Index: src/services/ActivityPubService.js
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--- src/services/ActivityPubService.js	(revision f7ed139120bcfbb27d726d283b166175599aa4af)
+++ src/services/ActivityPubService.js	(revision 01e36787cd94f382fdb69a76b81e6efa0211ed09)
@@ -1545,5 +1545,5 @@
 // during a flux window, e.g. a fleet-wide update), and drops notes that are gone
 // (404/410). Bump SELFHEAL_VERSION only on a release that warrants a re-sync.
-const SELFHEAL_VERSION = 4;
+const SELFHEAL_VERSION = 5; // v5: re-fetch so embed/link-only posts pick up the note.image cover in feeds
 async function fetchNoteAP(url) {
   try {