From bf0f5228182bd2dbf4b3280cbae8cbfb67b9c382 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:38:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add a '[...]' to the end of the generated summary when
 federating out articles (fep-b2b8)

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

diff --git a/src/activitypub/mocks.js b/src/activitypub/mocks.js
index 680bdf2e51..da9e6b0f97 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/mocks.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/mocks.js
@@ -759,7 +759,12 @@ Mocks.notes.public = async (post) => {
 		// Append sentences to summary until it contains just under 500 characters of content
 		const limit = 500;
 		let remaining = limit;
+		let finished = false;
 		summary = sentences.reduce((memo, sentence) => {
+			if (finished) {
+				return memo;
+			}
+
 			const clean = sanitize(sentence, {
 				allowedTags: [],
 				allowedAttributes: {},
@@ -767,6 +772,9 @@ Mocks.notes.public = async (post) => {
 			remaining = remaining - clean.length;
 			if (remaining > 0) {
 				memo += ` ${sentence}`;
+			} else { // There was more but summary generation is complete
+				finished = true;
+				memo += ' [...]';
 			}
 
 			return memo;