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--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/plugins/mod_tombstones.lua	Thu Dec 23 14:08:20 2021 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+-- TODO warn when trying to create an user before the tombstone expires
+-- e.g. via telnet or other admin interface
+local datetime = require "util.datetime";
+local errors = require "util.error";
+local jid_split = require"util.jid".split;
+local st = require "util.stanza";
+
+-- Using a map store as key-value store so that removal of all user data
+-- does not also remove the tombstone, which would defeat the point
+local graveyard = module:open_store(nil, "map");
+
+local ttl = module:get_option_number("user_tombstone_expiry", nil);
+-- Keep tombstones forever by default
+--
+-- Rationale:
+-- There is no way to be completely sure when remote services have
+-- forgotten and revoked all memberships.
+
+module:hook_global("user-deleted", function(event)
+	if event.host == module.host then
+		local ok, err = graveyard:set(nil, event.username, os.time());
+		if not ok then module:log("error", "Could store tombstone for %s: %s", event.username, err); end
+	end
+end);
+
+-- Public API
+function has_tombstone(username)
+	local tombstone, err = graveyard:get(nil, username);
+
+	if err or not tombstone then return tombstone, err; end
+
+	if ttl and tombstone + ttl < os.time() then
+		module:log("debug", "Tombstone for %s created at %s has expired", username, datetime.datetime(tombstone));
+		graveyard:set(nil, username, nil);
+		return nil;
+	end
+	return tombstone;
+end
+
+module:hook("user-registering", function(event)
+	local tombstone, err = has_tombstone(event.username);
+
+	if err then
+		event.allowed, event.error = errors.coerce(false, err);
+		return true;
+	elseif not tombstone then
+		-- Feel free
+		return;
+	end
+
+	module:log("debug", "Tombstone for %s created at %s", event.username, datetime.datetime(tombstone));
+	event.allowed = false;
+	return true;
+end);
+
+module:hook("presence/bare", function(event)
+	local origin, presence = event.origin, event.stanza;
+
+	-- We want to undo any left-over presence subscriptions and notify the former
+	-- contact that they're gone.
+	--
+	-- FIXME This leaks that the user once existed. Hard to avoid without keeping
+	-- the contact list in some form, which we don't want to do for privacy
+	-- reasons.  Bloom filter perhaps?
+	if has_tombstone(jid_split(presence.attr.to)) then
+		if presence.attr.type == "probe" then
+			origin.send(st.error_reply(presence, "cancel", "gone", "User deleted"));
+			origin.send(st.presence({ type = "unsubscribed"; to = presence.attr.from; from = presence.attr.to }));
+		elseif presence.attr.type == nil or presence.attr.type == "unavailable" then
+			origin.send(st.error_reply(presence, "cancel", "gone", "User deleted"));
+			origin.send(st.presence({ type = "unsubscribe"; to = presence.attr.from; from = presence.attr.to }));
+		end
+		return true;
+	end
+end, 1);