From ed9aea42fa991428406be96a67c311a8f9cec544 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shay Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 09:40:07 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] fix misleading comment in `check_events_for_spam` (#12203) --- changelog.d/12203.misc | 1 + synapse/events/spamcheck.py | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 changelog.d/12203.misc diff --git a/changelog.d/12203.misc b/changelog.d/12203.misc new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..892dc5bfb7e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/12203.misc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Fix a misleading comment in the function `check_event_for_spam`. diff --git a/synapse/events/spamcheck.py b/synapse/events/spamcheck.py index 04afd48274e1..60904a55f5c0 100644 --- a/synapse/events/spamcheck.py +++ b/synapse/events/spamcheck.py @@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ async def check_event_for_spam( """Checks if a given event is considered "spammy" by this server. If the server considers an event spammy, then it will be rejected if - sent by a local user. If it is sent by a user on another server, then - users receive a blank event. + sent by a local user. If it is sent by a user on another server, the + event is soft-failed. Args: event: the event to be checked