feat: stop extraneous vote and tids_read data from being saved for remote users

src/posts/votes.js

@@ -177,16 +177,18 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 		}
 		const now = Date.now();
 
-		if (type === 'upvote' && !unvote) {
+		if (utils.isNumber(uid)) {
-			await db.sortedSetAdd(`uid:${uid}:upvote`, now, pid);
+			if (type === 'upvote' && !unvote) {
-		} else {
+				await db.sortedSetAdd(`uid:${uid}:upvote`, now, pid);
-			await db.sortedSetRemove(`uid:${uid}:upvote`, pid);
+			} else {
-		}
+				await db.sortedSetRemove(`uid:${uid}:upvote`, pid);
+			}
 
-		if (type === 'upvote' || unvote) {
+			if (type === 'upvote' || unvote) {
-			await db.sortedSetRemove(`uid:${uid}:downvote`, pid);
+				await db.sortedSetRemove(`uid:${uid}:downvote`, pid);
-		} else {
+			} else {
-			await db.sortedSetAdd(`uid:${uid}:downvote`, now, pid);
+				await db.sortedSetAdd(`uid:${uid}:downvote`, now, pid);
+			}
 		}
 
 		const postData = await Posts.getPostFields(pid, ['pid', 'uid', 'tid']);

src/topics/unread.js

@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 	};
 
 	Topics.markAsRead = async function (tids, uid) {
-		if (!Array.isArray(tids) || !tids.length) {
+		if (!Array.isArray(tids) || !tids.length || !utils.isNumber(uid)) {
 			return false;
 		}
 

src/upgrades/4.7.1/remove_extraneous_ap_data.js

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const db = require('../../database');
+const batch = require('../../batch');
+
+module.exports = {
+	name: 'Remove extraneous upvote and tids_read data for remote users',
+	timestamp: Date.UTC(2025, 11, 11),
+	method: async function () {
+		const { progress } = this;
+		await batch.processSortedSet('usersRemote:lastCrawled', async (uids) => {
+			const readKeys = uids.map(uid => `uid:${uid}:tids_read`);
+			const voteKeys = uids.map(uid => `uid:${uid}:upvote`);
+
+			const combined = readKeys.concat(voteKeys);
+
+			await db.deleteAll(combined);
+		}, {
+			batch: 500,
+			progress,
+		});
+
+	},
+};

test/activitypub/notes.js

@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ describe('Notes', () => {
 
 		describe('Create', () => {
 			let uid;
+			let cid;
 
 			before(async () => {
 				uid = await user.create({ username: utils.generateUUID() });
@@ -451,6 +452,17 @@ describe('Notes', () => {
 					assert.strictEqual(cid, -1);
 				});
 
+				it('should not append to the tids_read sorted set', async () => {
+					const { note, id } = helpers.mocks.note();
+					const { activity } = helpers.mocks.create(note);
+
+					await db.sortedSetAdd(`followersRemote:${note.attributedTo}`, Date.now(), uid);
+					await activitypub.inbox.create({ body: activity });
+
+					const exists = await db.exists(`uid:${note.attributedTo}:tids_read`);
+					assert(!exists);
+				});
+
 				it('should create a new topic in a remote category if addressed (category same-origin)', async () => {
 					const { id: remoteCid } = helpers.mocks.group();
 					const { note, id } = helpers.mocks.note({
@@ -467,40 +479,63 @@ describe('Notes', () => {
 				});
 
 				it('should create a new topic in cid -1 if a non-same origin remote category is addressed', async function () {
-					this.timeout(30000);
-					const start = Date.now();
 					const { id: remoteCid } = helpers.mocks.group({
 						id: `https://example.com/${utils.generateUUID()}`,
 					});
-					console.log('1', Date.now() - start);
 					const { note, id } = helpers.mocks.note({
 						audience: [remoteCid],
 					});
-					console.log('2', Date.now() - start);
 					const { activity } = helpers.mocks.create(note);
-					console.log('3', Date.now() - start);
 					try {
 						await activitypub.inbox.create({ body: activity });
 					} catch (err) {
-						console.log('error in test', err.stack);
 						assert(false);
 					}
 
-					console.log('4', Date.now() - start);
 					assert(await posts.exists(id));
-					console.log('5', Date.now() - start);
 					const cid = await posts.getCidByPid(id);
-					console.log('6', Date.now() - start);
 					assert.strictEqual(cid, -1);
 				});
 			});
+
+			describe('(Like)', () => {
+				let pid;
+				let voterUid;
+
+				before(async () => {
+					({ cid } = await categories.create({ name: utils.generateUUID() }));
+					const { postData } = await topics.post({
+						uid,
+						cid,
+						title: utils.generateUUID(),
+						content: utils.generateUUID(),
+					});
+					pid = postData.pid;
+					const object = await activitypub.mocks.notes.public(postData);
+					const { activity } = helpers.mocks.like({ object });
+					voterUid = activity.actor;
+					await activitypub.inbox.like({ body: activity });
+				});
+
+				it('should increment a like for the post', async () => {
+					const voted = await posts.hasVoted(pid, voterUid);
+					const count = await posts.getPostField(pid, 'upvotes');
+					assert(voted);
+					assert.strictEqual(count, 1);
+				});
+
+				it('should not append to the uid upvotes zset', async () => {
+					const exists = await db.exists(`uid:${voterUid}:upvote`);
+					assert(!exists);
+				});
+			});
 		});
 
 		describe('Announce', () => {
 			let cid;
 
 			before(async () => {
-				({ cid } = await categories.create({ name: utils.generateUUID().slice(0, 8) }));
+				({ cid } = await categories.create({ name: utils.generateUUID() }));
 			});
 
 			describe('(Create)', () => {