New debug modes for AP/RSS publishing.

server/lib/debug.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ interface DebugContent {
   logRotateEvery?: number
   remoteServerInfosMaxAge?: number
   prosodyDebuggerOptions?: ProsodyDebuggerOptions
+  alwaysPublishXMPPRoom?: boolean
+  enablePodcastChatTagForNonLive?: boolean
 }
 
 type DebugNumericValue = 'renewCertCheckInterval'
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ type DebugNumericValue = 'renewCertCheckInterval'
 | 'logRotateCheckInterval'
 | 'remoteServerInfosMaxAge'
 
+type DebugBooleanValue = 'alwaysPublishXMPPRoom' | 'enablePodcastChatTagForNonLive'
+
 let debugContent: DebugContent | null | false = null
 function _readDebugFile (options: RegisterServerOptions): DebugContent | false {
   if (debugContent !== null) { return debugContent }
@@ -55,6 +59,8 @@ function _readDebugFile (options: RegisterServerOptions): DebugContent | false {
     debugContent.renewCertCheckInterval = _getNumericOptions(options, json, 'renew_cert_check_interval')
     debugContent.renewSelfSignedCertInterval = _getNumericOptions(options, json, 'renew_self_signed_cert_interval')
     debugContent.remoteServerInfosMaxAge = _getNumericOptions(options, json, 'remote_server_infos_max_age')
+    debugContent.alwaysPublishXMPPRoom = json.always_publish_xmpp_room === true
+    debugContent.enablePodcastChatTagForNonLive = json.enable_podcast_chat_tag_for_nonlive === true
   } catch (err) {
     logger.error('Failed to read the debug_mode file content:', err)
   }
@@ -100,11 +106,19 @@ function unloadDebugMode (): void {
 /**
  * Check if debug mode is enabled
  * @param options server options
+ * @param feature optional feature name.
+ *                Returns true only if the debug_mode file contains a key with that name, and that is true.
  * @returns true if debug mode enabled
  */
-function isDebugMode (options: RegisterServerOptions): boolean {
+function isDebugMode (options: RegisterServerOptions, feature?: DebugBooleanValue): boolean {
   const debugContent = _readDebugFile(options)
-  return !!debugContent
+  if (!debugContent) {
+    return false
+  }
+  if (!feature) {
+    return true
+  }
+  return debugContent[feature] === true
 }
 
 /**

server/lib/federation/outgoing.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { canonicalizePluginUri } from '../uri/canonicalize'
 import { getProsodyDomain } from '../prosody/config/domain'
 import { fillVideoCustomFields } from '../custom-fields'
 import { loc } from '../loc'
+import { isDebugMode } from '../debug'
 
 /**
  * This function adds LiveChat information on video ActivityPub data if relevant.
@@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ async function videoBuildJSONLD (
   // - prosody-room-allow-s2s
   // - prosody-s2s-port
   // For now, this can be tested reading serverInfos.directs2s
-  if (serverInfos.directs2s) {
+  // There is a debug_mode flag to always enable it.
+  if (!!serverInfos.directs2s || isDebugMode(options, 'alwaysPublishXMPPRoom')) {
     discussionLinks.push({
       type: 'Link',
       name: chatTitle,

server/lib/rss/init.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { videoHasWebchat } from '../../../shared/lib/video'
 import { fillVideoCustomFields } from '../custom-fields'
 import { getProsodyDomain } from '../prosody/config/domain'
 import { getPublicChatUri } from '../uri/webchat'
+import { isDebugMode } from '../debug'
 
 async function initRSS (options: RegisterServerOptions): Promise<void> {
   const logger = options.peertubeHelpers.logger
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ async function initRSS (options: RegisterServerOptions): Promise<void> {
     handler: async (
       result: CustomTag[], { video, liveItem }: { video: Video, liveItem: boolean }
     ): Promise<CustomTag[]> => {
-      if (!liveItem) {
+      if (!liveItem && !isDebugMode(options, 'enablePodcastChatTagForNonLive')) {
         // Note: the Podcast RSS feed specification does not handle chats for non-live.
         // So we just return here.
         return result
@@ -67,7 +68,11 @@ async function initRSS (options: RegisterServerOptions): Promise<void> {
       // In order to connect to the chat using standard xmpp, it requires these settings:
       // - prosody-room-allow-s2s
       // - prosody-s2s-port
-      if (settings['prosody-room-allow-s2s'] && settings['prosody-s2s-port']) {
+      // Or there is a special debug_mode option
+      if (
+        (settings['prosody-room-allow-s2s'] && settings['prosody-s2s-port']) ||
+        isDebugMode(options, 'alwaysPublishXMPPRoom')
+      ) {
         let roomJID: string
         if (settings['prosody-room-type'] === 'channel') {
           roomJID = `channel.${video.channel.id}@room.${prosodyDomain}`