Abstract event validation/fetching, add outlier and signing key DB trees

Fixed the miss named commented out keys in conduit-example.toml.

conduit-example.toml

@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ port = 6167
 max_request_size = 20_000_000 # in bytes
 
 # Disable registration. No new users will be able to register on this server
-#registration_disabled = false
+#allow_registration = false
 
 # Disable encryption, so no new encrypted rooms can be created
 # Note: existing rooms will continue to work
-#encryption_disabled = false
+#allow_encryption = false
-#federation_disabled = false
+#allow_federation = false
 
 #cache_capacity = 1073741824 # in bytes, 1024 * 1024 * 1024
 #max_concurrent_requests = 4 # How many requests Conduit sends to other servers at the same time

src/database.rs

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use std::fs::remove_dir_all;
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use tokio::sync::Semaphore;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Config {
     server_name: Box<ServerName>,
     database_path: String,
@@ -102,7 +102,12 @@ impl Database {
         let (admin_sender, admin_receiver) = mpsc::unbounded();
 
         let db = Self {
-            globals: globals::Globals::load(db.open_tree("global")?, config).await?,
+            globals: globals::Globals::load(
+                db.open_tree("global")?,
+                db.open_tree("servertimeout_signingkey")?,
+                config,
+            )
+            .await?,
             users: users::Users {
                 userid_password: db.open_tree("userid_password")?,
                 userid_displayname: db.open_tree("userid_displayname")?,
@@ -155,6 +160,7 @@ impl Database {
                 stateid_pduid: db.open_tree("stateid_pduid")?,
                 pduid_statehash: db.open_tree("pduid_statehash")?,
                 roomid_statehash: db.open_tree("roomid_statehash")?,
+                eventid_outlierpdu: db.open_tree("eventid_outlierpdu")?,
             },
             account_data: account_data::AccountData {
                 roomuserdataid_accountdata: db.open_tree("roomuserdataid_accountdata")?,

src/database/globals.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 use crate::{database::Config, utils, Error, Result};
 use log::error;
-use ruma::ServerName;
+use ruma::{
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+    api::federation::discovery::{ServerSigningKeys, VerifyKey},
+    ServerName, ServerSigningKeyId,
+};
+use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::RwLock;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -19,10 +22,15 @@ pub struct Globals {
     reqwest_client: reqwest::Client,
     pub actual_destination_cache: DestinationCache, // actual_destination, host
     dns_resolver: TokioAsyncResolver,
+    pub(super) servertimeout_signingkey: sled::Tree, // ServerName -> algorithm:key + pubkey
 }
 
 impl Globals {
-    pub async fn load(globals: sled::Tree, config: Config) -> Result<Self> {
+    pub async fn load(
+        globals: sled::Tree,
+        server_keys: sled::Tree,
+        config: Config,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
         let bytes = &*globals
             .update_and_fetch("keypair", utils::generate_keypair)?
             .expect("utils::generate_keypair always returns Some");
@@ -75,6 +83,7 @@ impl Globals {
                     Error::bad_config("Failed to set up trust dns resolver with system config.")
                 })?,
             actual_destination_cache: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
+            servertimeout_signingkey: server_keys,
         })
     }
 
@@ -128,4 +137,66 @@ impl Globals {
     pub fn dns_resolver(&self) -> &TokioAsyncResolver {
         &self.dns_resolver
     }
+
+    /// TODO: the key valid until timestamp is only honored in room version > 4
+    /// Remove the outdated keys and insert the new ones.
+    ///
+    /// This doesn't actually check that the keys provided are newer than the old set.
+    pub fn add_signing_key(&self, origin: &ServerName, keys: &ServerSigningKeys) -> Result<()> {
+        // Remove outdated keys
+        let now = crate::utils::millis_since_unix_epoch();
+        for item in self.servertimeout_signingkey.scan_prefix(origin.as_bytes()) {
+            let (k, _) = item?;
+            let valid_until = k
+                .splitn(2, |&b| b == 0xff)
+                .nth(1)
+                .map(crate::utils::u64_from_bytes)
+                .ok_or_else(|| Error::bad_database("Invalid signing keys."))?
+                .map_err(|_| Error::bad_database("Invalid signing key valid until bytes"))?;
+
+            if now > valid_until {
+                self.servertimeout_signingkey.remove(k)?;
+            }
+        }
+
+        let mut key = origin.as_bytes().to_vec();
+        key.push(0xff);
+        key.extend_from_slice(
+            &(keys
+                .valid_until_ts
+                .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+                .expect("time is valid")
+                .as_millis() as u64)
+                .to_be_bytes(),
+        );
+
+        self.servertimeout_signingkey.insert(
+            key,
+            serde_json::to_vec(&keys.verify_keys).expect("ServerSigningKeys are a valid string"),
+        )?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// This returns an empty `Ok(BTreeMap<..>)` when there are no keys found for the server.
+    pub fn signing_keys_for(
+        &self,
+        origin: &ServerName,
+    ) -> Result<BTreeMap<ServerSigningKeyId, VerifyKey>> {
+        let now = crate::utils::millis_since_unix_epoch();
+        for item in self.servertimeout_signingkey.scan_prefix(origin.as_bytes()) {
+            let (k, bytes) = item?;
+            let valid_until = k
+                .splitn(2, |&b| b == 0xff)
+                .nth(1)
+                .map(crate::utils::u64_from_bytes)
+                .ok_or_else(|| Error::bad_database("Invalid signing keys."))?
+                .map_err(|_| Error::bad_database("Invalid signing key valid until bytes"))?;
+            // If these keys are still valid use em!
+            if valid_until > now {
+                return serde_json::from_slice(&bytes)
+                    .map_err(|_| Error::bad_database("Invalid BTreeMap<> of signing keys"));
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(BTreeMap::default())
+    }
 }

src/database/rooms.rs

@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ pub struct Rooms {
     /// The state for a given state hash.
     pub(super) statekey_short: sled::Tree, // StateKey = EventType + StateKey, Short = Count
     pub(super) stateid_pduid: sled::Tree, // StateId = StateHash + Short, PduId = Count (without roomid)
+
+    /// Any pdu that has passed the steps up to auth with auth_events.
+    pub(super) eventid_outlierpdu: sled::Tree,
 }
 
 impl Rooms {
@@ -188,72 +191,6 @@ impl Rooms {
         Ok(events)
     }
 
-    /// Returns a Vec of the related auth events to the given `event`.
-    ///
-    /// A recursive list of all the auth_events going back to `RoomCreate` for each event in `event_ids`.
-    pub fn auth_events_full(
-        &self,
-        _room_id: &RoomId,
-        event_ids: &[EventId],
-    ) -> Result<Vec<PduEvent>> {
-        let mut result = BTreeMap::new();
-        let mut stack = event_ids.to_vec();
-
-        // DFS for auth event chain
-        while !stack.is_empty() {
-            let ev_id = stack.pop().unwrap();
-            if result.contains_key(&ev_id) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if let Some(ev) = self.get_pdu(&ev_id)? {
-                stack.extend(ev.auth_events());
-                result.insert(ev.event_id().clone(), ev);
-            }
-        }
-
-        Ok(result.into_iter().map(|(_, v)| v).collect())
-    }
-
-    /// Returns a Vec<EventId> representing the difference in auth chains of the given `events`.
-    ///
-    /// Each inner `Vec` of `event_ids` represents a state set (state at each forward extremity).
-    pub fn auth_chain_diff(
-        &self,
-        room_id: &RoomId,
-        event_ids: Vec<Vec<EventId>>,
-    ) -> Result<Vec<EventId>> {
-        use std::collections::BTreeSet;
-
-        let mut chains = vec![];
-        for ids in event_ids {
-            // TODO state store `auth_event_ids` returns self in the event ids list
-            // when an event returns `auth_event_ids` self is not contained
-            let chain = self
-                .auth_events_full(room_id, &ids)?
-                .into_iter()
-                .map(|pdu| pdu.event_id)
-                .collect::<BTreeSet<_>>();
-            chains.push(chain);
-        }
-
-        if let Some(chain) = chains.first() {
-            let rest = chains.iter().skip(1).flatten().cloned().collect();
-            let common = chain.intersection(&rest).collect::<Vec<_>>();
-
-            Ok(chains
-                .iter()
-                .flatten()
-                .filter(|id| !common.contains(&id))
-                .cloned()
-                .collect::<BTreeSet<_>>()
-                .into_iter()
-                .collect())
-        } else {
-            Ok(vec![])
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Generate a new StateHash.
     ///
     /// A unique hash made from hashing all PDU ids of the state joined with 0xff.
@@ -475,6 +412,31 @@ impl Rooms {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Returns the pdu from the outlier tree.
+    pub fn get_pdu_outlier(&self, event_id: &EventId) -> Result<Option<PduEvent>> {
+        self.eventid_outlierpdu
+            .get(event_id.as_bytes())?
+            .map_or(Ok(None), |pdu| {
+                Ok(Some(
+                    serde_json::from_slice(&pdu)
+                        .map_err(|_| Error::bad_database("Invalid PDU in db."))?,
+                ))
+            })
+    }
+
+    /// Returns true if the event_id was previously inserted.
+    pub fn append_pdu_outlier(&self, event_id: &EventId, pdu: &PduEvent) -> Result<bool> {
+        log::info!("Number of outlier pdu's {}", self.eventid_outlierpdu.len());
+        let res = self
+            .eventid_outlierpdu
+            .insert(
+                event_id.as_bytes(),
+                &*serde_json::to_string(&pdu).expect("PduEvent is always a valid String"),
+            )
+            .map(|op| op.is_some())?;
+        Ok(res)
+    }
+
     /// Creates a new persisted data unit and adds it to a room.
     ///
     /// By this point the incoming event should be fully authenticated, no auth happens
@@ -516,6 +478,9 @@ impl Rooms {
             }
         }
 
+        // We no longer keep this pdu as an outlier
+        self.eventid_outlierpdu.remove(pdu.event_id().as_bytes())?;
+
         self.replace_pdu_leaves(&pdu.room_id, &pdu.event_id)?;
 
         // Mark as read first so the sending client doesn't get a notification even if appending

src/error.rs

@@ -122,10 +122,9 @@ impl log::Log for ConduitLogger {
         let output = format!("{} - {}", record.level(), record.args());
 
         if self.enabled(record.metadata())
-            && (record
+            && (record.module_path().map_or(false, |path| {
-                .module_path()
+                path.starts_with("conduit::") || path.starts_with("state")
-                .map_or(false, |path| path.starts_with("conduit::"))
+            }) || record
-                || record
                     .module_path()
                     .map_or(true, |path| !path.starts_with("rocket::")) // Rockets logs are annoying
                     && record.metadata().level() <= log::Level::Warn)

src/main.rs

@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ fn setup_rocket() -> rocket::Rocket {
                 .figment()
                 .extract()
                 .expect("It looks like your config is invalid. Please take a look at the error");
+
             let data = Database::load_or_create(config)
                 .await
                 .expect("config is valid");

src/server_server.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use crate::{client_server, utils, ConduitResult, Database, Error, PduEvent, Result, Ruma};
-use get_devices::v1::UserDevice;
 use get_profile_information::v1::ProfileField;
 use http::header::{HeaderValue, AUTHORIZATION, HOST};
 use log::{error, info, warn};
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@ use rocket::{get, post, put, response::content::Json, State};
 use ruma::{
     api::{
         federation::{
-            device::get_devices,
             directory::{get_public_rooms, get_public_rooms_filtered},
             discovery::{
                 get_server_keys, get_server_version::v1 as get_server_version, ServerSigningKeys,
@@ -20,7 +18,6 @@ use ruma::{
         OutgoingRequest,
     },
     directory::{IncomingFilter, IncomingRoomNetwork},
-    events::pdu::Pdu,
     serde::to_canonical_value,
     signatures::{CanonicalJsonObject, CanonicalJsonValue, PublicKeyMap},
     EventId, RoomId, RoomVersionId, ServerName, ServerSigningKeyId, UserId,
@@ -28,9 +25,12 @@ use ruma::{
 use state_res::{Event, EventMap, StateMap};
 use std::{
     collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet},
-    convert::{TryFrom, TryInto},
+    convert::TryFrom,
     fmt::Debug,
+    future::Future,
     net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr},
+    pin::Pin,
+    result::Result as StdResult,
     sync::Arc,
     time::{Duration, SystemTime},
 };
@@ -575,6 +575,26 @@ pub async fn send_transaction_message_route<'a>(
         // We do not add the event_id field to the pdu here because of signature and hashes checks
         let (event_id, value) = crate::pdu::gen_event_id_canonical_json(pdu);
 
+        // If we have no idea about this room skip the PDU
+        let room_id = match value
+            .get("room_id")
+            .map(|id| match id {
+                CanonicalJsonValue::String(id) => RoomId::try_from(id.as_str()).ok(),
+                _ => None,
+            })
+            .flatten()
+        {
+            Some(id) => id,
+            None => {
+                resolved_map.insert(event_id, Err("Event needs a valid RoomId".to_string()));
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+        if !db.rooms.exists(&room_id)? {
+            resolved_map.insert(event_id, Err("Room is unknown to this server".to_string()));
+            continue;
+        }
+
         let server_name = &body.body.origin;
         let mut pub_key_map = BTreeMap::new();
         if let Some(sig) = value.get("signatures") {
@@ -583,20 +603,12 @@ pub async fn send_transaction_message_route<'a>(
                     for key in entity.keys() {
                         // TODO: save this in a DB maybe...
                         // fetch the public signing key
-                        let res = db
+                        let origin = <&ServerName>::try_from(key.as_str()).unwrap();
-                            .sending
+                        let keys = fetch_signing_keys(&db, origin).await?;
-                            .send_federation_request(
-                                &db.globals,
-                                <&ServerName>::try_from(key.as_str()).unwrap(),
-                                get_server_keys::v2::Request::new(),
-                            )
-                            .await?;
 
                         pub_key_map.insert(
-                            res.server_key.server_name.to_string(),
+                            origin.to_string(),
-                            res.server_key
+                            keys.into_iter()
-                                .verify_keys
-                                .into_iter()
                                 .map(|(k, v)| (k.to_string(), v.key))
                                 .collect(),
                         );
@@ -615,10 +627,31 @@ pub async fn send_transaction_message_route<'a>(
             continue;
         }
 
-        // Ruma/PduEvent satisfies - 1. Is a valid event, otherwise it is dropped.
+        // TODO: make this persist but not a DB Tree...
-        // 2. Passes signature checks, otherwise event is dropped.
+        // This is all the auth_events that have been recursively fetched so they don't have to be
-        // 3. Passes hash checks, otherwise it is redacted before being processed further.
+        // deserialized over and over again. This could potentially also be some sort of trie (suffix tree)
-        let mut val = match signature_and_hash_check(&pub_key_map, value) {
+        // like structure so that once an auth event is known it would know (using indexes maybe) all of
+        // the auth events that it references.
+        let mut auth_cache = EventMap::new();
+
+        // 1. check the server is in the room (optional)
+        // 2. check content hash, redact if doesn't match
+        // 3. fetch any missing auth events doing all checks listed here starting at 1. These are not timeline events
+        // 4. reject "due to auth events" if can't get all the auth events or some of the auth events are also rejected "due to auth events"
+        // 5. reject "due to auth events" if the event doesn't pass auth based on the auth events
+        // 6. persist this event as an outlier
+        // 7. if not timeline event: stop
+        let pdu = match validate_event(
+            &db,
+            value,
+            event_id.clone(),
+            &pub_key_map,
+            server_name,
+            // All the auth events gathered will be here
+            &mut auth_cache,
+        )
+        .await
+        {
             Ok(pdu) => pdu,
             Err(e) => {
                 resolved_map.insert(event_id, Err(e));
@@ -626,59 +659,31 @@ pub async fn send_transaction_message_route<'a>(
             }
         };
 
-        // Now that we have checked the signature and hashes we can add the eventID and convert
+        let pdu = Arc::new(pdu.clone());
-        // to our PduEvent type also finally verifying the first step listed above
-        val.insert(
-            "event_id".to_owned(),
-            to_canonical_value(&event_id).expect("EventId is a valid CanonicalJsonValue"),
-        );
-        let pdu = match serde_json::from_value::<PduEvent>(
-            serde_json::to_value(val).expect("CanonicalJsonObj is a valid JsonValue"),
-        ) {
-            Ok(pdu) => pdu,
-            Err(_) => {
-                resolved_map.insert(event_id, Err("Event is not a valid PDU".into()));
-                continue;
-            }
-        };
 
-        // If we have no idea about this room skip the PDU
-        if !db.rooms.exists(&pdu.room_id)? {
-            resolved_map.insert(event_id, Err("Room is unknown to this server".into()));
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        let event = Arc::new(pdu.clone());
-        dbg!(&*event);
         // Fetch any unknown prev_events or retrieve them from the DB
-        let previous = match fetch_events(&db, server_name, &pub_key_map, &pdu.prev_events).await {
+        let previous = match fetch_events(
-            Ok(mut evs) if evs.len() == 1 => Some(Arc::new(evs.remove(0))),
+            &db,
+            server_name,
+            &pub_key_map,
+            &pdu.prev_events,
+            &mut auth_cache,
+        )
+        .await
+        {
+            Ok(mut evs) if evs.len() == 1 => Some(evs.remove(0)),
             _ => None,
         };
 
-        // 4. Passes authorization rules based on the event's auth events, otherwise it is rejected.
+        let mut event_map: state_res::EventMap<Arc<PduEvent>> = auth_cache
-        // Recursively gather all auth events checking that the previous auth events are valid.
-        let auth_events: Vec<PduEvent> =
-            match fetch_check_auth_events(&db, server_name, &pub_key_map, &pdu.prev_events).await {
-                Ok(events) => events,
-                Err(_) => {
-                    resolved_map.insert(
-                        pdu.event_id,
-                        Err("Failed to recursively gather auth events".into()),
-                    );
-                    continue;
-                }
-            };
-
-        let mut event_map: state_res::EventMap<Arc<PduEvent>> = auth_events
             .iter()
-            .map(|v| (v.event_id().clone(), Arc::new(v.clone())))
+            .map(|(k, v)| (k.clone(), v.clone()))
             .collect();
 
         // Check that the event passes auth based on the auth_events
         let is_authed = state_res::event_auth::auth_check(
             &RoomVersionId::Version6,
-            &event,
+            &pdu,
             previous.clone(),
             &pdu.auth_events
                 .iter()
@@ -696,9 +701,10 @@ pub async fn send_transaction_message_route<'a>(
             None, // TODO: third party invite
         )
         .map_err(|_e| Error::Conflict("Auth check failed"))?;
+
         if !is_authed {
             resolved_map.insert(
-                pdu.event_id,
+                pdu.event_id().clone(),
                 Err("Event has failed auth check with auth events".into()),
             );
             continue;
@@ -720,7 +726,14 @@ pub async fn send_transaction_message_route<'a>(
                 .await
             {
                 Ok(res) => {
-                    let state = fetch_events(&db, server_name, &pub_key_map, &res.pdu_ids).await?;
+                    let state = fetch_events(
+                        &db,
+                        server_name,
+                        &pub_key_map,
+                        &res.pdu_ids,
+                        &mut auth_cache,
+                    )
+                    .await?;
                     // Sanity check: there are no conflicting events in the state we received
                     let mut seen = BTreeSet::new();
                     for ev in &state {
@@ -732,21 +745,26 @@ pub async fn send_transaction_message_route<'a>(
 
                     let state = state
                         .into_iter()
-                        .map(|pdu| ((pdu.kind.clone(), pdu.state_key.clone()), Arc::new(pdu)))
+                        .map(|pdu| ((pdu.kind.clone(), pdu.state_key.clone()), pdu))
                         .collect();
 
                     (
                         state,
-                        fetch_events(&db, server_name, &pub_key_map, &res.auth_chain_ids)
+                        fetch_events(
+                            &db,
+                            server_name,
+                            &pub_key_map,
+                            &res.auth_chain_ids,
+                            &mut auth_cache,
+                        )
                         .await?
                         .into_iter()
-                            .map(Arc::new)
                         .collect(),
                     )
                 }
                 Err(_) => {
                     resolved_map.insert(
-                        event.event_id().clone(),
+                        pdu.event_id().clone(),
                         Err("Fetching state for event failed".into()),
                     );
                     continue;
@@ -755,7 +773,7 @@ pub async fn send_transaction_message_route<'a>(
 
         if !state_res::event_auth::auth_check(
             &RoomVersionId::Version6,
-            &event,
+            &pdu,
             previous.clone(),
             &state_at_event,
             None, // TODO: third party invite
@@ -764,37 +782,21 @@ pub async fn send_transaction_message_route<'a>(
         {
             // Event failed auth with state_at
             resolved_map.insert(
-                pdu.event_id,
+                event_id,
                 Err("Event has failed auth check with state at the event".into()),
             );
             continue;
         }
         // End of step 5.
 
-        // The event could still be soft failed
-        append_state_soft(&db, &pdu)?;
-
         // Gather the forward extremities and resolve
-        let forward_extrems = forward_extremity_ids(&db, &pdu.room_id)?;
+        let fork_states = match forward_extremity_ids(&db, &pdu) {
-        let mut fork_states: Vec<StateMap<Arc<PduEvent>>> = vec![];
+            Ok(states) => states,
-        for id in &forward_extrems {
+            Err(_) => {
-            if let Some(id) = db.rooms.get_pdu_id(id)? {
+                resolved_map.insert(event_id, Err("Failed to gather forward extremities".into()));
-                let state_hash = db
+                continue;
-                    .rooms
-                    .pdu_state_hash(&id)?
-                    .expect("found pdu with no statehash");
-                let state = db
-                    .rooms
-                    .state_full(&pdu.room_id, &state_hash)?
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .map(|(k, v)| ((k.0, Some(k.1)), Arc::new(v)))
-                    .collect();
-
-                fork_states.push(state);
-            } else {
-                todo!("we don't know of a pdu that is part of our known forks OOPS")
-            }
             }
+        };
 
         // Step 6. event passes auth based on state of all forks and current room state
         let state_at_forks = if fork_states.is_empty() {
@@ -803,19 +805,47 @@ pub async fn send_transaction_message_route<'a>(
         } else if fork_states.len() == 1 {
             fork_states[0].clone()
         } else {
-            let auth_events = fork_states
+            let mut auth_events = vec![];
-                .iter()
+            // this keeps track if we error so we can break out of these inner loops
-                .map(|map| {
+            // to continue on with the incoming PDU's
-                    db.rooms
+            let mut failed = false;
-                        .auth_events_full(
+            for map in &fork_states {
-                            pdu.room_id(),
+                let mut state_auth = vec![];
-                            &map.values()
+                for pdu in map.values() {
-                                .map(|pdu| pdu.event_id().clone())
+                    let event = match auth_cache.get(pdu.event_id()) {
-                                .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+                        Some(aev) => aev.clone(),
+                        // We should know about every event at this point but just incase...
+                        None => match fetch_events(
+                            &db,
+                            server_name,
+                            &pub_key_map,
+                            &[pdu.event_id().clone()],
+                            &mut auth_cache,
                         )
-                        .map(|pdus| pdus.into_iter().map(Arc::new).collect::<Vec<_>>())
+                        .await
-                })
+                        .map(|mut vec| vec.remove(0))
-                .collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
+                        {
+                            Ok(aev) => aev.clone(),
+                            Err(_) => {
+                                resolved_map.insert(
+                                    event_id.clone(),
+                                    Err("Event has been soft failed".into()),
+                                );
+                                failed = true;
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        },
+                    };
+                    state_auth.push(event);
+                }
+                if failed {
+                    break;
+                }
+                auth_events.push(state_auth);
+            }
+            if failed {
+                continue;
+            }
 
             // Add everything we will need to event_map
             event_map.extend(
@@ -862,39 +892,44 @@ pub async fn send_transaction_message_route<'a>(
 
         if !state_res::event_auth::auth_check(
             &RoomVersionId::Version6,
-            &event,
+            &pdu,
             previous,
             &state_at_forks,
             None,
         )
         .map_err(|_e| Error::Conflict("Auth check failed"))?
         {
-            // Soft fail
+            // Soft fail, we add the event as an outlier.
             resolved_map.insert(
-                event.event_id().clone(),
+                pdu.event_id().clone(),
                 Err("Event has been soft failed".into()),
             );
         } else {
             append_state(&db, &pdu)?;
             // Event has passed all auth/stateres checks
-            resolved_map.insert(event.event_id().clone(), Ok(()));
+            resolved_map.insert(pdu.event_id().clone(), Ok(()));
         }
     }
 
     Ok(dbg!(send_transaction_message::v1::Response { pdus: resolved_map }).into())
 }
 
-async fn auth_each_event(
+/// Validate any event that is given to us by another server.
-    db: &Database,
+///
+/// 1. Is a valid event, otherwise it is dropped (PduEvent deserialization satisfies this).
+/// 2. Passes signature checks, otherwise event is dropped.
+/// 3. Passes hash checks, otherwise it is redacted before being processed further.
+/// 4. Passes auth_chain collection (we can gather the events that auth this event recursively).
+/// 5. Once the event has passed all checks it can be added as an outlier to the DB.
+fn validate_event<'a>(
+    db: &'a Database,
     value: CanonicalJsonObject,
     event_id: EventId,
-    pub_key_map: &PublicKeyMap,
+    pub_key_map: &'a PublicKeyMap,
-    server_name: &ServerName,
+    origin: &'a ServerName,
-    auth_cache: EventMap<Arc<PduEvent>>,
+    auth_cache: &'a mut EventMap<Arc<PduEvent>>,
-) -> std::result::Result<PduEvent, String> {
+) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = StdResult<PduEvent, String>> + 'a + Send>> {
-    // Ruma/PduEvent satisfies - 1. Is a valid event, otherwise it is dropped.
+    Box::pin(async move {
-    // 2. Passes signature checks, otherwise event is dropped.
-    // 3. Passes hash checks, otherwise it is redacted before being processed further.
         let mut val = signature_and_hash_check(&pub_key_map, value)?;
 
         // Now that we have checked the signature and hashes we can add the eventID and convert
@@ -908,28 +943,112 @@ async fn auth_each_event(
         )
         .map_err(|_| "Event is not a valid PDU".to_string())?;
 
-    // If we have no idea about this room skip the PDU
+        fetch_check_auth_events(db, origin, pub_key_map, &pdu.auth_events, auth_cache)
-    if !db.rooms.exists(&pdu.room_id).map_err(|e| e.to_string())? {
+            .await
-        return Err("Room is unknown to this server".into());
+            .map_err(|_| "Event failed auth chain check".to_string())?;
-    }
 
-    // Fetch any unknown prev_events or retrieve them from the DB
+        db.rooms
-    let previous = match fetch_events(&db, server_name, &pub_key_map, &pdu.prev_events).await {
+            .append_pdu_outlier(pdu.event_id(), &pdu)
-        Ok(mut evs) if evs.len() == 1 => Some(Arc::new(evs.remove(0))),
+            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-        _ => None,
-    };
-
-    // 4. Passes authorization rules based on the event's auth events, otherwise it is rejected.
-    // Recursively gather all auth events checking that the previous auth events are valid.
-    let auth_events: Vec<PduEvent> =
-        match fetch_check_auth_events(&db, server_name, &pub_key_map, &pdu.prev_events).await {
-            Ok(events) => events,
-            Err(_) => return Err("Failed to recursively gather auth events".into()),
-        };
 
         Ok(pdu)
+    })
 }
 
+/// Find the event and auth it.
+///
+/// 1. Look in the main timeline (pduid_pdu tree)
+/// 2. Look at outlier pdu tree
+/// 3. Ask origin server over federation
+/// 4. TODO: Ask other servers over federation?
+async fn fetch_events(
+    db: &Database,
+    origin: &ServerName,
+    key_map: &PublicKeyMap,
+    events: &[EventId],
+    auth_cache: &mut EventMap<Arc<PduEvent>>,
+) -> Result<Vec<Arc<PduEvent>>> {
+    let mut pdus = vec![];
+    for id in events {
+        let pdu = match db.rooms.get_pdu(&id)? {
+            Some(pdu) => Arc::new(pdu),
+            None => match db.rooms.get_pdu_outlier(&id)? {
+                Some(pdu) => Arc::new(pdu),
+                None => match db
+                    .sending
+                    .send_federation_request(
+                        &db.globals,
+                        origin,
+                        get_event::v1::Request { event_id: &id },
+                    )
+                    .await
+                {
+                    Ok(res) => {
+                        let (event_id, value) = crate::pdu::gen_event_id_canonical_json(&res.pdu);
+                        let pdu = validate_event(db, value, event_id, key_map, origin, auth_cache)
+                            .await
+                            .map_err(|_| Error::Conflict("Authentication of event failed"))?;
+
+                        Arc::new(pdu)
+                    }
+                    Err(_) => return Err(Error::BadServerResponse("Failed to fetch event")),
+                },
+            },
+        };
+        pdus.push(pdu);
+    }
+    Ok(pdus)
+}
+
+/// The check in `fetch_check_auth_events` is that a complete chain is found for the
+/// events `auth_events`. If the chain is found to have any missing events it fails.
+///
+/// The `auth_cache` is filled instead of returning a `Vec`.
+async fn fetch_check_auth_events(
+    db: &Database,
+    origin: &ServerName,
+    key_map: &PublicKeyMap,
+    event_ids: &[EventId],
+    auth_cache: &mut EventMap<Arc<PduEvent>>,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    let mut stack = event_ids.to_vec();
+
+    // DFS for auth event chain
+    while !stack.is_empty() {
+        let ev_id = stack.pop().unwrap();
+        if auth_cache.contains_key(&ev_id) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        let ev = fetch_events(db, origin, key_map, &[ev_id.clone()], auth_cache)
+            .await
+            .map(|mut vec| vec.remove(0))?;
+
+        stack.extend(ev.auth_events());
+        auth_cache.insert(ev.event_id().clone(), ev);
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Search the DB for the signing keys of the given server, if we don't have them
+/// fetch them from the server and save to our DB.
+async fn fetch_signing_keys(
+    db: &Database,
+    origin: &ServerName,
+) -> Result<BTreeMap<ServerSigningKeyId, VerifyKey>> {
+    match db.globals.signing_keys_for(origin)? {
+        keys if !keys.is_empty() => Ok(keys),
+        _ => {
+            let keys = db
+                .sending
+                .send_federation_request(&db.globals, origin, get_server_keys::v2::Request::new())
+                .await
+                .map_err(|_| Error::BadServerResponse("Failed to request server keys"))?;
+            db.globals.add_signing_key(origin, &keys.server_key)?;
+            Ok(keys.server_key.verify_keys)
+        }
+    }
+}
 fn signature_and_hash_check(
     pub_key_map: &ruma::signatures::PublicKeyMap,
     value: CanonicalJsonObject,
@@ -954,122 +1073,29 @@ fn signature_and_hash_check(
     )
 }
 
-/// The check in `fetch_check_auth_events` is that a complete chain is found for the
+fn forward_extremity_ids(db: &Database, pdu: &PduEvent) -> Result<Vec<StateMap<Arc<PduEvent>>>> {
-/// events `auth_events`. If the chain is found to have missing events it fails.
+    let mut fork_states = vec![];
-async fn fetch_check_auth_events(
+    for id in &db.rooms.get_pdu_leaves(pdu.room_id())? {
-    db: &Database,
+        if let Some(id) = db.rooms.get_pdu_id(id)? {
-    origin: &ServerName,
+            let state_hash = db
-    key_map: &PublicKeyMap,
+                .rooms
-    event_ids: &[EventId],
+                .pdu_state_hash(&id)?
-) -> Result<Vec<PduEvent>> {
+                .expect("found pdu with no statehash");
-    let mut result = BTreeMap::new();
+            let state = db
-    let mut stack = event_ids.to_vec();
+                .rooms
+                .state_full(&pdu.room_id, &state_hash)?
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|(k, v)| ((k.0, Some(k.1)), Arc::new(v)))
+                .collect();
 
-    // DFS for auth event chain
+            fork_states.push(state);
-    while !stack.is_empty() {
+        } else {
-        let ev_id = stack.pop().unwrap();
+            return Err(Error::Conflict(
-        if result.contains_key(&ev_id) {
+                "we don't know of a pdu that is part of our known forks OOPS",
-            continue;
+            ));
-        }
-
-        let ev = match db.rooms.get_pdu(&ev_id)? {
-            Some(pdu) => pdu,
-            None => match db
-                .sending
-                .send_federation_request(
-                    &db.globals,
-                    origin,
-                    get_event::v1::Request { event_id: &ev_id },
-                )
-                .await
-            {
-                Ok(res) => {
-                    let (event_id, value) = crate::pdu::gen_event_id_canonical_json(&res.pdu);
-                    match signature_and_hash_check(key_map, value) {
-                        Ok(mut val) => {
-                            val.insert(
-                                "event_id".to_owned(),
-                                to_canonical_value(&event_id)
-                                    .expect("EventId is a valid CanonicalJsonValue"),
-                            );
-                            serde_json::from_value::<PduEvent>(
-                                serde_json::to_value(val)
-                                    .expect("CanonicalJsonObj is a valid JsonValue"),
-                            )
-                            .expect("Pdu is valid Canonical JSON Map")
-                        }
-                        Err(e) => {
-                            // TODO: I would assume we just keep going
-                            error!("{:?}", e);
-                            continue;
         }
     }
-                }
+    Ok(fork_states)
-                Err(_) => return Err(Error::BadServerResponse("Failed to fetch event")),
-            },
-        };
-        stack.extend(ev.auth_events());
-        result.insert(ev.event_id().clone(), ev);
-    }
-
-    Ok(result.into_iter().map(|(_, v)| v).collect())
-}
-
-/// TODO: this needs to add events to the DB in a way that does not
-/// effect the state of the room
-async fn fetch_events(
-    db: &Database,
-    origin: &ServerName,
-    key_map: &PublicKeyMap,
-    events: &[EventId],
-) -> Result<Vec<PduEvent>> {
-    let mut pdus = vec![];
-    for id in events {
-        match db.rooms.get_pdu(id)? {
-            Some(pdu) => pdus.push(pdu),
-            None => match db
-                .sending
-                .send_federation_request(
-                    &db.globals,
-                    origin,
-                    get_event::v1::Request { event_id: id },
-                )
-                .await
-            {
-                Ok(res) => {
-                    let (event_id, value) = crate::pdu::gen_event_id_canonical_json(&res.pdu);
-                    match signature_and_hash_check(key_map, value) {
-                        Ok(mut val) => {
-                            // TODO: add to our DB somehow?
-                            val.insert(
-                                "event_id".to_owned(),
-                                to_canonical_value(&event_id)
-                                    .expect("EventId is a valid CanonicalJsonValue"),
-                            );
-                            let pdu = serde_json::from_value::<PduEvent>(
-                                serde_json::to_value(val)
-                                    .expect("CanonicalJsonObj is a valid JsonValue"),
-                            )
-                            .expect("Pdu is valid Canonical JSON Map");
-
-                            pdus.push(pdu);
-                        }
-                        Err(e) => {
-                            // TODO: I would assume we just keep going
-                            error!("{:?}", e);
-                            continue;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                Err(_) => return Err(Error::BadServerResponse("Failed to fetch event")),
-            },
-        }
-    }
-    Ok(pdus)
-}
-
-fn forward_extremity_ids(db: &Database, room_id: &RoomId) -> Result<Vec<EventId>> {
-    db.rooms.get_pdu_leaves(room_id)
 }
 
 fn append_state(db: &Database, pdu: &PduEvent) -> Result<()> {
@@ -1078,9 +1104,12 @@ fn append_state(db: &Database, pdu: &PduEvent) -> Result<()> {
     pdu_id.push(0xff);
     pdu_id.extend_from_slice(&count.to_be_bytes());
 
-    db.rooms.append_to_state(&pdu_id, pdu, &db.globals)?;
+    // We append to state before appending the pdu, so we don't have a moment in time with the
+    // pdu without it's state. This is okay because append_pdu can't fail.
+    let statehashid = db.rooms.append_to_state(&pdu_id, &pdu, &db.globals)?;
+
     db.rooms.append_pdu(
-        pdu,
+        &pdu,
         utils::to_canonical_object(pdu).expect("Pdu is valid canonical object"),
         count,
         pdu_id.clone().into(),
@@ -1089,78 +1118,9 @@ fn append_state(db: &Database, pdu: &PduEvent) -> Result<()> {
         &db.admin,
     )?;
 
-    for appservice in db.appservice.iter_all().filter_map(|r| r.ok()) {
+    // We set the room state after inserting the pdu, so that we never have a moment in time
-        db.sending.send_pdu_appservice(&appservice.0, &pdu_id)?;
+    // where events in the current room state do not exist
-    }
+    db.rooms.set_room_state(&pdu.room_id, &statehashid)?;
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-/// TODO: This should not write to the current room state (roomid_statehash)
-fn append_state_soft(db: &Database, pdu: &PduEvent) -> Result<()> {
-    let count = db.globals.next_count()?;
-    let mut pdu_id = pdu.room_id.as_bytes().to_vec();
-    pdu_id.push(0xff);
-    pdu_id.extend_from_slice(&count.to_be_bytes());
-
-    // db.rooms.append_pdu(
-    //     pdu,
-    //     &utils::to_canonical_object(pdu).expect("Pdu is valid canonical object"),
-    //     count,
-    //     pdu_id.clone().into(),
-    //     &db.globals,
-    //     &db.account_data,
-    //     &db.admin,
-    // )?;
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-fn forward_extremity_ids(db: &Database, room_id: &RoomId) -> Result<Vec<EventId>> {
-    todo!()
-}
-
-fn append_state(db: &Database, pdu: &PduEvent) -> Result<()> {
-    let count = db.globals.next_count()?;
-    let mut pdu_id = pdu.room_id.as_bytes().to_vec();
-    pdu_id.push(0xff);
-    pdu_id.extend_from_slice(&count.to_be_bytes());
-
-    db.rooms.append_to_state(&pdu_id, pdu, &db.globals)?;
-    db.rooms.append_pdu(
-        pdu,
-        &utils::to_canonical_object(pdu).expect("Pdu is valid canonical object"),
-        count,
-        pdu_id.clone().into(),
-        &db.globals,
-        &db.account_data,
-        &db.admin,
-    )?;
-
-    for appservice in db.appservice.iter_all().filter_map(|r| r.ok()) {
-        db.sending.send_pdu_appservice(&appservice.0, &pdu_id)?;
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-/// TODO: This should not write to the current room state (roomid_statehash)
-fn append_state_soft(db: &Database, pdu: &PduEvent) -> Result<()> {
-    let count = db.globals.next_count()?;
-    let mut pdu_id = pdu.room_id.as_bytes().to_vec();
-    pdu_id.push(0xff);
-    pdu_id.extend_from_slice(&count.to_be_bytes());
-
-    db.rooms.append_to_state(&pdu_id, pdu, &db.globals)?;
-    db.rooms.append_pdu(
-        pdu,
-        &utils::to_canonical_object(pdu).expect("Pdu is valid canonical object"),
-        count,
-        pdu_id.clone().into(),
-        &db.globals,
-        &db.account_data,
-        &db.admin,
-    )?;
 
     for appservice in db.appservice.iter_all().filter_map(|r| r.ok()) {
         db.sending.send_pdu_appservice(&appservice.0, &pdu_id)?;