From d92efb8a0c7fe1f77c5707c4042939c739563ba0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 11:29:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: #12667; handle cases where received id is not a URL

---
 src/activitypub/mocks.js | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/activitypub/mocks.js b/src/activitypub/mocks.js
index 208ffa589f..a7435be095 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/mocks.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/mocks.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Mocks.profile = async (actors) => {
 		}
 
 		const uid = actor.id;
+		let hostname;
 		let {
 			url, preferredUsername, published, icon, image,
 			name, summary, followers, followerCount, followingCount,
@@ -43,7 +44,11 @@ Mocks.profile = async (actors) => {
 		} = actor;
 		preferredUsername = preferredUsername || slugify(name);
 
-		const { hostname } = new URL(actor.id);
+		try {
+			({ hostname } = new URL(actor.id));
+		} catch (e) {
+			return null;
+		}
 
 		let picture;
 		if (icon) {