Add new primary identifier; resolve works¶
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": "2025-12-19T09:49:26.320394",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAjiE2x4QuMACeM5bG8ckR\nqky0ZCIvIVJGGkhbwTCPDbY+7q2O8b1xjD3IOG13+4AQ/phkxxFXHAS8gFu/Hs6s\n3frf6VsT/o43Dy7WWYNf2Qei5CgtA8x6wldGdzNFlXezkirBQ2UGZTliaM986rnS\nmxOv2vWNhhW/8xbwJyK/3CDPQe7bPrKTN91ECxpvbeBS9BGCSVxhMqHfq3KwoNsH\ncXrk3mrqG9o5bDqNrHv4lt8nklOT3ZJP5pk7dpDTZfEmLLwT1rNGSVYJVlK6Rb4d\nnZLrcsLcEx9xV4KW9B2c7a1ADEyLX0WZTyiehLZhgTDrBOfXJqmW4nu1gKTSBAaf\nUwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/fVID14-Di2ExyVa5qPRpqQ",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}
given: "Alice" adds "acct:alex@abel" as a primary identifier¶
send.Alice.trigger.update_actor
{
"actor": "http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA",
"profile": null,
"autoFollow": null,
"actions": [
{
"action": "create_identifier",
"identifier": "acct:alex@abel",
"primary": true
}
]
}
receive.Alice.outgoing.Update
{
"data": {
"raw": {
"@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"type": "Update",
"actor": "http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA/followers"
],
"published": "2025-12-19T09:49:26Z",
"object": {
"attachment": null,
"published": "2025-12-19T09:49:26.320394",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAjiE2x4QuMACeM5bG8ckR\nqky0ZCIvIVJGGkhbwTCPDbY+7q2O8b1xjD3IOG13+4AQ/phkxxFXHAS8gFu/Hs6s\n3frf6VsT/o43Dy7WWYNf2Qei5CgtA8x6wldGdzNFlXezkirBQ2UGZTliaM986rnS\nmxOv2vWNhhW/8xbwJyK/3CDPQe7bPrKTN91ECxpvbeBS9BGCSVxhMqHfq3KwoNsH\ncXrk3mrqG9o5bDqNrHv4lt8nklOT3ZJP5pk7dpDTZfEmLLwT1rNGSVYJVlK6Rb4d\nnZLrcsLcEx9xV4KW9B2c7a1ADEyLX0WZTyiehLZhgTDrBOfXJqmW4nu1gKTSBAaf\nUwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/fVID14-Di2ExyVa5qPRpqQ",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA/following",
"preferredUsername": "alex",
"name": "alex",
"identifiers": [
"acct:alex@abel",
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
},
"id": "http://abel/object/019b3603-a299-7119-88c4-4596fa00ef2c"
}
},
"actor": "http://abel/actor/YE4W_7fAkpNnGfyh0eP7OA",
"event_type": "outgoing",
"history_id": null
}