Use the filtered version of an event when responding to /context requests for that event

changelog.d/6553.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a bug causing responses to the `/context` client endpoint to not use the pruned version of the event.

synapse/handlers/room.py

@@ -907,7 +907,10 @@ def filter_evts(events):
 
         results["events_before"] = yield filter_evts(results["events_before"])
         results["events_after"] = yield filter_evts(results["events_after"])
-        results["event"] = event
+        # filter_evts can return a pruned event in case the user is allowed to see that
+        # there's something there but not see the content, so use the event that's in
+        # `filtered` rather than the event we retrieved from the datastore.
+        results["event"] = filtered[0]
 
         if results["events_after"]:
             last_event_id = results["events_after"][-1].event_id
@@ -938,7 +941,7 @@ def filter_evts(events):
         if event_filter:
             state_events = event_filter.filter(state_events)
 
-        results["state"] = state_events
+        results["state"] = yield filter_evts(state_events)
 
         # We use a dummy token here as we only care about the room portion of
         # the token, which we replace.

synapse/visibility.py

@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ def filter_events_for_client(
     apply_retention_policies=True,
 ):
     """
-    Check which events a user is allowed to see
+    Check which events a user is allowed to see. If the user can see the event but its
+    sender asked for their data to be erased, prune the content of the event.
 
     Args:
         storage

tests/rest/client/v1/test_rooms.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 from synapse.api.constants import EventContentFields, EventTypes, Membership
 from synapse.handlers.pagination import PurgeStatus
 from synapse.rest.client.v1 import login, profile, room
+from synapse.rest.client.v2_alpha import account
 from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string
 
 from tests import unittest
@@ -1597,3 +1598,129 @@ def _send_labelled_messages_in_room(self):
         )
 
         return event_id
+
+
+class ContextTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
+
+    servlets = [
+        synapse.rest.admin.register_servlets_for_client_rest_resource,
+        room.register_servlets,
+        login.register_servlets,
+        account.register_servlets,
+    ]
+
+    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, homeserver):
+        self.user_id = self.register_user("user", "password")
+        self.tok = self.login("user", "password")
+        self.room_id = self.helper.create_room_as(self.user_id, tok=self.tok)
+
+        self.other_user_id = self.register_user("user2", "password")
+        self.other_tok = self.login("user2", "password")
+
+        self.helper.invite(self.room_id, self.user_id, self.other_user_id, tok=self.tok)
+        self.helper.join(self.room_id, self.other_user_id, tok=self.other_tok)
+
+    def test_erased_sender(self):
+        """Test that an erasure request results in the requester's events being hidden
+        from any new member of the room.
+        """
+
+        # Send a bunch of events in the room.
+
+        self.helper.send(self.room_id, "message 1", tok=self.tok)
+        self.helper.send(self.room_id, "message 2", tok=self.tok)
+        event_id = self.helper.send(self.room_id, "message 3", tok=self.tok)["event_id"]
+        self.helper.send(self.room_id, "message 4", tok=self.tok)
+        self.helper.send(self.room_id, "message 5", tok=self.tok)
+
+        # Check that we can still see the messages before the erasure request.
+
+        request, channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET",
+            '/rooms/%s/context/%s?filter={"types":["m.room.message"]}'
+            % (self.room_id, event_id),
+            access_token=self.tok,
+        )
+        self.render(request)
+        self.assertEqual(channel.code, 200, channel.result)
+
+        events_before = channel.json_body["events_before"]
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(events_before), 2, events_before)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events_before[0].get("content", {}).get("body"),
+            "message 2",
+            events_before[0],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events_before[1].get("content", {}).get("body"),
+            "message 1",
+            events_before[1],
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            channel.json_body["event"].get("content", {}).get("body"),
+            "message 3",
+            channel.json_body["event"],
+        )
+
+        events_after = channel.json_body["events_after"]
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(events_after), 2, events_after)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events_after[0].get("content", {}).get("body"),
+            "message 4",
+            events_after[0],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            events_after[1].get("content", {}).get("body"),
+            "message 5",
+            events_after[1],
+        )
+
+        # Deactivate the first account and erase the user's data.
+
+        deactivate_account_handler = self.hs.get_deactivate_account_handler()
+        self.get_success(
+            deactivate_account_handler.deactivate_account(self.user_id, erase_data=True)
+        )
+
+        # Invite another user in the room. This is needed because messages will be
+        # pruned only if the user wasn't a member of the room when the messages were
+        # sent.
+
+        invited_user_id = self.register_user("user3", "password")
+        invited_tok = self.login("user3", "password")
+
+        self.helper.invite(
+            self.room_id, self.other_user_id, invited_user_id, tok=self.other_tok
+        )
+        self.helper.join(self.room_id, invited_user_id, tok=invited_tok)
+
+        # Check that a user that joined the room after the erasure request can't see
+        # the messages anymore.
+
+        request, channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET",
+            '/rooms/%s/context/%s?filter={"types":["m.room.message"]}'
+            % (self.room_id, event_id),
+            access_token=invited_tok,
+        )
+        self.render(request)
+        self.assertEqual(channel.code, 200, channel.result)
+
+        events_before = channel.json_body["events_before"]
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(events_before), 2, events_before)
+        self.assertDictEqual(events_before[0].get("content"), {}, events_before[0])
+        self.assertDictEqual(events_before[1].get("content"), {}, events_before[1])
+
+        self.assertDictEqual(
+            channel.json_body["event"].get("content"), {}, channel.json_body["event"]
+        )
+
+        events_after = channel.json_body["events_after"]
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(events_after), 2, events_after)
+        self.assertDictEqual(events_after[0].get("content"), {}, events_after[0])
+        self.assertEqual(events_after[1].get("content"), {}, events_after[1])