diff --git a/synapse/util/async_helpers.py b/synapse/util/async_helpers.py
index 9b3f2f4b96..ec7b2c9672 100644
--- a/synapse/util/async_helpers.py
+++ b/synapse/util/async_helpers.py
@@ -374,29 +374,25 @@ class ReadWriteLock(object):
defer.returnValue(_ctx_manager())
-class DeferredTimeoutError(Exception):
- """
- This error is raised by default when a L{Deferred} times out.
- """
-
+def _cancelled_to_timed_out_error(value, timeout):
+ if isinstance(value, failure.Failure):
+ value.trap(CancelledError)
+ raise defer.TimeoutError(timeout, "Deferred")
+ return value
-def add_timeout_to_deferred(deferred, timeout, reactor, on_timeout_cancel=None):
- """
- Add a timeout to a deferred by scheduling it to be cancelled after
- timeout seconds.
- This is essentially a backport of deferred.addTimeout, which was introduced
- in twisted 16.5.
+def timeout_deferred(deferred, timeout, reactor, on_timeout_cancel=None):
+ """The in built twisted `Deferred.addTimeout` fails to time out deferreds
+ that have a canceller that throws exceptions. This method creates a new
+ deferred that wraps and times out the given deferred, correctly handling
+ the case where the given deferred's canceller throws.
- If the deferred gets timed out, it errbacks with a DeferredTimeoutError,
- unless a cancelable function was passed to its initialization or unless
- a different on_timeout_cancel callable is provided.
+ NOTE: Unlike `Deferred.addTimeout`, this function returns a new deferred
Args:
- deferred (defer.Deferred): deferred to be timed out
- timeout (Number): seconds to time out after
- reactor (twisted.internet.reactor): the Twisted reactor to use
-
+ deferred (Deferred)
+ timeout (float): Timeout in seconds
+ reactor (twisted.internet.reactor): The twisted reactor to use
on_timeout_cancel (callable): A callable which is called immediately
after the deferred times out, and not if this deferred is
otherwise cancelled before the timeout.
@@ -406,13 +402,26 @@ def add_timeout_to_deferred(deferred, timeout, reactor, on_timeout_cancel=None):
the timeout.
The default callable (if none is provided) will translate a
- CancelledError Failure into a DeferredTimeoutError.
+ CancelledError Failure into a defer.TimeoutError.
+
+ Returns:
+ Deferred
"""
+
+ new_d = defer.Deferred()
+
timed_out = [False]
def time_it_out():
timed_out[0] = True
- deferred.cancel()
+
+ try:
+ deferred.cancel()
+ except: # noqa: E722, if we throw any exception it'll break time outs
+ logger.exception("Canceller failed during timeout")
+
+ if not new_d.called:
+ new_d.errback(defer.TimeoutError(timeout, "Deferred"))
delayed_call = reactor.callLater(timeout, time_it_out)
@@ -432,9 +441,14 @@ def add_timeout_to_deferred(deferred, timeout, reactor, on_timeout_cancel=None):
deferred.addBoth(cancel_timeout)
+ def success_cb(val):
+ if not new_d.called:
+ new_d.callback(val)
-def _cancelled_to_timed_out_error(value, timeout):
- if isinstance(value, failure.Failure):
- value.trap(CancelledError)
- raise DeferredTimeoutError(timeout, "Deferred")
- return value
+ def failure_cb(val):
+ if not new_d.called:
+ new_d.errback(val)
+
+ deferred.addCallbacks(success_cb, failure_cb)
+
+ return new_d
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