Add a short sleep if the request is rate-limited (#17210)

This helps prevent clients from "tight-looping" retrying their request.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_federation.py b/tests/handlers/test_federation.py
index b819b60c5d..3fe5b0a1b4 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_federation.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_federation.py
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ class FederationTestCase(unittest.FederatingHomeserverTestCase):
                 event.room_version,
             ),
             exc=LimitExceededError,
+            by=0.5,
         )
 
     def _build_and_send_join_event(
diff --git a/tests/handlers/test_room_member.py b/tests/handlers/test_room_member.py
index 3e28117e2c..df43ce581c 100644
--- a/tests/handlers/test_room_member.py
+++ b/tests/handlers/test_room_member.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class TestJoinsLimitedByPerRoomRateLimiter(FederatingHomeserverTestCase):
                 action=Membership.JOIN,
             ),
             LimitExceededError,
+            by=0.5,
         )
 
     @override_config({"rc_joins_per_room": {"per_second": 0, "burst_count": 2}})
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ class TestJoinsLimitedByPerRoomRateLimiter(FederatingHomeserverTestCase):
                     remote_room_hosts=[self.OTHER_SERVER_NAME],
                 ),
                 LimitExceededError,
+                by=0.5,
             )
 
     # TODO: test that remote joins to a room are rate limited.
@@ -273,6 +275,7 @@ class TestReplicatedJoinsLimitedByPerRoomRateLimiter(BaseMultiWorkerStreamTestCa
                 action=Membership.JOIN,
             ),
             LimitExceededError,
+            by=0.5,
         )
 
         # Try to join as Chris on the original worker. Should get denied because Alice
@@ -285,6 +288,7 @@ class TestReplicatedJoinsLimitedByPerRoomRateLimiter(BaseMultiWorkerStreamTestCa
                 action=Membership.JOIN,
             ),
             LimitExceededError,
+            by=0.5,
         )