From 5a7316b1b2c8945b939429fd1e1abddb4924d051 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 10:36:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: #14043, cold-load redirect should only affect guests

---
 src/controllers/posts.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/controllers/posts.js b/src/controllers/posts.js
index caa3df8959..cfda2c90bb 100644
--- a/src/controllers/posts.js
+++ b/src/controllers/posts.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ postsController.redirectToPost = async function (req, res, next) {
 	// }
 	// }
 
-	if (meta.config.activitypubEnabled && !res.locals.isAPI && !utils.isNumber(pid)) {
+	if (!req.loggedIn && meta.config.activitypubEnabled && !res.locals.isAPI && !utils.isNumber(pid)) {
 		return helpers.redirect(res, `/outgoing?url=${encodeURIComponent(pid)}`);
 	}