# AP processing dragging forum down?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** activitypub\
**Created:** [July 13, 2025, 7:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ap-processing-dragging-forum-down/374033 "2025-07-13T07:11:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ap-processing-dragging-forum-down/374033/8 "2025-08-10T15:56:37Z")

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Ok, SocialHub loaded, I fired up the logs and the culprit seems relatively clear.

 ![Screenshot 2025-08-10 at 16.54.34](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/8/1/b81804572d15c2c8436e8d31f7a7449d30cca280.png)

I’d suggest adding `mastodon.sdf.org` to the blocklist and sending a note to their admins that they’re spamming socialhub.

\*edit It seems another issue was that signed requests had been disabled. I’ve done the following:

1. Set `Activity pub require signed requests` to true.
2. Set `Activity pub blocked request origins` to `mastodon.sdf.org`.

Let’s see if the issues persist.

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