# Links in ActivityPub posts are broken

**URL:** <https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/links-in-activitypub-posts-are-broken/5129>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [December 14, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/links-in-activitypub-posts-are-broken/5129 "2023-12-14T16:07:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![erb74](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/user_avatar/discuss.avogadro.cc/erb74/32/356_2.png) [@erb74](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/u/erb74)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/links-in-activitypub-posts-are-broken/5129/1 "2023-12-14T16:07:56Z")

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This seems recent, I think it worked a week or two ago. The “Discuss this on our forum” links point to seemingly random nonexistent locations. Maybe this is just a problem in Ivory, since trying to “link to post” does in fact go to the right place:

 ![IMG_1171](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/uploads/default/original/2X/4/49b378cdac484a68442420efaa53d0cce375678c.jpeg)  
The reference to the CML citation here does work.

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**Author:** ![ghutchis](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/user_avatar/discuss.avogadro.cc/ghutchis/32/456_2.png) [@ghutchis](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/u/ghutchis)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/links-in-activitypub-posts-are-broken/5129/2 "2023-12-14T16:27:31Z")

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Do you think it just got cropped since the “Discuss” link is right near the CML link?

Do you see this on other ActivityPub posts?

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**Author:** ![erb74](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/user_avatar/discuss.avogadro.cc/erb74/32/356_2.png) [@erb74](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/u/erb74)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/links-in-activitypub-posts-are-broken/5129/3 "2023-12-15T16:01:46Z")

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Yes. This link is bad ([https://github.com/OpenChe…\<br\>\<br\>\<a%2520href=](https://github.com/OpenChe%E2%80%A6%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3E%3Ca%2520href=)) from

 ![IMG_1175](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f63ce408278c704c48033dd742b13831fe6af26f.jpeg)

I checked it in Ice Cubes and the web UI, all have the same problem. ActivityPub must be mangling it.

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**Author:** ![ghutchis](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/user_avatar/discuss.avogadro.cc/ghutchis/32/456_2.png) [@ghutchis](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/u/ghutchis)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/links-in-activitypub-posts-are-broken/5129/4 "2023-12-15T17:02:41Z")

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I reported it to the Discourse ActivityPub plugin. Unfortunately, I’m not super-conversant in Ruby, so it would take a bit to find the bug.

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**Author:** ![erb74](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/user_avatar/discuss.avogadro.cc/erb74/32/356_2.png) [@erb74](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/u/erb74)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/links-in-activitypub-posts-are-broken/5129/5 "2024-02-09T19:12:30Z")

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This no longer seems to be a problem:

 ![IMG_1715](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/uploads/default/original/2X/a/ab96899cffe7d14ea5d5da71fc8eb563b4f8cb34.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_1716](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/uploads/default/original/2X/e/eefe96a0a73b600067775f7ffbb6218285176850.jpeg)  
And the link is correct: [Windows & OpenSSL - Testing Needed](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/windows-openssl-testing-needed/5270/1)

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**Author:** ![ghutchis](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/user_avatar/discuss.avogadro.cc/ghutchis/32/456_2.png) [@ghutchis](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/u/ghutchis)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://discuss.avogadro.cc/t/links-in-activitypub-posts-are-broken/5129/6 "2024-02-09T19:41:56Z")

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We’ve definitely been keeping the Discourse updated. I didn’t see a specific mention of the bug fix, but they noted the problem when I reported it.

Thanks!