Make room creations denied by user_may_create_room cause an M_FORBIDDEN error to be returned, not M_UNKNOWN (#11672)

Co-authored-by: reivilibre <[email protected]>

Author: lukasdenk

changelog.d/11672.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Return an `M_FORBIDDEN` error code instead of `M_UNKNOWN` when a spam checker module prevents a user from creating a room.

synapse/handlers/room.py

@@ -393,7 +393,9 @@ async def clone_existing_room(
         user_id = requester.user.to_string()
 
         if not await self.spam_checker.user_may_create_room(user_id):
-            raise SynapseError(403, "You are not permitted to create rooms")
+            raise SynapseError(
+                403, "You are not permitted to create rooms", Codes.FORBIDDEN
+            )
 
         creation_content: JsonDict = {
             "room_version": new_room_version.identifier,
@@ -685,7 +687,9 @@ async def create_room(
                 invite_3pid_list,
             )
         ):
-            raise SynapseError(403, "You are not permitted to create rooms")
+            raise SynapseError(
+                403, "You are not permitted to create rooms", Codes.FORBIDDEN
+            )
 
         if ratelimit:
             await self.request_ratelimiter.ratelimit(requester)