# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=129&state=tracking [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 130 --- ## [Discourse anti-spam bot going insane](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-anti-spam-bot-going-insane/391402)
**Author:** [@ice.d](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ice.d)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-anti-spam-bot-going-insane/391402 "2026-01-07T22:50:03Z")
:waving\_hand: Got an issue I joined my friends new forum using a guide i made for them. And well lets just say every single topic i posted and reply i made i saw this your account on hold post hidden and yadda ya… --- ## [AI contextual\_menu does not update reliably](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-contextual-menu-does-not-update-reliably/392930)
**Author:** [@mcmcclur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcmcclur)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-contextual-menu-does-not-update-reliably/392930 "2026-01-07T22:36:56Z")
I recently developed an AI persona that takes LaTeX input into account while proofreading. I then spent considerably more time trying to configure my Discourse instance so that everyone could use it. Long story short: I… --- ## [Digital Ocean Spaces (S3) "unable to sign request without credentials set"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-spaces-s3-unable-to-sign-request-without-credentials-set/391139)
**Author:** [@DavidO](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DavidO)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-spaces-s3-unable-to-sign-request-without-credentials-set/391139 "2026-01-07T20:14:19Z")
Trying to setup Digital Ocean Spaces for S3 storage. I get this when I try to run backups… Same when I upload photos… I have this setup… …but I’m not sure how to test if those actually work. I don’t know the… --- ## [AI Can Code (But It Doesn’t Care About Quality)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-can-code-but-it-doesn-t-care-about-quality/392913)
**Author:** [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-can-code-but-it-doesn-t-care-about-quality/392913 "2026-01-07T19:57:41Z")
Every engineer now has a code-producing machine in their hot hands - and we’re fast approaching the moment that using AI tools as an engineer is something you can no longer realistically avoid. Even if you somehow manage… --- ## [RSS feeder auto-discovery can miss topic-specific feeds](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-feeder-auto-discovery-can-miss-topic-specific-feeds/392890)
**Author:** [@arya-nlnl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arya-nlnl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-feeder-auto-discovery-can-miss-topic-specific-feeds/392890 "2026-01-07T19:15:14Z")
Hi! At NLnet Labs, we’ve been setting up Discourse for our products (community.nlnetlabs.nl). A user asked about getting the RSS feed for a particular topic (e.g. https://community.nlnetlabs.nl/c/cascade/10), as their RS… --- ## [Image Annotator - Allows you to annotate images in the previewer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-annotator-allows-you-to-annotate-images-in-the-previewer/161936)
**Author:** [@chz062009](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chz062009)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-annotator-allows-you-to-annotate-images-in-the-previewer/161936 "2026-01-07T16:33:04Z")
Hi everyone, Along with my teammate @vliboolean1010, we’re excited to introduce you to the newly created Discourse Theme-Component, Image Annotator. Whenever you click on the image at the editor, it activates the featu… --- ## [Disruption to CTRL+F search, pls provide alternate method](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disruption-to-ctrl-f-search-pls-provide-alternate-method/392879)
**Author:** [@joesmith3129857](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joesmith3129857)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disruption-to-ctrl-f-search-pls-provide-alternate-method/392879 "2026-01-07T15:38:55Z")
Hi, I was on the following discourse forum And I needed to find the word “mac” Using CTRL+F, it could only find this string when it was on screen. Scrolling itself made matches disappear. It also disrupts the scrol… --- ## [Updates no longer in the Admin UI?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updates-no-longer-in-the-admin-ui/392726)
**Author:** [@DavidO](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DavidO)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updates-no-longer-in-the-admin-ui/392726 "2026-01-07T15:31:02Z")
From what I’ve read, I guess this feature was removed? Now there’s no click-to-update option through the Admin UI? Not sure how far behind I am, as to how recent that is, or if it can somehow be re-enabled. It was one o… --- ## [“Move to existing topic” search silently fails while site search still works](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-to-existing-topic-search-silently-fails-while-site-search-still-works/392872)
**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-to-existing-topic-search-silently-fails-while-site-search-still-works/392872 "2026-01-07T14:04:45Z")
Hi, I’m seeing an issue with the “Move to existing topic” modal (this previously worked on my site, so appears to be a regression): Typing in Search for a Topic does not refine results Network requests return 200 with… --- ## [Feature/plugin idea: Show original topic in the image lightbox when reposted/reuploaded](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-plugin-idea-show-original-topic-in-the-image-lightbox-when-reposted-reuploaded/392875)
**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-plugin-idea-show-original-topic-in-the-image-lightbox-when-reposted-reuploaded/392875 "2026-01-07T13:49:38Z")
Hey guys, For our forum, we are currently considering a feature that would require a plugin, but we are not sure if it’s feasible. Our use case: We have a lot of diary/log topics, and we would like to be able to keep t… --- ## [Edit Topbanner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topbanner-bearbeiten/392864)
**Author:** [@Edgar\_Schwarz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Edgar_Schwarz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topbanner-bearbeiten/392864 "2026-01-07T11:04:06Z")
I suspect I'm overlooking something obvious :man\_shrugging: I am an admin on https://das-gruene-forum.de/ At the top of the page, you can see a CO2 clock that I want to remove. When I look at the source code, I see... --- ## [Category calendar stopped working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-calendar-stopped-working/389836)
**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-calendar-stopped-working/389836 "2026-01-07T10:41:40Z")
Continuing the discussion from Creating and managing calendars: Category calendar is empty ?! Newly created events do not appear and there’s no error log. Following the instructions yields no calendar entry. --- ## [404 on earned badge event when badge is disabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-on-earned-badge-event-when-badge-is-disabled/46486)
**Author:** [@gvanrossum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gvanrossum)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/404-on-earned-badge-event-when-badge-is-disabled/46486 "2026-01-07T09:33:03Z")
A few of us created a new Discourse instance and started using it for a bit. Then we decided to disable most badges. By then I had already earned some of the disabled badges. The badge events stuck around in my personal … --- ## [Making custom user status more prominent](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-custom-user-status-more-prominent/392826)
**Author:** [@jayarr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jayarr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-custom-user-status-more-prominent/392826 "2026-01-07T08:22:07Z")
Hi all, Our forum heavily uses the custom user status feature, and the notion has come up of finding a way to make that info even more prominent and visible – by having it always appear beneath a user’s name in a post r… --- ## [Allow multiple staff aliases](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-multiple-staff-aliases/392856)
**Author:** [@joo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-multiple-staff-aliases/392856 "2025-03-24T09:58:54Z")
Hi team, The Discourse Staff Alias plugin is an excellent feature for allowing staff members to post under an alias. However, I noticed that the plugin settings currently only allow the configuration of one alias, which… --- ## [Remove notifications for disabled badges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-notifications-for-disabled-badges/392572)
**Author:** [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 7:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-notifications-for-disabled-badges/392572 "2026-01-07T07:06:42Z")
We should probably remove notifications for disabled badges, since clicking on them: ends up at a 404: --- ## [Discourse Templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-templates/229250)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-templates/229250 "2026-01-07T02:10:54Z")
:discourse2: Summary Discourse Templates allows the creation of content templates for repeated use. The templates are stored as topics in a special category, where they can be edited and discussed as needed. … --- ## [CVE-2021-41163 false positive](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cve-2021-41163-false-positive/392820)
**Author:** [@rbos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rbos)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cve-2021-41163-false-positive/392820 "2026-01-06T22:23:40Z")
Hi, I’m getting messages from our central IT complaining that our Discourse instance is triggering a security warning on CVE-2021-41163, which regards the /webhooks/aws endpoint. I’ve told them that we’ve kept the soft… --- ## [Forum maintenance cost](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-maintenance-cost/253930)
**Author:** [@Discoursecurious](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discoursecurious)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-maintenance-cost/253930 "2026-01-06T20:02:08Z")
I have a created a very small discourse forum for my little no profit gaming community. (it’s a 20 years old community once in ezboard and later in vbulletin the later content was imported in discourse) 50.000 consolid… --- ## [Remove categories and tags buttons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-categories-and-tags-buttons/392483)
**Author:** [@Andrew\_Rowe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Rowe)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-categories-and-tags-buttons/392483 "2026-01-06T19:27:49Z")
Is there an easy way to remove these two buttons? Reason I’m asking is that I’ve been reading (on this site) of some people’s opinions about Discourse being a little overwhelming to new users. I just feel the categories … --- ## [Add Likes Column](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-likes-column/116416)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-likes-column/116416 "2025-04-04T12:16:15Z")
:discourse2: Summary Add Likes Column adds a dedicated column for Likes to the Latest page of your site. :eyeglasses: Preview Preview on Discourse Theme Creator :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository Link https:/… --- ## [Way to hide mod actions from users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/way-to-hide-mod-actions-from-users/392785)
**Author:** [@MapleSyrupJedi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MapleSyrupJedi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/way-to-hide-mod-actions-from-users/392785 "2026-01-06T15:20:26Z")
Good morning, is there a way (We’ve searched and searched) to hide mod actions from users? For example, if a mod closes/unlists an ad it shows their username and the moderators are being spammed with messages from people… --- ## [Back button on macoS deskop Safari (WebKit) causing new tabs to open](https://meta.discourse.org/t/back-button-on-macos-deskop-safari-webkit-causing-new-tabs-to-open/391903)
**Author:** [@Neil\_Evans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Neil_Evans)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/back-button-on-macos-deskop-safari-webkit-causing-new-tabs-to-open/391903 "2026-01-06T13:24:04Z")
I have created a topic with anchors for navigation, and images included. When I use the section links at the top to jump to an anchor, then press “back” - Safari often open a new tab with one of the images from the topic… --- ## [Backup restore failing on clean dev docker env: FATAL: Peer authentication failed for user “postgres”](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-restore-failing-on-clean-dev-docker-env-fatal-peer-authentication-failed-for-user-postgres/208170)
**Author:** [@koen360](https://meta.discourse.org/u/koen360)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-restore-failing-on-clean-dev-docker-env-fatal-peer-authentication-failed-for-user-postgres/208170 "2026-01-06T11:26:27Z")
Hi over in the beginners guide to install discourse for development using docker some of the comments mention this issue which I think is actually a bug that should be raised as such here. Correct me if I am wrong. I te… --- ## [Bug in LLM Usage UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-in-llm-usage-ui/392652)
**Author:** [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 11:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-in-llm-usage-ui/392652 "2026-01-06T11:05:53Z")
Happy new year! I found a secondary bug after the original bug was fixed here:Minor UI bug in LLM Usage page - #2 by zogstrip When the page loads the default time duration is last month. I click on the model dropdown… --- ## [Customized dot stays after manually reverting themeable site setting to default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customized-dot-stays-after-manually-reverting-themeable-site-setting-to-default/374985)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customized-dot-stays-after-manually-reverting-themeable-site-setting-to-default/374985 "2026-01-06T10:41:07Z")
When you set a themeable site setting to the default value without using the reset button it still has the customized dot in the front until you reload the page. --- ## [Is there still a use case for the "Encrypts PM if available" checkbox in automation script options?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-still-a-use-case-for-the-encrypts-pm-if-available-checkbox-in-automation-script-options/392664)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 10:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-still-a-use-case-for-the-encrypts-pm-if-available-checkbox-in-automation-script-options/392664 "2026-01-06T10:32:42Z")
Each time I see the checkbox at the bottom of the automation script options, I wonder if it’s a leftover from encrypt, which was archived almost a year ago, or if there is still a use case for this checkbox. --- ## [Flag reason conversion to lowercase has unintended consequences](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flag-reason-conversion-to-lowercase-has-unintended-consequences/325608)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 10:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flag-reason-conversion-to-lowercase-has-unintended-consequences/325608 "2026-01-06T10:19:56Z")
The flag reason is converted to lowercase in the question whether the post is off-topic. This conversion results in a lowercase ‘Thema’ in the German interface. In German grammar, the word for ‘topic’ (‘Thema’) is capita… --- ## [Customized categories in sidebar don't work on /review](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customized-categories-in-sidebar-dont-work-on-review/368488)
**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customized-categories-in-sidebar-dont-work-on-review/368488 "2026-01-06T10:16:17Z")
I noticed that sometimes my personalized categories in the sidebar of my forum change to those displayed if I delete my customization. Preparation I don’t know whether this is relevant, but my Default navigation menu ca… --- ## [Deploy with Podman](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deploy-with-podman/348930)
**Author:** [@max.hammer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/max.hammer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 9:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deploy-with-podman/348930 "2026-01-06T09:14:21Z")
Hello together Have any of you managed to get Discourse running using Podman? Best regards [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=128&state=tracking) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=130&state=tracking)