Prevent duplicate push notifications for room reads

changelog.d/11835.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Make a `POST` to `/rooms/<room_id>/receipt/m.read/<event_id>` only trigger a push notification if the count of unread messages is different to the one in the last successfully sent push.

synapse/push/httppusher.py

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer", pusher_config: PusherConfig):
         self.data_minus_url = {}
         self.data_minus_url.update(self.data)
         del self.data_minus_url["url"]
+        self.badge_count_last_call: Optional[int] = None
 
     def on_started(self, should_check_for_notifs: bool) -> None:
         """Called when this pusher has been started.
@@ -136,7 +137,9 @@ async def _update_badge(self) -> None:
             self.user_id,
             group_by_room=self._group_unread_count_by_room,
         )
-        await self._send_badge(badge)
+        if self.badge_count_last_call is None or self.badge_count_last_call != badge:
+            self.badge_count_last_call = badge
+            await self._send_badge(badge)
 
     def on_timer(self) -> None:
         self._start_processing()
@@ -402,6 +405,8 @@ async def dispatch_push(
         rejected = []
         if "rejected" in resp:
             rejected = resp["rejected"]
+        else:
+            self.badge_count_last_call = badge
         return rejected
 
     async def _send_badge(self, badge: int) -> None:

tests/push/test_http.py

@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ def test_push_unread_count_group_by_room(self):
         #
         # This push should still only contain an unread count of 1 (for 1 unread room)
         self.assertEqual(
-            self.push_attempts[5][2]["notification"]["counts"]["unread"], 1
+            self.push_attempts[4][2]["notification"]["counts"]["unread"], 1
         )
 
     @override_config({"push": {"group_unread_count_by_room": False}})
@@ -585,10 +585,10 @@ def test_push_unread_count_message_count(self):
 
         # Carry out our option-value specific test
         #
-        # We're counting every unread message, so there should now be 4 since the
+        # We're counting every unread message, so there should now be 3 since the
         # last read receipt
         self.assertEqual(
-            self.push_attempts[5][2]["notification"]["counts"]["unread"], 4
+            self.push_attempts[5][2]["notification"]["counts"]["unread"], 3
         )
 
     def _test_push_unread_count(self):
@@ -597,8 +597,9 @@ def _test_push_unread_count(self):
 
         Note that:
         * Sending messages will cause push notifications to go out to relevant users
-        * Sending a read receipt will cause a "badge update" notification to go out to
-          the user that sent the receipt
+        * Sending a read receipt will cause the HTTP pusher to check whether the unread
+            count has changed since the last push notification. If so, a "badge update"
+            notification goes out to the user that sent the receipt
         """
         # Register the user who gets notified
         user_id = self.register_user("user", "pass")
@@ -642,81 +643,87 @@ def _test_push_unread_count(self):
         # position in the room. We'll set the read position to this event in a moment
         first_message_event_id = response["event_id"]
 
-        # Advance time a bit (so the pusher will register something has happened) and
-        # make the push succeed
-        self.push_attempts[0][0].callback({})
+        expected_push_attempts = 1
+        self._check_push_attempt(expected_push_attempts, 0)
+
+        self._send_read_request(access_token, first_message_event_id, room_id)
+
+        # Unread count has not changed. Therefore, ensure that read request does not
+        # trigger a push notification.
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.push_attempts), 1)
+
+        # Send another message
+        response2 = self.helper.send(
+            room_id, body="How's the weather today?", tok=other_access_token
+        )
+        second_message_event_id = response2["event_id"]
+
+        expected_push_attempts += 1
+
+        self._check_push_attempt(expected_push_attempts, 1)
+
+        self._send_read_request(access_token, second_message_event_id, room_id)
+        expected_push_attempts += 1
+
+        self._check_push_attempt(expected_push_attempts, 0)
+
+        # Since we're grouping by room, sending more messages shouldn't increase the
+        # unread count, as they're all being sent in the same room
+        self.helper.send(room_id, body="Hello?", tok=other_access_token)
+        expected_push_attempts += 1
+
+        self._advance_time_and_make_push_succeed(expected_push_attempts)
+
+        self.helper.send(room_id, body="Hello??", tok=other_access_token)
+        expected_push_attempts += 1
+
+        self._advance_time_and_make_push_succeed(expected_push_attempts)
+
+        self.helper.send(room_id, body="HELLO???", tok=other_access_token)
+        expected_push_attempts += 1
+
+        self._advance_time_and_make_push_succeed(expected_push_attempts)
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.push_attempts), 6)
+
+    def _advance_time_and_make_push_succeed(self, expected_push_attempts):
         self.pump()
+        self.push_attempts[expected_push_attempts - 1][0].callback({})
 
+    def _check_push_attempt(
+        self, expected_push_attempts, expected_unread_count_last_push
+    ):
+        """
+        Makes sure that the last expected push attempt succeeds and checks whether
+        it contains the expected unread count.
+        """
+        self._advance_time_and_make_push_succeed(expected_push_attempts)
         # Check our push made it
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.push_attempts), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.push_attempts), expected_push_attempts)
         self.assertEqual(
-            self.push_attempts[0][1], "http://example.com/_matrix/push/v1/notify"
+            self.push_attempts[expected_push_attempts - 1][1],
+            "http://example.com/_matrix/push/v1/notify",
         )
-
         # Check that the unread count for the room is 0
         #
         # The unread count is zero as the user has no read receipt in the room yet
         self.assertEqual(
-            self.push_attempts[0][2]["notification"]["counts"]["unread"], 0
+            self.push_attempts[expected_push_attempts - 1][2]["notification"]["counts"][
+                "unread"
+            ],
+            expected_unread_count_last_push,
         )
 
+    def _send_read_request(self, access_token, message_event_id, room_id):
         # Now set the user's read receipt position to the first event
         #
         # This will actually trigger a new notification to be sent out so that
         # even if the user does not receive another message, their unread
         # count goes down
         channel = self.make_request(
             "POST",
-            "/rooms/%s/receipt/m.read/%s" % (room_id, first_message_event_id),
+            "/rooms/%s/receipt/m.read/%s" % (room_id, message_event_id),
             {},
             access_token=access_token,
         )
         self.assertEqual(channel.code, 200, channel.json_body)
-
-        # Advance time and make the push succeed
-        self.push_attempts[1][0].callback({})
-        self.pump()
-
-        # Unread count is still zero as we've read the only message in the room
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.push_attempts), 2)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            self.push_attempts[1][2]["notification"]["counts"]["unread"], 0
-        )
-
-        # Send another message
-        self.helper.send(
-            room_id, body="How's the weather today?", tok=other_access_token
-        )
-
-        # Advance time and make the push succeed
-        self.push_attempts[2][0].callback({})
-        self.pump()
-
-        # This push should contain an unread count of 1 as there's now been one
-        # message since our last read receipt
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.push_attempts), 3)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            self.push_attempts[2][2]["notification"]["counts"]["unread"], 1
-        )
-
-        # Since we're grouping by room, sending more messages shouldn't increase the
-        # unread count, as they're all being sent in the same room
-        self.helper.send(room_id, body="Hello?", tok=other_access_token)
-
-        # Advance time and make the push succeed
-        self.pump()
-        self.push_attempts[3][0].callback({})
-
-        self.helper.send(room_id, body="Hello??", tok=other_access_token)
-
-        # Advance time and make the push succeed
-        self.pump()
-        self.push_attempts[4][0].callback({})
-
-        self.helper.send(room_id, body="HELLO???", tok=other_access_token)
-
-        # Advance time and make the push succeed
-        self.pump()
-        self.push_attempts[5][0].callback({})
-
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.push_attempts), 6)