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| -rw-r--r-- | synapse/api/auth.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/api/auth.py b/synapse/api/auth.py index 022211e34e..55384d6ffe 100644 --- a/synapse/api/auth.py +++ b/synapse/api/auth.py @@ -783,6 +783,12 @@ class Auth(object): user_id(str|None): If present, checks for presence against existing MAU cohort """ + + # Never fail an auth check for the server notices users + # This can be a problem where event creation is prohibited due to blocking + if user_id == self.hs.config.server_notices_mxid: + return + if self.hs.config.hs_disabled: raise ResourceLimitError( 403, self.hs.config.hs_disabled_message, |