From 226144ca9f8507bd9f3e3779cd70eb784a44fbf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tulir Asokan <tulir@maunium.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:14:22 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] hicli/sync: fix handling redactions to unknown events

---
 hicli/sync.go | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hicli/sync.go b/hicli/sync.go
index d66c35bd..209e4997 100644
--- a/hicli/sync.go
+++ b/hicli/sync.go
@@ -404,6 +404,9 @@ func (h *HiClient) processStateAndTimeline(ctx context.Context, room *database.R
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get redaction target: %w", err)
 		}
+		if dbEvt == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
 		if dbEvt.RelationType == event.RelReplace || dbEvt.RelationType == event.RelAnnotation {
 			_, err = addOldEvent(0, dbEvt.RelatesTo)
 			if err != nil {