# Feature

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md

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## [About the Feature category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-feature-category/11)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-feature-category/11 "2013-02-02T21:42:52Z")

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Share your ideas and suggestions about how to improve Discourse with new features or improvements to existing ones. Upvote ideas others have shared previously and share more context about your use cases and why they’d be…

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## [How to customize the composer toolbar?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customize-the-composer-toolbar/323577)

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**Author:** [@wisedesk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wisedesk)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 5:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customize-the-composer-toolbar/323577 "2026-09-22T05:37:52Z")

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I’m wondering if there is any way to customize which buttons are displayed (and in which order) on the New Topic toolbar. Specifically, I want to replace the Date/Time button with the Add Event button. The Date/Time jus…

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## [Bidirectional sync between Discourse Topics/Categories and GitHub/Gitlab Issue Trackers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bidirectional-sync-between-discourse-topics-categories-and-github-gitlab-issue-trackers/203780)

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**Author:** [@elsiehupp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elsiehupp)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bidirectional-sync-between-discourse-topics-categories-and-github-gitlab-issue-trackers/203780 "2026-09-20T21:44:03Z")

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I’m replying here rather than starting a new Topic. Other related Topics are here, here, here and here. (This Topic thread in particular is just both relatively recent and relatively long.) I asked on the Topic for Disc…

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## [Chat Bridge: put your forum chat on your other websites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-bridge-put-your-forum-chat-on-your-other-websites/412858)

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**Author:** [@Roberto\_Capodieci](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roberto_Capodieci)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-bridge-put-your-forum-chat-on-your-other-websites/412858 "2026-09-20T15:48:00Z")

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I run a small forum and three other websites, and I kept noticing the same thing. People were happy to talk in chat once they were on the forum, but nobody goes to a forum to ask a quick question. They ask it wherever th…

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## [Allow user to delete their own topic with no replies at any time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-user-to-delete-their-own-topic-with-no-replies-at-any-time/411689)

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**Author:** [@emilio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emilio)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-user-to-delete-their-own-topic-with-no-replies-at-any-time/411689 "2026-09-20T13:31:35Z")

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Would like to allow user to delete their own topic indefinitely. Not the arbitrary within 24hrs timeframe.

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## [Workflows for admin functions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/workflows-for-admin-functions/412766)

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**Author:** [@jkue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jkue)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/workflows-for-admin-functions/412766 "2026-09-18T13:17:31Z")

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This is workflow feature request for SaaS (subscription) and self-hosted environments. generate and email to admin email one or more reports for a date range from admin \> logs & screening frequency: Daily, weekly, mon…

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## [Mouse swipe the gallery items without opening the image viewer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mouse-swipe-the-gallery-items-without-opening-the-image-viewer/412711)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mouse-swipe-the-gallery-items-without-opening-the-image-viewer/412711 "2026-09-18T08:08:03Z")

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On desktop, I often want to swipe the pictures with my mouse directly from the post :backhand\_index\_pointing\_up:, and not from the image viewer, Instead of opening the gallery, then swipe. I don’t feel …

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## [Filter and highlight events based on tag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-and-highlight-events-based-on-tag/293977)

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**Author:** [@gwmngilfen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gwmngilfen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/filter-and-highlight-events-based-on-tag/293977 "2026-09-17T16:41:18Z")

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Two more thoughts / requests… We have an Events category, and we use discourse post event enabled to have a category-level calendar populated from the posts. We also use tags a lot, so it would be nice to: Be able t…

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## [Allow group owners to invite users to a group they own in the initial invite](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-group-owners-to-invite-users-to-a-group-they-own-in-the-initial-invite/66560)

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**Author:** [@awlogan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awlogan)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-group-owners-to-invite-users-to-a-group-they-own-in-the-initial-invite/66560 "2026-09-17T15:58:46Z")

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I’ve been trying to find a way to simplify group adds for our beta test user groups. Right now it’s a bit of work for our product managers, they have to: Send invites to customers to create a profile Customers open the…

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## [Posting in a disabled language](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-in-a-disabled-language/412608)

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**Author:** [@mbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbauman)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-in-a-disabled-language/412608 "2026-09-17T15:37:10Z")

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I would love to be able to support posting in non-enabled languages. There are effectively five levels of language support now: Browser-based (and other ad-hoc) translation to arbitrary locales Discourse’s supported l…

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## [Allow moderators to see replies to “revise post”s](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-moderators-to-see-replies-to-revise-post-s/296592)

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**Author:** [@Zeemah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zeemah)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-moderators-to-see-replies-to-revise-post-s/296592 "2026-09-16T20:37:07Z")

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Good afternoon all, I think it would be great for moderators to be able to see replies made by users to their “revise post” PMs. This could be specifically helpful to allow further insight and conversation into why exa…

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## [Feature Request: Add "Order by OP Edit Time" to Topic Filter Queries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-order-by-op-edit-time-to-topic-filter-queries/375857)

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**Author:** [@LW2333](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LW2333)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-add-order-by-op-edit-time-to-topic-filter-queries/375857 "2026-09-16T20:17:57Z")

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Would it be possible to add a new sorting query to the topic filter, such as order:op\_edited, which would allow us to sort topics based on the edit time of the original post Currently, the latest sort order is based on …

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## [Statamic integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/statamic-integration/339931)

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**Author:** [@philh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/philh)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/statamic-integration/339931 "2026-09-16T18:07:18Z")

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Hello all! Is anyone working on or thinking doing some Discourse integration with Statamic? I have moved away from WP but the WP integration is nifty and something similar for Statamic would be cool. A simpler approach l…

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## [Feature request: secure-uploads for S3 backends without per-object ACLs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-secure-uploads-for-s3-backends-without-per-object-acls/410069)

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**Author:** [@polybos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/polybos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-secure-uploads-for-s3-backends-without-per-object-acls/410069 "2026-09-16T13:49:00Z")

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Problem On S3-compatible backends that don’t support per-object ACLs secure\_uploads cannot coexist with publicly-served content. Avatars and theme/site assets seems to be served via direct, unauthenticated S3 URLs, whic…

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## [About chat permissions (Announce channel)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-chat-permissions-announce-channel/412403)

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**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-chat-permissions-announce-channel/412403 "2026-09-15T14:57:06Z")

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I wonder if the functionality of defining who can reply and/or view chats, differently, is valuable to someone. I am currently unsuccessfully trying to create a chat channel called Announcements, where only administrato…

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## [Can I set up a trending topic now?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/412334)

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**Author:** [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/412334 "2026-09-15T08:27:40Z")

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Old threads from years ago are appearing in the default hot topics. I'd like to know where this is configured so that old threads with no replies from years ago don't show up.

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## [Any plans to make web stories for discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-plans-to-make-web-stories-for-discourse/213859)

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**Author:** [@Jay91](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jay91)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-plans-to-make-web-stories-for-discourse/213859 "2026-09-15T07:55:21Z")

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So, today most of the services put in use stories for their users and i believe would be a good idea if this happened to discourse as well. Also, this should have good tools to be enough for admins to control it. fo…

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## [Removing Going status still keeps you in event chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-going-status-still-keeps-you-in-event-chat/412261)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-going-status-still-keeps-you-in-event-chat/412261 "2026-09-14T12:19:07Z")

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When clicking on the chat for the event, and clicking on ‘Going’, you can access the chat. But after retracting your ‘Going’ status on the event, you are still in the chat. I suppose this is unintentional?

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## [Option to limit the 'Me too' button to those who reply in the thread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-limit-the-me-too-button-to-those-who-reply-in-the-thread/411869)

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**Author:** [@gassim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gassim)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 10:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-limit-the-me-too-button-to-those-who-reply-in-the-thread/411869 "2026-09-14T10:28:52Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Solved improvements: Allowing members to indicate they're experiencing a reported issue: Hi The request here is to be able to limit the Me too button to be used only by members who reply …

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## [Alphabetical title in category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tri-titre-alphabetique-dans-categorie/411045)

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**Author:** [@gilles](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gilles)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 6:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tri-titre-alphabetique-dans-categorie/411045 "2026-09-14T06:25:00Z")

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I've noticed that it's not possible to sort a category alphabetically by default subject titles. I'm sure I'll be told that you can just use the filters to make your own adjustments, but that raises…

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## [Render the \`q\` element](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-the-q-element/412324)

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**Author:** [@roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roke_julian_lockhart)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-the-q-element/412324 "2026-09-14T00:14:26Z")

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Once upon a time, I stated: However, now, even \<q\> does not. This prevents inline quotation indicators from differentiating, based upon locale (like replacing U+201(C|D) with U+00(A|B)B/guillemets).

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## [Localize category topic templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localize-category-topic-templates/412279)

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**Author:** [@SilentNewt95](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SilentNewt95)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/localize-category-topic-templates/412279 "2026-09-13T13:03:56Z")

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Problem Discourse’s Content Localization (manual and automatic via Discourse AI) does a great job localizing topic titles, posts, category names and category descriptions. However, category topic templates(categories.top…

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## [Add groups, rename and remove to AI Conversations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-groups-rename-and-remove-to-ai-conversations/411751)

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**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-groups-rename-and-remove-to-ai-conversations/411751 "2026-09-13T12:38:31Z")

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After designing and structuring my prompts/agents in Discourse AI, I think it’s a good time to update the conversation chat (the same one we see on ask.discourse.com) with functionalities that are currently the global st…

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## [About thumbs up and down in ask.discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-thumbs-up-and-down-in-ask-discourse/412289)

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**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-thumbs-up-and-down-in-ask-discourse/412289 "2026-09-12T20:02:19Z")

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I wonder if there are plans to make it a feature available to everyone, or any implementation guide? Is the result of each report automated for moderation? I think it’s an indispensable tool for monitoring what happens …

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## [Specifying custom \<title\> tag format per page type?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specifying-custom-title-tag-format-per-page-type/93417)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specifying-custom-title-tag-format-per-page-type/93417 "2026-09-12T19:19:10Z")

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Is it possible to customise the format for title tags on a page type basis? If not, does anyone know of a plugin, or a plugin that could be used as a basis to create this functionality please? We can currently do it for…

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## [Ask username after validating e-mail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ask-username-after-validating-e-mail/327484)

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**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ask-username-after-validating-e-mail/327484 "2026-09-12T12:46:56Z")

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I wonder if it’s possible to make users choice their username after validaddating their e-mail. That should make the registration process easier and will improve the registration rates.

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## [A user preference for the private email setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-user-preference-for-the-private-email-setting/412272)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-user-preference-for-the-private-email-setting/412272 "2026-09-12T12:09:36Z")

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Glad to be reminded of that setting. I enabled it to see how that feels. I am actually looking for a user preference along these lines, so each member can decide depending on their own risk profile what they want to se…

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## [Request: Add the Zulip brand icons to the vendored Font Awesome sprite](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-add-the-zulip-brand-icons-to-the-vendored-font-awesome-sprite/412153)

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**Author:** [@icweaver](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icweaver)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-add-the-zulip-brand-icons-to-the-vendored-font-awesome-sprite/412153 "2026-09-11T17:36:07Z")

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Howdy from the Julia Discourse! Zulip has now landed as a Font Awesome brand icon (7.2+). Core’s @fortawesome/fontawesome-free package is already on 7.3.1, but the sprite that gets served is still built from v6.6.0, so …

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## [Let me see my number of unreads and tracked topics at a top level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-me-see-my-number-of-unreads-and-tracked-topics-at-a-top-level/412106)

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**Author:** [@mbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbauman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/let-me-see-my-number-of-unreads-and-tracked-topics-at-a-top-level/412106 "2026-09-11T14:15:11Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Introducing the unified new view for the topic list: Please make the number of unread topics visible from the topic view page(s) like /latest (my home page). I really don’t care about th…

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## [Create individual event topics for recurring events](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-individual-event-topics-for-recurring-events/370600)

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**Author:** [@opcourdis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/opcourdis)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-individual-event-topics-for-recurring-events/370600 "2026-09-11T12:02:54Z")

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Hi, Recurring events are individual events, however when you create one it does not create individual topics. So if you click on 1 of those recurring event to participate to it then your participation is present on all…

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