diff --git a/synapse/storage/events_bg_updates.py b/synapse/storage/events_bg_updates.py
index 5717baf48c..e77a7e28af 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/events_bg_updates.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/events_bg_updates.py
@@ -71,6 +71,19 @@ class EventsBackgroundUpdatesStore(BackgroundUpdateStore):
"redactions_received_ts", self._redactions_received_ts
)
+ # This index gets deleted in `event_fix_redactions_bytes` update
+ self.register_background_index_update(
+ "event_fix_redactions_bytes_create_index",
+ index_name="redactions_censored_redacts",
+ table="redactions",
+ columns=["redacts"],
+ where_clause="have_censored",
+ )
+
+ self.register_background_update_handler(
+ "event_fix_redactions_bytes", self._event_fix_redactions_bytes
+ )
+
@defer.inlineCallbacks
def _background_reindex_fields_sender(self, progress, batch_size):
target_min_stream_id = progress["target_min_stream_id_inclusive"]
@@ -458,3 +471,33 @@ class EventsBackgroundUpdatesStore(BackgroundUpdateStore):
yield self._end_background_update("redactions_received_ts")
return count
+
+ @defer.inlineCallbacks
+ def _event_fix_redactions_bytes(self, progress, batch_size):
+ """Undoes hex encoded censored redacted event JSON.
+ """
+
+ def _event_fix_redactions_bytes_txn(txn):
+ # This update is quite fast due to new index.
+ txn.execute(
+ """
+ UPDATE event_json
+ SET
+ json = convert_from(json::bytea, 'utf8')
+ FROM redactions
+ WHERE
+ redactions.have_censored
+ AND event_json.event_id = redactions.redacts
+ AND json NOT LIKE '{%';
+ """
+ )
+
+ txn.execute("DROP INDEX redactions_censored_redacts")
+
+ yield self.runInteraction(
+ "_event_fix_redactions_bytes", _event_fix_redactions_bytes_txn
+ )
+
+ yield self._end_background_update("event_fix_redactions_bytes")
+
+ return 1
diff --git a/synapse/storage/schema/delta/56/redaction_censor3_fix_update.sql.postgres b/synapse/storage/schema/delta/56/redaction_censor3_fix_update.sql.postgres
index f7bcc5e2f2..67471f3ef5 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/schema/delta/56/redaction_censor3_fix_update.sql.postgres
+++ b/synapse/storage/schema/delta/56/redaction_censor3_fix_update.sql.postgres
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@
-- There was a bug where we may have updated censored redactions as bytes,
--- which can (somehow) cause json to be inserted hex encoded. This goes and
--- undoes any such hex encoded JSON.
-UPDATE event_json SET json = convert_from(json::bytea, 'utf8')
-WHERE event_id IN (
- SELECT event_json.event_id
- FROM event_json
- INNER JOIN redactions ON (event_json.event_id = redacts)
- WHERE have_censored AND json NOT LIKE '{%'
-);
+-- which can (somehow) cause json to be inserted hex encoded. These updates go
+-- and undoes any such hex encoded JSON.
+
+INSERT into background_updates (update_name, progress_json)
+ VALUES ('event_fix_redactions_bytes_create_index', '{}');
+
+INSERT into background_updates (update_name, progress_json, depends_on)
+ VALUES ('event_fix_redactions_bytes', '{}', 'event_fix_redactions_bytes_create_index');
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