From cce657d9c8186a4e29eebafb9bad1c12d38a2a19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Supernault <danielsupernault@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 23:43:03 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Update ApiV1Controller, return empty statuses feed for
 private accounts instead of 403 response

---
 app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php
index b01242436..139ed6abf 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ class ApiV1Controller extends Controller
         } elseif ($profile['locked']) {
             $following = FollowerService::follows($pid, $profile['id']);
             if (! $following) {
-                return response('', 403);
+                return response()->json([]);
             }
             $visibility = ['public', 'unlisted', 'private'];
         } else {