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docs: Bonfire guest local feed — outbox republish notes

Document why /@foss had posts while /feed/local was empty, and SQL to
publish outbox activities into Local users + public internet feeds.

2026-07-10 15:38:00 +02:00

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Symptom

Profile @foss shows posts, but / and /public can look empty (“That’s all for the last 30 days…”). Local feed should list instance posts.

Root cause (2026-07-10)

Posts were only in the author outbox feed, not in:

Feed	Pointer UUID
Local users	`797632fc-029e-06f0-1031-410d73a5558e`
Anyone on the internet	`0aab414c-eb0a-ac1d-8c81-ef0d74ec55da`

Outbox feed (example foss): 019f487a-df20-4ed0-a334-40ec3eac23e7.

Fix applied

SQL: copy all bonfire_data_social_feed_publish rows from the user outbox into the two public feeds (see scripts/bonfire/publish-outbox-to-public.sql).

Verify

curl -sS http://127.0.0.1:9021/feed/local | grep -c gitbot
# or open https://bonfire.hacktivism.ch/feed/local
# profile: https://bonfire.hacktivism.ch/@foss

Note: Guest Front page (/) may still emphasise Spotlight (empty until pins). Prefer Local (/feed/local) for the public instance timeline.

FEDERATE=true in env; UI may still show “Federation disabled” if app activity_pub instance federating was false until runtime refresh.

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