Make get_device return None if the device doesn't exist rather than raising an exception. (#11565)

Co-authored-by: Sean Quah <8349537+squahtx@users.noreply.github.com>

changelog.d/11565.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Make `get_device` return `None` if the device doesn't exist rather than raising an exception.

synapse/handlers/auth.py

@@ -997,9 +997,7 @@ class AuthHandler:
         # really don't want is active access_tokens without a record of the
         # device, so we double-check it here.
         if device_id is not None:
-            try:
-                await self.store.get_device(user_id, device_id)
-            except StoreError:
+            if await self.store.get_device(user_id, device_id) is None:
                 await self.store.delete_access_token(access_token)
                 raise StoreError(400, "Login raced against device deletion")
 

synapse/handlers/device.py

@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ class DeviceWorkerHandler:
         Raises:
             errors.NotFoundError: if the device was not found
         """
-        try:
         device = await self.store.get_device(user_id, device_id)
-        except errors.StoreError:
-            raise errors.NotFoundError
+        if device is None:
+            raise errors.NotFoundError()
+
         ips = await self.store.get_last_client_ip_by_device(user_id, device_id)
         _update_device_from_client_ips(device, ips)
 
@@ -602,6 +602,8 @@ class DeviceHandler(DeviceWorkerHandler):
             access_token, device_id
         )
         old_device = await self.store.get_device(user_id, old_device_id)
+        if old_device is None:
+            raise errors.NotFoundError()
         await self.store.update_device(user_id, device_id, old_device["display_name"])
         # can't call self.delete_device because that will clobber the
         # access token so call the storage layer directly

synapse/rest/admin/devices.py

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ class DeviceRestServlet(RestServlet):
         device = await self.device_handler.get_device(
             target_user.to_string(), device_id
         )
+        if device is None:
+            raise NotFoundError("No device found")
         return HTTPStatus.OK, device
 
     async def on_DELETE(

synapse/rest/client/devices.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import logging
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple
 
 from synapse.api import errors
+from synapse.api.errors import NotFoundError
 from synapse.http.server import HttpServer
 from synapse.http.servlet import (
     RestServlet,
@@ -24,10 +25,9 @@ from synapse.http.servlet import (
     parse_json_object_from_request,
 )
 from synapse.http.site import SynapseRequest
+from synapse.rest.client._base import client_patterns, interactive_auth_handler
 from synapse.types import JsonDict
 
-from ._base import client_patterns, interactive_auth_handler
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from synapse.server import HomeServer
 
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ class DeviceRestServlet(RestServlet):
         device = await self.device_handler.get_device(
             requester.user.to_string(), device_id
         )
+        if device is None:
+            raise NotFoundError("No device found")
         return 200, device
 
     @interactive_auth_handler

synapse/storage/databases/main/devices.py

@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ class DeviceWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
             "count_devices_by_users", count_devices_by_users_txn, user_ids
         )
 
-    async def get_device(self, user_id: str, device_id: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    async def get_device(
+        self, user_id: str, device_id: str
+    ) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
         """Retrieve a device. Only returns devices that are not marked as
         hidden.
 
@@ -109,15 +111,15 @@ class DeviceWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
             user_id: The ID of the user which owns the device
             device_id: The ID of the device to retrieve
         Returns:
-            A dict containing the device information
-        Raises:
-            StoreError: if the device is not found
+            A dict containing the device information, or `None` if the device does not
+            exist.
         """
         return await self.db_pool.simple_select_one(
             table="devices",
             keyvalues={"user_id": user_id, "device_id": device_id, "hidden": False},
             retcols=("user_id", "device_id", "display_name"),
             desc="get_device",
+            allow_none=True,
         )
 
     async def get_devices_by_user(self, user_id: str) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, str]]: