Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:matrix-org/synapse into release-v0.18.2

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/_base.py b/synapse/handlers/_base.py

index 4981643166..90f96209f8 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/_base.py
@@ -57,10 +57,16 @@ class BaseHandler(object):
         time_now = self.clock.time()
         user_id = requester.user.to_string()
 
+        # The AS user itself is never rate limited.
         app_service = self.store.get_app_service_by_user_id(user_id)
         if app_service is not None:
             return  # do not ratelimit app service senders
 
+        # Disable rate limiting of users belonging to any AS that is configured
+        # not to be rate limited in its registration file (rate_limited: true|false).
+        if requester.app_service and not requester.app_service.is_rate_limited():
+            return
+
         allowed, time_allowed = self.ratelimiter.send_message(
             user_id, time_now,
             msg_rate_hz=self.hs.config.rc_messages_per_second,