From 76a07d5941fab8100864b5666969fc1c327585ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:16:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: missing logic in mocks.notes.private that precluded the
 use of emoji

---
 src/activitypub/mocks.js | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/activitypub/mocks.js b/src/activitypub/mocks.js
index 81db4b7a01..0dce187268 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/mocks.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/mocks.js
@@ -845,6 +845,13 @@ Mocks.notes.private = async ({ messageObj }) => {
 	const published = messageObj.timestampISO;
 	const updated = messageObj.edited ? messageObj.editedISO : undefined;
 
+	const content = await messaging.getMessageField(messageObj.mid, 'content');
+	messageObj.content = content; // re-send raw content into parsePost
+	const parsed = await posts.parsePost(messageObj, 'activitypub.note');
+	messageObj.content = sanitize(parsed.content, sanitizeConfig);
+	messageObj.content = posts.relativeToAbsolute(messageObj.content, posts.urlRegex);
+	messageObj.content = posts.relativeToAbsolute(messageObj.content, posts.imgRegex);
+
 	let source;
 	const markdownEnabled = await plugins.isActive('nodebb-plugin-markdown');
 	if (markdownEnabled) {