Assume rooms likely haven't changed

synapse/handlers/room_list.py

@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ class RoomListHandler(BaseHandler):
 
         @defer.inlineCallbacks
         def get_order_for_room(room_id):
+            joined_users = yield self.store.get_users_in_room(room_id)
+            if self.store.has_room_changed_since(room_id, stream_token):
                 latest_event_ids = yield self.store.get_forward_extremeties_for_room(
                     room_id, stream_token
                 )
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ class RoomListHandler(BaseHandler):
                 joined_users = yield self.state_handler.get_current_user_in_room(
                     room_id, latest_event_ids,
                 )
+
             num_joined_users = len(joined_users)
             rooms_to_num_joined[room_id] = num_joined_users
 

synapse/storage/stream.py

@@ -829,3 +829,6 @@ class StreamStore(SQLBaseStore):
             updatevalues={"stream_id": stream_id},
             desc="update_federation_out_pos",
         )
+
+    def has_room_changed_since(self, room_id, stream_id):
+        return self._events_stream_cache.has_entity_changed(room_id, stream_id)