I’m having trouble subscribing to communities and I hope y’all can help. Apologies if this is a very basic question

I’m using the Jerboa app. When I find a community I click the “Subscribe” button. What’s weird is from there the button changed to “Pending” as opposed to “Subscribed”. What’s worse is the community does not show up in my subscribed communities in the Jerboa app, meaning I can’t quickly navigate back to the community.

I’m very new to federated social media. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks!