From 1ad9ce5fb69022688bc26f2473e4b5d897548d3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:20:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: return digest header only if it is set to something (aka
 not null)

---
 src/activitypub/index.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/activitypub/index.js b/src/activitypub/index.js
index c5b5417020..eb79dc282b 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/index.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/index.js
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ ActivityPub.sign = async ({ key, keyId }, url, payload) => {
 	// Construct signature header
 	return {
 		date,
-		digest,
+		...(digest && { digest }),
 		signature: `keyId="${keyId}",headers="${headers}",signature="${signature}",algorithm="hs2019"`,
 	};
 };