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.
  • “404: 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.

  • AlpaguEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    Hi. I’m trying to build community. I write all the letters in lowercase. I don’t use symbols. I can’t create it, though.

    • RuudOPMAEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      Which name? Sometimes the community already was created and deleted. I then need to purge it for the name to becoma available again.

      • AlpaguEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        turkey

        • RuudOPMAEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          Yes, it was already created and deleted. I’ve purged it, now you can create a new one

          • AlpaguEnglish
            3•1 year ago

            Thank you. I will have a suggestion. Can a simulation be done for server needs and expenses? I don’t want this server to shut down and go away. If there is a system that shows how much the server costs are and how many of them are covered, we can make some support payment at the end of each month. In this way, the server is not shut down after a while.