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**Author:** [@zefoo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zefoo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-android-push-notifications-on-self-hosted-discourse-docker/394149 "2026-04-14T19:25:54Z")
I have spent 6+ hours reading messages from 2018+ in Discourse Meta, talking with the Discourse AI Bot, using multiple models to do deep research, and testing. I’m looking to confirm my understanding. Thank you for your … --- ## [What is the correct process for custom automation?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/394869)
**Author:** [@qi\_lu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/qi_lu)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/394869 "2026-02-01T15:58:48Z")
I am a beginner and have some questions about creating custom automation tutorials. I first tried writing an automation script directly in the GitHub Codespace development environment (I don't know the syntax; the code was written by Claude). After modification, the file structure should look like this: plugins/automation/ ├── lib/ │ └── discourse\_automation/ │ ├── scripts.rb # Modified │ └─... --- ## [How to add custom links below welcome banner?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-custom-links-below-welcome-banner/399111)
**Author:** [@kirupa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kirupa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 6:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-custom-links-below-welcome-banner/399111 "2026-03-24T06:22:44Z")
Hi everyone - I’m trying to create links (Discover, Customize, Guides, Our Hosting) similar to what is shown in the welcome banner in this site: I seem to recall I used to have a custom component I added that did thi… --- ## [Network error on backup download](https://meta.discourse.org/t/network-error-on-backup-download/388578)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/network-error-on-backup-download/388578 "2026-01-04T20:40:35Z")
My co-admin told me he couldn’t download a backup from the received email because the download crashed at roughly 50%. I tried and experienced the same. The archive download works well until it stops with “Failed - Netw… --- ## [Bad UX when a topic is solved you replied to](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bad-ux-when-a-topic-is-solved-you-replied-to/410671)
**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bad-ux-when-a-topic-is-solved-you-replied-to/410671 "2026-08-22T18:23:23Z")
A few months ago a change was made so watched topics notify you when they are solved. This isn’t a bad change, but there is now confusing UX. This is a topic I replied to, which automatically set me to watch it: This … --- ## [Guidance on implementing display name precedence](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guidance-on-implementing-display-name-precedence/390420)
**Author:** [@manut](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manut)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guidance-on-implementing-display-name-precedence/390420 "2025-12-04T16:15:38Z")
I’m digging a bit for the best approach to implementing this pr-welcome feature (I first thought “okay, let’s change this in the one front file where it will solve this proposition”), and stumbled upon the BasicUserSeria… --- ## [Nested replies: root post is too narrow on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-replies-root-post-is-too-narrow-on-mobile/405142)
**Author:** [@Andry\_Osminin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andry_Osminin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-replies-root-post-is-too-narrow-on-mobile/405142 "2026-06-12T13:47:14Z")
Small bit of look-and-feel feedback, mobile only - on desktop the width is fine. On mobile the opening post ends up in a narrow column because the avatar is on its left, just like the replies. Reddit keeps the first post… --- ## [Logged Out Users - How to modify the Login / Register screen to a custom page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logged-out-users-how-to-modify-the-login-register-screen-to-a-custom-page/410574)
**Author:** [@wendellverli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wendellverli)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logged-out-users-how-to-modify-the-login-register-screen-to-a-custom-page/410574 "2026-08-20T20:10:37Z")
For our forum, we want to only allow visitors to see any content, if they login or create account. The login screen.. I want to create a landing page for it. https://forum.fotografos.online How can I create a custom l… --- ## [Narrative bot settings and texts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/narrative-bot-settings-and-texts/397873)
**Author:** [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/narrative-bot-settings-and-texts/397873 "2026-03-07T12:58:17Z")
As I’m playing around with Discobot settings, I wanted to mention that I find it quite unintuitive that under “plugins” I have a “Narrative Bot” page with a bunch of settings, but when I want to edit things like the welc… --- ## [Improved Events: More flexible RSVPs for recurring events](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-events-more-flexible-rsvps-for-recurring-events/402827)
**Author:** [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 5:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improved-events-more-flexible-rsvps-for-recurring-events/402827 "2026-06-13T05:24:28Z")
When RSVPing to a recurring event, members can now indicate whether they’re going to just the next occurrence or to all future occurrences. This makes it easier for event organizers to understand who is actually attendin… --- ## [Official groups/posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/official-groups-posts/386255)
**Author:** [@ice.d](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ice.d)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/official-groups-posts/386255 "2025-10-23T10:56:56Z")
Hello I was thinking of a interesting idea. When you have a big forum with a lot of groups and topics I was thinking Admins can mark a topic official and it would have a green icon on it that symbolizes it is an officia… --- ## [Suggestions on how I can have hundreds of small groups (e.g. streets in a town)?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestions-on-how-i-can-have-hundreds-of-small-groups-e-g-streets-in-a-town/392988)
**Author:** [@Barney\_Lodge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Barney_Lodge)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestions-on-how-i-can-have-hundreds-of-small-groups-e-g-streets-in-a-town/392988 "2026-01-14T10:43:55Z")
I would like to develop a social network with groups for each street in a town. Suggestions? --- ## [Missing PluginOutlet for second-factor.gjs component and for second-factor-add-totp.gjs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-pluginoutlet-for-second-factor-gjs-component-and-for-second-factor-add-totp-gjs/385542)
**Author:** [@Yan\_Rudenko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yan_Rudenko)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-pluginoutlet-for-second-factor-gjs-component-and-for-second-factor-add-totp-gjs/385542 "2025-10-24T18:05:47Z")
Hi I recently started to work with Discourse and from my 1 week experience I can definitely can say that the entry level is quite high for developer who actually needs to modify Core things, this is due to lack of real … --- ## [Category dropdown missing in composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-dropdown-missing-in-composer/394738)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-dropdown-missing-in-composer/394738 "2026-02-03T18:10:35Z")
Steps to reproduce: Enable lazy-loaded-categories for a group Add a non-staff test user to that group Log in as the test user Use the Horizon theme which adds a new topic button to the sidebar or add /new-topic to a… --- ## [Consistently implement composer toolbar item overflow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consistently-implement-composer-toolbar-item-overflow/382902)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consistently-implement-composer-toolbar-item-overflow/382902 "2025-09-22T22:06:25Z")
Continuing the discussion from Make the composer menu scroll horizontally on desktop as it does on mobile: I am finding the current “scroll to see more toolbar items” implementation on mobile problematic visually becaus… --- ## [Stopping my Hosted Accounts, Getting full information in case I want to restart](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stopping-my-hosted-accounts-getting-full-information-in-case-i-want-to-restart/392221)
**Author:** [@BCHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BCHK)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stopping-my-hosted-accounts-getting-full-information-in-case-i-want-to-restart/392221 "2025-12-27T09:16:23Z")
Hi, I want to stop my two hosted forums that I have with you guys at the end of the month. What is the best way to do this, and to make sure I have a full backup of the forums (and information on what version, etc. so … --- ## [Database cleanup before PostgreSQL 18 upgrade: recommended retention period for log/statistics tables?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-cleanup-before-postgresql-18-upgrade-recommended-retention-period-for-log-statistics-tables/409130)
**Author:** [@scavin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/scavin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/database-cleanup-before-postgresql-18-upgrade-recommended-retention-period-for-log-statistics-tables/409130 "2026-08-03T15:27:09Z")
Hi everyone, I saw the PostgreSQL 18 upgrade guide for self-hosted Discourse: It mentions that the upgrade process requires a significant amount of additional disk space, so I started checking my disk usage and datab… --- ## [Unusually high CPU usage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unusually-high-cpu-usage/394651)
**Author:** [@char](https://meta.discourse.org/u/char)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unusually-high-cpu-usage/394651 "2026-02-18T13:28:41Z")
Hi everyone, we’re trying to troubleshoot the issues our Discourse installation has been having in the last few days. We’re running a Contabo cloud vps, 8 cores/32gb/nvme, for a userbase of ~150 people; we’ve had few is… --- ## [Are there forums on public transit in discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-forums-on-public-transit-in-discourse/399902)
**Author:** [@kopar2034](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kopar2034)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-forums-on-public-transit-in-discourse/399902 "2026-04-04T15:26:28Z")
hello. i want to discover new forums. i want to discover forums regarding public transit or urban design. are there any that runs under discourse? i couldn’t find a list or such. --- ## [Page Publishing CSS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-publishing-css/394226)
**Author:** [@Andro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andro)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2026, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-publishing-css/394226 "2026-01-24T05:54:09Z")
How can I find and apply the normal page CSS to a ‘page publishing’ page? And where does one put CSS for pages anyway? --- ## [Migration question – 800k topics, 12k DAU](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-question-800k-topics-12k-dau/397151)
**Author:** [@jack222](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jack222)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migration-question-800k-topics-12k-dau/397151 "2026-02-28T12:36:21Z")
Hello, I am currently running a forum with approximately: • 800,000 topics • Around 12,000 daily active users • Hosted on a dedicated server with 64GB RAM I am considering migrating to Discourse and would like to und… --- ## [Bug Regarding Pings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-regarding-pings/401869)
**Author:** [@PandaKai7](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PandaKai7)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-regarding-pings/401869 "2026-04-30T19:05:35Z")
Hello! I was going onto a forum that I am apart of (under the .discourse.group hosting), and I saw that I was pinged 8 times. I looked through all of the pings, and all of them led to the same message. I asked the person… --- ## [Encouraging discussion about building and managing communities](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encouraging-discussion-about-building-and-managing-communities/400029)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encouraging-discussion-about-building-and-managing-communities/400029 "2026-04-11T18:16:58Z")
I’d like to dig a bit deeper into these questions together: what kinds of discussions about community building and community management we want to encourage here on meta? what kind of structure and/or shifts in behavio… --- ## [Has something changed in the data explorer? Can't get query via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/has-something-changed-in-the-data-explorer-cant-get-query-via-api/398172)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/has-something-changed-in-the-data-explorer-cant-get-query-via-api/398172 "2026-03-11T17:46:37Z")
This stopped working two days ago for a hosted customer: HTTP\_STATUS=$(curl -s -o /tmp/discourse\_response.json -w "%{http\_code}" \\ -X POST "https://HOSTNAME/admin/plugins/discourse-data-explorer/queries/3/run" \\ … --- ## [Flagging mass postings from SPAM attacks is onerous](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-mass-postings-from-spam-attacks-is-onerous/381809)
**Author:** [@emyoulation](https://meta.discourse.org/u/emyoulation)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-mass-postings-from-spam-attacks-is-onerous/381809 "2026-01-26T15:31:22Z")
The workflow for moderators Flagging a bunch of new postings from a SPAMbomb takes far too long. We, like other Discourse forums, recently had dozens of “airways” and “quickbooks” postings swamp our site. We’ve searched… --- ## [The risks of scaling too late vs. too early](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-risks-of-scaling-too-late-vs-too-early/402717)
**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-risks-of-scaling-too-late-vs-too-early/402717 "2026-05-15T00:57:20Z")
It is never too early to start planning for future growth. Once you’ve ascertained whether you’re building a library or a coffee shop, you can start designing adaptive strategies. We conducted some research into our cus… --- ## [Disable initial page that re-directs to /login](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-initial-page-that-re-directs-to-login/400773)
**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-initial-page-that-re-directs-to-login/400773 "2026-04-17T19:05:23Z")
Hello, i’m currently achieving a slow re-direct, to avoid need to press the only Login button on the inital page import { apiInitializer } from "discourse/lib/api"; export default apiInitializer("1.0", (api) =\> { ap… --- ## [How does Discourse rewind count chat messages in the past year?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-rewind-count-chat-messages-in-the-past-year/395078)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-rewind-count-chat-messages-in-the-past-year/395078 "2026-02-04T11:53:47Z")
Image taken from Own username and avatar displayed when looking at other people’s Rewinds I noticed that the chat section in my rewind on Meta was no longer available after my last message in the lounge channel was o… --- ## [Page auto scrolls when reply window is open iOS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-auto-scrolls-when-reply-window-is-open-ios/390309)
**Author:** [@tsk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tsk)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 10:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-auto-scrolls-when-reply-window-is-open-ios/390309 "2025-12-08T10:47:59Z")
When you open the keyboard in the reply window the thread will auto scroll until it reaches the top --- ## [Release v2025.12.0: Discourse Rewind, new review queue and UI to create tags, Chat channel customisation, and live PR statuses](https://meta.discourse.org/t/release-v2025-12-0-discourse-rewind-new-review-queue-and-ui-to-create-tags-chat-channel-customisation-and-live-pr-statuses/392314)
**Author:** [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/release-v2025-12-0-discourse-rewind-new-review-queue-and-ui-to-create-tags-chat-channel-customisation-and-live-pr-statuses/392314 "2025-12-30T15:06:45Z")
New features in v2025.12.0 Discourse Rewind Discourse Rewind is an end-of-year activity summary for your members that lets your members celebrate the year in style. Members will enjoy the cool retro computing design of R… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=38) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=40)