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diff --git a/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst b/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst index b3d413cf57..1eb674939e 100644 --- a/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst +++ b/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst @@ -760,3 +760,33 @@ The following fields are returned in the JSON response body: - ``total`` - integer - Number of pushers. See also `Client-Server API Spec <https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/latest#get-matrix-client-r0-pushers>`_ + +Shadow-banning users +==================== + +Shadow-banning is a useful tool for moderating malicious or egregiously abusive users. +A shadow-banned users receives successful responses to their client-server API requests, +but the events are not propagated into rooms. This can be an effective tool as it +(hopefully) takes longer for the user to realise they are being moderated before +pivoting to another account. + +Shadow-banning a user should be used as a tool of last resort and may lead to confusing +or broken behaviour for the client. A shadow-banned user will not receive any +notification and it is generally more appropriate to ban or kick abusive users. +A shadow-banned user will be unable to contact anyone on the server. + +The API is:: + + POST /_synapse/admin/v1/users/<user_id>/shadow_ban + +To use it, you will need to authenticate by providing an ``access_token`` for a +server admin: see `README.rst <README.rst>`_. + +An empty JSON dict is returned. + +**Parameters** + +The following parameters should be set in the URL: + +- ``user_id`` - The fully qualified MXID: for example, ``@user:server.com``. The user must + be local. |