Support MSC3916 by adding a federation `/download` endpoint (#17172)

changelog.d/17172.feature

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Support [MSC3916](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/blob/rav/authentication-for-media/proposals/3916-authentication-for-media.md)
+by adding a federation /download endpoint (#17172).

synapse/federation/transport/server/__init__.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 # [This file includes modifications made by New Vector Limited]
 #
 #
+import inspect
 import logging
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, Type
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ from synapse.federation.transport.server.federation import (
     FEDERATION_SERVLET_CLASSES,
     FederationAccountStatusServlet,
     FederationUnstableClientKeysClaimServlet,
+    FederationUnstableMediaDownloadServlet,
 )
 from synapse.http.server import HttpServer, JsonResource
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
@@ -315,6 +317,28 @@ def register_servlets(
             ):
                 continue
 
+            if servletclass == FederationUnstableMediaDownloadServlet:
+                if (
+                    not hs.config.server.enable_media_repo
+                    or not hs.config.experimental.msc3916_authenticated_media_enabled
+                ):
+                    continue
+
+                # don't load the endpoint if the storage provider is incompatible
+                media_repo = hs.get_media_repository()
+                load_download_endpoint = True
+                for provider in media_repo.media_storage.storage_providers:
+                    signature = inspect.signature(provider.backend.fetch)
+                    if "federation" not in signature.parameters:
+                        logger.warning(
+                            f"Federation media `/download` endpoint will not be enabled as storage provider {provider.backend} is not compatible with this endpoint."
+                        )
+                        load_download_endpoint = False
+                        break
+
+                if not load_download_endpoint:
+                    continue
+
             servletclass(
                 hs=hs,
                 authenticator=authenticator,

synapse/federation/transport/server/_base.py

@@ -360,9 +360,25 @@ class BaseFederationServlet:
                                     "request"
                                 )
                                 return None
+                            if (
+                                func.__self__.__class__.__name__  # type: ignore
+                                == "FederationUnstableMediaDownloadServlet"
+                            ):
+                                response = await func(
+                                    origin, content, request, *args, **kwargs
+                                )
+                            else:
                                 response = await func(
                                     origin, content, request.args, *args, **kwargs
                                 )
+                    else:
+                        if (
+                            func.__self__.__class__.__name__  # type: ignore
+                            == "FederationUnstableMediaDownloadServlet"
+                        ):
+                            response = await func(
+                                origin, content, request, *args, **kwargs
+                            )
                         else:
                             response = await func(
                                 origin, content, request.args, *args, **kwargs

synapse/federation/transport/server/federation.py

@@ -44,10 +44,13 @@ from synapse.federation.transport.server._base import (
 )
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
     parse_boolean_from_args,
+    parse_integer,
     parse_integer_from_args,
     parse_string_from_args,
     parse_strings_from_args,
 )
+from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
+from synapse.media._base import DEFAULT_MAX_TIMEOUT_MS, MAXIMUM_ALLOWED_MAX_TIMEOUT_MS
 from synapse.types import JsonDict
 from synapse.util import SYNAPSE_VERSION
 from synapse.util.ratelimitutils import FederationRateLimiter
@@ -787,6 +790,43 @@ class FederationAccountStatusServlet(BaseFederationServerServlet):
         return 200, {"account_statuses": statuses, "failures": failures}
 
 
+class FederationUnstableMediaDownloadServlet(BaseFederationServerServlet):
+    """
+    Implementation of new federation media `/download` endpoint outlined in MSC3916. Returns
+    a multipart/form-data response consisting of a JSON object and the requested media
+    item. This endpoint only returns local media.
+    """
+
+    PATH = "/media/download/(?P<media_id>[^/]*)"
+    PREFIX = FEDERATION_UNSTABLE_PREFIX + "/org.matrix.msc3916"
+    RATELIMIT = True
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        hs: "HomeServer",
+        ratelimiter: FederationRateLimiter,
+        authenticator: Authenticator,
+        server_name: str,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(hs, authenticator, ratelimiter, server_name)
+        self.media_repo = self.hs.get_media_repository()
+
+    async def on_GET(
+        self,
+        origin: Optional[str],
+        content: Literal[None],
+        request: SynapseRequest,
+        media_id: str,
+    ) -> None:
+        max_timeout_ms = parse_integer(
+            request, "timeout_ms", default=DEFAULT_MAX_TIMEOUT_MS
+        )
+        max_timeout_ms = min(max_timeout_ms, MAXIMUM_ALLOWED_MAX_TIMEOUT_MS)
+        await self.media_repo.get_local_media(
+            request, media_id, None, max_timeout_ms, federation=True
+        )
+
+
 FEDERATION_SERVLET_CLASSES: Tuple[Type[BaseFederationServlet], ...] = (
     FederationSendServlet,
     FederationEventServlet,
@@ -818,4 +858,5 @@ FEDERATION_SERVLET_CLASSES: Tuple[Type[BaseFederationServlet], ...] = (
     FederationV1SendKnockServlet,
     FederationMakeKnockServlet,
     FederationAccountStatusServlet,
+    FederationUnstableMediaDownloadServlet,
 )

synapse/media/_base.py

@@ -25,7 +25,16 @@ import os
 import urllib
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from types import TracebackType
-from typing import Awaitable, Dict, Generator, List, Optional, Tuple, Type
+from typing import (
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+    Awaitable,
+    Dict,
+    Generator,
+    List,
+    Optional,
+    Tuple,
+    Type,
+)
 
 import attr
 
@@ -39,6 +48,11 @@ from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
 from synapse.logging.context import make_deferred_yieldable
 from synapse.util.stringutils import is_ascii
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from synapse.media.media_storage import MultipartResponder
+    from synapse.storage.databases.main.media_repository import LocalMedia
+
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # list all text content types that will have the charset default to UTF-8 when
@@ -260,6 +274,53 @@ def _can_encode_filename_as_token(x: str) -> bool:
     return True
 
 
+async def respond_with_multipart_responder(
+    request: SynapseRequest,
+    responder: "Optional[MultipartResponder]",
+    media_info: "LocalMedia",
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Responds via a Multipart responder for the federation media `/download` requests
+
+    Args:
+        request: the federation request to respond to
+        responder: the Multipart responder which will send the response
+        media_info: metadata about the media item
+    """
+    if not responder:
+        respond_404(request)
+        return
+
+    # If we have a responder we *must* use it as a context manager.
+    with responder:
+        if request._disconnected:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Not sending response to request %s, already disconnected.", request
+            )
+            return
+
+        logger.debug("Responding to media request with responder %s", responder)
+        if media_info.media_length is not None:
+            request.setHeader(b"Content-Length", b"%d" % (media_info.media_length,))
+        request.setHeader(
+            b"Content-Type", b"multipart/mixed; boundary=%s" % responder.boundary
+        )
+
+        try:
+            await responder.write_to_consumer(request)
+        except Exception as e:
+            # The majority of the time this will be due to the client having gone
+            # away. Unfortunately, Twisted simply throws a generic exception at us
+            # in that case.
+            logger.warning("Failed to write to consumer: %s %s", type(e), e)
+
+            # Unregister the producer, if it has one, so Twisted doesn't complain
+            if request.producer:
+                request.unregisterProducer()
+
+    finish_request(request)
+
+
 async def respond_with_responder(
     request: SynapseRequest,
     responder: "Optional[Responder]",

synapse/media/media_repository.py

@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ from synapse.media._base import (
     ThumbnailInfo,
     get_filename_from_headers,
     respond_404,
+    respond_with_multipart_responder,
     respond_with_responder,
 )
 from synapse.media.filepath import MediaFilePaths
-from synapse.media.media_storage import MediaStorage
+from synapse.media.media_storage import MediaStorage, MultipartResponder
 from synapse.media.storage_provider import StorageProviderWrapper
 from synapse.media.thumbnailer import Thumbnailer, ThumbnailError
 from synapse.media.url_previewer import UrlPreviewer
@@ -429,6 +430,7 @@ class MediaRepository:
         media_id: str,
         name: Optional[str],
         max_timeout_ms: int,
+        federation: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
         """Responds to requests for local media, if exists, or returns 404.
 
@@ -440,6 +442,7 @@ class MediaRepository:
                 the filename in the Content-Disposition header of the response.
             max_timeout_ms: the maximum number of milliseconds to wait for the
                 media to be uploaded.
+            federation: whether the local media being fetched is for a federation request
 
         Returns:
             Resolves once a response has successfully been written to request
@@ -459,7 +462,14 @@ class MediaRepository:
 
         file_info = FileInfo(None, media_id, url_cache=bool(url_cache))
 
-        responder = await self.media_storage.fetch_media(file_info)
+        responder = await self.media_storage.fetch_media(
+            file_info, media_info, federation
+        )
+        if federation:
+            # this really should be a Multipart responder but just in case
+            assert isinstance(responder, MultipartResponder)
+            await respond_with_multipart_responder(request, responder, media_info)
+        else:
             await respond_with_responder(
                 request, responder, media_type, media_length, upload_name
             )

synapse/media/media_storage.py

@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@
 #
 #
 import contextlib
+import json
 import logging
 import os
 import shutil
+from contextlib import closing
+from io import BytesIO
 from types import TracebackType
 from typing import (
     IO,
@@ -30,14 +33,19 @@ from typing import (
     AsyncIterator,
     BinaryIO,
     Callable,
+    List,
     Optional,
     Sequence,
     Tuple,
     Type,
+    Union,
 )
+from uuid import uuid4
 
 import attr
+from zope.interface import implementer
 
+from twisted.internet import defer, interfaces
 from twisted.internet.defer import Deferred
 from twisted.internet.interfaces import IConsumer
 from twisted.protocols.basic import FileSender
@@ -48,15 +56,19 @@ from synapse.logging.opentracing import start_active_span, trace, trace_with_opn
 from synapse.util import Clock
 from synapse.util.file_consumer import BackgroundFileConsumer
 
+from ..storage.databases.main.media_repository import LocalMedia
+from ..types import JsonDict
 from ._base import FileInfo, Responder
 from .filepath import MediaFilePaths
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from synapse.media.storage_provider import StorageProvider
+    from synapse.media.storage_provider import StorageProviderWrapper
     from synapse.server import HomeServer
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+CRLF = b"\r\n"
+
 
 class MediaStorage:
     """Responsible for storing/fetching files from local sources.
@@ -73,7 +85,7 @@ class MediaStorage:
         hs: "HomeServer",
         local_media_directory: str,
         filepaths: MediaFilePaths,
-        storage_providers: Sequence["StorageProvider"],
+        storage_providers: Sequence["StorageProviderWrapper"],
     ):
         self.hs = hs
         self.reactor = hs.get_reactor()
@@ -169,15 +181,23 @@ class MediaStorage:
 
             raise e from None
 
-    async def fetch_media(self, file_info: FileInfo) -> Optional[Responder]:
+    async def fetch_media(
+        self,
+        file_info: FileInfo,
+        media_info: Optional[LocalMedia] = None,
+        federation: bool = False,
+    ) -> Optional[Responder]:
         """Attempts to fetch media described by file_info from the local cache
         and configured storage providers.
 
         Args:
-            file_info
+            file_info: Metadata about the media file
+            media_info: Metadata about the media item
+            federation: Whether this file is being fetched for a federation request
 
         Returns:
-            Returns a Responder if the file was found, otherwise None.
+            If the file was found returns a Responder (a Multipart Responder if the requested
+            file is for the federation /download endpoint), otherwise None.
         """
         paths = [self._file_info_to_path(file_info)]
 
@@ -197,12 +217,19 @@ class MediaStorage:
             local_path = os.path.join(self.local_media_directory, path)
             if os.path.exists(local_path):
                 logger.debug("responding with local file %s", local_path)
+                if federation:
+                    assert media_info is not None
+                    boundary = uuid4().hex.encode("ascii")
+                    return MultipartResponder(
+                        open(local_path, "rb"), media_info, boundary
+                    )
+                else:
                     return FileResponder(open(local_path, "rb"))
             logger.debug("local file %s did not exist", local_path)
 
         for provider in self.storage_providers:
             for path in paths:
-                res: Any = await provider.fetch(path, file_info)
+                res: Any = await provider.fetch(path, file_info, media_info, federation)
                 if res:
                     logger.debug("Streaming %s from %s", path, provider)
                     return res
@@ -316,7 +343,7 @@ class FileResponder(Responder):
     """Wraps an open file that can be sent to a request.
 
     Args:
-        open_file: A file like object to be streamed ot the client,
+        open_file: A file like object to be streamed to the client,
             is closed when finished streaming.
     """
 
@@ -337,6 +364,38 @@ class FileResponder(Responder):
         self.open_file.close()
 
 
+class MultipartResponder(Responder):
+    """Wraps an open file, formats the response according to MSC3916 and sends it to a
+    federation request.
+
+    Args:
+        open_file: A file like object to be streamed to the client,
+            is closed when finished streaming.
+        media_info: metadata about the media item
+        boundary: bytes to use for the multipart response boundary
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, open_file: IO, media_info: LocalMedia, boundary: bytes) -> None:
+        self.open_file = open_file
+        self.media_info = media_info
+        self.boundary = boundary
+
+    def write_to_consumer(self, consumer: IConsumer) -> Deferred:
+        return make_deferred_yieldable(
+            MultipartFileSender().beginFileTransfer(
+                self.open_file, consumer, self.media_info.media_type, {}, self.boundary
+            )
+        )
+
+    def __exit__(
+        self,
+        exc_type: Optional[Type[BaseException]],
+        exc_val: Optional[BaseException],
+        exc_tb: Optional[TracebackType],
+    ) -> None:
+        self.open_file.close()
+
+
 class SpamMediaException(NotFoundError):
     """The media was blocked by a spam checker, so we simply 404 the request (in
     the same way as if it was quarantined).
@@ -370,3 +429,151 @@ class ReadableFileWrapper:
 
                 # We yield to the reactor by sleeping for 0 seconds.
                 await self.clock.sleep(0)
+
+
+@implementer(interfaces.IProducer)
+class MultipartFileSender:
+    """
+    A producer that sends the contents of a file to a federation request in the format
+    outlined in MSC3916 - a multipart/format-data response where the first field is a
+    JSON object and the second is the requested file.
+
+    This is a slight re-writing of twisted.protocols.basic.FileSender to achieve the format
+    outlined above.
+    """
+
+    CHUNK_SIZE = 2**14
+
+    lastSent = ""
+    deferred: Optional[defer.Deferred] = None
+
+    def beginFileTransfer(
+        self,
+        file: IO,
+        consumer: IConsumer,
+        file_content_type: str,
+        json_object: JsonDict,
+        boundary: bytes,
+    ) -> Deferred:
+        """
+        Begin transferring a file
+
+        Args:
+            file: The file object to read data from
+            consumer: The synapse request to write the data to
+            file_content_type: The content-type of the file
+            json_object: The JSON object to write to the first field of the response
+            boundary: bytes to be used as the multipart/form-data boundary
+
+        Returns:  A deferred whose callback will be invoked when the file has
+        been completely written to the consumer. The last byte written to the
+        consumer is passed to the callback.
+        """
+        self.file: Optional[IO] = file
+        self.consumer = consumer
+        self.json_field = json_object
+        self.json_field_written = False
+        self.content_type_written = False
+        self.file_content_type = file_content_type
+        self.boundary = boundary
+        self.deferred: Deferred = defer.Deferred()
+        self.consumer.registerProducer(self, False)
+        # while it's not entirely clear why this assignment is necessary, it mirrors
+        # the behavior in FileSender.beginFileTransfer and thus is preserved here
+        deferred = self.deferred
+        return deferred
+
+    def resumeProducing(self) -> None:
+        # write the first field, which will always be a json field
+        if not self.json_field_written:
+            self.consumer.write(CRLF + b"--" + self.boundary + CRLF)
+
+            content_type = Header(b"Content-Type", b"application/json")
+            self.consumer.write(bytes(content_type) + CRLF)
+
+            json_field = json.dumps(self.json_field)
+            json_bytes = json_field.encode("utf-8")
+            self.consumer.write(json_bytes)
+            self.consumer.write(CRLF + b"--" + self.boundary + CRLF)
+
+            self.json_field_written = True
+
+        chunk: Any = ""
+        if self.file:
+            # if we haven't written the content type yet, do so
+            if not self.content_type_written:
+                type = self.file_content_type.encode("utf-8")
+                content_type = Header(b"Content-Type", type)
+                self.consumer.write(bytes(content_type) + CRLF)
+                self.content_type_written = True
+
+            chunk = self.file.read(self.CHUNK_SIZE)
+
+        if not chunk:
+            # we've reached the end of the file
+            self.consumer.write(CRLF + b"--" + self.boundary + b"--" + CRLF)
+            self.file = None
+            self.consumer.unregisterProducer()
+
+            if self.deferred:
+                self.deferred.callback(self.lastSent)
+                self.deferred = None
+            return
+
+        self.consumer.write(chunk)
+        self.lastSent = chunk[-1:]
+
+    def pauseProducing(self) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def stopProducing(self) -> None:
+        if self.deferred:
+            self.deferred.errback(Exception("Consumer asked us to stop producing"))
+            self.deferred = None
+
+
+class Header:
+    """
+    `Header` This class is a tiny wrapper that produces
+    request headers. We can't use standard python header
+    class because it encodes unicode fields using =? bla bla ?=
+    encoding, which is correct, but no one in HTTP world expects
+    that, everyone wants utf-8 raw bytes. (stolen from treq.multipart)
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        name: bytes,
+        value: Any,
+        params: Optional[List[Tuple[Any, Any]]] = None,
+    ):
+        self.name = name
+        self.value = value
+        self.params = params or []
+
+    def add_param(self, name: Any, value: Any) -> None:
+        self.params.append((name, value))
+
+    def __bytes__(self) -> bytes:
+        with closing(BytesIO()) as h:
+            h.write(self.name + b": " + escape(self.value).encode("us-ascii"))
+            if self.params:
+                for name, val in self.params:
+                    h.write(b"; ")
+                    h.write(escape(name).encode("us-ascii"))
+                    h.write(b"=")
+                    h.write(b'"' + escape(val).encode("utf-8") + b'"')
+            h.seek(0)
+            return h.read()
+
+
+def escape(value: Union[str, bytes]) -> str:
+    """
+    This function prevents header values from corrupting the request,
+    a newline in the file name parameter makes form-data request unreadable
+    for a majority of parsers. (stolen from treq.multipart)
+    """
+    if isinstance(value, bytes):
+        value = value.decode("utf-8")
+    return value.replace("\r", "").replace("\n", "").replace('"', '\\"')

synapse/media/storage_provider.py

@@ -24,14 +24,16 @@ import logging
 import os
 import shutil
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, Optional
+from uuid import uuid4
 
 from synapse.config._base import Config
 from synapse.logging.context import defer_to_thread, run_in_background
 from synapse.logging.opentracing import start_active_span, trace_with_opname
 from synapse.util.async_helpers import maybe_awaitable
 
+from ..storage.databases.main.media_repository import LocalMedia
 from ._base import FileInfo, Responder
-from .media_storage import FileResponder
+from .media_storage import FileResponder, MultipartResponder
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -55,13 +57,21 @@ class StorageProvider(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         """
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    async def fetch(self, path: str, file_info: FileInfo) -> Optional[Responder]:
+    async def fetch(
+        self,
+        path: str,
+        file_info: FileInfo,
+        media_info: Optional[LocalMedia] = None,
+        federation: bool = False,
+    ) -> Optional[Responder]:
         """Attempt to fetch the file described by file_info and stream it
         into writer.
 
         Args:
             path: Relative path of file in local cache
             file_info: The metadata of the file.
+            media_info: metadata of the media item
+            federation: Whether the requested media is for a federation request
 
         Returns:
             Returns a Responder if the provider has the file, otherwise returns None.
@@ -124,7 +134,13 @@ class StorageProviderWrapper(StorageProvider):
             run_in_background(store)
 
     @trace_with_opname("StorageProviderWrapper.fetch")
-    async def fetch(self, path: str, file_info: FileInfo) -> Optional[Responder]:
+    async def fetch(
+        self,
+        path: str,
+        file_info: FileInfo,
+        media_info: Optional[LocalMedia] = None,
+        federation: bool = False,
+    ) -> Optional[Responder]:
         if file_info.url_cache:
             # Files in the URL preview cache definitely aren't stored here,
             # so avoid any potentially slow I/O or network access.
@@ -132,7 +148,9 @@ class StorageProviderWrapper(StorageProvider):
 
         # store_file is supposed to return an Awaitable, but guard
         # against improper implementations.
-        return await maybe_awaitable(self.backend.fetch(path, file_info))
+        return await maybe_awaitable(
+            self.backend.fetch(path, file_info, media_info, federation)
+        )
 
 
 class FileStorageProviderBackend(StorageProvider):
@@ -172,11 +190,23 @@ class FileStorageProviderBackend(StorageProvider):
             )
 
     @trace_with_opname("FileStorageProviderBackend.fetch")
-    async def fetch(self, path: str, file_info: FileInfo) -> Optional[Responder]:
+    async def fetch(
+        self,
+        path: str,
+        file_info: FileInfo,
+        media_info: Optional[LocalMedia] = None,
+        federation: bool = False,
+    ) -> Optional[Responder]:
         """See StorageProvider.fetch"""
 
         backup_fname = os.path.join(self.base_directory, path)
         if os.path.isfile(backup_fname):
+            if federation:
+                assert media_info is not None
+                boundary = uuid4().hex.encode("ascii")
+                return MultipartResponder(
+                    open(backup_fname, "rb"), media_info, boundary
+                )
             return FileResponder(open(backup_fname, "rb"))
 
         return None

tests/federation/test_federation_media.py

@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+#
+# This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License (AGPL) version 3.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2024 New Vector, Ltd
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details:
+# <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html>.
+#
+# Originally licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0:
+# <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>.
+#
+# [This file includes modifications made by New Vector Limited]
+#
+#
+import io
+import os
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+from typing import Optional
+
+from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
+
+from synapse.media._base import FileInfo, Responder
+from synapse.media.filepath import MediaFilePaths
+from synapse.media.media_storage import MediaStorage
+from synapse.media.storage_provider import (
+    FileStorageProviderBackend,
+    StorageProviderWrapper,
+)
+from synapse.server import HomeServer
+from synapse.storage.databases.main.media_repository import LocalMedia
+from synapse.types import JsonDict, UserID
+from synapse.util import Clock
+
+from tests import unittest
+from tests.test_utils import SMALL_PNG
+from tests.unittest import override_config
+
+
+class FederationUnstableMediaDownloadsTest(unittest.FederatingHomeserverTestCase):
+
+    def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer) -> None:
+        super().prepare(reactor, clock, hs)
+        self.test_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="synapse-tests-")
+        self.addCleanup(shutil.rmtree, self.test_dir)
+        self.primary_base_path = os.path.join(self.test_dir, "primary")
+        self.secondary_base_path = os.path.join(self.test_dir, "secondary")
+
+        hs.config.media.media_store_path = self.primary_base_path
+
+        storage_providers = [
+            StorageProviderWrapper(
+                FileStorageProviderBackend(hs, self.secondary_base_path),
+                store_local=True,
+                store_remote=False,
+                store_synchronous=True,
+            )
+        ]
+
+        self.filepaths = MediaFilePaths(self.primary_base_path)
+        self.media_storage = MediaStorage(
+            hs, self.primary_base_path, self.filepaths, storage_providers
+        )
+        self.media_repo = hs.get_media_repository()
+
+    @override_config(
+        {"experimental_features": {"msc3916_authenticated_media_enabled": True}}
+    )
+    def test_file_download(self) -> None:
+        content = io.BytesIO(b"file_to_stream")
+        content_uri = self.get_success(
+            self.media_repo.create_content(
+                "text/plain",
+                "test_upload",
+                content,
+                46,
+                UserID.from_string("@user_id:whatever.org"),
+            )
+        )
+        # test with a text file
+        channel = self.make_signed_federation_request(
+            "GET",
+            f"/_matrix/federation/unstable/org.matrix.msc3916/media/download/{content_uri.media_id}",
+        )
+        self.pump()
+        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code)
+
+        content_type = channel.headers.getRawHeaders("content-type")
+        assert content_type is not None
+        assert "multipart/mixed" in content_type[0]
+        assert "boundary" in content_type[0]
+
+        # extract boundary
+        boundary = content_type[0].split("boundary=")[1]
+        # split on boundary and check that json field and expected value exist
+        stripped = channel.text_body.split("\r\n" + "--" + boundary)
+        # TODO: the json object expected will change once MSC3911 is implemented, currently
+        # {} is returned for all requests as a placeholder (per MSC3196)
+        found_json = any(
+            "\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\n{}" in field for field in stripped
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(found_json)
+
+        # check that text file and expected value exist
+        found_file = any(
+            "\r\nContent-Type: text/plain\r\nfile_to_stream" in field
+            for field in stripped
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(found_file)
+
+        content = io.BytesIO(SMALL_PNG)
+        content_uri = self.get_success(
+            self.media_repo.create_content(
+                "image/png",
+                "test_png_upload",
+                content,
+                67,
+                UserID.from_string("@user_id:whatever.org"),
+            )
+        )
+        # test with an image file
+        channel = self.make_signed_federation_request(
+            "GET",
+            f"/_matrix/federation/unstable/org.matrix.msc3916/media/download/{content_uri.media_id}",
+        )
+        self.pump()
+        self.assertEqual(200, channel.code)
+
+        content_type = channel.headers.getRawHeaders("content-type")
+        assert content_type is not None
+        assert "multipart/mixed" in content_type[0]
+        assert "boundary" in content_type[0]
+
+        # extract boundary
+        boundary = content_type[0].split("boundary=")[1]
+        # split on boundary and check that json field and expected value exist
+        body = channel.result.get("body")
+        assert body is not None
+        stripped_bytes = body.split(b"\r\n" + b"--" + boundary.encode("utf-8"))
+        found_json = any(
+            b"\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\n{}" in field
+            for field in stripped_bytes
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(found_json)
+
+        # check that png file exists and matches what was uploaded
+        found_file = any(SMALL_PNG in field for field in stripped_bytes)
+        self.assertTrue(found_file)
+
+    @override_config(
+        {"experimental_features": {"msc3916_authenticated_media_enabled": False}}
+    )
+    def test_disable_config(self) -> None:
+        content = io.BytesIO(b"file_to_stream")
+        content_uri = self.get_success(
+            self.media_repo.create_content(
+                "text/plain",
+                "test_upload",
+                content,
+                46,
+                UserID.from_string("@user_id:whatever.org"),
+            )
+        )
+        channel = self.make_signed_federation_request(
+            "GET",
+            f"/_matrix/federation/unstable/org.matrix.msc3916/media/download/{content_uri.media_id}",
+        )
+        self.pump()
+        self.assertEqual(404, channel.code)
+        self.assertEqual(channel.json_body.get("errcode"), "M_UNRECOGNIZED")
+
+
+class FakeFileStorageProviderBackend:
+    """
+    Fake storage provider stub with incompatible `fetch` signature for testing
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer", config: str):
+        self.hs = hs
+        self.cache_directory = hs.config.media.media_store_path
+        self.base_directory = config
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return "FakeFileStorageProviderBackend[%s]" % (self.base_directory,)
+
+    async def fetch(
+        self, path: str, file_info: FileInfo, media_info: Optional[LocalMedia] = None
+    ) -> Optional[Responder]:
+        pass
+
+
+TEST_DIR = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="synapse-tests-")
+
+
+class FederationUnstableMediaEndpointCompatibilityTest(
+    unittest.FederatingHomeserverTestCase
+):
+
+    def prepare(self, reactor: MemoryReactor, clock: Clock, hs: HomeServer) -> None:
+        super().prepare(reactor, clock, hs)
+        self.test_dir = TEST_DIR
+        self.addCleanup(shutil.rmtree, self.test_dir)
+        self.media_repo = hs.get_media_repository()
+
+    def default_config(self) -> JsonDict:
+        config = super().default_config()
+        primary_base_path = os.path.join(TEST_DIR, "primary")
+        config["media_storage_providers"] = [
+            {
+                "module": "tests.federation.test_federation_media.FakeFileStorageProviderBackend",
+                "store_local": "True",
+                "store_remote": "False",
+                "store_synchronous": "False",
+                "config": {"directory": primary_base_path},
+            }
+        ]
+        return config
+
+    @override_config(
+        {"experimental_features": {"msc3916_authenticated_media_enabled": True}}
+    )
+    def test_incompatible_storage_provider_fails_to_load_endpoint(self) -> None:
+        channel = self.make_signed_federation_request(
+            "GET",
+            "/_matrix/federation/unstable/org.matrix.msc3916/media/download/xyz",
+        )
+        self.pump()
+        self.assertEqual(404, channel.code)
+        self.assertEqual(channel.json_body.get("errcode"), "M_UNRECOGNIZED")

tests/media/test_media_storage.py

@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ from synapse.logging.context import make_deferred_yieldable
 from synapse.media._base import FileInfo, ThumbnailInfo
 from synapse.media.filepath import MediaFilePaths
 from synapse.media.media_storage import MediaStorage, ReadableFileWrapper
-from synapse.media.storage_provider import FileStorageProviderBackend
+from synapse.media.storage_provider import (
+    FileStorageProviderBackend,
+    StorageProviderWrapper,
+)
 from synapse.media.thumbnailer import ThumbnailProvider
 from synapse.module_api import ModuleApi
 from synapse.module_api.callbacks.spamchecker_callbacks import load_legacy_spam_checkers
@@ -78,7 +81,14 @@ class MediaStorageTests(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
 
         hs.config.media.media_store_path = self.primary_base_path
 
-        storage_providers = [FileStorageProviderBackend(hs, self.secondary_base_path)]
+        storage_providers = [
+            StorageProviderWrapper(
+                FileStorageProviderBackend(hs, self.secondary_base_path),
+                store_local=True,
+                store_remote=False,
+                store_synchronous=True,
+            )
+        ]
 
         self.filepaths = MediaFilePaths(self.primary_base_path)
         self.media_storage = MediaStorage(