From 653d90c1a529ff553d506ac806ab0403f34955ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erik Johnston Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 14:01:17 +0100 Subject: Comment --- synapse/handlers/device.py | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/synapse/handlers/device.py b/synapse/handlers/device.py index 187af03fb1..982cda3edf 100644 --- a/synapse/handlers/device.py +++ b/synapse/handlers/device.py @@ -443,6 +443,12 @@ class DeviceListEduUpdater(object): " we're not retrying the remote", user_id, ) + # We abort on exceptions rather than accepting the update + # as otherwise synapse will 'forget' that its device list + # is out of date. If we bail then we will retry the resync + # next time we get a device list update for this user_id. + # This makes it more likely that the device lists will + # eventually become consistent. return except Exception: # TODO: Remember that we are now out of sync and try again -- cgit 1.4.1