Fix: Send a create as a first activity (#1408)

* Fix: Send a create as a first activity

Fix #1406

* simplify code

* only Announce `Create`s for now

* Add changelog

Author: pfefferle

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+
+* Fixed transition handling of posts to ensure that `Create` and `Update` activities are properly processed.
+
 ## [5.4.0] - 2025-03-03
 
 ### Added

includes/class-scheduler.php

@@ -413,8 +413,8 @@ public static function schedule_announce_activity( $outbox_activity_id, $activit
 
 		$activity_type = \get_post_meta( $outbox_activity_id, '_activitypub_activity_type', true );
 
-		// Only if the activity is a Create, Update or Delete.
-		if ( ! in_array( $activity_type, array( 'Create', 'Update', 'Delete' ), true ) ) {
+		// Only if the activity is a Create.
+		if ( ! in_array( $activity_type, array( 'Create' ), true ) ) {
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -439,6 +439,6 @@ public static function schedule_announce_activity( $outbox_activity_id, $activit
 		}
 
 		// Schedule the outbox item for federation.
-		self::schedule_outbox_activity_for_federation( $outbox_activity_id, 30 );
+		self::schedule_outbox_activity_for_federation( $outbox_activity_id, 120 );
 	}
 }

includes/scheduler/class-post.php

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public static function schedule_post_activity( $post_id, $post, $update, $post_b
 
 		switch ( $new_status ) {
 			case 'publish':
-				$type = $update ? 'Update' : 'Create';
+				$type = ( 'publish' === $old_status ) ? 'Update' : 'Create';
 				break;
 
 			case 'draft':

readme.txt

@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ For reasons of data protection, it is not possible to see the followers of other
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= Unreleased =
+
+* Fixed: Transition handling of posts to ensure that `Create` and `Update` activities are properly processed.
+
 = 5.4.0 =
 
 * Added: Upgrade script to fix Follower json representations with unescaped backslashes.