Merge branch 'shhs' of ssh://github.com/matrix-org/synapse into shhs

Synapse 1.2.1 (2019-07-26)
==========================

Security update
---------------

This release includes *four* security fixes:

- Prevent an attack where a federated server could send redactions for arbitrary events in v1 and v2 rooms. ([\#5767](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5767))
- Prevent a denial-of-service attack where cycles of redaction events would make Synapse spin infinitely. Thanks to `@lrizika:matrix.org` for identifying and responsibly disclosing this issue. ([0f2ecb961](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/0f2ecb961))
- Prevent an attack where users could be joined or parted from public rooms without their consent. Thanks to @Dylanger for identifying and responsibly disclosing this issue. ([\#5744](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5744))
- Fix a vulnerability where a federated server could spoof read-receipts from
  users on other servers. Thanks to @Dylanger for identifying this issue too. ([\#5743](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5743))

Additionally, the following fix was in Synapse **1.2.0**, but was not correctly
identified during the original release:

- It was possible for a room moderator to send a redaction for an `m.room.create` event, which would downgrade the room to version 1. Thanks to `/dev/ponies` for identifying and responsibly disclosing this issue! ([\#5701](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/5701))

.buildkite/merge_base_branch.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -ex
 
-if [[ "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" =~ ^(develop|master|dinsic|shhs|release-.*)$ ]]; then
+if [[ "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" =~ ^(develop|master|dinsic|shhs-.*|release-.*)$ ]]; then
     echo "Not merging forward, as this is a release branch"
     exit 0
 fi

.buildkite/pipeline.yml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ steps:
       - "python -m pip install tox"
       - "scripts-dev/check-newsfragment"
     label: ":newspaper: Newsfile"
-    branches: "!master !develop !release-*"
+    branches: "!master !develop !release-* !shhs-v*"
     plugins:
       - docker#v3.0.1:
           image: "python:3.6"
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ steps:
 
   - wait
 
-
   - command:
       - "python -m pip install tox"
       - "tox -e py35-old,codecov"
     label: ":python: 3.5 / SQLite / Old Deps"
+    branches: "!shhs !shhs-*"
     env:
       TRIAL_FLAGS: "-j 2"
     plugins:
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ steps:
       - "python -m pip install tox"
       - "tox -e py35,codecov"
     label: ":python: 3.5 / SQLite"
+    branches: "!shhs !shhs-*"
     env:
       TRIAL_FLAGS: "-j 2"
     plugins:
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ steps:
       - "python -m pip install tox"
       - "tox -e py36,codecov"
     label: ":python: 3.6 / SQLite"
+    branches: "!shhs !shhs-*"
     env:
       TRIAL_FLAGS: "-j 2"
     plugins:
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ steps:
           limit: 2
 
   - label: ":python: 3.5 / :postgres: 9.5"
+    branches: "!shhs !shhs-*"
     env:
       TRIAL_FLAGS: "-j 4"
     command:
@@ -134,6 +137,7 @@ steps:
           limit: 2
 
   - label: ":python: 3.7 / :postgres: 9.5"
+    branches: "!shhs !shhs-*"
     env:
       TRIAL_FLAGS: "-j 4"
     command:
@@ -169,6 +173,7 @@ steps:
 
 
   - label: "SyTest - :python: 3.5 / SQLite / Monolith"
+    branches: "!shhs !shhs-*"
     agents:
       queue: "medium"
     command:
@@ -209,6 +214,7 @@ steps:
           limit: 2
 
   - label: "SyTest - :python: 3.5 / :postgres: 9.6 / Workers"
+    branches: "!shhs !shhs-*"
     agents:
       queue: "medium"
     env:
@@ -230,3 +236,15 @@ steps:
           limit: 2
         - exit_status: 2
           limit: 2
+
+  - wait
+
+  - label: ":docker: x86_64"
+    agents:
+      queue: "release"
+    branches: "shhs-*"
+    command:
+      - "docker build -f docker/Dockerfile --build-arg PYTHON_VERSION=3.7.4 . -t matrixdotorg/synapse:${BUILDKITE_TAG}"
+      - "docker save matrixdotorg/synapse:${BUILDKITE_TAG} | gzip -9 > docker.tar.gz"
+    artifact_paths:
+      - "docker.tar.gz"

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-jobs:
-  dockerhubuploadrelease:
-    machine: true
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run: docker build -f docker/Dockerfile --label gitsha1=${CIRCLE_SHA1} -t matrixdotorg/synapse:${CIRCLE_TAG} -t matrixdotorg/synapse:${CIRCLE_TAG}-py3 .
-      - run: docker login --username $DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME --password $DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD
-      - run: docker push matrixdotorg/synapse:${CIRCLE_TAG}
-      - run: docker push matrixdotorg/synapse:${CIRCLE_TAG}-py3
-  dockerhubuploadlatest:
-    machine: true
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run: docker build -f docker/Dockerfile --label gitsha1=${CIRCLE_SHA1} -t matrixdotorg/synapse:latest -t matrixdotorg/synapse:latest-py3 .
-      - run: docker login --username $DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME --password $DOCKER_HUB_PASSWORD
-      - run: docker push matrixdotorg/synapse:latest
-      - run: docker push matrixdotorg/synapse:latest-py3
-
-workflows:
-  version: 2
-  build:
-    jobs:
-      - dockerhubuploadrelease:
-          filters:
-            tags:
-              only: /v[0-9].[0-9]+.[0-9]+.*/
-            branches:
-              ignore: /.*/
-      - dockerhubuploadlatest:
-          filters:
-            branches:
-              only: master

.gitignore

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ _trial_temp*/
 /*.signing.key
 /env/
 /homeserver*.yaml
+/logs
 /media_store/
 /uploads
 
@@ -37,4 +38,3 @@ _trial_temp*/
 /docs/build/
 /htmlcov
 /pip-wheel-metadata/
-

changelog.d/5072.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Synapse can now be configured to not join remote rooms of a given "complexity" (currently, state events). This option can be used to prevent adverse performance on resource-constrained homeservers.

changelog.d/5099.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Python 2 has been removed from the CI.

docs/sample_config.yaml

@@ -278,6 +278,17 @@ listeners:
 # Used by phonehome stats to group together related servers.
 #server_context: context
 
+# Resource-constrained Homeserver Settings
+#
+# If limit_large_remote_room_joins is True, the room complexity will be
+# checked before a user joins a new remote room. If it is above
+# limit_large_remote_room_complexity, it will disallow joining or
+# instantly leave.
+#
+# Uncomment the below lines to enable:
+#limit_large_remote_room_joins: True
+#limit_large_remote_room_complexity: 1.0
+
 # Whether to require a user to be in the room to add an alias to it.
 # Defaults to 'true'.
 #

synapse/config/repository.py

@@ -87,13 +87,22 @@ def parse_thumbnail_requirements(thumbnail_sizes):
 
 class ContentRepositoryConfig(Config):
     def read_config(self, config, **kwargs):
+        self.enable_media_repo = config.get("enable_media_repo", True)
+
         self.max_upload_size = self.parse_size(config.get("max_upload_size", "10M"))
         self.max_image_pixels = self.parse_size(config.get("max_image_pixels", "32M"))
         self.max_spider_size = self.parse_size(config.get("max_spider_size", "10M"))
 
-        self.media_store_path = self.ensure_directory(
+        if self.enable_media_repo:
-            config.get("media_store_path", "media_store")
+            self.media_store_path = self.ensure_directory(
-        )
+                config.get("media_store_path", "media_store")
+            )
+            self.uploads_path = self.ensure_directory(
+                config.get("uploads_path", "uploads")
+            )
+        else:
+            self.media_store_path = None
+            self.uploads_path = None
 
         backup_media_store_path = config.get("backup_media_store_path")
 
@@ -150,7 +159,6 @@ class ContentRepositoryConfig(Config):
                 (provider_class, parsed_config, wrapper_config)
             )
 
-        self.uploads_path = self.ensure_directory(config.get("uploads_path", "uploads"))
         self.dynamic_thumbnails = config.get("dynamic_thumbnails", False)
         self.thumbnail_requirements = parse_thumbnail_requirements(
             config.get("thumbnail_sizes", DEFAULT_THUMBNAIL_SIZES)

synapse/config/server.py

@@ -247,6 +247,12 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
 
         self.gc_thresholds = read_gc_thresholds(config.get("gc_thresholds", None))
 
+        # Resource-constrained Homeserver Configuration
+        self.limit_large_room_joins = config.get("limit_large_remote_room_joins", False)
+        self.limit_large_room_complexity = config.get(
+            "limit_large_remote_room_complexity", 1.0
+        )
+
         bind_port = config.get("bind_port")
         if bind_port:
             if config.get("no_tls", False):
@@ -617,6 +623,17 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         # Used by phonehome stats to group together related servers.
         #server_context: context
 
+        # Resource-constrained Homeserver Settings
+        #
+        # If limit_large_remote_room_joins is True, the room complexity will be
+        # checked before a user joins a new remote room. If it is above
+        # limit_large_remote_room_complexity, it will disallow joining or
+        # instantly leave.
+        #
+        # Uncomment the below lines to enable:
+        #limit_large_remote_room_joins: True
+        #limit_large_remote_room_complexity: 1.0
+
         # Whether to require a user to be in the room to add an alias to it.
         # Defaults to 'true'.
         #

synapse/federation/federation_client.py

@@ -995,3 +995,39 @@ class FederationClient(FederationBase):
                 )
 
         raise RuntimeError("Failed to send to any server.")
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_room_complexity(self, destination, room_id):
+        """
+        Fetch the complexity of a remote room from another server.
+
+        Args:
+            destination (str): The remote server
+            room_id (str): The room ID to ask about.
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[dict] or Deferred[None]: Dict contains the complexity
+            metric versions, while None means we could not fetch the complexity.
+        """
+        try:
+            complexity = yield self.transport_layer.get_room_complexity(
+                destination=destination, room_id=room_id
+            )
+            defer.returnValue(complexity)
+        except CodeMessageException as e:
+            # We didn't manage to get it -- probably a 404. We are okay if other
+            # servers don't give it to us.
+            logger.debug(
+                "Failed to fetch room complexity via %s for %s, got a %d",
+                destination,
+                room_id,
+                e.code,
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception(
+                "Failed to fetch room complexity via %s for %s", destination, room_id
+            )
+
+        # If we don't manage to find it, return None. It's not an error if a
+        # server doesn't give it to us.
+        defer.returnValue(None)

synapse/federation/transport/client.py

@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ from six.moves import urllib
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
 from synapse.api.constants import Membership
-from synapse.api.urls import FEDERATION_V1_PREFIX, FEDERATION_V2_PREFIX
+from synapse.api.urls import (
+    FEDERATION_UNSTABLE_PREFIX,
+    FEDERATION_V1_PREFIX,
+    FEDERATION_V2_PREFIX,
+)
 from synapse.logging.utils import log_function
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -935,6 +939,23 @@ class TransportLayerClient(object):
             destination=destination, path=path, data=content, ignore_backoff=True
         )
 
+    def get_room_complexity(self, destination, room_id):
+        """
+        Args:
+            destination (str): The remote server
+            room_id (str): The room ID to ask about.
+        """
+        path = _create_path(FEDERATION_UNSTABLE_PREFIX, "/rooms/%s/complexity", room_id)
+
+        return self.client.get_json(destination=destination, path=path)
+
+
+def _create_path(federation_prefix, path, *args):
+    """
+    Ensures that all args are url encoded.
+    """
+    return federation_prefix + path % tuple(urllib.parse.quote(arg, "") for arg in args)
+
 
 def _create_v1_path(path, *args):
     """Creates a path against V1 federation API from the path template and
@@ -951,9 +972,7 @@ def _create_v1_path(path, *args):
     Returns:
         str
     """
-    return FEDERATION_V1_PREFIX + path % tuple(
+    return _create_path(FEDERATION_V1_PREFIX, path, *args)
-        urllib.parse.quote(arg, "") for arg in args
-    )
 
 
 def _create_v2_path(path, *args):
@@ -971,6 +990,4 @@ def _create_v2_path(path, *args):
     Returns:
         str
     """
-    return FEDERATION_V2_PREFIX + path % tuple(
+    return _create_path(FEDERATION_V2_PREFIX, path, *args)
-        urllib.parse.quote(arg, "") for arg in args
-    )

synapse/handlers/federation.py

@@ -2798,3 +2798,28 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
             )
         else:
             return user_joined_room(self.distributor, user, room_id)
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def get_room_complexity(self, remote_room_hosts, room_id):
+        """
+        Fetch the complexity of a remote room over federation.
+
+        Args:
+            remote_room_hosts (list[str]): The remote servers to ask.
+            room_id (str): The room ID to ask about.
+
+        Returns:
+            Deferred[dict] or Deferred[None]: Dict contains the complexity
+            metric versions, while None means we could not fetch the complexity.
+        """
+
+        for host in remote_room_hosts:
+            res = yield self.federation_client.get_room_complexity(host, room_id)
+
+            # We got a result, return it.
+            if res:
+                defer.returnValue(res)
+
+        # We fell off the bottom, couldn't get the complexity from anyone. Oh
+        # well.
+        defer.returnValue(None)

synapse/handlers/room_member.py

@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ from unpaddedbase64 import decode_base64
 
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
-import synapse.server
+from synapse import types
-import synapse.types
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes, Membership
 from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, Codes, HttpResponseException, SynapseError
 from synapse.types import RoomID, UserID
@@ -39,6 +38,11 @@ from ._base import BaseHandler
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 id_server_scheme = "https://"
+ROOM_COMPLEXITY_TOO_GREAT = (
+    "Your homeserver is unable to join rooms this large or complex. "
+    "Please speak to your server administrator, or upgrade your instance "
+    "to join this room."
+)
 
 
 class RoomMemberHandler(object):
@@ -543,7 +547,7 @@ class RoomMemberHandler(object):
             ), "Sender (%s) must be same as requester (%s)" % (sender, requester.user)
             assert self.hs.is_mine(sender), "Sender must be our own: %s" % (sender,)
         else:
-            requester = synapse.types.create_requester(target_user)
+            requester = types.create_requester(target_user)
 
         prev_event = yield self.event_creation_handler.deduplicate_state_event(
             event, context
@@ -945,6 +949,47 @@ class RoomMemberMasterHandler(RoomMemberHandler):
         self.distributor.declare("user_joined_room")
         self.distributor.declare("user_left_room")
 
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _is_remote_room_too_complex(self, room_id, remote_room_hosts):
+        """
+        Check if complexity of a remote room is too great.
+
+        Args:
+            room_id (str)
+            remote_room_hosts (list[str])
+
+        Returns: bool of whether the complexity is too great, or None
+            if unable to be fetched
+        """
+        max_complexity = self.hs.config.limit_large_room_complexity
+        complexity = yield self.federation_handler.get_room_complexity(
+            remote_room_hosts, room_id
+        )
+
+        if complexity:
+            if complexity["v1"] > max_complexity:
+                return True
+            return False
+        return None
+
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def _is_local_room_too_complex(self, room_id):
+        """
+        Check if the complexity of a local room is too great.
+
+        Args:
+            room_id (str)
+
+        Returns: bool
+        """
+        max_complexity = self.hs.config.limit_large_room_complexity
+        complexity = yield self.store.get_room_complexity(room_id)
+
+        if complexity["v1"] > max_complexity:
+            return True
+
+        return False
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _remote_join(self, requester, remote_room_hosts, room_id, user, content):
         """Implements RoomMemberHandler._remote_join
@@ -952,7 +997,6 @@ class RoomMemberMasterHandler(RoomMemberHandler):
         # filter ourselves out of remote_room_hosts: do_invite_join ignores it
         # and if it is the only entry we'd like to return a 404 rather than a
         # 500.
-
         remote_room_hosts = [
             host for host in remote_room_hosts if host != self.hs.hostname
         ]
@@ -960,6 +1004,18 @@ class RoomMemberMasterHandler(RoomMemberHandler):
         if len(remote_room_hosts) == 0:
             raise SynapseError(404, "No known servers")
 
+        if self.hs.config.limit_large_room_joins:
+            # Fetch the room complexity
+            too_complex = yield self._is_remote_room_too_complex(
+                room_id, remote_room_hosts
+            )
+            if too_complex is True:
+                raise SynapseError(
+                    code=400,
+                    msg=ROOM_COMPLEXITY_TOO_GREAT,
+                    errcode=Codes.RESOURCE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED,
+                )
+
         # We don't do an auth check if we are doing an invite
         # join dance for now, since we're kinda implicitly checking
         # that we are allowed to join when we decide whether or not we
@@ -969,6 +1025,31 @@ class RoomMemberMasterHandler(RoomMemberHandler):
         )
         yield self._user_joined_room(user, room_id)
 
+        # Check the room we just joined wasn't too large, if we didn't fetch the
+        # complexity of it before.
+        if self.hs.config.limit_large_room_joins:
+            if too_complex is False:
+                # We checked, and we're under the limit.
+                return
+
+            # Check again, but with the local state events
+            too_complex = yield self._is_local_room_too_complex(room_id)
+
+            if too_complex is False:
+                # We're under the limit.
+                return
+
+            # The room is too large. Leave.
+            requester = types.create_requester(user, None, False, None)
+            yield self.update_membership(
+                requester=requester, target=user, room_id=room_id, action="leave"
+            )
+            raise SynapseError(
+                code=400,
+                msg=ROOM_COMPLEXITY_TOO_GREAT,
+                errcode=Codes.RESOURCE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED,
+            )
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _remote_reject_invite(self, requester, remote_room_hosts, room_id, target):
         """Implements RoomMemberHandler._remote_reject_invite

synapse/storage/events_worker.py

@@ -772,6 +772,15 @@ class EventsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
 
         return self.runInteraction("get_seen_events_with_rejections", f)
 
+    def _get_current_state_event_counts_txn(self, txn, room_id):
+        """
+        See get_current_state_event_counts.
+        """
+        sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM current_state_events WHERE room_id=?"
+        txn.execute(sql, (room_id,))
+        row = txn.fetchone()
+        return row[0] if row else 0
+
     def _get_total_state_event_counts_txn(self, txn, room_id):
         """
         See get_total_state_event_counts.
@@ -786,31 +795,6 @@ class EventsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
         row = txn.fetchone()
         return row[0] if row else 0
 
-    def get_total_state_event_counts(self, room_id):
-        """
-        Gets the total number of state events in a room.
-
-        Args:
-            room_id (str)
-
-        Returns:
-            Deferred[int]
-        """
-        return self.runInteraction(
-            "get_total_state_event_counts",
-            self._get_total_state_event_counts_txn,
-            room_id,
-        )
-
-    def _get_current_state_event_counts_txn(self, txn, room_id):
-        """
-        See get_current_state_event_counts.
-        """
-        sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM current_state_events WHERE room_id=?"
-        txn.execute(sql, (room_id,))
-        row = txn.fetchone()
-        return row[0] if row else 0
-
     def get_current_state_event_counts(self, room_id):
         """
         Gets the current number of state events in a room.

tests/federation/test_complexity.py

@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+from mock import Mock
+
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
+from synapse.api.errors import Codes, SynapseError
 from synapse.config.ratelimiting import FederationRateLimitConfig
 from synapse.federation.transport import server
 from synapse.rest import admin
 from synapse.rest.client.v1 import login, room
+from synapse.types import UserID
 from synapse.util.ratelimitutils import FederationRateLimiter
 
 from tests import unittest
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ class RoomComplexityTests(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
     ]
 
     def default_config(self, name="test"):
-        config = super(RoomComplexityTests, self).default_config(name=name)
+        config = super().default_config(name=name)
         config["limit_large_remote_room_joins"] = True
         config["limit_large_remote_room_complexity"] = 0.05
         return config
@@ -88,3 +92,71 @@ class RoomComplexityTests(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
         self.assertEquals(200, channel.code)
         complexity = channel.json_body["v1"]
         self.assertEqual(complexity, 1.23)
+
+    def test_join_too_large(self):
+
+        u1 = self.register_user("u1", "pass")
+
+        handler = self.hs.get_room_member_handler()
+        fed_transport = self.hs.get_federation_transport_client()
+
+        # Mock out some things, because we don't want to test the whole join
+        fed_transport.client.get_json = Mock(return_value=defer.succeed({"v1": 9999}))
+        handler.federation_handler.do_invite_join = Mock(return_value=defer.succeed(1))
+
+        d = handler._remote_join(
+            None,
+            ["otherserver.example"],
+            "roomid",
+            UserID.from_string(u1),
+            {"membership": "join"},
+        )
+
+        self.pump()
+
+        # The request failed with a SynapseError saying the resource limit was
+        # exceeded.
+        f = self.get_failure(d, SynapseError)
+        self.assertEqual(f.value.code, 400, f.value)
+        self.assertEqual(f.value.errcode, Codes.RESOURCE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED)
+
+    def test_join_too_large_once_joined(self):
+
+        u1 = self.register_user("u1", "pass")
+        u1_token = self.login("u1", "pass")
+
+        # Ok, this might seem a bit weird -- I want to test that we actually
+        # leave the room, but I don't want to simulate two servers. So, we make
+        # a local room, which we say we're joining remotely, even if there's no
+        # remote, because we mock that out. Then, we'll leave the (actually
+        # local) room, which will be propagated over federation in a real
+        # scenario.
+        room_1 = self.helper.create_room_as(u1, tok=u1_token)
+
+        handler = self.hs.get_room_member_handler()
+        fed_transport = self.hs.get_federation_transport_client()
+
+        # Mock out some things, because we don't want to test the whole join
+        fed_transport.client.get_json = Mock(return_value=defer.succeed(None))
+        handler.federation_handler.do_invite_join = Mock(return_value=defer.succeed(1))
+
+        # Artificially raise the complexity
+        self.hs.get_datastore().get_current_state_event_counts = lambda x: defer.succeed(
+            600
+        )
+
+        d = handler._remote_join(
+            None,
+            ["otherserver.example"],
+            room_1,
+            UserID.from_string(u1),
+            {"membership": "join"},
+        )
+
+        self.pump()
+
+        # The request failed with a SynapseError saying the resource limit was
+        # exceeded.
+        f = self.get_failure(d, SynapseError)
+        self.assertEqual(f.value.code, 400)
+        self.assertEqual(f.value.errcode, Codes.RESOURCE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED)

tests/unittest.py

@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ from mock import Mock
 
 from canonicaljson import json
 
-import twisted
-import twisted.logger
 from twisted.internet.defer import Deferred, succeed
 from twisted.python.threadpool import ThreadPool
 from twisted.trial import unittest
@@ -80,10 +78,6 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
         @around(self)
         def setUp(orig):
-            # enable debugging of delayed calls - this means that we get a
-            # traceback when a unit test exits leaving things on the reactor.
-            twisted.internet.base.DelayedCall.debug = True
-
             # if we're not starting in the sentinel logcontext, then to be honest
             # all future bets are off.
             if LoggingContext.current_context() is not LoggingContext.sentinel: