From 30649529398a2a57c52b6878a5753a5bf650cf25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2019 16:47:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix incorrect log about not persisting duplicate state event.
 (#4776)

We were logging this when it was not true.
---
 changelog.d/4776.bugfix     | 1 +
 synapse/handlers/message.py | 7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/4776.bugfix

diff --git a/changelog.d/4776.bugfix b/changelog.d/4776.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce3e6ce33c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/4776.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix incorrect log about not persisting duplicate state event.
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/message.py b/synapse/handlers/message.py
index 3981fe69ce..c762b58902 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -436,10 +436,11 @@ class EventCreationHandler(object):
 
         if event.is_state():
             prev_state = yield self.deduplicate_state_event(event, context)
-            logger.info(
-                "Not bothering to persist duplicate state event %s", event.event_id,
-            )
             if prev_state is not None:
+                logger.info(
+                    "Not bothering to persist state event %s duplicated by %s",
+                    event.event_id, prev_state.event_id,
+                )
                 defer.returnValue(prev_state)
 
         yield self.handle_new_client_event(