# Hot

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## [Use custom icons with curentColor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-custom-icons-with-curentcolor/198704)

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**Author:** [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-custom-icons-with-curentcolor/198704 "2021-07-30T17:38:04Z")

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I want to show some custom icons in a theme where there are no icons by default. It generally works fine, but I’m not able to use currentColor for the fill. So this works: &::before {content: svg-uri('\<svg fill="red" .…

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## [\[PAID\] Help with WP Discourse: WP Content Egg plugin shortcode output is not shown in forum's version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-help-with-wp-discourse-wp-content-egg-plugin-shortcode-output-is-not-shown-in-forums-version/198726)

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**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-help-with-wp-discourse-wp-content-egg-plugin-shortcode-output-is-not-shown-in-forums-version/198726 "2021-07-30T18:04:27Z")

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What would you like done? We are currently testing the Content Egg plugin for wordpress to display product cards on our site via shortcodes. When publishing posts in the forum, the product card’s div’s generated by cont…

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## [Rotating banners](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rotating-banners/198730)

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**Author:** [@DScryber](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DScryber)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rotating-banners/198730 "2021-07-31T15:30:51Z")

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is there a way to pin more than one banner at a time and have them rotate?

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## [Searching locks up the server for a while](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-locks-up-the-server-for-a-while/198736)

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**Author:** [@EGreg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EGreg)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-locks-up-the-server-for-a-while/198736 "2021-08-02T16:56:13Z")

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Hi everyone. We have a basic install of Discourse here: The search has become unbearably slow and sometimes times out. Maybe we are missing some indexes? We figured the installer would have set those up. How can we di…

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## [Groups not working as supposed?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-not-working-as-supposed/198758)

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**Author:** [@Zurmely](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zurmely)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/groups-not-working-as-supposed/198758 "2021-08-02T22:30:37Z")

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Instead of having only one group assigned, new users are receiving all the existing groups - even tho they are closed groups - this ended up in them being able to read all the messages/notifications being sent to anyone. …

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## [Cannot use base\_url or user\_perferences\_url in unsubscribe text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-use-base-url-or-user-perferences-url-in-unsubscribe-text/198770)

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**Author:** [@JonathanShaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JonathanShaw)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-use-base-url-or-user-perferences-url-in-unsubscribe-text/198770 "2021-08-11T21:50:54Z")

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At admin/customize/site\_texts/unsubscribe\_link entering %{base\_url} in the text gives The following interpolation key(s) are invalid: "base\_url". Likewise for user\_preferences\_url. However discourse/lib/email/message\_bu…

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## [Global messages on 94632 timed out, restarting process, 95535 successfully terminated by \`TERM\` signal](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-messages-on-94632-timed-out-restarting-process-95535-successfully-terminated-by-term-signal/198794)

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**Author:** [@Aashish\_Gangwani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aashish_Gangwani)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-messages-on-94632-timed-out-restarting-process-95535-successfully-terminated-by-term-signal/198794 "2021-08-05T05:16:30Z")

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I am on the Apple M1 Macbook pro. I have been trying to install discourse since morning and have reached bundle exec rails server in this tutorial Install Discourse on macOS for development. I have been also trying to fo…

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## [Upgrade from within China fails due to git issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-from-within-china-fails-due-to-git-issues/198799)

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**Author:** [@leoniscsem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leoniscsem)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-from-within-china-fails-due-to-git-issues/198799 "2023-07-12T05:00:39Z")

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We are running a Discourse instance on an Aliyun/Alibaba Ubuntu 20.04 server, and as with everything related to Git, we face issues due to the Great Firewall. Upgrading manually with launcher rebuild app most of the time…

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## [Delete all users not in a specific group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-all-users-not-in-a-specific-group/198804)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-all-users-not-in-a-specific-group/198804 "2021-08-20T22:02:04Z")

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As part of a Discourse to Discourse migration / merger I’m trying to delete all of the users that are not in a specific group. I tried this in the rails console: User.joins(:group\_users).where.not(group\_users:{group\_id…

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## [Discourse not using much RAM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-using-much-ram/198805)

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**Author:** [@kianwalters05](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kianwalters05)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-not-using-much-ram/198805 "2021-08-08T20:30:36Z")

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Hi! I have discourse on docker, and it never seems to use any swap when RAM is being used too much, making it so it crashes or say fatal error: out of memory allocating heap arena map if i try to rebuild, unless i rebo…

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## [Upload button remote external image URL field not showing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-button-remote-external-image-url-field-not-showing/198806)

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**Author:** [@Faizan\_Zahid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Faizan_Zahid)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-button-remote-external-image-url-field-not-showing/198806 "2021-12-14T13:13:15Z")

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Previously when we were clicking the upload button, we get an option to either upload the images from our computer or paste a link to get image from a public URL, but now that upload button when clicked is only showing u…

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## [Option for TL4 to delete posts/topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-tl4-to-delete-posts-topics/198808)

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**Author:** [@B-iggy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/B-iggy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-for-tl4-to-delete-posts-topics/198808 "2021-08-01T12:36:22Z")

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Hi, Can you please add a bool setting to allow Trust Level 4 users to delete topics/posts please? Since TL4 users are promoted by staff only, they deserve this bit of power in my opinion. Especially those, that volunta…

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## [Report(s) of users trust level promotions?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/report-s-of-users-trust-level-promotions/198812)

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**Author:** [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/report-s-of-users-trust-level-promotions/198812 "2021-08-01T12:29:23Z")

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I want to be able to notice when users are promoted to a new trust level. Is there any place where I can see a list of trust level promotions? Or a user-list that I can sort by date-of-promotion? This section of my admi…

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## [💻 How to add colour or highlight](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-colour-or-highlight/198815)

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**Author:** [@Percy\_Jackson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Percy_Jackson)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-colour-or-highlight/198815 "2021-08-01T14:08:16Z")

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Is there any shortcut to add this\>

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## [Total Backup Size is less than Total Uploads Size](https://meta.discourse.org/t/total-backup-size-is-less-than-total-uploads-size/198829)

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**Author:** [@UnicornX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/UnicornX)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 8:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/total-backup-size-is-less-than-total-uploads-size/198829 "2021-08-02T08:00:41Z")

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Hi there I just wanted to know is it okay to have a Backup size smaller than total upload size as backup includes all the uploads. The Bakup file should be greater in size or at least equal to the uploads size. I…

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## [Relative Dates in Activity Report](https://meta.discourse.org/t/relative-dates-in-activity-report/198858)

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**Author:** [@ianm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ianm)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/relative-dates-in-activity-report/198858 "2021-08-02T03:13:26Z")

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I use my personal Preferences\\Activity to show posts I have made as a form of time sheet. At Is there a way to turn off relative dates? - #4 by riking, I learned I can hover over relative dates and get the actual date/t…

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## [Custom badge SQL query based on how many solved topics in a certain category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-badge-sql-query-based-on-how-many-solved-topics-in-a-certain-category/198865)

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**Author:** [@AquaL1te](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AquaL1te)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-badge-sql-query-based-on-how-many-solved-topics-in-a-certain-category/198865 "2021-08-02T04:52:44Z")

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Continuing the discussion from What cool badge queries have you come up with?: I’m trying to figure out the following. I want the SQL query below to work in a single category ID: SELECT id user\_id, current\_timestamp gr…

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## [Plugins don't show up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugins-dont-show-up/198904)

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**Author:** [@Stephan\_Goeldi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephan_Goeldi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugins-dont-show-up/198904 "2021-08-04T11:47:05Z")

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I’m running a Discourse site the developer way, so no Docker implemented. I am running separate services for sidekiq, redis and discourse. Everything works ok. Only if I install a new plugin (I git-clone it into the /pl…

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## [Direct users into closed categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-users-into-closed-categories/198907)

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**Author:** [@Roni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roni)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-users-into-closed-categories/198907 "2021-08-05T11:47:46Z")

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Hey everyone. As our community grows, we are exploring the possibility of sending users directly into closed categories within Discourse. In other words, offering users a link to register and then directing them to a c…

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## [How to access a different model in a connector?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-access-a-different-model-in-a-connector/198916)

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**Author:** [@Nacho\_Caballero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nacho_Caballero)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-access-a-different-model-in-a-connector/198916 "2021-08-05T17:56:55Z")

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I’m pretty close, but I can’t figure it out. I’ve created a connector here connectors/revision-user-details-after: In my connector class, I can access args and component via the shouldRender method, which lets me acc…

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## [Using discourse forum in a native app (log-in, languages)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-forum-in-a-native-app-log-in-languages/198926)

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**Author:** [@kay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kay)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-forum-in-a-native-app-log-in-languages/198926 "2021-08-03T01:37:45Z")

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Hello, our company runs a global English-education app. We are planning to make a button in the app that links to a forum, so that our users can share things in English. Considering using discourse for this, our team is…

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## [No information requested on install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-information-requested-on-install/198930)

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**Author:** [@AdamsEwot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamsEwot)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-information-requested-on-install/198930 "2021-08-03T15:52:34Z")

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I’ve looked for this issue but not been able to find it. On install it doesn’t ask any questions at all, it just tries to install to all the default information. When I type in the sudo ./discourse-setup I get this: S…

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## [\[PAID\] Group to Group permissions to send private messages to target Group members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-group-to-group-permissions-to-send-private-messages-to-target-group-members/198936)

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**Author:** [@kinetiksoft](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kinetiksoft)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-group-to-group-permissions-to-send-private-messages-to-target-group-members/198936 "2021-08-03T00:39:52Z")

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In our community we need an ability to limit certain group of users from receiving PM’s from all users except those, who are members of privileged group. For future reference: Let’s call a group of users, who can only…

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## [The \`$rake db:\*\` commands and initializing a Discourse instance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-rake-db-commands-and-initializing-a-discourse-instance/198938)

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**Author:** [@jontrossbach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jontrossbach)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-rake-db-commands-and-initializing-a-discourse-instance/198938 "2021-08-04T14:28:31Z")

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First off, thank you to the devs for creating such a great app! I am hoping I might be able to get something clarified that has me confused. I was under the impression that the proper way to use $ rake db:\* commands in …

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## [Looking for usage examples of add\_api\_key\_scope](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-usage-examples-of-add-api-key-scope/198939)

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**Author:** [@Hooksmith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hooksmith)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-usage-examples-of-add-api-key-scope/198939 "2021-08-02T20:30:53Z")

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Hey all, I’m trying to work with this method on Plugin::Instance: discourse/lib/plugin/instance.rb at 06c60b017c86ddab489fd3d30c951c10b5c4d281 · ayampenyetan/discourse · GitHub I tried to search for existing usages of …

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## [UI says I have a draft, but I don't](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-says-i-have-a-draft-but-i-dont/198940)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-says-i-have-a-draft-but-i-dont/198940 "2021-08-04T23:37:32Z")

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This is on https://community.wanikani.com.

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## [Is there any way to bypass the login prompt entirely when using SAML?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-bypass-the-login-prompt-entirely-when-using-saml/198949)

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**Author:** [@Luke\_VanderHart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Luke_VanderHart)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-bypass-the-login-prompt-entirely-when-using-saml/198949 "2021-08-02T21:39:01Z")

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I’ve configured a privately hosted instance of Discourse with SAML for our company, and it’s working great. Ideally, when our users arrive at the site, I’d like to immediately redirect them to the SAML authentication fl…

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## [Merger help with Ruby dependencies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merger-help-with-ruby-dependencies/198965)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merger-help-with-ruby-dependencies/198965 "2021-08-02T23:48:07Z")

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I’m a little stuck on an attempted merger of two Discourse instances. I’ve documented the troubles on the merger post (see below) but didn’t think that anyone would see it (and it will get deleted in a month): https://…

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## [Discourse Forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-forums/198985)

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**Author:** [@ItzRoyalToast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ItzRoyalToast)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 6:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-forums/198985 "2021-08-03T06:52:35Z")

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Hey all Discourse users, I am also a fellow person who is a part of the community which uses Discourse as their forum software. I just wanted to come here and tell you all that Discourse is surely one of the best softwar…

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## [Group flairs don't show](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-flairs-dont-show/199002)

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**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-flairs-dont-show/199002 "2021-08-10T13:41:15Z")

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:wave: I have tried this on a hosted site and self hosted site with safemode enabled but issue still persists. Both sites are on 2.8.0 beta 4. Repro Create group add a flair (I chose icon. Set as primary group) save …

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