[07/14/2023] Reverted back and running v0.18.2 with no problems for the past day. I simply deleted everything pertaining to v0.18.2 while on v0.18.2-rc.2, and then reinstalled v0.18.2. Everything now should be at the latest version at the time of writing this.
Original Title: [07/12/2023] Downgraded From v0.18.2 back to v0.18.2-rc.2
Out of the recent list of issues found in Lemmy’s GitHub, this one stood out to me https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3588 because it talks about federation problems with comments. For this instance, I noticed that we were not federating at all on v0.18.2 and that if I were to subscribe to a community, it would remain pending no matter how many times I refreshed the page. To figure out what happened, I immediately went to view the server’s logs for Lemmy. It was 1.2GB when I first saw it and grew about 16MB every few minutes.
I immediately knew something was wrong. Before opening it, I compressed it and downloaded it off the server to view it on my local device. With more lines in the file than I could go through, the logs did indicate there were errors sending requests to every other instance and communities. There was no personally identifiable information in that log file, and I deleted it completely on both the server and on my local device.
Initially, I thought the problems were due to trying to set up Tor for the Lemmy instance, but the timing of the posts and the log files point to the approximate time I upgraded to v0.18.2. After downgrading to v0.18.2-rc.2, the seemingly static All page with local content was instantly filled with the latest content from other instances. After truncating the logs, it grew to only 7MB after almost an hour. I was also able to “join” the communities that were formerly in the pending state. I will keep this instance on Lemmy v0.18.2-rc.2 until I can learn more.
In the meantime, federation is restored and MaiionChat is accessible over the Tor Network! The link will be at the bottom of the homepage sidebar on https://chat.maiion.com
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