From 8a590beccaf5a77ce60d2dcf0ab29ef91b239d90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bryan newbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 01:28:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] identity: handle errors when doing LookupDID should not
 error, just invalid handle

---
 atproto/identity/base_directory.go | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/atproto/identity/base_directory.go b/atproto/identity/base_directory.go
index 29323f38d..5b509210b 100644
--- a/atproto/identity/base_directory.go
+++ b/atproto/identity/base_directory.go
@@ -61,10 +61,11 @@ func (d *BaseDirectory) LookupDID(ctx context.Context, did syntax.DID) (*Identit
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	resolvedDID, err := d.ResolveHandle(ctx, declared)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && err != ErrHandleNotFound {
 		return nil, err
-	}
-	if resolvedDID == did {
+	} else if ErrHandleNotFound == err || resolvedDID != did {
+		ident.Handle = syntax.Handle("handle.invalid")
+	} else {
 		ident.Handle = declared
 	}