Alice updates her profile and her followers can retrieve the Update activity¶
given: "Alice" created an actor on "banach" called "Alice"¶
send.Alice.request.create_actor
{
"base_url": "http://banach",
"preferred_username": "Alice",
"profile": {},
"automatically_accept_followers": null,
"name": null
}
receive.Alice.response.create_actor
{
"attachment": null,
"published": "2025-12-19T09:51:43.659763",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAvpZg0U+SC+qhO8BMu98p\nEYaJIAB9UaIfuqFJ7MjPkqG9AhR+5fF4V15ryPLsLuVYFZK96o3gptQFN93ZIo9T\nz3mKwGsApD+Qv88gKl1SmvHkj41iKlYJQ/MMaP4TN9AraIG2CAZEe8vHP/213wSq\nMeQP5HUQtPFskbgdQuJipnRUANHrYVA0mvNa8IyCKF+F2H5Bvjtfpd3UFcRfd40T\nWq/WcaoxNzjobMthEQfTfEflGMxPZd7sMCmhKDUEXWJzEpawoHS8lCdLPrz+rFL0\nQ6H9ppj4QDFiSp3nQBplCFRYySF7g9C8CvVaIrjNpkXTAZCOWk0ek/lrMTIkHWoo\nwwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://banach/inbox/s8bckMHM6oGrTH_Tq9RI9Q",
"outbox": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q/outbox",
"followers": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q/followers",
"following": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@banach",
"http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://banach/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": "2025-12-19T09:51:44.593499",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA4dJtAKB38foW3tBUrQp5\nJdFJ3WoSrtHFThJULc/pJqr/VfVJ39T8BXdXNK9vUifs8B44q5dniLsZww0QtLnZ\niPalMFKlN4xY4dTQdvkHWjBWmq66dxJnNBYamH/eCESULVSKJBAZcYo2A/i284g8\nOOBRU3FgBsOsaJoFGh1UTT+xkitaoT3Qn3uPmQOm8A1tZpCFAHoBNH1idSauPUpH\n9AYoFKAot5T2vl8rjjohBQxQTRPD9UpMoq2ScYNNPfB0IynKYJXPeQOs53t5QdHS\n35X1b84cumJhdZMXquCKMa2FKB0U0o9+ouW7pg0xbiS1AoaCZJC1OPHYE8Kxzk4H\nTwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/MEc9YX4dTTqCxKarIqZt-Q",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ/following",
"preferredUsername": "Bob",
"name": "Bob",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Bob@abel",
"http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}
when: "Bob" sends "Alice" a Follow Activity¶
send.Bob.trigger.send_message
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ",
"data": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Follow",
"actor": "http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ",
"to": [
"http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q"
],
"id": "follow:9852c005-1868-4429-a7e8-90c3ded8054a",
"published": "2025-12-19T09:51:44Z",
"object": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q"
}
}
receive.Bob.outgoing.Follow
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Follow",
"actor": "http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ",
"to": [
"http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q"
],
"id": "follow:9852c005-1868-4429-a7e8-90c3ded8054a",
"published": "2025-12-19T09:51:44Z",
"object": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q"
}
},
"actor": "http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ",
"event_type": "outgoing",
"history_id": null
}
when: "Alice" sends an Accept to this Follow Activity¶
receive.Alice.incoming.Follow
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Follow",
"actor": "http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ",
"to": [
"http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q"
],
"id": "follow:9852c005-1868-4429-a7e8-90c3ded8054a",
"published": "2025-12-19T09:51:44Z",
"object": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q"
}
},
"actor": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q",
"event_type": "incoming",
"history_id": null
}
send.Alice.trigger.send_message
{
"actor": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q",
"data": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Accept",
"actor": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q",
"to": [
"http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ"
],
"published": "2025-12-19T09:51:45Z",
"object": "follow:9852c005-1868-4429-a7e8-90c3ded8054a",
"id": "accept:60f5771b-6f72-45cb-89f6-c750a7387f89"
}
}
receive.Alice.outgoing.Accept
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Accept",
"actor": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q",
"to": [
"http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ"
],
"published": "2025-12-19T09:51:45Z",
"object": "follow:9852c005-1868-4429-a7e8-90c3ded8054a",
"id": "accept:60f5771b-6f72-45cb-89f6-c750a7387f89"
}
},
"actor": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q",
"event_type": "outgoing",
"history_id": null
}
when: "Alice" updates her profile¶
send.Alice.trigger.update_actor
{
"actor": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q",
"profile": {
"summary": "I love cows"
},
"autoFollow": null,
"actions": []
}
receive.Bob.incoming.Accept
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Accept",
"actor": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q",
"to": [
"http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ"
],
"published": "2025-12-19T09:51:45Z",
"object": "follow:9852c005-1868-4429-a7e8-90c3ded8054a",
"id": "accept:60f5771b-6f72-45cb-89f6-c750a7387f89"
}
},
"actor": "http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ",
"event_type": "incoming",
"history_id": null
}
receive.Alice.outgoing.Update
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Update",
"actor": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q/followers"
],
"published": "2025-12-19T09:51:45Z",
"object": {
"attachment": null,
"published": "2025-12-19T09:51:43.659763",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAvpZg0U+SC+qhO8BMu98p\nEYaJIAB9UaIfuqFJ7MjPkqG9AhR+5fF4V15ryPLsLuVYFZK96o3gptQFN93ZIo9T\nz3mKwGsApD+Qv88gKl1SmvHkj41iKlYJQ/MMaP4TN9AraIG2CAZEe8vHP/213wSq\nMeQP5HUQtPFskbgdQuJipnRUANHrYVA0mvNa8IyCKF+F2H5Bvjtfpd3UFcRfd40T\nWq/WcaoxNzjobMthEQfTfEflGMxPZd7sMCmhKDUEXWJzEpawoHS8lCdLPrz+rFL0\nQ6H9ppj4QDFiSp3nQBplCFRYySF7g9C8CvVaIrjNpkXTAZCOWk0ek/lrMTIkHWoo\nwwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://banach/inbox/s8bckMHM6oGrTH_Tq9RI9Q",
"outbox": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q/outbox",
"followers": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q/followers",
"following": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"summary": "I love cows",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@banach",
"http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://banach/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
},
"id": "http://banach/object/019b3605-c25d-72d6-98f5-539ba657a69e"
}
},
"actor": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q",
"event_type": "outgoing",
"history_id": null
}
receive.Bob.incoming.Update
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Update",
"actor": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q/followers"
],
"published": "2025-12-19T09:51:45Z",
"object": {
"attachment": null,
"published": "2025-12-19T09:51:43.659763",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAvpZg0U+SC+qhO8BMu98p\nEYaJIAB9UaIfuqFJ7MjPkqG9AhR+5fF4V15ryPLsLuVYFZK96o3gptQFN93ZIo9T\nz3mKwGsApD+Qv88gKl1SmvHkj41iKlYJQ/MMaP4TN9AraIG2CAZEe8vHP/213wSq\nMeQP5HUQtPFskbgdQuJipnRUANHrYVA0mvNa8IyCKF+F2H5Bvjtfpd3UFcRfd40T\nWq/WcaoxNzjobMthEQfTfEflGMxPZd7sMCmhKDUEXWJzEpawoHS8lCdLPrz+rFL0\nQ6H9ppj4QDFiSp3nQBplCFRYySF7g9C8CvVaIrjNpkXTAZCOWk0ek/lrMTIkHWoo\nwwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://banach/inbox/s8bckMHM6oGrTH_Tq9RI9Q",
"outbox": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q/outbox",
"followers": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q/followers",
"following": "http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"summary": "I love cows",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@banach",
"http://banach/actor/01EVdf8SQvbGVyo2mTCY3Q"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://banach/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
},
"id": "http://banach/object/019b3605-c25d-72d6-98f5-539ba657a69e"
}
},
"actor": "http://abel/actor/YfJgHaQFpVKJ5j2-EZhNSQ",
"event_type": "incoming",
"history_id": null
}