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In this post I will list the known issues or possible improvements for Lemmy.world.

Please comment with any issue or area for improvement you see and I will add it here.

Remember: this instance was only started June 1st so a lot of troubleshooting and tweaking to be done.

Issues can be:

  • Local (lemmy.world) (also performance issues)
  • Lemmy software issues
  • Other software related (apps/Fediverse platforms etc)
  • Remote server related
  • (User error? ...)

Known issues

Websockets issues

There are some issues with the Websockets implementation used in Lemmy, which handles the streaming. Websockets will be removed in version 0.18 so let's hope these issues will be all gone then!

  • Top posts page gets a stream of new posts ? Websockets issue
  • You're suddenly in another post than you were before > Websockets issue
  • Your profile will briefly display another name/avatar in the top right corner

Spinning wheel issues

Error handling is not one of Lemmy's strongpoints. Sometimes something goes wrong, but instead of getting an error, the button will have a 'spinning wheel' that lasts until eternity. These are some of the known cases:

  • You want to create an account but the username is already taken
  • You want to create an account but the username is too long (>20 characters)
  • You want to create an account but the password is too long
  • You want to create a community but the name is already taken
  • You want to create a community but the name is not in all lowercase letters
  • You want to create a post over 2000 characters
  • You want to post something in a language that isn't allowed in the community

Other issues

  • Federation not always working; Apparently not everything gets synced all the time. This needs troubleshooting.
  • β€œ404: FetchError: invalid json response body at http://lemmy:8536/api/v3/site” This sometimes happens when the Lemmy app container is very busy. Needs troubleshooting

Enhancement requests

  • Can themes be added? > To be checked if this can be done without changing code.

For support with issues at Lemmy.world, go to the Lemmy.world Support community.

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[–] Quercus001@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I was setting up my account earlier today and I tried to set up 2 factor authentication but experienced some errors. I clicked the box and reloaded my settings but I wasn't able to enter an email or anything into the authentication method.

[–] godless@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Issue:

So, I've created !childfree as a local community, seemingly normal. Only, it doesn't seem to be accessible to anyone locally.

Meaning, https://lemmy.world/c/childfree gives me a 404. Instead, I have to open it as https://lemmy.world/c/childfree@lemmy.world - initially I thought maybe I had made an error creating the community and added the instance, but trying to replicate it shows that @ is not a permitted character, so the problem must have come from elsewhere.

From other instances now I can access it just fine: https://latte.isnot.coffee/c/childfree@lemmy.world or https://feddit.de/c/childfree@lemmy.world (where the @instance is the default behaviour). Locally however, that should not have happened.

Even if I enter the community locally, and click on the !childfree just below the name of the community, it gives me a local 404 (see below).

Any idea what's going on here, and how to resolve the problem? Since we are redirecting users from our sub here, it's creating quite some headaches... And apparently users trying to subscribe from other instances also don't see any posts for up to 48h (tried that myself).

Edit: Apparently I cannot access the community via feddit.de. The other one works fine though - I do have accounts on either instance.

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Encountered this server error:

FetchError: request to http://lemmy:8536/api/v3/post?auth=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOjE2MjEsImlzcyI6ImxlbW15LndvcmxkIiwiaWF0IjoxNjg4MjM2ODQzfQ.kI_dX1BrFqDgk2FYpGgQ0XZV5RavGoPxlSrQdFAcMIM&id=15786 failed, reason: socket hang up

Encountered this error page.

[–] ericjmorey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I've clicked on the logout button several times and I'm still logged in.

[–] ruud@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Hmm. Which browser and OS do you use? I can log out..

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[–] Dempf@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Any idea why I can't open https://lemmy.world/c/gardening@mander.xyz? Mander.xyz should be federated. I just get 404: couldnt_find_community

[–] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Could you try it again now? I did a search for the community on here and afterward was able to open it via your link, but I want to confirm it's not just me.

Edit:
If it works for you now, I think it was related to the community not being searched/seen by the instance just yet despite us being linked to mander.xyz.

[–] Dempf@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It works for me now, thank you. I guess there's just a delay in pushing/pulling things from different instances?

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[–] divinegrilledcheese@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When trying to create a new community, after pressing the create button, I get stuck in that screen (that shows something is loading). Am I doing something wrong?

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[–] le__el@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

I also had the same issue on my first login (the email was verified, btw). The login button just went spinning and nothing happens. Trying the login on Jerboa gave me invalid credentials (it wasn't a mistype, because I used a password manager).

The workaround I did was to do a password reset and use a simpler one (was 50+ chars with special chars on, then changed to 32 chars and no special chars).

Not sure if what fixed was the reset itself, or the new password.

After this, the login went smooth on both the website and the app.

EDIT: And when posting this, the post submit button also kept spinning (the more than 200+ chars issue). But trying in a new tab, the message was actually sent.

And some minute later, on the old tab the message was sent, but the OP post changed from the "improvements and issues" to "The inability to post multiple pictures is holding Lemmy back.", but the comments below mine where for the "improvements and issues", while the comment above where to the other thread.

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[–] Sergigig@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] dappererror@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Can't sign in, had to create another account on another instance just to ask?

Hit login and it just spins forever?

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[–] Space_Racer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I can't seem to create a community. When I click create it just spins indefinitely.

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[–] GrouchyLady@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

When I right click to open a community in a new tab, the "joined" button is enabled at the top right even though I haven't joined it. I can still click a post and join the community, but it's a bit confusing that it seems to carry over from the prior community, which I am a member of. Is anyone experiencing anything similar?

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