From f40582fd1917f62d5c83c0c1b6c9e1d802f46bd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:44:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: extend pid handling to include main post announcers for
 non-root-level posts

Co-authored-by: aider (ollama/ministral-3:8b) <aider@aider.chat>
---
 src/activitypub/index.js | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/activitypub/index.js b/src/activitypub/index.js
index 3c3d67711e..1b785e32b8 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/index.js
+++ b/src/activitypub/index.js
@@ -487,6 +487,11 @@ ActivityPub.buildRecipients = async function (object, options) {
 	 *     - `pid`: includes post announcers and all topic participants
 	 *     - `targets`: boolean; whether to calculate targets (default: true)
 	 */
+
+	const getMainPid = async (pid) => {
+		const { tid } = await posts.getPostField(pid, 'tid');
+		return db.getSortedSetMember('tid:' + tid + ':posts', 0);
+	};
 	let { to, cc } = object;
 	to = new Set(to);
 	cc = new Set(cc);