Invalidate the get_users_in_room{_with_profile} caches only when necessary. (#11878)

The get_users_in_room and get_users_in_room_with_profiles
are now only invalidated when the  membership of a room changes,
instead of during any state change in the room.

changelog.d/11878.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Do not needlessly clear the `get_users_in_room` and `get_users_in_room_with_profiles` caches when any room state changes.

synapse/storage/_base.py

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class SQLBaseStore(metaclass=ABCMeta):
         pass
 
     def _invalidate_state_caches(
-        self, room_id: str, members_changed: Iterable[str]
+        self, room_id: str, members_changed: Collection[str]
     ) -> None:
         """Invalidates caches that are based on the current state, but does
         not stream invalidations down replication.
@@ -66,11 +66,16 @@ class SQLBaseStore(metaclass=ABCMeta):
             room_id: Room where state changed
             members_changed: The user_ids of members that have changed
         """
+        # If there were any membership changes, purge the appropriate caches.
         for host in {get_domain_from_id(u) for u in members_changed}:
             self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache("is_host_joined", (room_id, host))
+        if members_changed:
+            self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache("get_users_in_room", (room_id,))
+            self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache(
+                "get_users_in_room_with_profiles", (room_id,)
+            )
 
-        self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache("get_users_in_room", (room_id,))
-        self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache("get_users_in_room_with_profiles", (room_id,))
+        # Purge other caches based on room state.
         self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache("get_room_summary", (room_id,))
         self._attempt_to_invalidate_cache("get_current_state_ids", (room_id,))
 

synapse/storage/databases/main/cache.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 import itertools
 import logging
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Collection, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
 from synapse.replication.tcp.streams import BackfillStream, CachesStream
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ from synapse.replication.tcp.streams.events import (
     EventsStreamEventRow,
 )
 from synapse.storage._base import SQLBaseStore
-from synapse.storage.database import DatabasePool, LoggingDatabaseConnection
+from synapse.storage.database import (
+    DatabasePool,
+    LoggingDatabaseConnection,
+    LoggingTransaction,
+)
 from synapse.storage.engines import PostgresEngine
 from synapse.util.iterutils import batch_iter
 
@@ -236,7 +240,9 @@ class CacheInvalidationWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
         txn.call_after(cache_func.invalidate_all)
         self._send_invalidation_to_replication(txn, cache_func.__name__, None)
 
-    def _invalidate_state_caches_and_stream(self, txn, room_id, members_changed):
+    def _invalidate_state_caches_and_stream(
+        self, txn: LoggingTransaction, room_id: str, members_changed: Collection[str]
+    ) -> None:
         """Special case invalidation of caches based on current state.
 
         We special case this so that we can batch the cache invalidations into a
@@ -244,8 +250,8 @@ class CacheInvalidationWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
 
         Args:
             txn
-            room_id (str): Room where state changed
-            members_changed (iterable[str]): The user_ids of members that have changed
+            room_id: Room where state changed
+            members_changed: The user_ids of members that have changed
         """
         txn.call_after(self._invalidate_state_caches, room_id, members_changed)