diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
index b14c91c18..10155ff5a 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ defp do_publish_one(%{inbox: inbox, json: json, actor: actor, id: id}) do
         digest: digest
       })
 
-    with {:ok, _} <-
+    with {:ok, %{status: code}} when code in 200..299 <-
            result =
              @httpoison.post(
                inbox,
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/salmon/salmon.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/salmon/salmon.ex
index 0a0b91433..0423ccee0 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/salmon/salmon.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/salmon/salmon.ex
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ defp send_to_user(%{info: %{salmon: salmon}}, feed, poster),
 
   defp send_to_user(url, feed, poster) when is_binary(url) do
     with {:reachable, true} <- {:reachable, Instances.reachable?(url)},
-         {:ok, %{status: code}} <-
+         {:ok, %{status: code}} when code in 200..299 <-
            poster.(
              url,
              feed,
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/websub/websub.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/websub/websub.ex
index a6bbaef37..9ceb5fbf7 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/websub/websub.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/websub/websub.ex
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ def publish_one(%{xml: xml, topic: topic, callback: callback, secret: secret}) d
     Logger.info(fn -> "Pushing #{topic} to #{callback}" end)
 
     with {:reachable, true} <- {:reachable, Instances.reachable?(callback)},
-         {:ok, %{status: code}} <-
+         {:ok, %{status: code}} when code in 200..299 <-
            @httpoison.post(
              callback,
              xml,