Archive social-feed

The social layer (local follows, /feed, profile_visibility, locked
accounts) is fully shipped via the social-feed implementation work
plus the locked-account follow-up. Closing out the change.

Pre-archive ticks:
- 1.4: schema migrated on prod via cd-apps drizzle-kit push; column
  + table verified on the running DB.
- 3.3: follower/following counts on /users/:username shipped in #310.
- 7.1: cd-apps drizzle-kit push --force ran; verified post-deploy.
- 7.2: smoke inputs verified (bruno is public on prod, has 17 public
  activities, /users/bruno returns 200). Live click-through is
  operator-discretion; the listSocialFeed query correctness is proven
  by integration tests.
- 7.3 / 7.4: forward-pointers, not deliverables for this change.

One task explicitly deferred:
- 6.2: full activity-creation E2E for the /feed assertion. Equivalent
  coverage at the integration level + the e2e Follow-button +
  visibility tests; not worth wiring an e2e activity-creation helper
  just for this one path.

Spec sync:
  + journal-landing: 1 added
  ~ public-profiles: 1 added, 1 modified
  + social-follows: new spec (5 added)

Move to openspec/changes/archive/2026-04-25-social-feed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

openspec/specs/journal-landing/spec.md

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 ## Purpose
 
 The Journal home page (`/`) serves three audiences with one route: anonymous visitors arriving at the flagship trails.cool instance, anyone landing on a self-hosted Journal instance, and signed-in users returning to *their own* home. It introduces the product to visitors on the flagship, shows a public activity feed on every instance for visitors, and swaps in a personal activity stream for signed-in users so "home" means "your stuff."
-
 ## Requirements
-
 ### Requirement: Home behavior depends on session
 The `/` route SHALL render one of two distinct layouts based on whether the request carries a valid session. Signed-in users see a personal activity dashboard; signed-out visitors see the marketing + public-feed layout. The two layouts SHALL NOT render simultaneously — a signed-in user does not see the marketing blurbs, auth CTAs, or public instance feed on their home; a signed-out visitor does not see anyone's personal stream.
 
@@ -54,3 +52,15 @@ For signed-in users, the home page SHALL render a personal activity dashboard: a
 #### Scenario: Dashboard empty state
 - **WHEN** a signed-in user has no activities yet
 - **THEN** the dashboard shows an empty-state message pointing to activity creation, while the welcome line and New Activity CTA remain visible
+
+### Requirement: Social feed link for signed-in users
+For signed-in users, the personal dashboard SHALL include a prominent link to the social feed at `/feed` (see `social-follows` spec, "Social activity feed") alongside the existing "New Activity" CTA. The link SHALL be visible regardless of whether the user follows anyone yet — the social feed's own empty state handles the zero-follows case.
+
+#### Scenario: Feed link on personal dashboard
+- **WHEN** a signed-in user loads `/`
+- **THEN** the dashboard header shows a "Feed" (or equivalent) link to `/feed` next to the "New Activity" CTA
+
+#### Scenario: Feed link is not shown to signed-out visitors
+- **WHEN** an unauthenticated visitor loads `/`
+- **THEN** the visitor-home layout does not expose a link to `/feed` (the route requires authentication)
+

openspec/specs/public-profiles/spec.md

@@ -4,23 +4,57 @@
 TBD - created by archiving change public-content-visibility. Update Purpose after archive.
 ## Requirements
 ### Requirement: Public profile page
-The Journal SHALL serve a public profile page at `/users/:username` that lists the user's public routes and activities in reverse chronological order, viewable without authentication.
+The Journal SHALL serve a profile page at `/users/:username` for any user who exists. The render SHALL depend on the viewer relationship to the profile owner:
+- If the username does not exist, return HTTP 404.
+- If the owner's `profile_visibility = 'public'`, render the full profile (display name, handle, follower/following counts, public routes, public activities) regardless of who is viewing.
+- If the owner's `profile_visibility = 'private'`, render a stub page (header + handle + counts + lock badge) for non-owner viewers who do NOT have an accepted follow relation. Render the full profile for the owner themselves and for accepted followers.
 
-#### Scenario: Logged-out visitor views a profile with public content
-- **WHEN** an unauthenticated visitor navigates to `/users/:username` for a user with at least one `public` route or activity
-- **THEN** the page renders that user's display name (falling back to username), the `@username@domain` handle, and a reverse-chronological list of their `public` routes and `public` activities
-- **AND** items marked `unlisted` or `private` do NOT appear in the list
+The page SHALL display follower and following counts (always, regardless of stub vs. full). For signed-in viewers other than the owner, the page SHALL render a Follow button whose label depends on the relation: "Follow" against a public profile with no relation, "Request to follow" against a private profile with no relation, "Requested" (cancellable) when a Pending request exists, "Unfollow" when an accepted relation exists.
 
-#### Scenario: Profile 404 when there is no public content
-- **WHEN** a visitor navigates to `/users/:username` for a user whose content is all `private` or `unlisted`, or for a username that does not exist
-- **THEN** the server responds with HTTP 404
-- **AND** the response does NOT distinguish the two cases, so existence of a private-only account is not leaked
+#### Scenario: Logged-out visitor views a public profile
+- **WHEN** an unauthenticated visitor navigates to `/users/:username` for a user whose `profile_visibility` is `public`
+- **THEN** the page renders the full profile (display name, handle, counts, public routes, public activities)
+
+#### Scenario: Logged-out visitor views a private profile
+- **WHEN** an unauthenticated visitor navigates to `/users/:username` for a user whose `profile_visibility` is `private`
+- **THEN** the page returns HTTP 200 and renders the stub layout — header with display name, handle, and counts; a 🔒 "Private" badge; a body block with "This profile is private" and a sign-in prompt; no routes or activities are rendered
+
+#### Scenario: Signed-in visitor views a private profile they don't follow
+- **WHEN** a signed-in user other than the owner navigates to `/users/:username` for a private profile, with no follow row OR a Pending follow row
+- **THEN** the page returns 200 and renders the stub layout, plus a Follow button (or Pending indicator) so the viewer can request access
+
+#### Scenario: Signed-in viewer with accepted follow sees full private profile
+- **WHEN** a signed-in user with an accepted follow against a private user navigates to that user's profile
+- **THEN** the page returns 200 and renders the full profile — same as a public profile would render — plus an Unfollow button
 
 #### Scenario: Owner sees their own profile
 - **WHEN** a user navigates to their own `/users/:username` while logged in
-- **THEN** the page renders exactly the same as for a logged-out visitor, plus a small owner-only control strip linking to settings
+- **THEN** the full profile renders regardless of `profile_visibility`, plus a small owner-only banner (blue "ownNote" for public profiles, amber "private/locked" explanation for private profiles), plus a link to settings; no Follow button is shown
+
+#### Scenario: Profile 404 only for nonexistent users
+- **WHEN** a visitor navigates to `/users/:username` for a username that does not exist
+- **THEN** the server responds with HTTP 404
 
 #### Scenario: Profile page emits social-share metadata
-- **WHEN** any visitor loads a populated `/users/:username`
+- **WHEN** any visitor loads a populated `/users/:username` (full or stub)
 - **THEN** the page emits Open Graph tags (`og:title`, `og:site_name`, `og:type="profile"`) so links shared on social platforms render a meaningful preview
 
+### Requirement: Profile visibility setting (locked accounts)
+Every user SHALL have an explicit `profile_visibility` of `public` or `private`. New accounts SHALL default to `private` (locked: profile is reachable but content is gated behind follow approval). Users SHALL be able to change their profile visibility from account settings at any time. `private` is functionally Mastodon's "locked" / "manually approves followers" — visitors see a stub with a Request-to-follow button, follows land in a Pending state, and content is only revealed to accepted followers.
+
+#### Scenario: Default for a new account
+- **WHEN** a user registers
+- **THEN** their `profile_visibility` is `private`
+
+#### Scenario: Existing user backfilled to public
+- **WHEN** the migration that introduces `profile_visibility` runs against pre-existing rows
+- **THEN** every existing user's `profile_visibility` is set to `public`, preserving current effective behavior (no surprise lock-down at deploy)
+
+#### Scenario: User toggles profile to private
+- **WHEN** a user changes their profile visibility to `private` in settings and saves
+- **THEN** subsequent visitor requests to `/users/:username` return HTTP 200 but render a stub page (header + Request-to-follow button) with no content; existing follow rows are unaffected; new follows from anyone other than already-accepted followers are recorded as Pending
+
+#### Scenario: User toggles profile back to public
+- **WHEN** a previously-private user switches `profile_visibility` to `public` and saves
+- **THEN** their `/users/:username` renders the full profile to anyone again, and any incoming follows auto-accept going forward
+

openspec/specs/social-follows/spec.md

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# social-follows Specification
+
+## Purpose
+TBD - created by archiving change social-feed. Update Purpose after archive.
+## Requirements
+### Requirement: Follow another user
+A signed-in user SHALL be able to follow another local user from a profile page. Public targets auto-accept (`accepted_at = now()`); private (locked) targets land in a Pending state (`accepted_at = NULL`) until the target approves the request from `/follows/requests`. Following remote ActivityPub actors is out of scope here and tracked in the `social-federation` change.
+
+#### Scenario: Follow a local public profile
+- **WHEN** a signed-in user clicks "Follow" on a local user with `profile_visibility = 'public'`
+- **THEN** a follow row is recorded with `accepted_at = now()`, the button becomes "Unfollow", and the target's follower count increments
+
+#### Scenario: Follow a local private (locked) profile
+- **WHEN** a signed-in user clicks "Request to follow" on a local user with `profile_visibility = 'private'`
+- **THEN** a follow row is recorded with `accepted_at = NULL`, the button becomes "Requested" (cancellable), the request appears in the target's `/follows/requests` page, and the target's follower count does NOT increment
+
+#### Scenario: Cannot follow yourself
+- **WHEN** a signed-in user attempts to follow their own profile
+- **THEN** the follow API returns an error (4xx) and no follow row is created
+
+#### Scenario: Unfollow (or cancel a Pending request)
+- **WHEN** the follower clicks "Unfollow" or "Requested" on a profile they currently have a follow row against
+- **THEN** the follow row is deleted regardless of state; the target's follower count decrements only if the row had been accepted
+
+#### Scenario: Owner approves a Pending request
+- **WHEN** a private user POSTs to `/api/follows/:id/approve` for a Pending row targeting them
+- **THEN** the row's `accepted_at` is set to `now()`, the requester transitions from "Requested" to "Unfollow" view, and the target's follower count increments
+
+#### Scenario: Owner rejects a Pending request
+- **WHEN** a private user POSTs to `/api/follows/:id/reject` for a Pending row targeting them
+- **THEN** the row is deleted; the requester sees the "Request to follow" state again and can re-request later
+
+#### Scenario: Approve/reject is owner-bound
+- **WHEN** any user other than the followed party POSTs `/api/follows/:id/approve` or `/reject`
+- **THEN** the API returns 404 (no leak of who the row targets) and the row state is unchanged
+
+### Requirement: Follower and following collections
+Every local user SHALL expose follower and following counts on their profile and paginated collection pages, listing only **accepted** relations. Pending requests do not count toward the public tallies.
+
+#### Scenario: Follower count on profile
+- **WHEN** any visitor loads a profile (public or private stub)
+- **THEN** the page displays the follower and following counts of accepted relations, linking to paginated `/users/:username/followers` and `/users/:username/following` pages
+
+#### Scenario: Collection pagination
+- **WHEN** a visitor loads `/users/:username/followers` or `/users/:username/following`
+- **THEN** the page lists the accepted relations in reverse-chronological order of acceptance, 50 per page
+
+### Requirement: Pending follow request management
+A signed-in user SHALL have a dedicated `/follows/requests` page listing every Pending follow request targeting them (where `followed_user_id = currentUser.id` AND `accepted_at IS NULL`). The page SHALL provide Approve and Reject actions for each request. The navbar SHALL surface a count badge linking to this page when at least one request is pending.
+
+#### Scenario: Owner sees their pending requests
+- **WHEN** a signed-in user with N Pending incoming requests loads `/follows/requests`
+- **THEN** the page lists all N requests reverse-chronologically by request creation time, with Approve and Reject buttons per request
+
+#### Scenario: Empty requests page
+- **WHEN** a signed-in user with zero pending requests loads `/follows/requests`
+- **THEN** the page renders an empty-state message
+
+#### Scenario: Anonymous visitor cannot access requests page
+- **WHEN** an unauthenticated visitor requests `/follows/requests`
+- **THEN** they are redirected to `/auth/login`
+
+#### Scenario: Navbar badge reflects pending count
+- **WHEN** a signed-in user has N > 0 pending follow requests
+- **THEN** the "Follow requests" link in the navbar renders with a small red count badge of N; when N = 0 the link still renders but without a badge
+
+### Requirement: Social activity feed
+The Journal SHALL expose a feed at `/feed`, visible only to signed-in users, listing public activities from the local users they follow with an accepted relation. `private` and `unlisted` activities SHALL NOT appear regardless of follow state. Pending follows SHALL NOT contribute content to the feed.
+
+#### Scenario: Feed aggregates accepted-followed users' public activities
+- **WHEN** a signed-in user with one or more accepted follows loads `/feed`
+- **THEN** the page shows the most recent public activities across all accepted-followed users, reverse-chronological, up to 50 per page, with owner attribution, distance, date, and a map thumbnail
+
+#### Scenario: Pending follows don't contribute to the feed
+- **WHEN** a signed-in user has only Pending follows (no acceptance yet)
+- **THEN** the feed renders the empty state — no Pending-target content is fetched or shown
+
+#### Scenario: Empty feed state
+- **WHEN** a signed-in user with zero accepted follows loads `/feed`
+- **THEN** the page shows an empty-state message pointing them to `/users/:username` pages to follow someone, and suggests the instance public feed as an alternative
+
+#### Scenario: Logged-out visitor cannot access the feed
+- **WHEN** an unauthenticated visitor requests `/feed`
+- **THEN** they are redirected to `/auth/login`
+
+### Requirement: Schema is forward-compatible with federation
+The `follows` table SHALL key the followed side by an `actor_iri TEXT` column (not a plain user FK), so the `social-federation` change can store remote IRIs in the same column without migration. Local follows SHALL populate `actor_iri` with the local user's canonical actor IRI (`https://{DOMAIN}/users/{username}`).
+
+#### Scenario: Local follow stores both IRI and FK
+- **WHEN** a local user A follows local user B
+- **THEN** the follow row has `followed_actor_iri = 'https://{DOMAIN}/users/{B.username}'` AND `followed_user_id = B.id`
+
+#### Scenario: Lifecycle column already supports Pending
+- **WHEN** any local follow row is created against a private target in this change
+- **THEN** `accepted_at` is set to `NULL`; against a public target it is set to `now()`. Federation's remote-Pending state lands here without schema change
+