# Hot

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## [Bye bye embedded tweet previews](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bye-bye-embedded-tweet-previews/261708)

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**Author:** [@cogdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cogdog)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bye-bye-embedded-tweet-previews/261708 "2023-05-20T10:19:42Z")

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We got our expected Twitter API suspension for the keys used in our discourse community site. The “free” tier is useless and I am struggling to know who is going to pay $100/ month to offer embedded tweets. As expec…

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## [(UI to manage) Topic Featured Links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-to-manage-topic-featured-links/261719)

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**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-to-manage-topic-featured-links/261719 "2023-04-14T16:59:55Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Automatically changing ownership of first post to a specific user: The “activitypub.dev” link on the screenshot below is the topic featured link that is associated to the topic when you cr…

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## ['Per-Category' anonymous mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-anonymous-mode/261735)

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**Author:** [@kiefferr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kiefferr)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/per-category-anonymous-mode/261735 "2023-10-22T08:50:53Z")

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Discourse has an out-of-the-box anonymous mode whereby users can manually enter and exit from anonymous mode, but what we really need for our community (and had on our previous phpBB-based forum) is the ability to force …

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## [A chat channel doesn’t show nor save messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-chat-channel-doesn-t-show-nor-save-messages/261736)

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**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 7:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-chat-channel-doesn-t-show-nor-save-messages/261736 "2023-04-18T07:45:29Z")

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I upgraded few hours ago, and now all channels that have custom group shows empty channel. I can write and send messages, but if I logout or refresh pages channel has no history. Logs show this: Message NoMethodError …

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## [\[PAID\] Custome theme using elements that have been coded](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-custome-theme-using-elements-that-have-been-coded/261744)

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**Author:** [@Ramz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ramz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-custome-theme-using-elements-that-have-been-coded/261744 "2023-04-14T20:48:44Z")

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Hey there friends, I was wondering who I can connect with to create a custom discourse template for myself? Theres plenty of elements that I see across a multitude of themes but don’t have the tech know-how to create it…

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## [\[PAID\] Need Gated Topics in Groups theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-gated-topics-in-groups-theme-component/261747)

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**Author:** [@sar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 14, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-gated-topics-in-groups-theme-component/261747 "2023-04-14T21:24:06Z")

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What would you like done? We want to fork the “Gated Topics in Category” plugin and add a Group-Level requirement to the access. And give us ability to change the Sign Up button hyperlink on the gate. Here’s the plugin: …

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## [What is this error?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-this-error/261762)

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**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-this-error/261762 "2023-04-15T07:05:29Z")

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FAILED -------------------- Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse/plugins && sudo -E -u discourse git clone https://github.com/tensorflow/tfjs-models/tree/master/toxicity failed with return #\<Process::Status: pid 662 e…

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## [How to change the user-note icon?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-user-note-icon/261771)

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**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 8:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-the-user-note-icon/261771 "2023-04-15T08:14:18Z")

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how do i change the note icon?

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## [Allow TL4 to see and use user-notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-tl4-to-see-and-use-user-notes/261772)

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**Author:** [@danielabc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danielabc)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2023, 5:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-tl4-to-see-and-use-user-notes/261772 "2023-04-16T05:33:24Z")

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Is there a way to choose confidence levels to post member grades? I want my TL4 members to be able to use notes on others too

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## [Add edit option to user note](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-edit-option-to-user-note/261773)

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**Author:** [@Karandaros](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Karandaros)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-edit-option-to-user-note/261773 "2021-08-31T12:16:34Z")

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Could you please add an edit button for the notes?

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## [Changing the user notes icon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-user-notes-icon/261774)

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**Author:** [@mognet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mognet)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-user-notes-icon/261774 "2020-11-16T17:13:16Z")

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Is there a way to change the little notes icon?

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## [Twitter API – My Discourse API App for Tweet previews was suspended](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-api-my-discourse-api-app-for-tweet-previews-was-suspended/261777)

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**Author:** [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 9:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/twitter-api-my-discourse-api-app-for-tweet-previews-was-suspended/261777 "2023-04-15T09:04:40Z")

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The original topic & issue was this: Today I received the following email from Twitter: Application suspension notice Hello, This is a notice that your app - Discourse API - has been suspended from accessing the T…

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## [Make the 'change default historically' text clearer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-change-default-historically-text-clearer/261780)

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**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-the-change-default-historically-text-clearer/261780 "2023-06-08T11:14:12Z")

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Didn’t have time to reply to this. If that’s the case, the wording here should definitely be made much clearer because right now it’s really easy to misunderstand.

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## [Improving Discourse documentation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-discourse-documentation/261781)

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**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-discourse-documentation/261781 "2023-04-15T14:58:34Z")

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This is exactly the problem with discourse documentation. As much as it can be “ok” for some to go hunting for topics, it’s not a documentation. It’s having the users, and worse, the admin/moderators have to hunt for i…

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## [Displaying Reactions on Post Voting topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-reactions-on-post-voting-topics/261783)

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**Author:** [@apleschu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/apleschu)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-reactions-on-post-voting-topics/261783 "2023-04-15T09:34:02Z")

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I love the way this plugin works, but I am being hounded by some of my users who are not happy if they can’t add their clapping hands or poop emoji. Is there a way to have both versions active at the same on a topic/cate…

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## [Top 50 Largest Uploads misses some uploads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-50-largest-uploads-misses-some-uploads/261784)

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**Author:** [@Julien\_Palard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Julien_Palard)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-50-largest-uploads-misses-some-uploads/261784 "2023-04-15T09:48:16Z")

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Running Top 50 Largest Uploads gives me says my biggest upload is less than 1mb, I know it’s wrong, so I explored and found them: SELECT uploads.original\_filename, ROUND(uploads.filesize / 1000000.0, 2) AS size…

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## [How our community is faring after migrating from vbulletin3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-our-community-is-faring-after-migrating-from-vbulletin3/261786)

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**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-our-community-is-faring-after-migrating-from-vbulletin3/261786 "2023-04-16T09:07:58Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Gamekult, a popular video game forum, migrated from vBulletin to Discourse. A failure?: Ok so I was postponing this for some time now because I simply had one hell of a month between work …

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## [Add icon to register button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-icon-to-register-button/261802)

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**Author:** [@EchoBilisim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EchoBilisim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-icon-to-register-button/261802 "2023-04-16T19:10:38Z")

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Hello, I am using discourse, there is an icon on the login button, there is no icon on the register button, I want to add an icon to it, I wonder how to do it? Thank you very much in advance

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## [Test message works, but normal messages are never triggered](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-message-works-but-normal-messages-are-never-triggered/261806)

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**Author:** [@ZestyLemon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ZestyLemon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-message-works-but-normal-messages-are-never-triggered/261806 "2023-04-15T20:49:40Z")

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Greetings, dear friends - long time occasional lurker for troubleshooting issues - but this is my first post in these awesome forums! I’ve setup the Discourse Chat Integrations plugin on my Discourse instance to work fo…

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## [Toggle Composer layout to position Editor and Preview as top-bottom instead of left-right](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-composer-layout-to-position-editor-and-preview-as-top-bottom-instead-of-left-right/261818)

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**Author:** [@Tris20](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tris20)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/toggle-composer-layout-to-position-editor-and-preview-as-top-bottom-instead-of-left-right/261818 "2023-04-15T23:50:40Z")

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I was playing with a wide table earlier, and sadly it started to fall off the screen(even with full screen editor and a very wide monitor). The issue is that the preview always takes up only half of the left-right real e…

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## [Is there a way to detect dark mode usage?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-detect-dark-mode-usage/261821)

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**Author:** [@ti0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ti0)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-detect-dark-mode-usage/261821 "2023-04-16T12:24:29Z")

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Is there a way in a plugin / theme component to detect if the current theme is using dark mode? Alternately, is there a way to get the active theme ID? Or should we create different theme components for light themes an…

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## [What is 'staff colour'?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-staff-colour/261824)

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**Author:** [@MikeNolan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MikeNolan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-staff-colour/261824 "2023-04-16T05:53:27Z")

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I haven’t figured out what the point of ‘staff color’ is, since it can be applied to non-staff posts. What this site needs is some kind of glossary and conventions page, to define terms that might not be industry standa…

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## [Failing to change avatar using Discourse API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-to-change-avatar-using-discourse-api/261828)

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**Author:** [@EGreg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EGreg)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-to-change-avatar-using-discourse-api/261828 "2023-04-16T16:55:38Z")

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I have an API key that has “Global” access, for “All Users”. I do this: $updateAvatarUrl = sprintf("%s/u/%s/preferences/avatar/pick.json", $this-\>apiHost, $username); $headers = array( "Api-Key: ".$this-\>apiKey, …

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## [Topic thumbnails broken when topic includes uploaded video](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-thumbnails-broken-when-topic-includes-uploaded-video/261839)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-thumbnails-broken-when-topic-includes-uploaded-video/261839 "2023-04-25T09:23:16Z")

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I updated to the most recent version last week and noticed a change in topic thumbnails behavior: as soon as a topic includes uploaded video (an uploaded mp4 file, for example), the topic thumbnail blanks out - even when…

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## [Can snapshots be used when upgrading the host OS?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-snapshots-be-used-when-upgrading-the-host-os/261843)

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**Author:** [@Kartoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kartoon)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-snapshots-be-used-when-upgrading-the-host-os/261843 "2023-04-19T12:50:56Z")

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Apologies if this has been asked, I looked around but didn’t see the exact scenario I’m planning (or I missed it, but I want to make sure I get it right since i’ve never done it before). I’m still on 18 (which is where …

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## [Is there a cakeday/birthday list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-cakeday-birthday-list/261847)

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**Author:** [@albert\_vu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/albert_vu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-cakeday-birthday-list/261847 "2022-09-08T06:31:12Z")

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Hi there, Just wondering if there was any way to pull up a list of members who are celebrating cakeday similar to Data Explorer? Or better yet, a separate page with a list of members celebrating their cakedays similar …

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## [Error 500 when opening Cakeday URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-500-when-opening-cakeday-url/261848)

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**Author:** [@Roi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-500-when-opening-cakeday-url/261848 "2023-01-01T19:41:00Z")

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Hello, on two self-hosted Discourse installations I get an error 500 when opening the cakeday url: :( Server-Fehler während des Ladens \[/cakeday/anniversaries?timezone\_offset=-60&filter=today\](https://www.sidemount-for…

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## [Only show anniversaries and not birthdays?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-show-anniversaries-and-not-birthdays/261849)

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**Author:** [@Samantha\_O](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Samantha_O)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-show-anniversaries-and-not-birthdays/261849 "2023-02-21T17:16:48Z")

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Is there a way to only use the Anniversary component, and remove the birthday component of this plugin? Thinking of this from the perspective of PII, as to why we want to remove the birthday half of the equation.

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## [Related Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/related-topics/261852)

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**Author:** [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/related-topics/261852 "2023-09-03T22:45:03Z")

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It’s great isn’t it. :slight\_smile: I keep getting lost in little side missions

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## [Discourse Image Builder for Gitlab CI/CD Pipelines](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-image-builder-for-gitlab-ci-cd-pipelines/261857)

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**Author:** [@mkbrechtel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mkbrechtel)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-image-builder-for-gitlab-ci-cd-pipelines/261857 "2023-04-18T14:28:32Z")

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Heyho! We created a repository called RPS Discourse Image Builder is used to create a Discourse OCI image. I think this might be helpful to some people looking here. We mainly did this so we don’t need to wait for the d…

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