Many of the Piped instance listed are no longer active with some being entirely different sites

[Darin755]

Official Instance

• [ X] The bug is reproducible on the official hosted instance, or is API-related.

Describe the bug

Instances with a Cloudflare error page

https://pipedapi.tokhmi.xyz/

https://pipedapi.moomoo.me/

https://api-piped.mha.fi/

https://pipedapi.pfcd.me/

https://pipedapi.coldforge.xyz/

Instances with other issues:

https://pipedapi.syncpundit.io/ (Shows "welcome to nginx")

https://piped-api.garudalinux.org (DNS not resolving to an IP)

https://pipedapi.rivo.lol/ (does not load)

https://ytapi.dc09.ru/ (DNS returns a bad IP)

https://pipedapi.colinslegacy.com/ (DNS not resolving to an IP)

https://piped-api.cfe.re (DNS not resolving)

https://pipedapi.nosebs.ru (DNS not resolving)

https://pa.mint.lgbt/ (DNS not resolving)

https://piped-api.privacy.com.de/ (Secure connection fails)

https://pipedapi.us.projectsegfau.lt/ (bad gateway)

https://watchapi.whatever.social/ (secure connection fails)

https://pipedapi.qdi.fi/ (DNS not resolving)

https://piped-api.hostux.net/ (Fails to load)

https://pdapi.vern.cc/ (Redirects back to vern home page)

https://pipedapi.osphost.fi/ (404)

https://pipedapi.simpleprivacy.fr/ (redirects to simpleprivacy.fr)

https://api.watch.pluto.lat/ (DNS not resolving)

https://pipedapi.owo.si/ (Bad gateway)

https://api.piped.minionflo.net/ (Returns hello world page)

https://pipedapi.nezumi.party/ (DNS does not resolve)

https://pipedapi.andreafortuna.org (DNS does not resolve)

Instances showing bad or strange behavior

https://yapi.vyper.me/ (redirects a bunch before being blocked by ublock origin)

https://api.looleh.xyz/ (Shows a generic looking page that says "no sponsors")

https://pa.il.ax/ (Redirects to a page blocked by ublock origin)

https://pipedapi.palveluntarjoaja.eu/ (Redirects)

https://piped-backend.seitan-ayoub.lol/ (Shows "no sponsors")

To Reproduce

1. Try to visit on of the sites listed

Expected behavior

I was looking if I could successfully access the Piped main page. (I did not try to play a video) I am based in the US so every one of these was tested from a US IP address.

Logs/Errors

See above

Browser, and OS with Version.

Firefox 129.0 on Linux

Additional context

I would not recommend removing these all at once. What I would suggest is a "scream test." Basically what you would do is you would remove 3-4 links at a time and then wait to see if anyone complains. If they do you can re add the link. This will take a lot of time but you could do it once a month. I would be willing to facilitate this but the wiki is not a public repo.

Please prioritize the sites that are redirecting to strange pages. I do not know if they are harmful but if Ublock origin blocked them it usually is not a good sign.