1 files changed, 28 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room_list.py b/synapse/handlers/room_list.py
index fae2c098e3..6d433fad41 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room_list.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room_list.py
@@ -356,6 +356,12 @@ class RoomListHandler(BaseHandler):
         include_all_networks: bool = False,
         third_party_instance_id: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> JsonDict:
+        """Get the public room list from remote server
+
+        Raises:
+            SynapseError
+        """
+
         if not self.enable_room_list_search:
             return {"chunk": [], "total_room_count_estimate": 0}
 
@@ -395,13 +401,16 @@ class RoomListHandler(BaseHandler):
             limit = None
             since_token = None
 
-        res = await self._get_remote_list_cached(
-            server_name,
-            limit=limit,
-            since_token=since_token,
-            include_all_networks=include_all_networks,
-            third_party_instance_id=third_party_instance_id,
-        )
+        try:
+            res = await self._get_remote_list_cached(
+                server_name,
+                limit=limit,
+                since_token=since_token,
+                include_all_networks=include_all_networks,
+                third_party_instance_id=third_party_instance_id,
+            )
+        except (RequestSendFailed, HttpResponseException):
+            raise SynapseError(502, "Failed to fetch room list")
 
         if search_filter:
             res = {
@@ -423,20 +432,21 @@ class RoomListHandler(BaseHandler):
         include_all_networks: bool = False,
         third_party_instance_id: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> JsonDict:
+        """Wrapper around FederationClient.get_public_rooms that caches the
+        result.
+        """
+
         repl_layer = self.hs.get_federation_client()
         if search_filter:
             # We can't cache when asking for search
-            try:
-                return await repl_layer.get_public_rooms(
-                    server_name,
-                    limit=limit,
-                    since_token=since_token,
-                    search_filter=search_filter,
-                    include_all_networks=include_all_networks,
-                    third_party_instance_id=third_party_instance_id,
-                )
-            except (RequestSendFailed, HttpResponseException):
-                raise SynapseError(502, "Failed to fetch room list")
+            return await repl_layer.get_public_rooms(
+                server_name,
+                limit=limit,
+                since_token=since_token,
+                search_filter=search_filter,
+                include_all_networks=include_all_networks,
+                third_party_instance_id=third_party_instance_id,
+            )
 
         key = (
             server_name,