I just changed my password in another browser while being logged in with my current browser and that created a redirect loop, apparently the start page gets a API error with the password, redirects to the 404 page and that checks the same password, gets the error and redirects again. It worked after deleting the jwt cookie on the domain (feddit.de if that matters)
It seems the search field searches for more than just the community name, e.g. when I search for Test it finds a lot of names but it also finds the community “Test”. It is probably easier to bookmark or subscribe a community when you post to it repeatedly (or remember the URL to type it)