From 45d2e628dddeaa60114a7c1c19410853bfe34606 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:45:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: only call syncUserInboxes on post create if local uid
 creates post in cid -1

---
 src/topics/create.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/topics/create.js b/src/topics/create.js
index ac360abe6d..f1f6fd570e 100644
--- a/src/topics/create.js
+++ b/src/topics/create.js
@@ -269,7 +269,9 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 			Topics.syncBacklinks(postData),
 			Topics.markAsRead([tid], uid),
 		]);
-		activitypub.notes.syncUserInboxes(tid, uid);
+		if (utils.isNumber(postOwner) && postData.category.cid === -1) {
+			activitypub.notes.syncUserInboxes(tid, uid);
+		}
 
 		// Returned data is a superset of post summary data
 		postData.user = userInfo;