# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=163 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 164 --- ## [Choose first day of the week on Upcoming Events calendar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choose-first-day-of-the-week-on-upcoming-events-calendar/307785)
**Author:** [@zikapanam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zikapanam)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 4:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choose-first-day-of-the-week-on-upcoming-events-calendar/307785 "2025-10-29T04:38:41Z")
Hello, I need to set the first day of the week to monday. Currently, it is set to sunday on my discourse trial. I’ve search all web site settings and personal preferences but could not figure out how to setup monday as… --- ## ["Failed listening on port 6379 (TCP)" stops installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-listening-on-port-6379-tcp-stops-installation/386891)
**Author:** [@b11](https://meta.discourse.org/u/b11)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-listening-on-port-6379-tcp-stops-installation/386891 "2025-10-29T02:27:14Z")
Right after Redis starts in the installation, it outputs this: Warning: Could not create server TCP listening socket \*:6379: bind: Address already in use then Failed listening on port 6379 (TCP), aborting. I have no clue… --- ## [An error occurred: The following tags cannot be used in the "C2" category: a,b,c. Please remove them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-error-occurred-the-following-tags-cannot-be-used-in-the-c2-category-a-b-c-please-remove-them/386987)
**Author:** [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-error-occurred-the-following-tags-cannot-be-used-in-the-c2-category-a-b-c-please-remove-them/386987 "2025-10-28T19:44:55Z")
This is bugging me out. I have a category C1 that is configured with requiring minimum 3 tags, and “Require new topics to have tags from tag groups:” where I added 3 tag groups, and 1 tag minimum for each. I have anothe… --- ## [Posting new topic as unlisted still triggers email notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-new-topic-as-unlisted-still-triggers-email-notifications/386921)
**Author:** [@nordize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nordize)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-new-topic-as-unlisted-still-triggers-email-notifications/386921 "2025-10-28T19:31:22Z")
Using 3.5.1. I created a post and while editing it I chose the “unlisted” option (from the + menu, Toggle Unlisted), so that when it was posted it was already unlisted. I did so precisely because i didn’t want email noti… --- ## [GUI for inspecting access logs and IP block lists](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gui-for-inspecting-access-logs-and-ip-block-lists/386981)
**Author:** [@sb56637](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sb56637)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gui-for-inspecting-access-logs-and-ip-block-lists/386981 "2025-10-28T18:35:42Z")
This idea comes from: It’s an infrequent occurrence, but when the forum gets hit by a bot/scraper/crawler attack the admin needs to quickly identify the source’s IP address/range and mitigate it, without mucking about… --- ## [Is the generation of invitation links secure against data races?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-generation-of-invitation-links-secure-against-data-races/385878)
**Author:** [@Willy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Willy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-the-generation-of-invitation-links-secure-against-data-races/385878 "2025-10-28T18:18:04Z")
I want to create invitation links every time a user submits a request, but if there is a data race in which two users request a Discourse invitation link at the same time, I am afraid that one or even both of them will n… --- ## [About update error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-update-error/386968)
**Author:** [@vivilonger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vivilonger)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-update-error/386968 "2025-10-28T18:15:20Z")
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge: .github/workflows/build.yml .github/workflows/push-web-only.yml .gitignore image/auto\_build.rb image/base/Dockerfile image/discourse\_d… --- ## [Is it possible to set an expiration date for user accounts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-set-an-expiration-date-for-user-accounts/385691)
**Author:** [@Willy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Willy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-set-an-expiration-date-for-user-accounts/385691 "2025-10-28T18:14:36Z")
Every time a user registers with an invitation link, I would like that account to only last x months and once the deadline has reached the user must renew their account, is it possible to do so? It is basically a member… --- ## [Is there a way I can send email notifications faster?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-i-can-send-email-notifications-faster/383103)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-i-can-send-email-notifications-faster/383103 "2025-10-28T18:01:51Z")
We have an #Announcements category in which all our members are automatically subscribed to watch the first post. This allows us to schedule the publishing of posts in to that category on set times/dates. In turn, the … --- ## [Discourse OrgChart](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-orgchart/242502)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-orgchart/242502 "2025-10-28T17:40:30Z")
:discourse2: Summary Discourse OrgChart allow you to add interactive Organizational Charts easily to a Discourse post using a CSV code block. :eyeglasses: Preview Preview on Discourse Theme Creator … --- ## [3.6.0.beta2-latest - anyone else seeing their custom components changed?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-6-0-beta2-latest-anyone-else-seeing-their-custom-components-changed/386852)
**Author:** [@hmmmnotsure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hmmmnotsure)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-6-0-beta2-latest-anyone-else-seeing-their-custom-components-changed/386852 "2025-10-28T16:46:17Z")
I have created a custom design for the homepage for my sites. But after the latest update, I see that the homepage looks like Discourse’s default design with the list view. The custom work is gone. The custom header is a… --- ## [Gated Content?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gated-content/386946)
**Author:** [@Timelord](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Timelord)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gated-content/386946 "2025-10-28T15:48:42Z")
Just wondering if there is a way to accomplish what I am looking to do. I know this may seem ‘anti community’, but I plan to use Discourse as a Newsletter/Discussion platform. Here is what I am curious about. A long … --- ## [Why Your Community Needs a Home, Not Just a Group Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-your-community-needs-a-home-not-just-a-group-chat/384376)
**Author:** [@mae](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mae)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-your-community-needs-a-home-not-just-a-group-chat/384376 "2025-10-28T14:36:38Z")
We all crave connection. And when we want to bring people together, the easiest option is to spin up a group chat. It feels natural — everyone’s already on their phones, and the barrier to entry is basically zero. But if… --- ## [Add palette color changes in staff action logs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-palette-color-changes-in-staff-action-logs/386932)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-palette-color-changes-in-staff-action-logs/386932 "2025-10-28T14:06:05Z")
More than once I’ve been tweaking my palettes and ended up losing some color values in the process. I recently had some custom palettes deleted by a bug, and I couldn’t retrieve the related colors information from the s… --- ## [Option to include user field that is only editable by staff](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-include-user-field-that-is-only-editable-by-staff/198099)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-include-user-field-that-is-only-editable-by-staff/198099 "2025-10-28T13:59:47Z")
These can be handy to add ‘verified’ info to user profiles :smiley: (Alternatively adding a ‘show on signup’ option could be used to achieve the same thing) --- ## [User field type as a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-type-as-a-topic/60335)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-field-type-as-a-topic/60335 "2025-10-28T13:53:15Z")
A user field type that will link to an existing topic. The user will select the topic from a searchable list, just like when an admin is moving messages to a new or existing topic: Once a topic is selected in User Pr… --- ## [Safe by Design: How to Protect Your Community Members and Their Privacy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/safe-by-design-how-to-protect-your-community-members-and-their-privacy/386629)
**Author:** [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/safe-by-design-how-to-protect-your-community-members-and-their-privacy/386629 "2025-10-28T13:32:25Z")
Safe communities don’t happen by accident. The latest White Paper from Discourse takes a deep dive into what it really means to create safe and trusted online spaces that protect member privacy. I was excited to contri… --- ## [Estimating cost of enabling Discourse AI for related content and search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/estimating-cost-of-enabling-discourse-ai-for-related-content-and-search/386892)
**Author:** [@SubStrider](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SubStrider)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/estimating-cost-of-enabling-discourse-ai-for-related-content-and-search/386892 "2025-10-28T13:11:16Z")
Is there some cost benchmark or yardstick or guesstimate formula that will help me understand the the one time (mass embedding) and ongoing (embedding and search) cost of enabling Discourse AI using a cloud based LLM? F… --- ## [An error occurred: Default llm Default LLM model is required prior to enabling Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-error-occurred-default-llm-default-llm-model-is-required-prior-to-enabling-chat/386905)
**Author:** [@viswanatha](https://meta.discourse.org/u/viswanatha)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 9:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-error-occurred-default-llm-default-llm-model-is-required-prior-to-enabling-chat/386905 "2025-10-28T09:42:19Z")
I am facing an error while resetting the Personas. Note:I want to completely reset my AI plugin to start fresh. Please guide me on how to do this. --- ## [3.5.2: Security and maintenance release](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/386388)
**Author:** [@hugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hugh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-5-2-security-and-maintenance-release/386388 "2025-10-28T07:33:40Z")
Discourse 3.5.2 Stable Release Discourse strongly recommends that all sites follow the default latest branch of Discourse. The “stable” branch is more focused on lack of change than lack of bugs - all releases, including… --- ## [3.6.0.beta2: Built-in palette editing, live AI translation progress, and better wiki tracking](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-6-0-beta2-built-in-palette-editing-live-ai-translation-progress-and-better-wiki-tracking/386389)
**Author:** [@hugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hugh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-6-0-beta2-built-in-palette-editing-live-ai-translation-progress-and-better-wiki-tracking/386389 "2025-10-28T07:33:37Z")
New features in 3.6.0.beta2 Editing built-in theme colour palettes Until recently, colour palettes that come packaged with themes have not been editable. Now, instead of duplicating those palettes to fill your admin, you… --- ## [Security report from third-party researcher](https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-report-from-third-party-researcher/386814)
**Author:** [@raisedadead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/raisedadead)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 6:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-report-from-third-party-researcher/386814 "2025-10-28T06:50:20Z")
Hello, We have received a security report from a researcher on our Discourse-hosted instance. I went over it and some of the details are not clear to me, due to my lack of understanding of the platform. I read the secu… --- ## [Getting LLM friendly sitemaps](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-llm-friendly-sitemaps/386890)
**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-llm-friendly-sitemaps/386890 "2025-10-28T04:13:08Z")
Is there an easy way (other then manual) to get LLM friendly indexes of certain categories? Sort of like sitemaps, but with the goal of feeding the as markdown context to external tools. --- ## [H1 Header Tag Usage & H2-H6 Header Tag Usage for SEO purposes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/h1-header-tag-usage-h2-h6-header-tag-usage-for-seo-purposes/386803)
**Author:** [@hameedacpa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hameedacpa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/h1-header-tag-usage-h2-h6-header-tag-usage-for-seo-purposes/386803 "2025-10-28T00:53:42Z")
It is something annoying me that Discourse doesn’t have options or settings to solve this issue that SEO taking care about --- ## [Creating a content Archive (non-indexed)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-content-archive-non-indexed/386825)
**Author:** [@Mark07](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark07)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-content-archive-non-indexed/386825 "2025-10-28T00:43:01Z")
Hi there, I have years and years of content in my community, and I’m looking to move a whole bunch of discussions into a read-only category, creating an archived area - I’d prefer not to hide it completely so regular me… --- ## [Oneboxed link goes out of page width in footnote](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxed-link-goes-out-of-page-width-in-footnote/385429)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxed-link-goes-out-of-page-width-in-footnote/385429 "2025-10-27T21:44:20Z")
In a footnote, if one links another post and generates the onebox, it does not show the full thing, as some is cut off since it becomes too long and sidescroll is not present. --- ## [Escaped tildes in the new rich text editor are buggy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/escaped-tildes-in-the-new-rich-text-editor-are-buggy/376788)
**Author:** [@mbauman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbauman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/escaped-tildes-in-the-new-rich-text-editor-are-buggy/376788 "2025-10-27T21:10:08Z")
When writing a paragraph that contains escaped tildes, typing subsequent tildes does not work as expected. Specifically, if I have some text that uses a \` (tilde) like this, then pressing the \` key again later in the sa… --- ## [Email notifications on Android dark mode devices lose contrast in preformatted and quoted text](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-on-android-dark-mode-devices-lose-contrast-in-preformatted-and-quoted-text/384311)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-on-android-dark-mode-devices-lose-contrast-in-preformatted-and-quoted-text/384311 "2025-10-27T18:35:22Z")
Priority/Severity: Low Platform: Thunderbird 12.1 on Android and K-9 Mail Description: For mobile devices running Android, email notifications received in Thunderbird/K-9 don’t display usable contrast in the message bo… --- ## [Load comments w/ajax enabled brings thousands of post\_id=undefined visitor requests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/load-comments-w-ajax-enabled-brings-thousands-of-post-id-undefined-visitor-requests/382435)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Ars](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/load-comments-w-ajax-enabled-brings-thousands-of-post-id-undefined-visitor-requests/382435 "2025-10-27T18:07:03Z")
Environment: Self-hosted Discourse on AWS EC2, with the Ubuntu 24.04 AMI. Host is an r7g.large with 2x vCPUs and 16GB RAM. Discourse is at version 3.6.0.beta1-dev (db974047e4) and is updated regularly. WordPress is at ve… --- ## [The theme I'm using calculates the background based off of other colors and won't let me pick a specific color, even with CSS Component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-theme-im-using-calculates-the-background-based-off-of-other-colors-and-wont-let-me-pick-a-specific-color-even-with-css-component/386840)
**Author:** [@Jack\_McCarthy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jack_McCarthy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-theme-im-using-calculates-the-background-based-off-of-other-colors-and-wont-let-me-pick-a-specific-color-even-with-css-component/386840 "2025-10-27T16:28:33Z")
I’m using the Horizon theme which doesn’t have a way to directly pick the background color, this is what it says in the inspector: \`html { –background-color: light-dark( oklch(from #002F43 96% calc(c \* 0.125) h), oklch… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=162) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=164)