+ remote_history_exists? = has_history?.(new_data)
+
+ # If the remote history exists, we treat that as the only source of truth.
+ new_data =
+ if has_history?.(old_data) and not remote_history_exists? do
+ Map.put(new_data, "formerRepresentations", old_data["formerRepresentations"])
+ else
+ new_data
+ end
+
+ # If the remote does not have history information, we need to manage it ourselves
+ new_data =
+ if not remote_history_exists? do
+ changed? =
+ Pleroma.Constants.status_updatable_fields()
+ |> Enum.any?(fn field -> Map.get(old_data, field) != Map.get(new_data, field) end)
+
+ %{updated_object: updated_object} =
+ new_data
+ |> Object.Updater.maybe_update_history(old_data,
+ updated: changed?,
+ use_history_in_new_object?: false
+ )
+
+ updated_object
+ else
+ new_data
+ end
+
+ Map.merge(new_data, internal_fields)