From 5a6911598ad2d3dea96b9f8c1cffccd4f4840bf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Eastwood <erice@element.io>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 06:11:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix 500 error with Postgres when looking backwards with the
 MSC3030 `/timestamp_to_event` endpoint (#12024)

---
 changelog.d/12024.bugfix                        | 1 +
 synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog.d/12024.bugfix

diff --git a/changelog.d/12024.bugfix b/changelog.d/12024.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59bcdb93a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/12024.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix 500 error with Postgres when looking backwards with the [MSC3030](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/3030) `/timestamp_to_event?dir=b` endpoint.
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py
index 712b8ce204..2a255d1031 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/events_worker.py
@@ -1854,7 +1854,7 @@ class EventsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
             forward_edge_query = """
                 SELECT 1 FROM event_edges
                 /* Check to make sure the event referencing our event in question is not rejected */
-                LEFT JOIN rejections ON event_edges.event_id == rejections.event_id
+                LEFT JOIN rejections ON event_edges.event_id = rejections.event_id
                 WHERE
                     event_edges.room_id = ?
                     AND event_edges.prev_event_id = ?