unfortunately, the handle will be created and will be the same for the entire lifecycle of the instance. You can change the secondary relays, but not the first one.
But you can multiple relays serving the same handle, so you can have a failover setup.
Stefano on littleFedi
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2026-07-28 19:27:39 UTC
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