The format of the outbound group session struct has changed. We nowadays correctly rotate the group session if we can't restore it, but it's still good to avoid logging the error in this case.
An error is currently thrown if loading an outbound group session fails.
This error may only affect loading outbound group sessions, while other
store operations continue to work fine. As a result, the user is unable
to send messages, but can still use the application without any problems.
Since outbound group sessions are rotated frequently, we can simply
rotate the session if loading fails. However, if the error is related to
a more serious storage issue, persisting the newly rotated outbound group
session will also fail. If the error is specific to outbound group
sessions, the user will be able to continue using the application without
interruption.
The SQLite crypto store uses rmp_serde to serialize all the data we're
going to store. This works nicely for most things, one exception to this
is the OutboundGroupSession type.
The OutboundGroupSession type stores to-device requests to ensure that
the session doesn't get used before it is shared with the whole group
and to ensure that the to-device requests get restored if the
session gets restored after an application restart.
The to-device requests type critically contain `Raw<AnyToDeviceEvent>`,
the `Raw` type here being the serde_json::Raw type. rmp_serde seems to
serialize this just fine, but later deserialization fails.
We're avoiding the issue by using serde_json to serialize the
OutboundGroupSession.
Those methods are public, but never used by our current users.
Moreover, there is some big overlaps. For example, `storage_key`,
`cold_cache` and `no_cache` do the same thing: They update the
`storage_key` field. Or `add_fullsync_list` is just a helper that is
never used except in the tests etc.
The test does the following:
1. Create 2 (identical) lists,
2. Do a sync.
3. Assert that the 1st and 2nd lists are receiving an update,
4. Add a 3rd (identical) list,
5. Do a new sync,
6. Assert that 3rd list is receiving an update.
This last step is wrong. All lists should receive an update as they
are identical.
This patch updates a test to ensure that `room_list` receives “diff”
for rooms that are modified by a sync operations, but also by another
updates (like a new event).
The `SlidingSyncList.room_list` field is used to store the list of rooms
for a particular Sliding Sync list. It's used by the user to receive
“diff”s when a room sees its position modified. For example when a new
room receives a message, it “climbs back up” the entire room list to
be at the top place. Another example is when a new room is created,
some rooms will move around to give the new room a space. All those
moves will create “diff”.
However, the user also expects to receive a “diff” when a room has
received some updates, even if it's position doesn't change. For
example, when a room is already at the top of the list but receives a
new message: It has received an update, but its position stays the same.
This specific latter feature was implemented before, but it has been
removed by accident in https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/
pull/1699 (more specifically in https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-
rust-sdk/pull/1699/commits/861a05be69a566d9a4ad125dc6ecb418d2b3210f).
At that time, it was not clear why the code was filtering for specific
filled room entires, to set the filled room entries, at the same
position. Zero comment, zero test. I didn't consider this as a feature
but as a bug.
So this patch re-introduces this feature. Hopefully in a more optimal
way. If a room has already triggered a first “diff” because of a
position change, it won't trigger a second “diff” because it has
received an update (which was the case before).
The `SlidingSyncList::handle_response` method has also been renamed
`update`, as it does update, whenever it comes from.
The code has been commented and documented to explain this feature.
Existing tests have been updated, especially for `apply_sync_operations`
which now ensure the `rooms_that_have_received_an_update` collections is
updated accordingly. Another test has been updated specifically to test
the “diff”s received by `room_list`.
Jonas Platte