From 5768a4377bc85d05201abfee33537c7dee951777 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:41:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle fetch failures on helpers.query

---
 src/activitypub/helpers.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/activitypub/helpers.js b/src/activitypub/helpers.js
index 2bb6f14ab6..e77a5280d8 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/helpers.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/helpers.js
@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ Helpers.query = async (id) => {
 	}
 
 	// Make a webfinger query to retrieve routing information
-	const { response, body } = await request.get(`https://${hostname}/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:${id}`);
+	let response;
+	let body;
+	try {
+		({ response, body } = await request.get(`https://${hostname}/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:${id}`));
+	} catch (e) {
+		return false;
+	}
 
 	if (response.statusCode !== 200 || !body.hasOwnProperty('links')) {
 		return false;