# Latest

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## [Why there is no thumbnail for my forum under the Discover List?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-there-is-no-thumbnail-for-my-forum-under-the-discover-list/380467)

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**Author:** [@Jinpeng\_Wang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jinpeng_Wang)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-there-is-no-thumbnail-for-my-forum-under-the-discover-list/380467 "2025-08-27T23:28:25Z")

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My forum is listed under the Discover, but it doesn’t show a thumbnail of my forum home page? Does anyone know about setting up this thumbnail?

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## [Allow admins the option to show the header language switcher even for logged-in users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-admins-the-option-to-show-the-header-language-switcher-even-for-logged-in-users/378686)

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**Author:** [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-admins-the-option-to-show-the-header-language-switcher-even-for-logged-in-users/378686 "2025-08-27T15:15:01Z")

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Currently, the site setting content localization anon language switcher is a toggle to show the language switcher only for non-logged-in users. ▶ Screenshots 📸 There have been some requests to expand this to allow logged…

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## [All topics authored by a specific user, how?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-topics-authored-by-a-specific-user-how/380522)

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**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-topics-authored-by-a-specific-user-how/380522 "2025-08-27T14:30:17Z")

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Hello, I can’t figure out how to create a filter that would allow me to obtain all topics from one specific user who is the author of that topic. The goal is to then select all these topics and assign them a tag. I tried…

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## [Edit of hidden entry blocked period setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-of-hidden-entry-blocked-period-setting/380512)

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**Author:** [@Edgar\_Schwarz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Edgar_Schwarz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-of-hidden-entry-blocked-period-setting/380512 "2025-08-27T13:21:54Z")

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I remember setting the period how long a hidden post can’t be changed by the author a couple of months ago. But now I can’t find the setting again. Seems I use wrong filters when searching for it. :sweat\_smile:

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## [Topic deletion should clear assignment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-deletion-should-clear-assignment/271996)

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**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-deletion-should-clear-assignment/271996 "2025-08-27T11:21:13Z")

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An internal user contacted me yesterday because he couldn’t find all the topics assigned to his group. The group count said (at the time) 2, but only one was listed. Fast-forward to today, when I had time to look at it,…

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## [PM replies by email seem to evade having their email signatures and full message history striped out](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-replies-by-email-seem-to-evade-having-their-email-signatures-and-full-message-history-striped-out/380465)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-replies-by-email-seem-to-evade-having-their-email-signatures-and-full-message-history-striped-out/380465 "2025-08-27T10:49:53Z")

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Not sure if this is intended behaviour, but I just discovered that my emailed reply to a forum PM message notification sent to me, was automatically posted to the forum complete with my email signature, along with the fu…

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## [Anyone else currently undergoing mass spam attack?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-else-currently-undergoing-mass-spam-attack/378972)

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**Author:** [@WaitroseCarpark](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WaitroseCarpark)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-else-currently-undergoing-mass-spam-attack/378972 "2025-08-26T22:08:57Z")

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First it started with promoting airline helpline numbers, now it’s moved onto quickbooks help. Around 150 threads started in the last 10 hours. I’ve found the discourse spam filtering pretty efficient and don’t usually …

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## [Improve the user onebox in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-the-user-onebox-in-discourse/76087)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improve-the-user-onebox-in-discourse/76087 "2025-08-26T17:12:15Z")

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User onebox is a bit thin on data per: We should improve it so it has some more data from the user card.

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## [How to create post button on mobile theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-post-button-on-mobile-theme/380264)

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**Author:** [@HiAI](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HiAI)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-post-button-on-mobile-theme/380264 "2025-08-26T16:56:43Z")

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Hi everyone, How to make Post button like this forum (mobile theme) Thanks

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## [More informative onebox for forum categories and tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-informative-onebox-for-forum-categories-and-tags/55455)

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**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-informative-onebox-for-forum-categories-and-tags/55455 "2025-08-26T16:32:16Z")

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When linking to a Discourse category, would be nice if the onebox image (and other related image metadata used on Facebook) could be specified at the category level. I think this topic has come up previously, but wanted …

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## [Failing update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-update/379986)

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**Author:** [@rlauriston](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rlauriston)\
**Replies:** 32\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-update/379986 "2025-08-26T15:38:22Z")

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I, \[2025-08-23T07:21:01.134641 #1\] INFO -- : \> cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'find /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle -name cache -not -path "\*/gems/\*" -type d -exec rm -rf {} +' I, \[2025-08-23T07:21:02.162053 …

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## [Emoji not rendering after +](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-not-rendering-after/380299)

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**Author:** [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-not-rendering-after/380299 "2025-08-26T12:49:24Z")

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It seems like this emoji in this screenshot isn’t rendering following a plus sign

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## ["Message" and "Chat" buttons on user's own profile page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-and-chat-buttons-on-users-own-profile-page/379978)

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**Author:** [@donaldsoncd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/donaldsoncd)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-and-chat-buttons-on-users-own-profile-page/379978 "2025-08-26T12:09:29Z")

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Hello! On one’s own user (profile) page, there’s are confusing “Message” and “Chat” buttons. On mobile it’s particulary prominent and some of my users (and myself) find it particularly confusing when visiting their user…

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## [Mobile Browser Unsupported Message After Latest Update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-browser-unsupported-message-after-latest-update/380297)

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**Author:** [@xkhalid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xkhalid)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-browser-unsupported-message-after-latest-update/380297 "2025-08-26T08:05:20Z")

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Dears, After updating to the latest Discourse version 3.6.0.beta1-dev, I am facing an issue on my forum. When my members accessing the site from Safari or Chrome on iOS, users get the following message: “Unfortunately…

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## [Which free mail servers can be used for Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/380141)

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**Author:** [@ace\_1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ace_1)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/380141 "2025-08-26T02:45:58Z")

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Which free mail servers can be used for Discourse? Please recommend a few. I tried QQ and 163, but neither worked.

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## [Trouble sending mail via Namecheap Private Email (SMTP) on self-hosted Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-sending-mail-via-namecheap-private-email-smtp-on-self-hosted-discourse/380098)

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**Author:** [@LG1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LG1)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-sending-mail-via-namecheap-private-email-smtp-on-self-hosted-discourse/380098 "2025-08-25T19:59:03Z")

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Hello everyone, I’ve been trying to configure outbound mail on a self-hosted Discourse installation but so far no luck. Even with Namecheap support involved, we couldn’t get it working. Hoping someone here can point out…

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## [Impossible to disable AI embeddings when models have been removed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-disable-ai-embeddings-when-models-have-been-removed/380088)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impossible-to-disable-ai-embeddings-when-models-have-been-removed/380088 "2025-08-25T19:04:06Z")

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Create AI embedding models Enable AI embeddings enabled … Remove models Try to disable AI embeddings enabled This is impossible. When disabling, the error ai\_embeddings\_enabled: Set ‘ai embeddings selected model’ firs…

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## [Extra spaces around footnote](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-spaces-around-footnote/380153)

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**Author:** [@lilydjwg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lilydjwg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extra-spaces-around-footnote/380153 "2025-08-25T12:12:13Z")

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After a recent update, footnote\[1\] has extra spaces around itself, which looks not nice, especially in languages not using spaces e.g. 在中文\[2\]里空格是多余的、显得不专业。 like this ↩︎ Chinese ↩︎

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## [How to create leftsidebar tags section ? based on attachment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-leftsidebar-tags-section-based-on-attachment/380012)

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**Author:** [@tester123\_tester123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tester123_tester123)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-leftsidebar-tags-section-based-on-attachment/380012 "2025-08-25T10:34:05Z")

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How to create leftsidebar tags section ? based on attachment

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## [List of @mention names extends beyond the viewport on iOS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-mention-names-extends-beyond-the-viewport-on-ios/374751)

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**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-mention-names-extends-beyond-the-viewport-on-ios/374751 "2025-08-25T08:41:42Z")

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Discourse 3.5.0.beta8-dev (79ff804509). Apple iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 8.5, Safari. Apple iPad Air 13, iPadOS 18.5, Safari. I am unable to select the @username I want to mention when using iOS because the list of names disa…

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## [2fa security key breaks when migrating to custom domain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2fa-security-key-breaks-when-migrating-to-custom-domain/155528)

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**Author:** [@balboah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/balboah)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2fa-security-key-breaks-when-migrating-to-custom-domain/155528 "2025-08-25T04:26:04Z")

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After using the trydiscord domain and then configuring the real custom domain to use, 2fa breaks. I believe fido2 associates domains with the key. Also another admin can’t disable the key, it becomes “invalid parameters…

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## [Unread count not reflective of actual new replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unread-count-not-reflective-of-actual-new-replies/379662)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unread-count-not-reflective-of-actual-new-replies/379662 "2025-08-24T23:49:43Z")

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This happened twice in the same topic. What happened was that the topic list will have an indicator of ‘2’, but there’s only 1 new (unread) reply in that topic. For example: (Note the 2) (There’s only 1!)

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## [Plugin Modal Component Import Error - Followed Official Docs But Still Getting Errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-modal-component-import-error-followed-official-docs-but-still-getting-errors/380016)

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**Author:** [@joo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-modal-component-import-error-followed-official-docs-but-still-getting-errors/380016 "2025-08-24T02:35:00Z")

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Problem Summary I’m developing a Discourse plugin that adds a toolbar button to open a modal form. I’ve followed the official DModal API migration documentation step-by-step, but I’m still getting module import errors an…

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## [Urgent help needed!I accidentally deleted the "feature request" section](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urgent-help-needed-i-accidentally-deleted-the-feature-request-section/380022)

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**Author:** [@yachun\_li](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yachun_li)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/urgent-help-needed-i-accidentally-deleted-the-feature-request-section/380022 "2025-08-23T23:24:38Z")

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We are paid members of Discourse. I accidentally deleted a category, and since this is our first time using the platform, we didn’t make a backup beforehand. Is there any way to restore that category? Alternatively, if I…

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## [Prevent Google OAuth2 users getting username "user1", "user2"...?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-google-oauth2-users-getting-username-user1-user2/379798)

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**Author:** [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-google-oauth2-users-getting-username-user1-user2/379798 "2025-08-23T18:41:36Z")

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I prefer (thus far anyway) to run my forum showing usernames vs. real names, and I’ve made the real name field optional. But some of my Google OAuth2 (“Sign in with Google”) users have gotten what are apparently default…

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## [How can I delete an image based on only a url?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-delete-an-image-based-on-only-a-url/380017)

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**Author:** [@physixfan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/physixfan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-delete-an-image-based-on-only-a-url/380017 "2025-08-23T15:33:47Z")

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Our forum just got an annoying DCMA copyright infringement notice. It seems it’s because of an image that one of our users uploaded. The thing is, what we get is just a url of that image: https://asset-cdn.uscardforum.co…

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## [Spoiler blur support for composer's new rich text mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spoiler-blur-support-for-composers-new-rich-text-mode/373505)

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**Author:** [@donaldsoncd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/donaldsoncd)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spoiler-blur-support-for-composers-new-rich-text-mode/373505 "2025-08-23T10:46:18Z")

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Not sure if this a bug or a feature request. In the new rich text composer mode if you add a spoiler to some text, you don’t see a spoiler blur. Instead, you see a text box with all the text put into a single line. Ide…

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## ['Download remote images to local' disabled despite enough free disk space](https://meta.discourse.org/t/download-remote-images-to-local-disabled-despite-enough-free-disk-space/379409)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/download-remote-images-to-local-disabled-despite-enough-free-disk-space/379409 "2025-08-23T06:23:58Z")

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Hi, We have \> 13% free disk space, but Discourse still keeps disabling the ‘Download remote images to local’ option. Why would this happen?

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## [No more live reload with CSS modifications?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-more-live-reload-with-css-modifications/379977)

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**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-more-live-reload-with-css-modifications/379977 "2025-08-23T05:11:49Z")

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Hi there, I just upgraded to 3.5.0. In previous versions it would immediately apply CSS modifications in theme components without reloading the page. This doesn’t seem to be working anymore. Is it broken, or is it disabl…

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## [Move sidebar "Filter" item out of "More" submenu?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-sidebar-filter-item-out-of-more-submenu/379956)

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**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-sidebar-filter-item-out-of-more-submenu/379956 "2025-08-22T23:13:14Z")

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Hi there, here on Discourse Meta the “Filter” menu appears in the top level sidebar menu, whereas the “Invite” button is under the “More” submenu. On my forum it’s the other way around. How would I change that?

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