Don't set new room alias before potential 403 (#10930)

Fixes: #10929 

Signed-off-by: Andrew Ferrazzutti <fair@miscworks.net>

tests/handlers/test_directory.py

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
-import synapse
 import synapse.api.errors
+import synapse.rest.admin
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
 from synapse.config.room_directory import RoomDirectoryConfig
 from synapse.rest.client import directory, login, room
@@ -432,6 +432,106 @@ class TestCreateAliasACL(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         self.assertEquals(200, channel.code, channel.result)
 
 
+class TestCreatePublishedRoomACL(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
+    data = {"room_alias_name": "unofficial_test"}
+
+    servlets = [
+        synapse.rest.admin.register_servlets_for_client_rest_resource,
+        login.register_servlets,
+        directory.register_servlets,
+        room.register_servlets,
+    ]
+    hijack_auth = False
+
+    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
+        self.allowed_user_id = self.register_user("allowed", "pass")
+        self.allowed_access_token = self.login("allowed", "pass")
+
+        self.denied_user_id = self.register_user("denied", "pass")
+        self.denied_access_token = self.login("denied", "pass")
+
+        # This time we add custom room list publication rules
+        config = {}
+        config["alias_creation_rules"] = []
+        config["room_list_publication_rules"] = [
+            {"user_id": "*", "alias": "*", "action": "deny"},
+            {"user_id": self.allowed_user_id, "alias": "*", "action": "allow"},
+        ]
+
+        rd_config = RoomDirectoryConfig()
+        rd_config.read_config(config)
+
+        self.hs.config.roomdirectory.is_publishing_room_allowed = (
+            rd_config.is_publishing_room_allowed
+        )
+
+        return hs
+
+    def test_denied_without_publication_permission(self):
+        """
+        Try to create a room, register an alias for it, and publish it,
+        as a user without permission to publish rooms.
+        (This is used as both a standalone test & as a helper function.)
+        """
+        self.helper.create_room_as(
+            self.denied_user_id,
+            tok=self.denied_access_token,
+            extra_content=self.data,
+            is_public=True,
+            expect_code=403,
+        )
+
+    def test_allowed_when_creating_private_room(self):
+        """
+        Try to create a room, register an alias for it, and NOT publish it,
+        as a user without permission to publish rooms.
+        (This is used as both a standalone test & as a helper function.)
+        """
+        self.helper.create_room_as(
+            self.denied_user_id,
+            tok=self.denied_access_token,
+            extra_content=self.data,
+            is_public=False,
+            expect_code=200,
+        )
+
+    def test_allowed_with_publication_permission(self):
+        """
+        Try to create a room, register an alias for it, and publish it,
+        as a user WITH permission to publish rooms.
+        (This is used as both a standalone test & as a helper function.)
+        """
+        self.helper.create_room_as(
+            self.allowed_user_id,
+            tok=self.allowed_access_token,
+            extra_content=self.data,
+            is_public=False,
+            expect_code=200,
+        )
+
+    def test_can_create_as_private_room_after_rejection(self):
+        """
+        After failing to publish a room with an alias as a user without publish permission,
+        retry as the same user, but without publishing the room.
+
+        This should pass, but used to fail because the alias was registered by the first
+        request, even though the room creation was denied.
+        """
+        self.test_denied_without_publication_permission()
+        self.test_allowed_when_creating_private_room()
+
+    def test_can_create_with_permission_after_rejection(self):
+        """
+        After failing to publish a room with an alias as a user without publish permission,
+        retry as someone with permission, using the same alias.
+
+        This also used to fail because of the alias having been registered by the first
+        request, leaving it unavailable for any other user's new rooms.
+        """
+        self.test_denied_without_publication_permission()
+        self.test_allowed_with_publication_permission()
+
+
 class TestRoomListSearchDisabled(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
     user_id = "@test:test"