Diplomatic relations have strained between socialist Lemmy instances Hexbear and Lemmygrad as /c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net, one of Hexbear’s most active and influential communities, ceases federation with Lemmygrad.

The seizure in federation was first noted by Lemmygrad user @Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml, who submitted an inquiry to the Embassy of Hexbear on Lemmygrad.

“For some reason the chapotraphouse comm [sic] isn’t federating with lemmygrad.”
-Hexbear moderator @thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net confirms.

As of the time of writing, no definite cause for the issue has been made public.
Lemmygrad and Hexbear admins are yet to provide an official statement.

Update:
Lemmygrad and Hexbear admins, @GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml and @CARCOSA@hexbear.net respectively, have confirmed that the issue regarding /c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net’s federation with Lemmygrad is not intentional.

“We have not deliberately defederated from any Hexbear community. This is likely just a bug.”
-GrainEater

“There was nothing done on hexbear’s end from either mod or admin with regard to the federation of c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net”
-CARCOSA

The root cause of the disruption is still under investigation.