mod_ping_muc: Delay ping a configurable amount of time If a server is restarting, checking immediately before it has a chance to complete its restart and get ready would often fail, preventing the possibility of transparent restarts as supported by Prosody's mod_muc. Reconnecting immediately when a connection is closed for being idle, or because the remote server is trying to reclaim some resources, is also counter-productive as the connection may fail. Also, if there is some Internet routing problem affecting s2s, it may help to wait a bit before checking, in case the problem resolved itself in the mean time.

local jid = require "util.jid";
local st = require "util.stanza";

local nick_patterns = module:get_option_array("muc_reserve_nick_patterns", {});

module:hook("muc-occupant-pre-join", function (event)
	local nick = jid.resource(event.occupant.nick);
	for k, nick_pattern in pairs(nick_patterns) do
		if nick:match(nick_pattern) then
			local reply = st.error_reply(event.stanza, "modify", "conflict", "Unacceptable nickname, please try another");
			module:send(reply);
			return true;
		end
	end
end);