diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 4ab721f2fd..c8c0fccb2b 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ _APP_WORKER_PER_CORE=6
 _APP_CONSOLE_WHITELIST_ROOT=disabled
 _APP_CONSOLE_WHITELIST_EMAILS=
 _APP_CONSOLE_WHITELIST_IPS=
+_APP_CONSOLE_COUNTRIES_DENYLIST=AQ
 _APP_CONSOLE_HOSTNAMES=localhost,appwrite.io,*.appwrite.io
 _APP_SYSTEM_EMAIL_NAME=Appwrite
 _APP_SYSTEM_EMAIL_ADDRESS=team@appwrite.io
diff --git a/app/config/errors.php b/app/config/errors.php
index 1f551b1ca9..79a092ec99 100644
--- a/app/config/errors.php
+++ b/app/config/errors.php
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ return [
         'description' => 'Value must be a valid phone number. Format this number with a leading \'+\' and a country code, e.g., +16175551212.',
         'code' => 400,
     ],
+    Exception::GENERAL_REGION_ACCESS_DENIED => [
+        'name' => Exception::GENERAL_REGION_ACCESS_DENIED,
+        'description' => 'Your location is not supported due to legal requirements.',
+        'code' => 451,
+    ],
 
     /** User Errors */
     Exception::USER_COUNT_EXCEEDED => [
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/account.php b/app/controllers/api/account.php
index 5e94c22ec1..5b56f722b6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/account.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/account.php
@@ -1220,9 +1220,9 @@ App::post('/v1/account/tokens/magic-url')
 
 App::post('/v1/account/tokens/email')
     ->desc('Create email token (OTP)')
-    ->groups(['api', 'account'])
+    ->groups(['api', 'account', 'auth'])
     ->label('scope', 'sessions.write')
-    ->label('auth.type', 'email')
+    ->label('auth.type', 'email-otp')
     ->label('audits.event', 'session.create')
     ->label('audits.resource', 'user/{response.userId}')
     ->label('audits.userId', '{response.userId}')
diff --git a/app/controllers/general.php b/app/controllers/general.php
index 74f12017b1..2a139622ad 100644
--- a/app/controllers/general.php
+++ b/app/controllers/general.php
@@ -736,6 +736,7 @@ App::error()
             case 412: // Error allowed publicly
             case 416: // Error allowed publicly
             case 429: // Error allowed publicly
+            case 451: // Error allowed publicly
             case 501: // Error allowed publicly
             case 503: // Error allowed publicly
                 break;
diff --git a/app/controllers/shared/api.php b/app/controllers/shared/api.php
index d6cc702e75..85a74ecca8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/shared/api.php
+++ b/app/controllers/shared/api.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use Utopia\Database\Database;
 use Utopia\Database\DateTime;
 use Utopia\Database\Document;
 use Utopia\Database\Validator\Authorization;
+use MaxMind\Db\Reader;
 
 $parseLabel = function (string $label, array $responsePayload, array $requestParams, Document $user) {
     preg_match_all('/{(.*?)}/', $label, $matches);
@@ -319,7 +320,17 @@ App::init()
     ->inject('utopia')
     ->inject('request')
     ->inject('project')
-    ->action(function (App $utopia, Request $request, Document $project) {
+    ->inject('geodb')
+    ->action(function (App $utopia, Request $request, Document $project, Reader $geodb) {
+        $denylist = App::getEnv('_APP_CONSOLE_COUNTRIES_DENYLIST', '');
+        if (!empty($denylist) && $project->getId() === 'console') {
+            $countries = explode(',', $denylist);
+            $record = $geodb->get($request->getIP()) ?? [];
+            $country = $record['country']['iso_code'] ?? '';
+            if (in_array($country, $countries)) {
+                throw new Exception(Exception::GENERAL_REGION_ACCESS_DENIED);
+            }
+        }
 
         $route = $utopia->getRoute();
 
@@ -368,6 +379,12 @@ App::init()
                 }
                 break;
 
+            case 'email-otp':
+                if (($auths['emailOTP'] ?? true) === false) {
+                    throw new Exception(Exception::USER_AUTH_METHOD_UNSUPPORTED, 'Email OTP authentication is disabled for this project');
+                }
+                break;
+
             default:
                 throw new Exception(Exception::USER_AUTH_METHOD_UNSUPPORTED, 'Unsupported authentication route');
                 break;
diff --git a/app/controllers/shared/api/auth.php b/app/controllers/shared/api/auth.php
index b603726be0..0b24f8b3a1 100644
--- a/app/controllers/shared/api/auth.php
+++ b/app/controllers/shared/api/auth.php
@@ -6,13 +6,24 @@ use Utopia\App;
 use Appwrite\Extend\Exception;
 use Utopia\Database\Document;
 use Utopia\Database\Validator\Authorization;
+use MaxMind\Db\Reader;
 
 App::init()
     ->groups(['auth'])
     ->inject('utopia')
     ->inject('request')
     ->inject('project')
-    ->action(function (App $utopia, Request $request, Document $project) {
+    ->inject('geodb')
+    ->action(function (App $utopia, Request $request, Document $project, Reader $geodb) {
+        $denylist = App::getEnv('_APP_CONSOLE_COUNTRIES_DENYLIST', '');
+        if (!empty($denylist && $project->getId() === 'console')) {
+            $countries = explode(',', $denylist);
+            $record = $geodb->get($request->getIP()) ?? [];
+            $country = $record['country']['iso_code'] ?? '';
+            if (in_array($country, $countries)) {
+                throw new Exception(Exception::GENERAL_REGION_ACCESS_DENIED);
+            }
+        }
 
         $route = $utopia->match($request);
 
@@ -61,6 +72,12 @@ App::init()
                 }
                 break;
 
+            case 'email-otp':
+                if (($auths['emailOTP'] ?? true) === false) {
+                    throw new Exception(Exception::USER_AUTH_METHOD_UNSUPPORTED, 'Email OTP authentication is disabled for this project');
+                }
+                break;
+
             default:
                 throw new Exception(Exception::USER_AUTH_METHOD_UNSUPPORTED, 'Unsupported authentication route');
                 break;
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e1b861054c..2c78bcd4a3 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         "utopia-php/queue": "0.6.*",
         "utopia-php/registry": "0.5.*",
         "utopia-php/storage": "0.18.*",
-        "utopia-php/swoole": "0.5.*",
+        "utopia-php/swoole": "0.8.*",
         "utopia-php/vcs": "0.6.*",
         "utopia-php/websocket": "0.1.*",
         "matomo/device-detector": "6.1.*",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index dc1e9085ea..226d55e38f 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "3b43bf6f0fca50a3a2834e1bbaa90d63",
+    "content-hash": "e6e0d6874f4d718d96396d71a66864da",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "adhocore/jwt",
@@ -2432,28 +2432,28 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "utopia-php/swoole",
-            "version": "0.5.0",
+            "version": "0.8.2",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/utopia-php/swoole.git",
-                "reference": "c2a3a4f944a2f22945af3cbcb95b13f0769628b1"
+                "reference": "5fa9d42c608ad46a4ce42a6d2b2eae00592fccd4"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/utopia-php/swoole/zipball/c2a3a4f944a2f22945af3cbcb95b13f0769628b1",
-                "reference": "c2a3a4f944a2f22945af3cbcb95b13f0769628b1",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/utopia-php/swoole/zipball/5fa9d42c608ad46a4ce42a6d2b2eae00592fccd4",
+                "reference": "5fa9d42c608ad46a4ce42a6d2b2eae00592fccd4",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
                 "ext-swoole": "*",
                 "php": ">=8.0",
-                "utopia-php/framework": "0.*.*"
+                "utopia-php/framework": "0.33.*"
             },
             "require-dev": {
                 "laravel/pint": "1.2.*",
+                "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.10",
                 "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.3",
-                "swoole/ide-helper": "4.8.3",
-                "vimeo/psalm": "4.15.0"
+                "swoole/ide-helper": "5.0.2"
             },
             "type": "library",
             "autoload": {
@@ -2477,9 +2477,9 @@
             ],
             "support": {
                 "issues": "https://github.com/utopia-php/swoole/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/utopia-php/swoole/tree/0.5.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/utopia-php/swoole/tree/0.8.2"
             },
-            "time": "2022-10-19T22:19:07+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-02-01T14:54:12+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "utopia-php/system",
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 99400f92cb..72d81cc8a4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ services:
       - _APP_MESSAGE_SMS_TEST_DSN
       - _APP_MESSAGE_EMAIL_TEST_DSN
       - _APP_MESSAGE_PUSH_TEST_DSN
+      - _APP_CONSOLE_COUNTRIES_DENYLIST
       
   appwrite-realtime:
     entrypoint: realtime
diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Extend/Exception.php b/src/Appwrite/Extend/Exception.php
index fd8b1911a5..bd1397bc20 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Extend/Exception.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Extend/Exception.php
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class Exception extends \Exception
     public const GENERAL_NOT_IMPLEMENTED           = 'general_not_implemented';
     public const GENERAL_INVALID_EMAIL             = 'general_invalid_email';
     public const GENERAL_INVALID_PHONE             = 'general_invalid_phone';
+    public const GENERAL_REGION_ACCESS_DENIED      = 'general_region_access_denied';
 
     /** Users */
     public const USER_COUNT_EXCEEDED               = 'user_count_exceeded';
diff --git a/tests/e2e/Services/Account/AccountBase.php b/tests/e2e/Services/Account/AccountBase.php
index 55c00d43bc..ebb9ea644c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/Services/Account/AccountBase.php
+++ b/tests/e2e/Services/Account/AccountBase.php
@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@ trait AccountBase
         /**
          * Test for FAILURE
          */
+        // Deny request from blocked IP
+        $response = $this->client->call(Client::METHOD_POST, '/account', array_merge([
+            'origin' => 'http://localhost',
+            'content-type' => 'application/json',
+            'x-appwrite-project' => 'console',
+            'x-forwarded-for' => '103.152.127.250' // Test IP for denied access region
+        ]), [
+            'userId' => ID::unique(),
+            'email' => $email,
+            'password' => $password,
+            'name' => $name,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(451, $response['headers']['status-code']);
+
         $response = $this->client->call(Client::METHOD_POST, '/account', array_merge([
             'origin' => 'http://localhost',
             'content-type' => 'application/json',