Such cases highlight the importance of improving IPFS and Federation protocols, for example for Gitea[1][2] or GitLab[3][4]. Or just sponsoring them[5]. The source code for ForgeFed[6][7] might be also of interest for improvement.

[1] https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/1612

[2] https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/9045

[3] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/6468

[4] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/33665

[5] https://opencollective.com/gitea

[6] https://forgefed.peers.community/

[7] https://notabug.org/peers/forgefed