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## [OpenAI's text-embedding-ada-002 error "Embedding dimensions"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/openais-text-embedding-ada-002-error-embedding-dimensions/348244)

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**Author:** [@kuaza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuaza)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/openais-text-embedding-ada-002-error-embedding-dimensions/348244 "2025-01-22T17:16:30Z")

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Now, in the work I have done, the test does not work while installing, but it can be saved. After saving, when I selected this module "“text-embedding-ada-002"” from the settings, I saw that it works on the site. However…

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## [Error when translate post by ai （Job exception: undefined method \`strip' for an instance of DiscourseAi::Completions::StructuredOutput](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-translate-post-by-ai-job-exception-undefined-method-strip-for-an-instance-of-discourseai-structuredoutput/387393)

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**Author:** [@whitewaterdeu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/whitewaterdeu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-translate-post-by-ai-job-exception-undefined-method-strip-for-an-instance-of-discourseai-structuredoutput/387393 "2025-11-30T17:52:56Z")

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it seems caused by discourse ai translate Message Job exception: undefined method \`strip' for an instance of DiscourseAi::Completions::StructuredOutput Backtrace /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-ai/lib/translatio…

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## [Strange box behind logo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-box-behind-logo/389390)

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**Author:** [@tvavrda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tvavrda)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-box-behind-logo/389390 "2025-11-22T16:49:50Z")

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Sometimes when clicking on the site logo in order to get to “Home” it focuses a strange box. So I have to click the logo again. It seems to be reproducible by clicking first somewhere else in the header part and then on …

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## [Catch up with topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/catch-up-with-topic/313250)

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**Author:** [@nobrowser](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nobrowser)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 7:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/catch-up-with-topic/313250 "2024-06-28T07:11:58Z")

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When I’m tracking some very popular topic, it often happens I can’t keep up; posts pile up faster than I can read them. Is there a way to mark all posts in the topic “until now” read, so that next time I enter the topic …

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## [Garbled text in CSVs with special characters downloaded from Data Resource Manager](https://meta.discourse.org/t/csv/411280)

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**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")

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## [Custom sidebar section translations break after changing the site's default locale](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-sidebar-section-translations-break-after-changing-the-sites-default-locale/408327)

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**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-sidebar-section-translations-break-after-changing-the-sites-default-locale/408327 "2026-07-24T16:35:56Z")

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Hello :waving\_hand: \[EDGE CASE\] There is an issue with the translation/localization feature for Custom Sidebar Sections/Links. If a custom sidebar section or link is created while the site’s default locale setting is …

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## [Backup Bach Migration to new server not possible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-bach-migration-to-new-server-not-possible/387030)

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**Author:** [@asa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/asa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-bach-migration-to-new-server-not-possible/387030 "2025-10-30T23:06:15Z")

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Hello everyone, I have a new server and have migrated to it. The system tried to make a backup during the night, but it failed. Do I need to configure anything there? With the last migrat...

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## [modifyClass does not override action?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifyclass-does-not-override-action/297051)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifyclass-does-not-override-action/297051 "2024-02-28T17:23:41Z")

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I’m working on fixing deprecations in GitHub - paviliondev/discourse-legal-tools: Tools to help with legal compliance when using Discourse · GitHub and I found that the api.modifyClass('controller:user-activity', {}); do…

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## ["+Create Topic" button scary](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-topic-button-scary/254038)

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**Author:** [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-topic-button-scary/254038 "2024-02-22T01:58:12Z")

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Today let’s talk about the “+ create topic” button. But let’s first talk about the open draft button. the ladder should be called the former. Okay for instance right now I’m filling in lots of content. In fact I’m just…

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## [Deleted posts no longer showing as hidden](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-posts-no-longer-showing-as-hidden/341555)

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**Author:** [@MyRedDream](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MyRedDream)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleted-posts-no-longer-showing-as-hidden/341555 "2024-12-10T13:01:22Z")

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Hi, We’re still on Discourse 3.2 on our live site and recently deleted posts have stopped showing as hidden. They disappear from the thread entirely and it means I can’t add a user note to it. They still show up when lo…

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## [Empty space below unanswered topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/empty-space-below-unanswered-topics/401115)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 11:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/empty-space-below-unanswered-topics/401115 "2026-04-21T11:13:10Z")

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Topic with 0 replies and an answered topic. Look at the space below the topic progress element: For some reason, topic-above-footer-buttons-outlet is shown below the topic progress element on unanswered topics: T…

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## [Discourse Version 3.2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-3-2/278584)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-version-3-2/278584 "2023-09-11T17:39:13Z")

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Codename 3.2 videotelephony – PicturePhone Start Date August 1, 2023 Release Date January 30, 2024 Focus Artificial Intelligence Discourse AI launched in April 2023 and is available to enterprise customers by reques…

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## [Update fails with error postgres already running stop container](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-fails-with-error-postgres-already-running-stop-container/324149)

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**Author:** [@sallypf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sallypf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-fails-with-error-postgres-already-running-stop-container/324149 "2024-08-30T12:14:36Z")

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I tried to update discourse from web admin first, which failed then I’m trying to do it from the command line and it is getting stuck at postgres already running… I’ve digital ocean droplet with ubuntu. I’ve read other…

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## [How to change icon on google search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-icon-on-google-search/392385)

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**Author:** [@Bank\_Live](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bank_Live)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-icon-on-google-search/392385 "2025-12-30T10:04:15Z")

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But i config done

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## [Can you de-admin the AI Bots, or change their profile picture?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-de-admin-the-ai-bots-or-change-their-profile-picture/292544)

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**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-de-admin-the-ai-bots-or-change-their-profile-picture/292544 "2024-01-27T04:05:25Z")

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Edit: this is not true any more. Totally OT, but if someone is looking for ”bot profile picture/image…” and this topic pops up, but target is AI-bots then an admin should check out that profile and perhaps take away adm…

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## [Disable the Color Palette dropdown in the Interface window](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-the-color-palette-dropdown-in-the-interface-window/378548)

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**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-the-color-palette-dropdown-in-the-interface-window/378548 "2025-08-14T17:19:00Z")

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At the moment I only offer a dark theme, but the normal user still sees this dropdown, which can be confusing: Other than using CSS to hide it, is there a native option to do it? I can’t seem to find it.

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## [Can Discourse ship frequent Docker images that do not need to be bootstrapped?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-ship-frequent-docker-images-that-do-not-need-to-be-bootstrapped/33205)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 211\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-ship-frequent-docker-images-that-do-not-need-to-be-bootstrapped/33205 "2025-07-13T19:30:34Z")

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There is this open issue (which I just closed) on Discourse Docker repo asking Discourse should behave like a standard docker image a docker user excepts to be able to run discourse without a special launcher. to def…

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## [Discourse Sign in No Keyboard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sign-in-no-keyboard/352095)

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**Author:** [@Damian\_Boon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Damian_Boon)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sign-in-no-keyboard/352095 "2025-02-14T16:10:29Z")

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Hi guys I am encountering a bug on a few peoples device and can replicate this on the meta.discourse site. When i go to login the Samsung Pass “no available sign in pops up” and when i click outside the box to get rid…

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## [Disabling report descriptions causes other descriptions to be hidden](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/405254)

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**Author:** [@AkarinLiu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AkarinLiu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/405254 "2026-06-24T14:38:25Z")

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While managing report descriptions, I found a bug: disabling any description (except "Send a message to @%{username}") causes other report descriptions I created to be hidden. Before disabling: After disabling:

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## [AI Embeddings Semantic Search returns 500 error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-embeddings-semantic-search-returns-500-error/408306)

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**Author:** [@akanora](https://meta.discourse.org/u/akanora)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-embeddings-semantic-search-returns-500-error/408306 "2026-07-24T12:19:32Z")

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Hi everyone, I have “AI embeddings semantic search” enabled on my site, but whenever I try to search something, I get a 500 Internal Server Error and no results are returned. Regular search works fine when I disable tha…

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## [With preformatted text, why are some letters red and numbers blue?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-preformatted-text-why-are-some-letters-red-and-numbers-blue/284970)

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**Author:** [@Gavin\_Hudson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gavin_Hudson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-preformatted-text-why-are-some-letters-red-and-numbers-blue/284970 "2023-11-09T17:02:58Z")

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When I select text and then hit the preformatted text button in my company’s demo Discourse forum (hosted by Discourse), the default formatting is three apostrophes before and three after the text. However, when I hit th…

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## [Duplicate Categories with Docs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-categories-with-docs/293292)

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**Author:** [@jordantrizz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordantrizz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-categories-with-docs/293292 "2024-02-02T23:54:31Z")

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I’m going to try and explain this the best possible way, I might not get it correct the first time around. I’m trying to build out a massive Wiki using Discourse Docs plugin, the Discourse instance isn’t dedicated to be…

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## [Improved notifications windows](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-notifications-windows/378636)

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**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2025, 10:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-notifications-windows/378636 "2025-08-15T10:02:35Z")

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I hope I’m not alone on this one, but when I open my notifications panel: I like to have it “clean” without any highlighted notifications, and being able to dismiss certain notifications right away. When it comes to…

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## [Captioning goes nuts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/captioning-goes-nuts/323079)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/captioning-goes-nuts/323079 "2024-08-23T20:09:18Z")

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I was happily replying to a post and when I inserted an image, it hung for a long time and then it had tens of odd captions.

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## [How to enforce a required tag for topic creation in a specific category via theme JS (Blackout theme)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enforce-a-required-tag-for-topic-creation-in-a-specific-category-via-theme-js-blackout-theme/380147)

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**Author:** [@S.AAKASH\_MUTHIAH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/S.AAKASH_MUTHIAH)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-enforce-a-required-tag-for-topic-creation-in-a-specific-category-via-theme-js-blackout-theme/380147 "2025-09-22T22:43:30Z")

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Hi everyone, I want to enforce a rule in my Discourse forum where, for a specific category only, users must attach a particular tag when creating a topic. Users can attach any number of tags, but one specific tag must b…

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## [3.4.0.beta4: Redesigned emojis, exporting user data, flagging illegal content and more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-4-0-beta4-redesigned-emojis-exporting-user-data-flagging-illegal-content-and-more/349299)

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**Author:** [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-4-0-beta4-redesigned-emojis-exporting-user-data-flagging-illegal-content-and-more/349299 "2025-02-05T14:26:56Z")

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New features in 3.4.0.beta4 Redesigned emojis The emoji picker now uses :slightly\_smiling\_face: icon within the composer. When typing out an emoji, selecting one will replace any partially written text. Additionally, the…

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## [First box on profile is wider](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-box-on-profile-is-wider/284958)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-box-on-profile-is-wider/284958 "2023-11-09T15:25:59Z")

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Description The first box on user profiles, the one which contains the join date, is wider than the second one. Repro Steps Visit someone’s profile like Profile - Discourse - Discourse Meta and compare the width of the …

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## [Posts searchable but not showing mainstream](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-searchable-but-not-showing-mainstream/359554)

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**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 8:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posts-searchable-but-not-showing-mainstream/359554 "2025-04-03T08:32:31Z")

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Abstract: Posts not populating mainstream when Category suppressed for another Admin Priority/Severity: High Platform: Safari iOS 18.3.2 (22D82) Discourse version: 3.5.0.beta3-dev Discourse Commit Hash: latest-releas…

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## [Forum with user diary/blog/profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-with-user-diary-blog-profile/310811)

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**Author:** [@inspectorgrow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/inspectorgrow)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2024, 4:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-with-user-diary-blog-profile/310811 "2024-06-22T04:14:14Z")

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I have had a look around the forum and not found anything that really fits I don’t think. Im wanted to setup a forum again where users this time can do there own grow diary (private if they wish) and include what equipme…

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## [Number of group members on About page limited to 50](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-group-members-on-about-page-limited-to-50/389426)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Cannell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ben_Cannell)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 9:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-group-members-on-about-page-limited-to-50/389426 "2025-11-24T09:13:20Z")

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The number of members within a group on the About page appears to be limited to 50. The initial members setting works as expected but when expanding the show more button, only the first 50 members are visible. If the i…

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