Hello!
I’ve been using PeerTube for quite a while now and haven’t had any major issues so far.
Now I’m facing a problem that I can’t quite explain myself.
I can’t subscribe to some channels on other instances.
For example, when I search for the following channels on my own instance:
heise_ct_videos@ peertube. heise. de
hakendran_videos@ peertube. heise. de
ct_uplink_videos@ peertube. heise. de
ct_3003@peertube. heise. de
medienecho@ digitalcourage. video
I can find it and click “Subscribe”.
The website itself tells me that I’ll now be notified when new videos are posted.
Everything seems normal.
But when I reload the PeerTube page, I can click “Subscribe” again.
So it didn’t save the subscription.
When I search the PeerTube log on the server for information, I don’t find anything unusual.
After searching for the channel, the log shows that the current video information is being retrieved.
As soon as I click Subscribe, the log only shows that it appears to have worked so far.
But apparently, it didn’t.
I’ve tried this several times on different days.
I’ve also tried it with the latest versions of PeerTube to rule out a bug in the software.
May 30 10:52:35 VM-PeerTube peertube[489]: [``peertube.hoerli.net:443``] 2026-05-30 10:52:35.299 info: Processing ActivityPub follow in job 79.
May 30 10:52:35 VM-PeerTube peertube[489]: [``peertube.hoerli.net:443``] 2026-05-30 10:52:35.321 info: Creating job to send follow request to heise_ct_videos - Videos von heise online .
May 30 10:52:35 VM-PeerTube peertube[489]: [``peertube.hoerli.net:443``] 2026-05-30 10:52:35.324 info: Processing ActivityPub unicast in job 9951.
May 30 10:52:35 VM-PeerTube peertube[489]: [``peertube.hoerli.net:443``] 2026-05-30 10:52:35.417 info: Updating 1 good actor follows and 0 bad actor follows scores in cache. {
May 30 10:52:35 VM-PeerTube peertube[489]: « badInboxes »:
May 30 10:52:35 VM-PeerTube peertube[489]: }
Where could the problem be?
Other channels on other platforms work without any issues.