Send a SSS response immediately if the config has changed and there are new results to sync

changelog.d/19714.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Have SSS return a new response immediately if a room subscription have changed and produced a new response.

synapse/handlers/sliding_sync/__init__.py

@@ -167,34 +167,38 @@ async def wait_for_sync_for_user(
                 timeout_ms -= after_wait_ts - before_wait_ts
                 timeout_ms = max(timeout_ms, 0)
 
-        # We're going to respond immediately if the timeout is 0 or if this is an
-        # initial sync (without a `from_token`) so we can avoid calling
-        # `notifier.wait_for_events()`.
-        if timeout_ms == 0 or from_token is None:
-            now_token = self.event_sources.get_current_token()
-            result = await self.current_sync_for_user(
+        # Compute a response immediately. We always need to do this before
+        # waiting for new data (unlike in /v3/sync), as the request config might
+        # have changed (e.g. new room subscriptions, etc).
+        now_token = self.event_sources.get_current_token()
+        result = await self.current_sync_for_user(
+            sync_config,
+            from_token=from_token,
+            to_token=now_token,
+        )
+
+        # Return immediately if we have a result, the timeout is 0, or this is
+        # an initial sync.
+        if result or timeout_ms == 0 or from_token is None:
+            return result, did_wait
+
+        # Otherwise, we wait for something to happen and report it to the user.
+        async def current_sync_callback(
+            before_token: StreamToken, after_token: StreamToken
+        ) -> SlidingSyncResult:
+            return await self.current_sync_for_user(
                 sync_config,
                 from_token=from_token,
-                to_token=now_token,
+                to_token=after_token,
             )
-        else:
-            # Otherwise, we wait for something to happen and report it to the user.
-            async def current_sync_callback(
-                before_token: StreamToken, after_token: StreamToken
-            ) -> SlidingSyncResult:
-                return await self.current_sync_for_user(
-                    sync_config,
-                    from_token=from_token,
-                    to_token=after_token,
-                )
 
-            result = await self.notifier.wait_for_events(
-                sync_config.user.to_string(),
-                timeout_ms,
-                current_sync_callback,
-                from_token=from_token.stream_token,
-            )
-            did_wait = True
+        result = await self.notifier.wait_for_events(
+            sync_config.user.to_string(),
+            timeout_ms,
+            current_sync_callback,
+            from_token=now_token,
+        )
+        did_wait = True
 
         return result, did_wait
 

synapse/handlers/sliding_sync/room_lists.py

@@ -852,11 +852,15 @@ async def _filter_relevant_rooms_to_send(
                             previous_connection_state.room_configs.get(room_id)
                         )
                         if prev_room_sync_config is not None:
-                            # Always include rooms whose timeline limit has increased.
-                            # (see the "XXX: Odd behavior" described below)
+                            # Always include rooms whose effective config has
+                            # expanded. This covers timeline-limit increases and
+                            # required-state additions introduced by room
+                            # subscriptions overriding list-derived params.
                             if (
-                                prev_room_sync_config.timeline_limit
-                                < room_config.timeline_limit
+                                prev_room_sync_config.combine_room_sync_config(
+                                    room_config
+                                )
+                                != prev_room_sync_config
                             ):
                                 rooms_should_send.add(room_id)
                                 continue

tests/rest/client/sliding_sync/test_room_subscriptions.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, HistoryVisibility
 from synapse.rest.client import login, room, sync
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse.types import JsonDict
 from synapse.util.clock import Clock
 
 from tests.rest.client.sliding_sync.test_sliding_sync import SlidingSyncBase
@@ -126,6 +127,124 @@ def test_room_subscriptions_with_join_membership(self) -> None:
             response_body["rooms"][room_id1],
         )
 
+    def test_room_subscription_required_state_expansion_returns_immediately(
+        self,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Test that adding a room subscription with stronger params than the list causes an
+        incremental long-poll to return immediately, even without new stream activity.
+        """
+        user1_id = self.register_user("user1", "pass")
+        user1_tok = self.login(user1_id, "pass")
+
+        room_id1 = self.helper.create_room_as(user1_id, tok=user1_tok)
+
+        sync_body: JsonDict = {
+            "lists": {
+                "foo-list": {
+                    "ranges": [[0, 0]],
+                    "required_state": [],
+                    "timeline_limit": 0,
+                }
+            },
+            "conn_id": "conn_id",
+        }
+        _, from_token = self.do_sync(sync_body, tok=user1_tok)
+
+        sync_body["room_subscriptions"] = {
+            room_id1: {
+                "required_state": [
+                    [EventTypes.Create, ""],
+                ],
+                "timeline_limit": 0,
+            }
+        }
+
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "POST",
+            self.sync_endpoint + f"?timeout=10000&pos={from_token}",
+            content=sync_body,
+            access_token=user1_tok,
+            await_result=False,
+        )
+        channel.await_result(timeout_ms=3000)
+        self.assertEqual(channel.code, 200, channel.json_body)
+
+        state_map = self.get_success(
+            self.storage_controllers.state.get_current_state(room_id1)
+        )
+
+        room_response = channel.json_body["rooms"][room_id1]
+        self.assertNotIn("initial", room_response)
+        self._assertRequiredStateIncludes(
+            room_response["required_state"],
+            {
+                state_map[(EventTypes.Create, "")],
+            },
+            exact=True,
+        )
+
+    def test_room_subscription_required_state_change_returns_immediately(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Test that expanding an existing room subscription's required state causes an
+        incremental long-poll to return immediately, even without new stream activity.
+        """
+        user1_id = self.register_user("user1", "pass")
+        user1_tok = self.login(user1_id, "pass")
+
+        room_id1 = self.helper.create_room_as(
+            user1_id, tok=user1_tok, extra_content={"name": "Foo"}
+        )
+
+        sync_body: JsonDict = {
+            "room_subscriptions": {
+                room_id1: {
+                    "required_state": [
+                        [EventTypes.Create, ""],
+                    ],
+                    "timeline_limit": 0,
+                }
+            },
+            "conn_id": "conn_id",
+        }
+        response_body, from_token = self.do_sync(sync_body, tok=user1_tok)
+
+        state_map = self.get_success(
+            self.storage_controllers.state.get_current_state(room_id1)
+        )
+        self._assertRequiredStateIncludes(
+            response_body["rooms"][room_id1]["required_state"],
+            {
+                state_map[(EventTypes.Create, "")],
+            },
+            exact=True,
+        )
+
+        sync_body["room_subscriptions"][room_id1]["required_state"] = [
+            [EventTypes.Create, ""],
+            [EventTypes.Name, ""],
+        ]
+
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "POST",
+            self.sync_endpoint + f"?timeout=10000&pos={from_token}",
+            content=sync_body,
+            access_token=user1_tok,
+            await_result=False,
+        )
+        channel.await_result(timeout_ms=3000)
+        self.assertEqual(channel.code, 200, channel.json_body)
+
+        room_response = channel.json_body["rooms"][room_id1]
+        self.assertNotIn("initial", room_response)
+        self._assertRequiredStateIncludes(
+            room_response["required_state"],
+            {
+                state_map[(EventTypes.Name, "")],
+            },
+            exact=True,
+        )
+
     def test_room_subscriptions_with_leave_membership(self) -> None:
         """
         Test `room_subscriptions` with a leave room should give us timeline and state