From cc9b695c1ed22e47b723032793d4cf087c0f3ecc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: devonh <devon.dmytro@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2023 23:54:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Populate syncapi state event prev_sender with userID (#3142)

---
 syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go b/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
index 7ba3afc4..8c83e688 100644
--- a/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
+++ b/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
@@ -591,10 +591,16 @@ func (s *OutputRoomEventConsumer) updateStateEvent(event *rstypes.HeaderedEvent)
 		return event, nil
 	}
 
+	prevEventSender := string(prevEvent.SenderID())
+	prevUser, err := s.rsAPI.QueryUserIDForSender(s.ctx, *validRoomID, prevEvent.SenderID())
+	if err == nil && prevUser != nil {
+		prevEventSender = prevUser.String()
+	}
+
 	prev := types.PrevEventRef{
 		PrevContent:   prevEvent.Content(),
 		ReplacesState: prevEvent.EventID(),
-		PrevSenderID:  string(prevEvent.SenderID()),
+		PrevSenderID:  prevEventSender,
 	}
 
 	event.PDU, err = event.SetUnsigned(prev)