Stop sending events when creating or deleting aliases (#6904)

Stop sending events when creating or deleting associations (room aliases). Send an updated canonical alias event if one of the alt_aliases is deleted.

synapse/handlers/directory.py

@@ -81,13 +81,7 @@ class DirectoryHandler(BaseHandler):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def create_association(
-        self,
-        requester,
-        room_alias,
-        room_id,
-        servers=None,
-        send_event=True,
-        check_membership=True,
+        self, requester, room_alias, room_id, servers=None, check_membership=True,
     ):
         """Attempt to create a new alias
 
@@ -97,7 +91,6 @@ class DirectoryHandler(BaseHandler):
             room_id (str)
             servers (list[str]|None): List of servers that others servers
                 should try and join via
-            send_event (bool): Whether to send an updated m.room.aliases event
             check_membership (bool): Whether to check if the user is in the room
                 before the alias can be set (if the server's config requires it).
 
@@ -150,16 +143,9 @@ class DirectoryHandler(BaseHandler):
                 )
 
         yield self._create_association(room_alias, room_id, servers, creator=user_id)
-        if send_event:
-            try:
-                yield self.send_room_alias_update_event(requester, room_id)
-            except AuthError as e:
-                # sending the aliases event may fail due to the user not having
-                # permission in the room; this is permitted.
-                logger.info("Skipping updating aliases event due to auth error %s", e)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
-    def delete_association(self, requester, room_alias, send_event=True):
+    def delete_association(self, requester, room_alias):
         """Remove an alias from the directory
 
         (this is only meant for human users; AS users should call
@@ -168,9 +154,6 @@ class DirectoryHandler(BaseHandler):
         Args:
             requester (Requester):
             room_alias (RoomAlias):
-            send_event (bool): Whether to send an updated m.room.aliases event.
-                Note that, if we delete the canonical alias, we will always attempt
-                to send an m.room.canonical_alias event
 
         Returns:
             Deferred[unicode]: room id that the alias used to point to
@@ -206,9 +189,6 @@ class DirectoryHandler(BaseHandler):
         room_id = yield self._delete_association(room_alias)
 
         try:
-            if send_event:
-                yield self.send_room_alias_update_event(requester, room_id)
-
             yield self._update_canonical_alias(
                 requester, requester.user.to_string(), room_id, room_alias
             )
@@ -319,25 +299,50 @@ class DirectoryHandler(BaseHandler):
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _update_canonical_alias(self, requester, user_id, room_id, room_alias):
+        """
+        Send an updated canonical alias event if the removed alias was set as
+        the canonical alias or listed in the alt_aliases field.
+        """
         alias_event = yield self.state.get_current_state(
             room_id, EventTypes.CanonicalAlias, ""
         )
 
-        alias_str = room_alias.to_string()
-        if not alias_event or alias_event.content.get("alias", "") != alias_str:
+        # There is no canonical alias, nothing to do.
+        if not alias_event:
             return
 
-        yield self.event_creation_handler.create_and_send_nonmember_event(
-            requester,
-            {
-                "type": EventTypes.CanonicalAlias,
-                "state_key": "",
-                "room_id": room_id,
-                "sender": user_id,
-                "content": {},
-            },
-            ratelimit=False,
-        )
+        # Obtain a mutable version of the event content.
+        content = dict(alias_event.content)
+        send_update = False
+
+        # Remove the alias property if it matches the removed alias.
+        alias_str = room_alias.to_string()
+        if alias_event.content.get("alias", "") == alias_str:
+            send_update = True
+            content.pop("alias", "")
+
+        # Filter alt_aliases for the removed alias.
+        alt_aliases = content.pop("alt_aliases", None)
+        # If the aliases are not a list (or not found) do not attempt to modify
+        # the list.
+        if isinstance(alt_aliases, list):
+            send_update = True
+            alt_aliases = [alias for alias in alt_aliases if alias != alias_str]
+            if alt_aliases:
+                content["alt_aliases"] = alt_aliases
+
+        if send_update:
+            yield self.event_creation_handler.create_and_send_nonmember_event(
+                requester,
+                {
+                    "type": EventTypes.CanonicalAlias,
+                    "state_key": "",
+                    "room_id": room_id,
+                    "sender": user_id,
+                    "content": content,
+                },
+                ratelimit=False,
+            )
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def get_association_from_room_alias(self, room_alias):