Allow selecting "prejoin" events by state keys (#14642)

* Declare new config

* Parse new config

* Read new config

* Don't use trial/our TestCase where it's not needed

Before:

```
$ time trial tests/events/test_utils.py > /dev/null

real	0m2.277s
user	0m2.186s
sys	0m0.083s
```

After:
```
$ time trial tests/events/test_utils.py > /dev/null

real	0m0.566s
user	0m0.508s
sys	0m0.056s
```

* Helper to upsert to event fields

without exceeding size limits.

* Use helper when adding invite/knock state

Now that we allow admins to include events in prejoin room state with
arbitrary state keys, be a good Matrix citizen and ensure they don't
accidentally create an oversized event.

* Changelog

* Move StateFilter tests

should have done this in #14668

* Add extra methods to StateFilter

* Use StateFilter

* Ensure test file enforces typed defs; alphabetise

* Workaround surprising get_current_state_ids

* Whoops, fix mypy

changelog.d/14642.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow selecting "prejoin" events by state keys in addition to event types.

docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md

@@ -2501,32 +2501,53 @@ Config settings related to the client/server API
 ---
 ### `room_prejoin_state`
 
-Controls for the state that is shared with users who receive an invite
-to a room. By default, the following state event types are shared with users who
-receive invites to the room:
-- m.room.join_rules
-- m.room.canonical_alias
-- m.room.avatar
-- m.room.encryption
-- m.room.name
-- m.room.create
-- m.room.topic
+This setting controls the state that is shared with users upon receiving an
+invite to a room, or in reply to a knock on a room. By default, the following
+state events are shared with users:
+
+- `m.room.join_rules`
+- `m.room.canonical_alias`
+- `m.room.avatar`
+- `m.room.encryption`
+- `m.room.name`
+- `m.room.create`
+- `m.room.topic`
 
 To change the default behavior, use the following sub-options:
-* `disable_default_event_types`: set to true to disable the above defaults. If this
-   is enabled, only the event types listed in `additional_event_types` are shared.
-   Defaults to false.
-* `additional_event_types`: Additional state event types to share with users when they are invited
-   to a room. By default, this list is empty (so only the default event types are shared).
+* `disable_default_event_types`: boolean. Set to `true` to disable the above 
+  defaults. If this is enabled, only the event types listed in
+  `additional_event_types` are shared. Defaults to `false`.
+* `additional_event_types`: A list of additional state events to include in the 
+  events to be shared. By default, this list is empty (so only the default event 
+  types are shared).
+
+  Each entry in this list should be either a single string or a list of two
+  strings. 
+  * A standalone string `t` represents all events with type `t` (i.e.
+    with no restrictions on state keys).
+  * A pair of strings `[t, s]` represents a single event with type `t` and 
+    state key `s`. The same type can appear in two entries with different state
+    keys: in this situation, both state keys are included in prejoin state.
 
 Example configuration:
 ```yaml
 room_prejoin_state:
-   disable_default_event_types: true
+   disable_default_event_types: false
    additional_event_types:
-     - org.example.custom.event.type
-     - m.room.join_rules
+     # Share all events of type `org.example.custom.event.typeA`
+     - org.example.custom.event.typeA
+     # Share only events of type `org.example.custom.event.typeB` whose
+     # state_key is "foo"
+     - ["org.example.custom.event.typeB", "foo"]
+     # Share only events of type `org.example.custom.event.typeC` whose
+     # state_key is "bar" or "baz"
+     - ["org.example.custom.event.typeC", "bar"]
+     - ["org.example.custom.event.typeC", "baz"]
 ```
+
+*Changed in Synapse 1.74:* admins can filter the events in prejoin state based
+on their state key.
+
 ---
 ### `track_puppeted_user_ips`
 

mypy.ini

@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ disallow_untyped_defs = False
 [mypy-tests.*]
 disallow_untyped_defs = False
 
+[mypy-tests.config.test_api]
+disallow_untyped_defs = True
+
+[mypy-tests.federation.transport.test_client]
+disallow_untyped_defs = True
+
 [mypy-tests.handlers.test_sso]
 disallow_untyped_defs = True
 
@@ -101,7 +107,7 @@ disallow_untyped_defs = True
 [mypy-tests.push.test_bulk_push_rule_evaluator]
 disallow_untyped_defs = True
 
-[mypy-tests.test_server]
+[mypy-tests.rest.*]
 disallow_untyped_defs = True
 
 [mypy-tests.state.test_profile]
@@ -110,10 +116,10 @@ disallow_untyped_defs = True
 [mypy-tests.storage.*]
 disallow_untyped_defs = True
 
-[mypy-tests.rest.*]
+[mypy-tests.test_server]
 disallow_untyped_defs = True
 
-[mypy-tests.federation.transport.test_client]
+[mypy-tests.types.*]
 disallow_untyped_defs = True
 
 [mypy-tests.util.caches.*]

synapse/config/_util.py

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ def validate_config(
         config: the configuration value to be validated
         config_path: the path within the config file. This will be used as a basis
            for the error message.
+
+    Raises:
+        ConfigError, if validation fails.
     """
     try:
         jsonschema.validate(config, json_schema)

synapse/config/api.py

@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import logging
-from typing import Any, Iterable
+from typing import Any, Iterable, Optional, Tuple
 
 from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
 from synapse.config._base import Config, ConfigError
 from synapse.config._util import validate_config
 from synapse.types import JsonDict
+from synapse.types.state import StateFilter
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -26,16 +27,20 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class ApiConfig(Config):
     section = "api"
 
+    room_prejoin_state: StateFilter
+    track_puppetted_users_ips: bool
+
     def read_config(self, config: JsonDict, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         validate_config(_MAIN_SCHEMA, config, ())
-        self.room_prejoin_state = list(self._get_prejoin_state_types(config))
+        self.room_prejoin_state = StateFilter.from_types(
+            self._get_prejoin_state_entries(config)
+        )
         self.track_puppeted_user_ips = config.get("track_puppeted_user_ips", False)
 
-    def _get_prejoin_state_types(self, config: JsonDict) -> Iterable[str]:
-        """Get the event types to include in the prejoin state
-
-        Parses the config and returns an iterable of the event types to be included.
-        """
+    def _get_prejoin_state_entries(
+        self, config: JsonDict
+    ) -> Iterable[Tuple[str, Optional[str]]]:
+        """Get the event types and state keys to include in the prejoin state."""
         room_prejoin_state_config = config.get("room_prejoin_state") or {}
 
         # backwards-compatibility support for room_invite_state_types
@@ -50,33 +55,39 @@ class ApiConfig(Config):
 
             logger.warning(_ROOM_INVITE_STATE_TYPES_WARNING)
 
-            yield from config["room_invite_state_types"]
+            for event_type in config["room_invite_state_types"]:
+                yield event_type, None
             return
 
         if not room_prejoin_state_config.get("disable_default_event_types"):
-            yield from _DEFAULT_PREJOIN_STATE_TYPES
+            yield from _DEFAULT_PREJOIN_STATE_TYPES_AND_STATE_KEYS
 
-        yield from room_prejoin_state_config.get("additional_event_types", [])
+        for entry in room_prejoin_state_config.get("additional_event_types", []):
+            if isinstance(entry, str):
+                yield entry, None
+            else:
+                yield entry
 
 
 _ROOM_INVITE_STATE_TYPES_WARNING = """\
 WARNING: The 'room_invite_state_types' configuration setting is now deprecated,
 and replaced with 'room_prejoin_state'. New features may not work correctly
-unless 'room_invite_state_types' is removed. See the sample configuration file for
-details of 'room_prejoin_state'.
+unless 'room_invite_state_types' is removed. See the config documentation at
+    https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#room_prejoin_state
+for details of 'room_prejoin_state'.
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 """
 
-_DEFAULT_PREJOIN_STATE_TYPES = [
-    EventTypes.JoinRules,
-    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias,
-    EventTypes.RoomAvatar,
-    EventTypes.RoomEncryption,
-    EventTypes.Name,
+_DEFAULT_PREJOIN_STATE_TYPES_AND_STATE_KEYS = [
+    (EventTypes.JoinRules, ""),
+    (EventTypes.CanonicalAlias, ""),
+    (EventTypes.RoomAvatar, ""),
+    (EventTypes.RoomEncryption, ""),
+    (EventTypes.Name, ""),
     # Per MSC1772.
-    EventTypes.Create,
+    (EventTypes.Create, ""),
     # Per MSC3173.
-    EventTypes.Topic,
+    (EventTypes.Topic, ""),
 ]
 
 
@@ -90,7 +101,17 @@ _ROOM_PREJOIN_STATE_CONFIG_SCHEMA = {
                 "disable_default_event_types": {"type": "boolean"},
                 "additional_event_types": {
                     "type": "array",
-                    "items": {"type": "string"},
+                    "items": {
+                        "oneOf": [
+                            {"type": "string"},
+                            {
+                                "type": "array",
+                                "items": {"type": "string"},
+                                "minItems": 2,
+                                "maxItems": 2,
+                            },
+                        ],
+                    },
                 },
             },
         },

synapse/events/utils.py

@@ -28,8 +28,14 @@ from typing import (
 )
 
 import attr
+from canonicaljson import encode_canonical_json
 
-from synapse.api.constants import EventContentFields, EventTypes, RelationTypes
+from synapse.api.constants import (
+    MAX_PDU_SIZE,
+    EventContentFields,
+    EventTypes,
+    RelationTypes,
+)
 from synapse.api.errors import Codes, SynapseError
 from synapse.api.room_versions import RoomVersion
 from synapse.types import JsonDict
@@ -674,3 +680,27 @@ def validate_canonicaljson(value: Any) -> None:
     elif not isinstance(value, (bool, str)) and value is not None:
         # Other potential JSON values (bool, None, str) are safe.
         raise SynapseError(400, "Unknown JSON value", Codes.BAD_JSON)
+
+
+def maybe_upsert_event_field(
+    event: EventBase, container: JsonDict, key: str, value: object
+) -> bool:
+    """Upsert an event field, but only if this doesn't make the event too large.
+
+    Returns true iff the upsert took place.
+    """
+    if key in container:
+        old_value: object = container[key]
+        container[key] = value
+        # NB: here and below, we assume that passing a non-None `time_now` argument to
+        # get_pdu_json doesn't increase the size of the encoded result.
+        upsert_okay = len(encode_canonical_json(event.get_pdu_json())) <= MAX_PDU_SIZE
+        if not upsert_okay:
+            container[key] = old_value
+    else:
+        container[key] = value
+        upsert_okay = len(encode_canonical_json(event.get_pdu_json())) <= MAX_PDU_SIZE
+        if not upsert_okay:
+            del container[key]
+
+    return upsert_okay

synapse/handlers/message.py

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ from synapse.event_auth import validate_event_for_room_version
 from synapse.events import EventBase, relation_from_event
 from synapse.events.builder import EventBuilder
 from synapse.events.snapshot import EventContext
+from synapse.events.utils import maybe_upsert_event_field
 from synapse.events.validator import EventValidator
 from synapse.handlers.directory import DirectoryHandler
 from synapse.logging import opentracing
@@ -1739,12 +1740,15 @@ class EventCreationHandler:
 
             if event.type == EventTypes.Member:
                 if event.content["membership"] == Membership.INVITE:
-                    event.unsigned[
-                        "invite_room_state"
-                    ] = await self.store.get_stripped_room_state_from_event_context(
-                        context,
-                        self.room_prejoin_state_types,
-                        membership_user_id=event.sender,
+                    maybe_upsert_event_field(
+                        event,
+                        event.unsigned,
+                        "invite_room_state",
+                        await self.store.get_stripped_room_state_from_event_context(
+                            context,
+                            self.room_prejoin_state_types,
+                            membership_user_id=event.sender,
+                        ),
                     )
 
                     invitee = UserID.from_string(event.state_key)
@@ -1762,11 +1766,14 @@ class EventCreationHandler:
                         event.signatures.update(returned_invite.signatures)
 
                 if event.content["membership"] == Membership.KNOCK:
-                    event.unsigned[
-                        "knock_room_state"
-                    ] = await self.store.get_stripped_room_state_from_event_context(
-                        context,
-                        self.room_prejoin_state_types,
+                    maybe_upsert_event_field(
+                        event,
+                        event.unsigned,
+                        "knock_room_state",
+                        await self.store.get_stripped_room_state_from_event_context(
+                            context,
+                            self.room_prejoin_state_types,
+                        ),
                     )
 
             if event.type == EventTypes.Redaction:

synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py

@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ import logging
 import threading
 import weakref
 from enum import Enum, auto
+from itertools import chain
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
     Collection,
-    Container,
     Dict,
     Iterable,
     List,
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ from synapse.storage.util.id_generators import (
 )
 from synapse.storage.util.sequence import build_sequence_generator
 from synapse.types import JsonDict, get_domain_from_id
+from synapse.types.state import StateFilter
 from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError
 from synapse.util.async_helpers import ObservableDeferred, delay_cancellation
 from synapse.util.caches.descriptors import cached, cachedList
@@ -879,7 +880,7 @@ class EventsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
     async def get_stripped_room_state_from_event_context(
         self,
         context: EventContext,
-        state_types_to_include: Container[str],
+        state_keys_to_include: StateFilter,
         membership_user_id: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> List[JsonDict]:
         """
@@ -892,7 +893,7 @@ class EventsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
 
         Args:
             context: The event context to retrieve state of the room from.
-            state_types_to_include: The type of state events to include.
+            state_keys_to_include: The state events to include, for each event type.
             membership_user_id: An optional user ID to include the stripped membership state
                 events of. This is useful when generating the stripped state of a room for
                 invites. We want to send membership events of the inviter, so that the
@@ -901,21 +902,25 @@ class EventsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
         Returns:
             A list of dictionaries, each representing a stripped state event from the room.
         """
-        current_state_ids = await context.get_current_state_ids()
+        if membership_user_id:
+            types = chain(
+                state_keys_to_include.to_types(),
+                [(EventTypes.Member, membership_user_id)],
+            )
+            filter = StateFilter.from_types(types)
+        else:
+            filter = state_keys_to_include
+        selected_state_ids = await context.get_current_state_ids(filter)
 
         # We know this event is not an outlier, so this must be
         # non-None.
-        assert current_state_ids is not None
-
-        # The state to include
-        state_to_include_ids = [
-            e_id
-            for k, e_id in current_state_ids.items()
-            if k[0] in state_types_to_include
-            or (membership_user_id and k == (EventTypes.Member, membership_user_id))
-        ]
+        assert selected_state_ids is not None
+
+        # Confusingly, get_current_state_events may return events that are discarded by
+        # the filter, if they're in context._state_delta_due_to_event. Strip these away.
+        selected_state_ids = filter.filter_state(selected_state_ids)
 
-        state_to_include = await self.get_events(state_to_include_ids)
+        state_to_include = await self.get_events(selected_state_ids.values())
 
         return [
             {

synapse/types/state.py

@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ class StateFilter:
             )
         )
 
+    def to_types(self) -> Iterable[Tuple[str, Optional[str]]]:
+        """The inverse to `from_types`."""
+        for (event_type, state_keys) in self.types.items():
+            if state_keys is None:
+                yield event_type, None
+            else:
+                for state_key in state_keys:
+                    yield event_type, state_key
+
     @staticmethod
     def from_lazy_load_member_list(members: Iterable[str]) -> "StateFilter":
         """Creates a filter that returns all non-member events, plus the member
@@ -343,6 +352,15 @@ class StateFilter:
             for s in state_keys
         ]
 
+    def wildcard_types(self) -> List[str]:
+        """Returns a list of event types which require us to fetch all state keys.
+        This will be empty unless `has_wildcards` returns True.
+
+        Returns:
+            A list of event types.
+        """
+        return [t for t, state_keys in self.types.items() if state_keys is None]
+
     def get_member_split(self) -> Tuple["StateFilter", "StateFilter"]:
         """Return the filter split into two: one which assumes it's exclusively
         matching against member state, and one which assumes it's matching

tests/config/test_api.py

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+from unittest import TestCase as StdlibTestCase
+
+import yaml
+
+from synapse.config import ConfigError
+from synapse.config.api import ApiConfig
+from synapse.types.state import StateFilter
+
+DEFAULT_PREJOIN_STATE_PAIRS = {
+    ("m.room.join_rules", ""),
+    ("m.room.canonical_alias", ""),
+    ("m.room.avatar", ""),
+    ("m.room.encryption", ""),
+    ("m.room.name", ""),
+    ("m.room.create", ""),
+    ("m.room.topic", ""),
+}
+
+
+class TestRoomPrejoinState(StdlibTestCase):
+    def read_config(self, source: str) -> ApiConfig:
+        config = ApiConfig()
+        config.read_config(yaml.safe_load(source))
+        return config
+
+    def test_no_prejoin_state(self) -> None:
+        config = self.read_config("foo: bar")
+        self.assertFalse(config.room_prejoin_state.has_wildcards())
+        self.assertEqual(
+            set(config.room_prejoin_state.concrete_types()), DEFAULT_PREJOIN_STATE_PAIRS
+        )
+
+    def test_disable_default_event_types(self) -> None:
+        config = self.read_config(
+            """
+room_prejoin_state:
+    disable_default_event_types: true
+        """
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(config.room_prejoin_state, StateFilter.none())
+
+    def test_event_without_state_key(self) -> None:
+        config = self.read_config(
+            """
+room_prejoin_state:
+    disable_default_event_types: true
+    additional_event_types:
+        - foo
+        """
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(config.room_prejoin_state.wildcard_types(), ["foo"])
+        self.assertEqual(config.room_prejoin_state.concrete_types(), [])
+
+    def test_event_with_specific_state_key(self) -> None:
+        config = self.read_config(
+            """
+room_prejoin_state:
+    disable_default_event_types: true
+    additional_event_types:
+        - [foo, bar]
+        """
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(config.room_prejoin_state.has_wildcards())
+        self.assertEqual(
+            set(config.room_prejoin_state.concrete_types()),
+            {("foo", "bar")},
+        )
+
+    def test_repeated_event_with_specific_state_key(self) -> None:
+        config = self.read_config(
+            """
+room_prejoin_state:
+    disable_default_event_types: true
+    additional_event_types:
+        - [foo, bar]
+        - [foo, baz]
+        """
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(config.room_prejoin_state.has_wildcards())
+        self.assertEqual(
+            set(config.room_prejoin_state.concrete_types()),
+            {("foo", "bar"), ("foo", "baz")},
+        )
+
+    def test_no_specific_state_key_overrides_specific_state_key(self) -> None:
+        config = self.read_config(
+            """
+room_prejoin_state:
+    disable_default_event_types: true
+    additional_event_types:
+        - [foo, bar]
+        - foo
+        """
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(config.room_prejoin_state.wildcard_types(), ["foo"])
+        self.assertEqual(config.room_prejoin_state.concrete_types(), [])
+
+        config = self.read_config(
+            """
+room_prejoin_state:
+    disable_default_event_types: true
+    additional_event_types:
+        - foo
+        - [foo, bar]
+        """
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(config.room_prejoin_state.wildcard_types(), ["foo"])
+        self.assertEqual(config.room_prejoin_state.concrete_types(), [])
+
+    def test_bad_event_type_entry_raises(self) -> None:
+        with self.assertRaises(ConfigError):
+            self.read_config(
+                """
+room_prejoin_state:
+    additional_event_types:
+        - []
+            """
+            )
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ConfigError):
+            self.read_config(
+                """
+room_prejoin_state:
+    additional_event_types:
+        - [a]
+            """
+            )
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ConfigError):
+            self.read_config(
+                """
+room_prejoin_state:
+    additional_event_types:
+        - [a, b, c]
+            """
+            )
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ConfigError):
+            self.read_config(
+                """
+room_prejoin_state:
+    additional_event_types:
+        - [true, 1.23]
+            """
+            )

tests/events/test_utils.py

@@ -12,19 +12,20 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import unittest as stdlib_unittest
+
 from synapse.api.constants import EventContentFields
 from synapse.api.room_versions import RoomVersions
 from synapse.events import make_event_from_dict
 from synapse.events.utils import (
     SerializeEventConfig,
     copy_and_fixup_power_levels_contents,
+    maybe_upsert_event_field,
     prune_event,
     serialize_event,
 )
 from synapse.util.frozenutils import freeze
 
-from tests import unittest
-
 
 def MockEvent(**kwargs):
     if "event_id" not in kwargs:
@@ -34,7 +35,31 @@ def MockEvent(**kwargs):
     return make_event_from_dict(kwargs)
 
 
-class PruneEventTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestMaybeUpsertEventField(stdlib_unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_update_okay(self) -> None:
+        event = make_event_from_dict({"event_id": "$1234"})
+        success = maybe_upsert_event_field(event, event.unsigned, "key", "value")
+        self.assertTrue(success)
+        self.assertEqual(event.unsigned["key"], "value")
+
+    def test_update_not_okay(self) -> None:
+        event = make_event_from_dict({"event_id": "$1234"})
+        LARGE_STRING = "a" * 100_000
+        success = maybe_upsert_event_field(event, event.unsigned, "key", LARGE_STRING)
+        self.assertFalse(success)
+        self.assertNotIn("key", event.unsigned)
+
+    def test_update_not_okay_leaves_original_value(self) -> None:
+        event = make_event_from_dict(
+            {"event_id": "$1234", "unsigned": {"key": "value"}}
+        )
+        LARGE_STRING = "a" * 100_000
+        success = maybe_upsert_event_field(event, event.unsigned, "key", LARGE_STRING)
+        self.assertFalse(success)
+        self.assertEqual(event.unsigned["key"], "value")
+
+
+class PruneEventTestCase(stdlib_unittest.TestCase):
     def run_test(self, evdict, matchdict, **kwargs):
         """
         Asserts that a new event constructed with `evdict` will look like
@@ -391,7 +416,7 @@ class PruneEventTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         )
 
 
-class SerializeEventTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+class SerializeEventTestCase(stdlib_unittest.TestCase):
     def serialize(self, ev, fields):
         return serialize_event(
             ev, 1479807801915, config=SerializeEventConfig(only_event_fields=fields)
@@ -513,7 +538,7 @@ class SerializeEventTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             )
 
 
-class CopyPowerLevelsContentTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+class CopyPowerLevelsContentTestCase(stdlib_unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self) -> None:
         self.test_content = {
             "ban": 50,

tests/storage/test_state.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from synapse.types import JsonDict, RoomID, StateMap, UserID
 from synapse.types.state import StateFilter
 from synapse.util import Clock
 
-from tests.unittest import HomeserverTestCase, TestCase
+from tests.unittest import HomeserverTestCase
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -494,624 +494,3 @@ class StateStoreTestCase(HomeserverTestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(is_all, True)
         self.assertDictEqual({(e5.type, e5.state_key): e5.event_id}, state_dict)
-
-
-class StateFilterDifferenceTestCase(TestCase):
-    def assert_difference(
-        self, minuend: StateFilter, subtrahend: StateFilter, expected: StateFilter
-    ) -> None:
-        self.assertEqual(
-            minuend.approx_difference(subtrahend),
-            expected,
-            f"StateFilter difference not correct:\n\n\t{minuend!r}\nminus\n\t{subtrahend!r}\nwas\n\t{minuend.approx_difference(subtrahend)}\nexpected\n\t{expected}",
-        )
-
-    def test_state_filter_difference_no_include_other_minus_no_include_other(
-        self,
-    ) -> None:
-        """
-        Tests the StateFilter.approx_difference method
-        where, in a.approx_difference(b), both a and b do not have the
-        include_others flag set.
-        """
-        # (wildcard on state keys) - (wildcard on state keys):
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.Create: None},
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: None},
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Create: None}, include_others=False),
-        )
-
-        # (wildcard on state keys) - (specific state keys)
-        # This one is an over-approximation because we can't represent
-        # 'all state keys except a few named examples'
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Member: None}, include_others=False),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr"}},
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Member: None}, include_others=False),
-        )
-
-        # (wildcard on state keys) - (no state keys)
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None},
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None},
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # (specific state keys) - (wildcard on state keys):
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None},
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""}},
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # (specific state keys) - (specific state keys)
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr"},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # (specific state keys) - (no state keys)
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-    def test_state_filter_difference_include_other_minus_no_include_other(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Tests the StateFilter.approx_difference method
-        where, in a.approx_difference(b), only a has the include_others flag set.
-        """
-        # (wildcard on state keys) - (wildcard on state keys):
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.Create: None},
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: None},
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Create: None,
-                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: set(),
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # (wildcard on state keys) - (specific state keys)
-        # This one is an over-approximation because we can't represent
-        # 'all state keys except a few named examples'
-        # This also shows that the resultant state filter is normalised.
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Member: None}, include_others=True),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.Create: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter(types=frozendict(), include_others=True),
-        )
-
-        # (wildcard on state keys) - (no state keys)
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None},
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter(
-                types=frozendict(),
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # (specific state keys) - (wildcard on state keys):
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None},
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # (specific state keys) - (specific state keys)
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr"},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # (specific state keys) - (no state keys)
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-    def test_state_filter_difference_include_other_minus_include_other(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Tests the StateFilter.approx_difference method
-        where, in a.approx_difference(b), both a and b have the include_others
-        flag set.
-        """
-        # (wildcard on state keys) - (wildcard on state keys):
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.Create: None},
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: None},
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter(types=frozendict(), include_others=False),
-        )
-
-        # (wildcard on state keys) - (specific state keys)
-        # This one is an over-approximation because we can't represent
-        # 'all state keys except a few named examples'
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Member: None}, include_others=True),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: None},
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # (wildcard on state keys) - (no state keys)
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None},
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None},
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # (specific state keys) - (wildcard on state keys):
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None},
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter(
-                types=frozendict(),
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # (specific state keys) - (specific state keys)
-        # This one is an over-approximation because we can't represent
-        # 'all state keys except a few named examples'
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                    EventTypes.Create: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.Create: set(),
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.Create: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # (specific state keys) - (no state keys)
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-    def test_state_filter_difference_no_include_other_minus_include_other(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Tests the StateFilter.approx_difference method
-        where, in a.approx_difference(b), only b has the include_others flag set.
-        """
-        # (wildcard on state keys) - (wildcard on state keys):
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.Create: None},
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: None},
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter(types=frozendict(), include_others=False),
-        )
-
-        # (wildcard on state keys) - (specific state keys)
-        # This one is an over-approximation because we can't represent
-        # 'all state keys except a few named examples'
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Member: None}, include_others=False),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr"}},
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Member: None}, include_others=False),
-        )
-
-        # (wildcard on state keys) - (no state keys)
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None},
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None},
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # (specific state keys) - (wildcard on state keys):
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None},
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter(
-                types=frozendict(),
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # (specific state keys) - (specific state keys)
-        # This one is an over-approximation because we can't represent
-        # 'all state keys except a few named examples'
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr"},
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@spqr:spqr"},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # (specific state keys) - (no state keys)
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
-                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
-                },
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-    def test_state_filter_difference_simple_cases(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Tests some very simple cases of the StateFilter approx_difference,
-        that are not explicitly tested by the more in-depth tests.
-        """
-
-        self.assert_difference(StateFilter.all(), StateFilter.all(), StateFilter.none())
-
-        self.assert_difference(
-            StateFilter.all(),
-            StateFilter.none(),
-            StateFilter.all(),
-        )
-
-
-class StateFilterTestCase(TestCase):
-    def test_return_expanded(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Tests the behaviour of the return_expanded() function that expands
-        StateFilters to include more state types (for the sake of cache hit rate).
-        """
-
-        self.assertEqual(StateFilter.all().return_expanded(), StateFilter.all())
-
-        self.assertEqual(StateFilter.none().return_expanded(), StateFilter.none())
-
-        # Concrete-only state filters stay the same
-        # (Case: mixed filter)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:test", "@alicia:test"},
-                    "some.other.state.type": {""},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ).return_expanded(),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:test", "@alicia:test"},
-                    "some.other.state.type": {""},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # Concrete-only state filters stay the same
-        # (Case: non-member-only filter)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {"some.other.state.type": {""}}, include_others=False
-            ).return_expanded(),
-            StateFilter.freeze({"some.other.state.type": {""}}, include_others=False),
-        )
-
-        # Concrete-only state filters stay the same
-        # (Case: member-only filter)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:test", "@alicia:test"},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ).return_expanded(),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:test", "@alicia:test"},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # Wildcard member-only state filters stay the same
-        self.assertEqual(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None},
-                include_others=False,
-            ).return_expanded(),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: None},
-                include_others=False,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # If there is a wildcard in the non-member portion of the filter,
-        # it's expanded to include ALL non-member events.
-        # (Case: mixed filter)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:test", "@alicia:test"},
-                    "some.other.state.type": None,
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ).return_expanded(),
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:test", "@alicia:test"}},
-                include_others=True,
-            ),
-        )
-
-        # If there is a wildcard in the non-member portion of the filter,
-        # it's expanded to include ALL non-member events.
-        # (Case: non-member-only filter)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    "some.other.state.type": None,
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ).return_expanded(),
-            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Member: set()}, include_others=True),
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(
-            StateFilter.freeze(
-                {
-                    "some.other.state.type": None,
-                    "yet.another.state.type": {"wombat"},
-                },
-                include_others=False,
-            ).return_expanded(),
-            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Member: set()}, include_others=True),
-        )

tests/types/test_state.py

@@ -0,0 +1,627 @@
+from frozendict import frozendict
+
+from synapse.api.constants import EventTypes
+from synapse.types.state import StateFilter
+
+from tests.unittest import TestCase
+
+
+class StateFilterDifferenceTestCase(TestCase):
+    def assert_difference(
+        self, minuend: StateFilter, subtrahend: StateFilter, expected: StateFilter
+    ) -> None:
+        self.assertEqual(
+            minuend.approx_difference(subtrahend),
+            expected,
+            f"StateFilter difference not correct:\n\n\t{minuend!r}\nminus\n\t{subtrahend!r}\nwas\n\t{minuend.approx_difference(subtrahend)}\nexpected\n\t{expected}",
+        )
+
+    def test_state_filter_difference_no_include_other_minus_no_include_other(
+        self,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Tests the StateFilter.approx_difference method
+        where, in a.approx_difference(b), both a and b do not have the
+        include_others flag set.
+        """
+        # (wildcard on state keys) - (wildcard on state keys):
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.Create: None},
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: None},
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Create: None}, include_others=False),
+        )
+
+        # (wildcard on state keys) - (specific state keys)
+        # This one is an over-approximation because we can't represent
+        # 'all state keys except a few named examples'
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Member: None}, include_others=False),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr"}},
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Member: None}, include_others=False),
+        )
+
+        # (wildcard on state keys) - (no state keys)
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None},
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None},
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # (specific state keys) - (wildcard on state keys):
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None},
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""}},
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # (specific state keys) - (specific state keys)
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr"},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # (specific state keys) - (no state keys)
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+        )
+
+    def test_state_filter_difference_include_other_minus_no_include_other(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Tests the StateFilter.approx_difference method
+        where, in a.approx_difference(b), only a has the include_others flag set.
+        """
+        # (wildcard on state keys) - (wildcard on state keys):
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.Create: None},
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: None},
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Create: None,
+                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: set(),
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # (wildcard on state keys) - (specific state keys)
+        # This one is an over-approximation because we can't represent
+        # 'all state keys except a few named examples'
+        # This also shows that the resultant state filter is normalised.
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Member: None}, include_others=True),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.Create: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter(types=frozendict(), include_others=True),
+        )
+
+        # (wildcard on state keys) - (no state keys)
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None},
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter(
+                types=frozendict(),
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # (specific state keys) - (wildcard on state keys):
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None},
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # (specific state keys) - (specific state keys)
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr"},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # (specific state keys) - (no state keys)
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+        )
+
+    def test_state_filter_difference_include_other_minus_include_other(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Tests the StateFilter.approx_difference method
+        where, in a.approx_difference(b), both a and b have the include_others
+        flag set.
+        """
+        # (wildcard on state keys) - (wildcard on state keys):
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.Create: None},
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: None},
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter(types=frozendict(), include_others=False),
+        )
+
+        # (wildcard on state keys) - (specific state keys)
+        # This one is an over-approximation because we can't represent
+        # 'all state keys except a few named examples'
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Member: None}, include_others=True),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: None},
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # (wildcard on state keys) - (no state keys)
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None},
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None},
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # (specific state keys) - (wildcard on state keys):
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None},
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter(
+                types=frozendict(),
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # (specific state keys) - (specific state keys)
+        # This one is an over-approximation because we can't represent
+        # 'all state keys except a few named examples'
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                    EventTypes.Create: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.Create: set(),
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.Create: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # (specific state keys) - (no state keys)
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+        )
+
+    def test_state_filter_difference_no_include_other_minus_include_other(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Tests the StateFilter.approx_difference method
+        where, in a.approx_difference(b), only b has the include_others flag set.
+        """
+        # (wildcard on state keys) - (wildcard on state keys):
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.Create: None},
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None, EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: None},
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter(types=frozendict(), include_others=False),
+        )
+
+        # (wildcard on state keys) - (specific state keys)
+        # This one is an over-approximation because we can't represent
+        # 'all state keys except a few named examples'
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Member: None}, include_others=False),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr"}},
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Member: None}, include_others=False),
+        )
+
+        # (wildcard on state keys) - (no state keys)
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None},
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None},
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # (specific state keys) - (wildcard on state keys):
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None},
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter(
+                types=frozendict(),
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # (specific state keys) - (specific state keys)
+        # This one is an over-approximation because we can't represent
+        # 'all state keys except a few named examples'
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr"},
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@spqr:spqr"},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # (specific state keys) - (no state keys)
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
+                    EventTypes.CanonicalAlias: {""},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: set(),
+                },
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:spqr", "@spqr:spqr"},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+        )
+
+    def test_state_filter_difference_simple_cases(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Tests some very simple cases of the StateFilter approx_difference,
+        that are not explicitly tested by the more in-depth tests.
+        """
+
+        self.assert_difference(StateFilter.all(), StateFilter.all(), StateFilter.none())
+
+        self.assert_difference(
+            StateFilter.all(),
+            StateFilter.none(),
+            StateFilter.all(),
+        )
+
+
+class StateFilterTestCase(TestCase):
+    def test_return_expanded(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Tests the behaviour of the return_expanded() function that expands
+        StateFilters to include more state types (for the sake of cache hit rate).
+        """
+
+        self.assertEqual(StateFilter.all().return_expanded(), StateFilter.all())
+
+        self.assertEqual(StateFilter.none().return_expanded(), StateFilter.none())
+
+        # Concrete-only state filters stay the same
+        # (Case: mixed filter)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:test", "@alicia:test"},
+                    "some.other.state.type": {""},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ).return_expanded(),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:test", "@alicia:test"},
+                    "some.other.state.type": {""},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # Concrete-only state filters stay the same
+        # (Case: non-member-only filter)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {"some.other.state.type": {""}}, include_others=False
+            ).return_expanded(),
+            StateFilter.freeze({"some.other.state.type": {""}}, include_others=False),
+        )
+
+        # Concrete-only state filters stay the same
+        # (Case: member-only filter)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:test", "@alicia:test"},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ).return_expanded(),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:test", "@alicia:test"},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # Wildcard member-only state filters stay the same
+        self.assertEqual(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None},
+                include_others=False,
+            ).return_expanded(),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: None},
+                include_others=False,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # If there is a wildcard in the non-member portion of the filter,
+        # it's expanded to include ALL non-member events.
+        # (Case: mixed filter)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:test", "@alicia:test"},
+                    "some.other.state.type": None,
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ).return_expanded(),
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {EventTypes.Member: {"@wombat:test", "@alicia:test"}},
+                include_others=True,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        # If there is a wildcard in the non-member portion of the filter,
+        # it's expanded to include ALL non-member events.
+        # (Case: non-member-only filter)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    "some.other.state.type": None,
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ).return_expanded(),
+            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Member: set()}, include_others=True),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            StateFilter.freeze(
+                {
+                    "some.other.state.type": None,
+                    "yet.another.state.type": {"wombat"},
+                },
+                include_others=False,
+            ).return_expanded(),
+            StateFilter.freeze({EventTypes.Member: set()}, include_others=True),
+        )