Hello, can someone help to understand why images do not get uploaded but instead showing upload processing? I tried disabling an optimization but it did not help. I am on latest discourse version self hosted, file is PNG 1Mb on air theme. Thanks [Screen Shot 2025-03-07 at 11.14.22 AM]

[image] Falco: DISCOURSE_FORCE_HTTPS: true Try setting it in your app.yml file instead.

Hello, can you look at the browser’s console and see if you get any errors when it happens?

Very strange stuff, it worked with a different browser Safari, then I switched back to Brave that was giving a problem and it worked now also. All I did it was I restarted my computer. Although checking Brave console here what is shows below. I am not a programmer so not sure how to make changes to…

How did you install Discourse? This happens when you didn’t setup HTTPS properly.

I had a linux specialist helped me installing. He might have missed something though. If you could steer me to the right direction I am sure he will make things right asap.

Looks like the specialist failed to follow the standard install guide. You need to set force_https to true. It can be done by adding an ENV var for DISCOURSE_FORCE_HTTPS: true in your app.yml and rebuilding.

OK, great. Will relay your advice to the specialist and see if we can fix it. You guys are awesome. Much appreciated!

I’m suddenly getting this error but only when uploading from a mobile device, not from a desktop. I tried logging into the console to do the “RAILS C” and “sitesetting.force_https = true” command but I got a “command not found” error. I do not see “force https” in the forum’s admin settings. Can s…

Thank you for the suggestion. I included the entry, saved the file and followed the process of rebuilding from here: [image] Set Environmental Variables Self-Hosting notebook_with_decorative_cover This is a how-to guide for setting up environmental variables in…

This specialist did a standard install . Inside the container I get this: # set|grep FORCE_HTTP DISCOURSE_FORCE_HTTPS=true And the behavior is that uploads on mobile don’t work ,but on mobile, switching to the Desktop View makes uploads work: @noid --what mobile browser and OS are you using?

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) July 20, 2025, 3:50pm 10

Try setting it in your app.yml file instead.

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