From ec9efbada5c1ddd9cff580c96526cea9428cd8f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: timedout <git@nexy7574.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:43:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Don't reject auth events when they're innocent in auth
 chain response

---
 src/service/rooms/event_handler/fetch_auth.rs | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/service/rooms/event_handler/fetch_auth.rs b/src/service/rooms/event_handler/fetch_auth.rs
index 672891e87..6e8bab3f3 100644
--- a/src/service/rooms/event_handler/fetch_auth.rs
+++ b/src/service/rooms/event_handler/fetch_auth.rs
@@ -150,10 +150,7 @@ async fn authorise_remote_auth_chain<Pdu>(
 					},
 					| hash_map::Entry::Occupied(_) => {
 						// Duplicate auth events by key are not allowed.
-						self.services
-							.pdu_metadata
-							.mark_event_rejected(auth_event_id);
-						self.services.pdu_metadata.mark_event_rejected(&event_id);
+						self.reject_and_persist(&event_id, &pdu.to_canonical_object());
 						continue 'outer;
 					},
 				}
@@ -167,7 +164,7 @@ async fn authorise_remote_auth_chain<Pdu>(
 				)
 				.await?
 			{
-				self.services.pdu_metadata.mark_event_rejected(&event_id);
+				self.reject_and_persist(&event_id, &pdu.to_canonical_object());
 			}
 		}