From dc0d0dc40ce8ba610efd8faa42d3e476a6880c7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kegan Dougal <7190048+kegsay@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:04:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Stricter check to ensure missing await would be caught

---
 synapse/handlers/federation_event.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/federation_event.py b/synapse/handlers/federation_event.py
index 86e648656d..f55352fb6f 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/federation_event.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/federation_event.py
@@ -1830,7 +1830,7 @@ class FederationEventHandler:
             for s in seen_remotes:
                 unseen_event_map.pop(s, None)
             rejected_event_ids = await self._store.has_rejected_event_ids(seen_remotes)
-            if rejected_event_ids:
+            if len(rejected_event_ids) > 0:
                 has_rejected_events = True
 
         # XXX: it might be possible to kick this process off in parallel with fetching