Add new primary identifier; resolve works¶
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": "2026-03-20T15:18:31.243924",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAvlYhBZfth/erSuFLdGyV\nM8/Fm+toUP9tktg5VH3KMHGqzeiAZ9fTkcNZqo6RgpQRDVbJ0K5rzjh/dB+fS697\nLOA2F2MW8GoJP7TzCBoclzFAWKw28I7fng97XmdpLHOXeliw8KlVpWUA2+znhZog\nZs9FEmo3jFPFpavbl9ZryLj0pP/tOqGyQVgf3pIDgUji68MuPT/7N3fv936BmQtb\nDcSyGoUtIZ0UwhvimHLB3y59vQs8wMlUkqcPS0S69Vkjh0h+ToGbn3mOyHQfGgNP\nuZ3gFieAwCsKvAe1WaEav7gIeepjQe+5ebZOl9bWFJ25671YKQn7YKU5FukxIkYe\nZQIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/figd_scPkDX4VBblfSz7Ow",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg/following",
"preferredUsername": "Alice",
"name": "Alice",
"identifiers": [
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg"
],
"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/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg",
"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/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"http://abel/actor/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg/followers"
],
"published": "2026-03-20T15:18:31Z",
"object": {
"attachment": null,
"published": "2026-03-20T15:18:31.243924",
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
{
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
}
],
"publicKey": {
"id": "http://abel/actor/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg#legacy-key-1",
"owner": "http://abel/actor/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAvlYhBZfth/erSuFLdGyV\nM8/Fm+toUP9tktg5VH3KMHGqzeiAZ9fTkcNZqo6RgpQRDVbJ0K5rzjh/dB+fS697\nLOA2F2MW8GoJP7TzCBoclzFAWKw28I7fng97XmdpLHOXeliw8KlVpWUA2+znhZog\nZs9FEmo3jFPFpavbl9ZryLj0pP/tOqGyQVgf3pIDgUji68MuPT/7N3fv936BmQtb\nDcSyGoUtIZ0UwhvimHLB3y59vQs8wMlUkqcPS0S69Vkjh0h+ToGbn3mOyHQfGgNP\nuZ3gFieAwCsKvAe1WaEav7gIeepjQe+5ebZOl9bWFJ25671YKQn7YKU5FukxIkYe\nZQIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
},
"id": "http://abel/actor/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg",
"type": "Person",
"inbox": "http://abel/inbox/figd_scPkDX4VBblfSz7Ow",
"outbox": "http://abel/actor/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg/outbox",
"followers": "http://abel/actor/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg/followers",
"following": "http://abel/actor/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg/following",
"preferredUsername": "alex",
"name": "alex",
"identifiers": [
"acct:alex@abel",
"acct:Alice@abel",
"http://abel/actor/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg"
],
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
},
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
},
"id": "http://abel/object/019d0bd3-9efc-7727-884c-a6a73287f5d6"
}
},
"actor": "http://abel/actor/fVZy0ALGzlwCl8cgrhKPsg",
"event_type": "outgoing",
"history_id": null
}