Reject attempts to send event before privacy consent is given

Returns an M_CONSENT_NOT_GIVEN error (cf
https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/1252) if consent is not yet
given.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/config/consent_config.py b/synapse/config/consent_config.py
index 8698b2993f..44c4711e6c 100644
--- a/synapse/config/consent_config.py
+++ b/synapse/config/consent_config.py
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = """\
 # asking them to consent to the privacy policy. The 'server_notices' section
 # must also be configured for this to work.
 #
+# 'block_events_error', if set, will block any attempts to send events
+# until the user consents to the privacy policy. The value of the setting is
+# used as the text of the error.
+#
 # user_consent:
 #   template_dir: res/templates/privacy
 #   version: 1.0
@@ -41,6 +45,8 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = """\
 #     msgtype: m.text
 #     body: |
 #       Pls do consent kthx
+#   block_events_error: |
+#     You can't send any messages until you consent to the privacy policy.
 """
 
 
@@ -51,6 +57,7 @@ class ConsentConfig(Config):
         self.user_consent_version = None
         self.user_consent_template_dir = None
         self.user_consent_server_notice_content = None
+        self.block_events_without_consent_error = None
 
     def read_config(self, config):
         consent_config = config.get("user_consent")
@@ -61,6 +68,9 @@ class ConsentConfig(Config):
         self.user_consent_server_notice_content = consent_config.get(
             "server_notice_content",
         )
+        self.block_events_without_consent_error = consent_config.get(
+            "block_events_error",
+        )
 
     def default_config(self, **kwargs):
         return DEFAULT_CONFIG