Update relay documents and add tests

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Closes #899

Clarified @fedify/relay documents with around supported relay protocols, canonical actor and inbox URIs, application responsibilities, and security boundaries. Added tests for the public URI helpers, LitePub’s reciprocal follow handshake, and delivery only to accepted followers.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The relay documentation defines Mastodon and LitePub behavior, canonical URIs, subscription handling, application responsibilities, security boundaries, and observability. Tests cover URI selection, reciprocal follows, and forwarding to accepted followers.

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Relay behavior

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Relay protocol and subscription contract packages/relay/README.md, docs/manual/relay.md	Documentation defines FEP-ae0c behavior, protocol differences, canonical actor and shared inbox URIs, subscription states, forwarding rules, and application responsibilities.
Relay URI and LitePub behavior tests packages/relay/src/factory.test.ts, packages/relay/src/litepub.test.ts	Tests verify URI selection, reciprocal Follow delivery after approval, and forwarding only to accepted followers.
Relay operations and contract records docs/manual/relay.md, CHANGES.md, changes.d/relay/clarify-relay-contract.md	Documentation covers queue setup, key storage, security boundaries, deployment controls, moderation, logging, and OpenTelemetry. Changelog entries record the contract clarifications.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 1d9f8

This PR clarifies relay documentation and adds coverage for URI helpers, follow handshakes, and accepted-follower delivery; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

Possibly related issues

• fedify-dev/fedify#905 — The issue addresses consolidation of Mastodon and LitePub follow state and delivery behavior, which overlaps with the added LitePub tests and documentation.

Possibly related PRs

• fedify-dev/fedify#731 — This PR also changes relay documentation formatting in docs/manual/relay.md.
• fedify-dev/fedify#984 — This PR’s LitePub tests cover reciprocal Follow delivery and forwarding to accepted followers.

Suggested labels: type/documentation, component/relay, activitypub/interop

Suggested reviewers: dahlia

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the relay documentation updates and added tests.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly matches the documentation and test changes in the pull request.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The pull request addresses issue #899 by clarifying relay behavior and adding focused URI, follow, and delivery tests.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The documentation, changelog, and tests are related to the objectives in issue #899; no unrelated changes are evident.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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In `@docs/manual/relay.md`:
- Around line 443-445: Remove the editorial rationale sentences beginning with
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