Check appservice user interest against the local users instead of all users (`get_users_in_room` mis-use) (#13958)

changelog.d/13958.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Check appservice user interest against the local users instead of all users in the room to align with [MSC3905](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3905).

docs/upgrade.md

@@ -97,6 +97,25 @@ As announced with the release of [Synapse 1.69.0](#deprecation-of-the-generate_s
 Modules relying on it can instead use the `create_login_token` method.
 
 
+## Changes to the events received by application services (interest)
+
+To align with spec (changed in
+[MSC3905](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3905)), Synapse now
+only considers local users to be interesting. In other words, the `users` namespace
+regex is only be applied against local users of the homeserver.
+
+Please note, this probably doesn't affect the expected behavior of your application
+service, since an interesting local user in a room still means all messages in the room
+(from local or remote users) will still be considered interesting. And matching a room
+with the `rooms` or `aliases` namespace regex will still consider all events sent in the
+room to be interesting to the application service.
+
+If one of your application service's `users` regex was intending to match a remote user,
+this will no longer match as you expect. The behavioral mismatch between matching all
+local users and some remote users is why the spec was changed/clarified and this
+caveat is no longer supported.
+
+
 # Upgrading to v1.69.0
 
 ## Changes to the receipts replication streams

synapse/appservice/__init__.py

@@ -172,12 +172,24 @@ class ApplicationService:
         Returns:
             True if this service would like to know about this room.
         """
-        member_list = await store.get_users_in_room(
+        # We can use `get_local_users_in_room(...)` here because an application service
+        # can only be interested in local users of the server it's on (ignore any remote
+        # users that might match the user namespace regex).
+        #
+        # In the future, we can consider re-using
+        # `store.get_app_service_users_in_room` which is very similar to this
+        # function but has a slightly worse performance than this because we
+        # have an early escape-hatch if we find a single user that the
+        # appservice is interested in. The juice would be worth the squeeze if
+        # `store.get_app_service_users_in_room` was used in more places besides
+        # an experimental MSC. But for now we can avoid doing more work and
+        # barely using it later.
+        local_user_ids = await store.get_local_users_in_room(
             room_id, on_invalidate=cache_context.invalidate
         )
 
         # check joined member events
-        for user_id in member_list:
+        for user_id in local_user_ids:
             if self.is_interested_in_user(user_id):
                 return True
         return False

synapse/storage/databases/main/appservice.py

@@ -157,10 +157,23 @@ class ApplicationServiceWorkerStore(RoomMemberWorkerStore):
         app_service: "ApplicationService",
         cache_context: _CacheContext,
     ) -> List[str]:
-        users_in_room = await self.get_users_in_room(
+        """
+        Get all users in a room that the appservice controls.
+
+        Args:
+            room_id: The room to check in.
+            app_service: The application service to check interest/control against
+
+        Returns:
+            List of user IDs that the appservice controls.
+        """
+        # We can use `get_local_users_in_room(...)` here because an application service
+        # can only be interested in local users of the server it's on (ignore any remote
+        # users that might match the user namespace regex).
+        local_users_in_room = await self.get_local_users_in_room(
             room_id, on_invalidate=cache_context.invalidate
         )
-        return list(filter(app_service.is_interested_in_user, users_in_room))
+        return list(filter(app_service.is_interested_in_user, local_users_in_room))
 
 
 class ApplicationServiceStore(ApplicationServiceWorkerStore):

synapse/storage/databases/main/roommember.py

@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ class RoomMemberWorkerStore(EventsWorkerStore):
         the forward extremities of those rooms will exclude most members. We may also
         calculate room state incorrectly for such rooms and believe that a member is or
         is not in the room when the opposite is true.
+
+        Note: If you only care about users in the room local to the homeserver, use
+        `get_local_users_in_room(...)` instead which will be more performant.
         """
         return await self.db_pool.simple_select_onecol(
             table="current_state_events",

tests/appservice/test_appservice.py

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class ApplicationServiceTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.store = Mock()
         self.store.get_aliases_for_room = simple_async_mock([])
-        self.store.get_users_in_room = simple_async_mock([])
+        self.store.get_local_users_in_room = simple_async_mock([])
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def test_regex_user_id_prefix_match(self):
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class ApplicationServiceTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.store.get_aliases_for_room = simple_async_mock(
             ["#irc_foobar:matrix.org", "#athing:matrix.org"]
         )
-        self.store.get_users_in_room = simple_async_mock([])
+        self.store.get_local_users_in_room = simple_async_mock([])
         self.assertTrue(
             (
                 yield defer.ensureDeferred(
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class ApplicationServiceTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.store.get_aliases_for_room = simple_async_mock(
             ["#xmpp_foobar:matrix.org", "#athing:matrix.org"]
         )
-        self.store.get_users_in_room = simple_async_mock([])
+        self.store.get_local_users_in_room = simple_async_mock([])
         self.assertFalse(
             (
                 yield defer.ensureDeferred(
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class ApplicationServiceTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.service.namespaces[ApplicationService.NS_USERS].append(_regex("@irc_.*"))
         self.event.sender = "@irc_foobar:matrix.org"
         self.store.get_aliases_for_room = simple_async_mock(["#irc_barfoo:matrix.org"])
-        self.store.get_users_in_room = simple_async_mock([])
+        self.store.get_local_users_in_room = simple_async_mock([])
         self.assertTrue(
             (
                 yield defer.ensureDeferred(
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class ApplicationServiceTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_member_list_match(self):
         self.service.namespaces[ApplicationService.NS_USERS].append(_regex("@irc_.*"))
         # Note that @irc_fo:here is the AS user.
-        self.store.get_users_in_room = simple_async_mock(
+        self.store.get_local_users_in_room = simple_async_mock(
             ["@alice:here", "@irc_fo:here", "@bob:here"]
         )
         self.store.get_aliases_for_room = simple_async_mock([])

tests/handlers/test_appservice.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
 
 import synapse.rest.admin
 import synapse.storage
-from synapse.api.constants import EduTypes
+from synapse.api.constants import EduTypes, EventTypes
 from synapse.appservice import (
     ApplicationService,
     TransactionOneTimeKeyCounts,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from synapse.util import Clock
 from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string
 
 from tests import unittest
-from tests.test_utils import make_awaitable, simple_async_mock
+from tests.test_utils import event_injection, make_awaitable, simple_async_mock
 from tests.unittest import override_config
 from tests.utils import MockClock
 
@@ -390,15 +390,16 @@ class ApplicationServicesHandlerSendEventsTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         receipts.register_servlets,
     ]
 
-    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
+    def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer):
+        self.hs = hs
         # Mock the ApplicationServiceScheduler's _TransactionController's send method so that
         # we can track any outgoing ephemeral events
         self.send_mock = simple_async_mock()
-        hs.get_application_service_handler().scheduler.txn_ctrl.send = self.send_mock
+        hs.get_application_service_handler().scheduler.txn_ctrl.send = self.send_mock  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
         # Mock out application services, and allow defining our own in tests
         self._services: List[ApplicationService] = []
-        self.hs.get_datastores().main.get_app_services = Mock(
+        self.hs.get_datastores().main.get_app_services = Mock(  # type: ignore[assignment]
             return_value=self._services
         )
 
@@ -416,6 +417,157 @@ class ApplicationServicesHandlerSendEventsTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
             "exclusive_as_user", "password", self.exclusive_as_user_device_id
         )
 
+    def _notify_interested_services(self):
+        # This is normally set in `notify_interested_services` but we need to call the
+        # internal async version so the reactor gets pushed to completion.
+        self.hs.get_application_service_handler().current_max += 1
+        self.get_success(
+            self.hs.get_application_service_handler()._notify_interested_services(
+                RoomStreamToken(
+                    None, self.hs.get_application_service_handler().current_max
+                )
+            )
+        )
+
+    @parameterized.expand(
+        [
+            ("@local_as_user:test", True),
+            # Defining remote users in an application service user namespace regex is a
+            # footgun since the appservice might assume that it'll receive all events
+            # sent by that remote user, but it will only receive events in rooms that
+            # are shared with a local user. So we just remove this footgun possibility
+            # entirely and we won't notify the application service based on remote
+            # users.
+            ("@remote_as_user:remote", False),
+        ]
+    )
+    def test_match_interesting_room_members(
+        self, interesting_user: str, should_notify: bool
+    ):
+        """
+        Test to make sure that a interesting user (local or remote) in the room is
+        notified as expected when someone else in the room sends a message.
+        """
+        # Register an application service that's interested in the `interesting_user`
+        interested_appservice = self._register_application_service(
+            namespaces={
+                ApplicationService.NS_USERS: [
+                    {
+                        "regex": interesting_user,
+                        "exclusive": False,
+                    },
+                ],
+            },
+        )
+
+        # Create a room
+        alice = self.register_user("alice", "pass")
+        alice_access_token = self.login("alice", "pass")
+        room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(room_creator=alice, tok=alice_access_token)
+
+        # Join the interesting user to the room
+        self.get_success(
+            event_injection.inject_member_event(
+                self.hs, room_id, interesting_user, "join"
+            )
+        )
+        # Kick the appservice into checking this membership event to get the event out
+        # of the way
+        self._notify_interested_services()
+        # We don't care about the interesting user join event (this test is making sure
+        # the next thing works)
+        self.send_mock.reset_mock()
+
+        # Send a message from an uninteresting user
+        self.helper.send_event(
+            room_id,
+            type=EventTypes.Message,
+            content={
+                "msgtype": "m.text",
+                "body": "message from uninteresting user",
+            },
+            tok=alice_access_token,
+        )
+        # Kick the appservice into checking this new event
+        self._notify_interested_services()
+
+        if should_notify:
+            self.send_mock.assert_called_once()
+            (
+                service,
+                events,
+                _ephemeral,
+                _to_device_messages,
+                _otks,
+                _fbks,
+                _device_list_summary,
+            ) = self.send_mock.call_args[0]
+
+            # Even though the message came from an uninteresting user, it should still
+            # notify us because the interesting user is joined to the room where the
+            # message was sent.
+            self.assertEqual(service, interested_appservice)
+            self.assertEqual(events[0]["type"], "m.room.message")
+            self.assertEqual(events[0]["sender"], alice)
+        else:
+            self.send_mock.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_application_services_receive_events_sent_by_interesting_local_user(self):
+        """
+        Test to make sure that a messages sent from a local user can be interesting and
+        picked up by the appservice.
+        """
+        # Register an application service that's interested in all local users
+        interested_appservice = self._register_application_service(
+            namespaces={
+                ApplicationService.NS_USERS: [
+                    {
+                        "regex": ".*",
+                        "exclusive": False,
+                    },
+                ],
+            },
+        )
+
+        # Create a room
+        alice = self.register_user("alice", "pass")
+        alice_access_token = self.login("alice", "pass")
+        room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(room_creator=alice, tok=alice_access_token)
+
+        # We don't care about interesting events before this (this test is making sure
+        # the next thing works)
+        self.send_mock.reset_mock()
+
+        # Send a message from the interesting local user
+        self.helper.send_event(
+            room_id,
+            type=EventTypes.Message,
+            content={
+                "msgtype": "m.text",
+                "body": "message from interesting local user",
+            },
+            tok=alice_access_token,
+        )
+        # Kick the appservice into checking this new event
+        self._notify_interested_services()
+
+        self.send_mock.assert_called_once()
+        (
+            service,
+            events,
+            _ephemeral,
+            _to_device_messages,
+            _otks,
+            _fbks,
+            _device_list_summary,
+        ) = self.send_mock.call_args[0]
+
+        # Events sent from an interesting local user should also be picked up as
+        # interesting to the appservice.
+        self.assertEqual(service, interested_appservice)
+        self.assertEqual(events[0]["type"], "m.room.message")
+        self.assertEqual(events[0]["sender"], alice)
+
     def test_sending_read_receipt_batches_to_application_services(self):
         """Tests that a large batch of read receipts are sent correctly to
         interested application services.