New table to control the fetching process

src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Fetch.php

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2010-2022, the Friendica project
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace Friendica\Protocol\ActivityPub;
+
+use Friendica\Core\Logger;
+use Friendica\Database\Database;
+use Friendica\Database\DBA;
+use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
+
+/**
+ * This class handles the fetching of posts
+ */
+class Fetch
+{
+	public static function add(string $url): int
+	{
+		DBA::insert('fetch-entry', ['url' => $url, 'created' => DateTimeFormat::utcNow()], Database::INSERT_IGNORE);
+
+		$fetch = DBA::selectFirst('fetch-entry', ['id'], ['url' => $url]);
+		Logger::debug('Added fetch entry', ['url' => $url, 'fetch' => $fetch]);
+		return $fetch['id'] ?? 0;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the worker id for the queue entry
+	 *
+	 * @param array $activity
+	 * @param int   $wid
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function setWorkerId(string $url, int $wid)
+	{
+		if (empty($url) || empty($wid)) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		DBA::update('fetch-entry', ['wid' => $wid], ['url' => $url]);
+		Logger::debug('Worker id set', ['url' => $url, 'wid' => $wid]);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if there is an assigned worker task
+	 *
+	 * @param array $activity
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public static function hasWorker(string $url): bool
+	{
+		$fetch = DBA::selectFirst('fetch-entry', ['id', 'wid'], ['url' => $url]);
+		if (empty($fetch['id'])) {
+			Logger::debug('No entry found for url', ['url' => $url]);
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		// We don't have a workerqueue id yet. So most likely is isn't assigned yet.
+		// To avoid the ramping up of another fetch request we simply claim that there is a waiting worker.
+		if (!empty($fetch['id']) && empty($fetch['wid'])) {
+			Logger::debug('Entry without worker found for url', ['url' => $url]);
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		return DBA::exists('workerqueue', ['id' => $fetch['wid'], 'done' => false]);
+	}
+
+}

src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php

@@ -333,8 +333,14 @@ class Processor
 			if ($fetch_by_worker) {
 				Logger::notice('Fetching is done by worker.', ['parent' => $activity['reply-to-id'], 'recursion-depth' => $recursion_depth]);
 				$activity['recursion-depth'] = 0;
-				$wid = Worker::add(PRIORITY_HIGH, 'FetchMissingActivity', $activity['reply-to-id'], $activity, '', Receiver::COMPLETION_AUTO);
-				Queue::setWorkerId($activity, $wid);
+				if (!Fetch::hasWorker($activity['reply-to-id'])) {
+					Fetch::add($activity['reply-to-id']);
+					$wid = Worker::add(PRIORITY_HIGH, 'FetchMissingActivity', $activity['reply-to-id'], $activity, '', Receiver::COMPLETION_AUTO);
+					Fetch::setWorkerId($activity['reply-to-id'], $wid);
+					Queue::setWorkerId($activity, $wid);
+				} else {
+					Logger::debug('Activity is already in the fetching process', ['url' => $activity['reply-to-id']]);
+				}
 				if (!empty($conversation)) {
 					return [];
 				}

static/dbstructure.config.php

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 
 if (!defined('DB_UPDATE_VERSION')) {
-	define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION', 1476);
+	define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION', 1477);
 }
 
 return [
@@ -692,6 +692,20 @@ return [
 			"uri-id" => ["UNIQUE", "uri-id"],
 		]
 	],
+	"fetch-entry" => [
+		"comment" => "",
+		"fields" => [
+			"id" => ["type" => "int unsigned", "not null" => "1", "extra" => "auto_increment", "primary" => "1", "comment" => "sequential ID"],
+			"url" => ["type" => "varbinary(255)", "comment" => "url that awaiting to be fetched"],
+			"created" => ["type" => "datetime", "not null" => "1", "default" => DBA::NULL_DATETIME, "comment" => "Creation date of the fetch request"],
+			"wid" => ["type" => "int unsigned", "foreign" => ["workerqueue" => "id"], "comment" => "Workerqueue id"],		],
+		"indexes" => [
+			"PRIMARY" => ["id"],
+			"url" => ["UNIQUE", "url"],
+			"created" => ["created"],
+			"wid" => ["wid"],
+		]
+	],
 	"fsuggest" => [
 		"comment" => "friend suggestion stuff",
 		"fields" => [