# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1544 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 1545 --- ## [FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid" is empty](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fatal-lock-file-postmaster-pid-is-empty/240895)
**Author:** [@will\_io](https://meta.discourse.org/u/will_io)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fatal-lock-file-postmaster-pid-is-empty/240895 "2022-11-23T17:45:38Z")
First time I have seen the following error when trying to rebuild. 2022-10-04 14:39:49.780 UTC \[1700\] FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid" is empty 2022-10-04 14:39:49.780 UTC \[1700\] HINT: Either another server is starti… --- ## [Plugin vs. theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-vs-theme-component/240908)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-vs-theme-component/240908 "2022-10-05T14:35:32Z")
Continuing the discussion from Thumbs up, twice: Sorry, I didn’t try search — I’m a horrible person. But if out there is a plugin and a theme component and those do (almost) same thing what is the most important differ… --- ## [Default admin doesn’t receive ‘staff’ or ‘admin’ group memberships at first](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-admin-doesn-t-receive-staff-or-admin-group-memberships-at-first/240911)
**Author:** [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-admin-doesn-t-receive-staff-or-admin-group-memberships-at-first/240911 "2022-10-09T09:06:40Z")
Edit: The issue is that the default admin isn’t added to ‘staff’ or ‘admin’ groups initially despite showing as admin: yes in their profile. Just tinkering with a new test instance and noticed that after enabling chat … --- ## [General chat channel is associated with Site Feedback, rather than General](https://meta.discourse.org/t/general-chat-channel-is-associated-with-site-feedback-rather-than-general/240913)
**Author:** [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/general-chat-channel-is-associated-with-site-feedback-rather-than-general/240913 "2022-10-09T08:49:06Z")
Cleaning up a test instance I went to remove ‘General’ and ‘Site Feedback’. ‘General’ could be deleted without problem, but ‘Site Feedback’ told me that there was an associated chat channel: Yet the only chat channel… --- ## [Renaming system text when there are more than 50 results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-system-text-when-there-are-more-than-50-results/240931)
**Author:** [@Rukou](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rukou)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-system-text-when-there-are-more-than-50-results/240931 "2022-10-04T20:23:24Z")
Good afternoon everyone, I’m trying to rename all instances of ‘Badges’ where they are displayed to ‘Accolades’. Admin\>Customize\>text is where i’m at but the issue is that i can’t change all instances because they are … --- ## [Plugin page not accessible when adplugin is enabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-page-not-accessible-when-adplugin-is-enabled/240932)
**Author:** [@steelmaiden](https://meta.discourse.org/u/steelmaiden)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-page-not-accessible-when-adplugin-is-enabled/240932 "2022-10-04T20:21:59Z")
Hi, this plugin is making my “Plugins” section blank, without any plugins listed there. When I deactivate it, the “Plugins” section shows the list of plugins just fine. The plugin worked before, this happened just recen… --- ## [Discourse-user-notes API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-notes-api/240948)
**Author:** [@codetricity](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codetricity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-notes-api/240948 "2022-10-21T23:20:23Z")
I want to get all the user notes for a user using the Discourse API. The notes are applied with discourse-user-notes. Using Get a user by id, I can see the user\_note\_count filed. However, I can’t seem to find the conte… --- ## [Group owners can remove themselves - Locking themselves out](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-owners-can-remove-themselves-locking-themselves-out/240952)
**Author:** [@clazmama](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clazmama)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-owners-can-remove-themselves-locking-themselves-out/240952 "2022-10-06T23:53:34Z")
Even if the “Allow members to leave the group freely” option is disabled. It is possible for group owners to remove themselves from their own group. This makes it possible to lock themselves out. --- ## [Is there a way to "secretly" unlist posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-secretly-unlist-posts/240973)
**Author:** [@Frank2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank2)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-secretly-unlist-posts/240973 "2022-10-05T18:16:36Z")
Situation occurs that a topic deviates from the theme of the forum; however, this topic expresses opinions that may not be suitable for a straight-up deletion. What I’m thinking about is to unlist this topic, but the aut… --- ## [Discourse hosting on Linode?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hosting-on-linode/240977)
**Author:** [@denvergeeks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/denvergeeks)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hosting-on-linode/240977 "2022-10-08T09:49:49Z")
I followed the tutorial below which got me up and running quickly and simply on Linode (something I was also able to do, but with much more difficulty on DigitalOcean). Through searching on this forum I became aware of … --- ## [Query for Current Vote Count](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-for-current-vote-count/240985)
**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-for-current-vote-count/240985 "2021-11-20T17:07:05Z")
Hi, complete SQL newbie here. I want to get a list of “how many users” have cast “how many votes”. In our instance we have a limit of 10 votes per person. The resulting table would look like this: Number of votes N… --- ## [Finding poll name and post\_id for an explorer query](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-poll-name-and-post-id-for-an-explorer-query/240986)
**Author:** [@th21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/th21)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-poll-name-and-post-id-for-an-explorer-query/240986 "2022-10-05T10:47:50Z")
Where can I find the poll name if I don’t give it a name when I create a poll? Also, I assumed the post id is the topic id that contains the poll, is that correct? --- ## [/lib & app/services folders](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lib-app-services-folders/240996)
**Author:** [@abdellani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abdellani)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 9:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lib-app-services-folders/240996 "2022-10-05T09:34:50Z")
Hi I was exploring the code source, and I was trying to understand how the code is split between the two folders /lib and /app/services For example: NewPostManager is in /lib while UserActionManager is in /app/servic… --- ## [Issues adding CSS/JS component: Robustifying links to preserve link functionality](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-adding-css-js-component-robustifying-links-to-preserve-link-functionality/240997)
**Author:** [@MSH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MSH)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-adding-css-js-component-robustifying-links-to-preserve-link-functionality/240997 "2022-10-11T11:42:09Z")
TL;DR summary: Issues incorporating javascript & CSS links to enable Robustify tooltip pop-ups to hyperlinks on our Discourse. Some similarities to this earlier case although we’re stopping short of querying the Robust… --- ## [Threaded chats](https://meta.discourse.org/t/threaded-chats/240998)
**Author:** [@asirota](https://meta.discourse.org/u/asirota)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/threaded-chats/240998 "2022-10-05T10:08:10Z")
Will Discourse chat support threads like Slack at some point? If so how should they work? There may be an opportunity here to think about how conversations that start as a thread in a chat channel could then become a to… --- ## [Chatbots Creation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chatbots-creation/241005)
**Author:** [@yhh9xdq7dc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yhh9xdq7dc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chatbots-creation/241005 "2022-10-05T13:48:31Z")
For the creation of chat bots(like the discobot) is it better to create a plugin for Discourse or an external app (always developed in Ruby or maybe Python) that connects to the Discourse APIs? Maybe explain the reasons … --- ## [Ubuntu release upgrades](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ubuntu-release-upgrades/241009)
**Author:** [@fuse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fuse)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ubuntu-release-upgrades/241009 "2022-10-06T00:02:37Z")
I’ve seen the docs on challenges with starting fresh with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and 22.04 LTS. Has anyone done an upgrade in place of 18.04 LTS to 20.04 or 22.04? I’m not in a rush per se, just figuring I’ll need to move t… --- ## [User status shows an emoji two times](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-status-shows-an-emoji-two-times/241014)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-status-shows-an-emoji-two-times/241014 "2022-10-05T12:09:01Z")
Screenshot shows everything necessary, I hope. I had user status on and it is using facepalm emoji. If I remove name that second emoji disappears. If I has like one character long name it comes back. I couldn’t repr… --- ## [Mobile App auth - doesn't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-app-auth-doesnt-work/241018)
**Author:** [@boyan.biandov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/boyan.biandov)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-app-auth-doesnt-work/241018 "2022-10-05T13:58:17Z")
Hi everyone, What’s the auth source for the mobile app? I assume a discourse URL, except it doesn’t work, generic “incorrect password”. Setup a demo, added users but nobody could auth on the mobile app? Maybe it’s not a… --- ## [Deleted User's Reactions stay](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-users-reactions-stay/241026)
**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-users-reactions-stay/241026 "2023-01-16T19:23:54Z")
A little bit ago, a user joined my forum to react to 800+ posts with a nerd emoji. I deleted the user, but all of their reactions still exist on posts. When hovering over it, the only thing that happens is I get a l… --- ## [Huge network traffic on NAS Storage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/huge-network-traffic-on-nas-storage/241037)
**Author:** [@hnaseri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hnaseri)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/huge-network-traffic-on-nas-storage/241037 "2022-10-07T04:03:15Z")
I am hosting all of my upload files on a NAS Storage (glusterfs). Recently I found that there is a huge and constant network traffic on the NAS. And traced it down to discourse requesting for optimized images. Is there … --- ## [Rebuild fails on 'bundle exec rake themes:update assets:precompile'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-fails-on-bundle-exec-rake-themes-update-assets-precompile/241044)
**Author:** [@crcoli7307](https://meta.discourse.org/u/crcoli7307)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-fails-on-bundle-exec-rake-themes-update-assets-precompile/241044 "2022-10-05T19:16:02Z")
Hey guys, was just rebuilding my app to add a MaxMindDB API key and now all of a sudden the app wont rebuild and I’m not sure why it fails or what i need to do to fix it. Here’s the log: output.txt (3.1 KB) --- ## [I need to mass-create groups using the API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-to-mass-create-groups-using-the-api/241055)
**Author:** [@boyan.biandov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/boyan.biandov)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-to-mass-create-groups-using-the-api/241055 "2022-10-13T17:58:36Z")
Hi everyone, I need to mass-create groups using the API but the JSON does NOT accept an array of multiple values, it only works if I create one group per API call. Ideally I want to fire one create call and have the … --- ## [Discourse.org "Features" Section is Slightly Outdated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-org-features-section-is-slightly-outdated/241061)
**Author:** [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-org-features-section-is-slightly-outdated/241061 "2022-10-05T21:05:04Z")
As you might be able to see in this screenshot, one of the images shown is demonstrating a user interface element that’s been recently changed due to the introduction of the sidebar. In case you somehow haven’t notic… --- ## [Confirm allow groups not displaying correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-allow-groups-not-displaying-correctly/241064)
**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirm-allow-groups-not-displaying-correctly/241064 "2022-10-10T04:56:21Z")
When I change which group has access to a query, the tick / cross thing doesn’t change after I select it: However, it seems to function fine and changes the group. Also, when I navigate back to /admin/plugins/explo… --- ## [Text File viewer within post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-file-viewer-within-post/241077)
**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-file-viewer-within-post/241077 "2022-10-05T22:07:52Z")
Currently this is how text files are being displayed in posts: Instead, it can be presented like this: This way allows for you to know what’s in a text file without having to download it and open it on your system… --- ## [No custom fields should appear after "Password" on signup?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-custom-fields-should-appear-after-password-on-signup/241089)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-custom-fields-should-appear-after-password-on-signup/241089 "2022-10-11T02:04:37Z")
On a forum with a custom “Pronouns” field enabled, at least one user accidentally pasted their password into the “Pronouns” box. Presumably they were running on autopilot and pasted their password thinking it was a “pas… --- ## [Is there a way to disable email notifications for certain users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-disable-email-notifications-for-certain-users/241091)
**Author:** [@rkda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rkda)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-disable-email-notifications-for-certain-users/241091 "2022-10-06T03:18:46Z")
We are using a Discourse group as a group inbox for our support team (let’s call it the helpdesk user). What matters for us is that the messages get posted in Discourse as well so we have a record. We do not want to rece… --- ## [Mastodon also change their interface to include a dropdown bar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mastodon-also-change-their-interface-to-include-a-dropdown-bar/241094)
**Author:** [@th21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/th21)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mastodon-also-change-their-interface-to-include-a-dropdown-bar/241094 "2022-10-06T14:01:17Z")
Is it a new tendency? ( not sure if it’s ok to be discussed here, this remains me of discourse immediately) --- ## [HSTS header not set with www and non www setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hsts-header-not-set-with-www-and-non-www-setup/241104)
**Author:** [@OrkoGrayskull](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OrkoGrayskull)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hsts-header-not-set-with-www-and-non-www-setup/241104 "2022-10-06T20:48:43Z")
Hello there, I’m using the standard installation. This is what I modified in app.yml: hooks: ## Add Let's Encrypt cert for non-www and www domain name after\_ssl: - replace: filename: … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1543) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=1545)