[bugfix] update thread iterators to not use recursion (#851)

* update thread iterators to not use recursion, rewrote both

Signed-off-by: kim <grufwub@gmail.com>

* fix endless descendant deref, don't error if fetching existing status

Signed-off-by: kim <grufwub@gmail.com>

* don't refetch remote ancestor statuses, improve descendant iter commenting

Signed-off-by: kim <grufwub@gmail.com>

* move collection page next logic so we capture first page of entities

Signed-off-by: kim <grufwub@gmail.com>

* improve log format argument quoting

Signed-off-by: kim <grufwub@gmail.com>

* improve code commenting of collection paging

Signed-off-by: kim <grufwub@gmail.com>

* only dereference announce's originating status if _not_ local. update DereferenceThread() signature. cleanup searchStatusByURI()

Signed-off-by: kim <grufwub@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: kim <grufwub@gmail.com>

internal/federation/dereference.go

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ func (f *federator) EnrichRemoteStatus(ctx context.Context, username string, sta
 	return f.dereferencer.EnrichRemoteStatus(ctx, username, status, includeParent)
 }
 
-func (f *federator) DereferenceRemoteThread(ctx context.Context, username string, statusIRI *url.URL) error {
-	return f.dereferencer.DereferenceThread(ctx, username, statusIRI)
+func (f *federator) DereferenceRemoteThread(ctx context.Context, username string, statusIRI *url.URL, status *gtsmodel.Status, statusable ap.Statusable) {
+	f.dereferencer.DereferenceThread(ctx, username, statusIRI, status, statusable)
 }
 
 func (f *federator) GetRemoteInstance(ctx context.Context, username string, remoteInstanceURI *url.URL) (*gtsmodel.Instance, error) {

internal/federation/dereferencing/announce.go

@@ -24,33 +24,52 @@
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/config"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 )
 
 func (d *deref) DereferenceAnnounce(ctx context.Context, announce *gtsmodel.Status, requestingUsername string) error {
-	if announce.BoostOf == nil || announce.BoostOf.URI == "" {
+	if announce.BoostOf == nil {
 		// we can't do anything unfortunately
 		return errors.New("DereferenceAnnounce: no URI to dereference")
 	}
 
-	boostedStatusURI, err := url.Parse(announce.BoostOf.URI)
+	// Parse the boosted status' URI
+	boostedURI, err := url.Parse(announce.BoostOf.URI)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("DereferenceAnnounce: couldn't parse boosted status URI %s: %s", announce.BoostOf.URI, err)
 	}
-	if blocked, err := d.db.IsDomainBlocked(ctx, boostedStatusURI.Host); blocked || err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("DereferenceAnnounce: domain %s is blocked", boostedStatusURI.Host)
+
+	// Check whether the originating status is from a blocked host
+	if blocked, err := d.db.IsDomainBlocked(ctx, boostedURI.Host); blocked || err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("DereferenceAnnounce: domain %s is blocked", boostedURI.Host)
 	}
 
-	// dereference statuses in the thread of the boosted status
-	if err := d.DereferenceThread(ctx, requestingUsername, boostedStatusURI); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("DereferenceAnnounce: error dereferencing thread of boosted status: %s", err)
+	var boostedStatus *gtsmodel.Status
+
+	if boostedURI.Host == config.GetHost() {
+		// This is a local status, fetch from the database
+		status, err := d.db.GetStatusByURI(ctx, boostedURI.String())
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("DereferenceAnnounce: error fetching local status %q: %v", announce.BoostOf.URI, err)
 		}
 
-	boostedStatus, _, err := d.GetRemoteStatus(ctx, requestingUsername, boostedStatusURI, false, true)
+		// Set boosted status
+		boostedStatus = status
+	} else {
+		// This is a boost of a remote status, we need to dereference it.
+		status, statusable, err := d.GetRemoteStatus(ctx, requestingUsername, boostedURI, true, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("DereferenceAnnounce: error dereferencing remote status with id %s: %s", announce.BoostOf.URI, err)
 		}
 
+		// Dereference all statuses in the thread of the boosted status
+		d.DereferenceThread(ctx, requestingUsername, boostedURI, status, statusable)
+
+		// Set boosted status
+		boostedStatus = status
+	}
+
 	announce.Content = boostedStatus.Content
 	announce.ContentWarning = boostedStatus.ContentWarning
 	announce.ActivityStreamsType = boostedStatus.ActivityStreamsType
@@ -65,5 +84,6 @@ func (d *deref) DereferenceAnnounce(ctx context.Context, announce *gtsmodel.Stat
 	announce.Replyable = boostedStatus.Replyable
 	announce.Likeable = boostedStatus.Likeable
 	announce.BoostOf = boostedStatus
+
 	return nil
 }

internal/federation/dereferencing/dereferencer.go

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ type Dereferencer interface {
 	GetRemoteEmoji(ctx context.Context, requestingUsername string, remoteURL string, shortcode string, id string, emojiURI string, ai *media.AdditionalEmojiInfo) (*media.ProcessingEmoji, error)
 
 	DereferenceAnnounce(ctx context.Context, announce *gtsmodel.Status, requestingUsername string) error
-	DereferenceThread(ctx context.Context, username string, statusIRI *url.URL) error
+	DereferenceThread(ctx context.Context, username string, statusIRI *url.URL, status *gtsmodel.Status, statusable ap.Statusable)
 
 	Handshaking(ctx context.Context, username string, remoteAccountID *url.URL) bool
 }

internal/federation/dereferencing/status.go

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (d *deref) GetRemoteStatus(ctx context.Context, username string, remoteStat
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("GetRemoteStatus: error populating status fields: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	if err := d.db.PutStatus(ctx, gtsStatus); err != nil {
+	if err := d.db.PutStatus(ctx, gtsStatus); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, db.ErrAlreadyExists) {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("GetRemoteStatus: error putting new status: %s", err)
 	}
 
@@ -441,7 +441,6 @@ func (d *deref) populateStatusEmojis(ctx context.Context, status *gtsmodel.Statu
 				Disabled:             e.Disabled,
 				VisibleInPicker:      e.VisibleInPicker,
 			})
-
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Errorf("populateStatusEmojis: couldn't get remote emoji %s: %s", e.URI, err)
 				continue

internal/federation/dereferencing/thread.go

@@ -24,218 +24,287 @@
 	"net/url"
 
 	"codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/activity/streams/vocab"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/ap"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/config"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/log"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/uris"
 )
 
+// maxIter defines how many iterations of descendants or
+// ancesters we are willing to follow before returning error.
+const maxIter = 1000
+
 // DereferenceThread takes a statusable (something that has withReplies and withInReplyTo),
 // and dereferences statusables in the conversation.
 //
 // This process involves working up and down the chain of replies, and parsing through the collections of IDs
 // presented by remote instances as part of their replies collections, and will likely involve making several calls to
 // multiple different hosts.
-func (d *deref) DereferenceThread(ctx context.Context, username string, statusIRI *url.URL) error {
+//
+// This does not return error, as for robustness we do not want to error-out on a status because another further up / down has issues.
+func (d *deref) DereferenceThread(ctx context.Context, username string, statusIRI *url.URL, status *gtsmodel.Status, statusable ap.Statusable) {
 	l := log.WithFields(kv.Fields{
-
 		{"username", username},
-		{"statusIRI", statusIRI},
+		{"statusIRI", status.URI},
 	}...)
-	l.Trace("entering DereferenceThread")
 
-	// if it's our status we already have everything stashed so we can bail early
-	if statusIRI.Host == config.GetHost() {
-		l.Trace("iri belongs to us, bailing")
-		return nil
+	// Log function start
+	l.Trace("beginning")
+
+	// Ensure that ancestors have been fully dereferenced
+	if err := d.dereferenceStatusAncestors(ctx, username, status); err != nil {
+		l.Errorf("error dereferencing status ancestors: %v", err)
+		// we don't return error, we have deref'd as much as we can
 	}
 
-	// first make sure we have this status in our db
-	_, statusable, err := d.GetRemoteStatus(ctx, username, statusIRI, true, false)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("DereferenceThread: error getting initial status with id %s: %s", statusIRI.String(), err)
+	// Ensure that descendants have been fully dereferenced
+	if err := d.dereferenceStatusDescendants(ctx, username, statusIRI, statusable); err != nil {
+		l.Errorf("error dereferencing status descendants: %v", err)
+		// we don't return error, we have deref'd as much as we can
 	}
-
-	// first iterate up through ancestors, dereferencing if necessary as we go
-	if err := d.iterateAncestors(ctx, username, *statusIRI); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error iterating ancestors of status %s: %s", statusIRI.String(), err)
-	}
-
-	// now iterate down through descendants, again dereferencing as we go
-	if err := d.iterateDescendants(ctx, username, *statusIRI, statusable); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error iterating descendants of status %s: %s", statusIRI.String(), err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
 }
 
-// iterateAncestors has the goal of reaching the oldest ancestor of a given status, and stashing all statuses along the way.
-func (d *deref) iterateAncestors(ctx context.Context, username string, statusIRI url.URL) error {
+// dereferenceAncestors has the goal of reaching the oldest ancestor of a given status, and stashing all statuses along the way.
+func (d *deref) dereferenceStatusAncestors(ctx context.Context, username string, status *gtsmodel.Status) error {
+	// Take ref to original
+	ogIRI := status.URI
+
+	// Start log entry with fields
 	l := log.WithFields(kv.Fields{
-
 		{"username", username},
-		{"statusIRI", statusIRI},
+		{"statusIRI", ogIRI},
 	}...)
-	l.Trace("entering iterateAncestors")
 
-	// if it's our status we don't need to dereference anything so we can immediately move up the chain
-	if statusIRI.Host == config.GetHost() {
-		l.Trace("iri belongs to us, moving up to next ancestor")
-
-		// since this is our status, we know we can extract the id from the status path
-		_, id, err := uris.ParseStatusesPath(&statusIRI)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		status, err := d.db.GetStatusByID(ctx, id)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	// Log function start
+	l.Trace("beginning")
 
+	for i := 0; i < maxIter; i++ {
 		if status.InReplyToURI == "" {
 			// status doesn't reply to anything
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		nextIRI, err := url.Parse(status.URI)
+		// Parse this status's replied IRI
+		replyIRI, err := url.Parse(status.InReplyToURI)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid status InReplyToURI %q: %w", status.InReplyToURI, err)
 		}
 
-		return d.iterateAncestors(ctx, username, *nextIRI)
-	}
+		if replyIRI.Host == config.GetHost() {
+			l.Tracef("following local status ancestors: %s", status.InReplyToURI)
 
-	// If we reach here, we're looking at a remote status
-	_, statusable, err := d.GetRemoteStatus(ctx, username, &statusIRI, true, false)
+			// This is our status, extract ID from path
+			_, id, err := uris.ParseStatusesPath(replyIRI)
 			if err != nil {
-		l.Debugf("couldn't get remote status %s: %s; can't iterate any more ancestors", statusIRI.String(), err)
-		return nil
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid local status IRI %q: %w", status.InReplyToURI, err)
 			}
 
-	inReplyTo := ap.ExtractInReplyToURI(statusable)
-	if inReplyTo == nil || inReplyTo.String() == "" {
-		// status doesn't reply to anything
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	// now move up to the next ancestor
-	return d.iterateAncestors(ctx, username, *inReplyTo)
-}
-
-func (d *deref) iterateDescendants(ctx context.Context, username string, statusIRI url.URL, statusable ap.Statusable) error {
-	l := log.WithFields(kv.Fields{
-
-		{"username", username},
-		{"statusIRI", statusIRI},
-	}...)
-	l.Trace("entering iterateDescendants")
-
-	// if it's our status we already have descendants stashed so we can bail early
-	if statusIRI.Host == config.GetHost() {
-		l.Trace("iri belongs to us, bailing")
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	replies := statusable.GetActivityStreamsReplies()
-	if replies == nil || !replies.IsActivityStreamsCollection() {
-		l.Trace("no replies, bailing")
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	repliesCollection := replies.GetActivityStreamsCollection()
-	if repliesCollection == nil {
-		l.Trace("replies collection is nil, bailing")
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	first := repliesCollection.GetActivityStreamsFirst()
-	if first == nil {
-		l.Trace("replies collection has no first, bailing")
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	firstPage := first.GetActivityStreamsCollectionPage()
-	if firstPage == nil {
-		l.Trace("first has no collection page, bailing")
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	firstPageNext := firstPage.GetActivityStreamsNext()
-	if firstPageNext == nil || !firstPageNext.IsIRI() {
-		l.Trace("next is not an iri, bailing")
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	var foundReplies int
-	currentPageIRI := firstPageNext.GetIRI()
-
-pageLoop:
-	for {
-		l.Tracef("dereferencing page %s", currentPageIRI)
-		collectionPage, err := d.DereferenceCollectionPage(ctx, username, currentPageIRI)
+			// Fetch this status from the database
+			localStatus, err := d.db.GetStatusByID(ctx, id)
 			if err != nil {
-			l.Debugf("couldn't get remote collection page %s: %s; breaking pageLoop", currentPageIRI, err)
-			break pageLoop
+				return fmt.Errorf("error fetching local status %q: %w", id, err)
 			}
 
-		pageItems := collectionPage.GetActivityStreamsItems()
-		if pageItems.Len() == 0 {
-			// no items on this page, which means we're done
-			break pageLoop
-		}
+			// Set the fetched status
+			status = localStatus
 
-		// have a look through items and see what we can find
-		for iter := pageItems.Begin(); iter != pageItems.End(); iter = iter.Next() {
-			// We're looking for a url to feed to GetRemoteStatus.
-			// Each item can be either an IRI, or a Note.
-			// If a note, we grab the ID from it and call it, rather than parsing the note.
-			var itemURI *url.URL
-			switch {
-			case iter.IsIRI():
-				// iri, easy
-				itemURI = iter.GetIRI()
-			case iter.IsActivityStreamsNote():
-				// note, get the id from it to use as iri
-				note := iter.GetActivityStreamsNote()
-				noteID := note.GetJSONLDId()
-				if noteID != nil && noteID.IsIRI() {
-					itemURI = noteID.GetIRI()
-				}
-			default:
-				// if it's not an iri or a note, we don't know how to process it
-				continue
-			}
-
-			if itemURI.Host == config.GetHost() {
-				// skip if the reply is from us -- we already have it then
-				continue
-			}
-
-			// we can confidently say now that we found something
-			foundReplies++
-
-			// get the remote statusable and put it in the db
-			_, statusable, err := d.GetRemoteStatus(ctx, username, itemURI, true, false)
-			if err == nil {
-				// now iterate descendants of *that* status
-				if err := d.iterateDescendants(ctx, username, *itemURI, statusable); err != nil {
-					continue
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		nextPage := collectionPage.GetActivityStreamsNext()
-		if nextPage != nil && nextPage.IsIRI() {
-			nextPageIRI := nextPage.GetIRI()
-			l.Tracef("moving on to next page %s", nextPageIRI)
-			currentPageIRI = nextPageIRI
 		} else {
-			l.Trace("no next page, bailing")
-			break pageLoop
+			l.Tracef("following remote status ancestors: %s", status.InReplyToURI)
+
+			// Fetch the remote status found at this IRI
+			remoteStatus, _, err := d.GetRemoteStatus(ctx, username, replyIRI, false, false)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error fetching remote status %q: %w", status.InReplyToURI, err)
+			}
+
+			// Set the fetched status
+			status = remoteStatus
 		}
 	}
 
-	l.Debugf("foundReplies %d", foundReplies)
-	return nil
+	return fmt.Errorf("reached %d ancestor iterations for %q", maxIter, ogIRI)
+}
+
+func (d *deref) dereferenceStatusDescendants(ctx context.Context, username string, statusIRI *url.URL, parent ap.Statusable) error {
+	// Take ref to original
+	ogIRI := statusIRI
+
+	// Start log entry with fields
+	l := log.WithFields(kv.Fields{
+		{"username", username},
+		{"statusIRI", ogIRI},
+	}...)
+
+	// Log function start
+	l.Trace("beginning")
+
+	// frame represents a single stack frame when iteratively
+	// dereferencing status descendants. where statusIRI and
+	// statusable are of the status whose children we are to
+	// descend, page is the current activity streams collection
+	// page of entities we are on (as we often push a frame to
+	// stack mid-paging), and item___ are entity iterators for
+	// this activity streams collection page.
+	type frame struct {
+		statusIRI  *url.URL
+		statusable ap.Statusable
+		page       ap.CollectionPageable
+		itemIter   vocab.ActivityStreamsItemsPropertyIterator
+		iterLen    int
+		iterIdx    int
+	}
+
+	var (
+		// current is the current stack frame
+		current *frame
+
+		// stack is a list of "shelved" descendand iterator
+		// frames. this is pushed to when a child status frame
+		// is found that we need to further iterate down, and
+		// popped from into 'current' when that child's tree
+		// of further descendants is exhausted.
+		stack = []*frame{
+			{
+				// Starting input is first frame
+				statusIRI:  statusIRI,
+				statusable: parent,
+			},
+		}
+
+		// popStack will remove and return the top frame
+		// from the stack, or nil if currently empty.
+		popStack = func() *frame {
+			if len(stack) == 0 {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			// Get frame index
+			idx := len(stack) - 1
+
+			// Pop last frame
+			frame := stack[idx]
+			stack = stack[:idx]
+
+			return frame
+		}
+	)
+
+stackLoop:
+	for i := 0; i < maxIter; i++ {
+		// Pop next frame, nil means we are at end
+		if current = popStack(); current == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		if current.page == nil {
+			// This is a local status, no looping to do
+			if current.statusIRI.Host == config.GetHost() {
+				continue stackLoop
+			}
+
+			l.Tracef("following remote status descendants: %s", current.statusIRI)
+
+			// Look for an attached status replies (as collection)
+			replies := current.statusable.GetActivityStreamsReplies()
+			if replies == nil || !replies.IsActivityStreamsCollection() {
+				continue stackLoop
+			}
+
+			// Get the status replies collection
+			collection := replies.GetActivityStreamsCollection()
+
+			// Get the "first" property of the replies collection
+			first := collection.GetActivityStreamsFirst()
+			if first == nil || !first.IsActivityStreamsCollectionPage() {
+				continue stackLoop
+			}
+
+			// Set the first activity stream collection page
+			current.page = first.GetActivityStreamsCollectionPage()
+		}
+
+		for /* page loop */ {
+			if current.itemIter == nil {
+				// Check this page contains any items...
+				items := current.page.GetActivityStreamsItems()
+				if current.iterLen = items.Len(); current.iterLen == 0 {
+					continue stackLoop
+				}
+
+				// Start off the item iterator
+				current.itemIter = items.Begin()
+				current.iterIdx = -1
+			}
+
+		itemLoop:
+			for current.iterIdx++; current.iterIdx < current.iterLen; current.iterIdx++ {
+				var itemIRI *url.URL
+
+				// Get next item iterator object
+				current.itemIter = current.itemIter.Next()
+
+				switch {
+				// Item is already an IRI
+				case current.itemIter.IsIRI():
+					itemIRI = current.itemIter.GetIRI()
+
+				// Item is a note, get the note ID IRI
+				case current.itemIter.IsActivityStreamsNote():
+					note := current.itemIter.GetActivityStreamsNote()
+					if id := note.GetJSONLDId(); id != nil && id.IsIRI() {
+						itemIRI = id.GetIRI()
+					}
+				}
+
+				if itemIRI == nil {
+					// Unusable iter object
+					continue itemLoop
+				}
+
+				if itemIRI.Host == config.GetHost() {
+					// This child is one of ours,
+					continue itemLoop
+				}
+
+				// Dereference the remote status and store in the database
+				_, statusable, err := d.GetRemoteStatus(ctx, username, itemIRI, true, false)
+				if err != nil {
+					l.Errorf("error dereferencing remote status %q: %s", itemIRI.String(), err)
+					continue itemLoop
+				}
+
+				// Put current and next frame at top of stack
+				stack = append(stack, current, &frame{
+					statusIRI:  itemIRI,
+					statusable: statusable,
+				})
+			}
+
+			// Item iterator is done
+			current.itemIter = nil
+
+			// Get the current page's "next" property
+			pageNext := current.page.GetActivityStreamsNext()
+			if pageNext == nil || !pageNext.IsIRI() {
+				continue stackLoop
+			}
+
+			// Get the "next" page property IRI
+			pageNextIRI := pageNext.GetIRI()
+
+			// Dereference this next collection page by its IRI
+			collectionPage, err := d.DereferenceCollectionPage(ctx, username, pageNextIRI)
+			if err != nil {
+				l.Errorf("error dereferencing remote collection page %q: %s", pageNextIRI.String(), err)
+				continue stackLoop
+			}
+
+			// Set the updated collection page
+			current.page = collectionPage
+		}
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("reached %d descendant iterations for %q", maxIter, ogIRI.String())
 }

internal/federation/federator.go

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ type Federator interface {
 	// If something goes wrong during authentication, nil, false, and an error will be returned.
 	AuthenticateFederatedRequest(ctx context.Context, username string) (*url.URL, gtserror.WithCode)
 
-	DereferenceRemoteThread(ctx context.Context, username string, statusURI *url.URL) error
+	DereferenceRemoteThread(ctx context.Context, username string, statusURI *url.URL, status *gtsmodel.Status, statusable ap.Statusable)
 	DereferenceAnnounce(ctx context.Context, announce *gtsmodel.Status, requestingUsername string) error
 
 	GetRemoteAccount(ctx context.Context, params dereferencing.GetRemoteAccountParams) (*gtsmodel.Account, error)

internal/processing/search.go

@@ -140,28 +140,36 @@ func (p *processor) SearchGet(ctx context.Context, authed *oauth.Auth, search *a
 }
 
 func (p *processor) searchStatusByURI(ctx context.Context, authed *oauth.Auth, uri *url.URL, resolve bool) (*gtsmodel.Status, error) {
-	l := log.WithFields(kv.Fields{
-		{"uri", uri.String()},
-		{"resolve", resolve},
-	}...)
+	// Calculate URI string once
+	uriStr := uri.String()
 
-	if maybeStatus, err := p.db.GetStatusByURI(ctx, uri.String()); err == nil {
-		return maybeStatus, nil
-	} else if maybeStatus, err := p.db.GetStatusByURL(ctx, uri.String()); err == nil {
-		return maybeStatus, nil
-	}
-
-	// we don't have it locally so dereference it if we're allowed to
-	if resolve {
-		status, _, err := p.federator.GetRemoteStatus(ctx, authed.Account.Username, uri, false, true)
-		if err == nil {
-			if err := p.federator.DereferenceRemoteThread(ctx, authed.Account.Username, uri); err != nil {
-				// try to deref the thread while we're here
-				l.Debugf("searchStatusByURI: error dereferencing remote thread: %s", err)
-			}
+	// Look for status locally (by URI), we only accept "not found" errors.
+	status, err := p.db.GetStatusByURI(ctx, uriStr)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, db.ErrNoEntries) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("searchStatusByURI: error fetching status %q: %v", uriStr, err)
+	} else if err == nil {
 		return status, nil
 	}
+
+	// Again, look for status locally (by URL), we only accept "not found" errors.
+	status, err = p.db.GetStatusByURL(ctx, uriStr)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, db.ErrNoEntries) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("searchStatusByURI: error fetching status %q: %v", uriStr, err)
+	} else if err == nil {
+		return status, nil
 	}
+
+	if resolve {
+		// This is a non-local status and we're allowed to resolve, so dereference it
+		status, statusable, err := p.federator.GetRemoteStatus(ctx, authed.Account.Username, uri, true, true)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("searchStatusByURI: error fetching remote status %q: %v", uriStr, err)
+		}
+
+		// Attempt to dereference the status thread while we are here
+		p.federator.DereferenceRemoteThread(ctx, authed.Account.Username, uri, status, statusable)
+	}
+
 	return nil, nil
 }