# Contribute **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=3 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 4 --- ## [Can I set the "Search current category" checkbox to checked by default?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-set-the-search-current-category-checkbox-to-checked-by-default/54150)
**Author:** [@gpickett00](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gpickett00)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-set-the-search-current-category-checkbox-to-checked-by-default/54150 "2026-09-10T14:37:57Z")
I have a discourse discussion board where users come from different places and have no real reason to look at other categories of the forum. Therefore, it would make sense that by default, the search feature should restr… --- ## [Make event fields disabled or mandatory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-event-fields-disabled-or-mandatory/411755)
**Author:** [@Stephane\_Roy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephane_Roy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-event-fields-disabled-or-mandatory/411755 "2026-09-10T14:28:31Z")
Hello, Would it be possible for the administrator to configure the available event fields—or set defaults configurations—for a specific category ? For example: To remove or mandate the location field. To set the time… --- ## [Incompatibility of Events with Topic Form and Form Templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incompatibility-of-events-with-topic-form-and-form-templates/412101)
**Author:** [@Stephane\_Roy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephane_Roy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incompatibility-of-events-with-topic-form-and-form-templates/412101 "2026-09-10T14:18:50Z")
Hello, I’m encountering bugs with both types of Discourse templates in an “Events” category. With a “topic template”: The template doesn’t appear below the event in the composer :neutral\_face: With the form templa… --- ## [Text erased on button – incompatibility between two components](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-erased-on-button-incompatibility-between-two-components/412075)
**Author:** [@Stephane\_Roy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephane_Roy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-erased-on-button-incompatibility-between-two-components/412075 "2026-09-10T09:33:45Z")
Hello, I’m encountering a text display issue with the theme’s floating button: “New topic” isn’t showing up. This problem only occurs in categories where I’ve customized the default text for the “create topic” butto… --- ## [Timeline Action Buttons Overlap Post Footer Actions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-action-buttons-overlap-post-footer-actions/411168)
**Author:** [@serkhelesheyi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/serkhelesheyi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 9:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/timeline-action-buttons-overlap-post-footer-actions/411168 "2026-09-10T09:13:33Z")
Description The issue occurs in both left-to-right (LTR) and right-to-left (RTL) layouts. When a page is scrolled toward the bottom of a long post and the viewport width becomes slightly narrower, the two buttons positi… --- ## [Direct S3 upload with local store raises NoMethodError instead of being rejected](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-s3-upload-with-local-store-raises-nomethoderror-instead-of-being-rejected/412061)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 7:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-s3-upload-with-local-store-raises-nomethoderror-instead-of-being-rejected/412061 "2026-09-10T07:08:53Z")
I found and resolved this issue myself after a client reported it. I used AI to generate the bug report because I was lazy and it does a better job than I do - and it found a core bug while doing that, which I manually v… --- ## [New category permission - "cannot see"/"exclude"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-category-permission-cannot-see-exclude/50044)
**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-category-permission-cannot-see-exclude/50044 "2026-09-09T21:42:20Z")
Continuing the discussion from Suspend as way to expire membership: After suggesting to another user that instead of suspending a user they could put them in a group and change category permissions. I recently came acr… --- ## [Add webhook / event support for Discourse AI artifact key-value updates (or allow admins to disable sandboxing)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-webhook-event-support-for-discourse-ai-artifact-key-value-updates-or-allow-admins-to-disable-sandboxing/403865)
**Author:** [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-webhook-event-support-for-discourse-ai-artifact-key-value-updates-or-allow-admins-to-disable-sandboxing/403865 "2026-09-09T21:42:06Z")
I’d like to propose allowing AI artifacts to send webhooks whenever the stored data in an AI artifact is updated. There are many reasons why this would be advantageous, but I’ll try to keep my case short. Many organizat… --- ## [Add recurrent items within a date-range](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-recurrent-items-within-a-date-range/286514)
**Author:** [@FunctionalJerk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FunctionalJerk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-recurrent-items-within-a-date-range/286514 "2026-09-09T19:48:46Z")
Using the discourse-calendar-and-event, my fellow students and I were missing a feature that we think would improve the benefit of this plugin greatly. Imagine this case: We are using a calendar topic in order to organ… --- ## [Visual bug - checkmarks on badges appear in profiles instead of the badges page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-bug-checkmarks-on-badges-appear-in-profiles-instead-of-the-badges-page/411831)
**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-bug-checkmarks-on-badges-appear-in-profiles-instead-of-the-badges-page/411831 "2026-09-09T17:07:46Z")
Reproduction: Click on a badge you have unlocked then go back to your profile. A checkmark appears in your profile as unintended. If you click another one’s profile while looking at badges, checkmarks will appear in th… --- ## [Optimize the selection of the month for an event](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimize-the-selection-of-the-month-for-an-event/411753)
**Author:** [@Stephane\_Roy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephane_Roy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimize-the-selection-of-the-month-for-an-event/411753 "2026-09-09T16:39:54Z")
Hello, I’d like to suggest a usability improvement for this scenario: When creating a 2-day event using the composer, if the start date is several months away— for example, July 14, 2027— would it be possible for th… --- ## [Chat notifications not showing for replies in chat channels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-notifications-not-showing-for-replies-in-chat-channels/410620)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-notifications-not-showing-for-replies-in-chat-channels/410620 "2026-09-09T14:29:53Z")
Continuing the discussion from Issue with Chat Icon Badge Count Not Showing for Direct Messages (DMs): I think there is the same problem with chat channels. Users do not see the notification dot when you reply to their … --- ## [Reduce local disk space needs by not (redundantly) gzipping backups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-local-disk-space-needs-by-not-redundantly-gzipping-backups/245763)
**Author:** [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-local-disk-space-needs-by-not-redundantly-gzipping-backups/245763 "2026-09-08T12:30:54Z")
The backup process creates a tar file and then applies gzip to it. There are two types of things in the tar file: an already gzipped sql dump and the contents of uploads (if requested.) In my case every upload file is … --- ## [AI Agent group settings don't seem to be handled by the upcoming change removing the everyone group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-agent-group-settings-dont-seem-to-be-handled-by-the-upcoming-change-removing-the-everyone-group/411841)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-agent-group-settings-dont-seem-to-be-handled-by-the-upcoming-change-removing-the-everyone-group/411841 "2026-09-09T11:56:59Z")
Continuing the discussion from The road to stable, then permanent, for granular\_anonymous\_and\_logged\_in\_groups\_permissions: I think the AI Agent permission settings are not yet handled correctly by the upcoming change. … --- ## [Minimum\_discourse\_version fails its check on -latest builds (e.g. 2026.8.0-latest.1)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimum-discourse-version-fails-its-check-on-latest-builds-e-g-2026-8-0-latest-1/411985)
**Author:** [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimum-discourse-version-fails-its-check-on-latest-builds-e-g-2026-8-0-latest-1/411985 "2026-09-09T11:49:21Z")
Themes/components on the default latest channel get auto-disabled, and theme authors must use unintuitive workarounds. Ran into this here: Featured Topics - #76 by cogdog It’s quite unintuitive that all minimum versions… --- ## [Garbled text in CSVs with special characters downloaded from Data Resource Manager](https://meta.discourse.org/t/csv/411280)
**Author:** [@singi2016cn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/singi2016cn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 8:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/csv/411280 "2026-09-09T08:58:45Z")
--- ## [Quoting does only work on second tap](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-does-only-work-on-second-tap/411868)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 7:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-does-only-work-on-second-tap/411868 "2026-09-09T07:32:49Z")
It’s been like this for a while now; I don’t remember when it started. At first, I thought I might have missed the button, then I thought clicking the icon might not work, and I accidentally clicked the icon because that… --- ## [Post/Topic links no longer appear under Badges (e.g. Nice Reply, Nice Topic, Popular Link, etc)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-topic-links-no-longer-appear-under-badges-e-g-nice-reply-nice-topic-popular-link-etc/411593)
**Author:** [@BOUCUR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BOUCUR)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-topic-links-no-longer-appear-under-badges-e-g-nice-reply-nice-topic-popular-link-etc/411593 "2026-09-08T18:23:00Z")
Hi, sharing a report posted by a member of our community at forum.inaturalist.org. I’m a volunteer moderator and not a site admin of that forum. -- Browser, if a website issue: Microsoft 11 URLs (aka web addresses) of… --- ## ["Your site may not work because" Horizon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-site-may-not-work-because-horizon/411894)
**Author:** [@donaldsoncd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/donaldsoncd)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-site-may-not-work-because-horizon/411894 "2026-09-08T14:06:25Z")
Hi! I suddenly got a warning message for my hosted Discourse forum: Your site may not work because a theme / component has errors. Caused by “Horizon” I checked the browser console as suggested (though I’m not a dev… --- ## [Can Unified New dismiss topics after a user scrolls past them?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-unified-new-dismiss-topics-after-a-user-scrolls-past-them/411807)
**Author:** [@Damian\_Boon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Damian_Boon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-unified-new-dismiss-topics-after-a-user-scrolls-past-them/411807 "2026-09-08T12:01:01Z")
I’m looking at using the new Unified New view as the main feed/homepage on my Discourse site, but I’d like it to behave a bit more like X/Twitter or Facebook. What I’m trying to achieve is: A topic appears in the Uni… --- ## [Patreon v2 sync reports "N pledges, 0 users synced" — member email read from wrong resource in extract](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patreon-v2-sync-reports-n-pledges-0-users-synced-member-email-read-from-wrong-resource-in-extract/411874)
**Author:** [@WaitroseCarpark](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WaitroseCarpark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patreon-v2-sync-reports-n-pledges-0-users-synced-member-email-read-from-wrong-resource-in-extract/411874 "2026-09-08T08:17:13Z")
Disclaimer: Yes I used Claude to help me fix this issue: Running Discourse core at commit 5ee8e24 (2026-08-19). The Patreon sync completes without error but syncs zero users: Patreon sync complete: 63 pledges, 0 users … --- ## [Chunked backup uploader exceeds Discourse request rate limit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chunked-backup-uploader-exceeds-discourse-request-rate-limit/411386)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 8:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chunked-backup-uploader-exceeds-discourse-request-rate-limit/411386 "2026-09-08T08:03:09Z")
One of our customers ran into a reproducible issue when uploading a local Discourse backup through the admin UI. The backup uploader uses fixed 5 MB chunks and, on a sufficiently fast connection, can generate enough req… --- ## [Discourse chat: add ability to group multiple channels into categories for improved organization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-add-ability-to-group-multiple-channels-into-categories-for-improved-organization/391057)
**Author:** [@smallmirrorkey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smallmirrorkey)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-add-ability-to-group-multiple-channels-into-categories-for-improved-organization/391057 "2026-09-08T06:29:40Z")
Feature request: Add the ability to group multiple channels into “categories” to organize channels as the number of channels grows. This could be configured server side or user side (like how Mattermost stores category m… --- ## [FIX: I18n regression due to recent ruby-i18n update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fix-i18n-regression-due-to-recent-ruby-i18n-update/411859)
**Author:** [@small-lovely-cat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/small-lovely-cat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 6:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fix-i18n-regression-due-to-recent-ruby-i18n-update/411859 "2026-09-08T06:14:21Z")
In DEPS: Bump i18n from 1.14.8 to 1.15.2 - Pull Request #41242 - discourse/discourse - GitHub, we updated the ruby-i18n to 1.15.x, however, this version has a defection. ▶ Upstream Update Analysis This cause a problem i… --- ## [Discourse-events can cause 500 when deleting a topic in development: uninitialized Calendar::Extractor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-events-can-cause-500-when-deleting-a-topic-in-development-uninitialized-calendar-extractor/411731)
**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-events-can-cause-500-when-deleting-a-topic-in-development-uninitialized-calendar-extractor/411731 "2026-09-08T04:24:37Z")
While testing some unrelated topic-deletion changes in a local development instance, deleting a topic returned a 500 Internal Server Error. The development instance which produced the error was running this exact Discou… --- ## [Does Discourse support any online multiplayer mini-games (e.g., Go, Gomoku, chess)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-support-any-online-multiplayer-mini-games-e-g-go-gomoku-chess/389946)
**Author:** [@tom\_eric](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tom_eric)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-support-any-online-multiplayer-mini-games-e-g-go-gomoku-chess/389946 "2026-09-08T04:00:53Z")
Hi everyone, I’m wondering whether Discourse currently supports any kind of online multiplayer mini-games that forum members can play together (for example: Go/Weiqi, Gomoku, simple board games, etc.). I know Discourse… --- ## [Should 'change author' be available on topic tools?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-change-author-be-available-on-topic-tools/411836)
**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-change-author-be-available-on-topic-tools/411836 "2026-09-07T20:32:09Z")
I wonder if it would be a good idea to move the option to change the topic author to the ones shown when clicking the gear icon. Currently, one must select the option from the first post of the topic, even though it is … --- ## [Nginx crash-loops after container restart: base image ships brotli\_static in discourse.conf but never loads the module (unknown directive)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-crash-loops-after-container-restart-base-image-ships-brotli-static-in-discourse-conf-but-never-loads-the-module-unknown-directive/410530)
**Author:** [@oxFilla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oxFilla)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nginx-crash-loops-after-container-restart-base-image-ships-brotli-static-in-discourse-conf-but-never-loads-the-module-unknown-directive/410530 "2026-09-07T19:47:52Z")
Summary After a routine container restart (host reboot / docker restart), nginx fails to start inside the app container with: nginx: \[emerg\] unknown directive "brotli\_static" in /etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf:172 T… --- ## [Discourse/mail-receiver:release Docker image appears to be outdated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-mail-receiver-release-docker-image-appears-to-be-outdated/411734)
**Author:** [@scavin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scavin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-mail-receiver-release-docker-image-appears-to-be-outdated/411734 "2026-09-07T14:50:16Z")
Hi, I think the official discourse/mail-receiver:release Docker image may have been overlooked and has not been rebuilt for quite some time. The GitHub repository is still actively maintained: However, the official … --- ## [How do we tag Ask AI topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-we-tag-ask-ai-topics/411577)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-we-tag-ask-ai-topics/411577 "2026-09-07T11:04:08Z")
Since Ask AI is built in as part of the Search feature, as I understand it, should topics about Ask AI be tagged with search + ask-ai or ai + ask-ai or search + ai + ask-ai ? [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=2) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=4)