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Subscribe pending? (self.main)
submitted 2 years ago by darkwing_duck to c/main
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What does it mean and how do I fix it?

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[–] Hanabie 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some servers, like lemmy.ml or beehaw are aching under their respective load, so everything takes a while. Couldn't even log into lemmy.world, which is why I wandered off to sh.itjust.works

[–] darkwing_duck 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I love this instance and I hope it continues putting people off with its name.

[–] Hanabie 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The name and logo make it extra awesome :D

[–] zeldis 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah haha, if anything I think it's an attractor

[–] atkion 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I believe it just means that the instance you tried to subscribe to hasn't responded to the federation request yet. Just wait a while and it'll resolve itself, assuming they haven't blocked you or something (and assuming that instance isn't down).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

And if it doesn't work itself out in "a while", it's safe to click pending to unsub and then try to resub again. Though doing this a million times in a row while lemmy.ml is groaning under load is probably not helpful.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm guessing you're seeing this on non-local communities? I think it means you're local server hasn't started copying and caching that content yet. I haven't taken a look at that part of the code yet, so just a guess.

[–] darkwing_duck 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yep. Mostly lemmy.ml for some reason, yet it's not every community. Been hanging out since yesterday.

[–] atkion 6 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I have several pending subscriptions on lemmy.ml as well. It definitely seems to correlate with how overloaded the instance is.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

I also have this issue on all communities on lemmy.ml

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From what I gathered (that is, an internet search), it's a UI-side glitch. Lemmy IS just a prototype that is being put through the meat grinder with all the Reddit refugees.

In my experience? It doesn't even make a difference. You'll see "subscribe pending" communities on your sub feed like normal.

If you unsub and resub a few times it should work anyway.

[–] catsarebadpeople 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've had pending subscriptions for 5 days now. Are things overloaded that badly?

[–] darkwing_duck 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Try cancelling and trying again.

[–] catsarebadpeople 2 points 2 years ago

Yep that did it. I had to do it like 5 times but eventually got subscribed. Thanks!