Merge pull request #5644 from matrix-org/babolivier/profile-allow-self

Allow newly-registered users to lookup their own profiles

Author: babolivier

changelog.d/5644.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix newly-registered users not being able to lookup their own profile without joining a room.

synapse/handlers/profile.py

@@ -303,6 +303,10 @@ def check_profile_query_allowed(self, target_user, requester=None):
         if not self.hs.config.require_auth_for_profile_requests or not requester:
             return
 
+        # Always allow the user to query their own profile.
+        if target_user.to_string() == requester.to_string():
+            return
+
         try:
             requester_rooms = yield self.store.get_rooms_for_user(requester.to_string())
             target_user_rooms = yield self.store.get_rooms_for_user(

tests/rest/client/v1/test_profile.py

@@ -288,3 +288,50 @@ def ensure_requester_left_room(self):
             # if the user isn't already in the room), because we only want to
             # make sure the user isn't in the room.
             pass
+
+
+class OwnProfileUnrestrictedTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
+
+    servlets = [
+        admin.register_servlets_for_client_rest_resource,
+        login.register_servlets,
+        profile.register_servlets,
+    ]
+
+    def make_homeserver(self, reactor, clock):
+        config = self.default_config()
+        config["require_auth_for_profile_requests"] = True
+        self.hs = self.setup_test_homeserver(config=config)
+
+        return self.hs
+
+    def prepare(self, reactor, clock, hs):
+        # User requesting the profile.
+        self.requester = self.register_user("requester", "pass")
+        self.requester_tok = self.login("requester", "pass")
+
+    def test_can_lookup_own_profile(self):
+        """Tests that a user can lookup their own profile without having to be in a room
+        if 'require_auth_for_profile_requests' is set to true in the server's config.
+        """
+        request, channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET", "/profile/" + self.requester, access_token=self.requester_tok
+        )
+        self.render(request)
+        self.assertEqual(channel.code, 200, channel.result)
+
+        request, channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET",
+            "/profile/" + self.requester + "/displayname",
+            access_token=self.requester_tok,
+        )
+        self.render(request)
+        self.assertEqual(channel.code, 200, channel.result)
+
+        request, channel = self.make_request(
+            "GET",
+            "/profile/" + self.requester + "/avatar_url",
+            access_token=self.requester_tok,
+        )
+        self.render(request)
+        self.assertEqual(channel.code, 200, channel.result)