Followers: Fix backslash breaking actor json (#1373)

* Create failing tests

* Slash actor json

* Changelog

* Document ticket for future reference

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 
 * Blog profile settings can be saved again without errors.
+* Followers with backslashes in their descriptions no longer break their actor representation.
 
 ## [5.3.0] - 2025-02-25
 

includes/model/class-follower.php

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public function delete() {
 	protected function get_post_meta_input() {
 		$meta_input                            = array();
 		$meta_input['_activitypub_inbox']      = $this->get_shared_inbox();
-		$meta_input['_activitypub_actor_json'] = $this->to_json();
+		$meta_input['_activitypub_actor_json'] = wp_slash( $this->to_json() );
 
 		return $meta_input;
 	}

readme.txt

@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ For reasons of data protection, it is not possible to see the followers of other
 = 5.3.1 =
 
 * Fixed: Blog profile settings can be saved again without errors.
+* Fixed: Followers with backslashes in their descriptions no longer break their actor representation.
 
 = 5.3.0 =
 

tests/includes/collection/class-test-followers.php

@@ -62,10 +62,12 @@ class Test_Followers extends \WP_UnitTestCase {
 		),
 		'[email protected]'    => array(
 			'id'                => 'https://user2.example.com',
+			'type'              => 'Person',
 			'url'               => 'https://user2.example.com',
 			'inbox'             => 'https://user2.example.com/inbox',
 			'name'              => 'úser2',
 			'preferredUsername' => 'user2',
+			'summary'           => 'father since 04\24', // @ticket https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/pull/1373
 		),
 		'[email protected]'    => array(
 			'url'               => 'https://error.example.com',