diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 11fa9898b..2facbd84d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Support for [FEP-fffd](https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/fffd/fep-fffd.md) (proxy objects)
 - Verified support for elixir 1.16
 - Uploadfilter `Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Exiftool.ReadDescription` returns description values to the FE so they can pre fill the image description field
+  NOTE: this filter MUST be placed before `Exiftool.StripMetadata` to work
 
 ## Changed
 - Inbound pipeline error handing was modified somewhat, which should lead to less incomprehensible log spam. Hopefully.
+- Uploadfilter `Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Exiftool` was replaced by `Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Exiftool.StripMetadata`;
+  the latter strips all non-essential metadata by default but can be configured.
+  To regain the old behaviour of only stripping GPS data set `purge: ["gps:all"]`.
 - Uploadfilter `Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Exiftool` has been renamed to `Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Exiftool.StripMetadata`
 - MRF.InlineQuotePolicy now prefers to insert display URLs instead of ActivityPub IDs
 - Old accounts are no longer listed in WebFinger as aliases; this was breaking spec
@@ -23,12 +27,14 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Move activities no longer operate on stale user data
 - Missing definitions in our JSON-LD context
 - Issue mangling newlines in code blocks for RSS/Atom feeds
-- static_fe squeezing non-square avatars and emoji
+- static\_fe squeezing non-square avatars and emoji
 - Issue leading to properly JSON-LD compacted emoji reactions being rejected
 - We now use a standard-compliant Accept header when fetching ActivityPub objects
-- /api/pleroma/notification_settings was rejecting body parameters;
+- /api/pleroma/notification\_settings was rejecting body parameters;
   this also broke changing this setting via akkoma-fe
 - Issue leading to Mastodon bot accounts being rejected
+- Scope misdetection of remote posts resulting from not recognising
+  JSON-LD-compacted forms of public scope; affected e.g. federation with bovine
 
 ## Removed
 - ActivityPub Client-To-Server write API endpoints have been disabled;
diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ac187baa..000000000
--- a/Procfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-web: mix phx.server
-release: mix ecto.migrate
diff --git a/config/description.exs b/config/description.exs
index ec5050be6..d9c90edd7 100644
--- a/config/description.exs
+++ b/config/description.exs
@@ -222,6 +222,26 @@ config :pleroma, :config_description, [
       }
     ]
   },
+  %{
+    group: :pleroma,
+    key: Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Exiftool.StripMetadata,
+    type: :group,
+    description: "Strip specified metadata from image uploads",
+    children: [
+      %{
+        key: :purge,
+        description: "Metadata fields or groups to strip",
+        type: {:list, :string},
+        suggestions: ["all", "CommonIFD0"]
+      },
+      %{
+        key: :preserve,
+        description: "Metadata fields or groups to preserve (takes precedence over stripping)",
+        type: {:list, :string},
+        suggestions: ["ColorSpaces", "Orientation"]
+      }
+    ]
+  },
   %{
     group: :pleroma,
     key: Pleroma.Emails.Mailer,
diff --git a/coveralls.json b/coveralls.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8652591ef..000000000
--- a/coveralls.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "skip_files": [
-    "test/support",
-    "lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/benchmark.ex",
-    "lib/credo/check/consistency/file_location.ex"
-  ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/instance.md b/docs/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/instance.md
index 1a3f8153e..3d30d1119 100644
--- a/docs/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/instance.md
+++ b/docs/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/instance.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ If any of the options are left unspecified, you will be prompted interactively.
 - `--static-dir <path>` - the directory custom public files should be read from (custom emojis, frontend bundle overrides, robots.txt, etc.)
 - `--listen-ip <ip>` - the ip the app should listen to, defaults to 127.0.0.1
 - `--listen-port <port>` - the port the app should listen to, defaults to 4000
-- `--strip-uploads-metadata <Y|N>` - use ExifTool to strip uploads of sensitive metadata
+- `--strip-uploads-metadata <Y|N>` - use ExifTool to strip uploads of metadata when possible
 - `--read-uploads-description <Y|N>` - use ExifTool to read image descriptions from uploads
 - `--anonymize-uploads <Y|N>` - randomize uploaded filenames
 - `--dedupe-uploads <Y|N>` - store files based on their hash to reduce data storage requirements if duplicates are uploaded with different filenames
diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md b/docs/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
index d2b699a51..3b5dfa41e 100644
--- a/docs/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
+++ b/docs/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
@@ -656,9 +656,10 @@ This filter replaces the declared filename (not the path) of an upload.
 
 #### Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Exiftool.StripMetadata
 
-This filter only strips the GPS and location metadata with Exiftool leaving color profiles and attributes intact.
+This filter strips metadata with Exiftool leaving color profiles and orientation intact.
 
-No specific configuration.
+* `purge`: List of Exiftool tag names or tag group names to purge
+* `preserve`: List of Exiftool tag names or tag group names to preserve even if they occur in the purge list
 
 
 #### Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Exiftool.ReadDescription
diff --git a/docs/docs/installation/optional/media_graphics_packages.md b/docs/docs/installation/optional/media_graphics_packages.md
index d79ac2a07..922635fd0 100644
--- a/docs/docs/installation/optional/media_graphics_packages.md
+++ b/docs/docs/installation/optional/media_graphics_packages.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Note: the packages are not required with the current default settings of Akkoma.
 `ImageMagick` is a set of tools to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images.
 
 It is required for the following Akkoma features:
-  * `Pleroma.Upload.Filters.Mogrify`, `Pleroma.Upload.Filters.Mogrifun` upload filters (related config: `Plaroma.Upload/filters` in `config/config.exs`)
+  * `Pleroma.Upload.Filters.Mogrify`, `Pleroma.Upload.Filters.Mogrifun` upload filters (related config: `Pleroma.Upload/filters` in `config/config.exs`)
   * Media preview proxy for still images (related config: `media_preview_proxy/enabled` in `config/config.exs`)
   
 ## `ffmpeg`
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ It is required for the following Akkoma features:
 `exiftool` is media files metadata reader/writer.
 
 It is required for the following Akkoma features:
-  * `Pleroma.Upload.Filters.Exiftool.StripMetadata` upload filter (related config: `Plaroma.Upload/filters` in `config/config.exs`)
-  * `Pleroma.Upload.Filters.Exiftool.ReadDescription` upload filter (related config: `Plaroma.Upload/filters` in `config/config.exs`)
+  * `Pleroma.Upload.Filters.Exiftool.StripMetadata` upload filter (related config: `Pleroma.Upload/filters` in `config/config.exs`)
+  * `Pleroma.Upload.Filters.Exiftool.ReadDescription` upload filter (related config: `Pleroma.Upload/filters` in `config/config.exs`)
diff --git a/elixir_buildpack.config b/elixir_buildpack.config
deleted file mode 100644
index ee9e051a6..000000000
--- a/elixir_buildpack.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-elixir_version=1.14.3
-erlang_version=25.3
diff --git a/installation/nginx/akkoma.nginx b/installation/nginx/akkoma.nginx
index 5b7162d1e..bfb1fffb3 100644
--- a/installation/nginx/akkoma.nginx
+++ b/installation/nginx/akkoma.nginx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # See the documentation at docs.akkoma.dev for your particular distro/OS for
 # installation instructions.
 
-proxy_cache_path /tmp/akkoma-media-cache levels=1:2 keys_zone=akkoma_media_cache:10m max_size=10g
+proxy_cache_path /tmp/akkoma-media-cache levels=1:2 keys_zone=akkoma_media_cache:10m max_size=1g
                  inactive=720m use_temp_path=off;
 
 # this is explicitly IPv4 since Pleroma.Web.Endpoint binds on IPv4 only
diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/instance.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/instance.ex
index c02efabae..72f4623ce 100644
--- a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/instance.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/instance.ex
@@ -172,10 +172,10 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.Instance do
 
       {strip_uploads_metadata_message, strip_uploads_metadata_default} =
         if Pleroma.Utils.command_available?("exiftool") do
-          {"Do you want to strip location (GPS) data from uploaded images? This requires exiftool, it was detected as installed. (y/n)",
+          {"Do you want to strip metadata from uploaded images? This requires exiftool, it was detected as installed. (y/n)",
            "y"}
         else
-          {"Do you want to strip location (GPS) data from uploaded images? This requires exiftool, it was detected as not installed, please install it if you answer yes. (y/n)",
+          {"Do you want to strip metadata from uploaded images? This requires exiftool, it was detected as not installed, please install it if you answer yes. (y/n)",
            "n"}
         end
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/upload/filter/exiftool/strip_metadata.ex b/lib/pleroma/upload/filter/exiftool/strip_metadata.ex
index 178b595f3..912ff6a92 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/upload/filter/exiftool/strip_metadata.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/upload/filter/exiftool/strip_metadata.ex
@@ -4,22 +4,40 @@
 
 defmodule Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Exiftool.StripMetadata do
   @moduledoc """
-  Strips GPS related EXIF tags and overwrites the file in place.
+  Tries to strip all image metadata but colorspace and orientation overwriting the file in place.
   Also strips or replaces filesystem metadata e.g., timestamps.
   """
   @behaviour Pleroma.Upload.Filter
 
+  alias Pleroma.Config
+
+  @purge_default ["all", "CommonIFD0"]
+  @preserve_default ["ColorSpaceTags", "Orientation"]
+
   @spec filter(Pleroma.Upload.t()) :: {:ok, :noop} | {:ok, :filtered} | {:error, String.t()}
 
   # Formats not compatible with exiftool at this time
-  def filter(%Pleroma.Upload{content_type: "image/heic"}), do: {:ok, :noop}
   def filter(%Pleroma.Upload{content_type: "image/webp"}), do: {:ok, :noop}
   def filter(%Pleroma.Upload{content_type: "image/svg+xml"}), do: {:ok, :noop}
-  def filter(%Pleroma.Upload{content_type: "image/jxl"}), do: {:ok, :noop}
 
   def filter(%Pleroma.Upload{tempfile: file, content_type: "image" <> _}) do
+    purge_args =
+      Config.get([__MODULE__, :purge], @purge_default)
+      |> Enum.map(fn mgroup -> "-" <> mgroup <> "=" end)
+
+    preserve_args =
+      Config.get([__MODULE__, :preserve], @preserve_default)
+      |> Enum.map(fn mgroup -> "-" <> mgroup end)
+      |> then(fn
+        # If -TagsFromFile is not followed by tag selectors, it will copy most available tags
+        [] -> []
+        args -> ["-TagsFromFile", "@" | args]
+      end)
+
+    args = ["-ignoreMinorErrors", "-overwrite_original" | purge_args] ++ preserve_args ++ [file]
+
     try do
-      case System.cmd("exiftool", ["-overwrite_original", "-gps:all=", file], parallelism: true) do
+      case System.cmd("exiftool", args, parallelism: true) do
         {_response, 0} -> {:ok, :filtered}
         {error, 1} -> {:error, error}
       end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
index 033fc9e78..065df5150 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
@@ -58,21 +58,48 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
 
   def fix_summary(object), do: Map.put(object, "summary", "")
 
-  def fix_addressing_list(map, field) do
-    addrs = map[field]
-
+  defp fix_addressing_list(addrs) do
     cond do
-      is_list(addrs) ->
-        Map.put(map, field, Enum.filter(addrs, &is_binary/1))
-
-      is_binary(addrs) ->
-        Map.put(map, field, [addrs])
-
-      true ->
-        Map.put(map, field, [])
+      is_list(addrs) -> Enum.filter(addrs, &is_binary/1)
+      is_binary(addrs) -> [addrs]
+      true -> []
     end
   end
 
+  # Due to JSON-LD simply "Public" and "as:Public" are equivalent to the full URI
+  # but to simplify later checks we only want to deal with one reperesentation internally
+  defp normalise_addressing_public_list(map, all_fields)
+
+  defp normalise_addressing_public_list(%{} = map, [field | fields]) do
+    full_uri = Pleroma.Constants.as_public()
+
+    map =
+      if map[field] != nil do
+        new_fval =
+          map[field]
+          |> fix_addressing_list()
+          |> Enum.map(fn
+            "Public" -> full_uri
+            "as:Public" -> full_uri
+            x -> x
+          end)
+
+        Map.put(map, field, new_fval)
+      else
+        map
+      end
+
+    normalise_addressing_public_list(map, fields)
+  end
+
+  defp normalise_addressing_public_list(map, _) do
+    map
+  end
+
+  defp normalise_addressing_public(map) do
+    normalise_addressing_public_list(map, ["to", "cc", "bto", "bcc"])
+  end
+
   # if directMessage flag is set to true, leave the addressing alone
   def fix_explicit_addressing(%{"directMessage" => true} = object, _follower_collection),
     do: object
@@ -96,6 +123,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
     |> Map.put("cc", final_cc)
   end
 
+  def fix_addressing_list_key(map, field) do
+    Map.put(map, field, fix_addressing_list(map[field]))
+  end
+
   def fix_addressing(object) do
     {:ok, %User{follower_address: follower_collection}} =
       object
@@ -103,10 +134,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
       |> User.get_or_fetch_by_ap_id()
 
     object
-    |> fix_addressing_list("to")
-    |> fix_addressing_list("cc")
-    |> fix_addressing_list("bto")
-    |> fix_addressing_list("bcc")
+    |> fix_addressing_list_key("to")
+    |> fix_addressing_list_key("cc")
+    |> fix_addressing_list_key("bto")
+    |> fix_addressing_list_key("bcc")
     |> fix_explicit_addressing(follower_collection)
     |> CommonFixes.fix_implicit_addressing(follower_collection)
   end
@@ -383,11 +414,28 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
     end)
   end
 
-  def handle_incoming(data, options \\ [])
+  def handle_incoming(data, options \\ []) do
+    data = normalise_addressing_public(data)
+
+    data =
+      if data["object"] != nil do
+        object = normalise_addressing_public(data["object"])
+        Map.put(data, "object", object)
+      else
+        data
+      end
+
+    handle_incoming_normalised(data, options)
+  end
+
+  defp handle_incoming_normalised(data, options)
 
   # Flag objects are placed ahead of the ID check because Mastodon 2.8 and earlier send them
   # with nil ID.
-  def handle_incoming(%{"type" => "Flag", "object" => objects, "actor" => actor} = data, _options) do
+  defp handle_incoming_normalised(
+         %{"type" => "Flag", "object" => objects, "actor" => actor} = data,
+         _options
+       ) do
     with context <- data["context"] || Utils.generate_context_id(),
          content <- data["content"] || "",
          %User{} = actor <- User.get_cached_by_ap_id(actor),
@@ -408,20 +456,21 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
   end
 
   # disallow objects with bogus IDs
-  def handle_incoming(%{"id" => nil}, _options), do: :error
-  def handle_incoming(%{"id" => ""}, _options), do: :error
+  defp handle_incoming_normalised(%{"id" => nil}, _options), do: :error
+  defp handle_incoming_normalised(%{"id" => ""}, _options), do: :error
   # length of https:// = 8, should validate better, but good enough for now.
-  def handle_incoming(%{"id" => id}, _options) when is_binary(id) and byte_size(id) < 8,
-    do: :error
+  defp handle_incoming_normalised(%{"id" => id}, _options)
+       when is_binary(id) and byte_size(id) < 8,
+       do: :error
 
-  @doc "Rewrite misskey likes into EmojiReacts"
-  def handle_incoming(
-        %{
-          "type" => "Like",
-          "content" => reaction
-        } = data,
-        options
-      ) do
+  # Rewrite misskey likes into EmojiReacts
+  defp handle_incoming_normalised(
+         %{
+           "type" => "Like",
+           "content" => reaction
+         } = data,
+         options
+       ) do
     if Pleroma.Emoji.is_unicode_emoji?(reaction) || Pleroma.Emoji.matches_shortcode?(reaction) do
       data
       |> Map.put("type", "EmojiReact")
@@ -433,11 +482,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
     end
   end
 
-  def handle_incoming(
-        %{"type" => "Create", "object" => %{"type" => objtype, "id" => obj_id}} = data,
-        options
-      )
-      when objtype in ~w{Question Answer Audio Video Event Article Note Page} do
+  defp handle_incoming_normalised(
+         %{"type" => "Create", "object" => %{"type" => objtype, "id" => obj_id}} = data,
+         options
+       )
+       when objtype in ~w{Question Answer Audio Video Event Article Note Page} do
     fetch_options = Keyword.put(options, :depth, (options[:depth] || 0) + 1)
 
     object =
@@ -469,8 +518,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
     end
   end
 
-  def handle_incoming(%{"type" => type} = data, _options)
-      when type in ~w{Like EmojiReact Announce Add Remove} do
+  defp handle_incoming_normalised(%{"type" => type} = data, _options)
+       when type in ~w{Like EmojiReact Announce Add Remove} do
     with :ok <- ObjectValidator.fetch_actor_and_object(data),
          {:ok, activity, _meta} <- Pipeline.common_pipeline(data, local: false) do
       {:ok, activity}
@@ -480,11 +529,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
     end
   end
 
-  def handle_incoming(
-        %{"type" => type} = data,
-        _options
-      )
-      when type in ~w{Update Block Follow Accept Reject} do
+  defp handle_incoming_normalised(
+         %{"type" => type} = data,
+         _options
+       )
+       when type in ~w{Update Block Follow Accept Reject} do
     with {:ok, %User{}} <- ObjectValidator.fetch_actor(data),
          {:ok, activity, _} <-
            Pipeline.common_pipeline(data, local: false) do
@@ -492,10 +541,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
     end
   end
 
-  def handle_incoming(
-        %{"type" => "Delete"} = data,
-        _options
-      ) do
+  defp handle_incoming_normalised(
+         %{"type" => "Delete"} = data,
+         _options
+       ) do
     with {:ok, activity, _} <-
            Pipeline.common_pipeline(data, local: false) do
       {:ok, activity}
@@ -515,15 +564,15 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
     end
   end
 
-  def handle_incoming(
-        %{
-          "type" => "Undo",
-          "object" => %{"type" => "Follow", "object" => followed},
-          "actor" => follower,
-          "id" => id
-        } = _data,
-        _options
-      ) do
+  defp handle_incoming_normalised(
+         %{
+           "type" => "Undo",
+           "object" => %{"type" => "Follow", "object" => followed},
+           "actor" => follower,
+           "id" => id
+         } = _data,
+         _options
+       ) do
     with %User{local: true} = followed <- User.get_cached_by_ap_id(followed),
          {:ok, %User{} = follower} <- User.get_or_fetch_by_ap_id(follower),
          {:ok, activity} <- ActivityPub.unfollow(follower, followed, id, false) do
@@ -534,28 +583,28 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
     end
   end
 
-  def handle_incoming(
-        %{
-          "type" => "Undo",
-          "object" => %{"type" => type}
-        } = data,
-        _options
-      )
-      when type in ["Like", "EmojiReact", "Announce", "Block"] do
+  defp handle_incoming_normalised(
+         %{
+           "type" => "Undo",
+           "object" => %{"type" => type}
+         } = data,
+         _options
+       )
+       when type in ["Like", "EmojiReact", "Announce", "Block"] do
     with {:ok, activity, _} <- Pipeline.common_pipeline(data, local: false) do
       {:ok, activity}
     end
   end
 
   # For Undos that don't have the complete object attached, try to find it in our database.
-  def handle_incoming(
-        %{
-          "type" => "Undo",
-          "object" => object
-        } = activity,
-        options
-      )
-      when is_binary(object) do
+  defp handle_incoming_normalised(
+         %{
+           "type" => "Undo",
+           "object" => object
+         } = activity,
+         options
+       )
+       when is_binary(object) do
     with %Activity{data: data} <- Activity.get_by_ap_id(object) do
       activity
       |> Map.put("object", data)
@@ -565,15 +614,15 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
     end
   end
 
-  def handle_incoming(
-        %{
-          "type" => "Move",
-          "actor" => origin_actor,
-          "object" => origin_actor,
-          "target" => target_actor
-        },
-        _options
-      ) do
+  defp handle_incoming_normalised(
+         %{
+           "type" => "Move",
+           "actor" => origin_actor,
+           "object" => origin_actor,
+           "target" => target_actor
+         },
+         _options
+       ) do
     with %User{} = origin_user <- User.get_cached_by_ap_id(origin_actor),
          # Use a dramatically shortened maximum age before refresh here because it is reasonable
          # for a user to
@@ -588,7 +637,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier do
     end
   end
 
-  def handle_incoming(_, _), do: :error
+  defp handle_incoming_normalised(_, _), do: :error
 
   @spec get_obj_helper(String.t(), Keyword.t()) :: {:ok, Object.t()} | nil
   def get_obj_helper(id, options \\ []) do
diff --git a/test/pleroma/upload/filter/exiftool/strip_location_test.exs b/test/pleroma/upload/filter/exiftool/strip_location_test.exs
index 6f8178115..2e017cd7e 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/upload/filter/exiftool/strip_location_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/upload/filter/exiftool/strip_location_test.exs
@@ -6,29 +6,104 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Exiftool.StripMetadataTest do
   use Pleroma.DataCase
   alias Pleroma.Upload.Filter
 
-  test "apply exiftool filter" do
+  @tag :tmp_dir
+  test "exiftool strip metadata strips GPS etc but preserves Orientation and ColorSpace by default",
+       %{tmp_dir: tmp_dir} do
     assert Pleroma.Utils.command_available?("exiftool")
 
+    tmpfile = Path.join(tmp_dir, "tmp.jpg")
+
     File.cp!(
       "test/fixtures/DSCN0010.jpg",
-      "test/fixtures/DSCN0010_tmp.jpg"
+      tmpfile
     )
 
     upload = %Pleroma.Upload{
       name: "image_with_GPS_data.jpg",
       content_type: "image/jpeg",
       path: Path.absname("test/fixtures/DSCN0010.jpg"),
-      tempfile: Path.absname("test/fixtures/DSCN0010_tmp.jpg")
+      tempfile: Path.absname(tmpfile)
     }
 
     assert Filter.Exiftool.StripMetadata.filter(upload) == {:ok, :filtered}
 
-    {exif_original, 0} = System.cmd("exiftool", ["test/fixtures/DSCN0010.jpg"])
-    {exif_filtered, 0} = System.cmd("exiftool", ["test/fixtures/DSCN0010_tmp.jpg"])
+    exif_original = read_exif("test/fixtures/DSCN0010.jpg")
+    exif_filtered = read_exif(tmpfile)
 
     refute exif_original == exif_filtered
     assert String.match?(exif_original, ~r/GPS/)
     refute String.match?(exif_filtered, ~r/GPS/)
+    assert String.match?(exif_original, ~r/Camera Model Name/)
+    refute String.match?(exif_filtered, ~r/Camera Model Name/)
+    assert String.match?(exif_original, ~r/Orientation/)
+    assert String.match?(exif_filtered, ~r/Orientation/)
+    assert String.match?(exif_original, ~r/Color Space/)
+    assert String.match?(exif_filtered, ~r/Color Space/)
+  end
+
+  # this is a nonsensical configuration, but it shouldn't explode
+  @tag :tmp_dir
+  test "exiftool strip metadata is a noop with empty purge list", %{tmp_dir: tmp_dir} do
+    assert Pleroma.Utils.command_available?("exiftool")
+    clear_config([Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Exiftool.StripMetadata, :purge], [])
+
+    tmpfile = Path.join(tmp_dir, "tmp.jpg")
+
+    File.cp!(
+      "test/fixtures/DSCN0010.jpg",
+      tmpfile
+    )
+
+    upload = %Pleroma.Upload{
+      name: "image_with_GPS_data.jpg",
+      content_type: "image/jpeg",
+      path: Path.absname("test/fixtures/DSCN0010.jpg"),
+      tempfile: Path.absname(tmpfile)
+    }
+
+    assert Filter.Exiftool.StripMetadata.filter(upload) == {:ok, :filtered}
+
+    exif_original = read_exif("test/fixtures/DSCN0010.jpg")
+    exif_filtered = read_exif(tmpfile)
+
+    assert exif_original == exif_filtered
+  end
+
+  @tag :tmp_dir
+  test "exiftool strip metadata works with empty preserve list", %{tmp_dir: tmp_dir} do
+    assert Pleroma.Utils.command_available?("exiftool")
+    clear_config([Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Exiftool.StripMetadata, :preserve], [])
+
+    tmpfile = Path.join(tmp_dir, "tmp.jpg")
+
+    File.cp!(
+      "test/fixtures/DSCN0010.jpg",
+      tmpfile
+    )
+
+    upload = %Pleroma.Upload{
+      name: "image_with_GPS_data.jpg",
+      content_type: "image/jpeg",
+      path: Path.absname("test/fixtures/DSCN0010.jpg"),
+      tempfile: Path.absname(tmpfile)
+    }
+
+    write_exif(["-ImageDescription=Trees and Houses", "-Orientation=1", tmpfile])
+    exif_extended = read_exif(tmpfile)
+    assert String.match?(exif_extended, ~r/Image Description[ \t]*:[ \t]*Trees and Houses/)
+    assert String.match?(exif_extended, ~r/Orientation/)
+
+    assert Filter.Exiftool.StripMetadata.filter(upload) == {:ok, :filtered}
+
+    exif_original = read_exif("test/fixtures/DSCN0010.jpg")
+    exif_filtered = read_exif(tmpfile)
+
+    refute exif_original == exif_filtered
+    refute exif_extended == exif_filtered
+    assert String.match?(exif_original, ~r/GPS/)
+    refute String.match?(exif_filtered, ~r/GPS/)
+    refute String.match?(exif_filtered, ~r/Image Description/)
+    refute String.match?(exif_filtered, ~r/Orientation/)
   end
 
   test "verify webp files are skipped" do
@@ -39,4 +114,35 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Exiftool.StripMetadataTest do
 
     assert Filter.Exiftool.StripMetadata.filter(upload) == {:ok, :noop}
   end
+
+  test "verify svg files are skipped" do
+    upload = %Pleroma.Upload{
+      name: "sample.svg",
+      content_type: "image/svg+xml"
+    }
+
+    assert Filter.Exiftool.StripMetadata.filter(upload) == {:ok, :noop}
+  end
+
+  defp read_exif(file) do
+    # time and file path tags cause mismatches even for byte-identical files
+    {exif_data, 0} =
+      System.cmd("exiftool", [
+        "-x",
+        "Time:All",
+        "-x",
+        "Directory",
+        "-x",
+        "FileName",
+        "-x",
+        "FileSize",
+        file
+      ])
+
+    exif_data
+  end
+
+  defp write_exif(args) do
+    {_response, 0} = System.cmd("exiftool", ["-ignoreMinorErrors", "-overwrite_original" | args])
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/federator_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/federator_test.exs
index 76a7a6d37..d3cc239cf 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/federator_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/federator_test.exs
@@ -137,6 +137,37 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.FederatorTest do
       assert {:error, :already_present} = ObanHelpers.perform(job)
     end
 
+    test "successfully normalises public scope descriptors" do
+      params = %{
+        "@context" => "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+        "actor" => "http://mastodon.example.org/users/admin",
+        "type" => "Create",
+        "id" => "http://mastodon.example.org/users/admin/activities/1",
+        "object" => %{
+          "type" => "Note",
+          "content" => "hi world!",
+          "id" => "http://mastodon.example.org/users/admin/objects/1",
+          "attributedTo" => "http://mastodon.example.org/users/admin",
+          "to" => ["Public"]
+        },
+        "to" => ["as:Public"]
+      }
+
+      assert {:ok, job} = Federator.incoming_ap_doc(params)
+      assert {:ok, activity} = ObanHelpers.perform(job)
+      assert activity.data["to"] == ["https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"]
+
+      object =
+        from(
+          object in Pleroma.Object,
+          where: fragment("(?)->>'id' = ?", object.data, ^activity.data["object"]),
+          limit: 1
+        )
+        |> Repo.one()
+
+      assert object.data["to"] == ["https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"]
+    end
+
     test "rejects incoming AP docs with incorrect origin" do
       params = %{
         "@context" => "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",