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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import logging
+
+from synapse.rest import admin
+from synapse.rest.client.v1 import login, room
+
+from tests.replication._base import BaseMultiWorkerStreamTestCase
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class EventPersisterShardTestCase(BaseMultiWorkerStreamTestCase):
+    """Checks event persisting sharding works
+    """
+
+    servlets = [
+        admin.register_servlets_for_client_rest_resource,
+        room.register_servlets,
+        login.register_servlets,
+    ]
+
+    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
+        # Register a user who sends a message that we'll get notified about
+        self.other_user_id = self.register_user("otheruser", "pass")
+        self.other_access_token = self.login("otheruser", "pass")
+
+    def default_config(self):
+        conf = super().default_config()
+        conf["redis"] = {"enabled": "true"}
+        conf["stream_writers"] = {"events": ["worker1", "worker2"]}
+        conf["instance_map"] = {
+            "worker1": {"host": "testserv", "port": 1001},
+            "worker2": {"host": "testserv", "port": 1002},
+        }
+        return conf
+
+    def test_basic(self):
+        """Simple test that rooms can be created and joined when there are
+        multiple event persisters.
+        """
+
+        self.make_worker_hs(
+            "synapse.app.generic_worker", {"worker_name": "worker1"},
+        )
+
+        self.make_worker_hs(
+            "synapse.app.generic_worker", {"worker_name": "worker2"},
+        )
+
+        user_id = self.register_user("user", "pass")
+        access_token = self.login("user", "pass")
+
+        # Create a room
+        room = self.helper.create_room_as(user_id, tok=access_token)
+
+        # The other user joins
+        self.helper.join(
+            room=room, user=self.other_user_id, tok=self.other_access_token
+        )
+
+        # The other user sends some messages
+        self.helper.send(room, body="Hi!", tok=self.other_access_token)