From b217e460e8c9c367afd7076c813e17b9974ac5ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anirudh Oppiliappan <anirudh@tangled.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:41:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] appview/oauth: create tangled profile on first login

Creates an empty sh.tangled.actor.profile on first login. This should
prevent profile picture uploads from breaking due to profile record
existing beforehand.

This should also allow for us to estimate total users better globally.

Signed-off-by: Anirudh Oppiliappan <anirudh@tangled.org>
---
 appview/oauth/handler.go | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file(s) changed, 52 insertion(s)(+), 0 deletion(s)(-)

diff --git a/appview/oauth/handler.go b/appview/oauth/handler.go
--- a/appview/oauth/handler.go
+++ b/appview/oauth/handler.go
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@
 	"slices"
 	"time"
 
+	comatproto "github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/api/atproto"
 	"github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/atproto/auth/oauth"
+	lexutil "github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/lex/util"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 	"github.com/posthog/posthog-go"
 	"tangled.org/core/api/tangled"
 	"tangled.org/core/appview/db"
+	"tangled.org/core/appview/models"
 	"tangled.org/core/consts"
 	"tangled.org/core/orm"
 	"tangled.org/core/tid"
@@ -82,8 +85,10 @@
 	}
 
 	o.Logger.Debug("session saved successfully")
+
 	go o.addToDefaultKnot(sessData.AccountDID.String())
 	go o.addToDefaultSpindle(sessData.AccountDID.String())
+	go o.ensureTangledProfile(sessData)
 
 	if !o.Config.Core.Dev {
 		err = o.Posthog.Enqueue(posthog.Capture{
@@ -187,6 +192,53 @@
 	}
 
 	l.Debug("successfully addeds to default Knot")
+}
+
+func (o *OAuth) ensureTangledProfile(sessData *oauth.ClientSessionData) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	did := sessData.AccountDID.String()
+	l := o.Logger.With("did", did)
+
+	_, err := db.GetProfile(o.Db, did)
+	if err == nil {
+		l.Debug("profile already exists in DB")
+		return
+	}
+
+	l.Debug("creating empty Tangled profile")
+
+	sess, err := o.ClientApp.ResumeSession(ctx, sessData.AccountDID, sessData.SessionID)
+	if err != nil {
+		l.Error("failed to resume session for profile creation", "err", err)
+		return
+	}
+	client := sess.APIClient()
+
+	_, err = comatproto.RepoPutRecord(ctx, client, &comatproto.RepoPutRecord_Input{
+		Collection: tangled.ActorProfileNSID,
+		Repo:       did,
+		Rkey:       "self",
+		Record:     &lexutil.LexiconTypeDecoder{Val: &tangled.ActorProfile{}},
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		l.Error("failed to create empty profile on PDS", "err", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	tx, err := o.Db.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		l.Error("failed to start transaction", "err", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	emptyProfile := &models.Profile{Did: did}
+	if err := db.UpsertProfile(tx, emptyProfile); err != nil {
+		l.Error("failed to create empty profile in DB", "err", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	l.Debug("successfully created empty Tangled profile on PDS and DB")
 }
 
 // create a session using apppasswords

--
tangled.sh