Make sure a retention policy is a state event (#8527)

* Make sure a retention policy is a state event

* Changelog

changelog.d/8527.bugfix

+Fix a bug introduced in v1.7.0 that could cause Synapse to insert values from non-state `m.room.retention` events into the `room_retention` database table.

synapse/events/validator.py

@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ class EventValidator:
         Args:
             event (FrozenEvent): The event to validate.
         """
+        if not event.is_state():
+            raise SynapseError(code=400, msg="must be a state event")
+
         min_lifetime = event.content.get("min_lifetime")
         max_lifetime = event.content.get("max_lifetime")
 

synapse/storage/databases/main/events.py

@@ -1270,6 +1270,10 @@ class PersistEventsStore:
             )
 
     def _store_retention_policy_for_room_txn(self, txn, event):
+        if not event.is_state():
+            logger.debug("Ignoring non-state m.room.retention event")
+            return
+
         if hasattr(event, "content") and (
             "min_lifetime" in event.content or "max_lifetime" in event.content
         ):