#mastodonbug — Public Fediverse posts

Wir sind bei der Migration von @nabu_jena von nabu.social zu Naturschutz.social gegen den Bug https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/25773 gelaufen. 80 Follower wurden übertragen, hunderte fehlen noch.

Wenn ihr Hilfe wisst oder jemanden kennt der jemanden kennt, dann sagt gern Bescheid.

@digitalcourage @ccc @Mastodon #mastodon #mastodonbug #mastodonbugs @christoph #nabu #jena #hilfe #help

The self-verifiying on Mastodon is a cool feature.

But that you are able to self-verify your own Mastodon account, with your own Mastodon account, looks like an error in the design

https://mastodon.social/@MastoPresentation
#bug

#mastodon #mastodonbug

My default follow button on the Mastodon iPhone app is stuck on unfollow for any new user I come across. I'm not following them yet but the app has the unfollow button instead of follow button. I'm required to push the unfollow button first before I can then follow anyone. Anyone else experiencing this? #mastodon #mastodonclient #mastodonapp #mastodonbug #askfedi

RE: https://urbanists.social/@cargot_robbie/116700092271623550

35% seems pretty high for random chance, right? If you feel comfortable and want to reach out so that I can follow you again, my DMs are open 💖✨ I'm especially interested if there is a pattern of what Mastodon version is being used. If there's a bug it's either my server version, v4.5.11, or that of the follows that dropped

Not sure how else to potentially troubleshoot this so I'm also open to suggestions. I hope I can pull this thread though

#AskFedi #Mastodon #MastodonBug

Hey @FediTips

Not sure how to report this, but Mastodon web app v4.6.0-nightly.2026-05-28 is not preserving the Home pointer when I come back to Home from reading a thread.

Re-creating the issue: open a Mastodon tab. Scroll down Home a few screens then go into any thread with replies. Scroll down the thread. Press Back button or alt-left arrow to return to Home. I find myself back at the top of Home.

I'm using Firefox 151.0.2 (64 bit) on Windows 11.

#mastodonbug #webbug

Looks like animated webp converted to static image #bug is still persists both on #mastodon and #glitch

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/36514

#mastodonbug

@jab01701mid i have a guess as to what that unhelpful error message was trying to say... suspect it was trying to tell me i can't upload a video and quote a toot in the same post (because that's what i was doing)

i dunno how to report mastodon bugs. #MastodonBug #Mastodon #VideoUpload #Fedihelp @rolle

@jordgubben @adhd_coffee

I'd like to report a Mastodon bug. I clicked on the hashtag and selected "Browse posts from @jordgubben in #neurodiversity" but 0 results turned up.

#Mastodon #MastodonBug #hashtags

This is odd. Due to my timeline being an absolute firehose, I changed my settings to only show English-language posts, then did a full page refresh "just in case" to get the setting to stick.

Today I've seen at least one post in my timeline which was (a) not boosted by anyone, much less by someone I follow, (b) not posted by someone I follow, and (c) Mastodon recognized that it was not in English, because it offered me the translate option/link.

Mastodon bug?

#Mastodon #bug #MastodonBug #translation #settings #preferences #language #filter

I'd make this a poll, but polls can't include images.

Firefox. I have clicked "ALT" on a post image and the pop-up alt-text window contains more text than will fit. I have hovered the mouse over the empty lower section of the scroll bar (you can see that it is fully expanded; I have indicated the mouse cursor with a "+").

What will happen when I click the lower section of the scroll bar?

1. Window scrolls and stays open.

2. Window scrolls but instantly closes.

#mastodonbug

Problem with Mastodon((#)bug), it does not support Turkish letters in regards to making the hashtag space at the end nice and tidy.

I had to change (#)WikidataBarışUşaklı to (#)WikidataBarisUsakli

Reproducibility:

1️⃣ On version v4.5.0-nightly.2025-07-30 use the hashtag (#)WikidataBarışUşaklı with other hashtags ie. (#)Example.
2️⃣ The hashtags will not display in the "nice and tidy" format...

I should take some screenshots I think. Took 2! Attaching...

Attached!

#Mastodon #MastodonBug #bug

Time to report this as a #bug? #Mastodon

https://social.lol/@robb/113702978186981294

"More from"

1. This is the deal, open that link on social.lol and you see a "More from"
2. Copy that same link in whole and paste it in the search field on mastodon.social and it does not display that.

Update: Now it does! I do see the "More from" now. Great work whoever did it!

See this post to spot the difference:

mastodon.social/@shoppingtonz/113730696945024651

#Mastodonbug #Morefrom #WellDone #Fixed #PostUpdated

There is a big fucking bug in Mastodon's moderation features.

When I as a moderator suspend a remote account...

Expected behavior: The account can no longer be found or interacted with on our server and the account can't find or interact with accounts on our server.

Actual behavior: the account can still be found but is empty. there is a notice that the account is suspended and there is even still a follow button - it just doesn't do anything.
And the account can still see everything from our instance and interact with our posts. 🤯 Our users just won't reciprocate the interaction, because the reply won't appear here.
But if someone else replies to a reply from the suspended account we'll see that reply, but won't know what original post it belongs to.

Is this a new bug with Mastodon 4.3 or has it always been like that?
I've been moderating for 5 years now and this is new to me.

I'm not going to create an account on Microsoft™️ Github to officially file this bug report, but can someone tell me if it's already reported and what's the status? Thanks.

Additional ideal expected behavior: Previous replies to any of our posts by the suspended account won't be seen by anyone anywhere on the Fediverse - or at least not as replies to our posts, because our instance notifies/federates all other instances that these replies shouldn't be there.

#MastoMod #MastoAdmin #FediMod #FediAdmin #MastodonBug #moderation #Suspension

@KanaMauna @davidho

Noticing a little glitch in Mastodon.

A notification of a filter being applied.
I click "Show anyway".
And get nothing.

Next toot down is a reply to David Ho.

The solution for me appears obvious - go to my list of Follows and remove David Ho.

Though it's not clear what to do if there is no reply including the tooting account name.

#MastodonHelp #MastodonBug #GhostFilterNotification

@alex
The distributor would be whoever controls the node, which may or may not be the same person as the OP.

So if Bob and Alice are on Frank’s node, and Bob writes something that Alice replies to, they both created their own work. Alice has a fair use right to quote or reference Bob. Neither Bob nor Alice has a right to suppress the other. But Frank has that power and right. If it’s a Mastodon server, I believe in this case Bob can block Alice and thus suppress Alice adding more replies in the future, but Alice’s past unblocked posts remain in place.

That’s the status quo. Of course the injustice with the status quo is that Alice cannot reply after being blocked. This is due to a bit of an obtuse compromise. It’s an anti-bullying policy that was coded into Mastodon. But this anti-bullying tool is actually mostly used to silence civil discourse. Alice should be able to express her further thoughts alongside her previous commentary; first and foremost to be able to correct herself.

The anti-bullying mechanism is abused profusely in #Mastodon, and not even by the OP. Anyone in a discussion can say “fuck you scumbag…” and block the other 1 second later. So any arbrary commentator can ensure themselves the last word. Effectively, the anti-bullying tool is now used by bullies.

Or worse, they don’t just sling vitriol but they actually just present misinfo that calls for correction. Then the person best positioned to correct the misinfo is blocked from doing so, while the person with the faster trigger finger can continue carrying on.

So yes it’s a shit show.

The anti-bullying button should be a temporary action. That is, a user should have that lever but it should go through moderation whereby if that lever is merely used to block ideas and block misinfo counter args, it should be reversible. It should not just be labelled “block” but rather “stop bullying” so users know how it is meant to be used.

#MastodonBug

@jwildeboer

Mastodon feature request: I would like to be able to have separate follow lists. Currently, I have my general follows in my "Home" list and my super follows in my "Notifications" list. I would like to add a number of other custom lists.

#mastodon #mastodoncritique #mastodonbug #mastodonfeature

#Nestlé - Always up to no good!

Even the "é" in it's name caused a small #bug to #Mastodon - turning a part of links into a #hashtag 😂

Already #fixed by the wonderful #team behind Mastodon, thank you! 😍 👍

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/30182

#lovemastodon #boycottnestle #fcknestle #nestle #boycottNestlé #fckNestlé #evil #humor #satire #criticism #funny #corp #corporation #code #opensource #mastodonproject #github #githubissues #mastodonbug #fun

If you are connected to firewalled wifi and attempt to post in the Mastodon app you *do not* get an error. Your post is eaten. Deleted forever.

I wrote this amazing post and it’s gone. This has happened before. Other apps say “cannot post” when firewalled. Seems like bug.

(please don’t tell me to use a different app I have four apps each with their own issues- the purpose of this post is to check if it’s fair to call it a bug)

#mastodonSuggestions #mastodonsupport #mastodonapp #mastodonbug

Apparently Mastodon has lost compatibility with #ungoogledChromium. I see just a black screen on both infosec.exchange and catcatnya which are running similar versions:

v4.3.0-alpha.3+glitch+…

#MastodonBug

/cc @jerry @kescher

@aral
I’ve noticed that blocks are most commonly used to secure some asshole a “last word” so they can do a hit-and-run drive-by post. The #Mastodon tooling is designed so that no matter what misinfo they push, you can’t even correct it for /other people/ who read the thread.

This is a deliberate #MastodonBug. There is a bug report covering it. Lengthy debates, etc.

@babe @stephanie

Halo, przy dłuższym wpisie nie da się dodać emoji 😆

🇬🇧 Hello, can't add emojis to longer toots 😆
#FediPomoc #mastodonbug

@jikodesu Yikes, that’s quite harsh considering the #Mastodon web client has a defect such that you *can’t* add alt text if the popup editor does not function in your browser.

I have several browsers and none of them can render the alt text dialog box. Feels like a #Wayland related problem. So I’m blocked from including alt text.

I often embed the alt text in the body of my post, but any mechanism that would automatically look for empty alt text would fail to detect that.

#Mastodon needs to fix their incompetent abuse of popups before implementing anything that would punish those affected by their #bugs. I also cannot handle any confirmation dialog boxes and have to disable all confirmations in my settings.

#MastodonBug

ugh, on adv web interface in my browser and there's a nice blue line in my notifications column to show me where I left off reading UNLESS I do something simple like open a new tab. ARRRRRGH WHY???? This is a very annoying bug. #BrowserBug #MastodonBug

@freeplay @iju

I have actually fixed this already: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/27095

They have not merged it yet.

#Mastodon #MastoAdmin #MastodonBug #Bugs

Woah, nasty #MastodonBug:

I posted this:

https://mastodon.pirateparty.be/@gerry/111177477630682235

No replies. Then I simply searched “GDPR” from a #kbin instance, and incidentally saw my own Mastodon post *with replies*. WTF?

So then I login to the stock Mastodon web client (in case my 3rd party app was dropping msgs). Still no replies! I pasted the link of the reply from kbin into the #Mastodon client search field. It only showed me my own post. Then I searched for the profile of @jerrylevine & saw this:

“This profile has been hidden by the moderators of mastodon.pirateparty.be”

I was able to click to override that. Then I went into the “posts & replies” tab of that page and saw the replies to me which do not show up. I clicked one of them, & only then was the thread shown to me in full.

WTF. If I had not accidentally stumbled into my own post from a different node, I would never have known that someone replied to me. I still cannot see @jerrylevine’s reply in my thread unless I navigate from his post (which requires me to know that his post exists).

What happened here? #askFedi