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| -rw-r--r-- | synapse/api/ratelimiting.py | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/api/ratelimiting.py b/synapse/api/ratelimiting.py index a73626bc86..a99a9e09fc 100644 --- a/synapse/api/ratelimiting.py +++ b/synapse/api/ratelimiting.py @@ -316,6 +316,10 @@ class Ratelimiter: ) if not allowed: + # We pause for a bit here to stop clients from "tight-looping" on + # retrying their request. + await self.clock.sleep(0.5) + raise LimitExceededError( limiter_name=self._limiter_name, retry_after_ms=int(1000 * (time_allowed - time_now_s)), |