#ActivityPub question - is it OK to run pruning of dead inboxes (target nodes for delivery) after grace period of e.g. 7 days when transport failures (timeout, SSL, DNS, redirect loop, unresolvable host), 400, 404, 410, all 5xx occur repeatedly)?
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@dusoft It is OK to prune but I think the period of 7 days is too short. The server admin might be on a vacation.
@dusoft It is OK to prune but I think the period of 7 days is too short. The server admin might be on a vacation.
@dusoft@fosstodon.org I don't think there is consensus on this particular point. Each implementation does their own handling.
e.g. Lemmy will queue messages for delivery forever (probably), but will place your instance on a "do not deliver" list for some time if delivery failures reach a certain threshold.
NodeBB's is more naive, it will try delivering per an exponential backoff forever, too.
