Recent Friendica issue following NodeBB Activitypub groups (categories)

@Friendica Support

I noticed a problem that arose recently (no more than three or four months ago).

In practice, when I try to follow a NodeBB Activitypub group (citiverse.it instance) from Friendica (poliverso.org instance), Friendica doesn't recognize the group as an Activitypub actor and gives me this error message.

I'm experiencing this problem with both old and new groups.

For example, with the group @Bluesky, which is a few months old, at the link citiverse.it/category/55, it's recognized, but I can't join it. When I try to join, I get this error message.

Exception thrown in /var/www/friendica/src/Module/Contact/Profile.php:197
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/friendica/src/BaseModule.php(251): Friendica\Module\Contact\Profile->content()
#1 /var/www/friendica/src/App.php(595): Friendica\BaseModule->run()
#2 /var/www/friendica/src/App.php(190): Friendica\App->runFrontend()
#3 /var/www/friendica/index.php(22): Friendica\App->processRequest()
#4 {main}

With a newly created group, for example, the @wordpress@citiverse.it group at the link citiverse.it/category/231, I can't even capture it with the search function; and if I try to insert the link, it only captures the RSS actor.

What do you think the problem might be?

@Michael 🇺🇦 @julian

@Friendica Support

Site offline with 500 Internal Server Error after update from 2024.12 to 2026.01.

Hi there,
after succesfully updating the site several several times lately, trying to get it to run friendica stable the last update just got stuck.
Calling the site gives 500 error message.
In a first attempt to trouble shoot the situation I did the follwoing.
I stopped the cron job by quoting out the respective crontab -e line.
Than I tried to set the site into maintanence mode by using the description as detailed in forum.friendi.ca/help/admin/mi…:

bin/console maintenance 1 "We are currently upgrading our system and will be back soon."

SSH wrote:

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class "Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher" not found in/src/Event/EventDispatcher.php:19
Stack trace:
#0 /vendor/composer/ClassLoader.php(444): include()
#1 /vendor/composer/ClassLoader.php(322): Composer\Autoload\includeFile()
#2 [internal function]: Composer\Autoload\ClassLoader->loadClass()
#3 /vendor/level-2/dice/Dice.php(73): is_subclass_of()
#4 /vendor/level-2/dice/Dice.php(53): Dice\Dice->getRule()
#5 /vendor/level-2/dice/Dice.php(47): Dice\Dice->addRuleTo()
#6 /src/Core/DiceContainer.php(25): Dice\Dice->addRules()
#7 /bin/console.php(21): Friendica\Core\DiceContainer::fromBasePath()
#8 {main}
thrown in /src/Event/EventDispatcher.php on line 19

As update procedure I used the standard procedure:
git fetch
git checkout
Your branch is behind 'origin/stable' by 2025 commits, and can be fast-forwarded.
git pull
cd addon
git fetch
git checkout
Your branch is behind 'origin/stable' by 226 commits, and can be fast-forwarded.
git pull

Any idea what I can do to solve this?

friendica.log

2025-09-13T10:41:17Z app [ERROR]: Uncaught Exception ValueError: "DOMDocument::loadHTML(): Argument #1 ($source) must not be empty" at /content/web/friendica/src/Model/Item.php line 3558 {"exception":"ValueError: DOMDocument::loadHTML(): Argument #1 ($source) must not be empty in /content/web/friendica/src/Model/Item.php:3558\nStack trace:\n#0 /content/web/friendica/src/Model/Item.php(3558): DOMDocument->loadHTML()\n#1 /content/web/friendica/src/Model/Item.php(3481): Friendica\\Model\\Item::replacePlatformIcon()\n#2 /content/web/friendica/src/Object/Post.php(451): Friendica\\Model\\Item::prepareBody()\n#3 /content/web/friendica/src/Object/Thread.php(190): Friendica\\Object\\Post->getTemplateData()\n#4 /content/web/friendica/src/Content/Conversation.php(666): Friendica\\Object\\Thread->getTemplateData()\n#5 /content/web/friendica/src/Content/Conversation.php(569): Friendica\\Content\\Conversation->getThreadList()\n#6 /content/web/friendica/src/Module/Profile/Conversations.php(228): Friendica\\Content\\Conversation->render()\n#7 /content/web/friendica/src/Module/Profile/Index.php(79): Friendica\\Module\\Profile\\Conversations->content()\n#8 /content/web/friendica/src/BaseModule.php(236): Friendica\\Module\\Profile\\Index->content()\n#9 /content/web/friendica/src/App.php(668): Friendica\\BaseModule->run()\n#10 /content/web/friendica/index.php(32): Friendica\\App->runFrontend()\n#11 {main}"} - {"file":null,"line":null,"function":null,"request-id":"68c54a4ca1c51","stack":"ErrorHandler::handleException (114), ErrorHandler::Friendica\\Core\\Logger\\Handler\\{closure}","uid":"b9e0be","process_id":1453}

Hi !Friendica Support

I set up a Friendica server couple days ago. We have seen couple times a problem where an image attached to a post is visible only to the author of the post. This doesn't happen all the time or for all the images, but has happened to multiple users. If the image is shown broken once, it will stay broken. All the users are on the same server.

- As far as I know, this has happened only in private posts.
- Same person has posted both an image I can see and an image I can't see.
- As the author can see the image in the post, the data definitely is on the server and even accessible from the UI.
- Editing the post and re-adding the image didn't fix the problem.

The error message shown when trying to open a broken image is:

Not Found

The Photo with id 1181454791679d39a348725148987421 is not available.

#0 /var/www/html/src/BaseModule.php(230): Friendica\Module\Photo->rawContent()
#1 /var/www/html/src/Module/BaseApi.php(95): Friendica\BaseModule->run()
#2 /var/www/html/src/App.php(668): Friendica\Module\BaseApi->run()
#3 /var/www/html/index.php(32): Friendica\App->runFrontend()
#4 {main}

Request: 679debda529e1

Server info:
This is Friendica, version 2024.12 that is running at the web location capybara.community. The database version is 1576/1576, the post update version is 1550/1550.

Any ideas what could be wrong or how to continue debugging this?

(I'll be able to investigate this now for couple hours. After that I'll have to come back to this on Monday.)

!Friendica Support
I had my first-ever server crash of my-place.social. This is in syslog:

2024-11-18T21:34:49.022603-05:00 my-place php: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught mysqli_sql_exception: Too many connections in /var/www/html/src/Database/Database.php:201
2024-11-18T21:34:49.022822-05:00 my-place php: Stack trace:
2024-11-18T21:34:49.022855-05:00 my-place php: #0 /var/www/html/src/Database/Database.php(201): mysqli->__construct()
2024-11-18T21:34:49.022885-05:00 my-place php: #1 /var/www/html/src/Database/Database.php(106): Friendica\Database\Database->connect()
2024-11-18T21:34:49.022911-05:00 my-place php: #2 [internal function]: Friendica\Database\Database->__construct()
2024-11-18T21:34:49.022933-05:00 my-place php: #3 /var/www/html/vendor/level-2/dice/Dice.php(132): ReflectionMethod->invokeArgs()
2024-11-18T21:34:49.022958-05:00 my-place php: #4 /var/www/html/vendor/level-2/dice/Dice.php(96): Dice\Dice->Dice\{closure}()
2024-11-18T21:34:49.022985-05:00 my-place php: #5 /var/www/html/vendor/level-2/dice/Dice.php(247): Dice\Dice->create()
2024-11-18T21:34:49.023014-05:00 my-place php: #6 /var/www/html/vendor/level-2/dice/Dice.php(132): Dice\Dice->Dice\{closure}()
2024-11-18T21:34:49.023049-05:00 my-place php: #7 /var/www/html/vendor/level-2/dice/Dice.php(96): Dice\Dice->Dice\{closure}()
2024-11-18T21:34:49.023074-05:00 my-place php: #8 /var/www/html/vendor/level-2/dice/Dice.php(247): Dice\Dice->create()
2024-11-18T21:34:49.023100-05:00 my-place php: #9 /var/www/html/vendor/level-2/dice/Dice.php(132): Dice\Dice->Dice\{closure}()
2024-11-18T21:34:49.023125-05:00 my-place php: #10 /var/www/html/vendor/level-2/dice/Dice.php(96): Dice\Dice->Dice\{closure}()
2024-11-18T21:34:49.023147-05:00 my-place php: #11 /var/www/html/index.php(34): Dice\Dice->create()
2024-11-18T21:34:49.023172-05:00 my-place php: #12 {main}
2024-11-18T21:34:49.023208-05:00 my-place php: thrown in /var/www/html/src/Database/Database.php on line 201

show variables like 'max_connections'; shows 151 max_connections.

I did: SET GLOBAL max_connections = 200;

I also edited /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf and set max_connections = 200

Is this too high? Too low? Did I do this the correct way?

Thank you!

Thanks!

This is currently my theme song.
youtu.be/U4n_8R5lKnw?si=jiexdE…

Level Up

So come out.
You have been waiting long enough.
You're done with all the talk talk talk with nothing on the table.
It's time to come on out.
There will be no sign from above.
You'll only hear the knock knock knock of your own heart as signal.
If you are afraid, come out.
If you are awake, come out.
Come out and level up.
Begin again.
Dynamite the dam on the flow.
Your body feels the tock tock tock of time as it hammers.
Lord we are all cinders
From a fire burning long ago,
But here it is the knock knock knock of your own heart that matters.
If you are afraid, come forth.
If you are alone, come forth now.
Everybody here has loved and lost,
So level up and love again.
Call it any name you need.
Call it your 2.0, your rebirth, whatever –
So long as you can feel it all,
So long as all your doors are flung wide.
Call it your day #1 in the rest of forever.
If you are afraid, give more.
If you are alive, give more now.
Everybody here has seams and scars.
So what. level up.
Let your faith die.
Bring your wonder.
Yes, you are only one.
No, it is not enough
But if you lift your eyes, I am your brother.
And this is all we need.
And this is where we start.
This is the day we greet.
This is the day, no other.
~Vienna Teng

@Fly Boy
@Andy H3
@Michael Vogel
@Hypolite Petovan

I checked my bin permissions:
4 drwxrwxr-x 3 www-data www-data 4096 Feb 20 13:39

Is this where I run the command you noted?

YOU noted that I cannot run as root. Well, I always did. I will stop running as admin.

When I did execute the command, I get this result:

PHP Warning: include(/var/www/html/config/local.config.php): Failed to open stream: Permission denied in /var/www/html/src/Core/Config/Util/ConfigFileManager.php on line 362
PHP Warning: include(): Failed opening '/var/www/html/config/local.config.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /var/www/html/src/Core/Config/Util/ConfigFileManager.php on line 362
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Friendica\Core\Config\Exception\ConfigFileException: Error loading config file /var/www/html/config/local.config.php in /var/www/html/src/Core/Config/Util/ConfigFileManager.php:365
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/html/src/Core/Config/Util/ConfigFileManager.php(162): Friendica\Core\Config\Util\ConfigFileManager->loadConfigFile()
#1 /var/www/html/src/Core/Config/Util/ConfigFileManager.php(112): Friendica\Core\Config\Util\ConfigFileManager->loadCoreConfig()

The first few were PHP warning. Is this why you said to change it to run as PHP?

Thanks

@Michael Vogel
@Andy H3

I entered the command just as @Hypolite Petovan typed it in, and it does not like it. Here is the result:
root@social:/var/www/html# bin/console -v relay add relay.mycrowd.ca/actor
Executable: /var/www/html/bin/console.php
Arguments: array (
0 => 'add',
1 => 'https://relay.mycrowd.ca/actor',
)
Options: array (
'v' => 'relay',
)
Command: add
[Warning] Command add doesn't exist

Usage: bin/console [--version] [-h|--help|-?] <command> [<args>] [-v]

Commands:
addon Addon management
cache Manage node cache
config Edit site config
contact Contact management
createdoxygen Generate Doxygen headers
dbstructure Do database updates
docbloxerrorchecker Check the file tree for DocBlox errors
extract Generate translation string file for the Friendica project (deprecated)
globalcommunityblock Block remote profile from interacting with this node
globalcommunitysilence Silence a profile from the global community page
archivecontact Archive a contact when you know that it isn't existing anymore
help Show help about a command, e.g (bin/console help config)
autoinstall Starts automatic installation of friendica based on values from htconfig.php
lock Edit site locks
maintenance Set maintenance mode for this node
movetoavatarcache Move cached avatars to the file based avatar cache
mergecontacts Merge duplicated contact entries
user User management
php2po Generate a messages.po file from a strings.php file
po2php Generate a strings.php file from a messages.po file
typo Checks for parse errors in Friendica files
postupdate Execute pending post update scripts (can last days)
relocate Update node base URL
serverblock Manage blocked servers
storage Manage storage backend
relay Manage ActivityPub relay servers

Options:
-h|--help|-? Show help information
-v Show more debug information.
[Backtrace]:
#0 /var/www/html/src/Core/Console.php(157): Friendica\Core\Console->getSubConsole()
#1 /var/www/html/vendor/asika/simple-console/src/Console.php(108): Friendica\Core\Console->doExecute()
#2 /var/www/html/bin/console.php(45): Asika\SimpleConsole\Console->execute()
#3 {main}

Thanks for any ideas.

I entered the command just as @Hypolite Petovan typed it in, and it does not like it. Here is the result:
root@social:/var/www/html# bin/console -v relay add relay.mycrowd.ca/actor
Executable: /var/www/html/bin/console.php
Arguments: array (
0 => 'add',
1 => 'https://relay.mycrowd.ca/actor',
)
Options: array (
'v' => 'relay',
)
Command: add
[Warning] Command add doesn't exist

Usage: bin/console [--version] [-h|--help|-?] <command> [<args>] [-v]

Commands:
addon Addon management
cache Manage node cache
config Edit site config
contact Contact management
createdoxygen Generate Doxygen headers
dbstructure Do database updates
docbloxerrorchecker Check the file tree for DocBlox errors
extract Generate translation string file for the Friendica project (deprecated)
globalcommunityblock Block remote profile from interacting with this node
globalcommunitysilence Silence a profile from the global community page
archivecontact Archive a contact when you know that it isn't existing anymore
help Show help about a command, e.g (bin/console help config)
autoinstall Starts automatic installation of friendica based on values from htconfig.php
lock Edit site locks
maintenance Set maintenance mode for this node
movetoavatarcache Move cached avatars to the file based avatar cache
mergecontacts Merge duplicated contact entries
user User management
php2po Generate a messages.po file from a strings.php file
po2php Generate a strings.php file from a messages.po file
typo Checks for parse errors in Friendica files
postupdate Execute pending post update scripts (can last days)
relocate Update node base URL
serverblock Manage blocked servers
storage Manage storage backend
relay Manage ActivityPub relay servers

Options:
-h|--help|-? Show help information
-v Show more debug information.
[Backtrace]:
#0 /var/www/html/src/Core/Console.php(157): Friendica\Core\Console->getSubConsole()
#1 /var/www/html/vendor/asika/simple-console/src/Console.php(108): Friendica\Core\Console->doExecute()
#2 /var/www/html/bin/console.php(45): Asika\SimpleConsole\Console->execute()
#3 {main}

Thanks for any ideas.

New error message (of FRIO) about a folder created by the user root.

I haven't found the extensive conversation about this problem with @Hypolite Petovan yet but I'm quite sure that I changed all folders to ownership of user www-data before 28th of November of the smarty folder. Actually there was another conversation about ownership of folders and I changed all folders to be owned by root except storage and view that day on 02:45hs, the new folder owned by root at /view/smarty3/compiled/ like stated below was created on 3:50hs.

As for what I remember of all the conversations this shouldn't have happened.

<?php
/* Smarty version 4.3.1, created on 2023-11-28 03:50:02
  from '7cd2693513597460a71347ba02d3179c5e5ab822' */
/* @var Smarty_Internal_Template $_smarty_tpl */
if ($_smarty_tpl->_decodeProperties($_smarty_tpl, array (
  'version' => '4.3.1',
  'unifunc' => 'content_6565636a645732_50647552',
  'has_nocache_code' => false,
  'file_dependency' => 
  array (
  ),
  'includes' => 
  array (
  ),
),false)) {
function content_6565636a645732_50647552 (Smarty_Internal_Template $_smarty_tpl) {
?>[url=https://tupambae.org/profile/utopiarte]utopiArte[/url] replied to you on [url=https://tupambae.org/display/0ac89072-1065-6562-6405-8bb240314547]"bugreport - can't answer, like or reshare posts"[/url]<?p>

!Friendica Support
wiki.friendi.ca/docs/install
So I am stuck at the create a database point. I can't tell if they just told me, create a database without telling me how or if this helped create a database. I went with B and here were the resutls. Are there peices missing or are these warnings ok for the system we are using?

$ bin/console autoinstall -v
PHP Warning: Module "curl" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: Module "gd" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: Module "mbstring" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0
Executable: /home/anubis2814/mywebsite/bin/console.php
Arguments: array (
0 => 'autoinstall',
)
Options: array (
'v' => 1,
)
Command: autoinstall
Initializing setup...
PHP Warning: Module "curl" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: Module "gd" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: Module "mbstring" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: Module "curl" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: Module "gd" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: Module "mbstring" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0
Complete!

Checking environment...
PHP Warning: Module "curl" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: Module "gd" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: Module "mbstring" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: Module "curl" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: Module "gd" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0
PHP Warning: Module "mbstring" is already loaded in Unknown on line 0
NOTICE: Not checking .htaccess/URL-Rewrite during CLI installation.

[Error] --------
GNU Multiple Precision PHP module: Error: GNU Multiple Precision PHP module required but not installed.

[Backtrace]:
#0 /home/anubis2814/mywebsite/vendor/asika/simple-console/src/Console.php(108): Friendica\Console\AutomaticInstallation->doExecute()
#1 /home/anubis2814/mywebsite/src/Core/Console.php(163): Asika\SimpleConsole\Console->execute()
#2 /home/anubis2814/mywebsite/vendor/asika/simple-console/src/Console.php(108): Friendica\Core\Console->doExecute()
#3 /home/anubis2814/mywebsite/bin/console.php(41): Asika\SimpleConsole\Console->execute()
#4 {main}