From 9ba32f6573a47368c1ac63ec769c20f73bcc2cc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Half-Shot <will@half-shot.uk>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 09:56:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Exempt bot users

---
 synapse/handlers/message.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/message.py b/synapse/handlers/message.py
index 97a89fe88..c656cffc0 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ class EventCreationHandler(object):
 
         u = yield self.store.get_user_by_id(user_id)
         assert u is not None
-        if u["user_type"] == UserTypes.SUPPORT:
+        if u["user_type"] == UserTypes.SUPPORT or u["user_type"] == UserTypes.BOT:
             # support users are not required to consent
             return
         if u["appservice_id"] is not None: