# Hot

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## [Dashboard Report - Flags Status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-report-flags-status/289501)

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**Author:** [@SaraDev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SaraDev)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-report-flags-status/289501 "2023-12-22T00:44:00Z")

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This is an SQL version of the Dashboard Report for Flags Status. The Flags Status report is designed to provide insights into the moderation process by analyzing the time taken to resolve flagged posts within a specifie…

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## [Unable to build phpBB3 import container](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-build-phpbb3-import-container/406013)

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**Author:** [@Preston](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Preston)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2026, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-build-phpbb3-import-container/406013 "2026-08-05T10:29:30Z")

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I have a new discourse instance (built this morning). App built fine and is running without any issues. However I’m trying to build the import container (using this formula) but the container fails to bootstrap. These…

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## [Every post needs approval, even shouldn’t](https://meta.discourse.org/t/every-post-needs-approval-even-shouldn-t/375694)

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**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 8:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/every-post-needs-approval-even-shouldn-t/375694 "2025-07-25T08:15:32Z")

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Every post from everyone, including admin and moderators, goes to review queue. This started some days ago. All relevant settings are as should (TL0 is approved) and no category is wanting approval. I have strange feeli…

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## [Sort by Created Date](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-by-created-date/321812)

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**Author:** [@PeakProsperity](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PeakProsperity)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-by-created-date/321812 "2024-08-15T13:18:39Z")

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I would like to put a feature request in for a built-in button that allows users to sort topics by the topic creation date. We get asked for this all the time in our community and right now the only way I know of to do …

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## [Install Discourse on macOS for development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-macos-for-development/15772)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 102\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-macos-for-development/15772 "2026-04-24T18:38:20Z")

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:warning: This guide covers installation instructions for a macOS development environment, for production guides see: Install Discourse in production with the official supported instructions So you want to set up Disc…

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## [How to add your forum to the Discourse Hub?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-your-forum-to-the-discourse-hub/313208)

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**Author:** [@shawa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shawa)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-your-forum-to-the-discourse-hub/313208 "2024-06-23T02:33:10Z")

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Is it possible to join my closed forum on the Discourse Hub, where the main content is only accessible after logging in?

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## [Looking for a Developer to set up new community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-developer-to-set-up-new-community/356978)

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**Author:** [@Author](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Author)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-a-developer-to-set-up-new-community/356978 "2025-03-21T17:10:43Z")

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What would you like done? Need developer help to set up a new community of investors who can share (via pdf attachment) investment opportunities amongst themselves. When do you need it done? I am ready to get get going …

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## [Configure an S3 compatible object storage provider for uploads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-an-s3-compatible-object-storage-provider-for-uploads/148916)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 267\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-an-s3-compatible-object-storage-provider-for-uploads/148916 "2026-09-15T01:04:57Z")

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:information\_source: This topic covers how to configure some common S3 compatible Object Storage providers (S3 clones). See Set up file and image uploads to S3 for more details about Amazon AWS S3 configuration, whic…

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## [Links to Translation Resources and Language Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-translation-resources-and-language-topics/397558)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-translation-resources-and-language-topics/397558 "2026-03-03T17:48:07Z")

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Information for translators is currently spread across different categories on Meta. This topic collects helpful resources and discussions in one place to make it easier to find relevant information. General informatio…

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## ["Your local changes.... templates/postgres.template.yml"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-local-changes-templates-postgres-template-yml/375582)

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**Author:** [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-local-changes-templates-postgres-template-yml/375582 "2025-07-24T19:02:58Z")

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Discourse is not starting. The logs for the container show: ok: run: redis: (pid 47) 791s ok: run: postgres: (pid 44) 791s supervisor pid: 4051 unicorn pid: 4056 ./config/unicorn\_launcher: line 71: kill: (4056) - No suc…

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## [Urgent help needed!I accidentally deleted the "feature request" section](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urgent-help-needed-i-accidentally-deleted-the-feature-request-section/380022)

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**Author:** [@yachun\_li](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yachun_li)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urgent-help-needed-i-accidentally-deleted-the-feature-request-section/380022 "2025-08-23T23:24:38Z")

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We are paid members of Discourse. I accidentally deleted a category, and since this is our first time using the platform, we didn’t make a backup beforehand. Is there any way to restore that category? Alternatively, if I…

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## [Export a list of User Emails by User\_ID](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-a-list-of-user-emails-by-user-id/373768)

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**Author:** [@Kieran\_Berryman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kieran_Berryman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/export-a-list-of-user-emails-by-user-id/373768 "2025-07-11T08:00:55Z")

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Hello, My apologies if this information is already somewhere else, I’ve looked but couldn’t find a solid answer. I’m trying to figure out the easiest way to find a user’s email using either their username or user ID en…

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## [Using Discourse with Cloudflare: Best Practices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-with-cloudflare-best-practices/293405)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-with-cloudflare-best-practices/293405 "2026-04-26T19:31:10Z")

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Using Discourse with Cloudflare :bookmark: This guide explains how to configure and use Discourse with Cloudflare, including security best practices and troubleshooting tips. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level:…

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## [Cannot ./launcher rebuild app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-launcher-rebuild-app/375615)

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**Author:** [@Jeremie\_Leroy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeremie_Leroy)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-launcher-rebuild-app/375615 "2025-07-24T22:15:13Z")

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Hi All i have the below error any idea on how to fix it ? FAILED -------------------- Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:migrate' failed with return #\<Process::Status: pid 571…

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## [How to Disable The New "Added By..." that's added into the Staff Notices Feature?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-the-new-added-by-thats-added-into-the-staff-notices-feature/353043)

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**Author:** [@gassim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gassim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-the-new-added-by-thats-added-into-the-staff-notices-feature/353043 "2025-02-24T19:38:09Z")

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Hi I noticed that we now have a new change in staff notices where an “Added by Name-of-staff” is systematically added to the staff notice that’s added by the staff or the admin. However, in our use case, there are staf…

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## [Enabling e-mail normalization by default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-e-mail-normalization-by-default/338641)

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**Author:** [@ted](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ted)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-e-mail-normalization-by-default/338641 "2025-09-27T04:40:10Z")

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Background In the past, Discourse has shipped with e-mail normalization off. As a result of this, users can create multiple accounts using the same canonical e-mail, through the use of plus addressing. For example, a use…

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## [DNS4EU, is it for me ? 😀](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dns4eu-is-it-for-me/371193)

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**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dns4eu-is-it-for-me/371193 "2025-06-22T04:10:56Z")

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Hi, I was wondering whether the new European DNS4EU public service would improve the safety of my Discourse self hosted site? I am not too technical and not very knowledgeable regarding DNS, so I asked an AI to sum up th…

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## [What is the requirement / trigger for a post to show read time at end?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-requirement-trigger-for-a-post-to-show-read-time-at-end/323110)

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**Author:** [@th21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/th21)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-requirement-trigger-for-a-post-to-show-read-time-at-end/323110 "2024-08-23T18:25:54Z")

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I see those xx min read time under some of the topics but not the others. Is it possible to make it show on every post for my own instance?

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## [Emoji picker appears at the wrong place when clicking "more" on the completion popup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-picker-appears-at-the-wrong-place-when-clicking-more-on-the-completion-popup/347995)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-picker-appears-at-the-wrong-place-when-clicking-more-on-the-completion-popup/347995 "2025-01-21T12:58:28Z")

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I’ve been able to trigger it multiple times on different topics (I’ve copy-pasted the content of the message I give in the gifs below), but I don’t know what messes up the popup coordinates.

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## [The timeline is missing at some topics without replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-timeline-is-missing-at-some-topics-without-replies/285095)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-timeline-is-missing-at-some-topics-without-replies/285095 "2023-11-11T14:45:53Z")

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I noticed there is just white space on the right To reproduce visit a topic without replies like Indicate which themes and components are safe to use with RTL locales or another one without replies. As long as this t…

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## [Email to custom address fails: "lost connection after EHLO"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-to-custom-address-fails-lost-connection-after-ehlo/333553)

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**Author:** [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-to-custom-address-fails-lost-connection-after-ehlo/333553 "2024-11-07T00:47:32Z")

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I have a category with a ‘Custom incoming email address’ set – \[CATEGORY\]@forum.tasat.org When I email directly from Gmail to the address, messages are processed as expected and land in the category. mail-receiver logs…

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## [How do you call these components?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-call-these-components/326488)

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**Author:** [@ludwikc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ludwikc)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-call-these-components/326488 "2024-09-14T11:57:25Z")

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I want to implement the similar components as Make community have. Can you please tell me how these two are called? Apologies if this is something obvious, as I’m quite new to the components and Discourse itself.

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## [Discourse becomes unresponsive after integrating with DeepSeek's official open platform](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-deepseek/407862)

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**Author:** [@AkarinLiu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AkarinLiu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2026, 11:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-deepseek/407862 "2026-07-26T11:16:53Z")

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After integrating Discourse with the official DeepSeek open platform, unresponsiveness issues occurred, and changing the API Key did not resolve the problem.

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## [How to center page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-center-page/361332)

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**Author:** [@songs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/songs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-center-page/361332 "2025-04-11T17:36:02Z")

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I’m using same theme but my website looks like this, how to center page ?

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## [Users created via sso not showing up in user directory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-created-via-sso-not-showing-up-in-user-directory/389730)

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**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-created-via-sso-not-showing-up-in-user-directory/389730 "2025-11-26T09:02:40Z")

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Any tip why there is no shown users which are created by SSO playload but never logged in. I am sending all my users to discourse over /admin/users/sync\_sso and user card directory works nice for all users which visited…

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## [Approving a new user posts that contains links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approving-a-new-user-posts-that-contains-links/314597)

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**Author:** [@Isambard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Isambard)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approving-a-new-user-posts-that-contains-links/314597 "2024-08-02T14:55:58Z")

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OK. So now we are seeing an increase in spam posts esp. using AI to generate plausible looking posts. Is there a way to require a review of posts which: Are made by TL0; and Contains a link (http://)? Currently the f…

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## [Sometimes the AI is non-responsive when answering](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sometimes-the-ai-is-non-responsive-when-answering/288648)

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**Author:** [@Mr.X\_Mr.X](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mr.X_Mr.X)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sometimes-the-ai-is-non-responsive-when-answering/288648 "2023-11-12T19:42:21Z")

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Sometimes it hangs non responsive, especially when prompted things like “Hello” “are you here?”. I’m using gpt3.5-turbo free account, is there a throttle on this kind of setup? LE: free account is limited to 200 RPD

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## [Escaped tildes in the new rich text editor are buggy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/escaped-tildes-in-the-new-rich-text-editor-are-buggy/376788)

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**Author:** [@mbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbauman)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/escaped-tildes-in-the-new-rich-text-editor-are-buggy/376788 "2025-10-27T21:10:08Z")

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When writing a paragraph that contains escaped tildes, typing subsequent tildes does not work as expected. Specifically, if I have some text that uses a \` (tilde) like this, then pressing the \` key again later in the sa…

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## [Local ActivityPub Actors are being created without keypairs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/local-activitypub-actors-are-being-created-without-keypairs/356834)

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**Author:** [@JonahAragon1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JonahAragon1)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/local-activitypub-actors-are-being-created-without-keypairs/356834 "2025-03-17T19:30:56Z")

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I can’t figure out how to get any posts to federate to Mastodon, I can follow the actors fine. I get these errors in the logs when Discourse attempts to deliver a post: \[Discourse Activity Pub\] https://discuss.privacygu…

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## [Looking for a German agency](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auf-der-suche-nach-einer-deutschen-agentur/353655)

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**Author:** [@Roland\_W](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roland_W)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auf-der-suche-nach-einer-deutschen-agentur/353655 "2025-02-21T22:12:23Z")

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What would you like done? We are looking for a German-speaking agency that offers support for our existing Discourse system. When do you need it done? Permanently. What is your budget, in $ USD that you can offer for…

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