What does it mean and how do I fix it?

  • HanabieEnglish
    20·
    2 years ago

    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

    • DarkwingDuckOPEnglish
      21·
      2 years ago

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

      • HanabieEnglish
        12·
        2 years ago

        The name and logo make it extra awesome :D

        • zeldisEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

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

  • atkionEnglish
    11·
    2 years ago

    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).

    • PriorProject@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      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.

  • TinfoilBeanieTech@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 years ago

    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.

    • DarkwingDuckOPEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

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

      • atkionEnglish
        6·
        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.

  • Count Regal Inkwell@pawb.socialEnglish
    2·
    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.

  • catsarebadpeopleEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

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

    • ShadowAetherEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      It means the server has too much load, spamming it isn’t going to help that. You can just leave it like that and it’ll show up in your communities as pending until it gets loaded.