Pixelfed not following user in another instance

[todfox-net]

I'm facing an issue in my personal pixelfed instance to follow a user in another instance.

When I follow this person on another instance, I see the FollowPipeline execute as soon as I click the Follow button. Further, a tcpdump from my host shows that I am contacting there instance with something over SSL. However, while the new user appears in my following list, my number of following doesn't increase at all. Furthermore, the remote admin says they don't see anything from me.

I've tried clearing config caches, route caches, etc. However, I cannot list the route cache, giving me a NotFoundHttpException error. Frustratingly, it won't tell me what route is failing, even with "php artisan -vvv route:list".

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Pixelfed Instance Diagnostic v0.2

Troubleshooting

Bootstrap: Writable ✅
Storage: Writable ✅
DATABASE Ping: Pong! Connected to DB "pixelfed" ✅
REDIS Ping: Pong! Connected to Redis ✅
ACTIVITYPUB instance actor created: ✅ true
ACTIVITYPUB instance actor cached: ✅ true
OAUTH enabled: ✅ true
OAUTH token_expiration 365 days
OAUTH public key exists: ✅ true
OAUTH private key exists: ✅ true
Important Information

Version: 0.11.13-4d04227d
Database: pgsql (16.2)
APP_URL: https://todfox.photos
APP_DOMAIN: todfox.photos
ADMIN_DOMAIN: todfox.photos
SESSION_DOMAIN: todfox.photos
PHP Variables

PHP: 8.2.18
PHP INI memory_limit: 256M
PHP INI post_max_size: 8M
PHP INI upload_max_filesize: 2M
PHP INI max_file_uploads: 20
PHP INI max_execution_time: 30
PHP INI max_input_time: 60
PHP INI file_uploads (On): 1
PHP INI - SECURITY allow_url_fopen (true): 1
PHP INI - SECURITY allow_url_include (false):
PHP INI - SECURITY expose_php (false): 1
PHP INI - SECURITY display_errors (false): Off
PHP INI - SECURITY display_startup_errors (false):
PHP INI - SECURITY log_errors (true): 1
PHP INI - SECURITY ignore_repeated_errors (false):
PHP INI - SECURITY disable_functions:
Pixelfed Variables (No Secrets)

CONFIG VARIABLE NAME DETAILS
APP APP_NAME "Pixelfed"
APP APP_ENV "production"
APP APP_DEBUG ❌ false
APP APP_URL "https://todfox.photos"
APP APP_LOCALE "en"
APP APP_FALLBACK_LOCALE "en"
BROADCASTING BROADCAST_DRIVER "redis"
CACHE CACHE_DRIVER "redis"
CAPTCHA CAPTCHA_ENABLED ❌ false
DATABASE DB_CONNECTION "pgsql"
DATABASE REDIS_CLIENT "predis"
EXP EXP_LC ❌ false
EXP EXP_TOP ❌ false
EXP EXP_POLLS ❌ false
EXP EXP_CPT ❌ false
EXP EXP_GPS ❌ false
EXP EXP_EMC ✅ true
FEDERATION ACTIVITY_PUB ✅ true
FEDERATION AP_OUTBOX ✅ true
FEDERATION AP_INBOX ✅ true
FEDERATION AP_SHAREDINBOX ✅ true
FEDERATION AP_REMOTE_FOLLOW ✅ true
FEDERATION ACTIVITYPUB_DELIVERY_TIMEOUT "30"
FEDERATION ACTIVITYPUB_DELIVERY_CONCURRENCY "10"
FEDERATION AP_LOGGER_ENABLED ❌ false
FEDERATION ATOM_FEEDS ✅ true
FEDERATION REMOTE_AVATARS ✅ true
FEDERATION NODEINFO ✅ true
FEDERATION WEBFINGER ✅ true
FEDERATION PF_NETWORK_TIMELINE ✅ true
FEDERATION PF_NETWORK_TIMELINE_DAYS_FALLOFF 90
FEDERATION CUSTOM_EMOJI ✅ true
FEDERATION CUSTOM_EMOJI_MAX_SIZE "2000000"
FILESYSTEMS FILESYSTEM_DRIVER "local"
FILESYSTEMS FILESYSTEM_CLOUD "s3"
HASHING BCRYPT_COST "10"
HORIZON HORIZON_PREFIX "horizon-"
HORIZON HORIZON_MEMORY_LIMIT "64"
HORIZON HORIZON_BALANCE_STRATEGY "auto"
HORIZON HORIZON_MIN_PROCESSES "1"
HORIZON HORIZON_MAX_PROCESSES "20"
HORIZON HORIZON_SUPERVISOR_MEMORY "64"
HORIZON HORIZON_SUPERVISOR_TRIES "3"
HORIZON HORIZON_SUPERVISOR_NICE "0"
HORIZON HORIZON_SUPERVISOR_TIMEOUT "300"
HORIZON HORIZON_DARKMODE ❌ false
IMAGE IMAGE_DRIVER "gd"
INSTANCE INSTANCE_DESCRIPTION "Pixelfed - Photo sharing for everyone"
INSTANCE INSTANCE_CONTACT_FORM ❌ false
INSTANCE INSTANCE_CONTACT_MAX_PER_DAY "1"
INSTANCE INSTANCE_DISCOVER_PUBLIC ❌ false
INSTANCE EXP_LOOPS ❌ false
INSTANCE INSTANCE_PUBLIC_HASHTAGS ❌ false
INSTANCE INSTANCE_CONTACT_EMAIL "[email protected]"
INSTANCE INSTANCE_PUBLIC_LOCAL_TIMELINE ❌ false
INSTANCE INSTANCE_NETWORK_TIMELINE_CACHED
INSTANCE INSTANCE_NETWORK_TIMELINE_CACHE_DROPOFF 100
INSTANCE INSTANCE_NETWORK_TIMELINE_CACHE_MAX_HOUR_INGEST 6
INSTANCE PAGE_404_HEADER "Sorry, this page isn't available."
INSTANCE PAGE_404_BODY "The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed. Go back to Pixelfed."
INSTANCE PAGE_503_HEADER "Service Unavailable"
INSTANCE PAGE_503_BODY "Our service is in maintenance mode, please try again later."
INSTANCE BANNED_USERNAMES ""
INSTANCE USERNAME_REMOTE_FORMAT "@"
INSTANCE USERNAME_REMOTE_CUSTOM_TEXT ""
INSTANCE STORIES_ENABLED ❌ false
INSTANCE RESTRICTED_INSTANCE ❌ false
INSTANCE OAUTH_TOKEN_DAYS "365"
INSTANCE OAUTH_REFRESH_DAYS "400"
INSTANCE OAUTH_PAT_ENABLED ❌ false
INSTANCE OAUTH_PAT_ID ""
INSTANCE ENABLE_COVID_LABEL ✅ true
INSTANCE COVID_LABEL_URL "https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public"
INSTANCE COVID_LABEL_ORG "visit the WHO website"
INSTANCE ENABLE_CONFIG_CACHE ✅ true
LDAP LDAP_CONNECTION "default"
LDAP LDAP_LOGGING ✅ true
LDAP LDAP_CACHE ❌ false
LOGGING LOG_CHANNEL "stderr"
LOGGING LOG_LEVEL (stack) "debug"
MAIL MAIL_DRIVER ""
MAIL MAIL_HOST ""
MAIL MAIL_PORT ""
MAIL MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS "[email protected]"
MAIL MAIL_FROM_NAME "Example"
MAIL MAIL_ENCRYPTION ""
MEDIA MEDIA_EXIF_DATABASE ❌ false
PIXELFED ADMIN_DOMAIN "todfox.photos"
PIXELFED APP_DOMAIN "todfox.photos"
PIXELFED MEMORY_LIMIT "1024M"
PIXELFED OPEN_REGISTRATION ❌ false
PIXELFED MAX_ACCOUNT_SIZE (KB) "1000000"
PIXELFED MAX_PHOTO_SIZE (KB) "15000"
PIXELFED MAX_AVATAR_SIZE (KB) "2000"
PIXELFED MAX_CAPTION_LENGTH "500"
PIXELFED MAX_BIO_LENGTH "125"
PIXELFED MAX_NAME_LENGTH "30"
PIXELFED MIN_PASSWORD_LENGTH "8"
PIXELFED MAX_ALBUM_LENGTH "4"
PIXELFED ENFORCE_EMAIL_VERIFICATION ✅ true
PIXELFED IMAGE_QUALITY (1-100) "80"
PIXELFED ACCOUNT_DELETION ✅ true
PIXELFED ACCOUNT_DELETE_AFTER ❌ false
PIXELFED PF_ENABLE_CLOUD ✅ true
PIXELFED PF_MAX_USERS 1000
PIXELFED PF_OPTIMIZE_IMAGES ✅ true
PIXELFED PF_OPTIMIZE_VIDEOS ✅ true
PIXELFED PF_USER_INVITES ❌ false
PIXELFED PF_USER_INVITES_TOTAL_LIMIT "0"
PIXELFED PF_USER_INVITES_DAILY_LIMIT "0"
PIXELFED PF_USER_INVITES_MONTHLY_LIMIT "0"
PIXELFED PF_MAX_COLLECTION_LENGTH "100"
PIXELFED MEDIA_TYPES "image/jpeg,image/png,image/gif"
PIXELFED LIMIT_ACCOUNT_SIZE ✅ true
PIXELFED IMPORT_INSTAGRAM ❌ false
PIXELFED IMPORT_INSTAGRAM_POST_LIMIT "100"
PIXELFED IMPORT_INSTAGRAM_SIZE_LIMIT "5000"
PIXELFED OAUTH_ENABLED ✅ true
PIXELFED PF_BOUNCER_ENABLED ✅ true
PIXELFED PF_MEDIA_FAST_PROCESS ✅ true
PIXELFED PF_MEDIA_MAX_ALTTEXT_LENGTH "1000"
PURIFY RESTRICT_HTML_TYPES BROKEN
QUEUE QUEUE_DRIVER "redis"
SESSION SESSION_DRIVER "redis"
SESSION SESSION_LIFETIME "86400"
SESSION SESSION_DOMAIN "todfox.photos"
TRUSTEDPROXY TRUST_PROXIES "*"

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