Request & follow redirects for /media/v3/download (#16701)

Implement MSC3860 to follow redirects for federated media downloads.

Note that the Client-Server API doesn't support this (yet) since the media
repository in Synapse doesn't have a way of supporting redirects.

changelog.d/16701.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Follow redirects when downloading media over federation (per [MSC3860](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3860)).

synapse/federation/federation_client.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     AbstractSet,
     Awaitable,
+    BinaryIO,
     Callable,
     Collection,
     Container,
@@ -1862,6 +1863,43 @@ def filter_user_id(user_id: str) -> bool:
 
         return filtered_statuses, filtered_failures
 
+    async def download_media(
+        self,
+        destination: str,
+        media_id: str,
+        output_stream: BinaryIO,
+        max_size: int,
+        max_timeout_ms: int,
+    ) -> Tuple[int, Dict[bytes, List[bytes]]]:
+        try:
+            return await self.transport_layer.download_media_v3(
+                destination,
+                media_id,
+                output_stream=output_stream,
+                max_size=max_size,
+                max_timeout_ms=max_timeout_ms,
+            )
+        except HttpResponseException as e:
+            # If an error is received that is due to an unrecognised endpoint,
+            # fallback to the r0 endpoint. Otherwise, consider it a legitimate error
+            # and raise.
+            if not is_unknown_endpoint(e):
+                raise
+
+        logger.debug(
+            "Couldn't download media %s/%s with the v3 API, falling back to the r0 API",
+            destination,
+            media_id,
+        )
+
+        return await self.transport_layer.download_media_r0(
+            destination,
+            media_id,
+            output_stream=output_stream,
+            max_size=max_size,
+            max_timeout_ms=max_timeout_ms,
+        )
+
 
 @attr.s(frozen=True, slots=True, auto_attribs=True)
 class TimestampToEventResponse:

synapse/federation/transport/client.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
+    BinaryIO,
     Callable,
     Collection,
     Dict,
@@ -804,6 +805,58 @@ async def get_account_status(
             destination=destination, path=path, data={"user_ids": user_ids}
         )
 
+    async def download_media_r0(
+        self,
+        destination: str,
+        media_id: str,
+        output_stream: BinaryIO,
+        max_size: int,
+        max_timeout_ms: int,
+    ) -> Tuple[int, Dict[bytes, List[bytes]]]:
+        path = f"/_matrix/media/r0/download/{destination}/{media_id}"
+
+        return await self.client.get_file(
+            destination,
+            path,
+            output_stream=output_stream,
+            max_size=max_size,
+            args={
+                # tell the remote server to 404 if it doesn't
+                # recognise the server_name, to make sure we don't
+                # end up with a routing loop.
+                "allow_remote": "false",
+                "timeout_ms": str(max_timeout_ms),
+            },
+        )
+
+    async def download_media_v3(
+        self,
+        destination: str,
+        media_id: str,
+        output_stream: BinaryIO,
+        max_size: int,
+        max_timeout_ms: int,
+    ) -> Tuple[int, Dict[bytes, List[bytes]]]:
+        path = f"/_matrix/media/v3/download/{destination}/{media_id}"
+
+        return await self.client.get_file(
+            destination,
+            path,
+            output_stream=output_stream,
+            max_size=max_size,
+            args={
+                # tell the remote server to 404 if it doesn't
+                # recognise the server_name, to make sure we don't
+                # end up with a routing loop.
+                "allow_remote": "false",
+                "timeout_ms": str(max_timeout_ms),
+                # Matrix 1.7 allows for this to redirect to another URL, this should
+                # just be ignored for an old homeserver, so always provide it.
+                "allow_redirect": "true",
+            },
+            follow_redirects=True,
+        )
+
 
 def _create_path(federation_prefix: str, path: str, *args: str) -> str:
     """

synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py

@@ -153,12 +153,18 @@ class MatrixFederationRequest:
     """Query arguments.
     """
 
-    txn_id: Optional[str] = None
-    """Unique ID for this request (for logging)
+    txn_id: str = attr.ib(init=False)
+    """Unique ID for this request (for logging), this is autogenerated.
     """
 
-    uri: bytes = attr.ib(init=False)
-    """The URI of this request
+    uri: bytes = b""
+    """The URI of this request, usually generated from the above information.
+    """
+
+    _generate_uri: bool = True
+    """True to automatically generate the uri field based on the above information.
+
+    Set to False if manually configuring the URI.
     """
 
     def __attrs_post_init__(self) -> None:
@@ -168,22 +174,23 @@ def __attrs_post_init__(self) -> None:
 
         object.__setattr__(self, "txn_id", txn_id)
 
-        destination_bytes = self.destination.encode("ascii")
-        path_bytes = self.path.encode("ascii")
-        query_bytes = encode_query_args(self.query)
-
-        # The object is frozen so we can pre-compute this.
-        uri = urllib.parse.urlunparse(
-            (
-                b"matrix-federation",
-                destination_bytes,
-                path_bytes,
-                None,
-                query_bytes,
-                b"",
+        if self._generate_uri:
+            destination_bytes = self.destination.encode("ascii")
+            path_bytes = self.path.encode("ascii")
+            query_bytes = encode_query_args(self.query)
+
+            # The object is frozen so we can pre-compute this.
+            uri = urllib.parse.urlunparse(
+                (
+                    b"matrix-federation",
+                    destination_bytes,
+                    path_bytes,
+                    None,
+                    query_bytes,
+                    b"",
+                )
             )
-        )
-        object.__setattr__(self, "uri", uri)
+            object.__setattr__(self, "uri", uri)
 
     def get_json(self) -> Optional[JsonDict]:
         if self.json_callback:
@@ -513,6 +520,7 @@ async def _send_request(
         ignore_backoff: bool = False,
         backoff_on_404: bool = False,
         backoff_on_all_error_codes: bool = False,
+        follow_redirects: bool = False,
     ) -> IResponse:
         """
         Sends a request to the given server.
@@ -555,6 +563,9 @@ async def _send_request(
             backoff_on_404: Back off if we get a 404
             backoff_on_all_error_codes: Back off if we get any error response
 
+            follow_redirects: True to follow the Location header of 307/308 redirect
+                responses. This does not recurse.
+
         Returns:
             Resolves with the HTTP response object on success.
 
@@ -714,6 +725,26 @@ async def _send_request(
                             response.code,
                             response_phrase,
                         )
+                    elif (
+                        response.code in (307, 308)
+                        and follow_redirects
+                        and response.headers.hasHeader("Location")
+                    ):
+                        # The Location header *might* be relative so resolve it.
+                        location = response.headers.getRawHeaders(b"Location")[0]
+                        new_uri = urllib.parse.urljoin(request.uri, location)
+
+                        return await self._send_request(
+                            attr.evolve(request, uri=new_uri, generate_uri=False),
+                            retry_on_dns_fail,
+                            timeout,
+                            long_retries,
+                            ignore_backoff,
+                            backoff_on_404,
+                            backoff_on_all_error_codes,
+                            # Do not continue following redirects.
+                            follow_redirects=False,
+                        )
                     else:
                         logger.info(
                             "{%s} [%s] Got response headers: %d %s",
@@ -1383,6 +1414,7 @@ async def get_file(
         retry_on_dns_fail: bool = True,
         max_size: Optional[int] = None,
         ignore_backoff: bool = False,
+        follow_redirects: bool = False,
     ) -> Tuple[int, Dict[bytes, List[bytes]]]:
         """GETs a file from a given homeserver
         Args:
@@ -1392,6 +1424,8 @@ async def get_file(
             args: Optional dictionary used to create the query string.
             ignore_backoff: true to ignore the historical backoff data
                 and try the request anyway.
+            follow_redirects: True to follow the Location header of 307/308 redirect
+                responses. This does not recurse.
 
         Returns:
             Resolves with an (int,dict) tuple of
@@ -1412,7 +1446,10 @@ async def get_file(
         )
 
         response = await self._send_request(
-            request, retry_on_dns_fail=retry_on_dns_fail, ignore_backoff=ignore_backoff
+            request,
+            retry_on_dns_fail=retry_on_dns_fail,
+            ignore_backoff=ignore_backoff,
+            follow_redirects=follow_redirects,
         )
 
         headers = dict(response.headers.getAllRawHeaders())

synapse/media/media_repository.py

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class MediaRepository:
     def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
         self.hs = hs
         self.auth = hs.get_auth()
-        self.client = hs.get_federation_http_client()
+        self.client = hs.get_federation_client()
         self.clock = hs.get_clock()
         self.server_name = hs.hostname
         self.store = hs.get_datastores().main
@@ -644,22 +644,13 @@ async def _download_remote_file(
         file_info = FileInfo(server_name=server_name, file_id=file_id)
 
         with self.media_storage.store_into_file(file_info) as (f, fname, finish):
-            request_path = "/".join(
-                ("/_matrix/media/r0/download", server_name, media_id)
-            )
             try:
-                length, headers = await self.client.get_file(
+                length, headers = await self.client.download_media(
                     server_name,
-                    request_path,
+                    media_id,
                     output_stream=f,
                     max_size=self.max_upload_size,
-                    args={
-                        # tell the remote server to 404 if it doesn't
-                        # recognise the server_name, to make sure we don't
-                        # end up with a routing loop.
-                        "allow_remote": "false",
-                        "timeout_ms": str(max_timeout_ms),
-                    },
+                    max_timeout_ms=max_timeout_ms,
                 )
             except RequestSendFailed as e:
                 logger.warning(

tests/media/test_media_storage.py

@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 from twisted.internet.defer import Deferred
+from twisted.python.failure import Failure
 from twisted.test.proto_helpers import MemoryReactor
 from twisted.web.resource import Resource
 
-from synapse.api.errors import Codes
+from synapse.api.errors import Codes, HttpResponseException
 from synapse.events import EventBase
 from synapse.http.types import QueryParams
 from synapse.logging.context import make_deferred_yieldable
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ def get_file(
             retry_on_dns_fail: bool = True,
             max_size: Optional[int] = None,
             ignore_backoff: bool = False,
+            follow_redirects: bool = False,
         ) -> "Deferred[Tuple[int, Dict[bytes, List[bytes]]]]":
             """A mock for MatrixFederationHttpClient.get_file."""
 
@@ -257,10 +259,15 @@ def write_to(
                 output_stream.write(data)
                 return response
 
+            def write_err(f: Failure) -> Failure:
+                f.trap(HttpResponseException)
+                output_stream.write(f.value.response)
+                return f
+
             d: Deferred[Tuple[bytes, Tuple[int, Dict[bytes, List[bytes]]]]] = Deferred()
             self.fetches.append((d, destination, path, args))
             # Note that this callback changes the value held by d.
-            d_after_callback = d.addCallback(write_to)
+            d_after_callback = d.addCallbacks(write_to, write_err)
             return make_deferred_yieldable(d_after_callback)
 
         # Mock out the homeserver's MatrixFederationHttpClient
@@ -316,10 +323,11 @@ def _req(
         self.assertEqual(len(self.fetches), 1)
         self.assertEqual(self.fetches[0][1], "example.com")
         self.assertEqual(
-            self.fetches[0][2], "/_matrix/media/r0/download/" + self.media_id
+            self.fetches[0][2], "/_matrix/media/v3/download/" + self.media_id
         )
         self.assertEqual(
-            self.fetches[0][3], {"allow_remote": "false", "timeout_ms": "20000"}
+            self.fetches[0][3],
+            {"allow_remote": "false", "timeout_ms": "20000", "allow_redirect": "true"},
         )
 
         headers = {
@@ -671,6 +679,52 @@ def test_cross_origin_resource_policy_header(self) -> None:
             [b"cross-origin"],
         )
 
+    def test_unknown_v3_endpoint(self) -> None:
+        """
+        If the v3 endpoint fails, try the r0 one.
+        """
+        channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET",
+            f"/_matrix/media/v3/download/{self.media_id}",
+            shorthand=False,
+            await_result=False,
+        )
+        self.pump()
+
+        # We've made one fetch, to example.com, using the media URL, and asking
+        # the other server not to do a remote fetch
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.fetches), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(self.fetches[0][1], "example.com")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.fetches[0][2], "/_matrix/media/v3/download/" + self.media_id
+        )
+
+        # The result which says the endpoint is unknown.
+        unknown_endpoint = b'{"errcode":"M_UNRECOGNIZED","error":"Unknown request"}'
+        self.fetches[0][0].errback(
+            HttpResponseException(404, "NOT FOUND", unknown_endpoint)
+        )
+
+        self.pump()
+
+        # There should now be another request to the r0 URL.
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.fetches), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(self.fetches[1][1], "example.com")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.fetches[1][2], f"/_matrix/media/r0/download/{self.media_id}"
+        )
+
+        headers = {
+            b"Content-Length": [b"%d" % (len(self.test_image.data))],
+        }
+
+        self.fetches[1][0].callback(
+            (self.test_image.data, (len(self.test_image.data), headers))
+        )
+
+        self.pump()
+        self.assertEqual(channel.code, 200)
+
 
 class TestSpamCheckerLegacy:
     """A spam checker module that rejects all media that includes the bytes