e.g. api.addCommunitySectionLink({ name: "intersection-navigator", route:"tags.intersection", title: I18n.t("tag_intersection_navigator.link.title"), text: I18n.t("tag_intersection_navigator.link.text") }) … will fail because that route requires a tag_id. I’ve tried adding: params: { tag_id: siteSettings.discourse_tag_intersection_navigator_all_word }, model: { tag_id: siteSettings.discourse_tag_intersection_navigator_all_word }, … but I strongly suspect this isn’t processed as necessary by the api …

what’s the output of that setting? it seems to work ok when I manually do: get models() { return ["featured", "tv"]; }

Ah, I’ve made progress! It involves this: app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/sidebar-user-community-section-test.js 60b3a216e await click(".sidebar-section-link[data-link-name='unread']"); assert.strictEqual(currentURL(), "/unread", "links to the right URL"); }); test("adding section link via plugin API with callback function", async function (assert) { let teardownCalled = false; withPluginApi("1.2.0", (api) => { api.addCommunitySectionLink((baseSectionLink) => { return class CustomSectionLink extends baseSectionLink { get name() { return "user-summary"; } get route() { return "user.summary"; } get model() {

Specifically, I think it’s here: discourse/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/custom-community-section-links.js at d0c3f3b8fe6905e7e33ae4944cdf44c11ccc0df6 · discourse/discourse · GitHub if we add this it should work: get models() { return args.models; } https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/33070

Oh and since there’s a typeof args === "function" condition, you could do something like this immediately: api.addCommunitySectionLink((Base) => class CustomLink extends Base { get name() { return "intersection-navigator"; } get route() { return "tag.show"; } get models() { return ["tagid"]; } get title() { return I18n.t("tag_intersection_navigator.link.title"); } get text() { return I18n.t("tag_intersection_navigator.link.text"); } } );

yes, that’s what I’m already doing … but there’s some funny later in the process

For some reason, this isn’t quite it and I’m getting some complaint about lack of postStream upon click: api.addCommunitySectionLink((baseSectionLink) => { return class CustomSectionLink extends baseSectionLink { get name() { return "intersection-navigator"; } get route() { return "tags.intersection"; } get models() { return [{tag_id: siteSettings.discourse_tag_intersection_navigator_all_word}]; } get title() { return I18n.t("tag_intersection_navigator.link.title") } get text() { return I18n.t("tag_intersection_navigator.link.text"); } }; }); It’s almost as if you need to include the model for the current route, which is weird!

yes, that works, that’s really helpful, thanks! the setting is just a string. I was over-thinking it I think. the name “models” for the query params isn’t 100% intuitive though? Your PR will make this much neater, cheers!

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awesomerobot (Kris) June 4, 2025, 3:48pm 10

yeah it wasn’t clear to me at first either, but it’s because in the end it uses Ember’s LinkTo component, which expects a model argument…

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