# Punishment

When an user is caught by our Anti Spam engine, Auto Moderator or other security services, the user is punished.

# Punishment types

In the following order:

Timeout (30s) - The user will be put in time out for 30 seconds.
Timeout (5m) - The user will be put in time out for 5 minutes.
Re-verify - If Verification is enabled, the user will be forced to complete verification again.
Kick - The user will be kicked.
Ban - The user will be banned.

Everytime the same user is punished, their punishment is escalated to the next level. (30s timeout -> 5m timeout -> re-verify -> ...)

These per-user escalations expire after an hour.

There is also a per-guild escalator which is increased a bit everytime a user is punished and expires after 5 minutes.