From 9b6db9865cf618af261d6aee203ecae92193f1a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: svemagie <869694+svemagie@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:15:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(logging): suppress fedify inbox HTTP Signature
 verification noise

---
 lib/federation-setup.js | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/federation-setup.js b/lib/federation-setup.js
index f63c4f0..0caea53 100644
--- a/lib/federation-setup.js
+++ b/lib/federation-setup.js
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ export function setupFederation(options) {
           sinks: ["console"],
           lowestLevel: "fatal",
         },
+        {
+          // Noise guard: HTTP Signature verification failures are expected for
+          // incoming activities from servers with expired/gone keys (e.g. deleted
+          // actors, migrated servers). These produce high log volume with no
+          // actionable signal — suppress everything below fatal.
+          category: ["fedify", "federation", "inbox"],
+          sinks: ["console"],
+          lowestLevel: "fatal",
+        },
         {
           // All remaining Fedify logs - federation, vocab, delivery, signatures.
           category: ["fedify"],