Merge branch 'release-v0.27.0' of https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse v0.27.0

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/util/retryutils.py b/synapse/util/retryutils.py

index 1adedbb361..47b0bb5eb3 100644
--- a/synapse/util/retryutils.py
+++ b/synapse/util/retryutils.py
@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class NotRetryingDestination(Exception):
     def __init__(self, retry_last_ts, retry_interval, destination):
+        """Raised by the limiter (and federation client) to indicate that we are
+        are deliberately not attempting to contact a given server.
+
+        Args:
+            retry_last_ts (int): the unix ts in milliseconds of our last attempt
+                to contact the server.  0 indicates that the last attempt was
+                successful or that we've never actually attempted to connect.
+            retry_interval (int): the time in milliseconds to wait until the next
+                attempt.
+            destination (str): the domain in question
+        """
+
         msg = "Not retrying server %s." % (destination,)
         super(NotRetryingDestination, self).__init__(msg)