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We can't move PUT/DELETE as they do need to happen on main process (due
to notification of device changes).

changelog.d/18355.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add support for handling `GET /devices/` on workers.

docs/workers.md

@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ Additionally, the following REST endpoints can be handled for GET requests:
 
     ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/pushrules/
     ^/_matrix/client/unstable/org.matrix.msc4140/delayed_events
+    ^/_matrix/client/(api/v1|r0|v3|unstable)/devices/
 
     # Account data requests
     ^/_matrix/client/(r0|v3|unstable)/.*/tags

synapse/rest/client/devices.py

@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ class DeviceRestServlet(RestServlet):
         self.hs = hs
         self.auth = hs.get_auth()
         handler = hs.get_device_handler()
-        assert isinstance(handler, DeviceHandler)
         self.device_handler = handler
         self.auth_handler = hs.get_auth_handler()
         self._msc3852_enabled = hs.config.experimental.msc3852_enabled
         self._msc3861_oauth_delegation_enabled = hs.config.experimental.msc3861.enabled
+        self._is_main_process = hs.config.worker.worker_app is None
 
     async def on_GET(
         self, request: SynapseRequest, device_id: str
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ class DeviceRestServlet(RestServlet):
     async def on_DELETE(
         self, request: SynapseRequest, device_id: str
     ) -> Tuple[int, JsonDict]:
+        # Can only be run on main process
+        if not self._is_main_process:
+            logger.error("DELETE on /devices/ must be routed to main process")
+            raise SynapseError(500, "Server misconfigured")
+        assert isinstance(self.device_handler, DeviceHandler)
+
         requester = await self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
 
         try:
@@ -223,6 +229,12 @@ class DeviceRestServlet(RestServlet):
     async def on_PUT(
         self, request: SynapseRequest, device_id: str
     ) -> Tuple[int, JsonDict]:
+        # Can only be run on main process
+        if not self._is_main_process:
+            logger.error("PUT on /devices/ must be routed to main process")
+            raise SynapseError(500, "Server misconfigured")
+        assert isinstance(self.device_handler, DeviceHandler)
+
         requester = await self.auth.get_user_by_req(request, allow_guest=True)
 
         body = parse_and_validate_json_object_from_request(request, self.PutBody)
@@ -585,9 +597,9 @@ def register_servlets(hs: "HomeServer", http_server: HttpServer) -> None:
     ):
         DeleteDevicesRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
     DevicesRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
+    DeviceRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
 
     if hs.config.worker.worker_app is None:
-        DeviceRestServlet(hs).register(http_server)
         if hs.config.experimental.msc2697_enabled:
             DehydratedDeviceServlet(hs).register(http_server)
             ClaimDehydratedDeviceServlet(hs).register(http_server)