Pixelfed places: a remote post's own place, shown and never federated again

A Note's `location` that is a Place with coordinates (Pixelfed sends
them as strings) is kept in the new Post.Place and shown as
Status.privapub.place {name, latitude, longitude, country}; an edit
replaces it. An Event's location stays its own `places`, and nothing
renders a place back out. Closes the INTEROP P2 Pixelfed location gap
and the ROADMAP long-tail item.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LsXgEaXee4GCU1hwYgPJXw

CLAUDE.md

@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ group www-data and reaches the private mongod; `sudo -u www-data` works too.
    because clients show quotes from it, so everything a 4.3+ client calls because of it must answer: grouped
    notifications (`/api/v2/notifications`, its unread count, groups, accounts and dismiss) and the notification policy.
 7. **What a Mastodon `Status` cannot say goes in `Status.privapub`** (`PrivaPubStatus`): object type, title, excerpt,
-   cover, the author's source, link, video, audio and event details, and up/down votes. Every media URL in it goes
+   cover, the author's source, link, video, audio and event details, a remote post's own place (Pixelfed's `location`,
+   never federated again), and up/down votes. Every media URL in it goes
    through the proxy; only page links (`link.url`, an event's online link) point at the remote site, because following
    one is the reader's choice.
 

PrivaPub.Tests/Federation/ObjectShapesTests.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using PrivaPub.Api.Mastodon.Mappers;
+using PrivaPub.Api.Mastodon.Mappers;
 using PrivaPub.Federation.Objects;
 using PrivaPub.Models.Post;
 
@@ -79,6 +79,51 @@ namespace PrivaPub.Tests.Federation
 			Assert.Equal("2026-10-03 10:00 – 13:00 (Europe/Rome) · Biblioteca", MastodonMapper.EventLine(note.Event));
 		}
 
+		[Fact]
+		public void Keeps_a_pixelfed_place_whose_coordinates_are_strings()
+		{
+			var note = Parse("""
+				{
+					"id": "https://pixel.example/p/ann/1", "type": "Note", "attributedTo": "https://pixel.example/users/ann", "content": "<p>view</p>",
+					"location": { "type": "Place", "name": "Tokyo", "longitude": "139.6917", "latitude": "35.6895", "country": "Japan" },
+					"commentsEnabled": true
+				}
+				""");
+
+			Assert.Equal(("Tokyo", 35.6895, 139.6917, "Japan"), (note.Place.Name, note.Place.Latitude, note.Place.Longitude, note.Place.Country));
+			Assert.Null(note.Event);
+		}
+
+		[Theory]
+		[InlineData("null")]
+		[InlineData("""{ "type": "Place", "name": "Nowhere" }""")]
+		[InlineData("""{ "type": "Place", "name": "Off the map", "latitude": 123, "longitude": 9 }""")]
+		[InlineData("""{ "type": "Place", "latitude": "north", "longitude": "9.19" }""")]
+		[InlineData("""{ "type": "VirtualLocation", "url": "https://meet.example/a", "latitude": 45, "longitude": 9 }""")]
+		public void Has_no_place_without_a_place_with_coordinates(string location)
+		{
+			var note = Parse($$"""
+				{ "id": "https://pixel.example/p/ann/2", "type": "Note", "attributedTo": "https://pixel.example/users/ann", "content": "<p>x</p>", "location": {{location}} }
+				""");
+
+			Assert.Null(note.Place);
+		}
+
+		[Fact]
+		public void An_events_location_stays_the_events_own()
+		{
+			var note = Parse("""
+				{
+					"id": "https://events.example/events/10", "type": "Event", "name": "Picnic", "startTime": "2026-10-03T10:00:00+02:00",
+					"location": { "type": "Place", "name": "Park", "latitude": 45.07, "longitude": 7.68 },
+					"attributedTo": "https://events.example/@club"
+				}
+				""");
+
+			Assert.Null(note.Place);
+			Assert.Equal("Park", Assert.Single(note.Event.Places).Name);
+		}
+
 		[Fact]
 		public void Keeps_a_lemmy_link_post_as_a_link_with_its_thumbnail()
 		{

PrivaPub.Tests/Http/PostPlaceTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+using MongoDB.Entities;
+
+using PrivaPub.Models.Post;
+using PrivaPub.Tests.Support;
+using PrivaPub.Tests.Support.Host;
+
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
+
+namespace PrivaPub.Tests.Http
+{
+	// A Pixelfed post's own place: stored from `location`, shown as `privapub.place`, changed by an edit.
+	[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+	public sealed class PostPlaceTests : IAsyncLifetime
+	{
+		PrivaPubHost _host;
+		Peer _peer;
+
+		public async ValueTask InitializeAsync()
+		{
+			Assert.SkipUnless(MongoFixture.Enabled, MongoFixture.Skip);
+			_host = await PrivaPubHost.Shared();
+			_peer = await Peer.Start();
+		}
+
+		public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+		{
+			if (_peer != default)
+				await _peer.DisposeAsync();
+		}
+
+		static CancellationToken Token => TestContext.Current.CancellationToken;
+
+		static JsonObject Location(string name, string latitude, string longitude) => new()
+		{
+			["type"] = "Place", ["name"] = name, ["latitude"] = latitude, ["longitude"] = longitude, ["country"] = "Italy"
+		};
+
+		[Fact]
+		public async Task A_pixelfed_place_is_shown_and_follows_the_authors_edits()
+		{
+			var alice = await _host.Mastodon("alice");
+			var ann = new RemoteActor(_peer, "ann");
+			var post = await _host.PublicPostFrom(ann, alice, "<p>the duomo</p>", note => note["location"] = Location("Milan", "45.4642", "9.19"));
+
+			var place = (await alice.Client.Get($"/api/v1/statuses/{post.ID}")).Ok().Body["privapub"]!["place"];
+
+			Assert.Equal(("Milan", "Italy"), (place.Text("name"), place.Text("country")));
+			Assert.Equal(45.4642, place["latitude"]!.GetValue<double>());
+			Assert.Equal(9.19, place["longitude"]!.GetValue<double>());
+
+			await Edit(ann, alice, post, note => note["location"] = Location("Turin", "45.0703", "7.6869"));
+			Assert.Equal("Turin", (await alice.Client.Get($"/api/v1/statuses/{post.ID}")).Ok().Body["privapub"]!["place"].Text("name"));
+
+			await Edit(ann, alice, post, _ => { });
+			Assert.Null((await alice.Client.Get($"/api/v1/statuses/{post.ID}")).Ok().Body["privapub"]!["place"]);
+			Assert.Null((await DB.Default.Find<Post>().MatchID(post.ID).ExecuteFirstAsync(Token)).Place);
+		}
+
+		[Fact]
+		public async Task A_post_without_a_place_has_none()
+		{
+			var alice = await _host.Mastodon("alice");
+			var post = await _host.PublicPostFrom(new RemoteActor(_peer, "plain"), alice);
+
+			Assert.Null((await alice.Client.Get($"/api/v1/statuses/{post.ID}")).Ok().Body["privapub"]!["place"]);
+		}
+
+		[Fact]
+		public async Task A_local_post_never_carries_a_location()
+		{
+			var alice = await _host.Mastodon("alice");
+			var status = await alice.Status("made here");
+
+			using var client = _host.Client();
+			client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.ParseAdd("application/activity+json");
+			var note = JsonNode.Parse(await client.GetStringAsync(status.Text("uri"), Token))!;
+
+			Assert.Null(note["location"]);
+		}
+
+		async Task Edit(RemoteActor author, Mastodon mentioned, Post post, Action<JsonObject> shape)
+		{
+			var note = new JsonObject
+			{
+				["id"] = post.ObjectURI,
+				["type"] = "Note",
+				["attributedTo"] = author.Id,
+				["to"] = new JsonArray(MastodonHelpers.Public),
+				["cc"] = new JsonArray(mentioned.Uri),
+				["content"] = "<p>the duomo, again</p>",
+				["published"] = post.CreationDate.ToString("O"),
+				["updated"] = DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O"),
+				["tag"] = new JsonArray(new JsonObject { ["type"] = "Mention", ["href"] = mentioned.Uri, ["name"] = "@" + mentioned.UserName })
+			};
+			shape(note);
+			await _host.Deliver(author, mentioned.Mouth, new JsonObject
+			{
+				["id"] = $"{post.ObjectURI}/updates/{Guid.NewGuid():N}",
+				["type"] = "Update",
+				["actor"] = author.Id,
+				["to"] = new JsonArray(MastodonHelpers.Public),
+				["object"] = note
+			});
+		}
+	}
+}

PrivaPub/Api/Mastodon/Entities/Entities.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-namespace PrivaPub.Api.Mastodon.Entities
+namespace PrivaPub.Api.Mastodon.Entities
 {
 	public class Account
 	{
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ namespace PrivaPub.Api.Mastodon.Entities
 		public PrivaPubVideo Video { get; set; }
 		public PrivaPubAudio Audio { get; set; }
 		public PrivaPubEvent Event { get; set; }
+		public PrivaPubPlace Place { get; set; }//a remote post's own place (Pixelfed), shown only
 		public PrivaPubVotes Votes { get; set; } = new();
 	}
 
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ namespace PrivaPub.Api.Mastodon.Entities
 	{
 		public string Name { get; set; }
 		public string Address { get; set; }
+		public string Country { get; set; }//a post's own place only
 		public double? Latitude { get; set; }
 		public double? Longitude { get; set; }
 		public string Url { get; set; }

PrivaPub/Api/Mastodon/Mappers/MastodonMapper.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using MongoDB.Entities;
+using MongoDB.Entities;
 
 using PrivaPub.Api.Mastodon.Entities;
 using PrivaPub.Api.Mastodon.Infrastructure;
@@ -457,6 +457,10 @@ namespace PrivaPub.Api.Mastodon.Mappers
 				Status = post.Event.Status,
 				Category = post.Event.Category
 			},
+			Place = post.Place == default ? default : new PrivaPubPlace
+			{
+				Name = post.Place.Name, Latitude = post.Place.Latitude, Longitude = post.Place.Longitude, Country = post.Place.Country
+			},
 			Votes = new PrivaPubVotes { Up = post.FavouritesCount, Down = post.DownvotesCount }
 		};
 

PrivaPub/Federation/Inbox/RemoteEdits.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using MongoDB.Entities;
+using MongoDB.Entities;
 
 using PrivaPub.Domain.Statuses;
 using PrivaPub.Federation.Actors;
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ namespace PrivaPub.Federation.Inbox
 			post.Video = note.Video ?? post.Video;
 			post.Audio = note.Audio ?? post.Audio;
 			post.Event = note.Event ?? post.Event;
+			post.Place = note.Place;
 			if (!IsEdit(note, post))
 			{
 				await DB.Default.SaveAsync(post, token);

PrivaPub/Federation/Inbox/RemotePosts.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using MongoDB.Driver;
+using MongoDB.Driver;
 using MongoDB.Entities;
 
 using PrivaPub.Infrastructure.Http;
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ namespace PrivaPub.Federation.Inbox
 				Video = note.Video,
 				Audio = note.Audio,
 				Event = note.Event,
+				Place = note.Place,
 				HasContentWarning = note.Sensitive,
 				Text = note.ContentHtml,
 				ContentHtml = note.ContentHtml,

PrivaPub/Federation/Objects/NoteParser.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using PrivaPub.Models.Post;
+using PrivaPub.Models.Post;
 
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Text;
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ namespace PrivaPub.Federation.Objects
 		public VideoDetails Video { get; init; }
 		public AudioDetails Audio { get; init; }
 		public EventDetails Event { get; init; }
+		public PostPlace Place { get; init; }
 	}
 
 	public static class NoteParser
@@ -110,7 +111,8 @@ namespace PrivaPub.Federation.Objects
 				Link = ObjectShapes.Link(note),
 				Video = ObjectShapes.Video(note),
 				Audio = ObjectShapes.Audio(note),
-				Event = ObjectShapes.Event(note)
+				Event = ObjectShapes.Event(note),
+				Place = ObjectShapes.NotePlace(note)
 			};
 		}
 

PrivaPub/Federation/Objects/ObjectShapes.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using PrivaPub.Models.Post;
+using PrivaPub.Models.Post;
 
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Net;
@@ -293,6 +293,31 @@ namespace PrivaPub.Federation.Objects
 			};
 		}
 
+		//a post's own place, as Pixelfed sends it: a Place with coordinates (numbers, or numbers as strings); an Event's
+		//places are its own (Event)
+		public static PostPlace NotePlace(JsonObject note)
+		{
+			if (Value(note, "type") == "Event")
+				return default;
+			var place = Objects(note["location"]).FirstOrDefault(l => Value(l, "type") == "Place");
+			var latitude = Coordinate(place, "latitude");
+			var longitude = Coordinate(place, "longitude");
+			if (latitude is not (>= -90 and <= 90) || longitude is not (>= -180 and <= 180))
+				return default;
+			return new PostPlace
+			{
+				Name = Text(Value(place, "name"), 200),
+				Latitude = Math.Round(latitude.Value, 4),
+				Longitude = Math.Round(longitude.Value, 4),
+				Country = Text(Value(place, "country"), 100)
+			};
+		}
+
+		static double? Coordinate(JsonObject node, string property) =>
+			Double(node, property) ?? (double.TryParse(Value(node, property), NumberStyles.Float, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var number) && double.IsFinite(number)
+				? number
+				: (double?)null);
+
 		static EventPlace Place(JsonObject location)
 		{
 			var type = Value(location, "type");

PrivaPub/Models/Post/Post.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.Attributes;
+using MongoDB.Bson.Serialization.Attributes;
 using MongoDB.Entities;
 
 namespace PrivaPub.Models.Post
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ namespace PrivaPub.Models.Post
 		[BsonIgnoreIfNull]
 		public EventDetails Event { get; set; }
 		[BsonIgnoreIfNull]
+		public PostPlace Place { get; set; }
+		[BsonIgnoreIfNull]
 		public PostPoll Poll { get; set; }
 		public List<float> Location { get; set; } = new();
 		public float RangeKm { get; set; } = 5.0f;

PrivaPub/Models/Post/PostDetails.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-namespace PrivaPub.Models.Post
+namespace PrivaPub.Models.Post
 {
 	public class CustomEmoji
 	{
@@ -104,6 +104,15 @@ namespace PrivaPub.Models.Post
 		public string Category { get; set; }
 	}
 
+	//a remote post's own place (Pixelfed's location): shown, never federated again
+	public class PostPlace
+	{
+		public string Name { get; set; }
+		public double Latitude { get; set; }
+		public double Longitude { get; set; }
+		public string Country { get; set; }
+	}
+
 	public class EventPlace
 	{
 		public string Name { get; set; }

docs/INTEROP.md

@@ -631,8 +631,10 @@ attachment. The player is a card whose iframe loads from the remote host, which
 - **Gaps:**
   - **P1 outbound:** keep JPEG/PNG renditions with an explicit `mediaType`.
   - **P1 inbound:** Loops' `preview` poster.
-  - **P2:** Pixelfed `location` → own `privapub.place`, display only and never re-federated; `commentsEnabled: false`
+  - ~~**P2:** Pixelfed `location` → own `privapub.place`, display only and never re-federated~~ done:
-    disables replies.
+    `ObjectShapes.NotePlace` keeps a `Place` with coordinates (Pixelfed sends them as strings) in `Post.Place`, an edit
+    replaces it, and nothing renders it back out.
+  - **P2:** `commentsEnabled: false` disables replies.
   - **P3:** ignore `Add{Story}` without an error; answer `FeatureRequest` with `Reject`.
 
 ### Long-form: WordPress plugin 9.3.1, Ghost 6, WriteFreely 0.17.2

docs/ROADMAP.md

@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ it, raw where it doesn't.
   - Misskey actor extras;
   - book reviews (`relatedWith`, `rating`);
   - Funkwhale and Castopod metadata;
-  - Pixelfed `place` (display only, never re-federated);
+  - ~~Pixelfed `place` (display only, never re-federated)~~ done 2026-10-04: `Post.Place`, `privapub.place`;
   - Bluesky bridging per persona.
 
 ### Sweep and statistics (T and M, planned 2026-10-03, between P6 and P7)