Hi all, I upgraded Discourse to v2.5.0.beta2 a week ago, and since then category names are not showing up in email notifications, just the site name in brackets. This is getting very confusing for my users. I checked the subject line setting and it’s unchanged (currently set at: [%{site_name}] %{optional_pm}%{optional_cat}%{topic_title})) Is this a bug? Is there a default setting that’s changed somehow? Thanks, Ed

You need to make sure you are on absolute latest Discourse beta code. I think this was fixed recently but I’m not sure. The other workaround is to edit both the body and the title of the email.

I’ve had emails in the last few hours on 2.5b2 with category in the subject name, so I don’t think it’s a bug specific to the beta. email_subject in settings is set to [%{site_name}] %{optional_pm}%{optional_cat}%{topic_title}. Let’s rule out a configuration issue or plugin compatibility before we write it off as a #bug [image] Edward_Weiss: I checked the subject line setting and it’s unchanged (currently set at: [%{site_name}] %{optional_pm}%{optional_cat}%{topic_title})) Was the second ) in the above a typo? or does a ) appear in your site setting? Are there any plugins installed on the site?

Per the other reports of this, there’s a bug where title-only email customizations may not behave as expected, as I recall? It’s expecting the body AND the title of the email to both be customized.

[image] Stephen: Was the second ) in the above a typo? or does a ) appear in your site setting? A typo indeed! [image] Stephen: Are there any plugins installed on the site? Yes, I’ve got discourse-data-explorer, discourse-plugin-site-setting-override (for max post length), docker_manager, and a custom job to tack on users’ bios to their post (long story). I don’t think the latter one touches the subject at all. I can try to disable and see if it makes a difference. Thanks, Ed

Where’s the body being customized with this issue?

Category name not showing up in email notifications since upgrade

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Edward_Weiss (Edward Weiss) March 27, 2020, 4:26pm 7

Thanks, doesn’t look like it’s fixed as of today, but will keep an eye out.

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