Documentation incorrectly states that the room list always returns an empty list if disabled, while federation actually returns a 403 error

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This issue has been migrated from #13102.

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Description

https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md?plain=1#L3337-L3339 states that both internally and externally synapse will return an empty list on ALL queries.

However https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/c52abc1cfdd9e5480cdb4a03d626fe61cacc6573/synapse/federation/transport/client.py#L491 (and testing it via fed) states that actually M_FORBIDDEN and a 403 error is returned.

Steps to reproduce

• Access a remote room list via fed where the remote server runs default config.

Homeserver

Not relevant. This is a docs issue.

Synapse Version

1.61.0

Installation Method

Docker (matrixdotorg/synapse)

Platform

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Relevant log output

Not relevant. This is a docs issue.

Anything else that would be useful to know?

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