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Diffstat (limited to 'synapse/storage')
| -rw-r--r-- | synapse/storage/events.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/events.py b/synapse/storage/events.py index 95b36d669b..f3d65f4338 100644 --- a/synapse/storage/events.py +++ b/synapse/storage/events.py @@ -415,10 +415,11 @@ class EventsStore(EventsWorkerStore): # processing one of these events. # What we're interested in is if the latest extremities # were the same when we created the event as they are - # now. We guess this by looking at the prev events and - # checking if they match up, as when this server creates - # a new event it will use the extremities as the prev - # events. + # now. When this server creates a new event (as opposed + # to receiving it over federation) it will use the + # forward extremities as the prev_events, so we can + # guess this by looking at the prev_events and checking + # if they match the current forward extremities. for ev, _ in ev_ctx_rm: prev_event_ids = set(e for e, _ in ev.prev_events) if latest_event_ids == prev_event_ids: |