From f1294bd3d44cbe73d89118a8b46c1b9c33de248d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: default <nobody@localhost>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2023 21:53:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment about Announces of non-Notes.

---
 activitypub.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/activitypub.c b/activitypub.c
index 3d28451..005f6e6 100644
--- a/activitypub.c
+++ b/activitypub.c
@@ -1497,6 +1497,11 @@ int process_input_message(snac *snac, xs_dict *msg, xs_dict *req)
 
         timeline_request(snac, &object, &wrk);
 
+        /* Note: implementations like lemmy send announces about objects
+           that are not of the 'Note' type; these objects are not stored,
+           so the following object_get() will fail even if the object
+           was correctly requested */
+
         if (valid_status(object_get(object, &a_msg))) {
             char *who = xs_dict_get(a_msg, "attributedTo");