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## [Discourse SSO with Wordpress as Provider displays error invalid request](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sso-with-wordpress-as-provider-displays-error-invalid-request/172095)

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**Author:** [@Lagger\_Gandalf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lagger_Gandalf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-sso-with-wordpress-as-provider-displays-error-invalid-request/172095 "2020-12-04T02:24:25Z")

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Im currently facing a strange Issue on my Wordpress and Discourse Installation. I’ve setup Wordpress as SSO Provider for Discourse since 2018. So far everything worked fine. Since recent I get the Error “Invalid Reques…

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## [Users click "login" button can't work on 404 page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-click-login-button-cant-work-on-404-page/171950)

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**Author:** [@uisa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uisa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-click-login-button-cant-work-on-404-page/171950 "2020-12-04T02:08:30Z")

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In my 404 page, user can’t click “login” button to login. it’s can’t work anything.:down\_arrow: How can I do that it’s same as this video​:down\_arrow:

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## [Odd ordered list behavior when listing in descending order](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-ordered-list-behavior-when-listing-in-descending-order/172199)

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**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/odd-ordered-list-behavior-when-listing-in-descending-order/172199 "2020-12-04T01:36:21Z")

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Hi, I have a post where I’m listing in descending order. The exact thing I’m writing is \> PLACES TO INTERVENE IN A SYSTEM \> (in increasing order of effectiveness) \> \> 12. Constants, parameters, numbers (such as subsidi…

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## [What do bot accounts gain from signing up?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-bot-accounts-gain-from-signing-up/172151)

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**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aschrijver)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-bot-accounts-gain-from-signing-up/172151 "2020-12-03T20:40:02Z")

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This is just a curious question, as I don’t have a lot of problems with bot accounts, but see them being created every now and then. The account usually goes something like RandomUsername4532, somename3586@gmail.com, Ja…

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## [Remove background color change after page loading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-background-color-change-after-page-loading/172153)

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**Author:** [@dm.linov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dm.linov)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-background-color-change-after-page-loading/172153 "2020-12-03T19:57:58Z")

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In Discourse, when one opens a page with a single topic, the background color of the topic text changes in a few seconds after the page loads. (Usually from light blue to white). I would like to turn this feature off for…

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## [Tags don't persist when applied during topic editing due to unnoficial plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-dont-persist-when-applied-during-topic-editing-due-to-unnoficial-plugin/172130)

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**Author:** [@JackALaing](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JackALaing)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-dont-persist-when-applied-during-topic-editing-due-to-unnoficial-plugin/172130 "2020-12-03T19:44:41Z")

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I am unable to apply tags to topics when editing the topic, only during topic creation. It looks like the new tags have applied, but then they disappear on refresh. I have tested this across different categories, both…

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## [Ignored posts don't update to user activity](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ignored-posts-dont-update-to-user-activity/172049)

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**Author:** [@RobertTBS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobertTBS)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ignored-posts-dont-update-to-user-activity/172049 "2020-12-03T19:33:01Z")

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If you go to user activity and to a post that has been flagged, you can see the post’s contents without the “view ignored contents” message

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## [How to move all topics of 1 category to new tag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-all-topics-of-1-category-to-new-tag/122141)

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**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-all-topics-of-1-category-to-new-tag/122141 "2020-12-03T18:17:26Z")

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Hello team discourse, Do we have command line in order to move all topics of 1 category to new tag? Do we have command line move all topics of subcategory to parent category?

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## [User (patron) getting authorization error message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-patron-getting-authorization-error-message/99578)

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**Author:** [@caduspa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/caduspa)\
**Replies:** 36\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-patron-getting-authorization-error-message/99578 "2020-12-03T16:01:18Z")

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A longtime user started being unable to access Discourse. She’s tried several devices, cleared her cache and is in good standing with Patreon. The error message reads “Sorry, there was an error authorizing you’re account…

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## [I can't access after installing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-access-after-installing/172046)

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**Author:** [@MeuXbox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MeuXbox)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-access-after-installing/172046 "2020-12-03T15:40:40Z")

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my forum forum.meuxbox.com.br I created the forum for testing several times, maybe it’s an SSL certificate error? I installed the forum through this tutorial discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discours…

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## [Make MP's actually private](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-mps-actually-private/172125)

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**Author:** [@kokmok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kokmok)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-mps-actually-private/172125 "2020-12-03T15:12:00Z")

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Is there a way to make MP’s actually really private ? Where an admin can not access other members MP’s unless there’re invited with a flagging or a tag ?

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## [Install new logo/favicon from the command line](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-new-logo-favicon-from-the-command-line/172123)

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**Author:** [@JanKanis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JanKanis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-new-logo-favicon-from-the-command-line/172123 "2020-12-03T15:03:41Z")

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Is there any way to install different logos and favicon from the command line? I want to include them in the docker image produced by the launcher. Regular settings can be overridden by setting environment variables, but…

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## [Using Discourse for Comments?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-for-comments/172080)

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**Author:** [@nickirwin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nickirwin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-for-comments/172080 "2020-12-03T12:43:04Z")

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One of my clients wants to add comments section on his website https://cpstest.pro right under the tool. That too with functionality of giving badges to the commenters like we have in discourse. Without the badges thing,…

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## [Algorithm to tailor content to user interests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/algorithm-to-tailor-content-to-user-interests/172102)

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**Author:** [@Jnolo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jnolo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/algorithm-to-tailor-content-to-user-interests/172102 "2020-12-03T12:24:57Z")

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It’s very apparent that Discourse is great for forums. Are there algorithms / capabilities to tailor the content shown to each user, based on their preferences (i.e. browsing history)? Like Reddit tailors content based …

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## [S3 CDN URL ignored when uploading into posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-cdn-url-ignored-when-uploading-into-posts/54898)

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**Author:** [@DanielMarquard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DanielMarquard)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-cdn-url-ignored-when-uploading-into-posts/54898 "2020-12-03T12:18:09Z")

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All of our traffic goes through CloudFront, and static content is fetched by CloudFront from one of several S3 buckets. With uploads being sent to S3, Discourse embeds the content with a generic bucket URL despite our h…

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## [Cannot post or edit after updating to 2.6](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-post-or-edit-after-updating-to-2-6/172052)

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**Author:** [@peternlewis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/peternlewis)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 11:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-post-or-edit-after-updating-to-2-6/172052 "2020-12-03T11:00:58Z")

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I updated to version 2.6 (on a Digital Ocean instance), and I can no longer post. “Error 500” when posting. Logs show: I tried restarting the server, no change. safe-mode has no affect, the problem remains. Help? …

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## [Docker shutting down by itself in last few days](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-shutting-down-by-itself-in-last-few-days/172090)

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**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-shutting-down-by-itself-in-last-few-days/172090 "2020-12-03T10:29:41Z")

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FYI In the last three days some of our sites using Docker mysteriously shut down. Only one was running Discourse. The other two I don’t have root access too and was only messaged. In my daily visits to several forums t…

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## [Why semrushbot and ahrefsbot are blocked by default?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-semrushbot-and-ahrefsbot-are-blocked-by-default/157682)

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**Author:** [@Jamie\_Liu1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jamie_Liu1)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 9:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-semrushbot-and-ahrefsbot-are-blocked-by-default/157682 "2020-12-03T09:35:29Z")

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I was checking the Google Search Console coverage report and found that lots of our forum pages are blocked by robots.txt. So I went ahead and checked the robots.txt. Then I found that semrushbot and ahrefsbot are blocke…

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## [Skip approve users when public registration is disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skip-approve-users-when-public-registration-is-disabled/171978)

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**Author:** [@Ravi\_Teja\_Varma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ravi_Teja_Varma)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skip-approve-users-when-public-registration-is-disabled/171978 "2020-12-03T09:39:12Z")

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I have disabled public registration for my discourse forum. I am creating users through user create API, but these users are being listed in moderator queue for review. I want to avoid this and directly create users. How…

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## [Discourse deployment using AWS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-deployment-using-aws/32271)

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**Author:** [@stroupaloop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stroupaloop)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-deployment-using-aws/32271 "2020-12-03T07:05:17Z")

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I know there’s an older article about a Discourse deployment using AWS, but since I recently went through the process and there are some nuances since that blog post, here is a more updated tutorial on getting it setup. …

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## [Install with add-on volumes (such as EBS on AWS)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-with-add-on-volumes-such-as-ebs-on-aws/164862)

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**Author:** [@SumOne](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SumOne)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 7:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-with-add-on-volumes-such-as-ebs-on-aws/164862 "2020-12-03T07:04:35Z")

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I saw some posts dealing with installation on AWS on a t2 machine, but there isn’t an organized way of including an add-on volume. Is it not best practice? If I need 100GB, is it better to allocate a root volume of 100G…

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## [Document for installing on AWS ECS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/document-for-installing-on-aws-ecs/37257)

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**Author:** [@keepcosmos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/keepcosmos)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 6:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/document-for-installing-on-aws-ecs/37257 "2020-12-03T06:44:37Z")

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Is there any plan to add document about installing on AWS EC2 Container Service?

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## [\[Guide\] Host Discourse on AWS EC2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guide-host-discourse-on-aws-ec2/172075)

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**Author:** [@yiksanchan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yiksanchan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guide-host-discourse-on-aws-ec2/172075 "2020-12-03T06:38:12Z")

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Discourse is an open-source forum software that allows you to run a forum with minimal effort - if you know how to host it. The official guide walks through the installation on DigitalOcean, but it takes a few tweaks to …

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## [Someone May Have Hacked My Website, What Do I Do?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/someone-may-have-hacked-my-website-what-do-i-do/172051)

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**Author:** [@CaptainZac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CaptainZac)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/someone-may-have-hacked-my-website-what-do-i-do/172051 "2020-12-03T01:14:10Z")

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So a few weeks ago we had someone who came onto our forum and completely tried to destroy it by vandalism. Luckily, TL0 users must have posts approved, so none of them got through… Fast forward to now, and I get a mentio…

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## [Group name is not available](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-name-is-not-available/172053)

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**Author:** [@sunjam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sunjam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-name-is-not-available/172053 "2020-12-03T00:42:43Z")

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Attempting to create a group for a forum in which I’m a moderator running latest Tests-Pass. When I go to create a group I see Group name is not availabile even though no such group has been created. I’ve asked admins …

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## [Discourse as the ideal format for an open governance / government 2.0 forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-the-ideal-format-for-an-open-governance-government-2-0-forum/2549)

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**Author:** [@ultimape](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ultimape)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-the-ideal-format-for-an-open-governance-government-2-0-forum/2549 "2020-12-02T22:20:48Z")

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Discourse as the ideal format for an open governance / government 2.0 forum? Intro: I feel that Discourse is poised to become great: It’s a well-made, collaborative, discussion friendly venue that could work as a platf…

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## [Level 4 users / edit thread category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/level-4-users-edit-thread-category/172035)

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**Author:** [@b264](https://meta.discourse.org/u/b264)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/level-4-users-edit-thread-category/172035 "2020-12-02T22:19:27Z")

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Why is it that Level 4 users can’t re-categorize threads?

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## [Newest Discourse Version breaks rebuild, Redis Port already in use](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newest-discourse-version-breaks-rebuild-redis-port-already-in-use/172008)

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**Author:** [@Lagger\_Gandalf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lagger_Gandalf)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newest-discourse-version-breaks-rebuild-redis-port-already-in-use/172008 "2020-12-02T22:02:37Z")

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OS: Ubuntu 20.04 Server: vServer 4 Core, 16 GB Disk: SSD 160GB I recently upgraded to the newest Discourse Version. Now Im running into the Problem, that Discourse Reports Port 6379 is in use and so the Container can …

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## [Replies in thread showing out of order](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-in-thread-showing-out-of-order/166512)

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**Author:** [@AJDurant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AJDurant)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-in-thread-showing-out-of-order/166512 "2020-12-02T21:30:08Z")

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After recently updating to 2.6.0.beta3 some replies in various threads are showing in the wrong order. The time stamps show correctly, but the affected replies are always at the bottom of the thread. I have tried updati…

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## [How to programmatically generate user api key](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-programmatically-generate-user-api-key/151738)

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**Author:** [@X\_Code](https://meta.discourse.org/u/X_Code)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-programmatically-generate-user-api-key/151738 "2020-12-02T21:11:12Z")

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I want to generate API KEY for single user programmatically and I tried something like the following curl -X POST '\<root url\>/admin/api/keys' --data 'key%5Bdescription%5D=XXX&key%5Busername%5D=XXX' and many other thin…

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