3 files changed, 22 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
index 48f26db67c..e501251b6e 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from prometheus_client import Counter
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 from twisted.internet.abstract import isIPAddress
+from twisted.python import failure
 
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
 from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, FederationError, NotFoundError, SynapseError
@@ -186,8 +187,12 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
                     logger.warn("Error handling PDU %s: %s", event_id, e)
                     pdu_results[event_id] = {"error": str(e)}
                 except Exception as e:
+                    f = failure.Failure()
                     pdu_results[event_id] = {"error": str(e)}
-                    logger.exception("Failed to handle PDU %s", event_id)
+                    logger.error(
+                        "Failed to handle PDU %s: %s",
+                        event_id, f.getTraceback().rstrip(),
+                    )
 
         yield async.concurrently_execute(
             process_pdus_for_room, pdus_by_room.keys(),
@@ -203,8 +208,8 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase):
                 )
 
         pdu_failures = getattr(transaction, "pdu_failures", [])
-        for failure in pdu_failures:
-            logger.info("Got failure %r", failure)
+        for fail in pdu_failures:
+            logger.info("Got failure %r", fail)
 
         response = {
             "pdus": pdu_results,
diff --git a/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py b/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py
index 5a956ecfb3..6996d6b695 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ from synapse.metrics import (
     sent_edus_counter,
     sent_transactions_counter,
 )
-from synapse.util import PreserveLoggingContext, logcontext
+from synapse.metrics.background_process_metrics import run_as_background_process
+from synapse.util import logcontext
 from synapse.util.metrics import measure_func
 from synapse.util.retryutils import NotRetryingDestination, get_retry_limiter
 
@@ -165,10 +166,11 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
         if self._is_processing:
             return
 
-        # fire off a processing loop in the background. It's likely it will
-        # outlast the current request, so run it in the sentinel logcontext.
-        with PreserveLoggingContext():
-            self._process_event_queue_loop()
+        # fire off a processing loop in the background
+        run_as_background_process(
+            "process_event_queue_for_federation",
+            self._process_event_queue_loop,
+        )
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _process_event_queue_loop(self):
@@ -432,14 +434,11 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
 
         logger.debug("TX [%s] Starting transaction loop", destination)
 
-        # Drop the logcontext before starting the transaction. It doesn't
-        # really make sense to log all the outbound transactions against
-        # whatever path led us to this point: that's pretty arbitrary really.
-        #
-        # (this also means we can fire off _perform_transaction without
-        # yielding)
-        with logcontext.PreserveLoggingContext():
-            self._transaction_transmission_loop(destination)
+        run_as_background_process(
+            "federation_transaction_transmission_loop",
+            self._transaction_transmission_loop,
+            destination,
+        )
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _transaction_transmission_loop(self, destination):
diff --git a/synapse/federation/transport/server.py b/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
index c9beca27c2..8574898f0c 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
@@ -404,10 +404,10 @@ class FederationMakeLeaveServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
 
 
 class FederationSendLeaveServlet(BaseFederationServlet):
-    PATH = "/send_leave/(?P<room_id>[^/]*)/(?P<txid>[^/]*)"
+    PATH = "/send_leave/(?P<room_id>[^/]*)/(?P<event_id>[^/]*)"
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def on_PUT(self, origin, content, query, room_id, txid):
+    def on_PUT(self, origin, content, query, room_id, event_id):
         content = yield self.handler.on_send_leave_request(origin, content)
         defer.returnValue((200, content))