When someone replies from Mastodon (or any other fediverse app) to a post published from Discourse using the ActivityPub plugin, the reply does not show up in Discourse. You can see an example post here: https://forum.internet-czas-dzialac.pl/t/nowy-test-fedi/2718 And a reply to from Mastodon here: Kuba Orlik: "@kuba@forum.internet-czas-dzialac.pl test odpowie…" - Mastodon The reply does not show up in the Discourse interface. I’m using the latest version of the ActivityPub plugin (4db5006) and a self-hosted Discourse on a VPS. The errors that appears immediately after posting a response on Mastodon says: [Discourse Activity Pub] Failed to create post for https://toot.kuba-orlik.name/users/kuba/statuses/114257917739481269: Something has gone wrong. Perhaps this topic was closed or deleted while you were looking at it? activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:134:in `block in error' activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:231:in `block in dispatch' activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:231:in `each' activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:231:in `dispatch' activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:134:in `error' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/logger.rb:26:in `log' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/logger.rb:59:in `error' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/post_handler.rb:75:in `rescue in block in create' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/post_handler.rb:68:in `block in create' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:616:in `block in within_new_transaction' activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/concurrency/null_lock.rb:9:in `synchronize' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:613:in `within_new_transaction' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:361:in `transaction' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:234:in `block in transaction' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:415:in `with_connection' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_handling.rb:296:in `with_connection' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:233:in `transaction' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/post_handler.rb:67:in `create' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/post_handler.rb:122:in `create' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/plugin.rb:941:in `block (2 levels) in activate!' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/ap/handlers.rb:76:in `block in apply_handlers' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/ap/handlers.rb:74:in `all?' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/ap/handlers.rb:74:in `apply_handlers' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/ap/handlers.rb:24:in `apply_handlers' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/ap/activity.rb:64:in `perform_activity' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/ap/activity.rb:38:in `block in perform_transactions' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:616:in `block in within_new_transaction' activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/concurrency/null_lock.rb:9:in `synchronize' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:613:in `within_new_transaction' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:361:in `transaction' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:234:in `block in transaction' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:421:in `with_connection' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_handling.rb:296:in `with_connection' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:233:in `transaction' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/ap/activity.rb:34:in `perform_transactions' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/ap/activity.rb:26:in `process' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/app/jobs/discourse_activity_pub_process.rb:14:in `block in execute' /var/www/discourse/lib/distributed_mutex.rb:53:in `block in synchronize' /var/www/discourse/lib/distributed_mutex.rb:49:in `synchronize' /var/www/discourse/lib/distributed_mutex.rb:49:in `synchronize' /var/www/discourse/lib/distributed_mutex.rb:34:in `synchronize' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/app/jobs/discourse_activity_pub_process.rb:8:in `execute' /var/www/discourse/app/jobs/base.rb:316:in `block (2 levels) in perform' rails_multisite-6.1.0/lib/rails_multisite/connection_management/null_instance.rb:49:in `with_connection' ails_multisite-6.1.0/lib/rails_multisite/connection_management.rb:21:in `with_connection' var/www/discourse/app/jobs/base.rb:303:in `block in perform' /var/www/discourse/app/jobs/base.rb:299:in `each' /var/www/discourse/app/jobs/base.rb:299:in `perform' sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:220:in `execute_job' sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb:185:in `block (4 levels) in process' sidekiq-7.3.9/lib/sidekiq/middleware/chain.rb:180:in `traverse' (...) Followed by: [Discourse Activity Pub] Failed to create post for https://toot.kuba-orlik.name/users/kuba/statuses/114257917739481269 activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:134:in `block in error' activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:231:in `block in dispatch' activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:231:in `each' activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:231:in `dispatch' activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/broadcast_logger.rb:134:in `error' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/logger.rb:26:in `log' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/logger.rb:59:in `error' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/ap/activity.rb:46:in `rescue in block in perform_transactions' /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-activity-pub/lib/discourse_activity_pub/ap/activity.rb:35:in `block in perform_transactions' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:616:in `block in within_new_transaction' activesupport-7.2.2.1/lib/active_support/concurrency/null_lock.rb:9:in `synchronize' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:613:in `within_new_transaction' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:361:in `transaction' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:234:in `block in transaction' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:421:in `with_connection' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_handling.rb:296:in `with_connection' activerecord-7.2.2.1/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:233:in `transaction'

The issue is that you’ve restricted who can post in the category. [Screenshot at Mar 31 21-26-36] ActivityPub users do not have more permissions than regular users.

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kuba-orlik (Kuba Orlik) April 1, 2025, 10:23am 4

Ah - a big facepalm on my side. Thanks!

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