Bust _membership_stream_cache cache when current state changes (#17732

)

This is particularly a problem in a state reset scenario where the membership
might change without a corresponding event.

This PR is targeting a scenario where a state reset happens which causes
room membership to change. Previously, the cache would just hold onto
stale data and now we properly bust the cache in this scenario.

We have a few tests for these scenarios which you can see are now fixed
because we can remove the `FIXME` where we were previously manually
busting the cache in the test itself.

This is a general Synapse thing so by it's nature it helps out Sliding
Sync.

Fix #17368

Prerequisite for #17929

---

Match when are busting `_curr_state_delta_stream_cache`

changelog.d/17732.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix membership caches not updating in state reset scenarios.

synapse/storage/_base.py

@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ def process_replication_position(  # noqa: B027 (no-op by design)
         """
 
     def _invalidate_state_caches(
-        self, room_id: str, members_changed: Collection[str]
+        self,
+        room_id: str,
+        members_changed: Collection[str],
     ) -> None:
         """Invalidates caches that are based on the current state, but does
         not stream invalidations down replication.

synapse/storage/databases/main/cache.py

@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ def process_replication_rows(
                     room_id = row.keys[0]
                     members_changed = set(row.keys[1:])
                     self._invalidate_state_caches(room_id, members_changed)
+                    self._curr_state_delta_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+                        room_id, token
+                    )
+                    for user_id in members_changed:
+                        self._membership_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(user_id, token)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
                 elif row.cache_func == PURGE_HISTORY_CACHE_NAME:
                     if row.keys is None:
                         raise Exception(
@@ -236,6 +241,35 @@ def process_replication_rows(
                     room_id = row.keys[0]
                     self._invalidate_caches_for_room_events(room_id)
                     self._invalidate_caches_for_room(room_id)
+                    self._curr_state_delta_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+                        room_id, token
+                    )
+                    # Note: This code is commented out to improve cache performance.
+                    # While uncommenting would provide complete correctness, our
+                    # automatic forgotten room purge logic (see
+                    # `forgotten_room_retention_period`) means this would frequently
+                    # clear the entire cache (effectively) and probably have a noticable
+                    # impact on the cache hit ratio.
+                    #
+                    # Not updating the cache here is safe because:
+                    #
+                    #  1. `_membership_stream_cache` is only used to indicate the
+                    #     *absence* of changes, i.e. "nothing has changed between tokens
+                    #     X and Y and so return early and don't query the database".
+                    #  2. `_membership_stream_cache` is used when we query data from
+                    #     `current_state_delta_stream` and `room_memberships` but since
+                    #     nothing new is written to the database for those tables when
+                    #     purging/deleting a room (only deleting rows), there is nothing
+                    #     changed to care about.
+                    #
+                    # At worst, the cache might indicate a change at token X, at which
+                    # point, we will query the database and discover nothing is there.
+                    #
+                    # Ideally, we would make it so that we could clear the cache on a
+                    # more granular level but that's a bit complex and fiddly to do with
+                    # room membership.
+                    #
+                    # self._membership_stream_cache.all_entities_changed(token)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
                 else:
                     self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache(row.cache_func, row.keys)
 
@@ -275,6 +309,7 @@ def _process_event_stream_row(self, token: int, row: EventsStreamRow) -> None:
                 self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache(
                     "get_sliding_sync_rooms_for_user", None
                 )
+                self._membership_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(data.state_key, token)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
             elif data.type == EventTypes.RoomEncryption:
                 self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache(
                     "get_room_encryption", (data.room_id,)
@@ -291,6 +326,7 @@ def _process_event_stream_row(self, token: int, row: EventsStreamRow) -> None:
             # Similar to the above, but the entire caches are invalidated. This is
             # unfortunate for the membership caches, but should recover quickly.
             self._curr_state_delta_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(data.room_id, token)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            self._membership_stream_cache.all_entities_changed(token)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
             self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache("get_rooms_for_user", None)
             self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache("get_room_type", (data.room_id,))
             self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache("get_room_encryption", (data.room_id,))

synapse/storage/databases/main/events.py

@@ -1605,7 +1605,13 @@ def _update_current_state_txn(
             room_id
             delta_state: Deltas that are going to be used to update the
                 `current_state_events` table. Changes to the current state of the room.
-            stream_id: TODO
+            stream_id: This is expected to be the minimum `stream_ordering` for the
+                batch of events that we are persisting; which means we do not end up in a
+                situation where workers see events before the `current_state_delta` updates.
+                FIXME: However, this function also gets called with next upcoming
+                `stream_ordering` when we re-sync the state of a partial stated room (see
+                `update_current_state(...)`) which may be "correct" but it would be good to
+                nail down what exactly is the expected value here.
             sliding_sync_table_changes: Changes to the
                 `sliding_sync_membership_snapshots` and `sliding_sync_joined_rooms` tables
                 derived from the given `delta_state` (see
@@ -1908,6 +1914,13 @@ def _update_current_state_txn(
             stream_id,
         )
 
+        for user_id in members_to_cache_bust:
+            txn.call_after(
+                self.store._membership_stream_cache.entity_has_changed,
+                user_id,
+                stream_id,
+            )
+
         # Invalidate the various caches
         self.store._invalidate_state_caches_and_stream(
             txn, room_id, members_to_cache_bust

synapse/util/caches/stream_change_cache.py

@@ -314,6 +314,15 @@ def entity_has_changed(self, entity: EntityType, stream_pos: int) -> None:
         self._entity_to_key[entity] = stream_pos
         self._evict()
 
+    def all_entities_changed(self, stream_pos: int) -> None:
+        """
+        Mark all entities as changed. This is useful when the cache is invalidated and
+        there may be some potential change for all of the entities.
+        """
+        self._cache.clear()
+        self._entity_to_key.clear()
+        self._earliest_known_stream_pos = stream_pos
+
     def _evict(self) -> None:
         """
         Ensure the cache has not exceeded the maximum size.

tests/rest/client/sliding_sync/test_sliding_sync.py

@@ -1169,12 +1169,6 @@ def test_state_reset_room_comes_down_incremental_sync(self) -> None:
             self.persistence.persist_event(join_rule_event, join_rule_context)
         )
 
-        # FIXME: We're manually busting the cache since
-        # https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17368 is not solved yet
-        self.store._membership_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(
-            user1_id, join_rule_event_pos.stream
-        )
-
         # Ensure that the state reset worked and only user2 is in the room now
         users_in_room = self.get_success(self.store.get_users_in_room(room_id1))
         self.assertIncludes(set(users_in_room), {user2_id}, exact=True)
@@ -1322,12 +1316,6 @@ def test_state_reset_previously_room_comes_down_incremental_sync_with_filters(
             self.persistence.persist_event(join_rule_event, join_rule_context)
         )
 
-        # FIXME: We're manually busting the cache since
-        # https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17368 is not solved yet
-        self.store._membership_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(
-            user1_id, join_rule_event_pos.stream
-        )
-
         # Ensure that the state reset worked and only user2 is in the room now
         users_in_room = self.get_success(self.store.get_users_in_room(space_room_id))
         self.assertIncludes(set(users_in_room), {user2_id}, exact=True)
@@ -1506,12 +1494,6 @@ def test_state_reset_never_room_incremental_sync_with_filters(
             self.persistence.persist_event(join_rule_event, join_rule_context)
         )
 
-        # FIXME: We're manually busting the cache since
-        # https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17368 is not solved yet
-        self.store._membership_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(
-            user1_id, join_rule_event_pos.stream
-        )
-
         # Ensure that the state reset worked and only user2 is in the room now
         users_in_room = self.get_success(self.store.get_users_in_room(space_room_id))
         self.assertIncludes(set(users_in_room), {user2_id}, exact=True)

tests/storage/test_stream.py

@@ -1209,12 +1209,6 @@ def test_state_reset2(self) -> None:
             self.persistence.persist_event(join_rule_event, join_rule_context)
         )
 
-        # FIXME: We're manually busting the cache since
-        # https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/issues/17368 is not solved yet
-        self.store._membership_stream_cache.entity_has_changed(
-            user1_id, join_rule_event_pos.stream
-        )
-
         after_reset_token = self.event_sources.get_current_token()
 
         membership_changes = self.get_success(

tests/util/test_stream_change_cache.py

@@ -255,3 +255,28 @@ def test_max_pos(self) -> None:
 
         # Unknown entities will return None
         self.assertEqual(cache.get_max_pos_of_last_change("[email protected]"), None)
+
+    def test_all_entities_changed(self) -> None:
+        """
+        `StreamChangeCache.all_entities_changed(...)` will mark all entites as changed.
+        """
+        cache = StreamChangeCache("#test", 1, max_size=10)
+
+        cache.entity_has_changed("[email protected]", 2)
+        cache.entity_has_changed("[email protected]", 3)
+        cache.entity_has_changed("[email protected]", 4)
+
+        cache.all_entities_changed(5)
+
+        # Everything should be marked as changed before the stream position where the
+        # change occurred.
+        self.assertTrue(cache.has_entity_changed("[email protected]", 4))
+        self.assertTrue(cache.has_entity_changed("[email protected]", 4))
+        self.assertTrue(cache.has_entity_changed("[email protected]", 4))
+
+        # Nothing should be marked as changed at/after the stream position where the
+        # change occurred. In other words, nothing has changed since the stream position
+        # 5.
+        self.assertFalse(cache.has_entity_changed("[email protected]", 5))
+        self.assertFalse(cache.has_entity_changed("[email protected]", 5))
+        self.assertFalse(cache.has_entity_changed("[email protected]", 5))