Possible infinite loop

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by tracing the rating and notification flow for a Community Note that was deleted by its poster, then verify that a useful or unuseful rating awards CN points once and does not generate repeated notifications.

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Description

Describe the bug
The bug consists in a possible infinite loop trought a post that got CN and was deleted by the poster.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
I dont know if its possible to reproduce.

Expected behavior
You get CN points one time for a useful/unuseful rating, but it keeps repeating infedinetly.

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Environment
This happens regardless of OS. Web/IOS/Android, whatever.

Additional context
The post was deleted by OP before or after the CN was pushed as useful and due to shown on the post. Since the post was deleted, I get this notification from time to time that I rated that note as useful, rendering it in an infinite loop-like.

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