3 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts
index d8986b2a0..8ec7df49a 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/videos.ts
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ function isVideoTorrentObjectValid (video: any) {
     isActivityPubVideoDurationValid(video.duration) &&
     isUUIDValid(video.uuid) &&
     setValidRemoteTags(video) &&
-    (!video.category || isRemoteIdentifierValid(video.category)) &&
-    (!video.licence || isRemoteIdentifierValid(video.licence)) &&
-    (!video.language || isRemoteIdentifierValid(video.language)) &&
+    (!video.category || isRemoteNumberIdentifierValid(video.category)) &&
+    (!video.licence || isRemoteNumberIdentifierValid(video.licence)) &&
+    (!video.language || isRemoteStringIdentifierValid(video.language)) &&
     isVideoViewsValid(video.views) &&
     isBooleanValid(video.sensitive) &&
     isBooleanValid(video.commentsEnabled) &&
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export {
   isVideoTorrentCreateActivityValid,
   isVideoTorrentUpdateActivityValid,
   isVideoTorrentDeleteActivityValid,
+  isRemoteStringIdentifierValid,
   isVideoFlagValid,
   isVideoTorrentObjectValid
 }
@@ -89,10 +90,14 @@ function setValidRemoteTags (video: any) {
   return true
 }
 
-function isRemoteIdentifierValid (data: any) {
+function isRemoteNumberIdentifierValid (data: any) {
   return validator.isInt(data.identifier, { min: 0 })
 }
 
+function isRemoteStringIdentifierValid (data: any) {
+  return typeof data.identifier === 'string'
+}
+
 function isRemoteVideoContentValid (mediaType: string, content: string) {
   return mediaType === 'text/markdown' && isVideoTruncatedDescriptionValid(content)
 }
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/videos.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/videos.ts
index a46d715ba..23d2d8ac6 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/videos.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/videos.ts
@@ -18,16 +18,17 @@ import { exists, isArray, isFileValid } from './misc'
 const VIDEOS_CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS = CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS.VIDEOS
 const VIDEO_ABUSES_CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS = CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS.VIDEO_ABUSES
 
-function isVideoCategoryValid (value: number) {
+function isVideoCategoryValid (value: any) {
   return value === null || VIDEO_CATEGORIES[value] !== undefined
 }
 
-function isVideoLicenceValid (value: number) {
+function isVideoLicenceValid (value: any) {
   return value === null || VIDEO_LICENCES[value] !== undefined
 }
 
-function isVideoLanguageValid (value: number) {
-  return value === null || VIDEO_LANGUAGES[value] !== undefined
+function isVideoLanguageValid (value: any) {
+  return value === null ||
+    (typeof value === 'string' && validator.isLength(value, VIDEOS_CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS.LANGUAGE))
 }
 
 function isVideoDurationValid (value: string) {
diff --git a/server/helpers/database-utils.ts b/server/helpers/database-utils.ts
index 47a0abfd2..b3ff42a37 100644
--- a/server/helpers/database-utils.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/database-utils.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function transactionRetryer <T> (func: (err: any, data: T) => any) {
 
       errorFilter: err => {
         const willRetry = (err.name === 'SequelizeDatabaseError')
-        logger.debug('Maybe retrying the transaction function.', { willRetry })
+        logger.debug('Maybe retrying the transaction function.', { willRetry, err })
         return willRetry
       }
     }, func, (err, data) => err ? rej(err) : res(data))