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_pattern = module:get_option_string("muc_restrict_nick_pattern", "^%w+$");

module:hook("muc-occupant-pre-join", function (event)
	local nick = jid.resource(event.occupant.nick);
	if not nick:match(nick_pattern) then
		local reply = st.error_reply(event.stanza, "modify", "policy-violation", "Unacceptable nickname, please try another");
		module:send(reply);
		return true;
	end
end);