From e5593af42219592932e567e3649a4261c58fd4c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hazelnoot <acomputerdog@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:42:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] improve alt text mapping in ApImageService.createImage

---
 packages/backend/src/core/activitypub/models/ApImageService.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/core/activitypub/models/ApImageService.ts b/packages/backend/src/core/activitypub/models/ApImageService.ts
index 7a16972ea4..782ee002ca 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/core/activitypub/models/ApImageService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/core/activitypub/models/ApImageService.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class ApImageService {
 			uri: image.url,
 			sensitive: !!(image.sensitive),
 			isLink: !shouldBeCached,
-			comment: truncate(image.name ?? undefined, this.config.maxRemoteAltTextLength),
+			comment: truncate(image.name || image.summary || undefined, this.config.maxRemoteAltTextLength),
 		});
 		if (!file.isLink || file.url === image.url) return file;