Update error to more plainly explain we can only authorize our own events (#15725)

MadLittleMods · web-flow · commit 4e6390cb1067 · 2023-06-06T16:26:12.000-05:00
diff --git a/changelog.d/15725.misc 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
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ async def _on_send_membership_event(
             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(

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -0,0 +1 @@`
	`1`	`+Update federation error to more plainly explain we can only authorize our own membership events.`
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ async def _on_send_membership_event(`
`944`	`944`	`if not self._is_mine_server_name(authorising_server):`
`945`	`945`	`raise SynapseError(`
`946`	`946`	`400,`
`947`		`- f"Cannot authorise request from resident server: {authorising_server}",`
	`947`	`+ f"Cannot authorise membership event for {authorising_server}. We can only authorise requests from our own homeserver",`
`948`	`948`	`)`
`949`	`949`
`950`	`950`	`event.signatures.update(`