User: Don't error out if we want to refresh a user but can't

lib/pleroma/user.ex

@@ -1618,12 +1618,19 @@ defmodule Pleroma.User do
   def fetch_by_ap_id(ap_id), do: ActivityPub.make_user_from_ap_id(ap_id)
 
   def get_or_fetch_by_ap_id(ap_id) do
-    user = get_cached_by_ap_id(ap_id)
+    cached_user = get_cached_by_ap_id(ap_id)
 
-    if !is_nil(user) and !needs_update?(user) do
-      {:ok, user}
-    else
-      fetch_by_ap_id(ap_id)
+    maybe_fetched_user = needs_update?(cached_user) && fetch_by_ap_id(ap_id)
+
+    case {cached_user, maybe_fetched_user} do
+      {_, {:ok, %User{} = user}} ->
+        {:ok, user}
+
+      {%User{} = user, _} ->
+        {:ok, user}
+
+      _ ->
+        {:error, :not_found}
     end
   end
 

test/web/activity_pub/activity_pub_controller_test.exs

@@ -451,6 +451,36 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPubControllerTest do
       assert Activity.get_by_ap_id(data["id"])
     end
 
+    @tag capture_log: true
+    test "it inserts an incoming activity into the database" <>
+           "even if we can't fetch the user but have it in our db",
+         %{conn: conn} do
+      user =
+        insert(:user,
+          ap_id: "https://mastodon.example.org/users/raymoo",
+          ap_enabled: true,
+          local: false,
+          last_refreshed_at: nil
+        )
+
+      data =
+        File.read!("test/fixtures/mastodon-post-activity.json")
+        |> Poison.decode!()
+        |> Map.put("actor", user.ap_id)
+        |> put_in(["object", "attridbutedTo"], user.ap_id)
+
+      conn =
+        conn
+        |> assign(:valid_signature, true)
+        |> put_req_header("content-type", "application/activity+json")
+        |> post("/inbox", data)
+
+      assert "ok" == json_response(conn, 200)
+
+      ObanHelpers.perform(all_enqueued(worker: ReceiverWorker))
+      assert Activity.get_by_ap_id(data["id"])
+    end
+
     test "it clears `unreachable` federation status of the sender", %{conn: conn} do
       data = File.read!("test/fixtures/mastodon-post-activity.json") |> Poison.decode!()