From de89885d15c4a3c6ca3618d912390e67eaf47e7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tulir Asokan <tulir@maunium.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 15:02:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow specific users to use timestamp massaging without being
 appservices

---
 synapse/rest/client/room.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/room.py b/synapse/rest/client/room.py
index 65dedb8b9..91b7da8fb 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/room.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/room.py
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ class RoomSendEventRestServlet(TransactionRestServlet):
         super().__init__(hs)
         self.event_creation_handler = hs.get_event_creation_handler()
         self.auth = hs.get_auth()
+        self.hs = hs
 
     def register(self, http_server: HttpServer) -> None:
         # /rooms/$roomid/send/$event_type[/$txn_id]
@@ -360,7 +361,10 @@ class RoomSendEventRestServlet(TransactionRestServlet):
             "sender": requester.user.to_string(),
         }
 
-        if requester.app_service:
+        if (
+            requester.app_service
+            or requester.user.to_string() in self.hs.config.meow.timestamp_override
+        ):
             origin_server_ts = parse_integer(request, "ts")
             if origin_server_ts is not None:
                 event_dict["origin_server_ts"] = origin_server_ts