1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/events.py b/synapse/storage/events.py
index 06db9e56e6..990a5eaaae 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/events.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/events.py
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ class EventsStore(StateGroupWorkerStore, EventFederationStore, EventsWorkerStore
         new_events = [
             event for event, ctx in event_contexts
             if not event.internal_metadata.is_outlier() and not ctx.rejected
+            and not event.internal_metadata.is_soft_failed()
         ]
 
         # start with the existing forward extremities