# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=116&state=watching [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 117 --- ## [Allow users with access to a restricted category to see who else has access](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-with-access-to-a-restricted-category-to-see-who-else-has-access/20938)
**Author:** [@michael\_cgla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michael_cgla)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-with-access-to-a-restricted-category-to-see-who-else-has-access/20938 "2026-02-16T19:55:17Z")
Continuing the discussion from Prioritize showing group members (not posts) on group landing page, describe groups, provide groups directory: Thanks @downey (and @tobiaseigen). That was definitely useful to know; equal… --- ## [Bulk editing of Tags should not trigger thousands of email notifications either!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-editing-of-tags-should-not-trigger-thousands-of-email-notifications-either/378670)
**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-editing-of-tags-should-not-trigger-thousands-of-email-notifications-either/378670 "2026-02-16T17:02:57Z")
It is wonderful that we can now easily silently change the category of topics (without having to fiddle with the site settings) due to this new feature: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7a099ebb6a4c4f177cd4… --- ## [AI status update of GitHub feature prioritization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-status-update-of-github-feature-prioritization/396176)
**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-status-update-of-github-feature-prioritization/396176 "2026-02-16T16:41:58Z")
Many forums with associated GitHub repositories use feature-request voting to help determine prioritization. Creating and maintaining these summaries manually takes time. An AI system could generate and refresh them aut… --- ## [Compact/Expanded view not working on Horizon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compact-expanded-view-not-working-on-horizon/396206)
**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compact-expanded-view-not-working-on-horizon/396206 "2026-02-16T16:20:01Z")
I tried this theme again here on Meta, I find it a little weird despite having compact selected it still shows a topic preview. Not sure if this is a bug or not but it didn’t seem right. --- ## [Cannot sign in with Discourse ID even when email matches 'DISCOURSE\_DEVELOPER\_EMAILS' environment variable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-sign-in-with-discourse-id-even-when-email-matches-discourse-developer-emails-environment-variable/396164)
**Author:** [@haruspex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haruspex)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-sign-in-with-discourse-id-even-when-email-matches-discourse-developer-emails-environment-variable/396164 "2026-02-16T16:09:07Z")
Title, basically. I have my self hosted discourse instance set up with SMTP disabled the environment variable DISCOURSE\_DEVELOPER\_EMAILS set properly to my email that I have this Discourse ID set up with, however, when I… --- ## [Invisible Button Text + layout misalignment on Horizon Theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invisible-button-text-layout-misalignment-on-horizon-theme/396180)
**Author:** [@serkhelesheyi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/serkhelesheyi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invisible-button-text-layout-misalignment-on-horizon-theme/396180 "2026-02-16T16:01:28Z")
Dashboard: Button text invisible by default + layout misalignment in “Top Referred Topics” & “Trending Search Terms” Hi I’m using the Horizon theme and have identified several UI issues in the Admin Dashboard, specific… --- ## [Hope Watched words adds support for non-English characters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hope-watched-words-adds-support-for-non-english-characters/396109)
**Author:** [@Noble\_Fish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Noble_Fish)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hope-watched-words-adds-support-for-non-english-characters/396109 "2026-02-16T14:45:47Z")
This is a useful moderation tool, but it has poor support for non-English characters, and the presence of non-English characters can even affect the detection of English and numbers. Here, taking the Simplified Chinese w… --- ## [Censor words should support sentence level censoring for Chinese](https://meta.discourse.org/t/censor-words-should-support-sentence-level-censoring-for-chinese/71288)
**Author:** [@fantasticfears](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fantasticfears)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/censor-words-should-support-sentence-level-censoring-for-chinese/71288 "2026-02-16T14:45:35Z")
CJKV doesn’t have word boundaries. It’s more reliable to use the feature with a sentence level. In a word, support this feature without word boundaries. Suggested: (Chinese) https://meta.discoursecn.org/t/topic/2175?u=f… --- ## ["Your Redis network connection is performing extremely poorly"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-redis-network-connection-is-performing-extremely-poorly/342166)
**Author:** [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-redis-network-connection-is-performing-extremely-poorly/342166 "2026-02-16T12:13:37Z")
I am consistently getting this in the logs - with values between ~100k to ~1.35m - but the readings near 100k seem to be quite common: Your Redis network connection is performing extremely poorly. Last RTT readings were… --- ## [Customizing AI summarizer to use non-English languages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-ai-summarizer-to-use-non-english-languages/372644)
**Author:** [@Ivan\_Rapekas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ivan_Rapekas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customizing-ai-summarizer-to-use-non-english-languages/372644 "2026-02-16T11:43:02Z")
Hello, I use locally \`google/gemma-3-4b\` with latest Discourse. The model serves some languages well. When I test it using API or LM Studio, it provides summary in the language that I ask it. Discourse always summarize … --- ## [Discourse Assign needs support for Unicode group names](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assign-needs-support-for-unicode-group-names/396092)
**Author:** [@Noble\_Fish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Noble_Fish)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-assign-needs-support-for-unicode-group-names/396092 "2026-02-16T11:35:37Z")
The issue of Discourse-Assign having poor support for non-English characters leading to a 500 Error seems to be a common topic, so here we will only discuss a problem that arises in a rather embarrassing combination of c… --- ## [Marrying groups and categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/marrying-groups-and-categories/312269)
**Author:** [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/marrying-groups-and-categories/312269 "2026-02-16T11:20:33Z")
I am slowly working on adapting Discourse as a communication solution for the school community of a progressive education school. In contrast to the mostly informal communities for which Discourse seems optimized, this … --- ## [Horizon Theme: Incorrect Reply Count Display](https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizon-theme-incorrect-reply-count-display/383830)
**Author:** [@serkhelesheyi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/serkhelesheyi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 10:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizon-theme-incorrect-reply-count-display/383830 "2026-02-16T10:54:18Z")
Hello, I’ve discovered a bug when using the official Horizon theme. It seems to be incorrectly displaying the reply count for topics. The issue: The number of replies shown for any given topic is consistently one highe… --- ## [Combine PM inbox and sent items](https://meta.discourse.org/t/combine-pm-inbox-and-sent-items/392997)
**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 10:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/combine-pm-inbox-and-sent-items/392997 "2026-02-16T10:13:39Z")
Continuing the discussion from Add an "all messages" option as default in /my/messages I don’t use messages much but it would be easier to find messages if they were displayed more like a public category – showing the l… --- ## [The "Subcategory of..." setting under categories is translated incorrectly in Chinese](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-subcategory-of-setting-under-categories-is-translated-incorrectly-in-chinese/396158)
**Author:** [@Noble\_Fish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Noble_Fish)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 9:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-subcategory-of-setting-under-categories-is-translated-incorrectly-in-chinese/396158 "2026-02-16T09:08:39Z")
In the old version, this setting was named Parent category , used to specify the parent category of the current category. In the new version, this setting is named Subcategory of... , used to indicate which category the… --- ## [Redis used\_memory limited to 1024mb?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redis-used-memory-limited-to-1024mb/336676)
**Author:** [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 7:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/redis-used-memory-limited-to-1024mb/336676 "2026-02-16T07:01:19Z")
It seems like there is some limit preventing Redis from being able to use more than 1024mb? I have noticed as soon as that amount is exceeded in the Sidekiq dashboard (MB RSS) is when I start getting logs like: Your Re… --- ## [Access common chat channel actions from the sidebar context menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-common-chat-channel-actions-from-the-sidebar-context-menu/392667)
**Author:** [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 6:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-common-chat-channel-actions-from-the-sidebar-context-menu/392667 "2026-02-16T06:21:36Z")
We’ve now made it easier to access common actions for chat channels on desktop with a sidebar context menu. This works for both public and direct message channels: From here, you will be able to do the following acti… --- ## [Require new topics to have tags from tag groups: can't add tag group (silently fails)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-new-topics-to-have-tags-from-tag-groups-cant-add-tag-group-silently-fails/396114)
**Author:** [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-new-topics-to-have-tags-from-tag-groups-cant-add-tag-group-silently-fails/396114 "2026-02-16T04:18:22Z")
Not certain this is a bug, but it definitely looks like something not working right. I go to edit my category, Tags tab. I try to select a tag group for the “Require new topics to have tags from tag groups” option. I ca… --- ## [Refreshed shared edits plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/refreshed-shared-edits-plugin/396156)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/refreshed-shared-edits-plugin/396156 "2026-02-16T03:12:25Z")
We have been busy revising and improving the shared edits plugin :confetti\_ball: : The new shared edits plugin now supports operating in one of two modes. Rich mode, where you can collaborate using the rich text … --- ## [Rich text editor erases HTML tags from post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-text-editor-erases-html-tags-from-post/393758)
**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-text-editor-erases-html-tags-from-post/393758 "2026-02-16T02:03:35Z")
If you use the markdown editor and include some raw HTML tags (e.g. br tag for table formatting), then edit the post using the rich text editor, the HTML content is lost. I don’t know if this is the case for all allowed … --- ## [Error seeing experimental features in Admin \> what's new](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-seeing-experimental-features-in-admin-whats-new/395891)
**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-seeing-experimental-features-in-admin-whats-new/395891 "2026-02-16T00:59:20Z")
In Admin \> what’s new if I want to see just experimental features I get presented with an error. However, if you go on the ‘Upcoming Changes’ tab in admin sidebar you can see experimantal features. --- ## [High rebuild memory requirements: April 2025 edition](https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-rebuild-memory-requirements-april-2025-edition/360419)
**Author:** [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-rebuild-memory-requirements-april-2025-edition/360419 "2026-02-15T15:16:51Z")
It looks like 2+2 may not be enough any more… I’m managing a fairly unassuming (no big/fancy plugins, etc) Discourse instance that, as of today, is failing to bootstrap because ember is chewing all the RAM it can find, a… --- ## [Horizon interaction with Brand Header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizon-interaction-with-brand-header/396096)
**Author:** [@AquaL1te](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AquaL1te)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/horizon-interaction-with-brand-header/396096 "2026-02-15T12:55:21Z")
When the theme component below is enabled and you quickly scroll down, the topic header gets decoupled for a brief moment. I’m not sure if I explain it correctly. If a screencast is needed, let me know. Is it fine to rep… --- ## [Alternative component (plugin?) to categories navbar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-component-plugin-to-categories-navbar/396116)
**Author:** [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 6:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-component-plugin-to-categories-navbar/396116 "2026-02-15T06:41:24Z")
Hi everyone, sometime back somebody mentioned to me a component (or was it a plugin?) that would allow me to have more control over what is currently my category navbar. I unfortunately can’t for the life of me find it a… --- ## ["Last Seen" User Card](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-seen-user-card/81375)
**Author:** [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 6:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-seen-user-card/81375 "2026-02-15T06:00:01Z")
This theme component will allow you to include the “last seen” user statistic in user profile cards. Repo: GitHub - tshenry/discourse-last-seen-user-card-theme-component Before After About In addition to my own… --- ## [Ability to customize init config for MathJax in Discourse Math plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-customize-init-config-for-mathjax-in-discourse-math-plugin/396121)
**Author:** [@fangjue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fangjue)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-customize-init-config-for-mathjax-in-discourse-math-plugin/396121 "2026-02-15T04:15:58Z")
There are some predefined configuration for MathJax in discourse/plugins/discourse-math/assets/javascripts/lib/math-renderer.js at main · discourse/discourse but there are only a few settings available to modify this con… --- ## [Do you use the Lounge category on your community?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-you-use-the-lounge-category-on-your-community/218178)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-you-use-the-lounge-category-on-your-community/218178 "2026-02-15T01:56:42Z")
Just being curious here. Admins of Discourse forums, do you use the Lounge category? Do you explain it yourself to your members or just let the default trust level 3 description does its job? Is it actually used, and f… --- ## [Best way to go about using another word for "Topic" (in French)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-go-about-using-another-word-for-topic-in-french/396118)
**Author:** [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-go-about-using-another-word-for-topic-in-french/396118 "2026-02-15T01:37:22Z")
I’m giving serious thought to using “publication” or “publi” (or “post”) instead of “sujet” in my French-language community. Coming from Facebook, people are used to saying “publi”, and to make matters worse, Facebook pl… --- ## [Is it possible to get emails to display the emojis vs the default icons?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-get-emails-to-display-the-emojis-vs-the-default-icons/396120)
**Author:** [@hipp0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hipp0)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-get-emails-to-display-the-emojis-vs-the-default-icons/396120 "2026-02-15T00:45:38Z")
I have emojis set for categories and its showing the default icons. --- ## [BricksForge and Bricks API Query Builder with Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bricksforge-and-bricks-api-query-builder-with-discourse/396115)
**Author:** [@espionage](https://meta.discourse.org/u/espionage)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bricksforge-and-bricks-api-query-builder-with-discourse/396115 "2026-02-14T23:49:58Z")
Hi All, I am curious if this is theoretically possible, or if anyone has already tried something like this. Bricksforge has an advanced and extensive API Query Builder for Bricks Builder, and it got me thinking if ther… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=115&state=watching) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=117&state=watching)