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## [Website crashed while updating](https://meta.discourse.org/t/website-crashed-while-updating/46876)

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**Author:** [@prateekvarma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/prateekvarma)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/website-crashed-while-updating/46876 "2016-07-06T02:23:25Z")

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Hi, I just tried to update my discourse forum, and it did not succeed. Following is the screenshot i took before my website messed up (and still is down) :expressionless:

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## [Ireland flag shows up as Italy + Spain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ireland-flag-shows-up-as-italy-spain/46847)

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**Author:** [@tannerfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tannerfilip)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ireland-flag-shows-up-as-italy-spain/46847 "2016-07-05T17:56:18Z")

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Reported at 1284459 - Misinterpretation of emoji, when you use the Ireland flag emoji it shows up as Italy and Spain, not Ireland. :ireland::ireland::ireland:

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## [Username change wipes post history in user profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-change-wipes-post-history-in-user-profile/45063)

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**Author:** [@eriko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eriko)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-change-wipes-post-history-in-user-profile/45063 "2016-07-05T17:18:14Z")

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For various annoying reasons we keep our name change window open much much longer than default. This has led people to make use of it in an interesting manner. Changing your username seems to also clear the post histor…

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## [My gigantic avatars are not working!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-gigantic-avatars-are-not-working/46839)

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**Author:** [@Rainbowresidue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rainbowresidue)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-gigantic-avatars-are-not-working/46839 "2016-07-05T16:49:58Z")

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Dear Gentleman, @codinghorror @sam We are having an issue on iPads too. The avatars won’t show on iPads, but show everywhere else (phones, laptops, PCs). Here’s a snapshot from my iPad Air 2. (My friend also can’t see …

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## [\[PAID\] We need someone to customize a Discourse design](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-we-need-someone-to-customize-a-discourse-design/46631)

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**Author:** [@EddieOne](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EddieOne)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-we-need-someone-to-customize-a-discourse-design/46631 "2016-07-01T14:22:25Z")

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We have a Discouse forum setup with minimal design changes so far. We are looking for someone who can completely rework the design. We are looking for a more horizontal and traditional forum style. See the example below. …

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## [Hide Reply button in emails if you don't have permission](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-reply-button-in-emails-if-you-dont-have-permission/44211)

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**Author:** [@Jared\_Needell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jared_Needell)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-reply-button-in-emails-if-you-dont-have-permission/44211 "2016-07-05T12:45:28Z")

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Is it possible to suppress the reply button in emails if the user doesn’t have permission to reply. This can be misleading to someone who can’t reply in a category they get emails on.

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## [Site down after enabling SSL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-down-after-enabling-ssl/46778)

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**Author:** [@P16](https://meta.discourse.org/u/P16)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 6:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-down-after-enabling-ssl/46778 "2016-07-05T06:16:44Z")

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I bought a PositiveSSL from Namecheap today and followed the instructions at: Which included placing ssl.key and ssl.crt at /var/discourse/shared/standalone/ssl/ and adding the additional templates to app.yml. I have s…

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## [Missing translations error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-translations-error/46788)

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**Author:** [@rimian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rimian)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-translations-error/46788 "2016-07-05T00:34:12Z")

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I accidentally corrupted my translations config when I installed a plugin I was working on. So, most of my translations were missing for a while. I’ve fixed it now. I still have some missing translations rendering in po…

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## [Force people to register to read?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-people-to-register-to-read/46816)

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**Author:** [@Sebastian1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sebastian1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-people-to-register-to-read/46816 "2016-07-05T00:32:03Z")

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Pinterest and some other communities has a feature where visitors can read for x minutes/seconds before there is a popup that require registration to continue reading. Example here: https://nomadforum.io Any plugin lik…

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## [Last poster is missing from Suggested topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-poster-is-missing-from-suggested-topics/46737)

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**Author:** [@probus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/probus)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/last-poster-is-missing-from-suggested-topics/46737 "2016-07-05T00:10:58Z")

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The last poster info is missing from the Suggested topics list. This is comes up in mobile or with custom themes for desktop, such as Sam's personal "minimal" topic list design. A few screenshots from Meta on Chrome/Andr…

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## [Allow deleting messages that I sent to myself](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-deleting-messages-that-i-sent-to-myself/46824)

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**Author:** [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-deleting-messages-that-i-sent-to-myself/46824 "2016-07-04T23:13:47Z")

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I love the new feature that allows me to send messages to myself. The ability to delete those messages would make this feature even better. Any chance that this could be added too? :wink:

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## [Inaccessible links to private groups on profile pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inaccessible-links-to-private-groups-on-profile-pages/42718)

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**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inaccessible-links-to-private-groups-on-profile-pages/42718 "2016-07-04T22:14:09Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Make private group pages visible to only group members: Steps to reproduce: Create a group and uncheck “Group is visible to all users” Add non-admin members to the group. Each member w…

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## [Post attributes not correctly set on staged posts when saved?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-attributes-not-correctly-set-on-staged-posts-when-saved/28571)

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**Author:** [@lukegb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lukegb)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-attributes-not-correctly-set-on-staged-posts-when-saved/28571 "2016-07-04T16:33:49Z")

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I’ve noticed that the user class attributes don’t seem to be set correctly (on the poster-name component) when a post is saved from the composer. Obviously the issue goes away when the page is refreshed and it’s only evi…

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## [Code fences toolbar button plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-fences-toolbar-button-plugin/44508)

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**Author:** [@Mazzen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mazzen)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 12:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-fences-toolbar-button-plugin/44508 "2016-07-04T12:21:54Z")

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Hey guys, We are looking into adding the ability to insert code fences with ('syntax highlighting') as a button to the toolbar because code snippets are important in our installation and not all users know about code …

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## [Discourse for Game Communities](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-game-communities/44804)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-for-game-communities/44804 "2016-07-04T12:01:19Z")

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Originally published at: Discourse for Game Communities About a week ago we sent out a brief survey to the game-maker segment of our customer base, looking for some insights on how they make the most out of Discourse…

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## [Impersonating a user should allow me to go back to my user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonating-a-user-should-allow-me-to-go-back-to-my-user/46762)

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**Author:** [@robbyoconnor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robbyoconnor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonating-a-user-should-allow-me-to-go-back-to-my-user/46762 "2016-07-03T23:08:15Z")

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So I recently impersonated a user and then when going back, I got Push notifications for both his account and mine…not sure if that’s a bug or not…

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## [Moved topics and watched/tracked/muted categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moved-topics-and-watched-tracked-muted-categories/30848)

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**Author:** [@AdamCapriola](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamCapriola)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moved-topics-and-watched-tracked-muted-categories/30848 "2016-07-03T22:09:33Z")

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I’m not sure this should be considered a bug or rather functionality that could be improved, but if a topic is recategorized from Category A (which I’m watching/tracking/muting) to Category B (which I’m not watching/trac…

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## [Hide badge user list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-badge-user-list/46471)

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**Author:** [@jesselperry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesselperry)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-badge-user-list/46471 "2016-07-03T18:24:27Z")

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Is there a way to remove the list of users granted a particular badge — while still having the badge enabled and listed on the main Badges page?

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## [Issue with vagrant version following the dev guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-vagrant-version-following-the-dev-guide/46760)

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**Author:** [@chagara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chagara)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-vagrant-version-following-the-dev-guide/46760 "2016-07-03T15:40:10Z")

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helo, I was following the guide in https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/VAGRANT.md and I’m running into a couple of issues: Can someone update the vagrant VM listed in the guide above? I install th…

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## [Giving each user a unique discourse powered blog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/giving-each-user-a-unique-discourse-powered-blog/46731)

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**Author:** [@LastDance](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LastDance)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/giving-each-user-a-unique-discourse-powered-blog/46731 "2016-07-03T08:33:41Z")

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Ive seen elsewhere on the net, people using discourse as a blogging platform. I was wondering if it was possible (or really if anyone has done it), for discourse to actually give each user their own “blog” (a.k.a. a post…

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## [Need to have box to click and start typing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-have-box-to-click-and-start-typing/16145)

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**Author:** [@justin\_gordon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin_gordon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-to-have-box-to-click-and-start-typing/16145 "2016-07-03T03:54:43Z")

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I’ve got a friend who used to work Facebook, and he told me that discourse should have a box at the bottom of each post to just click and start creating a reply, like Facebook and Disqus. He said it definitely makes a di…

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## [GnuPG Encrypted outgoing topic notification emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gnupg-encrypted-outgoing-topic-notification-emails/46745)

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**Author:** [@frigidaire\_amer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frigidaire_amer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gnupg-encrypted-outgoing-topic-notification-emails/46745 "2016-07-03T02:09:13Z")

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Hello, We switched our encrypted mailing list to a Discourse forum with no regret. Thanks for the great work! When we switched to Discourse (obviously forcing https usage), we agreed to disable email notifications to p…

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## [Recovering Discourse from a failed update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recovering-discourse-from-a-failed-update/46752)

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**Author:** [@barryparr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryparr)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recovering-discourse-from-a-failed-update/46752 "2016-07-02T22:50:00Z")

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I wrecked my installation while trying to update Docker and nothing is working now. And I don’t have a backup. How to do I tell what the state of my docker and in discourse installations are and figure out how to put th…

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## [Discourse thinks it is upgrading but it is not](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-thinks-it-is-upgrading-but-it-is-not/32076)

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**Author:** [@clay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clay)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-thinks-it-is-upgrading-but-it-is-not/32076 "2016-07-02T22:25:05Z")

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After an attempt to upgrade to v1.4.0.beta8 got stuck, I rebuilt the app, per some advice in a thread here. When the app rebuilt, it upgraded itself. However, Now I see this at my admin/upgrade screen: Sadly, th…

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## [NULL first\_visited\_at dates in the topic\_users table](https://meta.discourse.org/t/null-first-visited-at-dates-in-the-topic-users-table/45996)

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**Author:** [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/null-first-visited-at-dates-in-the-topic-users-table/45996 "2016-07-02T22:27:51Z")

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While investigating the topic users table last month Mysterious entries in topic\_users table: I noticed quite a few rows had NULL first\_visited\_at dates even though the last\_visited\_at date was not null. Not certain w…

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## [Viewing a list of users who are watching a category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-a-list-of-users-who-are-watching-a-category/15225)

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**Author:** [@wesochuck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wesochuck)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/viewing-a-list-of-users-who-are-watching-a-category/15225 "2016-07-02T12:49:43Z")

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We’d like a way to see which users have added a category to their watch list. Ideally this information would be able to be exposed to mods as well, or handled as a new security “type” for the category security settings. …

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## [Youtube fullscreen button transfers you to another post in topic (2)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-fullscreen-button-transfers-you-to-another-post-in-topic-2/46709)

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**Author:** [@ampburner](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ampburner)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-fullscreen-button-transfers-you-to-another-post-in-topic-2/46709 "2016-07-01T19:21:36Z")

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I am experiencing this same issue as described here. https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-fullscreen-button-transfers-you-to-another-post-in-topic/41420 The topic was locked due to “cannot reproduce” so here is some mo…

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## [How does Discourse implement live update notifications?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-implement-live-update-notifications/46610)

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**Author:** [@piratdavid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/piratdavid)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-implement-live-update-notifications/46610 "2016-07-01T16:37:20Z")

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Hi, I have written a plugin that has a news feed with a lists of latest topics in a sidebar. It updates regularly by making an ajax call to /latest.json every few seconds. The existing latest page in the forum has the s…

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## [Daily performance reports keep asking to rebuild container](https://meta.discourse.org/t/daily-performance-reports-keep-asking-to-rebuild-container/38311)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/daily-performance-reports-keep-asking-to-rebuild-container/38311 "2016-07-01T13:33:03Z")

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Reproduce: Enable the site setting daily performance report (“Analyze NGINX logs daily and post a Staff Only topic with details”). Update the Docker image: cd /var/discourse ./launcher rebuild app Expected Resu…

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## ["Edit your group membership and names here" - where is it used?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-your-group-membership-and-names-here-where-is-it-used/42290)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-your-group-membership-and-names-here-where-is-it-used/42290 "2016-07-01T04:45:56Z")

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Hi there. I can’t find the context for this translation key: admin\_js.admin.groups.about Edit your group membership and names here Please advise where this text is shown.

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