# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=119&state=watching [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 120 --- ## [Connect Discourse Auth with my Django user DB?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connect-discourse-auth-with-my-django-user-db/147604)
**Author:** [@funfake](https://meta.discourse.org/u/funfake)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connect-discourse-auth-with-my-django-user-db/147604 "2026-02-12T04:43:11Z")
Hi ! I’m really interested in Discourse for my ecommerce platform. It would provide a great helping section for my users. I’ve seen that Discourse has it’s own Auth methods. I was wondering if I could modify these in o… --- ## [Is there a plugin that allows you to organize all the URLs of a category into one topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-plugin-that-allows-you-to-organize-all-the-urls-of-a-category-into-one-topic/395864)
**Author:** [@Willy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Willy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-plugin-that-allows-you-to-organize-all-the-urls-of-a-category-into-one-topic/395864 "2026-02-12T04:06:47Z")
All the topics created in a category are disordered, so I want to create a topic that serves as an index of all the content in a category. The problem is that I need to have ALL the URLs in that category without having t… --- ## [Back up only the settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/back-up-only-the-settings/395448)
**Author:** [@Willy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Willy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/back-up-only-the-settings/395448 "2026-02-11T22:43:31Z")
According to the link there is interest but several years have passed and I don’t know if they actually implemented it or not. A very useful scenario for this is to configure a VPS server with the exact same settings … --- ## [To what extent is generative AI used to create Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/to-what-extent-is-generative-ai-used-to-create-discourse/395844)
**Author:** [@Dannii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dannii)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/to-what-extent-is-generative-ai-used-to-create-discourse/395844 "2026-02-11T21:46:43Z")
(Apologies if this has been asked before; I searched but couldn’t find it already.) To what extent are generative AI tools (Copilot, Claude, etc) used to create Discourse? Has it changed over time? You could never tell… --- ## [Wrong security settings shown when creating a new category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-security-settings-shown-when-creating-a-new-category/395224)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-security-settings-shown-when-creating-a-new-category/395224 "2026-02-11T17:09:22Z")
When I look at one category’s settings and use the button in the sidebar to create a new category, once I select the “security” tab, I see the settings of the category again instead of being able to configure my new cate… --- ## [Track Button Clicks on Discourse with Google Tag Manager](https://meta.discourse.org/t/track-button-clicks-on-discourse-with-google-tag-manager/395803)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/track-button-clicks-on-discourse-with-google-tag-manager/395803 "2026-02-11T14:27:28Z")
:bookmark: This guide explains how to use Google Tag Manager (GTM) to track specific button clicks on your Discourse site, such as “Sign Up”, “Log In”, or “Reply”. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Administrat… --- ## [Replying as a linked topic creates a second draft](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-as-a-linked-topic-creates-a-second-draft/394431)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-as-a-linked-topic-creates-a-second-draft/394431 "2026-02-11T16:56:21Z")
Steps to reproduce: Visit a topic and quote a part of a post. Click the + at the top left of the composer and select “Reply as a linked topic.” Add some text to the body, a title, and, if needed, select a category. Pos… --- ## [Your Community as Your AI Knowledge Layer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-community-as-your-ai-knowledge-layer/395325)
**Author:** [@mae](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mae)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-community-as-your-ai-knowledge-layer/395325 "2026-02-11T16:37:45Z")
Enterprises have a knowledge problem. Expertise lives in people's heads or disappears into Slack threads nobody can find, and new hires ask questions that veterans answered three years ago. When someone leaves, what they… --- ## [Use a placeholder for the “everyone” group in category permission explanations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-a-placeholder-for-the-everyone-group-in-category-permission-explanations/395809)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-a-placeholder-for-the-everyone-group-in-category-permission-explanations/395809 "2026-02-11T15:58:36Z")
Recently, this text and 2 similar ones were added: This category is public, everyone can see posts. To restrict permissions, remove the “everyone” group. ▶ Identifier The problem I see with this is that group names ar… --- ## [RTL issue with @ placement in user names](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rtl-issue-with-placement-in-user-names/395810)
**Author:** [@serkhelesheyi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/serkhelesheyi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rtl-issue-with-placement-in-user-names/395810 "2026-02-11T15:46:04Z")
Bug Report: Misplacement of “@” in English usernames under RTL with Horizon theme Hello I’m experiencing a display issue when using the Horizon theme with the site language set to RTL. The problem specifically affects… --- ## [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: [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=118&state=watching) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=120&state=watching)