From d0ac5ff99fb4769ce76037c8dd274e26fcd32773 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 11:58:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Reapply "fix: change setImmediate to a 5s timeout to give
 plugins (or anything waiting for the return value of the API call) a chance
 to finish execution"

This reverts commit 8003946feb2397c44faae25ef702fa09d3e61f7a.
---
 src/api/topics.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/api/topics.js b/src/api/topics.js
index 4f63301c57..72926ee525 100644
--- a/src/api/topics.js
+++ b/src/api/topics.js
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ topicsAPI.create = async function (caller, data) {
 	socketHelpers.notifyNew(caller.uid, 'newTopic', { posts: [result.postData], topic: result.topicData });
 
 	if (!isScheduling) {
-		setImmediate(() => {
+		setTimeout(() => {
 			activitypubApi.create.note(caller, { pid: result.postData.pid });
-		});
+		}, 5000);
 	}
 
 	return result.topicData;