when matching sender against author and owner, find the "best identity" with which to compare all of them - in this case the sender did not get the same treatment as the others.

Code/Lib/Libzot.php

@@ -1643,6 +1643,7 @@ class Libzot
         // If an upstream hop used ActivityPub, set the identities to zot6 nomadic identities where applicable
         // else things could easily get confused
 
+        $sender = Activity::find_best_identity($sender);
         $msg_arr['author_xchan'] = Activity::find_best_identity($msg_arr['author_xchan']);
         $msg_arr['owner_xchan'] = Activity::find_best_identity($msg_arr['owner_xchan']);
 

Code/Web/WebServer.php

@@ -11,12 +11,9 @@ class WebServer
 
     public function run()
     {
-
-
         /*
          * Bootstrap the application, load configuration, load modules, load theme, etc.
          */
-
         require_once('boot.php');
 
         if (file_exists('maintenance_lock') || file_exists('cache/maintenance_lock')) {
@@ -38,7 +35,6 @@ class WebServer
              * During installation, only permit the view module and setup module.
              * The view module is required to expand/replace variables in style.css
              */
-
             if (App::$module !== 'view') {
                 App::$module = 'setup';
             }
@@ -48,7 +44,6 @@ class WebServer
              * update the DB schema whenever we push a new one out. It also checks to see if
              * any plugins have been added or removed and reacts accordingly.
              */
-
             check_config();
         }