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   Zło To 🏴‍☠️ (mattesilver@101010.pl)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Dec-2025 07:36:54 JST Zło To 🏴‍☠️

   Which #fediverse #activitypub server is the easiest to run in #docker?

   I'd like to test my own AP software without littering the live network

   #askfedi

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     silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Dec-2025 07:36:52 JST silverpill

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     @mattesilver

     mitra is probably one of the easiest

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     silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Jan-2026 20:51:28 JST silverpill

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     @mattesilver Hmm, OCI? Those fediverse pasture containers are maintained by @helge.

     >BTW what's the default activity filter?

     Do you mean federation filter? Everything is allowed there by default

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     @silverpill Thanks for providing a working OCI - it just works :)

     Tho the version on fediverse pasture gives me problems - can't login :/

     BTW what's the default activity filter?

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     silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jan-2026 03:29:46 JST silverpill

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     @mattesilver If an activity is not processed due to an error, there will be a warning in the Mitra log.

     What are you trying to do?

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     @silverpill is there some debug mode to show me why messages get ignored?

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     silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jan-2026 05:32:03 JST silverpill

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     @mattesilver Accepted follow requests are in relationship table. Processed activities are in activitypub_object table. And background jobs for pending activities are in background_job table.

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     @silverpill wouldn't that be nice, but there's nothing in follow_requests nor in subscription tables, and mitra isn't sending any of my public activities

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     silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jan-2026 05:32:06 JST silverpill

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     @mattesilver This probably means that your activity has already been processed.

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     @silverpill I just want to send a follow message from my program.

     I see a `follow received` log entry and nothing happens

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     silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jan-2026 07:08:31 JST silverpill

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     @mattesilver You should be able to see them in the log. If you don't, it's probably a bug in Mitra.

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     @silverpill I'm absolutely certain that it's my program sending bad messages, I'm just asking if there's a way to see processing exceptions in mitra

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     silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Saturday, 03-Jan-2026 07:08:34 JST silverpill

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     @mattesilver I don't think it's possible. There should be either a log message after received ... Follow, or an entry in activitypub_object, or an entry in background_json.

     Could you show me the full log?

     https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra/src/branch/main/docs/debugging.md

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     @silverpill
     2026-01-02T19:01:30 actix_server::builder [INFO] Starting 8 workers
     2026-01-02T19:01:30 actix_server::server [INFO] Tokio runtime found; starting in existing Tokio runtime
     2026-01-02T19:04:31 mitra_api::activitypub::views [INFO] received in instance inbox: Follow

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     @silverpill `activitypub_object` has my two messages I've created using mitra UI, the other two tables are empty

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     silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Sunday, 04-Jan-2026 20:26:21 JST silverpill

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     @mattesilver Yes, instance actor is different from all others, it doesn't process incoming activities. You need to create an account if you want to interact.

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     @silverpill

     ```
     #[post("/inbox")]
     async fn instance_actor_inbox(
     config: web::Data<Config>,
     activity: web::Json<JsonValue>,
     ) -> Result<HttpResponse, HttpError> {
     if !config.federation.enabled {
     return Err(HttpError::PermissionError);
     };
     log::info!(
     "received in instance inbox: {}",
     activity["type"].as_str().unwrap_or("Unknown"),
     );
     Ok(HttpResponse::Accepted().finish())
     }
     ```

     seems to me it works as intended...
     1. fail if federation is disabled
     2. log
     3. return 202

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     silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jan-2026 00:45:28 JST silverpill

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     @mattesilver

     admin is not special, only instance actor is special

     >Does mitra require https to federate?

     No, but it may assume HTTPS in certain cases (for example, when it makes webfinger requests). If the port is non-standard, it should be specified (e.g. http://fediscover:8000/actor)

     In your case the error seems to be related to environment, though. helge@mymath.rocks may know more

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     @silverpill I'm building requests with bovine BTW @helge

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     @silverpill
     I'm trying now to follow my @admin@mitra user, hope it's not special too?

     mitra seems to be unable to connect to my server. I could successfully call `podman exec -ti mitra curl fediscover/actor`, but my logs don't show any connection attempt from mitra.

     First I was running fediscover (my server) on port 8000, thought maybe the non-standard port is lost somewhere, but with fediscover listening on port 80 doesn't work either. Does mitra require https to federate?

     > 2026-01-05T14:05:50 mitra_api::activitypub::views [INFO] received in /users/admin/inbox: Follow
     2026-01-05T14:05:50 mitra_api::activitypub::receiver [WARN] invalid HTTP signature: error sending request for url (http://fediscover/actor): client error (Connect)
     2026-01-05T14:05:50 mitra_api::activitypub::views [WARN] failed to process activity (error sending request for url (http://fediscover/actor): client error (Connect)): {"@context":"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams","actor":"http://fediscover/actor","id":"http://fediscover/activity/d7c2d96c-eea0-41e7-aee6-12fe6db75360","object":"http://mitra:8383/users/admin","published":"2026-01-05T14:05:50Z","to":["http://mitra:8383/users/admin"],"type":"Follow"}