How to Roll Back a Mastodon Migration

After migrating your Mastodon account to a new instance, you might discover that the new server does not meet your expectations. The old account gets disabled during migration, and the process cannot be reversed through the user interface. This article explains the limitations of Mastodon account migration and the practical steps to regain access to … Read more

Mastodon Migration Notification Email Not Sent: Causes

When you move your Mastodon account from one instance to another, the platform is supposed to send notification emails to your followers on your old instance. Many users report that these migration notification emails never arrive. The root cause is often a misconfiguration in the old instance’s email delivery system or a missing verification step … Read more

How to Audit Followers After a Mastodon Migration

After moving your Mastodon account to a new instance, your follower list may not transfer cleanly. Some followers might fail to reconnect, others may appear as duplicates, and a few accounts might be dormant or inactive. This article explains how to check which followers successfully migrated, how to identify accounts that need a manual follow … Read more

Mastodon Migration With Old Instance Going Offline: Recovery Path

When a Mastodon instance shuts down unexpectedly, users lose access to their account, followers, and data. The standard migration process requires both the old and new instances to be online to transfer followers through the ActivityPub handshake. If the old instance goes offline before you complete the migration, your followers cannot be automatically moved. This … Read more

Mastodon Migration ActivityPub Move Activity: How It Propagates

When you move your Mastodon account from one instance to another, your followers do not automatically follow the new account. The transfer relies on a specific ActivityPub message called a Move activity. Many users expect the migration to be instant, but the process involves a handshake between servers that can take hours or even days … Read more