From 5bfde4c4a522049484b94d5902194c97c369d5ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 12:37:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: allow remote content to skip isReady check on topic
 creation/reply

---
 src/user/posts.js | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/user/posts.js b/src/user/posts.js
index 318718f1c0..418b897992 100644
--- a/src/user/posts.js
+++ b/src/user/posts.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const meta = require('../meta');
 const privileges = require('../privileges');
 const plugins = require('../plugins');
 const groups = require('../groups');
+const activitypub = require('../activitypub');
 
 module.exports = function (User) {
 	User.isReadyToPost = async function (uid, cid) {
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 	};
 
 	async function isReady(uid, cid, field) {
-		if (parseInt(uid, 10) === 0) {
+		if (activitypub.helpers.isUri(uid) || parseInt(uid, 10) === 0) {
 			return;
 		}
 		const [userData, isAdminOrMod, isMemberOfExempt] = await Promise.all([