Guard against outdated Updates

It is possible for an earlier Update to be received by us later.
For this, we now
(1) only allows Updates to poll counts if there is no updated field,
    or the updated field is the same as the last updated date or
    creation date;
(2) does not allow updating anything if the updated field
    is older than the last updated date or creation date;
(3) allows updating updatable fields otherwise (normal updates);
(4) if only the updated field is changed, it does not create
    a new history item on its own.

lib/pleroma/object/updater.ex

@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ def update_content_fields(orig_object_data, updated_object) do
     |> Enum.reduce(
       %{data: orig_object_data, updated: false},
       fn field, %{data: data, updated: updated} ->
-        updated = updated or Map.get(updated_object, field) != Map.get(orig_object_data, field)
+        updated =
+          updated or
+            (field != "updated" and
+               Map.get(updated_object, field) != Map.get(orig_object_data, field))
 
         data =
           if Map.has_key?(updated_object, field) do
@@ -136,21 +139,57 @@ def make_update_object_data(original_data, new_data, date) do
   # This calculates the data of the new Object from an Update.
   # new_data's formerRepresentations is considered.
   def make_new_object_data_from_update_object(original_data, new_data) do
-    %{data: updated_data, updated: updated} =
+    update_is_reasonable =
-      original_data
+      with {_, updated} when not is_nil(updated) <- {:cur_updated, new_data["updated"]},
-      |> update_content_fields(new_data)
+           {_, {:ok, updated_time, _}} <- {:cur_updated, DateTime.from_iso8601(updated)},
+           {_, last_updated} when not is_nil(last_updated) <-
+             {:last_updated, original_data["updated"] || original_data["published"]},
+           {_, {:ok, last_updated_time, _}} <-
+             {:last_updated, DateTime.from_iso8601(last_updated)},
+           :gt <- DateTime.compare(updated_time, last_updated_time) do
+        :update_everything
+      else
+        # only allow poll updates
+        {:cur_updated, _} -> :no_content_update
+        :eq -> :no_content_update
+        # allow all updates
+        {:last_updated, _} -> :update_everything
+        # allow no updates
+        _ -> false
+      end
 
-    %{updated_object: updated_data, used_history_in_new_object?: used_history_in_new_object?} =
+    %{
-      updated_data
+      updated_object: updated_data,
-      |> maybe_update_history(original_data,
+      used_history_in_new_object?: used_history_in_new_object?,
-        updated: updated,
+      updated: updated
-        use_history_in_new_object?: true,
+    } =
-        new_data: new_data
+      if update_is_reasonable == :update_everything do
-      )
+        %{data: updated_data, updated: updated} =
+          original_data
+          |> update_content_fields(new_data)
+
+        updated_data
+        |> maybe_update_history(original_data,
+          updated: updated,
+          use_history_in_new_object?: true,
+          new_data: new_data
+        )
+        |> Map.put(:updated, updated)
+      else
+        %{
+          updated_object: original_data,
+          used_history_in_new_object?: false,
+          updated: false
+        }
+      end
 
     updated_data =
-      updated_data
+      if update_is_reasonable != false do
-      |> maybe_update_poll(new_data)
+        updated_data
+        |> maybe_update_poll(new_data)
+      else
+        updated_data
+      end
 
     %{
       updated_data: updated_data,

test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/side_effects_test.exs

@@ -142,14 +142,19 @@ test "it uses a given changeset to update", %{user: user, update: update} do
 
   describe "update notes" do
     setup do
+      make_time = fn ->
+        Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Utils.make_date()
+      end
+
       user = insert(:user)
-      note = insert(:note, user: user)
+      note = insert(:note, user: user, data: %{"published" => make_time.()})
       _note_activity = insert(:note_activity, note: note)
 
       updated_note =
         note.data
         |> Map.put("summary", "edited summary")
         |> Map.put("content", "edited content")
+        |> Map.put("updated", make_time.())
 
       {:ok, update_data, []} = Builder.update(user, updated_note)
       {:ok, update, _meta} = ActivityPub.persist(update_data, local: true)
@@ -170,8 +175,69 @@ test "it updates the note", %{
       updated_note: updated_note
     } do
       {:ok, _, _} = SideEffects.handle(update, object_data: updated_note)
+      updated_time = updated_note["updated"]
+
       new_note = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
-      assert %{"summary" => "edited summary", "content" => "edited content"} = new_note.data
+
+      assert %{
+               "summary" => "edited summary",
+               "content" => "edited content",
+               "updated" => ^updated_time
+             } = new_note.data
+    end
+
+    test "it rejects updates with no updated attribute in object", %{
+      object_id: object_id,
+      update: update,
+      updated_note: updated_note
+    } do
+      old_note = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+      updated_note = Map.drop(updated_note, ["updated"])
+      {:ok, _, _} = SideEffects.handle(update, object_data: updated_note)
+      new_note = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+      assert old_note.data == new_note.data
+    end
+
+    test "it rejects updates with updated attribute older than what we have in the original object",
+         %{
+           object_id: object_id,
+           update: update,
+           updated_note: updated_note
+         } do
+      old_note = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+      {:ok, creation_time, _} = DateTime.from_iso8601(old_note.data["published"])
+
+      updated_note =
+        Map.put(updated_note, "updated", DateTime.to_iso8601(DateTime.add(creation_time, -10)))
+
+      {:ok, _, _} = SideEffects.handle(update, object_data: updated_note)
+      new_note = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+      assert old_note.data == new_note.data
+    end
+
+    test "it rejects updates with updated attribute older than the last Update", %{
+      object_id: object_id,
+      update: update,
+      updated_note: updated_note
+    } do
+      old_note = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+      {:ok, creation_time, _} = DateTime.from_iso8601(old_note.data["published"])
+
+      updated_note =
+        Map.put(updated_note, "updated", DateTime.to_iso8601(DateTime.add(creation_time, +10)))
+
+      {:ok, _, _} = SideEffects.handle(update, object_data: updated_note)
+
+      old_note = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+      {:ok, update_time, _} = DateTime.from_iso8601(old_note.data["updated"])
+
+      updated_note =
+        Map.put(updated_note, "updated", DateTime.to_iso8601(DateTime.add(update_time, -5)))
+
+      {:ok, _, _} = SideEffects.handle(update, object_data: updated_note)
+
+      new_note = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+      assert old_note.data == new_note.data
     end
 
     test "it updates using object_data", %{
@@ -215,6 +281,14 @@ test "it puts the original note at the front of formerRepresentations", %{
         note.data
         |> Map.put("summary", "edited summary 2")
         |> Map.put("content", "edited content 2")
+        |> Map.put(
+          "updated",
+          first_edit["updated"]
+          |> DateTime.from_iso8601()
+          |> elem(1)
+          |> DateTime.add(10)
+          |> DateTime.to_iso8601()
+        )
 
       {:ok, second_update_data, []} = Builder.update(user, second_updated_note)
       {:ok, update, _meta} = ActivityPub.persist(second_update_data, local: true)
@@ -238,7 +312,18 @@ test "it does not prepend to formerRepresentations if no actual changes are made
       updated_note: updated_note
     } do
       {:ok, _, _} = SideEffects.handle(update, object_data: updated_note)
-      %{data: _first_edit} = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+      %{data: first_edit} = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
+
+      updated_note =
+        updated_note
+        |> Map.put(
+          "updated",
+          first_edit["updated"]
+          |> DateTime.from_iso8601()
+          |> elem(1)
+          |> DateTime.add(10)
+          |> DateTime.to_iso8601()
+        )
 
       {:ok, _, _} = SideEffects.handle(update, object_data: updated_note)
       %{data: new_note} = Pleroma.Object.get_by_id(object_id)
@@ -270,7 +355,10 @@ test "allows updating choice count without generating edit history", %{
         data["oneOf"]
         |> Enum.map(fn choice -> put_in(choice, ["replies", "totalItems"], 5) end)
 
-      updated_question = data |> Map.put("oneOf", new_choices)
+      updated_question =
+        data
+        |> Map.put("oneOf", new_choices)
+        |> Map.put("updated", Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Utils.make_date())
 
       {:ok, update_data, []} = Builder.update(user, updated_question)
       {:ok, update, _meta} = ActivityPub.persist(update_data, local: true)

test/pleroma/web/common_api_test.exs

@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ test "updates a post with emoji and federate properly" do
       clear_config([:instance, :federating], true)
 
       with_mock Pleroma.Web.Federator,
-        publish: fn p -> nil end do
+        publish: fn _p -> nil end do
         {:ok, updated} = CommonAPI.update(user, activity, %{status: "updated 2 :#{emoji2}:"})
 
         assert updated.data["object"]["content"] == "updated 2 :#{emoji2}:"