Index: src/config/database.js
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--- src/config/database.js	(revision 6fd0e20cf8f015658ff3a7c4a2acd4c1102e2877)
+++ src/config/database.js	(revision a677616cd3a4564e824f55e278142df81152336c)
@@ -550,4 +550,5 @@
   ensureColumn('ap_timeline', 'link_json', 'TEXT');          // FEP-e232 object-link (quote/ref) tags from the inbound note, served back as `tag`
   ensureColumn('ap_timeline', 'quote_json', 'TEXT');         // FEP-044f resolved quoted-post snapshot (author + content), for the embedded quote card
+  ensureColumn('ap_timeline', 'author_emoji_json', 'TEXT');  // FEP-9098 custom emojis in the author's display name (shaer:author.emojis)
   ensureColumn('ap_timeline', 'reblog_name', 'TEXT');        // a followed account boosted this → "X boosted"
   ensureColumn('ap_timeline', 'reblog_handle', 'TEXT');      //   the booster's @handle