From 23b3148c841ffcd4e27178c2ac2aca4fe88cace4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:05:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: allowing manual group assertion via category search
 input

---
 src/categories/search.js | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/categories/search.js b/src/categories/search.js
index bd485e8581..bd6a96435c 100644
--- a/src/categories/search.js
+++ b/src/categories/search.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const _ = require('lodash');
 
 const privileges = require('../privileges');
+const activitypub = require('../activitypub');
 const plugins = require('../plugins');
 const utils = require('../utils');
 const db = require('../database');
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ module.exports = function (Categories) {
 
 		const startTime = process.hrtime();
 
+		if (activitypub.helpers.isWebfinger(query)) {
+			await activitypub.actors.assertGroup([query]);
+		}
+
 		let cids = await findCids(query, data.hardCap);
 
 		const result = await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:categories.search', {