Update: Found the problem! So it turns out follow requests can partial-fail. The account in question was unlocked, it looked like they were being followed. When the account switched to locked, the follow status switched to "pending approval".
So the interface bugged out and sent a locked style follow request to...someone who wasn't locked.
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Update: Found the problem! So it turns out follow requests can partial-fail. The account in question was unlocked, it looked like they were being followed. When the account switched to locked, the follow status switched to "pending approval".
So the interface bugged out and sent a locked style follow request to...someone who wasn't locked.