-class TransactionStore(SQLBaseStore):
+class TransactionWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
+    def __init__(self, database: DatabasePool, db_conn, hs):
+        super().__init__(database, db_conn, hs)
+
+        if hs.config.run_background_tasks:
+            self._clock.looping_call(self._cleanup_transactions, 30 * 60 * 1000)
+
+    @wrap_as_background_process("cleanup_transactions")
+    async def _cleanup_transactions(self) -> None:
+        now = self._clock.time_msec()
+        month_ago = now - 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
+
+        def _cleanup_transactions_txn(txn):
+            txn.execute("DELETE FROM received_transactions WHERE ts < ?", (month_ago,))
+
+        await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
+            "_cleanup_transactions", _cleanup_transactions_txn
+        )
+
+
+class TransactionStore(TransactionWorkerStore):
     """A collection of queries for handling PDUs.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, database: DatabasePool, db_conn, hs):
         super().__init__(database, db_conn, hs)
 
-        self._clock.looping_call(self._start_cleanup_transactions, 30 * 60 * 1000)
-
         self._destination_retry_cache = ExpiringCache(
             cache_name="get_destination_retry_timings",
             clock=self._clock,
@@ -266,22 +284,6 @@ class TransactionStore(SQLBaseStore):
                 },
             )
 
-    def _start_cleanup_transactions(self):
-        return run_as_background_process(
-            "cleanup_transactions", self._cleanup_transactions
-        )
-
-    async def _cleanup_transactions(self) -> None:
-        now = self._clock.time_msec()
-        month_ago = now - 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
-
-        def _cleanup_transactions_txn(txn):
-            txn.execute("DELETE FROM received_transactions WHERE ts < ?", (month_ago,))
-
-        await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
-            "_cleanup_transactions", _cleanup_transactions_txn
-        )
-
     async def store_destination_rooms_entries(
         self, destinations: Iterable[str], room_id: str, stream_ordering: int,
     ) -> None: