From f6e1b40fd81aa5759d7535d1eb6de8e9c18c701d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hazelnoot <acomputerdog@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:27:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix exception when fetching a user who doesn't exist yet

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

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/core/activitypub/models/ApPersonService.ts b/packages/backend/src/core/activitypub/models/ApPersonService.ts
index 927ce9e574..69c69431d0 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/core/activitypub/models/ApPersonService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/core/activitypub/models/ApPersonService.ts
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ export class ApPersonService implements OnModuleInit {
 		if (parsed.local) {
 			userId = parsed.type === 'users' ? parsed.id : null;
 		} else {
-			userId = await this.cacheService.uriPersonCache.fetch(uri);
+			userId = await this.cacheService.uriPersonCache.fetch(uri).catch(() => null);
 		}
 
 		// No match