From 3a125fd8fab320b09457e575d2ae286db84bc108 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: devonh <devon.dmytro@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2023 19:50:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix prev event lookup in syncapi (#3141)

The syncapi operates using userID's so when querying for the previous
state event we need to lookup the userID from the given senderID before
the state query.
---
 syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go | 29 ++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go b/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
index e6b5ddbb0..7ba3afc4b 100644
--- a/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
+++ b/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
@@ -558,29 +558,28 @@ func (s *OutputRoomEventConsumer) updateStateEvent(event *rstypes.HeaderedEvent)
 	var succeeded bool
 	defer sqlutil.EndTransactionWithCheck(snapshot, &succeeded, &err)
 
-	prevEvent, err := snapshot.GetStateEvent(
-		s.ctx, event.RoomID(), event.Type(), stateKey,
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		return event, err
-	}
-
 	validRoomID, err := spec.NewRoomID(event.RoomID())
 	if err != nil {
 		return event, err
 	}
 
-	if event.StateKey() != nil {
-		if *event.StateKey() != "" {
-			var sku *spec.UserID
-			sku, err = s.rsAPI.QueryUserIDForSender(s.ctx, *validRoomID, spec.SenderID(stateKey))
-			if err == nil && sku != nil {
-				sKey := sku.String()
-				event.StateKeyResolved = &sKey
-			}
+	sKeyUser := ""
+	if stateKey != "" {
+		var sku *spec.UserID
+		sku, err = s.rsAPI.QueryUserIDForSender(s.ctx, *validRoomID, spec.SenderID(stateKey))
+		if err == nil && sku != nil {
+			sKeyUser = sku.String()
+			event.StateKeyResolved = &sKeyUser
 		}
 	}
 
+	prevEvent, err := snapshot.GetStateEvent(
+		s.ctx, event.RoomID(), event.Type(), sKeyUser,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return event, err
+	}
+
 	userID, err := s.rsAPI.QueryUserIDForSender(s.ctx, *validRoomID, event.SenderID())
 	if err != nil {
 		return event, err