From 8ce5498f2351bf513f295d25441e20e56d9dd051 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2025 09:48:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add rel canonical to remote user profiles

---
 src/controllers/accounts/profile.js | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/profile.js b/src/controllers/accounts/profile.js
index b22e6eb73c..de0e744eb5 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/profile.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/profile.js
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ profileController.get = async function (req, res, next) {
 	if (meta.config.activitypubEnabled) {
 		// Include link header for richer parsing
 		res.set('Link', `<${nconf.get('url')}/uid/${userData.uid}>; rel="alternate"; type="application/activity+json"`);
+
+		if (!utils.isNumber(userData.uid)) {
+			res.set('Link', `<${userData.url || userData.uid}>; rel="canonical"`);
+		}
 	}
 
 	res.render('account/profile', userData);
@@ -174,5 +178,12 @@ function addTags(res, userData) {
 			type: 'application/activity+json',
 			href: `${nconf.get('url')}/uid/${userData.uid}`,
 		});
+
+		if (!utils.isNumber(userData.uid)) {
+			res.locals.linkTags.push({
+				rel: 'canonical',
+				href: userData.url || userData.uid,
+			});
+		}
 	}
 }