# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?ascending=false&page=221 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 222 --- ## [Memory use gradually ramps up after restart](https://meta.discourse.org/t/memory-use-gradually-ramps-up-after-restart/325117)
**Author:** [@jrivettcsa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrivettcsa)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/memory-use-gradually-ramps-up-after-restart/325117 "2025-07-06T13:19:51Z")
I’m not sure when it started, but at some point in the last few weeks, presumably after a Discourse update, the site started to feel a bit sluggish. We’ re running 3.4.0.beta2-dev. I noticed that the server instance had… --- ## [Gmail POP3 Polling Failing after Upgrade to 3.5.0.beta8-dev](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gmail-pop3-polling-failing-after-upgrade-to-3-5-0-beta8-dev/373060)
**Author:** [@LotusJeff](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LotusJeff)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gmail-pop3-polling-failing-after-upgrade-to-3-5-0-beta8-dev/373060 "2025-07-06T12:48:00Z")
I have had Gmail POP3 polling running since January using the App password method. No issues and all has been going great. I upgraded from 3.5.0.beta7-dev to 3.5.0.beta8-dev. I immediately received the following error i… --- ## [Adding DM search?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-dm-search/373068)
**Author:** [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 11:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-dm-search/373068 "2025-07-06T11:14:51Z")
Would it be possible to search to find a DM for those of us who have lots of DM chats open? --- ## [Allow to restrict muting users to TL2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-restrict-muting-users-to-tl2/372849)
**Author:** [@Steradiant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steradiant)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 7:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-to-restrict-muting-users-to-tl2/372849 "2025-07-06T07:14:59Z")
In our community, we would like to be able to restrict muting users to people who have gained some experience with the community. Would it be possible to add an option to choose who is able to mute other users? --- ## [Why is English not an option to be translated?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-english-not-an-option-to-be-translated/373018)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-english-not-an-option-to-be-translated/373018 "2025-07-06T00:50:30Z")
When selecting the globe-with-plus icon in the post menu, why isn’t English an option? As compared to the post composer, when creating a topic/reply: --- ## [Forum federation thread on the.socialmusic.network](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-federation-thread-on-the-socialmusic-network/370991)
**Author:** [@strypey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/strypey)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-federation-thread-on-the-socialmusic-network/370991 "2025-07-05T23:49:33Z")
Ping @angus, thought it might be useful to you to read the experiences of a bunch of fediverse newbies with a Discourse instance, trying to get their heads around how to use the AP federation features; https://the.social… --- ## [Problem with third party Sign Up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-third-party-sign-up/371994)
**Author:** [@user148](https://meta.discourse.org/u/user148)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-third-party-sign-up/371994 "2025-07-05T21:01:05Z")
While trying to sign up through third party or social media for google sign up, facing Access Blocked Issue. How can this be fixed for the community owners with business plan? --- ## [iOS keyboard not prompted on PWA](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-keyboard-not-prompted-on-pwa/373010)
**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ios-keyboard-not-prompted-on-pwa/373010 "2025-07-05T17:39:28Z")
i turned on the rich text composer, and have been having issues with Safari PWA keyboard today, before and after updating --- ## [Requiring an additional gem in your plugin for testing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-an-additional-gem-in-your-plugin-for-testing/373028)
**Author:** [@elmuerte](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elmuerte)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/requiring-an-additional-gem-in-your-plugin-for-testing/373028 "2025-07-05T16:18:21Z")
To require an additional gem in your plugin you should add a gem "gem-name" ... to your plugin.rb. But what if I need an additional gem during testing? I only need it during test execution, so I do not want to add it to… --- ## [Theme Creator has broken translations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-has-broken-translations/357364)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-has-broken-translations/357364 "2025-07-05T13:47:21Z")
In Theme Creator, translations and locales are all broken, in the ‘My themes’ page. Installing themes, managing themes, it’s all broken. See this picture: This has happened for a while now, about a month or so? --- ## [Adding Following to the /filter option](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-following-to-the-filter-option/373013)
**Author:** [@MihirR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MihirR)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-following-to-the-filter-option/373013 "2025-07-05T13:24:45Z")
Continuing from Topics list filter feature Would it be possible to add “Following” in the /filter ? --- ## [Creating a custom filter homepage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-custom-filter-homepage/370062)
**Author:** [@MihirR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MihirR)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-custom-filter-homepage/370062 "2025-07-05T13:17:04Z")
Can I create a dynamic homepage like this: 10 Recently Active Topics (this week) 5 Latest Created Topics (today) 5 More Recent Topics (this week) 5 Most Replied Topics (this week) 5 Most Liked Topics (this week) 5 Late… --- ## [Choose groups and watched categories on signup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choose-groups-and-watched-categories-on-signup/197291)
**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choose-groups-and-watched-categories-on-signup/197291 "2025-07-05T12:59:03Z")
I know there can be custom user fields, but is there any way of sorting out group requests and category watching from the signup form? (Either the normal Discourse signup form, or using a plugin, or separately using the… --- ## [Permanent bulk delete of old topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permanent-bulk-delete-of-old-topics/24450)
**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permanent-bulk-delete-of-old-topics/24450 "2025-07-05T09:53:12Z")
Our forum is near by reaching first year of usage. Some of our category / topic is used for daily work, We have lot of topics which is irrelevant in perspective of holding for long time. Is there any feature or plan t… --- ## [Purge/clean/delete deleted topics from database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/purge-clean-delete-deleted-topics-from-database/300881)
**Author:** [@Isambard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Isambard)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/purge-clean-delete-deleted-topics-from-database/300881 "2025-07-05T09:50:04Z")
Continuing the discussion from Introducing permanently delete post functionality: I have a forum where there was a big cleanup. But when reviewing the database backup, it is still polluted with the old soft-deleted data… --- ## [Allow Users to Close Their Own Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-close-their-own-topics/108060)
**Author:** [@orangeandblack5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/orangeandblack5)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-close-their-own-topics/108060 "2025-07-05T08:43:37Z")
Being able to open them as well would be nice, but allowing users (of at least TL2, if not lower) to close their own topics would help in a lot of cases and prevent what is described in the thread below from being an iss… --- ## [Oops - after an update from 3.3.0.beta1-dev](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oops-after-an-update-from-3-3-0-beta1-dev/372832)
**Author:** [@lejeczek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lejeczek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oops-after-an-update-from-3-3-0-beta1-dev/372832 "2025-07-05T04:50:16Z")
Hi guys. I’ve updated to the latest version - I think - and now I get the infamous ‘Ooops’ The only thing - while being an amateur - I could find, thinking it might be important, is: URGENT: Failed to initialize site … --- ## [Ensure read-only categories remain read-only (even for admins)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ensure-read-only-categories-remain-read-only-even-for-admins/372952)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ensure-read-only-categories-remain-read-only-even-for-admins/372952 "2025-07-05T03:09:21Z")
Context and Use-case Sometimes it’s useful to maintain a read-only category accessible to one or more groups to follow announcements or mirror a diffusion list. Problem Since admins can post anywhere, it can happen that… --- ## [Checking whether Discourse is sending all the emails it should](https://meta.discourse.org/t/checking-whether-discourse-is-sending-all-the-emails-it-should/372911)
**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/checking-whether-discourse-is-sending-all-the-emails-it-should/372911 "2025-07-04T18:10:59Z")
For the most recent forum post, based purely on “watch” status there should have been c.1300 users emailed. But from the Amazon SES console and from the Discourse /admin/email-logs Sent page there were only c.700 sent. … --- ## [Is it possible to embed counters in the footer of the site?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-embed-counters-in-the-footer-of-the-site/372049)
**Author:** [@DigneZzZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DigneZzZ)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-embed-counters-in-the-footer-of-the-site/372049 "2025-07-04T16:50:41Z")
Greetings, everyone! I have been diligently searching and exploring the entire forum for quite some time. Unfortunately, I have yet to find a plugin or theme component that would enable me to incorporate counters into t… --- ## [Another added context for AI Bot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/another-added-context-for-ai-bot/372894)
**Author:** [@Wurzelseppi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wurzelseppi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/another-added-context-for-ai-bot/372894 "2025-07-04T16:14:50Z")
Hey guys, just wanted to know, if I can somehow add another context to AI Bot´s context ? In Detail: At the moment the bot only have the forums topics as context to work on. I want to add another context (a external … --- ## [Category name params support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-name-params-support/372924)
**Author:** [@SStrong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SStrong)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-name-params-support/372924 "2025-07-04T12:20:58Z")
I’m trying to add params into a data explorer query that allows a user to input the Category name and filter the results. This is the code I have used: -- \[params\] -- string :category\_name WITH selected\_category AS ( … --- ## [Abiding by Amazon SES's "14 emails per second" maximum send rate](https://meta.discourse.org/t/abiding-by-amazon-sess-14-emails-per-second-maximum-send-rate/372896)
**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 9:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/abiding-by-amazon-sess-14-emails-per-second-maximum-send-rate/372896 "2025-07-04T09:49:55Z")
Is there any update on this situation? For example, is there now a max emails per second site setting? The old topics I found here concerned digests, but you could imagine the “per second” maximum being breached if lots… --- ## [Cheaper alternative to Mailgun?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cheaper-alternative-to-mailgun/232903)
**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cheaper-alternative-to-mailgun/232903 "2025-07-04T10:00:40Z")
Continuing the discussion from Mailgun is $1/month per 1,000 emails sent (and first 1,000 are free): I’ve been happy with Mailgun but am paying about $25 per month now (25,000 emails). What cheaper – but still reputabl… --- ## [Is it possible (and advisable) to reset bounce scores after changing email provider?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-and-advisable-to-reset-bounce-scores-after-changing-email-provider/372902)
**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-and-advisable-to-reset-bounce-scores-after-changing-email-provider/372902 "2025-07-04T08:52:16Z")
Is there a way to reset everybody’s bounce scores? I guess that some new deliverability factors will apply with a new email provider, so it would make sense to start from scratch. The closest I can find in settings is R… --- ## [Category badge missing in mobile search results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-badge-missing-in-mobile-search-results/365652)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 8:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-badge-missing-in-mobile-search-results/365652 "2025-07-04T08:46:51Z")
Description The category badges are missing in mobile search results Repro Steps Use mobile view: https://meta.discourse.org/?mobile\_view=1 Search for a term Notice the missing badges that appear after you disable .s… --- ## [Should a deactivated user receive an email?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-a-deactivated-user-receive-an-email/365506)
**Author:** [@benjamincfarmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/benjamincfarmer)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 8:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-a-deactivated-user-receive-an-email/365506 "2025-07-04T08:10:07Z")
I am searching for a way to force an email revalidation of users. I saw , in the user page and did a test. When attempting to log in the test gave me a response of but no email to that address to re-validate, only … --- ## [Add more Moderator activity metrics to the Moderation tab on the dashboard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-more-moderator-activity-metrics-to-the-moderation-tab-on-the-dashboard/372884)
**Author:** [@T\_Disco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/T_Disco)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 7:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-more-moderator-activity-metrics-to-the-moderation-tab-on-the-dashboard/372884 "2025-07-04T07:32:28Z")
There’s an SQL query outlined in the post below which returns some other moderator activity (rejected users, approved users, deleted users, suspended users) that isn’t currently displayed at /admin/dashboard/moderation: … --- ## [Disabling Notification emails to Specific external user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-notification-emails-to-specific-external-user/372645)
**Author:** [@Ravindra-Trdx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ravindra-Trdx)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-notification-emails-to-specific-external-user/372645 "2025-07-04T07:17:35Z")
How to stop/block notifications/email being sent to specific external user Do not want to Silence the user --- ## [Some federated posts are not displayed for the following actor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-federated-posts-are-not-displayed-for-the-following-actor/372876)
**Author:** [@eve](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eve)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-federated-posts-are-not-displayed-for-the-following-actor/372876 "2025-07-04T05:52:38Z")
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