diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index b07ad8483f..512238b52e 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -253,10 +253,10 @@ function public_contact()
 	if (!$public_contact_id && !empty($_SESSION['authenticated'])) {
 		if (!empty($_SESSION['my_address'])) {
 			// Local user
-			$public_contact_id = intval(Contact::getIdForURL($_SESSION['my_address'], 0, true));
+			$public_contact_id = intval(Contact::getIdForURL($_SESSION['my_address'], 0, false));
 		} elseif (!empty($_SESSION['visitor_home'])) {
 			// Remote user
-			$public_contact_id = intval(Contact::getIdForURL($_SESSION['visitor_home'], 0, true));
+			$public_contact_id = intval(Contact::getIdForURL($_SESSION['visitor_home'], 0, false));
 		}
 	} elseif (empty($_SESSION['authenticated'])) {
 		$public_contact_id = false;
diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index 53d00b27de..86cda0b1bb 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -654,8 +654,8 @@ function api_get_user(App $a, $contact_id = null)
 				'notifications' => false,
 				'statusnet_profile_url' => $contact["url"],
 				'uid' => 0,
-				'cid' => Contact::getIdForURL($contact["url"], api_user(), true),
-				'pid' => Contact::getIdForURL($contact["url"], 0, true),
+				'cid' => Contact::getIdForURL($contact["url"], api_user(), false),
+				'pid' => Contact::getIdForURL($contact["url"], 0, false),
 				'self' => 0,
 				'network' => $contact["network"],
 			];
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ function api_get_user(App $a, $contact_id = null)
 	$countfollowers = 0;
 	$starred = 0;
 
-	$pcontact_id  = Contact::getIdForURL($uinfo[0]['url'], 0, true);
+	$pcontact_id  = Contact::getIdForURL($uinfo[0]['url'], 0, false);
 
 	if (!empty($profile['about'])) {
 		$description = $profile['about'];
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ function api_get_user(App $a, $contact_id = null)
 		'statusnet_profile_url' => $uinfo[0]['url'],
 		'uid' => intval($uinfo[0]['uid']),
 		'cid' => intval($uinfo[0]['cid']),
-		'pid' => Contact::getIdForURL($uinfo[0]["url"], 0, true),
+		'pid' => Contact::getIdForURL($uinfo[0]["url"], 0, false),
 		'self' => $uinfo[0]['self'],
 		'network' => $uinfo[0]['network'],
 	];
@@ -5052,7 +5052,7 @@ function api_share_as_retweet(&$item)
 
 	$reshared_item["share-pre-body"] = $reshared['comment'];
 	$reshared_item["body"] = $reshared['shared'];
-	$reshared_item["author-id"] = Contact::getIdForURL($reshared['profile'], 0, true);
+	$reshared_item["author-id"] = Contact::getIdForURL($reshared['profile'], 0, false);
 	$reshared_item["author-name"] = $reshared['author'];
 	$reshared_item["author-link"] = $reshared['profile'];
 	$reshared_item["author-avatar"] = $reshared['avatar'];
diff --git a/include/conversation.php b/include/conversation.php
index 6e024fe20f..8507c5ba97 100644
--- a/include/conversation.php
+++ b/include/conversation.php
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ function conv_get_blocklist()
 
 	foreach (explode(',', $str_blocked) as $entry) {
 		// The 4th parameter guarantees that there always will be a public contact entry
-		$cid = Contact::getIdForURL(trim($entry), 0, true, ['url' => trim($entry)]);
+		$cid = Contact::getIdForURL(trim($entry), 0, false, ['url' => trim($entry)]);
 		if (!empty($cid)) {
 			$blocklist[] = $cid;
 		}
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ function item_photo_menu($item) {
 	$sparkle = (strpos($profile_link, 'redir/') === 0);
 
 	$cid = 0;
-	$pcid = Contact::getIdForURL($item['author-link'], 0, true);
+	$pcid = Contact::getIdForURL($item['author-link'], 0, false);
 	$network = '';
 	$rel = 0;
 	$condition = ['uid' => local_user(), 'nurl' => Strings::normaliseLink($item['author-link'])];
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_request.php b/mod/dfrn_request.php
index f5716e8ff5..f8e4c90236 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_request.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_request.php
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ function dfrn_request_post(App $a)
 		$hcard = '';
 
 		// Detect the network
-		$data = Probe::uri($url);
+		$data = Contact::getByURL($url);
 		$network = $data["network"];
 
 		// Canonicalize email-style profile locator
diff --git a/mod/display.php b/mod/display.php
index 61e1529e4d..1a429948a9 100644
--- a/mod/display.php
+++ b/mod/display.php
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ function display_fetchauthor($a, $item)
 		$profiledata["about"] = "";
 	}
 
-	$profiledata = array_merge($profiledata, Contact::getByURLForUser($profiledata["url"], local_user()));
+	$profiledata = Contact::getByURLForUser($profiledata["url"], local_user()) ?: $profiledata;
 
 	if (!empty($profiledata["photo"])) {
 		$profiledata["photo"] = DI::baseUrl()->remove($profiledata["photo"]);
diff --git a/mod/match.php b/mod/match.php
index b54be01347..747e0b2f03 100644
--- a/mod/match.php
+++ b/mod/match.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function match_content(App $a)
 			$profile = $msearch->results[$i];
 
 			// Already known contact
-			if (!$profile || Contact::getIdForURL($profile->url, local_user(), true)) {
+			if (!$profile || Contact::getIdForURL($profile->url, local_user(), false)) {
 				continue;
 			}
 
diff --git a/mod/ostatus_subscribe.php b/mod/ostatus_subscribe.php
index 64774eead9..751afcc731 100644
--- a/mod/ostatus_subscribe.php
+++ b/mod/ostatus_subscribe.php
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ use Friendica\App;
 use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
-use Friendica\Network\Probe;
 use Friendica\Util\Network;
 
 function ostatus_subscribe_content(App $a)
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ function ostatus_subscribe_content(App $a)
 			return $o . DI::l10n()->t('No contact provided.');
 		}
 
-		$contact = Probe::uri($_REQUEST['url']);
+		$contact = Contact::getByURL($_REQUEST['url']);
 		if (!$contact) {
 			DI::pConfig()->delete($uid, 'ostatus', 'legacy_contact');
 			return $o . DI::l10n()->t('Couldn\'t fetch information for contact.');
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ function ostatus_subscribe_content(App $a)
 
 	$o .= '<p>' . $counter . '/' . $total . ': ' . $url;
 
-	$probed = Probe::uri($url);
+	$probed = Contact::getByURL($url);
 	if ($probed['network'] == Protocol::OSTATUS) {
 		$result = Contact::createFromProbe($a->user, $probed['url'], true, Protocol::OSTATUS);
 		if ($result['success']) {
diff --git a/mod/suggest.php b/mod/suggest.php
index 068b9e366b..9cd2fb1cd9 100644
--- a/mod/suggest.php
+++ b/mod/suggest.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function suggest_content(App $a)
 			'hide' => [DI::l10n()->t('Ignore/Hide'), $ignlnk]
 		];
 
-		$contact_details = array_merge($rr, Contact::getByURLForUser($rr["url"], local_user()));
+		$contact_details = Contact::getByURLForUser($rr["url"], local_user()) ?: $rr;
 
 		$entry = [
 			'url' => Contact::magicLink($rr['url']),
diff --git a/src/Content/Widget.php b/src/Content/Widget.php
index ffc5debb33..fad863fbeb 100644
--- a/src/Content/Widget.php
+++ b/src/Content/Widget.php
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ class Widget
 		}
 
 		if (Feature::isEnabled($uid, 'tagadelic')) {
-			$owner_id = Contact::getIdForURL($a->profile['url'], 0, true);
+			$owner_id = Contact::getIdForURL($a->profile['url'], 0, false);
 
 			if (!$owner_id) {
 				return '';
diff --git a/src/Core/Search.php b/src/Core/Search.php
index d6ed9b6bfb..60137e66f7 100644
--- a/src/Core/Search.php
+++ b/src/Core/Search.php
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class Search
 			return $resultList;
 		}
 
-		$data = DBA::select('gcontact', ['nurl'], [
+		$data = DBA::select('gcontact', ['nurl', 'name', 'addr', 'url', 'photo', 'network', 'keywords'], [
 			'NOT `hide`
 			AND `network` IN (?, ?, ?, ?)
 			AND ((`last_contact` >= `last_failure`) OR (`updated` >= `last_failure`))
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class Search
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			$contact = Contact::getByURLForUser($row["nurl"], local_user());
+			$contact = Contact::getByURLForUser($row["nurl"], local_user()) ?: $row;
 
 			if ($contact["name"] == "") {
 				$contact["name"] = end(explode("/", $urlParts["path"]));
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ class Search
 				$contact["url"],
 				$contact["photo"],
 				$contact["network"],
-				$contact["cid"],
-				$contact["zid"],
+				$contact["cid"] ?? 0,
+				$contact["zid"] ?? 0,
 				$contact["keywords"]
 			);
 
diff --git a/src/Database/PostUpdate.php b/src/Database/PostUpdate.php
index 0ceae07f70..6d8b197db1 100644
--- a/src/Database/PostUpdate.php
+++ b/src/Database/PostUpdate.php
@@ -245,14 +245,14 @@ class PostUpdate
 				$default = ['url' => $item['author-link'], 'name' => $item['author-name'],
 					'photo' => $item['author-avatar'], 'network' => $item['network']];
 
-				$item['author-id'] = Contact::getIdForURL($item["author-link"], 0, false, $default);
+				$item['author-id'] = Contact::getIdForURL($item["author-link"], 0, null, $default);
 			}
 
 			if (empty($item['owner-id'])) {
 				$default = ['url' => $item['owner-link'], 'name' => $item['owner-name'],
 					'photo' => $item['owner-avatar'], 'network' => $item['network']];
 
-				$item['owner-id'] = Contact::getIdForURL($item["owner-link"], 0, false, $default);
+				$item['owner-id'] = Contact::getIdForURL($item["owner-link"], 0, null, $default);
 			}
 
 			if (empty($item['psid'])) {
diff --git a/src/Model/Contact.php b/src/Model/Contact.php
index 15e4e57035..646da57caa 100644
--- a/src/Model/Contact.php
+++ b/src/Model/Contact.php
@@ -194,21 +194,32 @@ class Contact
 	 * Fetches a contact by a given url
 	 *
 	 * @param string  $url    profile url
-	 * @param integer $uid    User ID of the contact
-	 * @param array   $fields Field list
 	 * @param boolean $update true = always update, false = never update, null = update when not found or outdated
+	 * @param array   $fields Field list
+	 * @param integer $uid    User ID of the contact
 	 * @return array contact array
 	 */
 	public static function getByURL(string $url, $update = null, array $fields = [], int $uid = 0)
 	{
 		if ($update || is_null($update)) {
-			$cid = self::getIdForURL($url, $uid, !($update ?? false));
+			$cid = self::getIdForURL($url, $uid, $update);
 			if (empty($cid)) {
 				return [];
 			}
 			return self::getById($cid, $fields);
 		}
 
+		// Add internal fields
+		$removal = [];
+		if (!empty($fields)) {
+			foreach (['id', 'updated', 'network'] as $internal) {
+				if (!in_array($internal, $fields)) {
+					$fields[] = $internal;
+					$removal[] = $internal;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		// We first try the nurl (http://server.tld/nick), most common case
 		$options = ['order' => ['id']];
 		$contact = DBA::selectFirst('contact', $fields, ['nurl' => Strings::normaliseLink($url), 'uid' => $uid, 'deleted' => false], $options);
@@ -225,6 +236,18 @@ class Contact
 			$condition = ['`alias` IN (?, ?, ?) AND `uid` = ? AND NOT `deleted`', $url, Strings::normaliseLink($url), $ssl_url, $uid];
 			$contact = DBA::selectFirst('contact', $fields, $condition, $options);
 		}
+		
+		// Update the contact in the background if needed
+		if ((($contact['updated'] < DateTimeFormat::utc('now -7 days')) || empty($contact['avatar'])) &&
+			in_array($contact['network'], Protocol::FEDERATED)) {
+			Worker::add(PRIORITY_LOW, "UpdateContact", $contact['id'], ($uid == 0 ? 'force' : ''));
+		}
+
+		// Remove the internal fields
+		foreach ($removal as $internal) {
+			unset($contact[$internal]);
+		}
+
 		return $contact;
 	}
 
@@ -234,8 +257,8 @@ class Contact
 	 *
 	 * @param string  $url    profile url
 	 * @param integer $uid    User ID of the contact
-	 * @param array   $fields Field list
 	 * @param boolean $update true = always update, false = never update, null = update when not found or outdated
+	 * @param array   $fields Field list
 	 * @return array contact array
 	 */
 	public static function getByURLForUser(string $url, int $uid = 0, $update = false, array $fields = [])
@@ -296,7 +319,7 @@ class Contact
 	 */
 	public static function isFollowerByURL($url, $uid)
 	{
-		$cid = self::getIdForURL($url, $uid, true);
+		$cid = self::getIdForURL($url, $uid, false);
 
 		if (empty($cid)) {
 			return false;
@@ -342,7 +365,7 @@ class Contact
 	 */
 	public static function isSharingByURL($url, $uid)
 	{
-		$cid = self::getIdForURL($url, $uid, true);
+		$cid = self::getIdForURL($url, $uid, false);
 
 		if (empty($cid)) {
 			return false;
@@ -437,7 +460,7 @@ class Contact
 		if (!DBA::isResult($self)) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		return self::getIdForURL($self['url'], 0, true);
+		return self::getIdForURL($self['url'], 0, false);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -467,14 +490,14 @@ class Contact
 		}
 
 		if ($contact['uid'] != 0) {
-			$pcid = Contact::getIdForURL($contact['url'], 0, true, ['url' => $contact['url']]);
+			$pcid = Contact::getIdForURL($contact['url'], 0, false, ['url' => $contact['url']]);
 			if (empty($pcid)) {
 				return [];
 			}
 			$ucid = $contact['id'];
 		} else {
 			$pcid = $contact['id'];
-			$ucid = Contact::getIdForURL($contact['url'], $uid, true);
+			$ucid = Contact::getIdForURL($contact['url'], $uid, false);
 		}
 
 		return ['public' => $pcid, 'user' => $ucid];
@@ -1300,7 +1323,7 @@ class Contact
 	 *
 	 * @param string  $url       Contact URL
 	 * @param integer $uid       The user id for the contact (0 = public contact)
-	 * @param boolean $no_update Don't update the contact
+	 * @param boolean $update    true = always update, false = never update, null = update when not found or outdated
 	 * @param array   $default   Default value for creating the contact when every else fails
 	 * @param boolean $in_loop   Internally used variable to prevent an endless loop
 	 *
@@ -1308,7 +1331,7 @@ class Contact
 	 * @throws HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
 	 * @throws \ImagickException
 	 */
-	public static function getIdForURL($url, $uid = 0, $no_update = false, $default = [], $in_loop = false)
+	public static function getIdForURL($url, $uid = 0, $update = null, $default = [], $in_loop = false)
 	{
 		Logger::info('Get contact data', ['url' => $url, 'user' => $uid]);
 
@@ -1322,17 +1345,8 @@ class Contact
 
 		if (!empty($contact)) {
 			$contact_id = $contact["id"];
-			$update_contact = false;
 
-			// Update the contact every 7 days (Don't update mail or feed contacts)
-			if (in_array($contact['network'], Protocol::FEDERATED)) {
-				$update_contact = ($contact['updated'] < DateTimeFormat::utc('now -7 days'));
-
-				// We force the update if the avatar is empty
-				if (empty($contact['avatar'])) {
-					$update_contact = true;
-				}
-			} elseif (empty($default) && in_array($contact['network'], [Protocol::MAIL, Protocol::PHANTOM]) && ($uid == 0)) {
+			if (empty($default) && in_array($contact['network'], [Protocol::MAIL, Protocol::PHANTOM]) && ($uid == 0)) {
 				// Update public mail accounts via their user's accounts
 				$fields = ['network', 'addr', 'name', 'nick', 'avatar', 'photo', 'thumb', 'micro'];
 				$mailcontact = DBA::selectFirst('contact', $fields, ["`addr` = ? AND `network` = ? AND `uid` != 0", $url, Protocol::MAIL]);
@@ -1345,12 +1359,7 @@ class Contact
 				}
 			}
 
-			// Update the contact in the background if needed but it is called by the frontend
-			if ($update_contact && $no_update && in_array($contact['network'], Protocol::NATIVE_SUPPORT)) {
-				Worker::add(PRIORITY_LOW, "UpdateContact", $contact_id, ($uid == 0 ? 'force' : ''));
-			}
-
-			if (!$update_contact || $no_update) {
+			if (empty($update)) {
 				return $contact_id;
 			}
 		} elseif ($uid != 0) {
@@ -1358,11 +1367,11 @@ class Contact
 			return 0;
 		}
 
-		if ($no_update && empty($default)) {
+		if (!$update && empty($default)) {
 			// When we don't want to update, we look if we know this contact in any way
 			$data = self::getProbeDataFromDatabase($url, $contact_id);
 			$background_update = true;
-		} elseif ($no_update && !empty($default['network'])) {
+		} elseif (!$update && !empty($default['network'])) {
 			// If there are default values, take these
 			$data = $default;
 			$background_update = false;
@@ -1371,7 +1380,7 @@ class Contact
 			$background_update = false;
 		}
 
-		if (empty($data)) {
+		if ((empty($data) && is_null($update)) || $update) {
 			$data = Probe::uri($url, "", $uid);
 		}
 
@@ -1394,7 +1403,7 @@ class Contact
 		}
 
 		if (!$contact_id && !empty($data['alias']) && ($data['alias'] != $data['url']) && !$in_loop) {
-			$contact_id = self::getIdForURL($data["alias"], $uid, true, $default, true);
+			$contact_id = self::getIdForURL($data["alias"], $uid, false, $default, true);
 		}
 
 		if (!$contact_id) {
diff --git a/src/Model/GServer.php b/src/Model/GServer.php
index 704d091a66..fdbc775098 100644
--- a/src/Model/GServer.php
+++ b/src/Model/GServer.php
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Protocol\PortableContact;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Diaspora;
-use Friendica\Network\Probe;
 
 /**
  * This class handles GServer related functions
@@ -980,8 +979,8 @@ class GServer
 		}
 
 		foreach ($contacts as $contact) {
-			$probed = Probe::uri($contact);
-			if (in_array($probed['network'], Protocol::FEDERATED)) {
+			$probed = Contact::getByURL($contact);
+			if (!empty($probed) && in_array($probed['network'], Protocol::FEDERATED)) {
 				$serverdata['network'] = $probed['network'];
 				break;
 			}
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 4fff365562..332c734fa5 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -1680,11 +1680,11 @@ class Item
 
 		$default = ['url' => $item['author-link'], 'name' => $item['author-name'],
 			'photo' => $item['author-avatar'], 'network' => $item['network']];
-		$item['author-id'] = ($item['author-id'] ?? 0) ?: Contact::getIdForURL($item['author-link'], 0, false, $default);
+		$item['author-id'] = ($item['author-id'] ?? 0) ?: Contact::getIdForURL($item['author-link'], 0, null, $default);
 
 		$default = ['url' => $item['owner-link'], 'name' => $item['owner-name'],
 			'photo' => $item['owner-avatar'], 'network' => $item['network']];
-		$item['owner-id'] = ($item['owner-id'] ?? 0) ?: Contact::getIdForURL($item['owner-link'], 0, false, $default);
+		$item['owner-id'] = ($item['owner-id'] ?? 0) ?: Contact::getIdForURL($item['owner-link'], 0, null, $default);
 
 		// The contact-id should be set before "self::insert" was called - but there seems to be issues sometimes
 		$item["contact-id"] = self::contactId($item);
@@ -2976,7 +2976,7 @@ class Item
 		if (local_user() == $uid) {
 			$item_contact_id = $owner_self_contact['id'];
 		} else {
-			$item_contact_id = Contact::getIdForURL($author_contact['url'], $uid, true);
+			$item_contact_id = Contact::getIdForURL($author_contact['url'], $uid, false);
 			$item_contact = DBA::selectFirst('contact', [], ['id' => $item_contact_id]);
 			if (!DBA::isResult($item_contact)) {
 				Logger::log('like: unknown item contact ' . $item_contact_id);
diff --git a/src/Model/Mail.php b/src/Model/Mail.php
index 4056352151..67d5d1ddca 100644
--- a/src/Model/Mail.php
+++ b/src/Model/Mail.php
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ use Friendica\Core\Worker;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\Model\Notify\Type;
-use Friendica\Network\Probe;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Worker\Delivery;
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ class Mail
 		$guid = System::createUUID();
 		$uri = Item::newURI(local_user(), $guid);
 
-		$me = Probe::uri($replyto);
+		$me = Contact::getByURL($replyto);
 		if (!$me['name']) {
 			return -2;
 		}
diff --git a/src/Model/Tag.php b/src/Model/Tag.php
index d8c252ca2b..3424a23771 100644
--- a/src/Model/Tag.php
+++ b/src/Model/Tag.php
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class Tag
 					}
 				}
 			} else {
-				$cid = Contact::getIdForURL($url, 0, true);
+				$cid = Contact::getIdForURL($url, 0, false);
 				Logger::info('Got id by probing', ['cid' => $cid, 'url' => $url]);
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/Module/Acctlink.php b/src/Module/Acctlink.php
index f80ea4c73c..bdcc3cf6ff 100644
--- a/src/Module/Acctlink.php
+++ b/src/Module/Acctlink.php
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 namespace Friendica\Module;
 
 use Friendica\BaseModule;
-use Friendica\Network\Probe;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
+use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 
 /**
  * Redirects to another URL based on the parameter 'addr'
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ class Acctlink extends BaseModule
 		$addr = trim($_GET['addr'] ?? '');
 
 		if ($addr) {
-			$url = Probe::uri($addr)['url'] ?? '';
+			$url = Contact::getByURL($addr)['url'] ?? '';
 			if ($url) {
-				System::externalRedirect($url);
+				System::externalRedirect($url['url']);
 				exit();
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/Module/AllFriends.php b/src/Module/AllFriends.php
index 2932930627..0a95256172 100644
--- a/src/Module/AllFriends.php
+++ b/src/Module/AllFriends.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class AllFriends extends BaseModule
 		$entries = [];
 		foreach ($friends as $friend) {
 			//get further details of the contact
-			$contactDetails = array_merge($friend, Model\Contact::getByURLForUser($friend['url'], $uid));
+			$contactDetails = Model\Contact::getByURLForUser($friend['url'], $uid) ?: $friend;
 
 			$connlnk = '';
 			// $friend[cid] is only available for common contacts. So if the contact is a common one, use contact_photo_menu to generate the photoMenu
diff --git a/src/Module/Debug/Feed.php b/src/Module/Debug/Feed.php
index 4f17b70e68..e969de9cc3 100644
--- a/src/Module/Debug/Feed.php
+++ b/src/Module/Debug/Feed.php
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ class Feed extends BaseModule
 		if (!empty($_REQUEST['url'])) {
 			$url = $_REQUEST['url'];
 
-			$contact_id = Model\Contact::getIdForURL($url, local_user(), true);
-			$contact = Model\Contact::getById($contact_id);
+			$contact = Model\Contact::getByURLForUser($url, local_user(), false);
 
 			$xml = Network::fetchUrl($contact['poll']);
 
diff --git a/src/Module/Profile/Contacts.php b/src/Module/Profile/Contacts.php
index 508fe37624..3d55c57f48 100644
--- a/src/Module/Profile/Contacts.php
+++ b/src/Module/Profile/Contacts.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class Contacts extends BaseProfile
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			$contact_details = array_merge($contact, Contact::getByURLForUser($contact['url'], $a->profile['uid']));
+			$contact_details = Contact::getByURLForUser($contact['url'], $a->profile['uid']) ?: $contact;
 
 			$contacts[] = [
 				'id'           => $contact['id'],
diff --git a/src/Module/RemoteFollow.php b/src/Module/RemoteFollow.php
index bf71b077fd..274ed3d06d 100644
--- a/src/Module/RemoteFollow.php
+++ b/src/Module/RemoteFollow.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
 use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
 use Friendica\Core\Search;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
+use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Model\Profile;
 use Friendica\Network\Probe;
 
@@ -61,8 +62,8 @@ class RemoteFollow extends BaseModule
 		}
 
 		// Detect the network, make sure the provided URL is valid
-		$data = Probe::uri($url);
-		if ($data['network'] == Protocol::PHANTOM) {
+		$data = Contact::getByURL($url);
+		if (!$data) {
 			notice(DI::l10n()->t("The provided profile link doesn't seem to be valid"));
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/src/Module/Search/Index.php b/src/Module/Search/Index.php
index 34085e339e..23f12d2638 100644
--- a/src/Module/Search/Index.php
+++ b/src/Module/Search/Index.php
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class Index extends BaseSearch
 			if ($isAddr) {
 				$contact = Contact::selectFirst(['id'], ['addr' => $search, 'uid' => 0]);
 			} else {
-				$contact = array_merge(['id' => 0], Contact::getByURL($search, null, ['id']));
+				$contact = Contact::getByURL($search, null, ['id']) ?: ['id' => 0];
 			}
 
 			if (DBA::isResult($contact)) {
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
index 0e4aca4a5a..745a56c2a5 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Processor.php
@@ -445,9 +445,9 @@ class Processor
 
 		$item['network'] = Protocol::ACTIVITYPUB;
 		$item['author-link'] = $activity['author'];
-		$item['author-id'] = Contact::getIdForURL($activity['author'], 0, true);
+		$item['author-id'] = Contact::getIdForURL($activity['author'], 0, false);
 		$item['owner-link'] = $activity['actor'];
-		$item['owner-id'] = Contact::getIdForURL($activity['actor'], 0, true);
+		$item['owner-id'] = Contact::getIdForURL($activity['actor'], 0, false);
 
 		if (in_array(0, $activity['receiver']) && !empty($activity['unlisted'])) {
 			$item['private'] = Item::UNLISTED;
@@ -511,13 +511,13 @@ class Processor
 			$item['uid'] = $receiver;
 
 			if ($isForum) {
-				$item['contact-id'] = Contact::getIdForURL($activity['actor'], $receiver, true);
+				$item['contact-id'] = Contact::getIdForURL($activity['actor'], $receiver, false);
 			} else {
-				$item['contact-id'] = Contact::getIdForURL($activity['author'], $receiver, true);
+				$item['contact-id'] = Contact::getIdForURL($activity['author'], $receiver, false);
 			}
 
 			if (($receiver != 0) && empty($item['contact-id'])) {
-				$item['contact-id'] = Contact::getIdForURL($activity['author'], 0, true);
+				$item['contact-id'] = Contact::getIdForURL($activity['author'], 0, false);
 			}
 
 			if (!empty($activity['directmessage'])) {
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
index bd6f67128f..6bf507ed8f 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class Transmitter
 	 */
 	public static function getOutbox($owner, $page = null)
 	{
-		$public_contact = Contact::getIdForURL($owner['url'], 0, true);
+		$public_contact = Contact::getIdForURL($owner['url'], 0, false);
 
 		$condition = ['uid' => 0, 'contact-id' => $public_contact, 'author-id' => $public_contact,
 			'private' => [Item::PUBLIC, Item::UNLISTED], 'gravity' => [GRAVITY_PARENT, GRAVITY_COMMENT],
diff --git a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
index dc9182009a..1ab8f9b800 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class OStatus
 			}
 
 			// Ensure that we are having this contact (with uid=0)
-			$cid = Contact::getIdForURL($aliaslink, 0, true);
+			$cid = Contact::getIdForURL($aliaslink, 0, false);
 
 			if ($cid) {
 				$fields = ['url', 'nurl', 'name', 'nick', 'alias', 'about', 'location'];
@@ -2220,7 +2220,7 @@ class OStatus
 		}
 
 		$check_date = $feed_mode ? '' : DateTimeFormat::utc($last_update);
-		$authorid = Contact::getIdForURL($owner["url"], 0, true);
+		$authorid = Contact::getIdForURL($owner["url"], 0, false);
 
 		$condition = ["`uid` = ? AND `received` > ? AND NOT `deleted`
 			AND `private` != ? AND `visible` AND `wall` AND `parent-network` IN (?, ?)",
diff --git a/src/Util/Profiler.php b/src/Util/Profiler.php
index 1a5cd99922..240273bde3 100644
--- a/src/Util/Profiler.php
+++ b/src/Util/Profiler.php
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class Profiler implements ContainerInterface
 			$output .= "\nDatabase Read:\n";
 			foreach ($this->callstack["database"] as $func => $time) {
 				$time = round($time, 3);
-				if ($time > 0.001) {
+				if ($time > 0) {
 					$output .= $func . ": " . $time . "\n";
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/Worker/Notifier.php b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
index c7b61dacca..99b97adc8d 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Notifier.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
@@ -354,23 +354,23 @@ class Notifier
 				// Send a salmon to the parent author
 				$probed_contact = DBA::selectFirst('contact', ['url', 'notify'], ['id' => $thr_parent['author-id']]);
 				if (DBA::isResult($probed_contact) && !empty($probed_contact["notify"])) {
-					Logger::log('Notify parent author '.$probed_contact["url"].': '.$probed_contact["notify"]);
+					Logger::notice('Notify parent author', ['url' => $probed_contact["url"], 'notify' => $probed_contact["notify"]]);
 					$url_recipients[$probed_contact["notify"]] = $probed_contact["notify"];
 				}
 
 				// Send a salmon to the parent owner
 				$probed_contact = DBA::selectFirst('contact', ['url', 'notify'], ['id' => $thr_parent['owner-id']]);
 				if (DBA::isResult($probed_contact) && !empty($probed_contact["notify"])) {
-					Logger::log('Notify parent owner '.$probed_contact["url"].': '.$probed_contact["notify"]);
+					Logger::notice('Notify parent owner', ['url' => $probed_contact["url"], 'notify' => $probed_contact["notify"]]);
 					$url_recipients[$probed_contact["notify"]] = $probed_contact["notify"];
 				}
 
 				// Send a salmon notification to every person we mentioned in the post
 				foreach (Tag::getByURIId($target_item['uri-id'], [Tag::MENTION, Tag::EXCLUSIVE_MENTION, Tag::IMPLICIT_MENTION]) as $tag) {
-					$probed_contact = Probe::uri($tag['url']);
-					if ($probed_contact["notify"] != "") {
-						Logger::log('Notify mentioned user '.$probed_contact["url"].': '.$probed_contact["notify"]);
-						$url_recipients[$probed_contact["notify"]] = $probed_contact["notify"];
+					$probed_contact = Contact::getByURL($tag['url']);
+					if (!empty($probed_contact['notify'])) {
+						Logger::notice('Notify mentioned user', ['url' => $probed_contact["url"], 'notify' => $probed_contact["notify"]]);
+						$url_recipients[$probed_contact['notify']] = $probed_contact['notify'];
 					}
 				}
 
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 83011108b5..82c34f9dda 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ function update_1260()
 	while ($item = DBA::fetch($items)) {
 		$contact = ['url' => $item['owner-link'], 'name' => $item['owner-name'],
 			'photo' => $item['owner-avatar'], 'network' => $item['network']];
-		$cid = Contact::getIdForURL($item['owner-link'], 0, false, $contact);
+		$cid = Contact::getIdForURL($item['owner-link'], 0, null, $contact);
 		if (empty($cid)) {
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ function update_1260()
 	while ($item = DBA::fetch($items)) {
 		$contact = ['url' => $item['author-link'], 'name' => $item['author-name'],
 			'photo' => $item['author-avatar'], 'network' => $item['network']];
-		$cid = Contact::getIdForURL($item['author-link'], 0, false, $contact);
+		$cid = Contact::getIdForURL($item['author-link'], 0, null, $contact);
 		if (empty($cid)) {
 			continue;
 		}