lib/pleroma/activity.ex

@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ def following_requests_for_actor(%User{ap_id: ap_id}) do
 
   def restrict_deactivated_users(query) do
     query
-    |> join(:inner, [activity], user in User, as: :user, on: activity.actor == user.ap_id and user.is_active == true)
+    |> join(:inner_lateral, [activity], active in fragment("SELECT is_active from users WHERE ap_id = ? AND is_active = TRUE", activity.actor))
   end
 
   defdelegate search(user, query, options \\ []), to: Pleroma.Search.DatabaseSearch

lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex

@@ -507,7 +507,6 @@ def fetch_latest_direct_activity_id_for_context(context, opts \\ %{}) do
   defp fetch_paginated_optimized(query, opts, pagination) do
     # Note: tag-filtering funcs may apply "ORDER BY objects.id DESC",
     #   and extra sorting on "activities.id DESC NULLS LAST" would worse the query plan
-    IO.inspect(Repo.to_sql(:all, query))
     opts = Map.put(opts, :skip_extra_order, true)
 
     Pagination.fetch_paginated(query, opts, pagination)