# Support **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6.md?page=23&status=open [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 24 --- ## [Math and AI workarounds](https://meta.discourse.org/t/math-and-ai-workarounds/393642)
**Author:** [@ozkn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ozkn)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2026, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/math-and-ai-workarounds/393642 "2026-01-16T05:55:13Z")
There are new suggestions from the openai community regarding the problems I am experiencing. Are you planning to make an update about this? suggestions are as follows. Suggestion 1; def parse\_stream\_to\_katex(stream: … --- ## [Ghost / Discourse Embed / Darkmode: theme\_id and color\_scheme\_id ignored for anonymous users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ghost-discourse-embed-darkmode-theme-id-and-color-scheme-id-ignored-for-anonymous-users/393587)
**Author:** [@miednr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/miednr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ghost-discourse-embed-darkmode-theme-id-and-color-scheme-id-ignored-for-anonymous-users/393587 "2026-01-15T20:11:29Z")
Hello everyone, I’ve spent the last few hours trying to synchronize the Dark Mode of a Ghost blog with a Discourse embedding. While I have successfully managed to detect the Dark Mode state on the host site and pass the… --- ## [How to pass user details to Razorpay for subscription tracking](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-pass-user-details-to-razorpay-for-subscription-tracking/372245)
**Author:** [@MihirR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MihirR)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-pass-user-details-to-razorpay-for-subscription-tracking/372245 "2026-01-15T13:56:40Z")
I tried creating a custom page using the Publish Page option and the Landing Page plug-in, and since I want to add a subscription model using Razorpay, I want to pass the current user’s email or username so that Razorpay… --- ## [Restore to New Host](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-to-new-host/219515)
**Author:** [@Samir\_Faci](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Samir_Faci)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 7:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-to-new-host/219515 "2026-01-15T07:12:03Z")
I setup a new host so I can have a ‘staging’ environment. I re-created the same discourse installation with what should be the same version. I’m running version: 2.8.2. First comment, as of version 2.8.2 my back up si… --- ## [Date/time warnings in phpBB3 conversion to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-time-warnings-in-phpbb3-conversion-to-discourse/393391)
**Author:** [@shortmort37](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shortmort37)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-time-warnings-in-phpbb3-conversion-to-discourse/393391 "2026-01-14T19:13:02Z")
Hi, Newbie here - but running a phpBB site since 2004. Time to move on. I’ve had some success in converting my database in my Discourse test environment, but I’ve got several warnings like this: WARN – : Bad date/time… --- ## [Suggestions on how I can have hundreds of small groups (e.g. streets in a town)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestions-on-how-i-can-have-hundreds-of-small-groups-e-g-streets-in-a-town/392988)
**Author:** [@Barney\_Lodge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Barney_Lodge)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestions-on-how-i-can-have-hundreds-of-small-groups-e-g-streets-in-a-town/392988 "2026-01-14T10:43:55Z")
I would like to develop a social network with groups for each street in a town. Suggestions? --- ## [Best Hosting Sites for Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-hosting-sites-for-discourse/393411)
**Author:** [@westes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/westes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 7:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-hosting-sites-for-discourse/393411 "2026-01-14T07:27:14Z")
I am researching running my own cloud server to learn Discourse basics. Since I have just enough UNIX admin skill to hang myself, I want to get some big picture understanding of my options. First, what are the top hos… --- ## [Discourse AI persistent memory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-persistent-memory/380054)
**Author:** [@BrianC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BrianC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-persistent-memory/380054 "2026-01-13T20:48:14Z")
I appreciate the development on Discourse AI which has been excellent. The features are maturing quickly, and the direction looks very promising. One question: is there currently a way, or any roadmap plans, for the AI … --- ## [After update Discourse, custom font does not apply to cyrillic characters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-update-discourse-custom-font-does-not-apply-to-cyrillic-characters/373395)
**Author:** [@taravasya](https://meta.discourse.org/u/taravasya)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-update-discourse-custom-font-does-not-apply-to-cyrillic-characters/373395 "2026-01-13T12:43:52Z")
Hello! I haven’t updated my self-hosted discourse for a while (since about November 2024), and today I updated it. I found one problem. I use Montseratte font as the base font on the forum. And after the update, all cyr… --- ## [Display Tags inline with thread title, instead of being on the bottom line](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-tags-inline-with-thread-title-instead-of-being-on-the-bottom-line/393158)
**Author:** [@paulovbettio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paulovbettio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-tags-inline-with-thread-title-instead-of-being-on-the-bottom-line/393158 "2026-01-12T15:40:17Z")
Hello! I want to change my Discourse theme to place the tags inline with the thread title. Basically, I want to turn this: Into this: Should I create a component to to that? Can I just use the default theme editor? … --- ## [Windows server publish method](https://meta.discourse.org/t/windows-server-publish-method/393215)
**Author:** [@vijayan\_mmm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vijayan_mmm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/windows-server-publish-method/393215 "2026-01-12T10:49:39Z")
Hope we can install it in the windows/mac system. currently the launcher script looks for linux system, i ran in the mac & windows it always fails. --- ## ["x users waiting for approval" PM to administrators is not marked as read when users are approved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-users-waiting-for-approval-pm-to-administrators-is-not-marked-as-read-when-users-are-approved/393193)
**Author:** [@eloy1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eloy1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-users-waiting-for-approval-pm-to-administrators-is-not-marked-as-read-when-users-are-approved/393193 "2026-01-11T21:28:45Z")
There is a previous thread about this, from 2014, which was recently archived: Notification for user approval even after user is approved However, this is still an issue which I would like to raise attention to. When t… --- ## [Allow trust level 4 to release queued posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-trust-level-4-to-release-queued-posts/392243)
**Author:** [@Stew\_Pid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stew_Pid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-trust-level-4-to-release-queued-posts/392243 "2026-01-11T16:57:55Z")
Did some reading and asked Mr. Bot and it seems this has come up before but isn’t possible. This is for a technical forum with a high level of computer skill in general. Active and retired electrical engineers mainly s… --- ## [How to make all users who sign up or accept in invite go to a specifed category(with post composer open)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-all-users-who-sign-up-or-accept-in-invite-go-to-a-specifed-category-with-post-composer-open/393154)
**Author:** [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2026, 9:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-all-users-who-sign-up-or-accept-in-invite-go-to-a-specifed-category-with-post-composer-open/393154 "2026-01-11T09:27:13Z")
Hello, Is there a way to make it so anyone who signs up for the first time (whether through the sign up process or by accepting an invite(even if it does not have the go to topic configured)) go to a specified category … --- ## [Handling of the image after installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/393129)
**Author:** [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2026, 6:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/393129 "2026-01-10T06:48:11Z")
Family, I installed Discourse using Docker deployment. After every rebuild, a local image is generated in Docker. What are the following images used for? Can they be deleted? discourse/base:2.0.20251003-1437 discourse/base:2.0.20260109-0020 Thank you. --- ## [Is live notifications feature broken?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-live-notifications-feature-broken/393060)
**Author:** [@Teafh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Teafh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-live-notifications-feature-broken/393060 "2026-01-09T17:55:35Z")
Every brower I tried, on mobile and desktop, none of them can send Discourse notifications. --- ## [How do I add a signature picture for a specific Group?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-add-a-signature-picture-for-a-specific-group/393022)
**Author:** [@hipp0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hipp0)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-add-a-signature-picture-for-a-specific-group/393022 "2026-01-09T05:28:46Z")
I am trying to add long wide images specific to each group. The flair option doesn’t seem like it will work. I tried uploading a custom emoji but can’t get it to display. --- ## [Spam emails with no "to:" address. Filter with Postfix..?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spam-emails-with-no-to-address-filter-with-postfix/392944)
**Author:** [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 5:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spam-emails-with-no-to-address-filter-with-postfix/392944 "2026-01-09T05:19:13Z")
My forum is recently getting peppered with a series of similar spam emails. They use a different sender, domain, & IP each time. (But they’re always about some construction industry conference somewhere.) They end up in… --- ## [Sidekiq redis DB index out of range](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-redis-db-index-out-of-range/393012)
**Author:** [@kyfrankie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kyfrankie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-redis-db-index-out-of-range/393012 "2026-01-08T21:45:58Z")
Installed with an external Redis database (Azure managed Redis) which only provide one single database instance. Sidekiq tried to connect to DB 1 which is not allowed. Is there a way to force all Sidekiq instances to con… --- ## [I set up Discourse, activated my account email, why am I still constantly receiving account activation emails every so often? How to configure to solve this bug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bug/384684)
**Author:** [@john10](https://meta.discourse.org/u/john10)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bug/384684 "2026-01-08T17:31:16Z")
I have set up Discourse and activated my account email, why am I still receiving emails with account activation information every so often? How can I configure this bug to be resolved? --- ## [Throttle rebake to keep from running out of memory?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/throttle-rebake-to-keep-from-running-out-of-memory/392914)
**Author:** [@DavidO](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DavidO)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/throttle-rebake-to-keep-from-running-out-of-memory/392914 "2026-01-08T15:40:44Z")
I’m trying to rebake 45k posts because I’ve changed the S3 CDN URL and it keeps running out of memory and killing it. I read this about setting up a swapfile… The first two commands went fine… Create an empty swap… --- ## [500 error after getting the token in oauth2-basic plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-after-getting-the-token-in-oauth2-basic-plugin/392974)
**Author:** [@tejasj654](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tejasj654)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-after-getting-the-token-in-oauth2-basic-plugin/392974 "2026-01-08T14:40:32Z")
I am facing a weird error that others seem to have solved. Basically, I am getting the token from the API but no user details API calls are being made. Instead, the callback URL fails with 500 without any error message. … --- ## [Does the Discourse source code support AI modes and AI overviews?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-the-discourse-source-code-support-ai-modes-and-ai-overviews/392260)
**Author:** [@toanvoc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/toanvoc)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 11:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-the-discourse-source-code-support-ai-modes-and-ai-overviews/392260 "2026-01-08T11:07:42Z")
Dear! I have this question because, with the explosion of AI, many source codes have upgraded their code to support AI overviews and AI modes for various AI platforms like Google Gemini, LLMs, Perplexity, Cloud, ChatGPT… --- ## [Unable to change Usernames a specific color based on the group they are in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-change-usernames-a-specific-color-based-on-the-group-they-are-in/392941)
**Author:** [@hipp0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hipp0)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 4:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-change-usernames-a-specific-color-based-on-the-group-they-are-in/392941 "2026-01-08T04:58:11Z")
It would be really cool if this was built in. All I see is the Flair color background. I installed these 2 components, but unable to get the username to change color based on the primary group selected. https://github.… --- ## [Email Delivery Issues on Self-Hosted Discourse (SMTP Working but Emails Not Received)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-delivery-issues-on-self-hosted-discourse-smtp-working-but-emails-not-received/392923)
**Author:** [@Julius\_Ijidola](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Julius_Ijidola)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-delivery-issues-on-self-hosted-discourse-smtp-working-but-emails-not-received/392923 "2026-01-08T04:39:42Z")
Hello, I’m running a self-hosted Discourse instance on a VPS and currently experiencing email delivery issues. Core actions such as password resets, activation email gets delivered; however, emails like summary, private… --- ## [Discourse anti-spam bot going insane](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-anti-spam-bot-going-insane/391402)
**Author:** [@ice.d](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ice.d)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-anti-spam-bot-going-insane/391402 "2026-01-07T22:50:03Z")
:waving\_hand: Got an issue I joined my friends new forum using a guide i made for them. And well lets just say every single topic i posted and reply i made i saw this your account on hold post hidden and yadda ya… --- ## [AI contextual\_menu does not update reliably](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-contextual-menu-does-not-update-reliably/392930)
**Author:** [@mcmcclur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcmcclur)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-contextual-menu-does-not-update-reliably/392930 "2026-01-07T22:36:56Z")
I recently developed an AI persona that takes LaTeX input into account while proofreading. I then spent considerably more time trying to configure my Discourse instance so that everyone could use it. Long story short: I… --- ## [Disruption to CTRL+F search, pls provide alternate method](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disruption-to-ctrl-f-search-pls-provide-alternate-method/392879)
**Author:** [@joesmith3129857](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joesmith3129857)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disruption-to-ctrl-f-search-pls-provide-alternate-method/392879 "2026-01-07T15:38:55Z")
Hi, I was on the following discourse forum And I needed to find the word “mac” Using CTRL+F, it could only find this string when it was on screen. Scrolling itself made matches disappear. It also disrupts the scrol… --- ## [Making custom user status more prominent](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-custom-user-status-more-prominent/392826)
**Author:** [@jayarr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jayarr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-custom-user-status-more-prominent/392826 "2026-01-07T08:22:07Z")
Hi all, Our forum heavily uses the custom user status feature, and the notion has come up of finding a way to make that info even more prominent and visible – by having it always appear beneath a user’s name in a post r… --- ## [Remove categories and tags buttons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-categories-and-tags-buttons/392483)
**Author:** [@Andrew\_Rowe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Rowe)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-categories-and-tags-buttons/392483 "2026-01-06T19:27:49Z")
Is there an easy way to remove these two buttons? Reason I’m asking is that I’ve been reading (on this site) of some people’s opinions about Discourse being a little overwhelming to new users. I just feel the categories … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6.md?page=22&status=open) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6.md?page=24&status=open)