From 5f5fa0930d43ed4b6cbe8623e048d330da0ed58e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 17:36:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: failing test due to expected thrown exception

---
 test/activitypub/inbox.js      |  6 +++++-
 test/activitypub/privileges.js | 10 ++++++++--
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/activitypub/inbox.js b/test/activitypub/inbox.js
index f70d10db79..0a4c46691d 100644
--- a/test/activitypub/inbox.js
+++ b/test/activitypub/inbox.js
@@ -464,7 +464,11 @@ describe('Inbox', () => {
 					const object = await activitypub.mocks.notes.public(this.postData);
 					const { activity } = helpers.mocks.like({ object });
 					this.voterUid = activity.actor;
-					await activitypub.inbox.like({ body: activity });
+					try {
+						await activitypub.inbox.like({ body: activity });
+					} catch (e) {
+						// expected
+					}
 				});
 
 				after(async function () {
diff --git a/test/activitypub/privileges.js b/test/activitypub/privileges.js
index db6579ac5c..134be6c46f 100644
--- a/test/activitypub/privileges.js
+++ b/test/activitypub/privileges.js
@@ -122,7 +122,10 @@ describe('Privilege logic for remote users/content (ActivityPub)', () => {
 							object: note,
 						}));
 
-						await activitypub.inbox.update({ body: activity });
+						assert.rejects(
+							activitypub.inbox.update({ body: activity }),
+							{ message: '[[error:no-privileges]]' },
+						);
 
 						const postData = await posts.getPostData(note.id);
 						assert.strictEqual(postData.content, oldContent);
@@ -154,7 +157,10 @@ describe('Privilege logic for remote users/content (ActivityPub)', () => {
 
 					it('should ignore remote deletion of said note', async () => {
 						({ activity } = helpers.mocks.delete({ object: note }));
-						await activitypub.inbox.delete({ body: activity });
+						assert.rejects(
+							activitypub.inbox.delete({ body: activity }),
+							{ message: '[[error:no-privileges]]' },
+						);
 
 						const exists = await posts.exists(note.id);
 						assert.strictEqual(exists, true);