# Latest

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## [Hide option to create Group Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-option-to-create-group-chat/374129)

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**Author:** [@Cate\_Soule](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cate_Soule)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-option-to-create-group-chat/374129 "2025-07-14T15:21:52Z")

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I’ve enabled the chat feature, but I’ve set it to allow only 1-on-1 conversations. However, users can still create group chats which doesn’t make sense in this setup. I’d like to either disable or hide the option to crea…

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## [How Ask Discourse became Andela’s AI community management assistant](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-ask-discourse-became-andela-s-ai-community-management-assistant/374155)

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**Author:** [@stella](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stella)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-ask-discourse-became-andela-s-ai-community-management-assistant/374155 "2025-07-14T15:09:50Z")

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At Discourse, we believe that community builders should always have a place to turn when they have questions. That’s why we created Ask Discourse, an AI-powered assistant that helps community admins solve problems, fine-…

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## [Corrupted git on launcher rebuild app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/corrupted-git-on-launcher-rebuild-app/374109)

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**Author:** [@anisus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anisus)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/corrupted-git-on-launcher-rebuild-app/374109 "2025-07-14T13:11:59Z")

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After upgrading docker\_manager through the UI (which seemed to go fine), the Admin dashboard just rendered an empty page, even if the rest of the forum seemed to work. To resolve this, I resorted to run: ./launcher reb…

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## [Assign new tags to a tag group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-new-tags-to-a-tag-group/369605)

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**Author:** [@tknospdr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tknospdr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-new-tags-to-a-tag-group/369605 "2025-07-14T13:07:39Z")

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Trying to figure out a way to have tags created by users in a specific category be automatically assigned to a specified tag group. I searched and didn’t find anything currently available. Does this code look like it wo…

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## [Stuck in "Updating..." State After Interrupted Upgrade - Cannot Install New Updates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stuck-in-updating-state-after-interrupted-upgrade-cannot-install-new-updates/374119)

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**Author:** [@serkhelesheyi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/serkhelesheyi)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stuck-in-updating-state-after-interrupted-upgrade-cannot-install-new-updates/374119 "2025-07-14T11:41:52Z")

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Dear Discourse Support Team, I am the administrator of a Discourse forum. Recently, I initiated an upgrade of our forum via the web UI. Unfortunately, the internet connection was interrupted mid-process, and I had …

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## [Added PluginOutlet to SubCategoryItem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/added-pluginoutlet-to-subcategoryitem/374105)

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**Author:** [@tomve](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tomve)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/added-pluginoutlet-to-subcategoryitem/374105 "2025-07-14T09:34:32Z")

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I’ve created a PR for a new PluginOutlet around the SubCategoryItem template to allow us to customise the content from a theme. It would be great if it can be reviewed by someone?

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## [Can't login to a new installation after restoring backup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-login-to-a-new-installation-after-restoring-backup/374106)

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**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 9:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-login-to-a-new-installation-after-restoring-backup/374106 "2025-07-14T09:08:04Z")

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I had this installation forum.example.com I had my admin account admin@forum.example.com with my password and 2FA Eventually I decided to migrate that to a new domain community.newexample.com Before I did that, I cr…

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## [Force adding tag on posts by user group + custom template per user group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-adding-tag-on-posts-by-user-group-custom-template-per-user-group/359473)

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**Author:** [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-adding-tag-on-posts-by-user-group-custom-template-per-user-group/359473 "2025-07-14T06:39:02Z")

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As the admin of the forum, I will have certain tags reserved to topics I start, limited to certain categories, e.g. I have a category “Music Production” and I have a “music-production-by-tiago” tag, just to give the user…

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## [Topic timeline's current post number blank](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timelines-current-post-number-blank/372881)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timelines-current-post-number-blank/372881 "2025-07-14T05:07:20Z")

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Note: this happens on Meta. On certain topics, once the topic loads, if you start scrollng down (or even if you don’t), the number showing which post you’re reading in the topic tomeline is not there, and only loads aft…

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## [New features items is missing version string](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-features-items-is-missing-version-string/373805)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-features-items-is-missing-version-string/373805 "2025-07-14T05:02:40Z")

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The “New rich text editor for easier writing experience” item in https://meta.discourse.org/new-features.json seems to be missing the discourse\_version field and thus is it being displayed on sites on lower Discourse ver…

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## [500 Errors while using meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-errors-while-using-meta/374061)

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**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/500-errors-while-using-meta/374061 "2025-07-14T02:59:07Z")

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I notice difficulty uploading media to meta (stuck on 100% for a while) and difficulty in selecting category drop-down in composer in my instance. Could these issues be linked?

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## [Push notifications PWA or iOS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-notifications-pwa-or-ios/371129)

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**Author:** [@ryan\_olsen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryan_olsen)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-notifications-pwa-or-ios/371129 "2025-07-14T00:09:37Z")

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is this a feature in discourse now? push taksbar notifications seem to work on microsoft edge but not on android. is there any integration with onesignal or similar for true push notifications on ios android etc for PWA? …

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## [How to change Discourse email settings after installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-discourse-email-settings-after-installation/374076)

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**Author:** [@Modfather](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Modfather)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-discourse-email-settings-after-installation/374076 "2025-07-13T23:09:39Z")

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Ok please don’t slate me, paid someone to install discourse on a fresh vps, encounter numerous issues not his fault to be fair. However we have our install but stupid me never realized to check he had checked the emails …

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## [Embeds Stuck on “Loading Discussion…”? Topic Not Created? Here's the Fix](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embeds-stuck-on-loading-discussion-topic-not-created-heres-the-fix/374029)

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**Author:** [@nlambert](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nlambert)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embeds-stuck-on-loading-discussion-topic-not-created-heres-the-fix/374029 "2025-07-13T21:57:42Z")

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Over the course of a few days I noticed a lot of people have searched and posted for solutions concerning comment embeds. I am one of those people. I hope this post helps others in the same situation. I am new to Discou…

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## [Can Discourse ship frequent Docker images that do not need to be bootstrapped?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-ship-frequent-docker-images-that-do-not-need-to-be-bootstrapped/33205)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 211\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-ship-frequent-docker-images-that-do-not-need-to-be-bootstrapped/33205 "2025-07-13T19:30:34Z")

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There is this open issue (which I just closed) on Discourse Docker repo asking Discourse should behave like a standard docker image a docker user excepts to be able to run discourse without a special launcher. to def…

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## [Percieved Security on Insta DMs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/percieved-security-on-insta-dms/372882)

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**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/percieved-security-on-insta-dms/372882 "2025-07-13T17:08:42Z")

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Hi everyone ▶ how security looks when sending Invite Link via. Instagram DM ▶ how security looks when sending link to group chat changing the ?…user to /last this is using the standard install let’s encrypt

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## [Use of Flags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-of-flags/371077)

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**Author:** [@TonyG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TonyG)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-of-flags/371077 "2025-07-13T11:34:33Z")

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People use the Flat / Report button as a substitute for an eyeroll emoji :roll\_eyes: , to indicate ;TL/DR;, or to otherwise express irritation with formatting or grammar or some other off-topic reason. The result is “Yo…

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## [Expand/collapse arrow has a grey circle around it when pressed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expand-collapse-arrow-has-a-grey-circle-around-it-when-pressed/374027)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/expand-collapse-arrow-has-a-grey-circle-around-it-when-pressed/374027 "2025-07-13T02:17:33Z")

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When pressing on the arrows to expand or collapse the oneboxed link, there is a grey circle around it. Not super urgent, though.

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## [Sending chat message using icon, not enter, on tablets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-chat-message-using-icon-not-enter-on-tablets/280305)

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**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-chat-message-using-icon-not-enter-on-tablets/280305 "2025-07-12T21:58:52Z")

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When writing a message using a mobile sending will happend via ”paperplane icon” and enter of virtual keyboard will give new chapter, aka. carriage return. I, and all of my apple related users, are struggling with virtu…

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## [Skip votes for closed feature request while counting active votes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skip-votes-for-closed-feature-request-while-counting-active-votes/374017)

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**Author:** [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skip-votes-for-closed-feature-request-while-counting-active-votes/374017 "2025-07-12T21:51:19Z")

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It is not possible to remove votes for closed features. I support this, but it reduces the influence of long-term forum users on new features. Votes for closed feature requests should not be counted. Or better: Votes …

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## [Add an "all messages" option as default in /my/messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-an-all-messages-option-as-default-in-my-messages/374015)

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**Author:** [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-an-all-messages-option-as-default-in-my-messages/374015 "2025-07-12T21:36:01Z")

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I would like to be able to offer an “all messages” overview to our users. For topics it is common to see public and private groups shown in the same view. People miss messages sent to groups, if they do not use notific…

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## [Allow @mention notifications in muted topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-mention-notifications-in-muted-topics/373978)

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**Author:** [@Shauny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shauny)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-mention-notifications-in-muted-topics/373978 "2025-07-12T17:03:20Z")

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I run a forum for my website and I can’t always keep track of every single topic so I want to mute some that are not relevant to me. But every now and then something will come up which needs me to look over (maybe someo…

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## [In a custom theme, how do you select the desired light and dark palettes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-a-custom-theme-how-do-you-select-the-desired-light-and-dark-palettes/369055)

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**Author:** [@Raymond\_Camden](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Raymond_Camden)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-a-custom-theme-how-do-you-select-the-desired-light-and-dark-palettes/369055 "2025-07-12T16:21:59Z")

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I’m a bit confused by how custom themes support color palettes for light and dark mode. When I edit a new theme and select a palette, I can only select one. When I previewed, and I’m using Dark Mode, I didn’t see the col…

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## [Set badges to be auto granted?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-badges-to-be-auto-granted/373991)

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**Author:** [@ice.d](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ice.d)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-badges-to-be-auto-granted/373991 "2025-07-12T15:30:10Z")

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As a member of the I saw that there are some badges that aren’t normally a discourse made badge that seems like it is auto granted such as this one below if I’m not mistaken it seems like this is an auto granted bad…

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## [Allowing Leader pin as banner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-leader-pin-as-banner/373584)

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**Author:** [@ice.d](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ice.d)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-leader-pin-as-banner/373584 "2025-07-12T14:38:14Z")

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as a leader of a forum I noticed that we can’t pin as a banner topic and as a forum admin on the same forum now I wanted to see how can I allow them to pin as banner topic additionally I also want to know if I can make …

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## [Upcoming events list shows white on white text in dark mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upcoming-events-list-shows-white-on-white-text-in-dark-mode/373987)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upcoming-events-list-shows-white-on-white-text-in-dark-mode/373987 "2025-07-12T14:10:25Z")

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When looking at /upcoming-events/mine?view=listNextYear showing a list of events in the calendar and in dark mode, text shows white on white and is not legible as you mouseover the events in the list. The popup text is …

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## [Hide muted categories in the collapsed state?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-muted-categories-in-the-collapsed-state/373981)

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**Author:** [@Cate\_Soule](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Cate_Soule)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-muted-categories-in-the-collapsed-state/373981 "2025-07-12T13:52:00Z")

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Hi, is there a way to this? (without unmuting the category)

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## [What happened to the new search?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happened-to-the-new-search/373979)

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**Author:** [@Shauny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shauny)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happened-to-the-new-search/373979 "2025-07-12T12:46:22Z")

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A few weeks ago there was a brand new search experience on Meta and on our forum but then later it changed back to the old version. My members preferred the new one. I’m guessing it had a problem so changed back? I was …

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## [Upgrading failing with: The "before-server" Nginx outlet is missing... discourse\_docker is not compatible with the chosen Discourse version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-failing-with-the-before-server-nginx-outlet-is-missing-discourse-docker-is-not-compatible-with-the-chosen-discourse-version/373869)

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**Author:** [@chrisc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chrisc)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-failing-with-the-before-server-nginx-outlet-is-missing-discourse-docker-is-not-compatible-with-the-chosen-discourse-version/373869 "2025-07-12T09:27:24Z")

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I’ve a Discourse server for which ./launcher rebuild app results in: FAILED -------------------- Pups::ExecError: grep -q 'outlets/before-server' /etc/nginx/conf.d/discourse.conf || ( \>&2 echo 'The "before-server" Nginx…

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## [No login methods when using Discourse Connect only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-login-methods-when-using-discourse-connect-only/373504)

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**Author:** [@kev-is-coding-for-adn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kev-is-coding-for-adn)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 6:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-login-methods-when-using-discourse-connect-only/373504 "2025-07-12T06:56:03Z")

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Hi, I wrote a message 2 weeks ago in the “Support” category (Login page "/login" show "no configured method" - #2 by kev-is-coding-for-adn) but no one seems to have an answer for me. Because I think this is a bug, I wi…

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