From 3cf3f93a5e1c08d5d6255991877b6b68054093cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:01:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add deprecation note re: as:audience

---
 src/activitypub/mocks.js | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/activitypub/mocks.js b/src/activitypub/mocks.js
index e2ea398731..95274fae89 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/mocks.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/mocks.js
@@ -535,6 +535,10 @@ Mocks.notes.public = async (post) => {
 	let context = await posts.getPostField(post.pid, 'context');
 	context = context || `${nconf.get('url')}/topic/${post.topic.tid}`;
 
+	/**
+	 * audience is exposed as part of 1b12 but is now ignored by Lemmy.
+	 * Remove this and most references to audience in 2026.
+	 */
 	let audience = `${nconf.get('url')}/category/${post.category.cid}`; // default
 	if (inReplyTo) {
 		const chain = await activitypub.notes.getParentChain(post.uid, inReplyTo);