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   keef (keefmarshall@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 18:21:49 JST keef

   • Renaud Chaput

   Sometimes I think my website exists just to keep Mastodon servers happy. I guess they must get lonely - perhaps they're reaching out for company.

   [technical note: this is what happens when you have a 'verified' link in your profile, and someone boosts or faves one of your posts. It seems each server doesn't visit more than once per day which is a small mercy. But it's still a LOT of requests. NB this link is *not* in the post that was faved or boosted. @renchap #mastoddos ]

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     Renaud Chaput (renchap@oisaur.com)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 18:21:48 JST Renaud Chaput

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     @keefmarshall the link is probably in the parent post, and each server fetches it if it does not know it when it receives the boost notification.
     We want to fix this in 4.3, if we manage to find a working design.

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     keef (keefmarshall@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 19:07:02 JST keef

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     • Renaud Chaput

     @renchap to help illustrate further (sorry, I'll stop bugging you after this!) - I have two verified links in my profile, to different servers that I run - key13 .uk and music. key13 .uk (intentionally not linked here!) - that previous list is from key13, this on is from music for the same boosted post:

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     keef (keefmarshall@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 19:07:02 JST keef

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     • Renaud Chaput

     @renchap [sorry - last one I promise!] - this is the post that was boosted at 03:07 GMT: https://mastodon.online/@keefmarshall/111366667876689275 - it's not a reply to anything, and has no links in it.

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     Renaud Chaput (renchap@oisaur.com)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 19:07:02 JST Renaud Chaput

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     @keefmarshall Thanks for all the details, this is indeed caused by the automatic profile refresh that happens when an instance is notified about an activity from an account that has not been refreshed in the last few days.
     It incorrectly re-validates the profile links.

     I opened https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/27755 to track this

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     keef (keefmarshall@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 19:07:03 JST keef

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     • Renaud Chaput

     @renchap My assumption is (I haven't looked at the code, sorry) that each server checks my profile when it receives anything with my account on it, sees that I have a verified link in my profile and decides to re-verify it for their own assurance.

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     keef (keefmarshall@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 19:07:04 JST keef

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     • Renaud Chaput

     @renchap The link is not in the parent post or any other in the chain - this happens on every boost of fave for any post - the link is in my profile...this is a subtly different bug to the one you're looking at, I think.