@Friendly Koala @Marek 🇦🇺🇩🇪 @Matthias @Michael 🇺🇦 fwiw

i did more testing yesterday. the file import fails silently on all four of my #friendica instances. three are

Friendica, version 2026.01 that is running at the web location https://friendica.au. The database version is 1586/1586, the post update version is 1550/1550.

and the fourth is

Friendica, version 2026.04-dev that is running at the web location https://friendica.opensocial.space. The database version is 1592/1592, the post update version is 1550/1550.

given my initial fedi place ~4 years ago was a Masto instance, & all my numerous #fedihops since then have involved exporting the then-current following-list from the then-latest instance [of any software] & importing it into my new/latest fedi instance, that same process occurred when i began including various friendica instances in my fedihopping. so, the fact that my three older friendica instances successfully did accept the import, back when i did them in prior years, together with the fact that this present, new, instance on the latest stable F version, does not, AND that those three older instances since updating to their latest versions also no longer accept the import, leads me to tentatively conclude this latest version's file import code is broken, when it did still work in the previous versions.

so, in absence of the bulk import tool working, yesterday i spent many hours manually following each of my desired accounts one by one, ie, manually building up my Contacts in this my newest friendica account. such a boring inefficient task, & one which few noobs would be willing to perform, i suspect... ie, in the interests of not driving potential new friendica users away, this apparent bug should be fixed asap imo.

thank you.