From 10648aa9e8ce9556d3b881539acca7c9a7962156 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Travis Ralston Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 22:30:37 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that FAIL_ERROR is not limited to just homeservers. Fixes https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/1735 --- changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/2036.clarification | 1 + specification/client_server_api.rst | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/2036.clarification diff --git a/changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/2036.clarification b/changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/2036.clarification new file mode 100644 index 00000000..96058b7b --- /dev/null +++ b/changelogs/client_server/newsfragments/2036.clarification @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Clarify that ``FAIL_ERROR`` in autodiscovery is not limited to just homeservers. diff --git a/specification/client_server_api.rst b/specification/client_server_api.rst index a8bbfca0..4158bad8 100644 --- a/specification/client_server_api.rst +++ b/specification/client_server_api.rst @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ In this section, the following terms are used with specific meanings: ``FAIL_ERROR`` Inform the user that auto-discovery did not return any usable URLs. Do not continue further with the current login process. At this point, valid data - was obtained, but no homeserver is available to serve the client. No further + was obtained, but no server is available to serve the client. No further guess should be attempted and the user should make a conscientious decision what to do next.