Document user deletion changes.

Looks to be more reliable so far, hopefully that holds true.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Removed duplicate jobs to purge expired activities
 - File extensions of some attachments were incorrectly changed. This feature has been disabled for now.
 - Mix task pleroma.instance creates missing parent directories if the configuration or SQL output paths are changed.
+- Improved reliability of user account deletion and cleanup
 
 <details>
   <summary>API Changes</summary>

lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/user.ex

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.User do
   alias Ecto.Changeset
   alias Pleroma.User
   alias Pleroma.UserInviteToken
-  alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Builder
-  alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Pipeline
 
   @shortdoc "Manages Pleroma users"
   @moduledoc File.read!("docs/administration/CLI_tasks/user.md")
@@ -98,9 +96,8 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.User do
   def run(["rm", nickname]) do
     start_pleroma()
 
-    with %User{local: true} = user <- User.get_cached_by_nickname(nickname),
-         {:ok, delete_data, _} <- Builder.delete(user, user.ap_id),
-         {:ok, _delete, _} <- Pipeline.common_pipeline(delete_data, local: true) do
+    with %User{local: true} = user <- User.get_cached_by_nickname(nickname) do
+      User.delete(user)
       shell_info("User #{nickname} deleted.")
     else
       _ -> shell_error("No local user #{nickname}")

lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/controllers/user_controller.ex

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI.UserController do
 
   alias Pleroma.ModerationLog
   alias Pleroma.User
-  alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Builder
-  alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Pipeline
   alias Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI
   alias Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI.AccountView
   alias Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI.Search
@@ -53,10 +51,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.AdminAPI.UserController do
   def delete(%{assigns: %{user: admin}} = conn, %{"nicknames" => nicknames}) do
     users = Enum.map(nicknames, &User.get_cached_by_nickname/1)
 
-    Enum.each(users, fn user ->
-      {:ok, delete_data, _} = Builder.delete(admin, user.ap_id)
-      Pipeline.common_pipeline(delete_data, local: true)
-    end)
+    Enum.each(users, &User.delete(&1))
 
     ModerationLog.insert_log(%{
       actor: admin,

lib/pleroma/workers/background_worker.ex

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.BackgroundWorker do
 
   def perform(%Job{args: %{"op" => "delete_user", "user_id" => user_id}}) do
     user = User.get_cached_by_id(user_id)
+    User.set_activation_async(user, false)
     User.perform(:delete, user)
   end
 

test/mix/tasks/pleroma/user_test.exs

@@ -95,17 +95,13 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.UserTest do
       clear_config([:instance, :federating], true)
       user = insert(:user)
 
-      with_mock Pleroma.Web.Federator,
-        publish: fn _ -> nil end do
-        Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.User.run(["rm", user.nickname])
-        ObanHelpers.perform_all()
+      Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.User.run(["rm", user.nickname])
 
-        assert_received {:mix_shell, :info, [message]}
-        assert message =~ " deleted"
-        assert %{is_active: false} = User.get_by_nickname(user.nickname)
+      assert [{:ok, job_result}] = ObanHelpers.perform_all()
 
-        assert called(Pleroma.Web.Federator.publish(:_))
-      end
+      assert_received {:mix_shell, :info, [message]}
+      assert message =~ " deleted"
+      assert %{is_active: false} = User.get_by_nickname(user.nickname)
     end
 
     test "a remote user's create activity is deleted when the object has been pruned" do