Allow use of different ratelimits for admin redactions.

This is useful to allow room admins to quickly deal with a large number
of abusive messages.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/message.py b/synapse/handlers/message.py
index 111f7c7e2f..184170ef8b 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -729,7 +729,13 @@ class EventCreationHandler(object):
         assert not self.config.worker_app
 
         if ratelimit:
-            yield self.base_handler.ratelimit(requester)
+            is_admin_redaction = (
+                event.type == EventTypes.Redaction
+                and event.sender != requester.user.to_string()
+            )
+            yield self.base_handler.ratelimit(
+                requester, is_admin_redaction=is_admin_redaction
+            )
 
         yield self.base_handler.maybe_kick_guest_users(event, context)