apply ratelimit earlier in /send request process

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/message.py b/synapse/handlers/message.py

index 189f52fe5a..c6b40a5b7a 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -903,6 +903,9 @@ class EventCreationHandler:
             await self.clock.sleep(random.randint(1, 10))
             raise ShadowBanError()
 
+        if ratelimit:
+            await self.request_ratelimiter.ratelimit(requester, update=False)
+
         # We limit the number of concurrent event sends in a room so that we
         # don't fork the DAG too much. If we don't limit then we can end up in
         # a situation where event persistence can't keep up, causing