# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=118 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 119 --- ## [User Specific Slow Mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-specific-slow-mode/310081)
**Author:** [@Tris20](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tris20)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-specific-slow-mode/310081 "2026-02-11T15:07:44Z")
I’m wondering if it would be possible to have something like slow-mode but for specific users? There’s already some platform wide rate-limiting to this extent: But I would love to be able to apply a slow mode to a s… --- ## [Discourse stuck with 504 Gateway Time-Out error and 100% CPU after rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-stuck-with-504-gateway-time-out-error-and-100-cpu-after-rebuild/395794)
**Author:** [@nickharambee1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nickharambee1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-stuck-with-504-gateway-time-out-error-and-100-cpu-after-rebuild/395794 "2026-02-11T14:55:56Z")
Having rebuilt discourse today, the CPU on my droplet is stuck at 100% and I am getting a 504 Gateway Time-out error. In terminal I have checked which processes are causing the issue and this is what I see: So it app… --- ## [Succession planning for hosted Discourse - including Free Plan](https://meta.discourse.org/t/succession-planning-for-hosted-discourse-including-free-plan/395793)
**Author:** [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/succession-planning-for-hosted-discourse-including-free-plan/395793 "2026-02-11T14:40:28Z")
If the person who created a plan were to become long-term unavailable is there a way to have arranged a successor who can adopt full admin rights and possibly full ownership rights? --- ## [Prevent adding additional users to personal messages?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-adding-additional-users-to-personal-messages/255868)
**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-adding-additional-users-to-personal-messages/255868 "2026-02-11T12:38:32Z")
Hi there. I’m seeing concerns from users about the ability to add additional users to a personal message topic who can then see the entire message thread, resulting in a possible intentional or unintentional doxing if so… --- ## [Category settings broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-settings-broken/385455)
**Author:** [@Eviepayne](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eviepayne)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 11:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-settings-broken/385455 "2026-02-11T11:40:50Z")
Versions Discourse Version: 3.6.0.beta2-latest (db67a0841e) Reproduced in 2 different discourse instances Issues This is all I’ve found so far. When opening a category’s settings: Sometimes the navigation doesn’t … --- ## [User profiles / User directory in robots.txt / x-robots-tag header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profiles-user-directory-in-robots-txt-x-robots-tag-header/395780)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-profiles-user-directory-in-robots-txt-x-robots-tag-header/395780 "2026-02-11T11:22:26Z")
EDIT this turns out to be a bug, see post #3 If “Hide user profiles from public” is checked, shouldn’t /u be disallowed in robots.txt ? Otherwise search engines will hit a 403 which might affect ranking and visibility. … --- ## [Topic notifications emails are not being sent if adding a Staff Colour to the post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-notifications-emails-are-not-being-sent-if-adding-a-staff-colour-to-the-post/370857)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 10:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-notifications-emails-are-not-being-sent-if-adding-a-staff-colour-to-the-post/370857 "2026-02-11T10:53:53Z")
Currently running Discourse 3.5.0.beta7-dev (7562bc2b15) Topic notifications emails are not being sent out when scheduling a post to publish under certain conditions. We’ve come across a very unusual bug and while we a… --- ## [Are web crawler page views included in the monthly 500K page view limit?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-web-crawler-page-views-included-in-the-monthly-500k-page-view-limit/395779)
**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-web-crawler-page-views-included-in-the-monthly-500k-page-view-limit/395779 "2026-02-11T10:48:59Z")
Are web crawler page views included in the monthly 500K page view limit for the free plan? As an administrator of a Discourse forum, I’ve observed that web crawlers account for more than 95% of our total page views. E… --- ## [The website crashed after I tried to update it](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-website-crashed-after-i-tried-to-update-it/395765)
**Author:** [@Александр\_Калиниченко](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 10:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-website-crashed-after-i-tried-to-update-it/395765 "2026-02-11T10:39:18Z")
I haven’t updated the site for about a year. I clicked the “update all” button, and I got an error. It was written: ERR\_PNPM\_UNSUPPORTED\_ENGINE Unsupported environment (bad pnpm and/or Node.js version) Your pnpm versi… --- ## [Unable to create new tags in tag group editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-create-new-tags-in-tag-group-editor/395324)
**Author:** [@NcM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NcM)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 9:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-create-new-tags-in-tag-group-editor/395324 "2026-02-11T09:20:44Z")
We have encountered an issue with trying to create new tags within the tag group manager. Our work-around is first creating the tag outside of the tag groups and then adding it in, but shouldn’t we be able to create a t… --- ## [Quizmaster](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quizmaster/395764)
**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 8:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quizmaster/395764 "2026-02-11T08:59:00Z")
:information\_source: Summary A theme component that transforms private messages with an AI bot into an interactive quiz experience. :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository GitHub - VaperinaDEV/discourse-quizmaster: A… --- ## [Legal aspects to using Free Plan](https://meta.discourse.org/t/legal-aspects-to-using-free-plan/395702)
**Author:** [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/legal-aspects-to-using-free-plan/395702 "2026-02-11T08:19:57Z")
Is it clear enough, to the person signing up for the Free Plan, as to whether they have legal responsibility for the content of “their” forum? (I’m thinking of the UK’s Online Safety Act but other jurisdictions will hav… --- ## [I’m seeing OIDC failures in Discourse logs: \`CSRFTokenVerifier::InvalidCSRFToken\` on \`/auth/oidc\` (POST)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-m-seeing-oidc-failures-in-discourse-logs-csrftokenverifier-invalidcsrftoken-on-auth-oidc-post/395752)
**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 7:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-m-seeing-oidc-failures-in-discourse-logs-csrftokenverifier-invalidcsrftoken-on-auth-oidc-post/395752 "2026-02-11T07:26:07Z")
Hi all, I’m running Discourse 2026.2.0-latest (26f3e2aa87) (Docker install, default nginx template, no Cloudflare). I have OpenID Connect enabled (Microsoft Entra / Azure AD). When a user tries to sign up / log in via… --- ## [Discourse-automation did not send PM: no valid targets exist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-automation-did-not-send-pm-no-valid-targets-exist/395740)
**Author:** [@pangbo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pangbo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 6:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-automation-did-not-send-pm-no-valid-targets-exist/395740 "2026-02-11T06:04:53Z")
I saw some warnings in the logs that discourse-automation plugin failed to send PMs. Automation plugin uses the usernames at the time of triggering the trigger, rather than the latest usernames of users when sending P… --- ## [Notification count does not decrease after pressing notification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-count-does-not-decrease-after-pressing-notification/395724)
**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-count-does-not-decrease-after-pressing-notification/395724 "2026-02-11T05:26:55Z")
Hello :waving\_hand: On Meta each time I receive a notification in my profile picture and I press it, the number count does not go down despite the notification being dismissed in the list, the notifications get stuck un… --- ## [Post does not update automatically after edit / Notification indicator on the avatar doesn't update either](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-does-not-update-automatically-after-edit-notification-indicator-on-the-avatar-doesnt-update-either/395713)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-does-not-update-automatically-after-edit-notification-indicator-on-the-avatar-doesnt-update-either/395713 "2026-02-11T05:26:32Z")
When I edit my post and submit the changes, I cannot see them without reloading the topic --- ## [Invisible way to force display order of tags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invisible-way-to-force-display-order-of-tags/368000)
**Author:** [@tknospdr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tknospdr)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 3:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invisible-way-to-force-display-order-of-tags/368000 "2026-02-11T03:19:18Z")
I’m working on a site that deals with animals that are routinely referred to by their latin names. I want to set up genus and species tags that can be added to topics but I’ll need them to always display in that order e… --- ## [How to Sort Posts By User Engagement?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-sort-posts-by-user-engagement/395725)
**Author:** [@Haris](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Haris)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 1:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-sort-posts-by-user-engagement/395725 "2026-02-11T01:08:11Z")
Is it possible to add content ranking system like reddit or hackernews, that can sort the posts based on user engagement such as upvotes likes comments reading time and other metrics? --- ## [How to add this type of banner?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-this-type-of-banner/395717)
**Author:** [@Haris](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Haris)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-this-type-of-banner/395717 "2026-02-10T23:57:03Z")
Hi, I want to learn about how to enable this type of same banner? --- ## [New Bug With Experimental Impersonation Interface](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-bug-with-experimental-impersonation-interface/395621)
**Author:** [@PandaKai7](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PandaKai7)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-bug-with-experimental-impersonation-interface/395621 "2026-02-10T22:56:16Z")
Hello! I would like to report this bug I found, where if you try to exit out of the new experimental impersonation feature, it tells me that the requested URL or resource can’t be found. Proof: --- ## [Custom Header Links and New Topic Header Button don't play nice](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-header-links-and-new-topic-header-button-dont-play-nice/395712)
**Author:** [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-header-links-and-new-topic-header-button-dont-play-nice/395712 "2026-02-10T22:48:28Z")
I’ve come across a cosmetic display issue when combining Custom Header Links and New Topic Header Button… Custom Header Links is set to display on left: Custom Header Links alone works fine: New Topic Header But… --- ## [Translation restructuring on crowdin for new-versioning-strategy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-restructuring-on-crowdin-for-new-versioning-strategy/394453)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translation-restructuring-on-crowdin-for-new-versioning-strategy/394453 "2026-02-10T20:38:38Z")
I noticed that the file structure was recently changed on Crowdin. I’m a little confused now; it feels like, especially after not translating for a few weeks, there is much more work to be done than necessary. Before, … --- ## [Cannot associate category with a group \[free tier\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-associate-category-with-a-group-free-tier/395220)
**Author:** [@SashaO](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SashaO)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-associate-category-with-a-group-free-tier/395220 "2026-02-10T20:08:00Z")
I am a full admin. When in security tab, I can’t see “Add group” button. Any other way I can do the association? --- ## [Are Topics the Equivalent of Facebook Posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-topics-the-equivalent-of-facebook-posts/395630)
**Author:** [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-topics-the-equivalent-of-facebook-posts/395630 "2026-02-10T19:49:17Z")
The question is somewhat rhetorical, but I’ve been mulling about this recently. In our current Facebook group, we have guidelines about when to create a new post. For example, “one post per cat per day max”, except for q… --- ## [Powered-by page on discourse.org is broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/powered-by-page-on-discourse-org-is-broken/395461)
**Author:** [@elmuerte](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elmuerte)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/powered-by-page-on-discourse-org-is-broken/395461 "2026-02-10T17:23:03Z")
If you click the Powered by Discourse link you get send to https://discourse.org/powered-by which does nothing but showing a redirect page, which points to itself --- ## [Search Thumbnails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-thumbnails/395082)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-thumbnails/395082 "2026-02-10T17:05:14Z")
:information\_source: Summary Adds thumbnails to image search results :eyeglasses: Preview Search results for 'trip with:images order:latest' - Unicyclist.com :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository Link https://g… --- ## [Custom incoming email address field in category setting loses focus after every character you enter](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-incoming-email-address-field-in-category-setting-loses-focus-after-every-character-you-enter/395609)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-incoming-email-address-field-in-category-setting-loses-focus-after-every-character-you-enter/395609 "2026-02-10T15:35:08Z")
When simplified category creation is disabled, it is very difficult to enter an incoming email address for a category because the field loses focus after every letter you enter. --- ## [Category email in requires reply\_by\_email\_enabled?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-email-in-requires-reply-by-email-enabled/393855)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-email-in-requires-reply-by-email-enabled/393855 "2026-02-10T15:30:01Z")
Situation reply\_by\_email\_enabled disabled, we do not want people to reply by email an admin-only category for notifications from an external system the category has an email address set up email\_in is enabled emails are… --- ## [Yet another title localization issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yet-another-title-localization-issue/395469)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yet-another-title-localization-issue/395469 "2026-02-10T14:53:22Z")
I reported a UX issue Moin pointed out to me that it was duplicate I then closed the topic and made it hidden Moin liked my post I saw a Chinese notification and clicked it The topic title was changed to Chinese Topic h… --- ## [Using Parameters in Data Explorer Queries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-parameters-in-data-explorer-queries/277934)
**Author:** [@SaraDev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SaraDev)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-parameters-in-data-explorer-queries/277934 "2026-02-10T14:20:25Z")
Parameters are a powerful tool that can be used in Data Explorer queries on Discourse. Parameters allow for more dynamic and customizable queries, and instead of hard-coding values in your queries, you can declare vari… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=117) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?f=tracked&page=119)