diff --git a/changelog.d/15725.misc b/changelog.d/15725.misc new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6c7a8a41d --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/15725.misc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Update federation error to more plainly explain we can only authorize our own membership events. diff --git a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py index 149351dda..9425b3250 100644 --- a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py +++ b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py @@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ class FederationServer(FederationBase): if not self._is_mine_server_name(authorising_server): raise SynapseError( 400, - f"Cannot authorise request from resident server: {authorising_server}", + f"Cannot authorise membership event for {authorising_server}. We can only authorise requests from our own homeserver", ) event.signatures.update(