# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=244 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 245 --- ## [The Share/Edit popup cancels text selection on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-share-edit-popup-cancels-text-selection-on-mobile/343186)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-share-edit-popup-cancels-text-selection-on-mobile/343186 "2024-12-22T23:32:42Z")
Reproduction steps: Select text on mobile. The share/edit popup appears. Slide your finger to select additional text. If your finger passes over the popup, the selection cancels. --- ## ["An empty string is not a valid JSON string" when updating theme component #2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-empty-string-is-not-a-valid-json-string-when-updating-theme-component-2/321820)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-empty-string-is-not-a-valid-json-string-when-updating-theme-component-2/321820 "2024-08-26T02:01:10Z")
Same problem as this one but this time for Custom Header Links Maybe this is better handled server side instead of fixing it in individual theme components? lib/theme\_settings\_manager/objects.rb:13:in \`parse' lib/theme… --- ## [Installation time and effort](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-time-and-effort/325653)
**Author:** [@Claire\_C](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Claire_C)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-time-and-effort/325653 "2024-09-12T15:51:32Z")
Hi all, We’re looking at moving from an established Salesforce forum to Discourse, by the looks of things we will have to migrate and integrate ourselves. Has anyone else done this? How much time/effort did it take? I’m… --- ## [Discourse AI Persona, upload support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-persona-upload-support/304049)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-persona-upload-support/304049 "2025-09-11T21:48:16Z")
You can now include large bodies of text in your AI personas! This offers multiple benefits: You can introduce large bodies of text into your custom AI bots that are absent from models training. (for example: interna… --- ## [Automation last run overlapping edit button in mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automation-last-run-overlapping-edit-button-in-mobile/402695)
**Author:** [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 10:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automation-last-run-overlapping-edit-button-in-mobile/402695 "2026-05-11T22:35:52Z")
mobile viewport is borking the last run column into the edit button in portrait view turn mobile to landscape: --- ## [502 error while opening some user profiles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-error-while-opening-some-user-profiles/309339)
**Author:** [@volas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/volas)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-error-while-opening-some-user-profiles/309339 "2024-05-27T06:09:06Z")
Server has troubles with summary.json of some random users and returns 502 code. Probably started after the last update, but I’m not sure. I’m not familiar with discourse stack and have difficulty looking for logs. Edit… --- ## [Newbie Question re: security](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newbie-question-re-security/352497)
**Author:** [@SamM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SamM)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newbie-question-re-security/352497 "2025-02-20T20:49:46Z")
Hi, I just started my 14-day free trial and I like what I see. I have a question about security: I used to use a “Simple Machines” forum, linked to my website, but it proved to be a massive security risk, as spammers wo… --- ## [Help understanding OpenRouter language models](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-understanding-openrouter-language-models/341663)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-understanding-openrouter-language-models/341663 "2024-12-11T14:56:41Z")
I was going to reply but think that I’m not supposed to be able to reply there? (Or maybe it was something else that I once replied to taht wasn’t supposed to and perhaps I no longer have special powers). Continuing the… --- ## [From email address changed in email notifications and digests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/from-email-address-changed-in-email-notifications-and-digests/384191)
**Author:** [@adamengst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adamengst)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/from-email-address-changed-in-email-notifications-and-digests/384191 "2025-10-01T15:33:08Z")
I just upgraded to the latest version of Discourse after not being able to install a number of updates due to needing a new version of the OS, which required a new DigitalOcean droplet, and so on. Anyway, in this new ve… --- ## [How to assess storage size?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-assess-storage-size/376949)
**Author:** [@skate](https://meta.discourse.org/u/skate)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-assess-storage-size/376949 "2025-09-17T19:17:31Z")
Looking at the Starter plan of 5GB, how would a non-technical person know if 5GB storage is enough? We are looking at creating a community from a FB group of 10,000 people. Currently only 5 or so posts per day, but oth… --- ## [Plesk server migration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plesk-server-migration/285074)
**Author:** [@ozkn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ozkn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plesk-server-migration/285074 "2023-11-10T20:09:46Z")
If I move the server with the Plesk migration plugin, will my ‘discourse’ website work on the new server? I have a WordPress subdomain site and a discourse site on the same server I am currently using. I want to install … --- ## ['Watch' suspicious users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-suspicious-users/364529)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watch-suspicious-users/364529 "2025-05-02T18:45:11Z")
I’m creating a new thread because the one I’ve chimed in on previously is a) ‘Solved’ and b) from 2017. In 2017 the ‘solution’ of seemed reasonable, I suppose. Today, I don’t see an RSS feed on the user page. I suppo… --- ## [Embed URL Inconsistencies in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-url-inconsistencies-in-discourse/392552)
**Author:** [@Thiago\_Mobilon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thiago_Mobilon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-url-inconsistencies-in-discourse/392552 "2026-01-03T20:13:53Z")
Continuing the discussion from “Show Full Post” button doesn’t work in subfolder installations: @angus mentioned that Discourse is removing the trailing slash from the end of the Embed URL, to avoid some conflicts. So … --- ## [Release v2025.11.1: Security and maintenance release](https://meta.discourse.org/t/release-v2025-11-1-security-and-maintenance-release/392356)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/release-v2025-11-1-security-and-maintenance-release/392356 "2025-12-30T15:07:04Z")
Security Updates This release includes fixes for these security issues reported by our community and HackerOne. Users are able to find users by name even when enable\_names is off (CVE-2025-64528) --- ## [Too Many Recipients Error for emails to external recipients](https://meta.discourse.org/t/too-many-recipients-error-for-emails-to-external-recipients/405050)
**Author:** [@pHneutre](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pHneutre)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/too-many-recipients-error-for-emails-to-external-recipients/405050 "2026-06-12T12:10:48Z")
An email was sent from a user (with the email address linked to her Discourse account) to several recipients, including a Discourse group alias. The email was rejected with the Email::Receiver::TooManyRecipientsError er… --- ## [Template list takes 5-10 seconds to load](https://meta.discourse.org/t/template-list-takes-5-10-seconds-to-load/283361)
**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/template-list-takes-5-10-seconds-to-load/283361 "2024-01-31T16:53:01Z")
On our instance, loading the templates list is often quite slow (think 5-10) seconds, or even breaks after a long wait with a 502 error. We have a total of 15 templates, and other than this our Discourse performs fine. A… --- ## [AI Summarization Backfill is stuck, keeps regenerating the same topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-summarization-backfill-is-stuck-keeps-regenerating-the-same-topic/347088)
**Author:** [@markschmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markschmucker)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-summarization-backfill-is-stuck-keeps-regenerating-the-same-topic/347088 "2025-02-04T14:51:10Z")
I’m trying to backfill the last 90 days. It successfully backfilled about 500 out of 2000 topics, but now progress is stalled because it keeps processing the same topic every time the job runs (every 5 minutes). No idea … --- ## [Release v3.5.3: Security and maintenance release](https://meta.discourse.org/t/release-v3-5-3-security-and-maintenance-release/392357)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/release-v3-5-3-security-and-maintenance-release/392357 "2025-12-30T15:07:18Z")
Security Updates This release includes fixes for these security issues reported by our community and HackerOne. Users are able to find users by name even when enable\_names is off (CVE-2025-64528) --- ## [How to write styles for dark mode in Discourse using the built-in dark/light theme switcher? I don't see any .dark styles.](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-discourse-dark-dark/379040)
**Author:** [@sky-winter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sky-winter)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-discourse-dark-dark/379040 "2025-08-19T01:33:23Z")
Using Discourse's built-in dark/light theme switching, how do you write styles for dark mode in Discourse? Currently, I don't see any \`.dark\` styles. --- ## [Flagging with AI Automation- "reviewable item #123" is not descriptive](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-with-ai-automation-reviewable-item-123-is-not-descriptive/401323)
**Author:** [@markschmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markschmucker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 5:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-with-ai-automation-reviewable-item-123-is-not-descriptive/401323 "2026-04-23T05:53:28Z")
I use Automation to flag posts, for example if the post appears to contain bank wiring information. Moderators get a notification that says simply “reviewable item #123”. This is not descriptive- they have to click and g… --- ## [The AI Tools Test Runner internally enables SSL for http URLs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/der-ai-tools-test-runner-macht-bei-http-urls-intern-ssl/404705)
**Author:** [@anon24023246](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon24023246)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/der-ai-tools-test-runner-macht-bei-http-urls-intern-ssl/404705 "2026-06-08T22:14:44Z")
Hello, I wanted to test the following AI tool: /\* eslint-disable no-unused-vars \*/ function invoke(params) { const target = "http://stable-diffusion:7860/"; try { const r = http.get(target); return { ok: t... --- ## [Diff is too complex to display](https://meta.discourse.org/t/diff-is-too-complex-to-display/400810)
**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/diff-is-too-complex-to-display/400810 "2026-04-17T15:49:33Z")
what are the thresholds for? this was the result of a change of topic title where the event block is not in the OP - posts were merged in with preservation of chronology. The history was shown on an edit notificatio… --- ## [Allow customizing when posts are marked as read](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-customizing-when-posts-are-marked-as-read/407047)
**Author:** [@matthewruzzi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/matthewruzzi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 3:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-customizing-when-posts-are-marked-as-read/407047 "2026-07-09T03:22:13Z")
Currently posts are marked as read when the top of the post is slightly above the bottom of the browser window. It would be nice if there were an option to configure it so posts would only be marked as read when the bott… --- ## [Unable to move posts between topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-move-posts-between-topics/341497)
**Author:** [@rtyhbfdvsd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rtyhbfdvsd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-move-posts-between-topics/341497 "2024-12-10T14:30:07Z")
Hi, I’m trying to move posts between threads and keep getting this error. This error is preventing any posts across the entire install from being moved. If anyone has any suggestions I’d be extremely careful. Thanks for … --- ## [Discourse understands communities](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-understands-communities/288018)
**Author:** [@jericson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jericson)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-understands-communities/288018 "2023-12-14T14:48:29Z")
I’ve been reading a lot of reviews comparing Discourse to other forum software. Inevitably the reviewer will mention the Trust Level system. A typical example: Discourse aims to meet the needs of modern communities wit… --- ## [Preparing your community for behind-the-scenes header changes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preparing-your-community-for-behind-the-scenes-header-changes/316549)
**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preparing-your-community-for-behind-the-scenes-header-changes/316549 "2024-10-03T15:40:17Z")
Discourse is now shipping with a more modern implementation of the header, including more flexible and robust customization APIs. The new version has already been automatically enabled for sites with compatible themes & … --- ## [Garbled text in CSVs with special characters downloaded from Data Resource Manager](https://meta.discourse.org/t/csv/411280)
**Author:** [@singi2016cn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/singi2016cn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 8:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/csv/411280 "2026-09-09T08:58:45Z")
--- ## [How handle a long topic create form](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-handle-a-long-topic-create-form/366995)
**Author:** [@SubStrider](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SubStrider)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-handle-a-long-topic-create-form/366995 "2025-05-22T17:10:37Z")
Please see the screenshot. Functionally it is working if I drag the create window up to the top. However from UX perspective, I need to resolve this. Any suggestions on how to handle a really long create form? --- ## [Gated Content?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gated-content/386946)
**Author:** [@Timelord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timelord)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gated-content/386946 "2025-10-28T15:48:42Z")
Just wondering if there is a way to accomplish what I am looking to do. I know this may seem ‘anti community’, but I plan to use Discourse as a Newsletter/Discussion platform. Here is what I am curious about. A long … --- ## [Can Discourse AI Plugin Connect with OpenAI Assistants?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-ai-plugin-connect-with-openai-assistants/294994)
**Author:** [@Aizada\_M](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aizada_M)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-ai-plugin-connect-with-openai-assistants/294994 "2024-02-17T11:54:20Z")
I want to know if it’s technically possible to establish a connection between ai-persona (Discourse AI plugin) and my assistants on the OpenAI Assistants platform. Can this be done using integrators like Zapier or Make.c… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=243) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=245)