Consolidate relay protocol handling - #984
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Make protocol expectations explicit before consolidating shared relay behavior. Verify that Mastodon immediately accepts approved followers and that LitePub Undo removes pending and accepted followers. Changelog: none Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
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Move shared follow, undo, listener registration, and forwarding behavior into BaseRelay so protocol-specific differences remain explicit in the Mastodon and LitePub implementations. fedify-dev#905 Changelog: none Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe relay package centralizes follow, undo, and relayable activity inbox handling in ChangesRelay behavior consolidation
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Mergeability Score: 🟠 High · up to LitePub follower acceptance does not verify that the Follow was addressed to this relay, so a forged request from another local actor could be marked accepted and affect relay behavior. This security issue should be fixed before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant RemoteActor
participant BaseRelay
participant LitePubRelay
participant MastodonRelay
participant FollowerStorage
RemoteActor->>BaseRelay: Submit Follow or relayable activity
BaseRelay->>FollowerStorage: Validate or update follower state
BaseRelay->>LitePubRelay: Invoke LitePub follow or delivery hook
BaseRelay->>MastodonRelay: Invoke Mastodon delivery hook
LitePubRelay->>RemoteActor: Send reciprocal Follow after approval
LitePubRelay->>FollowerStorage: Mark follower accepted
MastodonRelay->>RemoteActor: Deliver Announce to accepted followers
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In `@packages/relay/src/base.ts`:
- Around line 203-210: Update `#relayActivity` to use activity.actorId directly
when constructing excludeBaseUris instead of awaiting activity.getActor(ctx).
Preserve the null/undefined case as an empty exclusion list, and continue
passing the resulting origins to deliverActivity.
In `@packages/relay/src/litepub.ts`:
- Around line 96-97: Update the follower actor lookup in the surrounding relay
handler to pass the existing request context to accept.getActor, matching the
context-aware getObject and BaseRelay.#relayActivity calls. Preserve the
existing actor validation and early return behavior.
- Around line 102-113: Update the follower transition around followerData to
import and call isRelayFollowerData, returning without writing when the stored
value is invalid. Annotate updatedFollowerData as RelayFollowerData so the
accepted state and required actor fields are compiler-validated, then persist it
through the existing kv.set call.
- Around line 28-41: Update shouldSkipFollow to return true whenever an existing
follower record is found, regardless of its state, while retaining the early
return for followers without an id. This prevents accepted or pending followers
from reaching `#handleFollow` and being recreated or followed again.
In `@packages/relay/src/mastodon.test.ts`:
- Around line 693-730: Extend the “handles Announce activity forwarding” test by
registering an accepted follower in the MemoryKvStore under the Announce actor’s
follower key, then intercepting outbound delivery to that follower’s inbox and
asserting it contains the original Announce payload. Update the response status
assertion to include the actual status value in its failure message, while
retaining the existing accepted-status condition.
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Use the activity actor URI directly when excluding the originating server. This avoids an unnecessary remote actor fetch and preserves the exclusion when the actor document is unavailable. fedify-dev#984 (comment) Changelog: none Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
Resolve LitePub Accept senders through the inbox context so configured document loaders are used for URI-only actors. fedify-dev#984 (comment) Changelog: none Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
Validate stored LitePub follower data before changing its state so malformed records are not rewritten as accepted followers. Keep the accepted update checked against the internal storage type. fedify-dev#984 (comment) Changelog: none Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
Skip LitePub Follow processing whenever a follower record already exists so accepted followers cannot regress to pending or restart the reciprocal Follow handshake. fedify-dev#984 (comment) Changelog: none Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
Give the forwarding test an accepted follower and inspect its outbound inbox request. Sign the fixture so Mastodon's unsigned-activity guard permits forwarding, then verify that the original payload is preserved exactly. fedify-dev#984 (comment) Changelog: none Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
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Only treat validated follower data as an existing subscription. This lets a later valid Follow replace malformed storage instead of leaving the relay subscription permanently blocked. fedify-dev#984 (comment) Changelog: none Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
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In `@packages/relay/src/litepub.ts`:
- Line 41: Update isRelayFollowerData and the follower handling at
packages/relay/src/litepub.ts lines 41 and 107-117 to validate the stored actor
representation, rejecting null or non-object actor values before accepting or
preserving a record. Extend the tests at packages/relay/src/litepub.test.ts
lines 469-510 with malformed present actor values and verify that a valid Follow
replaces them.
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Parse stored follower actors before treating their rows as valid. Reject invalid JSON-LD, non-actor objects, and actors whose IDs do not match their KV keys so valid Follow activities can repair malformed storage safely. fedify-dev#984 (comment) Changelog: none Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
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104-105: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winRequire the relay actor ID before accepting the follower.
Line 104 accepts any local actor URI. A pending follower can send an
Acceptwith a fabricatedFollowfrom another local actor, and Line 124 changes the follower state to"accepted".Compare
relayActorId.hrefwithctx.getActorUri(RELAY_SERVER_ACTOR).hrefbefore the state transition. Add a regression test with a different local actor URI.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@packages/relay/src/litepub.ts`:
- Around line 104-105: Validate that relayActorId.href matches
ctx.getActorUri(RELAY_SERVER_ACTOR).href after the existing actor-URI parsing in
the follower acceptance flow, returning before the accepted state transition
when they differ. Add a regression test covering an Accept containing a
fabricated Follow from a different local actor.
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This consolidates the behavior shared by the Mastodon and LitePub relay implementations while keeping their protocol differences explicit. Closes #905.
Background
The relay implementations previously repeated their Follow, Undo, and activity listener chains. Shared behavior was split between the protocol classes and helper functions, which made the actual differences between Mastodon and LitePub harder to identify and test.
Changes
BaseRelay.MastodonRelay.LitePubRelay.This is an internal refactor. It does not change the public
createRelay()API or the delivery semantics of either protocol.Testing
mise run fmtmise run check-each relaymise run test-each relaymise run test:deno packages/relay/src/mastodon.test.tsmise run test:deno packages/relay/src/litepub.test.tssacho check --base upstream/mainAI assistance
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