[bug] Posts that Quote an unfetchable post show no indication of being a quote post #310

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opened 2023-05-11 09:42:07 +00:00 by mar · 2 comments

mar commented

2023-05-11 09:42:07 +00:00

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85abc62

What were you trying to do?

I run an allowlist instance meaning i frequently run into the situation that someone quotes a post from an instance i do not have in my allowlist resulting in posts such as these:

https://ak.zweitekassabitte.jetzt/notice/AVVViYcSZafLKzS5eC

Original on snug.moe for comparison:

https://snug.moe/notes/9el1ms5ing

In this example the reason the post doesn't fetch is because cuddlegirls.cafe is down at the moment, but this same behaviour occurs with instances not on my allowlist having their posts quoted

What did you expect to happen?

Post displays some indicator that a quote is attached but is unable to load, or is filtered out entirely(potentially decided through filter broken threads setting)

What actually happened?

Post displays no indication that it is quoting a different post

Severity

I can manage

Have you searched for this issue?

I have double-checked and have not found this issue mentioned anywhere.

### Version 85abc62 ### What were you trying to do? I run an allowlist instance meaning i frequently run into the situation that someone quotes a post from an instance i do not have in my allowlist resulting in posts such as these: https://ak.zweitekassabitte.jetzt/notice/AVVViYcSZafLKzS5eC Original on snug.moe for comparison: https://snug.moe/notes/9el1ms5ing In this example the reason the post doesn't fetch is because cuddlegirls.cafe is down at the moment, but this same behaviour occurs with instances not on my allowlist having their posts quoted ### What did you expect to happen? Post displays some indicator that a quote is attached but is unable to load, or is filtered out entirely(potentially decided through filter broken threads setting) ### What actually happened? Post displays no indication that it is quoting a different post ### Severity I can manage ### Have you searched for this issue? - [x] I have double-checked and have not found this issue mentioned anywhere.

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2023-05-30 09:18:20 +00:00

ilja commented

2023-08-23 05:13:37 +00:00

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When I check the Masto-API response, I see the quote_id is null, so this may (partly?) be a BE issue as well.

But I saw another example on fedi where the quote_id was filled in in the Mast-API, and the quote still didn't, so it seems also an FE issue. Maybe the quote was unable to show for other reasons? https://gayboyz.space/notice/AZ0YXfymtByH3ZHvpw

In both cases I expect to have a link to the quoted post in the content. But in both cases, I see in the Masto-API that the "RE: $quote_url" hasn't been added. So that may also be a BE issue with InlineQuotePolicy.

When I check the Masto-API response, I see the `quote_id` is null, so this may (partly?) be a BE issue as well. But I saw another example on fedi where the quote_id was filled in in the Mast-API, and the quote still didn't, so it seems also an FE issue. Maybe the quote was unable to show for other reasons? https://gayboyz.space/notice/AZ0YXfymtByH3ZHvpw In both cases I expect to have a link to the quoted post in the content. But in both cases, I see in the Masto-API that the "RE: $quote_url" hasn't been added. So that may also be a BE issue with InlineQuotePolicy.

Oneric commented

2025-10-12 16:48:11 +00:00

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It currently indiscrimnately hides the RE: ... paragraph from the original post HTML (even if it existed; existence might be enforced via MRF)*, but also omits the display box for the quoted status (since it can't retrieve the status).

This can happen for either private posts being quoted, or deleted posts.

The frontend could either just only hide the paragraph if quote != null (relying on such a paragraph being present), or create a fancier box informing the post is unavailable and showing the quoted AP id; see: AkkomaGang/akkoma#991

(If/when we gain a way to fetch private posts on request with user keys instead of the generic actor, the latter option might also offer a button to attempt to fetch the post with one’s own signing key if the quoting post is followers-only. But that’s future talk, for now just the first option will be good enough too (and doesn't even depend on AkkomaGang/akkoma#991))

It currently indiscrimnately hides the `RE: ...` paragraph from the original post HTML (even if it existed; existence might be enforced via MRF)*, but also omits the display box for the quoted status (since it can't retrieve the status). This can happen for either private posts being quoted, or deleted posts. The frontend could either just only hide the paragraph if `quote != null` *(relying on such a paragraph being present)*, or create a fancier box informing the post is unavailable and showing the quoted AP id; see: https://akkoma.dev/AkkomaGang/akkoma/pulls/991 *(If/when we gain a way to fetch private posts on request with user keys instead of the generic actor, the latter option might also offer a button to attempt to fetch the post with one’s own signing key if the quoting post is followers-only. But that’s future talk, for now just the first option will be good enough too (and doesn't even depend on https://akkoma.dev/AkkomaGang/akkoma/pulls/991))*