3 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activitypub.c b/activitypub.c
index 81f7708..6f3aefb 100644
--- a/activitypub.c
+++ b/activitypub.c
@@ -1194,10 +1194,20 @@ xs_dict *msg_actor(snac *snac)
     xs *avtr     = NULL;
     xs *kid      = NULL;
     xs *f_bio    = NULL;
-    xs_dict *msg = msg_base(snac, "Person", snac->actor, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    xs_dict *msg = NULL;
     const char *p;
     int n;
 
+    /* everybody loves some caching */
+    if (time(NULL) - object_mtime(snac->actor) < 6 * 3600 &&
+        valid_status(object_get(snac->actor, &msg))) {
+        snac_debug(snac, 1, xs_fmt("Returning cached actor %s", snac->actor));
+
+        return msg;
+    }
+
+    msg = msg_base(snac, "Person", snac->actor, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
     /* change the @context (is this really necessary?) */
     ctxt = xs_list_append(ctxt, "https:/" "/www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams");
     ctxt = xs_list_append(ctxt, "https:/" "/w3id.org/security/v1");
@@ -1330,6 +1340,10 @@ xs_dict *msg_actor(snac *snac)
     msg = xs_dict_set(msg, "manuallyApprovesFollowers",
         xs_stock(xs_is_true(manually) ? XSTYPE_TRUE : XSTYPE_FALSE));
 
+    /* cache it */
+    snac_debug(snac, 1, xs_fmt("Caching actor %s", snac->actor));
+    object_add_ow(snac->actor, msg);
+
     return msg;
 }
 
diff --git a/data.c b/data.c
index 576bc40..3463727 100644
--- a/data.c
+++ b/data.c
@@ -336,6 +336,10 @@ int user_persist(snac *snac, int publish)
 
                 if (!nw)
                     publish = 0;
+                else {
+                    /* uncache the actor object */
+                    object_del(snac->actor);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/snac.h b/snac.h
index 23ec93a..5729a22 100644
--- a/snac.h
+++ b/snac.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* snac - A simple, minimalistic ActivityPub instance */
 /* copyright (c) 2022 - 2025 grunfink et al. / MIT license */
 
-#define VERSION "2.68"
+#define VERSION "2.69-dev"
 
 #define USER_AGENT "snac/" VERSION