I tried to join a community, but when i press subscribe nothing happens. If i leave the page the community is in my subscriptions list, but when i expand the sidebar instead of “joined” i see an orange box that says “subscribe pending”. What would cause this?

  • kuna@szmer.info
    1·
    2 years ago

    I’m getting this too, but posts from “subscription pending” communities are showing up in my “Subscribed” feed, so I guess it’s an UI bug?

    • ActuallyRuben@actuallyruben.nl
      0·
      2 years ago

      It’s not a UI bug. When you subscribe to a non-local community, your instance sends the subscription request to the other instance, the other instance should instantly respond that the subscription has been accepted (or potentially denied?). However, if the other instance doesn’t respond, then it’ll get stuck in this “Subscribe Pending” state.

      • shortwavesurferOP
        1·
        2 years ago

        Does this normally resolve itself or will it be stuck in that state forever?

        • ActuallyRuben@actuallyruben.nl
          1·
          2 years ago

          As far as I can tell, it doesn’t resolve itself, you’ll have to “unsubscribe” by clicking the “Subscribe Pending” button, then try again. Although you have no guarantee that that’ll solve it.