Index: package-lock.json
===================================================================
--- package-lock.json	(revision 55eca8b82c97abcf07ed1086c1b4cf60905cc7a8)
+++ package-lock.json	(revision 1a2f20637fb8d9ab79622a1dc8b82aed707b6eef)
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+      "license": "ISC",
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+      },
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+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+      }
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+    "node_modules/p-locate": {
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+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "p-limit": "^2.2.0"
+      },
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+      }
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+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6"
+      }
+    },
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@@ -1960,4 +2123,13 @@
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+      "license": "MIT",
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+    },
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pngjs/-/pngjs-5.0.0.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
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+      }
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@@ -2085,4 +2266,21 @@
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+    "node_modules/qrcode": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/qrcode/-/qrcode-1.5.4.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "dijkstrajs": "^1.0.1",
+        "pngjs": "^5.0.0",
+        "yargs": "^15.3.1"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "qrcode": "bin/qrcode"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10.13.0"
+      }
+    },
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       "license": "Apache-2.0"
+    },
+    "node_modules/require-directory": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/require-directory/-/require-directory-2.1.1.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/require-main-filename": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/require-main-filename/-/require-main-filename-2.0.0.tgz",
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+      "license": "ISC"
     },
     "node_modules/safe-buffer": {
@@ -2265,4 +2478,10 @@
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+    "node_modules/set-blocking": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/set-blocking/-/set-blocking-2.0.0.tgz",
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+      "license": "ISC"
+    },
     "node_modules/setprototypeof": {
       "version": "1.2.0",
@@ -2423,4 +2642,30 @@
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+    "node_modules/string-width": {
+      "version": "4.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "emoji-regex": "^8.0.0",
+        "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^3.0.0",
+        "strip-ansi": "^6.0.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/strip-ansi": {
+      "version": "6.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-6.0.1.tgz",
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+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ansi-regex": "^5.0.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/strip-json-comments": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
@@ -2658,4 +2903,24 @@
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/which-module": {
+      "version": "2.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/which-module/-/which-module-2.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-iBdZ57RDvnOR9AGBhML2vFZf7h8vmBjhoaZqODJBFWHVtKkDmKuHai3cx5PgVMrX5YDNp27AofYbAwctSS+vhQ==",
+      "license": "ISC"
+    },
+    "node_modules/wrap-ansi": {
+      "version": "6.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-6.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-r6lPcBGxZXlIcymEu7InxDMhdW0KDxpLgoFLcguasxCaJ/SOIZwINatK9KY/tf+ZrlywOKU0UDj3ATXUBfxJXA==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ansi-styles": "^4.0.0",
+        "string-width": "^4.1.0",
+        "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/wrappy": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
@@ -2672,4 +2937,45 @@
         "node": ">=0.4"
       }
+    },
+    "node_modules/y18n": {
+      "version": "4.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/y18n/-/y18n-4.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-JKhqTOwSrqNA1NY5lSztJ1GrBiUodLMmIZuLiDaMRJ+itFd+ABVE8XBjOvIWL+rSqNDC74LCSFmlb/U4UZ4hJQ==",
+      "license": "ISC"
+    },
+    "node_modules/yargs": {
+      "version": "15.4.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-15.4.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-aePbxDmcYW++PaqBsJ+HYUFwCdv4LVvdnhBy78E57PIor8/OVvhMrADFFEDh8DHDFRv/O9i3lPhsENjO7QX0+A==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "cliui": "^6.0.0",
+        "decamelize": "^1.2.0",
+        "find-up": "^4.1.0",
+        "get-caller-file": "^2.0.1",
+        "require-directory": "^2.1.1",
+        "require-main-filename": "^2.0.0",
+        "set-blocking": "^2.0.0",
+        "string-width": "^4.2.0",
+        "which-module": "^2.0.0",
+        "y18n": "^4.0.0",
+        "yargs-parser": "^18.1.2"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/yargs-parser": {
+      "version": "18.1.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-18.1.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-o50j0JeToy/4K6OZcaQmW6lyXXKhq7csREXcDwk2omFPJEwUNOVtJKvmDr9EI1fAJZUyZcRF7kxGBWmRXudrCQ==",
+      "license": "ISC",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "camelcase": "^5.0.0",
+        "decamelize": "^1.2.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6"
+      }
     }
   }
Index: package.json
===================================================================
--- package.json	(revision 55eca8b82c97abcf07ed1086c1b4cf60905cc7a8)
+++ package.json	(revision 1a2f20637fb8d9ab79622a1dc8b82aed707b6eef)
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@
     "node-webpmux": "^3.2.1",
     "nodemailer": "^6.9.15",
+    "qrcode": "^1.5.4",
     "sanitize-html": "^2.17.3",
     "uuid": "^9.0.1",
Index: src/routes/activitypub.js
===================================================================
--- src/routes/activitypub.js	(revision 55eca8b82c97abcf07ed1086c1b4cf60905cc7a8)
+++ src/routes/activitypub.js	(revision 1a2f20637fb8d9ab79622a1dc8b82aed707b6eef)
@@ -121,4 +121,25 @@
   }
   AP.sendAP(res, ob, audience === 'friend' ? 'private, no-store' : undefined);
+});
+
+// ── Follow-QR (Robins verzoek, 31-7) ──────────────────────────────
+// A PNG QR of share:social/follow/AP/@slug@host: the ward shows it in
+// Account, a friend scans the SCREEN with the ordinary camera app and their
+// Shaer opens with the follow question. Public on purpose: it encodes only
+// the public handle, and the app's plain image loaders carry no bearer.
+router.get('/ap/users/:slug/follow-qr.png', async (req, res) => {
+  const site = db.prepare('SELECT slug FROM sites WHERE slug = ?').get(req.params.slug);
+  if (!site) return res.status(404).end();
+  try {
+    const host = new URL(baseUrl(req)).host;
+    const { default: QRCode } = await import('qrcode');
+    const png = await QRCode.toBuffer(`share:social/follow/AP/@${site.slug}@${host}`, { width: 600, margin: 1 });
+    res.set('Content-Type', 'image/png');
+    res.set('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=86400');
+    res.send(png);
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.warn('[AP] follow-qr failed:', e && e.message);
+    res.status(500).end();
+  }
 });
 
Index: src/services/ActivityPubService.js
===================================================================
--- src/services/ActivityPubService.js	(revision 55eca8b82c97abcf07ed1086c1b4cf60905cc7a8)
+++ src/services/ActivityPubService.js	(revision 1a2f20637fb8d9ab79622a1dc8b82aed707b6eef)
@@ -2383,5 +2383,8 @@
         const actorUri = c2sIdOf(object);
         if (!actorUri) return { status: 400, error: 'missing_object' };
-        await followActor(site, actorUri);
+        // The error REACHES the app (Robins melding, 31-7): swallowing it
+        // made a failed follow look exactly like a successful one.
+        const r = await followActor(site, actorUri);
+        if (r && r.error) return { status: 502, error: 'follow_failed', detail: r.error };
         return { status: 202, url: actorUri };
       }
@@ -3645,5 +3648,8 @@
   else actorUrl = null;
   if (!actorUrl) return { error: 'not_found' };
-  const actor = await fetchActor(actorUrl).catch(() => null);
+  // SIGNED, as this actor: an authorized-fetch instance refuses an anonymous
+  // GET of the actor doc, which made following from a boost silently fail
+  // (Robins melding, 31-7). Signed, the other side sees who asks.
+  const actor = await signedGetJson(site.slug, actorUrl);
   if (!actor || !actor.id || !actor.inbox) return { error: 'unreachable' };
   const ai = actorInfo(actor, actor.id);
@@ -3660,4 +3666,28 @@
   // Follow + feature in one step → backfill their recent posts into the Cirkel right away.
   if (autoBoost) backfillFromOutbox(site.slug, actor.id).catch(() => {});
+  // A ward's guardians are TOLD about a new follow (Robins verzoek, 31-7):
+  // a follow brings new content into the child's feed, and the village
+  // should know the door opened. A direct note per guardian, best-effort;
+  // FEP-633c 5.3 gates inbound follows, the outbound notice is Shaer policy
+  // for now (bead: spec-vraag).
+  try {
+    const guardians = Guardianship.listGuardians(site.slug);
+    if (guardians.length) {
+      const meRef = actorId(base, site.slug);
+      const esc = (t) => String(t).replace(/[<>&]/g, (c) => ({ '<': '&lt;', '>': '&gt;', '&': '&amp;' }[c]));
+      const label = esc(ai.name || ai.handle || actor.id);
+      for (const g of guardians) {
+        const note = {
+          id: `${meRef}/follow-notice/${Date.now().toString(36)}${rid()}`,
+          type: 'Note', attributedTo: meRef, to: [g.other_uri],
+          tag: [{ type: 'Mention', href: g.other_uri }],
+          content: `<p>👀 ${esc(site.title || site.slug)} is now following ${label}.</p>`,
+        };
+        deliverToActor(site, g.other_uri, { id: `${note.id}#create`, type: 'Create', actor: meRef, to: [g.other_uri], object: note })
+          .catch(() => { /* retried by the queue */ });
+      }
+      console.log('[AP] follow notice →', guardians.length, 'guardian(s) of', site.slug);
+    }
+  } catch { /* geen guardians is geen fout */ }
   return { ok: true, name: ai.name, handle: ai.handle, actor: actor.id };
 }
Index: test/c2s-compose.test.js
===================================================================
--- test/c2s-compose.test.js	(revision 55eca8b82c97abcf07ed1086c1b4cf60905cc7a8)
+++ test/c2s-compose.test.js	(revision 1a2f20637fb8d9ab79622a1dc8b82aed707b6eef)
@@ -208,4 +208,15 @@
 });
 
+test('a failed follow REACHES the app as an error, not a fake 202', async () => {
+  // Following from a boost silently failed (Robins melding, 31-7): the C2S
+  // ingest swallowed followActor's error. An unreachable actor must say so.
+  const r = await AP.ingestOutboxActivity(site, user, {
+    type: 'Follow', object: 'https://unresolvable.invalid/u/niemand',
+  });
+  assert.equal(r.status, 502);
+  assert.equal(r.error, 'follow_failed');
+  assert.equal(r.detail, 'unreachable');
+});
+
 test('selfAuthor: the byline for your own outbox notes', () => {
   // The owner's app reads its own posts from the outbox, which carried no