# Hot

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## [Setting category to 'watching' and revisiting still shows 'regular'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-category-to-watching-and-revisiting-still-shows-regular/33241)

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**Author:** [@karussell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/karussell)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-category-to-watching-and-revisiting-still-shows-regular/33241 "2015-09-15T12:58:45Z")

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When I set a category to ‘watching’ and do a refresh then the ‘watching’ stays visible. But when I go e.g. to the root and revisit the same category then I see my previous status ‘Regular’, which is confusing or even a b…

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## [Reply button right after topic start](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-button-right-after-topic-start/33257)

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**Author:** [@Marcos\_Eich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Marcos_Eich)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-button-right-after-topic-start/33257 "2015-09-16T18:27:08Z")

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I see that there is a button to reply the topic right after the topic start. Doesn’t this lead users to post replies without reading the conversation? What is the benefits of this kind of choice in a fórum?

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## [Extracting email addresses for a group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extracting-email-addresses-for-a-group/33262)

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**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extracting-email-addresses-for-a-group/33262 "2015-09-14T22:50:16Z")

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Is there any way that I can pull a list of email addresses for all members of a particular group?

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## [Stop propagating scroll events when modal dialogs are visible or scrollable popups have focus](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-propagating-scroll-events-when-modal-dialogs-are-visible-or-scrollable-popups-have-focus/33264)

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**Author:** [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-propagating-scroll-events-when-modal-dialogs-are-visible-or-scrollable-popups-have-focus/33264 "2015-09-16T23:19:37Z")

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It would be great if opening a modal dialog (e.g. lightbox like keyboard shortcuts or smilies selector) would stop me from interacting with the topics / posts in the background. So, no scrolling or anything. The same go…

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## [Category selector too narrow when moving posts on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-selector-too-narrow-when-moving-posts-on-mobile/33278)

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**Author:** [@calmh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/calmh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2015, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-selector-too-narrow-when-moving-posts-on-mobile/33278 "2015-09-15T08:51:59Z")

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Makes it rather annoying to navigate. (iPhone 6+, latest iOS, Safari)

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## [Current status of Arabic text support?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/current-status-of-arabic-text-support/33288)

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**Author:** [@Conor\_O\_Rourke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Conor_O_Rourke)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/current-status-of-arabic-text-support/33288 "2015-09-15T12:41:20Z")

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Hey! First of all I want to say that I love the project, as someone who has been using mesage boards for years, this seems like a great breath of fresh air compared to some of the creaky dinosaurs out there. I did some …

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## [Category reorder is confused by identical or negative values](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-reorder-is-confused-by-identical-or-negative-values/33295)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-reorder-is-confused-by-identical-or-negative-values/33295 "2015-09-15T21:38:24Z")

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The new visual category reordering UI currently allows some bad user inputs:

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## [Adding SQRL (Secure Quick Reliable Login) http://sqrl.pl/blog/](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-sqrl-secure-quick-reliable-login-http-sqrl-pl-blog/33298)

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**Author:** [@chamunks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chamunks)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-sqrl-secure-quick-reliable-login-http-sqrl-pl-blog/33298 "2019-12-18T16:56:05Z")

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What I Believe I believe that Discourse is already throwing away many standardized conventions already in the name of evolution of communication and related technology. Moving to something where privacy, security reliab…

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## [Hamburger menu last entry hidden](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hamburger-menu-last-entry-hidden/33303)

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**Author:** [@JSey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JSey)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hamburger-menu-last-entry-hidden/33303 "2015-09-17T21:06:32Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Feedback on new :hamburger: and user menus: I will add this as a separate bug report and add some imagery: when on mobile view and with a sufficiently long category list, this happens: …

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## [Akismet - check more often?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-check-more-often/33316)

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**Author:** [@Kensie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kensie)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/akismet-check-more-often/33316 "2015-09-16T19:12:57Z")

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Akismet plugin is hard coded to check every 10 minutes. We need that check to be more often. Is there a reason it’s at 10/there isn’t UI to change the interval or was this just decided as the best interval for most users…

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## [Issues with unauthenticated SMTP server on new install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-unauthenticated-smtp-server-on-new-install/33323)

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**Author:** [@PhilipHarrison](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PhilipHarrison)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-with-unauthenticated-smtp-server-on-new-install/33323 "2015-10-15T21:05:40Z")

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Hey guys wonder if somebody can help me out. I’m trying to deploy my first Discourse instance and am having issues with getting the activations emails working. The Discourse server is the pre-built HowToInstallDiscours…

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## [Mysterious wrench icon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mysterious-wrench-icon/33325)

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**Author:** [@johnmuhl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/johnmuhl)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mysterious-wrench-icon/33325 "2015-09-15T22:52:21Z")

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All of the sudden here on meta I am seeing a wrench icon at the end of the stream (above “Invite”): Clicking it doesn’t do anything.

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## [Moderator incorrectly gets Settings link on menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-incorrectly-gets-settings-link-on-menu/33326)

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**Author:** [@dleung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dleung)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderator-incorrectly-gets-settings-link-on-menu/33326 "2015-09-15T23:47:25Z")

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Moderator shouldn’t see the Settings link on the user menu but is shown, even though it does not show up on the admin top menu. When clicked an error page appears.

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## [Search by badge and group, order by likes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-by-badge-and-group-order-by-likes/33328)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-by-badge-and-group-order-by-likes/33328 "2015-09-16T00:02:06Z")

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I added 3 search predicates yesterday badge:"badge name" group:group\_name and order:likes We have said, repeatedly, that we place extra weight to all requests by customers and I needed a way of find open bugs with …

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## [Default avatars not rendering on homepage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-avatars-not-rendering-on-homepage/33331)

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**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-avatars-not-rendering-on-homepage/33331 "2015-09-16T02:08:19Z")

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We pull avatars from Discourse onto our homepage https://www.feverbee.com/ Until yesterday it was working fine. Today the default letter avatars are no longer rendering. As far as I’m aware, no one has touched our home…

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## ["Exit Anonymous Mode" link text too big, messes up formatting on menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exit-anonymous-mode-link-text-too-big-messes-up-formatting-on-menu/33332)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exit-anonymous-mode-link-text-too-big-messes-up-formatting-on-menu/33332 "2016-06-16T22:21:45Z")

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See screenshot. Enter anonymous mode to see it.

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## [500 error in AWS s3 code](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-in-aws-s3-code/33333)

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**Author:** [@mc0e](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mc0e)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-error-in-aws-s3-code/33333 "2015-09-16T13:24:48Z")

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I’ve just been setting up s3 backups for a discourse installation, and have run into problems. the site is now giving me 500 errors for all pages. I’d entered at least most of the s3 setup, but the backups weren’t gett…

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## [Code fences don't seem to deal with C comments](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-fences-dont-seem-to-deal-with-c-comments/33339)

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**Author:** [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-fences-dont-seem-to-deal-with-c-comments/33339 "2015-10-06T01:08:30Z")

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Each of these is \`\`\`c new line and comment then a close fence but all look different. Am I doing it wrong, or is this a bug? /\* example.c -- here is an example of quoting \* a single simple c comment \*/ /\* To use this…

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## [Invites do not work when SSO is enabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-do-not-work-when-sso-is-enabled/33340)

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**Author:** [@Mohit\_Gupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mohit_Gupta)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-do-not-work-when-sso-is-enabled/33340 "2021-05-17T12:40:05Z")

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I just came to know that Invites do not work when SSO is enabled. Is their any way or any plugin so that Invites work even if SSO is enabled.

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## [Why can't I edit system badge type colour Gold,Silver,Bronze?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-i-edit-system-badge-type-colour-gold-silver-bronze/33342)

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**Author:** [@twbartlett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twbartlett)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 9:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-cant-i-edit-system-badge-type-colour-gold-silver-bronze/33342 "2015-09-16T09:28:51Z")

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Is there a reason (presume their is) that the system badges are set to readonly on the “badge type” field which controls the colour of the badge? I can see in this post @sam says DB is the only way to edit the system ba…

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## [Lightboxed images with giant filenames cause horizontal scroll](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lightboxed-images-with-giant-filenames-cause-horizontal-scroll/33346)

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**Author:** [@Fabio\_Machado\_de\_Oli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fabio_Machado_de_Oli)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 9:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lightboxed-images-with-giant-filenames-cause-horizontal-scroll/33346 "2015-09-16T09:58:33Z")

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I am using a recent version now, and I have an horizontal scroll browsing with my galaxy s3. I have an adsense plugin with all slots turned off, and the tagging plugin. This is an affected topic: http://www.noiapapps.co…

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## [Better auto-backup options](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-auto-backup-options/33351)

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**Author:** [@ky\_metro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ky_metro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-auto-backup-options/33351 "2017-08-03T21:36:59Z")

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We could use a few more options for automatic backups. Digital Ocean offers pretty limited disk space, whereas S3 is infinite. Currently they are synced together, meaning S3 is limited to available local space. On my sit…

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## [Incorrect combination of Site Settings (related to s3) can bring the site down](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-combination-of-site-settings-related-to-s3-can-bring-the-site-down/33353)

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**Author:** [@mc0e](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mc0e)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-combination-of-site-settings-related-to-s3-can-bring-the-site-down/33353 "2015-09-16T13:56:27Z")

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Continuing the discussion from 500 error in AWS s3 code: My support request has quite reasonably been closed, but it appears that it’s possible to lock oneself out of the admin interface and the entire web site through…

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## [Signup button remains disabled when inserting generated password](https://meta.discourse.org/t/signup-button-remains-disabled-when-inserting-generated-password/33357)

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**Author:** [@ThiefMaster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ThiefMaster)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/signup-button-remains-disabled-when-inserting-generated-password/33357 "2015-09-17T23:14:42Z")

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I’m using this firefox extension to generate passwords. This works fine but I guess it doesn’t trigger whatever event discourse is looking for on the form field, so the register button stays disabled until I change somet…

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## [Can we have have one post with two different language](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-have-one-post-with-two-different-language/33360)

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**Author:** [@benoir126](https://meta.discourse.org/u/benoir126)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-have-one-post-with-two-different-language/33360 "2018-07-10T21:09:36Z")

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Hello, I want to know if we can create a new post with two different language ?

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## [Post small actions appearing in search results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-small-actions-appearing-in-search-results/33363)

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**Author:** [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-small-actions-appearing-in-search-results/33363 "2015-09-16T18:51:55Z")

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## [Requiring users to set a custom avatar before posting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-users-to-set-a-custom-avatar-before-posting/33364)

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**Author:** [@pieterhoogenboom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pieterhoogenboom)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 9:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-users-to-set-a-custom-avatar-before-posting/33364 "2015-09-18T09:40:14Z")

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Hey everyone. This seems like a nice feature I’d love. I have 3,000+ users on https://nomadforum.io, but many of them have never set a profile pic. And it just makes it look better if they would. I now send them a welco…

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## [Composer preview broken in Firefox ESR 17](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-preview-broken-in-firefox-esr-17/33365)

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**Author:** [@JSey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JSey)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-preview-broken-in-firefox-esr-17/33365 "2015-09-17T17:31:15Z")

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I know that this is quite an old browser version, but the official specs state that FF 14 is the minimum browser requirement, and one of my clients uses this version. Here’s how the composer window looks in Firefox ESR 1…

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## [Uploading animated gif to user card - No Animation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-animated-gif-to-user-card-no-animation/33366)

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**Author:** [@Basanoviat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Basanoviat)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-animated-gif-to-user-card-no-animation/33366 "2015-09-20T20:09:51Z")

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I am on the most recent update v1.4.0.beta11 +172. I have seen a few forums including Meta that allows animated Gifs in the user card. I attempted to upload several different GIFs as a user card background, but they al…

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## [Postgres Errors on Rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-errors-on-rebuild/33370)

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**Author:** [@thomaspurchas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thomaspurchas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-errors-on-rebuild/33370 "2015-09-16T20:47:37Z")

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When attempting to rebuild a discourse instance it always fails with a FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP error that seems to be linked to Postgres. Looking at the logs, and playing Postgres in the containers it seems that Postgres is …

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