# Why are supposedly ActivityPub-federated Discourse threads inaccessible via external AP clients?

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**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** activitypub\
**Created:** [March 12, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-supposedly-activitypub-federated-discourse-threads-inaccessible-via-external-ap-clients/356997 "2025-03-12T16:51:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/roke_julian_lockhart/32/540179_2.png) [@roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roke_julian_lockhart)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-supposedly-activitypub-federated-discourse-threads-inaccessible-via-external-ap-clients/356997/5 "2025-05-04T08:54:56Z")

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> [@RokeJulianLockhart1](#):
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> What the heck has occurred here?

Oh! They’re federated now! I didn’t post that comment _here_. \[1\] They’re merely rather broken in their federation:

1. The formatting isn’t conserved.

2. ~~I am able to like my own posts.~~

> [@icaria36](#):
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> @roke_julian_lockhart, just curious, have you tried with URLs of WordPress instances using the WP ActivityPub plugin?

@icaria36, no. Do you know of any?

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1. [`socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/5123/3`](https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/why-are-supposedly-activitypub-federated-discourse-threads-inaccessible-via-external-ap-clients/5123/3?u=rokejulianlockhart)

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