From b892674a3f86df6491372b559a78a281c48c34cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?nicole=20miko=C5=82ajczyk?= <git@mkljczk.pl>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2025 20:14:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] pl-fe: Accept posts without accounts (terrible workaround)
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Signed-off-by: nicole mikołajczyk <git@mkljczk.pl>
---
 packages/pl-api/lib/entities/status.ts        |  5 +-
 packages/pl-fe/src/actions/importer.ts        | 19 +------
 .../pl-fe/src/components/quoted-status.tsx    | 18 ++++---
 packages/pl-fe/src/components/status.tsx      | 54 ++++++++++---------
 .../status/components/detailed-status.tsx     | 20 +++----
 packages/pl-fe/src/main.tsx                   |  1 +
 6 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/pl-api/lib/entities/status.ts b/packages/pl-api/lib/entities/status.ts
index f5985ea8a..071b223a4 100644
--- a/packages/pl-api/lib/entities/status.ts
+++ b/packages/pl-api/lib/entities/status.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ const baseStatusSchema = v.object({
   id: v.string(),
   uri: v.fallback(v.pipe(v.string(), v.url()), ''),
   created_at: v.fallback(datetimeSchema, new Date().toISOString()),
-  account: accountSchema,
+  account: v.pipe(v.unknown(), v.transform((account) => {
+    if ((window as any).__PL_API_FALLBACK_ACCOUNT && JSON.stringify(account) === '{}') return (window as any).__PL_API_FALLBACK_ACCOUNT;
+    return account;
+  }), accountSchema),
   content: v.fallback(v.pipe(v.string(), v.transform((note => note === '<p></p>' ? '' : note))), ''),
   visibility: v.fallback(v.string(), 'public'),
   sensitive: v.pipe(v.unknown(), v.transform(Boolean)),
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/actions/importer.ts b/packages/pl-fe/src/actions/importer.ts
index 944189815..391c708b5 100644
--- a/packages/pl-fe/src/actions/importer.ts
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/src/actions/importer.ts
@@ -10,23 +10,6 @@ const STATUS_IMPORT = 'STATUS_IMPORT' as const;
 const STATUSES_IMPORT = 'STATUSES_IMPORT' as const;
 const POLLS_IMPORT = 'POLLS_IMPORT' as const;
 
-// Sometimes Pleroma can return an empty account,
-// or a repost can appear of a deleted account. Skip these statuses.
-const isBroken = (status: BaseStatus) => {
-  try {
-    if (status.scheduled_at !== null) return true;
-    // Skip empty accounts
-    // https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox/-/issues/424
-    if (!status.account.id) return true;
-    // Skip broken reposts
-    // https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/rebased/-/issues/28
-    if (status.reblog && !status.reblog.account.id) return true;
-    return false;
-  } catch (e) {
-    return true;
-  }
-};
-
 const isEmpty = (object: Record<string, any>) => !Object.values(object).some(value => value);
 
 interface ImportStatusAction {
@@ -80,7 +63,7 @@ const importEntities = (entities: {
 
   const processStatus = (status: BaseStatus, withSelf = true) => {
     // Skip broken statuses
-    if (isBroken(status)) return;
+    if (status.scheduled_at !== null) return;
 
     if (withSelf) statuses[status.id] = status;
 
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/components/quoted-status.tsx b/packages/pl-fe/src/components/quoted-status.tsx
index 0edbed4e1..264b3cbcc 100644
--- a/packages/pl-fe/src/components/quoted-status.tsx
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/src/components/quoted-status.tsx
@@ -83,14 +83,16 @@ const QuotedStatus: React.FC<IQuotedStatus> = ({ status, onCancel, compose }) =>
         space={2}
         onClick={handleExpandClick}
       >
-        <AccountContainer
-          {...actions}
-          id={account.id}
-          timestamp={status.created_at}
-          withRelationship={false}
-          showAccountHoverCard={!compose}
-          withLinkToProfile={!compose}
-        />
+        {account.id && (
+          <AccountContainer
+            {...actions}
+            id={account.id}
+            timestamp={status.created_at}
+            withRelationship={false}
+            showAccountHoverCard={!compose}
+            withLinkToProfile={!compose}
+          />
+        )}
 
         <StatusReplyMentions status={status} hoverable={false} />
 
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/components/status.tsx b/packages/pl-fe/src/components/status.tsx
index 3564708b7..989dfac1f 100644
--- a/packages/pl-fe/src/components/status.tsx
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/src/components/status.tsx
@@ -382,33 +382,35 @@ const Status: React.FC<IStatus> = (props) => {
       >
         {statusInfo}
 
-        <div className='flex'>
-          <AccountContainer
-            key={actualStatus.account_id}
-            id={actualStatus.account_id}
-            action={
-              <div className='flex flex-row-reverse items-center gap-1 self-baseline'>
-                <Link to={statusUrl} className='hover:underline' onClick={(event) => event.stopPropagation()}>
-                  <RelativeTimestamp timestamp={actualStatus.created_at} theme='muted' size='sm' className='whitespace-nowrap' />
-                </Link>
-                <StatusTypeIcon visibility={actualStatus.visibility} />
-                <StatusLanguagePicker status={actualStatus} />
-                {!!actualStatus.edited_at && (
-                  <>
-                    <span className='⁂-separator' />
+        {actualStatus.account_id && (
+          <div className='flex'>
+            <AccountContainer
+              key={actualStatus.account_id}
+              id={actualStatus.account_id}
+              action={
+                <div className='flex flex-row-reverse items-center gap-1 self-baseline'>
+                  <Link to={statusUrl} className='hover:underline' onClick={(event) => event.stopPropagation()}>
+                    <RelativeTimestamp timestamp={actualStatus.created_at} theme='muted' size='sm' className='whitespace-nowrap' />
+                  </Link>
+                  <StatusTypeIcon visibility={actualStatus.visibility} />
+                  <StatusLanguagePicker status={actualStatus} />
+                  {!!actualStatus.edited_at && (
+                    <>
+                      <span className='⁂-separator' />
 
-                    <Icon className='size-4 text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-600' src={require('@phosphor-icons/core/regular/pencil-simple.svg')} />
-                  </>
-                )}
-              </div>
-            }
-            showAccountHoverCard={hoverable}
-            withLinkToProfile={hoverable}
-            approvalStatus={actualStatus.approval_status}
-            avatarSize={avatarSize}
-            actionAlignment='top'
-          />
-        </div>
+                      <Icon className='size-4 text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-600' src={require('@phosphor-icons/core/regular/pencil-simple.svg')} />
+                    </>
+                  )}
+                </div>
+              }
+              showAccountHoverCard={hoverable}
+              withLinkToProfile={hoverable}
+              approvalStatus={actualStatus.approval_status}
+              avatarSize={avatarSize}
+              actionAlignment='top'
+            />
+          </div>
+        )}
 
         <div className='status__content-wrapper'>
           <StatusReplyMentions status={actualStatus} hoverable={hoverable} />
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/features/status/components/detailed-status.tsx b/packages/pl-fe/src/features/status/components/detailed-status.tsx
index d86f180fe..c04b4eb6f 100644
--- a/packages/pl-fe/src/features/status/components/detailed-status.tsx
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/src/features/status/components/detailed-status.tsx
@@ -88,15 +88,17 @@ const DetailedStatus: React.FC<IDetailedStatus> = ({
       <div ref={node} className='detailed-actualStatus' tabIndex={-1}>
         {renderStatusInfo()}
 
-        <div className='mb-4'>
-          <Account
-            key={account.id}
-            account={account}
-            avatarSize={42}
-            hideActions
-            approvalStatus={actualStatus.approval_status}
-          />
-        </div>
+        {account.id && (
+          <div className='mb-4'>
+            <Account
+              key={account.id}
+              account={account}
+              avatarSize={42}
+              hideActions
+              approvalStatus={actualStatus.approval_status}
+            />
+          </div>
+        )}
 
         <StatusReplyMentions status={actualStatus} />
 
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/main.tsx b/packages/pl-fe/src/main.tsx
index 2b9c27e01..f380feae7 100644
--- a/packages/pl-fe/src/main.tsx
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/src/main.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /// <reference path="../node_modules/@types/dom-chromium-ai/index.d.ts" />
+(window as any).__PL_API_FALLBACK_ACCOUNT = { id: '', acct: 'undefined', url: location.host };
 
 import './polyfills';