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Activity/Fediverse Caching Issue

Describe the bug

The cron job to post ActivityPub activities runs but the Activities do not appear on the Activity tab of the homepage nor on Federated sites. This is intermittent. There are also times when multiple activities suddenly appear on the Activity tab and Fediverse, along with the appropriate timestamps of when they were originally created.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Set up hosting with Dreamhost or another shared web host
  2. Install Castopod as normal Modify a line in the HTACCESS file to correct errors RewriteRule ^([\s\S]*)$ index.php?/$1 [L,NC,QSA]
  3. Import or create a podcast
  4. Set up the Cron job using the web host's Cron UI, mine runs every 5 minutes. (see screenshot)Cron

Expected behavior

The Activity tab and Fediverse should display posts/activities as soon as the Cron job runs, be it every minute or every 5 minutes.

Actual behavior

The activities post almost at random. They seem to queue or cache for quite some time before posting.

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

log-2021-12-23.log

Context

  • Castopod: 1.0.0-alpha.78
  • OS: Ubuntu
  • Browser: Multiple browsers
  • Web server: Apache, PHP 8.0, MYSQL

Possible fixes

I'm not sure what the fix would be here. I don't do much with code. I have worked extensively with Castopod team members and my webhost's support team. My web host can't find anything on their side preventing the job.