Clean old notifications regularly

We'll keep highlights for a month and non-highlights for a day, to stop the `userapi_notifications` table from growing indefinitely.

We'll also allow storing events even if no pushers are present, because apparently Element Web expects to work that way.

userapi/consumers/syncapi_streamevent.go

@@ -139,9 +139,6 @@ func (s *OutputStreamEventConsumer) processMessage(ctx context.Context, event *g
 	// removing it means we can send all notifications to
 	// e.g. Element's Push gateway in one go.
 	for _, mem := range members {
-		if p, err := s.db.GetPushers(ctx, mem.Localpart); err != nil || len(p) == 0 {
-			continue
-		}
 		if err := s.notifyLocal(ctx, event, pos, mem, roomSize, roomName); err != nil {
 			log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 				"localpart": mem.Localpart,

userapi/storage/interface.go

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ type Database interface {
 	GetNotifications(ctx context.Context, localpart string, fromID int64, limit int, filter tables.NotificationFilter) ([]*api.Notification, int64, error)
 	GetNotificationCount(ctx context.Context, localpart string, filter tables.NotificationFilter) (int64, error)
 	GetRoomNotificationCounts(ctx context.Context, localpart, roomID string) (total int64, highlight int64, _ error)
+	DeleteOldNotifications(ctx context.Context) error
 
 	UpsertPusher(ctx context.Context, p api.Pusher, localpart string) error
 	GetPushers(ctx context.Context, localpart string) ([]api.Pusher, error)

userapi/storage/postgres/notifications_table.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal/sqlutil"
@@ -28,12 +29,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 type notificationsStatements struct {
-	insertStmt           *sql.Stmt
-	deleteUpToStmt       *sql.Stmt
-	updateReadStmt       *sql.Stmt
-	selectStmt           *sql.Stmt
-	selectCountStmt      *sql.Stmt
-	selectRoomCountsStmt *sql.Stmt
+	insertStmt             *sql.Stmt
+	deleteUpToStmt         *sql.Stmt
+	updateReadStmt         *sql.Stmt
+	selectStmt             *sql.Stmt
+	selectCountStmt        *sql.Stmt
+	selectRoomCountsStmt   *sql.Stmt
+	cleanNotificationsStmt *sql.Stmt
 }
 
 const notificationSchema = `
@@ -77,6 +79,10 @@ const selectRoomNotificationCountsSQL = "" +
 	"SELECT COUNT(*), COUNT(*) FILTER (WHERE highlight) FROM userapi_notifications " +
 	"WHERE localpart = $1 AND room_id = $2 AND NOT read"
 
+const cleanNotificationsSQL = "" +
+	"DELETE FROM userapi_notifications WHERE" +
+	" (highlight = FALSE AND ts_ms < $1) OR (highlight = TRUE AND ts_ms < $2)"
+
 func NewPostgresNotificationTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.NotificationTable, error) {
 	s := &notificationsStatements{}
 	_, err := db.Exec(notificationSchema)
@@ -90,9 +96,19 @@ func NewPostgresNotificationTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.NotificationTable, error)
 		{&s.selectStmt, selectNotificationSQL},
 		{&s.selectCountStmt, selectNotificationCountSQL},
 		{&s.selectRoomCountsStmt, selectRoomNotificationCountsSQL},
+		{&s.cleanNotificationsStmt, cleanNotificationsSQL},
 	}.Prepare(db)
 }
 
+func (s *notificationsStatements) Clean(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx) error {
+	_, err := sqlutil.TxStmt(txn, s.cleanNotificationsStmt).ExecContext(
+		ctx,
+		time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -1).UnixMilli(), // keep non-highlights for a day
+		time.Now().AddDate(0, -1, 0).UnixMilli(), // keep highlights for a month
+	)
+	return err
+}
+
 // Insert inserts a notification into the database.
 func (s *notificationsStatements) Insert(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, localpart, eventID string, pos int64, highlight bool, n *api.Notification) error {
 	roomID, tsMS := n.RoomID, n.TS

userapi/storage/shared/storage.go

@@ -705,6 +705,10 @@ func (d *Database) GetRoomNotificationCounts(ctx context.Context, localpart, roo
 	return d.Notifications.SelectRoomCounts(ctx, nil, localpart, roomID)
 }
 
+func (d *Database) DeleteOldNotifications(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return d.Notifications.Clean(ctx, nil)
+}
+
 func (d *Database) UpsertPusher(
 	ctx context.Context, p api.Pusher, localpart string,
 ) error {

userapi/storage/sqlite3/notifications_table.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/internal/sqlutil"
@@ -28,12 +29,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 type notificationsStatements struct {
-	insertStmt           *sql.Stmt
-	deleteUpToStmt       *sql.Stmt
-	updateReadStmt       *sql.Stmt
-	selectStmt           *sql.Stmt
-	selectCountStmt      *sql.Stmt
-	selectRoomCountsStmt *sql.Stmt
+	insertStmt             *sql.Stmt
+	deleteUpToStmt         *sql.Stmt
+	updateReadStmt         *sql.Stmt
+	selectStmt             *sql.Stmt
+	selectCountStmt        *sql.Stmt
+	selectRoomCountsStmt   *sql.Stmt
+	cleanNotificationsStmt *sql.Stmt
 }
 
 const notificationSchema = `
@@ -77,6 +79,10 @@ const selectRoomNotificationCountsSQL = "" +
 	"SELECT COUNT(*), COUNT(*) FILTER (WHERE highlight) FROM userapi_notifications " +
 	"WHERE localpart = $1 AND room_id = $2 AND NOT read"
 
+const cleanNotificationsSQL = "" +
+	"DELETE FROM userapi_notifications WHERE" +
+	" (highlight = FALSE AND ts_ms < $1) OR (highlight = TRUE AND ts_ms < $2)"
+
 func NewSQLiteNotificationTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.NotificationTable, error) {
 	s := &notificationsStatements{}
 	_, err := db.Exec(notificationSchema)
@@ -90,9 +96,19 @@ func NewSQLiteNotificationTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.NotificationTable, error) {
 		{&s.selectStmt, selectNotificationSQL},
 		{&s.selectCountStmt, selectNotificationCountSQL},
 		{&s.selectRoomCountsStmt, selectRoomNotificationCountsSQL},
+		{&s.cleanNotificationsStmt, cleanNotificationsSQL},
 	}.Prepare(db)
 }
 
+func (s *notificationsStatements) Clean(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx) error {
+	_, err := sqlutil.TxStmt(txn, s.cleanNotificationsStmt).ExecContext(
+		ctx,
+		time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -1).UnixMilli(), // keep non-highlights for a day
+		time.Now().AddDate(0, -1, 0).UnixMilli(), // keep highlights for a month
+	)
+	return err
+}
+
 // Insert inserts a notification into the database.
 func (s *notificationsStatements) Insert(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, localpart, eventID string, pos int64, highlight bool, n *api.Notification) error {
 	roomID, tsMS := n.RoomID, n.TS

userapi/storage/tables/interface.go

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ type PusherTable interface {
 }
 
 type NotificationTable interface {
+	Clean(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx) error
 	Insert(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, localpart, eventID string, pos int64, highlight bool, n *api.Notification) error
 	DeleteUpTo(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, localpart, roomID string, pos int64) (affected bool, _ error)
 	UpdateRead(ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, localpart, roomID string, pos int64, v bool) (affected bool, _ error)

userapi/userapi.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package userapi
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
@@ -86,5 +87,15 @@ func NewInternalAPI(
 		logrus.WithError(err).Panic("failed to start user API streamed event consumer")
 	}
 
+	var cleanOldNotifs func()
+	cleanOldNotifs = func() {
+		logrus.Infof("Cleaning old notifications")
+		if err := db.DeleteOldNotifications(context.Background()); err != nil {
+			logrus.WithError(err).Error("Failed to clean old notifications")
+		}
+		time.AfterFunc(time.Hour, cleanOldNotifs)
+	}
+	time.AfterFunc(time.Minute, cleanOldNotifs)
+
 	return userAPI
 }