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[resolved] 404: couldnt_find_community (self.lemmy_support)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by samick1 to c/[email protected]

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I noticed that some communities on lemmy.ml are unable to be seen on other instances. For instance, federating the lemmy community works fine:

https://sh.itjust.works/c/[email protected]

But federating the kubuntu community returns 404: couldnt_find_community:

https://sh.itjust.works/c/[email protected]

I'm certain that second one should work... I've found perhaps two dozen other communities that have the same problem. Meanwhile, dozens of others work fine.

Edit: @[email protected] suggested I try searching for the community first. I had actually tried this but it didn't work, which is why I started trying the deep link approach above; that worked for some communities.

Turns out the deep link by itself will not discover new communities, only searching for them will, and the search can take a long time and will show "No results" for a little while.

So if you're experiencing this, search instead for [[email protected]](/c/[email protected]) from the remote instance, then the deep link will start working.

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[–] aspseka 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you try searching for it as [email protected] ? (and try on the web, did not succeed with jerboa yet)

[–] samick1 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did just now and it worked, and in fact the deep link works now too.

I tried it with another community I was unable to fed, [email protected] and it said "No results" for a while but then it found it. After that point, the deep link works for it too.

So evidently 1) the deep link only works with already-federated communities, 2) searching as you described causes the community to be federated, and 3) the search is slow and will say "No results" for a while.

I'll play around with a few others and see if this is correct.

[–] aspseka 1 points 1 year ago

This is correct. If you are the first user on an instance to look for a community, the instance has to look for it. This takes a bit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yup, this is really unintuitive and frankly there should be a better solution. For now, wouldn't it at least be possible to make the error more descriptive? Hint that the instance might be unaware of the community?

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

You can search by URL instead https://lemmy.ml/c/kubuntu
it will show the community in results
Using [[email protected]](/c/[email protected]) could take some seconds, and you need to search again for community name only without the instance.

EDIT: Here's a guide https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2023/06/11/lemmy-migration-find-subreddits-communities/

[–] samick1 1 points 1 year ago

Got it. This is helpful, thank you!

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