Alice sets her name and has the url property¶
given: "Alice" created an actor on "abel" called "Alice" with username "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": "2026-03-20T15:17:43.102031",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAiVWpGuzIjmKLM/mVmDpZ\nA6QrlT3e8ubJpkayGAuXXQ1YQUuFfeFWip372ciqIDYSTt+/siz6EKopcMJcnt7D\nsmsmi1HoNkmBJzdq26Ce3as/w1letO1i9dDJ9jCg57EnDck0DjsMJlxhtQCDb0Mk\npBJxG4lQbNxhsk6hTpglMLG9jGJnibkUNqRmFR6/Zj43TYNjbQz8h0OADpfVt839\nPGxvrUJ6kF5+u7pFGynH5f7ur6fqcDF9Y67/jVeO0nbMC/nBzn+fh+t4YfdLd69L\nhAJA/aVky16w7Iwjo7G6VrRDVr+yq8eiBn/ajyZQuOcRWixN68E7Rx20aF83N+eB\nPwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/PHdTiLnObm67oJ_vXR2N1w",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}
given: "Bob" created an actor on "banach" called "Bob" with username "Bob"¶
send.Bob.request.create_actor
{
"base_url": "http://banach",
"preferred_username": "Bob",
"profile": {},
"automatically_accept_followers": null,
"name": null
}
receive.Bob.response.create_actor
{
"attachment": null,
"published": "2026-03-20T15:17:43.887209",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAlOn88/XsZJTqyCeGYNjD\nmGQznbkO+ObdCVCPl7r4IRBCGwrE4CUIST7dPAslXgwgwC0aAsEHPHgXAaMOekXb\nwlwUskxHqZmwdi6tR5GHc7pjAeFUa7qmFXIhiX9yct1j4OoZZ7/JpBJm9t4x4zf9\nU+8T677YnbyV9rbET4i/B919qS41op9Hx2eoZNQIdTgzZQmbl2Cmt9iMvJTK1fLg\n9XHsFgo/XB7pD0zj6clNmQPKzgotp/FEbZ03CPCSrOUg1zOHZ/BtKdeOzNP+xrwg\nbMhxborLqsrl9JU1hYspLkBIXFz63bGIMOLuBlMl+GdShijeuUw6Ks/i3W9lklYQ\nDQIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://banach/inbox/yNNZgSL-nedQ-kx5T0Peyg",
"outbox": "http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw/outbox",
"followers": "http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw/followers",
"following": "http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw/following",
"preferredUsername": "Bob",
"name": "Bob",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Bob@banach",
"http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://banach/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}
when: "Bob" sends "Alice" a Follow Activity¶
send.Bob.trigger.send_message
{
"actor": "http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw",
"data": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Follow",
"actor": "http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw",
"to": [
"http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig"
],
"id": "follow:3f8addd6-b7fc-4375-b0b0-6c2c7771147c",
"published": "2026-03-20T15:17:44Z",
"object": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig"
}
}
receive.Bob.outgoing.Follow
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Follow",
"actor": "http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw",
"to": [
"http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig"
],
"id": "follow:3f8addd6-b7fc-4375-b0b0-6c2c7771147c",
"published": "2026-03-20T15:17:44Z",
"object": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig"
}
},
"actor": "http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw",
"event_type": "outgoing",
"history_id": null
}
receive.Alice.incoming.Follow
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Follow",
"actor": "http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw",
"to": [
"http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig"
],
"id": "follow:3f8addd6-b7fc-4375-b0b0-6c2c7771147c",
"published": "2026-03-20T15:17:44Z",
"object": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig"
}
},
"actor": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"event_type": "incoming",
"history_id": null
}
when: "Alice" sends an Accept to this Follow Activity¶
send.Alice.trigger.send_message
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"data": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Accept",
"actor": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"to": [
"http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:17:44Z",
"object": "follow:3f8addd6-b7fc-4375-b0b0-6c2c7771147c",
"id": "accept:c6d09ad4-74eb-4f46-a7fc-1b5c0f65c16f"
}
}
receive.Alice.outgoing.Accept
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Accept",
"actor": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"to": [
"http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:17:44Z",
"object": "follow:3f8addd6-b7fc-4375-b0b0-6c2c7771147c",
"id": "accept:c6d09ad4-74eb-4f46-a7fc-1b5c0f65c16f"
}
},
"actor": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"event_type": "outgoing",
"history_id": null
}
receive.Bob.incoming.Accept
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Accept",
"actor": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"to": [
"http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:17:44Z",
"object": "follow:3f8addd6-b7fc-4375-b0b0-6c2c7771147c",
"id": "accept:c6d09ad4-74eb-4f46-a7fc-1b5c0f65c16f"
}
},
"actor": "http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw",
"event_type": "incoming",
"history_id": null
}
given: "Alice" sets her display name to "alex"¶
send.Alice.trigger.html_display_name
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"name": "alex"
}
receive.Alice.outgoing.Update
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Update",
"actor": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig/followers"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:17:44Z",
"object": {
"attachment": null,
"published": "2026-03-20T15:17:43.102031",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAiVWpGuzIjmKLM/mVmDpZ\nA6QrlT3e8ubJpkayGAuXXQ1YQUuFfeFWip372ciqIDYSTt+/siz6EKopcMJcnt7D\nsmsmi1HoNkmBJzdq26Ce3as/w1letO1i9dDJ9jCg57EnDck0DjsMJlxhtQCDb0Mk\npBJxG4lQbNxhsk6hTpglMLG9jGJnibkUNqRmFR6/Zj43TYNjbQz8h0OADpfVt839\nPGxvrUJ6kF5+u7pFGynH5f7ur6fqcDF9Y67/jVeO0nbMC/nBzn+fh+t4YfdLd69L\nhAJA/aVky16w7Iwjo7G6VrRDVr+yq8eiBn/ajyZQuOcRWixN68E7Rx20aF83N+eB\nPwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/PHdTiLnObm67oJ_vXR2N1w",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"url": [
{
"type": "Link",
"href": "http://abel/@alex",
"mediaType": "text/html"
}
],
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
},
"id": "http://abel/object/019d0bd2-e8c1-75b4-9c1c-d4408702ebcb"
}
},
"actor": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"event_type": "outgoing",
"history_id": null
}
receive.Bob.incoming.Update
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Update",
"actor": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig/followers"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:17:44Z",
"object": {
"attachment": null,
"published": "2026-03-20T15:17:43.102031",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAiVWpGuzIjmKLM/mVmDpZ\nA6QrlT3e8ubJpkayGAuXXQ1YQUuFfeFWip372ciqIDYSTt+/siz6EKopcMJcnt7D\nsmsmi1HoNkmBJzdq26Ce3as/w1letO1i9dDJ9jCg57EnDck0DjsMJlxhtQCDb0Mk\npBJxG4lQbNxhsk6hTpglMLG9jGJnibkUNqRmFR6/Zj43TYNjbQz8h0OADpfVt839\nPGxvrUJ6kF5+u7pFGynH5f7ur6fqcDF9Y67/jVeO0nbMC/nBzn+fh+t4YfdLd69L\nhAJA/aVky16w7Iwjo7G6VrRDVr+yq8eiBn/ajyZQuOcRWixN68E7Rx20aF83N+eB\nPwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/PHdTiLnObm67oJ_vXR2N1w",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"url": [
{
"type": "Link",
"href": "http://abel/@alex",
"mediaType": "text/html"
}
],
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
},
"id": "http://abel/object/019d0bd2-e8c1-75b4-9c1c-d4408702ebcb"
}
},
"actor": "http://banach/actor/SKhiW_Ow3OtRpk4sJNjKYw",
"event_type": "incoming",
"history_id": null
}
when: "Alice" fetches her profile¶
send.Alice.request.fetch
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"uri": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig"
}
receive.Alice.response.fetch
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"uri": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"data": {
"attachment": null,
"published": "2026-03-20T15:17:43.102031",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAiVWpGuzIjmKLM/mVmDpZ\nA6QrlT3e8ubJpkayGAuXXQ1YQUuFfeFWip372ciqIDYSTt+/siz6EKopcMJcnt7D\nsmsmi1HoNkmBJzdq26Ce3as/w1letO1i9dDJ9jCg57EnDck0DjsMJlxhtQCDb0Mk\npBJxG4lQbNxhsk6hTpglMLG9jGJnibkUNqRmFR6/Zj43TYNjbQz8h0OADpfVt839\nPGxvrUJ6kF5+u7pFGynH5f7ur6fqcDF9Y67/jVeO0nbMC/nBzn+fh+t4YfdLd69L\nhAJA/aVky16w7Iwjo7G6VrRDVr+yq8eiBn/ajyZQuOcRWixN68E7Rx20aF83N+eB\nPwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/PHdTiLnObm67oJ_vXR2N1w",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"url": [
{
"type": "Link",
"href": "http://abel/@alex",
"mediaType": "text/html"
}
],
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/meLNHqHpqovydxsGuzDZig"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}
}