# Latest

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## [Your experience with Communiteq? (Downtime issues)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-experience-with-communiteq-downtime-issues/127282)

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**Author:** [@Mikael\_Baggström](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mikael_Baggstr%C3%B6m)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-experience-with-communiteq-downtime-issues/127282 "2019-09-02T00:25:27Z")

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Hello everyone, I would like to hear from all of you using Communiteq (formerly DiscourseHosting), on your experience with: Uptime/Downtime I have only been a paying member for 1 month, and I already clocked 2 downtim…

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## [What does "Last Post" mean?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-last-post-mean/127345)

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**Author:** [@markwill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markwill)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-last-post-mean/127345 "2019-09-01T20:29:24Z")

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What does it mean to post, in this context? The user has never posted but there is a Last Posted timestamp?

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## [Finding Discourse Stable Release update info on Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-discourse-stable-release-update-info-on-meta/127339)

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**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-discourse-stable-release-update-info-on-meta/127339 "2019-09-01T18:21:33Z")

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I often use the release-notes tag to follow what’s new in Discourse (watching first post). Looking up the stable release 2.3.1, I could not find any relevant topic for that release. It would be useful to maintain links…

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## [How to create an additional sign up step? User need to upload image upon sign up before they are approved to browse or post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-an-additional-sign-up-step-user-need-to-upload-image-upon-sign-up-before-they-are-approved-to-browse-or-post/127306)

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**Author:** [@Tom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-an-additional-sign-up-step-user-need-to-upload-image-upon-sign-up-before-they-are-approved-to-browse-or-post/127306 "2019-09-01T14:39:45Z")

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I have setup a private community for a particular software that is in widespread use. However, I want only the administrators of the software to be able to sign up (not users). So I would like to ask the administrators…

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## [Hiding adsense from a specific group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-adsense-from-a-specific-group/112488)

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**Author:** [@Amitay\_Tweeto](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Amitay_Tweeto)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2019, 9:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-adsense-from-a-specific-group/112488 "2019-09-01T09:09:20Z")

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Is it possible to hide Adsense from a specific group? I’m trying to create a special benefit for Patreon supporters so they won’t see ads running on the platform. Is that really possible?

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## [So I can't login anymore :( and won't receive email logins or forgotten password emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/so-i-cant-login-anymore-and-wont-receive-email-logins-or-forgotten-password-emails/126084)

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**Author:** [@Tom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tom)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2019, 2:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/so-i-cant-login-anymore-and-wont-receive-email-logins-or-forgotten-password-emails/126084 "2019-09-01T02:25:54Z")

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Hey guys! So I had a discourse that I set up a few weeks ago and had not logged in since then. However, I receive no emails from it whatsoever now to log in. My old password also does not seem to work and the forgot pa…

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## [Moved column in "categories" page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moved-column-in-categories-page/127276)

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**Author:** [@Mikhail\_Degtjarev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mikhail_Degtjarev)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moved-column-in-categories-page/127276 "2019-08-31T19:27:05Z")

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Hello! Suddenly I noticed that one users column was missing in the interface, and the rest moved to its place. Replacement of the topic does not help. Tell me where to look for a solution? Thanks!

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## [How to finely scroll out custom header?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-finely-scroll-out-custom-header/101869)

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**Author:** [@rootsh3ll](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rootsh3ll)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-finely-scroll-out-custom-header/101869 "2019-08-31T13:21:31Z")

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I see the top header of discourse.ubuntu.com and when I scroll down, the extra header smoothly scrolls out. Unlike other discourse forums like: https://talk.turtlerockstudios.com Notice the glitchy behaviour…

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## [Automatically refresh Latest topics on the Categories + Latest page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-refresh-latest-topics-on-the-categories-latest-page/127274)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 11:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-refresh-latest-topics-on-the-categories-latest-page/127274 "2019-08-31T11:09:43Z")

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We’re exploring shifting towards making Categories + Latest the default home page. One thing I just tested was how the Latest stream on that page behaves when new topics are posted. From what I can tell, there is no auto…

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## [HTTPS : issue while trying to set up SSL certification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-issue-while-trying-to-set-up-ssl-certification/127014)

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**Author:** [@nekodroid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nekodroid)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/https-issue-while-trying-to-set-up-ssl-certification/127014 "2019-08-31T11:03:38Z")

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Hey there ! So I was trying to enable HTTPS for my website following this nice tutorial. Everything went fine until I tried rebuilding the app, typing ./launcher rebuild app. I ran discourse-doctor to try figuring this…

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## [Refreshing at 'all categories' and individual category level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/refreshing-at-all-categories-and-individual-category-level/20729)

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**Author:** [@aran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aran)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 10:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/refreshing-at-all-categories-and-individual-category-level/20729 "2019-08-31T10:39:43Z")

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Hi folks - I’m sticking this in support rather than features because I’m not sure what the state of play is with it… At the ‘all categories’ level, refreshing for new material is dealt with very well, with the tab alert…

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## [Chat for developers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-for-developers/127108)

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**Author:** [@verilog15](https://meta.discourse.org/u/verilog15)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 5:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-for-developers/127108 "2019-08-31T05:38:54Z")

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Hi guys :slight\_smile: I feel like our community is big but we don’t communicate as much. I was wondering if there is some chat, maybe Discord, that Discourse users and developers use to talk with each other in realtim…

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## [Arabic Language Trial](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/127242)

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**Author:** [@Hakan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hakan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/127242 "2019-08-31T02:26:28Z")

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Does this forum support the Arabic language? How can I use the Arabic version?

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## [Automatic phrase replacement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-phrase-replacement/127255)

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**Author:** [@ZeHamish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ZeHamish)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 12:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-phrase-replacement/127255 "2019-08-31T00:35:58Z")

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Apologies if I’ve not had enough of a look and the answer is in here somewhere. I’m trying to achieve the following When wordA is typed into a post, it gets replaced with wordB or phrase upon submit ATM I know I can c…

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## [Seeking advise for community management- conceptualization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-advise-for-community-management-conceptualization/126700)

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**Author:** [@smileypants707](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smileypants707)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-advise-for-community-management-conceptualization/126700 "2019-08-31T00:25:14Z")

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Hello everyone, my name is Chad. I am hoping to get some advise about how best to approach conceptualizing a forum community as a CM. I have never managed a community, but I do have a pretty basic understanding of what…

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## [Allow hiding of muted topics from categories page on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-hiding-of-muted-topics-from-categories-page-on-mobile/85613)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-hiding-of-muted-topics-from-categories-page-on-mobile/85613 "2019-08-30T22:07:39Z")

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I’m using https://community.wanikani.com. On mobile, if I go to the home page, I see each category and the most recent three topics in each category. However, this list of topics sometimes include topics that have been m…

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## [Why doesn't the icon change everywhere?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-doesnt-the-icon-change-everywhere/124213)

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**Author:** [@nexo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nexo)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-doesnt-the-icon-change-everywhere/124213 "2019-08-30T19:10:36Z")

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I use this script to change icons throughout my site successfully, and this changes the solved-check icon for the Solved plugin to a thumbs-up. However, it doesn’t change in all instances of the site, such as within …

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## [Mailgun sometimes does not send mail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailgun-sometimes-does-not-send-mail/127066)

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**Author:** [@verilog15](https://meta.discourse.org/u/verilog15)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailgun-sometimes-does-not-send-mail/127066 "2019-08-30T20:36:23Z")

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Hi guys, it’s me again :slight\_smile: I noticed that when new users are signing up our forum, they sometimes don’t get an email. In the following image, you can see that some users where registered 3 days ago and ev…

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## [The activating account button doesn't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-activating-account-button-doesnt-work/119810)

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**Author:** [@Bryanpwo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bryanpwo)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-activating-account-button-doesnt-work/119810 "2019-08-30T19:40:19Z")

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Hi, I just installed Discourse on a Digital Ocean droplet and I received the activation email, but the blue button in the browser doesn’t do anything. I reapplied a for a new activating code three times and all three t…

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## [Viewing edit activity](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-edit-activity/62304)

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**Author:** [@jsha](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jsha)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-edit-activity/62304 "2019-08-30T18:26:41Z")

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As an admin or moderator, is there a way to view the history of a user’s edits to other people’s posts? And/or a way to view a global history of all edits to others’ posts? I’d like to occasionally do a read-through to m…

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## [Rails plugins vs discourse plugins - what is the difference?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rails-plugins-vs-discourse-plugins-what-is-the-difference/127109)

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**Author:** [@spirobel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spirobel)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rails-plugins-vs-discourse-plugins-what-is-the-difference/127109 "2019-08-30T18:14:38Z")

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I want to make a plugin that needs its own tables. So its a good idea to have migration and model generators, because manually copying them from the main app dir will lead to errors and is just not very convenient. So I …

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## [Automatically set category incoming email address based on slug](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-set-category-incoming-email-address-based-on-slug/57841)

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**Author:** [@LeoMcA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LeoMcA)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-set-category-incoming-email-address-based-on-slug/57841 "2019-08-30T18:06:29Z")

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This is work I’ve just started doing in a plugin, but requires me to submit a PR to add a DiscourseEvent.trigger to the category model \*, so I wondered if the whole feature might have a place upstream. \* I mean I could …

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## [Automatically set category email-in addresses](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-set-category-email-in-addresses/127237)

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**Author:** [@LeoMcA](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LeoMcA)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-set-category-email-in-addresses/127237 "2019-08-30T18:05:25Z")

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https://github.com/mozilla/discourse-auto-email-in This plugin takes 4 settings: auto\_email\_in\_enabled auto\_email\_in\_divider: Set the divider between a parent category slug and sub category slug auto\_email\_in\_domain: …

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## [Discourse for 3 different Countrys](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-3-different-countrys/127188)

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**Author:** [@28Tom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/28Tom)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-3-different-countrys/127188 "2019-08-30T17:20:30Z")

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Hi, i would like to make my discourse platform available for 3 different countries, do i have to install discourse on 3 different servers or is there maybe a smarter solution?

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## [House Ads in admin is not showing up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/house-ads-in-admin-is-not-showing-up/127193)

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**Author:** [@Garrick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Garrick)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/house-ads-in-admin-is-not-showing-up/127193 "2019-08-30T16:15:55Z")

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Just re installed the ad plugin for house ads. The old ads show but I cant change them. Under plugins- house ads- it just spins over and over. trying mulitple browsers with the same result.

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## [Finding my own posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-my-own-posts/127213)

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**Author:** [@markwill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markwill)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-my-own-posts/127213 "2019-08-30T15:32:03Z")

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I just found myself scrolling through a couple of pages of topics to find a post I created earlier this week. Then it crossed my mind - why am I doing this? We have all sorts of ways to view topics (latest, new, top, ca…

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## [Missing some notification emails?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-some-notification-emails/126949)

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**Author:** [@Edward\_Weiss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Edward_Weiss)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-some-notification-emails/126949 "2019-08-30T15:26:23Z")

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Hi, A user of mine has mentioned that they are not consistently receiving replies to their own posts, i.e. some replies get emailed, and some don’t. I’ve checked their settings and they are watching the category, and Se…

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## [Latest version of Docker required?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-version-of-docker-required/127218)

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**Author:** [@querschlaeger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/querschlaeger)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-version-of-docker-required/127218 "2019-08-30T14:39:26Z")

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Hello, is it safe to use the Docker package from Ubuntu sources or is it necessary to install the latest version from docker.com? I reluctantly use other packet sources… Best regards

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## ["harr" HTML entity not rendered properly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/harr-html-entity-not-rendered-properly/127131)

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**Author:** [@jmsachs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jmsachs)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 5:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/harr-html-entity-not-rendered-properly/127131 "2019-08-30T05:07:43Z")

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It looks like &harr; is rendered as :left\_right\_arrow: for some reason. Why? This is inconsistent and should be considered a bug. a ← b a → b a ↔ b a &larr; b a &rarr; b a &harr; b

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## [422 error when sending message to private Slack channel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/422-error-when-sending-message-to-private-slack-channel/119037)

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**Author:** [@yanokwa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yanokwa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/422-error-when-sending-message-to-private-slack-channel/119037 "2019-08-30T09:33:38Z")

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When I try to send a test message to a private (but previously public) channel, I get a 422 error. When I check the logs, I see this: Test provider failed {:error\_key=\>"chat\_integration.provider.slack.errors.channel\_not…

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