Bob sends Alice a Follow request, which is not answered yet

given: "alice" created an actor on "abel" called "alice"

send.alice.request.create_actor

{
  "base_url": "http://abel",
  "preferred_username": "alice",
  "profile": {},
  "automatically_accept_followers": null,
  "name": null
}

receive.alice.response.create_actor

{
  "attachment": null,
  "published": "2025-12-19T09:51:20.147074",
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    "https://w3id.org/security/v1",
    {
      "manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
    }
  ],
  "publicKey": {
    "id": "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ#legacy-key-1",
    "owner": "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ",
    "publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA1YP56sU02nA2J3r5upWV\nPcRlgRljjPw2/ojzARuxccvQzBN2c2bJJ3Fjjy1MyR1akSTzUdli4NNoukibDcHm\nyONdIX2i4dLY4IGWaomtOn1p9R0/nXahW15/SNraO2gpA4OdZdiYs3mr5OCaoTWe\n+FhemD+0RhmiR2RmoHX2NWfLt1vazNuIY69Oi0e6HKuGzN8zL0SJ3pEfzh9v3WZl\nsEBM3Mp9/ioSdxQZWCxOQD7Msi5t8cXpA8Vp0TpVWD4dcc1sqCYJ9iJXZJeexOKp\naGgKp/eNMwE8wfbnYJfsqro+RGowwKw+GDYmNbV3gmPSYUUZD475EweZNL2imdUC\n/QIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
  },
  "id": "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ",
  "type": "Person",
  "inbox": "http://abel/inbox/vl0eDZjP9MYTT_MxFUvBCA",
  "outbox": "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ/outbox",
  "followers": "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ/followers",
  "following": "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ/following",
  "preferredUsername": "alice",
  "name": "alice",
  "identifiers": [
    "acct:alice@abel",
    "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ"
  ],
  "endpoints": {
    "sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
  },
  "manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}

given: "bob" created an actor on "abel" called "bob"

send.bob.request.create_actor

{
  "base_url": "http://abel",
  "preferred_username": "bob",
  "profile": {},
  "automatically_accept_followers": null,
  "name": null
}

receive.bob.response.create_actor

{
  "attachment": null,
  "published": "2025-12-19T09:51:21.274641",
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    "https://w3id.org/security/v1",
    {
      "manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
    }
  ],
  "publicKey": {
    "id": "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A#legacy-key-1",
    "owner": "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A",
    "publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAl7UcsHbzB4O0i20Jvacu\nTWEQYpaUAgExK5SJQBTe0qvOmhgokYaOHglkeib0X81g4mPMNVbSVPvmbWOEn99r\nCYKOd9gZd05HJFddgtKtMMrK54GYHU8FpAPPLtRdekYiNWM9K3LJW+97AzXO1oKg\nzZB2zBh7JodVWI04CWisnXx1IliWzkrvvhhrfJNuxboPT84DcAVm3QSmFW1v2v9F\n3+gVnVYGEOqgmlmjwdEnU/qu1Wl8THgndWA8tggUf3B+GTA4FKQGmkS3pawP2YaG\n9riVWizi3MRfvn1HcYZikTwWQdnfa+Y0kybpsGm9Gkc2PT4h/A7wkrvq0ixWxc40\nzwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
  },
  "id": "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A",
  "type": "Person",
  "inbox": "http://abel/inbox/LVS9wqpaOboKhnZqdiJxEg",
  "outbox": "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A/outbox",
  "followers": "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A/followers",
  "following": "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A/following",
  "preferredUsername": "bob",
  "name": "bob",
  "identifiers": [
    "acct:bob@abel",
    "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A"
  ],
  "endpoints": {
    "sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
  },
  "manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}

when: "bob" sends "alice" a Follow Activity

send.bob.trigger.send_message

{
  "actor": "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A",
  "data": {
    "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    "type": "Follow",
    "actor": "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A",
    "to": [
      "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ"
    ],
    "id": "follow:4e23521b-3e43-4dfc-940e-ff47a511b1ca",
    "published": "2025-12-19T09:51:21Z",
    "object": "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ"
  }
}

receive.bob.outgoing.Follow

{
  "data": {
    "raw": {
      "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
      "type": "Follow",
      "actor": "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A",
      "to": [
        "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ"
      ],
      "id": "follow:4e23521b-3e43-4dfc-940e-ff47a511b1ca",
      "published": "2025-12-19T09:51:21Z",
      "object": "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ"
    }
  },
  "actor": "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A",
  "event_type": "outgoing",
  "history_id": null
}

then: The "followers" collection of "alice" does not include "bob"

send.alice.request.fetch

{
  "actor": "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ",
  "uri": "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ/followers"
}

receive.alice.incoming.Follow

{
  "data": {
    "raw": {
      "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
      "type": "Follow",
      "actor": "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A",
      "to": [
        "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ"
      ],
      "id": "follow:4e23521b-3e43-4dfc-940e-ff47a511b1ca",
      "published": "2025-12-19T09:51:21Z",
      "object": "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ"
    }
  },
  "actor": "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ",
  "event_type": "incoming",
  "history_id": null
}

receive.alice.response.fetch

{
  "actor": "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ",
  "uri": "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ/followers",
  "data": {
    "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    "type": "OrderedCollection",
    "id": "http://abel/actor/uVO8uxktnC642AHLV0kvuQ/followers",
    "orderedItems": [],
    "totalItems": 0
  }
}

then: The "following" collection of "bob" does not include "alice"

send.bob.request.fetch

{
  "actor": "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A",
  "uri": "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A/following"
}

receive.bob.response.fetch

{
  "actor": "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A",
  "uri": "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A/following",
  "data": {
    "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    "type": "OrderedCollection",
    "id": "http://abel/actor/MqR39tvESUdw1wDEce8u9A/following",
    "orderedItems": [],
    "totalItems": 0
  }
}