Use term 'out of band membership' instead

synapse/events/__init__.py

@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ class _EventInternalMetadata(object):
     def is_outlier(self):
         return getattr(self, "outlier", False)
 
-    def is_new_remote_event(self):
+    def is_out_of_band_membership(self):
-        """Whether this is a new remote event, like an invite or an invite
+        """Whether this is an out of band membership, like an invite or an invite
         rejection. This is needed as those events are marked as outliers, but
-        they still need to be processed.
+        they still need to be processed as if they're new events (e.g. updating
+        invite state in the database, relaying to clients, etc).
         """
-        return getattr(self, "new_remote_event", False)
+        return getattr(self, "out_of_band_membership", False)
 
     def get_send_on_behalf_of(self):
         """Whether this server should send the event on behalf of another server.

synapse/handlers/federation.py

@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
             )
 
         event.internal_metadata.outlier = True
-        event.internal_metadata.new_remote_event = True
+        event.internal_metadata.out_of_band_membership = True
 
         event.signatures.update(
             compute_event_signature(
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
         # Mark as outlier as we don't have any state for this event; we're not
         # even in the room.
         event.internal_metadata.outlier = True
-        event.internal_metadata.new_remote_event = True
+        event.internal_metadata.out_of_band_membership = True
 
         # Try the host that we succesfully called /make_leave/ on first for
         # the /send_leave/ request.

synapse/storage/roommember.py

@@ -589,11 +589,11 @@ class RoomMemberStore(RoomMemberWorkerStore):
 
             # We update the local_invites table only if the event is "current",
             # i.e., its something that has just happened. If the event is an
-            # outlier it is only current if its a "new remote event", like a
+            # outlier it is only current if its an "out of band membership",
-            # remote invite or a rejection of a remote invite.
+            # like a remote invite or a rejection of a remote invite.
             is_new_state = not backfilled and (
                 not event.internal_metadata.is_outlier()
-                or event.internal_metadata.is_new_remote_event()
+                or event.internal_metadata.is_out_of_band_membership()
             )
             is_mine = self.hs.is_mine_id(event.state_key)
             if is_new_state and is_mine: