1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/message.py b/synapse/handlers/message.py
index 3dbd58e12c..c31e4376c3 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -768,6 +768,7 @@ class EventCreationHandler:
         self,
         requester: Requester,
         event_dict: dict,
+        allow_no_prev_events: bool = False,
         prev_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         auth_event_ids: Optional[List[str]] = None,
         ratelimit: bool = True,
@@ -785,6 +786,10 @@ class EventCreationHandler:
         Args:
             requester: The requester sending the event.
             event_dict: An entire event.
+            allow_no_prev_events: Whether to allow this event to be created an empty
+                list of prev_events. Normally this is prohibited just because most
+                events should have a prev_event and we should only use this in special
+                cases like MSC2716.
             prev_event_ids:
                 The event IDs to use as the prev events.
                 Should normally be left as None to automatically request them