# Contribute **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=80 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 81 --- ## [Mirrored mailing list is rejecting registered forum users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mirrored-mailing-list-is-rejecting-registered-forum-users/376808)
**Author:** [@JonahAragon1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JonahAragon1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2025, 6:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mirrored-mailing-list-is-rejecting-registered-forum-users/376808 "2025-08-01T06:04:51Z")
I have a category with the “Category mirrors a mailing list” option enabled, and the category’s permissions set to “Everyone: See” (because I only want people to post to this category via email and not from the forum int… --- ## [Icons in topic titles miss a space in link anchors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icons-in-topic-titles-miss-a-space-in-link-anchors/376203)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 10:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icons-in-topic-titles-miss-a-space-in-link-anchors/376203 "2025-07-31T10:59:07Z")
Topic title is « :compass: Getting started… » but links show with a missing space: --- ## [Topic timeline partially covers reply button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timeline-partially-covers-reply-button/375906)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timeline-partially-covers-reply-button/375906 "2025-07-31T10:24:24Z")
Description Using the Meta Branded theme, the topic timeline covers the reply button at the bottom of topics. Repro Steps Use the Meta Branded theme Go to a topic and scroll to the bottom The topic timeline covers the … --- ## [Discourse: the video player should fit to the aspect ratio](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-the-video-player-should-fit-to-the-aspect-ratio/376659)
**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-the-video-player-should-fit-to-the-aspect-ratio/376659 "2025-07-31T04:48:30Z")
I’m not sure what category to choose, but I assume it’s a UX thing. Anyways the viewport of videos in Discourse meta appear to typically be 16:9 aspect ratio regardless of what size the video is? I wonder if there’s a wa… --- ## [The editor can be opened on “Assigned user” posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-editor-can-be-opened-on-assigned-user-posts/376658)
**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-editor-can-be-opened-on-assigned-user-posts/376658 "2025-07-31T04:45:25Z")
As a normal member of Dark Gaming Forum I can edit the posts of the moderator assigning a staff member? Obviously they don’t save but if you’re a non-staff, this shouldn’t happen. You should not be able to edit that type… --- ## [Expose the messages UI to all users, regardless of permissions to send DMs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expose-the-messages-ui-to-all-users-regardless-of-permissions-to-send-dms/376591)
**Author:** [@mbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbauman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expose-the-messages-ui-to-all-users-regardless-of-permissions-to-send-dms/376591 "2025-07-31T01:15:19Z")
I’ve found it challenging that the messages UI is hidden from the interface from new users by default. It’s odd, though, because if you know that URL, you can still access it. This has been challenging to me as both a … --- ## [Feedback for AI gists, short summaries on topic list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-for-ai-gists-short-summaries-on-topic-list/339877)
**Author:** [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-for-ai-gists-short-summaries-on-topic-list/339877 "2025-07-31T00:01:01Z")
You might have noticed that short summaries have been enabled on Meta. This will result in the topic list showing short summaries of the topics to help you get a quick overview. Any feedback is welcome! How are you… --- ## [Minor Composer Bug: BBCode Interpretation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-composer-bug-bbcode-interpretation/376607)
**Author:** [@phoenix1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/phoenix1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minor-composer-bug-bbcode-interpretation/376607 "2025-07-30T19:24:52Z")
Hello Well, I have noticed that it is no longer possible to have the markdown editor enabled exclusively, you can have it default to one or the other of course, which is quite nice. However, I’m still noticing some inco… --- ## [Spam bumps old topic to top of the list](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spam-bumps-old-topic-to-top-of-the-list/28720)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spam-bumps-old-topic-to-top-of-the-list/28720 "2025-07-30T16:35:03Z")
Interesting - I just got my first akismet caught spam post. I then deleted the spam post and the spammer, celebrated this awesoem feature. But then I went back to my topic list. The topic the spam post was on is now at t… --- ## [Auto reset topic bump date when deleting last post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-reset-topic-bump-date-when-deleting-last-post/130247)
**Author:** [@Zeemah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zeemah)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-reset-topic-bump-date-when-deleting-last-post/130247 "2025-07-30T16:32:50Z")
I think if you remove the last post in a topic it would make sense to reset bump date. Otherwise, you’re left with a topic in ‘latest’ that, to any non-staff member, has no recent activity and may confuse people and be s… --- ## [Reset topic bump date after a reported post is deleted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-topic-bump-date-after-a-reported-post-is-deleted/200824)
**Author:** [@Graham2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Graham2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reset-topic-bump-date-after-a-reported-post-is-deleted/200824 "2025-07-30T16:28:33Z")
It seems the busier our forum gets, the more spam that ensues. Everyday we are deleting spam posts, most of them are automatically detected by Discourse. Our community are protected from the content, however, topics are … --- ## [Bulk editing topic categories should not trigger thousands of email notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-editing-topic-categories-should-not-trigger-thousands-of-email-notifications/265269)
**Author:** [@mbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbauman)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-editing-topic-categories-should-not-trigger-thousands-of-email-notifications/265269 "2025-07-30T16:26:46Z")
I just performed a bulk-edit action on nearly a thousand topics to clean up/re-organize a category slightly. I did not expect this action to send emails (except maybe to the creators of the posts that their posts had be… --- ## [Pasting a link into the new Composer inserts an unwanted newline at the end](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pasting-a-link-into-the-new-composer-inserts-an-unwanted-newline-at-the-end/376170)
**Author:** [@pacharanero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pacharanero)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pasting-a-link-into-the-new-composer-inserts-an-unwanted-newline-at-the-end/376170 "2025-07-30T09:24:21Z")
Since the phased introduction of the new Composer with switchable ‘modes’ (ie. the last few months, I’ve noticed a change in the behaviour of inserting links into the Markdown composer. This seems to occur when using Ctr… --- ## [TAB key stopped working in markdown editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-key-stopped-working-in-markdown-editor/376052)
**Author:** [@j127](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j127)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tab-key-stopped-working-in-markdown-editor/376052 "2025-07-30T00:29:45Z")
It seems like tab stopped working in the markdown composer on a recent update. Pressing tab no longer jumps over to the “Reply” button. (It still works in the WYSIWYG editor.) --- ## [Date Picker Display Issue in Reports with Persian Language Interface](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-picker-display-issue-in-reports-with-persian-language-interface/376450)
**Author:** [@serkhelesheyi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/serkhelesheyi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-picker-display-issue-in-reports-with-persian-language-interface/376450 "2025-07-29T23:14:02Z")
Description: I’ve encountered a display anomaly within the date range selection for reports when the Discourse interface language is set to RTL Persian (Farsi). While the functionality of selecting a date range works co… --- ## [Feature Request: Add support for curated topics in Digest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-support-for-curated-topics-in-digest/375800)
**Author:** [@Ric](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ric)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-support-for-curated-topics-in-digest/375800 "2025-07-29T21:31:23Z")
It would be really cool if admin’s or moderators could maintain a list of curated topics that get included in the digest emails. This would allow them to be used as a newsletter style publication. We may need to also co… --- ## [Having too many Theme Components stretches the Theme edit page out very long](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-too-many-theme-components-stretches-the-theme-edit-page-out-very-long/376400)
**Author:** [@Kartoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kartoon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/having-too-many-theme-components-stretches-the-theme-edit-page-out-very-long/376400 "2025-07-29T15:42:45Z")
This might be related to the new change mentioned in the update or not but it’s somewhat recent. When I used to add components it would stack the list vertically (and would cut off the bottom ones, I’d have to go to the … --- ## [Feature Request: Digest opened mail statistics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-digest-opened-mail-statistics/375801)
**Author:** [@Ric](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ric)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-digest-opened-mail-statistics/375801 "2025-07-29T14:39:12Z")
Would it be possible to have a dashboard representation that shows the % of emails or just digest emails that are opened and read by the recipients? --- ## [Automatic images grid not working when locale is not set to English](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-images-grid-not-working-when-locale-is-not-set-to-english/375499)
**Author:** [@pierrox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pierrox)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-images-grid-not-working-when-locale-is-not-set-to-english/375499 "2025-07-29T12:41:23Z")
Been trying to test this feature on our forum. I tick the box “Automatically wraps images in \[grid\] tags when 3 or more images are uploaded in the composer.” in Experimental, and nothing happens. Do I need to reboot the… --- ## [Feature Req: ActivityPub notifications from read-only categiories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-req-activitypub-notifications-from-read-only-categiories/376377)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_Rother](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Rother)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 9:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-req-activitypub-notifications-from-read-only-categiories/376377 "2025-07-29T09:29:17Z")
The publication of notifications from a category into the Fediverse should be possible for categories which are “read only”. In this context, the use-case behind is to to have a publicly available documentation area and … --- ## [Rich editor misses usernames with umlauts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-editor-misses-usernames-with-umlauts/373966)
**Author:** [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-editor-misses-usernames-with-umlauts/373966 "2025-07-29T08:52:21Z")
We have umlauts enabled in usernames, which works fine in markdown, but not in the new composer: Markdown Composer --- ## [CONNECTION REFUSED on self-hosted instance after rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connection-refused-on-self-hosted-instance-after-rebuild/376224)
**Author:** [@tanya\_byrne](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tanya_byrne)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connection-refused-on-self-hosted-instance-after-rebuild/376224 "2025-07-28T23:47:07Z")
As mentioned in this thread, No secure Connection to self-hosted Discourse after latest update - Support - Discourse Meta there appears to be an issue on rebuild causing aCONNECTION REFUSED issue. No changes in configur… --- ## [Add group access setting for user notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-group-access-setting-for-user-notes/376208)
**Author:** [@gormus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gormus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-group-access-setting-for-user-notes/376208 "2025-07-28T14:38:45Z")
Could this plugin functionality can be changed from staff to to a configurable group setting? We have a very large group of users who are not admins or moderators, but they could certainly help moderators by leaving use… --- ## [Icon for link editing missing in new editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icon-for-link-editing-missing-in-new-editor/376194)
**Author:** [@Magie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Magie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icon-for-link-editing-missing-in-new-editor/376194 "2025-07-28T14:53:23Z")
Dear Discourse team, on Firefox&Edge I saw that the edit icon is missing when you insert a link in the new editor with paste: I have checked my site in safe-mode and it was still not visible. So I was wondering if t… --- ## [No alert is displayed after casting last remaining vote](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-alert-is-displayed-after-casting-last-remaining-vote/373976)
**Author:** [@T\_Disco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/T_Disco)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-alert-is-displayed-after-casting-last-remaining-vote/373976 "2025-07-28T09:33:08Z")
After casting a vote when you have 1 vote left, the alert ‘You have 1 vote left, see your votes’. is displayed. After casting your final vote, the alert ‘You have 0 votes left, see your votes’ is not displayed. Version… --- ## [Error in the latest update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/376095)
**Author:** [@cshll](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cshll)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/376095 "2025-07-28T08:41:27Z")
, an error occurred while updating Discourse. Please check the logs below. Starting update \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\* Please be patient, next steps might take a while \*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Cycling Unicorn… --- ## [Incoming synchronization between Fediverse publications and Discourse category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incoming-synchronization-between-fediverse-publications-and-discourse-category/375669)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_Rother](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Rother)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incoming-synchronization-between-fediverse-publications-and-discourse-category/375669 "2025-07-28T07:49:47Z")
We currently have a good connection between publications inside of a discourse category and the publication on the Fediverse, thanks to the great work of @angus with the ActivityPub Plugin Moreover, there is a already a … --- ## [Hide posts "live" when automation hides them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-posts-live-when-automation-hides-them/376074)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Ars](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-posts-live-when-automation-hides-them/376074 "2025-07-27T23:17:02Z")
AI Triage has been a fantastic tool to play with and using it to flag off-topic posts seems to work very well once a suitable prompt has been hammered out. Kudos to the Discourse team and @sam especially!! The only bit … --- ## [Creating events doesn't respect user's 12 hour time locale](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-events-doesnt-respect-users-12-hour-time-locale/359845)
**Author:** [@SkyeDragon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SkyeDragon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-events-doesnt-respect-users-12-hour-time-locale/359845 "2025-07-27T20:52:15Z")
There is a small bug where the plugin does not respect the user’s 12-hour time locale when creating an event, and instead always shows 24-hour time locale. This makes entering events cumbersome and error-prone for US us… --- ## [Opening PDF after save to iOS home screen](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opening-pdf-after-save-to-ios-home-screen/376033)
**Author:** [@Halden42](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Halden42)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/opening-pdf-after-save-to-ios-home-screen/376033 "2025-07-27T10:18:38Z")
i have found a workaround for this i’d like to share. if you use S3 or another external provider for uploads, you can safely ignore this topic. My workaround only applies to hosting’s where the uploads are stored local… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=79) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/208.md?page=81)