Ignore advertised login flows as synapse is broken (ref matrix-org/sy…

…napse#8440)
mautrix · Oct 8, 2020 · 1770e30 · 1770e30
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Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 5 deletions.
diff --git a/mautrix/bridge/matrix.py b/mautrix/bridge/matrix.py
@@ -124,11 +124,12 @@ async def init_as_bot(self) -> None:
     async def init_encryption(self) -> None:
         if self.e2ee:
             if not await self.e2ee.check_server_support():
-                self.log.error("Encryption enabled in config, but homeserver does not "
-                               "support appservice login")
-                self.e2ee = None
-            else:
-                await self.e2ee.start()
+                # Element iOS is broken, so the devs decided to break Synapse as well, which means
+                # there's no reliable way to check if appservice login is supported.
+                # Print a warning in the logs, then try to log in anyway and hope for the best.
+                self.log.warning("Encryption enabled in config, but homeserver does not advertise "
+                                 "appservice login")
+            await self.e2ee.start()
 
     @staticmethod
     async def allow_message(user: 'BaseUser') -> bool: