1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/config/server.py b/synapse/config/server.py
index ed5417d0c3..634d8e6fe5 100644
--- a/synapse/config/server.py
+++ b/synapse/config/server.py
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         self.use_frozen_dicts = config.get("use_frozen_dicts", False)
         self.public_baseurl = config.get("public_baseurl")
 
+        # Whether to send federation traffic out in this process. This only
+        # applies to some federation traffic, and so shouldn't be used to
+        # "disable" federation
+        self.send_federation = config.get("send_federation", True)
+
         if self.public_baseurl is not None:
             if self.public_baseurl[-1] != '/':
                 self.public_baseurl += '/'