# Hot

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=262

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## [Introduction to Discourse Development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introduction-to-discourse-development/349939)

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**Author:** [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introduction-to-discourse-development/349939 "2025-02-01T22:34:35Z")

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Discourse is a modern and highly-customizable platform for building communities. This documentation is intended for anyone who wants to build a customization for Discourse, or work on Discourse itself. Architecture Disc…

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## [Discourse failing to load on iOS15 with Safari](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-failing-to-load-on-ios15-with-safari/318624)

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**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-failing-to-load-on-ios15-with-safari/318624 "2024-07-26T17:16:56Z")

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Hi everyone. We updated this morning (only a week behind) to 3.3.0.beta5-dev (f169985fce). One of our members is reporting Discourse no longer loading on iOS15 with Safari, but it was ok yesterday. This is the photo t…

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## [Added PluginOutlet to SubCategoryItem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/added-pluginoutlet-to-subcategoryitem/374105)

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**Author:** [@tomve](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomve)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/added-pluginoutlet-to-subcategoryitem/374105 "2025-07-14T09:34:32Z")

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I’ve created a PR for a new PluginOutlet around the SubCategoryItem template to allow us to customise the content from a theme. It would be great if it can be reviewed by someone?

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## [Members have posted but are not listed in /u](https://meta.discourse.org/t/members-have-posted-but-are-not-listed-in-u/146025)

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**Author:** [@sheldrake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sheldrake)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/members-have-posted-but-are-not-listed-in-u/146025 "2020-04-06T09:47:29Z")

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Hi, still learning Discourse admin, but I know this forum is gentle with newbs :slight\_smile: I have a new instance at www.cooperating-in-chiswick.uk. Users Georgi44 and Cynthia have posted for the first time (here and…

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## [Separate notifications and account options](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-notifications-and-account-options/294616)

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**Author:** [@LWinterberg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LWinterberg)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/separate-notifications-and-account-options/294616 "2024-02-08T22:43:47Z")

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Currently, the avatar in the top right corner acts as a unified box of various kinds of vastly different items. They’re various kinds of notifications (replies, post notifications, likes, DMs, badges), but also bookmarks…

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## [How to resolve Pups exec errors during Discourse bootstrap](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-resolve-pups-exec-errors-during-discourse-bootstrap/362619)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_Rother](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Rother)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-resolve-pups-exec-errors-during-discourse-bootstrap/362619 "2025-04-24T13:04:05Z")

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I am creating a new discourse instance from scratch for development purposes and see this bootstrap error again: FAILED -------------------- Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db…

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## [Bugs with personal messaging](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bugs-with-personal-messaging/294781)

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**Author:** [@cellofour](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cellofour)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bugs-with-personal-messaging/294781 "2024-02-09T16:51:32Z")

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So on the forums that this happened, personal messaging is disabled, but it showed me this

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## [Use translated posts when emailing users with their user language set](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-translated-posts-when-emailing-users-with-their-user-language-set/383546)

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**Author:** [@tvavrda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tvavrda)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-translated-posts-when-emailing-users-with-their-user-language-set/383546 "2026-05-29T20:43:39Z")

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It seems to me that topic e-mail notifications are not delivered in the user’s language. Is that a feature or a bug? I can imagine both options.

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## [Google Adsense Consent Management Platform (CMP) changes for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-adsense-consent-management-platform-cmp-changes-for-discourse/278039)

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**Author:** [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 7:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-adsense-consent-management-platform-cmp-changes-for-discourse/278039 "2024-03-02T07:35:27Z")

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I got a message from Google: Beginning January 16, 2024, Google will require all publishers serving ads to EEA and UK users to use a Google-certified Consent Management Platform (CMP). You can use any Google-certified …

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## [Can the background color in front of the navs in the sidebar be changed to a small icon?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-the-background-color-in-front-of-the-navs-in-the-sidebar-be-changed-to-a-small-icon/312024)

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**Author:** [@Zard\_W](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zard_W)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2024, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-the-background-color-in-front-of-the-navs-in-the-sidebar-be-changed-to-a-small-icon/312024 "2024-06-14T10:52:58Z")

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## [How can I add custom fields to the composer?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-custom-fields-to-the-composer/332141)

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**Author:** [@willie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/willie)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-custom-fields-to-the-composer/332141 "2024-10-28T16:22:31Z")

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Does anyone know how I can put customer fields for different types of topics, for example in a selected category? Here is an example:

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## [Move all topic on 1 category to other category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-all-topic-on-1-category-to-other-category/289796)

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**Author:** [@barto\_95](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barto_95)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-all-topic-on-1-category-to-other-category/289796 "2023-12-27T09:31:29Z")

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how I move all my topic on category X to move to other category Y ? in 1 command ? I have my forum discourse with multi categorie and now I decide to change some categorie to simplified the navigation on my forum… than…

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## [Duplicate menu page on dropdown on website](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-menu-page-on-dropdown-on-website/355333)

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**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-menu-page-on-dropdown-on-website/355333 "2025-03-09T21:59:20Z")

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On discourse.org in ‘community’ is duplicate. The first link leads to meta.discourse.org but the duplicate of community leads to community management - Discourse which is part of Discourses’ blog page. See image below …

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## [Recommended Hosting Providers for Self Hosters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommended-hosting-providers-for-self-hosters/79562)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 118\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommended-hosting-providers-for-self-hosters/79562 "2026-02-24T12:43:22Z")

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This guide is intended for people who are not system administrators who just want to make Discourse work. This is a list of cloud hosting services that are believed to be reliable and easy enough for a novice to get up a…

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## [Homepage Filter plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/homepage-filter-plugin/355622)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2025, 12:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/homepage-filter-plugin/355622 "2025-03-04T12:11:27Z")

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:information\_source: Summary Adds a “Home” discovery page :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository Link https://github.com/communiteq/discourse-homepage-filter :open\_book: Install Guide How to install plugins in Dis…

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## [Editing the preview part of an event breaks for RSVPed users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-the-preview-part-of-an-event-breaks-for-rsvped-users/374563)

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**Author:** [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-the-preview-part-of-an-event-breaks-for-rsvped-users/374563 "2025-07-16T16:41:05Z")

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Our event object remembers if the user is Going, but it doesn’t always load the pre-determined content for attendees. For context, we hide the player behind their Going status, but the platform frequently requires them …

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## [On the lookout for experience Discourse developer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-the-lookout-for-experience-discourse-developer/324476)

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**Author:** [@Andrew\_Kirkcaldy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Kirkcaldy)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-the-lookout-for-experience-discourse-developer/324476 "2024-09-02T11:49:16Z")

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Hi, I am on the lookout for an experienced Discourse developer to help with the migration of an active community to Discourse Top-level objective is that we want to migrate one of our sites n4g.com from an old bespoke …

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## [Set Topic Timer not working in Discourse v3.1.5](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-topic-timer-not-working-in-discourse-v3-1-5/320436)

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**Author:** [@Tanvir\_Singh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tanvir_Singh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-topic-timer-not-working-in-discourse-v3-1-5/320436 "2024-08-06T19:54:55Z")

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I was previously using Discourse v2.3.0 and I have recently upgraded to v3.1.5. In the recent version, I am not able to use Set Topic Timer functionality. When I click the button to do so, I get an warning in the consol…

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## [Discourse Launcher Failed to Bootstrap](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-launcher-failed-to-bootstrap/362293)

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**Author:** [@Pepemosu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pepemosu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-launcher-failed-to-bootstrap/362293 "2025-04-17T17:56:19Z")

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Hello. I’ve been trying to migrate our current Discourse server and am trying to do a fresh install on our new VPS, but using our App config bootstrap was failing with a weird error. I tried bootstrapping from scratch w…

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## [Impossible to disable AI embeddings when models have been removed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-disable-ai-embeddings-when-models-have-been-removed/380088)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-disable-ai-embeddings-when-models-have-been-removed/380088 "2025-08-25T19:04:06Z")

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Create AI embedding models Enable AI embeddings enabled … Remove models Try to disable AI embeddings enabled This is impossible. When disabling, the error ai\_embeddings\_enabled: Set ‘ai embeddings selected model’ firs…

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## [Custom Code and Database Changes for Discourse Rails Application](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-code-and-database-changes-for-discourse-rails-application/316312)

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**Author:** [@gambhir-makwana](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gambhir-makwana)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-code-and-database-changes-for-discourse-rails-application/316312 "2024-07-15T15:51:02Z")

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I need to implement some custom code-level and database-level changes in my Discourse Rails application to meet my specific requirements. Additional Fields in User Registration I need to add extra fields in the Sign-…

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## [Discourse Encrypt (deprecated)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-encrypt-deprecated/107918)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-encrypt-deprecated/107918 "2025-09-08T20:45:20Z")

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▶ Original Plugin Description Last edited by @david 2024-12-03T15:46:08Z (UTC) ▶ Check document

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## [Monthly triggered recurring automation is not running as expected](https://meta.discourse.org/t/monthly-triggered-recurring-automation-is-not-running-as-expected/402664)

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**Author:** [@gassim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gassim)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/monthly-triggered-recurring-automation-is-not-running-as-expected/402664 "2026-09-16T01:29:59Z")

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Hi there! I’ve been facing an issue with an automation that is supposed to trigger at the start of the month; however, even though it is enabled it’s not automatically being triggered. I can’t find any logs or a way to …

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## [Can I see who viewed a specific topic in Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-see-who-viewed-a-specific-topic-in-discourse/373386)

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**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-see-who-viewed-a-specific-topic-in-discourse/373386 "2025-07-08T17:29:27Z")

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I’m asking if there’s a Discourse feature or plugin that allows \*any\* logged-in user to see a list of specific individuals who have accessed or viewed a particular topic. Or is this information strictly for administrator…

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## [I disagree with the location of the bookmark reminder notification preference](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-disagree-with-the-location-of-the-bookmark-reminder-notification-preference/379938)

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**Author:** [@schleifer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schleifer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-disagree-with-the-location-of-the-bookmark-reminder-notification-preference/379938 "2025-08-22T16:29:43Z")

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I knew this existed and wanted to change it. I looked on the Notifications tab first, but found it on Interface instead.

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## [Discourse Offline Indicator Hack](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-offline-indicator-hack/297679)

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**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-offline-indicator-hack/297679 "2024-05-01T11:27:00Z")

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Hello :wave: This is a small hack (redesign) to the official offline indicator. Site Setting: enable offline indicator I’ve override the offline indicator template to add icons to it. To add the icon, I put the follow…

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## [Migrating Small Community from Discord to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-small-community-from-discord-to-discourse/351118)

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**Author:** [@iSayYippeeKiYay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iSayYippeeKiYay)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-small-community-from-discord-to-discourse/351118 "2025-02-07T21:07:59Z")

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I have a small Discord community where I’d like to permanently migrate about 50 members or so to a new Discourse community. I’ve poured through a lot of threads on here about the best way to accomplish this but haven’t …

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## [iOS notifications can lose permission to push if the user is currently active](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-notifications-can-lose-permission-to-push-if-the-user-is-currently-active/290225)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-notifications-can-lose-permission-to-push-if-the-user-is-currently-active/290225 "2024-01-03T01:01:42Z")

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iOS notifications can lose permission to push if the notification is suppressed. Discourse’s code is configured to optionally suppress notifications, and will thereby lose permission to push when this happens three times…

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## [Launcher rebuild app pull the latest discourse from github](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-rebuild-app-pull-the-latest-discourse-from-github/315566)

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**Author:** [@Celso\_Teixeira](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Celso_Teixeira)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-rebuild-app-pull-the-latest-discourse-from-github/315566 "2024-07-10T12:40:18Z")

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Hi, I already have Discourse installed and running. Every time I rebuild the app, it pulls the launcher repo, the discourse/base Docker image, and the Discourse repository. I want to limit this behavior so that the reb…

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## [What is rebaking and is it necessary when moving a server?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-rebaking-and-is-it-necessary-when-moving-a-server/318517)

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**Author:** [@Andro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andro)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-rebaking-and-is-it-necessary-when-moving-a-server/318517 "2024-07-26T14:37:11Z")

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Can somebody point me to information about the rebake function? Is this something that has to be done after moving a Discourse server to a new self hosted Linux server?

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