# Latest

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## [Published/Scheduled Posts 'Watching First Post' notifications not being triggered](https://meta.discourse.org/t/published-scheduled-posts-watching-first-post-notifications-not-being-triggered/273849)

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**Author:** [@Nacho\_Caballero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nacho_Caballero)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/published-scheduled-posts-watching-first-post-notifications-not-being-triggered/273849 "2023-08-04T07:59:43Z")

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I updated to beta8 on August 1 and that’s when notifications of type 17 (watching\_first\_post) stopped being triggered. The latest watching\_first\_post notification I have on my site has timestamp 2023-07-31T08:00+02:00. …

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## [How to make a header menu with submenus?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-header-menu-with-submenus/273607)

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**Author:** [@roamerlnn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roamerlnn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 6:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-header-menu-with-submenus/273607 "2023-08-04T06:17:04Z")

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Hi , I have installed Custom Header Links and Header submenus.But I don’t know how to make a header menu - with submenus like this?Can anyone help me? Thanks.

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## [Best "Support" Option Other Than Email?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-support-option-other-than-email/273815)

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**Author:** [@discoursejl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/discoursejl)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-support-option-other-than-email/273815 "2023-08-04T05:26:58Z")

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I was looking for a ticketing/customer support plugin but cannot find anything that seems up to date or maintained. Has anyone found any better ways to keep support on the Discourse platform and not just provide an emai…

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## [What does the green circle mean in chats?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-the-green-circle-mean-in-chats/273912)

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**Author:** [@LxmasWasntHere](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LxmasWasntHere)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-the-green-circle-mean-in-chats/273912 "2023-08-04T01:56:06Z")

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Do they mean they’re online in the discourse meta (the whole discourse forum), or does it mean they’re online in the chat?

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## [Fonts not displaying correctly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fonts-not-displaying-correctly/273871)

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**Author:** [@David\_Pettijohn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/David_Pettijohn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fonts-not-displaying-correctly/273871 "2023-08-03T18:49:46Z")

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My discourse fonts are set to Arial. It looks correct in preview mode, but they display incorrectly to public end users https://www.nutritionsecurityplc.org/ I saw in another forum to uncheck Prevent anons from downloadi…

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## [Can't close down the poll breakdown window](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-close-down-the-poll-breakdown-window/273565)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-close-down-the-poll-breakdown-window/273565 "2023-08-03T08:34:26Z")

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When I look at a poll breakdown, there is no way to close down the window and return to the poll / post. Instead I have to go ‘back’ on the browser and then navigate forward in order to get back to the Topic. Steps to …

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## [Chat Online Status](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-online-status/273844)

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**Author:** [@discoursejl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/discoursejl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-online-status/273844 "2023-08-03T15:14:48Z")

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Users in chat have a green circle around their profile picture. Where can that be disabled if they don’t want to appear online? From what I have found online that was a plugin. Can’t find the out of the box settings for …

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## [Creating Post Voting topics with the API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-post-voting-topics-with-the-api/273787)

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**Author:** [@kuaza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuaza)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-post-voting-topics-with-the-api/273787 "2023-08-03T14:53:35Z")

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When we create a new topic with the API, the topics are created normally, even if we make the setting in the category. I am working using the API, how can I ensure that the topics I create with the API are created as …

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## [Can I use Discourse Algolia Search in the Search Banner?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-discourse-algolia-search-in-the-search-banner/273826)

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**Author:** [@simon-g](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon-g)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 8:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-discourse-algolia-search-in-the-search-banner/273826 "2022-12-31T08:39:04Z")

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Would it be possible to use this with Discourse Algolia Search ?

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## [Are the posts translated automatically?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-the-posts-translated-automatically/274905)

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**Author:** [@andrei.stoian](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andrei.stoian)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-the-posts-translated-automatically/274905 "2023-08-03T11:22:12Z")

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Hello, Does the translator automatically translates all posts when added to the forum as in initial step? Or it translates only the posts triggered for translation by a user? Thank you.

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## [Negative lookbehind not working in watched words regex](https://meta.discourse.org/t/negative-lookbehind-not-working-in-watched-words-regex/271981)

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**Author:** [@tkrunning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tkrunning)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 10:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/negative-lookbehind-not-working-in-watched-words-regex/271981 "2023-08-03T10:24:38Z")

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It seems negative lookbehind expressions (which should be valid in both Ruby and JS flavors of regex, the latter as of ECMAScript 2018) don’t work in Watched Words. Here’s an example: (?\<!new\\s)\\bcar\\b should match in…

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## [Questions about migration of files such as images and videos](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-migration-of-files-such-as-images-and-videos/273429)

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**Author:** [@lizhenmiao](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lizhenmiao)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-migration-of-files-such-as-images-and-videos/273429 "2023-08-03T08:54:14Z")

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If I start using a server for storing images, videos, etc., and then I want to switch to AWS s3, will the previous files be migrated? Will my old files still be displayed properly on the page? Will I get a 404?

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## [Composer previews not working in Safari](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-previews-not-working-in-safari/273717)

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**Author:** [@tkrunning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tkrunning)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 7:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-previews-not-working-in-safari/273717 "2023-08-03T07:58:40Z")

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On my Discourse instance the preview on the right side of the composer is no longer showing up in Safari: This started maybe a few weeks ago, perhaps around the time I upgraded to 3.1-beta6 or so, but I’m not certain…

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## [Hosted site went read-only a few minutes ago](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosted-site-went-read-only-a-few-minutes-ago/273774)

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**Author:** [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 8:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosted-site-went-read-only-a-few-minutes-ago/273774 "2023-08-03T08:32:00Z")

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Log has some errors like: Job exception: Failed to open TCP connection to embeddings.local.:80 (No route to host - connect(2) for "embeddings.local." port 80) then Connection lost (ECONNRESET) subscribe failed, reconn…

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## [Why can TL4 users send PMs to emails?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-can-tl4-users-send-pms-to-emails/277337)

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**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 8:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-can-tl4-users-send-pms-to-emails/277337 "2023-08-03T08:11:28Z")

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Why can TL4 users email anyone? This makes no sense. I just discovered it creates a “staged user” and you cannot get rid of those users at TL4. It will also show people those new “users” and it could be invasive if …

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## [Accidentily deleted the main sidebar section](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accidentily-deleted-the-main-sidebar-section/273624)

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**Author:** [@anderer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anderer)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accidentily-deleted-the-main-sidebar-section/273624 "2023-08-03T04:50:27Z")

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I accidentily deleted the “primary menu” here on meta and now i am wondering how i can get it back. and the same thing happened in the forum where I am an admin - there I deleted all the sections that appear in the “mor…

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## [Default sidebar categories missing from settings?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-sidebar-categories-missing-from-settings/273723)

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**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-sidebar-categories-missing-from-settings/273723 "2023-08-02T23:13:27Z")

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My admin settings does not seem to have an option for default sidebar categories. Is this no longer possible to set globally?

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## [Composer AI helper not showing up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-ai-helper-not-showing-up/273702)

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**Author:** [@Nacho\_Caballero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nacho_Caballero)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-ai-helper-not-showing-up/273702 "2023-08-02T22:07:26Z")

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I’ve installed the plugin and changed the settings as described here: However, when I open the editor, I don’t see the star icon: Could the problem be that I don’t have a paying plan for OpenAI? I wanted to test …

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## [External Permalink Stopped working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-permalink-stopped-working/273700)

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**Author:** [@Shaneod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shaneod)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-permalink-stopped-working/273700 "2023-08-02T19:41:44Z")

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Hey lads, I added a permalink for my /ads.txt file the other day, linking it to an external dynamic URL so the advertising company can update the file themselves, and the redirect worked fine. I have been working on th…

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## ["Failed to Fetch" GIF TypeError (From the Offical Discourse Website)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-fetch-gif-typeerror-from-the-offical-discourse-website/273695)

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**Author:** [@LxmasWasntHere](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LxmasWasntHere)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-fetch-gif-typeerror-from-the-offical-discourse-website/273695 "2023-08-02T18:57:24Z")

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This also keeps happening when i try to post a GIF in a GC. How can i make this not appear? Note:

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## [Discourse UI broken on iOS 17 developer beta4](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ui-broken-on-ios-17-developer-beta4/273637)

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**Author:** [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ui-broken-on-ios-17-developer-beta4/273637 "2023-08-02T12:44:43Z")

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Just tested on iOS 17 beta 4 (developer) and discourse UI seems broken. (Safari and Chrome) It seems as though the scrolling makes css changes and jumps. it seems the issue is with borders I’m pretty sure. The .topic-…

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## [Sidebar Categories Not Showing to New Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-categories-not-showing-to-new-users/273427)

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**Author:** [@discoursejl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/discoursejl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-categories-not-showing-to-new-users/273427 "2023-08-02T12:34:36Z")

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We have like 10 categories. On the admin side we see all 10 on the sidebar, but new users only see one - general. But if they click “all categories” they are taken to the /categories page and they see them all. Permissi…

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## [Multiple email addresses for a group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-email-addresses-for-a-group/38193)

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**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 9:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-email-addresses-for-a-group/38193 "2023-08-02T09:02:21Z")

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The incoming email field seems to be limited to a single address. Would it be possible to allow multiple here? usecase: we have info@ sales@ and several others that all go to the same mailbox.

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## [Ctrl-Shift-I Not Opening Inspector on Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ctrl-shift-i-not-opening-inspector-on-meta/273501)

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**Author:** [@denvergeeks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/denvergeeks)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ctrl-shift-i-not-opening-inspector-on-meta/273501 "2023-08-02T08:02:58Z")

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Apologies if this is off-topic… Ctrl → Shift → I is not working for me to open the Chrome Inspector (also in Firefox), but only on Meta Discourse Forum, and only when I’m logged in. Anyone have any ideas why this might …

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## [Which plugin or theme-component can display user card like Discourse meta?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-plugin-or-theme-component-can-display-user-card-like-discourse-meta/273612)

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**Author:** [@hiddenvillage](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hiddenvillage)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 7:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-plugin-or-theme-component-can-display-user-card-like-discourse-meta/273612 "2023-08-02T07:52:41Z")

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I want to display user card like Discourse meta. But I can’t find the corresponding plugin or theme-component. Is this open to the public? Or can anyone tell me where it is? Thanks.

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## [Add a 'dismiss' button to the Welcome Banner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-dismiss-button-to-the-welcome-banner/270606)

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**Author:** [@Rhod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rhod)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-dismiss-button-to-the-welcome-banner/270606 "2023-08-01T20:34:57Z")

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Thanks, its a great component. Its posible add a “dismiss” button or “close” button (x).

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## [No more than 3 consecutive replies?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-more-than-3-consecutive-replies/273536)

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**Author:** [@LxmasWasntHere](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LxmasWasntHere)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-more-than-3-consecutive-replies/273536 "2023-08-01T20:13:37Z")

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I typed somewhere in a post, and i replied to myself, but then this happened: What’s happening? (Also, please don’t report this post. I want to know what is happening) @Canapin I reached the max post for the day, so…

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## [Spoiler issues with VoiceOver](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spoiler-issues-with-voiceover/257450)

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**Author:** [@Dannii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dannii)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spoiler-issues-with-voiceover/257450 "2023-08-01T15:56:05Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Spoiler blur not compatible with screen readers: I’ve had a report from a VoiceOver user that the new spoiler code doesn’t work: Have any of my fellow screenreader users been experiencin…

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## [What's up with dev in the version number?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-up-with-dev-in-the-version-number/273483)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-up-with-dev-in-the-version-number/273483 "2023-08-01T14:22:27Z")

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\<meta name="generator" content="Discourse 3.2.0.beta1-dev - https://github.com/discourse/discourse version 20481abefcd025fec5f7c586aacc9354bdad94ec"\> Version now has dev appended. Is this on purpose?

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## [Adding an event in any calendar changes my status to On Holiday](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-an-event-in-any-calendar-changes-my-status-to-on-holiday/250823)

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**Author:** [@rkda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rkda)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-an-event-in-any-calendar-changes-my-status-to-on-holiday/250823 "2023-08-01T13:26:55Z")

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I have Discourse Calendar installed and it has worked fine. However, I just noticed that any calendar now acts as a Holiday Calendar. I tried setting the holiday calendar topic id already However, adding an event to a…

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