# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=290 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 291 --- ## [Email-less and password-less registration & authentication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-less-and-password-less-registration-authentication/207737)
**Author:** [@Be0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Be0)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-less-and-password-less-registration-authentication/207737 "2025-02-26T22:42:44Z")
The insecurity and usability problems of passwords are well known. Passwords are something you know, so they are vulnerable to forgetting, which happens often. Thus, email is widely used as a backup to reset passwords. E… --- ## [Is it possible to have a topic shown in 2 different categories?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-topic-shown-in-2-different-categories/354513)
**Author:** [@Jess\_0398](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jess_0398)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-topic-shown-in-2-different-categories/354513 "2025-02-26T20:51:47Z")
Hey! Just wondering if it’s possible to have a topic show up in 2 different categories. For example, if we had a “News & Updates” category explaining how a new mobile app feature will be available soon. Would I be able t… --- ## [Webinar: Love Your Community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webinar-love-your-community/351482)
**Author:** [@Danielle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Danielle)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webinar-love-your-community/351482 "2025-02-26T19:32:30Z")
📅 February 13, 2025 1:00 PM (America/New\_York) On 2025-02-13T05:00:00Z (UTC), members of our Customer Success Team hosted the Love Your Community webinar, focusing on ways to show your members how much you care! Watch … --- ## [How could I get voters from a poll?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-could-i-get-voters-from-a-poll/233433)
**Author:** [@Nicolás\_Fernández](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nicol%C3%A1s_Fern%C3%A1ndez)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-could-i-get-voters-from-a-poll/233433 "2025-02-26T19:04:36Z")
Hi team, I am having some issue with GET to /polls/voters.json (I need all userNames or IDs that voted each option) Discourse is always returning me this error: { “errors”: \[ “You supplied invalid parameters to the… --- ## [Plugin rake task running multiple times - what are we missing?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-rake-task-running-multiple-times-what-are-we-missing/210077)
**Author:** [@Simon\_Manning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Simon_Manning)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-rake-task-running-multiple-times-what-are-we-missing/210077 "2025-02-26T18:34:55Z")
I’m adding a rake task to the docker\_manager plugin but I’m finding that the task is running twice when I invoke it. In its simplest form, I can add testing.rake to lib/tasks with the following contents: # frozen\_string… --- ## [Restrict exposure of full name to certain groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-exposure-of-full-name-to-certain-groups/348873)
**Author:** [@mdoggydog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mdoggydog)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-exposure-of-full-name-to-certain-groups/348873 "2025-02-26T18:08:44Z")
Background We are trying to set up our site to strike a balance between open access and privacy concerns: The site is public overall; anonymous users can browse, and search engines can index it. Usernames are public. … --- ## [Weird admin menu after update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-admin-menu-after-update/354601)
**Author:** [@packman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/packman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-admin-menu-after-update/354601 "2025-02-26T16:37:51Z")
I just updated to 3.5.0.beta2-dev and now my admin menu is weird… I’ve tried using a couple of links and they work OK, so it just looks like the text is broken. The user menu isn’t affected. It’s not a theme thing be… --- ## [Latest Update has crashed my site (self-install) Will Pay for Support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-update-has-crashed-my-site-self-install-will-pay-for-support/354479)
**Author:** [@BuddhistBookClub](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BuddhistBookClub)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-update-has-crashed-my-site-self-install-will-pay-for-support/354479 "2025-02-26T16:21:48Z")
What would you like done? I installed the docker to the latest and Discourse to the latest release via UI but received an error. Now my site is down, rebuild via console on Digital Ocean has not solved this. Please, ne… --- ## [How do communities handle tagging for announcements about versioned products?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-communities-handle-tagging-for-announcements-about-versioned-products/354655)
**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-communities-handle-tagging-for-announcements-about-versioned-products/354655 "2025-02-26T16:08:37Z")
I’m especially curious for products that have major.minor.patch releases. I want users to be able to find announcements, release notes, bug fixes related to their specific release, but I don’t want to have tag hell of um… --- ## [How to edit WELCOME text in AIR Theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-edit-welcome-text-in-air-theme/354617)
**Author:** [@noid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/noid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-edit-welcome-text-in-air-theme/354617 "2025-02-26T16:00:50Z")
Hello, I am very new to a self hosted discourse so might be missing something obvious. How do I edit WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY text in Air theme? If I go to site texts section and type this text to bring a string, it does… --- ## [When Forum Admins Ignore Requests – What Are the Options?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-forum-admins-ignore-requests-what-are-the-options/354565)
**Author:** [@Okhre](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Okhre)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-forum-admins-ignore-requests-what-are-the-options/354565 "2025-02-26T13:53:00Z")
Hello community and support team, Has anyone else experienced a situation where a forum admin refuses to respond to requests about personal account actions, such as username changes or account deletions? It’s frustrati… --- ## [Discourse rebuild process hangs at PostgreSQL initialization with "trust" authentication warning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-rebuild-process-hangs-at-postgresql-initialization-with-trust-authentication-warning/354578)
**Author:** [@J\_J1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/J_J1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-rebuild-process-hangs-at-postgresql-initialization-with-trust-authentication-warning/354578 "2025-02-26T14:48:10Z")
Hello, I’m encountering an issue while attempting to rebuild my Discourse application using the ./launcher rebuild app command. The process hangs during the PostgreSQL initialization phase, displaying the following warn… --- ## [Required vs. optional sign-up fields](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-vs-optional-sign-up-fields/354505)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Coombes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jim_Coombes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/required-vs-optional-sign-up-fields/354505 "2025-02-26T14:47:39Z")
The online safety act now in force in the UK requires us to have a policy to protect minors. Unfortunately I have not found a way to determine user ages. Our sign-up screens do have an optional “birth year” field. But I… --- ## [Error in any AI Tool with no parameters, e.g. "tags"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-any-ai-tool-with-no-parameters-e-g-tags/353948)
**Author:** [@markschmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markschmucker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-in-any-ai-tool-with-no-parameters-e-g-tags/353948 "2025-02-26T09:43:54Z")
EDIT- Now I understand this happens with the built-in tags AI Tool also, not just my custom tool. Please skip ahead to my second post. I have two custom AI Tools- one with parameters and one with no parameters. Both pas… --- ## [Seeking advice: Host/Guest and Trainer/Trainee matchmaking](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-advice-host-guest-and-trainer-trainee-matchmaking/354548)
**Author:** [@Frully](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frully)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 6:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-advice-host-guest-and-trainer-trainee-matchmaking/354548 "2025-02-26T06:29:51Z")
TLDR: I want to simplify the matchmaking real-world users in two situations: trainers to trainees\[1\] hosts and guest/probationary visitors\[2\] Many-to-many comparison between multiple users, with vastly differing sched… --- ## [Question about release note for experimental search results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-release-note-for-experimental-search-results/354141)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 6:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-release-note-for-experimental-search-results/354141 "2025-02-26T06:24:44Z")
What does this mean? Well, I know what it means, but how can it be activated, tuned prompt etc.? --- ## [A problem, possibly a bug, regarding gamification and automation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-problem-possibly-a-bug-regarding-gamification-and-automation/354549)
**Author:** [@copymonopoly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/copymonopoly)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-problem-possibly-a-bug-regarding-gamification-and-automation/354549 "2025-02-26T05:04:13Z")
I combined gamification and automation so that users can join a specific group to gain permissions after earning a certain amount of points. However, I found that excluded groups still don’t appear on the leaderboard, bu… --- ## [Backblaze B2 backup fails - Unsupported header 'x-amz-checksum-algorithm'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backblaze-b2-backup-fails-unsupported-header-x-amz-checksum-algorithm/354523)
**Author:** [@znedw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/znedw)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backblaze-b2-backup-fails-unsupported-header-x-amz-checksum-algorithm/354523 "2025-02-26T01:48:42Z")
\[2025-02-25 15:05:45\] Uploading archive... \[2025-02-25 15:05:47\] EXCEPTION: Unsupported header 'x-amz-checksum-algorithm' received for this API call. \[2025-02-25 15:05:47\] /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems… --- ## [Set up Discord notifications with the discourse-chat-integration plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-discord-notifications-with-the-discourse-chat-integration-plugin/66600)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-discord-notifications-with-the-discourse-chat-integration-plugin/66600 "2025-02-26T00:41:55Z")
:bookmark: This guide explains how to configure Discord notifications for your Discourse forum using the discourse-chat-integration plugin. This plugin is included with Discourse — no separate installation is required. … --- ## [OpenID Connect and sub mismatch](https://meta.discourse.org/t/openid-connect-and-sub-mismatch/342029)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/openid-connect-and-sub-mismatch/342029 "2025-02-25T06:14:53Z")
A user can log in to provider (WordPress if than plays any roll) and when that user returns to Discourse, it waits a bit and tells it didn’t happen. I see this in logs: openid\_connect\_sub\_mismatch: OmniAuth::Strategies:… --- ## [How to manually migrate s3 files to local?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-migrate-s3-files-to-local/354469)
**Author:** [@Yt.w](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yt.w)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-manually-migrate-s3-files-to-local/354469 "2025-02-25T22:16:08Z")
I searched some topic related to my question and looks like cannot use rake uploads:migrate\_from\_s3 anymore. So what should be the safe way to do it? Download all uploads from s3 and upload to my local server. Then do… --- ## [Silenced user \`Reason\` no longer visible on user admin page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/silenced-user-reason-no-longer-visible-on-user-admin-page/354483)
**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/silenced-user-reason-no-longer-visible-on-user-admin-page/354483 "2025-02-25T20:29:02Z")
Discourse 3.5.0.beta1-dev (e26a1175d7). The Reason for a user being silenced is not visible on the admin settings of the user. Steps to replicate: Silence a user in the normal way, add a custom reason: The reaso… --- ## [Alternative post templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-post-templates/354340)
**Author:** [@trusktr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trusktr)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-post-templates/354340 "2025-02-25T18:57:53Z")
Having some alternative views/layouts for posts could be nice, like what WordPress has. Essentially templates based on post type. The feature could allow posts in certain categories (or other criteria), or category page… --- ## [Subcategories view problem for site larger than 1,000 categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategories-view-problem-for-site-larger-than-1-000-categories/353920)
**Author:** [@av203](https://meta.discourse.org/u/av203)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subcategories-view-problem-for-site-larger-than-1-000-categories/353920 "2025-02-25T18:40:11Z")
I’m hosting a site that has more than 1,000 categories. The community it is running for prefers using categories for semantic separation over, for example, tags. This is working reasonably well, however, I encountered a… --- ## [Error Updating from 3.4.0.beta3-dev to 3.4.0.beta3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-updating-from-3-4-0-beta3-dev-to-3-4-0-beta3/349847)
**Author:** [@kapchew](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kapchew)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-updating-from-3-4-0-beta3-dev-to-3-4-0-beta3/349847 "2025-02-25T18:29:56Z")
Hi, Today, after updating my self-hosted Discourse from 3.4.0.beta3-dev to 3.4.0.beta3 via command line, the site is not accessible. It shows Bad Gateway (nginx) page. May I know what’s gone wrong? P/s Currently, I ha… --- ## [Access tracked variables in VanillaJS?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-tracked-variables-in-vanillajs/354313)
**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-tracked-variables-in-vanillajs/354313 "2025-02-25T17:41:17Z")
I have this piece of code: let iFrame = document.getElementById('oc-editor'); iFrame.addEventListener('load', function() { iFrame.contentWindow.postMessage({ eventType: 'populateCode', language: "{{this.codeLa… --- ## [Non-alphanumeric characters in usernames](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-alphanumeric-characters-in-usernames/354390)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-alphanumeric-characters-in-usernames/354390 "2025-02-25T16:55:36Z")
Hello, fellow Discoursers, I hope you’re enjoying a great day/night! I was surprised to see a username here that doesn’t use any alphanumeric character (Илья\_Комаров). I don’t recall seeing one before :thinking: I don’… --- ## [Http3 support?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/http3-support/329153)
**Author:** [@Petr\_Mišák](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Petr_Mi%C5%A1%C3%A1k)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/http3-support/329153 "2025-02-25T16:17:55Z")
Does Discourse already support http3? I know it’s primarily a network issue, but if I run Discourse on DigitalOcean, for example, the Docker container that Discourse runs in must be able to support http3 --- ## [Text is uncountable (in the context of a site)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-is-uncountable-in-the-context-of-a-site/354097)
**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/text-is-uncountable-in-the-context-of-a-site/354097 "2025-02-25T15:06:16Z")
Used to be “Text” :white\_check\_mark: Someone recently added “Site” (seems reasonable if redundant) :question: But is now “Texts” :x: This was always uncountable and should remain so. imho this should be “Site Text” … --- ## [SendGrid - NoMethodError (undefined method \`\[\]' for nil:NilClass)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sendgrid-nomethoderror-undefined-method-for-nil-nilclass/285221)
**Author:** [@KCAS](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KCAS)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sendgrid-nomethoderror-undefined-method-for-nil-nilclass/285221 "2025-02-25T14:08:33Z")
Hello, Have started to use the sendgrid webhook with verification key. Now are getting a lot of these errors. Had sent out a bulk invite with sendgrid. app/controllers/webhooks\_controller.rb:29:in \`block in sendgrid' a… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=289) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=291)