PDS: Error viewing profiles

[rudyfraser]

Viewing rsky hosted profile from canonical PDS loads profile correctly

GET https://shiitake.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile?actor=did:plc:hivp4of4zpkjdlxijfplzyjd returns

{
    "did": "did:plc:hivp4of4zpkjdlxijfplzyjd",
    "handle": "rudy717.blacksky.app",
    "associated":
    {
        "lists": 0,
        "feedgens": 0,
        "starterPacks": 0,
        "labeler": false
    },
    "viewer":
    {
        "muted": false,
        "blockedBy": false,
        "following": "at://did:plc:w4xbfzo7kqfes5zb7r6qv3rw/app.bsky.graph.follow/3l4vsfoz5yo2l",
        "knownFollowers":
        {
            "count": 1,
            "followers":
            [
                {
                    "did": "did:plc:w4xbfzo7kqfes5zb7r6qv3rw",
                    "handle": "rudyfraser.com",
                    "displayName": "Rudy wants revolution.",
                    "avatar": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:w4xbfzo7kqfes5zb7r6qv3rw/bafkreigpzxzalqsknweyuesljngr7d3zbmcy76626loiaophjvllphncty@jpeg",
                    "associated":
                    {
                        "chat":
                        {
                            "allowIncoming": "all"
                        }
                    },
                    "viewer":
                    {
                        "muted": false,
                        "blockedBy": false
                    },
                    "labels":
                    [],
                    "createdAt": "2023-05-01T03:43:42.434Z"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "labels":
    [],
    "createdAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "indexedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "followersCount": 1,
    "followsCount": 0,
    "postsCount": 0
}

Viewing any profile while logged into rsky pds returns an error in app:

GET https://blacksky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile?actor=did%3Aplc%3Aw4xbfzo7kqfes5zb7r6qv3rw returns:

{
    "did": "did:plc:w4xbfzo7kqfes5zb7r6qv3rw",
    "handle": "rudyfraser.com",
    "displayName": "Rudy wants revolution.",
    "avatar": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:w4xbfzo7kqfes5zb7r6qv3rw/bafkreigpzxzalqsknweyuesljngr7d3zbmcy76626loiaophjvllphncty@jpeg",
    "associated":
    {
        "lists": 1,
        "feedgens": 4,
        "starterPacks": 1,
        "labeler": false,
        "chat":
        {
            "allowIncoming": "all"
        }
    },
    "viewer":
    {
        "muted": false,
        "blockedBy": false,
        "followedBy": "at://did:plc:w4xbfzo7kqfes5zb7r6qv3rw/app.bsky.graph.follow/3l4vsfoz5yo2l"
    },
    "labels":
    [],
    "createdAt": "2023-05-01T03:43:42.434Z",
    "description": "Building community networks and technologies blackskyweb.xyz + https://wethepeople.nyc\nmove fast and break chains;\nDonate: opencollective.com/blacksky",
    "indexedAt": "2024-09-25T02:02:41.308Z",
    "banner": "https://cdn.bsky.app/img/banner/plain/did:plc:w4xbfzo7kqfes5zb7r6qv3rw/bafkreigidwsijobc7zd7jtam4hkegim5v7byyafwpitxu6eqviahokkege@jpeg",
    "followersCount": 4321,
    "followsCount": 180,
    "postsCount": 1758
}

[rudyfraser]

Maybe related:

Me: Any idea why the app view would return "0001-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" for createdAt and indexedAt for a profile (3p pds implementation) e.g. https://api.bsky.app/xrpc/app.bsky.actor.getProfile?actor=did:plc:hivp4of4zpkjdlxijfplzyjd

Jaz: that should be time.Now() of when the profile was first seen basically. we didn't see a profile creation for the actor. we just resolved the DID<->Handle. so it's actually a null createdAt/indexedAt which is getting turned into the zero time