Disable federation by default (#20045)

custom/conf/app.example.ini

@@ -2249,27 +2249,27 @@ PATH =
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;;
 ;; Enable/Disable federation capabilities
-; ENABLED = true
+;ENABLED = false
 ;;
 ;; Enable/Disable user statistics for nodeinfo if federation is enabled
-; SHARE_USER_STATISTICS = true
+;SHARE_USER_STATISTICS = true
 ;;
 ;; Maximum federation request and response size (MB)
-; MAX_SIZE = 4
+;MAX_SIZE = 4
 ;;
 ;; WARNING: Changing the settings below can break federation.
 ;;
 ;; HTTP signature algorithms
-; ALGORITHMS = rsa-sha256, rsa-sha512, ed25519
+;ALGORITHMS = rsa-sha256, rsa-sha512, ed25519
 ;;
 ;; HTTP signature digest algorithm
-; DIGEST_ALGORITHM = SHA-256
+;DIGEST_ALGORITHM = SHA-256
 ;;
 ;; GET headers for federation requests
-; GET_HEADERS = (request-target), Date
+;GET_HEADERS = (request-target), Date
 ;;
 ;; POST headers for federation requests
-; POST_HEADERS = (request-target), Date, Digest
+;POST_HEADERS = (request-target), Date, Digest
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md

@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ Task queue configuration has been moved to `queue.task`. However, the below conf
 
 ## Federation (`federation`)
 
-- `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable/Disable federation capabilities
+- `ENABLED`: **false**: Enable/Disable federation capabilities
 - `SHARE_USER_STATISTICS`: **true**: Enable/Disable user statistics for nodeinfo if federation is enabled
 - `MAX_SIZE`: **4**: Maximum federation request and response size (MB)
 

integrations/api_activitypub_person_test.go

@@ -15,18 +15,21 @@ import (
 	user_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/user"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/activitypub"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/routers"
 
 	ap "github.com/go-ap/activitypub"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func TestActivityPubPerson(t *testing.T) {
-	onGiteaRun(t, func(*testing.T, *url.URL) {
+	setting.Federation.Enabled = true
-		setting.Federation.Enabled = true
+	c = routers.NormalRoutes()
-		defer func() {
+	defer func() {
-			setting.Federation.Enabled = false
+		setting.Federation.Enabled = false
-		}()
+		c = routers.NormalRoutes()
+	}()
 
+	onGiteaRun(t, func(*testing.T, *url.URL) {
 		username := "user2"
 		req := NewRequestf(t, "GET", fmt.Sprintf("/api/v1/activitypub/user/%s", username))
 		resp := MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
@@ -56,12 +59,14 @@ func TestActivityPubPerson(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestActivityPubMissingPerson(t *testing.T) {
-	onGiteaRun(t, func(*testing.T, *url.URL) {
+	setting.Federation.Enabled = true
-		setting.Federation.Enabled = true
+	c = routers.NormalRoutes()
-		defer func() {
+	defer func() {
-			setting.Federation.Enabled = false
+		setting.Federation.Enabled = false
-		}()
+		c = routers.NormalRoutes()
+	}()
 
+	onGiteaRun(t, func(*testing.T, *url.URL) {
 		req := NewRequestf(t, "GET", "/api/v1/activitypub/user/nonexistentuser")
 		resp := MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusNotFound)
 		assert.Contains(t, resp.Body.String(), "user redirect does not exist")
@@ -69,15 +74,20 @@ func TestActivityPubMissingPerson(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestActivityPubPersonInbox(t *testing.T) {
+	setting.Federation.Enabled = true
+	c = routers.NormalRoutes()
+	defer func() {
+		setting.Federation.Enabled = false
+		c = routers.NormalRoutes()
+	}()
+
 	srv := httptest.NewServer(c)
 	defer srv.Close()
 
 	onGiteaRun(t, func(*testing.T, *url.URL) {
 		appURL := setting.AppURL
-		setting.Federation.Enabled = true
 		setting.AppURL = srv.URL
 		defer func() {
-			setting.Federation.Enabled = false
 			setting.Database.LogSQL = false
 			setting.AppURL = appURL
 		}()

integrations/api_nodeinfo_test.go

@@ -11,17 +11,20 @@ import (
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
 	api "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/structs"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/routers"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func TestNodeinfo(t *testing.T) {
-	onGiteaRun(t, func(*testing.T, *url.URL) {
+	setting.Federation.Enabled = true
-		setting.Federation.Enabled = true
+	c = routers.NormalRoutes()
-		defer func() {
+	defer func() {
-			setting.Federation.Enabled = false
+		setting.Federation.Enabled = false
-		}()
+		c = routers.NormalRoutes()
+	}()
 
+	onGiteaRun(t, func(*testing.T, *url.URL) {
 		req := NewRequestf(t, "GET", "/api/v1/nodeinfo")
 		resp := MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
 		var nodeinfo api.NodeInfo

modules/setting/federation.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var (
 		GetHeaders          []string
 		PostHeaders         []string
 	}{
-		Enabled:             true,
+		Enabled:             false,
 		ShareUserStatistics: true,
 		MaxSize:             4,
 		Algorithms:          []string{"rsa-sha256", "rsa-sha512", "ed25519"},