# Support

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## [Categories and subcategories drop down menu?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-and-subcategories-drop-down-menu/329769)

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**Author:** [@Aurora](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aurora)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 6:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-and-subcategories-drop-down-menu/329769 "2024-10-08T06:26:45Z")

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I don’t know how to explain it, but would it be possible to display the categories and subcategories here? Forum.

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## [Export custom field for users in discourse hosted forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-custom-field-for-users-in-discourse-hosted-forum/329647)

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**Author:** [@haikueden](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haikueden)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-custom-field-for-users-in-discourse-hosted-forum/329647 "2024-10-07T15:38:40Z")

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We have a forum hosted by Discourse. I want to export the custom fields of user profiles as one of the fields is one we have set to be hidden on profiles used for giveaway info. Is the data exporter thing requiring $3…

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## [Question About "Admin Email" in setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-admin-email-in-setup/329768)

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**Author:** [@tpglitch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpglitch)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-admin-email-in-setup/329768 "2024-10-07T21:32:32Z")

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I’ve ran setup about a year ago, but how would I go about changing it for admin. Would I rerun discourse-setup and change it in user preferences or how is this going to work?

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## [How to make AI summaries available to specific user groups only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-ai-summaries-available-to-specific-user-groups-only/309703)

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**Author:** [@Truest](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Truest)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-ai-summaries-available-to-specific-user-groups-only/309703 "2024-10-07T18:10:32Z")

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How to make AI summaries available only to certain segments of users

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## [Recent migration to discourse caused usernames to change!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recent-migration-to-discourse-caused-usernames-to-change/329067)

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**Author:** [@hmmmnotsure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hmmmnotsure)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recent-migration-to-discourse-caused-usernames-to-change/329067 "2024-10-07T17:15:53Z")

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I recently moved a site to Discourse. what i didn’t realise was many users usernames got changed and the new usernames seem to use a part of their email address. I have never seen usernames change during previous migrati…

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## [Search Console error: Either "text", "image", or "video" should be specified](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-console-error-either-text-image-or-video-should-be-specified/322918)

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**Author:** [@lucy.sierracircuits](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lucy.sierracircuits)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-console-error-either-text-image-or-video-should-be-specified/322918 "2024-10-07T16:57:36Z")

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Has someone ever faced this Google Search Console error? My Search Console displays the below warning and I don’t understand why. The one thing that these pages have in common is that they’re all event threads. Here…

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## [How to create a custom warning message before posting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-custom-warning-message-before-posting/204960)

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**Author:** [@alex\_westerberg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alex_westerberg)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-a-custom-warning-message-before-posting/204960 "2024-10-07T16:41:44Z")

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Hi, I am one of the admins for our own discourse space, where we discuss amongst other things privacy and disclosure issues for the software we develop. One of our team members would like to create a warning message to …

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## [How to show the gate further down in the post? v2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-the-gate-further-down-in-the-post-v2/329708)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-the-gate-further-down-in-the-post-v2/329708 "2024-10-07T15:05:45Z")

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Continuing on from the closed topic How to show the gate further down in the post? I can make the gate appear lower down the page (not using the code snippets in the old topic, which didn’t work for me) but it just mean…

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## [Net::ReadTimeout | Confirmation email not sending](https://meta.discourse.org/t/net-readtimeout-confirmation-email-not-sending/329507)

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**Author:** [@KingEZFLOW](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KingEZFLOW)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/net-readtimeout-confirmation-email-not-sending/329507 "2024-10-07T01:49:04Z")

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Got discourse installed and am trying to finish the installation process with the confirm email screen and the email isn’t being sent out. All of the creds for my SMTP work as I can login with the creds using anything el…

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## [Theme stuck in dark mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-stuck-in-dark-mode/329503)

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**Author:** [@Musa\_H](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Musa_H)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-stuck-in-dark-mode/329503 "2024-10-07T01:15:49Z")

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How can I change my website from being dark? It’s stuck in dark mode even if I select mint-light for color palettes Here’s the website: https://forum.rihla.education/

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## [How to have multi-color for categories boxes, and for homepage search bar?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-have-multi-color-for-categories-boxes-and-for-homepage-search-bar/329517)

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**Author:** [@Musa\_H](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Musa_H)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-have-multi-color-for-categories-boxes-and-for-homepage-search-bar/329517 "2024-10-06T17:05:55Z")

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How can edit the color for the top of the category boxes like in the mint-theme demo screenshot? Mine all are the same color, even if I change the color of the category (ex: General category) Also how can I cha…

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## [WordPress Comments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-comments/280091)

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**Author:** [@lucy.sierracircuits](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lucy.sierracircuits)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wordpress-comments/280091 "2024-10-06T13:15:05Z")

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Hi! I have just set up the WordPress Discourse plugin. Question: When a blog reader leaves a comment on our blog, is it possible for that comment to be published on our forum automatically? I guess there would be two s…

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## [Requiring existing users to agree to new ToS and privacy policy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-existing-users-to-agree-to-new-tos-and-privacy-policy/329544)

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**Author:** [@CaptainJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CaptainJ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-existing-users-to-agree-to-new-tos-and-privacy-policy/329544 "2024-10-06T12:56:35Z")

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I have a similar question to Terms of service changes in Discourse platform - #3 by Aaron\_Walsh The request to agree to the ToS and privacy policy is automatically added to the sign-up form…so if I try the solution sugg…

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## [Another domain doesn't work, and installation ended](https://meta.discourse.org/t/another-domain-doesnt-work-and-installation-ended/329451)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/another-domain-doesnt-work-and-installation-ended/329451 "2024-10-06T10:30:39Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Installation ended, what do I do now?: So I’ve tried again with ndforum.mooo.com. @David\_Ghost crt.sh says no certs found, yet I have added my IP as the value of an A record. I have tried…

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## [Multiple AI bots, and replying in public](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-ai-bots-and-replying-in-public/329452)

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**Author:** [@Shauny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shauny)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-ai-bots-and-replying-in-public/329452 "2024-10-06T10:17:33Z")

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I am trying out the AI features and was disappointed with how they work, here’s what I’d ideally like to be able to do: Multiple AI bots I’d like user accounts to be able to be assigned to a specific persona, so I coul…

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## [Is there an E-commerce plugin for Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-e-commerce-plugin-for-discourse/323329)

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**Author:** [@oga](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oga)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2024, 10:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-e-commerce-plugin-for-discourse/323329 "2024-10-06T10:13:54Z")

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I was asked a question the other day about Discourse, but I can’t find an answer. The Ask: They want to have a “Market Place” where users can Post items for sale. They use Stripe for their payment processing. My ques…

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## [Will Discourse work on a non standard port?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/will-discourse-work-on-a-non-standard-port/128313)

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**Author:** [@Glen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Glen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/will-discourse-work-on-a-non-standard-port/128313 "2024-10-06T04:32:24Z")

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Will Discourse work on a non-standard port like say :5443 vs :443?

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## [Any way to recover a deleted draft for a reply to a personal message?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-recover-a-deleted-draft-for-a-reply-to-a-personal-message/329508)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-recover-a-deleted-draft-for-a-reply-to-a-personal-message/329508 "2024-10-05T23:38:01Z")

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I just spent about two hours writing a long personal message on a discourse forum. Then I must have accidentally pressed some key combination which gave me a message that said something like “do you also want to delete s…

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## [Error when building: "Runtime Error: discourse does not support compiling scss/sass files via sprockets"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-building-runtime-error-discourse-does-not-support-compiling-scss-sass-files-via-sprockets/308878)

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**Author:** [@hedBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hedBoy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-building-runtime-error-discourse-does-not-support-compiling-scss-sass-files-via-sprockets/308878 "2024-10-05T16:02:15Z")

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found out this error when I opened my web preparing to initiate the site. I didn’t know how to fix it, any one can help me pls

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## [Resizing images off server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resizing-images-off-server/329329)

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**Author:** [@flash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/flash)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/resizing-images-off-server/329329 "2024-10-05T08:22:26Z")

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I have a question about resizing images. I want to use a offline image compression tool. If I were to download the uploads, do the resizes, then delete the server side and upload the structure back the same way, all I wo…

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## [Launcher fails: line 334: NULL-Byte ignored](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-fails-line-334-null-byte-ignored/329365)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_Rother](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Rother)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 5:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-fails-line-334-null-byte-ignored/329365 "2024-10-05T05:53:00Z")

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Current rebuild of web-app fails with this error: root@docker2:/var/discourse# ./launcher stop web\_only && ./launcher rebuild data && ./launcher rebuild web\_only x86\_64 arch detected. + /usr/bin/docker stop -t 600 web\_o…

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## [Images imported from phpBB have artefact lines](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-imported-from-phpbb-have-artefact-lines/329319)

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**Author:** [@LSudo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LSudo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-imported-from-phpbb-have-artefact-lines/329319 "2024-10-04T18:41:50Z")

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Running a test to import an incredibly old community from phpBB to Discourse. The import happens, but a lot of the images ended up with artefact lines across them or were it seems had a poor compression. This particula…

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## [Subcategory access for Users, not Groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-access-for-users-not-groups/329361)

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**Author:** [@ludwikc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ludwikc)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategory-access-for-users-not-groups/329361 "2024-10-04T17:08:52Z")

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I have quite an unusual setup. On my private forum I need to create a space for my coaching clients. Ideally I’d like to create a Category “Coaching Clients” with Subcategories “Client A”, “Client B”, and so on. In or…

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## [Ghost integration with the paid discourse plan](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ghost-integration-with-the-paid-discourse-plan/328157)

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**Author:** [@inderjot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/inderjot)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ghost-integration-with-the-paid-discourse-plan/328157 "2024-10-04T10:55:12Z")

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Hello, I’m brand new here. I was wondering the following: I have a Discourse paid plan already setup at a subdomain (forum.mydomain.com) and i have also a paid plan with the Ghost platform on the main domain (both are n…

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## [Making posts into a reply (or vice-versa)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-posts-into-a-reply-or-vice-versa/190815)

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**Author:** [@FroggyC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FroggyC)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 6:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-posts-into-a-reply-or-vice-versa/190815 "2024-10-04T06:01:58Z")

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Hello all, Is there any way of linking two posts together as a reply when the author didn’t bother to? Vice-versa, is there a way of correcting the reply association of a post when the author did it incorrectly?

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## [Turn off notifications of flagged post removed?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turn-off-notifications-of-flagged-post-removed/329142)

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**Author:** [@MyRedDream](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MyRedDream)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turn-off-notifications-of-flagged-post-removed/329142 "2024-10-03T22:40:04Z")

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Hello Does anyone know if there’s a way to turn off PM notifications of flagged post removals please? Most flagged removed posts are watch words flagged by the system, which are automatically “inappropriate”. However th…

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## [Rake site\_settings:import does not detect setting changes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rake-site-settings-import-does-not-detect-setting-changes/327026)

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**Author:** [@aaaaaaaasss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aaaaaaaasss)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rake-site-settings-import-does-not-detect-setting-changes/327026 "2024-10-03T19:57:19Z")

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Hi guys, We have been using rake site\_settings:import \< /shared/site\_settings.yml for updating the site setting changes in our forum. But it does not detect the changes recently when running the same command and forum c…

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## [API - Delete isn't working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-delete-isnt-working/329175)

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**Author:** [@Aditya\_Shevle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aditya_Shevle)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-delete-isnt-working/329175 "2024-10-03T19:50:24Z")

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Hi everyone, We’re currently trying to access the Discourse delete API but are encountering the following error: { "errors": \[ "You are not permitted to view the requested resource." \], "error\_type"…

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## [SSO Login with Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-login-with-discourse/234702)

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**Author:** [@Suresh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Suresh)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-login-with-discourse/234702 "2024-10-03T18:18:11Z")

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I have gone through the Discourse Connect SSO article(Setup DiscourseConnect - Official Single-Sign-On for Discourse (sso)). My understanding of this is that, we can let discourse use our API to validate the authenticat…

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## [Help with Installing AI Plugin on Discourse v3.4.0.beta1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-installing-ai-plugin-on-discourse-v3-4-0-beta1/327364)

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**Author:** [@riderdivyanshu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riderdivyanshu)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-installing-ai-plugin-on-discourse-v3-4-0-beta1/327364 "2024-10-03T18:10:21Z")

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Not able to install the AI Plugin in the Discourse v3.4.0.beta1 +352. Can anyone help me out how to solve this Getting this error while rebuilding the app FAILED Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse…

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