Update type of EventContext.rejected (#13460)

changelog.d/13460.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update type of `EventContext.rejected`.

synapse/events/snapshot.py

@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 import attr
 from frozendict import frozendict
-from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 from synapse.appservice import ApplicationService
 from synapse.events import EventBase
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ class EventContext:
     Holds information relevant to persisting an event
 
     Attributes:
-        rejected: A rejection reason if the event was rejected, else False
+        rejected: A rejection reason if the event was rejected, else None
 
         _state_group: The ID of the state group for this event. Note that state events
             are persisted with a state group which includes the new event, so this is
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ class EventContext:
     """
 
     _storage: "StorageControllers"
-    rejected: Union[Literal[False], str] = False
+    rejected: Optional[str] = None
     _state_group: Optional[int] = None
     state_group_before_event: Optional[int] = None
     _state_delta_due_to_event: Optional[StateMap[str]] = None

synapse/storage/databases/main/events.py

@@ -1490,7 +1490,7 @@ class PersistEventsStore:
                     event.sender,
                     "url" in event.content and isinstance(event.content["url"], str),
                     event.get_state_key(),
-                    context.rejected or None,
+                    context.rejected,
                 )
                 for event, context in events_and_contexts
             ),