fix: #13374, updates to posts.edit to handle remote content updates better

src/activitypub/inbox.js

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ inbox.update = async (req) => {
 				switch (true) {
 					case isNote: {
 						const postData = await activitypub.mocks.post(object);
+						postData.tags = await activitypub.notes._normalizeTags(postData._activitypub.tag, postData.cid);
 						await posts.edit(postData);
 						const isDeleted = await posts.getPostField(object.id, 'deleted');
 						if (isDeleted) {

src/activitypub/mocks.js

@@ -355,12 +355,13 @@ Mocks.post = async (objects) => {
 			uid,
 			pid,
 			// tid,  --> purposely omitted
-			name,
 			content,
 			sourceContent,
 			timestamp,
 			toPid,
 
+			title: name, // used in post.edit
+
 			edited,
 			editor: edited ? uid : undefined,
 			_activitypub: { to, cc, audience, attachment, tag, url, image },

src/activitypub/notes.js

@@ -27,6 +27,24 @@ async function unlock(value) {
 	await db.deleteObjectField('locks', value);
 }
 
+Notes._normalizeTags = async (tag, cid) => {
+	const systemTags = (meta.config.systemTags || '').split(',');
+	const maxTags = await categories.getCategoryField(cid, 'maxTags');
+	const tags = (tag || [])
+		.map((tag) => {
+			tag.name = tag.name.startsWith('#') ? tag.name.slice(1) : tag.name;
+			return tag;
+		})
+		.filter(o => o.type === 'Hashtag' && !systemTags.includes(o.name))
+		.map(t => t.name);
+
+	if (tags.length > maxTags) {
+		tags.length = maxTags;
+	}
+
+	return tags;
+};
+
 Notes.assert = async (uid, input, options = { skipChecks: false }) => {
 	/**
 	 * Given the id or object of any as:Note, either retrieves the full context (if resolvable),
@@ -166,22 +184,9 @@ Notes.assert = async (uid, input, options = { skipChecks: false }) => {
 	const count = unprocessed.length;
 	activitypub.helpers.log(`[notes/assert] ${count} new note(s) found.`);
 
-	let tags;
 	if (!hasTid) {
 		const { to, cc, attachment } = mainPost._activitypub;
-		const systemTags = (meta.config.systemTags || '').split(',');
-		const maxTags = await categories.getCategoryField(cid, 'maxTags');
-		tags = (mainPost._activitypub.tag || [])
-			.map((tag) => {
-				tag.name = tag.name.startsWith('#') ? tag.name.slice(1) : tag.name;
-				return tag;
-			})
-			.filter(o => o.type === 'Hashtag' && !systemTags.includes(o.name))
-			.map(t => t.name);
-
-		if (tags.length > maxTags) {
-			tags.length = maxTags;
-		}
+		const tags = Notes._normalizeTags(mainPost._activitypub.tag || []);
 
 		await Promise.all([
 			topics.post({

src/posts/edit.js

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 		await scheduledTopicCheck(data, topicData);
 
 		data.content = data.content === null ? postData.content : data.content;
-		const oldContent = postData.content; // for diffing purposes
+		const oldContent = postData.sourceContent || postData.content; // for diffing purposes
 		const editPostData = getEditPostData(data, topicData, postData);
 
 		if (data.handle) {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 		]);
 
 		await Posts.setPostFields(data.pid, result.post);
-		const contentChanged = data.content !== oldContent ||
+		const contentChanged = ((data.sourceContent || data.content) !== oldContent) ||
 			topic.renamed ||
 			topic.tagsupdated;
 
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 	function getEditPostData(data, topicData, postData) {
 		const editPostData = {
 			content: data.content,
+			sourceContent: data.sourceContent,
 			editor: data.uid,
 		};