Fixed remote custom handle discovery via WebFinger subject

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Summary

• Resolves and persists WebFinger subject hosts for remote accounts so custom handle domains (e.g. @john@onolan.org vs @john@john.onolan.org) display correctly on other Ghost instances
• Backfills existing external rows with a null webfinger_host on ensureByApId / getByApId, and refreshes on actor Update
• Prefers the stored host for profile/follow display so transient WebFinger failures cannot regress a correct handle

Fixes #2118

Test plan

• Unit tests: lookup-helpers, account.service webfinger refresh/backfill cases
• On a self-hosted instance, follow or receive activity from an account with a custom WebFinger domain and confirm the feed/profile show the subject host (not the actor host)
• Re-open a previously known remote account that still had webfinger_host = null and confirm it backfills after ensureByApId (e.g. new post/activity)
• Confirm accounts without a custom domain still render @user@actor-host as before

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Walkthrough

The change adds external WebFinger host resolution with self-link validation and normalized host comparison. Account creation, loading, ensuring, and profile updates now persist or refresh webfinger_host values. Account views use stored or resolved hosts when rendering remote handles. Tests cover custom, default, unavailable, mismatch, backfill, refresh, and duplicate-entry cases.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d0ac1

Accounts whose WebFinger subject uses an uppercase ACCT scheme can display the actor host instead of their custom handle domain. This is a bounded display regression that should be corrected before merge.

Suggested reviewers: mike182uk, sagzy, johnonolan

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: fixing remote custom handle discovery through the WebFinger subject.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the WebFinger host resolution, persistence, backfill, display behavior, issue reference, and test plan.
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In `@src/lookup-helpers.ts`:
- Line 212: Update the WebFinger subject validation around webfingerData.subject
to recognize the acct URI scheme case-insensitively, including uppercase forms
such as ACCT:, while preserving rejection of other schemes; add a test covering
the uppercase scheme.

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• src/account/account.service.integration.test.ts
• src/account/account.service.ts
• src/account/account.service.unit.test.ts
• src/account/types.ts
• src/http/api/views/account.follows.view.ts
• src/http/api/views/account.view.integration.test.ts
• src/http/api/views/account.view.ts
• src/lookup-helpers.ts
• src/lookup-helpers.unit.test.ts

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