2 files changed, 41 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/relations.py b/synapse/handlers/relations.py
index 4824635162..db97f7aede 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/relations.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/relations.py
@@ -205,16 +205,22 @@ class RelationsHandler:
             event_id: The event IDs to look and redact relations of.
             initial_redaction_event: The redaction for the event referred to by
                 event_id.
-            relation_types: The types of relations to look for.
+            relation_types: The types of relations to look for. If "*" is in the list,
+                all related events will be redacted regardless of the type.
 
         Raises:
             ShadowBanError if the requester is shadow-banned
         """
-        related_event_ids = (
-            await self._main_store.get_all_relations_for_event_with_types(
-                event_id, relation_types
+        if "*" in relation_types:
+            related_event_ids = await self._main_store.get_all_relations_for_event(
+                event_id
+            )
+        else:
+            related_event_ids = (
+                await self._main_store.get_all_relations_for_event_with_types(
+                    event_id, relation_types
+                )
             )
-        )
 
         for related_event_id in related_event_ids:
             try:
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/relations.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/relations.py
index 4a6c6c724d..96908f14ba 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/relations.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/relations.py
@@ -365,6 +365,36 @@ class RelationsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
             func=get_all_relation_ids_for_event_with_types_txn,
         )
 
+    async def get_all_relations_for_event(
+        self,
+        event_id: str,
+    ) -> List[str]:
+        """Get the event IDs of all events that have a relation to the given event.
+
+        Args:
+            event_id: The event for which to look for related events.
+
+        Returns:
+            A list of the IDs of the events that relate to the given event.
+        """
+
+        def get_all_relation_ids_for_event_txn(
+            txn: LoggingTransaction,
+        ) -> List[str]:
+            rows = self.db_pool.simple_select_list_txn(
+                txn=txn,
+                table="event_relations",
+                keyvalues={"relates_to_id": event_id},
+                retcols=["event_id"],
+            )
+
+            return [row["event_id"] for row in rows]
+
+        return await self.db_pool.runInteraction(
+            desc="get_all_relation_ids_for_event",
+            func=get_all_relation_ids_for_event_txn,
+        )
+
     async def event_includes_relation(self, event_id: str) -> bool:
         """Check if the given event relates to another event.