Don't send activities to ourselves

lemmy_apub/src/activities/send/comment.rs

@@ -57,17 +57,14 @@ impl ApubObjectType for Comment {
     })
     .await??;
 
-    let mut maa = collect_non_local_mentions_and_addresses(&self.content, context).await?;
+    let maa = collect_non_local_mentions(&self, &community, context).await?;
-    let mut ccs = vec![community.actor_id()?];
-    ccs.append(&mut maa.addressed_ccs);
-    ccs.push(get_comment_parent_creator_id(context.pool(), &self).await?);
 
     let mut create = Create::new(creator.actor_id.to_owned(), note.into_any_base()?);
     create
       .set_many_contexts(lemmy_context()?)
       .set_id(generate_activity_id(CreateType::Create)?)
       .set_to(public())
-      .set_many_ccs(ccs)
+      .set_many_ccs(maa.ccs.to_owned())
       // Set the mention tags
       .set_many_tags(maa.get_tags()?);
 
@@ -90,17 +87,14 @@ impl ApubObjectType for Comment {
     })
     .await??;
 
-    let mut maa = collect_non_local_mentions_and_addresses(&self.content, context).await?;
+    let maa = collect_non_local_mentions(&self, &community, context).await?;
-    let mut ccs = vec![community.actor_id()?];
-    ccs.append(&mut maa.addressed_ccs);
-    ccs.push(get_comment_parent_creator_id(context.pool(), &self).await?);
 
     let mut update = Update::new(creator.actor_id.to_owned(), note.into_any_base()?);
     update
       .set_many_contexts(lemmy_context()?)
       .set_id(generate_activity_id(UpdateType::Update)?)
       .set_to(public())
-      .set_many_ccs(ccs)
+      .set_many_ccs(maa.ccs.to_owned())
       // Set the mention tags
       .set_many_tags(maa.get_tags()?);
 
@@ -295,7 +289,7 @@ impl ApubLikeableType for Comment {
 }
 
 struct MentionsAndAddresses {
-  addressed_ccs: Vec<Url>,
+  ccs: Vec<Url>,
   inboxes: Vec<Url>,
   tags: Vec<Mention>,
 }
@@ -313,23 +307,26 @@ impl MentionsAndAddresses {
 /// This takes a comment, and builds a list of to_addresses, inboxes,
 /// and mention tags, so they know where to be sent to.
 /// Addresses are the users / addresses that go in the cc field.
-async fn collect_non_local_mentions_and_addresses(
+async fn collect_non_local_mentions(
-  content: &str,
+  comment: &Comment,
+  community: &Community,
   context: &LemmyContext,
 ) -> Result<MentionsAndAddresses, LemmyError> {
-  let mut addressed_ccs = vec![];
+  let parent_creator = get_comment_parent_creator(context.pool(), comment).await?;
+  let mut addressed_ccs = vec![community.actor_id()?, parent_creator.actor_id()?];
+  // Note: dont include community inbox here, as we send to it separately with `send_to_community()`
+  let mut inboxes = vec![parent_creator.get_shared_inbox_url()?];
 
   // Add the mention tag
   let mut tags = Vec::new();
 
-  // Get the inboxes for any mentions
+  // Get the user IDs for any mentions
-  let mentions = scrape_text_for_mentions(&content)
+  let mentions = scrape_text_for_mentions(&comment.content)
     .into_iter()
     // Filter only the non-local ones
     .filter(|m| !m.is_local())
     .collect::<Vec<MentionData>>();
 
-  let mut mention_inboxes: Vec<Url> = Vec::new();
   for mention in &mentions {
     // TODO should it be fetching it every time?
     if let Ok(actor_id) = fetch_webfinger_url(mention, context.client()).await {
@@ -337,19 +334,18 @@ async fn collect_non_local_mentions_and_addresses(
       addressed_ccs.push(actor_id.to_owned().to_string().parse()?);
 
       let mention_user = get_or_fetch_and_upsert_user(&actor_id, context, &mut 0).await?;
-      let shared_inbox = mention_user.get_shared_inbox_url()?;
+      inboxes.push(mention_user.get_shared_inbox_url()?);
 
-      mention_inboxes.push(shared_inbox);
       let mut mention_tag = Mention::new();
       mention_tag.set_href(actor_id).set_name(mention.full_name());
       tags.push(mention_tag);
     }
   }
 
-  let inboxes = mention_inboxes.into_iter().unique().collect();
+  let inboxes = inboxes.into_iter().unique().collect();
 
   Ok(MentionsAndAddresses {
-    addressed_ccs,
+    ccs: addressed_ccs,
     inboxes,
     tags,
   })
@@ -357,10 +353,7 @@ async fn collect_non_local_mentions_and_addresses(
 
 /// Returns the apub ID of the user this comment is responding to. Meaning, in case this is a
 /// top-level comment, the creator of the post, otherwise the creator of the parent comment.
-async fn get_comment_parent_creator_id(
+async fn get_comment_parent_creator(pool: &DbPool, comment: &Comment) -> Result<User_, LemmyError> {
-  pool: &DbPool,
-  comment: &Comment,
-) -> Result<Url, LemmyError> {
   let parent_creator_id = if let Some(parent_comment_id) = comment.parent_id {
     let parent_comment =
       blocking(pool, move |conn| Comment::read(conn, parent_comment_id)).await??;
@@ -370,8 +363,7 @@ async fn get_comment_parent_creator_id(
     let parent_post = blocking(pool, move |conn| Post::read(conn, parent_post_id)).await??;
     parent_post.creator_id
   };
-  let parent_creator = blocking(pool, move |conn| User_::read(conn, parent_creator_id)).await??;
+  Ok(blocking(pool, move |conn| User_::read(conn, parent_creator_id)).await??)
-  Ok(parent_creator.actor_id()?)
 }
 
 /// Turns a user id like `@name@example.com` into an apub ID, like `https://example.com/user/name`,

lemmy_apub/src/activity_queue.rs

@@ -219,6 +219,13 @@ where
     return Ok(());
   }
 
+  // Don't send anything to ourselves
+  let hostname = Settings::get().get_hostname_without_port()?;
+  let inboxes: Vec<&Url> = inboxes
+    .iter()
+    .filter(|i| i.domain().unwrap() != hostname)
+    .collect();
+
   let activity = activity.into_any_base()?;
   let serialised_activity = serde_json::to_string(&activity)?;
 
@@ -232,7 +239,7 @@ where
   for i in inboxes {
     let message = SendActivityTask {
       activity: serialised_activity.to_owned(),
-      inbox: i,
+      inbox: i.to_owned(),
       actor_id: actor.actor_id()?,
       private_key: actor.private_key().context(location_info!())?,
     };

lemmy_apub/src/lib.rs

@@ -61,13 +61,7 @@ pub static APUB_JSON_CONTENT_TYPE: &str = "application/activity+json";
 fn check_is_apub_id_valid(apub_id: &Url) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
   let settings = Settings::get();
   let domain = apub_id.domain().context(location_info!())?.to_string();
-  let local_instance = settings
+  let local_instance = settings.get_hostname_without_port()?;
-    .hostname
-    .split(':')
-    .collect::<Vec<&str>>()
-    .first()
-    .context(location_info!())?
-    .to_string();
 
   if !settings.federation.enabled {
     return if domain == local_instance {

lemmy_utils/src/settings.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use crate::location_info;
+use anyhow::Context;
 use config::{Config, ConfigError, Environment, File};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::{env, fs, io::Error, net::IpAddr, path::PathBuf, sync::RwLock};
@@ -178,6 +180,21 @@ impl Settings {
     format!("{}://{}", self.get_protocol_string(), self.hostname)
   }
 
+  /// When running the federation test setup in `api_tests/` or `docker/federation`, the `hostname`
+  /// variable will be like `lemmy-alpha:8541`. This method removes the port and returns
+  /// `lemmy-alpha` instead. It has no effect in production.
+  pub fn get_hostname_without_port(&self) -> Result<String, anyhow::Error> {
+    Ok(
+      self
+        .hostname
+        .split(':')
+        .collect::<Vec<&str>>()
+        .first()
+        .context(location_info!())?
+        .to_string(),
+    )
+  }
+
   pub fn save_config_file(data: &str) -> Result<String, Error> {
     fs::write(CONFIG_FILE, data)?;