From 0df06f6d328b66a023a2c23d42a5ce8c092ede0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: giles <giles.bradshaw@sigyl.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:46:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix actor links: followers link to their remote profile

Following links to local actor timeline (cached posts), followers
link to their profile on their own instance to avoid 404s.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 templates/federation/_actor_list_items.html | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/templates/federation/_actor_list_items.html b/templates/federation/_actor_list_items.html
index b294721..bbe445b 100644
--- a/templates/federation/_actor_list_items.html
+++ b/templates/federation/_actor_list_items.html
@@ -9,9 +9,15 @@
     {% endif %}
 
     <div class="flex-1 min-w-0">
-      <a href="{{ url_for('social.actor_timeline', id=a.id) }}" class="font-semibold text-stone-900 hover:underline">
-        {{ a.display_name or a.preferred_username }}
-      </a>
+      {% if list_type == "following" and a.id %}
+        <a href="{{ url_for('social.actor_timeline', id=a.id) }}" class="font-semibold text-stone-900 hover:underline">
+          {{ a.display_name or a.preferred_username }}
+        </a>
+      {% else %}
+        <a href="{{ a.actor_url }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="font-semibold text-stone-900 hover:underline">
+          {{ a.display_name or a.preferred_username }}
+        </a>
+      {% endif %}
       <div class="text-sm text-stone-500">@{{ a.preferred_username }}@{{ a.domain }}</div>
       {% if a.summary %}
         <div class="text-sm text-stone-600 mt-1 truncate">{{ a.summary | striptags }}</div>