2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 1bd03462ac..aa9a3269c0 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.37.1"
+__version__ = "1.38.0rc1"
 
 if bool(os.environ.get("SYNAPSE_TEST_PATCH_LOG_CONTEXTS", False)):
     # We import here so that we don't have to install a bunch of deps when
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_bg_updates.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_bg_updates.py
index 1c95c66648..29f33bac55 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_bg_updates.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_bg_updates.py
@@ -1146,6 +1146,16 @@ class EventsBackgroundUpdatesStore(SQLBaseStore):
                 logger.info("completing stream_ordering migration: %s", sql)
                 txn.execute(sql)
 
+        # ANALYZE the new column to build stats on it, to encourage PostgreSQL to use the
+        # indexes on it.
+        # We need to pass execute a dummy function to handle the txn's result otherwise
+        # it tries to call fetchall() on it and fails because there's no result to fetch.
+        await self.db_pool.execute(
+            "background_analyze_new_stream_ordering_column",
+            lambda txn: None,
+            "ANALYZE events(stream_ordering2)",
+        )
+
         await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
             "_background_replace_stream_ordering_column", process
         )