Skip followers synchronization for accounts with 25k followers or more (#37302)

2026-04-24 15:18:46 -05:00 · 2025-12-18 15:42:47 +01:00 · 2025-12-18 15:42:47 +01:00 · 2a7e5fb3f7
commit 2a7e5fb3f7
parent 8bc0170c02
1 changed files with 6 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/app/workers/activitypub/distribution_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/activitypub/distribution_worker.rb
@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true

 class ActivityPub::DistributionWorker < ActivityPub::RawDistributionWorker
+  # Skip followers synchronization for accounts with a large number of followers,
+  # as this is expensive and people with very large amounts of followers
+  # necessarily have less control over them to begin with
+  MAX_FOLLOWERS_FOR_SYNCHRONIZATION = 25_000
+
  # Distribute a new status or an edit of a status to all the places
  # where the status is supposed to go or where it was interacted with
  def perform(status_id)
@ -27,6 +32,6 @@ class ActivityPub::DistributionWorker < ActivityPub::RawDistributionWorker
  end

  def options
-    { 'synchronize_followers' => @status.private_visibility? }
+    { 'synchronize_followers' => @status.private_visibility? && @account.followers_count < MAX_FOLLOWERS_FOR_SYNCHRONIZATION }
  end
 end