From 4bbe27d44c3d63236685320ca4c0e15e5af972b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:45:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: on user deletion during assertion (due to 410), if
 delete fails, just run ap post-deletion to clean up

---
 src/activitypub/actors.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/activitypub/actors.js b/src/activitypub/actors.js
index c9e6db7f2f..3d3c903e34 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/actors.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/actors.js
@@ -149,7 +149,11 @@ Actors.assert = async (ids, options = {}) => {
 			if (e.code === 'ap_get_410') {
 				const exists = await user.exists(id);
 				if (exists) {
-					await user.deleteAccount(id);
+					try {
+						await user.deleteAccount(id);
+					} catch (e) {
+						await activitypub.actors.remove(iid);
+					}
 				}
 			}