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diff --git a/synapse/http/federation/well_known_resolver.py b/synapse/http/federation/well_known_resolver.py
index d2866ff67d..7ddfad286d 100644
--- a/synapse/http/federation/well_known_resolver.py
+++ b/synapse/http/federation/well_known_resolver.py
@@ -32,22 +32,40 @@ from synapse.util.metrics import Measure
 # period to cache .well-known results for by default
 WELL_KNOWN_DEFAULT_CACHE_PERIOD = 24 * 3600
 
-# jitter to add to the .well-known default cache ttl
-WELL_KNOWN_DEFAULT_CACHE_PERIOD_JITTER = 10 * 60
+# jitter factor to add to the .well-known default cache ttls
+WELL_KNOWN_DEFAULT_CACHE_PERIOD_JITTER = 0.1
 
 # period to cache failure to fetch .well-known for
 WELL_KNOWN_INVALID_CACHE_PERIOD = 1 * 3600
 
+# period to cache failure to fetch .well-known if there has recently been a
+# valid well-known for that domain.
+WELL_KNOWN_DOWN_CACHE_PERIOD = 2 * 60
+
+# period to remember there was a valid well-known after valid record expires
+WELL_KNOWN_REMEMBER_DOMAIN_HAD_VALID = 2 * 3600
+
 # cap for .well-known cache period
 WELL_KNOWN_MAX_CACHE_PERIOD = 48 * 3600
 
 # lower bound for .well-known cache period
 WELL_KNOWN_MIN_CACHE_PERIOD = 5 * 60
 
+# Attempt to refetch a cached well-known N% of the TTL before it expires.
+# e.g. if set to 0.2 and we have a cached entry with a TTL of 5mins, then
+# we'll start trying to refetch 1 minute before it expires.
+WELL_KNOWN_GRACE_PERIOD_FACTOR = 0.2
+
+# Number of times we retry fetching a well-known for a domain we know recently
+# had a valid entry.
+WELL_KNOWN_RETRY_ATTEMPTS = 3
+
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 _well_known_cache = TTLCache("well-known")
+_had_valid_well_known_cache = TTLCache("had-valid-well-known")
 
 
 @attr.s(slots=True, frozen=True)
@@ -59,14 +77,20 @@ class WellKnownResolver(object):
     """Handles well-known lookups for matrix servers.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, reactor, agent, well_known_cache=None):
+    def __init__(
+        self, reactor, agent, well_known_cache=None, had_well_known_cache=None
+    ):
         self._reactor = reactor
         self._clock = Clock(reactor)
 
         if well_known_cache is None:
             well_known_cache = _well_known_cache
 
+        if had_well_known_cache is None:
+            had_well_known_cache = _had_valid_well_known_cache
+
         self._well_known_cache = well_known_cache
+        self._had_valid_well_known_cache = had_well_known_cache
         self._well_known_agent = RedirectAgent(agent)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
@@ -80,59 +104,86 @@ class WellKnownResolver(object):
             Deferred[WellKnownLookupResult]: The result of the lookup
         """
         try:
-            result = self._well_known_cache[server_name]
+            prev_result, expiry, ttl = self._well_known_cache.get_with_expiry(
+                server_name
+            )
+
+            now = self._clock.time()
+            if now < expiry - WELL_KNOWN_GRACE_PERIOD_FACTOR * ttl:
+                return WellKnownLookupResult(delegated_server=prev_result)
         except KeyError:
-            # TODO: should we linearise so that we don't end up doing two .well-known
-            # requests for the same server in parallel?
+            prev_result = None
+
+        # TODO: should we linearise so that we don't end up doing two .well-known
+        # requests for the same server in parallel?
+        try:
             with Measure(self._clock, "get_well_known"):
-                result, cache_period = yield self._do_get_well_known(server_name)
+                result, cache_period = yield self._fetch_well_known(server_name)
+
+        except _FetchWellKnownFailure as e:
+            if prev_result and e.temporary:
+                # This is a temporary failure and we have a still valid cached
+                # result, so lets return that. Hopefully the next time we ask
+                # the remote will be back up again.
+                return WellKnownLookupResult(delegated_server=prev_result)
+
+            result = None
+
+            if self._had_valid_well_known_cache.get(server_name, False):
+                # We have recently seen a valid well-known record for this
+                # server, so we cache the lack of well-known for a shorter time.
+                cache_period = WELL_KNOWN_DOWN_CACHE_PERIOD
+            else:
+                cache_period = WELL_KNOWN_INVALID_CACHE_PERIOD
+
+            # add some randomness to the TTL to avoid a stampeding herd
+            cache_period *= random.uniform(
+                1 - WELL_KNOWN_DEFAULT_CACHE_PERIOD_JITTER,
+                1 + WELL_KNOWN_DEFAULT_CACHE_PERIOD_JITTER,
+            )
 
-            if cache_period > 0:
-                self._well_known_cache.set(server_name, result, cache_period)
+        if cache_period > 0:
+            self._well_known_cache.set(server_name, result, cache_period)
 
         return WellKnownLookupResult(delegated_server=result)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def _do_get_well_known(self, server_name):
+    def _fetch_well_known(self, server_name):
         """Actually fetch and parse a .well-known, without checking the cache
 
         Args:
             server_name (bytes): name of the server, from the requested url
 
+        Raises:
+            _FetchWellKnownFailure if we fail to lookup a result
+
         Returns:
-            Deferred[Tuple[bytes|None|object],int]:
-                result, cache period, where result is one of:
-                 - the new server name from the .well-known (as a `bytes`)
-                 - None if there was no .well-known file.
-                 - INVALID_WELL_KNOWN if the .well-known was invalid
+            Deferred[Tuple[bytes,int]]: The lookup result and cache period.
         """
-        uri = b"https://%s/.well-known/matrix/server" % (server_name,)
-        uri_str = uri.decode("ascii")
-        logger.info("Fetching %s", uri_str)
+
+        had_valid_well_known = self._had_valid_well_known_cache.get(server_name, False)
+
+        # We do this in two steps to differentiate between possibly transient
+        # errors (e.g. can't connect to host, 503 response) and more permenant
+        # errors (such as getting a 404 response).
+        response, body = yield self._make_well_known_request(
+            server_name, retry=had_valid_well_known
+        )
+
         try:
-            response = yield make_deferred_yieldable(
-                self._well_known_agent.request(b"GET", uri)
-            )
-            body = yield make_deferred_yieldable(readBody(response))
             if response.code != 200:
                 raise Exception("Non-200 response %s" % (response.code,))
 
             parsed_body = json.loads(body.decode("utf-8"))
             logger.info("Response from .well-known: %s", parsed_body)
-            if not isinstance(parsed_body, dict):
-                raise Exception("not a dict")
-            if "m.server" not in parsed_body:
-                raise Exception("Missing key 'm.server'")
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.info("Error fetching %s: %s", uri_str, e)
-
-            # add some randomness to the TTL to avoid a stampeding herd every hour
-            # after startup
-            cache_period = WELL_KNOWN_INVALID_CACHE_PERIOD
-            cache_period += random.uniform(0, WELL_KNOWN_DEFAULT_CACHE_PERIOD_JITTER)
-            return (None, cache_period)
 
-        result = parsed_body["m.server"].encode("ascii")
+            result = parsed_body["m.server"].encode("ascii")
+        except defer.CancelledError:
+            # Bail if we've been cancelled
+            raise
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.info("Error parsing well-known for %s: %s", server_name, e)
+            raise _FetchWellKnownFailure(temporary=False)
 
         cache_period = _cache_period_from_headers(
             response.headers, time_now=self._reactor.seconds
@@ -141,12 +192,68 @@ class WellKnownResolver(object):
             cache_period = WELL_KNOWN_DEFAULT_CACHE_PERIOD
             # add some randomness to the TTL to avoid a stampeding herd every 24 hours
             # after startup
-            cache_period += random.uniform(0, WELL_KNOWN_DEFAULT_CACHE_PERIOD_JITTER)
+            cache_period *= random.uniform(
+                1 - WELL_KNOWN_DEFAULT_CACHE_PERIOD_JITTER,
+                1 + WELL_KNOWN_DEFAULT_CACHE_PERIOD_JITTER,
+            )
         else:
             cache_period = min(cache_period, WELL_KNOWN_MAX_CACHE_PERIOD)
             cache_period = max(cache_period, WELL_KNOWN_MIN_CACHE_PERIOD)
 
-        return (result, cache_period)
+        # We got a success, mark as such in the cache
+        self._had_valid_well_known_cache.set(
+            server_name,
+            bool(result),
+            cache_period + WELL_KNOWN_REMEMBER_DOMAIN_HAD_VALID,
+        )
+
+        return result, cache_period
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _make_well_known_request(self, server_name, retry):
+        """Make the well known request.
+
+        This will retry the request if requested and it fails (with unable
+        to connect or receives a 5xx error).
+
+        Args:
+            server_name (bytes)
+            retry (bool): Whether to retry the request if it fails.
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[tuple[IResponse, bytes]] Returns the response object and
+            body. Response may be a non-200 response.
+        """
+        uri = b"https://%s/.well-known/matrix/server" % (server_name,)
+        uri_str = uri.decode("ascii")
+
+        i = 0
+        while True:
+            i += 1
+
+            logger.info("Fetching %s", uri_str)
+            try:
+                response = yield make_deferred_yieldable(
+                    self._well_known_agent.request(b"GET", uri)
+                )
+                body = yield make_deferred_yieldable(readBody(response))
+
+                if 500 <= response.code < 600:
+                    raise Exception("Non-200 response %s" % (response.code,))
+
+                return response, body
+            except defer.CancelledError:
+                # Bail if we've been cancelled
+                raise
+            except Exception as e:
+                if not retry or i >= WELL_KNOWN_RETRY_ATTEMPTS:
+                    logger.info("Error fetching %s: %s", uri_str, e)
+                    raise _FetchWellKnownFailure(temporary=True)
+
+                logger.info("Error fetching %s: %s. Retrying", uri_str, e)
+
+            # Sleep briefly in the hopes that they come back up
+            yield self._clock.sleep(0.5)
 
 
 def _cache_period_from_headers(headers, time_now=time.time):
@@ -185,3 +292,10 @@ def _parse_cache_control(headers):
             v = splits[1] if len(splits) > 1 else None
             cache_controls[k] = v
     return cache_controls
+
+
+@attr.s()
+class _FetchWellKnownFailure(Exception):
+    # True if we didn't get a non-5xx HTTP response, i.e. this may or may not be
+    # a temporary failure.
+    temporary = attr.ib()