if you hit refresh while it is in the pending state, does it go to subscribed?

i've seen it on the website, but it is just a graphical glitch. you did indeed subscribe to the community, just the front end never gets updated to reflect it.

but this might be outdated, it has been a long time since i last used the website.

i use sync btw, and here it works. you hit subscribe and the ui reflects the change