config: add option to rate limit media creation

Signed-off-by: Sumner Evans <[email protected]>
beeper · Jun 9, 2023 · 1dec8af · 1dec8af
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diff --git a/docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md b/docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md
@@ -1690,6 +1690,19 @@ rc_third_party_invite:
   burst_count: 10
 ```
 ---
+### `rc_media_create`
+
+This option ratelimits creation of MXC URIs via the `/_matrix/media/v1/create`
+endpoint based on the account that's creating the media. Defaults to
+`per_second: 10`, `burst_count: 50`.
+
+Example configuration:
+```yaml
+rc_media_create:
+  per_second: 10
+  burst_count: 50
+```
+---
 ### `rc_federation`
 
 Defines limits on federation requests.

diff --git a/synapse/config/ratelimiting.py b/synapse/config/ratelimiting.py
@@ -160,3 +160,9 @@ def read_config(self, config: JsonDict, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
             config.get("rc_third_party_invite", {}),
             defaults={"per_second": 0.0025, "burst_count": 5},
         )
+
+        # Ratelimit create media requests:
+        self.rc_media_create = RatelimitSettings(
+            config.get("rc_media_create", {}),
+            defaults={"per_second": 10, "burst_count": 50},
+        )