This sounds like a known issue: moderators setting a post to featured doesnβt work properly if they are logged in to an instance other than the one the community is hosted on.
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Similar but different, native mod, external user
Hm, you are right - looks like it has gotten worse.
The bug I referenced has been confirmed to be a federation issue, so it might be related. It does seem to be intermittent when the mod is native, where it is 100% when the mod is remote.