Keep track of deleted users and return 410 Gone for them.

activitypub.c

@@ -3660,8 +3660,9 @@ int activitypub_get_handler(const xs_dict *req, const char *q_path,
     uid = xs_list_get(l, 1);
     if (!user_open(&snac, uid)) {
         /* invalid user */
-        srv_debug(1, xs_fmt("activitypub_get_handler bad user %s", uid));
-        return HTTP_STATUS_NOT_FOUND;
+        status = grave(uid, 0) ? HTTP_STATUS_GONE : HTTP_STATUS_NOT_FOUND;
+        srv_debug(1, xs_fmt("activitypub_get_handler bad user %s %d", uid, status));
+        return status;
     }
 
     p_path = xs_list_get(l, 2);
@@ -3854,8 +3855,9 @@ int activitypub_post_handler(const xs_dict *req, const char *q_path,
     const char *uid = xs_list_get(l, 1);
     if (!user_open(&snac, uid)) {
         /* invalid user */
-        srv_debug(1, xs_fmt("activitypub_post_handler bad user %s", uid));
-        return HTTP_STATUS_NOT_FOUND;
+        status = grave(uid, 0) ? HTTP_STATUS_GONE : HTTP_STATUS_NOT_FOUND;
+        srv_debug(1, xs_fmt("activitypub_post_handler bad user %s %d", uid, status));
+        return status;
     }
 
     /* if it has a digest, check it now, because

data.c

@@ -3137,6 +3137,35 @@ int instance_failure(const char *url, int op)
 }
 
 
+int grave(const char *objid, int op)
+/* the graveyeard of deleted objects */
+{
+    int ret = 0;
+    xs *dir = xs_fmt("%s/grave", srv_basedir);
+    xs *md5 = xs_md5_hex(objid, strlen(objid));
+    xs *fn  = xs_fmt("%s/%s", dir, md5);
+    FILE *f;
+
+    switch (op) {
+    case 0: /** check **/
+        ret = mtime(fn) > 0.0 ? 1 : 0;
+        break;
+
+    case 1: /** add **/
+        mkdirx(dir);
+
+        if ((f = fopen(fn, "w")) != NULL) {
+            fprintf(f, "%s\n", objid);
+            fclose(f);
+        }
+
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
 /** notifications **/
 
 xs_str *notify_check_time(snac *snac, int reset)

html.c

@@ -3830,8 +3830,9 @@ int html_get_handler(const xs_dict *req, const char *q_path,
 
     if (!uid || !user_open(&snac, uid)) {
         /* invalid user */
-        srv_debug(1, xs_fmt("html_get_handler bad user %s", uid));
-        return HTTP_STATUS_NOT_FOUND;
+        status = grave(uid, 0) ? HTTP_STATUS_GONE : HTTP_STATUS_NOT_FOUND;
+        srv_debug(1, xs_fmt("html_get_handler bad user %s %d", uid, status));
+        return status;
     }
 
     user = &snac; /* for L() */

httpd.c

@@ -598,6 +598,9 @@ void httpd_connection(FILE *f)
     if (status == HTTP_STATUS_NOT_FOUND)
         body = xs_str_new("<h1>404 Not Found (" USER_AGENT ")</h1>");
 
+    if (status == HTTP_STATUS_GONE)
+        body = xs_str_new("<h1>410 Gone (" USER_AGENT ")</h1>");
+
     if (status == HTTP_STATUS_BAD_REQUEST && body != NULL)
         body = xs_str_new("<h1>400 Bad Request (" USER_AGENT ")</h1>");
 

snac.h

@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ xs_list *content_search(snac *user, const char *regex,
 int actor_failure(const char *actor, int op);
 int instance_failure(const char *url, int op);
 
+int grave(const char *objid, int op);
+
 void enqueue_input(snac *snac, const xs_dict *msg, const xs_dict *req, int retries);
 void enqueue_shared_input(const xs_dict *msg, const xs_dict *req, int retries);
 void enqueue_output_raw(const char *keyid, const char *seckey,

utils.c

@@ -454,6 +454,8 @@ int deluser(snac *user)
         }
     }
 
+    grave(user->uid, 1);
+
     rm_rf(user->basedir);
 
     return ret;