1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/state.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/state.py
index f70705a0af..0b10af0e58 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/state.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/state.py
@@ -430,6 +430,11 @@ class StateGroupWorkerStore(EventsWorkerStore, SQLBaseStore):
             updatevalues={"state_group": state_group},
         )
 
+        # the event may now be rejected where it was not before, or vice versa,
+        # in which case we need to update the rejected flags.
+        if bool(context.rejected) != (event.rejected_reason is not None):
+            self.mark_event_rejected_txn(txn, event.event_id, context.rejected)
+
         self.db_pool.simple_delete_one_txn(
             txn,
             table="partial_state_events",