# Hot

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## [Allow pause for animated images from certain domains](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-pause-for-animated-images-from-certain-domains/191728)

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**Author:** [@Heather\_Dudley](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heather_Dudley)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-pause-for-animated-images-from-certain-domains/191728 "2021-05-28T17:17:56Z")

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As discussed here: Because my site is large as heck and people LOVE to hotlink stuff, particularly Very Large Images and gifs, I have turned off download remote images to local. The problem is, we’re also using the Di…

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## [My Forum is finally live! Thank you Discourse!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-is-finally-live-thank-you-discourse/191750)

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**Author:** [@rodypl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rodypl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-forum-is-finally-live-thank-you-discourse/191750 "2021-06-01T11:22:41Z")

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Discourse truly is something else! What you all have built is very impressive! Our users are already using the forum, and we’ve gotten many compliments about it already! Thanks to all the users on here who have helped a…

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## [Possibly to automatically assign user/users to tags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possibly-to-automatically-assign-user-users-to-tags/191765)

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**Author:** [@wey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wey)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possibly-to-automatically-assign-user-users-to-tags/191765 "2021-05-27T05:03:44Z")

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Dear, Is there a way to assign user/users to tags? This may save admin force from routing people manually. Many thanks! BR//wey

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## [Tag banners plugin and material theme in dark mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-banners-plugin-and-material-theme-in-dark-mode/191767)

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**Author:** [@jcayzac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jcayzac)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-banners-plugin-and-material-theme-in-dark-mode/191767 "2021-05-28T05:07:08Z")

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Hello, I’m using the tag banners plugin. It hardcodes primary-very-low as the background color for all banners, which is the same as text color, in dark mode. The stock material theme correctly uses var(--secondary), wh…

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## [Replace discourse find with normal one](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-discourse-find-with-normal-one/191771)

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**Author:** [@Paari\_Vendhan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paari_Vendhan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replace-discourse-find-with-normal-one/191771 "2021-05-27T05:24:17Z")

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Hi, When I am in a topic page, it is much easier with normal “find” of browse button, with which I could easily navigate to the location of the keyword. This is not so with discourse’s find. Can we have both? Or at leas…

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## [Updating the top menu immediately without showing spinner loading for whole page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-the-top-menu-immediately-without-showing-spinner-loading-for-whole-page/191773)

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**Author:** [@Sachin\_Kumar\_J](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sachin_Kumar_J)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-the-top-menu-immediately-without-showing-spinner-loading-for-whole-page/191773 "2021-05-27T11:26:44Z")

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Is it possible to update the top menu links without showing spinner loading for whole page like for example if we press on category button on top menu it is showing a spinner for the whole page and after that it loads th…

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## [When does read time days turn into months?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-does-read-time-days-turn-into-months/191819)

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**Author:** [@incapaz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/incapaz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-does-read-time-days-turn-into-months/191819 "2021-05-27T17:58:36Z")

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I have over 80 days of read time on another forum, which is over 2 months. But I have seen users with 3 and even 5 months of read time, yet they don’t show as 90 or 150 days.

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## [Applying Scroll Bar (Horizontal & Vertical) to Code Snippets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/applying-scroll-bar-horizontal-vertical-to-code-snippets/191825)

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**Author:** [@401Ott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/401Ott)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/applying-scroll-bar-horizontal-vertical-to-code-snippets/191825 "2021-05-27T17:24:46Z")

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I like how in some of my code snippets a horizontal scroll bar that is applied for code that is very wide. I have a post I’m drafting that has a lot of snippets. I’d like to apply a vertical scroll bar for any code snip…

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## [DAU/MAU Benchmarks for B2B SaaS Community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dau-mau-benchmarks-for-b2b-saas-community/191830)

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**Author:** [@giovanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/giovanni)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dau-mau-benchmarks-for-b2b-saas-community/191830 "2022-06-22T21:29:03Z")

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Hello all!! Do people have DAU/MAU benchmarks for B2B SaaS communities?? Just trying to get a better sense of the health of our active users via DAU/MAU. Links would be appreciated!! Thanks

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## [Failed to register Service Worker: Security Error because of redirect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-register-service-worker-security-error-because-of-redirect/191832)

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**Author:** [@Terrapop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Terrapop)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-register-service-worker-security-error-because-of-redirect/191832 "2021-05-27T17:47:36Z")

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Since the latest update we get the following JS errors re Service Worker in Chrome: The script resource is behind a redirect, which is disallowed. \_application-786bec8dbeba5dccf3118668436791948e535eb587456944e94e0724bc…

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## [Group Review-link with admin-links in the dropdown-menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-review-link-with-admin-links-in-the-dropdown-menu/191834)

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**Author:** [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-review-link-with-admin-links-in-the-dropdown-menu/191834 "2021-05-28T23:28:05Z")

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I think it would be more coherent (and better support modifying the hamburger drop-down menu) if the Review-link would be grouped with the admin links in the html model. Right now it is grouped with general links: Th…

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## [How do I write a query that removes one badge while awarding another?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-write-a-query-that-removes-one-badge-while-awarding-another/191850)

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**Author:** [@AlexTheRota](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexTheRota)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-write-a-query-that-removes-one-badge-while-awarding-another/191850 "2016-09-20T00:13:47Z")

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Hello, After some googles and on-page-searches I was unable to find anything about custom badge series. What I mean by this is a series of two or more badges that contain SQL that removes the previous badge in the serie…

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## [Strings that could use a singular/plural differentiation for optimal translation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strings-that-could-use-a-singular-plural-differentiation-for-optimal-translation/191852)

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**Author:** [@lcb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lcb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strings-that-could-use-a-singular-plural-differentiation-for-optimal-translation/191852 "2021-06-01T16:07:41Z")

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Hi, I’m creating this subject after having translated a few strings that could benefit from being defined as having differentiated singular and plural forms, so as to avoid readability issues, such as the display of a b…

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## [Unlisted topics due to community flags still show from home page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-due-to-community-flags-still-show-from-home-page/191871)

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**Author:** [@incapaz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/incapaz)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-due-to-community-flags-still-show-from-home-page/191871 "2021-05-28T02:15:49Z")

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As you can see the first topic is unlisted due to it getting enough community flags. However, it still shows up in the topic list from the home page. This is obviously bad because users are still able to discover this…

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## [How to get the category name inside post view page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-the-category-name-inside-post-view-page/191886)

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**Author:** [@sachin\_kumar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sachin_kumar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-the-category-name-inside-post-view-page/191886 "2021-05-28T05:07:58Z")

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Hello I’m trying to build a category bar inside article view page and to have active class for the category I need to know the category name for the selected topic in the browser url i can only see /t/topic-desc/topic-id…

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## [How to reload a widget html after a state update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reload-a-widget-html-after-a-state-update/191897)

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**Author:** [@Sachin\_Kumar\_J](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sachin_Kumar_J)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 7:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reload-a-widget-html-after-a-state-update/191897 "2021-05-28T07:51:40Z")

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How to reload the html of a widget when the state gets changed in the below code initially the state is none and after the page gets loaded it gets changed to new state but the html only gets changed when I click on it h…

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## [Installing discourse with nginx already running?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-with-nginx-already-running/191901)

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**Author:** [@thetechguy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thetechguy)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-with-nginx-already-running/191901 "2021-05-29T14:35:22Z")

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Hi there. I have a Ubuntu VPS with nginx web server already running. I want to install Discourse on it. However, when I run the setup script it says that “Port 80 is already being used.” this guide tells me to modify ap…

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## [Jobs::DownloadAvatarFromUrl times out](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jobs-downloadavatarfromurl-times-out/191905)

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**Author:** [@bytegoose](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bytegoose)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jobs-downloadavatarfromurl-times-out/191905 "2021-06-05T01:41:10Z")

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Hi, we just started using avatar\_url via discourseconnect. Override avatar is enabled and force avatar update is set to true on the SSO side. Login works as intended but the avatars won’t get synced. Enabling verbose f…

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## [Weirdness in dates when setting timeout for an invite link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weirdness-in-dates-when-setting-timeout-for-an-invite-link/191917)

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**Author:** [@bigfudge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bigfudge)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weirdness-in-dates-when-setting-timeout-for-an-invite-link/191917 "2021-06-01T19:22:33Z")

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This is a really small thing, but when I create a new invite link (today 28th May) the offset dates provided in the UI don’t match the labels, e.g.: I only noticed this because a link timed out much earlier than I th…

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## [User following invitation link is not visible in Admin/Users due to SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-following-invitation-link-is-not-visible-in-admin-users-due-to-sso/191921)

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**Author:** [@SchweizerSchoggi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SchweizerSchoggi)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-following-invitation-link-is-not-visible-in-admin-users-due-to-sso/191921 "2021-06-01T22:35:33Z")

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I have sent out multiple invitations for the new forum. For this I have generated a link, saved it and send the link via Email to my colleague. She clicked on the link and registred. But I just don?t see her in the overv…

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## [How to attach a PDF file?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943)

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**Author:** [@Mpitily](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mpitily)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-attach-a-pdf-file/191943 "2022-03-16T16:37:34Z")

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Hello We are using Discourse as a tool to exchange and share experiences. I was going to publish PDF content but the file attachment only allows jpg, jpeg, png, gif, heic, heif, webp extensions. Could someone give me …

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## [Default Category "About Topic"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-about-topic/191956)

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**Author:** [@Whiskey\_Victor\_LLC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Whiskey_Victor_LLC)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-category-about-topic/191956 "2021-05-28T20:39:56Z")

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Is there a way to hide the “About Topic” that’s created when you create a new category? If not, is there a way to bulk edit all the "About Topics:? Thanks! BVD

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## [How to execute some JS code before redirecting to SSO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-execute-some-js-code-before-redirecting-to-sso/191958)

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**Author:** [@Nicolas\_Blanco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nicolas_Blanco)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-execute-some-js-code-before-redirecting-to-sso/191958 "2021-05-28T18:20:25Z")

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Hello, I have my Discourse platform with SSO configured and working. How is it possible to execute some client-side JS code when the user is clicking on the Login button before he/she gets redirected. I would like to …

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## [Can't delete user with PMs, misleading error message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-delete-user-with-pms-misleading-error-message/191969)

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**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-delete-user-with-pms-misleading-error-message/191969 "2021-06-05T16:13:50Z")

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We are using SSO and when someone closes their account, we delete their Discourse account too through the API (or anonymize it, if there’s posts). However, something seems to be amiss as we have been seeing some 403 err…

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## [A New Python API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-python-api/191974)

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**Author:** [@Grayden\_Shand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Grayden_Shand)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-new-python-api/191974 "2021-09-30T20:25:21Z")

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I’m happy to share fluent-discourse, a new python package for consuming the Discourse API. There are already a few packages for consuming the Discourse API via Python. So why build another? The other discourse packag…

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## [Something like shortcodes for Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/something-like-shortcodes-for-discourse/191993)

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**Author:** [@j127](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j127)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/something-like-shortcodes-for-discourse/191993 "2021-05-29T08:49:17Z")

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I recently discovered MDX, which allows you embed dynamic components in markdown using JSX. I’m wondering how difficult it would be to do something similar in Discourse posts. I want users to be able to start games in …

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## [Topic sub-threads? slack subthread reply-like subthreading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-sub-threads-slack-subthread-reply-like-subthreading/191999)

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**Author:** [@oreillyc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oreillyc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-sub-threads-slack-subthread-reply-like-subthreading/191999 "2021-05-29T20:24:51Z")

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Is there a plugin and/or would it be feasible to write one which allows sub-thread replies like on slack? Say… on level of sub-threading - not quite so crazy as FB or Reddit ideally with collapsibility?

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## [Could not find file in the store located at url s3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-not-find-file-in-the-store-located-at-url-s3/192007)

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**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 7:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-not-find-file-in-the-store-located-at-url-s3/192007 "2021-05-30T07:34:02Z")

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Hello, I’ve got a strange error for few days in logs. I am on the very latest Discourse: 06e1af2b1d I am using DigitalOcean Spaces S3. This is sometimes happening per day but the image is exist on the space and appea…

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## [Enable Push Notification generates error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-push-notification-generates-error/192009)

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**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-push-notification-generates-error/192009 "2021-05-29T13:18:11Z")

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Hello, On the latest 06e1af2b1d Repro: Go to Notifications Enable Notifications (The success notification not arrive) Check console By the way the notifications seems to also works after this. Error in console: …

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## [Show only unread notifications within quick-access-panel?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-only-unread-notifications-within-quick-access-panel/192045)

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**Author:** [@Kchalk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kchalk)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-only-unread-notifications-within-quick-access-panel/192045 "2021-05-30T07:24:33Z")

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At the moment all notifications read or unread shows on the quick access panel. Only difference is that the current treatment lights up the background of unread notifications. Is there a way to hide all the read notifi…

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