# Support

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## [How can I integrate Cloudflare Turnstile with Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-integrate-cloudflare-turnstile-with-discourse/302821)

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**Author:** [@Pranav\_Kundaikar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pranav_Kundaikar)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-integrate-cloudflare-turnstile-with-discourse/302821 "2026-08-26T02:25:28Z")

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I was searching for any documentation/guide for integrating Cloudflare Turnstile with Discourse but not able to find it. Can any one help with this?

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## [How do I access topics in muted categories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-access-topics-in-muted-categories/409676)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-access-topics-in-muted-categories/409676 "2026-08-25T23:06:38Z")

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Say I would like to see topics in categories I muted. How would I do that? On Meta, I muted the News and Events \> Forum summaries category. But going to /?state=muted nor /filter?q=in%3Amuted show them. How then would I …

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## [429 too many requests good or bad ? (please help)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/429-too-many-requests-good-or-bad-please-help/410734)

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**Author:** [@aLinux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aLinux)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/429-too-many-requests-good-or-bad-please-help/410734 "2026-08-25T11:35:52Z")

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hello i am using uptimerobot and a few times a week i get 429 for 1-5 minutes but thats what i see on the logs. Root cause HTTP 429 - Too Many Requests Incident started at 2026-08-23 10:42:58 Resolved at 2026-08-2…

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## [Create my Discourse forum using another Discourse forum as a template?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-my-discourse-forum-using-another-discourse-forum-as-a-template/410850)

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**Author:** [@wsmather](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wsmather)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 5:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-my-discourse-forum-using-another-discourse-forum-as-a-template/410850 "2026-08-25T05:17:59Z")

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Is it possible for me to create my Discourse forum using another existing Discourse forum as a template?

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## [Automation \> Data Explorer Query parameters \> config \> save button also saves the main form](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automation-data-explorer-query-parameters-config-save-button-also-saves-the-main-form/410784)

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**Author:** [@andresfromsonar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andresfromsonar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automation-data-explorer-query-parameters-config-save-button-also-saves-the-main-form/410784 "2026-08-24T13:18:31Z")

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Hey there, I ran into a behavior which is in my opinion a bug (or at least, very unexpected!). Here we go: Go to Plugins \> Automation \> Add automation. Select script: Schedule a PM with Data Explorer results. Set Trigg…

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## [Grootmade@app-node - 11: Resource temporarily unavailable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grootmade-app-node-11-resource-temporarily-unavailable/410764)

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**Author:** [@GrootMade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GrootMade)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 6:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grootmade-app-node-11-resource-temporarily-unavailable/410764 "2026-08-24T06:41:26Z")

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Hey everyone, I’m hitting a wall with an intermittent connection-dropping issue on our production Discourse app node and need some advice from sysadmins or kernel networking experts. During traffic spikes, Nginx starts…

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## [Maintenance page workaround - can this be done?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maintenance-page-workaround-can-this-be-done/408967)

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**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 44\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maintenance-page-workaround-can-this-be-done/408967 "2026-08-24T02:49:13Z")

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Not being an experienced developer (I would say I’m on the basic level, actually), trying the nginx solution to present a maintenance page was a bit of a nightmare. Today, I had this idea and decided to ask Claude if thi…

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## [Patreon does not appear to be syncing on our instance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patreon-does-not-appear-to-be-syncing-on-our-instance/398944)

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**Author:** [@djwtwo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/djwtwo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patreon-does-not-appear-to-be-syncing-on-our-instance/398944 "2026-08-23T19:39:05Z")

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We’re on a hosted instance on discourse.group. We have the Patreon plug-in configured to update a group called Patrons, and anyone of any tier should be included in that group. Right now, despite over 1000 active patrons…

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## [Any cheaper alternatives to Hetzner?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-cheaper-alternatives-to-hetzner/409037)

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**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-cheaper-alternatives-to-hetzner/409037 "2026-08-23T14:13:29Z")

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I was using Hetzner in the past and it was quite cheap. $5, then they bumped it to $7. Not a big deal. This was the server, now unavailable: So the next “cheaper option” is “just” $5 more, for something that seems (t…

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## [How to move category boxes to the top](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-category-boxes-to-the-top/410585)

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**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-category-boxes-to-the-top/410585 "2026-08-22T16:13:03Z")

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Inspired by the new Meta design, I was playing around to get something similar to the sub-categories boxes display on the Meta Branded Theme. I ended up here: I can confirm that the tags dropdown is actually aligned …

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## [Logged Out Users - How to modify the Login / Register screen to a custom page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logged-out-users-how-to-modify-the-login-register-screen-to-a-custom-page/410574)

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**Author:** [@wendellverli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wendellverli)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logged-out-users-how-to-modify-the-login-register-screen-to-a-custom-page/410574 "2026-08-20T20:10:37Z")

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For our forum, we want to only allow visitors to see any content, if they login or create account. The login screen.. I want to create a landing page for it. https://forum.fotografos.online How can I create a custom l…

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## [Secure Upload File URLs Changing to uploads/short-url in Public Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/secure-upload-file-urls-changing-to-uploads-short-url-in-public-categories/410540)

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**Author:** [@Shahrear\_Chowdhury](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shahrear_Chowdhury)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/secure-upload-file-urls-changing-to-uploads-short-url-in-public-categories/410540 "2026-08-20T16:34:08Z")

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Secure Upload is enabled, and the S3 file links changes when editing a Topic with files: from secure-uploads/original/... → to uploads/short-url/... This only happens in Public Categories. Is this expected behavior, a…

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## [Random discussion about Discourse LLM setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-discussion-about-discourse-llm-setup/410507)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 7:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-discussion-about-discourse-llm-setup/410507 "2026-08-20T07:23:33Z")

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We improved the UI a lot in the past week, can you try it out again?

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## [About monitoring agents chats](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-monitoring-agents-chats/410498)

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**Author:** [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-monitoring-agents-chats/410498 "2026-08-19T23:42:36Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Discourse AI - AI bot: This is great to monitor PMs, but what about their chats? Is there a method to read them without impersonating the agents? New users in our community will not use …

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## [Safari PWA zooming is buggy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/safari-pwa-zooming-is-buggy/407806)

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**Author:** [@blalor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blalor)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 11:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/safari-pwa-zooming-is-buggy/407806 "2026-08-19T11:29:15Z")

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I’m self hosting Discourse. Latest version, up to date, no third-party plugins. I have the PWA installed on my iPhone (iOS 26.5) and it is almost perfect. However, when I reply to a topic, the text area zooms in, the rep…

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## [Configuring Discourse AI with internal OpenAI APIs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-discourse-ai-with-internal-openai-apis/410238)

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**Author:** [@Soumya\_Ranjan\_Mishra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Soumya_Ranjan_Mishra)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-discourse-ai-with-internal-openai-apis/410238 "2026-08-19T01:28:33Z")

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Hi everyone, We are exploring Discourse AI to provide a conversational assistant within our Discourse forum for helping users with navigation, features, categories, topics, and general forum-related questions. We have …

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## [Can we create topics and replies using AI?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-create-topics-and-replies-using-ai/410343)

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**Author:** [@ThisSource](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ThisSource)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-create-topics-and-replies-using-ai/410343 "2026-08-18T21:09:34Z")

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Wanted to know if discourse supports adding new topics (end user feeds keywords, titles, etc.) and replies are generated for same ? (fetching content from internet) Is this doable ?

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## [Is pitchfork using too much memory?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-pitchfork-using-too-much-memory/410280)

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**Author:** [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-pitchfork-using-too-much-memory/410280 "2026-08-18T20:54:07Z")

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Does anyone else see this? It’s a pretty modest forum in size and traffic. There are four pitchfork worker processes, it looks like one of them handles the great majority of incoming requests and is using more memory t…

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## [Discourse asked for Permission to access other apps?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-asked-for-permission-to-access-other-apps/410063)

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**Author:** [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-asked-for-permission-to-access-other-apps/410063 "2026-08-17T20:33:09Z")

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This cane up when posting in #plugin RSS Polling plugin topic. Android Chrome App install. Checked permissions doesn’t show any new. Still only Notifications

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## [Deployment with kamal](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deployment-with-kamal/410153)

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**Author:** [@sigmike](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sigmike)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deployment-with-kamal/410153 "2026-08-17T18:09:50Z")

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Has anyone deployed Discourse with Kamal? I guess it could work either by using the standalone template or by writing a deploy.yml with all dependency containers as accessories. The doc says the standalone template has…

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## [PHPBB to Discourse Migration Speed Optimization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-to-discourse-migration-speed-optimization/403319)

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**Author:** [@Mattash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mattash)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-to-discourse-migration-speed-optimization/403319 "2026-08-17T16:16:45Z")

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Hey been with phpbb since 2004 so transferring a decent size forum. Right now I’m two days in 303139/2167314 (14%) 446 per min. How can I speed it up? I’m on digital ocean and only using 4% CPU. Redis keeps timing out o…

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## [Bootstrap mode is legacy?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-mode-is-legacy/402468)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-mode-is-legacy/402468 "2026-08-17T16:04:21Z")

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Can someone please help me understand why this was removed, what the rationale was and what initiative/functionality replaced it? (If any) https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/edb1c651495f601873c3350d146c186873…

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## [My Discourse forum deindexed from Google](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-discourse-forum-deindexed-from-google/410177)

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**Author:** [@cnrtechspot.com](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cnrtechspot.com)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-discourse-forum-deindexed-from-google/410177 "2026-08-17T12:07:49Z")

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Hello, never mind my username. This is my forum: It’s online about 1 month. It was indexed but Google deindexed it 1 week later. I sent sitemap links. I am requesting specific evergreen pages to index. I am providin…

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## [Is there any built-in chatbot or conversational assistant available in Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-built-in-chatbot-or-conversational-assistant-available-in-discourse/409513)

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**Author:** [@Soumya\_Ranjan\_Mishra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Soumya_Ranjan_Mishra)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-built-in-chatbot-or-conversational-assistant-available-in-discourse/409513 "2026-08-17T11:21:21Z")

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Hi everyone, We’re exploring ways to improve the user support experience in our Discourse instance and wanted to understand whether Discourse provides any built-in chatbot or conversational assistant functionality. Spe…

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## [Browser\_pageview\_events grows unbounded by default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browser-pageview-events-grows-unbounded-by-default/410199)

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**Author:** [@Overgrow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overgrow)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browser-pageview-events-grows-unbounded-by-default/410199 "2026-08-17T10:27:46Z")

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Quick heads-up if you’re keeping an eye on your DB size in the recent core: our backup ballooned by 1.1 GB in just three weeks. I traced it to one table browser\_pageview\_events which grew to 10M+ rows (~10 GB) in about …

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## [Caddy in front of app’s Nginx via Docker Compose](https://meta.discourse.org/t/caddy-in-front-of-app-s-nginx-via-docker-compose/410123)

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**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 7:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/caddy-in-front-of-app-s-nginx-via-docker-compose/410123 "2026-08-17T07:20:40Z")

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I’ve upgraded one of my Discourse forum servers, so to open UDP 443 rather than only TCP in the IONOS Cloud Panel firewall (i’m from GB). I don’t use CDN because this particular forum isn’t big user number, but has lots…

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## [Open pingable group that anyone can join or leave](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-pingable-group-that-anyone-can-join-or-leave/410168)

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**Author:** [@Thatflyerguy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thatflyerguy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 6:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/open-pingable-group-that-anyone-can-join-or-leave/410168 "2026-08-17T06:52:09Z")

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Hey all! I am trying to sort out if it is possible to create a group that anyone can join. I want it to be a sort of opt-in thing, perhaps joinable by clicking a link? The group can then be pinged for events. Is this pos…

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## [How do I properly configure the AWS SNS topic ARN allowlist?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-properly-configure-the-aws-sns-topic-arn-allowlist/406734)

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**Author:** [@Deenius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Deenius)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2026, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-properly-configure-the-aws-sns-topic-arn-allowlist/406734 "2026-08-16T10:08:02Z")

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Hi everyone! I need help setting up the AWS SNS topic ARN allowlist. I created a topic and a subscription in AWS SNS. In SES, I added the SNS topic to my domain and email addresses for feedback notifications. Unfortuna…

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## [Old topics published via WordPress embed are missing x-robots: noindex and canonical tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-topics-published-via-wordpress-embed-are-missing-x-robots-noindex-and-canonical-tags/403109)

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**Author:** [@Thiago\_Mobilon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thiago_Mobilon)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/old-topics-published-via-wordpress-embed-are-missing-x-robots-noindex-and-canonical-tags/403109 "2026-08-15T14:43:40Z")

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Hi everyone, I’ve noticed a strange behavior with old topics that were automatically published from WordPress to Discourse (to be used as the comment section). Normally, when a post is published this way, Discourse cor…

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## [Voting in polls sometimes doesn’t work for a user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-in-polls-sometimes-doesn-t-work-for-a-user/410085)

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**Author:** [@Shauny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shauny)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-in-polls-sometimes-doesn-t-work-for-a-user/410085 "2026-08-14T20:17:06Z")

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We have some users who cannot see the vote buttons in polls, they just see this: Not sure what Safari browser version they are using but I will ask. Is this a known issue? Also it may be related but I sometimes see…

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