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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": "2025-12-19T09:49:24.505505",
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    "https://w3id.org/security/v1",
    {
      "manuallyApprovesFollowers": "as:manuallyApprovesFollowers"
    }
  ],
  "publicKey": {
    "id": "http://abel/actor/k7rIa9aA0gZJ3uxbipr35g#legacy-key-1",
    "owner": "http://abel/actor/k7rIa9aA0gZJ3uxbipr35g",
    "publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAp6bn5dtzzKDQbh3lOKR6\naf29GP6nN+UTrRLvt+nmMlRW4d7F9gY4TfJJEkWvbV1E0sOQD+W9JwgLEPuNQ6P8\naHRaHM9uV/NjzdjdXaXpbT1WOwo5Q/L+e6PTwiiCBoJaBqqLKPWWJ+hsddD2SJrd\nlhmzVsVFuyVcn6IWKn9R0Xc92LF+d0pILQDo8QLUAR0MUAdqtyqF5xLPaUvy/vqg\nKTVT79RfDW+s5FR8A6ooKL8KligzVRMeUycI43ZIaaYUoB21Pz+HqrE3D8lwgoWi\nqiMvlQSzqXfXWt5Dbr/ZYcqL/+qmeQy0YhFt/1qggBuC1yxYGTfP4759EpmqeRVZ\n4wIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
  },
  "id": "http://abel/actor/k7rIa9aA0gZJ3uxbipr35g",
  "type": "Person",
  "inbox": "http://abel/inbox/7bFQ4AUgLfqd5_27deAGmA",
  "outbox": "http://abel/actor/k7rIa9aA0gZJ3uxbipr35g/outbox",
  "followers": "http://abel/actor/k7rIa9aA0gZJ3uxbipr35g/followers",
  "following": "http://abel/actor/k7rIa9aA0gZJ3uxbipr35g/following",
  "preferredUsername": "Alice",
  "name": "Alice",
  "identifiers": [
    "acct:Alice@abel",
    "http://abel/actor/k7rIa9aA0gZJ3uxbipr35g"
  ],
  "endpoints": {
    "sharedInbox": "http://abel/shared_inbox"
  },
  "manuallyApprovesFollowers": true
}

when: One queries webfinger for "acct:Alice@abel"

then: The actor URI of "Alice" is returned