commit f1294bd3d44cbe73d89118a8b46c1b9c33de248d
parent 7bbd47e4cc76cf699c026d69c54fffc2bddd59d8
Author: default <nobody@localhost>
Date:   Sun, 11 Jun 2023 21:53:18 +0200
Added a comment about Announces of non-Notes.
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/activitypub.c b/activitypub.c
@@ -1497,6 +1497,11 @@ int process_input_message(snac *snac, xs_dict *msg, xs_dict *req)
 
         timeline_request(snac, &object, &wrk);
 
+        /* Note: implementations like lemmy send announces about objects
+           that are not of the 'Note' type; these objects are not stored,
+           so the following object_get() will fail even if the object
+           was correctly requested */
+
         if (valid_status(object_get(object, &a_msg))) {
             char *who = xs_dict_get(a_msg, "attributedTo");