block event creation and room creation on hitting resource limits

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/message.py b/synapse/handlers/message.py
index 893c9bcdc4..4d006df63c 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -276,10 +276,14 @@ class EventCreationHandler(object):
                 where *hashes* is a map from algorithm to hash.
 
                 If None, they will be requested from the database.
-
+        Raises:
+            ResourceLimitError if server is blocked to some resource being
+            exceeded
         Returns:
             Tuple of created event (FrozenEvent), Context
         """
+        yield self.auth.check_auth_blocking(requester.user.to_string())
+
         builder = self.event_builder_factory.new(event_dict)
 
         self.validator.validate_new(builder)
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room.py b/synapse/handlers/room.py
index 6a17c42238..c3f820b975 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room.py
@@ -98,9 +98,13 @@ class RoomCreationHandler(BaseHandler):
         Raises:
             SynapseError if the room ID couldn't be stored, or something went
             horribly wrong.
+            ResourceLimitError if server is blocked to some resource being
+            exceeded
         """
         user_id = requester.user.to_string()
 
+        self.auth.check_auth_blocking(user_id)
+
         if not self.spam_checker.user_may_create_room(user_id):
             raise SynapseError(403, "You are not permitted to create rooms")