This issue has been fixed. Friend requests should now be working correctly :)

Whoops, sorry about that. Fixed!

There should be a sidebar alert, though it won't be instant; it may take a minute or two for the alert to show up (and that is intended; I'll explain in a site update later) Did you/your friend never receive a sidebar alert for the friend request getting accepted?

Hello, I'm back with an update! After more investigation, it seems like the sidebar notification thing is a separate issue. One of our minimods has made a topic for it here, if you'd like to follow updates or add any information: Missing Event Notification/Alerts

We are going to close this topic up now since friend requests themselves seem to be working <3