diff --git a/src/server/api/endpoints/admin/federation/refresh-remote-instance-metadata.ts b/src/server/api/endpoints/admin/federation/refresh-remote-instance-metadata.ts
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+import $ from 'cafy';
+import define from '../../../define';
+import { Instances } from '../../../../../models';
+import { toPuny } from '../../../../../misc/convert-host';
+import { fetchInstanceMetadata } from '../../../../../services/fetch-instance-metadata';
+
+export const meta = {
+	tags: ['admin'],
+
+	requireCredential: true as const,
+	requireModerator: true,
+
+	params: {
+		host: {
+			validator: $.str
+		},
+	}
+};
+
+export default define(meta, async (ps, me) => {
+	const instance = await Instances.findOne({ host: toPuny(ps.host) });
+
+	if (instance == null) {
+		throw new Error('instance not found');
+	}
+
+	fetchInstanceMetadata(instance, true);
+});