perf: Optimise account deactivation process #1314

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This pull request optimises the user deactivation process by removing all instances of duplicated work, and changes the process to as follows:

  1. Deactivate the user
  2. Remove global profile
  3. For each room the user is in, drop their power level if possible
  4. For each room the user is in, send a leave event with no profile
  5. Forget all rooms the user is in

This is opposed to the previous flow:

  1. Remove the user's avatar from all rooms
  2. Remove the user's display name from all rooms
  3. Deactivate the user
  4. Remove the user's display name from all rooms (no-op)
  5. Remove the user's avatar from all rooms (no-op)
  6. Remove users' global profile
  7. Drop power levels in each room
  8. Leave each room
  9. Forget each room

I plan to add a way to honour erase requests and also add a way for admins to force the user to rescind all of their invites and redact all of their messages, but that will require database changes which makes that out of scope for this PR.

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For each room the user is in, send a leave event with no profile 5. Forget all rooms the user is in This is opposed to the previous flow: 1. Remove the user's avatar from all rooms 2. Remove the user's display name from all rooms 3. Deactivate the user 4. Remove the user's display name from all rooms (no-op) 5. Remove the user's avatar from all rooms (no-op) 6. Remove users' global profile 7. Drop power levels in each room 8. Leave each room 9. Forget each room I plan to add a way to honour erase requests and also add a way for admins to force the user to rescind all of their invites and redact all of their messages, but that will require database changes which makes that out of scope for this PR. <!-- Example: This pull request allows us to warp through time and space ten times faster than before by double-inverting the warp drive with hyperheated jump fluid, both making the drive faster and more efficient. 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nex added this to the 0.6.0 milestone 2026-01-25 15:47:50 +00:00
perf: Optimise account deactivation process
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Obviously I'm not willing to test this with a huge account but I gave it a quick burn test on timedout.uk and it's noticeably faster than before.

Obviously I'm not willing to test this with a huge account but I gave it a quick burn test on timedout.uk and it's noticeably faster than before.
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