# Latest **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=300 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 301 --- ## [Error "Unable to configure link to 'Auto Send Messages'. Ensure ad-blockers are disabled and try reloading the page."](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-unable-to-configure-link-to-auto-send-messages-ensure-ad-blockers-are-disabled-and-try-reloading-the-page/350938)
**Author:** [@Xavier\_Garzon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Xavier_Garzon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-unable-to-configure-link-to-auto-send-messages-ensure-ad-blockers-are-disabled-and-try-reloading-the-page/350938 "2025-02-11T02:36:47Z")
I’m trying to add a simple tab to use my new plugin but I get the following error message: Unable to configure link to ‘Auto Send Messages’. Ensure ad-blockers are disabled and try reloading the page. This new plugi… --- ## [Ghost Theme needs refactoring for topic-list updates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ghost-theme-needs-refactoring-for-topic-list-updates/351018)
**Author:** [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ghost-theme-needs-refactoring-for-topic-list-updates/351018 "2025-02-11T00:20:34Z")
The Ghost Theme is triggering admin warnings. For template overrides as pictured and other things. --- ## [Upgrade failed spectacularily](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failed-spectacularily/350773)
**Author:** [@Neptune](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Neptune)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failed-spectacularily/350773 "2025-02-10T23:51:55Z")
I have updated my several times over the years and mostly without issue. I got a message that my discourse needed to be updated. Initially i tried to use the web update but it said I needed to login and run ./launcher ap… --- ## [Trying to update Docker on DigitalOcean; stuck on Docker 19.03.13 😔](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-update-docker-on-digitalocean-stuck-on-docker-19-03-13/351522)
**Author:** [@pearsonified](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pearsonified)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-update-docker-on-digitalocean-stuck-on-docker-19-03-13/351522 "2025-02-10T21:37:23Z")
I’ve tried following other (closed) threads on here re: updating Docker, but every approach I’ve tried fails for one reason or another. Like many others here, I’m running Discourse on a DigitalOcean Droplet. But I am un… --- ## [Gem::MissingSpecError for plugin gem dependency](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gem-missingspecerror-for-plugin-gem-dependency/351490)
**Author:** [@lllukom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lllukom)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gem-missingspecerror-for-plugin-gem-dependency/351490 "2025-02-10T21:24:49Z")
I’ve created some plugin for Discourse and added a gem dependency in plugin.rb like this: gem 'faraday-multipart', '1.1.0', require\_name: 'faraday/multipart' then referenced this plugin in app.yml and performed launche… --- ## [Question about creating a theme component from HighlightJS script](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-creating-a-theme-component-from-highlightjs-script/351520)
**Author:** [@CarolineFrasca](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CarolineFrasca)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-creating-a-theme-component-from-highlightjs-script/351520 "2025-02-10T21:01:08Z")
Hi there! I saw your message about building a theme component from a fork of HighlightJS. I am hoping to do something similar for the Modular forum to add syntax highlighting for Mojo and I was wondering if you might be … --- ## ["Hide my public profile" is in the wrong place](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-my-public-profile-is-in-the-wrong-place/349169)
**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-my-public-profile-is-in-the-wrong-place/349169 "2025-02-10T21:24:21Z")
When answering a support question, I was looking for the option “hide my public profile”. I finally found it in my “interface” preferences. However, the “interface” tab is about how I see the forum, not about how oth… --- ## [Color palette not working for custom theme after upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-not-working-for-custom-theme-after-upgrade/351106)
**Author:** [@37Rb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/37Rb)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-not-working-for-custom-theme-after-upgrade/351106 "2025-02-10T19:54:10Z")
After upgrading to 3.4.0 our theme is no longer getting color definitions for the selected color palette. I see a CSS file that should have color definitions in it but it comes back empty when our theme is active. So… --- ## [Honeypot Fields for Bot Prevention on Signup?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/honeypot-fields-for-bot-prevention-on-signup/351449)
**Author:** [@Carlo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Carlo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/honeypot-fields-for-bot-prevention-on-signup/351449 "2025-02-10T18:45:42Z")
Hi I’m looking to add a honeypot field to the signup form to block bots. The idea is to create a hidden field like “Phone Number” or “URL” (hidden via CSS), and if a bot fills it, the registration is blocked. Would thi… --- ## [Search for messages that involve (both from and to) a user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-for-messages-that-involve-both-from-and-to-a-user/349458)
**Author:** [@37Rb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/37Rb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-for-messages-that-involve-both-from-and-to-a-user/349458 "2025-02-10T17:46:57Z")
Is it possible to search for messages that involve a specific user? I see that I can search with @username to find all messages from that user but the results don’t include messages I sent to that user, unless they’ve r… --- ## [Add custom registration question to prevent spam signups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-custom-registration-question-to-prevent-spam-signups/149011)
**Author:** [@EGreg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EGreg)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-custom-registration-question-to-prevent-spam-signups/149011 "2025-02-10T16:52:31Z")
Hi there. We set up Discourse to power community.intercoin.org but we get spambots from random IPs signing up and submitting messages “suspiciously fast”. While we could try to moderate those messages, I would like to ad… --- ## [Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory @ rb\_sysopen - /etc/postgresql/15/main/postgresql.conf](https://meta.discourse.org/t/errno-no-such-file-or-directory-rb-sysopen-etc-postgresql-15-main-postgresql-conf/350954)
**Author:** [@sallypf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sallypf)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/errno-no-such-file-or-directory-rb-sysopen-etc-postgresql-15-main-postgresql-conf/350954 "2025-02-10T16:32:49Z")
I tried to update via admin, not sure what happened but admin pages went blank while front was ok. Decided to do update again via command line and got this error Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory @ rb\_sysopen - /… --- ## [Require Edit Reason](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-edit-reason/124593)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/require-edit-reason/124593 "2025-02-10T15:42:52Z")
The purpose of this component is to encourage users to add edit reasons when they edit a post. Edit reasons are displayed at the top of a post’s edit history modal and are a great way to understand why something within … --- ## [REST API debugging - how to enable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rest-api-debugging-how-to-enable/351310)
**Author:** [@francis\_exalate](https://meta.discourse.org/u/francis_exalate)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 8:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rest-api-debugging-how-to-enable/351310 "2025-02-10T08:30:05Z")
I’m doing a REST call to /uploads.json, which works fine in postman, but not in the client that I’m writing. Discourse response contains an empty string - probably I’m missing something. Is there another approach to se… --- ## [How to move from /u/ page to /admin/users/ page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-from-u-page-to-admin-users-page/351396)
**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-from-u-page-to-admin-users-page/351396 "2025-02-10T08:19:08Z")
I’m fairly sure it used to be when looking at a topic, then a poster’s user card, then their user page, there was an “Admin” link to take you to the admin side of things. Now I can’t find it and have to remember the use… --- ## [After a failed attempt on adding a plugin, I reverted to my backup. Tried relaunching. But getting this error. Please give me some solution](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-a-failed-attempt-on-adding-a-plugin-i-reverted-to-my-backup-tried-relaunching-but-getting-this-error-please-give-me-some-solution/351049)
**Author:** [@Ajay26](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ajay26)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-a-failed-attempt-on-adding-a-plugin-i-reverted-to-my-backup-tried-relaunching-but-getting-this-error-please-give-me-some-solution/351049 "2025-02-10T07:36:38Z")
FAILED -------------------- Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'yarn install --frozen-loc && yarn cache clean' failed with return #\ Location of failure: /usr/local/… --- ## [Can't Send Emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-send-emails/224414)
**Author:** [@ethhaqn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ethhaqn)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 5:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-send-emails/224414 "2025-02-10T05:31:03Z")
I’m not receiving emails when I create an account and I was wondering if I did anything wrong.. what’s the difference between an SMTP address and an SMTP domain? --- ## [Confirmation not required to delete a topic or a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirmation-not-required-to-delete-a-topic-or-a-post/351385)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_DC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_DC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 5:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confirmation-not-required-to-delete-a-topic-or-a-post/351385 "2025-02-10T05:03:12Z")
Hi :slight\_smile: Do you consider that a confirmation is not required to delete a topic or a post, because we can undo it? --- ## [My Discourse emojis don't work when I change my Discourse domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-discourse-emojis-dont-work-when-i-change-my-discourse-domain/351314)
**Author:** [@guszi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/guszi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-discourse-emojis-dont-work-when-i-change-my-discourse-domain/351314 "2025-02-10T01:57:02Z")
At the first I feel very sorry for not using the search function to check if my question has been answered before. English is not my main language, so I might have some trouble searching accurately in this English forum.… --- ## [Undo a flag before it is handled by a moderator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undo-a-flag-before-it-is-handled-by-a-moderator/351380)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_DC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_DC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/undo-a-flag-before-it-is-handled-by-a-moderator/351380 "2025-02-10T00:29:20Z")
Hi :slight\_smile: Is it possible to undo a flag just after have done it, before it is handled by a moderator? :slight\_smile: The use case is: I deleted a post by error. I made a flag telling “Deleted by error, could … --- ## [New user replying after topic is closed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-replying-after-topic-is-closed/351083)
**Author:** [@wisewords](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wisewords)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-replying-after-topic-is-closed/351083 "2025-02-09T22:20:20Z")
I believe there’s a bug that would affect the forum (I use) in the future, and it’s this bug. This new user was able to add a new post to a topic that was closed 8 hours ago. They were not granted admin, mod, or tl4… --- ## [Bootstrap && destroy && start](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-destroy-start/351354)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-destroy-start/351354 "2025-02-09T21:52:51Z")
This is very 101-level question. I have two container setup waiting for some peaceful moment to fire it up. But why this is always guided: ./launcher bootstrap .. && ./launcher destroy .. && ./launcher start .. I kin… --- ## [Ask.discourse.com - Can't find an announcement here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ask-discourse-com-cant-find-an-announcement-here/326497)
**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ask-discourse-com-cant-find-an-announcement-here/326497 "2025-02-09T21:52:19Z")
On another Discourse site checked the What's New and saw So having been familiar with the many AI bots from Discourse checked to see if it was something different and new and it was. Was there a single topic in the … --- ## [Send a message to Trust Level 0 (only) users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-a-message-to-trust-level-0-only-users/351323)
**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-a-message-to-trust-level-0-only-users/351323 "2025-02-09T21:03:25Z")
Hi! We want to send a very special message to all registered users. We can’t just select Trust Level 0 because we have more than 1000 users, and therefore we hit the limit for sending messages. So we have sent the messag… --- ## [Internal inline oneboxes in the Discourse preview feature (on discourse.gnome.org only)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/internal-inline-oneboxes-in-the-discourse-preview-feature-on-discourse-gnome-org-only/346587)
**Author:** [@Thomas\_DC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_DC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/internal-inline-oneboxes-in-the-discourse-preview-feature-on-discourse-gnome-org-only/346587 "2025-02-09T20:40:36Z")
Hi :slight\_smile: Could someone help for this pb which does not occur on meta.discourse.org please? :slight\_smile: Need you me to copy/paste here what I said there? It seems that it’s not a recent fix, which would … --- ## [YAML syntax error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yaml-syntax-error/298822)
**Author:** [@ysinata](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ysinata)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yaml-syntax-error/298822 "2025-02-09T20:03:15Z")
while running the auto install script, it gave me an error message: (): did not find expected key while parsing a block mapping at line 42 column 3 -e LANG=en\_US.UTF-8 YAML syntax error. Please check your containers/\*.… --- ## [Still seeing issues. How to use “the fix”?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/still-seeing-issues-how-to-use-the-fix/350972)
**Author:** [@anon55243134](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon55243134)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/still-seeing-issues-how-to-use-the-fix/350972 "2025-02-08T19:40:25Z")
Continuing the discussion from Site offline after rebuild (4th Feb 2025): How do I implement “the fix”? --- ## [Long runtime moving posts / timeout errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-runtime-moving-posts-timeout-errors/351345)
**Author:** [@Thorsten](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thorsten)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/long-runtime-moving-posts-timeout-errors/351345 "2025-02-09T18:43:24Z")
We are running a self-hosted Discourse forum (tff-forum.de) with more than 4 million posts and a lot of large threads. Since the last update to version 3.4.0.beta3 we are experiencing long runtimes of 15 to 20 seconds w… --- ## [Add support for forgejo access tokens in URLs for theme component installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-support-for-forgejo-access-tokens-in-urls-for-theme-component-installation/351352)
**Author:** [@dubwoc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dubwoc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-support-for-forgejo-access-tokens-in-urls-for-theme-component-installation/351352 "2025-02-09T18:02:14Z")
When installing a private component via a URL with an access token from forgejo it results in a 500 error and one has to switch to using git over ssh and add a key for the repo. github private access tokens work without… --- ## [Navigation Controls inconsistencies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigation-controls-inconsistencies/351347)
**Author:** [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigation-controls-inconsistencies/351347 "2025-02-09T16:31:05Z")
Hello, It’s my personal view and I’d like to hear other people’s opinions on this. When you’re navigating around, the navigation controls \[1\] on mobile they look a bit cleaner in design, but like on desktop, they get b… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=299) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md?page=301)