diff --git a/inbox.py b/inbox.py
index 78bcbb968..590bec2ca 100644
--- a/inbox.py
+++ b/inbox.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ from threads import begin_thread
 from reading import store_book_events
 from inbox_receive import inbox_update_index
 from inbox_receive import receive_edit_to_post
+from inbox_receive import receive_actor_status
 from inbox_receive import receive_like
 from inbox_receive import receive_reaction
 from inbox_receive import receive_zot_reaction
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ def inbox_message_has_params(message_json: {}) -> bool:
         allowed_without_to_param = ['Like', 'EmojiReact',
                                     'Follow', 'Join', 'Request',
                                     'Accept', 'Capability', 'Undo',
-                                    'Move']
+                                    'Move', 'sm:ActorStatus', 'ActorStatus']
         if message_json['type'] not in allowed_without_to_param:
             return False
     return True
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ def inbox_permitted_message(domain: str, message_json: {},
 
     always_allowed_types = (
         'Follow', 'Join', 'Like', 'EmojiReact', 'Delete', 'Announce', 'Move',
-        'QuoteRequest'
+        'QuoteRequest', 'sm:ActorStatus', 'ActorStatus'
     )
     if message_json['type'] not in always_allowed_types:
         if not has_object_dict(message_json):
@@ -1857,6 +1858,16 @@ def _inbox_after_initial(server, inbox_start_time,
 
     handle_name = handle.split('@')[0]
 
+    if receive_actor_status(base_dir, person_cache, message_json,
+                            debug):
+        if debug:
+            print('DEBUG: ActorStatus from ' + actor)
+        fitness_performance(inbox_start_time, server.fitness,
+                            'INBOX', '_receive_actor_status',
+                            debug)
+        inbox_start_time = time.time()
+        return False
+
     if receive_like(recent_posts_cache,
                     session, handle,
                     base_dir, http_prefix,
diff --git a/inbox_receive.py b/inbox_receive.py
index 251ba2e3c..a4bb1ec93 100644
--- a/inbox_receive.py
+++ b/inbox_receive.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ from utils import get_url_from_post
 from utils import remove_html
 from utils import get_full_domain
 from utils import get_user_paths
+from cache import get_person_from_cache
 from cache import get_actor_public_key_from_id
 from cache import store_person_in_cache
 from cache import get_person_pub_key
@@ -1085,6 +1086,39 @@ def receive_like(recent_posts_cache: {},
     return True
 
 
+def receive_actor_status(base_dir: str, person_cache: {}, message_json: {},
+                         debug: bool) -> bool:
+    """Receives an sm:ActorStatus activity within the POST section
+    of HTTPServer
+    https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/82f6/fep-82f6.md
+    """
+    if message_json['type'] not in ('sm:ActorStatus', 'ActorStatus'):
+        return False
+    if 'content' in message_json:
+        return False
+    if not isinstance(message_json['content'], str):
+        return False
+    if not has_actor(message_json, debug):
+        return False
+    actor_url = get_actor_from_post(message_json)
+    if not actor_url:
+        return False
+    if not has_users_path(actor_url):
+        if debug:
+            print('DEBUG: "users" or "profile" missing from actor status in ' +
+                  str(message_json))
+        return False
+    actor_json = get_person_from_cache(base_dir, actor_url, person_cache)
+    if not actor_json:
+        return False
+    actor_json['sm:status'] = message_json
+    allow_write_to_file = True
+    store_person_in_cache(base_dir, actor_url,
+                          actor_json, person_cache,
+                          allow_write_to_file)
+    return True
+
+
 def receive_reaction(recent_posts_cache: {},
                      session, handle: str, base_dir: str,
                      http_prefix: str, domain: str, port: int,
diff --git a/outbox.py b/outbox.py
index b232f3b40..62ad4df8f 100644
--- a/outbox.py
+++ b/outbox.py
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ def post_message_to_outbox(session, translate: {},
     permitted_outbox_types = (
         'Create', 'Announce', 'Like', 'EmojiReact', 'Follow', 'Undo',
         'Update', 'Add', 'Remove', 'Block', 'Delete', 'Skill', 'Ignore',
-        'Move', 'Edition'
+        'Move', 'Edition', 'sm:ActorStatus', 'ActorStatus'
     )
     if message_json['type'] not in permitted_outbox_types:
         if debug: