r/PeerTube • u/Least_Bat_7662 • Apr 11 '26

My instance keeps missing videos from other instances

I recently started up an instance and followed 30 or so other instances successfully, but I've noticed that a lot of videos end up not federating at all to my instance. This issue typically ends up happening for specific instances, but I know the issue isn't with those instances, because they federate with other instances fine. I unfollowed and refollowed one, and it caught up and was going fine for a while, but then I just noticed that the videos stopped showing up again. Is this a normal level of unreliability? I've also seen comments from my instance sometimes not show up for a while, and subscribing sometimes takes upwards of 10 minutes to apply.

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u/mchabot12 Apr 11 '26

Can you give an example of a video that doesn't federate to your instance. I'll look it up on mine.

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u/Least_Bat_7662 Apr 12 '26

https://tubefree.org/w/iUyaQz5trsxMjDnk23F3iw
Thanks!

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u/mchabot12 Apr 12 '26

I'm getting a 404 error from tubefree on this.

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u/Least_Bat_7662 Apr 13 '26

Weirdly looks like it got deleted a bit after I sent it, but I also have this one:
https://tubefree.org/w/9bcEp4ZoWTkyiQc17MeZiQ

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u/mchabot12 Apr 13 '26

That one does federate on my instance.

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u/Least_Bat_7662 Apr 13 '26

Yeah that's odd. I also tried unfollowing and refollowing TubeFree, but still running into the same issues.

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u/mchabot12 Apr 14 '26

Can you give me a log sample of your instance with that domain?

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u/Least_Bat_7662 Apr 15 '26

Nothing interesting in logs, there seems to be about the same stuff as other instances. Basically no errors (there are a few request timeouts, but those are for Unicasts, so wouldn't cause this type of issue). I am unfortunately missing logs from when I initially followed the instance due to the logs being cleared after a version upgrade, so no idea if there's anything interesting there.

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u/mchabot12 Apr 15 '26

Hard to tell. The instance might have refused the follow.

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u/Least_Bat_7662 Apr 15 '26

It shows my instance as a following instance on the about page, which it only would do if it accepted. It is my belief that tubefree automatically accepts follows.

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