diff --git a/src/Core/Worker/Cron.php b/src/Core/Worker/Cron.php
index bc6afc32e..d45592f37 100644
--- a/src/Core/Worker/Cron.php
+++ b/src/Core/Worker/Cron.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * @copyright Copyright (C) 2010-2022, the Friendica project
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2010-2023, the Friendica project
  *
  * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
  *
diff --git a/src/Worker/Notifier.php b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
index c6a6ae4f1..1cb1cad92 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Notifier.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
@@ -816,7 +816,11 @@ class Notifier
 		}
 
 		// Fill the item cache
-		ActivityPub\Transmitter::createCachedActivityFromItem($target_item['id'], true);
+		$cache = ActivityPub\Transmitter::createCachedActivityFromItem($target_item['id'], true);
+		if (empty($cache)) {
+			Logger::info('Item cache was not created. The post will not be distributed.', ['id' => $target_item['id'], 'url' => $target_item['uri'], 'verb' => $target_item['verb']]);
+			return ['count' => 0, 'contacts' => []];
+		}
 
 		$delivery_queue_count = 0;
 		$contacts = [];