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-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/transactions.py42
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v1/admin.py34
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v1/base.py6
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v1/logout.py5
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v1/presence.py8
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v1/pusher.py3
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v1/register.py20
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py30
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/auth.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/groups.py28
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/notifications.py2
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py42
-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py4
14 files changed, 127 insertions, 101 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/transactions.py b/synapse/rest/client/transactions.py
index fceca2edeb..20fa6678ef 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/transactions.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/transactions.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import logging
 
 from synapse.api.auth import get_access_token_from_request
 from synapse.util.async import ObservableDeferred
+from synapse.util.logcontext import make_deferred_yieldable, run_in_background
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -80,27 +81,26 @@ class HttpTransactionCache(object):
         Returns:
             Deferred which resolves to a tuple of (response_code, response_dict).
         """
-        try:
-            return self.transactions[txn_key][0].observe()
-        except (KeyError, IndexError):
-            pass  # execute the function instead.
-
-        deferred = fn(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        # if the request fails with a Twisted failure, remove it
-        # from the transaction map. This is done to ensure that we don't
-        # cache transient errors like rate-limiting errors, etc.
-        def remove_from_map(err):
-            self.transactions.pop(txn_key, None)
-            return err
-        deferred.addErrback(remove_from_map)
-
-        # We don't add any other errbacks to the raw deferred, so we ask
-        # ObservableDeferred to swallow the error. This is fine as the error will
-        # still be reported to the observers.
-        observable = ObservableDeferred(deferred, consumeErrors=True)
-        self.transactions[txn_key] = (observable, self.clock.time_msec())
-        return observable.observe()
+        if txn_key in self.transactions:
+            observable = self.transactions[txn_key][0]
+        else:
+            # execute the function instead.
+            deferred = run_in_background(fn, *args, **kwargs)
+
+            observable = ObservableDeferred(deferred)
+            self.transactions[txn_key] = (observable, self.clock.time_msec())
+
+            # if the request fails with an exception, remove it
+            # from the transaction map. This is done to ensure that we don't
+            # cache transient errors like rate-limiting errors, etc.
+            def remove_from_map(err):
+                self.transactions.pop(txn_key, None)
+                # we deliberately do not propagate the error any further, as we
+                # expect the observers to have reported it.
+
+            deferred.addErrback(remove_from_map)
+
+        return make_deferred_yieldable(observable.observe())
 
     def _cleanup(self):
         now = self.clock.time_msec()
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/admin.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/admin.py
index 303419d281..6835a7bba2 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/admin.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/admin.py
@@ -151,10 +151,11 @@ class PurgeHistoryRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
             if event.room_id != room_id:
                 raise SynapseError(400, "Event is for wrong room.")
 
-            depth = event.depth
+            token = yield self.store.get_topological_token_for_event(event_id)
+
             logger.info(
-                "[purge] purging up to depth %i (event_id %s)",
-                depth, event_id,
+                "[purge] purging up to token %s (event_id %s)",
+                token, event_id,
             )
         elif 'purge_up_to_ts' in body:
             ts = body['purge_up_to_ts']
@@ -168,15 +169,30 @@ class PurgeHistoryRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
                 yield self.store.find_first_stream_ordering_after_ts(ts)
             )
 
-            (_, depth, _) = (
+            room_event_after_stream_ordering = (
                 yield self.store.get_room_event_after_stream_ordering(
                     room_id, stream_ordering,
                 )
             )
+            if room_event_after_stream_ordering:
+                token = yield self.store.get_topological_token_for_event(
+                    room_event_after_stream_ordering,
+                )
+            else:
+                logger.warn(
+                    "[purge] purging events not possible: No event found "
+                    "(received_ts %i => stream_ordering %i)",
+                    ts, stream_ordering,
+                )
+                raise SynapseError(
+                    404,
+                    "there is no event to be purged",
+                    errcode=Codes.NOT_FOUND,
+                )
             logger.info(
-                "[purge] purging up to depth %i (received_ts %i => "
+                "[purge] purging up to token %d (received_ts %i => "
                 "stream_ordering %i)",
-                depth, ts, stream_ordering,
+                token, ts, stream_ordering,
             )
         else:
             raise SynapseError(
@@ -186,7 +202,7 @@ class PurgeHistoryRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
             )
 
         purge_id = yield self.handlers.message_handler.start_purge_history(
-            room_id, depth,
+            room_id, token,
             delete_local_events=delete_local_events,
         )
 
@@ -260,8 +276,8 @@ class ShutdownRoomRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
     def __init__(self, hs):
         super(ShutdownRoomRestServlet, self).__init__(hs)
         self.store = hs.get_datastore()
-        self.handlers = hs.get_handlers()
         self.state = hs.get_state_handler()
+        self._room_creation_handler = hs.get_room_creation_handler()
         self.event_creation_handler = hs.get_event_creation_handler()
         self.room_member_handler = hs.get_room_member_handler()
 
@@ -283,7 +299,7 @@ class ShutdownRoomRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
         message = content.get("message", self.DEFAULT_MESSAGE)
         room_name = content.get("room_name", "Content Violation Notification")
 
-        info = yield self.handlers.room_creation_handler.create_room(
+        info = yield self._room_creation_handler.create_room(
             room_creator_requester,
             config={
                 "preset": "public_chat",
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/base.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/base.py
index c7aa0bbf59..197335d7aa 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/base.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/base.py
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ class ClientV1RestServlet(RestServlet):
     """A base Synapse REST Servlet for the client version 1 API.
     """
 
+    # This subclass was presumably created to allow the auth for the v1
+    # protocol version to be different, however this behaviour was removed.
+    # it may no longer be necessary
+
     def __init__(self, hs):
         """
         Args:
@@ -59,5 +63,5 @@ class ClientV1RestServlet(RestServlet):
         """
         self.hs = hs
         self.builder_factory = hs.get_event_builder_factory()
-        self.auth = hs.get_v1auth()
+        self.auth = hs.get_auth()
         self.txns = HttpTransactionCache(hs.get_clock())
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
index 45844aa2d2..34df5be4e9 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from .base import ClientV1RestServlet, client_path_patterns
 
 import simplejson as json
 import urllib
-import urlparse
+from six.moves.urllib import parse as urlparse
 
 import logging
 from saml2 import BINDING_HTTP_POST
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/logout.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/logout.py
index ca49955935..e092158cb7 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/logout.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/logout.py
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ class LogoutRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
             requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
         except AuthError:
             # this implies the access token has already been deleted.
-            pass
+            defer.returnValue((401, {
+                "errcode": "M_UNKNOWN_TOKEN",
+                "error": "Access Token unknown or expired"
+            }))
         else:
             if requester.device_id is None:
                 # the acccess token wasn't associated with a device.
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/presence.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/presence.py
index 4a73813c58..647994bd53 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/presence.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/presence.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ from synapse.handlers.presence import format_user_presence_state
 from synapse.http.servlet import parse_json_object_from_request
 from .base import ClientV1RestServlet, client_path_patterns
 
+from six import string_types
+
 import logging
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ class PresenceStatusRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
 
             if "status_msg" in content:
                 state["status_msg"] = content.pop("status_msg")
-                if not isinstance(state["status_msg"], basestring):
+                if not isinstance(state["status_msg"], string_types):
                     raise SynapseError(400, "status_msg must be a string.")
 
             if content:
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ class PresenceListRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
 
         if "invite" in content:
             for u in content["invite"]:
-                if not isinstance(u, basestring):
+                if not isinstance(u, string_types):
                     raise SynapseError(400, "Bad invite value.")
                 if len(u) == 0:
                     continue
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ class PresenceListRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
 
         if "drop" in content:
             for u in content["drop"]:
-                if not isinstance(u, basestring):
+                if not isinstance(u, string_types):
                     raise SynapseError(400, "Bad drop value.")
                 if len(u) == 0:
                     continue
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/pusher.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/pusher.py
index 1819a560cb..40e523cc5f 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/pusher.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/pusher.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class PushersRemoveRestServlet(RestServlet):
         super(RestServlet, self).__init__()
         self.hs = hs
         self.notifier = hs.get_notifier()
-        self.auth = hs.get_v1auth()
+        self.auth = hs.get_auth()
         self.pusher_pool = self.hs.get_pusherpool()
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ class PushersRemoveRestServlet(RestServlet):
 
         request.setResponseCode(200)
         request.setHeader(b"Content-Type", b"text/html; charset=utf-8")
-        request.setHeader(b"Server", self.hs.version_string)
         request.setHeader(b"Content-Length", b"%d" % (
             len(PushersRemoveRestServlet.SUCCESS_HTML),
         ))
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/register.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/register.py
index 5c5fa8f7ab..9b3022e0b0 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/register.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/register.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ from hashlib import sha1
 import hmac
 import logging
 
+from six import string_types
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -333,11 +335,11 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
     def _do_shared_secret(self, request, register_json, session):
         yield run_on_reactor()
 
-        if not isinstance(register_json.get("mac", None), basestring):
+        if not isinstance(register_json.get("mac", None), string_types):
             raise SynapseError(400, "Expected mac.")
-        if not isinstance(register_json.get("user", None), basestring):
+        if not isinstance(register_json.get("user", None), string_types):
             raise SynapseError(400, "Expected 'user' key.")
-        if not isinstance(register_json.get("password", None), basestring):
+        if not isinstance(register_json.get("password", None), string_types):
             raise SynapseError(400, "Expected 'password' key.")
 
         if not self.hs.config.registration_shared_secret:
@@ -348,9 +350,9 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
         admin = register_json.get("admin", None)
 
         # Its important to check as we use null bytes as HMAC field separators
-        if "\x00" in user:
+        if b"\x00" in user:
             raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid user")
-        if "\x00" in password:
+        if b"\x00" in password:
             raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid password")
 
         # str() because otherwise hmac complains that 'unicode' does not
@@ -358,14 +360,14 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
         got_mac = str(register_json["mac"])
 
         want_mac = hmac.new(
-            key=self.hs.config.registration_shared_secret,
+            key=self.hs.config.registration_shared_secret.encode(),
             digestmod=sha1,
         )
         want_mac.update(user)
-        want_mac.update("\x00")
+        want_mac.update(b"\x00")
         want_mac.update(password)
-        want_mac.update("\x00")
-        want_mac.update("admin" if admin else "notadmin")
+        want_mac.update(b"\x00")
+        want_mac.update(b"admin" if admin else b"notadmin")
         want_mac = want_mac.hexdigest()
 
         if compare_digest(want_mac, got_mac):
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py
index f8999d64d7..0b984987ed 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ from synapse.http.servlet import (
     parse_json_object_from_request, parse_string, parse_integer
 )
 
+from six.moves.urllib import parse as urlparse
+
 import logging
-import urllib
-import ujson as json
+import simplejson as json
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ class RoomCreateRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
 
     def __init__(self, hs):
         super(RoomCreateRestServlet, self).__init__(hs)
-        self.handlers = hs.get_handlers()
+        self._room_creation_handler = hs.get_room_creation_handler()
 
     def register(self, http_server):
         PATTERNS = "/createRoom"
@@ -63,8 +64,7 @@ class RoomCreateRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
     def on_POST(self, request):
         requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
 
-        handler = self.handlers.room_creation_handler
-        info = yield handler.create_room(
+        info = yield self._room_creation_handler.create_room(
             requester, self.get_room_config(request)
         )
 
@@ -165,17 +165,12 @@ class RoomStateEventRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
                 content=content,
             )
         else:
-            event, context = yield self.event_creation_hander.create_event(
+            event = yield self.event_creation_hander.create_and_send_nonmember_event(
                 requester,
                 event_dict,
-                token_id=requester.access_token_id,
                 txn_id=txn_id,
             )
 
-            yield self.event_creation_hander.send_nonmember_event(
-                requester, event, context,
-            )
-
         ret = {}
         if event:
             ret = {"event_id": event.event_id}
@@ -438,7 +433,7 @@ class RoomMessageListRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
         as_client_event = "raw" not in request.args
         filter_bytes = request.args.get("filter", None)
         if filter_bytes:
-            filter_json = urllib.unquote(filter_bytes[-1]).decode("UTF-8")
+            filter_json = urlparse.unquote(filter_bytes[-1]).decode("UTF-8")
             event_filter = Filter(json.loads(filter_json))
         else:
             event_filter = None
@@ -655,7 +650,12 @@ class RoomMembershipRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
             content=event_content,
         )
 
-        defer.returnValue((200, {}))
+        return_value = {}
+
+        if membership_action == "join":
+            return_value["room_id"] = room_id
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, return_value))
 
     def _has_3pid_invite_keys(self, content):
         for key in {"id_server", "medium", "address"}:
@@ -718,8 +718,8 @@ class RoomTypingRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
     def on_PUT(self, request, room_id, user_id):
         requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
 
-        room_id = urllib.unquote(room_id)
-        target_user = UserID.from_string(urllib.unquote(user_id))
+        room_id = urlparse.unquote(room_id)
+        target_user = UserID.from_string(urlparse.unquote(user_id))
 
         content = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
 
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/auth.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/auth.py
index 8e5577148f..d6f3a19648 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/auth.py
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ class AuthRestServlet(RestServlet):
             html_bytes = html.encode("utf8")
             request.setResponseCode(200)
             request.setHeader(b"Content-Type", b"text/html; charset=utf-8")
-            request.setHeader(b"Server", self.hs.version_string)
             request.setHeader(b"Content-Length", b"%d" % (len(html_bytes),))
 
             request.write(html_bytes)
@@ -175,7 +174,6 @@ class AuthRestServlet(RestServlet):
             html_bytes = html.encode("utf8")
             request.setResponseCode(200)
             request.setHeader(b"Content-Type", b"text/html; charset=utf-8")
-            request.setHeader(b"Server", self.hs.version_string)
             request.setHeader(b"Content-Length", b"%d" % (len(html_bytes),))
 
             request.write(html_bytes)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/groups.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/groups.py
index f762dbfa9a..3bb1ec2af6 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/groups.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/groups.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright 2017 Vector Creations Ltd
+# Copyright 2018 New Vector Ltd
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -401,6 +402,32 @@ class GroupInvitedUsersServlet(RestServlet):
         defer.returnValue((200, result))
 
 
+class GroupSettingJoinPolicyServlet(RestServlet):
+    """Set group join policy
+    """
+    PATTERNS = client_v2_patterns("/groups/(?P<group_id>[^/]*)/settings/m.join_policy$")
+
+    def __init__(self, hs):
+        super(GroupSettingJoinPolicyServlet, self).__init__()
+        self.auth = hs.get_auth()
+        self.groups_handler = hs.get_groups_local_handler()
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def on_PUT(self, request, group_id):
+        requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
+        requester_user_id = requester.user.to_string()
+
+        content = parse_json_object_from_request(request)
+
+        result = yield self.groups_handler.set_group_join_policy(
+            group_id,
+            requester_user_id,
+            content,
+        )
+
+        defer.returnValue((200, result))
+
+
 class GroupCreateServlet(RestServlet):
     """Create a group
     """
@@ -738,6 +765,7 @@ def register_servlets(hs, http_server):
     GroupInvitedUsersServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     GroupUsersServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     GroupRoomServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+    GroupSettingJoinPolicyServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     GroupCreateServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     GroupAdminRoomsServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     GroupAdminRoomsConfigServlet(hs).register(http_server)
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/notifications.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/notifications.py
index ec170109fe..66583d6778 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/notifications.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/notifications.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class NotificationsServlet(RestServlet):
                     pa["topological_ordering"], pa["stream_ordering"]
                 )
             returned_push_actions.append(returned_pa)
-            next_token = pa["stream_ordering"]
+            next_token = str(pa["stream_ordering"])
 
         defer.returnValue((200, {
             "notifications": returned_push_actions,
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
index 0ba62bddc1..5cab00aea9 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/register.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import synapse
 import synapse.types
 from synapse.api.auth import get_access_token_from_request, has_access_token
 from synapse.api.constants import LoginType
-from synapse.types import RoomID, RoomAlias
 from synapse.api.errors import SynapseError, Codes, UnrecognizedRequestError
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
     RestServlet, parse_json_object_from_request, assert_params_in_request, parse_string
@@ -36,6 +35,8 @@ from hashlib import sha1
 from synapse.util.async import run_on_reactor
 from synapse.util.ratelimitutils import FederationRateLimiter
 
+from six import string_types
+
 
 # We ought to be using hmac.compare_digest() but on older pythons it doesn't
 # exist. It's a _really minor_ security flaw to use plain string comparison
@@ -211,14 +212,14 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
         # in sessions. Pull out the username/password provided to us.
         desired_password = None
         if 'password' in body:
-            if (not isinstance(body['password'], basestring) or
+            if (not isinstance(body['password'], string_types) or
                     len(body['password']) > 512):
                 raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid password")
             desired_password = body["password"]
 
         desired_username = None
         if 'username' in body:
-            if (not isinstance(body['username'], basestring) or
+            if (not isinstance(body['username'], string_types) or
                     len(body['username']) > 512):
                 raise SynapseError(400, "Invalid username")
             desired_username = body['username']
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
 
             access_token = get_access_token_from_request(request)
 
-            if isinstance(desired_username, basestring):
+            if isinstance(desired_username, string_types):
                 result = yield self._do_appservice_registration(
                     desired_username, access_token, body
                 )
@@ -405,14 +406,6 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
                 generate_token=False,
             )
 
-            # auto-join the user to any rooms we're supposed to dump them into
-            fake_requester = synapse.types.create_requester(registered_user_id)
-            for r in self.hs.config.auto_join_rooms:
-                try:
-                    yield self._join_user_to_room(fake_requester, r)
-                except Exception as e:
-                    logger.error("Failed to join new user to %r: %r", r, e)
-
             # remember that we've now registered that user account, and with
             #  what user ID (since the user may not have specified)
             self.auth_handler.set_session_data(
@@ -446,29 +439,6 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
         return 200, {}
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def _join_user_to_room(self, requester, room_identifier):
-        room_id = None
-        if RoomID.is_valid(room_identifier):
-            room_id = room_identifier
-        elif RoomAlias.is_valid(room_identifier):
-            room_alias = RoomAlias.from_string(room_identifier)
-            room_id, remote_room_hosts = (
-                yield self.room_member_handler.lookup_room_alias(room_alias)
-            )
-            room_id = room_id.to_string()
-        else:
-            raise SynapseError(400, "%s was not legal room ID or room alias" % (
-                room_identifier,
-            ))
-
-        yield self.room_member_handler.update_membership(
-            requester=requester,
-            target=requester.user,
-            room_id=room_id,
-            action="join",
-        )
-
-    @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _do_appservice_registration(self, username, as_token, body):
         user_id = yield self.registration_handler.appservice_register(
             username, as_token
@@ -496,7 +466,7 @@ class RegisterRestServlet(RestServlet):
         # includes the password and admin flag in the hashed text. Why are
         # these different?
         want_mac = hmac.new(
-            key=self.hs.config.registration_shared_secret,
+            key=self.hs.config.registration_shared_secret.encode(),
             msg=user,
             digestmod=sha1,
         ).hexdigest()
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py
index eb91c0b293..a291cffbf1 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/sync.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class SyncRestServlet(RestServlet):
         self.clock = hs.get_clock()
         self.filtering = hs.get_filtering()
         self.presence_handler = hs.get_presence_handler()
+        self._server_notices_sender = hs.get_server_notices_sender()
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def on_GET(self, request):
@@ -149,6 +150,9 @@ class SyncRestServlet(RestServlet):
         else:
             since_token = None
 
+        # send any outstanding server notices to the user.
+        yield self._server_notices_sender.on_user_syncing(user.to_string())
+
         affect_presence = set_presence != PresenceState.OFFLINE
 
         if affect_presence: