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| -rw-r--r-- | synapse/handlers/user_directory.py | 10 |
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diff --git a/synapse/handlers/user_directory.py b/synapse/handlers/user_directory.py index 48d3c48181..7130cc6ee3 100644 --- a/synapse/handlers/user_directory.py +++ b/synapse/handlers/user_directory.py @@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ class UserDirectoyHandler(object): """Handles querying of and keeping updated the user_directory. N.B.: ASSUMES IT IS THE ONLY THING THAT MODIFIES THE USER DIRECTORY + + The user directory is filled with users who this server can see are joined to a + world_readable or publically joinable room. We keep a database table up to date + by streaming changes of the current state and recalculating whether users should + be in the directory or not when necessary. + + For each user in the directory we also store a room_id which is public and that the + user is joined to. This allows us to ignore history_visibility and join_rules changes + for that user in all other public rooms, as we know they'll still be in at least + one public room. """ def __init__(self, hs): |