From 852930add765540c580378238ab03869a8c7530d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick Cloke Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 07:59:23 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add a default limit (of 100) to get/sync operations. (#7858) --- changelog.d/7858.misc | 1 + docs/sample_config.yaml | 4 +++- synapse/config/server.py | 6 ++++-- synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/_base.py | 11 ++++++++++- 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 changelog.d/7858.misc diff --git a/changelog.d/7858.misc b/changelog.d/7858.misc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8f0fc2de74 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/7858.misc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +The default value of `filter_timeline_limit` was changed from -1 (no limit) to 100. diff --git a/docs/sample_config.yaml b/docs/sample_config.yaml index e059fd2c35..0e83f855bb 100644 --- a/docs/sample_config.yaml +++ b/docs/sample_config.yaml @@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ pid_file: DATADIR/homeserver.pid #gc_thresholds: [700, 10, 10] # Set the limit on the returned events in the timeline in the get -# and sync operations. The default value is -1, means no upper limit. +# and sync operations. The default value is 100. -1 means no upper limit. +# +# Uncomment the following to increase the limit to 5000. # #filter_timeline_limit: 5000 diff --git a/synapse/config/server.py b/synapse/config/server.py index b6afa642ca..3586a7d491 100644 --- a/synapse/config/server.py +++ b/synapse/config/server.py @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class ServerConfig(Config): # errors when attempting to search for messages. self.enable_search = config.get("enable_search", True) - self.filter_timeline_limit = config.get("filter_timeline_limit", -1) + self.filter_timeline_limit = config.get("filter_timeline_limit", 100) # Whether we should block invites sent to users on this server # (other than those sent by local server admins) @@ -693,7 +693,9 @@ class ServerConfig(Config): #gc_thresholds: [700, 10, 10] # Set the limit on the returned events in the timeline in the get - # and sync operations. The default value is -1, means no upper limit. + # and sync operations. The default value is 100. -1 means no upper limit. + # + # Uncomment the following to increase the limit to 5000. # #filter_timeline_limit: 5000 diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/_base.py b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/_base.py index bc11b4dda4..b21538766d 100644 --- a/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/_base.py +++ b/synapse/rest/client/v2_alpha/_base.py @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from twisted.internet import defer from synapse.api.errors import InteractiveAuthIncompleteError from synapse.api.urls import CLIENT_API_PREFIX +from synapse.types import JsonDict logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) @@ -51,7 +52,15 @@ def client_patterns(path_regex, releases=(0,), unstable=True, v1=False): return patterns -def set_timeline_upper_limit(filter_json, filter_timeline_limit): +def set_timeline_upper_limit(filter_json: JsonDict, filter_timeline_limit: int) -> None: + """ + Enforces a maximum limit of a timeline query. + + Params: + filter_json: The timeline query to modify. + filter_timeline_limit: The maximum limit to allow, passing -1 will + disable enforcing a maximum limit. + """ if filter_timeline_limit < 0: return # no upper limits timeline = filter_json.get("room", {}).get("timeline", {})